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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. 34 * 12 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 24, 1944 ★ ONE SECTION ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY PLAN TO ERECT MONUMENT HERE *************** ********* ★★* Postwar Plans For Town And County To Be Made COMMITTEES TO MEET HERE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT Postwar Planning Groups To Hold Meeting At Bryant House OBJECTIVES OUTLINED An extensive program of post war planning for Brevard and Transylvania county will be dis cussed at a joint banquet of the county’s committee on economic development and the postwar plan ning committee of the Brevard chamber of commerce to be held at the Bryant house here next Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock, F. S. Best, chairman of the county CED announced today. A suggested program will be presented to the members by Chairman Best and Ed M. Ander son, who heads the chamber of commerce group. This tentative program includes making a survey of industry and all other employers in the county to determine their postwar em ployment needs; a survey to de termine how much material will be needed to construct new homes, businesses, additional barns, re pairing, etc., and a survey to find out other consumer needs. A large list of suggested goals will also be discussed. “After we have licked Germany and Japan, there is one more ene my that must be defeated if our freedom is to be secure and that enemy is unemployment,” Mr. Best said. “Our servicemen will want jobs when the war is over, jobs with wide-open opportunity and that is exactly what we want them to have. That is one of the major —Turn To Page Twelve TANNERY WORKERS WILL VOTE TODAY Election To Be Held At Transylvania Tannery This Afternoon Employees of the Transylvania Tanning company here will vote this afternoon from 1:30 until 6:30 o’clock to determine whether or not they want to join one or more unions. The election will be conducted by W. J. Clayton, of Washington, a representative of the National Labor Relations board. The employees will vote to join either the CIO or the AFL or neither. It is estimated that approxi mately 240 workers are eligible to vote and of this number a large number are colored em ployees. Several weeks ago a consent election was called in the tannery plant after CIO representatives claimed a majority of the work ers had agreed to join, and an elec tion was ordered to be held on August 16th. This election was postponed and the name of the —Turn To Page Twelve Scouts To Collect Waste Paper Again Here This Sunday Brevard Boy Scouts will collect waste paper here this Sunday af ternoon and all persons are urged to co-operate by having their waste paper gathered up and tied up in bundles on their porches or out next to the streets in front of their homes. More than 4,000 pounds of pa per were collected last Sunday. Ray King, scoutmaster of the Lone Scout troop here, is in charge of the waste paper collection for the Scouts. He stated on behalf of the Scouts that they appreciated the excellent co-operation that the public has given in the collection of this essential and critical ma terial. RELAXING AFTER CONFERENCES 3 3 MAYBE HE JUST HEARD that Davao was being bombed, but Gen. Douglas MacArthur is smiling broadly for his dream of re turning to the Philippines at the head of his army is much nearer realization. At any rate, this is one of the least formal photos be taken during the historic Hawaiian conference on Pacific strategy and both the President and the general are relating dur ing a ride. Signal Corps photo. (International) Birth Rate In Transylvania County Increases, Total Of 404 Births In 1943, Only 96 Deaths Report Shows Vital Statistic Report Made By County Health Department Births in Transylvania county for the year 1943 exceeded the deaths by 308, there being 404 births and 96 deaths during that year, it has been revealed through a vital statistic report for this county compiled by the county board of health. Of the total number of births. 370 were white and 34 colored, and of the 96 deaths, 91 were white and five colored. Of the 370 white births, 136 were deliver ed in the hospital and 234 in the home. Four of the 34 colored births were delivered in the hos pital and 30 in the home. The report further shows that Transylvania county’s birth rate since 1940 has increased from 24.0 to 30.1 per 1,000 population. Among the causes of death list ed, there were 19 due to cerebral hemorrhage, a disease of the ner vous system, which was the largest number recorded under any one disease. The next largest number of deaths due to any one cause was 13 premature births. The third largest number of causes of death given were eight each due to lobar pneumonia and functional heart disease, and seven deaths due each to chronic myocarditis, a disease of the circulatory sys tem, nephritis and cancer or other malignant tumors. Other causes of death listed in the report were due to various diseases, including: brain tumor, meningitis, broncho-pneumonia, epilepsy, diphtheria, dysentery, convulsions, congenital malforma tions, poisoning, motor vehicle —Turn To Page Twelve CREDIT UNIONS TO BE EXPLAINED AT MEETING FRIDAY i _ D. R. Graham, Of Raleigh, To Speak In Courthouse. Public Is Invited D. R. Graham, of Raleigh, a representative of the state depart ment of agriculture, will speak in the courthouse tomorrow night at 8 p. m. on the merits of a credit union. He was invited to Brevard by Prof. M. G. Pangle, who was acting in behalf of the local Lions club, whose members are interest ed in the project. A cordial in vitation is extended to everyone to attend this meeting, and the presence of both workers and em ployers especially is desired. Credit unions are in successful operation in many parts of North Carolina and in other parts of the country, it was pointed out. Their fundamental purpose is to help the man of small income with his personal finances. As few as 12 or 15 people may form a credit union, but they usually expand to number from 50 to 100 people, who are united by some common bond of occupation, association or residence. Prof. Pangle has looked into the operation of credit unions in different parts of the country and reported that they encouraged thrift and often averted hardships. The meeting tomorrow night was agreed upon at the last regular meeting of the Lions club last Thursday night. —Turn to Page Six Approximately 250 Persons Expected To Attend Big Fish Fry Next Thurs. Approximately 250 Brevard mer chants, their employees and guests are expected to attend the big fish fry to be held at the pink beds in the Pisgah National Forest next Thursday afternoon, August 31, starting at 5 o’clock, D. T. Aber crombie, chairman of the arrange ments committee, announced to day. Pete Bikas, owner of Galloway’s cafe here, will have charge of pre paring and serving the fish. “I may have to close my place at 4 o’clock for the rest of the afternoon and evening, but t as sure you that we’ll have a real meal,” Pete declared. Music for the occasion will be furnished by the Ecusta string band and entertainers. Following the fish fry, a pro gram will be given which will in clude addresses of welcome and a talk by an outstanding speaker. “According to all indications, this is going to be a grand occasion and we hope every merchant and every employee will attend,” Mr. Abercrombie said. “We know you will have a good time and there’ll be plenty to eat.” 3 TRANSYLVANIA MEN KILLED IN EUROPEAN ACTION Lee, Norris And Smith Re ported Killed In France, England And Italy Three Transylvania servicemen have been reported killed in ac tion, one in France, one in Eng land and one in Italy, according to notifications received here by their parents from the war depart ment. Weldon Lee, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Lee, of Cedar Moun tain, was reported killed in action in France on Aug. 7. He was 21 years old and entered military service on June 17, 1943. Before entering service he was a carpen ter. Harold Frank Norris, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Norris, of Pis gah Forest, was killed in England on Aug. 4. He was known to have been on several bombing missions. He entered service on Jan. 26, 1943. Pfc. Arthur Arnold Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, of Brevard, who was reported miss ing in action in Italy since May 25, is now reported killed in ac tion. Prior to entering service he was a construction worker. He was registered with the Jackson county board. PARIS LIBERATED BY PATRIOT ARMY Americans Surround City. Yanks Drive Towards German Borders Four years of bondage was ended on Tuesday when Paris was liberated by French patriots after four days of fierce fighting. Tens of thousands of Frenchmen swept the Nazis from the city’s streets, while the American arm ed forces drew up around the capital. A special communique from General deGaulIe’s headquarters in London announced the libera tion, stating “The fight was led by 50,000 organized French forces of the interior bolstered by hundreds of thousands more who joined in with whatever weapon they could find.” While the French patriots were liberating Paris, the allied armies continued to tighten the noose around the 93,000 sur vivors of the beaten German Seventh army and lashed out far beyond the capital to within 160 miles or less of the German border. Allied advances on all other front line borders of the French and. Russian battle lines con tinued to show progress in the final defeat of the Nazis armies. 16 Registrants Are Classified By Board Of the 16 Transylvania regis trants classified by the local draft board at its meeting Monday night, only two were put in 1-A. One was placed in 4-F and no more than three in other classes. The classifications follow: 1-A, Joseph Young, Roy C. Whitmire; 2-B, Donald E. McCall, Alvin S. Anders, Walter E. Phillips; 1-A (H), Glenn Owen; 2-A, Henry J. Miller, James B. Henderson, Dal las K. McCall; 2-C, Clyde N. Gaddy; 2-B(F), Howard R. Whitmire, Hen ry N. Lyda, Lloyd A. Galloway; 4-F, Vernon F. McCall; 94-F(H), Charles L. Waldrop; 2-A(F), Glenn D. Mitchell. TO HAVE CLUB PICNIC TODAY The monthly meeting of the Brevard Business and Professional Women’s club will be a picnic sup per at White Pine camp on Thurs day, August 24. Miss Baker, who was helpful in organizing the Bre vard club, will be guest speaker. HE’D LIKE TO PAY OLD SCORES ELOQUENT AS WORDS are the gestures of this liberated Frenchman pleading against restraint by good-natured Yanks in a Brittany town. No understanding of French is needed to interpret that he wants to give some local Nazis, under guard nearby as pris oners of war, a few well-earned socks on their German supernoses. (International) Opening Of County Schools Again Postponed By Direction Of State Board; New Date is September IS -<& - SACRED CONCERT TO BE GIVEN SUN. Presbyterians Will Sponsor Musicale In Union Ser vice At Church A candlelight concert of sacred music will be presented at the Presbyterian church here Sunday night at 8:30 o’clock, given by the choir of the church, assisted by other vocalists of the community. The program will take the form of a union service, including all the church congregations of the community, college members and summer visitors. A varied program of unusual interest will be rendered, including the following selections: “Evening Anthem,” by Kountz; “Gloria in Excelsis,” by Mozart; “The Lord’s Prayer,” by Malotte; “Lift Thine Eyes,” by Mendelssohn; “Come Unto Him,” by Mathews; “God of All Nature,” by Tschaikowski; “Steal Away to Jesus,” Burleigh; “Listen to the Lambs,” by Dett; “Goin’ Home,” by Dvorak; and “Abide With Me,” by Shelley, to be sung by Mrs. H. R. Bobst. The choir, directed by Mrs. Ash by Johnson, is composed of: Miss Emmi Neuberger, Mary Ann Dan iels, Mazonna Cauble, Carolyn Kimzey, Mrs. Ed Matheson, Mrs. Howard Schmidt, Miss Janie Mae Poor, Miss Julia Wood, Mrs. H. R. Bobst, Mrs. Jim Winget, Anna —Turn To Page Seven School For Bus Drivers Will Be Held Here On Sep tember 11th At the direction of the state board of public instruction the opening date of schools in Transyl vania county has again been de ferred and the date set at Septem ber 18, Supt. J. B. Jones an nounced yesterday. This action was taken on account of the infantile paralysis situation and Mr. Jones said the new date was contingent on any further instructions that the board might issue in the meantime. The state board acted after hearing a representative of the state board of health, who coun seled a delay in the opening of schools on account of the menace to the health of the school children of the polio epidemic. Supt. Jones said that all teachers and principals had been requested to report for duty on Thursday, Sept. 14, and they will hold a meeting at the local high school on that morning. V. V. Johnson has been elected principal of the Selica school, Mr. Jones said. He was principal of the Silversteen school last year. Mrs. Viola P. Medford, a resi dent of the community, has been employed to teach primary grades at Little River, the superintendent said. The date for holding the school bus drivers’ school has been chang ed from August 25 to Sept 11. The school will be conducted at —Turn To Page Seven "Little World Series” To Start This Sunday Afternoon; Ecusta Diamond A “little world series” to de termine the 1944 pennant winning baseball team at the Ecusta Paper corporation will start Sunday af ternoon when the strong Machine Room team and Duke’s Mixture nine meet on the Ecusta diamond at 3 o’clock. These two teams finished the regular season in first and second place respectively, with Machine Room being on top and Duke’s Mixture second. The series will, consist of two out of three games and they will be played on consecutive Sundays. The Machine Room finished the season with 13 wins and only 1 loss, while Duke’s Mixture finally nosed out over Gas House Beaters for second berth honors and the right to play in the series. Final standings show that Duke’s Mix ture won 7 and lost 6 games while the Beaters won 5 and lost 9. Playing on Machine Room’s team are Clarence White, Bradley, Orr, Pace, Gregory, Miller, Fisher, Sut tles and Payne. Wilson Gregory is captain. Members of the Duke’s team are —Tim To Page Six WILL BE LASTING TRIBUTE TO ALL IN ARMED FORCES Big Project To Be Sponsored By Legion Post. Com mittee Named BENNETT CHAIRMAN A movement was started here Tuesday night by the Monroe Wil son post of the American Legion to erect a monument on the court house lawn as a memorial to the Transylvania county men and wo men who have served and are serving in the armed forces The post adopted this as one of the major projects and a spec ial committee, composed of Ray mond F. Bennett, chairman, Verne P. Clement, Ralph R. Fisher, Dr. Carl Hardin and J. M. Gaines, was appointed. It is estimated that the proposed monument will cost at least two or three thousand dollars and all other organizations, clubs and in dividuals in the county will be asked to make contributions to the fund. “We want to erect something that every one and especially our service men and women will be proud of, ” Mr. Bennett declared. “Our honor roll board is a fine thing, but we want to plant some thing permanent now and to this end we solicit the co-operation and support of everybody in the county,” he explained. the names killed in na the the en tire list of those in service in world war two, provided this is possible. ’immoment, TO HOLD AUCTION SALE NEXT TUES Change In Lion’s Club Ac tivity Made To Enable People To Attend The next regular monthly ex change auction sale of the Brevard Lions club will be held next Tues day evening at 7:30 p. m. on the vacant lot opposite the ration board office. The change from afternoon to evening was made to enable more people to attend, John A. Ford, chairman of the commit tee in charge, said. Arrangements have been made to install lights. A number of desirable items have been listed for sale includ ing refrigerators, radios, ranges, household furniture, farm machin ery, clothing and other things. He stressed the fact that anything which anyone wished to dispose of would be sold and said that a truck would be sent for articles too heavy to be carried if the own ers would notify him or either of the other two members of the com mittee, who are Jack Trantham and Ira B. Armfield. These sales are conducted monthly by the local club as a public service and an effort is —Turn To Page Seven 12 Volunteers Left Here For Camp Croft And Entered Service Twelve Transylvania registrants, all volunteers, left Brevard on Monday morning for Camp Croft, where they entered military ser vice. It was not learned here how many of this number were induct ed into the army and how many in navy service. The 12 men are: Henry E. Gar ren, Leander Hollingsworth, Carl Enloe, James Head, Fred Gravley, Mitchell Anders, Dewey McCall, Briscoe Norris, Lewis Orr, Carl Barton, Eugene Orr and Henry Coggins. The majority of the men were between the ages of 18 and 26, although two were over 30 and two over 26. Leander Hollinga worth was leader of the group.
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