TRANSYLVANIA'S
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
By - Dr. Joanna Byers
Consulting Psychologist
When Johnny Conies—
A well known civil war song goes:
“We'll all feel gay when Johnny comes march
horoe.” After World War I, the boys in khaki
marched in and were given a big ovation and
honored. World War II G.I. Joes were driv
en in in Cattle trucks, but still were honored,
sent to college if they wished and given a
fairly good start. Korean fighters were lost
in with the World War II veterans. Now the
young men who have been fighting, living, ex
isting in a war that is not a war are flown in
on big planes and few people but family and
friends hear about their honors or their
wounds.
What does the community do for these
young men who are returning home after their
tour of service? I am not considering the pa
rades or long speeches, but the everyday things
of living. One young man I know came home to
find there was no housing for him and his fam
ily. Another was discouraged about getting a
job. After many tries he decided to go back
to school in order to get different training. Still
another family was disrupted by the fact that
the young man was on “speed”. His wife called
in all upset because he was so suspicious, so fine
with the children one time and beat them the
next time he saw them. At first he refused to
go for help, then he got a prescription for
“speed” and was on that scene again. With fa
milial support the wife finally persuaded him to
go in for help and things settled down again.
They are still fighting the battle of getting ad
justed to family life.
This latter problem is one of the hidden
troubles of families who have had a brother
or father or husband away in the service. Let
me tell you about Susan and Terry. Susan
was a orphan raised by her grandparents and
she wanted to get away from home. Soon af
ter she graduated from High School she mar
ried a class-mate, Terry, who went into the
service a week later. Susan gave birth to a
- son while Terry was in training. On one state
sided assignment she lived with him for a few
months. By the time the second child was
born Terry was overseas again. Susan was
forced to return to her grandparent’s home
and live in very cramped quarters. The con
tinuing and almost constant quarreling and
bickering made it mgst. unpleasant for every
body but the babfe$**who were happy, con
tented, well adjusted: children.
When Terry returned home they rented
a house and Terry, who had received special
training in the service found there was no mar
ket for his talents. He took a job as a roofer,
worked hard and brought the money home. But
this did not mean they had a happy home. Su
san, who had had all of the care of the children
was resentful at Terry’s “interference.” Terry
who had been living in an adult world, a pre
dominatly male adult world, thought the chil
dren should behave like adults; and resented
Susan’s efforts to “hen peck” him. Almost im
mediately Susan found she was pregnant again.
This couple has many big adjustments to
make. Susan has some fears and feelings of
anger because of her early tragic homelife.
Terry is forced into becoming a father with
two children before he and Susan have had
time to develop a relationship. And they both
have a sense of having “missed out” on things.
You can read into this situation many other ad
justments the couple will have to make before
they can make their marriage a marriage.
What does our community offer the per
son who returns here? Do we have housing,
jobs, moral support for them? Is there a place
in our community for the air-bourn-in Veteran
who comes back to a changed and changing
world? Is your church or service club includ
ing these people in? The wounds of the service
man are not always crippled bodies. Sometimes
the psychological scars are more different to
live with than the visible scars. How do we feel
when Johpity Comes marching home?__
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Troop 703 Completes Summer
Program With Trip On Keowee
Troop 703 launched its sum
mer program with the Echo
ta District Camporee on May
7, 8, and 9th at Camp Louise.
This was followed by a two
night camping trip to the
Camp Daniel Boone “Log
Rolling” weekend when the
troop joined other troops
throughout the Council in
work projects to ready the
camp for the summer season.
Assistant Senior Patrol Lead
er, Frank Cordell, attended
the week-long Junior Leader
Training Camp the third
week in June.
For their annual long-term
camp, the troop hiked from In
dian Graveyard Fields to Camp
Daniel Boone by way of the
Shining Rock Trail. This was
done by hiking Saturday after
noon and camping Saturday
night at Cherry Point and then
completing the trip Sunday
morning. The troop then spent
a generally rainy week in camp,
during which only master fire
builders did any outdoor cook
ing. The troop defended the
Transylvania County honor by
winning the Water Meet on
Wednesday. (Troop 701, who
also hiked into camp, had. won
the Water Meet for the pre
vious week.) Junior Assistant
Scoutmaster, Chris Johnson,
was tapped out for the Order of
the Arrow Honor Camping So
ciety.
Those members of the
troop who advanced one rank
since January 1st were in
vited to join the troop staff
members in a canoe trip to
Lake Keowee. The troop put
in where Old Route 11 enters
the lake just below Jocasse
Dam and canoed about five
miles to the New Route 11
Bridge. Since this was a one
day exploratory trip, they
started back after lunch and
took out after about four
hours on the lake. The troop
practiced its lake canoeing
skills in preparation for next
spring’s river canoe trip.
Everyone slept very well
Saturday night.
Scouts participating in the
event were Frank Cordell,
Brian Echols, Glenn Hittel,
David-George Johnson, Steve
Hinkle, John Mann, Kevin Nor
ris, Kelvin Smallwood, Chris
White, John Winston, Junior
Assistant Scoutmasters Greg
Winston and Chris Johnson, As
sistant Scoutmaster John San
derson and Scoutmaster Dick
Gustafson. The trip was made
possible with the help of adults
such as Earle Johnson, Erwin
Hittel, Frank Guest, Don Jen
nings, Harry Ashworth, Jim
Morrow, Loren Brown, Bill
Leonard and Jim Anthony.
George Snelson
Dies In Florida
George L. Snelson, 69, Lake
Yale Retreat Mobile Homes,
Eustis, Fla., died Aug. 26th in a
Eustis hospital.
A native of Brevard, he was a
resident of Eustis, Fla. 13 years.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Brevard, and
was a retired steamfitter. He
was a member of the Masonic
Lodge F&AM Nelms Lodge No.
323 of Smyrna, Ga., and the
Plumbers and Steamfitters Lo
cal No. 150, Augusta, Ga.
Survivors: widow, Betty;
daughter, Mrs. Anita Wright,
Tavares; brother, Ralph, Bre
vard; nine sisters, Mrs. Daisy
Aiken, and Mrs. Ruth Patterson,
Hendersonville, N. C.; Mrs.
Katherine Hamlin, Mrs. Chris
tine Costner, and Mrs. Ann
Young, Asheville, N. C.; Mrs.
Rose Wingfield, Eustis; Mrs.
Marcia Pearce, Orlando; Mrs.
Fair Summers, Cameron, S. C’.,
and Mrs. Mollie Fearing, Lex
ington, Mass., several nieces and
nephews, and two grandchil
i dren.
Zeller Kennedy and Hamlin
Funeral Home, Eustis, was in
charge of arrangements.
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Jaycees To Have A Big
“Give-Away” This Fall
The Brevard Jaycees are
kicking off their fall “give
away” this week.
Someone will win a Variety
Shopping Spree consisting of
$100 worth of clothing from
Patterson’s, $100 worth of
groceries from Community
Cash and 100 gallons of gaso
line from Hubbard’s Esso.
The awarding will be held
at the Brevard vs. North Bun
combe football game on Sep
tember 24th. “You do not
have to be present to win,”
the Jaycees say.
Contact any Jaycee for tick
ets. Donations are one dollar.
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Wbafs my message ?
College
Students!
In early September The
Transylvania Times is plan
ning to carry a story listing
as many college students
from Brevard and Transyl
vania county as possible.
If yon are a college stu
dent already, or if you’re en
tering college this fall for
the first time, drop us a line,
giving us the inside infor
mation.
Please list your name,
your parents’ name, address,
the college or university that
you plan to attend, etc.
We’ll be delighted to hear
from you.
Address the information
to The Editor, The Transyl
vania Times, Box 32, Bre
vard, N. C. 28712. Thanks!
Seven Students From County
Awarded Degrees At V/CU
Seven students from Tran
sylvania County were among 337
students at Western Carolina
University to receive degrees
at summer commencement cere
monies recently.
Two of the seven students rc.
ceived their degrees with aca
demic honors.
They were Sherry Fendley
Waldrop (Mrs. Larry Richard)
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
J. Fendley of 309 Park Ave.,
Brevard, who was awarded the
bachelor of science in business
administration degree magna
cum laude (with great distinc
tion), and Sandra Carolyn Brad
ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Bradley of Penrose Rt.
1, who received the bachelor
of science in business adminis
tration degree cum laude (with
distinction). Mrs. Waldrop ma
jored in marketing and Miss
Bradley majored in accounting.
Others from Transylvania
County to receive degrees were:
Shirley B. Crawford of 201
Southview Dr., Brevard, who
majored in middle grade edu
cation; Paul Larry Evans of
Brevard, who majored in middle
grade education, and Evan
Stroud Flynn of Sapphire Man
or, Brevard, who majored in
educational administration. All
three were awarded the master
of arts in education degree.
Barbara Susan Johnsoii,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Earle Johnson, Jr. of
109 Minor St., Brevard, who
majored in marketing; and
Paul Wayne Smithey of Pisgah
Forest Rt. 1, who majored in
management. Both received
the bachelor of science in bus
iness administration degree.
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