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Vol. 54: No. 52
★ 16 PAGES TODAY * BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1944 ★ SECTION ONE ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
RE-ASSESSMENT BOARD IS NAMED
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German Drive Checked, Allies Attempt A Cut-Off
ARMIES SMASHING
INTO NAZIS FROM
NORTH AND SOUTH
Enemy Salient Narrowed To
Less Than 20 Miles.
Bastogne Freed.
LOSSES VERY HEAVY
At last the German advance in
Belgium has been checked to near
ly a standstill and powerful allied
counter attacks from the south
and north have cut through sev
eral miles of the Nazi offensive
lines and reduced the enemy sa
lient to less that 20 miles, late re
ports Thursday indicated.
The third army is reported to
be driving hard into the German
lines from the south and Field
Marshal Montgomery’s forces and
the seventh army are said to be
counterattacking fiercely from the
north.
If these two powerful forces can
cut through and isolate the large
number of German divisions al
ready in Belgium, a great victory
will have been won.
Thursday it was reported that
relief troops had reached and
come to the rescue of the encir
cled Bastogne garrison that held
out gallantly since Dec. 20.
The Germans triedofig get the
garrison to surrende • on Christ
mas eve and again on Chri: nas
day showered it with Christmas
cards, calling for surrender, but
they refused to do it and thus tied
up several German divisions for
days and prevented them from cap
turing this key point that is served
by seven highways.
It is stated that Rundstedt has
lost the initiative in his great all
out gamble to smash through the
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MRS. ROTHBAUER
DIED IN DURHAM
Popular Brevard First
Grade Teacher Passed
Away This Morning
Mrs. Edwin Rothbauer, popular
first grade teacher at Brevard ele
mentary school, died early Thurs
day morning at the Duke hospital
in Durham following an illness of
several weeks, it was learned here.
The body is expected to be
brought here some time tonight,
but funeral arrangements are still
incomplete.
Mrs. Rothbauer resumed teach
ing last fall, but had to give it
up about two months ago on ac
count of the condition of her
health. She had been in Duke hos
pital for 10 days.
She is survived by her husband,
Sgt. Edwin Rothbauer; her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lynch Moore,
of Brevard; one sister, Miss Beat
sie Moore, teach at Shallotte, N.
C.; two brothers, Sgt. Clifton
Moore, of the army air corps and
Allison Moore, of the U. S. ma
rines.
Brevard College
Advisory Committee
Named By Trustees
The board of trustees of Bre
vard college has appointed a local
advisory committee composed of
Harry H. Straus, Mrs. J. H. Pickel
simer, S. E. Varner, George
Wheeler and Ed M. Anderson,
Rev. Paul Hardin, Jr., chairman,
has announced.
“We think it will be helpful and
to the best interest of the college'
to have in Brevard a local advisory
committee that will make sugges
tions from time to time relative to
policy, finances, program or any
thing else for the general good of
the college,” Mr. Hardin stated.
A meeting of the local commit
tee will be held in the near fu
ture.
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Women At Work In Transylvania
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MRS. DOROTHY MITCHELL, shown above, is county accountant
and tax supervisor of Transylvania county. She was appointed to
these offices in September, 1942, following the resignation of
Ralph Lyday. She has served efficiently and effectively, and was
reappointed recently for another year. Mrs. Mitchell is the daugh
ter or Mrs. Grace H. Smiilv. «f Atlanta, Ga., and formerly of Bre
vard. Her father, the late W. L; Smith, died some time ago. She
was born in South Caiolina where she took high school training.
Later she graduated from Draughan’s School of Commerce in At
lanta. For several years she worked in the F. E. R. A. office here
and was county supervisor of the WPA lunchrooms. Later she
worked in the draft board office. She married Tom Mitchell, one
of the managers of the Brevard Lumber company, in 1934 and they
have two children, Lee, 8 years old and Ruth 5.
Mrs. Fred Holt And Mrs. Hollis
Fort Appointed Co-Chairmen Of
County Infantile Paralysis Drive
County’s Quota Is Set At
$1,184.00. More Than
Double Last Year’s.
Mrs. Fred Holt, of Brevard and
Mrs. Hollis Fort, of Pisgah Forest,
have been appointed co-chairmen
of the Transylvania County Infan
tile Paralysis drive for 1945, Dr.
Ralph McDonald, state chairman,
has announced.
In announcing the appointment,
Dr. McDonald also announced that
this county’s quota is $1,184.00,
which is more than double the
1944 quota.
The reason for this high quota
is because of the serious epidemic
of infantile paralysis in the state
last summer, he stated.
“The serious epidemic with
over 850 cases reported so far and
with the expenditure of over a
half million dollars for medical
and hospital care, make it abso
lutely necessary that we raise all
of the funds we can this year,” he
said.
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Citizens’ Committee Is Ap
pointed. To Meet Next
Tuesday Night Here.
The appointment of a citizen’s
committee of the Transylvania
County Infantile Paralysis cam
paign for 1945 was announced to
day by Mrs. Fred Holt and Mrs.
Hollis Fort, co-chairmen.
The purpose of this committee
is to assist in working out plans
for the drive that will start Jan.
14 and end Jan. 31, they explaned.
A meeting of this committee
will be held next Tuesday night,
Jan. 2, at 8 o’clock at the home
of Mrs. Holt here at 554 Country
Club road.
Appointed on the citizens’ com
mittee are:
George Wheeler, president of
the Brevard chamber of com
merce; William Bangs, president
of the Jaycees; F. S. Best, presi
dent of Kiwanis club; John Ford,
president of Lions club; Supt. J.
B. Jones; R. T. Kimzey, principal
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omen Sell $26,850 In Bonds In
Brevard And $2,867 In The County
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Zone chairmen and block lead
ers who made a complete canvass
of Brevard during the sixth War
IfOan drive sold a total of $26,
850.00 worth of bonds, Mrs. Oliver
Orr, chairman of the women’s di
vision of the Transylvania county
whr finance committee, announced
today.
In making the announcement
Mfs. Orr highly commended all of
th4 six zone chairmen and block
leajders and particularly Mrs. Ju
lius Sader, head of all zones.
The zone report is as follows:
Fforest Hills—Mrs. Frank Ker
ber,\ chairman and Mrs. Frank
Scruggs, block leader, total sales
$250.00.
Southwest zone — Mrs. Poe,
chairman and Mrs. Edna Morris,
Mrs. Justus and Mrs. Gill Thom
as, block leaders, $5,050.00.
Northwest zone—Mrs. Paul Bak
er, chairman, Mrs. Ethelyn Doyle,
Miss Marie Galloway, Mrs. Jesse
Rockwood, Mrs. L. A. Lothery,
Mrs. Gray and Mrs. Crisp, block
leaders, $6,650.00.||g
North Brevard — Mrs. T. E.
Moody, chairman, Mrs. E. W.
James, block leader, $275.00. (re
port incomplete.)
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YULE BUSINESS
HERE SURPASSES
FORMER RECORDS
Increased Sales Over Last
Year Ranges From 10
To 30 Per Cent
Christmas business in Brevard
surpassed all former records by
increases ranging from 10 to 30
per cent over the previous record
year of 1943 and the Brevard post
office had an increase of approxi
mately 20 per cent on Christmas
cards and packages, a check up by
a Times reporter reveals.
Merchants in all lines of busi
ness reported gains, with the de
partment stores showing perhaps
the largest increase.
“We’ve never seen anything like
it,” one of the leading local mer
chants declared. “Every day last
week was exceptional and Saturday
beat anything we’ve ever experi
enced.”
Grocery stores here also did an
unusual volume of business, par
ticularly on Friday and Saturday.
A further check at the Transyl
vania Trust company on the vol
ume of Christmas business done
here verified statements made by
individual merchants.
The stores were closed Monday
and Tuesday, except groceries
which opened Tuesday.
All stores will be open next
Monday, New Year’6 day, but the
bank, post office, town and coun
ty offices will be closed.
One of the major reasons as
signed for the increased business
was the fact that individual in
comes now are at a peak.
The Christmas season was qui
etly observed here. The police de
partment reported that 13 persons
were arrested, mostly on charges
of public drunkenness. They were
tried Tuesday night in the mayor’s
court.
The weather during the holidays
was unusually pretty and mild.
PRIZES OFFERED
IN BABY CONTEST
First Arrival In County To
Receive Awards In
Times’ Baby Derby
Always eager to give a glad wel
come to newcomers, whatever the
age or circumstances, Brevard
merchants are offering to the first
white infant bom in Transylvania
county in 1945 (or its parents) a
number of useful gifts.
The following prizes are being
offered: a dozen cans of Stokely’s
baby food by Cash and Carry
store; two suits or dresses dry
cleaned and pressed by Whiteway
dry cleaners; 25-lb. bag of Ful-O
Pep chick feed by Farmers Federa
tion; a portrait of the baby when
he or she is six months old by Aus
tin’s studio; two tickets to the
Co-Ed and Clemson theatres; a
wool baby shawl by the Union;
article to cost not over $2.50 by
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Presbyterian Church
Services Announced
Rev. Ashby Johnson, pastor of
the Brevard Presbyterian church
who will be in Richmond, Va., for
the next five weeks studying at
the Union Seminary, today an
nounced a schedule of services
for the Sundays that he will be
away.
Rev. Charles B. Ratchford, of
Hendersonville, will preach Sun
day morning, December 31; Dr. E.
J. Cpltrane, president of Brevard
college, Sunday, January 7; Dr.
Gilbert Lycan, Queens college,
Charlotte, January 14; Dr. R. T.
L. Liston, president of King col
lege, Bristol, Tenn., January 21
and Dr. D. R. Freeman, superin
tendent of the Orphanage at Black
Mountain, January 28.
May 1945 Bring Victory To a Weary World
Tax Listing To Be Started In
Transylvania Next Monday, All
Listers Met Here Wednesday
FELLOWSHIP AND
VICTORY SERVICE
TO BE HELD SUN.
Parents Of All Service Men
And Women Are In
vited To Attend
A Christian fellowship meeting
and Victory prayer service of all
denominations will be held at the
First Baptist church here on Sun
day afternoon, Dec. 31, beginning
at 2 o’clock, sponsored by the ex
ecutive committee of the Transyl
vania Baptist association.
The meeting will be mainly in
recognition of community service
men and families of servicemen
who have made the supreme sac
rifice. Church leaders and officers
and parents and families repre
senting the men in service are
particularly invited to attend.
The program will include a song
service, prayers by leaders of the
various communities, reports of
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Schedule Of Listers An
nounced. Property Must
Be Listed In January
Listing of property for the pur
pose of taxation for the year 1945
will be started in Transylvania
county next Monday morning, Mrs.
Dorothy Mitchell, county tax su
pervisor, has announced.
Township tax listers met in the
courthouse here Wednesday and
received instructions and supplies.
The listers are Mrs. Edwin Mor
gan, Brevard, outside of the town;
L. F. Lyday, Boyd township; E.
Carl Allison, Cathey’s Creek;
George W. Maxwell, Dunn’s Rock;
Clyde Hubbard, Eastatoe; A. C.
Price, Gloucester; L. E. Cash, Hog
back; Mrs. Celia Shuford Boyd,
Little River. Those living inside of
the city limit of Brevard will list
in the tax supervisor’s office here.
A schedule of the township list
ers was announced and the books
will be in the townships until Jan.
12th, after which time they will
be returned to the supervisor’s of
fice here in the courthouse.
Mrs. Mitchell asked that all
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Public Invited To Attend Installation
Of Dunn's Rock Officers Friday Night
The newly elected officers of
Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge here
will be installed at a public instal
lation service to be held in the
hall Friday night at 8 o’clock, it
was announced yesterday. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
J. E. Shipman, of Henderson
ville, past grand master, will have
charge of the installation cere
mony and will install the follow
ing elected and appointed officers:
D. R. Boyd, worshipful master; T.
E. Reid, senior warden; D. F.
Barnett* junior warden; A. N.
Jenkins, treasurer; Henry Hender
son, secretary; E. L. Happ, senior
deacon; Gill Thomas, junior dea
con; K. L. Barkley, senior stew
ard; John F. DeBord, junior stew
ard and Ralph Parrish, tyler. A. J.
Creasman, of Asheville, district
deputy grand master, will act as
marshal.
S. N. Foster, of Toppenish,
Wash., who has been a continuous
member of the lodge for over 50
years, will receive the 50-year gold
button. Since he will be unable
to attend, A. H. Harris will receive
the button for him
Rev. W. A.
TO RE-VALUE ALL
PROPERTY DURING
NEXT 2 MONTHS
Harry Patton Is Chairman
And R. P. Kilpatrick And
Ed Loftis Are Members
COMMISSIONERS MEET
At a call meeting of the Tran
sylvania county board of commis
sioners, held in the courthouse
here Wednesday afternoon, plans
were made for re-valuation of
property in this county for taxa
tion purposes during the months
of January and February.
This action was in conformity
with the requirements of the state
law that provides for re-assess
ment or re valuation of property
every four years.
Harry Patton, of Brevard and
Pisgah Forest, and a prominent bu
siness man and farmer, was ap
pointed as chairman of the coun
ty’s re-assessment board. The other
two members of the board are
R. P. Kilpatrick and J. Ed Loftis,
of Brevard, both of whom are
well known.
All three of these men, it was.
pointed out, have had extensive
experience in real estate and gen
eral property values.
The county’s present valuation is
: $6,400,000. Business property,
homes and personal property are
supposed to be valued at around
60 per cent of the selling price
and farm land is listed on the
tax books at from $4 to $65 per
acre.
Within the next few days a joint
meeting of the commissioners and
members of the re-assessment
board will be held and definite
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APPEAL IS ISSUED
TO BUY E BONDS
County Needs Around
$10,000 By Saturday To Go
Over Top Of Quota
In response to a telegram re
ceived Wednesday from state
headquarters. Chairman Ed H. Mc
Mahan issued an urgent appeal to
every man, woman and child in
Transylvania county to buy anoth
er E bond before Saturday after
noon in order to put the county
over the top before the Sixth War
Loan drive ends.
The county still needs from $6,
000 to $10,000 more E bond sales
to reach its $150,000 quota, he de
clared.
“We urgently appeal to you to
put forth vigorous action with all
committees functioning for re
maining few days of Sixth War
Loan drive to see that North Caro
lina again makes her E bond
quota,” Allison James, executive
manager of the state finance com
mittee, wired Chairman
“E bond sales through Pec.
26th show $2,400,000 yet to 00 far
$34,000,000 quota. If your county
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License Tag Sale
Less Than Half Of
1943 At Same
License tag sales as
day morning are less tha
the same date in 1943,
to C. M. Douglas,
Carolina Motor
Car plates are £
slow, the