EFor Victory... B*y U.S. DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS - VOLUME SIX SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1942 NUMBER FIFTY-TWO Men In Service Maxwell Field, Ala., July 23—Sam Byrd • -Bennett, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Bennett of Burnsville, N. C., has recently heen acc epted by the Aviation Ex amining Board and is now enrolled as an aviation cad et in the huge Army Air Forces Pre-Flight School iPilot) at Maxwell Field, Alabama. Here he will un dergo military, - p h ysical and academic training un der e x p,e r t instructors thus taking the initial step toward winning his wings and a second lieutenant’s commission in the Army Air Forces. Cadet Bennett, prior to his acceptance by the Av iation Cadet Examining Board on June 21, 1942 at Baltimore, Md., was em ployed as a shipfitter. Bennett attended Mars Hill Jr. College, Mars Hill, N. C.; University of Ala bama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and N. C. State College, Raleigh, N. C. He is a me mber of Phi Kappa Phi Fraternity. - After graduating at Maxwell Field this cadet will enter one of the num erous primary flying scho ols located in what is term ed the Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center, where he will receive the first of his actual pilot training. Pvt. Burns Gillespie who has been with friends and relatives for the past ten days on furlough has re turned to Will Rogers Fi eld in Oklahoma, where he is stationed 1 with the army. Joe P. Silver of Micaville is now stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. -. ( * Pvt. D. F. Curtis who' entered service in June, 1942 is now at Ft. 1 Knox, Ky. Pfc. Lawrence King who entered service in Septem ber, 1941, and who has been stationed in the Canal Zone is with the 4th C. A., New; Orleans. I Pvt. Adam D. McCurry who has been in the serv ice since Februrary is now in the Hawaiian Islands. , Gus Fender was promot ed to the rank of corporal on June 29th. He, at that time was stationed as Camp Claiborne but since has completed his training and has been transferred. Cpl. Fender writes: “It has been a pleasure to get the Record during th past 3 months and to read what everyone in town is doing. Please send the paper to my new address: \ Cpl. Gus Fender Co. E. 346 Engrs. APO 1230 c. Postmaster, New York.- Kenneth Robertson of the Marine Base at Cherry Point has been home on a leave. THE YANCEY RECORD ' i Coy Williams, son of Mrs. r C. R. Williams of Ramsey- i , town, is now in England, i •* \ Pfc. Jess Styles from Ft.' . George Meade, Md. is home; . for a -short visit. He has r ibeen in the -Army since . January. * i ; ij Sgt. Max HowCll left /Wednesday, to return to . the Naval Air Base at Jac- I ksonville, Fla. after spend . ing several days here with 5 his mother, Mrs. Mollie , Howell/ 5 * , BALI, GAME r Ft. Eustis, Va. “An army ball game was ) played at Fort Eustis on . July 25 between the North r ern and’ Southern boys, ; and the Southern team . won by three points. “Four boys from Yancey s county played on the Sou , them side: Arvil King of . Cane River, Charles Brad ; ford of Bee Log, Roy Laws of jGreen Mtn. and Arthur . Bryant of Huntdale.” [ “ «•" D. R. Styles from Nor folk, Va. returned to the U. S. N. Air Station last week. He has been in the Navy since Februrary. ■ Pvt. J. L. Gouge is stat , ioned at Ft. McClelland, i Ala. ‘ v • ! : The Yancey Record ; I cannot resist 'he temp station of having my addr ess changed because the Record has failed to reach me, which of course causes . me to become very much disappointed. Missing news of home each week is like missing a meal. I was transferred, recent ly to the Armored Force, which is known at the Fo urth Armored Division; I was formerly a Parachut ist at Ft. Benning, Ga. I appreciate the Record so much for its kindness to ward the men in the Arm ed Forces of America. Yours truly, Pvt. Ward N. Howell Pine Camp, N. Y. BILE EXTENDS LOW INTEREST RATE ON LAND BANK LOANS — President Roosevelt has signed a bill extending for two years the reduced int erest rates o n Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner loans, Mr. George Robinson, Presid ent of the First National Farm Loan Association, announced this week. Mr. Robinson stated that this would mean considerable saved in interest charges to borrowers in Yancey co unty. The First Association is a member of a group of eight associations mainta ining a joint office at Ashe ville, serving Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, and Avery counties. Mr. N. I S. Whitaker, Sercetary- Treasurer, is in charge of t the office ‘-which is located at 149 College Street. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BULWINKLE SERVES AS SREAKER PRO TEM .PORE OF HOUSE Congressman A. L. -*Bul i winkle was elected speaker ipro tempore of the Muse of j representatives on July 27,' !to serve in the absence of Speaker Rayburn. This procedure was re corded in the Congression al Record. When Major Bulwinkle was elected and took the oath of ofice the following remarks were made by Rep. Sabbath: Mr. Speaker ladies and gentlemen of the House, we just heard I the swearing in of the dis tinguished and outstanding gentleman from North Ca rolina as acting speaker.” Major Bulwinkle presid ed as speaker throughout i the day’s session until ad journment. ~wmr~ZT _'tvvS ffdutijtfetv l a6outtfu&bA thesp-we have always so-i ; und ; a hearty welcome. Some of the things provid ed are writing tables and » supplies, athletic game eq-! * uipment, magazines and , 'books, dances, parties,! /.shows and many other j /“things.” '! Jess Styles, Ft. George! Meade, Md.: /The U. S. O. /is certainly worth all it ’ costs, in every center there • are showers so that w'e _ can clean up, any kind of ' entertainment you like, fo jod —and they really try to ; make you eat all you can, jCsome of the picture !shows released often shown j ! on an outside screen so you ’ can sit out where its cool books, magazines, dances,! ’ parties. Most of the enter-; ; tainment is entirely free. . “On my way home I stop , ped at the U. S. O. build ing in Salisbury and they ! were more than glad to ’ take me in, give me a chan . ce to clean up and wait be ! tween buses. We find that" welcome at every center.” Sgt. J. A. Goodin, Haw-; aii: “The U. S. O. has a! grand library here. It’s! small but it has the most ; wonderful sel e c tion of! books.” Sgt. Max Howell, Jack- 1 jsonville Air*Base: “The U. IS. O. is a great asset in ; keeping up the morale and is one way that civilians can show that they appre ciate what the boys in ser vice are doing. The only criticism is that there is not enough- variety but more funds wil of course, make a wider program pos sible.” ; “Sometime ago it was my privilege to visit the U. S. O. Center in Columbia, S. C. I knew very little of the work of the U. S. O. and what it means to the boys in v uniform, but I was in terested to learn and sur prised by the varied pro gram carried out by the or ganization. “The atmosphere of the center was most inviting and restful. A gracious, el derly lady introduced her self, gave us a copy of the schedule of the activities for that day and night and conducted us through the! various departments in the building. “In a large lobby and on the porch practically every (Continued on Back Page) . -■/* tgjfcgfe MAKS EVERY payday BOND DAY G. L, Hensley is General ■ Chairman tv The- nation wide camp- ( aign for funds for the U. " ;S. O. is rapidly nearing completion, and early re ports show that in Yancey I county there is wide spread interest, and splendid sup port for the } County Quota and Committee j The county quota is SSOO and a good part of this Has already been contributed. G.. L. Hensley is chairman and the following are on 'the committee: ; Miss Cathrine Proffitt, Miss • Anastacia Tomberlin, Mrs. Lela Sams, W. D. Ad kins, Frank Hensley, Mrs. jJ. H. Lewis, Jobe Thomas?- Ralph Silver. J. Sol Hens ley, Mrs. Carl Silver, Miss ' Azalene Howell, Mrs. Rex ! Yelton, Miller Ledford, S. R. Hensley, T. ;H. Phoenix, 'Mrs. .Grover Anglin, Mrs. [Latt Fox, Mrs. Brooks Wil son, Mrs. Sallie Baker, Mrs. Annabetle BBailey, Mrs. W. I'M. Street, Mrs. Monnie Johnson, R. S. Ballew. Sam T Blalock, E. A. Brown, Mrs.' Mack Bailey, Mrs. Carl Mc- Intosh, Miss Ruth Jobe, Jess Howell, Mrs. Burt ; Gonce, Miss Mary Joe ; Brown, Mrs. J. A. Goodin, Mrs. C. P. Gibson. Big Rally Tonight A rally, in the form of an old fashioned box sup per and square dance, will j held on the square. Cit izens from the entire coun ty are expected to attend, u. S. O. SERVES MEN IN SERVICE The United Service Org anization serves to provide recreational and off -duty facilities for the men in service, and the present I campaign for funds is nec essary to carry out during ; the coming year the far reaching program that has already been begun. Citi zens at home may, through j tee U. S. 0., render some of the services that it is impossible to perform in person for the men ip camps here and abroad. REV. ANDERSON WILL HOLD MEETING AT CANE RIVER >••*>... JFhe Rev. David Ander son of St. Paul, Minn, will begin a meeting at the Cane River Baptist church on August 2. The meeting will last through the week. Everyone invited to at tend the services. SCHOOL BUILDING AT CELO A Two room building is almost completed at Celo and will, be ready for the opening of school term. • This will replace the old building there which was unsafe and inadequate for the needs of the school. Vance Hensley is in charge of building the new house. - ■■ - j Mrs. Lee Mclntosh and little daughter, Imajean have left for Detroit where she will join her husband who is employed there. A I V.