Pisgah Forest
—COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS—
BY MRS. C. F. ALLISON
VISIT RIDGECREST
A group of seventeen officers,
teachers and church members oi
the local Baptist church spent last
Saturday at Ridgecrest, Baptisl
training center, where they attend
ed the Southwide Baptist Sundaj
school conference. The group
which stayed through the evening
service, heard two interesting ser
mons by Dr. Head and Dr. Fuller
of the Theological Seminary. The
group, which included the pastor
Rev. J. A. Anderson, and Sundaj
school superintendent, D. H. Orr,
went in the Burgess truck, taking
picnic lunches with them and also
enjoyed a visit to the Montreat
Assembly grounds.
RAY-MORGAN WEDDING
Of interest to friends is the an
nouncement of the recent marri
age of Miss Nona Morgan, of
Newport News, Va., and Junior
(Tuck) Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Verg Ray, of this place. The wed
ding recently took place in South
Carolina.
SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS
ELECTED
At the close of Sunday school
on Sunday morning at the Baptist
church a meeting was held at
which time the following Sunday
school officers were elected: D. H.
Orr, who has been superintendent
for more than twenty years, was
reelected with W. C. Morris as
assistant supt.; Secretary, Fred Mc
Cann; Treasurer. Frisco Sentell;
Choirster, R. E. Mackey; Assistant
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Stalwart youths . . . that’s
the kind we are rearing in
America today to carry on
the traditions which their
elders are now protecting
against assault on the battle
field.
Good food is one of the
blessings that they enjoy
along with other Americans.
When you want a change
from home fare, drop in for
a complete meal or a tasty
snack. Always glad to have
you.
!
Galloway’s Cafe
PETE BIKAS, Owner
Brevard, N. C.
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Choirster, Mrs. A. L. Morgan;
Pianist, Lois Sentelle; Assistant
Pianist, Marguerite McCann and
Clerk, Valry Carter.
Selection of the pastor and de
cision on war bond purchase was
postponed until preaching services
on Sunday morning when a full
attendance is requested.
MRS. CORN HONORED
Mrs. R. E. Sherrill and Mrs.
J. A. Anderson, assisted by other
members of the Woman’s Mis
sionary society, of the Baptist
church, entertained on last Thurs
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Sherrill with a shower and party
as a farewell courtesy to Mrs. C. L.
Corn, who is leaving this week to
make her home in Atlanta, Ga.
Many lovely gifts of linen were
presented to Mrs. Corn, after which
a social hour was enjoyed.
HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mrs. Arthur Sentelle entertained
at her home on Tuesday afternoon
with a birthday party honoring her
daughter, Jewel, on her twelfth
birthday. A lovely birthday cake,
with twelve blue candles, centered
the dining table and was served
with lemonade to the twelve guests
present. Playing of games and
opening of the gifts were enjoyed
by. the group.
ALLISON RECEIVES
PROMOTION
Junior Allison, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Allison, who entered
the army in February and has
been stationed at Camp Santa
Anita, Calif., in the Ordnance di
vision, has been promoted to cor
poral.
PERSONAL MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pressley
have had as their guest, their
nephew, Pvt. Leonard Pressley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Pressley
and stationed in the army in Calif.
Mrs. Frisco Sentelle and Miss
Ellen Sentelle went to work on
Monday in the Machine Booklet
department at Ecusta.
Miss Elizabeth Carter, who ac
companied Miss Martha Whitaker,
has returned from a two weeks
visit with relatives in Chicago, 111.
Dee Wilson, who entered the
army in January and has been
stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla.,
returned here on Saturday, having
been discharged due to minor
heart trouble. Mrs. Wilson, who
resided in Rosman, has been mak
ing her home with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Galloway, while
Mr. Wilson was away.
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Hollingsworth were Mr.
and Mrs. Ford Nalley and Miss
Queen, of Pickens, S. C.
A. J. Parker, of the U. S. Navy,
has finished his boot training at
Bainbridge, Md., and is now sta
tioned at Little Creek, Va.
Mrs. Harry Sentelle will leave
this week to spend sometime with
her husband, who is in the U. S.
Navy stationed at Chatham, Mass.
Mrs. Charlie Allison and daugh
ter, Helen, visited the former’s
brother, Joe Johnson, and Mrs.
Johnson in North Brevard on Sun
day.
Week end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Sentelle and family
FORTY WINKS FOR TIRED YANKS
AFTER A NIGHT ol blasting Jap Installations on Kolombangara in
the Solomons, these members of the U S task force catch a nap. They
awakened to blow Jap ships out of the water in the Battle of Kula
Gulf. Navy photo from News of the Day Newsreel. (International)
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with the
Transylvania Boys|
in the
Military Service |
Sgt. John MeMinn, a gunner in
the air forces, stationed now at
Hunter’s Field, Savannah, Ga.,
recently visited here with his
mother, Mrs. Ethel MeMinn. He
has been in service the past nine
months.
Lawrence F. Dixon, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Dixon, of Pis
gah Forest, is in the U. S. air
corps at Keesler Field. Miss. He
has been in service since last
March. Another son, David F. Dix
on, who has been in service the
past four weeks, is now at the
U. S. naval training station,
Bainbridge, Md.
S. S. Barnette, son of Mrs. A. W.
Barnette, of Brevard, has been
promoted recently to petty officer
second class. He is somewhere in
were Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Corn
and son, of Spartanburg.
Clyd», son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Orr who recently finished
his navy boot training at Bain
bridge, Md., is now taking a ma
chinist course in Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bowen
spent Sunday with Mr. arid Mrs.
Arthur Bowen and Miss Margaret
Bowen at North Brevard.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Barnette have
as their guest this week, their
neice, Miss Helen Jean King, of
Greenville, S. C.
PICNIC!
Farmers Federation
War Rally
Wednesday, duly 28
STARTING AT 10 A. M.
Brevard High School
Short talks will be made by various agricultural
leaders of the county.
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Bring Basket Lunch. We Will Furnish
Watermelons and Lemonade.
A number of prizes will be awarded
during the day, including a grand
award to the immediate family who
has the most members in the military
service. Others are listed in a news
story in this issue.
All musicians are invited to
come and take part in the
program.
the Southwest Pacific. He has
been in service almost a year and
was sent first to Norfolk, Va., to
a torpedoman school, after which
he was assigned to a ship. He
writes his family here that he gets
his Transylvania Times regularly
and enjoys reading it very much.
Corporal Ralph Gillespie, from
the Desert Training Center in
California, recently spent a fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. A. Gillespie, of Brevard,
Route 1. The Gillespies have two
ether sons in service. Pvt. Wallace
Gillespie has completed his basic
training with the armored division
at Ft. Knox, Ky., and Pvt. Jack
Gillespie is taking technical train
ing in gunnery at Camp Croft,
S. C.
A-S N. A. Miller, Jr., has been
transferred from the air training
center at Clemson College to the
advanced air training school at
Nashville, Tennessee. Before being
transferred he was home on a
brief leave here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Miller.
Alfred E. Hampton, Jr., navy
radioman second class, who has
been in the South Pacific warring
zone about a year, wired his mo
ther, Mrs. A. E. Hampton, here
recently that he was in San
Francisco on a short shore leave.
His wife left to be with her hus
band while on leave.
Mrs. Harold R. Merrill has re
ceived word that her husband, who
is a corporal in the field artillery,
has arrived safely in North Africa.
Before entering the service, Cpl,
Merrill was a chiropractor in Bre
vard.
Pvt. William W. Gillespie, son
)f Mrs. B. A. Gillespie, of Brevard,
was recently cited as a “sharp
shooter” at the armored force re
placement training center at Fort
Knox, Ky. He made one of the
aest scores in his company.
Cpl. Rastus Allison, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Allison, of Bre
vard, was home recently on a
week's furlough from the New
River marine base. He has been
in service a year. Another son, Eli
Allison, is a marine aircraft me
chanic at the Santa Anna, Calif.,
marine base. He wrote his mother
that he hammers more rivets for
Uncle Sam than he did at a simi
lar job in Detroit before he was
inducted last April.
Pfc. Rastus Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Smith, of Brevard,
Route 2, was home on a few days’
furlough last week from the At
lanta ordnance department. He has
now been transferred to Claiborne,
La. He has been in service since
last October.
Capt. Henry N. Carrier, Jr., who
was promoted recently to the rank
of captain, is now a pilot for the
combat air transport conjmand,
which operates an aerial ferry
service among bases in the South
Pacific area, according to a news
release from the marine public
relations office. Capt. Carrier, son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Carrier, of
Brevard, is a graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
was first commissioned a second
lieutenant in the marine air corps
in February, 1941. He was pro
moted to first lieutenant last Sep
tember.
Pvt. Dennis W. Terry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Terry, of
Brevard, Route 2, is in the army
infantry, now in active duty in
the Southwest Pacific. He volun
teered in military service two
years ago last February.
Pvt. Linton Lanning has return
ed to Fort Bliss, Texas, after
spending a 6-day furlough here
with his mother, Mrs. Frank
Wolfe, and family. He writes that
he likes army life fine and en
joys reading his Transylvania
Times each week, and passes it
along for the other boys to read
and they enjoy it too. Before en
tering service he was employed
at Scott’s market.
KEESLER FIELD, Biloxi, Miss.,
July 22—The Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command to
day announced the graduation of
Pfc. William S. Austin from the
B-24 Liberator bomber mechanics
school at Keesler Field.
Pvt. Austin, son of Mr. ana Mrs.
Wm. C. Austin, 687 Probart St.
Brevard, has just completed the
intensive 17-week course of train
ing in all types of B-24 mainten
ance, and is now ready for active
duty whereever the huge bombers
are operating.
His job on the line will not be
merely to make certain that a
bomber is in the best possible
mechanical condition when it
takes off, but also to repair any
damages it might bring back from
battle.
Naval Aviation Cadet Alva Sen
tell, of Pisgah Forest, has report
ed to the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight
school at Athens, Ga., for three
months of intensive physical
toughening and instruction in ad
vanced ground school subjects.
Upon successful completion of
the course, he will be transferred
to a Naval air station to begin
progressive flight training pre
paratory to joining a combat unit.
Sentell graduated from Brevard
high school in 1941 and attended
Brevard College for one and one
half years. He was transferred
here from the CAA War Train
ing Service school, Columbia,
South Carolina.
Howard Douglas Wyatt, Jr.,
wrote to his parents, Mr. and Mrs’
H. D. Wyatt, here of his experi
ences in the recent race riots at
Camp Chenango, Pa., where the
negroes attempted to take over
everything. The entire camp broke
out with steel helmets, gas masks,
clubs and guns and drove them
back to their company, killing
three and wounding six.
One U. S. armored division uses
more than 500 tons of ammunition
every day in action.
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