The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
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Vol. 54; No. 33
BR&VARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 17, 1944
★ SECTION ONE ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
POSTPONE OPENING OF SCHOOLS
Brevard Merchants And Employees To Hold A Picnic
BIG AFFAIR WILL
BE STAGED AUG.
31ST IN FOREST
All Merchants And Employ
ees Invited. Will Hold
A Fish Fry
COMMITTEES NAMED
Plans are non being made by
the merchants committee of the
chamber of commerce to hold a
picnic in the form of a fish fry for
all Brevard merchants and employ
ees at the pink beds in the Pisgah
National Forest on Thursday, Aug
ust 31, starting at 5 o’clock in the
afternoon.
The decision to hold the picnic
was reached at a meeting of the
committee held in the city hall
here Tuesday night.
The proposal was discussed by
Ed M. Anderson who explained
that the merchants have around
$100 in a special fund that was
raised several months ago for the
purpose of staging a banquet for
all local merchants.
“This amount of money will
probably be adequate to take care
of the expenses of a fish fry for
all merchants and their employees
and at that time the merchants
could form a merchants associa
tion if a substantial majority of
them wished to do so,” Mr. Ander
son said.
The committee unanimously en
dorsed the proposal and started
making plans for the big outing.
Named on an arrangements com
mittee were D. T. Abercrombie,
chairman; Curtis Kelley, Harry
Sellers. Jack Parsons, Walter Duck
worth and Jack Schulman.
An interesting program is being
planned for the occasion and ap
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FRAZIER DIRECTS
SOLDIERS’ SHOWS
Former Brevard Colieg*
Student Returns From
.North Africa
Philip Frazier, a Brevard college
graduate in the class of 1941, was
in Brevard for a short visit with
friends here the first of the week,
while on his 21-day furlough from
North Africa, where he spent 18
months.
Frazier was in the infantry of
the army, in which he was classi
fied as entertainment director. He
directed soldiers’ shows which
were held each week in hospitals
and camps in different areas in
North Africa. One show was a big
minstrel that toured with a 33
piece band and 56 boys in the
show. The entertainments were
given for those who had just re
turned from the battle fronts, or
who had just come over from the
states to enter service or for re
placements.
Frazier’s home is in Greensboro.
Upon expiration of his furlough
he will go to Miami Beach, Fla.,
to the redistribution center for re
assignment. He was in vaudeville
shows for 14 years touring various
sections of this country, and was
recognized as a gifted pianist and
entertainer.
Ecusta’s Band And
Dance Teams Enter
Mtn. Folk Festival
The Ecusta string band, Western
North Carolina’s championship
winning band in 1943, will enter
the Mountain Folk Festival to be
held at Asheville September 14-16,
John Eversman, recreational direc
\ tor of the Ecusta Paper corpora
tion, announced today.
The Ecusta dance team, which
won second place in the festival
contest last year, is also planning
to enter again next month. This
team will be composed of 10 coup
les. Selections are now being made.
Members of the string band are
Rhett Talley, Carl Patterson, Blaine
Emory and Rupert Gordon.
With Good War News From Europe
Breaking East, Let's Plan Now To
Celebrate Adolph Hitlers Downfall
On Aircraft Carrier
PETTY OFFICER FIRST
CLASS S. S. BARNETTE, above,
is on an aircraft carrier in the
Pacific, and has been in many
important naval engagements.
He has been in service since
1942, and was in the insurance
business prior to entering ser
vice. He was also a former depu
ty sheriff of this county. He is
the son of Mrs. A. W. Barnette
and the late Mr. Barnette, of
Brevard.
MONWOUND®
IN FIGHTING IN
SOUTH PACIFIC
Former Resident Here In
T^aval Hospital In Hawaii;
In Marine Service
Pit. Vincent J. Dixon has been
wounded in action in the South
west Pacific, according to a mes
sage received here Tuesday by his
wife. The message did not state
when the injury was suffered or
to w'hat extent he was wounded,
although it is thought not to be
serious. He is now confined in a
TJ. S. naval hoe--pital in the Ha
waiian Islands.
Pfc. Disxon is hi the marine ser
vire and .has been overseas since
last January, and has been in ser
vile neariy a year and a half. He
was at the 'New Riwer marine base
for some time before going over
seas.
A slaughter, Patricia Juanita,
was born to Pfc. and Mrs. Dixon
on July 27 in the hospital here. The
mother and baby are now at the
home of Mrs. Dixon’s parents, Mr.
and Mrt. Harold Run ion. Dixon
was formerly employed by the
Ecusta Paper corporation.
Ensign S. E. Varner, Jr., who
has been in Brevard with bis wife
and parents, left Monday for Wash
ington, D. C., where he expects to
get his orders for transfer, possibly
to the West coast He expects to
stop over in Brevard again on his
way out West.
Public Restraint, However,
Is Urged To ^Prevent
Many Disruptions
VS IRA B. ARMFIELD
Stuff Writer
The war in Europe is moving
swiftly toward a crisis and there
is a feeling prevalent that Hitler
and his henchmen will be over-;
thrwn before another year dawns
The landing in Southern France
Tuesday morning of thousands ol
Allied troops with the avowed in
tenrtion of joining other forces in 1
the vicinity of LeMans will un
qoestionably hasten the day when
Hitler will have no choice other
than to capitulate. The German
dilemma is made more acute uv
the plight of the German seventh
army in Normandy on which tK_*
trap is being closed inexorably
i>y Allied fighters under the com
mand of the colorful General Pat
ton
Far to the East the Germans
brace themselves for the Red as
sault on East Prussia, which al
ready they have conceded by -in
direction that they cannot repel.
Giant shy armadas continue to
spread destruction throughout the
Reich. Another major peril facing
the Nazi , regime today is the :ac
knowledged disloyalty of a number
of the fuehrer’s former associates,
both military and diplomatic. How
many more of his henchmen will
turn upon him on the day of the
final reckoning, probably amt .his
best informed sleuths know.
These factors definitely fore
shadow the defeat of Hitler within
a few weeks or months although
the temperament of the man is
such that hi* will probably resist
to the last. In what manner will
the Allied world, particularly the
United States, celebrate the re
moval of this scourge? How will
Brevad and Transylvania county,
having contributed so notahly to
Victory react" Will we go about
.our affairs as usual or will we
give expression to the relief .we
feel from detp foreboding .and
heavy anxiety?
Many will remember the wild
jubilation and the frenzied re
joicing that marked the end xA
World War I. Throughout this
country bedlam reigned for hours;
no attempt! was xnade by anyone
to restrain the celebrants. But one
thing mattered—the war was over
—for the moment no one had any
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$915.00 In Cash Stolen
From Houston Furniture
Company Tuesday Night
A total of $£15.00 hi cash was
stolen out of the safe at the Hou
ston Furniture company store here
Tuesday night and as yet officers
do not have any tr ace of the guilty
party or parties, it was .learned
from Chief Bert Freeman.
Entrance to the store was made
through a back door and the large
safe was opened by working the
combination.
Finger prints were taken Wed
nesday, hoping to find some cl*e
to the robbery.
Wartime Job Training Program Is
Now Being Given At Ecusta Plant
A wartime program of providing
job training for employees, as de
veloped by the War Manpower
Commission, is now underway at
the Ecusta Paper corporation.
Four workers who took a week’s
instructor’s course under a War
Manpower Commission representa
tive from Washington are now
teaching regular classes at the
plant.
These classes are limited to 10
employees and each course lasts
for 10 hours. A total of 40 are
given instruction each week. Over
100 persons have already taken
one of the courses and these in
turn are teaching others. The train
ing program is divided into three
courses: job instruction, job meth
ods and job relations.
The four employees who are
heading the instruction under the
direction of the personnel office
are: Bob Levy, Hank Newbury, A1
Ream and Ray Hooper.
J. O. Wells, director of the per
sonnel department, states that this
is a splendid program and highly
commends the War Manpower
Commission for having developed
and promoted it.
RED CROSS WILL
BOW CONFERENCE
IN COUNTY SOON
August Session Of Aquatic
School Cancelled Be
cause of Polio
A conference of officiate of the
American Red Crass in the south
eastern area will he held at Camp
Carolina on August 30 and lasting
until September 8, it was learned
here today.
The annual August session of the
National Aquatic school, scheduled
to have been held August 20-30,
has been cancelled because of the
epidemic of infantile paralysis in
the state.
This is the second time that the
southeastern conference is to be
held in Transylvania county and
approximately 30 Red Cross of
ficials from the area are expected
to attend.
Harry Kenning, director .of the
aquatic school, is expected to make
arrangements this week for the
conference.
CANNERY HERE IS
BUSY PLACE NOW
Public Is Taking Advantage
of Facilities Afforded
By This Project.
A community project that is
proving of increasing value to
Brevard and Transylvania county
is the Transylvania cannery, which
was started here in the early sum
mer and hab served 150 different
families who rbave taken advantage
of its canning equipment.
The cannery, which was estab
lished in Brevard through tie co
operation of the federal govern
ment and the vocational agricul
ture departments of Brevaro and
Rosman high schools, is in.charge
uf J. E. Raufty, .as instructor, and
C. L. Simmons, «as supervisor
Approximately 3,500 cans of a
v.iriety of fruit* and vegetables
fc've already been canned. The
largest numiber af families r^nre
sented in any one day was 21, with
an output of 525 .cans fur the.day.
This number is .increasing day by
day as more and more people use
the .cannery. The total canning ca
pacity is aixxond .2,000 .cans per
day.
The vegetables leading Jn popt
iarity that hare been canned u
.date are beans and g*orn, with to
matoes and soup mixtures .leading
;a £ lose second. Other canning that
has been done in large quantities
includes beets, lima beans, okra,
blackberries and chicken. Peaches
were canned in great numbers by
many families during the height
of tin' peach season
The canning is done in tin cans,
mainly No. 53s and 2s, which are
provided by the government at a
nominal cost per can for each user
of the facilities. In addition, tte
user pays a small fee for use off
the equipment, and also provides,
prepares and packs in the tin cans
her own food for the canning pro
cess. It is estimated that the cost
is less and the percentage of food
preservation greater by use of tin
cans processed by the pressure
cooker method than by glass jars.
Plemmons Will Run
Farmers Federation
R. D. Plemmons, who for three
years was employed by the Farm
ers Federation as field man in
Haywood county, has assumed
charge of the local store, succeed
ing Fred Monteith, who resigned
to go into business with George
Massey. They purchased the Tins
ley grocery store on the Rosman
highway, which they plan to en
large to carry a larger stock.
Before joining the Federation,
Mr. Plemmons was engaged in
the mercantile business for six
years. He expects to move his
family here in the near future
from their present home near Can
ton.
IN CENTER OF BALKAN CRISIS NOW
I
l
With Turkey highlighted in the Balkan arena following the
diplomatic break with Germany, as indicated in black on the map,
Washington sources insist that Bulgaria and Romania—and pos
sibly Hungary—are expected to join the Turks within a short time.
In fact, the break was reported as timed to suit a general Balkan
program. (International)
Plan To Hold A Big Church Music
Conference At Camp Transylvania
Next Year, To Be First In South
UNION ELECTION
POSTPONED UNTIL
THURSDAY, 24TH
Taxmery CIO Election Delay
ed by AF of L Getting
Ob Ballot, Too.
An election that was scheduled
to have been held yesterday af
ternoon among the employees of
‘the Transylvania Tanning com
pany here to determine whether or
not they wanted to join the CIO
•fur and leather workers interna
tional, has neen postponed until
next Thursday, August 24, W. J,
Clayton, a representative of the
National Labor Relations board,
announces.
The election was postponed be
cause of requests made by the
Amencan Federation of Labor to
be included on the ballot. After
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Church Choir Directors And
Singers From All Parts
Gf Nation Invited
An interdenominational church
music conference will be held at
the Transylvania Music School
Camp near Brevard in August of
next year, James Christian Pfohl,
director of the music school-camp,
announced today.
Dates for this conference have
been set as August 9-17 and an
invitation will be extended to all
church choir directors and singers
in the south, east and mid-west to
attend.
Director Pfohl said that arrange
ments are now being made to
secure a number of nationally
known musicians to aid in con
ducting the 7 - day conference
which will be the first one of its
kind ever held in the south.
“Our idea is to help build up
the standards of church music,” he
said.
The regular season of the music
school-camp will extend from June
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W. fi Wilkie To Coach Brevard College
Football Team, Practice To Start 5th
W. Howard Wilkie, a former star
football player at Western Caro
lina Teachers College and captain
of the team there in 1935, will
coach the Brevard college foot
ball team this fall, President E. J.
Coltrane announced today.
Practice will start on the col
lege gridiron field Tuesday, Sept.
5, but no games will be played be
fore around the first of October.
After graduating at W. C. T. C.,
Wilkie coached football teams at
Marshall and Valley Springs high
schools until April, 1941, when he
accepted a position in the labora
tory department of the Ecusta Pa
per corporation.
He will continue to hold this
position and coach the college
football team in the afternoon
from 4 until 6 o’clock. The new
coach is a native of Macon county.
Wilkie succeeds Robert Wilder,
who resigned recently to become
principal of the Clinton, S. C.,
high school.
Brevard college is expecting a
large enrollment of girls this fall
and in spite of war conditions, it .
is anticipated that at least 50 boys !
will be enrolled. The fall term
opens Sept. 19th.
“We are looking forward to hav- <
ing a good football team and are 2
glad to have Mr. Wilkie as our i
coach,” Dr. Coltrane said. 1
SEPTEMBER 11TH
TENTATIVELY SET
AS OPENING DATE
Action Taken Because Of
Infantile Paralysis Situa
tion In State
NEED MORE TEACHERS
Opening date of the public
schools in Brevard and Transyl
vania county has been postponed
from Monday, August 28 to Mon
day, September 11, because of the
infantile paralysis situation in the
state, Supt. J. B. Jones announced
today.
In delaying the opening of the
schools for two weeks, Mr. Jones
said the members of the county
board of education had agreed that
there might be still further post
ponement if the current polio epi
demic had not subsided sufficient
ly in other sections.
“In other words, September 11
is only a tentative date,” he de
clared.
“Even though there are no cases
of infantile paralysis in this coun
ty, one case in either of our large
consolidated school districts could
start an epidemic in at least one
half of the county,” he said.
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state
health officer, has requested all
schools to delay their opening un
til the state-wide epidemic has
passed. He explained that there
are now over 500 cases in North
Carolina and that new cases are
still being reported.
“Our board of education has no
idea of opening the school until
the polio situation is well in hand
and until the local quarantine is
lifted and the board of health
recommends that the schools be
opened,” Mr. Jones stated.
The county's teaching staff, he
said, is about completed, with the
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DR. COLTRANE1$
HIGHLY HONORED
President Of Brevard Col
lege Picked To Attend A
National Conference
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
Brevard college, has been selected
as one of the 25 junior college
representatives in the United
States to attend a conference on
“Christianity on the College Cam
pus and in the High School” to
be held on the camp grounds of
the American Youth Foundation
at Shelby, Michigan, starting Aug
ust 28 and ending September 3.
This national conference is spon
sored by the Danforth Foundation,
of which W. H. Danforth is presi
dent. For the past four years ap
proximately 2 0 0 representatives
from state universities and teach
ers colleges have attended and this
is the first time that junior college
officials have been invited. The
expenses of the delegates are paid
by the Foundation.
The main objective of the con
ference is for strengthening of
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Paintings By Miss
Smith To Be Shown '
Locally Next Week
Miss Clara Lawton Smith, of
Davidson, and one of North Caro
lina’s most outstanding artists, will
exhibit a number of her paintings
here next week.
This summer Miss Smith was art
instructor at the Transylvania Mu
sic School-Camp near Brevard. Ex
cept for a limited amount of teach
ing, Miss Smith devotes her entire
time to painting.
She studied art at the Chicago
Art institute, the Boston Museum
School of Fine Arts and the Rhode
Island School of Design.
A total of 18 paintings will be
displayed here in one of Patter
son’s store windows and they wfll
include oil paintings, pastels and
water colors.