North Carolina Newspapers

if<tnvnafiflnairitianttttt;tuatr«tt«' i ai , «iWTinfftiii’«i’au<H Your Country needs Scrap Materials. Throw your Scrap into the frght for Victory! VOLUME SEVEN Men In Service NEXT CALL FOR MEN ON JANUARY 2 The next call for men to be sent to an induction cen ter for military service will be on January 2. The county quota is 100 men. Pvt. Chester A. Hughes, of the U. S. army, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hugaes of Burnsville who has b§en overseas since May 1942, is sick and has been brought back to the states for treat ment. His address is: 201- Hughes, Chester A., Ward. S—l. Letterman General Hospital, United States Army, San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Danna Sparks has received word from her son, Oscar K. Sparks, who is now in Algeria, Africa. Hq, wished all his friends Yancey county a “Merry Christmas”. Cpl. Gus Fender, son .pf Mr. and Mrs. G.G. Fender of Burnsville has landed safely with the American forces in Africa, according to a letter, received by his parents. Pvt. Ralph Mclntosh has returned to Fort Bragg af ter spending a ten day fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mclntosh of Bald Creek. f\ Pvt. Mclntosh entered service last March. He was stationed at Camp Clai borne, La. until transfer red to Fort Bragg. He is serving 326 Glider Inf. ir\ 82 Airbase Division. He attended Beech Glen high school and before en tering service he helped his father in farming ac tivities. Quince Hill of U. S. army has been spending a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hill of Swiss. • Staff .Sergeant Coy Mc- Courry returned to Fla. Sunday after spending a 15 day furlough at his home in Day Book, N. C. Pfc. Claude Hughes is with the Quartermaster Corps at Eglin Field, Fla. Alfred Ogle is now at Camp Campbell, Ky. Pvt. Jonathan Ballew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Ballew of Hamrick, is at home on a 14 day furlough. He is stationed at Tyndall Field. Panama City. Fla. Sgt. Gorman Ballew who is stationed at Newport News, Va. is spending a 10 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Bal lew of Hamrick. Lieut. Myron Hamilton who has been on duty with the U. S. Army in the Pa cific area is now in San Franiscco, according to a message received by his wife who resides in Ashe ville. He plans to come to Asheville to visit her and his mother, Mrs. Blanche Hamilton. THE YANCEY RECORD . *• ■' w . ’ ; I “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OK YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. • • ' ■" 1 ' ■ Bernard Deyton wasT home recently on a 10 day fur lough, from Fort Benning, Ga. Pvt. Herman Bostain is ' now stationed at the army air base, Rosewell. New Mexico. ► J f Clarence E. Banks, son i of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson i Banks, i s stationed a t i Camp Sibert, Gadsden, Ala. Ernest Earl Wyatt o f . Micaville, now in the U. S. I Navy, is stationed at Camp \ Peary, Williamsburg, Va. . ' ^ — Daniel Silver is at Camp Maxey, Texas. So are . Charles B. Ray and Cecil . Adkins. 1 Cpl. Frank Philips is now 1 stationed at Fort Riley, J Kansas. Joseph Beaver is with . the Medical Det., Station ; Hospital, Camp Barkley. | Texas. t Arthur A. Patton. Jr., is ; now stationed at Gowert i Field, Boise, Idaho. Rufus B. Wallace is sta s tioned at Williams Field. ■ Chandler, Ariz. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hon i eycutt.have three sons in "Floyd and Fred : are stationed at Fort Lea ; venworth, Kansas and Hol ■ lis left last week to enter service. ■ Bailey Whitt is now sta . tioned at Tyndall Field, i Fla. (Continued on page Three! FIVE FARM FAMILIES WILL MOVE TO EAST CAROLINA During the past week five low income farm fami lies of Yancey county, liv ing on sub-marginal land, visited Penderlea Farms, which is a resettlement project of the Farm Secur ity Administration located in Penderlea county, North Carolina. Those making the inspection trip were Mr. and Mrs: Martin Edw ards, D. W. Whitson, and Claude Williams, Bee Log community; and Dave By rd of Bald Creek and Frank Byrd of Swiss. The group was accompanied by Mack B. Ray, RR Supervisor, Farm Security Administra tion in Yancey county. According to Mr. Whit son, who made the trip. ‘Tt’s the chance of a life time, and a fellow can rea lly aid in the war effort by getting on a good farm where he can really fa~m.” These families will be among a group of 100 farm families moving from IT Western North Carolina counties to operate farms tat Penderlea Farms i n , Penderlea County, Scup i pernong Farms in Tyrrell . and Washington Counties, , and Roanoke Farms in [ Hallifax County, resettle ; ment projects of the Farm Security Administration. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942 FUNERAL SERVICES \ FOR JOE PROFFITT \-'. . • - Joe Proffitt. 56. widely known citizen of the Elk Shoal community died at his home on Monday, Dec. s 14. He suffered a stroke r a month ago. r Funeral services were held at the Elk Shoal chur ch Tuesday afternoon at 2 1 o’clock. The Rev. Smoot 1 Baker, Rev. Eulas Adkins : and Rev. Allred officiated. Pall bearers were Bis f Randolph, Wilson Edwards Hiram Higgins . Bry o n , Hilemon, Leslie Proffitt and Zeb Mclntosh. Mr. Proffitt is survived 5 by his widow; three sistebs 3 Mrs. Polly McFalls of Bur -1 nsville, Mrs. Ellis Silvers of Cane River and Mrs. Sallie r Davis of Asheville; two brothers, Jim of Burnsville ’ and John of Barnardsfille. Holcombe and Edwards i Funeral home was in char i ge of arrangementsT G. B. WOODY NOW WITH YANCEY CYAN \ ITE COMPANY G. B. Woody is now eon . nected with the Yancey Cyanite company which re sumed operations on Dec ember 1. For the past year . he has been with the Man i ganese company in Carter -1 sville, Ga. Mrs. Woody will join Mr. - Woody here within a short r time. Bill B. Butner, son of - Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Butner. , of Burnsville, is now at the U. S. Station, i Pensacola, Fla. Families To Move According to Mr. Ray all • families making the trip , were well pleased with the , project farms and picked out a farm to move to. Ac tual moving will be done around January 1, 1943. Among the chief purpos • es of this movement is the ! desire to utilize surplus man power to the fullest degree possible in getting ■ more food grown to aid in • the war effort. It is felt that by having the families i operate farms that will ful ly utilize their labor our food for freedom will be increased next year. It has been recognized that a large number of our mountain farm Emilies mountain farm families have been unable to make a decent living on several of our sub-marginal farms. Many of these families were forced to seek outside employment. Through the resettle , ment project, being spon i sored by Farm Security i Administ ration, many . farm families will now be l able to fully utilize their , man power and to live on i farms with adequate culti . vatable land to support i their families on a decent living scale. j 1 " TIRES SHIPPED FROM COUNTY —V — P. B. Young, station ag ent. has reported that; 22,526 pounds, of tires have been shipped from the county via the Black Moun tain Railway since the “idle tire” roffnd-up began. Approximately one half of these were donated. , In addition, 3,000 pounds remain on haitd to be ship ; ped later. EDGE BUILDING SOLD 5 TO SAM YANCEY > _ I A. G. Edge has sold his • business building on Main Street to Sam Yanqey of II Marion, W. W. Hennesseej ? handled the . transaction! ; which was completed this c week. The building is now oc cupied by Edge’s Grocery and Hardware store, Pol •jlard’s Drug Store and the, J Dinner Bell Case. ‘ Mr. Yancey recentlv pur-j chased the new Edge buil ding on the Square and owns other real estate here) LASTRJTESTIELD FOR MRS. J.B. WHEELER r \ Funeral services for Mrs. ■ Lavadia Wheeler, 82, wid-' • ow of J. B. Wheeler of Day ■ Book were conducted at I • the home Friday at 2:30 P.! M. The Rev. A. Z. Jamer son assisted by Troy Me-1 Curry officiated. Grandsons were pallbea rers and granddaughters ■ were flower bearers. Burial was in the family , cemetery. Mrs. Wheeler is surviv ’ ed by five daughters, Mrs. R. A. Williams of Burns ville route 1, Mi's. Maggie Hensley of Bee Log, Mrs. Larner Byrd of Day Book, Mrs. E. B. Melton of Ashe ville. and Mrs. D. C. Dill ingham of Candler; six i sons, Riley of Burnsville route 1, Clarence of Day Book. J. 8., of Green Mtn., route 1, Dr. G. A. of Spar ‘ tanburg, M. A. of Jellico. Tenn. and T. C. of Johnson City and one foster son. ! Claude King of the U. S. i Army. She is also surviv-i ed by one brother, G. JW.i ; Higgins of Morristown, i Tenn. 45 grandchildren and 34 great grandchild i ren and a host of friends. Holcombe and Edwards ■ Funeral Home was in char ge of arrangements. FARM MACHINERY RATIONING - Farmers wishing to pur chase new farm machinery and equipment should con tact their dealer or the ; County Agent’s office for i information relative to the purchasing of such equip ment. Farm Machinery Rationing has been broug ht about because the manu facturers a*e onl t n making i about one piece of machin • ery this year to about 30 i pieces last year. Thereby, . this makes it possible for ; the little man to get his ; share as well as the' big man. J. A. GOODIN IS NAMED | COUNTY ACCOUNTANT; v The board of county com •missi oners met in special 1 session Monday. J. A. j Goodin ,vas named as coun ty accountant. ERRONEOUS REPORTS HEARD ON MEAT SHARING PROGRAM : (Note*. There have been{ I a number o f inquiries; which the following relea se will answer I. Farmers do not need a I permit to butcher their ; hogs or other meat ani mals, Dean I. O. Schaub, j director of the State Col lege Extension Service, jem ph a tically emphasized in correcting erroneous re ports about the Share-the- Meat program. Neither do farmers have to have their hogs weighed before kill ing them, he declared. “There is much misinfor jmation and gossip going around now as regards the Share-the-Meat program.” Dean Schaub declared, j “Reports from a number of j counties indicate that many j people believe * they • wiil need a permit before they jean kill any animal. Also j they have heard reports | that these permits cost from $3.00 to $5.00 or more. “Such reports are eritir , ely erroneous,” lie -asserted,, i “and everything possible ; should be done to stop such rumors. There is a ; possibility that such re-; parts, are being circulated deliberately.” The Extension director' said that the Share-the- Meat program is a volun tary one at the present j time, and while farmers will be asked to limit their consumption to an allow ance set up for the country: as a whole, Dean Schaub says he doubts if the re striction on consumption will affect more than a few farmers on the basis of average yearly consum ption. “Comparatively- few of j our farmers average more than the consumption al lotment requested of all I the people,” he said. The State College leader said that the only restric tion on farm slaughter of j hogs, cattle, calves, sheep and lambs is where a far mer has been butchering and delivering animals for others. In this case the farmer is restricted to no more than the same amo unt of each kinds of meat 1 that he slaughtered and de livered to others in the cor responding quarter of 1941. MILK SALE The milk routes of Yan cey county have collected through November 15, 1942 enough milk to pay the farmers of the county over $35,000.00. This Would av erage $170.00 per patron selling milk fo** the 10.% months, or slightly ovbr $15.00 per month per pat ron selling milk. NUMBER TWENTY MANY NEEDED FOR WAR [ INDUSTRY TRAINING ' Raleigh, Dec. l£.—Direc-J ■ tor Edward W. Ruggles ofi the State College Exten-i sion Service said --today | jobs> paying an annual sal- ' ary of $2,000 to start, with; an increase to 2,600 possi ble within a few months, {had been opened to an “un ilimited number” of men I and women who success-' fully complete any of the, war-work short courses at f the college. The .openings are for junior instructors in air craft mechanics and the; work will be in North Car-! olina, Ruggles said, adding' that he was not at' liberty to reveal publicly the loca tion of the jobs. Personal representatives visited the college this week to interview men and women now in the various short courses. A new ser ies of courses, lasting from! 110 to 20 weeks and finan-; ced by the Federal govern-: ment, will begin next '.month. ! “My informant said he • wanted all the men and women he could get im mediately after they have, 1 finished one of our cour ses”, ; Ruggles reported. The $2,000 salary will be-1 :gin as soon as the workers' Tare signeri up.. They will 'spend three to six months; in a course in aircraft me- J ehanics or aircraft engine work, and then three mon ths’ study in preparatory {teaching. After the'pre paratory teaching they will be eligible for a IMPORTANT NOTICE TO FARM TRUCKERS , - „ ___________ t All FARM TRUCKERS! of Yancey County who feelj that their Certificate ofj War Necessity issued by !the ODT will not handle; their absolute needs, snou-j Jd secure a blank from the j ! Office of Defense Trans portation in Asheville, up on which to file an appeal.; This blank must be filled, out by the farmer and sub-i mitted with the Certificate! lof War Necessity to the Yancey County Farm Tra nsportation Committee at the County AAA office. This committee will consid-j er and act upon certificat-' es for farm trucks only, and a farm truck is a truck that is used 51 percent or more for hauling farm pro ducts and supplies. Other truckers should get an ap-, peal blank, fill it out, and; take it to the person they! work for, or the person orj I persons to whom they sell their products they haul on their trucks, for verifica tion. It is not the aim of the Office of Defense Trans portation to eliminate ab solutely neoessary truck transportation, but they do mean to cut out all un necessary truck travel. Transportation Committee, Luke Laughrun, chairman. V' ‘ V • , v v; > ' ' * MAKE vSKg| EVERY PAY DAY Lyf/fr BOND DAY raise to the $2,600 salary. Only requirements arc mechanical aptitude and completion of one of the State College short courses A bulletin describing the new series may be secured upon application to Direc tor Ruggles’ office. Cours es in the series, most of which will start Jan. 18. include aerial bombard ment protection, aircraft ins pe c tion, architectural and marine drafting, che mical testing and inspec tion, engineering drawing, i engineering fundamentals, ! fabric inspection and test ing. fundamentals of ma chinery, industrial safety engineering, materials tes ting and inspection, pro duction supervision, radio communication, surveying and war production engi neering and contracting. ! - Men and women of any ;age are eligible to apply {for tne eourses. High i school graduation is the minimum educatibnal re quirement. All expenses of the training except stu dents’ textbooks and sub sistence are paid by the I Federal government*, which began the program .nearly {two years ago to provide technically-trained workers for jobs vital to the victory ,! effort. Ruggles emphasized that persons completing suc cessfully any one of the courses are eligible for the lucrative jobs as junior in structors in aircraft me ’ chanics. ! * ' ' - - “ ' ' ■ FARM NOTES | During 1942, the farmers ; of Yancey county received as a Grant of Aid through ! the AAA, 3,476 tons of lime 8051-4 tons of superphos phate, 3,540M> lbs.-of Crim son clover seed, and 6,365 lbs. of Austrian Winter Peas valued at $24,148.25. This is the value of the above listed material and does not include the checks the farmers will receive in payment for the soil build ing units earned by them, j A total of $ 6,835. :4 was ' paid the farmers of the county for 1941 soil build ing units. The Burnsville 4-H Club has elected the officers of i their club as follows: Bar j bara Higgins, president : | Champ McMahan, vice pre sident ; Clara Mae Smith, j secretary; Gene Sholes, treasurer; Betty Lee Fox, reporter and cheer leader. * The Micaville 4-H Club elected the following offi cers: Clyde Young, Jr., President; Ray Roung, vice president; Elsie Wilson, secretary; James Wilson, treasurer; Claude Murphy, reporter and cheer leader. The boys of the Micaville 4-H club have recently (Continued on page four) ,