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JLctk BACK UP jjjglYOUR BOY Buy an Additional '• VOLUME SEVEN SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. Men In Service » ■■ - Cpl. Claude R. Thomas is e tioned at Tuscon, Ariz. £ . F. Deyton is now at mciT*). Field, Boise, Idaho. '*“*■ ~* m *‘ ■*. • 11 Major Wm. A. Laughrun of the, Army Medical Coyps was recently transferred to the 13th Field Hospital, San Bernardino, Cal. Pvt. Lawrence Rathbum is stationed at Camp Luna,; Los Vegas, N. Mexico. Aviation Cadet Wm. E. Gouge is now at San An tonio, Texas. ' —■■■ ■' / ' .»s I Jay Edge was recently promoted to the rank of Corporal at Camp Edwar ds, Mass. Charles Tomberlin arriv-i ed Saturday night to spend a. short leave with his par , ents, Mri''uiKl Mrs. W. T. Tom berli nos Swiss. ~ .. j Tomberlin was slightly j wounded in North Africa j on January 31, and was •/awarded the Purple Heart. ,He"hgs recovered from his injuries except for a slight limp. Following his furlough he will report to New York. / Capt. James Cherry of the army medical corps, who is taking a special course at Harvard Univer sity will arrive to spend a seven day furlough with! Mrs. Cherry and family. Lt. and Mrs. Ernest B. Melton and ,sons, William, Robert, and Roger, o f Gainesville, Fla. and Fort Riley, Kansas are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Byrd of Jacks .Creek. Lt. Melton will return to Ft. Riley as an instructor in officers school. Mrs. Melton is the former Miss Lillie Belle Byrd of Jacks Creek, and is expected to spend the summer here with her parents. Navy Recruiting Officer Will Be At Ramseytown Saturday ——— ' I 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 (R) lc of the Asheville Navy Recruiting Station will open a tempor ary recruiting station in Ramseytown Saturday May 15th and will remain there for one day to interview persons interested in any branch of the Navy. Recruiter K. E. Handy will maintain his office in the Post Office building, and his hours will be from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. All quotas have been lifted for Navy enlistments and an unlimited number of 17-year-olds, WAVES, and Seabees may be enlist ed immediately. Also, men between the ages of 38 and 50 may qualify for enlist ment with any rating for > THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” 9 * " Pvt. Philip I). Evans who was employed by Mont gomery Ward Co. in King sport, Tenn. before enter ing the army in June 1942, is now a patient at Shen nago Hospital, Greenville, Pa. according to a message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Evans. EvansMs a member of the Corps. Receives Appointment ! ■ Miss Dale Honeycutt of Jacks Creek and Rockville, Md. has received notidb of her appointment as Dieti tian in the Medical Depart ment of the Army with the I relative rank of a Second : Lieutenant, effective May 125th. Miss Honeycutt, daugh-, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Honeycutt, received her B. S. degree from the Ashe- Tville Teachers College, As- Iheville,, and interned a year in dietetics at Sibley Memorial Hospital Wash ington, I). C. For the past three and half years j she has been head dietitian 1 of Chestnut Lodge Sanitar ium, Rockville, Md. Also she is one of the Canteen Instructors for the Mont gomery Chapter of Ameri can Red Cross, a memb'ef of the Montgomery county! I League of Women Voters, Homemakers Club, and the | North Carolina Democrat jic Club of Washington. She ,!will report to Brooklyn, on! ' May 25th. -7 ; i ;j A letter was received! {from Cpl. Thomas Gus {Fender by his parents, Mr.! i and Mrs. G. G. Fender this 1 week. Cpl. Fender is get ting along fine, but he says iit w r ould really feel like ; being home again if he were just in the States. He desires all his friends to write him.—- , m 'which they are eligible." Navy -trade schools have i been opened wide to the 17-year-old ybungsters 1 , in order that a large group of young potential petty of ficers will be available soon Never before in the history of the Navy have opportu nities for the younger men been so great, and a nation wide drive has been inau gurated to obtain thous ands of youngsters for the 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 WAVES, (Continued on page four) BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1943 RED CROSS HOME SERVICE SECRETARY Mrs. Craig English has been named home service secretary for the Red Cross She succeeds Dover R. Fouts who has served in this capacity for the past several months. BUYS SPRUCE PINE HOTEL PROPERTY Ward Jones of Burnsville has recently purchased the ; Spruce Pine Hotel propel’-1 ty in Spruce Pine from W. W. Hennessee who recent ly bought it from the for mer owners. ; Mr. Jones acquired the building and all equipment ' and furnishings and plans 'to operate the hotel, he “ said this week. 1: 2. REAL ESTATE BOUGHT -j Howard Johnson, Eddj > Roberts and W. W. Henne- 1 . ssee have purchased the . Dorland-Bell school prop-; . erty in Hot Springs. The; 1 j transaction was completed! '[this week. The property was form-! ; erly owned and operated ; as a girls’ hoarding school 1 ! by the Mission Board of . U. S. A. > I HEAVY RAINS END THREAT OF FOREST .[FIRES if*' “i" Heavy rains throughout 'the section have ended the ■ immediate threat of forest; I I fires for the present, for-' jest warden J. Craig Eng- Mish said. 1 A number of fires parti cularly in Burke and Tran -1 sylvania counties, have bur- Uned over many acres al \ ready. National Forests Closed ! ; So severe yvas the danger! • that all national forests! ; were closed for fishing, al-j 1 though the tw.o-day open ‘ season had long been plan-| ■ ned for Saturday and Sun -5 day. FUNERAL SERVICES CONDUCTED SUNDAY FOR DANIEL FERGUSON Daniel Von Ferguson, age 2 years, 4‘g months, depart - ‘ ed this life at. 9:00 A. M. : May 7, 1943. Funei’al ser -1 vice was conducted at the ' home of the parents by Rev James Allred, pastorCVof [ Bald Creek Methodist rch. Burial was in the ' Wilson" cemetery near Bald \ Creek. Surviving are the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawren ‘ ce J. Ferguson; a twin bro ther, David Ron, a sister, Naomi Ruth,' Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Rex H. Mcln -1 tosh and Mr. and Mrs. G. ’D. Ferguson, aunts, Mrs. - Madge Watts, Mrs. Myrtle ■ Peterson, Miss Hope Fer ’ guson, and Mrs. Margaret • Zelasko; uncles, Mac Mcln- J bosh and Douglas Fergu ’ son, Jr. and a host of other ‘ relatives and friends. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rob -1 erts of Forbes are both very , ill in the Appalachian hos pital, Johnson City. NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK | Yancey lounty will ob serve the (coming week as “National family Week”. On Sunday, ministers thro ughout th| county are re quested to firing some mes sage or tof make some an-! nouncement concerning the family lifcSbf the nation. i GARDEN CLUB WILL SPONSOR; CONTEST • The Garden Club will sponsor a canning exhibit beginning Thursday, May! 13. The exhibit will be placed in the window of the Mclntqsh Drug - Store and will be under the dir ection of Mrs. Helen Good man. 1 - j In addition to the canned goods there will be a large number .of free pamphlets lon canning and the raising lof vegetates, also instruc j tions on the drying of foods These will; he of interest, not only ts those who have* not done any canning be-' I fore, for whom the exhibit lis principally intended, but also for experienced can ners.t In connection with the exhibit a tanning prize is being offered, details of which will' he given later. The elm "extends its thanks to ? r. Mclntosh for. his in (String the 4 use of the window. DR. VERNON HEADS STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - - i . 1 Dr. James W. Vernon was installed Wednesday! as president of the North Carolina Medical society. Dr. Vernon is a premia-, lent physician of Morgan- 1 ; ton, and is widely known in Yancey county, where, Ihe has a summer home at ! 1 Celo. j : FEED WHEAT IS BEING DISTRIBUTED Approximately 1500 bus [ hels.of feed wheat have al ready been delivered to farmers of the county for live stock and poultry feed. The wheat is made avail able through the Commod ity Credit Corporation. Additional Shipment An * additional shipment !of 4,450 bushels is expected; if this week and will be de livered at the freight sta tion in Burnsville. NOTICE The Methodist Woman’s Bible class will meet at the home of Mrs. C. L. Proffitt at 3:‘50 on Monday, May 20. Floyd King from Ports mouth, Va. is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur King at Cane River.’ He "was called home on ac count of his father who was hurt from a fall. Floyd will return to De troit, Mich, to be inducted into the army. He has his call to report the 18th of this month. FOpj/ICTORY I t war NDS is l ! STAMPS -- . j TYPEWRITER PRO CUREMENT FOR U. S. - ARMY AND NAVY The U. S. Army and Navy have sent out an S. O. S. call for typewriters.; Every' battleship must have] a minimum of 31 typewrit ers on board. All the type writer manufacturers in U. S. have gone into War work; therefore we must make available for our! jarmy.,, and navy . 000,0001 typewriters by Jtr% Tgt. Business firms; schools, colleges, and all are expect ed to-sell the minimum of one out of every four type- 1 writers owned, and all per-; sons having a typewriter that they can do without, whether they own four or not is expected to come to the aid of the government, t The typewriter procure- 1 mont direction of R. E. Zimmer man in Charlotfe’Ts con-; Itacting hundreds of city,’ county and state' govern- 1 meat ayencies but you are; [asked to do your part in; helping. Tyyewriters from 1935 ! up with either Pica or Elite) type are those requested.; .Typewriters with wide car-| riages have a premium price. i This is an urgent appeal If you have a typewriter for sale or know of one, contact Mrs. Helen R. Goodman chairman salvage committee for details. PERSONALS j M. and Mrs. O. K. Mas-j ters are in Baltimore to! visit Mr. and Mrs. Roycej Masters. They were accom-: panied by Miss Lois Moody and Mrs. Charlie Gibbs. Tom Mclntosh has bou ght the Ward Jones home on Main Street. \ C. P. Rogers, Sr. of Try on was a visitor here Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. ’Claude K. Goins of Kingsport were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Evans. Mrs. Hardin Masters who has been visiting her par ents, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Cheadle, has returned to Sioux Falls, S. D. to join Capt. Masters who is sta tioned there. Cpl. Bryan King who has been in Salt City, Utah for the past month is now stationed at Sioux City, lowa. Pfc. Bob Honeycutt, sion of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Honeycutt of Ramseytown has returned to camp after a 10 day furlough at home. EDGES GROCERY STORE MOVES TO NEW LOCATION * I A. G. Edge has moved: his grocery store from the : location in the business dis trict to the store building) located at the intersection of Main Street and the Pensacola highway. The new location is near his j home and the building was j recently enlarged to pro-; vide additional space, —— | DINNER BELL CAFE IS REOPENED | S. P. Bradley, Jr. and Mrs. Seth Honeycutt are now operating the Dinner Bell Case. I They will be ; assisted by Mrs. J. A. ! Banks. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. MARGARET E. FENDER i I Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth j Fender at the age of 89, | ; died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. M. Mc -1 Carson at* Hendersonville, j N. C. on April 29, 1943. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Grady C. Fender of Nebo,; N. C., in the Free Will j Baptist church at Flag Pond, Tenn. where she had; been a member for over i7O years. j She was the mother of'lll3 1 children, 11 surviving and) |2 deceased; Mrs. Rentha 'Ledford who passed away! |at her home Mrs. Clearsey i English who passed away at the home of her daugh ter at Flag Pond, Tenn. Surviving are: Mrs. Lily j Ledford of Bee Log, Mrs. :F. M. McCarson, of Hend ersonville, Mrs. Pat Watson! !of Houston, Texas, Mrs. A. W. Isaacs of Louiston, Ida ho, James Fender of Mo.J Web Fender of Marion, Frank, Peat, Dave, Hobert! and Andy Fender all of Flag Pond. Tenn. Surviving also are: 95 grand children and 185 great-great grand children.! ; Pallbearers: Grandsons. iThey were: Author Led fford, Roy Ledford, Andy {Fender, Kermit Fender, |Mack Fender and Raymond l McCarson. Last Rites Held For A. L Mattson Mr. A. L. Mattson died at his home here Monday af ternoon following a brief illness. He was 72 years of age. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Wednesday morn ing at 11 o’clock w ith the [Rev. C. G. McKaraher of Shulls Mills officiating, as sisted by Rev. Smioot Bak er. Interment was in the Mclntosh cemetery, ,in West Burnsville. Active pall bearers were the following employees of the Yancey Cyanite com pany: Cecil Angel, John English, Byrd Gillespie, Joe Banner, Horace Riddle and Carlos Wheeler. Honorary pall tearers were the elders of the Bur “THEY GIVE THEIR xff , LIVES —YOG LEND YOUR MONEY" KLLWX Buy u Atfditofltl NUMBER FORTY-ONE MEETING AIRCRAFT WARNING SERVICE MEETING The Ground Observation ; section of the Columbia, S* ; C. Filter Center is planning ; a series of meetings thro ! ughout the section for the I purpose of better acquaint ing observers, and the pub [ lie, in the importance and working of the aircraft. i warning service. The meeting for Yancey county will be held at the court house at 8 o’clock tonight (Thursday). A shoij-t informational program will be conducted by military representativ es from the Columbia cen ter, and these representa tives will answer all ques-' | tions about the work. Mrs. W. W. Hennessee is chief observer for the cou jnty, and the. others in charge of posts in the cou nty are R. H. Howell, Bald Creek, Friel Young, Day Book and Hubert D. Jus tice of Micaville. All interested citizens are urged to attend the i meeting. ; & War Industries I Raleigh, May t>.—An ur .Cent heed for more enroll jments in special war train ; ing courses starting at N. C. State College June 7, j with the Federal govern ment paying all expenses except subsistence, was re ported today by Director Edward W. Ruggles of the., College Extension Division. Scores (of f applications I have been received, but, ! when divided by classes, enrollment in certain cour ses i; s ! ? 0 *- yet high enough :to justify starting those particular courses, Ruggles said. He emphasized that prospective students should apply now for admittance :in order to assure the of fering of those curricula, j Courses with vacancies I for more students are air ! craft inspection, architec tural and marine drafting, chemical testing and in ; (Continued on Back Page) nsville Presbyterian church and employees of the Cya nite company. Surviving are his wife; one son, V. L. Mattson of Burnsville; one daughter, Mrs. John Weller of Wash ington, D. C.; one sister, Mrs. A. Rudd of Chicago; two grand children, Susan Weller and Joe Mattson of Burnsville, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Mattson was a na tive of Illinois but had re sided in Burnsville for sev eral years. He was em ployed by the Yancey Cya nite Company. A member of the Presbyterian church for many years, he had ser ved as an elder in the Bur nsville Presbyterian chur ch during his residence here. "** -4
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