I 1 For Victory ...
U.S. DEFENSE
Mi* BONDS
STAMPS
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VOLUME SEVEN
COUNTY JOINS IN
NATIONAL DRIVE
FOR JUNK METAL
I
Our country must have
have scrap metals and oth
er materials for its war es
« -*fort and our county must
help out.
Some, scrap has already!
been • contributed but much
remains to be done and it
is a personal obligation of
every citizen of the county
to join in the campaign
that is under way nou\
<#Need Is Vital
This/ material is needed
immediately and is needed
vitally. The plants that
make the machines for
war cannot function with
out it and no patriotic
citizen can be lax in doing
his part. f
Salvage Committee
The county salvage com
mittee is, headed by H. G.
Bailey, chairman. Members
include R. W. Wilson, Dov
“~er R. Fonts, Clarence Brig- 1
gs, E; N. Stamey, Thelma,
Allen, A*. C. Angel, Jr.,
Dorothy Turner, T. G. El
lis, R. A. Charles, V. J.
Goodman, John Hannum.
51 Materials Nedded
Scrap iron : and steel,
other ■' metals of air lands,
old rubber,'! rags, manila
rope, burlap bags, and was
te cooking fats.
What To Do ,
The most important thing
to do right now is to notify
H. Grady Bailey of Burns
ville, giving approximate
amount and location. Plans
will be worked out imme
diately for collection of the
scrap but the information
should come first. A post
card may be used or tele
phone a personal message.
But notify Mr. Bailey at
once at the Farmers Fed
eration warehouse. or the
Bailey Appliance Co. .
LONNIE ALLEN CATCH
ES 18 POUND FISH
Probably the biggest fish
ever caught in Yancey co
unty waters was pulled in
Friday afternoon by Lon
nie Allen. He was fishing
in the dam of the North
west Carolina Utilities, Inc.
property when he snagged
the big carp.
Mr. Allen brought the
fish to shore four times
before he was able to land
it. He called his two sons
_ to help bring it in.
The fish measured 18
inches around, 33 inches
long and weighed 18 po
unds. * £>
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
-CANE RIVER CHURCH
SECURES SERVICE
FLAG
A beautiful service flag
with twelve stars was plac-j
ed in the Cane River Bap-|
tist church Saturday night
to be dedicated by Rev.;
David E. Anderson of St.
Paul, Minn., who had as
his text “I am a Christian
American.” The flag has a
red background land. a
white infield with blue
stars.
Cane River church is the
mother church in Yancey
County and is the first to
place a service flag in rec
ognition of her boys in ser
vice. There is a blue star
< for each boy in service and
a gold star wilf cover the
[ blue in case any of the
boys make the supreme
sacrifice for their country.
The flag was made by
Mrs. T. H. Phoenix, Mrs.
Cora Allen, Mrs. Lela Sams,
Mrs. Tom Robinson and
Mrs. Jessie Radford.
The boys in service rec
ognized by the stars are:
Preston (air corps) and
J ,<»(» iMuuul PK/uaivLu.. »a«j. „
of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Phoe
nix; Charlie (coast guard)
and Raleigh (army) Pit
man, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan Pitman; Fred
Sams (air .corps) son of
Mrs. Lela Sams and the
late Mr. Fuller Sams; Har
'sTd Bailey (air corps) son
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bail
jey; John Allen (quarter
master) son of Mrs. Cora
| Allen and the late Mr. Tom
Allen; Vernon Anglin
(army) son of Mr. and
Mrs. Burgin Anglin; James
King (air corps) son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard King;
Joe Radford (navy) son of
Mrs. Jessie Radford and R.
A. Radford; John Metcalf
(army) son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Metcalf ; J. D. Hunter
(army) son of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Hunter.
Warren Roland .son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hobard Ro
land and Ottis Roland son
of Mirs. W. M. Roland and
the late Mr. Roland left
this week for service. Their
stars will be placed on the
flag.
T, G. ELLIS TO
ANDREWS
T. G. Ellis who has serv
ed as sanitarian with the
district health office for
the past two years has been
assigned to the district
ofice at Andrews, and left
Wednesday to take up his
duties there.
Mr. Ellis was unusually
efficient in his work with
the health department, and
in addition he was very
active in civic and church
affairs. He was scoutmast
er of the local scout troop
and his interest in this re
sulted in the most wide
spread prograin of scout
ing activities in a number
of years.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942
AVAILABLE FOR CALL
TO SERVICE
The following men have
passed their preliminary
physical examination and
are now classified as avail
able foi call at any time.
James Grant Laws, Rt. 1
Burnsville; Charles Hollis
Wilson, Paint Gap; Albert
Paul Tolley, Boonford;
1 Troy McCurry, Day BookT
! Grady Pitman, Rt. 1, Bur
nsville; ;
j Stanley Bailey, Burns
ville; Welzie King, Cane
River; Joseph Wilson, Bee
Log; Jasper D Price, Win
dom; Ralph Lee Barnes,
Swiss; Bis Riddle, Pensa
cola ;
John L. Hensley, Bee
Log; Creed Robinson, Rt.
1, Burnsville; Herbert D.
I Ogle, Pensacola; Gresharn
McPeters, Windom; Lester
Wilson, Sioux;
James Higgins, Higgins;
Kenneth Chrisawn, Mica
ville; Charles Warrick,
Huntdale; Ward F. Hyle
mon, Toledo; James R. Sil
ver, star rt., Burnsville;
Morris Johnsdn, Celo;
Landon Boone, Windom;
Avery M. Howard, Bee Log
Wesley Chrisawn, Ham
rick ; Emmett Ledford,
Burnsville; Bruce Phillips,
RamseytoWn; Avery Lloyd
Ray, star rt., Burnsville;
Clyde S. Robertson, Lun
day; Charlie Hicks, New-
Proffitt,
ek; Claud Self, Celo; Char
les Phillips, Bee Log; Tom
Clayton Ray, Burnsville;
Roby B. Wyatt, Celo; Fred
Duncan, Mica^lle.
NAVY
Asheville, N. C.— (Spec
ial)—Chief Machinist Mate
C. C. Smart will be in this
territory next week for the
purpose of interviewing
additional men for the U.
S. Navy.
thief Smart will be in 1
the following places Mar
shall .court house on Aug
ust 17; Burnsville ! court
house on August 18; Spru
ce Pine at the Young Mens
Shop on August 19; New
land at the C van Building
on August ; and Boone
Post Office* on August 21.
The Navy is pushing a
head in new ship constru
ction and many more men
are needed to man these
ships. The Navy is prepar
ed to train these recruits
in trades for which they
are qualified in some of the
finest schools in the world.
Base pay for apprentice
seaman is now fifty dol
lars a month, and allow
ances are made for depen
dents.
In addition, Chief Smart
announces that although
men are registered for se
lective service, or if they
have received notice for
physical examination or in
duction, they are still eli
gible to appjy for the Navy.
Physical requirements
have been modified to a
great extent, and men for
merly rejected for defect
ive teeth and poor vision,
may now reapply for en
listment in the Navy. .
(Continued on Back Page)
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR CARL
Dies While Hunting
1 Carl Hugh^ r sorP of Mr
and Mrs. XJm Hughes Os
Micaville difd sometime
I August 11 while he was out
hunting. He |eft his home
and when he did not re
;: turn a party went in search
fntnd his body was found
Tuesday morning. No in-
I quest was h4ld, although
the coroner was called. De
ath was attributed to nat
ural causes, probably re
sulting from an accidental,
, fall. Services will be held
this afternooh at the Bow
ditch church" and burial
■ will be in the Double Is
. land church cemetery.
He is survived by his
i parents, and Three sisters,
• Mrs. R. E.rißiddle-of Ashe
ville and Marjorie and Bet
; ty Hughes of Micaville.
Holcombe and Edwards
. funeral home is in charge
■ of arrangements.
FARMERS HOLD IRISH
POTATO MEETING
. " ■
At the lirish potato
meeting which was held in
Burnsville court house on
Wednesday, August 5, a
plan Jor cooperation mar- 1
mapped out.
Present for the meeting;
were H. W. Taylor, exten
sion marketing specialist,
H. R. Niswonger, extension;
horticulturist, Joe Gourlay,’
potato grading expert
from N. C. State depart- 1
ment of agriculture, James'
G. K. McClure, president
of the Farmers-Federation,!
Guy Sales, sales manager,!
Bill Brawley, manager of'
the seed department and
H. G. Bailey, manager of
the Burnsville warehouse.
Mr. HcClure* stated that
the Federation would han
dle Irish potatoes for the
farmers and market them
for a wholesale fee of $.30
a cwt. on U. S. no. 1- po
tatoes. This includes’ bags,
inspection fee and broker
age fee, therefore the far
mer will get full market
price as quoted from day
to day less freight and the
$.30 per cwt. for the above
listed expense.
Mr. ' Niswonger stated
that dealing with whole
sale one must have a grad
ed product in quality, as a
carload or 500 bushels.
Mr. Taylor explained the
value of standardization
and Mr. Gourlay actually
graded a peck of field-rim
potatoes and to
those present what a U. S.
no. 1 potato is: namely
17-8 inches in diameter or
larger, of one variety or
similar varieties, and free
from defects or discolor
ations.
have the grader and equip-
To handle potatoes on
this wholesale * basis, the
Federation has agreed to
pay the farmers when the
potatoes are delivered to
the grader at the wareho
use in Burnsville, a mini
mum of $.90 per bushel for
VANCE ROBERTSON
WINS MANY HONORS
AT COLLEGE
Vance Robertson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rob
ertson of Bald Creek has
recently been appointed a
member of the Pre-session
Conference of Western Ca
rolina Teachers College.
The Conference is compos- 1
ed of faculty and student 1
leaders of the college to
make plans for the coming
college year, and will be
held September 2nd thro
ugh 6th at Lake Junaluska,
N. C.
Vance is a senior the
coming year. He holds the
offices of Editor-in-Chief
‘ of the College year book,
the Catamount, President
of the Western Carolina
; Players; Program chair
man of the Epworth Leag
ue ; Historian of Future
Teachers of America; andi
a member of the Board for !
selecting V-l students in
the new naval prograrp of
the college.
the graded U. S. no. 1, and :
the culls are the farmers’?i
To do this, the farmer
can dig his potatoes, sepa
rate varieties, sack them
I an<! take them to the grad
hf*^e**pf!?e'%d UpHffe
'farmer gets the benefit.
The Federation plans to
ment in Burnsville the
j week of August 24-29. Any
lone desiring further in
! formation i&urged to see
j the county agent soon and
; all questions will be ans
-1 wered as fully as is known
l now.
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Here is our chance for a
| potato market,;, selling on
the wholesale market, but
it will take cooperation to
put it over. Lt’s all help
if we have potatoes for
sale and need a market.
FARM NOTES
This year the AAA is
ofering at Grant of Aid,
Crimson Clover seed and
Austrian Winter peas for
sedding as cover crops.
These seed are furnished
on the same basis as the
AAA participants have be
en receiving lime sand phos
phate and are to be used
strictly for cover crops.
These seed will be furnish
ed to those desiring them
at the deduction rate of
$12.50 per cwt. for crimson
clover ahd $6.93 for Aust
rian Winter peas.
Crimson clover can suc
cessfully be used on low
land that has been limed,
as a cover crop following
beans, potatoes, cabbage,
home garden and other
truck crops, and the mini- 1
mum seeding rate is 15
pounds per acre. In using
Austrian Winter peas, a
good practice is to sow and
harrow in a mixture of 1
bushel of rye or other small
grain, and 25 pounds of
.Austrian Winter peas, so
metime before October 15
or November 1. With a
normal season they will be
ready to turn for corn pla
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Blackout Is Success
Here Monday Night
NOTICE |
Non-sfudent typing clas
ses will be offered at the
I Burnsville high school dur
ing the school term. Any
one who wishes to enter
the classes may register
on Friday afternoon from
2:00 to ,4:00 o’clock at the
school.—iß. M. Tomberlin,
I principal.)
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR CHARLIE IIICKS
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| Charlie Hicks, 61, of the
Cane Branch section, died
Sunday afternoon at 3:45
at his home after an illness
of one year.
j Funeral services were
'.held Monday afteroon with
burial in the Micaville ce
metery. Surviving are the
j widow; one brother, Lewus
Hicks of Newxlale, and a
sister, Mrs. Dove Boone of
Windom.
I
REGISTRATION I OR
CANNING SUGAR
The local board has been
authorized to hold a reg
istration for a second ad
ditional amount of sugar
fruits as they are in sea
son.
This amount will be all
owed for ADULTS (those
above 18), and 11 pounds
will be permitted ekck'per
son.
The registration will be
j held between the hours of
9 and 3 on M-onday and
Tuesday, August 17 and 181
at the high schools of the I
county.
; It is essential that those
who desire the sugar apply
for it on the days and
hours set. This registration
cannot be carried on at
the office. Those w r ho do
not wish to use the sugar
for canning, thus taking
care of winter needs, are
. reminded -that government
regulation requires this su
gar be used in this way
! rather than from day-to
day needs or table use.
Volunteers Will Be Needed
I Volunteers will be need
ed to help with this regist
ration, and Jf you can as
sist, please get in touch
with the principals of the
schools where it will be
held. This work will be
carried on during regular
school hours and the teach
ers will be busy and cannot
devote all their time to it.
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It
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MAKE
EVERY
PAYDAY
DAY
NUMBER TWO
Vine Cooperation In Most
Instances; Wardens Are
Commended
The town of Burnsville
cooperated wonder fully
during the first test black
out Monday night, and on
the wßole it was verys suc
cessful.
Much of the success was
due to the alertness of the
air raid wardens who were
i posted over the town and
! who remained on duty dur
ing the 30 minute period.
Though the county de
fense council considered
the test a success there
w r ere several suggestions
from the members and
from some of the raid war
dens.
The most frequent crit
icism made was the fact
that some citizens "did not
accept the blackout as a
serious undertaking. Per
haps this was natural since
it was the first test, and
the novelty accounted for
the attitude of a great
many people who had ga
therered “to see the black
out.”
All motorists observed
the rules of turning off
iights and stopping, and
most people remained in
'T,~T7. Lil udui toßEar
were reported of lights* be
ing turned on for an in
stant, possibly to find some
object that wCs" required.
All persons will be urged
to make complete prepar
ation before the next bla
ckout so that no flash of
light will be needed.
Report of cigarettes be
ing lighted came in from
widely scattered sections.
This is absolutely against
air arid precaution regula
tions as it is said that the
flicker of a match or cig
arette is more easily dis
cernable than a steady be
am of light to a person in
an airplane.
Lights in residences were
turned off Monday night,
so it is presumed that the
fire siren warning was
heard in all sections of the
town. However, there is
some question as to wheth
er the siren •; is - adequate
and whether it wnuld be
heard if there was no ad
vance notice that a black
out would be held. It is
possible tht whistles at the
saw mills could be used as
additional warning as they
are located east and west
of the town and could be
heard in their immediate
section.
Clarence Briggs, chief of
the fire department, heads
Ihe air raid wardens and
those who served with him
were J. B. King, Hershel
Holcombe, John Leigh, Ed
Bryant, Troy Mclntosh,
Edd Roberts, Creed Hens
ley, Bill English, D. R.
Fouts, Donald Banks, Troy
Ray, Leslie Hensley, Oval
Smith and G. T. Robbins.
Members of the Boy
Scout troop, under the dir
ection of Scoutmaster T.
G. Ellis, also , assisted in
patrol! duty.
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