The Transylvania Times
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Vol. 54; No. 3
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAN. 20, 1944
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WAR LOAN DRIVE IS UNDERWAY
$2,173.67 Is Raised For Local Community Chest
AMOUNT MAY BE
ENOUGH TO TAKE
CARE OF NEEDS
Money Raised During War
Fund Drive. Silversteen
Is Pleased
SCHOOLS WIN AWARDS
A total of $2,173.67 was raised
for the Transylvania community
chest during the United War Fund
drive that was conducted last Oc
tober and November, Jerry Jerome,
head of the newly organized chest
and one of the chairman of the
fund drive, announced today.
At the same time, the county
went over the top in raising its
war fund quota of $10,266.00, Mr.
Jerome stated. In fact $10,283.10,
about $17.00 over quota, has been
sent to war fund headquarters.
“As yet we have not secured
the annual budget requests from
all of the participating agencies
in the chest, but it is probable
that the $2,173.67 may be enough
to meet present demands from
these agencies,” Mr. Jerome said.
These agencies include Boy and
Girl Scouts, the Welfare depart
ment and Save the Children’s Fed
eration. Others may be added
later.
The delay in making this an
nouncement was due to the fact
that Joseph S. Silversteen, chair
man of the county United War
Fund drive, was unable to have a
mooting of the committee until
Friday night. Mr. Silversteen
was confined in a New York hos
pital from last September until
the first of the year suffering
with a broken leg.
A good many of the contributors
to the war fund drive also ear
marked part of their gifts for the
community chest.
This practice was carried out in
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MEET OF BAPTIST
W.M.U. NEXT TUES.
All Day Session At First
Baptist Church. Good
Program Planned
The Woman’s Missionary Union
of the Transylvania Baptist assoc
iation will meet at the Brevard
First Baptist church next Tues
day in an all-day session, begin
ning at 10 o’clock and continuing
until 2:30, it has been announced
by Mrs. S. F. McAuley, associa
tional superintendent.
Discussion and conferences on
different phases of the W. M. U.
work will be given by the associa
tional officers. Other speakers
and special music will be heard
during the day. An inspirational
program has been planned for
both morning and afternoon ses
sions.
It is urged that every W. M. U.
officer in each church of the as
sociation be present, as well as
other members and interested
friends and pastors of the differ
ent churches.
A sandwich lunch, brought by
the ladies in attendance, will be
served at the noon hour.
Student Club Now
Sponsoring A Drive
For Brevard College
The International Relations club
is now sponsoring a campaign
among the students at Brevard
college to raise funds to buy war
bonds during the fourth war loan
drive to be given to the college
endowment fund.
“This is certainly a fine spirit
and is an excellent idea for others
to follow who are interested in
contributing to our endowment
fund program,” President E. J.
Coltrane stated.
The board of trustees is now
conducting a vigorous campaign to
increase the endowment fund to
$200,000. Over $80,000 has been
contributed during recent weeks
and only $59,000 more is needed
to reach the goal.
Hospital Enjoyed Good Year
In 1943; Straus Re-Elected
Chairman Of Board Trustees
Heads Library Board
Mrs. Oliver Orr, prominent
Brevard civic leader, who is
chairman of the Transylvania
county public librarv board. The
library officially became a pub
lic library Monday of this week.
As former president of the
Women’s Civic club, Mrs. On
devoted a great deal of time to
the promotion of the library
movement
11 TRANSYLVANIA
MASONS TO JOIN
SHRINE THURSDAY
Same Class That Took De
grees Last Fall To Be
Honored In Charlotte
Eleven Transylvania county
Masons will be received into the
Shrine at Charlotte today.
This is probably the largest
class of candidates the county has
ever had and it is the same “Bre
vard Class” that received high
honors last November at the fall
reunion of the Scottish rite in
Asheville.
Concluding the session today, a
banquet will be held tonight, fol
lowed by a dance.
Shrine candidates who left here
yesterday for Charlotte included
Gill Thomas, Dewey Burton, Hen
ry R. Henderson, Raymond F.
Bennett, Leon English, Jerry
Jerome, E. M. Collins, A. M. Pax
ton, Jr. John Ford and Walter
Duckworth.
Claud Stroup will also be a
candidate but he received his
32nd degree several years ago in
Asheville. Pete Bikas, who has
been a shriner for years, is also
attending the convention.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Melton and
family spent Sunday in Forest
City with Mr. Melton’s mother,
who is seriously ill.
Miss Dillard Is Re-Elected
Superintendent. Best
Is Secretary
Harry Straus was re-elected
chairman of the board of trustees
of the Transylvania community
hospital at an annual meeting of
the board held Tuesday night.
J. A. Glazener was elected vice
chairman, F. S. Best secretary and
Miss Myrtice Dillard superinten
dent and treasurer.
Members of the board of trustees
for 1944 are Raymond Bennett,
Ralph Ramsey, L. P. Hamlin,
Willis Brittain, A. H. Harris, Ash
by Johnson, Harry Straus, J. A.
Glazener and F. S. Best.
The following committees were
re-appointed: house committee —
Ralph Ramsey, Ray Bennett and
J. A. Glazener; auditing committee
—Willis Brittain and L. P. Ham
lin; finance committee—F. S. Best,
Harry Straus and Miss Dillard.
Reports showed that 1943 was
a good year for the hospital. There
were 653 bed patients. 3,563 pa
tient days and 140 births. A large
percentage of the patients were
able to pay their bills or carried
hospital insurance. A total of
around $5,000 was put in the hos
pital’s improvement and expansion
fund during the year.
In addition to Miss Dillard, the
hospital has three regular nurses.
They are Mrs. Ada Teague, Miss
Ruth Owen and Miss Lydia Stone.
J. C. Hendricks Is
Slightly Injured
J. C. Hendricks, of Brevard,
sustained minor facial injuries in
an auto - bus collision Tuesday
morning. The accident occurred at
the intersection of Main and Broad
streets in Brevard.
Local officers who investigated
the accident said the Greyhound
bus involved was only slightly
damaged while the Chevrolet
coupe in which Mr. Hendricks was
riding was damaged considerably.
The bus was getting ready to
leave on its scheduled run from
Brevard to Hendersonville and
Asheville, but was was not driven
by the regular driver of that run.
Mr. Hendricks was the only oc
cupant of the car and no one in
the bus was injured.
BUS HEARING MAY BE
HELD IN ASHEVILLE
No date has been set, but it is
understood that a hearing before
the State Utilities Commission
relative to the proposed lease of
the Greyhound bus franchise
from Brevard to Hendersonville
will be held in Asheville.
The hearing was scheduled to
have been held in Hendersonville
last Thursday, but was cancelled
because of sickness on the part
of members of the commission.
Glazener Offers Suggestions For
Meeting County Food, Feed Goals
Five timely suggestions for
reaching food and feed goals in
Transylvania county this year
were offered this week by coun
ty agent J. A. Glazener. His sug
gestions are as follows:
1. Let us plan first to meet
our own home food and feed re
quirements just as far as it is
reasonably possible.
2. Look over the food and feed
goals as given in last week’s is
sue on the full page, so kindly
contributed by Ecusta Paper Cor
poration. From that list cheek the
ones we are in position to expand
on, such as com, hay, commercial
vegetables etc.
3. After completing our list, let
us begin right now to plan the in
crease, not in acres only, but in
increased yields per acre or ani
mal or hen.
4. A careful study of the sug
gestions on how to increase our
production, be it crops or live
stock will certainly prove profit
able, provided the study results
in vigorous action on the produc
tion front.
5. General Marshall, Chief of
Staff, General Eisenhower and all
the other great leaders in our
armed forces are making detailed
plans to attack our enemies hard
er than ever this year. Let us
join them with a harder attack
here on the home front than has
ever been known in this county.
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DR. CARL HARDIN
WON PRIZES IN
BIG RABBIT SHOW
Brevard Breeder And1 Presi
dent Of Western Unit
Exhibited In Charlotte
Dr. Carl Hardin, former Brevard
mayor and president of the West
ern North Carolina Rabbit Breed
ers association, won three prizes
at the mid-winter show of the
North Carolina Rabbit Breeders
association held in Charlotte last
week end.
He exhibited ten of his choice
rabbits and won first award in the
White Flemish Junior buck con
test and two second prizes in New
Zealand whites contest.
Dr. Hardin was the only Tran
sylvania county breeder who par
ticipated in the show at Char
lotte. Other local breeders include
Richard Pace, Jimmy King, Jim
Farley, Tom Bryson and C. M.
Douglas.
Interest in the Charlotte show
was keen. There were around 150
rabbits on display.
Dr. Hardin started raising rab
bits some time ago as a' hobby,
but he has also discovered that
he can make money out of this
venture and at the same time
supply his family with some fine
meat.
The Brevard dentist specializes
in producing rabbits for breeding
purposes and at the present time
he has around 100 of them. “Of
course, we cull them out and eat
those that do not meet breeding
requirements,” he said. “The meat
is all white and is much better
than wild rabbit meat.”
Raising rabbits is easier than
Raising chickens and this is one
way to lick the meat shortage, Dr.
Hardin contends.
In addition to rabbits, Dr. Har
din raises goats, pigeons, chickens
and a large vegetable garden.
“No, rationing really does not
bother us a bit,” he said.
Visiting Ministers
To Preach Here At
Presbyterian Church
A visiting minister will have
charge of the service at the Bre
vard Presbyterian church the com
ing two Sunday mornings, it has
been announced by the pastor,
Rev. Ashby Johnson, who is away
on a two weeks’ vacation with his
family.
Rev. John Osman, Th. M. pro
fessor of philosophy at Presby
terian college, Clinton, S. C., will
preach this Sunday morning at 11
o’clock. Dr. Osman is a graduate
of Presbyterian college and of
Union Theological seminary. He
has served as assistant pastor of
Grace-Covenant and Ginter Park
Presbyterian churches in Rich
mond, Va.
Rev. D. Ralph Freeman, pastor
of the Mills River Presbyterian
church, will deliver the sermon on
Sunday, Jan. 30. He is a graduate
of Davidson college and of the
Union Theological seminary.
Rev. and Mrs. Johnson and baby
son, David, are visiting relatives in
Columbus, Ga., for two weeks.
MUST HAVE NEW AUTO
TAGS BY FEBRUARY 1st
Auto tag sales have slowed down
to a trickle of what they were two
weeks ago, it was stated by C. M.
Douglas, manager of the local of
fice, who said Tuesday that less
than half of the county registra
tion had bought new plates.
The new 1944 license is re
quired by law to be on vehicles
prior to February first, and the
local manager states that the usual
long hours which have been the
custom on the last two days of
the old year will emphatically not
be observed this year.
Dr. J. Henry Highsmith and Dr.
James £. Hillman, of the state
Department of Public instruction
and representing the North Car
olina College conference, will visit
Brevard College tomorrow and
make an inspection of the in
stitution.
Ecusta Wins Plaque For Garden Program
Here is the handsome plaque that was awarded to the Ecusta
Paper corporation by the National Victory Garden Institute for
the company’s outstanding Victory Garden program in 1943. Plans
for the ’44 program are now being made.
Public Asked To Contribute To
Infantile Paralysis Drive Now
Being Sponsored In County
SHOFFNER LIKES
FARM PLANS HADE
FOR THIS COUNTY
Jeter Will Prepare Story
For State Press On Pub
licity In Times
County Agent J. A. Glazener has
received a letter from R. W.
Shoffner, in charge of farm man
agement at state college, in which
the writer applauds the “splendid
understanding between the people
of this county” with reference to
the 1944 farm program as re
ported in last week’s Times. The
text of Mr. Shoffner’s letter reads
as follows:
“I appreciate your letter of the
13th, also a copy of the Transyl
vania Times.
“This is certainly a fine piece
of cooperation between agriculture,
industry and the press and you
should be congratulated upon cor
raling such a splendid understand
ing between the people of your
county.
“I have discussed this with Mr.
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Coin Boxes Are Conveniently
Located. Tickets To
Ball On Sale
Transylvania county President’s
birthday celebration committee to
day appealed to every man, wom
an and child to co-operate in the
observance by contributing to the
infantile paralysis fund.
“March-, of dime coin boxes are
being placed in schools and stores
all over the county and every one
is requested to put coins in these
boxes,” they urged and explained,
“The money that will be raised
during this campaign, will be used
to fight infantile paralysis here
in the county and throughout the
nation.”
The county’s infantile paralysis
quota is $420 and through the coin
boxes everybody can help.
Others can contribute by pur
chasing tickets to the Birthday
ball that will be held at the Bre
vard country club on Saturday
night, January 29th, and by at
tending the dance that will be
given at the Burrell Motor com
pany garage here next Thursday
night for colored people. All
white persons are invited to at
tend as spectators.
Tickets for the Birthday ball
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National Service Act Pigeonholed;
Railroad Lines Returned To Owners
In Washington this week two
major government disputes were
settled, temporarily at least when
the house military committee
pigeonholed the national service
act indefinitely and when all gov
ernment-seized railroad lines were
ordered returned to their owners.
Chairman May, of the house
military committee, said that the
action of his committee did not
preclude some future considera
tion of the measure. At the same
time highly influential committee
members expressed their convic
tions that the act could not be
passed now—that it came before
the house at the wrong time.
The only possibility of having
the draft proposal revived, accord
ing to members of the house mili
-■*» i
tary committee, is if a serious
strike tied up war production in
a time when the military casualty
lists are growing.
Secretary of War Stimson, in
ordering the return of the rail
roads, said he had been informed
by Roosevelt that all unsettled
questions had been agreed upon
by the carriers and the railroad
labor organizations.
Under the agreements there will
be no stoppage of railway service
and every employee will be ex
pected to discharge his responsi
bilities faithfully. The last dis
agreement settled was the wage
dispute which finally ended in in
creases of 9 to 11 cents an hour
over the rates of December 27
when the government seized the
lines.
PUBLIC IS URGED
TO BACK ATTACK
WITH WAR BONDS
Solicitation Is Now Being
Conducted. To Hold
Series Of Rallies
QUOTA IS $346,000
With a slogan of “let’s all back
the attack” and with a county
quota of $346,000, the Fourth War
Loan drive is now underway in
Transylvania.
A large number of solicitors
started work Tuesday morning and
block leaders are expected to make
a complete house-to-house canvass
in Brevard.
In the rural areas of the county,
school principals and various in
dividuals are making solicitations.
Final plans for the campaign
were made at a theatre party held
at the Clemson here last Thursday
night. County Chairman E. H. Mc
Mahan pointed out that major em
phasis will be placed on individual
sale of bonds and urged every
man, woman and child in the coun
ty to invest in bonds during this
drive.
“We must and will go over the
top this time as we have done in
the past, but to do it full co-opera
tion from everyone in the county
is essential,” Mr. McMahan stated.
Headquarters for the drive are:
the offices of Messrs. McMahan
and Jerry Jerome and the resi
dence of Mrs. Oliver Orr. Regular
meetings of solicitors will be held.
A series of bund rallies will be
held, starting next Wednesday
night, January 26, with a rally for
colored people here at the court
house. Roland Wilber will be the
principal speaker.
The second rally will be held
on Monday night, January 31, at
8 o’clock at Rosman high school,
with J. A. Glazener as speaker.
A program of entertainment will
be furnished at each rally under
the direction of John Eversman.
LOCAL RED CROSS
CHAPTER PRAISED
Regional Conference Held In
Asheville. Plans Made
For Big Drive
Three Transylvania chapter
American Red Cross representa
tives attended the regional con
ference held in Asheville Monday
when plans were laid for staging
the 1944 Red Cross War Fund
drive which will be the largest
ever attempted in the history of
the organization.
Transylvania’s representatives
were praised for the fine record
made heretofore in meeting its
quota each time and over-sub
scribing, and methods used in
making this enviable record were
held up as method for other chap
ters.
Highlight of the conference was
an address by Max Miesel, who
has been serving as field director
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Miss Coltrane To
Do Overseas Work
With Red Cross
Miss Mary Alma Coltrane has
been accepted for overseas duty
with the American Red Cross and
is expected to leave around Feb
ruary 15, it was learned here to
day.
Miss Coltrane, who is the daugh
ter of Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president
of Brevard College, has been with
the Red Cross for the past year.
She has been stationed at a vet
erans hospital in Togus, Maine.
She will take two weeks special
training in Washington, starting
January 31 and then report for
overseas duty. In the meantime
she plans to visit here.
Miss Coltrane is a graduate of
Guilford college and finished her
business training at Brevard Col
lege. She will do secretarial work
with the Red Cross.