j I For Victory ...
I J (J. S. DEFENSE
BONDS
STAMPS
VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
CAPT. BURNS PRAISED
AS SHIP IS LAUNCHED
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_ The following account of
the launching of the~~tß) S.
Destroyer “Burns” will be
of wide interest to readers
here. This report was pub
lished in the Raleigh News
and Observer.
Stirring indeed is the
story of Capt. OtwajTßurns
the North Carolinian sor f
whom was named the dest
royer Burns, launched re
cently at the Charleston
Navy Yard.
The care’er of Captain
Burns—he purchased and
outfitted a speedy clipper
and used it in the War of
1812 to harry British ship
ping—was outlined in the
speech of Col. Garland Fay
of the Marine Corps at the
launching in Charleston, i
The sponsor of the Burns
was Mrs. Harry L. Smith
of Parris Island, a great
granddaughter of Captain
Burns.
Colonel Fays speech: |
Ladies and gentlefnen:
Otway Burns was born
with this nation in the year
of 1775, a native of North
Carolina. Due to the part
he took in the War of 1812
between the United States;
and Great Britain, he be
came a naval hero and the
refore, in accordance with
naval tradition, this ship is.
ta be named for him.
Prior to 1812, Otway
Burns developed nautical;
experience and qualities of
leadership, and was descri-j
bed as follows:
“He had a frame of
culean strength and of tire
less endurance, a mind act
ive and acute, a courage
which knew no shrinking, a
nerve which grew more
steady in the*fiercest dan
gers, a temper quick but
never unsettled judgment,
a serene self -confidence
which, united with fertility
of resource and skill in sea
manship, gained the confi
dence of others, and an
iron will which compelled
obedience.”
At the time we are inter
ested in his career, he was
37 years of age, and was
employed as commander of
a coastal vessel, his ext
reme limits being New
Bern, N. C. on the south
and Portland in Maine on
the north.
.Upon the declaration of
war in June, 1812, he was
in the harbor of Portland
and was urged to convert
his vessel to a privateer, but
he considered her slow for
this service. Consequently
he sailed to New York and
Jere purchased a 147-ton
dtimore Clipper, noted
ior her speed. She was
strengthened and armed
with two broadside guns
and one pivot gun, and na
med the Snapdragon. She
carried a crew of about 100
officers and men, including
a captain, a lieutenant, and
14 Marines. So, “With the
help of God and a few Ma
rines” she was in every
way ready for her new and
hazardous career.
For the next three years,
Captain Burns sailed the
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THE YANCEY RECORD
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SPEED LIMIT
.The automobile speed li
mit has been set at 40 miles
per hour throughout the
nation. This is for trucks,
passenger cars and all ve
hicles.
Sheriff Banks has been
notified that this speed li
mit will be enforced. A
federal penalty will be im
posed in case of violation.
TIRE QUOTA CUT
28 PER CENT
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The tire quota through
out the nation has been cut
28 per cent.
This means that tires for
the ordinary driver have
practically been eliminated.
Persons eligible for tires
must absolutely be engaged
in work essential to the
war effort.
Under the present cir
cumstances, Yancey county
can expect no new tires for
passenger cars for at least
3 months.
Citizens of the country
have not realized yet, say
officials, that there just
aren’t tires ftp** ordinary
use or for use necessary to
carry on many kinds of
businesses;
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Snapdragon on the high
seas in search of British
; commerce and vessels of
war, which he captured or
; destroyed. He engaged ma
ny warships carrying more
guns than the Snapdragon.
Captain Burns, as a pri
bvateer, was most success
ful. In one period of seven
months of the war, he took
two barks, five brigs, and
three schooners, with
goes of one million dollars.
He played an important
part in the war by carrying
out his mission of crippling
the enemy’s commerce and
defying his men-of-War
and was a terror to the
British on the sea. In short,
he raised merry hell with
the enemy.
In those days the captain
of a ship was master of all
he surveyed. He was not
bound by red tape nor was
his style cramped by regu
lations. The terror of gov
ernment authority was re
mote; He did have some
paper work as he had to
make a full report of all
the prizes and ships which
he captured or encounter-
Captain Burns exacted
obedience from his crew by
his strength of character,
tact, utter fearlessness, and
indisputable superiority in
seamanship. On several oc
casions, Captain Burns sa
ved the Snapdragon by his
capable and efficient hand
ling of his ship;
In conclusion, if those
officers and men of our
Navy who are destined to
command and man this
ship can be indoctrined and
inspired by the deeds, the
character, resourcefulness
and bravery of him for
whom this ship is named,
they and their ship will
take their place in naval
history with the Snapdrag
on and Otway Burns,jQap
tain, United States Navy.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. M, L. REID
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Mrs. Myra Phelps Reid,
! wife of the Rev. Milton
Reid, pastor of the Mica
ville group of Presbyterian:
■ churches, passed away at:
; the Marion General hospit-!
! al Aug, 15, 1942. She was
,! 31 years of age. j
■j An infant son, Lewis!
, Joseph, born August 13
1 also passed away.
■| She is survived by %er
husband, their two child
ren, Annette, 4, and Cam
eron, 2; her mother, Mrs.
! Bertha Phelps of Bristol,
Va.,~ her two brothers, L.B.
I Phelps- of Bristol, Term.,
and C. Nelson Phelps of
Crossville, Tenn.
j Fuueral services were
. held at the Micaville Pres
, byterian church with Rev.
A. R. Craig, pastor of the
’ First Presbyterian church,'
II Spruce Pine, N. C. assisted
k by Rev. M. A. Lewis, past-!
or of the Micaville group 1
of Methodist churches and
r the Rev. J. W. Rosebourgh,
. Spruce Pine, and at the!
. First Prebyterian church,
Bristol, Tenn. with the
. Rev. Dan Graham in char
, ge, assisted by Dr. H. H.
. Thompson, pastor of the
! First Presbyterian church,
, Bristol, Tenn. Rev. M. F.
• Millburn, First Methodist
church, Bristol, Tenn. and
Dr. R. A. Brown, pastor of;
Windsor Ave. Presbyterian
i church, Bristol, Ten;-*-
Interment was in Glen
wood cemetery, Bristol,!
Tenn. Mrs. Reid’s former!
1 home.
Westmoreland Funeral
Home of Marion and Ak
lard Funeral Home of Bris
tol, Va. were jointly in
; charge. /
MRS. J. A. RAMSEY OF
MARS HILL PASSES
Mrs. J. A. Ramsey of
Mars Hill passed away at
her home on Wednesday
morning. Funeral services
will be held gt the Mars
Hill Baptist church this "af
ternoon at 4:00 o'clock.
Mrs. Ramsey was form
erly Miss Bell Sams, and!
has a wide circle of friends!
• and relatives throughout
1 this section.
Survivors include one|
son, Janiek of Mars Hill; 1
‘ four daughters, Mrs. Ros
alie Redmond of Marshall,
| Mrs. Julia Sprinkle, »Miss
1 Bex Ramsey and Miss June
1 Ramsey of Mars Hill; one
‘ brother, Henry Sams of
; Asheville; two sisters, Mrs.
J. B. Gibbs of Burnsville
’ and Mrs. Emmett Gibbs of
Shelby.
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Mrs. Martha Taylor is
visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Bob Pinson who lives at
Buckhead, Ga.
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WE MUST HAVE JUNK 1
Production in ever increasing volume is our hope
of victory. For this we MUST have scrap materials of
all kinds, v
He have been too complacent. We have thought, and
sometimes}said, that our small amount here could not
help very-much. Our little multiplied over and over
i throughout the land means that large volume we must
j have. f
There is nothing complacent today about the fight
ing that goes on around the globe. Not on the Solomon
Islands, nor. the coasts of France. We have a part in
the struggle just as surely as the Marines or members
of the Air Force. We must keep the factories running
full speed ahead.
Our campaign to collect junk of various kinds has
already begun. We are planning now for the JUNK
RALLY, county wide, which will be held on September
17. That gives us a month to find out where the old
stoves, and broken down mowing machines are: It will
give us time to collect the scrap at the school houses
or in Burnsville or any of the places that are most
convenient. ~ -
We MUST have the JUNK! Begin now that drive
that will mean that our county will do its full part.
And that full part is to collect every pound of available
1 scrap. s
SGT. MORGAN OF THE
CANADIAN AIR FORCE
DIES IN ENGLAND
Mrs. Arthur Theodore
Morgen of Green Mtn. has
been notified of the death
of her husband, Sgt. Morg
an of the Royafc Canadian
Air Forces, in London on
Aug. 9. following an oper
ation. No details concern
ing his death have been re
ceived. I| .
Mrs. Morgan is the dau
gte„o| jCi and Mrs. T.
f T. Johnson of Green Mtn.
and has one small daught
er. Jacqueline. 1
, Sgt. Morgan was the son
of Mr. and Mi-s. John L.-
Morgan of Hawk, Mitchell
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SUGAR STAMP 8 WILL
BE GOOD FOR 5 POUNDS
When you buy sugar
With your sugar stamp 8
you’ll be able to get 5 po
unds —but the five pounds
must last you ten weeks,
from August 28 through
October 31. So the half
i pound per peron per week
rule still holds.
There’s nothing difficult
about that, and there’s a
very good reason, but it
has caused a great many
inquiries to the local bo
ard.
I The reason: A great deal
jof sugar has been packed
in 5, 10, and 25 pound pack
| ages. The result of this
was that in many instan
ces the 3 or 6 or 7 pounds
of sugar that the family
ration stamps called for,
had to be weighed out eith
er from open stock or from
the 5, 10, or 25 pound pa
ckages.
This process of weighing
took the grocer’s time. It
also left on the shelves
the packaged sugar. Un
less this can be sold, it will
have to be repackaged cau
sing, the 0. P. A. says, “un
desirable wast of labor and
materials.”
So, after August 22, one
person may purchase 5
pounds, a two member fa
mily 10 pounds, three mem
ber family 15 pounds, and
so on. But the
last for 10 weeks so the
“half pbund per person per
week’ rule still holds.
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1 HOME NURSING CLAS
SES WILL BE
ORGANIZED
“ Instructor Will be Here
; September 10
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Plans have been practi
i cally completed for the ser
i ies of home nursing classes
- which will be held in the
- county next month. No de-.
- finite time has been set!
i but the instructor is ex-:
. j pected to be here about!
.September 10.
.! The Burnsville Woman’s!
- Club is sponsoring the clas-j
ses and Mrs. J. B. King is:
chairman of the home nur
sing committee for the Red
: Cross.
Mrs. King says that the
instructor should be able to
carry a series of 5 or 6
classes at a time, she has!
been informed, and it wo
-1 uld be well for the classes
to be distributed through
i out the county so that the
, instruction is made avail
i ale for the greatest num
' ber of women.
Two meetings of two
hours each will be planned
; for each group. There are
1 twelve classes in a series
: covering a period of six
r weeks.
DINNER IN HONOR OF
1 L. B. SILYER, JR.
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Mrs. Hal Gibbs gave a
5 dinner last Sunday, honor
- ing L. B. Silver, Jr., who
sis home on leave from
r camp. Those who were pre
, sent were Mr. Silver, L. B.
Siver, Sr., Charles Silver,
i Mr. and Mrs. Alphonso Sil
ver, Zeke Jones, Bill Rob
inson and Lois Ann Hend
erson.
Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Way
of Bald Creek are in Gre
ensboro where Mrs. Way
has undergone an operat
ion.
Essie Ball returned to
her work at Banner Elk
Sunday after spending two
weeks with her ■ parents,
Mr; and Mrs. W. G. Ball.
Mrs. R. D. Ray and Mrs.
Walter Edwards are on the
sick list this week.
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W. Ten per cent of your Income
®|S In War Bond* will help to
|Up build the plane* and .tanka
joJK that will insure defeat of Hlt
•mL 1” *nd hisJUrts partners.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. WESLEY
ANGEL
Mrs. Wesley Angel, 85,
died here at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. George
Greene, Wedhesday morn
ing. She had been ill for
several months.
Funeral services were
held' at the Greene home
on Thursday morning at
10.00 o’clock with the Rev.
J. S. Folger and the Rev.
Smoot Baker officiating.
Interment was in the Mcln
tosh cemetery in West Bur-i
nsville.
Surviving are the follow
ing children, Mrs. Greene, j
John of Burnsville, Dr. W.
R. of Boston, Mass., W. B.
of Leicester, R. V. of Bur
nsville, Mrs. Harold Brow
er of Los Angeles, Cal.,
Mrs. Sue Mclntosh of Bur
nsville.
Two brothers, John Ran
dolph of Barriardsville and
James Ledford of Marshall,
27 grandchildren and 20
..great grand children also
survive.
Holcombe and Edwards
funeral home was in charge
I of arangements.
NAVY RECRUITER
WILL BE HERE NEXT
jTUESDAY
Wayne W. Blanton, Yeo
man 3 class, US NR, will be
iin Burnsville next
j August 25 to interview any
j young men who wish to
make application for en
listment in the U. S. Navy.
Mr. Blanton was here
Tuesday and four men
made application “for en
listment. They were J. B.
Hensley of Higgins, Ray
; Hensley of Higgins, Frank
Howard Cooper and Mark
Ervin Hughes of Burnsvil
le. These young men will 1
go to Raleigh later for
their final examination be
fore acceptance.
“LADY HAS PLANS’’
BRINGS LAUGHS
Loosen your stays and
let out your seams, because
the funniest spy-hunt thril-j
ler ever unreeled—Para
mount’s “The Lady Has j
Plans”—is coming Sunday j
and Monday to the Yancey!
Theatre.
Co-starring in this mile-!
•j-minute merry chase are:
Ray Milland and Paulette:
Goddard, assisted by Ro
land Young, Albert Dekker,
Margaret Hayes and Cecil
Kellaway.
The story is spiced withj
hilarious situations stem
ming from the fact that
foreign spies in Lisbon mis
take reporter Paulette
Goddard for a spy who
has, drawn upon her back
in invisible ink, plans stol
en from the U. S. Navy.
Advance reports have it
that “The Lady Has Plans”
is film fun designed for
every movie-goer’s enjoy
ment. The §hort subjects
include the latest War
News from all the battle j
fronts, filmed under fire.
Anderson and George
Bailey from Virginia are
visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Bailey.
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NUMBER OF CASES ~
HEARD IN COURT
The two weeks August
term of Superior court was
’ adjourned last Wednesday
after a number of both civ
! il and criminal cases were
heard, as follows:
Civil cases: H. D. McCan
! less and wife vs. W. F. Bal
ilard et al. Judgment for de
fendant.
jj Banks Brothers vs. Fred
Arrowood. Judgment for
: plaintiff.
| A. E. Wilson and C. L.
' i Wilson, administrators, vs.
Mrs. E. R. Riddle, admin-
L istratrtx. Judgment; for
! plaintiff.
Mattie Joyce Jones vs.
John C. Mcßee et al. Judg
ment for plaintiff.
Divorces granted: Pearl
Brown Roland vs. Warren
Roland.
J. C. Silver vs. Nora Sil-
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R. A. Radford’ vs7 Jt
1 Radford.
* Reva Ray Wingfield vs.
Oscar Wingfield.
Mary Jane Hilemon vs.
Leslie Hilemon.
Jack Banks vs. Margaret
Banks. ...... > ~
Sarah C. Fortune vs.
Frank Fortune.
Burl Murphy vs. Birdy
Murphy.
Mrs. Leonard R. Dockery
vs. Leonard Dockery.
Criminal cases: Charlie
Fox, driving drunk. SSO
fine and 4 months suspend
ed on payment of costs.
Harley Howell, embezzle
ment. Dismissed on pay
ment of costs.
Charlie Wilson, abandon-
months suspended
on condition that monthly
payments paid.
Leslie Hilemon, same.
1 Willard Fox, violation of
prohibition law. 12 months
on road. Second charge, 12
months suspended for 4
years on good behavior.
Talmadge McMahan. Gu
ilty of disturbing religious
meeting. Not guilty.
Arthur Taylor, Vernie
j Wheeler. Guilty of tempor
ary larceny of automobile.
Prayer for judgment con
tinued.
Blake Styles. Plead guil
ty of assault with deadly
weapon. 12 months on road.
Dewey Lane. Assault and
battery. 3 months on road.
Luther Jones. Attempted
assault. 5 to 7 years.
Cloy Dellinger, Larceny.
2 years.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tip
; pett and daughter are vis
| iting Mrs. •* Tippett’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Piercy of Day Book.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Min
! uit and family of Bristol
s visited Mrs. J. B. Wheeler
. Sr. and family at Day
Book Sunday.
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