The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
Vol. 54; No. 19
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BIG TOURIST SEASON PREDICTED
Lions Club To Conduct
ue Auction Sale Here
PUBLIC INVITED
TO SELL AND TO
BUY NEXT TUES.
S&ie To Be Conducted On
Vacant Lot Across From
Belk's Store Here
FORD IS IN CHARGE
An auction sale for the benefit
of the public will be conducted by
the Brevard Lions club here on
the vacant lot in front of the war
price and rationing board office
next Tuesday afternoon starting at
2 o’clock, John A. Ford, chairman
of the Lions club committee, an
nounces.
All kinds of articles will be sold
and any one desiring to have any
thing sold at that time is being
invited to do so. A small fee will
be charged owners for selling ar
ticles to defray expenses involved
in holding the auction sale.
Among the things that have al
ready been entered for sale are
household and kitchen furniture,
carpet sweepers, bicycles, tools of
various kinds, used clothing, auto
mobiles, livestock and a large
variety of other things, many of
which cannot be purchased new
today, Mr. Ford said.
The object of this sale, he said,
is to make available war-scarce
items by inducing those who have
discarded such articles to list them
for sale.
“Our purpose is to render a
wartime service,” Ford declared.
“We believe there are i* the coun
ty a large number of articles which
people are not using and that
others would be glad to get,” he
explained.
Ford said the club would like
to have listings of articles as early
as possible and that the deadline
for bringing them in would be
next Tuesday at two o’clock, the
hour of the sale.
If the initial sale is a success,
the club plans to continue it.
MUSICAL PROCRAM
PRESENTED BY PTA
Large Number Of Students
Participated. Auditori
um Is Filled
A highly entertaining musical
program in which over 100 pri
mary, elementary and high school
students participated, was given
Tuesday night in the Brevard ele
mentary school auditorium.
This was the final meeting of
the Brevard Parent-Teacher assoc
iation and the auditorium was fill
ed to capacity.
Words of welcome were extend
ed by Mrs. Goode Loftis, retir
ing P-TA president, who was given
a vote of thanks for the outstand
ing service she has rendered this
year as the head of the organiza
tion.
The primary and elementary
program was presented under the
direction of a committee composed
of Mrs. Ed McMahan, Miss Bill
Aiken and Alvin Moore.
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Schools To Collect
Clothing For Russia
A one day’s collection of cloth
ing and shoes for Russian relief
will be conducted by the public
schools of Transylvania county to
morrow, Supt. J. B. Jones announ
ces.
All persons who have old clothes
or shoes they would like to give
and have them sent to the Rus
sians, are asked to turn them in
or to send them to the three col
lection centers, the Brevard schools
and the Rosman high school.
All presidents of Parent-Teacher
associations in the county are
boosting the campaign which is
being sponsored by the state de
partment of public instruction.
The Russians are said to be in
dire need of clothing and shoes
and Transylvanians are asked to
help provide relief.
An Editorial
No Time To Strike!
Today our nation is at war for its very existence,
fighting for the survival of Democracy, individual
freedom and liberty, for freedom of speech, freedom
to worship God, freedom to assemble and freedom to
live the American way of life in every respect.
Today there are over 1,500 Transylvania county
men and women in our armed forces, stationed all
over the world. Many of them are in the front lines.
Some of them have already made the supreme sacri
fice. Others have been injured and still others are
in Jap and German prison camps. Before the sunlight
of peace shines again, many others will be killed
or wounded or taken as prisoners. These men and
women are giving their all and they are getting very
little money for their services, too.
Here on the homefront, we have made remark
able records in war activities—in production of war
materials, in raising food, in selling bonds, collecting
salvage, contributing to war fund drives, the Red
Cross, and other essential war effort programs.
Last Friday, however, this record and our loyalty
to our fighting forces were marred by a walk-out at
the Pisgah Mills here that is making thread for the
army and navy. In other words, war production was
interrupted for a short time, and, according to our
understanding, it was interrupted without first hav
ing submitted requests or differences to the manage
ment. We admit that differences can arise, but at a
time like this they should be discussed and there
should be no strikes under any circumstances. The
men in uniforms can’t strike and neither can or should
we! The government has frozen wages and is en
deavoring also to hold down the cost of living by
control methods. When increases are granted, they
must be submitted to a government agency and ap
proved as part of the cost-of-living stabilization pro
gram.
We are keenly interested in the welfare of ail
industrial employees in our county, as well as in the
successful operation of the plants, but again we re
peat, this is not the time to strike or to listen to strik
ers or unpatriotic organizers. The managers of the
plants are interested in their employees and they are
reasonable persons to deal with.
We are proud of the patriotism that our people
have displayed, but we are ashamed of the fact that
there has been a walk-out. Let’s not let it happen
again! That’s certainly not the way to back up our
men in uniforms nor is it a patriotic contribution to the
war effort. Today the first duty of every American
is to help win the war!
Piano Recital To Be Presented At
Brevard High School Next Tuesday
Red Cross Room Is
Now Open For Work
With the arrival of additional
material, the surgical dressing
room of the Transylvania chap
ter of the American Red Cross
has resumed operations, after
having been closed two weeks,
it is announced by Mrs. W. E.
Wyant, director.
Volunteer workers are now (
needed to assist in completing
approximately 18,000 dressings
from the material just received
from national headquarters, Mrs.
Wyant said. A shortage in ma
teial and labor caused the sur
gical dressing unit to suspend
operation temporarily.
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Recital To Be Given By Stu
dents At Brevard High
School
Mrs. Karl Bosse and Alvin
Moore, instructors of music in the
public schools here, have announ
ced that the first of two annual
commencement piano recitals will
be held in the Brevard high school
auditorium next Tuesday evening
at 8 o’clock. A euphonium solo by
Donald Lee Moore and vocal solos
by Betty Barker will be special
features.
The following pupils will be
heard on the program: Virginia
Kilpatrick, Mary Ann Ramsey,
Charles Franklin Moore, Norma
McCall, Heyward Ramsey, Dorothy
Jean Hamilton, Betty Wheeler,
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County’s Official Highway System
Map Is Revised At Meeting Monday
Transylvania county’s official
state highway map was revised
Monday at a joint meeting of the
county commissioners and district
officials of the State Highway and
Public Works commission held
here in the courthouse.
This was the first time since j
1931 that the road map had been
revised and it will be used for
maintenance as well as construc
tion purposes.
J. C. Walker, J. T. Knight and
E. H. Webb, of the State High
way, explained to members of the
board that the state department
desired to add certain portions of
roads to the highway system and
to drop certain other portions.
After a full discussion, 14 addi
tions, covering a total of 9.8 miles
were added to the map and 10
roads or short portions of roads
that serve no home and are un
improved roads were dropped.
Their total mileage was 11.7.
Roads placed on the map in
cluded the approach to the Old
Toxaway Baptist church, a con
necting road for Quebec school, a
road serving Carson’s Creek Bap
tist church, and so on. The com
pleted map is now on display in
the register of deeds office.
A resolution passed by the com
missioners adopted the revised
map as the official county road
map.
LIEUT. FOWLER
IS MISSING IN
ACTION IN ITALY
Well Known Brevard Pilot
Has Been Missing Since
April 13
A message from the War De
partment received on Monday by
Mrs. E. V. Fowler, of Brevard,
stated that her son, 2nd Lieut. Fred
Gordon Fowler, a pilot on a fight
er plane in the Italian theatre of :
war, has been reported missing in J
action over Corsica. The message
stated that he has been missing1
since April 13, but gave no further
details. I
Lieutenant Fowler has been
overseas two months and enlisted
in service in May, 1942. He is 23
years old. The last letter his
mother had from him was written
on April 11. He has a wife and i
a month-old baby daughter, of
whose birth the father is not j
aware. She and the baby are in
Brevard with Mrs. Fowler for the
summer, having come here from
Black Mountain.
A younger brother, Kenneth
Fowler, 18, upon learning the
news about his brother, went at
once to the local draft board and
said to the clerk, “Mrs. Harllee,
I just have to go into service now
and I want you to send me with
the next quota. The quicker I can
get in, the better it will be.” He
registered on becoming 18 this
month and volunteered four days
later, on May 9. His wishes will
be complied with and ne will go
with the next contingent, leaving
Brevard soon, it is stated.
A third brother, Lt. Earl Justice
Fowler, better known here as
“Cotton Fowler,” is in the naval
air corps, having enlisted in June,
1941. He is now on a leave at his
home here. Another brother, Ran
dall Fowler, a railway mail clerk,
Washington, D. C., and a sister,
Mrs. Robert Jackson, of Atlanta,
Ga., arrived in Brevard this week
to be with their mother.
10 PLACED IN 1-A
BY DRAFT BOARD
Other Classifications An
nounced. Only Few Clas
sified By Board
Ten registrants of Transylvania
county were placed in 1-A by the
draft board at its meeting held
the past week. Thirteen others
were put in other classifications.
Those in 1-A are: Albert L.
Liles, John B. Willis, Harold L.
Owens, Edward L. Norwood, Eu
gene W. Buchanan, Russell E. Hug
gins, J. C. Anders, L. C. Anders,
Raymond G. Hoxit and George A.
Butler, Jr.
Registrants placed in other
classes are: 2-A, Edgar Cox, Aaron
Mills, Henry J. Miller; 2-B, Roy
B. Stockton, Eldridge H. Grimmitt,
John E. Liverett, Tyrrell T. Loftis,
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There Are 1,428
Names On County’s
Honor Roll Board
There are now 1,428 names on
the Transylvania county honor roll
board that occupies a conspicious
location here on the courthouse
lawn, Mrs. Fred Holt, who has
charge of the board, announced
today.
Approximately 100 names have
been added by Painter Dad Her
bert during the past few days and
there are around 125 more names
of men who have entered service
recently to be added, which will
bring the total to over 1,550 men
from this county in service.
Mrs. Holt issued a request today
for the public to notify her of
the names of any men or women
from the county who are now in
service and whose names are not
on the board.
Since the board was first erected
nearly two years ago, 10 additions
have been made.
BEATS FATHER CATCHING TROUT
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Larry Erwin, shown above, a student at Brevard elementary
school, is not an experienced fisherman, but he really caught two
beautiful fish recently. On the opening day of the season, Larry’s
father, Bill Erwin, got out his rod and reel and went fishing. This
gave the son an idea and so he went to his grandmother’s up on
Connestee creek. When the fishing was over, Larry had caught
one 15% pound rainbow and one 14% pound speckled trout, while
his father only got two smaller ones. The entire catch is shown
above. Mr. Erwin works at Ecusta.
Canning Sugar Registration
To Be Held In Schools Next
Tuesday Afternoon From 1-5
WALK-OUT HERE
AT P1SGAH MILLS
ENDED MONDAY
Workers Return To Jobs
And Differences Are Being
Considered By WLB
A walk-out at the Pisgah Mills
here, which started last Friday
morning, ended Monday morning
when the workers returned to
their jobs at 6 o’clock.
Differences over a demand for
an increase from 40 to 50 cents an
hour in a minimum wage level
were said to have been ironed out
during conferences over the week
end with U. S. Commissioner Fred
Ponder, of Spartanburg, S. C., in
attendance. However, it is stated
that any agreements reached must
be approved by the War Labor
Board as wages are frozen. Just
what agreements were reached
have not been disclosed.
It is understood that the work
ers had made no previous demands
to the management for blanket
increase in minimum pay and
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To Be Conducted By Teach
ers. Registrants Must Have
Their Book Four
Final plans for the canning
sugar registration, which will be
held next Tuesday, May 16, were
announced yesterday for Transyl
vania county by Dr. J. F. Zachary,
chairman of the local war price
and rationing board.
Brevard and county schools will
be used as registration places, and
applicants must apply for their
canning sugar at one of the schools
between the hours of 1 and 5
o’clock on Tuesday, Dr. Zachary
said. The registrations will be con
ducted by the teachers and prin
cipals.
Plans for conducting the regis
tration will be discussed at a meet
ing of the teachers and principals
to be held at the Brevard high
school this Saturday morning at
10 o’clock.
Applicants are entitled to apply
for a maximum of ten pounds of
canning sugar for each member of
the family during this registration,
but War Ration Book No. 4 must
be presented with the application.
It was stated by the rationing
authorities that the overall 25
pound limit per person for can
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Alfred Weiss Is Given Life Term
In Georgia Court On Murder Charge
Alfred Hans Weiss, of Brevard,
was sentenced to life imprisonment
by Judge J. H. Hawkins in the
Cobb county superior court at
Marietta, Ga., Monday night after
a jury had found Weiss guilty of
murder with a recommendation
for mercy.
Weiss was charged with shoot
ing his wife on April 18 after tak
ing her in an automobile from the
home of her sister, Mrs. Clyde
Cabe at Marietta and fleeing to
wards Atlanta.
The trial lasted all day Monday
and the jury verdict was rendered
at 10 o’clock that night.
Several from Brevard and Tran
sylvania county attended the trial,
but Chief Bert Freeman was the
only one to testify. Others included
H. N. Lyda, of Brevard, Austin
Hogsed, Dick Paxton and Tom
Stroup, all of Rosman.
According to the testimony of
State Troopers C. L. Heath and
R. M. Consler at the time of Weiss’
arrest, they stopped him as he was
speeding toward Atlanta at 80
miles per hour on the new high
way. He told them he was taking
his sick wife to the hospital, but
Mrs. Weiss roused and said, “He
shot me.”
Dr. M. F. Fowler, surgeon at
Crawford W. Long hospital, testi
fied that powder burns were found
—Turn To Page Seven
RECORD NUMBER
OF INQUIRIES
ARE RECEIVED
Plans Being Made To Open
Camps. Music School To
Open June 13
TO HAVE 5 CAMPS
Judging by the record number of
inquiries that have been received
to date by the chamber of com
merce here, the outlook for the
tourist season in Brevard and
Transylvania county is the bright
est it has been in years, Mrs. Ralph
Fisher, secretary, announced this
week.
“Never before have we received
so many letters from people in so
many different sections of the
country,” Mrs. Fisher said.
“I don’t know how they are
coming, probably by bus or train
since most of them state that they
will not have their cars,” she ex
plained.
Practically all of the persons
making inquiry want something
close-in to town.
Summer camp inquiries are also
numerous and five camps are now
making plans to open next month.
They are Keystone, Illahee, Mary
Gwyn, Carolina and Cateechee.
Music Camp Opens June 13
The Transylvania Music School
Camp will open on June 13 and
run until July 23. After that a
two weeks special camp will be
conducted. This new music school
camp will be located at Camp
Transylvania and Brevard college
and will be operated by James
Christian Pfohl, head of the music
department at Davidson college.
The camp will have an enrollment
of 125 boys and girls between the
ages of 10 and 18. There will be
25 on the teaching staff. Art, as
well as music, will be taught
Miss Annie Shipman is now
making plans to open the Franklin
hotel and Miss Grace Piercy has
been remodelling and painting the
Pierce-Moore hotel here on both
the inside and outside.
DEMOCRATS PICK
W.N.C. DELEGATES
A. H. Harris Chosen On
State Committee, But De
clines To Accept
Representing North Carolina at
the national Democratic convention
will be six delegates from the 12th.
district, who were chosen last
Thursday at the Democratic con
vention in Raleigh. They are Rob
ert R. Williams, Asheville; Monroe
Redden, Hendersonville, state
chairman; and Mrs. E. L. McKee,
of Sylva. are delegates at large.
E. C. Greene, Asheville, and H. E.
Buchanan, Hendersonville, are dis
trict delegates and J. E. S. Thorpe
is a district alternate.
Glen Palmer, of Waynesville,
was elected vice president of the
12th. district
A. H. Harris, of Brevard, was
chosen as a member of the state
executive committee, but Mr.
Harris will be unable to accept
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Singletary Brothers
In Pacific Theatre
Sergeant Ed Singletary, well
known Brevard boy who is a mem
ber of the air forces, is now with
his old squadron in the India
China-Burma theatre of war, while
his brother, Norman, is a gunner
on a bomber in the New Guinea
area.
Sergeant Ed has been nearly
around the globe since he joined
the air forces the day after Peaii
Harbor. He spent nearly a year in
South America with the third
photo mapping squadron, went t
North Africa and throughout th'
area and is now in the far f
He has recovered Purely
injuries sustained last yer
Both of these boy^arf
Mrs. L. H. Singletary, of