with the
Transylvania Boys
in the
Military Service
Pfc. Harold W. Owen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Owen, of
Lake Toxaway, was on a recent
furlough at his home here from
Camp White, Oregon, where he is
in the army infantry. He was on
a 17-day furlough. He has been in
service since last November.
Another son, Cpl. John C. Owen,
is now overseas in active combat
duty in Sicily. He has been in
service 23 months.
Walter Mack Hamlin, first class
petty officer in the navy, is sta
tioned now at Camp Peary, Wil
liamsburg, Va. He was formerly
with the Wainwright ship yards,
Panama City. Florida.
St. Sgt. Ed Singletary, aerial
gunner in the air corps, was recent
ly home on furlough, after active
duty in North Africa. He is now
at Bolling Field, Washington, D.
C., for two months before leaving
for overseas duty. St. Sgt. Norman
Singletary, of the army air corps,
an aerial gunner, is stationed at
Sebring, Fla. He expects to leave
for overseas duty soon.
Capt. John D. Jones, nephew of
Mrs. C. F. Baldwin, formerly of
Woodlake Farm. Blantyre, has
been promoted from first lieuten
ant to captain. He is still overseas
in the New Guinea area.
Pfc. Clyde G. Jones, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Jones, of Cedar
Mountain, has been graduated re
cently as an airplane mechanic
from the B-24 Liberator bomber
school at Keesler Field, Miss., ac
cording to information received
from the public relations office at
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Keesler Field. He is now ready
for assignment to line of duty
wherever the big Liberators are
operating.
Pfc. Harold F. Norris, son of
Mrs. Ola Norris, of Pisgah Forest,
was graduated recently from Kees
ler Field, Biloxi, Miss., as an air
plane mechanic. He is now quali
fied for line of duty with other
members of his class for probable
assignment to one of the army’s
big bomber planes.
Cpl. Craig Sharpe, who has com
pleted his training course at the
army air base near Detroit, Mich.,
is home this week with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Sharpe,
on a 10 day furlough before being
transferred to a camp in Utah for
further training and promotion to
a higher rank.
Sgt. Charles Pickelsimer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer, of
Brevard, left the past week for
Glascow, Mont., after a week's
furlough at his home here. He was
transferred to Montana from Moses
Lake, Wash. He is first radioman
and gunner on a B-17 bomber of
the army air corps.
Captain C. L. Newland, of the
Laurinburg-Maxton army air base,
is home this week on a furlough
with his family. Captain Newland
is chief of the surgical service of
the 300-bed hospital at the air
base.
Richard M. Loftis, of the U. S.
navy, spent his 7-day leave here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Loftis. He has been promoted
recently from radioman first class
to chief radioman. He is now sta
tioned at San Diego, California.
Cpl. Charles W. Lee, who volun
teered for service June 16, has
completed his basic training at
Westover Field. Mass., and has
been promoted to the rank of cor
poral. “I like the service fine and
want to help hurry up the day
when we can put fellows like Hit
ler in a cage where he should have
been long ago.”
Pfc. Gordon Brewer, who has
been in the army, stationed at Fort
Bliss, Texas, since last March, is
now serving in the anti-aircraft
coast guard artillery overseas.
Pfc. .Jack Dermid, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. 0. Dermid, is now
stationed at the Romulus air base.
Romulus, Mich. He was inducted
into service the past January, and
took his basic training at Keesler
Field, Miss. He was then trans
ferred to Camp Lee, Va., and to
Camp Luna, New Mexico, before
being sent to his present station.
Pfc. Dermid is in the quarter
master division of the army air
corps.
Pfc. Hale Chamberlain, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Chamberlain,
of San Carlos, Ariz., formerly
Brevard residents, was transferred
to Fitzsimons General hospital,
Denver. Colo., on August 8 for a
3-month course in X-ray, after
which he will be returned to his
former station at Hammon Gen
eral hospital, Modesto, Calif. He
was promoted to the rank of
private first class the first of
August. To all members of the
Jones-Planners group, Hale says,
“Howdy.” Six of this group of
Brevard young people are now in
the armed forces, including Bob
Huggins, St. Clair Austin, Larry
and David Dixon, Richard Frank
lin and Hale. Mary Jane Brown is
the only girl member, and Pendle
ton Banks will be a navy officer
soon. In a recent letter to the
editor of The Times, Hale con
cludes, “We’re scattered all over
the map now but there’ll be a
reunion after the war’s over.”
Pfc. Jack L. Brown, is home on
a 10-day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brown, from
Edgewood Arsenal, Md., where he
is in the chemical warfare division
of the army. He has been in ser
vice seven months.
Aviation Student B. David
Franklin, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. D. Franklin, of Brevard,
has completed his training course
at the aviation school, University,
Ala., and has been transferred to
the aviation classification center at
San Antonio, Texas, for further!
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a full line of school supplies, such as tablets, pencils,
note books, note book fillers and crayons. It isn't too
early to buy these items for the session opening soon.
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Ecusta Dance Team Makes Outstanding Record
With Eben Morrow as manager and caller, the Eeusta Dance team won second place in the
recent Square Dance festival at Asheville. The te; m is composed of 10 couples and the above photo
was made while the team was dancing at the festival.
Brevard Merchants Honor Men
In Service And Raise Money
For Honor Roll Board. Also
NATIONAL FOREST
SUPERVISOR TAKES
IMPORTANT PLACE
H. B. Bosworth To Be Area
Forester In State For
Government Work
H. B. Bosworth, for the past
four years supervisor of the Pis- i
gah-Croatan National forests, has
been appointed area forester in
the United States government’s
expansion program for war-time
timber production in North Caro
lina.
Mr. Bosworth left yesterday for
Raleigh where he will have head
quarters. Following the war. it is
expected forest supervision will
revert to pre-war programs, with
Mr. Bosworth returning to" the
Asheville headquarters of the Pis
gah-Croatan forests.
Assistant Supervisor W. P. Dun
can will be in charge of the offices
here in the absence of Mr. Bos
worth.
Mr. Duncan has been assistant
for the past three years. The
Pisgah-Croatan officers are on the
second floor of the Federal build
ins.
To Expand Service
Recent allocation of funds by
the War Production board will
expand the U. S. forest service
assistance to lumber and pulp
using industries and timberland
owners in the production of in
creased quantities of forest pro
ducts for critical war needs. This
is the reason for the new' set-up
in federal forests and among for
estry officials. As area foresterer
in North Carolina, Mr. Bosworth
wall be assisted by Roger D. Huff,
former forest service timber man
agement specialist attached to the
North Carolina state forester’s of
fice.
The expanded work, undertaken
upon the request of the War Pro
duction board, was authorized by
the last congress through an ap
propriation of $1,000,000 to carry
out the program in forest areas
east of the Great Plains. Of the
total appropriation, 60 per cent
was allocated by the WPB to 11
states of the Southern region,
which are expected to produce
about 50 per cent of the nation’s
total lumber output this year.
North Carolina’s share is expected
to be 1,656.000 board feet of tim
ber and timber products, a huge
total, but within the ability of the
all-out-for-w’ar effort of the state,
Mr. Bosworth said.
To Give Assistance
Mr. Bosworth’s office, with ex
perienced field representatives lo
cated at Newton, Lexington, Wash
ington, and Burgaw, will give
assistance to land owmers mill
and pulp operators in selective
cutting methods and in locating
and making available stumpage
suitable for war needs; assist in
obtaining equipment, assist in hold
ing and obtaining labor and assist
in determining the adequacy of
ceiling prices in relation to local
or changing costs. It is emphasized
that this project is designed to
be as helpful to industry and land
owners as it can be under current
conditions and every effort will
be made to assist in the coordina
tion of the efforts of the several
government and state agencies
necessary to the prosecution of
training. He writes home that he
enjoys reading his home town
paper, The Transylvania Times,
very much each week. Another
son, Richard Franklin, is at the
navy quartermaster school at New
port, R. I. He expects to complete
this course by the end of this
month. The two brothers have
been in service since last Febru
ary. I
Printing Of Names On Board
Can Now Be Resumed. Mrs.
Newland In Charge
Brevard merchants are not only
going to close their stores for a
minimum of 15 minutes during
the funeral hour for every Tran
sylvania man in service who has
to pay the supreme price, but also
they are contributing $47.50 this
week to pay the expenses of hav
ing the names of the servicemen
printed on the county’s Honor Roll
board in front of the courthouse, j
A few days ago Mrs. Charles L. I
Newland, who has charge of the
Honor Roll board, told The Times
that none of the names of selectees
who had entered service since
May have been printed on the
board because funds have given
out.
“It costs 10 cents per name and
it looks like we'll have to just
quit putting up the names unless
we can get more money from some
source,” Mrs. Newland told The
Times.
The paper assured her that she
need not worry about the money.
“You are rendering a real service
in securing the names and having
them printed on the board.” she
was told. “And you certainly
should not have to worry about
the money. We’ll do something
about it,” Publisher Ed Anderson
stated.
Realizing the importance of hav
ing the name of every man in
service from this county on the
board. The Times management de
cided to raise some more funds
for this purpose.
On page sixteen of this issue is
a page advertisement sponsored by
a large number of local firms and
organizations. In addition to pay
ing for the space used, these firms
and The Times raised $47.50
through this manner and a check
has been sent to Mrs. Newland.
The caption of the ad is, “Honor
ing Transylvania Men in Service.”
The co-operation of the public in
connection with the plans for
closing the stores is requested and
another section of the ad was
devoted to urging every one to
honor men in service by buying
more war bonds.
“That was the easiest page I
have ever promoted,” Ira Arm
field, advertising manager, stated.
“All of our merchants are very
patriotic and are eager to back
up every man in service from this
county.”
Renewal Fuel Oil
Forms Are Requested
All users of fuel oil are again
urged to send in their renewal
applications at once to the local
rationing board office so that the
county may obtain an allotment
that will be sufficiently large to
take care of all needs.
Renewal forms were mailed
some time ago to all of last year's
users and as yet many of them
have not submitted the applica
tions, it is stated.
New users and late registrants
will have to wait until the latter
part of September to file applica
tions.
the war effort. The expanded for
est service program will supple
ment the work of this type already
being done in cooperation with
N. C. Forester J. S. Holmes, Ex
i tension Forester R. W. Graeber,
and by Lumber Advisor J. B. Hut
ter of the War Production board.
In pointing out the urgent need
of increasing United States lumber
and pulp production during the
remainder of 1943, Mr. Bosworth
said consumption during the first
quarter of the year was 7,369
million feet, exceeding production
by 18 per cent. Estimated con
sumption for the second quarter
of 1943 is 8,137 million feet, 10
percent above the first quarter of
the year.
TWO ADDITIONS TO
COLLEGE FACULTY
ANNOUNCED TODAY
Miss Tuttle And R. L. John
son Are Added. Both
Experienced
Two additions to the Brevard
College faculty were announced
today by President E. J. Coltrane.
Miss Emily Tuttle, of Yadkin
county, will teach on the pre
college staff, and R. L. Johnson,
of Statesville, has been added to
the institution’s administrative
staff.
Miss Tuttle is a graduate of
Greensboro College and has had
several years of teaching experi
ence. She is a sister of Rev. R. G.
Tuttle, pastor of the Methodist
church at Sylva, and daughter of
the late Rev. R. G. Tuttle, former
pastor of the Brevard Methodist
church.
Mr. Johnson has served as
business manager of Mitchell col
lege in Statesville for the past
several years. In addition to his
work in the business office, Mr.
Johnson will be associated in the
college’s commercial and business
education department.
“We feel fortunate in having
secured both of these new mem
bers,” Dr. Coltrane said.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have al
ready moved here and are now
living in one of the college houses
on the corner of French Broad and
Caldwell.
INVASION OF
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plane factories and other important
military objectives.
With the capture of Kharkov
by the Russians from German
forces imminent, the Red army
continues to smash through stif
fening German resistance to gain
four miles toward Bryansk, kill
ing more than 8,000 more Ger
mans in the attacks.
Prominent in the war news of
the week was the surprise U. S.
attack on the Japs at the enemy’s
Wewak airbase in the New Guinea
area, when they bagged 170 Jap
airplanes and killed 1,500 Jap
anese. More than 10,000 bombs
were dropped by allied forces in
the surprise raid, destroying the
greater part of the Japanese air
forces as they were massing their
planes and troops for an evident
early stroke at U. S. forces.
Announcement last Saturday by
the Italian government, declaring
Rome an open city, caused con
siderable stir in the war com
muniques of that day, but initial
allied reaction made it clear that
the declaration would have to be
accompanied by demilitarization
steps before the Italian capital
would be x'emoved from the list
of allied military targets. Allied
bombs have continued to blast mil
itary targets in Rome, Milan. Tur
in and other Italian cities, caus
ing great destruction to railway
lines and factories and many cas
ualties, resulting in panic and
uprisings among civilians.
Age Of Columns
Modern journalism has featured
unbiased reporting, large head
lines and an extensive use of pic
tures, but even more significant
is the growth and expansion of
the columnist and feature columns.
This is certainly the age of
columnists and many of them seem
to have the opinion that the coun
try just couldn’t get along without
them. Perhaps not, but we enjoy a
column more if the w’riter doesn’t
leave the impression that he knows
everything and that he has the
right answer for all problems.
“The newspapers are great
American institutions, but I de
plore the efforts of the columnists
to run this country,” Congressman
R. L. Doughton, chairman of the
powerful House ways and means
committee, recently said to this
writer.
Some Columns Entertain
Maybe the veteran North Caro
lina Representative was a little
peeved that morning because
some of the national columnists
had been “knifing” him about
his withholding tax plan. We
don’t always agree with them,
and don’t think they should run
the country, but we like to read
what a number of them write
because they often times get out
of the woods and take a calm
look at the forest.
And then there are many col
umns that undertake to enter
tain and care little, or nothing,
for informing. That’s one of the
major purposes of this column,
believe it or not!
Glancing Back Column
And then there’s the column
that undertakes to remind. Such
a column is published each week
in this paper under the boxed
title of “Glancing Back At Bre
vard.” If you were living in Bre
vard in 1906, the chances are three
to one that you’ll enjoy reading
that column if you are not already
doing so. Even newcomers who
are interested in the background
of the town might also like it.
If you aren’t reading “Glancing
Back,” take a look at it in this
issue.
“Wettest Dry Town”
Reading an item in “Glancing
Back” a week or so ago prompt
ed Attorney and Historian Bob
Gash to remind us of a unique
remark made by Thomas A. Edi
son when he visited here in
June, 1906. The item referred
to the fact that Mr, Edison was
here for a brief time.
“Looking back on the occur
rence, there was a comical and
interesting turn to it,” Bob said.
“At that time there was no
bridge over Kings Creek and
there had been a cloudburst up
Kings Creek. The creek was out
of its banks from what is now
the College grounds to the front
of the hill near Mrs. Witmer’s
The Edison cars were held up
in North Brevard for nearly
three hours. When the party
reached the Franklin hotel, they
were wet and hungry. Some of
the party called insistently for
drinks. When the “dry situation”
was explained, Edison remarked,
“This is the wettest dry town
I ever saw.”
Kills Unpatriotic Hen
One of the best war stories we
have heard in a long time was
related a few days ago by Karl
M. Ti’efzer. Mr. Trefzer does elec
trical work at Ecusta and lives
near Brevard. He has a poultry
house full of hens and raises a
fine Victory garden.
The other day one of his hens
laid an unusual egg with a rough
shell containing a perfect likeness
of Japan’s “Rising Sun” emblem.
Mr. Trefzer’s mother-in-law imme
diately recognized the egg and de
cided that some subversive influ
ence was prevalent. Without delay
the hen that produced this egg
was spotted and put to death for
being unpatriotic!
On the patriotic side, another
one of Mr. Trefzer’s hens recently
went all-out for production. This
hen laid an egg which the owner
vowed was 8 inches long, weighed
nearly one pound and contained
3 complete eggs inside. The owner
said he was going to ask the WPB
to award an “E” to this hen!
What Is Patriotism?
There are some people who ap
parently let their patriotism or
laek of good sense go to the ex
treme, and thereby often times
cause unjust harm to others.
We were having lunch the other
day, and seated at a rather large
table were three other persons
whom we did not know'. Two of
them was a middle-aged couple
and the other was a pleasant young
man of about 30 years of age. He
and the writer were seated close
together and the other two were
at the lower end of the table.
While eating our lunch, the
young man and I were talking
about this and that around Bre
vard when suddenly the lady near
the end of the table interrupted
and inquired almost accusingly of
the young man, “Why aren’t you
in the army?”
I was startled by the question
and glanced at the young man.
His face was flushed and reddened
a little bit and it was obvious that
there was some pain in his mind.
But calmly he replied, “I have a
physical disability that is keeping
me out.”
At lunch I made some inquiry
and learned that the fellow had
tried hard to get into service. His
disability was not apparent, and
he said to me, “You probably wmn’t
believe it, but I’m asked that ques
tion often by people whom I hard
ly know.”
What a shame. That’s heaping
coals of fire on a man who is
already burning from u'ithin. Of
course there are some draft dodg
ers and every effort should be
made on the part of the public to
get them into service. But why
should a patriotic young man who
has voluntarily offered to enter
service and who w'as rejected be
cause of a disability be punished
in such a manner? Why should
that boy have to suffer mental
agony because of foolish questions
on the part of strangers?
The draft boards are doing a
thorough job and we do not think
boys w?ho have been rejected
should be unmercifully treated
that way. Naturally they are em
barrassed if forced to make a full
explanation, and it is quite prob
able that their first reaction is.
“It’s none of your d_business,
or go to_” But modesty and
decency cause them to refrain
from such expression.
“Don’t talk—the enemy may be
listening,” is a good slogan and
why shouldn’t the public refrain
from asking young men embar
rassing questions unless they have
some information to the contrary.
Disabilities are something over
which none of us have any control.
We may be wrell today and disabled
tomorrow. There is no place in
Uncle Sam’s army for such men,
but they can do a job on the home
front and it is our observation
that most of them are doing that
job.
Let’s be careful and not make
life any more unpleasant for them!
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this means of
thanking our friends and neighbors
for their many acts of kindness
and sympathy shown us during
the illness and at the death of our
wife and mother, and also for the
lovely flowers.
C. K. Osborne and family.
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