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- 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.
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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
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Pfc. Jess Styles from Ft.'
. George Meade, Md. is home;
. for a -short visit. He has
r ibeen in the -Army since
. January.
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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/
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, 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.”
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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 •
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: 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.
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The Victory Food Spe
cial for the week of Aug
ust 5-11 is peaches. This is
the week that the peak
load will be on the market
and everyone is urged to
buy their peaches this week
to help take the load off
the market. Peaches are
a perishable crop and have
to he marketed when re
ady.
IMPORTANT TO ALL
IRISH POTATO GROW
ERS OF YANCEY
There will be an import
ant meeting at the Court
House Wednesday, August
5, 1942, at 10:30 A. M. E.
W. T. to discuss and make
plains for shipping Irish po
tatoes from Yancey Coun
ty. Several Marketing men
will be at this meeting to
explain and help us make
plans to ship our surplus!
Irish potatoes to the need
ed markets.
.AH farmers that grow
and will have Irish potato
es for sale this summer
and fall are urged to at
tend this meeting. Yancey
County should’ ship several
carloads this fall if we can
work together and- get the
potatoes together. So far
this season Irish potato
prices have been good and
the market is holding very
well. Prices have been fromi
$1.85 to 2.10 per 100 lbs.
A price 0P51.50 per 100;
lbs. is equal' to 90 cents a!
bushel.
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Please come out so we
can get started on planning
to get rid of our extra
Irish potatoes.
It is time for all farmers
to begin construction on
their silo if they expect to
have one ready to fill for
winter feeding. *
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NORTH CAROLINA
LEADS REGION IN
FARM INCOME
a
North Carolina led all
other . states Jn the East
Central Region! AAA, in
■ total farm income, includ
ing cash income, valde of
j products consumed in farm
households, anfl governm
ent payments f6r 1941, ac
cording to a report receiv
-1 ed by E. Y. Floyd, AAA
1 executive assis&mt of N.
; C. State College.
T’ The report slows North
■ Carolina’s total farm in
! come for laest Wear as ap
-1 proximately $384,000,000,
■ as compared wfth $288,000,
; 000 in 1940. J
Second in the! region was
Kentucky with! a total of
■ $266,000,000, aid Tennes
- see was third - with $264,
■ 000,000. Other states in the
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MISS WQODY ACCEPTS
POSITION WITH WAR
DEPARTMENT
Miss Louise jWoody left
today for Da; ton, Ohio,
where she has been appo
inted senior cle -k at Wrig
ht Field near 3«yton.
Miss Woody | has been
connected With The county
AAA program »ere for se
! veral years, a d was re
cently named secretary of
the state agricultural ex
tension work in- the county.
She :3 fb the traVgfsrteFiJF Mr?
and Mrs. G. B. Woody of
Burnsville and Cartersville,
Ga.
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TEACHERS ALLOTED
FOR THE COUNTY
The allotment of teachers
for the coming year has
been received from the
state department of edu
cation.
The number is the same
as last year, 130 for the
county. However, there
will be one more high scho
ol teacher and one less ele
mentary teacher. Twenty
nine have been alloted the
high schools with Bald
Creek gaining the additio
nal one, and 101 grade te
achers instead of 102 as
were assigned last year.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. JOHN
TOMBERLIN
Mrs. John Tomberlin, 68,
died at her home here Sun
day morning at 1:20 o’clock
following a long illness.
Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon at
2:30 at the home of her
brother at Jacks Creek.
Surviving are the hus
band, John Tomberlin; one
brother, Gudger Briggs
and several nieces and nep
hews.
j Flower girls were Mary
j Etta Briggs, Burdetta Ro
land, Bula Blankenship,
Mae Briggs, Trilby Hudg
ens, Grace Mclntosh, Cam
illa Hudgins, Mrs. Ernest
Taylor, Magaline English,
Mrs. Wade English, Mrs.
Fred Kimbler, Nora Belle
Wheeler, Mrs. Lat Evans
and Mrs. Lula Harris.
Active pallbearers were
Sam Evans, Frank Briggs,
Rbtha Bailey, Charles
Wright, Lark Wright, Fred
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TO ACTIVE SERVICE
Lt. J. Frank Huskins
j left Wednesday for active
service with the Navy. Mrs.
j accompanied him
jto Conn, where he will be
1 stationed.
ADULT TUBERCULOSIS
! CLINICS FOR COUNTY
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J The District Health De
! payment in cooperation
| with the North Carolina
JSanitorium will sponsor
clinics for the early diag
. nosis of adult tuberculosis
in Yancey County during
the month of August, 1942.
iThe dates for these clinics
will be August 10, 11, and
12th, 1942.
As the examinations are
to be made free of charge
by a chest specialist includ-
Jing flouroscopic examinat
ions, all adults presenting
signs, symptoms *pr . living
in contabpWith a case of
tuberculosis- -should take
advantage of thes clinics,
and be examined. Due to
the limited time for this
county it will be necessary
for each individual to make
appointments at the office
of the Health Department
in Burnsville. No examin
ations will be made unless
appointments are made
previously.
. Any of the following sy
mptoms should make you
suspicious of having tuber
s culosis: “Loss of weight,
: 'OSS 6f strength, lack of
energy and endurance. Fe
eling tired and “rundown”,
especially in the afternoon
or evening, poor appetite,
indigestion or dyspepsia.
A temperature normal or
below normal in th,e morn
ing and 99 or above in the
afternoon or evening. A
cough frequently, but 'not
always present in tubercu
losis; every cough lasting
three weeks or more is sus
picious.”
A hemorrhage from the
lungs, as much as a tea
spoon of pure al
most always due to tuber
culosis ; blood st r e aked
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MICA
One sheet of mica taken
from the Myra Gibbs mine ;
no. 1 was displayed in Rob
ertson’s Drug store wind
ow here then taken to
Asheville, A picture of it
appeared in this mornings
Citizen. The sheet of mica
weighed 21-2 pounds and
is worth $35.
The mine is leased by E.
L. Briggs.
BIBLE SCHOOL
Commencement exercises
at the Bible school® will be
held Friday evening at 8
o’clock. Demonstrations of
the work will be given and
hand work and notebooks
on display.
NOTICE
The Woman’s Society of
Christian Service will meet
with Mrs. W. W. Sorrels
next week.
Kimbler, Bill Whee ler,
Claude Ray, Allison Eng
lish, Lee Higgins, Isaac
Fox and Plato Blankenship.
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,j U.S.O. CAMPAIGN
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QUOTES ABOUT THE
U. S. O.
It was not possible to
contact many men who
’ have actually seen the U.!
S. O. in action. However,
Iwe believe that the follow-;
ling statments shown typical l
; services that this provides,
j Frank Briggs, Camp
I Croft: “The U. S. O. treats
'us fine in every w'ay.”
Kenneth Robertson, U.j
’ IS. - Marine Base, Cherry
Point: “All experiences
1 that I have had with tjie
U. S. O. have been fine. It;
helps the boys to have good
* clean entertainment. There
! is a U. S. O. center in New
Bern and a new one in
’ Morehead City. At both of;
> 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
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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
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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.
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Mrs. Lee Mclntosh and
little daughter, Imajean
have left for Detroit where
she will join her husband
who is employed there.
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