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I M U.*S. DEFENSE
BONDS
STAMPS
VOLUME SIX
Registration For Gasoline
Will Be Held July 9-10-11
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Registration for perma
ment gasoline rationing
cards will be held at the
county high schools on
July 9, 10, 11. The hours
will be from 1 to 5 each af
ternoon.
The permrtment ration
ing plan will go into ef
fect July 22. ' .
Those who plan to regist
er are asked to come as so
on as possible and not wait
till the last afternoon. This
will be a great aid to those
who are registering and
to the ration board.
Only “A” cards will be
issued a the time of reg
istration and application
must be made for addit
ional amounts. Forms for
thqse applications will be
available at the school
houses at the time of reg
istration.
WOMAN’S CLUB HAS !
LAST MEETING
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Supper Benefits Red Cross
The Woman’s Club held
the last meeting before the
smnmer recess at the club
evening,
jj|wr of guests
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Wr IJolatui w;<-
Miss ~ Dorothy Turner
sang two patriotic songs,
and Misses Hope Bailey
and Doris Portland sang a
duet. George Blake read
a one-act play, “Jacob Com
es Home”, with the set
ting in Nazi ,Germany. The
girls chorus sang the Nat
ional Anthem as the clos
ing number. \
The retiring president,:
Mrs. Dover Fouts, was pre-j
sented a gift from the club
in appreciation of her ser
vice through the year. AI
total of $25 was realized;
from the affair and this;
was presented to the Red
Cross.
SALES CONTRACT
SIGNED FOR N.W.C.U.
PROPERTIES
The sales contract by
which the French Broad
Electric membership Cor; -
oration acquires the prop
erties of th Northwest Ca
rolina Utilities, Inc. was
signed last week by repre
sentatives of the two or
ganizations, a representa
tive of the company here
said this week.
The R. E. A., however
will not take over control
of the properties immedi
ately. The Northwest Ca
rolina company will contin
ue operation under the pre
sent setup until approxi
mately January 1.
The French Broad corp
oration was recently gran
ted an additional approp
riation by the R. E. A. but
because of the scaricity of
vital materials construct
ion of new lines cannot be
made at the present time.
THE YANCEY RECORD
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SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
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SINGLE MEN WILL
BE CALLED FIRST
All single men who are
physically fit will be call
ed into military service
before any married men
are called, according to a
notice released this week
by the local selective ser
vice board. However, the
marriage must have
taken place prior to Dec.
8, 1941 to entitle the man
to deferment on this
ground.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
WILL BE HELD FOR
JOE T. WILSON
Joe T. Wilson, 74, died
at his home in the;. Bald
Creek section Wednesday
afternoon following an ill
'■ness of 6 weeks.
Funeral services will be
held this afternoon (Thur
sday) at 3 o’clock at the
Wilson family cemetery on
; Possum Trot. _____
The Rev. W: H. Ballard
and the Rev. R. D. Ponder
will oficiate, and active
pall bearers will be Clyde
Buckner, Buckner,
j.-Jess Buckner, Harvey Bu
ckner, Gus ’ Buckner and
I Charles Ferguson.
I ‘ Survivors are the widow;
two sons, James and Tom
Wilson of Swiss; two daug
hters, May and Minnie Wil
son of Swiss; two sisters,
Mrs. Tom Dayton and Mrs.
Abe Murray of Asheville
and thirteen grandchild
; ren. * v g-
Holcombe and Edwards
; funeral home is in charge
|of funeral arrangements.
_ jyir. and Mrs. Tracy Mon
roe, Miss Polly Doye and
John Parker are visiting
[Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Edwards
i of Bee Log.
Stanley Riddle left Wed
| nesday morning for Det
| roit. He was accompanied
by Ralph Bostian.
Men are dying for the Four
HBjS Freedoms. The least we can
do here at home la to buy
W. War Bonds—lo% for War
Bonds, every pay day.
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Navy Recruiting Officer
Will Be Here on July 13
A Navy recruiting stat
ion Will be established at
the Burnsville Court house
on Monday, July 13. Any
young men who wish to
enlist or to gain any in
formation may apply at
that time.
The physical require
ments for enlistments have
recently been tijodified.
Starting pay for apprent
ice seaman is now SSO per
month.
SALE OF BONDS
DURING JUNE
The sale pf War BBonds
during the month of June
totaled $4912.60, according
to reports from the bank
and post office here.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942
MT. MITCHELL BROAD
CASTING STATION
NOW OPERATING
Frequency Modulation
Eliminates Static
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Radio broadcasting stat
lion W4IMM, located ‘on
iClingman’s Peak adjacent
to Mt. Mitchell is now broad,
casting part time each day.
The present schedule is to
give exhaustive tests to the
equipment and it is expect
ed that this fall when the
station is completed a full
time operation on 5’>,000
watts will be inaugurated.
Studios are maintained in
Win s t on-Salem by the
Bowman Gray Broadcast
ing Company.
The frequency modulat
ion broadcasting alriiost
completely eliminates stat
ic and interference and re
ception is not affected by
[(weather conditions and in
[ terference from other stat
- j ions.
Reception is not possible,
however, with ordinary ra
> dio sets. Frequency modul
■ Ration sets must be used, or
converters which may be
[ Used with ordinary sets.
These converters are on
sale in Burnsville.
The present part time
broadcasts are scheduled at
3 to 3:30 each afternoon
and 5:30 to 6:30, 8:30 to,
9:30 each evening.
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1 JACKS CREEK
NEWS EVENTS
Joe Grindstaff of Toe- 1
cane is visiting his uncles,;
Nelson Woody and Craig
| Woody.
Miss Edith Silvers has
returned home from Jqn
, esboro, Tenn. where she!
has been visiting.
The G. A.’s of Jacks|
Creek Baptist Church met 1
Saturday and reorganized
with * president, Geneva j
Hunter; vice president,!
! Mary Elliott; secretary
and treasurer, Nelle Bail
ey; personal service com
mitee, Mary L. Laughrun
and L. A. Elliott; social
Committee, Claudine Arro
wood and Claudine Peter
son ; program committee,
Pat Greene and Erlene Ar-;
rowood.
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Luke Laughrun June 28
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BILLY BANKS INJURED
Billy Banks fell Friday
and sustained a painful in
jury to his head. He was
taken to the Mission hos
pital and exa mi n ation
showed a concussion of
the brain. He is improving!
now.
THAtfKS
The local selective ser
vice board has expressed
its appreciation to all
those who assisted in the
registration which was
held on June 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Landon
Randolph of Detroit are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. G.
Randolph of Cane Rivar.
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NEARLY s*ooo MEN
REGISTER IN COUNTY 4
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The county* total in the
fifth registration for men
18 up to 20years of age
was 356, according to re-!
1 ports from the local board
' office. L“ . IK
Under the present law,
none-of these* will be called!
1 until he is 20 years old.
There will be no national
lottery for this group, in-.
: stead they will be number
ed according to age. Thus,
' the oldest will be given
■ order number 1. In case
1 there are several whose!
birthdays falj on the same
' day they will be given
numbers in alphabetical
‘ order. < i
Total of All Registrations
' The total of all registra
tions in the county, includ
ing that of June 30, is 4287.
Approximate Number In
Service
Through the selective
service, 252 have been im,
ducted into servicer When
i the act was, passed, how
ever, the county was given
. credit for 282 already in
the service.
There have been a num
ber who were not old
enough to register in first
registration who have vol
unteered, and of whom the
local board has no record.
This would increase the
latter -Jigur-XSe#- leotife -
300. By these estimates, j
there are approximately!
550 men from Yancey cou
! nty now in service.
At least lour women
from Yancey county are in
the army nursing corps,
with the rank of lieuten-i
ant. These are Lucille Cha-i
j se, Bill Proffitt, Pauline!
Hill and Kathleen Peake.
FRENCH BROAD MEM
BERSHIP CO-OP EX
TENDS FIELD SERVICE
Marshall, N. C. (Special)
Acquisition by the French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation of Marshall,
N. C. of electric distribut
ion and generating prop
erties owned by the North
west Carolina Utilities, Inc.
in Madison,, Mitchell, and
Yancey Counties, marks
the beginning of a new era
in Rural Electrification in
this territory, declares D.
M. Robinson of Mars Hill,'
President of the REA co- i
operative. A sales contract
was signed this past week,
however, the transfer of I
the property will be made
within the next two to sev
en months.
Purchase of the line,
made possible through a
$340,000 allotment from R
EA, will make it feasable i
at some future date tojcom- <
plete a program of area i
electrification bringing the i
benefits of electricity to \
hundreds of farmers who
previously saw no hope of <
obtaining them, Mr. Robin- 1
son said. 1 i
He pointed out that the
cooperative gains more
than 1800 consumers now
receiving service on 199
miles of line, acquired, and
that, by strengthening the
position of the co-op and
linking two areas together,
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FARMERS URGED TO
DEFEND BOTH NATION
AND ITS SOIL
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A Nation can never be
any stronger or any richer
[than its soil, says Earl H.
Meacham, Extension soil
conservationist o f State
College, because poor soils
-i make poofr people and
weak people. He urges
that farmers “defend the!
soil” at the same time they
grow the soybeans and
[peanuts for oil, and pro-!
duce hogs, eggs, milk and
other products on the
Food-for Freedom list.
A definite program for
farmers to follow in meet
ing their wartime goals
without destroying the Na
| lion’s heritage—its soil—
is contained in a new Ex
tension War Series Bulle
tin (No. 2), written by
Meacham and printed for
free distribution by the
Extension Service. A copy
of this publication, entitled
“Denfend Your Nation and
Its Soil,” may be obtained
by writing to the Agricult
ural Editor, N. C. State
College, Raleigh, request
ing the bulletin by name
and number.
Some of the suggestions
made by the Extension soil
conservationist include: (1)
Terrace steep land or land
that washes; (2) plant row,
crops on the contour; (&) i
do hot run row crops up
and down the hills; (4)1
i protect your wood land
from fire; (5) use strip-
I cropping wherever possib- 1
le; (6) save all home-grown
iseed if possible; and (7)
drain farm land when this
is needed.
“The farmers have been
I assigned a vital role in the
■ war,” said Meacham, “but
they can’t afford to waste
their soil as was done ini
many cases during the last
war. The United Nations
j expect the farmers of the
United States to grow en
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NOTICE TO FARMERS
Any farmers who will have truck crops for sale and
would like some assistance in marketing; are asked
to see the county agent.
Farmers who do not expect to take their beans to
the cannery and have no other market are urged to
see the county agent immediately. The agent is trying
to arrange for these crops to be marketed cooperat
ively in ottler to conserve gas and tires and cut hand
ling expense for the farmer.
WPA In Mitchell - Yancey
Counties Is Consolidated
Office Will Be Here
The W. P. A. units of
Mitchell and Yancey co»-
unties have been consoli- 1
dated in the latest move
in keeping with the reduct
ion of W. P. A. forces
throughout the country.
The office for the two
counties will be maintained
here with R. N. Silver as
supervisor. F. O. Philips of
Bakersville is chief time
keeper and B. C. Mclntosh
remains as time keeper
and clerk. -
Operating at the present
time are the school proj
ects in Mitchell County,
highway work and land
scaping on the Parkway. ~
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Scrap Rubber Drive Will
Continue Through July 10
MEN ACCEPTED FO&
ARMY ON JUNE 20
The following men were
accepted for military duty
at Fort Jackson, S. C. on
June 20th:
; Elzie Ledford, Cane Ri
ver; Lewis E. McNeill.
Spruce Pine rt. 1; James
‘Alvin McCurry, Day Book;
Roy D. Laws, Green Mtn.;
Luther Bailey, Bee' Log;
Bill Marsh, Micaville; Suel 1
jC. Anglin, Burnsville; J.
Lawrence Gouge, Celo; Di~
inysus Randolph, Higgins:
Cicero Deyton, Sioux; Art
hur Bryant, II u n tdale;
Bernard Frank Deyton,
Higgins; Kester J. Wyatt,
Micaville; Arnie Pate, Bee
Log; Arvil L. King, Cane
River.; Edgar William Mc-
Mahan, Pensacolq; Charlie
BradfrtPcTT Log; Dee
Frank Curtis, Burnsville;.
Arnold Mclntosh. Bee Log;
Charles Eugene Deyton,
Green Mtn.; Bradley E.
Campbell, Micaville.
TOLEDO NEWS
Lois Eller of Mars Hill
is spending this week with
Juanita Bailey here.
, Born to Mr. and Mrs.
;Ray Fox a daughter June,
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Quite a large crowd at-)
tended the decoration at
Bailey Hill Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hall
are visiting friends and re
latives he»*2 this week.
Miss Minnie Ross Ram
sey is spending her vacat
ion here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Nas G.
Bailey returned to their
home in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee after spending
their vacation here.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Rich
and family have returned
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PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
FEDERATION PICNIC
Patriotism will be the
keynote of the program
which has been planned for!
the Farmers, Federation;
picnic which will ibe held
at Burnsville school on
Saturday. Special music
and speakers will be pre
sented.
This is the first of the!
annual picnics held by . the
Federation. Citizens of the;
county are invited to at-;
tjgnd and are asked to bring
a picnic lunch.
This year the PTA of |
Burnsville school will co-l
operate by having a food
booth and selling sand
wiches and coffee.
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tg/mSR MAKE
wSSI every
payday
BOND DAY
NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
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' The scrap rubber drive,
already upder way for two
weeks, will continue until
July 10, county chairman
J. H. Ray has announced.
All citizens who have not
already brought in all rub
ber available are urged to
see that 1 this is done at
once.
Approximately 18 tons
were collected in Yancey
county during the first
two weeks, Mr. Ray said.
The ten extra days should
see extra tons brought in.
MEN IN SERVICE
Ed F. Peake, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Peake of
Toledo, has volunteered in
the U. S. army quarter-
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connected with a large
chain store for the past
ten years, and this exper
ience is along the same
line of work for which he
has volunteered.
A son, Jack Peake, is
now a member of the en
gineeringcorps in Wash
ington. He is a graduate
of V. P. I. ,
Pvt. Monroe Edwards of
i the medical corps at Camp
Hlrant, at home
Heave. He is the son pf Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Edwards of
Bee Log.
Lt. H. G. Crowgey was
recently promoted from
lieutenant junior grade to
first lieutenant at the air
base at Corpus Christi,
Texas where he is station
ed*
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The men were stationed
at * the following camps
when their address
last received:
Paul W. Harrell, Camp
Edwards, Mass.; Cpl. John
King, Fort Bragg; Ernest
E. Hammond, Fort Benn
ing , Ga.;. Ranes A. Hugh
es, Bucyrus, Ohio; Cpl.
Jack Renfro c. Postmaster,
New York; Jess Silver,
Camp Shelby, Miss.; Sam
J. Huskins, Jr., San Ant
onio, Texas; Wm. Jobe,
Norfolk, Va.; Fred Ballew,
Camp Forrest, Tennessee;
Merrimon Thomas, Albu
querque, N. M.; Ralph
Thomas, Fort Sherman,
I Canal Zone; Lee Phoenix,
Norfolk, Va..
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Dr. J. J. Croley and fam
ily are visiting relatives in
Kentucky.
Frank Greene has re
turned home -from Michi
gan where he has been em
ployed.
FaRVICTORYI
WAR r!
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STAMPS
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