Vol. 54; No. 21
The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1944
SECTION ONE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A SPECIAL DRIVE
IS BEING MADE IN
BUSINESSSECnON
Jaycees And Scouts Cleaning
Up Vacant Lots. High
way Dept. Helps
TOWN TRUCKS BUSY
The annual clean-up drive that
is being conducted in Brevard this
week under the sponsorship of the
chamber of commerce is progres
sing splendidly, persons in charge
of the campaign stated today.
A large number of women are
making house-to-house contacts in
the residential section and a spe
cial effort to secure full co-opera
tion of every merchant and firm
in the business district is being
made.
Business establishments are re
quested to clean-up around their
premises this afternoon while their
stores are closed. Town trucks will
collect the trash tomorrow morn
ing.
The Jaycees and Boy Scouts are
at work cleaning up the vacant
lots and the state highway depart
ment is co-operating in cutting
grass on the edges of streets.
Trucks started hauling in the
residential section Wednesday and
will complete the rounds there to
day. This morning they will haul
in zone 3—North of Main street
and west of Broad street—this af
ternoon, zone 4—South of Main
street and west of Broad Street.
Last week Mayor Clement issued
a proclamation, urging every one
to co-operate with clean-up week.
GROGAN BOY WES
OF BLOOD POISON
Funeral Service Held Here
Last Saturday. Scouts
Pallbearers
Funeral services were held last
Saturday afternoon for Glenn Ed
ward Grogan, 11-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Grogan, who
died at the home of his parents
in Brevard on Thursday morning,
following an illness of only a few
days caused by blood poisoning.
The service was held at the Oak
Grove Methodist church, conducted
by Rev. Carl Sparks and Rev. S.
F. McAuley. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are the parents; two
brothers, George L. Grogan, of
Brevard, and James Carroll Gro
gan, USN, Williamsburg, Va.; two
sisters, Mrs. F. C. Jones and Miss
Lola Mae Grogan, of Brevard.
Boy Scouts of Troop 4 acted as
pallbearers, including, Donald
Johnson, Raymond Grogan, Har
old Stamey, Billy Osteen, Leon
Pace and Junior Holden.
Flower girls were the following
Girl Scouts: Martha Pressley,
Geraldine Pressley, Betty Stamey,
Billy Stamey, Frances Martin,
Nell Hale, Norma McCall and
Joann Grogan.
Arrangements were in charge
of Osborne-Simpson, funeral di
rectors.
New Hours Of U. S.
Employment Office
Here Announced
The U. S. Employment Service
office, which was opened here
recently on the second floor of
the Tinsley building as a full-time
branch office, will be open every
day except Saturday from 8:30
until 2 o’clock in the afternoon,
Ralph R. King, manager of the
office, announces.
“We will close at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon in order that I may
have some time to spend contac
ting employers and workers,” he
said.
“We are delighted with the re
ception accorded us since we open
ed the office and urge all workers
in the county to contact the office
for the many offerings in Ideal
essential industries,” he said./
Western North Carolina Bowling Champs
The Transylvania Times bowling team, shown above, won first
place in the Tri-City Bowling league this year and also won the
recent tournament. There were ten W. N. C. teams in the league
and this was the second consecutive year that The Times team
captured top honors. Members of the team, reading from left to
right, are Captain Walter Straus, Paul Simpson, J. P. Luper, Bob
Kappers, Bruce Reynolds and Jerry Jerome. Two other members
of the team who are in military service are BUI Bridges and James
Dunne. (Photo by Staff Photographer.)
Movement Started To Have A
Course In Bible Taught Here In
Brevard High School Next Year
Second Meeting To Be Held
Monday Night At First
Baptist Church
A movement to have a course in
Bible taught next year in the Bre
vard high school is being promoted
here by the Ministerial association
and definite action is expected to
be taken at a meeting of ministers
and laymen to be held on Monday
night, May 29, at 8 o’clock in the
First Baptist church.
It is pointed out that the state
public school regulations provide i
that Bible courses may be offered
so long as they are elective, are
taught by an accredited teacher
and are presented on a non-sec
tarian basis. Full academic credit
is given for this work and at the
present time there are over a hun
dred schools in the state that offer
courses in Bible.
It is further explained that the
state does not provide money to
furnish such instruction and that
it must be financed through the
support of local churches.
At the meeting next Monday
night, committees that were ap
pointed recently to ask each
church to endorse the proposal of
weekday religious education in the
local high school and to pledge
financial support, will report.
R. T. Kimzey, principal of the
Brevard high school and Supt. J.
B. Jones have given their approval
to the movement. President E. J.
Coltrane, of Brevard college, has
pledged the full co-operation of
the college.
Speaking for the Ministerial as
sociation, Rev. Ashby Johnson,
pastor of the Brevard Presbyterian
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PLANS MADE FOR
CONDUCTING 5TH.
WAR LOAN DRIVE
To Hold Kick-Off Banquet
And Rallies. Quota May
Be A Little Higher
Plans for conducting the Fifth
War Loan drive in Transylvania
county were made Monday night
at a meeting of the war finance
committee held in the courthouse,
with Chariman Ed McMahan pre
siding.
The group decided to have a
kick-off banquet in the Methodist
church here for all members of
the committee and other workers
and solicitors in the county. Date
for this banquet was not set, but
it will probably be held on the
opening night of the drive, June
12. A committee composed of
Mrs. Oliver Orr, Mrs. Ralph Fisher
and Mrs. Mack Allison was ap
pointed to make arrangements.
Chairman McMahan announced
that the national quota is sixteen
billion, the state quota $148,000,
000 and indicated that the coun
ty’s quota would probably be
slightly higher than last time.
“Emphasis must be placed on
individual buying and one of our
slogans is ‘buy more than before’,”
he said. An extensive selling cam
paign will be conducted and 12
public rallies held in the county.
Transylvania county ranked 25th
in the state in the per capita sale
—Turn To Page Eight
Times Bowling Team Highly Honored
At Banquet Meeting Tuesday Night
The Transylvania Times bowling
team, first place winners in the
Tri-City Bowling league for the
past two seasons, was highly hon
ored at an annual banquet held
Tuesday night in the George Van
derbilt hotel in Asheville.
Cash prizes totalling around
$130.00 were awarded to members
and to the team as a whole. J. P.
Luper ranked fourth in individual
standing for the season with an
average of 178 and received an
award. Other individual awards
went to Bruce Reynolds who had
the highest set score of 644; to
Paul Simpson whose average was
176 and 7th. place in rank; Rey
nolds for 10th. place rank with an
average of 174 and Walter Straus
who ranked 14th. with an average
of 172.
Ed M. Anderson, sponsor .of the
team, highly commended members
of the team and Captain Straus.
Other individual averages of
Times’ team bowlers are as fol
lows: Jimmie Dunne, 176; Bill
Bridges, 174 and Bob Kappers,
162.
Officers of the league were
elected as follows: Edwin Allen,
of Asheville, president; Jimmie
Keith, Asheville, vice president
and Frank Frisco, Asheville, sec
retary and treasurer.
The Times team won 78 games
—Tam To Pago Foot
FORD PROPOSED
FOR PRESIDENT
OF LIONS CLUB
Ed H. McMahan Endorsed
For Position Of District
Deputy Governor
John A. Ford was proposed as
president of the Lions club for the
year beginning July 1 at the regu
lar meeting of the club held at
the Bryant house last Thursday
night.
Other officers suggested to serve
with Mr. Ford by a nominating
committee headed by Donald
Moore were as follows:
First vice president, Ralph R.
Fisher; second vice president, Wm.
A. Jenkins; third vice president,
B. W. Thomason; secretary-treas
urer, D. J. Luther; two-year direc
tors, Charles Moore and Anthony
Trantham; Lion tamer, Erwin
Schranz; tail twister, Frank Ker
ber; editor of the bulletin, Dr. Carl
Hardin.
These nominations were unani
mously approved and will be for
mally voted upon at the next meet
ing on June 1.
By unanimous vote the club
recommended Ed H. McMahan for
appointment as district deputy.
Robert M. Neal, business man
ager of the Transylvania Music
School-Camp was presented and
spoke briefly on the kinds of in
struction that will be given and
other aspects of the school-camp.
“We intend to make it one of the
best in the East,” Mr. Neal said,
and expressed his appreciation of
the cooperation accorded him and
his associates by the people of
Brevard. The school-camp opens
June 13 and runs through August
6.
C. M. Douglas, another guest,
urged that the people participate
freely in Clean-Up week since
there would be in Brevard next
week many people from other sec
tions of the county who will be
impressed one way or the other by
the appearance of the town. Mr.
Douglas also urged that a goodly
number of Lions attend the lunch
eon at the college on June 5. “The
college,” Mr. Douglas said, “is the
town’s biggest asset and should be
given our unwavering support.”
A resolution was adopted thank
ing the ladies of the Methodist
church for the excellent meal they
prepared and served on ladies’
night.
A delegation of Lions from Can
ton presented an enjoyable pro
gram.
Three More County
Teachers Resign
Three more teachers in the
Transylvania county schools have
tendered their resignations to be
come effective with the close of
the current school year, Supt. J.
B. Jones has announced.
Mrs. Ruth Deitz, Miss Kathryn
Dillard and Mrs. Nathan McMinn,
all teachers in the Rosman schools,
have resigned the past week.
Announcement was made in last
week’s paper of the resignation of
four other teachers in the county,
including Miss Doris Whitesides,
R. E. Lawrence, Mrs. Eula P. Bow
man and Mrs. Mary C. Thomason.
Cash & Carry Store
To Have Anniversary
The Cash and Carry Superstore
here is celebrating its first anni
versary with a sale starting tomor
row and lasting through Monday.
Established a year by Curtis Kel
ley, the business has enjoyed a
satisfactory volume of trade and
only recently the floor space in
the store was increased a third by
moving a rear partition back. As
a result, Mr. Kelley says his store
is now in a position to serve cus
tomers better and to display mer
chandise more effectively.
For this anniversary event, Mr.
Kelley is offering a large variety
of staple and seasonable foods at
attractive prices. Details are an
nounced on page three.
Local Fishermen Catch A 29-Pound Fish
The huge fish, shown above, was caught on May 13 at 8 P. M.
at the mouth of Little River in the French Broad in Transylvania
county by Dolph Orr, right, assisted by Sgt. James Currey and
Harold Norwood. The fish was 36 inches long and was the largest
caught in the county this year. It was hooked with a rod and reel.
Orr works at the hosiery mill here and Sgt. Currey was home on
a furlough from overseas duty in the Pacific. Mr. Norwood is
assistant manager of the local tannery.
Value Of Local Fire Department
Cited At Annual Banquet Here At
Galloway’s Cafe On Tuesday Night
31 REGISTRANTS
PASS PHYSICALS
Will Be Subject To Call.
Group Sent To Camp
Croft Last Week
Thirty-one of the 50 registrants
of Transylvania county, who were
scheduled to leave Brevard on
Tuesday of last week for pre-in
duction examinations at Camp
Croft, passed the examinations
and will be subject to military
service in the near future.
Under present draft regulations,
when the registrants pass the phy
sical examinations they are not in
ducted and sworn into sei vice, but
are asked which branch of the ser
vice they prefer to serve in, and
also point out that those who pass
the examination still have the op
portunity and privilege of essen
tial occupational deferment. The
others are subject to call in ac
cordance with requirements of the
army and navy.
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Department Causes Savings
To Town Of From $20,000
To $40,000 Annually
Brevard fire department mem
bers were told at their annual
| banquet at Galloway’s cafe Tues
! day night that their work in Bre
| vard had effected actual monetary
j savings of between $20,000 and
$40,000 per year to property own
ers in insurance premiums.
Ralph H. Ramsey, city attorney,
in an impromptu talk, told the
firemen that the community as a
whole appreciated the fact that
the department is on a voluntary
basis, and that members who do
such effective work are thanked
silently many times during the year
by thinking people who realize that
members give their time, disrupt
their business schedules, and often
become ill from exposure, to say
nothing of the damage done to
their clothing.
C. M. Douglas cited figures to
prove that the department is one
of the town’s most valuable assets
from a money-saving standpoint
Mr. Douglas traced the fire depart
—Turn To Page Eight
Local Infantryman Heads Volunteers
On Raid On Anzio Beachhead In Italy
BY CPL. MELVIN DIAMONlf
Fifth Army Field Correspondent
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ITA
LY—The fifth army’s newest baby
is infantry patrol called the
Red Raiders, that has already en
gineered several successful night
raids on the allied fifth army’s
Anzio beachhead in Italy.
Composed of experienced front
line riflemen, the patrol is a volun
teer organization. All members re
ceive special training in use of
weapons, hand-to-hand combat, and
scouting and patroling.
Carrying a Browning automatic
rifle in the Red Raiders is Private
Joe F. Tinsley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Tinsley, of Route 2, Brevard,
North Carolina.
According to Tinsley, results of
the first six raids include capture
of seven Germans, death of five
others, and obliteration of a rifle
grenade position, a machine gun
nest and an outpost.
The patrol suffered no casualties
in these exploits.
On a raid mission, Tinsley de
clared, the men black their faces
to avoid detection in the light of
flares and wear no helmets. Hel
metless forays into enemy terri
tory are risky business, but Tins
ley and the members of the patrol
talked it over and decided steel
hats are too bulky in fast action.
The unit is broken down into
three small, separate groups.
The training program aims to
make each man a self-sufficient
fighting unit
ANTICIPATE VOTE
OF AROUND 1800,
CANDIDATES BUSY
Allison And Galloway Out
For Representative. Four
For Tax Collector
CHERRY, HOEY IN LEAD
Voters in Transylvania county
along with those in all other coun
ties in the state will go to the polls
this Saturday, May 27, to select
Democratic nominees for the gen
eral election in November. The
polls open at 6:30 A. M. and close
at 6:30 P. M.
With the primary election only
two days away, local and state
political camps are entering the
home stretch of the campaign full
of confidence.
Anticipating a lighter vote than
usual, John E. Rufty, chairman ot
the Transylvania Democratic ex
ecutive committee, today issued an
appeal to all citizens to vote.
“It is important that we select
the most capable officials that we
can,” he stated.
“While our boys in foreign ser
vice are fighting for the privilege
of voting, may we on the home
front carry on in such a manner
that they will feel that whatever
interest we take in this primary
will be for their interest. Our vote
is our voice in the government.”
Political observers forecast a
vote of around 1,800 in the county
and in the state from 300,000 to
325,000, which will be from 20 to
40 per cent less than two years
—Turn To Page Five
MRS. McAULEY TO
HEAD COUNTY WMU
Other Officers Elected At
Meeting Held At Calvert
On Wednesday
Mrs. S. F. McAuley, of Brevard,
was re-elected superintendent of
the Transylvania Baptist W. M. U.
association at the annual meeting
which was held at Mount Moriah
Calvert Baptist church yesterday
in an all-day session.
Other officers elected to serve
with Mrs. McAuley the ensuing
year were: Mrs. J. A. Anderson,
associate superintendent; Mrs. J.
A. Glazener, secretary-treasurer;
Mrs. Martin Shipman, young peo
ple’s leader; Mrs. W. C. Morris,
mission study chairman; Mrs. E. H:
Davis, community missions chair
man; Mrs. Charlie Whitmire, stew
ardship chairman; Mrs. Ed Mack
I ey, training scnooi ana Margaret
fund chairman; Mrs. J. L. Gilles
pie, literature chairman.
Little River was chosen as the
place of meeting next spring.
The morning session was fea
tured by two guest speakers, Miss
Mary Currin, of the state mission
board, Raleigh, who spoke on “To
day Holds Tomorrow;” and Miss
Ola Lea, returned missionary from
China, whose topic was “Today
and Tomorrow in Missions.” Mrs.
J. R. Morgan, of Waynesville, di
visional superintendent, led the
memorial service in the afternoon,
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A Prayer Service Is
Planned At Rosman
On Day Of Invasion
A prayer service will be held at
the Rosman Methodist church Im
mediately following the news that
the invasion of Europe has begun.
If the invasion news comes through
during the day, the service will be
held that night. If the news should
come through at night, the service
will be held the following night
The first bell will be rung at 8:80
and the second bell an hour later.
Prayers will be offered for the
success of the invasion and the
pastor will bring an appropriate
message. An opportunity for talks,
testimonies and other means of
expression will be given during
the service.