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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. 31
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1944
★ SECTION ONE ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Establish Community Workshop At Lake Toxaway
MODERN SHOP IS
MADE POSSIBLE
BY COUNTY F.S.A
Shop Will Be Located On
Floyd Jones Farm; Mc
Call Is President.
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
Through the efforts and assist
ance of the Farm Security Admin
istration, a Lake Toxaway Com
munity workshop has been estab
lished in that section of Transyl
vania county and will begin opera
tion this week in repairing and
making new practically any type
of household furniture and farm
machinery.
At a meeting of citizens of that
section held the past week, Floyd
Jones was elected as custodian of
the workshop, which will be loca
ted on his property at Lake Toxa
way. Mr. Jones will also instruct
and teach the farmers in the prop
er use of the shop equipment.
M. O. McCall was elected presi
dent of the organization; W. J.
Raines, vice president; T. R. Chas
tain, secretary-treasurer.
With a man representing each
community, the folowing directors
were elected: Jason McCall, Wil
liam M. Anders, Charles F. Breed
love, Ransom McCall, Verner Red
mon.
The workshop will comprise 200
or more different pieces of shop
equipment that can be used in re
pairing the smallest piece of fyT»?i
ture or machinery in the home to
the largest pieces of farm machin
ery. Adequate tools will be pro
vided, which will be at the dis
posal of the farmers, working un
der the supervision of Mr. Jones,
who will donate his services for
this work. A small sawmill will
be included in the equipment,
which is provided entirely by the
FSA.
—Turn to Page Four
! CIO WINS ELECTION
IN TOXAWAY PLANT
Workers Vote For Union
Contract; Extract Com
pany Ballot Is Off
Employees of the Toxaway Tan
ning Company at Rosman voted
Wednesday for representation by
the CIO. The election was held
under supervision of the National
Labor Relations Board.
The Union officals called off the
scheduled election at the Rosman
Tanning Extract company plant,
also located at Rosman, and orig
inally asked for at the same time
as the Toxaway Tanning company,
due, it is thought to lack of in
terest in the union by workers at
the plant.
Organizers have been working
at the Rosman plants for many
weeks, and are reported to have
from three to a dozen people in
the county all the time, working
as organizers and solicitors of
memberships in unions.
The CIO has asked for an elec
tion at the Transylvania Tanning
company plant in Brevard on Aug
ust 16th.
Father And 3 Sons
Bound Over To Court
For Making Whiskey
B. A. Brittain and his three
sons, Leo, Cleo and Edward, were
' bound over to federal court under
$300 bonds by Commissioner Alex
Eizer a few days ago.
The four men, who are charged
with illicit manufacture of whis
key, were recently arrested when
officers found and destroyed a
still located near their home in
the East Fork section of the coun
ty.
During the hearing, Edward
Brittain pled guilty to the charge,
while the others contended they
were innocent. Officers testifying
at the hearing were C, C. Noble,
of Asheville; Arch Rogers, of Ros
man and W. T. Brown, of Brevard.
Circulation Of County Library
Continues To Increase; A New
Book Station Is Established
SHUFORD NAMED
HEAD OF COUNTY
ELECTION BOARD
Succeeds Fred Johnson, Who
Resigned. Office Here Is
Now Open.
Fred E. Shuford, well known
Brevard insurance man and jus
tice of the peace, has been ap
pointed to fill out the unexpired
term of Fred Johnson as chairman
of the Transylvania county board
of elections, John E. Rufty, county
chairman of the Democratic execu
tive committee, announced today.
Mr. Johnson, who had already
served two terms as election chair
man, resigned a few days ago be
cause of the pressure of personal
duty. He is connected with the
state highway and public works
commission in this district.
The new chairman has been a
life long Democrat and served one
term as chairman of the party in
this county. In 1911 and 1912 he
was sheriff of Transylvania county
and since 1913 he has been operat
ii.‘. un insurance business here.
Mr. Shuford’s office is located
in the Pickelsimer building over
Patterson's store and he is now
taking applications for servicemen
and women ballots. Any close rela
tives of men and women in service
may apply for registration and
ballots.
Absentee ballots for civilians
will not be available until October
8 and at that time Mr. Shuford
plans to open an office in the
courthouse.
Baptist S. S. Assoc.
Will Meet Sun. At
Cherryfield Church
The Transylvania Baptist Sun
day School association will hold
the regular monthly meeting at
the Cherryfield Baptist church,
near Brevard, Sunday afternoon,
beginning at 2:30 o’clock with a
song service, it has been announc
ed by Fred Monteith, superinten
dent.
The meeting will open with de
votionals by Rev. Mr. Collins, pas
tor of the Carr’s Hill church. The
topic theme, “The value of a re
ligious census in your Sunday
school,” will be discussed by Rev.
S. F. McAuley, Rev. S. B. McCall
and N. L. Ponder.
Since this is the last meeting
before the annual session of the
Transylvania Baptist association,
Mr. Monteith said, “We would like
to have all the Sunday schools
of the entire county represented,
as there will be some very impor
tant matters up for discussion.”
Any quartet or class of singers
is asked to attend and take part
on the program.
New Station Set Up At Little
River. Rosman Circu
lation Good.
Circulation of the Transylvania
county public library, which trip
led the previous year’s record
during the first six months of
1944, is continuing to increase,
Mrs. Lehman Kapp, librarian, an
nounces.
Mrs. Kapp also announced that
a book station, a branch of the
county library, had been establish
ed at the home of Mrs. Rena Mer
rill in the Little River community,
with Miss Merrill in charge.
“Anyone living in that and ad
joining communities may obtain
books free of charge from Miss
Merrill,’’ Mrs. Kapp said.
The book station that was re
cently set up in Rosman is already
being widely used, she stated.
Miss Mary Morgan is in charge
of this station, which is located in
the Rosman school building. The
station is open every Wednesday
and Friday afternoons from 2:30
until 5 o’clock.
The report further showed that
the library has 631 registered bor
rowers, 259 adults and 372 chil
dren.
Since last January 384 new
books, 245 adult and 139 children’s
books, have been added to the
shelves, increasing the total num
ber of volumes to 3,626.
The county has set up $250 in its
budget to carry on the work of
the library this year and the town
board is being requested to con
tribute a like amount.
The library receives approxi
—Turn To Page Four
TWELVE MEN PUT
IN 1-A BY BOARD
Twenty-three Put In Other
Classes; Ten 18-Year
Olds Register.
Twelve Transylvania men were
placed in class 1-A by the local
draft board at its hneeting on Mon
day night.
Those in 1-A are: Jess Meece,
Theodore E. Merrell, Claude E.
Bumgarner, Mint E. Barton, Rivers
Jeter, Emmett B. Ball, Volney Sta
nley, John Norman, Ernest E.
Anders, James S. Morgan, Allen T.
Pressley and Richard H. Orr, Jr.
In other classifications: 2 - B,
James A M.cCall, Hubert L. Clay
ton, James A. Orr, Vernon R.
Clark, Bert M. Queen, Lionel T.
Jones; 2-A, Dennis Greenwood and
Roy Holden; 2-B(L), Virgil E.
Gillespie; 2-A(H), Hilliard M.
Pressley; 2-B(F), Willie Landreth,
Charlie J. Knight, Doyle E. Brack
en; 4-F(H), Thomas J. Jackson;
2-C(F), James V. Tritt.
1-C, now in service, Ralph J.
Brown and Edward M. Hunt; 4-F,
Frank E. Tinsley, Charles E. Whit
—Turn To Page Four
Transylvania County Goes Over Top Of
Its Bond Quota By Substantial Margin
Transylvania county exceeded
its quota during the Fifth War
Loan drive by $260,000 or 165 per
cent, Ed McManhan, chairman, has
announced, “E” bond quota was
topped by $14,000 or 110 per cent.
A complete report from the
federal reserve has not been re
leased, but reports from local
headquarters indicated the follow
ing figures: Overall sale of bonds,
$666,000, $260,000 over the quota
of $406,000. Sale ©f “E” Bonds,
$172,000—$14,000 in excess of the
quota of $158,000.
Enthusiastic bond rallies were
held at several places in the coun
ty during the drive, boosting sales
and encouraging the spirit of co
operation with the war effort
which has been evident in Tran
sylvania since the war started.
Sale of “E” bonds got off to a
slow start, lagged throughout the
drive until the last four days
when an increase of $22,000 was
shown in the total. The report
shows the Fifth War Loan drive
the most successful of all drives
that have been conducted to date, j
Response to the drive over the!
state has not been up to the hoped
for goal. According to reports, the
sale of “E” bonds has been par
ticularly slow, most counties fail
ing to meet the assigned quota by
a big margin.
Students Learn and Play at Transylvania Music School-Camp
It really is “all play” at the unique Transylvania Music School-Camp located near Brevard in the
heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina for they play all kinds of musical instru
ments, as well as enjoy a full program of sports and camp activities. This is the first school of its kind
in the south and plans are now being made to make it a permanent institution where boys and girls
can learn music, art and dramatics and also enjoy camp life, too.
Pictured at the top is a view of the school’s large band that gave weekly concerts. Shown in the
second picture at the left from the top is Frank Crayton, of Charlotte, N. C., teaching a group of girls
to play the clarinet. At the right is a striking view of the camp’s beautiful lake where swimming, div
ing and canoeing are enjoyed. The picture at the left in the third row shows Miss Clara Lawton Smith,
art instructor, conducting one of her classes and to the right, third row, are Director James Christian
Pfohl, Davidson College, N. C., seated, and Major J. B. O’Neal, of Fort Pierce, Fla,, assistant director,
standing. Students also learn to ride horses, as shown in the picture at the left on the bottom row. Seen
at the right, bottom row, is a view of the school’s orchestra that also gave weekly concerts.
Prominent Baptists
Be Heard At Assoc.
Meet Here Next Wit.
Visiting speakers who are ex
pected to be present at the meet
ing of the Transylvania Baptist
association, which is to be held at
Middle Fork Baptist church on
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week are: Dr. L. L. Carpenter,
editor of the Biblical Recorder; I.
G. Greer, general superintendent
of Baptist orphanage of North Car
olina; Prof. N. H. Kendall, head
of the department of Bible, Mars
Hill college; Smith Hagaman, su
perintendent of North Carolina
Baptist hospitals; Rev. J. C. Pipes,
who will, in his discussion, use the
theme, “The Challenge of the Bap
tist Program,” and Dr. Jesse C.
Owen, pastor of the Baptist church
at Saluda.
The introductory sermon is to
be preached Wednesday morning
by Rev. N. H. Chapman, the sub
ject being. “Vitamin of the Soul.”
The subject for the sermon Wed
nesday evening by Dr. Jesse C.
Owen will be “Global War or
World-Wide Missions.”
—Turn To Page Twelve
CIO Request For Increased Wages For
Enka Corporation Workers Should Be
Denied; War Labor Board Panel Finds
ASHEVILLE, Aug. 1 — A gen
eral wage increase asked for em
ployees of the American Enka
corporation should be denied,
pending review by the National
Labor board, according to recom
mendations of the tri-partite panel
of the fourth regional war labor
board to the board, it was reveal
ed by the Associated Press in a dis
patch from Atlanta.
Hearing on the case, involving
the corporation and the Enka lo
cal No. 2598, was conducted by the
panel here June 9. The panel held
that in all events, the case should
be held open for the purpose of
receiving and acting on a report of
company and union negotiations in
connection with 39 job classifica
tions in which .the union claims
inequalities.
The company and the union rep
resentatives reached an agreement
last week relative to these classi
fications and a report is being
prepared for the war labor board.
Enka officials said today they had
not been officially notified of the
panel’s recommendations, but they
were aware of them in a general
way.
In addition to the classifications
differences, other issues include
15 cents per hour increase for all
production and maintenance work
ers; 10 cents per hour increase for
all hours worked between 11 p. m.
and 7 a. m.; five cents per hour
for all hours worked between 3 p.
m. and 11 p. m.; and paid lunch
period of 24 minutes for all groups
of employees not now receiving a
paid lunch period.
One of the questions involved
whether the contract signed June
5, 1943, for the duration of the
war or for a period of two years,
acts as a wage freezer for the
duration.
The majority report of the panel
—Tarn To Page Five
LARGE GIFT TO
HELP INSTITUTION
MEET ITS BUDGET'
Large Industrial Firm Has
Also Contributed To Other
Institutions Here.
THANKS EXPRESSED
To enable Brevard college to
pay its faculty salaries and other
expenses for this quarter and to
balance the institution’s operating
budget for the current fiscal year,
the Ecusta Paper corporation has
contributed $10,000 to the college,
President E. J. Coltrane announced
today.
This is the second contribution
of $10,000 that Ecusta has made
to the college during the past three
years.
“On behalf of the college I wish
to express our deep and sincere
appreciation to the Ecusta Paper
corporation and especially to its
able president, Mr. Harry Straus,
for this generous gift which is so
badly needed at this time,” Dr. Col
trane said.
“This is positive proof of this
fine industrial institution’s inter
est in the college and what the
college is doing for Transylvania
county and this section of the
state,” he added. “It clearly dem
onstrates their interest in provid
ing educational facilities of the
families of their employees and
all others.”
The fcolk*e is operating on an
annual budget of .approximately
$60,000, about half of which is
raised from student fees and the
balance from contributions and
endowment income.
The institution’s fiscal year ex
tends from September to Septem
ber and contributions during the
current fiscal year from the West
—Turn To Page Twelve
TO OPEN FIRESTONE
STORE HERE SOON
D. J. Luther and W. S. Shif
let Are Associated In
The Business.
A Firestone home and auto sup
ply store will be opened here in
the near future in the building
next door to the Duke Power Co.
by D. J. Luther, of Brevard, and
W. S. Shiflet, of Marion, it was
learned today,
Mr. Luther, who will manage the
store, recently resigned his posi
tion at the Ecusta Paper corpora
tion as foreman of the fibre ware
house. He came to Brevard about
six years ago and worked on the
construction of the Ecusta plant.
For the past four years he had
served as foreman.
Mr. Shiflet, owner of the store,
also owns a similar establishment
in Marion, where he has other bu
siness interests. He is a brother
of Bryan Shiflet, one of the own
ers and managers of the two thea
tres in Brevard.
The building which will be occu
pied by the new store is now be
ing remodeled and painted.
Sgt. Combs Killed
In Action In French
Invasion on July 7th
Mrs. Bradley Jombs, of Brevard,
received a message from the War
department last Thursday notify
ing her that her husband, Sergt.
Combs, had been killed in action
in France on July 7.
Sergt. Combs had been overseas
since last March, and had been in
military service eight years.
He was in the 8th infantry. The
last letter Mrs. Combs had from
her husband was written on June
5, the day before the invasion of
the French coast.
Sergt. Combs was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Combs, of
Whitesburg, Ky. Mrs. Combs was
formerly Miss Rosalie Martin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Martin, of Brevard.