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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.
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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
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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.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1942
ATTENDS MEETING
IN ASHEVILLE,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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1 THE CITIZENS SERVICE CORPS
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(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
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AIR RAID SERVICE
OFFICIALS VISIT
LOCAL POST
Fiye Posts in County
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- 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
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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.
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-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
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