The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
Vol. 54: No. 50
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DEC- 14, 1944
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BIG BOND RALLY FRIDAY NIGHT
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Santa Claus Will Arrive Here Saturday Morning
WILL GIVE CANDY
TO CHILDREN AND
VISIT ALL STORES
Square And Store Windows
Beautifully Decorated
Business Good.
CAROLS THAT NIGHT
Santa Claus is coming to town!
At 10:30 o’clock Saturday morn
ing Santa Claus will arrive in Bre
vard and will spend the rest of the
day here greeting the children,
giving them candy, visiting the
stores and making an official shop
ping tour of the entire business
district.
Arrangements for his arrival
have just been completed by a
special merchants association com
mittee of which Mrs. James Par
ker ^s chairman.
From 7 until 7:30 o’clock Satur
day night, Santa will greet mem
bers of the Brevard college choir
and glee club who will sing Christ
mas carols in front of the beauti
fully decorated and lighted Christ
mas tree on the courthouse lawn
and will have more candy for the
children at that time.
The square here is attractively
decorated with evergreen and all
of the store windows are likewise
featuring Christmas decorations.
A check up yesterday revealed
that even though Brevard mer
chants have already enjoyed ex
cellent Christmas business, they
bVU have large supplies of
merchandise, as well as practical
gift items.
“We’ve had a big Christmas
business already, but we have lots
more to sell,” one merchant told a
Times reporter yesterday.
For the convenience of shop
pers, the post office here will re
main open this Saturday afternoon,
and for the next two Saturdays.
Officials of the merchants asso
ciation again reminded the public
that Brevard is the ideal place in
which to do all of their Christmas
shopping.
NEED FOR AIRPORT
HERE IS STRESSED
Manager Of Asheville-Hen
dersonville Port Talks
To Commerce Directors
Paul McMurray, manager of the
Asheville - Hendersonville airport,
told directors of the Brevard
chamber of commerce here Tues
day night that Brevard should
have a municipal airport in order
to keep up its march of progress
during the postwar world.
He made various suggestions
about how to proceed in the es
tablishment of an airport and said
he would be interested in operat
ing one here under a lease basis.
It was also pointed out that the
town has been placed on the Civil
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College Students To
Sing Carols Here
On Saturday Night
Members of the Brevard col
lege choir and glee club will
give an outdoor program of
Christmas carols in front of the
large and beautifully lighted and
decorated Christmas tree on the
lawn of (he courthouse in Bre
vard Saturday night from 7 until
7:30 o’clock, under the direction
of Miss Gertrude Barnes.
The merchants of Brevard are
sponsoring this Yuletide carol
program and are inviting the
public to hear these two out
standing college choral groups
sing. Miss Jackie Roberts, an ac
cordion player, of Worthington,
Fla., will accompany the carol
singing.
The choir and glee club mem
bers will be greeted by Santa
Claus and by Mayor Verne Clem
ent. Daring the 30 minutes pro
gram, Santa will distribute can
dy to the children.
OLD ST. NICK TO VISIT IN BREVARD
Two Christmas Cantatas To Be
Presented In Brevard Sunday
Evening At College & Church
Cantata And Pageant To Be
Given At Presbyterian
Church At 8 P. M.
A cantata, “The Coming of the
King,” by Dudley Buck, will be
presented in a candlelight sacred
service at the Presbyterian church
this Sunday evening beginning at
8 o’clock, it has been announced
by the pastor, Rev. Ashby John
son. The church choir, assisted by
several guest vocalists, will pre
sent this musical program in con
junction with the Christmas pag
eant, “A Modem Christmas Carol.”
‘‘The Coming of the King” is the
best known of the series of relig
ious cantatas written by Dudley
Buck, prominent American or
ganist and composer. The compo
sition features solo voices in “O,
Jerusalem, Look About Thee”,
“The Questioning of the Magi”,
and “The Virgin’s Lullaby”. There
is some outstanding chorus work
in such numbers as “Awake, Put
on Thy Strength, O Zion” and
“Adeste Fideles.”
The pageant, “A Modem Christ
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“The Evening Star” Will Be
Given At College Sun.
Night At 6 O’clock
A Christmas cantata, “The Eve
ning Star”, will be presented in
the auditorium at Brevard college
on Sunday evening, Dec. 17, at 6
o’clock by members of the college
choir and glee club under the di
rection of Miss Gertrude Barnes,
director of the department of mu
sic.
The traditional Christmas story
will be presented in music and
song and passages of Scripture
will be read through the program
by Conrad Kimbrough, of Salis
bury. Instrumental music for the
occasion will be played by Miss
Margaret Spiro, violinist and a
member of the college faculty, ac
companied at the piano by Miss
Nancy Groves, of Spartanburg, S.
C.
The stage will be beautifully
decorated, with a large star form
ing the background.
The public is cordially invited to
see and hear this cantata which
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Brevard’s Water Supply Said To Be
Excellent For Quantity And Quality
Brevard’s water supply for the
past 12 months has been excellent,
both from the standpoint of quan
tity as well as quality, according
to Sanitarian Walter Hart, of the
district health department.
“Tests are made every 30 days
by the State laboratory of Hygiene
and there has not been anything
resembling a poor analysis of the
water during the past year,” Mr.
Hart stated.
“As a matter of fact, it would
be very difficult to have better
water from the standpoint of pur
ity,” he said.
The sanitarian highly praised
Supt. C. F. Misenheimer and W.
C. Fortune for the careful atten
tion they have given to protection
of the town’s watershed and to
treatment of the water in the res
ervoir.
The town has three sources ©f
supply, but only one of them is
used regularly, and that is King
Creek. This water flows out of the
Pisgah National Forest and is pro
tected by a watershed area of
about two miles long and a half
of a mile wide.
The water from the creek flows
by gravity into the town’s large
reservoir which holds approximate
ly 366,000 gallons. There it is
treated with chlorine and ammo
nia and settles.
The in and out flow of the wa
ter is net measured, but it is esti
mated that the daily use here is
around 350,000 gallons.
TWO KILLED AND
THREE WOUNDED
OVERSEAS DUTY
Jones And Trammell Are
Killed; Gillespie, Owen
And Ramsey Wounded
Two Transylvania county serv
icemen have been reported killed
in action and three wounded, ac
cording to information received
here by relatives.
Pvt. John Robert Jones, a for
mer resident of Brevard and em
ployee of Ecusta, was killed over
Germany on Nov. 23. His wife,
Mrs. Reva DuBord Jones, and
mother, Mrs. J. R. Jones, live in
Sylva.
Private Jones was a graduate
of Mars Hill college and N. C.
State college. He entered service
in May, 1944, and had been over
seas since October. Two daugh
ters, two sisters and a brother also
survive.
1st Lt. Joe W. Trammell, who
was reported missing over India
on June 14, 1944, was reported lat
er to have been killed on that date
| over India. He was piloting a
transport plane and had complet
ed his mission and was returning
to his base in India at the time of
his death. He was a brother of
Mrs. R. L. Thompson, of near Bre
vard, and a son of Mrs. J. D. Tram
mell, of Greenville, S. C.
Pfc. Jackson A. * Gillespie was
slightly wounded 'hi action in
France on Nov. 23. He was induct
ed into service on April 19, 1943,
and has been overseas several
months. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. A. Gillespie, of the East
Fork section. His wife and child
are living now at Chesnee, S. C.
Sgt. Roland E. Owen was wound
ed in action over Germany on
Nov. 16. He has been in service
three years or more, having been
inducted prior to opening the draft
board office here. He is the son of
Sam Owen, of Balsam Grove.
Lt. Edgar Russell Ramsey, who
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—
OR T. J. SUMMEY
GETS PROMOTION
Former Brevard Doctor Is
Now Chief Surgeon Of
Pennsylvania Hospital
Dr. T. J. Summey, formerly own
er and operator of the Lyday Me
morial hospital in Brevard, has re
cently been promoted to the title
of chief of surgery at Pennsylvania
hospital, Philadelphia.
Dr. Summey left his native town
of Brevard 17 years ago to become
officially connected with the Bur
lington County hospital at ML
Holly, N. J., where he is now head
physician. He will continue his
connections with the Mt. Holly
hospital in addition to his new
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Receives Award For
Husband’s Casualty
The Purple Heart, Purple Heart
certificate and certificate “In
Grateful Memory” have been re
ceived by Mrs. Rosalie M. Combs,
wife of Sgt. Bradley Combs, who
was killed in action in France on
July 7th.
Sgt. Combs entered service on
May 18, 1937, at Fort Thomas, Ky.
He served in many camps over the
United States before going over
seas. He left the past March for
overseas duty, and was stationed
in England from then until D-day,
on June 6. He was then in France
where he saw active duty until
July 7. He was serving with the
8th infantry of the 4th U. S.
army.
Survivors are his wife, the for
mer Miss Rosalie Martin, and in
fant son, William Bradley Combs,
of Brevard; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Combs, of Whites
burg, Ky.; four brothers, all of
whom are in service and two are
overseas.
B-29s IN NEW BOMBING CYCLE
WHEN THE NEWEST cycle of Tokyo bombings from Saipan Is
land (1) began on Nov. 24, the B-29 Superfortresses had engaged in
18 major air attacks. Previously the attacks had been launched
from China (2) or India from which a new raid on Thailand (Siam,
3) was made. The circles on the maps indicate the most effective
bombing radius of the B-29s, although the tip of Korea was hit dur
ing the flight. June 15 marked the beginning of the fortress cam
paign on Japan and deadly visits7 are scheduled to become steadily
i more frequent. (International).
County Visited By Seven Inches
Snow; Thermometer Dropped On
Wednesday Morning To 7 Above
MORE WORKERS IN
WAR PLANTS AND
SHIPYARDS NEEDED
Urgent Appeal Is Issued.
Are Asked To Apply At
War Manpower Offices
Skilled and unskilled workers
are urgently needed by ammuni
tion plants and shipyards today
and all workers who are interested
in getting into direct war work or
in returning to this kind of work
are urged to get in touch with R.
R. King, of the War Manpower
Commission office here in the
Tinsley building, it was learned
today .
There is quite a shortage of am
munition now which is needed to
wage the war against Germany and
Japan and industry as well as
workers are being recruited. At
least 300,000 more workers are be
ing sought in the nation, it is
stated.
The urgency of this war need
was emphasized at a meeting of
the WPB operating council held
in Washington last Thursday aft
ernoon. This meeting was attend
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Schools Continued To
Operate. No Serious
Accidents Occurred
Activity in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county is now getting
back to normal after having been
slowed down considerably by a
six-inch snow that fell Monday.
With the exception of Selica, all
schools in the county operated
Monday and Tuesday despite the
deep snow, but attendance was off
right much.
Traffic in the county, as well
as over Western North Carolina
was virtually stopped Monday, but
most of the roads were cleared by
night. The first two days of the
week, business here was slow.
Wednesday morning the ther
mometer dropped to 7 above zero,
the lowest reading so far this sea
son.
Only one accident was reported
and that took place here in town
when a car collided into an empty
school bus. No damage resulted.
Supt. J. B. Jones said that the
school board’s policy towards clos
ing of school on account of bad
weather is that as long as the high
ways are open and traffic is mov
ing the schools will operate.
“Because of the late start, we
must make all of the time we can,”
he said. “If we do not lose a
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Fifty Transylvanians Sent To Camp
Croft Yesterday For Examinations
Fifty registrants of Transyl
vania county left Brevard Wednes
day morning for Camp Croft for
pre-induction physical examina
tions and will be called in the near
future into army or navy service.
It was not learned the exact num
ber of those who passed the exam
ination, but it is believed the ma
jority passed and may enter the
armed forces soon. An additional
15 men were transferred to other
boards for examination, and one
was a transfer from another board
to this board.
The following 50 were examined
at Camp Croft: Horace M. Morrow,
leader, Robert H. Plummer, Roy
H. McCall, Arthur A. McCrary and
Ralph W. McGuire, assistant lead
ers, Lambert W. Bagwell, Gaston
T. „ McCall, Charles Owen, Ran
dolph P. Myers, James A. New
some, J. T. Owen, J. Albert Orr,
O’Dell Davidson, Robert F. West,
Erwin J. Holden, Harley C. Owen,
John B. Guilliams, Everett C. Pat
terson, Henry B. Owen, Luna
Lowe, James P. Owen, Ernest Gos
nell, William Patterson, Tilden
Owen, Ralph E. Gosnell, McKinley
Robinson, Clarence A. Stamey,
Claude B. Owen, Albert E. Brown,
Kermit Patterson, Roy Holden,
John H. Crisp, Henry W. Holliday,
David W. Orr, James B. King, Hen
ry P. Tinsley, W. Ralph Benson,
Edwin Tinsley, Daniel L. Miller,
William E. Smith, Charles A.
Meece, Leon Pressley, Bedford
Watson, Talmadge R. Chastain, Jr.,
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ARMY TO PRESENT
A BAND CONCERT
AND UNIQUE SHOW
Final County-Wide Rally
Be Held At Brevard
High School
BEHIND ON QUOTA
A county-wide bond rally, cli
maxing the Sixth War Loan drive
in Transylvania, will be staged
Friday night at 8 o’clock in the
Brevard high school auditorium,
Chairman Ed H. McMahan an
nounced today.
A large group of talented service
men and women entertainers and
musicians from the Asheville Re
distribution center will give a
band concert and show that will
last for an hour and a half.
The program will include music
by a 35-piece army band and spe
cial numbers by Pfc. Nicholas Oli
via, Miss Corky Bagwell, dancers;
Oscar Turner and his farm boys;
Max Vegoda, comedian; Pvt Sam
Main, a Broadway star of the
Helen Hayes’ show; Staff Sgt. Don
LaTorre, a member of the original
Dead End Kids of Hollywood fame
and short talks by servicemen who
have recently returned from over
seas.
This outstanding program will be
presented under the direction of
Lt. B. E. Hill, war bond officer at
the Redistribution center.
“This is an excellent show and
every one in the county is invited
to see it,” Chairman McMahan said.
Bonds will be sold at the rally
and it is hoped that enough sales
will be made at that time to put
the county over the top of its
quotas.
A rally for the colored people
of the county will be held tonight
v Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the
courthouse with C. M. Douglas in
charge. Special entertainment will
be furnished by Brevard college
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34 HAVE JOINED
MERCHANTS ASS’N.
Minimum Goal Is 60 Mem
bers For Local Associa
tion By January 1
The charter membership cam
paign of the Brevard Merchant’s
association is now in full swing
and to date 34 members have
joined, President Curtis Kelley an
nounced yesterday.
The goal for the initial cam
paign is a minimum of 60 mem
bers, and all merchants in the
town and county, as well as pro
fessional men, are eligible to join.
Solicitors state that they have
been busy with the Christmas rush
and simply have not had time to
contact every one, but that they
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10 Men Are Placed
In One-A By Board
At Meeting Monday
Ten Transylvania registrants
were placed in 1-A by the local
draft board at its meeting this
week. Sixteen were put in other
classifications, and nine in 1-C,
those now in Service.
Those in 1-A are: Vernon R.
Clark, Theodore H. Davis, Lee Roy
Holden, Frank H. Patterson, Clif
ford Baynard, Jr., Harold E. Sear
cy, Oliver Jowell, J. P. Reese,
Grady L. Elliott, Arthur Hefner,
Jr.
Those in other classes include:
2-A, William M. Wilson, Spurgeon
P. Owen, Auburn E. York, Denis
Greenwood; 4-A, Tom Bagwell,
Ernest Burch, Buford C. Murphy,.
J. Void Whitmire, Avery Morgan,
Cleo H. Brittain; 2-B, Lloyd C.
Garren, Horace J. Mason, James
Rudd; 1-C, Lewis D. Houck, Jo
seph R. Andrews, J. Bruce Tinsley,
Edward H. McMahan, Jr., Johnson
S. Morgan, Orville G. Mull, Cecil
C. Queen, George M. Summey, Jr.,
Jack L. Zachary.