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Vol. 54; No. 29
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SUPERIOR COURT OPENS MONDAY
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Health Board Ask Parents To Keep Children Home
BOARD OF HEALTH
ISSUES REQUESTS;
REASON IS GIVEN
No Cases In County Reported
To Health Department.
Other Action Taken.
STATEMENT PUBLISHED
There are no eases of infantile
paralysis in Brevard or Transyl
vania county, but as a precaution
ary measure against the possible
spread of the dreaded disease into
the county, the Transylvania board
of health today issued an urgent
request for all children 12 years
of age and under not to attend any
public gatherings, picture shows,
Sunday schools, swimming pools
and private parties until the epi
demic of polio that is raging in
other parts of the state has sub
sided.
In compliance with suggestions
made by the state board of health,
Camp Cateechee, area girl scout
camp located near Brevard, closed
on Wednesday for the season. The
commercial boy and giri summer
camps in the county, however, are
continuing to operate, but are not
allowing any new campers from
the polio areas to enroll or any
parents from those sections to
visit the camps.
The Brevard Lions club has post
poned sponsorship of Lee’s ridirg
devices here this week and has
cancelled their exchange auction
for the month of July. Boy Scout
troop number 1 has suspended its
meetings for the time being. The
Boy Scout council camp near Way
nesville was closed Monday and all
local Scouts have returned home.
Operation of the motion picture
shows, municipal swimmnig pool
and street dances will be continu
ed, however.
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CHANGES MADE IN
2 RATION PANELS
Fuel Oil and Gasoline Panels
Have New Members; Of
fice To Close Fri, Sat.
H. F. Finck has been transferred
from the fuel oil panel of the local
ration board to the gasoline panel,
and R. H. Morrow takes Mr. Finck’s
place on the fuel oil panel.
Other members of the gasoline
panel with Mr. Finck are B. H.
Freeman and Virgil McCrary. On
the fuel oil panel with Mr. Morrow
are A. H. Kizer and R. T. Kimzey.
The request is made by the fuel
panel that all applicants return
their completed fuel blanks to the
ration board office as soon as pos
sible.
The ration board office will be
closed Friday afternoon and all
day Saturday, Miss Mattie Lewis,
clerk, said, on account of the staff
issuing sugar permits at the school
building on those two days this
week.
Miss Lewis also called attention
to the third shoe inventory rela
ting to the ruling that all establish
ments dealing in rationed shoes
must file an inventory as of the
close of business July 31.
Negro Woman Bound
Over For Stealing
Junie Mackey, local colored wo
man, was bound over to superior
court here Monday night by Mayor
Verne Clement under $500 bond
on charges of stealing merchandise
from several Brevard stores last
week.
There were four cases against
her and she is alleged to have
stolen a large quantity of valuable
merchandise from Winners, Patter
sons, Bargain House and other lo
cal firms.
Monday afternoon Henrietta
Robinson, another colored woman,
was bound over to superior court
on a charge of assaulting Mackey
with a deadly weapon. The hear
ing was held before Justice Shu
fonL
WPB Denies County’s Request
For Permission To Erect New
School Building For Colored
Decision Based On Scarcity
Of Materials And Labor.
To Use Churches.
The War Production Board has
denied a request from the Transyl
vania county board of education
for permission and priority assis
tance to construct a new school
building here for colored students,
Supt. J. B. Jones announces.
“Because of existing critical
shortages in many materials and
labor, it became necessary to defer
construction and installations that
will not directly contribute to the
war effort,” a letter from the WPB
stated.
“Therefore, under the present
emergency conditions it is neces
sary to forego many conveniences
and make sacrifices that this war
may not be prolonged with its ter
rible destruction.
“In view of this, it is the opinion
of the War Production Board that
this proposed project should be
postponed until the future course
of the war has been determined and
we are therefore unable to approve
your application.”
The Rosenwald school building
burned down about three years ago
and since that time classes for the
125 students enrolled in the school
have been held in four colored
churches.
To relieve this condition, the
county board of education has been
endeavoring to secure permission
to erect a modern new building
similar to the one at Pisgah Forest,
but they have been unable to ob
tain permission to do the work.
Plans for the proposed new build
ing were drawn several months
ago and stone has already been
hauled to the grounds.
“We regret that nothing can be
done for the duration and wish to
commend members of the Bethel
Baptist churches, Methodist and
Holiness churches for allowing the
use of their church properties,”
Mr. Jones said. “This is a patrio
tic service and it is greatly appre
ciated.”
Mr. Jones also pointed out that
even though priority approval
could be obtained from the WPB,
the county would have to pay all
expenses of construction since
there is no federal assistance
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Farmers Federation
Picnic Is Cancelled
The annual picnic of the Farmers
federation, which was to have been
held here next Wednesday night,
has been called off at the sugges
tion of health officials, Fred Mon
teith, local manager, said yester
day. This was done, he stated, to
avoid any chance of aggravating
the polio situation. Several other
picnics planned by the Federation
were cancelled for the same rea
son.
Gets Appointment
EDWARD H. MeMAHAN, pro
minent Brevard attorney and
civic leader, has been appointed
district deputy governor of the
31-A district of Lions Interna
tional by District Governor D. G.
Jennings A. Bryson, of Sylva.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN COUNTY WILL
OPEN AUGUST 28
Most Vacancies Have Been
Filled. Chief Difficulty
Is Finding Places.
Public schools in Brevard and
Transylvania county will open on
Monday, August 28, if the infantile
paralysis situation in the county
and the state does not delay the
opening, Supt. J. B. Jones an
nounced today.
Practically all of the vacancies
on the county’s teaching staff have
been filled, he said, and explained
that the problem is being intensi
fied because of the difficulty
teachers are having in obtaining
rooming and boarding places near
the schools in the rural areas.
Both teachers at Silversteen
school resigned because of this
reason, he stated. Those teachers
were V. V. Johnson, of the Boyl
ston section, and Mrs. Christine
A. Phillips, of Hendersonville.
“I have enjoyed working at Sil
versteen in every respect except
the living problem,” Mrs. Phillips
wrote.
Even teachers at Rosman, Supt.
Jones said, have to find living
places in Brevard.
As yet no one has been located
to teach vocational agriculture at
Rosman high school.
Canning Sugar Registration Be Held For
Those Who Did Not Apply Last Week
Final registration for canning
sugar will be made available for
those who failed to register last
week by a special registration
which will be held in the Brevard
grammar school on Friday and Sa
turday, July 21 and 22, it has been
announced by Dr. J. F. Zachary,
chairman of the local war price
and rationing board. The registra
tion will be open Friday afternoon
from 1 to 5, and all day Saturday,
from 9 to 5.
It is pointed out that this regis
tration is only for those who did
not register last week for their
final allotment of canning sugar
for this season, and is not for
those who registered last week and
got their second 10 pounds per
person for canning purposes. All
applicants must bring with them
their ration Book 4.
Between five and six thousand
applicants for canning sugar were
recorded at last week’s registra
tion, which is only about half of
the number in the first registra
tion, Dr. Zachary said. This final
registration is for those remaining
several thousands who want tbeir
second allotment of canning sugar.
Volunteer helpers for the Fri
day and Saturday registration are
requested by the local board.
Those who will volunteer their
services are asked to contact the
ration board office here.
Appreciation has been expressed
by Dr. Zachary and members of
the board to the following who as
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BAPTIST ASSOC.
TO CONVENE IN
COUNTY AUG. 9
Sixty-Third Annual Session
To Be Held At Middle
Fork Church.
The 63rd annual session of the
Transylvania Baptist association
will convene at the Middle Fork
Baptist church in a 2-day assembly
Wednesday and Thursday, August
9 and 10, it has been announced
by T. C. Henderson, moderator.
The session will begin at 9:40 on
Wednesday morning and will close
at 3:30 Thursday afternoon.
A program of interest and in
formation on various phases of the
Baptist associational work has been
planned. Speakers prominent in
the State Baptist work and in local
activities will be heard on the 2
day program. Moderator Hender
son will preside.
Among the out of town speakers
will include: Smith Hagaman, rep
resenting the Baptist hospitals; I.
G. Greer, Baptist orphanage; M. A.
Huggins, cooperative program;
Prof. M. H. Kendall, Christian edu
cation; L. L. Carpenter, religious
literature; Dr. Jesse C. Owen, who
will deliver the sermon at the Wed
nesday evening service.
The following program will be
carried out: Wednesday morning,
devotional, Rev. E. R. Pendleton;
roll call of churches and appoint
ment of committees; cooperative
program, J. A. Glazener and M. A.
Huggins; religious literature, H. D.
Orr and L. L. Carpenter; sermon,
Rev. N. H. Chapman. Afternoon
session: devotional, A. M. Paxton;
Baptist hospitals, N. L. Ponder
and Smith .lagaman; Christian
education, Miss Helen Owen and
Prof. M. H. Kendall; orphanage,
Mrs. E. H. Davis and I. G. Greer.
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HAPP HONORED BY
HIS PROFESSION
Popular Ecusta Electrical
Head Is Elected To Mem
bership In Institute,
Edwin L. Happ, electrical super
intendent of the Ecusta Paper Cor
poration, has been elected to full
and active membership in the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers.
This honor came as a surprise
to Mr. Happ, who has been with
Ecusta ever since its establishment.
Membership in the institute is
extended only upon recommenda
tion of five other members. In
North Carolina there are only 41
engineers who are full members
in the institute and 97 associate
members.
Prior to coming here,Mr. Happ
was connected with the TVA for
six years as an engineer. He at
tended Georgia Tech and graduated
at the University of North Car
olina.
Rosman Plant Is
Being Penalized
For Giving Raises
The Rosman Tanning Extract
company is being penalized by the
income tax division because of
raising employee wages without
first having obtained permission
and approval from the War Labor
Board to make such increases, it
was learned here today.
Before approval was obtained,
the company is alleged to have
paid in increased wages a total of
$3,500 and this amount is not be
ing allowed the company as opera
ting expenses and therefore is be
ing charged against the profits of
the company, it is explained.
The stabilization regulation re
quires that before raises can be
granted in most cases, approval
must be obtained from the WLB,
and the company neglected to do
this.
In the meantime it is understood
that the company's applications for
raises have been granted.
County Flood Committee Asks
For Further Survey Before A
Final Decision Is Reached
Asst. Home Agent
Miss Kathleen Jarvis, above,
has been appointed assistant
home demonstration agent for
Transylvania county for the sum
mer months. She is from Laurel
Springs, in Alleghany county.
She is assisting Miss Annabel
Teague, home agent, in the can
ning and 4-H club work here
during July and August.
NAZI PRISONERS
RE
PICK BEANS B
IN TRANSYLVANIA
Approximately 100 German
Prisoners Picked Beans
On McCall Farm.
German prisoners are good bean
pickers, according to V. A. Gilbert,
of Henderson county who has 40
acres in beans on the Frank McCall
farm near Brevard.
Monday and Tuesday approxi
mately 100 of the 225 German pris
oners stationed at the temporary
camp near Hendersonville, have
been picking beans on the McCall
farm. They work 8 hours a day
and receive 80 cents daily for their
labor. Payment is made, however,
to the federal government at pre
vailing rates for bean picking and
the government in turn pays the
prisoners. The maximum amount
that a good German prisoner can
get picking the beans is $1.20.
When they are not working they
are paid 10 cents per day by the
U. S. government, plus their
board, lodging and clothes.
The 225 prisoners were trans
ferred recently from a camp in
Tennessee to aid in bean picking
in this area. They were captured
last summer in Tunisia, and all of
them were in the Germany army
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Met With TV A Engineers
Here Tuesday. Proposals
Made Are Explained.
Members of the Transylvania
Flood Control committee, in meet
ing with TVA engineers and head
of the WNC Flood committee here
Tuesday, made emphatic requests
that actual figures be made up on
headwaters dams before final ap
proval or disapproval of the pro
posed flood control program would
be made by the advisory board
here.
Engineers for the TVA told the
committee that surveys had been
made of the headwaters dams as
proposed by the Transylvania
group several months ago, and that
in opinion of the TVA the smaller
dams would not suffice.
“The entire Tennessee Valley
flood control program hinges on
taking care of the French Broad
Valley waters in Transylvania
county,” A. S. Fry, chief engineer
for TVA, told the committee, “and
unless we can properly control the
heavy runoff here in time of flood
all work below Transylvania coun
ty will not be of any value what
soever.”
The TVA engineers have pro
posed three large dams in this
county—at
its entrance into French Wood •
Transylvania committee mem
bers have met this proposal with
contention that smaller dams on
East Fork, North, and West Forks
of the French Broad and possibly
two dams on Little River—at Cas
cade and High Falls section, will
do as much in the way of water
conservancy in time of high floods,
and at the same time retain nearly
3000 acres of valuable farm lands
which would be damaged by back
water in time of flood if the ori
ginal TVA plans are carried out.
TVA engineers said the smaller
dams had been checked on upper
section of French Broad, but that
they would cover slightly more
MISS TEAGUE WILL BE
IN RALEIGH NEXT WK.
Miss Annabel Teague, Transyl
vania home demonstration agent,
will be in Raleigh all next week
attending a state meeting of home
agents for program planning for
1945. During Miss Teague’s ab
sence, from July 24-28, the work
throughout the county will be in
charge of Miss Kathleen Jarvis, as
sistant agent for the summer
months.
The Lake Toxaway 4-H special
clothing meeting, which has been
in session at the home of Mrs. C.
J. Moltz each Wednesday, has been
discontinued indefinitely, due to
the polio threat in the county, Miss
Teague said.
son Ri
and on
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All Employers Asked To Place Orders
For Employees With U.S.E.S. Office
All employers are covered by the
new labor ceiling and priorities
program that became effective on
July 1 and should place their
orders for additional employees
with the local office of the U. S.
Employment service which is lo
cated here in the Tinsley building,
Gilliam Parker, of Asheville, as
sistant area director of the War
Manpower commission, told a
group of employers here Monday
afternoon.
The meeting was sponsored by
the Brevard chamber of commerce
and was attended by approximately
25 persons.
Mr. Parker explained the new
labor program and answered ques
tions about it
All male workers will be re
ferred to jobs only by the U. S.
E. S. Any local women workers
are not required to make such ap
plication.
Returning servicemen may get
their old jobs back without going
through the service.
Temporary ceilings have been
set as of total number of employees
working for each firm on April 1
and the replacements allowed dur
ing each 60-day period are limited
to 15 per cent of the total number
on the payrolls July 1.
Permanent ceilings and priori
ties for this area will be set up at
a meeting in Asheville this week.
Orders from essential firms will
be given priority over non-essen
tial activities.
A SMALL NUMBER
OF CASES SLATED
FOR TRIAL HERE
Judge J. A. Rousseau Sched
uled To Preside. Several
Divorce Cases.
46 CASES ON DOCKET
The July term of Transylvania
county superior court will open
here next Monday morning with
Judge J. A. Rousseau, of North
Wilkesboro, scheduled to preside.
This term of court is supposed to
last for two weeks, but due to an
unusually small number of cases
on the criminal docket and civil
calendar it will probably be con
cluded within three or four days’
time.
Listed on the docket are only 46
cases, all of which involve more or
less minor charges and there are
only 12 cases on the civil calendar.
Charged with assault are Dan
Miller, Cecil Burt, Paul Orr, Hen*
rietta Robinson and Bob Pruitt
Lawrence McCall, Floyd McCall,
Claud Bishop, Austin Waldrop and
Junie Mackey will face larceny
charges.
Other cases on the docket in
clude: transporting— Arthur Hen
derson, Lawrence McCall and Ulys
Barton, Jr.; drunk driving—Cla
rence Pickens, C. M. Compton,
Henson McCall, Roy Whitmire,
Claude Hinton, Arthur Riddle,
are Fisher vs Fisher, Perryman vs
Perryman, Whitmire vs Whitmire
and Parker vs Parker.
26 TRANSYLVANIA
MEN TAKE EXAMS
Majority Are Accepted And
May Enter Military Ser
vice At Early Date.
Twenty-six Transylvania county
registrants left for Camp Croft,
S. C., on Tuesday for their pre
induction physical examinations,
and will be subject to call for enr
trance into military service at an
early date. Of this number, one
was a transfer to this board, and
two were transferred to other
boards.
Definite information was not
available as to the exact number
who passed the examination, but it
is thought that the majority were
accepted and will enter service
soon.
Those who left for Camp Croft
were: Ralph Jennings Brown,
Robert Strange Pearce, Russell
Fisher, Fred Augustus Gravely,
Kenneth V. Fowler, Carl Hughes
Barton, Eugene Orr, Charles Wade
Heath, Jr., Frank Louis Tinsley,
Samuel Verner Hall, Nathan Junior
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Mrs. Otto Wuerstle
Dies In New York
Mrs. Otto Wuerstle, 40, a native
of this county, died Tuesday mor
ning in a New York hospital, re
latives here have been advised.
Mrs. Wuerstle had resided in
New York for several years. Be
fore her marriage she was Miss
Frances Hall, daughter of C. C.
Hall and the late Mrs. Hall, of Lake
Toxaway. The body has been
shipped to Lake Toxaway for buri
al but funeral arrangements have
not been made.
Besides her father, Mrs. Wuers
tle is survived by her husband;
two sisters, Mrs. William Vakos,
of Virginia Beach, Va., and Mrs.
Arthur Barton, of Lake Toxaway;
five brothers, Fred Hall, of Kelso,
Wash.; Robert Hall, who is in the
Merchant Marine; Harrison Hall, of
Norfolk, Va.; Verner Hall, of Lake
Toxaway, and John Hall, who is
in the U. S. army stationed at Fort
Bragg.