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'Y Your Country needs Scrap Materials. Throw your Scrap into the fight for Victory! Meiiaiiaite<ie:taMeiiaiia<iaMeH«-ia aira ia . a , i . :#: i( . ■ t,' VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. Men In Service MEN ARE ACCEPTED FOR MILITARY SER VICE Sixty "eight men ...from Yancey county reported at Camp Croft, S. C. on Nov.' 4 for military examination. 1 Os this number 45 were ac cepted for service. Those accepted were: Cecil Adkins, Charles Phill-i ips, Ervin Bradford, Mon roe Callowhy, Kimsey Jon es, Eddie Hughes, Mark Forbes, Virgil Banks; , Shelby Robinson, George: Woody, Clyde McCurry, Wash Tomberlin, Niram Bruce Haney, Jamea Paul Kihg, Jack Banks; Charlie Forbes, Wood-, row Edge, Bachus McCur ry, Jack Tipton, Frank El- 1 mer ~ McMahan, Sanford Hunter: William Burney Ensor, Jasper D. Price, Clarence Banks (Volunteer, Officer candidate school), Harold Eugene Robinson; T. J. Gouge, Daniel Sil ver, Fletcher Bryant, Rob ert Lee Chandler, Grayson Lee Evans, Nick Whitson, Sam T. Hensley; Boyd Edwards, Dan Whitson, John Letterman, Arnold Jones, Arthur Jackson Thomas, Glenn Ray Howard, Clyde Willie Dulaney; Clyde Hopson, Gaither John Autrey, John Miller, Hugh Floyd Styles, Kelse Daniel Collins, Claude El mer Robinson. The following enlisted in the Navy: Joe Peterson, Ernest Earl Wyatt, Ernest Peterson, Mack Ray Hig gins, Verlin James Robin son. Wayne Banner enlisted in the U. S. Marines. These enlistments made up the quota, with the number re- 1 jected, of the 80 men called in the Nov. 4 call. ENLISTS IN MARINE CORPS Paul Ayers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ayers of Burnsville, has passed fin al examinations for enlist ment in the U. S. Marine Corps and has gone to the Parris Island base for pre liminary training. Ayers is a graduate of Burnsville high school and has recently been employ ed in Baltimore. Gale Young of Eglin Field, Fla. is home on leave and is visiting his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. De catur Young. Ben Griffith, son of Mr. ' and Mrs. Bryon Griffith of Windom, is now on leave at home. Pvt. Griffith is stationed at Camp Shelby Miss. • v . f- N. W. Adkins who served with the U. S. Navy during World War I and had re tired, recently volunteered for service again with the Navy and is now station ed at U. S. N. Section Base, San Pedro, Cal. THE YANCEY RECORD HARLAN HOLCOMBE PROMOTED TO CORPORAL I Camp Barkley, Texas, Nov. 2. 1942—(Special)— Private Fred H. Holcombe, Burnsville. N. C., today be came Corporal Holcombe winning promotion into the non-commission officer ranks through recommen dations of his superior of ficers. He is assigned to the MRTC’s 53rd battalion, Company A. | Cpl. Holcombe was direc tor of the Holcombe and Edwards funeral home be fore he- entered service. He is the son of Mr. and j Mrs. Fred Holcombe of Mars Hill. Pvt. Arnold Mclntosh who is serving with the 323rd Jnfantry at Camp Rucker. Ala. is home for a ten day furlough. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mclntosh of Bee Log. Pvt. Mclntosh enter ed service on June 19, 1942. S. Sgt. Charles-Jjjs Piercy has returned to the Colum bia Air Base at Columbia, S. C. after a leave spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Piercy at Day Book. Gorman Smith, science teacher at Burnsville high school, has been called for military service and will leave Friday. John Low, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, G. Low of Burns ville star routd, who was recently accepted as an aviation cadet is now at the Santa Ana Air Base, Santa Ana, Cal. Pvt. Willard G. King, son of Mr. and, Mrs. Fulton King of Swiss, is now sta tioned in the Hawaiian Islands. He entered ser vice on Sept. 8 t 1941. Sgt. Cecil Byrd is spend ing a leave here with his father, Adler Byrd. Yancey Record: Due to official order my address has been changed from Platsburg, N. Y. to Camp Maxey, Texas. I take this . opportunity to thank you for keeping my paper coming to me each week and I assure you I appreciate this kind ness and consideration. Cpl. John B. Hughes, 180th Eng. Cp. H. C. S„ Camp Maxey, Texas. Yancey Record: I wish to take the opportunity to thank you for the friendly little paper that’s a source of news and pleasure for me. I look forward to it almost as much as letters from home folk, for I keep in touch with friends and many of the boys in ser vice. i I phall be glad to hear frottj any of the Yancey county neighbors. I have been transferred from Mi ami, Fla. to Atlantic City. (Continued on Back Page) “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1942 ATTENDS MEETING IN ASHEVILLE, "T George Robinson, clerk' to the county selective ser-; vice board is attending a meeting in Asheville today! lof representatives from all; local boards in this section. 1 1 ' ' i j NOTICE J A very important an- r nouncement will be made by the Ration Board Of fice to the public in next week’s issue of this pa per. Please watch for thii announcement as it will be of interest to all citizens of the county. PRODUCE WILL BE GATHERED FOR ORPHANAGE Produce to be sent to the Baptist Orphanage at Tho masville will be gathered on Monday, Nov. 16. This is about one month later than usual but this delay 1 was requested so that the r corn would be matured. - The produce- may be left; at the following places for ( collection: C. M. Bailey’s 1 1 Store, B. EL Penland andis Son Lumber Company, J. ! l E. Huskin’s Store. Emmett 1 1 Stamey’s Store and the; Farmers Federation ware- i house. If it is more convenient, the produce may be taken! to the Federation ware-! house at any time before j monday. H. G. Bailey is; ( chairman of the orphanage 1 • committee. j !j Irish potatoes and cornj f are in great demand this!, year as well as apples. can-j t ned goods and other Os produce. I * EMPLOYED IN DEFEN- !, SE INDUSTRY AFTER j N. Y. A. TRAINING Three boys from Yancey County were placed in de- sense last week 1 after they had completed ■ their training at the Ashe ville N. Y. A. war produc- t tion training,.center. Now Employed Herman J. Wilson of \ Burnsville route 2 trained t in the sheet metal shop and £ is now employed in the g Portsmouth Navy Yards. Charles Phillips of- Bur- 2 nsville route 2 and Cread Hylemon of Cane River £ completed their training in c the machine shop. Philips , is now employed by the Victor Mica Co., Spruce Pine and Hylemon in a De- f troit air plane company. ■ r ______ __ C V \ 1 1 • I * ——J i NAVY BEGINS SPECIAL ENLISTMENT CAM PAIGN The Navy will begin an intensive enlistment cam paign in thfs Section, with George F. Ball, C. Sp., U. S. N. R., in charge of re cruiting. l|e plans to be here on D|ov. 24-25 and Dec. 1-2 in (jhe court house. Other dates wjll be an nounced later. irfr - - ■ notice Owners ,es all passen ger cars who hold A, B, or C gas books must pre sent books at the Rationing Board Of fice by tht 22nd day of November [for inspection and fill ou| form O. P. A. R-553. A? 11 passenger cars and pick-up truck owners wftr ihave over five tires! must turn them in to the Express office at &ce. WOtINDEID IN ALEU TIAN ISLANDS - Willie Hepaley, formerly of Bee Log/ is now in a hospital iu! Washington I state. He i was severely burned in ai Japanese at tack on the fLltutian Island Hensley hs|s Seen in mil itary serviq*>. for 8 years. "*TTATTrjrw nr GRIPPING RECORD OF VICTORY! Gloriously filmed in Te chnicolor by Commander John Ford, U. S. N. R., the former great Hollywood director, “The Battle of Midway” is an astounding two-reel motion picture re cord of the largest naval encounter in all history. It will be shown at the Yancey Theatre next Sun day and Monday. Unprecedented in the annals of all time, the film gives a rounded picture of the greatest naval battle yet to occur. Shown in grim detail is the complete battle—the spotting of the Jap Fleet sneaking towards Midway; the sinking- by our shore batteries, planes and Navy task forces of four enemy aircraft carpers, 28 battle ships, cruisers and-destroy ers, and the drowning of 300 of the foe’s aircraft. The whole photographic account constitutes with out a doubt the most grip ping on-the-spot actual battle scenes ever filmed. And the living Technicolor preserves the epochal real ism of America’s most crushing blow to date aga inst the Japs. An inspiring, at times al most grimly humorous commentary is recited with deep emotion by Henry Fonda, Irving Pichel, Jane Darwell and Donald Crisp. The film is the Navy De partment’s official photo graphic record of the Mid way clash. It was released under auspices of the War Activities Committee o f the Motion Picture Indus try and distributed by 20th Century Fox. . RESULTS IN SCHOOL CONTEST - - . r. Results in the scrap con ; test between the schools of the county are not yet a vailable since two schools . have not reported. These •will be obtained as rapidly ! as possible and the results I announced, and awards . given. t PATRIOTIC PROGRAM AT P. T. A. MEETING & A Patrio/ic program will be presented at the regu lar meeting of the Burns ville P. T. A. next Tuesday evening. The Legion Post will be in charge of the program, and all members of the association are ur !ged to attend. I 'DEER KILLED ON ROD AND GUN PRESERVE Two deer have been kill ed on the So)r|h Toe pre serve of the ¥ancey Rod ’ and Gun Club. Last week a fine buck I was brought down by four hunters, Mr. Robbins, Ral- T ph Banks, J, C. Pleasant 1 and Bill Mclntosh. 1 .On Tuesday another fine r buck was killed by Dew#y ~ Silver of Micaville. " SCHOOL CHILDREN JOIN THE RED CROSS * The School children of the county are responding to the call of the Junior Red Cross organizations. . The drive for members r will end on Nov. 15 and be j fore that time teachers and 1 principals are urged to f present the program to the r students of each school. ;—— • 1 THE CITIZENS SERVICE CORPS I • (Editorial in The Charlotte Observer) j (Note: This explanation of the work of the Service;, ■j Corps is reprinted here, since it will give a better un-j] ; derstanding of this group, now being organized in the ij ! county). | Os organizations incident to the war there are so i ( many that the public which is being organized may find \ j ! itself confused and bewildered as to what these are all r about, especially in the sense* of being able to differenti- , 5 ate between the many and to give each of the many its , i proper and deserved assessment of value. j Here is the relatively new idea of the Citizens Ser- ] ; vice Corps which is associated with the Civilian L organization in which thousands of people are enrolled, j Citizens Service Corps, instead of being some brand ] ’ j new formation, is, in reality, a prong merely of Civilian ] - Defense, but aimed to mobolize the whole rather than i ; some given part of the entire citizenship. ( In a word, it is designed to get everybody—every ] man, woman, and child—brought into a single organiza- ( : tion on the home front to do anything that can be done ■ in every way and in all ways that will contribute to the ■ total war effort. I As a means of Self protection, Civilian Defense as > now set up is appropriate and essential, but, at best br at ' • worst, the probability of actual war experience here at • home is distantly remote. ; ? But as a means of self-participation in the war es ■ fort itself, the Civilian Service Corps opens the door to every man, woman* and child of every colof and condi- , -j tion and rank for them to become a soldier and for them ?! to fight for victory and for survival. (J Civilian Defense is an organization to defend if at r j tacked. Civilian Service is an organization to serve by ! ; attacking. * 1 . Civilian Defense is a shield; Civilian Service is a ’ - sword. Civilian Defense is for the relatively few who can - put fires out and police blacked-out streets and rescue ! 1 the wounded from air raids that will hardly happen. r But Civilian Service is for the many, for ALL, who ! f can do anything in any way, or everything in every 1 -way, that must be done on the home front and by the i home forces if this war is to be won by the valiant and 1 gallant soldiers in the field. ' j '~fakmltews about tAe AAA wxd. crtheV < WJmkL' CXTCNSION WORK , ' . “I AIR RAID SERVICE OFFICIALS VISIT LOCAL POST Fiye Posts in County i; —— - Officials of the Air Raid . warning service for the r j section, from the area t! headquarters in Columbia, » S. C., visited the local post V - Monday for inspection and - to help in perfecting a bet ter organization. There are five organiz > ed posts in the county, at Mt. Mitchell, Bald Creek, Day Book, Micaville and Burnsville. In the eastern part of ] the state the posts remain on 24 hour duty, but thro [ ugh this section the posts /are “subject to call”. There _I is not great danger of en l emy planes passing here, but the warning service j!would also air ",iplane accidents of any : kind and'render services in other ways, i The county post was congratulated by the offi f cials on the efficient way yI in which it has been organ ized and for being ready Jto function at any time a s need should arise. 1 B. R. Roland, Plato Pen ) land and Luther Ayers ? left this week for Chicago on a business trip. Bmaks EVERY PAYDAY BOND DAYI ■ . l NUMBER FIFTEEN Mr. W. L. Bradsher, Uni ted States Department of Agriculture Tobacco Grad er, and Mr. L. T. Weeks, Agronomy Extension Spec ialist, of Raleigh. North I Carolina, will, be in this : county on November 18 i and 19, Tor the purpose of ,! conducting Tobacco Grad ing Schools for the farm- Ijers who are interested in ■ ; learning to grade tobacco in order to get the highest^ • price possible for it. The; 'Tobacco Grading Schools ,;are scheduled as follow^: 1 Nov. 18—10:00 A. M.~ D. R. McKinney farm. ? Nov. 18—2:00 P. M.—J. 1 G. Peterson farm. Nov. 19—10:00 A. M.— ’ J. C. Hensley farm. ; Nov. 19—2:00 P. M.—C. C. Mclntosh farm. We urge all farmers who jare interested, to come to r the farm nearest their ; home on the date specified above. \ . 3 ■ -j More Eggs Wanted in L 1943: North Carolina’s -■egg quota for 1942 was 65 • million dozen and estimat es indicate we shall reach 72 million dozpn. Our 1943 egg quota for the State is 82 million doden. There fore let’s increase our egg ( production efficiency still !more during the coming months. This new goal can be achieved with our present j housing facilities if we will fill available laying j houses to capacity, and re model unused or little used ; barns and other buildings iOn the premises and turn 'them into poultry houses. To meet this goal' it will be necessary to select chicks or good egg breeding for layers; provide proper housing and ventilation; use a balanced high quality feed; use careful and regu lar management; and be reasonable and careful with the sanitation from day old chicks through the laying year to avoid dis ease and parasites. | With the meat shortage and an egg drying plant in , the State ready to start operations, and an organi zed cooperative surplus ' e £g market, we needn’t fear much marketing dif ’ faculties with either poul • try meat or eggs during ’ the coming year. 1 Turkeys: Be sure to se lect the breeding turkeys for another year "before any are marketed. Select the ones for breeders that matured fairly early, are healthy and vigorous, have straight keel bones, have broad backs and breasts, and ones that have med ium short legs and necks. Dry planer shavings and wheat straw mixed makes a very satisfactory poul (Continued on page 4)
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