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★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945 * 16 PAGES TODAY *
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
A Hearty Welcome To Law Enforcement Officers To The FBI Conference In Brevard Next Monday
INFANTRY TO ‘INVADE’ BREVARD
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FBI Conference To Be Held Here On Monday
EXPECT MOUND
200 TO ATTEND
THE CONFERENCE
Judge Will Pless To Speak
And Firearms Expert To
Give An Exhibition
PROGRAM OUTLINED
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty law enforcement officers will
be hosts to the FBI conference of
peace officers in this district to be
held here next Monday.
This is one of a series of FBI
sponsored conferences that are be
ing held this month throughout
the Carolinas. Approximately 200
law enforcement officers from 17
Western North Carolina counties
and several upper South Carolina
counties are expected to attend the
conference here.
Edward Scheidt, special agent in
charge of the Charlotte FBI office,
will conduct the conference.
The opening session will be held
at the Co-Ed theatre, starting at
10:30 o'clock. Mayor Verne Clem
ent will extend words of welcome
and the principal address will be
delivered by Judge J. Will Pless,
of Marion.
T. D. Easterling, special agent,
will give a demonstration concern
ing methods of making casts of tire
tracks, heel prints and similar
evidence found at the scene of the
crime. Edward C. Kennelly, of
Charlotte, another special FBI
agent, will show movie slides of
wanted criminals.
At 1 o'clock the officers will
make a tour through the plant of
the Ecusta Paper corporation and
will lunch there at 2 o’clock.
At 3 o’clock a colorful exhibi
tion of trick shooting will be put
on by Special Agent Daniel A.
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DR. JONES SELLS
EVERETT FARM
Firm Located In Henderson
ville And Florida Buys The
Large Farm For $150,000
D. E. Black and company, of
Hendersonville and Florida, have
purchased the large Everett farm,
located near Brevard, from Dr. E.
H. Jones, of East Flat Rock and
New York, it was learned here this
week.
The purchase price was not dis
closed, but it is believed to have
been around $150,000.
This farm is regarded as being
one of the largest and best farms
in Western North Carolina. It
contains approximately 2,000 acres
of land, of which over 600 are in
cultivation.
It is understood that the new
owners plan to make it primarily
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Merchants Report
Courses Beneficial
Charles B. McFee, Jr., of the
state department of public instruc
tion, is teaching classes in gen
eral salesmanship and supervision
of employees in Brevard this
week under the sponsorship of the
Brevard Merchants association and
in this connection Mr. McFee is
instructing a class of 36 pupils in
the local high school. The classes
will continue through next week,
with the clerks receiving instruc
tion one hour each morning and
the supervisors two hours for two
nights. School pupils will be
taught by Mr. McFee the final pe
riod five days a week.
“Much genuine interest is being
displayed in the course,” Curtis
Kelley, president of the local mer
chants’ association, who is enrolled
in the night class, said yesterday,
“and expressions made to me in
dicate that the instruction given is
highly beneficial.”
To Give Exhibition Of Trick Shooting
DANIEL A. HillJSKA, special agent of the FBI and instructor
at the FBI Academy at Quanlico, Va., will give a firearms exhi*
bition at the district conference of law enforcement officers here
next Monday. Special Agent Hruska’s exhibition will be staged at
Camp Carolina Monday afternoon as the highlight feature of the
conference.
Brevard And Transylvania To
Have Record Tourist, Summer
Camping Season, Survey Shows
Inquiries Greater Than
Ever Before. Nine Camps
To Be In Operation.
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty will have a record tourist and
summer camping season this year,
according to information obtained
today.
George Wheeler, president of
the chamber of commerce, stated
that more inquiries have been re
ceived so far this spring than ever
before, and that the summer camps
already have capacity enrollments.
“Our major problem,” Mrs.
Ralph Fisher, chamber of com
merce secretary, said, “is housing
and all of those who have accom
modations available are requested
to get in touch with us.”
The Franklin hotel and the
Pierce-Moore hotel are both being
remodelled and will be open be
tween June 15 and July 1, it is
stated. It is also announced that
Fairfield Inn will be open again
this season.
Operators of the county’s sum
mer camps for boys and girls have
arrived and are getting ready for
their openings next month.
The camps that will be in op
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Conference Leader
EDWARD SCHEIDT, Special
FBI Agent in charge of the Char
lotte office, will preside at the
district conference here next
Monday. Mr. Scheidt is widely
known in law enforcement cir
cles.
Firemen To Conduct Drive To Raise
$1,500 To Establish Training Room
Brevard firemen are planning to
begin tomorrow an intensive drive
to raise $1,500 for the purpose of
building and equipping a training
room in the city hall, Dan Merrill,
chief, announced yesterday.
This project has been discussed
by the firemen for many months,
he said. While favorably impressed
by the proposal, Mr. Merrill stat
ed that the board of aldermen,
owing to large outlays for appa
ratus in recent months, -was not
able to make any financial contri
bution. A space measuring 15x40
feet upstairs in the city hall is
available for this purpose.
Although the campaign has not
been formally launched, contribu
tions are already coming in, Mr.
Merrill said. A canvass of the en
tire town will be made and gifts
of all sizes will be appreciated.
Chief Merrill pointed out that this
is the first appeal that the depart
ment has ever made for funds
and predicted that the goal would
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REGISTRATION FOR
CANNING SUGAR IS
NOW IN PROGRESS
Application Blanks Are Be
ing Distributed In County
By The School Children
Application forms for canning
sugar are now in the possession of
the school teachers of the county
and will be sent by the children
to the respective homes, Dr. J. F.
Zachary, chairman of the local war j
price and rationing board, has an-!
nounced.
These applications, after being!
properly filled out, should be re-!
turned to the local rationing board}
office not later than May 26. Spare
food stamp No. 13 from book No.
4 must be attached to the applica
tion blank and presented to the
board for the issuance of canning
sugar. A maximum of 10 pounds
per person will be issued at this
time. In event of more than eight
being in a family, it will be neces
sary to fill out two application
forms.
Those who do not have children
in school may obtain their applica
tion forms direct from the ration
board office or the school. The
sugar coupons will be mailed out
as fast as the food panel can
screen the applications, Dr. Zach
ary said. Unless the properly filled
in blank is presented to the board
office by May 26. the applicant
will not receive canning sugar at
this time.
The public is asked to note that
the number of food book No. 4 of
the person signing the application
must be placed on the 5-pound
sugar coupon, and also that this
same book 4 must be presented to
the merchant with the sugar cou
pon when purchasing the canning
sugar.
FISHING SEASON
OPENS IN FOREST
Record Opening Catch Of
4,520 Fish Reported.
Ranger Gives Report.
A total of 737 fishermen enjoy
ed the opening fishing season
week-end on the Pisgah game and
preserve and Sherwood area the
past week-end, and caught a rec
ord catch of 4,520 fish, with an
average of 6.1 fish per man, ac
cording to an announcement made
by W. W. Huber, forest ranger.
Davidson river, which is regard
ed as one of the finest trout
streams in Eastern United States,
opened last Friday for the season,
and will continue open every Fri
day, Saturday and Sunday until
August 31. The fishing schedule is
so arranged that at least one of the
five fishing streams in this vicinity
will be open each Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday through the entire season.
Oscar Davis, of South Hominy,
Candler, caught a 15-inch rainbow
on Bent Creek lake, which was
the largest trout reported for the
opening week-end. V. L. Tinsley,
of Brevard, made a nice catch in
Davidson river, which included
one 13-inch trout and two 12-inch,
totaling 4 pounds, 2 ounces.
The catches by streams are as
follows:
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Pfc. Vetter Hinkle
Is Killed In Action
Pfc. Vetter H. Hinkle, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinkle, of
Sapphire, was killed in action in
the Pacific area on April 11, ac
cording to a message received
here by the parents from the War
department.
Pfc. Hinkle was in the infantry.
He entered service on September
11, 1941, and had been in overseas
service for some time.
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Infantry Will ‘Invade’ Brevard Saturday
Climax of the “Here’s Your Infantry’’ demonstration assault on
a Jap pillbox is the wiping out of the enemy position by flame
throwers at close range, as shown above. Scenes like this one will
be enacted by 4 officers and 77 enlisted men in the hour and
fifteen minute breathless, dramatic show to be staged on the Bre
vard athletic field this Saturday afternoon starting at 4 o’clock.
This big show is sponsoredthe County's Seventh War Loan
Drive commit, ee and is ’avited te see It. .
Around 200 Transylvania Men
Will Be Eligible For Discharge
Under New Credit Point System
To Address Officers
JUDGE J. WILL PLESS, of
Marion, will be the principal
speaker at the morning session
of the FBI Law Enforcement
conference here next Monday.
TO MEET SOLDIERS
SATURDAY MORNING
Brevard residents who have of
fered to entertain soldiers in their
homes during their visit here Fri
day and Saturday are asked by
Mrs. J. M. Allison, in charge of
arrangements, to meet them at the
courthouse Saturday morning at
10:30 o’clock.
Soldiers Must Have 85
Points. Nearly 200 Have
Already Been Discharged.
Based on the army’s present
plan for partial demobilization un
der a point system, it is estimat
ed that approximately 200 Tran
sylvania soldiers will be dis
charged during the next 12 months.
A few days ago the War depart
ment announced that a soldier is
eligible for immediate discharge
if he has 85 credit points, based
on length of total service, overseas
combat duty, decorations, wounds
and parenthood.
No such announcement for those
in the navy and other branches
has been made.
The War department also point
ed out that the army will retain
and send to the Pacific some sol
diers who have enough credit
points for discharge because of
their essentiality. It is also em
phasized that drafting will be con
tinued.
Immediate eligibility will not
mean immediate discharge either
because of limited transportation
facilities. The credit point system
applies to all men in the army, re
gardless of where they may be
stationed.
It has likewise been announced
that all American troops in the
United Kingdom will get “victory
furlough”, but not to return home
—during the months of May, June,
July and August. The furloughs
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Transylvania County Farmers Apply
For Soil Conservation Service Unit
Approximately 35 farmers have
signed petitions asking the gov
ernment to establish a district soil
conservation service for Transyl
vania county, it was learned today.
These petitions have been sent
to the U. S. Soil Conservation ser
vice office in Raleigh. Those sign
ing the petitions agreed to co
operate with the program which
includes terracing, contour farm
ing, strip-cropping, crop rotation
and so on, it is explained.
L. F. Lyday, of Enon, is one of
the farmers heading the movement
and he states that there is keen
interest in the county for this pro
gram.
The soil conservation program is
now in operation in approximate
ly 70 counties in the state and
farmers here state that it will be
worth a great deal to this county.
A representative of the service is
expected to come here in the near
future to explain the program.
The county commissioners passed
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rO STAGE SHAM
BATTLE AT FOUR
O’CLOCK ON SAT.
Realistic Demonstration to
Take Place On Brevard
High Athletic Field
STORES TO CLOSE
A detachment of infantrymen,
including 4 officers and 77 enlist
ed men who recently returned
from battlefronts overseas, will
“invade” Brevard Saturday and
stage a sham battle against an im
aginery Jap enemy on the Brevard
high school athletic field at 4
o’clock.
A large crowd is expected to wit
ness this impressive and dramatic
demonstration which is being spon
sored by the Army Ground Forces
and the War Finance Division of
the Treasury department, during
the 7th. W’ar Loan drive.
“Here’s Your Infantry” is the
title of this great army show and
the program will last for over an.
hour.
Stores To Close
Most of the stores here will be
closed from 3:30 until 5:30 o’clock
Saturday in co-operation with the
program whose purpose is to pro
mote the sale of war bonds and to
give 'tie recognition to the Amer
ican L: men, the greatest
fighting force in the world, Chair
man Ed McMahan states.
To Give Concert
From 2:30 until 3:30 in the af
ternoon the Infantry’s 29-piece
band will give a concert on the
courthouse lawn.
This is one of the 25 “Here’s
Your Infantry” teams that are now
touring the country and in this
unit are about 25 North Carolina
servicemen who have seen a lot of
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BOND DRIVE OFF
TO GOOD START
Total Of $25,100 Sold At
Rally In Rosman. Schools
Make Good Reports.
The Seventh War Loan drive got
off to a good start in Brevard and
Transylvania county this week,
Chairman Ed McMahan reports.
At the rally at Rosman Monday
night a total of $25,100 in E bonds
was sold. This was the largest
amount ever sold at a rally in Ros
man. War movies were shown and
Ralph Fisher was the principal
speaker.
A rally was held last night at
Connestee school, but results were
not available in time for publica
tion. Mrs. E. J. Coltrane spoke.
A bond rally will be held at Que
bec school next Tuesday night with
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C. Of C. Directors
Meet In City Hall
The May meeting of the direc
tors of the chamber of commerce
was held in the city hall Tuesday
evening at 8 o’clock. E. H. McMa
han presided in the absence of
the president, George Wheeler.
Mr. McMahan,'who is also chair
man of the industrial expansion
committee, said that talks he had
had with members indicated they
were of the opinion that they
should defer the printing of a
pamphlet dealing with the indus
trial and agricultural possibilities
of the county. The group was re
quested to submit recommenda
tions for such a folder at the last
meeting of the directors. It was
suggested that the data which
would have been incorporated in
the booklet be gathered and put
in mimeographed form to be
mailed to inquirers. Mr. McMahan
said he had a number of such in
quiries since he had been chair
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