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I 1 For Victory ... * U*S. DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS VOLUME SEVEN ” SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942 — > . 1 ~- . ■ ' - Men Will Leave For Army Next Week ■ v;- i MEN TO BE INDUCTED f ' ' The following men will be inducted- into service at Camp Croft, the second week in August. George Bryatt' Gardner, Green Mtn.; Homer * Edd Biggs, Vixen; James Av ery Edwards, Burnsville; Wade William McMahan, Vixen; Walter Herman Bostian, Burnsville; And rew Hensley, Vixen; Frank Cornelius Phillips, Paint Gap; Gay Albert Thomason, Pensacola; Welzie Brooks Silver, Vixen; Melvin Wo ody, Huntdale; William Carr Johnson, Celo; Hunt er Henry Maney, Cane Riv er; Clyde Phillips, Rt 1, Burnsville; Frank Miller, Newdale; Carter Silvers, Bee Log; William James Mumpower, Micaville; Blevins Byrd, Celo; James W. Buchanan, Micaville; James Ottis Ro land, Rt. 1, Burnsville;) Cliff Fairday Horton, Paint Gap; Charlie Thedora Saw ers, Hamrick; Wade Jackson Randolph, Green Mtn.; Elzie Lee Mc- Cracken, Windom; Virgil Lyda Burnett, Hamrick; Paul Edgar Prichard, Celo; „L. B. Silver Jr., Pensacola; Linnie Lee Robinson, Swiss, (Volj; William Smith, Newdale; Lonnie: Wesley Wilson, Celo; Phis Adkins, Sioux; George Le ,;,wis Fox, Swiss; Marion Thomas Elliott, Hamrick; Arthur Taylor, Rt. 1, Burnsville, (Volj; Shelby Higgins, Rt. 1, Bu rnsville, (Vol.); Calvin Warren Roland, Cane Riv er; Silas Ray McMahan, Micaville; Ford Bailey, Toledo; J. Ben Griffith, Burnsville; Hubert Wilson, Bald Cre ek; George Bradford, Bee Log; Cecil Deyton, Day Book; Lonnie Huston Ogle, Pensacola; Rufus Brown Wallace, Rt. 1, Burnsville; Burnett Charles Burleson f Vixen Bryan Proffitt King, Cane River; Chester David Dun can, Bee Log; Willaim Lawton Allen Pensacola; Paul Ernest Buck, Bee Log; Albert Lee Young, .. Windom; , Anderson. Ed wards, Bee Log; Roy Dey ton, Day Book; Gummery Edwards, Bee Log; Floyd Russell Harrison, Celo; Luther Martin Mc- Curry, Day Book; Welzie Lee Roland, Rt. 1, Burns ville; Fuller Boone, Celo; Paul Ewin Silver, Windom; Arnold Berry Ramsey town; Vestal Randolph, Bee Log; Clarence Deyton, Rt. 1, Burnsville; Phillips Edwards, Bee Log; Persh ing Hensley, Windom; Edd Young, Celo. To officer candidate tra ining school, (Vol), Lloyd Vance Blalock, Shelby. Due to the fact that some of these have and will en list in the regular army there may be some slight changes in this list. THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” S) — ~v ■»y r I . OVER QUOTA IN BOND SALES * r A total of $18,018.75 ir I War Bonds was sold in Yan cey county during July tc exceed the quota of sl2, [ 200, R. N. Scott, chairman . has announced. The August quota is sll ’BOO. > / , ‘ CHANGES IN F. S. A OFFICE FORCE Several changes have been made this week in the \ office force of the county Farm Security Administ ' ration. William Brown who has been located in Buncombe county is now county ass istant to Mack B. Ray. W» H. Blair who formerly held this position is now in Bo one. j. Mrs. Gloria Wiseman Young who has been sec retary is now extension service secretary in the ! farm agent’s offioe. Miss Ruby Royster has returned to Bessemer City. H. G. BAILEY IS MAN AGER OF FARMERS FEDERATION ' ■■Mi.' ■ .. - H. Grady Bailey is now manager of the Farmers Federation Warehouse he re. He succeeds Norman Barnett who was called ! into Inifitary service last week. ) Mr. Bailey was connect ed with the Northwest Ca rolina Utilities, Inc. for many years, and then est ablished his own electrical appliance sales company. He is one most wi dely known citizens of the county. DIVORCE GRANTED Quince Hill from Marie Riddle Hill~ i> at Bakersville court. LATEST NEWS FROM THE J.H. NEWSOMS . i Mrs. Newson Not Return ing As Exchangee The many friends here of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. New som have been anxious to learn whether' Mrs. News om was among the 600 civ ilian Americans who are being exchanged for Jap anese nationals who were in this country. ' A letter from Mrs. New som’s mother was received this week which stated that, so far as she could learn, her daughter was not being exchanged but was still in Manila. The letter in part said: I am sure that Mrs. New som was not with this first group or I would have he ard from her. I have tried through the Red Cross and through the State Depart ment to find out if I could finance her return in any way but so far have not JOHN BENNETT IN SERVICE John B. Bennett of Ashe ville has been accepted for service in the army and; " will report for active duty! as soon as a 14 day leave! is up. Mr. Bennett attended n Wake Forest college and i- for a number of years was o with the - Unemployment ,- Compensation Commission i, first in Raleigh then in: Asheville. Mrs. Bennett,! I, the former Miss Annie jWray, will remain in Ashe-j ; ville where she is„W. P. A. linterviewer for a number: ;of western counties. Mr. Bennett is the son of] e Mrs. A. J. Bennett of Bur e nsville. y _ FUNERAL SERVICES FOR W. S. ROLAND s “ e W. S. Roland, 83, known . throughout the county as “Uncle Bill”, died at his j home Friday following an j . extended illness. Funeral services were 1 held at Bakers Creek Sat-] jurday aftefnoon with Rtev. y Drake officiating. Burial s was in the fahiijy cemetery. | J Surviving are one son, \ Barnet Roland and. several grandchildren. WORKER FOR BLllfe ‘ HERE WEDNESDAY Miss Louise Hdges, state worker for-thtr ? western counties, was here 5 Wednesday at the county - welfare office. i Miss Hodges has been; 1 1 blind since childhood and t was graduated at Newport 1 News, N. J. She is accom panied on all her trips by • her seeing-eye dog. * In the different counties 1 - she visits, Miss Hodges I contacts the blind people . of the county to see what | ■ they need and what can be s done for them. Her head quarters are jn 1 - A. B. Gibson of Windom has returned from the Uni ■ versity of Virginia hospital , ! where he spent a month for treatment. been successful. They said , no one from the Philippin- ■ es was being brought home at this time but I know of , several who are. , We received a letter on May 15 from Mr. Newsom, i written March 21 at which ] time he was with the arm ed farces in One of,the so- < uthern islands. had just I received word through a i brother officer that Mrs. ■< Newsom had been released from Santo Tomas Univer- i sity (where civilians were i interned in Manila when i the Japanese took the city) ] i and was with two other , ladies in a small house in ; Manila. That food was , scarce and all Americans J were under very strict rul- i , es but had not been mis [ treated. ! Mr. Newsom had tried to ■ reach Manila but could not : get through the lines and ’ had been commissioned Ist ; (Continued on page 4) BLACKOUT IMPORTANT NOTICE There will be a District Blackout of the Asheville District on the night of ! August 10, 1942, sometime between the hours of 9:50 and 10:20 P. M. Plants working on defen se orders are not supposed to black out but are con sidered theoretically black ed out. All traffic is to be stopped except railroad trains, air lines and inter state buses. Railroad and bus stations should be blac iked out. Every, citizen of Yancey County is urged to comply with the regulations. The signal for Burnsville will be three short notes of the fire siren. —(Yancey County Defense Council.) WATER RENT TO BE CUT At a meeting of the "town I board of commissioners on August 3 it was ordered ; that as arrears in water rent are paid in full that the rent be cut to $1.50 per month. f The rent was $1.50 per month for many years, then was raised to $2.00 when! the new reservoir was built. PENSACOLA NOTES '.'A ... -^ rl . agMbufi . .... E. R. Riddle is home on a 14 day furlough. Miss Virginia Overman and her mother from near Raleigh were visiting fri ends in the community Fri day. Mrs. Brook Wilson, Mrs. Clarence Ray, Betty Ray, June Wilson, Billie Brooks Wilson and Vincent Lee Ray were week end visit ors at Swannanoa and Black Mtn. Clarence Ray is still in Oteen hospital taking tre atment. His condition is fair. Those wishing .to help with canning for our orph anage will please call at T. J. Wilson’s pr P. B. Wilson's store for cans. BOLENS CREEK The Bible school closed here Saturday'with a nice program that everyone en joyed. Miss Laura Mae Hilliard visited Mrs. Zeb Fox this week. Ophie Lee McDowell is spending this week with her 1 aunt at Jacks Creek. Pvt. John Silver who was called home on account of the serious illness of his father, returned to camp at Fort Jackson, S. C. Mrs. Will Blevins spent a week here with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Ray spent last Thursday in Johnson City with their son. Virginja Lee Evans spent last week with Agnes Smith. I GASOLINE COUPON BOOKS ISSUED The rationing board of fice has released the foil j. owing information concer 5 ning issuance of gasolim j? coupon books: No. A books issued, 565 ] No, B books issued, 62. No. C books issued, 36.' No. D (motorcycles), 0. I No. E, non highway, 70 m | No. R., non highway, 59 No. S-i, pickup trucks ‘ 1236. j No. S-2, heavy trucks .141. V ; ? - I l In issuing B and C books the actual driving mileage is estimated? and coupons r are detached at time ol r issuance, so that only en , lough are left to take cart [of actual estimated use , Only a very few full C books have been issued sc far. * Officials of the board also Called attention to the l fact that when instruct "[tons are sent out, they art to the counties in alphabet ical order. Thus, many times instru ctions are received by oth jer offices earlier than in this 4?otutty which lis last on the list. When information or instructions is received -it is released as rapidly as possible to citizens of the county. ★ ★ f WUai y <%M. B WiiU WAR BONDS 1* ★ A scout car is a low-slung motor car armored with heavy steel plate, used to transport troops from one point another. It is of low sil houette and gives protection against machine gun and olher ground Are. A scout car costs $5,000. You and your neighbors joining together can buy one of these vehi cles for the Ordnance Department of our army with your purchase of War Bonds. We need hundreds of them and need them quickly. Put at least ter percent of your wages or income into War Bonds every pay day and help your fellow Americans top the War Bond Quota in your - 'Oi’ntV ’ S' I : „ i,, Y Department US DESTRO WILL BE U ■ f j— y; .7—:;—- ■ A destroyer, named in honor of Otway Burns, the naval hero, will be one of the two ships which will be launched at the Char leston Navy Yard on Sat urday, .according to an an nouncement by the 6th naval district. Mrs. Martha Burns Smith whose husband is a colonel in the Marine Corps stationed at Parris Island, S. C., will christen and sponsor the Burns. She is a great granddaughter of the late Captain Burns, and a half sister of Romie Burns of Burnsville. The Burns will' be the second destroyer named for Captain Burns who was born at Queens Creek, N. C. in 1775. He was North Carolina’s most il lustrious naval hero in the War of 1812 and later one of the state’s leading stat County Schools Will i Open On August 12 * V, e * - „ All schools of the county: 5. will open on next Wedncs-i day, August 12, according ~ to announcement of school fficials this week, h School buses are now ). ready for operation, >. and 3,i little change will be made lat the beginning of the 3,i year from the schedule as ! observed last Q year. The s | shortage of gasoline and e tires .will, however, affect s j some phases of the, school f activities. l_ Teachers meetings will e i be held by districts with no general meetings through- 1 out the year as has been! 0 customary. The athletic program will also be cur-1 [ * tailed so far as inter-school e gained are concerned. A number of changes e have been made in the te acher line up, and the fol lowing is the latest list. Burnsville high school: B." M. Tomberlin, principal; t Mrs. C. V. Belgarde, Lu- cille Erwin, Beryl Wilson, Garmon Smith. Mrs. Mild s red Griffeth Hyatt- Emm- e ;ett Sams, Guss Peterson, Bertha - Wray, Nettie Bennett, Mrs.; Zula Wilson, Mrs. Mattie Sorrels, Willie M. Hensley, Joyce Banks, Osie Bennett, Mrs. C. L. Priffitt, ! Tipton, Mrs .Ollie j Styles I 1 j Young, Bess.. Lewis. 7 Pensacola school: Daw-; ‘ son Briggs," principal; Al-; t dine Pleasant, Daphen Bu • tner, Ruth E. Hensley, Ed-; ith Huskins. Bald Creek high school: R. H. Howell, principal; ! Catherine Proffitt, Walton Angel, Pauline B. Hensley, Shelby Robertson, Stasia Tomberlin, Mrs. Maggie H. ; Robertson, Hattie Phoenix, t Mrs. B. M. Tomberlin, Mrs. r Maude Lyon, Mrs. Lena [ Tilson, Zenebia Edwards, ■ Madge Ferguson, - Irene Hensley, Lucy Evans, Mrs. : Vaughtie McAllister, Virg ie Duncan, Mary Frank IYER BURNS PUNCHED j esmen. i| He was a member of the Assembly from 18- f 21 to 1834, and the town 1 : of Burnsville was named . in his honor. 1— : ' -j Mr. and Mrs. Charles • Rehbein"'of~ Baltimore are | visiting relatives here. M Theodore Higgins of the HU. S. Merchant Marine is ; * here on a visit with rela .! tives. Miss Ruth Metcalf ent? I ered Shriner’s hospital, i Greenville, S. C. on Sun ’ day, August 2, for nurses 1 training. . < Mrs. H. E. Blalock and ! two daughters, Louise and < I Frances, Mrs. Troy Met > calf and Ruth enjoyed a < , picnic and motor trip tel 5 Greenville, S. C. on Sunday. Misses Lucy McMath, i Frances Bankston and Ann i Anderson of Americus, Ga. - are visiting relatives here. Hmake ip EVERY PAYDAY BOND DAY NUMBER ONE | Hensley, Madge , Carter, Annie Lee Bryson.' Bakers Creek: Mrs. Ar talee Higgins. Banks Creek: Hattie Penland. Prices Creek: Mrs. Ed rus Ledford. Horton Creek: Ila Phil lips Mclnturff. Elk Shoal: Mrs. Eliza beth Buchanan. Bee Log high school: Monroe Mclntosh, princip al; Veo Pate, Max Proffitt, Opha Shepherd, Jack W. Mclntosh, Mrs. Bill Atkins, Mrs. Lillian Mclntosh, Inez j Edwards, Irene Dillingham, Sarah Hensley, Lola Hens ley, Hettie L. Hensley, Edr Ina Wheeler, Mrs. Maye Robinson, Janette Pen land, Verna Angel.* Little Creek: . Baxter Sil ver, Mrs. Bonnie Morrow. Piney Hill: Helene Styles Big Creek: Pauline Hol loway. White Oak Flats: J. W. Edwards. Clearmont high school: Vernie Wilson, principal; Mrs. Helen Jester, Irene M&ney, Ora Deyton, Mrs. Bob Hunter, Cecil Deyton, Mrs.- Florence Hughes, Ola Edwards, Mrs. Jessie Bail ey Clevenger, Mrs, Madge Byrd. Reba w. Glessie Stamey, Mrs. Har mie ' Briggs, Ruth Jobe, Clarence Bailey, Mrs. Thel man Gornto, Maphra Byrd, Sam J. Byrd. Deyton Bend: Lois Dev tbn, Mrs. Ruby R. Wheeler, Jenny Deyton, Lola Byrd. Bee Branch: Lois Moody. Micaville high school: Charles*,R. Hubbard, prin cipal; H. D. Justice, Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, Dellma Hensley, Violet Navy, Mol lie Hensley, Ethel Boone, Mrs. Ruth C. Miller, Mrs. Enola Wilson, Mrs. Gladys Gillespie, Mrs. Helen Silver, Mrs. Bernice Justice, Al berta Campbell, Mrs] Min nie Huskins Young, Clyde N. Young, Margaret Chan dler. Double Island: Claude C. Hughes, Frances Banks. Shoal Creek: Mrs. Sarah Hyatt Silver. Boonford: Doris Young. Blue Rock: Mrs. Clara B. ByrJ. South Toe District: Celo: Edna Adkins, Bill ie Marie Bennett. j Harvard: Mrs. Winnie Murphy, Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes. Locust Creek: Maude McMinn, Frances Ensley. Busick: Sinclair Conley, Mae Hunter Cole. Seven Mile Ridge: Edna Brinkley. Burnsville colored: Char ity H, Griffeth. Buster Riddle, Clay Fen der, and T. F. Sams were all home from the NYA camp visiting friends and relatives over the week end. . Cpl. Robert E. Wyatt of Fort Jackson, S. C. is vis iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wyatt of Mica l ■* « '»
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