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Help Yancey County reach its Red Cross War Fund Quota. VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO,YEAR. Men In Service WARREN HENSLEY DIES IN SERVICE Mr. and Mrs. Alec Hen sley of Micaville hatfe been informed by the War De partment of the death of - their son, Warren Hensley in New Guinea on Dec. 2, 1942. Hensley was a graduate of Micaville high school in the class of 1940 and has been in service since Au gust, 1941. Surviving in addition to the ’parents are his wife and one small child, two brothers, Kenneth Hensley, and Gene Hensley who is in service, one sister, Mrs. Pauline Young. Arthur A. Patton, Jr. is now stationed at Wendover Field, Utah. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur \ Patton, Sr. of Celo. — — Pfc. Walter Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wash Bry ant of Sioux, N. C., is now with the American forces in Northern Africa. Pvt. Ralph E. Young is * now stationed at Camp Lee Va. with the Quartermas ter Training Regiment. _"i Cpl Frank B. Briggs of Burnsville Rt. 1 has been home on a 10 day furlough visWagdus parents, Mr. ans Mrs. J. G. Briggs. Cpl Briggs is now stationed at Camp Mop. Jackson, Miss. Pvt. Creed Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bail Rob inson is now stationed at the 80th General Hospital, Barracks No. 4, Camp White, Oregon. Yancey Record: I receiv ed the paper today and was pleased very much, be cause news from . home makes a fellow feel good. I hope you can continue sending it wherever I may be sent from here. The Navy is fine and I like it! better every day. Hope to see every one around Bur nsville soon. William W. Westall S 21c Batl. 81 Co. A 10 N C T C Camp Peary, Williamsburg j Va. MEN LEAVE FOR SERVICE The following fifty seven men left this morning sor 1 Camp Croft for ajrny ex amination and possible in-: duction into military ser vice. All except 4 were in the 18 and 19 year old group: Lee Jarrett, Talmadge Hensley, Virgil Silver, William Burnett, J. B. Rob inson, Burnie Mclntosh, Bill Hensley, Emmett Byrd (vol )*, Futchell McMahan, Kenneth Banks, Lonnie Haney, David McFalls. Ja mes McMahan, Edd Hen sley, Ralph Ayers, Bruce Laws, Charles Tipton, Glen/ Hensley; Troy Riddle, Wade Prof fitt, Roy Lee Robinson, Jack Tate, Gibbs Bailey, IHE YANCEY RECORD e SjSgt. Charles H. Piercy is spending a ten day fur lough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Piercy at Day Book, N. 0. Sgt. Piercy is stationed at the Columbia Army Air , Base, Columbia, S. C. Pvt, Molten L. Hensley is stationed at Camp Davis, ; N. C. Pvt. J. B. Wheeler 'is at the Hubert Smart Airport, 1 Macon, Ga. » Frank Black is now at , the Naval Training school, i! Bainbridge, Md. Pvt. Thomas M. Young is with the Medical detach i.ment, Camp Claiborne, La. • I „ V; Ralph E. Edwards, S 2 c , is now at the Naval Train ing school, Great Lakes, 111. Alfred Ogle of Pensacola who is stationed at Camp Campbell, Ky. is home on a , few'days leave. j Yancey Record: I have , received two copies of the Record since I came here. I enjoy reading it very much over here ip Africa, j I am getting along fine. I do miss the Carolina moon and the other things that go with it. Best wishes to the folks back home. Suel C. Anglin. Yancey Record: The pa per arrives each Wednes day and many thanks for the same. The Record fur nishes contact with others i in the service as well as friends at home. _ One sta tioned in the “Ozark Foot j hills” can surely appreciate that contact. Thanks again, i Pvt. Ralph E. Banks, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. ■ TT Yancey Record:» I wish |to thank you for sending I me the paper while I was in Ft, Benning, Ga. As I am now in Africa, please send it to my new address. ,The best of luck to the peo ple of Yancey County. Thanks. Pfc. David E. Rathburn. i Arnold Fortner,' Sammie ! Edwards, Woodrow Prit- J chard, Stanley L’wis, Keith John Penland; Calvin Phillips,. . James Wilson, George Scott. Floyd j Phillios, Harry Wilson, i Harold Boone, Hobert Byrd Talmadge Wilson, Clate Whitson, Ollis Thomas, Jack B. Wilson; Melvin Fox, Willis James jßpy, Coy Robinson (vol), Phillip Garland (vol), Bill Bennett, Gold Bolick, Bill Higgins, Verlin ' Fields, Troy Smith, Zack Wilson; * Lawrence Edwards, Bro ks Autrey, Braskey Haney, Samuel Riddle, Joe Hen sley, Braskie Anglin, Har ry DeWitt Young (vol), Coolidge Miller. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’ BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943 FUNERAL SERVICES I FORT.M.ATKINS • ' ' ■• v . ' ■.*• ; .1 Funeral- services were conducted at the Baptist church Sunday —.afternoon for T. M. Atkins who, died in an Asheville hospital 1 Friday pf last week. Rev. Ed cl Woody was in charge of the services, it Siirvivors include the widow, two daughters, Ed-j na teacher in Celo school and Virginia student in Ap palachian State Teachers . College; four sons,, Edgar j of Asheville, Edwin who is 1 in the navy, James andi Morris at home, three ’ ters, Mrs. Elbert Gardner j of Marion, Mrs. Emmitt; , Allen of Swannanot and . Tom Davis of Pensa cola; one brother, J. W. At kins of Pensacola. The unusually large ■ crowd that attended the • funeral was sufficient proof that Mr. Atkins had ) a host of friends who ex ( tend their deepest sympa thy to the bereaved family, : INDUSTRIAL PLANTS WILL ! AID IN SALVAGE DRIVE I Charlotte, N. C., March' ■ I.—The organization which 1 will supervise collection of salvage in Yan cey county industrial plants ' wte announced this week bv C. P. .Randolph of Bur-: nsville. County chairman. | Members of the Yancey, county group, he said, are| . cooperating in a' “perman*- net, continuing effort \ftf, industry to keep the steel , mills going.” W. M. Parsley of Char lotte, state industrial sal , vage manager for the War Production Board, pointed out that materials frequ ently considered waste in I ' one industry may be an ori ginal source of raw mater-! ials in another. • j ■! “In this case,” Mr. Pars ; lay said, “the industry be-; nefiting by this salvage collection is the steel busi ness, the backbone of the munitions industry.” ; PLAN OF AIRCRAFT WARNING SERVICE DE SCRIBED FOR OB SERVERS Representatives of the Columbia filter center gave explanations of the aircraft, warning service and impor-i tance of the air raid warn ing system last Wednesday night at an instructional meeting attended by per-! sons from the observation! posts in the county. The meeting was held at the court house, and Cpl. Leibman and Sgt. Stack of Columbia were present to explain the system to the local observers and to in struct them on how to re port. A sound film pictur ing the aircraft warning system from the first re port to the final action at the center was shown. (Continued on page 4) * STYLES BROTHERS GARAGE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED fft FIRE The Stylesßrothers Gar age and aut|*nobile repair shop was seyferely damag ed by fire Wednesday.—K, O. Styles, manager, said that the damage would reach seveial thousand dollars. The fire Ae out in the paint and relishing room shortly after noon and spread very, Rapidly. One pick-ujy truck which was in the paint room was burned, consid erable equipment and sup j plies. Prompt and contin ‘ ued action % the Burns; jville Fire Department sav ed several otltor trucks and cars which (staid not be removed fronjfthe building. The office' and store room of Whist Motor Sal es, and Rob|nson Photo Shop which were in the same building suffered some damage Ind loss also. Pvt. Robert Chandler is stationed at Gamp Maxey, Texas. i * B. B. Gosgeit of Char , lotte is state chairman of r the salvage committee set . up by the infHstrial divis ; ion of the WPJ3. it. w. Procter of iman for the Eleventh Dis trict of which Yancey Cou nty is a part. I setup in Yan jp?y County,” Mr. Parsley “it appears that the salvage organization i n j this area is in competent hands.” Resident plant salvage managers are as follows: BURNSVILLE: Penland & Ayers, B. R. Penland; 18. B. Penland & Son, B. R. |Penland; South Briar CorpJ ;.L~ W. Autrey; Feldspar ' Milling Corp., C. P. Rogers Jr.; Harris Clay Plant, 1 Jobe Thomas; Roberts & Johnson Lumber Co., H. W. Johnson; J & J Garage, l Joshua Banks; Styles Bros. Kivit Styles. PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE TRANSFERRED - Mrs. Elizabeth H. Crouse who has been public health nurse in Yancey county for the past eight years has been transferred to the re cently organized district health office in Gates cou nty. Her headquarters will be at Gatesville, and she left her new location. J1 , During the time that she was connected with the dis trict health office Mrs. Crouse has helped to carry on the work effectively, and unusually fin results have been obtained. A host of friends throughout the county will regret to have her leave. A temporary appoint ment will probably b e made to fill the vacancy here until July v LAST RITES FOR WIL BURN HONEYCUTT •[ Funeral services for Wil .’bwrC Honeycutt, age 24 years, were held—at—the home of his parents, Mr. I and Mrs. Claude Honeycutt [ near Windom, on Wednes day afternoon at 3 o'clock* , conducted by the Rev. Hob ! land Black; Rev. E. P. Rle- I vins, Rev. Rusty and B. M. Tomberlin. Mr. Honeycutt was fat tally injured in an automo bile accident last Sunday ' night. He was well known and had many friends in and around Burnsville. Besides his parents he is I survived by his widow, } Ruth Taylor Honeycutt, one daughter, Betty Sue; ; four brothers, Kenneth of ' the U. S. Army stationed } in Michigan, Charles, Ray, J Claude', Jr. and one sister, | Dorothy Mae all at home Flower girls were Erline Styles, Louise Jones, Beu-, 5 lah Silvers, Vera Silvers, , Ureda and Pauline Thomp son, Ollie Styles, Ruby Black, Wilma Styles, Mae Cassida, Mary Allison and j Dorothy Brinkley. Active pall bearers were, j Ralph and Lloyd Black, Cecil and Garvel Honey cutt, Russel] Brinkley, L Howard Silvers. Honorary pall bearers ’ were Charles.‘Hyatt. Ver nal Johes; ByriL fStteSpitt Ben Ballevv, Crockett Cas sida, Archie Hyatt, Berlin Jones, Rev. J. H. Black, Lawrence Robertson, C. O. ' Brinkley, Frank McCourry,, J. N. Brinkley. Employees of Yancey Cyanite Go.; J. L. Buckelew, Albert Jones, Brady Black, Wil son, B. M. Tomberlin, V. L. Mattson, Forest Fortner, Carl Wheeler, H. H. Rotha, Terril Young, Atwell son, Bill Gibson, Will thrice, ! Johnny Brinkley, Luther Ayers, Joshua Banks, Bill Taylor, Bascomb Perdand, Jess Autrey, Frank Banks, Donald Banks, Lee Griffith J. G. McClure, Hulon Brin kley, Clyde Brinkley, Ral ph Hyatt, Bryan Briffith, Kiv i t Styles, Romulus ; Sparks, Dr. Bennett, Dr. Robertson, Talmadge Pri ce, Luth# Banks and em ployees of South Briar Co. MICA MINING IN CREASES IN COUNTY . Production of mica is ra pidly increasing in the cou nty with a number of new mines beginning production land old ones being reopen ed. Mortoii Mining Company of New York and Pfiiladel ! phia has recently 1 taken over the lease of the Char les Robinson mines! near Boonford. Gudger Robinson of Mi caville is opening up the Walter Laws minfc on Mine Fork. He was formerly foreman at the Presnell mines for the Meyer-Brown Corporation. Homer Hise has taken charge as field supervisor for Myer-Brown RED CROSS WAR FUND BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS The American National Red Cross dur ing the first year of our participation in the war has rendered vital humanitarian services to the members of our armed forces and to their families; and WHEREAS the demands made upon the Red Cross are steadily increasing from day so day as it is called upon to accompany our Army and Navy into worldwide theaters of action, to provide blood plasma for our wounded, to send relief to American and United Nations prisoners of war, and to expand its preparations to meet * emergencies at home; and WHEREAS The American National Red Cross is under the necessity of raising further funds in order that these essential services may be continued and ex panded: * ... NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSE VELT, President of the United States of America, and President of The American National Red Cross, do here by designate the month beginning March 1, 1943, as “Red Cross Month,” and I request that during that month our people rededicate themselves to aims and activities of the Red Cross. I summon the men, women, and young people of our country, in every city and town and village, in every county and state throughout the land, to enlist in the army of mercy mobilized under the banner of the Red Cross and to contribute generously to the Red Cross War Fund in order that the sum of One Hundred Twenty-five Million Dollars, every cent of which is needed, may be raised promptly. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set ray hand and caused the seal of the United States of Ameri ca to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twenty-third day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hund red and forty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the hundred and sixty seventh. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary cf rfrwtfe ■ ‘ • FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MBS J. B. HILLIARD - - i Mrs. J. B. Hilliard .of Micaville died Feb. 26 at 11 o'clock after a long illness. Funeral serfices were held Saturday Feb. 27 at 2:00 o’clock. Rev. Rusty, Rev. Ernest Wilson and E. J. Hall officiated. Burial was at Martins Chapel cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. A. N. Tho-j mas; three sons, Troy, Her bert and Cecil all of Mica ville; one brother, George Young of Garden City; two sisters, Mrs. G. W. Sil-I versos Micaville, Mrs. Jim Silvers of Oregon; Eleven grand children and a host of friends. Pall bearers were the grandsons, Bob, Jay, Law rence, Bill Hilliard, Roy Thomas, Harold Thomas. Lieut. Ray M. Hilliard Awarded Air Medal First Lieut. Ray M. Hill iard who has been with the army air corps in the Pa cific area for several mon ths has been decorated with the U. S Air Medal accord ing to a letter received by his mother, Mrs. Lee M. Hilliard of Micaville. The letter was from Lieut. General George C. Kinney and read in part: “This award was made in recognition of his courag eous, fearless service to his combat organization, his fellow American airmen, MASS vffiggg tot 35 M DAT -■grajwND mv NUMBER THIRTY-ONE ENGINEERS WILL VIS > IT MINERAL DEPOSHS E. L. Briggs, local mica producer, received a letter this week from Gov. Brou ghton and from the state Bureau of mines stating that within a few day# en gineers would be sent here !to investigate cyanite * and olivene deposits in the cou jnty, and also, a few copper deposits. j The county is producing a large amount of vital materials. Flower girls were grand- I daughters, Jjoyce, P|iula and Elizabeth Hilliard, Bet ty Hall. Holcombe and Edwards I funeral home were in char ge of arrangements. Louise Jamerson was over from Mars Hill to spend the week end. his country, his home and to you., “Your son was decorated for meritorious achieve ment while participating in aerial flights in the South west Pacific Area from April 27, to August 23, 1942 - “He participated in more than twenty-five operation al flight missions, during which hostile contact was probable and expected. These flights included in terception missions against enemy fighters and bomb ing planes and aided con (Continued on back pagei
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