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hdfdsf VOLUME NINE SUB. RATES: $1.60 YEAR. —Men In Service— Killed In Action Pvt. Paul Deyton who was previously reported missing in action in Ger many was killed in action there on Jan. 13 according to a message from the war department. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dey ton of Day Book. Missing In Action i Pvt. Gar Blankenship, son of Mr. and Mrs- Floy Blank- j enship of Cane River, has been missing in action in Luxembourg since Jan. 13, 1 his parents have been in-j formed by the war depart-! ment. 11l of Typhus Fever Pvt. Earl L. McPeters been seriously Jll e< of typhus fever in the India- Burma theatre since Jan. 11, the war department has notified his wife, the form er Miss Bessie Hensley of Burnsville. Returns From "Overseas Sgt. J Fred Sams, son of; Mrs. Lela Sams, has return-! ed to the states after 27j months service in North Africa, Sardinia and Corsi-' ca. He was a machinist with the 12th Air Force,! and his group won recogni-i tion as one of the best in the Mediterrean theatre. Sgt. Sams entered service in April, 1942 and went ov erseaa in Nov 1942. He is a graduate of Bald Creek high school, Mars Hill col- 1 lege and the Air Condition ing and Refrigeration scho-! ol of Youngston, Ohio. Loy McCurry, S. lc has recently completed the na val air gunners school at Miami. He is taking fur ther training there. Wesley Banks of the U. S. Merchant Marine is at home on leave after return- ; ing from overseas duty. Pfc. Iliff Clevenger is home from Salina, Kansas air field on a short leave. E. F. Hunter, S2c i s now| at the Fleet Service school,! Virginia Beach, Va. Duane Penland, S lc has been home on short leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rhea Penland. He is 1 stationed at Corpus Chris ti, Texas. * Pvt. James Miller has landed safely in Italy. He is the son of Mr and Mrs.' Rexter Miller of Ramsey town. Francis, Wayne Honey cutt is stationed at Bain bridge, Md., where he is taking his boot training. Ensign J. D. Greene who recently completed his tra ining at the Merchant Mar ine school, Kings Point, N. Y. is home on leave visiting his mother, Mrs. Minnie! Greene. S. Sgt Charles E. Hopson who has been stationed;'at Amarillo, Texas since re turning from overseas is now at Santa Monica, Cal. THE YANCEY RECORD Wounded In Action Sgt. Niram Miller has been slightly wounded in action in Germany and is now in a hospital in Eng land. He is improving^rap -1 idly and will be ready to re turn to duty within a few weeks, according to a letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Miller of Sioux. Wounded In Action 1 Pvt; Junior M. Silvers ! was slightly wounded in ac j tion in Belgium on Jan. 4, | his wife, the former Linda Hilemon of Cane River, has been notified by the war department. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Silver. Lee Ray Robertson who has been on duty with the Mediterrean fleet for sev eral months is home on 30 day leave. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Z Robert-! son. ' Clyde Tallent, Petty Os- I ficer 3c, is spending a 30 : day leave with his mother, j Mrs. Emma Tallent. He i has served with the Atlan- I tic fleet for the past 13 months and wears a cam- I paign ribbon with two bat i tie stars. Cherry Point, N. C.— Marine Staff Sergeant Grady L. Hipps, of Newdale N C., has been promoted from sergeant to his pre sent rank at this Marine Corps Air Station. He entered the Marine ! Corps on December 11, 1943 at Columbia, S. C., and is now on duty as an electri cian with an aviation engi neering squadron at Cherry Point, the largest Marine air base. Gerdine Williams and | Edcl Cassida are now tak- I ing their boot training at the naval training station, Bainbridge, Md Bill Mclntosh, S 2c is now at the naval air station, ! Suffolk, Va. Pfc. Emerson J. Woody ! is stationed at Fort Knox? Ky. Pfc. Zenas Boone was re cently transferred to Camp , Lee, Va. where*, he is now ' stationed Robert C. Howell, S lc and J. CT Ayers, S 3c, are now at Camp Bradford, Va. i 1 Pvt. John R. Dale is sta tioned at Camp Pinedale, Fresno, Cal Pfc. George D. McCurry j is stationed at Camp How-j ze, Texas and his brother, Pvt. Paul L. McCurry who was recently wounded in action in France is now as signed to the Finney gener- ; al hospital, Thomasville, Ga. The following men have passed the preinduction ex amination: Raymond Cecil Autrey,' Hansel Morrow, Ray Hile- 1 mon, Oscar Gortney, Walk er Thomas, James Hoover, Edward Gillespie, Clarence Y, McMahan. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1945 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN NOTICE A representative from the Social Security Field of fice at Asheville will be at the court house in Burns ville in the Register of Deeds office at 11 a..m. on 1 Wed. Feb. 7th. Promoted To Captain A U. S. Troop Carried Base, European Theater of Operations: The promo : tion of First Lieutenant Harold K. Bailey to the rank of Captain was an nounced recently by the Commanding Officer of the 1 316th Troop Carrier Group. Capt. Bailey is the son *of « Mr. Roy H. Bailey of Bald i Creek, N. C. ! The Captain is the pilot ’ of a paratroop-hauling C-47 aircraft with 1,000 flying hours to his credit since ar riving overseas 19 months ago. He was awarded the j coveted Air Medal and ') Bronzb Oak Leaf Cluster .j for his participation as fir | st pilot in the initial invas ; ions of Normandy and Hol land. In addition he wears the Presidential Unit Cita tion with a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster awarded to members of his unit for the Desert campaign and more recently the D-Day action over Normandy. Capt. Bailey is a gradu ate of the Wake Forest,Col lege and was a high school ■i teacher in civilian life at Raleigh, N; C. U. S. Troup ' Carrier Forces, of which his unit is a part, are head ed by Maj. Gen. Paul L. Williams and forms the air component of the new First Allied Airborne Army whi : ch made its battle debut on 1 the northern German flank in Holland. Returns From Overseas I Miami Beach, Fla. Jan.— ! F Sgt. Jack E. Bailey, 21, of Green Mountain, N. C., ha s arrived at Army Air Forces Redistribution Sta tion No. 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment process ing after completing a tour of duty outside the contin ental United States. Medical examinations and classification interviews at this post, pioneer of several redistribution stations op erated by the AAF Person nel Distribution Command for AAF returnee officers and enlisted men, will de termine his new assignment He will remain at the redis tribution station about two weeks, much of which will be devoted to rest and re creation. Sgt. Bailey was overseas 35 months in the Southwest I acific Area, where he was a tail-gunner, and flight chief on medium bombers! and fighter planes. He is the son of Mrs. Myrtle Bail.y, Green Mountain. Mrs. James Harris has received word her husband,] Pvt: James Harris, has landed in France. Pvt. Har-i | rig took his basic training in Camp Wheeler, Ga. Pvt. Paul T. Robinson is home for a few days fur lough. Pvt. Robinson took his basic training in LitUe Rock, Ark. PLAY AT CLEARMONT The Senior 1 Class play, “Spring Fever", will be pre ; sented at Clearmont school ■on Wednesday evening, ! Feb. 7 at 8 o’clock. i ' .sJl, i. ■ ' CASES HEARD IN CIVIL' COURT TERM j * The special term of Sup j? erior court to hear civil cas . es, convened Monday with . Judge Sink jfresiding. The ' following cases were called: ' H. D. McCandless et al » vs W. F. Ballard et al, Judg ' ment for defendant. W. A Black et al ve Hir f am Young, through guard j ian, Continued. L. E. Briggs vs Herb t BlacK>t al, continued to 1 March term. r Geter Honeycutt vs Mack - Ledford and wife, contin -3 ued to March term. j Griffin and Vose, Inc. v§ 1 Non-Metallic Mineral Cor r poration, Judgment for - planitiff. Elizabeth Bennett Lewis . vs Luther Ayers, mistrial. 3 ‘ j ■ Legion Post Adopts Resolutions > of Regret J The regular meeting of Burnsville Rt. 1, Germany,! i the Earl Horton post of the 1 JJov. 24; Tech. Sgt. Olin O. American Legion and of the! Cnrisawn, son of Mr - and • Auxiliary wa 8 held at the rs R , lle y Chrisawn of • club house on Tuesday ev- Bamnck, Italy, April 28; 1 ening, Jan. 23. Sgt. Walter H. Gibbs, son of t Dover R. FYmta r * Mrs. H. J. Gibbs of, Ptii-nsvitte Rt. 1, Belgium, i the bussiness session of the P ec Sgt. Howard D. - post. No meeting was held » son °f Mrs. Eliza • in December because of bad Loftis of Hamrick, France, r "weather, and the members ec * tof the post now adopted Judge Wilson H. Warlick - Resolutions of Regret for was a guest of the group, i the death of members of > and addressed the members < the armed forces from Yan- briefly. cay county who had been Mrs. W. W. Hennessee reported killed in action presided at the business since the post had last met. session of the Auxiliary The following were in- membera She heard reports ' eluded in the Resolutions: of committees, and the aux- 1 ’ Pvt. Fred Robinson, son of j iliary voted to give SIOO to ’ and Mrs. Jake Robin- 1 help defray expenses of son of Kona, Germany, Oct. having a fluroscope brought 1 18.; Pvt. Alvin C. Rathbone, to Spruce Pine and set up . 80n of Mr. and Mrs. Willard there for use of citizens of . Rathbone of Pensacola, the three counties. Members . Germany, Nov. 20; Pvt. |of group sewed labels on Plen Edwards, son of Mr.; knitted Red Cross articles and Mrs. John Edwards ( to be shipped. They have Bee Log, Holland, Nov. 6; been doing this for the past . Pfc. Warmi C. Fox, son of year as well as knitting Mr. and Mrs. Kell Fox of some of the articles. Yancey Theatre Presents ’ j "Best Pictures of 1944” Selected by 479 represen , tative critics and commen tators of newspapers, mag azines, syndicates and radio stations in the 23rd annual poll conducted recently, the 20 “Best” Pictures of 1944 were selected from all films released last year ! The following were sel ected as the 20 “Best” Pic tures of 1944: j Going My Way, The Song of Bernadette, Since You Went Away, Madam Curie, I Dragon Seed, The White Cliffs of Dover, Gaslight, jA Guy Named Joe, The Story of Dr. Wassell, Life boat, Lassie Come Home, Double Indemnity, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, Desti nation Tokyo, Mr. Skeffing ton, See Here, Private Har- POLIO FUND DRIVE EXTENDED The Infantile Paralysis campaign will be extended until Feb. 16 throughout J the nation, the national j chairman announced, ac cording to a telegram re ! ceived Tuesday by Emmett Sams, county chairman. Wednesday morning Mt\ Sams reported very, grati fying results with many* of schools, churches and business firms not yet hav ing made a report. Even though the campaign is ex tended, he asks that all these groups that have corn-' ■ pleted collections, report as 1 soon as possible. *1 Pensacola school has re -1 ported every grade there 100 per cent, - with Miss! : Pleasant’s Ist vrade as • first to reach its quota. By j unofficial report, Bald i Creek school has made the largest collection of the ’ county schools. The “President’s Ball’’ > will be held at the club house on Saturday evening, grove, Jane Eyre, The Sul livans, and The Adventures of Mark Twain. From this list of 20 out standing pictures, 18 of them either have been shown at the Yancey Thea tre here, or will be seen here shortly. The other two pictures named in the 20 “Best” have not been gen-' erally released. It is gratifying to patrons of the theatre here to know that every effort is being made to present programs that are timely, recent hits, and those that are consider ed the “best” by those com petent to judge. Such a presentation af fords our patrons entertain ment of an unusual merit, and in as pleasant and com fortable surrounding! as ! “WAR BONDS KEEP FARM DEBTS SAFE” - “Encourage farmers to maintain a proper balance between making payments on mortgages and, invest ing in War Bonds/’ says the American Bankers Associa tion in a bulletin addressed the rural bankers of | America Banks are advised to “en courage farmers to main tain a proper balance be tween making payments on mortgages and investing in War Bonds. If a person pays a mortgage ail up now •jand then has to get anoth i er one after the war he toay not be able to get terms as favorable as those he now has.” j The bankers also call at i! tention to the fact that j “wear and tear on farm machinery and buildings 'must be paid for" eventu ally, whether or not the mortgage is all paid off. A 1 farmer will probably be in , a safer position to end up the war with a moderate sized mortgage at a low in terest'rate and a good nest egg in War Bonds than no mortgager no bonds, and | badly - run-down buildings ,! and equipment." j This is a part of the pro gram of the American ? Bankers Association aimed at getting farmers to build ; up large enough War Bond reserves to give them finan cial protection in the post . war period. i 1 - ■> ——— Miss Edna Melton of the U. S. Cadet’-Nurse Corps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Melton of Burns ( ville, is looking forward to | the Navy Nurse Corps when her training is fin ished. .' Miss Melton is receiving her training at the West , Baltimore General Hospi tal, and the University of Baltimore. | Mrs. Luther Ayers and J C. lipton, who is down from Washington to visit relati ves, spent part of the w r eek in Asheville visiting Mrs. John Tucker and Mrs. R. F. I Young. could be found in any thea-i tre located in a metropoli-i tan city. ■ i IS! American heroes — —by dULIAN OU-ENPOT3FF wmm&s w Bonds an spprc ciated when used to put machine «—-<? guns into the hands of such heroes as Pfc. David Daily, U. S. Infantry, of Richmond, Texas. When the forward motion qf two platoons was halted in a Pacific island attack, he stood up, draped an ammunition belt over his shoulder and opened hipi spraying enemy pillboxes. His action permitted fellow fighters to withdraw safely. He was cited for heroic action. Buy War Bonds. I/. 4.) wno Dtpanmnn hfgţ 151 H i ■BBIiIiJJaIiMHHBaHBV i : ; - i F. S. A. NEWS J ■ -j Th- FSA borrowers, of 3 Yancey county have paid ; well this year. We are very y much pleased with the re j cord they have made, but - ; we are even more pleased : with the interest they have i taken in the health and well 3 i being of their; families. . * During our 21 Farm ; Ownership borrowers and t 194 RR borrowers have i canned 122,975 quarts, stor , ed 10,645 bushels and dried ; 724 bushels of food for win ter use. They have 7,069 lay ing hens and 448 milk cows. , ' Forty of these borrowers [ have hospital insurance. We j hope that a still greater j number will participate in . this program in 1945. In , fact we should like for ev [ ery borrower to have hosr [ pital insurance. They need [ this protection now more . than ever before, because - there are so few doctors in the county anl almost every case of illness has to be > taken to a hospital. J The FSA borrower can get hospital insurance for . himself and every »of his family for" twelve , dollars a year. During this . year any or every member |of his family can spend r from one to thirty days in • the hospital and the insur ance policy will pay,s4 a day ‘ for each day spent in the hospital. Other people have to pay more for the same insurances,, however - you have this insurance you can keep it so long a? you pay your sl2 a year oven , though you have paitf off ;your FSA loan. Mrs. Eva McMahan of I Marion is the guest of Mrs. ! Espy Banks and other re latives here.
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