North Carolina Newspapers

jt . I 4 For Victory... | i U.S. DEFENSE bonds STAMPS VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. INFORMATION CON CERNNG SCRAP DRIVE L. L. Froneberger of Asheville, assistant supervis or for the government, in charge of scrap collection v, the western counties, was here today and met with members of the Salvage Committee, Briefly, the fol lowing are plans for the campaign ./' 1. The government is handling the drive and govern ment trucks will operate in the county to collect it. A shipping center will be established in Spruce Pine for Mitchell, Yancey land Avery counties and the scrap | will be taken there; .fee - trucks will be here within 30 days to six weeks.- - 2? The most important thing now is to get the scrap piled up. This does not mean that it must be placed on the-side of the highway but it should be piled up so that it can be loaded easily. - 3. Give the names and amounts to the* county agent as the truck drivers will work from his office, or to the chairman of the salvage committee. 4. The scrap may be donated or sold. If it is to be donated, select some organization (such asxdefense co uncil, school, etc.) to receive funds. 5. Above all drag out ALL the scrap and pile it up so that it can be collected easily. NAVY RECRUITS JOIN TO REPLACE CREW OF U. S. S. ASHEVILLE At a mass enlistment ceremony on Monday, Sept. 7 at the Asheville city aud itorium, 132 navy recruits were sworn in. They come from 20 western North Ca rolina counties and will re ' place the crew of the U. S. S. Asheville which was lost in fighting in the Java Sea. Plans for the U. S. S. Asheville Replacement 'dri ve had been under way for some time and recruits had been enlisting for several weeks. From Yancey County Among the recruits who joined in the stirring cere monies of the mass enlist ment were the following: J. B. Higgins, 17 of Hig gins; Ray Hensley, ~19, of - Higgins; Ralph Bailey, 17, of Burnsville; Charles Nelson Boone, 29 of Vixen; Frank Howard Cooper, 22, of Burnsville; D. J. Gardner, 21, of Es tatoe; Robert Burdette Hall, 22, of Green Mtn.; Mark Er win Hughes,l9, of Burns ville ; Robert W. Ramsey, Jr., 21, of Burnsville; Winton Burdette Riddle, , 18, of Ramseytown; Robert Mor ris Style, 21, of Burnsville. R. F. D. 2 SERVES MANY FAMILIES . ' f The recently established R. F. D. 2 is now serving approximately 150 families to the east of Burnsville with delivery three times a week. This route reaches many families living at a distan ce from local post offices; Those who. find is more convenient to get their mail, at the post offices, still do so. The amount of mail now being carried virtually as sures a six-day a week sch edule of delivery within the near future. S. T. Ray, formerly '- assistant post master at Burnsville carr ies th mail over the newly established route. THE YANCEY RECORD 9 .y, : • ..-_.l_.__ “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” NOTICE TO CAR OWNERS Attention to all gasoline users is called to the fact that stamp 1 in the A bookj is good till, September 22 j , and not September 1. Several intances have oc curred where the car own/ ers used all these 1 stamps by September 1, and in a few cases have used stamp 2. • . This is a violation of the law on the' part of the car owner, and if a service sta-> Ition operator accepts a stamp without noticing that it is stamp 2 he cannot obtain gas on this stamp. BOWLING CLUB PROV-j ING VERY POPULAR y- - ;•••-; J The Bowling Club open ed last week in the new building on the square is proving very popular, with both the young people of the community and with older ones as well. 1). R. Fouts is manager of the club which is owned and operated by R. A. Glenn and L. V. Pollard. Mrs. R. H. Dixon has re turned to Siler City after a visit here with her daugh ter/Mrs. G. D. Bailey. ★ ★ WluU fyoußudf With WAR BONDS [★ ' *| Essential in the equipment ot ev ery Soldier, Sailor, Marine or Flyer 'is a first aid kit, consisting of band ages and antiseptics for instantane ous use. These materials are packed into a compact box and cost about i $1.50 each. We need millions of these first aid kits for emergency treatment. They are also used by Red Cross work ers, in field hospitals and wherever needed until hospital treatment may be obtained. Even a child could buy one or more of these kits through purchase of War Stamps. Buy War Bonds and Stamps every pay day and invest at least ten percent of your Income in these government securities. U. s. Trtatury Dtparlmtnl BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1942 OCTOBER TERM OF COURT WILL NOT BE HELD ~ ~ The regular 0c t o ber term of Superior Court for Yancey County will not, be held, it was announced this week. A \ej?y light civil docket was scheduled, and these cases will be carried over. MICA PRODUCTION IS j GREATLY INCREASED I: Colonial Mica Company of Great Assistance To Miners Machinery Provided For Operation T~ • / ; . Mica - production is al ready up an estimated 48 per cent, and is rapidly be !coming much greater -as new mines get into oper ation and those already be ing worked step up their output. It is to this section, one official stated that the co untry must look for most jof the supply of this mat- I erial so vital to the war | effort. The one factor that “has contributed most to the ra pid expansion, according to E. L. Briggs who owns ex tensive mining interests in the. county, is the organi zation of the Colonial Mjca Corporation through which machinery has been made available for mining. In all, this corporation, in less than three months, has inspected, improved and assisted in getting op erations started In approxi mately 290 mica mines, 175 |of which are in western North Carolina. Os these 60 to 75 are cated in Yancey County. Some of them have been in operation for some time; others have been opened or reopened recently. All have been spurred to great ly increased output. Production should incre ase much more rapidly now since much of the slow pre liminary work of cleaning out old mines or opening new ones, and of moving and installing machinery has already been done. In explaining the organi zation and purpose of the Mica corporation this stat ement was made:- “The aim of the Colonial Mica corp oration is to triple the pro duction of mica which last year amounted to one mill ion pounds. The corporat ion was set up last June at the suggestion of the War Production Board, and is an organization acting as agent for the Metal Reser ve company, a subsidiary of the Reconstructiorufinance corporation.” - --v The southern office is located in Asheville with a branch in Spruce Pine. B. C. Burgess , formerly of Spruce Pine, is southern manager and Edward For tner also of Spruce Pine, is manager of the Asheville office. The company cooperates with the producers so that (Continued on page 4) : W. S. BRIGGS, FQRMER YANCEY MAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH Funeral services* for ■ Shepherd Briggs, 95, one of I , Madison county’s oldest re - sidents, were conducted on Wednesday afternoon. His death occurred orfc Monday evening. Interment was- in the Briggs cemetery at Crook ed Creek in Ma&ison co unty. 1 I Surviving are svo child ren, J. G. Briggs of Mars Hill and Mrs. Luhi Chand ler of Biltmore; 19 grand ! children, 5 great grand j children and six great great grand children, j j Mr. Briggs , was a nat j ive of Yancey citmty but t for many years / lived in 5 Madison county.* Until a . j few years ago hb worked . on his farm and took an -active interest in the chu rch. i * i t--- i , ._ —: . : LYNN W. THOMAS LO CATED IN GEORGIA T* | Lynn W. Thomas of Mi caville is now located in Barnesville, Ga. to cover the territories of Alabama and Georgia for the Colon ial Mica corporation. Mr. Thomas has had many ye ars experience in mining and buying mica. MANY MEN FROM JACKS J CREEK IN ARMED SERVICE ! . 1 Perhaps no section of the county has more men to represent it in the armed forces than Jacks Creek township. The following list was made this week. Others may have been ov erlooked and will be added later. Fred, Woodrow and Suel Anglin, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Will Anglin; Bis and Ray Byrd, Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Will Byrd; Fred and Floyd Honeycutt, sons of j Mr. and Mrs. Alfonzo Hon !eycutt; Ray Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hon eycutt; Emory Silvers, son of Harve Silvers; Henry of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Arrowood; Bru ce Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nebraska Mitchell; Roy and Ned Evans, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lat Ev ans; fjfarl Bailey, son ofj Mr. and Mrs. Mack Bailey;; Clarence Laws, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Laws; Coy McCourry, son of T. B. McCourry; Seth Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peterson; Howe Deyton, son of Mrs: Sara Deyton; Bernard Dey ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Deyton; Burgess Fox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mal comb Fox; Rass and Clyde Fox, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fox; Seth McCurry, son of Mr. and Mrs .Gate McCur ry; Victor and Herrick Peterson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Peterson; Flet cher, Alvin and Ray Mc- Courry, sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. McCourry. Woodrow, Lloytt and De- —j •Sf, • WMfK H iM MTW • . PROPERTY IS BOUGHT The new brick building on the square built last winter by H. S. Edge, was I sold recently to the Yancey estate in Marion, Sam Yan icey, son of the late John Yancey, represented the : estate in the purchase. In the transfer, Mr. Edge obtained the administrat-; ion building and old boys; dormitory of the Carolina New College- property whi ch belonged to the Yancey ’ estate. » 1 W. W. Hennesse purch ased the front of the prop erty, ;and the old dining | hall and shop buildings. 1 | , | J. H. Enloe, districtr'sup ervisor, has been with the county agents a part of this week. Peterson, sons of Mr. i and Mrs. Sam Peterson; ' Luther and Leslie Peter : son, sons of Mr. and Mrs. ; Bis Peterson; Charles Pi , ercy, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Piercy; Luther McCourry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geeter McCo ; urry; Clarence McCourry, I son of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. McCourry; Isaac Lewis, son of Mrs. Nora Deyton; Arthur and _Jule Tipton, • sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Tipton; Fred Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Peter son; Arthur Peterson, son jof Mrs. Ida Peterson; Finn and Taylor Cooper, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Co- j oper; Maurice Styles, son of Carl Styles; Billy Baucom, ; son of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Baucom; Karl Renfro, son |of Mr. and Mrs. Gather ' Renfro; Ernest Hughes, j ! soTr-oiLMr. and Mrs. Noah ‘ Hughes; Charles Deyton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Deyton; Ralph Tilley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tilley; ; Glenn and Sam McCourry, sons ofMr. arid Mrs. Mai McCourry; Cecil, Roy and Clarence (Deyton, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wess Deyton; —Averv Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Edwards; James Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Edwards; Reece Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs.' John Edwards; Clair Laws, on of Mr. and Mrs. Don Laws; Roscoe Laws, son of M». and Mrs. Walter Laws; Frank Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gudger, Briggs, ■ Frank and Ray English. , ‘ - NUMBER SIX Men In Service I • • . - • -T-V; 1— , ' NAVAL AVIATION CADET - • — Bill Gibson, son of Mr. : and Mrs. Carl S. Gibson, former residents of Burns ville, is now a naval aviat ion cadet. He was graduat ed last spring fr#m Ere van! College. Wliile there he took C. P. T.\trainir/g, finishing highest in his ; class. He was accepted for pre liminary training in the naval air force, and on Ju ne 4th began this course in Atlanta. In this he finished second in a class of 36. He is now stationed at Jack sonville, Fla. " Mr. and Mrs. Albert Al len of Pensacola have four ;sons serving in the army now, the fourth having left last week. One son is over seas and the other three in the U. S. A. A There is one more son and he has offered his ser-, vices. He wants just long enough to get ready (about a 15 minute notice) is all ;he asks for. .I Seth McCourrv of Fort Jackson, S. C. is at home on a furlough. Pvt. Ulyses Silvers of Fort Benning, Ga. is at hopie for a short leave. Cecil Wheeler of the U. S. Navy, Stationed In Noth folk is'here for a short; leave. Ward Bennett who is with the Signal Service Corps at Camp Murphy, Fla. spend the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Bennett. John Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Lewis, is now stationed in Northern Ireland, according to a cab le received recently by his parents. He entered the service on April 15 and was in training at Fort Bragg and Camp Edwards, Mass., before going across. John B. Bennett of Camp 1 Croft pent the week end here with his mother, Mrs. A. J. Bennett. Mrs. John Bennett accompanied him from Asheville. ° Harlon Holcombe who is in the Medical Battalion, stationed at Camp Bark ley, Texas, is home on a 12 day furlough. Lloyd Rathburn of Camp Claiborne, La.* is spending a 12 day furlough with re latives at Pensacola. He lias been in service for 6 months. Lee Rathburn of Camp Forrest, Tenn. is also vis iting relatives at Pensacola on a 7 day gurlough. He; has Leen in service for 4 months. Pvt. Charles Bradford, son I of Mr. and Mrs. Carter! Bradford is in for a few days from Ft. Eustis, Va. Ralph Fender of Bee Log and Earl Hilemon of Hig gins, both in the U. S. Navyj are home on leave. Yancey Record: For the past two and a ——————— R makk EVERY PAYDAY BOND DAY half months I have receiv ed pur home town paper and appreciate it very much. I am always anxious ■i to hear who is leaving for •icamp and the home ' news. It is a great help to ’ the soldier boy to know ' what is going on around home. j I am with the 79th div ision at Camp Blanding, Fla. We have very interest ling work in the signal com. ! pany. I Please continue to send my paper here, and in clos ing I wish the Yancey Co ■ unty -home folks the best of luck in the world. Pvt. Arvie Pate 79th Signal Co. Camp Blanding, Fla. J Yancey Record: A line to let you know that I have changed my ad dress from Camp, Wallace Texas to Fort Slocum, N._ Y. As I have an APO num ber, I do not know what my next address will be. I surely did appreciate getting the paper while I was in Camp Wallace and as soon as I get located I hope to continue taking it. Pvt. Lee R7 Young Fort Slocum, N. Y. Yancey Record: Please send the paper to me at this new address: J. B. Bennett, Receiving Station, U- 52nd St. Ist Ave. - je South Brooklyn, N. Y. Suel Anglin is now in T r t. Ord, Cal. His address is Pvt. Suel C. Anglin * 756 Tank Destroyer Bn." Fort Ord, Cal. Yancey Record:/ I will appreciate it very much if you will send the paper to my new address as I like to know what my friend are doing around home. I like to know where the boys are in service too. 1 want to thank you for sending the paper while I was stationed at Fort Jack son. Pvt. Charles Pittman 34008700 Troop B 102 Calvary <Mech) APO 1300 c. postmaster New York W. N. C. PLATOON IN MARINE CORPS IS RECRUITED An all-W. N. C. Platoon of 65 men in the Marine corps will be sworn in at a mass ceremony today in Asheville. Several from Yancey county have joined j this latest fighting unit from western North Caro lina, and definite informat ion about these will be giv en later. The enlistment ceremony will be held at 2:00 today fat the Asheville Court hou-* se. By organizing the entire | platoon from this section it would be possible to keep men from this section to gether for their training period, and longer if poss ible. Major John M.vGreer, officer in charge of Marine recruiting in North Caro lina, will administer the oath of allegiance.