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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. 26 ★ 12 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944 ★ ONE SECTION ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY PLANS MADE TO OBSERVE FOURTH ************************ ★★* Only One-Fourth Of War Bond Quota Is Reached URGENT APPEAL IS ISSUED BY BOND CHAIRMAN Rally Held Last Night At Lake Toxaway. Another Rally On Friday* FIGURES ARE RELEASED After having gotten off to a good start, the fifth war loan drive in Transylvania county has slowed down and to date only $122,799 worth of bonds have been sold, Chairman Ed McMahan announced yesterday. The county’s quota is $406,000 and the campaign is scheduled to end on Saturday, July 8, he point ed out. “We still have a long way to go and only a short time in which to do it,” McMahan declared. “All workers are urgently requested to complete their contacts as soon as possible and every individual must buy extra bonds, if we are to go over the top as we have always done.” Chairman McMahan said that E bond sales now total around $65, 000, which is less than half of the county’s assigned goal. To check up and make plans for the last week of the campaign, a meeting of all workers will be held here in the courthouse tonight at 8:30 o’clock. A rally was held last night at Lake Toxaway and it is estimated that over $20,000 were sold at that time. Another rally wilj be, tydd at Little River school Friday night with Lewis Hamlin and Mrs. Alex Kizer as speakers. At Balsam Grove last Saturday night $6,650 in bonds were sold and $12,000 worth at the Enon ral ly, McMahan reported. A large crowd attended the bond premier here at the Clemson theatre Tues day night. Sales from the issuing agencies were reported yesterday as fol lows: Brevard Federal Savings —Turn To Page Seven. Appeal Made For More Scrap Paper The generosity of the Ecusta Paper corporation has made it possible for Boy Scout officials in Brevard to make an appeal in this issue for citizens to place their waste paper in front porches Sun day afternoons so that it may be picked up by a truck. Collections in recent weeks have been far be low expectations, they say, al though the need for waste paper continues acute. The appeal has been made for all citizens to co operate consistently with the Scouts to the end that every avail able scrap of paper will be gather ed up and made ready to be picked up weekly. Mrs. L. V. Jones Is In Critical Condition In Hospital Here After Alleged Shooting By Her Husband Shooting Took Place At Jones Summer Home Near Brevard. The condition of Mrs. L. V. Jones, who is in the Transylvania community hospital here suffering from a pistol wound through her breast and chest, is still critical and her husband is being held in the county jail without bond. Officers reported that the shoot ing occurred last Sunday morning about 10 o’clock in the Jones sum mer home at Seashore Lake on the Greenville highway a short dis tance from Brevard. The couple, officers said, had gotten into an argument over domestic matters and Jones is al leged to have shot his wife in the kitchen with a 32-calibre pistol. She was lying on the back porch and Jones was sitting in the kitchen when officers reached the scene. The couple live in Greer, S. C. where Jones is a fertilizer and coal dealer. They have been married a little over a year and it is said to be the third venture for both of them. Jones is 62 and has four children by former wives and Mrs. Jones, formerly Bertie Miller, of Orlando, Fla., is 48 years old and has no children. They had been living at their summer home only a short time, it is stated. 64 Boys and Girls Are Enrolled In Bible School Here Sixty-four boys and girls enroll ed in the daily vacation Bible school, which started at the Bre vard Presbyterian church on Mon day morning, and will continue in daily session until July 7. _The school is represented by children of all denominations of the community from the ages of 5 I to 12. Classes are held each morn ing, Monday through Friday, from 9 to 11:30. Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Johnson are | directors of the school, assisted by l the following instructors and help fers: Mrs. J. M. Winget, Mrs. George mohnson, Mrs. S. P. Vemer, Mary BNorwood, Alfred Neumann, Caro lyn Kizer, Mary Ann Daniels, Mrs. Bob Matthews, Mrs. Paul Baker ftarolyn Kimzey and Mrs. Harry Kathje. ASSOCIATION TO MEET A regular monthly meeting of te Transylvania Sunday School isociation will be held at the Se nd Baptist church here on Sun y, July 2, starting at 2:30 o’clock, pt. Fred Monteith announces. 1 Sunday schools in the associa >n are invited to send representa res. Gets Nomination FRANK C. KING, who was Dominated in a second primary last Saturday as the Democratic nominee for tax collector. MORE VOTES ARE CAST IN SECOND COUNTY PRIMARY King Wins Over Reid By 151 Majority. Seven More Votes Cast This Time. With a record number of votes being cast, Frank C. King last Sa turday won the Democratic nomi nation for county tax collector over T. E. Reid by a majority of 151 votes, the official second primary count made Tuesday revealed. King received 951 votes and Reid 800, making a total of 1751 votes, or 7 more than were cast in the first primary when there were 4 candidates in the race. In the first primary, Reid led with 667 votes. King carried 9 precincts and Reid 7 and one resulted in a tie. The official vote was as follows: Township Reid King Boyd _ 55 33 Brevard No. 1_ 138 212 Brevard No. 2_ 203 237 Brevard No. 3_ 52 34 Cathey’s Creek_ 76 89 Cedar Mountain_3 0 Dunn’s Rock_31 106 Eastatoe _ 64 54 East Fork_ 24 29 Gloucester No. 1_ 0 15 Gloucester No. 2-15 9 Hogback No. 1_19 56 Hogback No. 2_ 8 24 Hogback No. 3_38 6 Little River_ 4 12 Old Toxaway _ 6 6 Rosman_ 64 29 Totals _ 800 951 County Library Is Establishing A I Book Station In Rosman Next Week m A book station of the Transyl Iv'ania County Public Library will Jbe opened at Rosman next Wed nesday afternoon, Mrs, Oliver Orr, chairman of the library board, an nounced today. The book station will be located in the elementary school building and will be open every Wednes day and Friday afternoons during the summer months from 2:30 until 5 o’clock. Miss Mary Morgan, a member of the faculty of the Rosman schools, will have charge of the book station. Mi’s. Orr stated that an initial shipment of 100 books would be made to the Rosman station and that others will be sent later in ac cordance with demand. All kinds of books will be included in the first shipment The books are free to the pub lic and will be distributed under the same regulations as apply in the county library, Mrs. Orr said. Plans are now underway to es tablish one or two other book stations in the county. The second one will probably be opened in the Little River community in the near future. Mrs. Orr stated that people liv ing in the rural sections are using the library here more and more and that the home demonstration clubs are doing a splendid job of distributing books. “However, we want to increase our circulation in all sections of the county and to offer the facilities of the library to every one,” she said. “We be lieve we can best do this through the establishment of book sta tions.” NO VKIU110NS FOUND IN CHECK OF FOOD STOKES Other Item Of Interest List ed By Ration Board Office; New Clerk Named No violation of ceiling prices in foods was found in the 13 food stores checked the past week by Miss Mattie Lewis, chief clerk of the local ration board. AH of the stores checked were operating in compliance with the price regula tions, Miss Lewis said, with the ex ception of a few soap items that had not yet been adjusted. A survey is now underway of the stores featuring women’s and children’s apparel, but no final re turns have as yet been compiled. All local dealers of used auto mobiles are requested by the ra tion board clerk to attend a meet ing at the court house room in Asheville Thursday night of this week at 8 o’clock in Room 301. Office Closes Saturday The ration board office will be closed all day Saturday in order that the office force will have time to attend to necessary busi ness. Miss Jeanette McCall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCall, will assume her new duties on July 1st as clerk in the ration board office here. TWO LOCAL MEM REPORTED MISSING Sgt. Chappell and Lt. Tram mel on Missing List Announced Recently Two Transylvania county ser vicemen have been reported miss ing in action some time during June, according to notification re ceived by the parents the past week from the war department. S. Sgt. Frank J. Chappell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Chappell, of Lake Toxaway, a nose gunner on a B-24, has been missing in action over Jugoslavia since June 11. Sgt Chappell has been stationed 41 Ita ly since March, and entered ser vice in Sept., 1942. He was first stationed at St. Peterburg, Fla., then took a radio course at Truax field, Madison, Wis., and an arma ment course at Lowry field, Den ver, Colo. He also trained at Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City, Utah, and received his gunner’s wings at Harlingen, Texas. His home is in Asheville, where he was formerly connected with Pearce-' Young-Angel company. His wife is now in Asheville, a member of the staff of the postal accounts di vision. 1st Lt. Joe W. Trammell, a bro ther of Mrs. R. L. Thompson, of near Brevard, has been reported missing over India since June 14. Lt. Trammell, whose home is in Greenville, S. C., has been in the —Turn To Page Twelve Republicans Pick Ticket Composed Of Dewey And Bricker In a record time of less than two hours, the Republican na tional convention in Chicago Wednesday afternoon nominated Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, as the GOP candidate for president and Gov. John W. Bricker, of Ohio, as vice presi dent Gov. Bricker’s nomination was unanimous following his withdrawal from the race for president Dewey received all of the convention votes except one, which went for MacArthur. The New York governor was expected to fly from Albany to Chicago and deliver an accep tance address Wednesday night at 10 o ’clock. It was .one of the most harmo nious conventions the Republi can party has ever held. Gov, Warren, of Calif., withdrew from the race for vice president Governor To Speak Here On The Fourth GOV. J. M. BROUGHTON will be the principal speaker at the annual Ecusia picnic to he held at Camp Sapphire next Tuesday. He will deliver an address as part of the program for presentation of the National Security Award to the company. The public is in vited to hear him. * Polio Raging In Other Sections Of North Carolina, But Not Here Or In W.N.C., Dr. Sisk Declares MERRffiWOODE CAMP OPENS IN COUNTY JULY 1ST Capacity Enrollment Expect ed At Girls’ Camp In Sapphire Section Camp Merrie-Woode for girls will open its 1944 season in the Sapphire section of Transylvania county on Saturday and will con tinue in a two months’ session, closing early in August. This camp has been in operation in this coun ty for many years. Mrs. Jonathan C. Day, of Rich mond, Va., is owner and director. An enrollment of 115 girls is ex pected, from the ages of 10 to 17. The girls represent a number of different states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Mrs. Day will be assisted in directing the various camp activi —Turn To Page Seven District Health Officer Issues Formal Statement Clear ing Up Rumors. There are no cases of infantile paralysis in Brevard or in any of the other resort towns in Western North Carolina, according to a statement issued today by Dr. C. N. Sisk, district health officer. “Contrary to reports that have been carried by several papers in the south, there are no polio cases within a hundred miles of Brevard, which is a mecca for boy and girl summer camps,” Dr. Sisk stated. It is true that other sections of North Carolina are now experienc ing epidemics of infantile paraly sis, but not Brevard and this sec tion, he said. Directors of the eight summer camps in Transylvania county have notified parents living in the areas affected by polio not to send their children to camp this season, and other efforts are being made to prevent the spread of this dreaded disease into this resort region. Mrs. Clyde McDonald has re covered from an illness at her home the past week. Pasture Improvement To Be Discussed At Important Meeting Here Today The importance of improving pasture lands in Transylvania county will be stressed at a meet ing of the community and county committees to be held here Thurs day morning at 10 o’clock in the courthouse, J. A. Glazener, county agent, announces. N. A. Wilson, AAA state field officer and T. W. Cathey, state AAA committeeman, will meet with the group. These men will also discuss the 1944 general AAA program and the duties of commu nity committeemen. “The economical production of livestock depends upon cheap feeds and good pasture lands have proven to be the best investment fanners can make in the way of cheap feed,” Mr. Glazener said. “One of the basic factors in good pasture production is first good land. It is then important that all pasture land be limed and phos phated to obtain the most econo mical feed, which is good grazing of grass and clovers,” he said. To obtain the desired results, State college recommends using 300 to 500 pounds of super-phos phate per acre, to be applied every three or four years and a ton of limestone every five to eight years, he stated. The recommended pasture mix tures for this county were outlined as follows; for good production soil wnere com yield is 35 bushels or over per acre, the following is re commended: Kentucky blue grass, 8 pounds; Red top grass, 5 pounds; Timothy, 5 pounds; orchards, 7 pounds; Italian rye grass, 5 pounds; Alsike clover, 2 pounds; —Tin lb Page Six GOV. BROUGHTON WILL SPEAK AT ECUSTA’S PICNIC Public Invited To Hear Him. Music School To Give Special Program. STORES TO CLOSE Extensive plans for celebrating the Fourth in Brevard and Transyl vania county next Tuesday have been made. Highlighting the observance will be an address by Gov. J. M. Broughton Tuesday afternoon be tween 3 and 4 o’clock at Camp Sapphire where the Ecusta picnic will be held. Following this address, Major Dewey A. Herrin, Atlanta, Ga., will present a national security award to the Ecusta Paper corporation and Supt. Raymond Bennett will accept the award. An address of welcome will be delivered by President Harry EL Straus and Ralph H. Ramsey, chair man of the county civilian defense council, will preside over the pre sentation ceremonies. This special program will be broadcast over radio stations WWNC and WBT at Charlotte. The public is cordially invited to at tend. Stores To Close Following their usual custom, all stores in Brevard and all public offices will be closed for the Four*; Picnic Starts at 10 The Ecusta picnic will start at 10 o’clock in the morning with va rious contests for boys and girls. Prizes will be awarded to winners. At 1 o’clock dinner will be serv ed and the band will render sever al selections. At 2 o’clock boxing contests will be staged under the supervision of Dick Perron. Hie greasy pig catching will be held at 4 o’clock and water events at 4:15. This will be followed by a softball game between the Champagne girls and a girls team from the —Turn To Page Six PARRIS BROTHERS TO OPEN STORE New Firm To Be Known As Brevard Hardware. Will Open Soon. Richard W. Parris announced to day the opening around August 1 of the Brevard Hardware in the building formerly occupied by the Western Auto store opposite the court house. Mr. Parris, who will manage the store, will have associ ated with him his brother, Donald J. Parris, who is now in business in Canton. The former has been connected with the Ecusta Paper corporation for the past 18 months. The building is now being made ready for the new firm. Richard W. Parris announces that while many kinds of hardware due to war restrictions are hard to get, they will endeavor from the outset to stock paints, stoves, farming imple ments, both large and small, preci sion tools, kitchen utensils, pum bing fittings and other items. Mr. Parris said that he and his brother had decided to enter busi ness here only after mature con sideration, and that both are con vinced that the future of Brevard is exceedingly bright. Swimming Pool Here Very Popular Place The Brevard municipal swim ming pool, which opened recently, is one of the most popular spots in the county. The pool is open every morning from 10 until 12 and from 1 to 6 in the afternoon. Miss Mamie Lyday, who teaches at Pisgah Forest, is manager of the pool and the guards are Jimmy Newbury and John Michael. The water is changed frequently in the pool and given regular treatment.
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