i^iZs NE OF GRAHAM COUNTY
Joyce Kilmet
Forest
THURSDAY, APRIL U, 1M4
PAGE NINE
Wild Boar Hunting Is Popular
Sport In Graham Forest Land
"You get aome good dogs hot on
the trail of a fast wild boar and,
man, you got prettier music than
Guy Lombardo's ?rchastra," accor
-ding to Fred C. Bruckmann, own
er-manager of the Blue Boar
Lodge near Robbinsvllle.
Since his retirement a few years
ago, Bruckmann has realized a"boy
hood dream" by building a sport
smin'j lodge and spending his
time in the great sport of hunting
particularly his favorite, wild boar
and in promoting wildlife conser
vation.
Mr. Bruckmann is also a great
beHe\er in North Carolina's poss
ibilities as an important hunting
rtate. He says. "North Carolina has
something to offer no other state
has. especially for boar hunting.1
Buckmann's guest list for the
hunting season has hunter, regis!
ered from a number of distant
states, including Texas. Illinois,
Maryland, Ohio, Kansas, and also
closer states. Some of the men ar
rive by private plane at Andrews
Air Park and go by taxi to the
lodge, which Is about 12 miles from
Andrews on the Joyce Kilmer
Road.
The Rnsslan wild boar-a far
way sounding animal-is quite
commonly known to Graham
County residents, and some per
sons raise the wild bogs domes
ically Just because they like the
lean red meat.
According to Bruckmann, the
hogs now found in the Graham for
ests are. not the real thoroughbred
Russian wild boars from which
they descended, but the thorough
breds are still found in the more
isolated mountain sections.
RE-STOCKING FORESTS
The N. C. Forest service has
underway a planting program to
provide food for the hogs and
they have also raised some bogs
to restock the forest. For these
hogs, Bruckmann loaned the forest
ers three sows. During the winter,
Mr. Bruckmann said, very few hogs
are shot, but * number die out dur
ing a severe winter. ?
The boars that are now found
In the mountains surrounding
Robbinsvllle are descended from
aome 12 of the original Russian
Wild Boar which were brought
from th? Black' Mountains of
Germany around 1909.
George W. Moore of New York
started a big game preserve-rood
yd af.ir the European private'
?. .anting estates?around 1909
around Hooper Bald, where he
owned some 10,000 acres.
" Moore'fenced in a stockade of
some 800 acres, using around 10'
miles of fencing. Into this area he
(brought the wild boar, along with
some elk and brown bears and buf-1
falo. The buffalo did not thrive,
but the other animals seem to have,
lived well.
The preserve was operated as a
private, and very exclusive hunt
ing estate, Mr. Bruckmann said.
Moore had built a lodge, which was
practically inaccessible because of
its location in the mountains.
In four years the boars had in
creased to 75. During World War I
the fences (they were 10 to 12 feet
high and were topped with barbed
wire), were allowed to deteriorate
and the animals escaped.
CRAZY MIXED-CP PIGS
Then the boar* mixed with razor
backs and come domesticated hod
which had gone wild. The original
strain is still found in Um
in its truest form far beek In the
mountains. Baby pigs are striped
like chipmunks.
Durtog the hunting season?Oat
15-Jan.l?Mr. Bruckmann con
duets organised hunts for which
Pock Jordan and Cole Carver, both
of RobbinsviHe, aerrs as guides.
On the hunt the guides deter
mine the trail and Identify sipu
to be sure the animal pursued ft
the one they're after, and not a
"A dear spoils the day ?u a
hunt." Mr.
The boar at hay can Hp a dog,
r a man, to places with ita six to
Inch tusks. Or
i the forsst, bs can turn I
Mad Into a plowed field.
ST
m all true sportsmen do?with
great respect for the animal. He
describes the boar as long and slim
shaped something like a buffalo.
He is very fast, and his meat is
red and lean?almost no fat. A
boar's bristles are split on the end,
sometimes split in three, (the fin
est paint brushes used to come
from these bristles) and under
neath there I3 a sort of fur.
A wild boar must be skinned.
He cant be lust scalded like a
domesticated hog.
There are two types of Russian
Boars pursued in North Carolina
Mr. Bruckmann said. One la the
solid blue bear, the other Is the
blue boar with the biased face.
Mr. Bruckmann has mounted
heads of each over the lodge
mantel.
The hoar meat is very tasty and
can be cooked a variety of ways.
But Bruckmann prefers his Ger
man style?"sour and cooked with
noodles." he drooled.
He also likes the backbones
roasted. Mrs. Bruckmann?a charm
ing hostess?is also an excellent
cook, so that after all, what Mr.
Bruckmann enjoys in the way of
boar meat Is just anything "the
missus fixes up". i
Bruckmann, retired from the I
brewery business, built his lodge
a few yeaia ago and now the
Bhi? Boar Lodge is their real
still maintain their home in Ctn
clnnatti, O., and spend about six
or seven weeks of the year there.
Bruckmann has been written up
in a number of nationally recog
nized sports magazines and news
papers end .leading sports writers
have been guests at his lodge.
FAMILY RESORT
The Blue Boar is operated aa a
family type resort during the sum
men, and after Oct. IS, it's a man's
world, strictly for hunters and
fishermen.
The organized boar and bear
hunts, held on National Forest Ser
vice land, are conducted under the
drawings system? a $50 drawing
entitles a man to take in a party of
up to 25 men, for two days. Four
hunts a week are conducted.
Last year several hunts were
cancelled out because of the forest
fires ranging in the mountains.
Bruckmann. whose first concern is
for conservation af natural resour
ces. says "They ought to hang
those fellows that ever set a for
est fire."
And that about sums up tbe sen
timents of all true sportsmen.
May Day Program
Set By School May 3
BY JO DEANE PHILLIPS <
The theme for (be May Day Pro
gram of (be Robblasville School,'
which will be held May 3, is May
Day around the world. !
The first grades lead with an
American theme having a flag drill
for boys and girls in a children's
polka.
The second grade travels to Hol
land for the springtime festivals
and will have a flower drill and
cobbler singing game.
The third grade carries us to
Norway where they show a Nor
wegian Mountain March winch rep
resents a guide leading climbers
up and down a mountain. Later hi
the program they demonstrate a
French minuet. I
The fourth grade then gives a
Switzerland skit Including a Scot
tisohe, wearing colorful native
costumes. '
The fifth graders will entertain
with May Day for the American
Pioneer, which was usually a log
rolling or a quilting party. |
The sixth grades return us to
Nationalist China for the festival
cf spring, or the feast for the fore
fathers.
This will be followed by the
seventh grade in the gay costume
of Danish people in a game called
the Crested Hen.
The eighth grade climaxes the ,
May Day with the traditional May
Pole of the English.
The entire program was an out
growth of classroom work.
The May Court includes: Nellie
Mae Sterwart, queen; Shirley Stew
art. maid of honor; Laura Alice
Adams, Dorothy Jean Burrell and
Iva Lee Grant, 10th grade attend
ants; Frances Hooper Devonne Mc
intosh and June Hydl, ninth grade
attendants.
Jr. Woman's Qub
Installation Be
At Snowbird Lodge
*' The hwNltoHon of new officers
of the Rohbinsvtlle Jon tor Wo
men's Club will be held next
month at Snowbird Mountain
Lodge, when members end their
husbands will enjoy e dinner meet
ing. ,
The club met lest week and
launched 4 clean-up campaign
which got off to en eerty etert with
g spring cleaning of the community
hut Mrs. Warren Hughes was dec
ted hut cuetodisn.
At the meeting Mrs. John Veeoh
repotted on the Olrl Soouttrip to
Cherokee.
ell end Mrs. Albert Lee.
cocrr
7th Graders
Put Out Pines
BY CAROL ORR
Mr. Thompson's seventh grade
went on a tree setting expedition
to the school plot Mar. 30. The
plot is located about one mile
north of the Ranger's Station on
Massey Branch.
Under the direction of W. H.
'Flake, county agent, and Mr. Long
of the forest service, the 31 pupils,
working in two's and three's set
out about 700 white pine seedlings.
After the setting, a picnic was
enjoyed near a cool brook. Follow
ing the picnic Mr. Flake led the
group on a tree identification trip.
On returning to school the pu
pils played volleyball, baseball and
horseshoes for the remainder of
the school day.
Project Leaders,
Chairmen, Told
County project leaders and com
mittee chairmen were appointed
recently by the Graham County
Council of Home Demonstration
Clubs.
Those named are: health, Mrs.
Blain Carver; home gardens,
Jutt Colvard; foods and nutrition,
| Mrs. E. C. Cody; home poultry,
. Mrs. Robert Hyde; home dairy,
1 Mrs. Hugh Beasley; food perser
vation, Mrs. Harley Brooks; arts
and crafts, Mrs. R. A. Brock; bous
ing, Mrs. Gwynn Carver; bouse
furnishings, Mrs. Claywell Smith;
home management, Mrs. Tony Ay
| era; family life, Mrs. Barney Wel
I ten.
Home beautlflcatton, Mrs. J. B.
Crisp; education, Mrs. C. Q. Hill;
I cKtseoship. Mrs. Frank Edwards;
international relations, Mrs. /. W.
I Cherry; recreation, Mrs. Bill Hyde;
| Music. Mrs. Gwynn Denton; loan
fund, Mrs. Leonard Farley, com
munity service, Mrs. Mamie Car
penter; and clothing leader, Mrs.
Howard Carver.
ORAHAM COUNTY
ROSELLE GODFREY
VS
HERMAN GODFREY
The defendant, Herman Godfrey,
wW take notice that an action en
titled aa above has been commenc
ed in the Superior court of Gra
ham County. North Carolina for
the purpoae of a divorce on the
grounds of two years separation
and the said defendant win further
take notice that he b required to
eppear at the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court of Or
at the courthouse in
Graham FHA
Transferred To
Murphy Office
Due to recent changes In the u
S. Department of Agriculture, in
connection with the Farmers Home
Administration, the FHA office in
Murphy will serve Graham Coun
ty for farm loans.
These loans are made to farmers
for the purchases of livestock and
equipment and the purchas and
development of family size farms.
S. S. Williams, county supervisor
for this area, formerly had charge
of the work in Graham County,
and worked with the other Agrl
sultural Agencies to improve the
farmg and family living.
Vernon H. Rankin, assistant
county supervisor, will assist with
the work at the Murphy office, in
cluding Graham County.
The office of the ASC in Rob
binsville will be used for contact
ing farmers In connection with ap
plications and loan collections, as
has been the plan by former super- j
visors.
TEEN TOPICS
By jo Deane Phillips
Maurice Sawyers, who serves
with the U. S. Alr Force, was hon
ored with a farewell party, Friday,
April 9, at the American Legion
Hall.
Anna Sue Deyton was in charge
of the games for the evening.
' Refreshments were served by 1
the hostesses, Jackie Brysoa and'
Jo Deane Phillips, to the following
guests. Anna Su^ Deyton, Max Mc
Monigle Nellie Mae Stewart, Doug
las MiHsaps. Eileen George, Mau
rice Millsaps, Christine Stratton,
Tom Carpenter, Patsy McClung,
Edward Ingram, Dot Carpenter,
Peenie Parks, John Parks, Jimmy
Thacker, Vernon Burke, Maurice
Edwards, Eugene McMonigle, Jack
Brown Wiggins, Heyser Carpenter,
Ramona Sawyers, Mrs. C. P. Saw
yers (mother of the honored guest)
and the hanore, Maurice Sawyers.
Maurice will be assigned to duty
in Japan on return to his base.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
The Intermediate Class of the
Robbtnsville Baptist Church elect
ed officers for the next quarter.
They are: Ramona Sawyer, presi
dent; Carol Orr, vice-president;
Betsy Orr, secretary; and Ramona
Sawyer as social chairman with
Frances Crisp assisting.
ATTEND MEET
County Superintendent of
Schools Kenneth S. Clem and Rob
binsville High School principal
James A. Stanley, attended
Western North Carolina district
health meeting at Franklin on
Tuesday.
At this meeting Dr. Charles
Spencer, head of the North Caro
lina Health Dept. gave the high
light, of his new book on health
and physical education.
BETA CLUB
For one of the school improve
ments projects, the Robbinsville
High Beta Club has just completed
a Lawrence C Bemis Plaque of
wood and has mounted It In the
Robbtnsville School gymnasium.
The letters on the plaque are made
of cherry and are glued on a back
ground of ltgh grr
Hie cherry wood for this proj
ect was donated by Bemis Lumber
Co.
Beta Club officers are Anna Sue
I Deyton, president; Janice Dale
Owens, vice-president; Nellie Mae
Stewart. secretary; Charlotte
Birchfield, treasurer.
JUNIOR-SENIOR
The Junior-Senior Banquet ot
Robbtaivllle High School will be
Riven Friday night, Ap. It, in the
school lunchroom. It ia expected
that there will be MO juniors,
senior*, faculty member*, board ot
education and committee member*
An Beater theme will be used.
Rvelyn Roger* is president ot the
Junior i
Town Officials Proclaim
"Clean-Up Week" May 3-8
Ghormley Elected
Lions Club Pres.
Elmo Ghormley last week was
elected president of the Robbins
ville Lions Club.
Other new officers are O. L. Lee,
first-vicepnesident; Bill Sodiquist,
second vice-president; Harvey O
dom. third vice-president; Doyle
Brock secretary; J. B. Collins,
treasurer; Mike Brown, tail twis
ter; J. B. Slaughter, assistant tall
twister; and Bill Flake, lion tamer.
New members were Ralph Thorn
pson, Dr. Richard PareUe, Robert
Holland, and Elmer Smith.
The main project for the club is
the park to be built near Bemis
Lumber CO. The club also plans
to publish a bulletin advertising
Graham County.
PERSONALS
Mrs. Nora Carver was a patient
at Blount Memorial Hospital,
Maryville, Tenn. last week.
Mr. and Mrs. William Poland of
Rocky Mt. visited Mrs. Bill Moody
last week.
Supt. Kenneth Clem made a
business trip to Asheviile last week
Miss Helen Ghormley attended
a district nurses meeting in Sylva
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Swan of
Greenville, S. C., accompanied by
Mr. Swan's father, R. V. Swan, and
their grandson, Verne Swan, visit
ed Mrs. Swan's sister and brother
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bales
of Robbinsville.
Mrs. R. B. Slaughter is still con
fined to bed at her home here.
Miss Ruth AleShire, childe welfare
consultant of the division "f child 1
welfare of the State Welfare Dept.
was here last week.
Joan Phillips, student at WCC,
Cullowhee, was at her home at
Tapoco for the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Suit of Tapoco
visited Mrs. Suit's sister at Oak
Ridge, Tenn.
lone Ener is seriously'ill at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Roy
Millsaps.
Mrs. Guy Jones and son. Jimmy, j
and Billy Rae Moody and Mrs. Mln
nie Farley spent one day lasf week
in Asheviile shopping.
Guy Jones made a business trip
to Andrews Thursday.
140 Graham
Acres Treated
With Limestone
?
From the summary of accomp
lishments at the 1953 Agricultur
al Conservation Program in Gra
ham County the local ASC Office
[ today released data on limestone.
The summary shows that 277
tons were received through AGP In
the county last year by 41 farmers.
Thls tonnage Is much less than any
tonnage received In the county in
any one year since the beginning
of the A CP. A number of factors I
was responsible for this low ton
nage. I
The two main reasons were the
small allowances in 1953 and the
long waiting period between the.
time the order was placed and de
livery was made.
140 eeree were treated
with this limestone and the ACP
pot up a total oost of $831 with fhs
farmers putting up a similar a
st and contributing all the la
bor.
pestone consists eeeentlally of
calcium ear boosts an
All crops ottUss <
Robbing ville Scouts
Receive Charter
Robblnsville Boy Scouts met re
cently with the troop committee
and viewed a film.
Tl\e newly re-organised troop
now has Its charter and will have
an investiture service at a special
PTA meeting soon.
Survey Made By
State Experts
Kenneth S. Clem, superinten
dent of Graham County Schools,
this week made the following
statement regarding the recently
published survey on Graham Coun
ty Schools:
"Recommendations were those
of a picked group of specialists by
the state department of education
authorities. Thg recommendations
in turn, are expert opinions?only.
"Furthermore, what the State
Board of Education will do relative
to the recommendations is an en
tirely different matter, as is al
ways the case.
"The Graham County School
Board has a*epecial appointment
with the state planning board
panel in Raleigh at which time de
tails of the survey recommenda
tions will be discussed. In turn the
results of the panel will be pre
sented to the State Board for
action.
"Opinions of the local school
board ar? not concerned."
HD WEEK EXHIBIT
The Atoah Milltown Home Dem
onstration Club will have ? window;
display in Robblnsville during
Home Demonstration Club Week
May 2-8.
? Robbinsville town officials last
week proclaimed Kay 3-8 as
"Clean Up Week", end a procla
mation was announced by Mayor
Lloyd Millsaps.
Millsaps said the town commis
sioners are cooperating with the
Junior Woman's Club in the cam
paign. '
He said all Duslness firms and
home owners are asked to help
make the week a success by doing
their spring cleaning during the
week, if they have not already
done so.
Mr. Millsaps also said that the'
town truck will pick up garbage'
on each Thursday, and requested
all persons to have their garbage
containers by the street ready for
the truck. ?,
Millsap's proclamation follows: a
PROCLAMATION
It being the intention of the
town commissioners to employ a
person or persons to remove gar
bage and waste from all the resi
dents of the town of Robbinsville
each week, the week of May 3 to
May 8. Inclusive, is hereby pro
claimed and designated "Town
Clean-Up Week."
All citizens are asked to give
their full cooperation tn making
this a complete and successful
clean-up of aU unsanitary and un
sightly waste In our town.
LLOYD MILLSAPS <
Mayor ,
Mrs. Wiles Feted ?
At Shower Sat.
!. f
Mrs. Delmar Wiles was honored '
last week at a surprise stork shiw- "
er by Mrs. Bufort Lance and Mrs. '
Johnny Long. The party was $eld
at the home of Mrs. WU1 Cdflper
and some 75 persons were invited.
Agriculture Leaders
Work Out Changes
HD Members Are
Named For District
The Graham County Council of
Home Demonstration Clubs last
week announced the following per
sons who will take -part in th? dis
trict HD meetin Hayesville, Ap. 29.
Response to the welcome, Mrs.
Gertrude Horn buckle; courtesy
committee member, Mrs. Frank
Edwards; resolutions committee
member, Mrs. Charles Riddle; nam
inations committee member, Mrs.
Gwen Carver; 4-H pages, Jean
Buchanan and Camllle Childers;
and progress report, Mrs. Cleve
land Cody and Mrs. David Riddle.
CIRCLES MEET TONIGHT
Circles Number One and Two of
the First Baptist Church, Robbins
ville, will meet tonight at 7:30.
Circle One meets with Mrs. Mae
Gateg and circle Two meets with
Mrs. Joe Carver.
lime to any great extent until it
was made available through the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram.
Limestone is the basis of all
At a meeting held at the ASC
Offic last week attended by rep
resentatives of most of the agcicui
tural agencies within the county,
recommendations on the 19^5 Ag
ricultural Conservation Program
were made.
Such recommendations will be
considered in formulating the Na
tional program.
The major changes recommend
ed were 1. The Winter Cover
Crop Practice be put back in the
program and not on increased acr
es only as we have it for 1954. 2.
Th^ word "initial" be deleated in
the 1955 ACP. It was the thinking
of the group that it is false econ
omy to spend money and then not
protect the investment. If this
change i, made It would permit far
mers to obtain fertilizer materials
to maintain permanent sods. At
present fertilizer materials are is
sued only, in connection with seed
ing, and no further assistance is
allowed for maintenance in the fu
ture.
i
soil Improvement. Th^ 140 acres
of cropland and pasture treated
with lime last year will realize ben
efits from Kg use for a number of
years.
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Announcing Oar Opening For the
Thursday, April IS
in delieioaa heme eooked
feed served In pleasant i -**?
JOYCE KILMER INN
w.c.
Special: Easter Dinner
Mrs. Gny a Sanaa, seers tor ?*
by Mrs. Minnie Farley and Mrs.
Wei
I Mrs. WUna Lee Carientar
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