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Is*k BACK UP Qyour boy ißr Buy an Additional 7 e- Vr ' r: ' r VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 15,1943 Men In Service — a Harmon Angel of the naval air station at Nor folk, Va- has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Angel of Elk Shoal., Cpl. Bryon King of Boca Raton field, Fla. lias been visiting home folks at Elk Shoal for a few days. James L. Robinson, Jr-, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lut her Robinson of Hamrick is now located at the naval training school, Bainbridge Md He recently was home for a short leave. Sam McCurry and Reece Edwards of Fort Bragg were home over the week end on leave. Pvt- Ulyes Silvers of Fort Benning, Ga. is home on a short leave. Sgt. Marion P. Ballew of j Tallehassee, Fla. spent a: .few days furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pink; Ballew of Hamrick. Pvt Mack Rathbone of. Camp Phillip, Kansas visit ed his mother, Mrs. Malis ie Rathbone of Hamrick last week. T. Sgt. Paul R. Westall; of Tampa, FlaMfe now yis j; iting his parents, Mr. and, V Mrs Roscoe Westall. | 1 , f S. Sgt-. Arthur Patton, Jr.' of Wendover Field, Utah is home on a.-short leave vis iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Patton Bill Buckner, son of Mr. and Mrs Alvin Buckner is now in the navy and is at the naval training .station, Great Lakes, 111. Cpl. Frank L. English is now at Camp Livingston, La. and is recovering from an operatiotfeifm* citis. j Pvt. Henry C. Davenport is stationed at Jackson, Miss i Dale Banner and Boyce Stamey who were accepted last week for service with the marine corps* left Tue sday afternoon for the base at San Diego, Cal. to which they have been as signed. Max Penland and Samuel Wilson were also accepted for the marines and left last week for San * Diego. Pvt. Clayton Whitson is located at Fort Jackson,! S. C, F. P. Bostian who has recently completed his boot training at the naval train ing station, Great Lakes,, 111- is at home for a short' leave. S ’'' '' 1 Pvt. Carson Edwards ,who is stationed at the Station hospital, Boling Field, Washington, D. C. is home on a 6 day leave. Pfc. Wayne Banner of the Marine Corps was at home over the week end on leave from Parris Island T S. C. THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” > e" - PRISONER OF WAR Mr. and Mrs. Luther Robinson of Hamrick have received a cablegram from th" 1 Red Cross that their son, Pvt. Jack Robinson, is now' a prisoner of war of the Japanese government. It was the first news of the whereabouts of their son in eighteen months. Pvt- Robinson was repor ted “missing in action” in the Philippine area at the time of the final surrender. Promoted to Rank of Major William A. iGus) Laugh run was recently promoted Ito the rank of major in the U. S. medical corps, iHe is stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas. Major Laughrun is the son of Mrs : J. J. Laughrun ! and the late Mr. Laughrun. j r Pvt. Lewis Butner re turned to Camp Campbell,i j Ky. on Wednesday after spending a 10 day furlough with his parents, Mr- and Mrs. L. B. Butner. Pvt. Wilkes Hensley is home on a furlough. He is stationed in Florida- Capt. koyce Perry who has been stationed at Fort jHuachuea, Ariz. was recen tly transferred to Louisia na. His address is Capt. Edgar R. Perry, Co. “B” 369th Inf- A P 0 93, Shreve port, La. Mrs.- Perry and their son are visiting rela tives in Boone. Kearns, "-Utah.—Kenneth W. Honeycutt of Rt. 2, Burnsville, N. C. is now sta tioned at this Army Air 'Forces Basic Training Cen ter, it is announced by Col. Converse R- Lewis, Com mander. The son of Mr. and Mrs. C- F. Honeycutt, of Burps ville. Pvt. Honeycutt, has been in the Army Air For ces since July 30, 1942. Men at this post are tra ined under the rigorous program of the Air Forces Technical Training Com mand. They are taught-* how to march, the use of] small arms and machine guns, chemical warfare and other kindred subjects be fore going to duty with ground crews. ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE j The following were aq>- jcepted at Camp Croft, S. C for military service: James Boyce Stamey, Marines, Jeter Alfred Hen sley, Army, David Wood irow Carroll, Army, John Max Penland, Marines, Ja mes Lee Ball, Army, John Henry Howejl, Army, Far ris Fox, Army, John Wes ley Styles, Army; Conway Phillips, Navy, Robert Dale Banner, Mar ines, Samuel Gilbert Wil son, Marines, Bradley Wil son, Navy, Elbert Franklin Wilson, Army, Harold Carr r Army,. James Howard Bai ley, Navy. 1 j k i “ONE DAY OF WAR” WILL BE SHOWN AT YANCEY THEATRE “One Day Rus sia 1943” will be the March of Time added feature to be shown at the Yancey Thea tre on Sunday and Monday, April 18-19, TJiis factual picture of battle scenes and of the struggle of men and mach ines at war, is one of the greatest pictures yet made of the present conflict. It is one of the most signifi-; cant releases made to date by producers of the “March of Time” pictures. . | CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED FOR TOWN ELECTION *) * ■ A mass meeting of citi zens of the towm was held in the court house Tuesday! evening. Clarence Briggs was no minated as candidate for 1 Mayor in the coming elec tion. J. B. King and Troy 1 Mclntosh were nominated as candidates for commis-! si oners. Alvin and James Buck-! ner left this week to return to Akron, Ohio where they are employed after visiting : relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Thr ! eadgill and daughter Joan have returned from Miami where they . spent several, months. TEACHERS ARE NAMED FOR 1943 - 44 SCHOOL TERM -I : .. . I -V ■ ' ■ V ' -■ The following teachers have been elected for the next school term: Bee Log School: Monroe Mclntosh, principal, Veo Pate, R. M. Proffitt, Nancy Calloway, Jack Mclntosh, Opha Shepherd, Pauline 1 Holloway, Mrs. Vernie Wil son, Inez Edwards, Irene Dillingham, Sara Hensley, Aldine Pleasant, Hettie Hensley, Edna Wheeler, j Bess Wilson, Mrs. Lillian Mclntosh. -- Big Creek: Vaughtie Holloway Piney Hil: Baxter Silver, School: Ver nie 'Wilson, principal; Mrs. | Heleia Jester, Irene Maney, Ora Qeyton, Mrs. Claude Hughes, Cecil Deyton, Ola Edwards, Mrs. Jessie B. Clevenger, Mrs. Madge Byrd, Mrs. Maphra B Ben nett, Lydia Deyton, Mrs. Glessie Stamey, Ruth Jobe, Clarence Bailey, Mrs. Thel ma Gornto, Lois Moody, Mrs, Irene Hill, Mrs. Arta Lee Higgins. Bee Branch: Mrs. Clyde Peterson- c Deyton Bend: Sinclair Conley, Sam J. Byrd, Jen ny Deyton, Madlyn Bailey. Bald Creek School: R. H. Howell, principal; 'Evelyn Hill, Ruth Wilson, Cather ine Proffitt, Irene Edwa rds, Anastasia Tomberliri, Mrs. Maude Lyon, Hattie Phoenix, Maggie H. Rob ertson, Vergie Duncan, Mrs. Lillian Tomberlin, Va ughtie McAllister, Zenebia VICTORY-iiARDENF.RS v * vam m . iV< i*ivunuiiu H. R. Nlmvonger, exten sion hortocijlturist of the state department, .will be in the county on next Mon day and Tuesday. An open |neeting will be held at the-teourt house at 2:30 Mondajl afternoon All gardeners dre invited to attend, and "Mr. Niswonger will be glad to discuss any problems* of variety, culti vation, insect Control, etc. RECRUITING STAFF will be Here Friday Lieut. Ruth J. Merry lees, ] Auxiliary Beatrice Dixon and Sgt. John W Giddens, Jr., of the jaVAAC recruit ing staff of, Asheville will visit Burnsville in the mor ning of Friday, April 16th. Lieut. Merrylees will be in the WAAC booth in Young and Westall's Store at that time and anyone who wish-. !es will be abL to talk to her i or fill out application blanks at that time. This application blank when filled >ut and mailed in, together with birth cer tificate, or Notarized, is all that is required. The Corpp is open to all women of 2| to 44 inclusive, of good moral ‘character, without dependants, 0 r children under 14 years of age unless there is* a court , -child (Continued on pajce four) [Edwards, Mary Lee Hen sley, Madge Carter, Mrs ; Lena R. Tiison, Annie Lee .Bryson, Lucy Evansy Mad ■ ge, Ferguson, Irene Hen i sley, Lola Hensley. j Prices Creek, Mrs. Edrus Ledford; Horton Hill, Mrs. ; Ila Mclnturff; Banks Creek j Mrs. Elizabeth Buchanan; Bakers Creek, Mrs. Pearl ! Austin. Micaville School: Hubert ! D Justice, principal; Lyda i Ray, Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, : Dellma Hensley, Violet | Navy, Doris Hunter, Mollie {Hensley, Ethel Boone, Jea | nette Penland, Mrs. Clar ence Robinson, Mrs. Ker mti Gillespie, Mrs. Helen Silver, Mrs. Bernie Justice, Mrs. Minnie H. Young, Clyde Young, Margaret Chandler, Alberta Camp ! bell, Elizabeth B- Hughes. Boonford, Dorris Young; Shoal Creek, Mrs. Sara , Hyatt Silver; Double Is ■ land, Mrs. Clyde Young. , Burnsville School: B. M. . Tomberlin, principal; Mrs. Mildred Hyatt, Clonnie i Huskins, Mi's. Smoot Bak er, Lucille Erwin, Vinita • Penlaml, Gush Peterson, . Bertha Huskins, Mrs- Hilda , Wray, Osie Bennett, Mrs. , Zula Wilson, Bess Lewis, i Mrs.- Ollie Styles Young, . Nettie Bennett, Joyce Ban . ks, Mrs. Charles Proffitt, ( Mrs. Mattie Sorrells, Della > Tipton, Willie M. Hensley. Pensacola: Dawson. Bri g, gs, Ruth Hensley, Mrs. Et . hel Young Wood, Edna Al i kins, Maglee Ray- Ifunerae services FOR ZEB M. ANGLIN Funeral services for Zeb McDonald Anglin, 69, of Asheville were held at the Burnsville Baptist church Tuesday afternoon. The pastor, the Rev. Smoot Baker, officiated. Pall bearers were the following nephews, Bruce, Harold and Jack Anglin, Zeb, Ed and Elbert Young. Nieces were in charge of the flowers. Bi$1$&l was in the McCrackin cemetery. Mr. Anglin died in Grace . hospital, Banher Elk oh Monday morning following ’ an extended illness. He was; a native of Micayille. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Kathleen C. Anglin; three sisters, Mrs. Johp Murphy of California, Mrs. Charles Young of Windom and Mrs. Ida Gouge of Mi- j 1 caville, and two brothers,; George W. and T. T. Ang lin of Burnsville. j NY A TRAINING —■■■ Mrs. Annie W. Bennett, N. Y. A youth personnel representative in Yancey, Mitchell and Madison coun ties will hold office hours in Burnsville each Friday morning between 9 and 11 1 o’clock in the'court house. >\ Mrs. Bennett will be glad to contact every boy and girl in the county between the ages of 16 and 25 to discuss the opportunities offered in war production plants to youths who have completed training qflfered in the N. Y. A- centers These training centers are located in every section * of the state and an enroll ■ ee may select the center at . which he wishes to • take his trairtittg 1 as~ wets Ss the ; type of training he is most interested in. Courses are offered in . radio, electric weldihg, air craft wood working, sheet metal, machine shop and power sewing. <Jf Three months are re quired to complete a cour-' se, and at the successful > completion, the youth is . guaranteed a job in a war . production plant. , I SELECTIVE SERVICE 1 ! Change In Regulations Under rules and regula tions handed dow’n from National Headquarters for Selective Service all per sons regardless of depend ents would have been forc ed to file Form 42-A for oc cupational deferment if they were to be considered essentially employed. Under latest regulations persons that have wives and children and who main tain a home, with them will , not have to file any Form showing that they are em , ployed. Only registrants who are single, or who*are ] married and have no child ren or who are marked and . the only children they have . were born after Sept- 15, 1942 will be required to • COUNTY PASSES RED CROSS WAR FUND QUOTA NAVY HAS UNLIMITED QUOTA FOR 17-YEAR ODDS • . Waves and Spars Being Accepted Whfcn Recruiters Visit Here Chief Potty Officer Geo rge F. Ball and Petty Offi cer First Class G. E Handy of the Asheville Navy Re cruiting Station will be at the Court House in Burns ville on April 19 and 20 to interview Jfoung men 17- ] years-old and women who ! desire to make application for enlistment in the WAVES a fid SPARS, The Women’s Reserves of the Navy and Coast Guard, re i spectively. j Mr. Handy has recently been assigned to duty with the Asheville office, having been transferred there from Raleigh, and this will be his first visit to Yancey County. The Navy now has an un limited quota for 17-year old men, Chief Ball said yesterday, and many you ng men now have the op portunity of “enlisting and becoming technically skill ed in one of the Navy’s 54 trade schools.” The recruiting officer ■ that _ihe ► Asheville Navy Recruiting Station is accepting appli -1 cation for enlistment* in i the WAVES and SPARS I from women who are be tween the ages of 20 and 50 : and who have at least two years of high school educa tion. Interested women should contact the recruit ers when they are in Bur nsville Cpl. Arthur Pleasant, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Pleasant, who has been home on a furlough from Hawaii has returned to Los Angles, Cal. He will be lo cated in the states for a [few months. Pvt. Elbert L. Jenkins is stationed at Las Vegas, Nevada. ' «■ l Second War Loan Drive file Form 42-A for occupa- c * tional deferment. It seems now that all per sons in the latter category will fast be placed in 1-A available for military ser vice in the near future. Persons who fall in the last mentioned category altho they may be at this time or will be deferred in the fu ture because of occupation will be replaced as fast as possible and placed in Class 1-A. Your work may be in the mines, shipyards, or in plants of other war indus try but just as fast as you can be replaced by U. S. Employment Service you may expect to go into mili tary service. Yancey County Board No. 1* « V "THEY GIVE THEIR LIVES-YOU LEND YOUR MONEY* Buy an AMlttoal NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN The Yancey county chap ter of the Red Cross has passed its quota of $2,000 in the war fund drive. Contributions now total $2149 30. Appreciation I desire to thank the peo ple of Yancey eounty for their efforts and fine sup port of the Red Cross War Fund. We have gone “over the top”, which is a distinc , tion for our county in a Red Cross campaign. We had the largest quota ever as signed to this county, yet we exceeded that amount. I have had every confi dence that 1 the efforts of the workers would be suc cessful. Let me thank all " those who have worked so earnestly to make the cam l paign a success, and we sin cerely thank all who con tributed to make their work a success. I know ■that every person in Yan cey county feels as I do, a keen pride in reaching the’ total we were asked to give. Mrs- , Sam J. Huskins, ' Chairman Red Gross War Fund. HONOR ROLL State Highway and pri son dept. (Mrs. Charles j Hutchins, chairman), $63.25 Riverside, nommqnity : church, $31.00. Yancey Theatre, $15.00- t Burnsville school, 106.00. 1 SIO.OO Donations •i Welfare Department 1 Nu- Wray Hotel ■j Mrs. D. M- Buck ■t Ed Gibbs J & J Garage Proffitts Store. $5.00 Donations Betty • Gibson, Presnell Brothers, W. M- Hall, Ollis J. Staton, J. L. Robinson, Micaville Exchange, Thad Marsh, C. C- Robinson, Van B. Malcolm, Miss Lucy Au trey, G. M. Gibbs, Mrs. R- L. Evans, W. W Hennessee, Mrs. Alice Byrd, Mrs. Clar ence Briggs, Mrs. J- J. Lau ghrun, E. L. Briggs, George Robinson, Mrs. E. A- Par rish, Earl W. Wilson, Clar jence Briggs. i> Citizens of Yancey coun ty have already subscribed for $30,500 in bonds since the opening of the Second War Loan drive. The cou nty quota is $40,700. Reports from over the country as a whole are very satisfactory, and all com mittees reporting are opti mistic that quotas will be over-subscribed. R. N. Scott is chairman for the county and he has named several committees to aid in the local drive. He has announced that members of the solicitation committee would visit all sections of the county to contact citizens who might not find it convenient to come to Burnsville. It is hoped that the quota will be reached this week.
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