The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
Vol. 54; No. 8
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEB. 24, 1944
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY EXCEEDS BOND QUOTA
Flag Raising Service To Be Held Here Saturday
EVENT TO STRESS
RECORD MADE IN
BANDAGE ROOMS
Volunteer Surgical Dressing
Making Workers To
Stage Parade
PUBLIC IS INVITED
In observance of the outstand
ing record that has been made
this month in the surgical dres
sing rooms of this county, a parade
of workers and a flag raising ser
vice will be held here this Satur
day afternoon, Jerry Jerome,
chairman of the Transylvania
chapter of the American Red
Cross, announced today.
All volunteer workers in the
bandage making rooms here and
at Rockbrook have been invited
to meet at the city hall in Brevard
at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon
and march in parade to the court
house lawn where the flag rais
ing service is to be held at 3 o’clock.
Members of the Monroe Wilson
post of the American Legion will
have charge of the flag raising.
This ceremony will be preceded by
a brief program which will include
an invocation by Rev. Ashby John
son. home service chairman of this
chapter; patriotic music and one
or two short talks on the work of
the surgical dressing rooms, and a
pledge of allegiance to the flag
when it is hoisted.
Work in the county’s two surgi
cal dressing room* '.s. ing the
month of February has been dedi
cated to the county’s heroes who
have died in World War II .
The Brevard work-room has
already exceeded its quota of 17,
500 and by the end of the month
expects to reach the 25,000 mark.
A similar record has been made at
Rockbrook.
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GASOLINE COUPONS
TO BE NUMBERED
Change Is Being Made By
OPA To Put A Curb On
Black Marketing
Beginning on March first the
war price and rationing board will
begin issuing strip coupons to all
gasoline users, Miss Mattie E.
Lewis, chief clerk of the board
announced yesterday.
The new method of issuing gaso
line coupons is an effort on the
part of the OPA to counteract the
prevailing black market sales.
Each coupon to be issued after the
first of March will be numbered
serially, enabling them to be traced
easily.
Miss Lewis stated that the pres
ent coupons would be valid until
the regular time for renewals and
that in an effort to stagger the
reissues the strip coupons will be
given out only as new applications
come in or renewals are made.
Under the new system B and
C coupons will be good for five
gallons of gasoline.
Union Service For
Young People Will
Be Held Here Sun.
A special meeting for young
people of four denominations of
Brevard—the First Baptist, Metho
dist, Episcopal and Presbyterian
churches—will be held at the First
Baptist church this Sunday eve
ning at 6:30 o’clock.
This meeting, which will be
presided over by George Buchan
an, leader of the Baptist young
people’s group, will be followed
by a union service of the four de
nominations at the Baptist church
at 7:30. Rev. Ashby Johnson, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church,
will deliver the sermon.
Immediately following this ser
vice, there will be a fellowship
and social hour for the young peo
ple. This will be held in the edu
cation building of the church, in
charge of Miss Madge Finger, of
Brevard college.
County Again Wins Second
Place In North Carolina
General Salvage Contest
TRIED THIS WEEK
CHARLIE CHAPLIN, white
haired actor, is being tried this
week on charges of violation of
the Mann act. He is being sued
by his ex-protege, Joan Berry,
who accuses that Chaplin is the
father of her child.
BUS HEARING HAS
BEEN POSTPONED
BY COMMISSIONER
Greyhound Lines Being Ask
ed To Retain Brevard
Henderson Route
Official notice was received here
last Friday afternoon by the trans
portation committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce that the bus
hearing scheduled for Thursday,
Feb. 24, had been postponed in
definitely.
The hearing for proposed lease
of the Brevard to Hendersonville
lines by Greyhound to John L.
Loy, of Hendersonville, was origi
nally set for January 13, in Hen
dersonville, but moved later to
Asheville at request of counsel for
Brevard and date set for Feb
ruary 24.
No Reason Given
Notice as received by chairman
of the transportation committee
here Friday did not state reason
for postponement of the hearing,
but stated simply that hearing has
been “postponed indefinitely.”
Members of the transportation
committee have been active in op
posing the lease since September
of 1943 when word was first re
ceived here of proposed lease by
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Receives $500 War Bond As
Award. Catawba County
Won First Place
Transylvania county won second
place in the general state-wide
salvage contest held in 1943 un
der the sponsorship of the North
Carolina Salvage committee, Jas.
B. Vogler, executive secretary of
the state committee, announces.
A check in th6 amount of $375
to be used for the purchase of a
$500 war bond has been received
by the Transylvania county salv
age committee as the second place
award.
Catawba county won first place
and received a $1,000 bond.
Total salvage collections in Ca
tawba during the contest amount
ed to 39.35 per person and the
average per person in Transylvania
was 38 pounds. Graham county
won third place among the coun
ties.
This is the second time that
Transylvania county has won sec
ond place in the salvage contests
in North Carolina. In the fall of
1942 this county won second place
in the state-wide newspaper scrap
metal drive and received a $500
w'ar bond. At that time the county
collection average was over 200
pounds per person.
The recent contest included all
salvage—metal, waste paper and
fats.
“Mr. Edgerton, our state chair
man, joins me in expressing our
deep appreciation to you and the
members of your committee for
your splendid efforts in salvage
work and especially to you as
chairman for your untiring efforts,
interest and co-operation in our
work,” Mr. Vogler wrote Howard
Wyatt, county salvage chairman.
Other members of the committee
are Mayor Verne Clement, Ralph
Ramsey, Mrs. Carl McCrary, Miss
Annabel Teague, William Wallis,
Alex Kizer, Ralph Fisher, Julian
Glazener J. B. Jones and Ed M.
Anderson.
“Of course we are delighted to
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Annual World Day
Of Prayer Will Be
Observed Friday
Annual World Day of Prayer
observance will be held at the Bre
vard Presbyterian church Friday
afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30, in a
union service of four churches of
Brevard.
Representatives from the four
churches — Presbyterian, Episco
pal, First Baptist and Methodist—
will take part on the program, the
theme of which will be, “And the
Lord Wondered That There Was
No Intercessor.”
Attention is called to the time
of service at 3:30 o’clock instead
of the customary hour at 4, and
it will last only one hour.
Mass Meeting Of Persons Interested
In County Fair To Be Held Tuesday
A mass meeting will be held in
the courthouse here next Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock to discuss plans
for holding a Transylvania county
fair here next fall, John Ford,
chairman of a special Lions’ club
committee, announced today.
Representatives of the Kiwanis
club, chambers of commerce,
American Legion, various women’s
clubs, schools, farm and industrial
leaders and all other interested
citizens are invited to attend this
meeting.
Mr. Ford said the Lions club is
primarily interested in seeing that
a county fair is held and is asking
the full co-operation of other
organizations and the public in
achieving this objective.
He said that if there is enough
sentiment for the organization of
a fair association to assume full
responsibility for its operation that
such a plan would meet hearty
approval. On the other hand, if
other organizations do not prefer
to assume financial responsibility,
the Lions club would act in that
capacity if the other organizations
and individuals would pledge com
plete co-operation.
This and other matters will be
discussed at the meeting here next
Tuesday night
“Transylvania can and should
have a good county fair and let’s i
get one started,” he urged.
THIRTY-NINE SENT
TO CAMP TUESDAY
FOR EXAMINATION
List Included Ashe Macfie,
Member Of The Board
Of Aldermen
Thirty-nine Transylvania county
men left Brevard Tuesday morn
ing for Camp Croft where they
were given pre induction examina
tions.
Those reporting for examination
were: J. A. Macfie, Glen Lookabill,
Leonard W. Bonnell, Charles L.
Davis, Worth G. Bragg. Carroll E.
Patton, William B. Holden, Clar
ence E. Bowen, Ted H. Mull,
Harold L. Hudson, Ernest E. Bry
son. Marvin Reid, James L. Morris,
Carl M. Sisk. John W. Hollar. Jr.,
Ransom A. Poe, Hughey M. Raines,
Shirley W. Primm, Virgil E. Gil
lespie. William M. Wilson.
Also, Herbert D. Ledbetter, Wil
liam Ansel Hart, William Hinkle,
Joe M. Galloway, Auburn E. York.
George D. McCall, Jr., Burder
Crawford. Tolvin F. McCall, John
Galloway, Joe Corbett, Jr., Ralph
J. Fisher, Starling Roberts. Dennis
C. Morgan, William W. Gravley
and Thomas McCrary.
Among those reporting on Tues
day were Charles E. Fowler, Wil
liam M. Millner and Marvin Cox.
all of whom had been transferred
to this board from other selective
service boards, Mrs. Harllee an
nounced,
The clerk of the board here gave
the names of five men who have
been transferred from this draft
board. They are: Fletcher H. De
Ford, Zeno H. Ponder, Seymore
Schandler, Lionel T. Jones and
Joseph E. Curto.
Mrs. Wyant Succeeds
Mrs. Happ As Head
Of Bandage Room
Mrs. William E. Wyant, of Bre
vard, has been appointed to have
charge of the Red Cross surgical
dressing room here, succeeding
Mrs. Edwin Happ who has resign
ed after having served in this ca
pacity since the room was opened,
Jerry Jerome announced today.
Mr. Jerome commended Mrs.
Happ for the work she has done
and extended best wishes to the
new director.
“I wanted to thank every one
for the splendid co-operation given
to me and to urge that you con
tinue to make more and more sur
gical dressings,” Mrs. Happ stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyant moved to
Brevard last fall from New Or
leans. Mr. Wyant is a retired ac
countant.
Mrs. Mary Scott is assistant di
rector of the room.
17 Transylvania Men
To Leave Here Mon,
To Enter Training
Fourteen men who have been
accepted for navy service and five
who have been accepted for the
army will leave from Transylvania
county Monday morning, Mrs. Al
lie B. Harlee, clerk of the draft
board here, announced today.
Those reporting for naval ser
vice are: Arthur Dishmon, Wm.
Howard Lance, Ervin A. Mulenex,
Ralph M. Owen, James D. Mahaf
fey, Elzie B. Young, Thomas L.
Osteen, Robert G. Sitton, Burder
W. Teague, Brack J. Norris, Clyde
F. Moore, Howard R. Fisher, Ger
ald S. Grose and Roy E. Hudson.
Fisher and Hudson have both
been transferred to this board
from other boards.
Leaving for the army will be:
Luther M. Holden, Harlow Owen,
Clifton F. Owen, L. C. Galloway
and James R. O’Dell.
It has been suggested that more
people should try to see the boys
off than has been the custom here.
The men leaving on Monday will
leave from Macfie’s drug store at
10:15, and this time they are going
for good—not just a physical.
VISITING HERE
Mrs. Cos Paxton, of Swannanoa,
is visiting here this week.
MAYBE IT’LL SCARE JAPS TO DEATH
TURN A NAVY ARTIST loose with a can of paint and you’ll
have another weapon .to make life miserable for the Japs. This
snaggle-toothed seagoing nightmare is an 80-foot PT boat boasting
fire-power enough to effectively fight and shoot down dive bomb
ers. (International)
42 People Have Volunteered
As Blood Donors For Hospital
Here In Case Of Emergencies
35 CLASSIFIED
IN ONE-A CROUP
Many Are Classified. Com
plete List Announced
By Board
Of the fifty-two registrants classi
fied by the draft board here this
week thirty-five were placed in
1-A. according to an announcement
by Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, clerk of
the local board.
Six of the Transylvania county
men classified were put in l-A(H),
leaving only eleven in other classi
fications.
Those men in 1-A are: Charles
M. Grogan, Howard M. Hall, Bill
T. Nelson, John A. Heath, Fletcher
H. DeFord, John L. Taylor, Arthur
Roberson, Floyd Brown, Jesse B.
Whitmire, Hayden Crane, Lewis
E. Hansley, Archibald P. Boggs,
Justin A. Brewer, George W.
Wheeler, Leonard T. Fanning,
Theodore W. Cantrell, Bunion Wil
son, Walter G. Chapman, Carl
Pressley, Mitchell H. Barton, Jos
eph A. Terry, Holler Orr, H. G.
Rogers, James A. Newsome, Fred
Logan, James E. Moore, Leonard
W. Bonnell, James A. Orr, Ralph
H. Landreth, Arthur A. McCrary,
O’Dell M. Owen, Emanuel Erwin,
Jr., James P. Owen, Edward W.
Glazener and James Avery.
In l-A(H) are: Mitchell W. For
tune, Allen L. McKinney, Harry R.
Sellers, James A. Whitmire, Julius
E. Klinger and Ralph D. Galloway.
Classified in 2-B were: Homer J.
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Project Is Sponsored By The
Business And Profession
al Women’s Club
Forty-two people in Transylvania
county have volunteered as blood
donors, according to Mrs. Julius
Sader, chairman of the health and
education committee of the Bre
vard Business and Professional
Women’s club. This committee has
been responsible for the promotion
of a local voluntary blood donors
campaign for emergency cases at
the hospital here, and Mrs. Sader,
who is a registered technician,
typed the blood.
Since the local campaign began
several of the volunteers have
been called upon to meet emer
gencies and in every case the hos
pital authorities report that there
has been a prompt response.
Especially good about answering
emergency calls, the employees of
Ecusta and the plant officials
have always been cooperative. The
plant officials have even furnished
transportation to and from the
hospital when blood was urgently
needed, it is stated.
Not only are these volunteers
being used for emergency donors,
'but many have given blood for
plasma, which is kept at the Tran
sylvania community hospital. Mrs.
Sader said that not only have those
listed as volunteers by the Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
club given blood for the plasma
bank, but many others who have
not been typed have donated to
the bank.
Any person in this community
who is interested in joining the
volunteer list being sponsored by
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Men In Uniforms To Be Admitted Free
To Theatres Through American Legion
Through the joint co-operation
of the Monroe Wilson post of the
American Legion and the local
theatre management, all service
men who are at home on visits or
furloughs will be admitted free
to the Co-Ed and Clemson theatres
here.
Plans for providing this enter
tainment for Transylvania county
men and women who are in the
armed forces were worked out un
der the direction of the legion’s
entertainment committee, compos
ed of Ralph Fisher, Raymond Ben
nett and Howard Wyatt.
“We are happy to announce that
through the excellent co-operation
of the theatre management we are
able to furnish free movie enter
tainment for all servicemen in uni
form and we invite each one of
you to take advantage of it,” mem
bers of the committee stated.
The Legion committee is also
making plans to hold dances for
servicemen at later dates.
CLOTHING SALE SAT.
Save the Children Federation
sale of clothing will be held in the
Brevard grammar school base
ment this Saturday morning from
9:30 to noon. Mrs. Ted Schepkow
ski will be in charge. Those who
wish to volunteer for this work
are asked to notify Mrs. F. P.
Sledge.
ARTICLES BRING
GOOD PRICES AT
PUBLIC AUCTION
Full Allotment Of “E” Bonds
Not Yet Bought, Mc
Mahan Reports
MERCHANTS THANKED
Transylvania county has exceed
ed its Fourth War Loan quota by
more than 45 per cent, E. H. Mc
Mahan, county chairman, announ
ced yesterday. The county’s quota
was $346,000 and sales to date have
amounted to $503,000, an over sub
scription of $157,000.
Sales Tuesday afternoon amount
ed to $488,000. The auction sale
at the Co-Ed theatre Tuesday night
resulted in the sale of about $15,
000 more in bonds. To date about
$130,000 worth of “E” bonds have
been sold and Mr. McMahan ex
pressed the belief that the allot
ment of $164,000 would be dis
posed of before the time limit ex
pires next Tuesday.
Although attendance at the auc
tion Tuesday night due to unfavor
able weather and other factors was
not as large as anticipated, bidding
was spirited and the various arti
cles provided by the merchants of
Brevard brought good prices. The
highest bid — $1,700 — was made
for a bicycle given by the Smathers
Mfg. Co. and an elaborate blanket
made by Mrs. Pete Bikas and do
nated by Galloway’s cafe so ex
cited the admiration of those pres
ent that it brought $1,600.
Three men took turns crying
off the articles. They were C. M.
Douglas, John A. Ford and Jerry
Jerome. This trio did an excellent
job and enlivened the proceedings
by their sprightly chatter and
humorous comments.
The auction was sponsored by
the merchants committee of the
chamber of commerce, of which
D. T. Abercrombie is chairman. It
was the first event of its kind
staged in Brevard.
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LAST RITES HELD
FOR H. L. ALLISON
Prominent Farmer Of Coun
ty Passed Away At His
Home On Monday
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday afternoon at the Brevard
First Baptist church for H. L.
(Bud) Allison, 72, who died at his
home near Brevard on Monday,
following an extended illness. The
pastor, Rev. B. W. Thomason, Rev.
S. B. McCall and Rev. H. L. South
er conducted the service. Burial
was in Oak Grove cemetery.
Surviving are the widow: two
sons, E. Carl Allison, chairman of
the hoard of county commission
ers, and Pat Allison, member of
the school board committee; four
daughters, Mrs. Lynch Moore and
Miss Dorothy Allison, of near Bre
vard, and Mrs. V. C. Orr and Mrs.
Newton Pickelsimer, of Penrose;
two sisters, Mrs. Bob Bryson, of
Greenville, S. C., and Mrs. C. W.
Johnson, of Crandall, Ga.; also
22 grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Mr. Allison was a native of
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Republicans Will
Hold A Convention
Here On March 11
A Republican convention for
Transylvania county will be held
here at the courthouse on Satur
day, March 11, at 11 o’clock for
the purpose of electing delegates
to attend the state convention at
Charlotte on March 16 and the
congressional convention at Ashe
ville on March 14, Ralph Fisher,
chairman of the Transylvania Re
publican executive committee, an
nounced today.
Precinct conventions are to be
held Saturday, March 4, at 2 o’
clock in the afternoon to select
delegates to the county conven
tion, he stated.