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I * I For Victory... I]m U.*S. DEFENSE VeL, BONDS STAMPS VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. Men In Service — _ men will leave for ARMY SEPTEMBER 5 . 1 . . i The next call foi men for military service vill be for September sth when 45 will leave Yancey county for camp. The following have already been notified to report: William Biggs, Vixen; Oscar Wm. Fender, Bee Log; Floyd Duncan, Mica ville; Charley Mclntosh, Burnsville Rt. 1; Bruce Fender, Ramseytown; Troy McCurry, Day Bo ok; Creed Robinson, Burn-j ville-Rt. 1; Harry Willis ' Ramsey, Swiss; Arthur Taylor, Burnsville Rt. 1; Stanley Bailey, Burnsvil-, le; George Britt Holloway, Ramseytown; Rothy Byrd, Burnsville; Kelce Ledford, , Hamrick; Jay McCurry, Day Book; Charlie Hicks, Newdale; Rush Beeler, Burnsville; Arthur Bradford, Ramsey town; Avery McKinley Ho ward ,Bee Log; Avery Loyd Ray, Burnsville star rt; Vernon Stokes Presnell, Green Mtn. Fred Duncan, Micaville; Charles L Warrick, Huntda le; Wellington Mclntosh, Cane River; Morris Jc/.m son, Ceo; Emmett Ledford, Burns ville; Lester WHson, Sioux7j Charles Radford, Cane Ri-j ver; Ovan Willie Jamerson, Swiss; Eugene Shelby Hu ghes, Toledo; Ray Fox, Toledo; Ram on Dewitt Robinsn, Celo; j Robert Honeycutt, Ram seytown; Zeb Vance Hud-| gins, Paint Gap; Shirley Creson, Celo; Hollis Wilson, Paint Gap; Claude Self, Celo; Loyd Hi lemon, Green Mtn.; Jack J. Sheffer, Celo; Gaw Jack son Sparks, y Green Mtn.; Wesley David Chrisawn, Hamrick; Landon Boone, Windom; James Ralph Sil ver, Burnsville star st.; James Grant Laws, Burns ville rt. 1; Kenneth E. Chri sawn, Micaville; Biss Riddle, Pensacola • Carson Edwards, Burnsvil le rt. 1; Roby Wright, Celo; Charles Phillips, Bee Log. Camp* Campbell, Ky. Yancey Record: For the past four months I have been receiving the paper and I always look forward to the time when it arrives. The best way I know to keep up the mor c ale of the boys in service is to receive news from ho me and the papfer sure helps. Please send it to my new 9 address so that I won’t miss a copy. In closing, I wish every one in Yancey county the best of and happiness. • Sgt. .Luther B. Ray, 43rd Armored Regt. Bruce Byrd, son of Ad ler Byrd of Burnsville Rt. 1, is now stationed in Ha waii. Another son. Sgt. Ralph Byrd, is now addres sed c. postmaster, New Or leans. f _ rt\ THE YANCEY RECORD Ray Howell of Ft. Knox* Ky. has been home for a leave. He was formerly a i leading merchant of . the county and entered the j service in April. Charles Tomberlin was up from ' Camp Croft for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Fender received word Mon day that their son, Cpl. Thomas Guss Fender, had arrived safely overseas. Pvt. Edward Ballew is now with Co. F, 319 Inf. 80th Div. at Camp Forrest, Tenn. Cpl. James E. Ballew is now with Btty C, 79th FA, at Fort Bragg. Pvt. Kenneth Honeycutt is now.ith Flight 468, Scho ol Sqd. 309, Barrack no. 10, Keesler Field, Miss. i Plato Riddle, son of Mr. ancLMrs. Ransom Riddle of Concord, has been promot ed from private, first class to corporal. Cpl. Ridle was home for a leave last week. - Camp Cambell, Ky. Yancey Record: Please send the Record tome £amj) Camp-, hen, Ky. where we are for i ming a new 12th Medical division. I like to get the home news very much. S Sgt. John McKinney, Co. A, 82nd Med Bn., 12th Armd Div. Camp Campbell. ' : Camp Forrest, Tenn. Yancey Record: I have been receiving the paper for some time and I appreciate it very much as it means a lot to us boys in the army service to learn what the folks back home; are doing. I,have been tran sferred to the ordnance .de-J partment. Pvt. Fred Ballew. Howard Sheehan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sheehan of Micaville, and James Mc : Courry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dolph McCourry of Micaville, both of the U. S. Navy sta-tioned at Nor folk are home on leave. They enlisted six weeks ago. . U.S.S. ASHEVILLE RE PLACEMENT DAY “U. S. S. Asheville Re placement Day” will be held on September 7, and it is hoped that 160 men from Wetern North Caro line will be recruited that day for the Navy. U I lu “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1942 PAY YOUR TAXES I Property owners are ur ged to pay their 1941 tax es, both county and town, now and avoid the added cost of advertising and > sdle* CAMPS CLOSE AFTER (SUCCESSFUL SEASON . Mt. Mitchell Camp for Girls and Mt. Mitchell lj Camp for Boys have both; closed after very ful'seasons. The attendance: has been fine throughout the summer, and activities have reflected the interest; i of the country in activities . ;thaf will aid in adjustment , to xthe present conditions. i One change, that was hoticeable this summer was i the fact ‘that only a small , number of parents visited j their children during the j tw r o months season. Usual ly many jgarents come up some time during the sum mer to see the campers but this year the decrease in |travel has been reflected: here in fewer visitors to the camps. TRAINING AT N.Y.A. CENTER AIDS IN 13 EMPLOYMENT Many Obtain Jobs in., Defense Works The N.Y.A. resident cen ftUP at ASheviTle now Tra ining both boys and girls for work in defense ind ustries. The facilities of I the center provide training and actual experience in many lines of work so vital now to our national war effort. As rapidly as the boys are trained they are placed ; in industries as there is an ever increaing demand for trained workers. Among those who have received training and are now em j ployed are the following ifrom Yancey county: James H. McMahan ofi Micaville obtained his tra ining-in the sheet metal shop and is now employed in the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Coprorationx- Bal timore. Leslie Mclntosh of Cane j River and T. F. Sams of Burnsville trained in the electrical shop and are now both employed in the Nor , folk Navy Yard at Nor folk, Va. Charles B. Evans of Bur nsville received his train ing in the machine shop and has obtained employ ment in the Warner Air craft Plant. APPLE CROP WILL BE ERY SMALL v Heavy Grape Harvest Harvest The apple harvest will bej be the lightest in years, with some of the finest or-, chards yielding only a frac tion of their usual crop. This is due perhaps almost entirely to the unusually cold t spell while the trees were in early fruit* There are indications, however, that the grape crop will be very heavy. . *> COUNTY AJGENTS AT TEND MEETING V. J. Goodman, county agent, J. Shepherd, as- 1 .sistant county agent, and; Miss Dorothy Turner, ho- j i me agent, a£e attending a' four day conference in As heville this Week. Members jfof the Farm Security Administration office will also attend a con ference two/day this week. 4 Miss Ardnetfle Trotter is in | the office tfcjp week in the absence of Agnes Rice who is on her vacation. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR TOMjCINTOSH Tom F- Mclntosh, 42, di ed at an Asheville hospital Sunday following a long illness. He was a well known farmer of the Poss um Trot section near Bald Creek. He w|s born in Ma dison county but had lived here for many years. He! had been a member and !deacon of the church for a number of years. Funeral services were ! held at the Possum Trot Baptist curch Tuesday af ternoon at 3 Jflto’eloek with I Rev. Rev. Ponder and Rev. Shepherd officia-i ting. Active pall bearers were Sam McPetei% Merritt Me- Peters, George King, Paul; WilsonT ffdrare tTrfchw; ftnF ph Neil, Clayton Ray, Roy Mclntosh, Frank Ray and Frank Mclntosh. Nieces acted as flower girls. Surviving ( are the widow, ; the former Miss Daisy Ray, him mother, Mrs. Sam Mc- Intosh, Burnsville; and the following sisters and bro thers, Vay Anglin, Pauline and Mary Mclntosh of Bu rnsville; Fred, Solon, Hugh Herman, and Harry of Bald Creek, Mrs. Clyde Styles and Mrs. Frank Hensley of Cane River and Mrs. L. M. Reynolds of Flo rida. Holcombe and Edwards funeral home was in char ge of arrangements. NOTICE A representative of the' j Asheville field office of the j Social Security Board will be at the CourtrodVh of the Court House, Burnsville, N. C. on Wednesday, Sep tember 2, 1942, at 2:00 P. M. Wage earners who have worked in a job covered by the Social Security Act sin ce December 31, 1936, and have attained age 65, may be eligible to file claim for themselves, their wives or minor children, whether they have an account num ber or not. Surviving relatives of, deceased workers, such as widows, children, or par ents, or if none of the ab ove, persons who have paid funeral expenses, may be eligible to file claim. In addition, persons who have need of social security account numbers or other information pertaining to the Act are invited to meet this representative at the time and place mentioned. THIRD RURAL MAIL ROUTE OPENS SEPT. 2 Will Serve Number of $ i Patrons East of Burnsville L Is Third Rural Route In County G. L. Hensley, Burnsville postmaster, has announced ’‘that the U. S. post office department has authorized the/ opening of a rural mail 1 route to serve a number of patrons to the east of Bur nsville. This service will begin on Wednesday, September 2 jand mail .will be delivered lover the View route three times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. S. T. Ray Will Mail S. T. Ray who has served at assistant post master-at Burnsville for several ye iars will carry mail over the 1 ; new route. He has resigned ■ as assistant postmaster, ef fective September 1 and Ashton Ramsey’ has been, named to fill the vacancy. Approximately 150 Families j The new route will server | approximately 150 families 1 according to the prelimin jary survey. Mr. Ray will leave Burnsville at 9:30 a. I m. and will follow the fol lowing itinerary: Burnsville to George’s .Fork road; south on. Geor-„ gesFork to Frank McCo-: urry’s corner; east and nor theast to highway 19E < en-! ter highway at Windom 1 Methodist church i ; east on ! 19E by Windom and Mica ville post offices to Charles i Wilson’s residence, New dale; north ■east to Yo-j ung’s Chapel Baptist chu rch ;south east on Arbuckle rpad to 19E; west on high way to Blue Rock road ; south to Morgan-s corner; southeast to Lonnie Ball ew’s store and retrace; so uthwest to Autrey corner on highway 80; northwest and north by Celo ppst of fice to Micaville and west to Burnesville. j Another Step* The proposed new route is another step taken by the i post office department to | provide adequate mail ser vice'to the rural patrons of the county who live at con siderable distances from the' local post offices serv ing them, and will enable them t-o receive their mail: without making daily trips to the offices. - However, patrons served by the local post offices may continue 1 to “ receive their mail at these offices if they so desire or find it more convenient to do so. CLEL ROLANDS WILL MOVE HERE Mr. and Mrs. Clel Roland who have been residing in Asheville for several years willl move back to Burns ville within a short *tii«e. Mr. Roland hais been sworh in as deputy sheriff and will serve in that capacity. Emmett Ledford and Hol- Jis Wilson who have been deputies have resigned as they both will leave for the army on September 5. :: RATION BOARD AND PROBATION OFFICER EXCHANGE OFFICES The county ration board’ office is in new quarters, and so is the probation of fice as these have exchang ed. Mrs. Charles Hutchins, state probation officer, is ! now located in the room to the rear of the court room* formerly occupied by the ra tion board. The ration bo ard officers now located in the room directly over the! sheriff’s office, formerly j occupied by the probation officer. The new arrangement 1 will give much needed ad ditional space to the ration board officials. FIRST V MAIL LETTER LOCALLY -. first of the new V i Mat! letters have been re -1 ceived in Burnsville and Tiave aroused considerablej Comment and interest. The new service makes it much | easier to send large volume of mail, and also provides j for quicker delivery. G. L. Hensley has receiv ed the following release from-the post office depar-l i tment that explains fully : about this new type of mail j that may be sent to the j men in the- armed forces, ; and they may use in send ing letters home: | The Post Office Depart ment announced today that | the V-Mail Service, inaug | urated on June 15, 1942, is now past e xpe rimental stage, with each week sho wing large increases in the number of letters mailed to American soldiers overseas. The War Department has increased its facilities to handle promptly the vol ume expected in the fut ure. Facilities for photograp hing and reproducing V- Mail to and from the Unit-, ed States and the British Isles, Australia, India, Ha-i waii and other points are! now in operation. A.simi-I lar service is being planned ! for Iceland and other po ints where the -Volume I may warrant. Pointing out that V-MaiF provides a safe means of communication with mem bers of oiir Armed Forces, (Continued on Baek Page) ACCEPTS POSITION AT BEREA COLLEGE Miss Beryl Wilson ofj Bald Creek has accepted a position at Berea College where she will teach arts and crafts. She will begin her work there on Septem ber first. Miss Wilson is the daug hter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Wilson of Bald Creek and is a graduate of Be rea. She has been teaching home economics in Burns ville high school. Miss Mary Glenn Proffitt of Bald Creek is now teaching in her place. ■ ■ ■ ;■/ . ill Y ‘ " I- • MAK2 EVERY payday day NUMBER POUR v ’ — r ~ H. G. BAILEY, Burnsville business man, has been ma de manager ol’ the Burns ville warehouse of the Far mers Federation. He suc ceeds Norman Barnett, who has joined the U. S. armed forces. v.*. A. C. Reynolds, Jr. Farmers in the various Farmers Federation count ies will see a great deal of this man in th efuture — he has been appointed Fi eld Secretary of that org anization. He is A. C. Rey nolds, Jr., formerly princi pal of the/West Buncombe schoo, whotj's a member of the state legislature and during the summer has ser ved as head of the Farmers Federation Training school. As Field Secretary he will assist in all the Farmers Federation programs, such as livestock, poultry and wood products. I ‘' ’ - . FUNDS FOR U. S. 0~ , REPORTED TO DATE The total to date collect ed for the U. S. O. fund in Yancey county is $371.92. The quota is SSOO and it is hoped that the remainder of this will be donated wi thin the next week. I G. L. Hensley, chairman, has asked that all township chairmen who have not re ported, to do so at once, so that he may make a report to district headquarters. Any one who wishes to contribute may leave his donation with Mr. Hensley, with Fred Proffitt, treas urer, or at the Record of fice. Friends and relatives of Clarence McCurry were sorry to learn of his illness: News was received here last week that he under went a major operation in an Atlanta hospital recent ly. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. McCurry and is serving in the U. S. Army. Frank English is now stationed at Camp Wolt- If ers, Texas. V* » _ J** * *
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