The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
★ ONE SECTION * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 1944 * 12 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WILL HOLD A
OUT CAMPOREE
County Reaches 75 Percent Of War Fund Quota
DRIVE CONTINUED
10 DAYS LONGER:
REPORTS WANTED
Chairman Joseph S. Silver
steen Urges Public To
Respond Generously.
WILL HOLD SUPPER
A total of approximately $9,000,
or 75 percent of the Transylvania
county united war and community
chest fund quota of $12,800, is
in sight, Chairman J. S. Silver
steen announced today.
The campaign was supposed to
have ended today, but since the
goal has not been reached, it will
be continued for another week or
ten days.
“It is of uttermost importance
that we reach our goal and in order
to do that everyone must give all
that he or she possibly can,” Mr.
Silversteen declared.
Of the amount reported to date,
approximately $7,000 is from in
dustries in the county.
C. M. Douglas and Jerry Jerome
reported yesterday that they had
raised over $1,200 in the business
district and that 51 firms are now
on the 100 percent honor roll.
Town block leaders have not
reported, but it is believed that
when the canvass in the business
area and residential sections is
completed, the town’s quota of
$2,000 will be reached and sur
passed. { <+
As yet reports have not been
received from the rural commun
ities that have a total quota of
$1,800.
The Brevard high school finish
ed its drive Tuesday and raised
approximately $200, or an average
of 50 cents per student. Cash
prizes are offered to the school
raising the largest amount per
pupil.
Mr. Silversteen requests that
all reports be turned in as quickly
as possible.
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FIREMEN PRAISED
AT MEETING HERE
Assistant Chief Bailey Urges
Everyone To Help Prevent
Loss From Fires.
Chief John Smith and all mem
bers of the Brevard fire depart
ment were highly praised for the
records they have made in recent
years and for the unselfish service
they render at a banquet given by
the Kiwanis and Lions clubs in the
hut here last Thursday night.
Describing the great service the
firemen render, Jim Bailey, as
sistant chief of the Asheville fire
department, urged that citizens of
the town provide each fireman
with a suit of waterproof clothing.
Bailey said that since the war
started in 1941 that fire losses in
the nation have increased 41 per
cent, and that 75 percent of the
losses were preventable.
“We have made a miserable fail
ure in winning the war against
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Lunch Room Here
Is Being Enlarged
To take care of increased de
mands, an addition is being built
to the Brevard elementary school
lunch room, John E. Rufty, princi
pal, announced today.
The addition is 15 by 20 feet
and will greatly increase the seat
ing capacity of the lunch room,
and will provide enough room for
two feeding lines, it is stated.
Approximately 300 children are
now being fed daily in the lunch
room and none of the high school
students have been permitted to
use its facilities because of the
crowded condition.
Lunches are provided in this
lunch room, as well as in the others
of the county, at a cost of 10 cents
each.
Candidate For Congress Advocates
Headwater Flood Control Dams Be
Built And Refund Of Tax Losses
PATTON FLAYS NEW
DEAL & ‘MACHINE
RULE’ IN SPEECH
Republican Candidate For
Governor Spoke At Rally
Here Monday Night.
Frank Patton, of Morganton and
Republican candidate for governor
of North Carolina, flayed the new
deal and “machine rule” in this
state during a speech here Mon
day night in the courthouse at a
county-wide Republican rally.
With ambassadors in Germany,
Italy and Japan, he said the
Roosevelt administration should
have known what was going on in
those countries from 1933 until
1941 and that it should have pre
vented this war.
“Why didn’t they tell the people
that those nations were arming
rapidly so that we could have built
up a huge army and navy in
America?” he asked.
Patton asserted that with all
of its vast spending program that
unemployment in this country was
Vu*’ as great in 1940 as it was
in 1933.
“No, Mr. Roosevelt is not the
indispensable man and what we
need today is to unshackle busi
ness, industry and agriculture,” he
said. The re-election of Roosevelt,
he said, might be a continuation of
the war powers given him. He
stated that the Democratic party
had been taken over by the Com
munists and labor leaders.
The Morganton attorney declar
ed that the government of North
Carolina had been under “machine
rule” for 44 years and that local
self government had practically
vanished in the state. He criticised
the public school system and said
teachers should be offered incen
tive pay.
Ralph Fisher, chairman of the
county Republican executive com
mittee, presided and introduced
local candidates.
Sgt. H. McCrary Is .
Killed In Germany
Sgt. Harold J. McCrary was kill
ed in action over Germany on Oct.
4, according to information re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. McCrary, of Brevard, from
the War department on Tuesday,
Sergeant McCrary was 19 years
of age and was the only son of
the family in service. He volunteer
ed in service on Aug. 20, 1943, and
had been overseas since last March.
He was a gunner in the U. S. air
forces. He was a graduate of Bre
vard high school.
Lewis Hamlin Spoke At Re
publican Rally in Court
house Monday Night.
Lewis Hamlin, Republican can
didate for Congress in his first
speech in his home county, de
livered at a rally here in the
courthouse Monday night, advocat
ed flood control in the French
Broad valley by building dams on
the headwater streams, dredging
and lowering of the river bottom.
“If this is done, our valley will
soon become the garden spot of
North Carolina and the farm
lands of Transylvania, Henderson
and Buncombe counties will be
greatly enhanced,” he said.
He also advocated that the fed
eral government should pay into
the county treasuries of the vari
ous counties in this district such
taxes as would be received from
lands that were privately owned
before the government took them
over.
“The 12th district holds the
greatest possibilities for develop
ment and furnishing employment
after the war of any district in the
state,” he declared. “We have the
climate, labor and natural resour
ces to attract manufacturing en
terprises, but one of the great
drawbacks is the high tax rate in
many of the counties because the
federal government has taken
much of the land for national for
ests and the TV A, thus shifting
the tax burden on the remaining
property owners of the county.”
“The TVA is a government
corporation and has developed the
natural resources of several of
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Drawing For Annual
Deer And Bear Hunt
Held Here Tuesday
Drawing of the names of sports
men who will participate in the
big annual deer and bear hunts
in the Pisgah National Forest
from November 6 to 18 was held at
the city hall by officials of the
Brevard chamber of commerce
Tuesday afternoon.
Of the 1,242 applicants, the
names of 1,000 of them were drawn
by President Ed McMahan. Mrs.
L. W. Huggins, of Asheville, sec
retary of the division of game and
inland fisheries, acted as secretary
of the drawing. Will Huber, dis
trict ranger and several other for
estry and chamber of commerce
officials, assisted in the drawing.
A total of 800 will take part in
the main hunt in the Davidson
River and North Mills section, 50
in Pisgah Ledge, 50 on Bradley
Creek, 50 on Big Creek and 50 on
Cantrell Creek. 200 were chosen
as alternates.
Brevard Blue Devils To Play Asheville
School For Boys Here Saturday, 3 P.M.
With two straight victories to
encourage them, the Brevard high
school Blue Devils will play the
strong Asheville school for boys
gridiron team here Saturday af
ternoon at 3:00 o’clock.
Coach Slim Bullock said he was
delighted with the performances
of the past two weeks and that
his boys were going to do every
thing in their power to increase
the season’s victories this Satur
day.
A large crowd of spectators saw
the Blue Devils defeat a scrappy
Franklin high school team here
last Thursday afternoon by the
score of 20 to 0.
The entire Brevard team played
an excellent game and all three
touchdowns were made by Earl
Sorrells, star fullback, who went
across the goal line on running
plays after he and his team mates
had brought the ball down the
field.
Outstanding on defensive play
were Rhodes and Summey, who
continually threw the opponents
for losses.
The starting line-ups were:
Brevard Pst Franklin
Morris Russell
B
E. Sorrels
Hollbrooks
B
Holden
Meyers
B
Wright
Larry Cabe
B
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Three Tinsley Brothers Are All In Overseas Service
i
JAMES ROBERT TINSLEY, PhM S 2c, (left) has been overseas in North Africa since December,
1942. He is an aerial photographer’s mate second class, and entered the service in June, 1942. He is ex
pected home soon on a 30-day leave. PFC. JOSEPH J. TINSLEY, (center) is in the medical corps some
where in the Pacific. He entered service in April, 1943, and had training in Texas. VAN RICHARD
TINSLEY, seaman second class, (right) is now stationed somewhere in the Pacific. He entered service
in January, 1944, and had training at Great Lakes, 111. The three brothers are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Brance Tinsley, of Brevard. Joe and Van met recently in the Pacific area and spent some time together.
OFFICERS SOLVE
SUNDAY ROBBERY
Two Men Arrested And
Cothing Stolen From
Cleaners Found.
As a result of fast and effective
work on the part of local officers,
two men were arrested and most
all of the $800 worth of clothing
that was taken from the Whiteway
Dry cleaners here early last Sun
day morning was recovered.
Bennie O’Kelly and Ellis Banks,
two Asheville men who have police
records, were apprehended here
and placed in jail when they were
alleged to have returned to Bre
vard late Sunday to get their car
which had been abandoned be
cause of a flat tire. The Ford se
dan belonging to Seaman Ernest
Smith, of Brevard, which had
been stolen, was likewise recover
ed in Asheville, as was about 300
garments removed from the plant
here. Another quantity of clothing
was found in Brevard on Sunday.
Officers said that entrance to
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TO HOLD DISTRICT
MEET NEXT WEEK
Presbyterians To Hold Group
Conference At Brevard
Church On Oct. 26th
A group conference of the 4th
district of the Asheville Presby
terial Auxiliary will be held at
the Brevard Presbyterian church
on Thursday, October 26, in an all
day meeting, beginnnig at 10
o’clock.
Mrs. D. R. Freeman, group
chairman, will preside. A program
of interest and inspiration will be
presented including talks by differ
ent leaders in the auxiliary work
and reports.
The group conference comprises
four Presbyterian churches in
this district, Etowah, Mills River,
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Pfc. Howard Griffin
Wounded In Action
Pfc. Howard C. Griffin was se
riously wounded in action in Hol
land on Sept. 21, according to
information received from the War
department by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Griffin, of Brevard,
Route 2.
He is a paratrooper and is sup
posed to have participated in the
paratroop invasion of Holland last
month. He is now in a hospital in
England.
Pfc. Griffin enlisted in service
on Feb. 23, 1943, and volunteered
in the paratroop division. He took
part in the D-Day invasion of
France.
Achievement Day To Be Observed By
Home Demonstration Clubs At High
School Here Tomorrow Afternoon
CERTIFICATE IS
AWARDED TIMES
Presentation Is Made By
Brevard Kiwanis Cub At
Firemen’s Banquet.
As a highlight to the observance
of National Newspaper Week, the
Brevard Kiwanis club awarded a
certificate of citation to The
Transylvania Times as a testimon
ial of appreciation for its contri
bution to the nation’s war pro
gram.
The presentation of the certifi
cate was made at the firemen’s
banquet last Thursday night and
■was made by Lewis Hamlin, presi
dent of the Kiwanis club. It was
accepted by Ed M. Anderson, edi
tor-publisher of the paper.
The context of the certificate
states that it was presented “in
recognition of the service which
tills newspaper and the other news
papers of the United States and
Canada have rendered our two na
tions during these critical war
years. For accurate and compre
hensive reporting of the war news,
for generous and unremitting sup
port of wartime activities on the
home front, for fostering sound
morale, for fearless and independ
ent editorial opinion and for un
relaxed vigilance.”
Thirteen Clubs In County To
Give Demonstrations. Miss
Rowe To Speak.
Achievement Day will be ob
served by the Transylvania county
home demonstration clubs, with
program and reports to be giv
en by the 13 clubs in the county at
the Brevard high school auditor
ium Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Miss Anna C. Rowe, district
agent, will be present and will
discuss the home demonstration
program for 1945.
Each club will be limited to a 5
minute program on a special
phase of the work emphasiz
ed by that club in its various ac
tivities. The home demonstration
clubs here are under the supervis
ion of Miss Annabel Teague, coun
ty home agent.
The following clubs will present
different phases of the club pro
gram:
Brevard club, food preservation;
Pisgah Forest, war service; Pen
rose, daily food essentials; Lake
Toxaway, education, and present
reading certificate; Glady Branch,
clothing; Little River, marketing;
Lamb’s Creek, nutrition; North
Brevard, gardening; Blantyre, dis
play of articles sent by overseas
servicemen; Calvert - Cherryfield,
loan fund; Cedar Mountain, phase
of clothing; Rosman, house furnish
ings; Holly Springs, a new club,
will serve light refreshments fol
lowing the program.
Citizens To Vote For Or Against Five
Constitutional Amendments On Nov. 7
Transylvania county voters, as
well as all voters in the state will
be asked to vote on five constitu
tional amendments when they go
to the polls on November 7.
While none of the amendments
propose any radical changes to
the constitution of the state, they
will simplify procedure in certain
legal matters and modernize the
basic law in other respects.
A summary of the amendments
is as follows:
Amendment No. 1. To make the
commissioner of agriculture, the
commissioner of labor and the
commissioner of insurance consti
tutional officers and members of
the council of state.
At present, the governor, lieu
tenant governor, secretary of state,
auditor, treasurer, superintendent
of public instruction and the at
torney general are named in the
constitution as constituting the
executive department. The secre
tary of state, auditor, treasurer
and superintendent of public in
struction constitute, ex-officio, the
council of state, to advise the gov
ernor in the execution of his of
fice. If adopted, the officers named
in the amendment would be added
to the executive department and
also to the council of state.
Amendment No. 2. To exempt no
taries public from prohibition
against double office holding.
At present, a notary public is an
officer contemplated in constitu
tional prohibition against double
office holding. If adopted, a notary
public could hold any other office
or place of trust under the author
ity of the state.
Amendment No. 3. To change the
state board of education amend
ment.
This would rewrite the amend
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BOY SCOUTS AND
LEADERS TO CAMP
IN P1SGAH FOREST
To Start Training Course For
Scouters. Many Expected
To Attend.
WALL IS IN CHARGE
Boy Scout leaders and scouts of
Brevard and Transylvania comity
are making plans to attend the
outdoor session of the Scout lead
ers’ training course and camporee,
which will be held this week-end,
Saturday and Sunday, at the White
Pine camp grounds in Pisgah Na
tional Forest, beginning at 11
o’clock Saturday morning and
ending at noon Sunday. The old
CCC buildings at Johns Rock will
be used.
Bill Wall, assistant scout exec
utive, will conduct the course,
which all troop committees, dis
trict committee members, assistant
scoutmasters and the dads of
scouts are invited to attend. Cer
tificates will be awarded to those
who complete the course. The'
scout handbook will be the main
textbook used.
In addition to the prescribed’
course of instruction there will be’
plenty of fellowship and fun, group
singing and story telling, outdoor
cooking, nature lore and other
activities. The scouts will hold a
oamporee at the seme time.
to brU
bag or fet gftwmd
tentage, and also to bring food for
second class cooking which will be
done on Saturday without utensils,
and for Sunday cooking pots and
skillets will be used for first class
cooking. A timely precaution given
out by the leaders in charge states,
“Remember, you will have an ap
petite.”
HOLD METHODIST
CONFERENCE NOW
Jenkins, Bowman and Bustle
Are Expected To Be Re
turned To County.
Three Methodist pastors of
Transylvania county are attending
this week the annual session of
the Western North Carolina con
ference of the Methodist church,
convening four days at Myers
Park church in Charlotte. The
conference began on Tuesday and
will end at noon on Friday, fol
lowing the reading of the pastors*
appointments for the year.
Rev. W. A. Jenkins, pastor of
the Brevard Methodist church;
Rev. J. R. Bowman, pastor of Ros
man and Rosman circuit; and Rev.
Wade R. Bustle, pastor of Oak
Grove and English chapel, are the
three pastors representing this
county at the conference. Insofar
as is known, the three pastors will
be returned to their charges here.
All of the pastors left here with
a good report to present of prog
ress in the church work and all
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Must Obtain Permit
For Brush Burning
A burning permit is required
if brush or other material is burn
ed about the premises between the
first day of October and the last
day of November, or between the
first of February and the first of
June, it has been announced by J.
F. Morgan, county forest warden.
Several rules to observe when
burning brush and sedge fields
have been listed by Mr Morgan,
some of which include: pile brush,
clear off strips, have tools and
help, bum against wind, bum on
moist, quiet days, put out before
leaving.
“When you have brush or other
debris that needs to be burned,
see your forest warden for advice
on how to bum and when to bum,”
Mr. Morgan said.