The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
Vol. 54: No, 43
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCT, 26, 1944
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TO START JR. RED CROSS DRIVE
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Homecoming And Harvest Festival To Be Held Sat.
ANNUAL EVENT AT
BREVARD COLLEGE
TO ATTRACT MANY
Football Team To Play
W. C. T. C. At 3 O’clock
Dr. Bennett To Speak
FESTIVAL AT NIGHT
A large crowd is expected to at
tend Brevard College’s tenth an
nual homecoming and harvest fes
tival that will be held on the camp
us here Saturday and Sunday.
Highlight features of the two
day event will be a football game
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock
with Brevard playing Western
Carolina Teachers college, an
alumni banquet in the dining hall
at 6 o’clock with Dr. John B. Ben
nett, of Emory and Henry college
as speaker and the harvest fes
tival in the gymnasium at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Bennett was formerly a mem
ber of the college faculty.
Former students and alumni
are expected to arrive on the
campus Saturday morning and to
register in Spencer Hall between
10 and 12:30 o’clock. An alumni
business meeting is to be held in
the auditorium at 2 o’clock with
Miss Alice Amon, president, pre
siding.
This week Coach Howard Wil
kie is giving the Brevard college
boys extensive gridiron practice,
preparatory for the game Satur
day afternoon. Last week the local
team lost to Canton 12 to 7. The
starting line-up will probably con
sist of Alex Kizer, Winfred Ervin,
George Bishop, Biy SJjajpblin,
Charles Heath, Pat Summey, Jim
Newbury, Richard Willingham, T.
C. McCall, Henry McDonald and
Jason Orr. Others who may see ac
tion are Carr, Bagley, Johnson,
E. McCall, Dulin, Robertson, King,
Adams. Stroud Randolph Lowery
and Gaskins.
One climax of the harvest fes
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SCHOOL ON STATE
ACCREDITED LIST
Pisgah Forest Elementary
School Is Honored After
Much Hard Work
The Pisgah Forest school has
been placed on the state’s ac
credited list of elementary schools,
Supt. J. B. Jones announces.
News of this action was con
tained in a letter from Dr. J. Hen
ry Highsmith, director of the
state’s division of industrial ser
vice, to Mr. Jones.
In the letter Dr. Highsmith ex
tended hearty congratulations to
Miss Annie May Patton, Pisgah
Forest principal and to the other
teachers in the school.
There are only two other ele
mentary schools in the county
that have a sufficient number of
teachers to qualify for accredita
tion. Brevard elementary is al
ready on the list and Rosman has
been, but because 0/ not meeting
teacher - certificate requirements,
the school is not on the list at
the present time.
Kizer Elected Head
Of Freshman Class,
Society At College
Alex Kizer, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Kizer, of Brevard has
been elected president of the fresh
man class at Brevard college and
also president of the Delphian
literary society there.
He is also a member of the foot
ball team, sports editor of The
Pertelote and a member of the
dramatic club. Last year he was
vice president of the pre-college
group at the college.
Jimmy Newbury, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Newbury, has been
elected secretary of the freshman
class. George Lyndon, of Thomas
ville is vice president and Ralph
Shore, of East Bend, is treasurer.
County Still Lacks 15 Percent
Of Going Over Top Of Its War
And Community Chest Goals
Killed In Action
PFC. JOHN H. NORRIS,
above, was killed in Southern
France on Sept 12. He was a
member of an infantry unit and
had been overseas since last
February. He entered service on
Aug. 20, 1943. He saw action in
Italy before going to France,
Prior to entering service he was
employed by B & B Feed store
here. He is the son of Mrs. Ila
Rhodes, of Brevard.
GEORGE WHEELER
IS PRESIDENT OF
COMMERCE GROUP
Prominent Hosiery Manufac
turer Succeeds McMahan.
Other Officers Named
George Wheeler, prominent Bre
vard hosiery manufacturer, has
been elected president of the Bre
vard chamber of commerce, suc
ceeding Edward H. McMahan.
J. M. Gaines, manager of the
Duke Power company office here,
was elected vice president. Alex
Kizer, town manager, was selected
as secretary and John Ford, owner
of Ford’s Corner, was chosen as
treasurer.
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, who has
served as executive secretary for
the past several years, was re
elected to that position and highly
commended for the work she has
done.
The election took place at a call
meeting of the newly elected board
of directors.
Mr. Wheeler and his father have
been operating the A. W. Wheeler
& Son hosiery manufacturing plant
here since 1936. The new chamber
of commerce president is vice
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All Reports Should Be In By
Saturday* Contributors
Are Announced
With 85 percent of Transylvania
county’s United War and Com
munity Chest fund in sight, Chair
man J. S. Silversteen said Wednes
day morning he felt sure contri
butions would come in during the
rest of the week to put the county
over the top.
Reports from all schools, urban
and rural solicitors should be turn
ed in by Saturday, Mr. Silversteen
said. Rosman high school has al
ready reported collections amount
ing to $104, or an average of 80
cents per pupil.
Two rural communities have
submitted final reports, with Cher
ryfield-Calvert community report
ing $101 and Dunn’s Rock $205.
This time, as in the past, local
industries are making the largest
contributions. A check for $5,000
was given the solicitors in the
name of employees of Ecusta,
Champagne and Endless Belt who
were not solicited through the
plant. This is the second time
that Ecusta management has con
tributed $5,000 to the war and
community chest fund by the com
panies in the name of employees.
“This substantial contribution is
appreciated and will help us go
over4he top,” one of the solicitors
said. “In Red Cross and other civic
fund drives Ecusta has always
matched or more than matched the
total amount given by employees,
except for the war fund to which
contribution has been made each
year in the name of employees.”
The Silversteen Industries have
given $1,000 and Carr Lumber
company $500. Reports from Pis
gah Mills and Wheeler Hosiery
have not been received.
A large number of Brevard
firms and employees are listed
among the 100 percent group, with
the employees having contributed
a day’s salary and the management
matching or more than matching
the total amounts given by em
ployees.
The list is as follows:
Barber shops—Murphy, Smith,
Simpson, Ward.
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Hatley And Sledge
Open Radio Service
Jim Hatley and Garland Sledge,
two well known Brevard men,
have opened a new radio repair
shop, known as H & S Radio Ser
vice, in the old Duclos building
here on North Caldwell street.
Both of them have been in the
radio repair business for some
time. Hatley was with the McFee
Jewelry and Radio shop and Sledge
was with Bryant’s Machine shop.
Local Girl Scouts To Observe National
Scout Week Next Week, Plans Are Made
Brevard Girl Scouts and lead
ers are now making plans to ob
serve National Girl Scout Week
next week, Mrs. Alex Kizer, com
missioner, announced today.
This Sunday morning at 11:00
the Scouts will attend worship ser
vices at the Brevard Methodist
church.
On Tuesday they will celebrate
the birthday anniversary of Juli
ette Lowe, the founder of Girl
Scouts in America.
Throughout the week service
will be stressed and, among other
things, the Scouts will make favors
for the boys at Moore General hos
pital, Mrs. Kizer said.
“Our Girl Scouts are trying to
be of help in the community, but
just now they need additional
leaders,” Mrs. Edward McMahan,
deputy district commissioner, de
clared. “If you would help the
girls accomplish more next year,
you could do so by volunteering
as a troop leader so that more
and more girls may have the op
portunity of getting this fine
training.”
In this connection, a meeting of
scout leaders will be held here
next Monday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock and every one interested
in becoming a leader is urged to
attend.
At Pisgah Forest the Parent
Teacher association is planning to
sponsor a girl scout troop and an
organizational meeting is to be
held sometime next week, Mrs. Ki
zer stated.
There are now approximately 130
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TWO METHODIST
MINISTERS ARE
RETURNED HERE
Jenkins And Bustle Are Sent
Back. Bowman Goes To
Another Church v
Of the three Methodist pastors
in Transylvania county, two were
returned to their pastorates here
and the third was transferred to
another charge in the Asheville
district, in accordance with the
appointments made at the annual
Western North Carolina confer
ence held in Charlotte last week.
Rev. W. A. Jenkins, who has
been pastor of the Brevard Metho
dist church the past two years,
was returned for his third year.
Rev. Wade R. Bustle, pastor of the
Oak Grove and English Chapel
churches on the Ecusta circuit,
was also returned for another year.
Rev. J. R. Bowman, who was
pastor of the Rosman-Wolf Moun
tain charge for six years, was sent
this year to Bald Creek. His place
on this circuit will now be in
charge of A. W. Barr, supply pas
tor.
C. Edward Roy was also return
ed as professor of religious educa
tion at Brevard college.
All of these pastors and Presi
dent and Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, of
Brevard college, attended the 4
day conference sessions in Char
lotte.
TO HOLD SINGING -
MEET HERE SUN.
Fifth Sunday Convention To
Be Staged At Courthouse.
The Public Invited
The regular fifth Sunday Tran
sylvania county singing convention
will be held at the courthouse in
Brevard on Sunday, with an all
day session beginning at 10 o’clock
in the morning, it has been an
nounced by Glenn Winchester,
vice president. Around 1,000 per
sons are expected to attend from
this county and various other sec
tions.
Among the special singers who
will be present and take part on
the program are: Gospel Team,
Anderson, S. C.; Webb Trio, Green
ville, S. C.; Friendly Five quartet,
Asheville; Victory Belle quartet,
Hendersonville; Mountain View
trio; Pickens, S. C.; Ward Family
and Lewis trio, Greenville, S. C.;
Silver Tone quartet, Spindale;
Ecusta quartet and Harmon trio,
Transylvania county.
To take care of the large num
ber of people who are expected
to attend, the program will be
amplified by public address sys
tems so that those unable to get
inside the building will have an
opportunity to hear the singing.
W. L. Harmon, of Rosman, is
president of the county conven
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Purchase Of Camp
Transylvania Made
Camp Transylvania, one of the
best camps in this county, has been
sold by John W. Moore and as
sociates to the Transylvania Music
School - Camp, incorporated, for
$20,000, it was learned today when
a deed for the property was record
ed in the office of the register of
deeds here.
The property consists of a large
lake, several camp buildings and
grounds and approximately 100
acres of land. It was leased last
summer by the music school-camp
and purchase of the property was
terminated this week, with At
torney Ed McMahan, of Brevard,
handling the transaction.
Officers of the music school
camp are: Thomas F. Morgan, of
Philadelphia, Pa., president; James
Christian Pfohl, Davidson College,
vice president; Robert Neal, Phil
adelphia, Pa., secretary; and F. L.
Jackson, Davidson College, treas
urer.
Rosman Trio To Sing Here This Sunday
THE HARMON TRIO, above* will sing at the Fifth Sunday
singing convention to be held at the Brevard courthouse on Sunday
in an all-day meeting. Reading from left to right, they are: front,
Glenn Winchester; back row, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harmon.
Achievement Day To Be Observed By
Home Demonstration Clubs At High
School Hefe Tomorrow Afternoon
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DEMOCRATS WILL
HOLD RALLY MON
McKinley Edwards, Of Bry
son City, To Be Principal
Speaker At Rally
McKinley Edwards, of Bryson
City, and representatives in the
general assembly from Swain coun
ty, will speak at a Transylvania
county Democratic rally in the
school auditorium at Rosman next
Monday night at 8 o’clock, John E.
Rufty, chairman of the Transyl
vania County Democratic Execu
tive committee, announced today.
All candidates for county offices
are expected to be present and
to speak briefly. They are M. W.
Galloway, Mrs. Eva Gillespie, Wil
lis Brittain, Lewis Osborne, Gas
ton Whitmire and Frank King.
A special musical program is al
so being planned for the meeting,
Rufty said.
A similiar rally will be held at
the courthouse here on Friday
night November 3 with R. R.
Williams, of Asheville, as speaker.
Mrs. C. T. Shytle spent the
week-end in Greenville, S. C., as
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Lewis.
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 given
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^ninute program on a special
phase of the work emphasized by
that club in its various activities.
The home demonstration clubs
here are under the supervision of
Miss Annabel Teague, county 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,
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This Saturday Is Last Day To Register
For General Election, Interest Grows
With the general election less
than two weeks off, Transylvania
voters are beginning to manifest
keen interest in the county, state
and national races.
Up until now public interest here
in the political election has been
lagging because of the war and be
cause of a reduced amount of activ
ity on the part of local candidates
and parties.
A check-up today revealed that
a large number of persons register
ed last Saturday and registration
this Saturday is expected to be
good. Saturday, November 4, is
challenge day.
County candidates for office are
as follows:
Democratic Ticket
For state senate—W. B. Hodges
and Carroll P. Rogers; for house
of representatives, M. W. Galloway;
for t£.x collector, Frank C. Kang;
for register of deeds, Mrs. Eva C.
Gillespie; for county commission
ers, W. W. Brittain, C. Lewis Os
bcme and Gaston Whitmire.
Republican Ticket
For state senate—George Ded
mondt and S. A. Jones; for house
of representatives, Ralph Fisher;
for tax collector, H. B. White; for
register of deeds, Roy J. Bedding
field; for county commissioners,
Virgil McCrary, Dan L. English and
Charles L. Scruggs.
The names of the candidates for
Congress from the 12th. district
appear on the state ballot. Lewis
P. Hamlin, of Brevard, is running
against Representative Zebulon
Weaver, of Asheville.
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BIG MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN TO BE
LAUNCHED NOV. 1
Goal For County Is 100 Per
Cent Of School Children.
Services Are Listed
MISS LYDAY CHAIRMAN
An Enrollment for Service cam
paign of the Transylvania County
Junior Red Cross will get under
way next week in conducting a 2
weeks membership drive, starting
Nov. 1st and continuing through
the 15th, according to an announce
ment by Miss Flora Lyday, Junior
Red Cross chairman for this
county. A goal of 100 per cent
county membership is set for the
drive, which is under the general
sponsorship of the American Jun
ior Red Cross.
The campaign is expected to en
roll a membership of around 3,000
Transylvania county pupils, which
was the 100 per cent goal attained
in last year’s drive. Nationally, the
Junior Red Cross has more than
18,000,000 members, about 70 per
cent of the school population,
making it the nation’s largest
youth organization.
The work is carried on through
the schools of the county, with a
junior Red Cross sponsor in each
school, all working under the gen
eral supervision of the county
chairman, Miss Lyday. An enroll
ment fee of 50 cents for each ele
mentary grade room is required.
‘ " ‘ of «U» for
warflWk. e63tifflw»^on,
the activities of which are already
under way in this county, Miss
Lyday pointed out. Some of the
accomplishments now in progress
include: 3 dozen boxes of gifts
sent to children overseas, making
toys, scrap books, greeting cards,
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3 WAR CASUALTIES
REPORTED IN CO.
W. Powell Is Killed In Ac
tion, J. Tinsley Wounded
And C. Smith Missing
Three casualties among Transyl
vania county servicemen have
been reported by the War depart
ment to the parents living here.
One was killed in action, one
wounded and the third reported
missing, the three casualties taking
place in the European theatre of
war.
Pfc. Watha Powell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. S. Powell, of Rosman,
was killed in action in Italy on
Oct. 2. He volunteered in service
and was inducted into the army
on Oct. 14, 1942. He had been
in overseas service for several
months.
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Gets Purple Heart
For Husband Killed
In Action In Italy
The Purple Heart has been
received by Mrs, Mildred Loftis,
wife of Pfc. Edward T. Loftis, who
was killed in action in Italy on
July 16. Pfc. Loftis entered service
on Sept. 10, 1943, at Fort Jackson
and completed his training at
Camp Blanding, Fla., where he
received a medal for expert rifle
man.
He left in March, 1944, for over
seas duty and served with the 88th
division under Gen. John Sloan,
of Greenville, S. C. He had been
awarded the Silver Star for gal
lantry in action in the battle of
Rome, also the infantry badge and
good conduct ribbon.
• He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Mildred Henson, and
baby, Ronnie Terrell Loftis; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Loftis,
of Brevard, three sisters and two
brothers, Jack and Marshall, who
are in the Pacific.