To Continue Fight On Crippler—After Victory
No one will be happier to see Drl Pascal F. Lucchesi when he comes marching home than
Johnny O'Rourke. Dr. Lucchesi had Johnny well along on his way to victory over infantile paralysis
when the time came for him to lay aside his hospital garb for Uncle Sam’s khaki. When Victory
over Axis aggression is a reality, the physician will go right on fighting the Crippler, childhood’s enemy
on the home front. This remarkable picture, taken at the Philadelphia Hospital for Contagious
Diseases, shows Johnny and his pal who is helping him to recapture the miracle of motion, childhood’s
natural heritage. Throughout America there are thousands of children like Johnny O’Rourke who
have been aided by The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the March of Dimes, which
occurs this year January 14*31. (Photo, courtesy Philadelphia Inquirer)
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This column is devoted to news of men serving ?
their country. Such news is solicited from parents I
and friends of these men. “Revenge Pearl Harbor” j
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Pfc. Donald Jenkins has been
transferred from Camp Peary, Va.,
to the Pittsburg Replacement de
pot, Pittsburg, Calif. In a recent
letter to this paper, he said, in
part, “I have been sent out here,
for how long I don’t know, but
it is not far from the briney. I
wish you would send The Times
to me here, as I read it every time
from cover to cover.” Pfc. Jenkins
is the son of Mrs. Frank Jenkins,
of Brevard.
Fred A. Owens, seaman in the
navy, is at a New York naval train
ing station, and writes that he
likes navy life very well. His wife
is the former Miss Davie Banks,
of Brevard. Fred is the son of
Andrew Owens, of Brevard.
Cpl. Howard L. Volrath, who is
overseas serving in a gunnery bat
talion, writes to the editor of this
paper, “I am receiving your paper
and enjoy it a lot and like to
read the news from back home.”
Pfc. Auburn Waldrop, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Van B. Waldrop, is a
paratrooper somewhere in Eng
land, and has been overseas about
three months He has been in the
army four years. Another son, Pfc.
V. B. Waldrop, Jr., joined the
marines the past November, and
finished his boot training in San
Diego, Calif. He is now at Ocean
Side, Calif.
Ensign Paul Jones, son of Supt.
and Mrs. J. B. Jones, has grad
uated from the reserve midship
man school at the University of
Notre Dame, Ind., where he re
ceived his commission as ensign
on Jan. 20. He has been home on
a 5-day leave, and left Tuesday for
an amphibian base at Norfolk, Va.
Lt Fred G. Fowler, who has
been stationed in the Panama area
with the U. S. army air corps as
a fighter plane pilot, is now spend
ing a furlough at the home of his
mother here on Country Club road.
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Lt. Fowler entered service in Oc
tober, 1942, and had been in the
Panama area for the past six
months. He has just returned to
the states and will go from here
to Florida on February 3. He was
formerly employed at Ecusta as
a machine operator.
Pvt. Floyd W. Callaham, who has
been visiting his wife here, left
Tuesday for Nashville, Tenn.,
where he will engage in maneu
vers in the engineering corps. He
was transferred from Camp Breck
inridge, Ky. He has been in ser
vice since last August.
Hairman M. Merrill, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Merrill, of Pen
rose, and William R. SenteJle, son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Sentelle, of
Brevard, Route 2, both aviation
cadets, are at the pre-flight school
at Maxwell Field, Ala., where they
are training in the army air forces
for nine weeks of intensive in
struction.
Pvt. Robert C. Rogers, is in the
South Pacific in the field artillery,
where he is in the instructor’s
training school detachment. He has
been is service three years. He is
the son of Mrs. H. G. Rogers, of
Lake Toxaway.
Capt. John M. McGehee, MC, of
Brevard and Cedartown, Ga., has
arrived safely somewhere in Eng
land. For many years he was on
the staff of the American Red
Cross aquatic school at Camp Caro
lina. He is with the general hos
pital unit of the U. S. army.
Philip F. Osteen, gunner’s mate
third class, has been spending his
12-day leave here with his mother,
Mrs. H. R. Redmond. He has seen
action in the South Pacific and
other foreign places in the the
atres of war. He returned yester
day to his base in New Orleans.
Trainee Robert L. Oates, son of
Mrs. Ethel S. Oates, of Rosman, is
at Oregon State college, where he
is taking training for engineer
in army specialized training pro
gram. He has completed two terms
in this special course. Oates en
tered the army in January, 1943,
and received his basic training at
Keesler Field, Miss., and was then
given special training as adminis
trative and technical clerk at Salt
Lake City, Utah. He was stationed
at Fort George Wright, Spokane,
Wash., in headquarters of the Sec
ond Air Force. He was employed
by the Silversteen Industries, Inc.
Charles L. Reid, who has been
at the naval air base, Norfolk, Va.,
hospital since last September, has
received a medical discharge and
is now home with his mother, Mrs.
A. L. Bagwell. He was in military
service 16 months.
Inquiries regarding the safety,
welfare or location of servicemen
may be made through Red Cross
when families have been unable to
get a response to letters or cables
through regular channels.
When a message announcing
that a serviceman is wounded,
killed, missing or a prisoner of
war is returned to the War De
partment because the next of kin
has moved and left no forwarding
address, Red Cross Home Service
attempts to locate the person
named.
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j is on the sick list at her home,
but expects to return soon. Like i
all good newspaper people, she
doesn’t let a little illness prevent
her from writing.)
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It is rather hard to sit down in
South Carolina and write a column
of interest to people around Bre
vard. One thing which seems gen
eral, however, is interest in the
Fourth War Loan drive. We work
ed on advertising for the drive in
Transylvania county and now that
we’re home for a few days all the
advertisements we can find in
Marlboro’s papers are concerning
the drive.
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Another item of non-local in
terest is the recruiting of women
for the armed forces. Corporal
Jaramillo, of the Fourth Service
Command, who spends Mondays
and Tuesdays at Patterson’s, was
trying to find eligible women in
and around Brevard when we left.
And now every time we go in the
post office in Bennettsville we see
recruiting officers.
The “run” on non-rationed OPA
release shoes also seems to be
going on everywhere. Schulmans
was seemingly about to sell out
along the shoe line last week. We
heard some of the Brevard women
talking about the stampless buy
ing. They said that they were buy
ing shoes which they had wanted
alL along but hadn’t felt like giving
up a stamp for.
Also wearing new shoes, but
definitely the kind for which one
has to give a stamp, is Herb
Schain. It sounds as if he went on
a shopping expedition while in
New York during the holidays.
We aren’t sure just where he did
his shopping, but Editor Anderson
is wearing some war time shoe
models which have a suspicious
looking newness about them.
Recently we had to call one of
Brevard’s leading citizens on busi
ness. When his wife answered the
phone we had a good laugh over
her questioning him thus: “A_,
can you leave the baby long
enough to answer the phone?”
Bryan Shiflet was found trying
out his ability as a carpenter one
day last week. From the looks of
things he was doing a pretty good
job too. The same day (which
evidently was clean-up day at the
Clemson and Co-Ed theaters) Mar
garet Carter was doing a tip top
polishing job on her desk.
Paul Pipkin sent out a number
of extra copies of The Times last
week. That was a pretty good pic
ture, Paul! Farm agent Glazener
also requested extra copies. Per
haps he is going in for Public
Relations work these days.
Transylvania was well represent
ed at the Shriners convention in
Charlotte last week end. From the
looks of the city almost all Masons
had a good representation. There
surely were some “extra men” in
town.
Knitting seems to be a popular
pastime for Transylvania teachers.
Brevard high’s Miss Hudson has
been keeping in practice by work
ing on a white muffler. Miss Free
man, of the Rosman staff, does
her fancy stitching on sweaters.
Miss Lyday, who teaches at Pisgah
Forest, has also been clicking knit
ting needles lately. Yes, the Tran
sylvania school system may employ
good teachers, but they find good
knitters as well.
Human things must be known to
be loved; but divine things must
be loved to be known.—Paschal.
When yr ur doctor asks where you
prefer to havd your prescription
filled, say; VARNER’S, because:
Filled only by registered pharma
cist; as written and at reasonable
prices. (Advt)
How Does Your Advertising
Investment Compare
With The Average....
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95%
of all failures in business
are from the ranks of non
advertisers . . . Only 5 per
cent of those that fail are
advertisers. — According to
Bradstreet.
Competent business men scale their adver
tising investment in proportion to gross sales
. . . Then they use their advertising on a pro
gram basis so as to follow a systematic plan.
*The following percentage of gross sales usually are fol
lowed, according to surveys made by recognized authori
ties.
Department Stores. 2.5
Men’s Stores. 3.3
Women’s Wear Shops. 3.1
Furniture Stores. 6.3
Drug Stores. 2.9
General Merchandise. 1.5
Jewelry Stores . 3.1
Grocery Stores. 1.0
Meat Markets. 1.0
Specialty Shops . 3.8
Dry Cleaners and Dyeing. 3.3
Hardware Stores . 1.0
Other Businesses . 2.0
What About YOUR Firm, Mr. Business Man ?
Check your gross sales and your advertising percentage can easily be
figured . . . Your business cannot differ much from the average in your
line, and if you wish to improve it—or even hold it where it is today—
then you cannot ignore your duty to yourself . . . And maybe we can
help you.
The advertising medium that for many years has produced the greatest
results for business men who have decided to reach homes in this trade
territory with their messages is—
The Transylvania Times
Adjudged the Best Large Non-Daily in North Carolina and Second Best
in Nation Last Year.
♦Figures compiled by Harvard Bureau of Business Research and Northwestern University
Bureau of Business Research,