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The Transylvania Times Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943 Vol. 54; No. 20 ★ 12 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944 ★ ONE SECTION * PUBLISHED WEEKLY CLEAN-UP DRIVE STARTS MONDAY ************************ * * * Music School-Camp To Open On T uesday, June 13 ENROLLMENT OF 125 SOYS. GIRLS EXPECTED HERE To Have Large Staff. Plan To Give Public Recitals And Concerts. FACULTY IS ANNOUNCED The Transylvania Music School Camp, which is being established near here at Camp Transylvania, will open on Tuesday, June 13, with an enrollment of at least 125 boys and girls from various Sou thern and Eastern states and with a staff of approximately 30 trained and talented artists from Davidson and Queens colleges, James Chris tian Pfohl, director, announced to day. “The new music school-camp will endeavor to discover, develop and encourage in young people musical talent, the art of painting and dra matic ability,” Prof. Pfohl stated. The school is being established here as a result of a merger of the school-camps at Davidson college and Queens college by Prof. Pfohl who directs music at both institu tions. “This is an ideal location as music and art are closely allied with nature and certainly the mountain scenery in Transylvania is indeed beautiful,” he said. Boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 will be enrolled at the camp. The main season will close July 23 and from then until August 6, a post-season course will be offered for all students who wish to continue and participate in a program of public appearances in recitals, concerts and dramatic productions. Girls attending the school will be housed in Taylor hall dormitory at Brevard college. Plans are now being made for the music school to give faculty recitals every Tuesday evening in —Turn To Page Six 2ND RECITAL SET FOR FRIDAY EVE Pupils of Brevard and Pisgah Forest Schools to Appear On Program. The second of two commence ment recitals will be presented Friday evening in the high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. The first of the series, featuring piano pu pils of Mrs. Karl Bosse and Alvin Moore, was given on Tuesday eve ning to a large and appreciative audience. The public is invited. Pupils from the Pisgah Forest and the Brevard schools will take part on the program. Bonnie Fay Hawkins and Pete Shiflet, of the Brevard grammar school, will be heard in several vocal solos. The following Pisgah Forest stu dents will appear: Billy Gardener, Betty Gardener, Judith Ann Mann, Mildred Fuller, Juanita McCrary, Jewel Sentelle, Allie Marie Sen —Turn To Page Twelve BAPTIST WMUMEET SET FOR WED., 241U Annual All-Day Meeting Will Be Held At Calvert Church. Annual Transylvania associational meeting of the W. M. U. of the Baptist church will be held in the Mt. Moriah, Calvert, Baptist church on Wednesday, May 24, in an all day session, beginning at 10 o’clock in the morning. Two guest speakers will be pres ent, Miss Ola Lea and Miss Mary Currin, of the state mission board, Raleigh. Leaders of the association and other prominent local speakers will be heard on the day’s program Mrs. S. F. McAuley, of Brevard, superintendent, will preside. Elec tion of officers and annual reports will be features of the session. Lunch will be served at noon by ladies of the church. YANKS START MOP-UP OF BOUGAINVILLE JAPS WHAT LOOKS LIKE an advertisement of a wartime scene is in reality a grim game of life and death in the Bouganville jungle as American soldiers clamber from their foxholes to fall in behind a tank for mop-up operations against the Japs. One soldier in the foreground, rifle at shoulder, is poised to fire at a Jap. This picture was taken after a series of enemy attacks in which the foe lost 7,000. Signal Corps photo. (International) Transylvania Farmers Pledge To Exceed Record Production Goals Assigned Them For ’44! A Total Of 990 Farmers Agreed to Participate in Wartime Program Transylvania county farmers will exceed the record 1944 pro duction goals that have been as signed to them if they can achieve the objectives which they have voluntarily agreed upon, a tabu lation just completed here in the county AAA office reveals. A total of 990 farmers in the county have signed 1944 produc tion goal forms. This is 40 more than participated in the AAA pro gram last year and represents practically every farm in Tran sylvania. The work of contacting the farmers was done primarily by community committeemen and AAA field representatives. Tabulations show that the farm ers plan to exceed all of the county’s goal with the exception of wheat and Irish potatoes, and it is believed that before the sea son ends, these goals will be met. The individual reports are as follows: Item Goal Agreed To Produce Corn-7,446 acres 7,505 acres Oats_ 89 ” 115 ” Rye _ 685 ” 835 ” Wheat ___ 150 ” 120 ” Barley_ 80 ” 115 ” I. Pot. ___ 708 ” 475 ” Tame hay 2,987 ” 3,550 ” Commercial Vege tables __ 990 ” 1,090 ” Home Gardens_ 875 990 Chickens for Market_47,376 80,575 Turkeys _ 186 350 Sows _ 487 500 Hens and pullets __36,442 36,785 Milk cows _ 1,600 1,755 GARREN ELECTED COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION Other Officers Elected. Del egates And Alternates Also Named James W. Garren was elected commander of the American Legion for the ensuing year at the meeting of the organization held on Tuesday evening. Other officers elected to serve with Commander Garren were: Howard D. Wyatt, vice comman der; J. I. Ayers, adjutant and fi nance officer; J. H. Crisp, re elected service officer; Rev. B. W. Thomason, re-elected chaplain. William J. Wallis is the re tiring commander, and J. M. Gaines, retiring adjutant. Delegates and alternates were also elected to the State conven tion of the American Legion, which will be held in Asheville June 19 and 20. The following delegates were elected: Ralph Fisher, Verne P. Clement, J. I. Ayers, M. E. Head. Alternate delegates were elect ed as follows: Brown Carr, Howard Wyatt, Clyde C. Summey, Roy J. Beddingfield, A. H. Kizer, James W. Garren. Mrs. Paul Sheriff and daughter, Estella, of Easley, S. C., were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hargis and family. Articles Worth From $700 To $800 Sold At Lions Club Auction Sale Here Between seven and eight hun dred dollars worth of articles of many kinds, including those hard to get on account of wartime re strictions, were disposed of at the auction sale conducted by the Lions club here Tuesday afternoon on the vacant lot in front of the rationing board office. Bidding was spirited and in many cases the articles brought far more than the owners expected, John A. Ford, chairman of the committee in charge of the auction, said. Mr. Ford did most of the crying and he was assisted by Jack Trantham, president of the club. Mr. Ford estimated that several hundred people attended the sale during the four hours it was in progress. Virtually everything put up was sold, he said, except some livestock. A mule with harness on was offered but failed to bring the minimum prescribed by the own er, $20. Mr. Ford removed the bridle and sold it for $5.00. “The people generally seem to be well pleased with the outcome of the auction — both those who sold and those who bought,” Mr. Ford said. Already, he stated, peo ple were insisting that other auo —Turn To Page Seven FIFTY REGISTRANTS LEFT BREVARD FOR CAMP CROFT TUES. Large Number Said To Have Passed Exams. Nine Go From Other Boards. Fifty registrants of Transylvan ia county left Brevard Tuesday morning for their pre-induction physical examination at Camp Croft, S. C., it was announced here today by Mrs. Allie B. Harlee, clerk of the local draft board. An additional nine men were transferred to other boards, and two of the 50 were transfers to the Brevard board. A large number passed, but no report was avail able in time for publication. Curtis Kelley, owner and mana ger of the Cash and Carry Grocery store here, was leader of the group, and George M. Justus and Isaac J. Eckenrod were assistant leaders. The following left Brevard Tues —Turn To Page Twelve 4 teachersF COUNTY RESIGN Miss Whitesides To Accept Position As County Dem onstration Agent Four teachers in Brevard and Transylvania county public schools have resigned, it was learned from Supt. J. B. Jones’ office this week. Miss Doris Whitesides has resign ed as home economics teacher at Brevard high school to accept a position as home demonstration agent in Ashe county. She will re port for duty on June 5. Effective July 1, R. E. Law rence will resign as vocational —Turn To Page Seven Times Bowling Team Wins Championship In Tri-City League The Times bowling team won the championship in the Tri-City league in the finals which were played off Tuesday night in Ashe ville, when the Times team won two games and lost one against Baker Packing company. The Ford Lumber company and Sealtest tied for second place, be ing two games behind the Times team. This is the second time the Times team has won the champion ship, since they were winners in the Tri-City league last year also. The following scores were made by the Times team Tuesday night: Reynolds, 533; Jerome, 483; Simp son, 538; Luper, 513; Straus, 594. Total, 2661. Large Crowd Is Expected To Attend Brevard College’s Big Tenth Anniversary Celebration At Least 100 Local People Urged to Attend Busi ness Luncheon. At least 1,000 people from va rious sections of North Carolina and adjoining states are expected to attend the 4-day celebration of the tenth anniversary of Brevard college, which will be held here on June 3-6, Dr. E. J. Coltrane, pres ident, stated at a meeting of chamber of commerce directors here Monday night. One of the highlight events of the celebration will be a business men’s luncheon to be held in the college dining hall on Monday, June 5, and plans are being made for at least 100 Brevard and Tran sylvania county men and women to attend. The college is inviting a large number of special guests from va rious places outside of the county, but reservations will be made for at least 100 local persons, Dr. Col trane said. Edwin L. Jones, chairman of the board of trustees, will preside and talks will be made by Dr. J. R. Cunningham, president of David son college; D. Hiden Ramsey, general manager of the Citizen Times and Harry H. Straus. At their meeting Monday night, chamber of commerce directors agreed to sell 100 tickets here for the luncheon at a cost of $1.50 each. All members of the chamber as well as others, will be given an opportunity to attend the lun cheon. A committee composed of Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, C. M. Douglas and Jerry Jerome was appointed to sell tickets. At five o’clock that afternoon an outstanding pageant will be presented by the students. This pageant is called the “Bells of —Turn To Page Six Electrical Storm Causes Damage Here Late Tuesday Night A severe electrical storm Tues day night around midnight caused considerable damage to the sub station here and to motor equip ment at the Pisgah Mills, it was reported yesterday by J. M. Gaines, head of the Duke Power company here. The sub-station transformer was destroyed by the lightning, which also was the cause of a large 75 horsepower motor and several small humidity motors at Pisgah Mills to be burned out. Electrical service was inter rupted for only a few minutes, Mr. Gaines said, and then in only lim ited sections of the town. Only scattered individual outages were reported to the Duke Power com pany due to effects of lightning. Proclamation In the interest of progress and the general welfare of our town and its citizens and in ac cordance with a practice that has been carried oat for a num ber of years, I hereby issue the following proclamation: Whereas, the Chamber of Commerce, in co-operation with the town authorities and the Women’s Civic club is planning to conduct a clean-up campaign in Brevard May 22-27. Whereas a campaign of this kind is productive of much good in the promotion of beautifica tion, civic pride, health and fire prevention. Now, therefore, I, Verne Clement, Mayor of the Town of Brevard, do hereby set aside and proclaim the dates May 22 27 as Clean-Up Week for Bre vard and respectfully call upon every citizen, business firm and organization to co-operate to the fullest extent in the observance of this campaign. Signed this the 17th day of May, 1944. Verne Clement, Mayor, Town of Bmard. AROUND 10,000 REGISTERED FOR CANNING SUGAR Teachers Conducted Regis tration In 16 Schools Of County On Tuesday Approximately 10,000 applicants for canning sugar registered Tues day afternoon at the 16 registra tion places in the different schools in Brevard and Transylvania coun ty, it was announced yesterday by Dr. J. F. Zachary, chairman of the war price and rationing board here. At two or three of the registra tion places the supply of sugar coupons ran out before the regis tration was completed, Dr. Zach ary said. People in those com munities who failed to register and did not get their new coupons due to this reason will be given an opportunity to get them by ap plying at the rationing board of fice here at any time. Those who failed to make application at all and did not register on Tuesday will be enabled to do so on or after June 15th. The canning sugar registration allowed an extra 10 pounds per person, which may be obtained any time during the canning sea son. Stamp No. 40 is also good indefinitely for the use of can —Turn To Page Twelve Officials Inspect Proposed Site In Transylvania For State Test Farm Transylvania county stands a good chance of getting a state test farm, judging by statements made by officials who inspected a pro posed site, the Allison farm, loca ted between Pisgah Forest and Brevard, last Thursday afternoon. “This is the best location that we have seen so far,” two of the officials told a Times reporter. Included in the party were Kerr Scott, North Carolina commission er of agriculture; Dean Colvard, director of the Mountain Experi ment station; Dr. Baver, of the state department; Bob Deaton, as sistant director of the state bud get; Larry Burgin, of Henderson county, a member of the state board; and Roland Reeves, of Haywood county, another member of the state board. The group inspected other pro posed locations in neighboring counties. The farm site is being sought to replace the Swannanoa test farm which was sold to the federal government as the site for Moore General hospital. A sheep and cattle test farm was recently established in Ashe county and a general purpose test farm will be set up for the moun tain region. Because of the size and condition of soils and other factors, there are only a few farms in Western North Carolina that met require ments for a state test farm, it is explained. The proposed site inspected in this county has 258 acres, of which about 190 are in cultivation and it is readily accessible. PUBLICtS URGED TO CO-OPERATE TO FULLEST EXTENT Brevard’s Annual Clean-Up Week Is Sponsored By Chamber of Commerce. SCHEDULE IS GIVEN Preparatory to the opening of the tourist season, the annual clean-up campaign in Brevard will be conducted next week by the chamber of commerce, assisted by the Women’s Civic club and town officials. Mayor Verne Clement today is sued a proclamation designating May 22-27 as clean-up week in Brevard and calling on every citizen to co-operate to the fullest possible extent. C. M. Douglas is chairman of the chamber of commerce clean up committee which is composed of Willis Brittain, Jerry Jerome, Bryan Shiflet, Alex Kizer, Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary and Ed M. Anderson. The uptown section is under the direct supervision of the chamber of commerce. Mrs. Oliver Orr, of the Women’s Civic club, is general chairman of the women’s committee and will have supervision over the residen tial section. She will be assisted by the following persons: Miss Alma Trowbridge, Mrs. E. J. Col trane, Mrs. Lula Miller, Mrs. Ever ett Huggins, Mrs. John Ashworth, Mrs. Will Price, Mrs. Mordecia Neely, Miss Pearl Mull, Mrs. Paul Baker, Mrs. Keith Pooser, Mrs. E. R. Pendleton, Mrs. Jessie Rock wood, Mrs. W. P. Tindall, Mrs. B. W. Trantham, Mrs. A. B. Galloway, Mrs. Allen Poe, Miss Alice Hayes, Mrs. Mary Lookabill, Mrs. Bert Freeman, Mrs. D. L. English, Mrs. Frank McIntosh, Mrs. Anthony Trantham, Mrs. Harry Clayton, Mrs. Howard Schmidt, Mrs. D. G. —Turn To Page Six BUDGETS APPROVED BY LOCAL CHEST Money Appropriated to Girl Scouts, P-TA, SCF And Welfare Needs. Annual budget requests of four local organizations have been ap proved by officers and trustees of the Transylvania county com munity chest and a total of $1,900 was appropriated for their use during the next fiscal year, Jerry Jerome, chairman of the chest, announced today. The chest still has a balance of $300 in the treasury and other or ganizations that intend to partici pate in the program have been asked to submit their budget re quirements immediately. Budgets approved and author ized to date are as follows: Brevard girl scouts, $950; Brevard Parent Teacher association, $150; Tran sylavania chapter of Save the Children’s Federation, $100; and care of needy and crippled through the welfare department, $710. —Turn To Page Twelve Many Expected To Attend Big Singing Convention Sunday A large number of Transyl vania county people are expect ed to attend the Western Caro linas* annual singing conven tion to be held at the Hender sonville high school this Sun day, starting at 10 o’clock in the morning. This is the largest singing convention in Western North Carolina and a number of out standing quartets, trios, and choruses will be featured dur ing the convention. F. L. Jones, of Henderson ville, is chairman of the pro gram committee. James Gilliam, of Hendersonville, is president of the association. W. L. Har man, of Bosnian, is a member of the program committee.
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