BvBACK up Pyour boy BP' Buy an Additional V VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1943 Men In Service - > I 8 Pvt. Kenneth Hughes has returned to Camp Breckin ridge, Ky. after a 10 day leave at home. Arthur Pleasant is now stationed at Camp McCall, N. C. He spent sever?! months in the Hawaiian Islands and recently re turned to the states. Pvt. James 0. Roland has arrived safely at an over-! seas destination, according! to word received by his ! mother, Mrs. W. J. Roland of Burnsville Rt. 1. Cpl. Herihan Bostian who has been at the air base in! Roswell, New- Mexico is now stationed at Grand Rapids, Mich. away for quite awhile. Mail is always welcomed with great delight. There i is nothing that can take the place of it, and the paper! ■ keeps us in touch with our neighbors and friends back 1 home. I wish all my friends in i Yancey county a more! » peaceful and a brighter future, and thanks again for the paper. Pvt. John Lewis. ! Somewhere in Northwest 1 Africa. j jFCfi^ICTORYI BUY QTIhM UNITED yShm states jgiKgrAß , STAMPS “, ■ I NOTICE Monday, May 10th will be observed as a holiday by the Northwestern Bank. It is Southern Decoration Day. CANDIDATE FOR U. S. SENATE Ex-Governor; Clyde R. Hoey has announced that he will be a candidate for U. S. Senator in the fl«ct! election. He will oppose the present senator, Rob ert R. Reynolds of Ashe ville. NOTICE TO PERSONS HOLDING CERTIFICAT ES FOR GRADE 111 TIRES If you hold a certificate for Grade 3 tires please bring it to the Yancey Cou nty Rationing Board. A plan is being worked out so you can get these tires' and not lose the certifi cate. Please bring it into, the office by May loth. DR. CROLEY IS TRANSFERRED Dr. J. J. Croley who has been district health officer I for the past three years, :has been transferred to the eastern part of the state, j He will leave this week for Plymouth which will be his headquarters, and he will serve as health officer for Columbus, Hyde and Ter rell counties. Mrs. Croley and the fam ily will join him within a few weeks. 1 *■ : ■ Farmers Will Discuss AAA Plans For 1944 A meeting of all A A A committeemen of the coun ty will be held in Burnsville Saturday morning at 9:30. Representative!* of the F. S. A. and of the exten sion service will attend the meeting. The purpose of the con ference is the discussion of plans for the 1944 AAA program, and r,ecommenda-i tions to be presented. Ap-! proximately 50 are expect-j ed to attend. District Meet V. J. Goodman, county agent, Mary Martha Banks jAAA secretary, Mack B. Ray, F. S. A. supervisor, and Luke Lau'ghrun, repre senting the county AAA committee, attended a dis trict meeting in Asheville Tuesday. The 1944 AAA program was discussed, and the representatives I will report at the county meetings. Garry, the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Honey cutt, is ill of pneumonia. Mrs. Julia Mclntosh left Wednesday for Flint, Mich. I to spend several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. C. H. Burton. Mrs. R. A. Peake and Mrs. Thelma Gornto of Toledo spent last week with Mrs. A. J. Bennett FUNERAL SERVICES FOR TOMMY H. EDWARDS Funeral sendees for Tom my Howell -Edwards of Swiss were Held Tuesday morning at the Buckner ' cemetery, Ivy Gap. Mr., Edwards died 1 at his home Sunday following an illness! 1 of several weeks. | ; The Rev. W. H. Ballard ' officiated, and burial was in the Buckner cemetery. ; Surviving are the widow, several children, grand children and 1 one great grand child. | FISHING Mt. Mitchell IRel'uge w ill be open on Saturday and' Sunday May 8 and 9th for fishing i except Bass i. TOWN OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED 1 Town officials were elec ted on Tuesday for a two ! year term. There was. on : |ly one ticket, and the vote * was: For mayor, Clarence Briggs, 66 votes; for com missioners, J. B. King, 05 votes, Tr ( oy 64 votes? Cpl. and Mrs! Frank En glish are visitifg the for mer’s mother, EVlrs. Louis English here. Ers. English is the former jMi|s Sada! Jean Davisbh,' uaughfer or Mrs. Bernice Davison of Flint Mich. They were! j married May 3rd in Green ville, S. C. Cpl. English is stationed at Camp Living ! ston, La. !> « FEED WHEAT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED Approximately 1500 bus hels of feed wheat have al-J ready been delivered to farmers of the county for live stock and poultry feed. , The wheat is made avail able througji the Commod ity Credit Corporation. Additional Shipment An additional shipment ■of 4,450 bushels is expected [this week and will be de livered at the freight sta tion in Burnsville. The following sugges tions will aid farmers in [ obtaining the wheat with the least delay or difficulty 1. Deliver will be madej . at the freight yard! Black! Mtn. Railway each Tues day and Saturday. 2. The price is $1.15 parj r bushel. Payment must be made PY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY.' l (No cash accepted.! These ■ should be made payable to the “Commodity Credit t Corporation.” 3. Payment should be ' made at AAA office, Bur • nsville and order will be given. This order must be I‘taken to freight station fifor the wheat. Each per i son is required to take his own sacks. FUNERAL SERVICES 1 FOR MRS. WILL FOX ■ Mrs. Will Fox, 05, died on Monday evening following an extended illness. The Rev. Prent Blevins officiated at the funeral! services whiqh were held at the McCrackin cemetery en Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Surviving are the follow ing children: Mrs, Tal madge Horton, Mrs,' Pen der Bennett of Burnsville, Mrs. John Maney of Balti more, Charles, Earl, Will ard and Arftold Fox, all of Burnsville. COMPLETE ?N Y A TRAINING —v Edna L. Burgin of Celo! recently completed the tra-i ining in the Radio shop of the".'NT. Y. A. War Product .ion training . center at Asheville. She has been ;assigned to the Naval Air craft factory' in Philadel phia. Harold A. Masters of Green Mtn., has completed the machine shop training and has placed in i the Ingalls shipyards,. Pas cogoula, Miss. ANOTHER CALL FOR WASTE FATS j n. —r ’ Waste” fats- * itTedM for the war effort because jthey contain 10 per cent glycerine. From each 10 pounds of fats you turn in, one pound of glycerine can be made. Glycerine is used in many essential ways. It is used in the Raw State •for guin mechanicisms, hydraulic eq uipment, pumps, ships, ste ering gears, compasses and depth charge mechanicisms :in the ReSln form for med ical supplies for our armed j forces and for us on the ! home front. Glycerine is ;used as a base for explosiv es. One pound of glycerine as a base will make 21-4 pounds of nitro-glycerine. Our government \ expects from Yancey county 8,601 pounds of fats which will make 860 pounds of glycer ine and 1.935 pounds of nitro-glycerine. Save your extra fat from beef, lamb, veal, pork, sau sage, bacon, fish, poultry, soup, gravy, vegetable cooking oil, fats that accu mulate at water level of | dish water. Strain your , fat in large mouth tin cans and take it to Ray’s Groc ery store or Farmers Fed eration, you will be paid 3 cents a pound for it. If every citizen could save at least one-half pou nd of waste fat this year think of the amount our county would turn in. | Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Berryman and young dau ghter are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lyon. Mr. Ber i ryman who has been 'em ■ ployed in Missouri has re cently been transferred ,tc California. MEN LEAVE FOR CAMP ■■ ■ i ■ t i I- The following men left this morning for Camp Croft, S. C. for military ex i animation, and induction iinto service if they success fully pass the exams: Earl Mitchell, Reggie Payne, Samuel Randolph, Coy Ballew, Martin Hen sley, Bill Clouse, Sam Aut re.v; «■ ‘Walter Hughes, Bill Dey ton, Hermon W. Higgins, Artie Hensley, Bill Bryant, Robt. C. Young (reported for cadet training); James Cassida, Brooks Higgins, Coleman Tipton, Tice Hensley, Perry Rob inson, William Metcalf; Lewis Randolph, Phillip H. Hughes, Bruce Watts, ! Burl McCanless, Kie Ray i Navy Recruiting Officer Will Be Here Monday In an effort to save men and women of-Yancey cou nty and vicinity much time . and trouble in making ap plication for the Navy or . the WAVES, Recruiter K. E. Handy Sp lc of the Asheville Navy Recruiting Station will open a tqmporr. | ary recruiting station in Burnsville on Monday, May 10th and will remain there• jfor one day to: interview r int*erested In a.nyi b branch of the Navy. Recruiter K. E. Handy ; ■will maintain his office in the Courthouse ' and his hours will be from 1 19 a. m. until sp. m. i All quotas have been lifted for Navy enlistments I and an unlimited number; 1 of 17-year-oIds,WAVES, " 4 and Seabees may be enlist ‘i ed immediately. Also, men i ] between the ages of 38 and ; 50 may qualify for enlist ■ ment with any rating for! ' | which they are eligible. ‘| Navy trade schools have! \bsen operied wide to the ' 17-year-old youngsters, in ' order that a large group ! j of young potential petty of ficers will be available soon, ; Never before in the history -j of the Navy have opportu nities for the yoynger men 1 ■ j been so great, and a nation- i ‘ wide drive has been inau gurated to obtain thous ands of youngsters for the ! HALT THE JAP SABOTAGE “Be Vigilant America” 5 That our power plants, 'lbridges, water supply sys ' terns, railroad terminals j and defense plants are in danger Has long been 1 known to the Federal Bu -|reau of Investigation— yet r ! it took the landing of Ger- saboteurs on Ameri ca's shores to bring the re jalization home to many e Americans. This endeavor, however, :1 i was child’s play compared •- jto the mass espionage that -1 the Japs have been carry -1 ing on for more than a de o cade. These Japanese liv ing in Los Angeles, ‘ tittle -THEY GIVE THEIR I LIVES—YOU LEND YOUR MONEY" Buy an AMIMnal j load Am , Tomberlin, i‘ Armin Odell J! England; -Vernon Wheeler, Aden j Bert Fox, Perry Robinson, Oliver McMahan, Leslie ’ | Mclntosh; j: Wyman Higgins, Charles Edwards, Hermon Chrfe _ awn, Albert Tipton, Ward j Phillips, Ray Brovin Young Marshall Pate, Frebin _ Jones, Ford Hensley, Clyde | Phillips, Bill Higgins, Cliar ’jles Harris; \ Boyd Wheeler, Terrell McCurry, Dewey Robinson, s Hosea Revis, Emmitt Wil , son, Fred, Laws; Wurd P. Shepherd, Rap hael Phillips, Win. Riley ) Buckner, Rabe Anglin, , Floyd Robinson, Roy Bur- Hgin, Cread Hylemon. training schools. There are 55 different Navy trades from which the youngsters may choose, and they range from medi cal training to carpentry. An effort is being made to place the youngsters in the fields they prefer, on the theory that they will do better work in the type of trade they like best. Hundreds of Tar Heel women already have been [enlisted, in the . -WAYBBy* land are now undergoing | training at some college or university. A few weeks Chence, they will be gradu ated, and will be eligible for petty officer ratings— ready for duty at some shore station within the [continental limits of the United States. Men who are registered with Selective Servile now are eligible for enlistment in the Navy construction j battalions, popularly knowm as the “Seabees.” Recruit jer K. E. Handy will have I complete information on the correct procedure for [entering that branch. The 17'-year-old men are ] advised not to wait until too near their 18th birth day to apply for the Navy, [for once they have become ! 18, they must register for (Selective Service, and ther efore enter the service [through their draft board. 'Tokyo district, and posing as loyal Americans, worked in close proximity to strat egic military installations, airplane factories, power plants, oil stores—and even posed as fishermen in order to be able to chart our coastal areas. The inside story of the Japanese colony in Los An geles, based on the records of the Dies Committee, has been made into a thrill packed motion picture by 20th Century-Fox “LIT TLE TOKYO, U. S. A.” due Friday and Saturday, May 7-Bth at the YANCEY THEATRE, Which all should see. It shows the , way the Axis-spawned trai- Operated, and will prove an eye-opener to all NUMBER FORTY '