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' / The Transylvania Times Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation Vol. 54; No. 2 ★ SECTION TWO ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1944 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY Plans Are Made For Reaching 1944 Farm Goals MEETING IS HELD HERE: GLAZENER EXPLAINED GOALS Farm, Civic And Industrial Leaders Pledge All-Out Co-operation GOALS ARE LISTED To reach the major farm goals assigned for 1944, Transylvania county farmers have been asked to increase materially their acre ages of corn, hay, commercial veg etables and Irish potatoes and to boost the production of milk, cat tle and calves. This information was given out Saturday morning at a conference of County Agent J. A. Glazener with farm leaders and representa tives of other activities at which the new farm goals were analyzed and discussed. Twenty-nine per sons attended and all discussions were in an optimistic vein. Transylvania farmers have been asked to increase com planting by 500 acres, hay by 487 acres, Irish potatoes by 308 acres, milk pro duction by 575,000 pounds and cat tle and calves by 3,076 animals. Smaller increases were recom mended for other crops and in some instances—eggs and turkeys, for example—decreases were rec ommended. Significantly, an increase of but seven acres was recommended for Victory gardens, on which such great stress was placed last year. Mr. Glazener said this was an in dication of the phenomenal success of the gardens enterprise. Exact Goals Given The exact goals for all the dif ferent crops produced in Transyl vania county will be found in this issue. Speaking for the chamber of commerce, E. H. McMahan said he thought a good job was done last year and explained the procedure followed by the Lions club in mak ing surveys. C. M. Douglas said he felt that a mistake had been made last year by not making a periodic check on growing gardens. Lewis Hamlin agreed with Mr. Douglas and re marked about the difficulty of getting plowing done last year. Supt. J. B. Jones said that corn production could be increased by using more lime and complete fer tilizer. He also stressed the value of better cultivation and improved seed. Carl Allison gave a discussion of the growing of commercial vegetables, stressing particularly the importance of preparing the soil well. With such crops, he said, harvesting is the biggest diffi culty. T. J. Wilson stressed the value of the intelligent use of lime and fertilizer in growing larger feed crops for cattle. He cautioned his hearers against crops that exhaust the soil. Goals a Big Help in Schools Prof. R. T. Kimzey said that goals were a big help in enlisting the interest of school children and —Turn To Page Thirteen Honored By Employees On 60th Birthday HARRY H. STRAUS, president of the Ecusta Pape<r Corpora tion, was highly honored by employees of the company on his 60th birthday anniversary. A big surprise party was held and special edition of The Echo issued. High Tribute Paid To Harry Straus By Employees On 60th Birthday; Surprise Party Held At Ecusta Fri. Given Fine Presents And Special Edition Of Echo Is Issued Homage was paid to Harry H. Straus, president of the Ecusta Paper corporation, on his 60th birthday anniversary at an elabo rate surprise party given in the cafeteria at Ecusta last Friday evening. Around 300 citizens from Asheville, Brevard, Winston-Salem and other towns joined about 500 employees of the firms headed by Mr. Straus in this impressive trib ute. The program for the evening was presented under the auspices of the Ecusta Recreation depart ment, of which John Eversman is director. It consisted of four vaudeville acts, directed by Mr. Eversman. Walter K. Straus gave an amusing impersonation of his kinsman, Harry H. Straus. At the conclusion of the show, Mr. Straus was called to the stage by Ray F. Bennett, general super intendent of Ecusta. As he and his wife went forward, he was greeted with the strains of “Happy Birth day to You,” sung by the entire cast and the audience. Mr. Bennett first presented Mr. Straus with an old-fashioned nightshirt “to pro tect him from drafts and cold air in his old unheated shack in Bilt more forest,” the speaker said. Then he was tendered a Santa Claus cap, because, Mr. Bennett said, “his people thought he was the very best Santa Claus they had ever known.” This bit of by play caused hearty laughter. Turn ing then from the frivolous, Mr. Bennett presented Mr. Straus with a set of matched luggage. “This is E~' iimiBiiiiiiiiiiMiiiitiii W anted TO BUY Ivy and Laurel (Kalmia and Rhododendron) BURLS WILL PAY $9 to $15 per Ton, According to Quality . . . Delivered at our Mill at Brevard, N. C. Transylvania Pipe €o. Ralph Fisher, Manager Brevard, N. C. | Phone 375 something tangible you can look at often and be reminded of the affection with which you are re garded by your people, whose wel fare you have given so much con sideration,” Mr. Bennett said. Mrs. Straus was described by Mr. Bennett as “Ecusta’s first lady” in presenting her with a corsage of lovely orchids. She was referred to by him as a “charming, kindly and considerate person whose concern for the welfare of Ecusta employees paralleled that of Mr. Straus.” Mr. Straus, replying to Mr. Ben nett, said he was “overcome with happiness and joy” by this spon taneous and united expression of good will and esteem. He said he felt he didn’t deserve the attention accorded him, and he expressed the hope that his employees could join him in many more birthday celebrations. Cafeteria attendants then wheel ed forward an enormous birthday cake, suitably inscribed and bear ing 61 candles. The cake weighed 175 pounds and required four days to bake. Mr. Straus cut the first slice and gave it Mrs. Straus. The cake was then removed to the rear of the cafeteria, where it was cut and served together with sand wiches, coffee, ice cream and soft drinks. As the cake was being taken away, a bevy of girls came for ward with a special edition of The Echo, which had been published to honor Mr. Straus on this oc casion. The paper, profusely illus trated dealt largely with his career and told of his success in spite of many difficulties in establishing in this country a cigarette paper in dustry independent of foreign sources. It also contained greetings from hundreds of his employees. The Sixth Annual Veterinary Conference will be held at State College January 25 through 28. ★ ★ ★ + Do you feel "left out of it?” ARE YOU missing the chance to share in this war—missing an experience you’d value all your life? Right now, in the WAC, you could be doing a vital Army job. You could be getting valuable training, meeting new people, seer ing new places while serving your country. More Wacs are needed at once. Get full details about eligibility, training, pay, the jobs Wacs do, how they live. Go to the nearest U. S< Army Recruiting Station. (Your local post officei will give you the address.) Or write: The Adjutant General, Room 4415, Mu nitions Building, Washington, D. C. Do it today! ★ ★ ★ ★ PHOSPHATE AND UME PRACTICES ARE SUGGESTED Joint Meeting Of TVA and AAA Committees Held Here Last Saturday Last Saturday morning a joint meeting of the TVA county com mittee and AAA county committee was held at the county agent’s of fice. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and formulate plans for better utilization of AAA and TVA soil building materials. The meeting was conducted by W. B. Collins, farm management super visor of the extension service who supervises the test demonstration program in the fifteen area coun ties of this state. This group recommended the following practices for Transyl vania county in 1944: 1. Use of ground limestone at the rate of 1 ton per acre on up land and 2 tons per acre on bot tomland, unless soil tests have been made. If soil tests have been made on a farm, follow the recom mendations of the soils depart ment of this state. 2. Liming of some pasture and meadow land in 1944. If all the crop land has been limed, apply all lime to pastures and meadows. 3. Lime all land on farm before starting to apply lime the second time to any field. 4. The application of at least 1 ton of lime before or at the time phosphate is applied, unless soil test shows a different condition. v 5. Use 20% superphosphate at the rate of 200 pounds per acre and higher analysis phosphate at an equivalent rate per acre. 6. Use TVA phosphate on dem onstration farms, thereby reserv ing the AAA phosphate for the other farms in the county. Home Is Destroyed By Fire Saturday The home of Homer J. Powell, located two miles from Rosman on the Pickens highway, was com pletely destroyed by fire last Sat urday night. Mr. and Mrs. Powell and their three children were awakened about 10 o’clock at night and just did manage to ^et dressed and out of the house before the roof fell in. None of the furnishings were saved. The fire was said to have caught from a defective flue in the kitchen. The house belonged to Robert Holden, and the Powells were renting it. Homer Powell works for the tannery in Rosman. FOR SALE — Typewriter ribbons, new shipment, for Standard and Portable; also carbon paper and stencils. At The Times office. A action relief SURE, SPEEDY, LASTING HUB INDIGESTION No need to suffer the tortures of acid indigestion and other acid stomach discomforts any longer. Not while you can get Bisma-Rex. Here is a four action product that is helping thousands obtain relief. Bisma-Rex is sold only at Rexall Drug Stores. Try it today. BISMA-REX 50° Macfie DRUG COMPANY Phenes 5 & 90 Brevard, N. C. In The Navy FRANKLIN TANKERSLEY, above, son of Mr. and Mrs. Quay Tankersley, of Brevard, is sea man second class in the U. S. Navy, stationed now at Jackson ville, Fla., where he will com plete his boot training in an other week. He will be trans ferred then to Moorehead City, Ky., for advanced training in electricity. He was home dur ing the holidays on a 5-day leave. Kiwanis Club Committees For Ensuing Year Are Appointed - -< RABBI ROBERT JACOBS TO SPEAK AT BREVARD COLLEGE JANUARY 21 Rabbi Robert Jacobs, of Ashe ville, a representative of the Jew ish Chautauqua Society, is sched uled to address the student as sembly at Brevard College in Bre vard, on January 21st, according to an announcement made in Cin cinnati, headquarters of the so ciety and he will speak on, “Dif ferences in America: Burden or Blessing?” The Jewish Chautauqua Society, an educational organization, cele brating its golden anniversary, sends speakers to colleges and universities in all parts of the country to interpret Jewish his tory, literature and philosophy from a non-propagandistic point of view. Home demonstration clubs have set aside January as “Time For Team Work” meetings. All mem bers of the family, including 4-H boys and girls, will take part. s> - New Officers Are Installed During An Impressive Ceremony On Friday Officers of Brevard Kiwanis club for the ensuing year were in stalled at an impressive ceremony held at the Bryant House last Fri day evening, with Ralph H. Ram sey, a former president, in charge of the installation. Officers for the new year in clude Lewis P. Hamlin, president; W. Paul Tindall, past president; F. S. Best, vice president; Charles M. Douglas, secretary and Theo dore E. Reid, treasurer. Following the installation in which president Hamlin and re tiring president, Tindall, spoke feelingly of the association, the | aims, and the accomplishments of Brevard Kiwanis, the following committees to serve during the year were announced: Agriculture—Julian A. Glazener,. | Chmn., W. W. Brittain, H. P. Van ; nah and G. H. Farley. Attendance — Paul H. Baker, —Turn To Page Thirteen He Must Eat.... AND THE REST OF US HOPE TO! THAT MEANS AMERICAN FARMERS this year must produce a pro digious amount of food — more, in the aggregate, than they raised last year. To reach the goals set for them this year, Transylvania farm ers must have an adequate amount of good fertilizer. That fertilizer is available if purchasers will accept delivery NOW instead of a few weeks hence. WE ENDEAVORED LAST WEEK to present the salient facts to Tran sylvanina county farmers. There is a critical shortage of labor and transportation with the prospect of the biggest fertilizer demand in history. The only solution is to start the fertilizer movement now and to keep the shipments moving over the next few weeks. The fertilizer manufacturers tell us — and we want to impress this message on you: Under war conditions, the fertilizer industry simply can not get a lot of extra labor and a lot of extra box cars and trucks to fill last-minute orders. Too many late orders may even result in a shortage of fertilizers. WE ARE IN POSITION to supply your needs of VC, Red Steer and Royster fertilizer. Come in an consult us without delay. Feed & Seed Co. GASTON STREET BREVARD, N. C.
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