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THE YANCEY RECORD
ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936
Editor Mrs. C. R. Hamrick
Managing Editor Charles R. Hamrick
Published Every Thursday By
YANCEY PUBLISHING CO.
A Partnership
Entered as second-class matter November lltb, 1936, at the
Post Office, at North Carolina, under the Act o 1
March 3, 1879.
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LOCAL AUTHOR’S
WORK PUBLISHED IN-"•
IMPORTANT VOLtME
Mr. Sinclaijr?Con|ey, Bur
.nsville, N. C., is one of the
authors whose work is
published in the “Voice of
Freedom”, a 600-page book
of poems and lyrics just
published. This is a vol
ume which speaks for all
Americans, for all freedom
loving people in this war
crisis. As such, it is a def
inite contribution to nat
» ional morale and the war
effort. Through publicat
ion of this book may be
found the song of victory
for which the United Nat
ions have been waiting.
Thousands of authors To*
„ cated in every part of the
country competed for a
_ -place in this volume. Many
of these are writers who
have been published in oth
er important publications
and magazines and some of
them are authors of books
of their own. To have won
a place in this volume is
therefore an important lit
erary achievement.
At a later date, a similar
~ volume may be prepared
by the same publishers,
The Haven Press, 55 W. 42
St., New York City, and
writers who are interested
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write to the publihers for
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petition.
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started”—and there are
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“BY THE NAME OF
UNCLE NED”
Yancey County, it seems
to be generally has
■ a better type of colored
citizenship than most other
counties. The colored peo
ple here are most indust
rious, law-abiding and pat
riotic.
Among the older group
or set, one of. the most en
tertaining and perhaps the
oldest colored man in the
county r j§ Edward Ray
(Uncle Ned) 'of Banks
Creek.
He was born at the Billy
Ray place* t/ane River, Ap
ish 10,-1856, ' a slave be :
longing Jo,-. Billy Ray, and
/ \vas the “son of Nathan
RayC -i commonly Cai le d
; Nate)', .who 'was a shoe and
( boot myker and who had a
wide circle of friends, am
’ ong both races.
. “Uncle Ned” is most in
; foresting when he begins to
reminisce, for his memory
| is still pretty good. He re
lates many incidents of
Civil War times. Among
these was a visit of mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan
to his home. Two of them
; in their nightly attire en
| tered his home and got
I him out of bed. He says
that he recognized their
( voices and \hat he knew
\ they would do him no
harm. He tells also of Kirk
coming through Yancey
County with a band of sol
diers and some of their
activities.
Especially does he like
! to tell of his school exper
‘ ience. At that time there
> was little opportunity for
■ colored people to learn to
; read and write. Un~cJe.Br.v
--i son Banks, a -highly res
‘jpected and widely known
? j citizen (if his Section and
> time, taught the "'Colored
- people on Saturdays and
“ Sundays, making a very
? small charge for Saturday
• | only. It is interesting to
note that “Uncle Ned” still
I remembers some of the
SWISS NEWS
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Harold Robinson of the
United States Navy is vis
iting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Robinson.
Rev. and Mr. B. T. Nan
ney, Melba and Edna Nan
ney and George Buchanan
of Brevard spent Sunday
here visiting relatives. Mrs.
Naney remained for a we
ek’s visit with home folks.
Willie Jay Ferguson and
Mr. and Mrs. Kiah Fergu
son of Baltimore Md., are
visiting relatives here this
Wogj(
Mrs. C. C. Allen of Swan
nanoa was tl?e guest of
Mrs. W. T. Robertson dur
ing the week end.
Charles Tomberlin of the
U. S. Army
South Carolina was home
for. the week end.
Mrs; Dewey Rice of Ivy
was visiting relatives here
Tuesday.
REVIVAL MEETING AT
PENSACOLA
A tent revival meeting
began at Pensacola on
Wednesday, night and will
continue for * the next ten
days or two weeks.
Rev. Smoot Baker is pre
aching, Rev: R. C. Arro
vvood is leading the singing
and Rev. Ben Lee Ray is
in charge of the young
i peoples work.
ASSOCIATIONAL MEET
IN B SEPTEMBER 1 and 5
The Yancey Baptist asso
( ciational meeting will be
, held at the Brown’s Chap
el church on September 4
and 5. The program is prin
ted in this issue.
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JQUARTERLY CONFER
( ENCE SUNDAY
) The fourth quarterly
conference of the Bald
. Creek Methodist charge
will be held at Deyton Bend
, Methodist church Sunday,
August 23, at 10:30 a. m.
, All official members of the
. churches and all other int
, erested members are urged
to attend. The completion
. °f the new church building
t will be discussed. Dr. M. T.
I Smathers, District Super-
I intendent, will preside. The
conference will begin pro
. mptly at 10:30, war time.
diacritical, marks he learn
ed, and what is more, is
‘ able to explain their sig
' nificance. Furthermore, he
likes to quote the stanza
of poetry giving the length
arid order of the months
of the 1 year.
His attachment for the
- Ray family is noticeable.
He says that Mr. Tommy
Ray was the first Ray who
came and settled in Yan
cey County and that Mr.
Bill Ray was the son’ of
Tommy and owner/of him
self and his father “Nate”.
( arrying the genealogy of
the Ray family further, he
says that Billy Ray had
four sons—Burt, John He
nry, Hii am and Tom.
Uncle Ned" is physical
ly strong fdr a man of his
age. He attends the Zion
church. He lives with his
sister on the small sum of
money which he receives
monthly from the Welfare
Office. *
- As for the times, he
thinks the “good, old days”
are best. In his opinion, the
world is growing worse. %
“Uncle Ned”, as one fa
miliar with his early tra
ining and associations wo
ujd expect, is a man of
civility, consideration, good
manners and courtesy. He
has a large group of fri
ends in the' county.—(Jam
es Hutchins.)
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FIRST SERVICES IN
GREEN MTN. CHURCH
The first services in the
nearly completed Presby- ,
terian church at Green Mo
untain were held on Sun
day, Augut 9th. Sunday
school was held in the mor- ,
ning.
In the afternoon Dr. Ro
. bert King of’ the First
Presbyterian church of
Johnson City came and bro
ught with him a group of
six young people to hold a
; revival meeting and Bible
school for us.
Both the revival and Bi
ble school were very suc
cessful. Even though the
public schools opened in
Yancey county on Wednes
? day the Bible school was
carried on in the afternoon
and much good was accom
plished.
The revival services dos
ed on Monday night, with
a special message to new
converts delivered by
Dr. King on Tuesday night.
There were fifteen peo
| pie who came into the
I church by confession of
t faith and these were bap
tised by the pastor, Rev.
Ernest Wilson, who assist
ed Dr. King in the revival.
. In all, thirty members were
1 received into Harris Mem
. orial church, and these will
become the charter memb
ers of oUr church when it
■ is organized by the Pres
» bytery in October. Four
others joined other church
- es in the community.
J The people of this com
- munity of all denominat
-1 ions learned to love Dr.
■ King and the group of yo
ung people who came with
him, and they have expres
sed their love and grati
tude to them and trust
that they may come again
’ and often to here, as
1 our people accuse him of
? “being one of us” now.
• One of the finest things
> in building the new church
• and in holding these first
- services has been the spirit
' of cooperation and of wor
-1 king with us that all other
1 churches in this commun
> ity have shown. Denomin
• ation made no difference in
[ this meeting; all were
? working for Christ.
Especially th? members
of Covey Creek Free Will
- Baptist church and Zion
; Baptist church at Toledo
■ helped, as well as the mem
■ bers of the Harris Mem
orial Presbyterian church
and to them we all express
i our gratitude and apprec
iation. Some also came
from Deyton Bend Metho
dist church.
The church is truly a
community enterprise and
their motto is “Dedicated
to God and the good of our
' community”, J. Walter
Ho Well, Jr. is chairman of
the building committee,
Mrs. M. E. Bradshaw is fi
nance chairman and Oscar
L. Young is secretary and
treasurer.
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VIXEN ITEMS
The boys who left for
Carpp Croft last week are
back on their 14 day leave.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Og
le and Mr. and Mrs. Will
iam Ogle spent Friday
night at Mt. Mitchell.
Lawrence 7 Penland of
Wixen left Saturday morn
ing for Detroit.
Vincent ■ MeMahan was
Home from Swannanoa this ,
week end. ' "~ v " 1
There were several peo
ple from Vixen who atten
ded the decoration at the
Autrey cemetery here Sun
day. Services were conduc
ted by Rev. Jack Hutchins. 1
Men In Service
MEN ACCEPTED FOR
SERVICE
Os the 62 men who left 1
the county on AugGst 17, 1
55 were accepted for- serv- ]
ice. They will report again !
on August 24 and 25 at j
Fort Bragg to begin active
service. |
The following men were/
accepted:
Roy Deyton, Paul Buck,
Paul E. Pritchard, Hunter
Henry Maney, Gummery
Edwards* Edd Young, Ce
cil Deyton, Hermon Bost
ian, Albert Lee Young;
Carter Silver. Anderson
Edwards, Frank Miller, Ot-I
tis Roland, Lloyd Blalock,
Wade Randolph, Clyde
Phillips, Frank Phillips;
Ford Bailey, Clarence
Deyton, Shelby Higgins,
Lennie L. Robinson, Bar
nett Burleson, Andrew
Hensley, Vestal Randolph;
Philip Edwards, Hubert
Wilson, George Gardner,
L. B. Silver, Jr., Floyd Har
rison, Brooks Silver, Lee
Roland, Wm. Johnson, Lu
ther McCurry;
Paul Silver, Albert Tho
mason, Cliff Horton, Lon
nie Ogle, Edd Biggs, Mel
vin Woody, Avery Edw
ards, Silas McMahan;
Arnold Berry, Geo. Brad
ford, Fuller Boone, Virgil
Burnett, Rufus Wallace,
Chester Duncan, Marion
Elliott; ......
Wm. A1 len, William
Smith, Lonnie Wilson, Bry
an; King, Phil Adkins, Geo.
Lewis Fox, Clyde Ledford.
J. B. Bennett of thp/U.
S. Navy spent the^past
week end with his/ parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bennett
of Bolens Creek J Bennett
is now in training at Par-1
ris Island, S. C.
Pfc. Plato Riddle, son of l
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Rid
dle of Bolens Creek is now'
stationed at Camp Gordon,!
Augusta, Ga.
Pvt. Wm. N. —Gortney,!
son of Bulo Gortney of
Green Mtn., is serving in'
the army and is stationed
at Camp . Robinson, ArkJ
His address is Pvt. Wm. N.
Gortney, Co. B. 68th Bn.,
14th Regt, Camp Robinson,
Ark.
Pvt. Royce Brinkley, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Charley JBrinkley of Day
Book is now serving in the
U. S. army. He is a gradu
ate of Clearmont high
school and taught for sev
eral years in the Yancey
county schools. His address
is Pvt. Royct* Brinkley, Co.
T, 378th Inf., APO 95, Camp
Swift, .Texas.
Pfc. Marion P. Ballew of
the 14th Squadron, 53rd
Fighter Group, Army. Air
Forces, has recently been
promoted to and now holds
the rank of corporal acc
ording to information rec
eived from Ist Lt. William
H. Borden of the AAF.
Yancey Record: Just a
few lines to tell you how
much I enjoy the paper. It
gives me. the news from ho
me. I don’t get it very of-<
ten now as I did when I
was in the states but I get
all the copies about once 1
a month.—Pvt. Denver B.
Edwards, c. Postmastm,
San Francisco, Cal.
Ray L. Byrd of Fort
Bragg spent a leave at his
home at Rjyerside.
Biss Byrd of Texas is I
home on leave.
' T MARINES
Raleigh, Aug. 13—The
Marines have landed again,
this time in the Solomon
Islands in the first United
States offensive of the war
and Marine recruiters in
North Carolina have pled
ged to “keep ’em landing”
by enlisting as many Tar
Heels as possible during
the last 15 days of this
month. ;
The recruiters • believe
that North Carolina will
reward the Leatherneck
heroes, who r are winning
the United States’ first of
fensive action, by adding
manpower instead of mere
i words. Those distant Mar
lines are going to know that
'North Carolina is behind
them, Leatherneck recruit
ers pledged today as they
made plans for an all-out
recruiting offensive.
Captain John M. Greer,
, recruiting officer for Nor
th Carolina, today called
1 upon North Carolina’s yo
uth to visit the recruiting
stations and give their.sup
. port to the Marines who
. are getting America start
. ed toward victory—just as
. they did during World
War I, when they electri
. fied the world by their
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brilliant /taking iof
pregnable” Belleau Wood.
The recruiting officer is
asking that every Tar Heel
who Jbas a son/ huband or
, friend in the Marine Corps
to try to send along some
other man to help carry
the Leatherneck load, „whi
,ch has been heavy s4nce
Pearl Harbor and which is
. getting heavier by the day.
■ The Devil Dogs have
. landed out there in the
r Solomons, and they’re the
\ re to stay, but the Marine
Corps needs other young
> men to help take 4>ack eth- ;
ler Jap-infested islands.
North Carolina has always
’ been a notable contributor
■ to Marine Corps Yanks, and
‘ Captain Greer is looking to
[ the Old North State to
! step forward with a large
number of volunteers—men
: who want to have an act
ive part in the crushing
‘ blows which will take the
edge off the Axis forever.
Age limits in the Marine
Corps is now 17-33, inclus
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I CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take tjiis op
s portunity to thank our
■ many friends for their
) kindness during our recent
■ bereavement. The many
5 kind words and beautiful
1 flowers will long be appre
ciated. — (Mr. and Mrs. Lat
" M. Hughes and family.)
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