The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
Vol. 54; No. 6
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 1944
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
GERMAN CARAVAN HERE TONIGHT
Red Cross War Fund Quota $8,100
LARGEST AMOUNT
NEEDED IN RED
CROSS HISTORY
Campaign To Be Conducted
In March. To Follow
Plan Of 1943
NEEDS ARE GREATER
Transylvania county’s 1944
American Red Cross war fund
quota is $8,100.00, which is $2,700.
00 more than the 1943 quota, C. M.
Douglas and Jerry Jerome, chair
men of the drive, announced today.
The national goal is $200,000,000. j
Because of the rapidly increasing
war services, a great deal more
money will be needed to carry on
the organization’s vast program
this year, it is explained.
The campaign to raise this
record amount of money will be
conducted in Transylvania and
throughout the nation during the
month of March.
Plans for conducting the drive
are being mapped out along the
same line as was followed last
year. Zone and block leaders are
being asked to canvass the town
of Brevard, employees of all busi
ness houses here will be asked to
give an extra day’s pay, members
of Home Demonstration clubs and
4-H clubs, under the direction of
Miss Annabel Teague, will be re
quested to canvass the county area
and the full co-operation of all
schools will be solicited.
The Red Cross is confronted
with responsibilities of unprece
dented proportions as the war en
ters its most crucial stage, the
drive chairmen pointed out.
Its wartime services include
helping servicemen with personal
problems, sending food parcels to
war prisoners, aiding families of
service men and disabled veterans,
collecting life-saving blood, mak
ing surgical dressings, and many
other services.
“Yes, our quota is high but we
expect to go over the top as we
have always done in the past,” the
drive chairmen said.
USE CAMOUFLAGE
TO FOIL PLANES
Officers Seize A 60-Gallon
Still In Rich Mountain
Section
Camouflaged overhead so that it
could not be spotted from an air
plane, a steamer type still of 60
gallons was destroyed by officers
Saturday in the Rich Mountain
section. About 450 gallons of beer
were also seized. Officers in the
raiding party were: Deputy Sheriff
W. T. Brown, Chief B. H. Free
man, A. D. Rogers, special officer
of Rosman, and Roy C. Reece, in
vestigator of the alcohol tax unit,
Asheville.
The still was not in operation
at the time of the raid and no
arrests have been made.
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Farmers Can Sign
1944 Farm Plans
At AAA Office
The county AAA office is set
ting aside seven days, from Feb
ruary 12 through 19, for Transyl
vania farmers to come in and file
1944 farm plans, Mrs. Julia West
wood, clerk, announced yesterday.
It will also be possible for those
desiring to do so to place orders
for lime and phosphate at this
time.
T. J. Wilson, chairman of the
county AAA committee, urges all
farmers in this county who did
not attend the farm meetings or
have not previously filled out their
farm plans, to come to the office
here during the period being set
aside for this purpose and fix out
their plans.
As announced last week it will
be impossible for farmers to co
operate in the 1944 program un
less a farm plan is filed with the
county committee.
Brevard Commerce Committee
To Renew Campaign To Raise
Funds For Brevard College
Will Meet Sunday Afternoon
At Methodist Church.
Plans Are Given
The Brevard college finance
committee of the senior chamber
of commerce here will meet Sun
day afternoon at the Methodist
church and map out plans to col
lect pledges that were made nearly
three years ago to a college build
ing fund and to solicit additional
contributions, it was decided Tues
day night at a meeting of the
Brevard chamber of commerce di
rectors.
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
the college, met with the directors
and explained that the board of
trustees is now sponsoring a drive
to increase the institution’s endow
ment fund from $61,000 to $200,
000 by June 10, of this year and
that a million dollar building pro
gram will be launched for the
postwar era.
In 1941 when it was rumored
that the college might be moved
to Winston-Salem, members of the
Brevard chamber of commerce got
busy and pledged $64,000 to a col
lege building fund and as a result
of this effort, the trustees assured
the community that the college
would not be moved.
At that time the goal was to
raise $500,000 in Western North
Carolina, but the campaign was
interrupted by the war.
“I understand that many people
who made pledges want to pay
them now and I think this is the
ideal time to collect the money
and either put it in the endow
ment fund or invest it in bonds
for the postwar building program,”
Dr. Coltrane said.
“There is universal feeling that
the college should be developed
here and only failure to develop
it would cause any change in this
attitude,” he said.
Dr. Coltrane stated that $90,000
of the $139,000 of endowment
money had already been raised in
various sections of the state.
“The chairman of our board
would like to see this community
contribute at least $5,000 to the
endowment fund,” he declared,
and explained that $200,000 is the
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Singing Convention
At Enon Church
The place of meeting for the
lower district singing convention
on the fourth Sunday in February
has been changed from Pisgah For
est to the Enon Baptist church, it
has been announced by Arnold
Brown, president.
The meeting will be held at 2:30
on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 20, and
all singers are invited to attend.
The main feature of the conven
tion will be organization for the
spring and summer.
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PAUL SMATHERS
IS BUILDING A
LARGE ADDITION
Construction Started A Few
Days Ago. Two More
Additions Planned
Construction work on a large
addition to the Smathers Manu
facturing company building here
has been started and is expected
to be completed in the near future,
Paul Smathers announced today.
The addition is 40 x 85 feet and
will house the blacksmith, wood
working ar.d painting departments
and will practically double the
company’s present floor space.
Mr. Smathers stated that he
plans to erect two more additions
after the war. One of them will be
a two-story brick structure extend
ing from the present building out
to the sidewalk on Broad street
and the other will be the erection
of a modern gray iron foundry
back of the present building and
facing on French Broad avenue.
“The purpose of the new build
ing program is to enable us to
broaden and expand our present
operations,” Mr. Smathers said,
“and to pave the way for peace
time production of small tractors,
power lawn mowers, electric
churns, mowing machines, etc.,
which went to make up our line
during the pre-war days.”
FSA OFFICE NOW
OPEN EVERY DAY
Miss Elaine Huggins To Be
in Brevard Office Work
ing With Supervisors
There has been a recent change
in the local Farm Security office
routine which enables the office
to be open Monday through Satur
day from 8:30 a. m. unitl 5:30
p. m. Since last November the
local office had been open only
two days a week, but under the
new plan Miss Elaine Huggins,
who came to Brevard from Wash
ington, will be in the office at all
times.
James E. Fletcher, associate
county supervisor for the FSA,
will spend the last four days of
each week in the Brevard office
and Miss Mary E. Johnson, asso
ciate home supervisor, is going to
try to spend three or four days
each week in the office here.
Recently a committee, consisting
of James R. Dickson, Frank P.
Shuford, M. 0. McCall and Ralph
Galloway, alternate, held a meet
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s BY THOMPSON GREENWOOD 1
Raleigh, Feb. 9—G. O. P.—The
Republicans are showing more in
terest in their convention to be
held in Charlotte on Thursday,
March 16, than in several years.
There is a reason. Republican
political pie in the South has had
very little filling—pitifully little
during the past 11 or 12 years—
but there is some chance for im
provement during the next year.
Now this is said with all due re
spect for the Democrats; but if the
Republicans elect a President and
can bring 10 per cent as much
Republican money to North Caro
lina during the next four years as
the Democrats did during the first
year after they came into power
in 1933, they need not worry one
minute about any expenses incur
red in attending the convention.
If you are a good Republican
(we will still count you a good one
even if you went for FDR in 1932)
you really ought to be at that get
together at Charlotte. Just think of
all the post offices—IF.
CONVENTION—The Democrats
are going to decide when to hold
their State convention around Feb
ruary 24, it seems. Chances are—
in fact it is safe to say definitely
—the convention will be held be
fore the Primary, which comes
during the last week in May. Back
in the good old days the conven
tion was held during the hottest
day of the year, and the day served
as a sort of honeymoon for the
new Governor. However, times
change.
If memory serves correctly, the
first convention held before the
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MUD’S COLD BUT THE COFFEE’S HOT
LUCY D. BROOKE (left), Englewood, N. J., Red Cross hospital
worker with the Fifth Army in Italy, and Pfc. Irving Autz, Cuero,
Tex., plow through the mud to tote buckets and pitchers of hot coffee
to wounded fighters in an advanced evacuation hospital tent behind
the battle line. In this war, women of all the services are proving
that they can be as valiant as their combat troops. Red Cross Photo.
24 Transylvania Men Are Accepted
For Military Service; 17 In Navy
ANNUAL RED CROSS
MEETING WILL BE
HELD HERE TUES.
Will Meet At Baptist Church
To Elect Officers And
Hear Reports
The annual meeting of the Tran
sylvania chapter of the American
Red Cross will be held next Tues
day night at the First Baptist
church here, Jerry Jerome, chair
man, announced today.
The meeting will start at 8
o’clock and all members and sub
scribers are invited to attend.
The election of officers will be
held and reports covering the past
year’s work will be given.
O. E. Roberts, of the American
Red Cross staff, will be present
and discuss the organization’s great
wartime functions.
Other officers of the local chap
ter include Mrs. C. M. Douglas,
secretary; Alex Kizer, treasurer;
C. M. Douglas, roll call chairman;
Ashby Johnson, home service
chairman and Ed Anderson, pub
licity chairman.
Several Fights And
Public Drunks Here
Three fights took place here in
town last week end and a large
number were arrested for public
drunkenness, it was learned from
officers.
Kenneth Wyatt and Bernard
Petty were fined and taxed with
the cost in the mayor’s court here
Monday night on charges of fight
ing. The fines were suspended.
Mandy Reece and Ernest Smith,
colored, were both fined for fight
ing. The fines were suspended.
Sneed Siniard and Lyday Morris
were said to have had a fight near
the Square here last Saturday
afternoon. Morris was alleged to
have struck Siniard and then to
have cut his clothing with a knife.
He is charged with assault with
a deadly weapon and Siniard is
charged with merely simple as
sault. A hearing is to be held next
Monday.
As yet no hearing has been held
in the Wood-Kilpatrick case.
Flight Officer Harold P. Van
nah, Jr., who spent a furlough
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Vann ah, left last week
for Columbia S. C., air base, where
he is in the replacement depot.
Group Took Pre-Induction
Examinations At Camp
Croft. List Given
Twenty-four Transylvania coun
ty men have been accepted for
service in the armed forces and
are expected to report for active
duty in the near future, Mrs. Allie
B. Harllee, clerk of the draft board
here, announced today. The 24
men took their pre-induction phy
sical examinations at Camp Croft
recently. Seventeen of them were
accepted for the navy, six for the
army and one for the marines.
Those accepted for navy service
were: Arthur Dishmon, Van R.
Tinsley, Wm. Howard Lance, Er
vin A. Mulenex, Ralph M. Owen,
James C. Gaither, James D. Ma
haffey, Elzie B. Young, Thomas L.
Osteen, Robert G. Sitton, Albert L.
Liles, Burder W. Teague, Brack
J. Norris, Clyde F. Moore, Howard
R. Fisher, Gerald S. Grose and J.
Von Tritt.
Accepted for army service were:
Luther M. Holden, Harlow Owen,
Alvin C. McCrary, Clinton F. Owen,
L. C. Galloway and James R. O’
Dell.
Fleming McCall was the only one
of the group to go to the marine
corps. He reported for immediate
service and is now stationed at
Parris Island, S. C.
Van R. Tinsley, of the navy
group, also volunteered for imme
diate service. He left yesterday
morning. The others are expected
to leave on February 28.
Public Invited To Inspect
German Captured Equipment;
Bond Rally Starts 8 O'Clock
County Is Still Behind On
Its Fourth War Loan
Drive Quota
War bond sales in Transylvania
county during the Fourth War
Loan drive now total a little over
$200,000, or about 60 per cent of
the quota of $346,000, Chairman
E. H. McMahan announced today.
He also reported that the sale
of E, F and G bonds is less than
$100,000 or a little over one-half
of the quota.
“The drive, which was scheduled
to end on February 15, has been
continued throughout this month
and I see no reason why we will
not reach our quota,” Mr. Mc
Mahan said.
“However, the only way we can
do it is for every one to buy extra
bonds this month.”
Nearly $75,000 worth of bonds
have been sold at the rallies that
have been held so far in the coun
ty. A total of $14,100 was sold at
the rally at Little River, $12,200
at the Lions club rally, $16,300 at
the Pisgah Forest P-TA meeting
and $18,500 at Lake Toxaway rally
Monday night.
Record sales are expected at the
county-wide rally Thursday night
and the final rally is to be held
at Connestee school next Monday
night at 8 o’clock with J. A. Glaze
ner as speaker.
Reports at the regular weekly
meeting of the war finance com
mittee Tuesday night indicate that
zone and block leaders here have
sold over $10,000 worth ol *
Mrs. George Massey’s zone is lead
ing the other five zones.
Seize Large Still In
Upper End County
A 90-gallon still was captured in
the Frozen Creek section of Tran
sylvania county on Tuesday, it
was reported yesterday by Deputy
W. T. Brown. There were no ar
rests made and the still was not
in operation at the time of seizure.
Other local officers accompany
ing Deputy Brown on the raid were
Roy Reece, Gill Thomas and Arch
Rogers.
Hospital Unit To
M eet Tomorrow
The executive committee of the
Hospital Auxiliary has decided to
hold the meeting at the Red Cross
work room at 2:30 this Friday
afternoon. After the business meet
ing, it is hoped that all members
will start to make surgical dress
ings.
It is pointed out that member
ship fee for one year is one dollar
for active membership and five
dollars for associate membership.
Any new members or old members
who wish to renew their member
ship and have not been called upon
by the membership committee,
should get in touch with Mrs. H.
P. Vannah, it is announced.
Scouts To Attend Church Here Sunday
Night In A Body; Observing Birthday
As one of the main features in
the observance of the 34th anni
versary of Scouting, all Boy Scouts
and Scout leaders are expected to
attend church here Sunday night
in a body at the First Baptist
church and hear a special sermon
by Rev. B. W. Thomason. The ser
vice will start at 7:30 o’clock. Mem
bers of the district committee and
parents of the Scouts are invited
to attend the service.
Most of the troops here are hold
ing special observance programs
this week and the regular monthly
court of honor is to be conducted
at the Brevard Methodist church
tomorrow night at 8 o’clock with
Jack Trantham in charge.
Through the co-operation of Alex
Patterson, the Scouts have an at
tractive window display in one of
the windows of the Patterson’s
Department store here.
Roster Of Troops
The Brevard troop number one,
sponsored by the Kiwanis club, is
the largest troop in the county.
J. E. Hatley is scoutmaster and
Bill Bangs assistant scoutmaster.
The troop committee is composed
of C. F. Moore, J. M. Gaines, Verne
Clement and Dr. E. O. 'Roland.
Members of this troop include
James Newbury, Spalding McIn
tosh, Stanley Kappers, Richard
Harrison, John Robert Patton, Earl
Hatley, Walter McIntosh, Charles
Pickelsimer, Jack Hudson, George
Wheeler, Jr., Cullen Bryant, Allan
Eberle, George Poor, Paul Lance,
Bryon Green, Robert Loftis, Tom
Lipsey, Bill Shamblin, Alex Kizer,
Robert Kappers, Henry Summey,
Gene Franklin, Buddy Tankersley,
Raymond Clark, Charles Fuller,
Bobby Nicholson, Robert Lee Reid,
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Judge Will Pless To Speak.
At Rally. To Honor
War Parents
A record crowd of Transylvan
ians from every section of the
county are expected to see the
caravan of German captured equip
ment here tonight and to attend
the big war bond rally that will
be held in the Brevard high school
auditorium.
The caravan will arrive here at
7 o’clock and will be featured in
a parade through the business dis
trict and to the high school where
the German equipment can be in
spected by the public from 7:30
until 8 o’clock tonight.
The rally, featuring music by
the Ecusta band and a patriotic
address by Judge J. Will Pless,
will commence at 8 o’clock, and
every one is invited to attend. All
parents who have four or more
sons and daughters serving in the
armed forces and all parents whose
sons have died in the present con
flict will be honor guests. They
are asked to sit on the stage and
will be recognized by Ralph R.
Fisher, district commander of the
American Legion.
The parade will be formed in
front of the courthouse on East
Main street. Those who will take
part in it include the Boy and Girl
Scouts, Cubs and Brownies, mem
bers of the American Legion, mem
bers of the physical fitness classes
at Brevard high school and all
others who will join the parade
in cars or who will walk. Those
in cars are requested to dis/lry
flags. C. M. Douglas has charge
of parade arrangements.
Following the program at the
high school, war bonds will be sold
at auction and sales are expected
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ARMY BAND WILL
GIVE A CONCERT
Public Invited To Hear Pro
gram Here This Satur
day Afternoon
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A band concert will be given
here on the courthouse lawn Sat
urday afternoon from 2 until 4
o’clock by the Moore General hos
pital band under the sponsorship
of the Brevard junior chamber of
commerce.
Between numbers short talks will
be made and a public auction sale
of war bonds will be conducted.
The Jaycees also announced that
two Jeeps will be here all day on
Saturday and will take bond and
stamp purchasers for a free ride.
Last Saturday the Jaycees sold
around $2,500 worth of bonds and
stamps. All bond purchasers are
entitled to free rides and all chil
dren who buy $5.00 worth of
stamps from the Jaycees can ride
in one of the Jeeps.
“The public is cordially invited
to hear the concert by this out
standing army band,” Howard
Schmidt, president of the Jaycees,
stated.
Mrs. Eddie Varner
Is Now Manager Of
Varner Drug Store
Mrs. Eddie Varner is now man
ager of Varner’s Drug store here,
succeeding Tom Varner who re
signed to accept a traveling posi
tion with the Walgreen agency.
He will cover parts of North Caro
lina, Georgia and Alabama, with
headquarters in Atlanta.
Ed Welfare, who recently joined
the staff of this popular local drug
store, is assistant manager. He
came here from Winston-Salem
where he served as head of a large
Walgreen soda fountain.
Mrs. Varner, who was before her
marriage Miss Nell Duckworth, is
a graduate of Brevard high and
Brevard college commercial de
partment. She has been working in
the store since it was established
a little over three years ago by her
husband who is now an Ensign in
the Navy, stationed at Solomons.
Island, Md.