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The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
★ 16 PAGES TODAY * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, DEC 21, 1944 * SECTION ONE ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
INDUSTRIES TO PAY BIG BONUSES
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County Nearly Doubles In Sixth War Loan Quota
STILL SHORT OF
E BOND GOAL BY
AROUND $25,000
Everyone Urged To Give
War Bond For Christ
mas Present
FIGURES ANNOUNCED
Transylvania county has nearly
doubled its sixth war loan quota
with sales to date totaling $617,
600.75, Chairman Ed H. McMahan
announced today.
In the sale of E bonds, however,
the county is lagging behind the
quota of $150,000 by approximate
ly $25,000, or around 17 per cent.
The E bond sales through last
Saturday amounted to $124,495.00.
In making the announcement,
Chairman McMahan pointed out
that E bond sales made through
out the rest of the month would
count on this quota, and asked
every one to give bonds for Christ
mas presents.
“It looks as though sales during
the sixth drive are going to ex
ceed all previous campaigns,” he
stated.
A total of $82,600.00 in E bonds
and a grand total of $148,375.00 in
bonds were sold at the 15 rallies
held in the county. At courty
wide rally held in the Brevard
high school last Friday night, sales
amounted to $250,000.
The Ecusta Paper corporation
bought $150,000.00 in bonds, Duke
Power company $25,000, State of
North Carolina and other agencies,
$126,500; Rose's stores, $1,500;
Standard Oil company $1,500;
Texas company SI,500. Other local
industries also made liberal pur
chases.
The latest report of bond sales
by issuing agencies in the county
is as follows: Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan Ass’n., $209,
105.75; Pisgah Forest post office,
$35,081.25; Transylvania Trust
company, $31,226.25; Brevard
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MRS. ALLISON WON
TWO WAR BONDS
Local Saleslady Won Two
Awards In Merchants' War
Loan Drive Campaign
Mrs. Nina Burrell Allison won
a $50.00 and a $25.00 war bond for
selling the largest number of
bonds and the largest amount of
any clerk in Brevard stores dur
ing the Sixth War Loan drive that
ended last Saturday, Chairman Ed
H. McMahan announced today.
Mrs. Susie Clark won second
prize, a $25.00 bond, for selling
the next largest amount during
the campaign.
Mrs. Allison works at Schul
man’s store and sold $4,750.00
worth of E bonds, while Mrs.
Clark, who works at the A & P
store, sold $3,425.00 worth of E
bonds.
The $50.00 bond was contributed
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Schools Will Close
Friday For Yuletide
And Re-Open On 1st
_
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty public schools will close Friday
afternoon for the Christmas holi
days and will re-open on Monday
morning, Jan. 1, Supt. J. B. Jones
announces.
The college closed WednescU
noon and will re-open on Wedne 5
day, Jan. 4.
If there is no interruption in the
operation of the public schools this
week, all teachers and principals
will receive their December
checks Friday afternoon. This will
pay them up until the middle of
January, and it is the first time
that the state has made salary pay
ments in advance.
Early Cold Weather And Limited
Supply Of Coal Is Causing Real
Fuel Shortage In Brevard Today
Missing In Action
2ND LT. JOHN B. DICKSON,
above, son of J. W. Dickson, of
Brevard, h- been reported
missing ovci Germany since Dec.
2. He was a pilot on a B-24 bomb
er, and had been overseas two
months.
LOCAL CHURCHES
TO HAVE YULET1DE
PROCRAMS SUNDAY
To Feature Christmas Music
And Sermons And Treats.
Details Are Given.
Christmas will be observed in
the churches of Brevard with ser
mons by the pastors in keeping
with the day, with special music
by the choirs and in other ways.
A sacred musical program will
be given at the First Baptist
church Sunday night at 7:30, fea
turing Priscilla Lyon and Betty
Barker as soloists. Carols and
Christmas anthems will be ren
dered by the choir. Mrs. Melvin
Gillespie and Alvin Moore are di
recting the program. Trees and
other Christmas treats will be
given the children in the different
departments of the Sunday school
on Sunday morning.
A White Christmas will be ob
served at the Sunday school of the
Methodist church Sunday morning,
with a tree and gifts to be brought
for distribution to needy families.
The Christmas sermon by the pas
tor and special music by the choir
were featured at last Sunday morn
ing’s service.
The Presbyterian church will
have a Christmas party and tree
for children of the Sunday school
on Friday night at the church. The
main Christmas observance of the
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Dealers Swamped With Or
ders. Expect To Receive
More Coal Real Soon.
Because of the early and pro
longed cold spell and the reduced
supply of coal available in the na
tion, there is an acute fuel short
age in Brevard at this time, a
check up today revealed.
The two local coal dealers stat
ed they have hundreds of orders
piled up now and that they are
filling them as rapidly as their
shipments will permit.
It was also pointed out that coal
is being rationed out in 500 and
1,000-pound quantities to make it
go as far as possible and to pre
vent suffering.
We haven’t had to do much
trucking the past few days; people
have come in large numbers to
get coal themselves and we’ve
even had to keep a guard around
our small coal piles,” J. S. Brom
field, one of the dealers declared.
Mr. Bromfield stated that his
company had stopped tak.ng addi
tional orders until they could get
caught up. So far this month he
has received eight cars of coal and
expects to get three more before
the first of the year.
W. L. Mull, manager of the Pur
ity Products company, said he
was having to ration coal too and
that shipments this month have
been delayed. “We are supposed
I to get six cars this month, but so
! far we have gotten only one,” he
asserted.
The dealers pointed out that
they are limited to 90 per cent of
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Scout Troop Charter
Presented To Pisgah
Forest P-TA Tuesday
A charter for Boy Scout troop
No. 5 was presented to the Pis
gah Forest Parent-Teachers asso
ciation at a meeting in the school
building Tuesday night by Edward
H. McMahan, district Scout chair
man.
The Pisgah Forest troop was or
ganized a little over a year ago
and was first sponsored by the
Presbyterian church. This year the
P-TA agreed to become the spon
soring agency.
Mrs. Robert Sherrill, president
of the P-TA, accepted the charter.
In making the presentation, Mr.
McMahan commended the organi
zation upon the sponsoring of
scouting and explained the pro
gram. He also presented member
ship cards to the scouts.
Ed M. Anderson made a short
talk and presented cards to mem
bers of the troop committee and
to Scoutmaster Robert Sherrill.
Harry Patton is chairman of the
troop committee. The troop now
has 12 members.
Bill Bangs Elected President Of
Jaycees, To Sponsor Teen-Age Club
j William C. Bangs, popular Bre
vard man, was elected president
of the Brevard junior chamber of
commerce at a meeting held Tues
day night in the Woodmen hall
here.
Mr. Bangs succeeds Howard
chmidt as head of the Jaycees.
r die new president has been an
2 ctive member of the organization
fj»r some time and was elevated
from the office of vice president.
He is foreman of the Bleacher
rc>om at Ecusta.
Earl Hall was elected vice pres
ident; Larry Bryant treasurer and
Few Lyda treasurer.
Considerable discussion was de
voted at the meeting Tuesday
night to plan for raising money
to improve and equip the N. Y. A.
hut here so that it can be used by
members of the newly organized
Brevard Teen-Age club that is be
ing sponsored by the Jaycees,
through the co-operation of the
schools.
At a recent meeting of high
school students, over 200 boys and
girls expressed a desire to join
the Teen-Age club. The school au
thorities have given permission for
the club to use the hut at least one
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EIGHTEEN MORE
MEMBERS JOIN
MERCHANT ASS’N.
Brings Total Membership
To 52. Goal Is For 60
By January 1
Eighteen additions to the roll
of charter members of the Bre
vard Merchants association during
the past week have brought the
total sign-up to 52. The additions
are Sid Barnett’s Machine shop.
Nickel Bargain house, Duke Pow
er Co., The Union, Ward’s Bar
ber shop, Austin’s studio, Lewis
Osborne, Parsons’ Jewelry and
Gifts, Carr Lumber Co., Jerry
Jerome, Co-Ed and Clemson the
atres, Whiteway Dry Cleaners,
McFee’s Jewelry shop, Macfie’s
Drug store, Hayes Motor Co.,
Smathers Mfg. Co., Brevard Lum
ber Co. and Patton’s store.
Curtis Kelley, president of the
association, yesterday expressed
the hope that the sign-up would
reach a minimum of 60 prior to
the annual banquet meeting on
the evening of Jan. 9th, at which
the principal speaker will be
Clyde R. Greene, state president.
Any person in the county who is
selling goods or services is eli
gible to join. A committee con
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Banquet And Party
Given For Brevard
Hi Football Squad
Members of the Brevard high
school football squad enjoyed a
banquet last night at Galloway’s
cafe here given by the high school
athletic association.
Following the banquet they
were honor guests at a Christmas
party and square dance given at
the Brevard country club by E. E.
Fraser.
During the assembly program at
the high school Wednesday morn
ing, letters were presented by
Coach Slim Bullock to 22 mem
bers of the squad.
Brevard Chamber Of Commerce
Committees For Ensuing Year
Appointed By George Wheeler
LANGLOIS IS KILLED
IN COMBAT CRASH
Husband Of Brevard Girl Is
Victim Of Plane Crash
In Raleigh On 13th
First Lt. Bernard R. Langlois,
26, who was stationed at the army
air base, Greenville, S. C., died in
a military combat plane crash at
the Raleigh-Durham army air
field on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Fu
neral service and burial took place
at Manchester, N. H., last Tues
day.
Survivors are his widow, the
former Miss Mary Vannah, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Van
nah, of Brevard; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. August Langlois, of
Manchester, N. H.; one sister and
two brothers. A military escort ac
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Most Of Members Are Re
Appointed. Complete
List Is Announced.
George Wheeler, president of
the Brevard chamber of com
merce, today announced the ap
pointment of committees to serve
during the ensuing year. These
committees are as follows:
Postwar Planning committee—
Ed M. Anderson, chairman; D. T.
Abercrombie, R. F. Bennett, W. W.
Brittain, E. J. Coltrane, Ralph
Fisher, L. P. Hamlin, Jerry
Jerome, Curtis Kelley, W. M. Mel
ton, J. S. Silversteen, H. H. Straus,
J. H. Tinsley, Jack Trantham, E.
H. McMahan, S. E. Varner and
George Wheeler.
Merchants committee— D. T.
Abercrombie, chairman, J. M. Al
lison, W. W. Brittain, W. W. Duck
worth, Fred Holt, Curtis Kelley,
Mrs. Frances Millner, W. L. Mull,
John Ford, George Nicholson, Alex
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Transylvania Chapter Of SCF Will
Be Discontinued In The Near Future
The Transylvania chapter of
Save the Children’s Federation
will be disbanded in the near fu
ture and liquidation of its present
stock of clothing will be made, it
was decided at a meeting of the
officers and members held a few
days ago.
The primary reason for the dis
continuance of this organization in
Transylvania county is due to the
fact that the state welfare depart
ment has declined to issue authori
zation for SCF solicitation of funds
in North Carolina and in turn the
schools have to withdraw their
support of and eo-operation with
the SCF chapters in the state, it
is pointed out.
During the two years that the
SCF has operated in this county, it
has rendered a fine service in
supplying clothing and shoes to
needy school children.
Local chapter officers estimate
that there are around 1,000 pounds
of used clothing for sale in the
basement of the Brevard elemen
tary school.
The next sale of this clothing
will be held on Saturday morning,
Jan. 6, followed by a free distribu
tion on Tuesday afternoon, Jan.
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STORES HERE TO
BE CLOSED NEXT
MON. AND HIES.
Will Remain Open At Night
Until 9 For Rest Of
This Week
SANTA TO RETURN
Practically all of the 3,500 in
dustrial workers in Transylvania
county will receive Christmas bo
nuses or cash presents with their
paychecks this week-end, it was
learned from officials of the va
rious industries.
No information was announced
as to the size of the various bonus
payments, but all of them are in
conformity with requirement lim
itations of the stabilization pro
gram, officials stated, and will
amount to perhaps an average of
about a week’s pay.
Treats For Children
Christmas treats and packages
for children of employees are also
being given by several industries,,
including specifically Ecusta, Sil
versteen Industries and Pisgah
Mills.
Ecusta, Silversteen and Wheeler
announced that they would pay
Christmas bonuses
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company parties that will be held
tonight and tomorrow in the cafe
teria, and their children’s parties
will be staged Saturday afternoon
from 2 until 6 o’clock. Special
Christmas entertainment and pro
grams have been arranged for
these parties.
Stores To Remain Open
Stores in Brevard will remain
open tonight, Friday and Saturday
nights until 9 o’clock for the con
venience of late shoppers, it was
announced yesterday.
Santa Claus will return and be
here on the streets and in the
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CHRISTMAS SEAL
SALE CLOSES SAT.
Public Asked To Mail Money
To Mrs. Ernest Tilson
Before Drive Ends
The sale of Christmas seals in
Transylvania county now totals
around $200, which is less than
one half of the county’s $500 goal
for this year, Mrs. C. Y. Patton
announced today.
Seals were mailed recently to
500 persons and firms and those
who have not sent money or
checks to Mrs. Ernest Tilson,
treasurer, are requested to do so
immediately.
The campaign ends Saturday
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Times Starts New
Feature Today On
‘Women At Work”
American as well as British
women are doing a remarkable
job on the home front.
Many of them are doing men’s
work—some in direct war work,
others holding down their hus
band’s positions and still oth
ers doing essential civilian work.
Their contribution to the war
and* to keeping up morale and
the home fires burning is truly
outstanding.
In this week’s issue, The
Times is starting a series en
titled “Women at Work in Tran
sylvania.” The photos are being
made by the staff photographer
and one of them will be carried
each week, together with a brief
biographical sketch.
Mrs. Melvin Gillespie, who Is
doing a grand job of filling her
husband’s place while he is away
in service, has been selected as
the first one for this series.