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VOLUME SEVEN
Men In Service --
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Lee Jarrett of the U. S.
Navy has been home on
leave.
Charles Clark is now at
the Naval training station,
Bainbridge, Md. He is
recovering from an attack
of measles.
Rush Beeler has return
ed to Bedford, Mass, where
he is stationed after a fur
lough at home.
S. Sgt. William T. Jobe)
who entered service from
» Washington, D. C. is now
stationed at Camp Maxey.l
« Texas.
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Cpl. Ray C. Fender is)
spending a fourteen day
furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. A: Fender
of Cane River and also re
—datives elsewhere. Cpb-
Fender is stationed at Fort
Benning, Ga.
Ralph Proffitt, son of.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Proffitt!
is home on furlough from!
Kbesler Field, Miss.
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Cecil Byrd of Camp Bea
urgarde, La. is at home on
leave.
Charlie Phillips is visit
ing relatives at Bee Log
on leave.
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Roy Higgins, son of Mr.!
and Mrs. Milos Higgins, is!
home on leave.
Pfc. Ralph W. Byrd, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Byrd
of Pensacola, has been pro
moted to the rank of Cor
poral. He is stationed at
Camp Swift, Texas and has
been in service since Feb.
4, 1943.
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Arthur Peterson has
been visiting relatives and
friends at Green Mtn. He 1
is in the Navy.
Scott Field, Jll. Pfc.
John H. Howell, son of Gar
rett Howell of Sioux, N. C., -
has arrived at this Army ;
Air Forces Technical Train
ing Command Post where
he will receive an intensive
course in radio operating
and mechanics to fit him
for duty as a member of
a fighting bomber crew.
During his training per- j
iod here, Pfc. Howell will
be tested by experts as to i
aptitudes for special types i
of work, and when his cou- i
rse is finished he will be’ <
sent to more advanced tra
ining centers which are
part of the vast network '
of Technical Training Com- ]
mand schools. Upon grad- 1
uation he will be well qual- 1
ified for duty as an expert
radio operator or techni- i
cian wherever his services
are required by the Army
Air Forces.
Scott Field is located six
miles from Belleville, 111. in
the “Looking Glass coun
try,” immortalized by
Charles Dickens. Formerly
a training ground for avi
ators in World War I, it is
now devoted exclusively
to the production of radio
operatbrs and mechanics.
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THE YANCfcY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
* SEND IN NAMES!
We have received many
names to add to the list of
those in service. If there
are any that were not print
ed before please send them
in. We to include
every name in this list.
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Promoted
Milton B. Higgins, Jr.,
has been promoted from
) Seaman Second Class to
Third Class, Petty officer
'.at the United States Naval;
Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.
IHe is the son of Mr. and
j Mrs. Mi B. Higgins of Bur
nsville..
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MEDAL
Pvt. Paul W.
B> Academic Regt.,
Tank Destroyer School,
Camp Hood, Texas, has
.been awarded the U. S.
Army Conduct Medal. His
I parents, Mr. and Mrs, Biss
McMahan, reside at Mica
■ ville, 'N. C.
The medal, authorized by
Executive order, is award
ed for exemplary behavior,
efficiency, and fidelity to
those enlisted men of the
U. S. Army who, on or af
ter Auvust 27, 1940, com
.pleted three years of active
■federal military service or
j who, since December 7, 1941
have served honorably for
one year while the country
has been at war.
Amarillo Army Air Field
Amarillo, Texas. James P.
Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs
Cr. A. Brown of Burhsville,
N. C., has completed his
course of studies as an av
iation mechanic in this sch
ool of the Army Air Forces
Technical Training Com
mand.
His graduation from this
tedhnical school now fits
him for airplane mainten
ance and he will be sent to
some air base where he will
assist in keeping America’s
Flying Fortresses in the air
for Allied victory.
In addition to completion
of the schedule of acade
mic and practical studies as
an aviation mechanic, he
has been thoroughly drilled
in military tactics and d 6-,
sense and a course of phy
sical training that has con
ditioned him to meet all re
quirements of an American
soldier.
Yancey Record: I have
been receiving the paper
for the past five or six
months and sure am glad
to get it. . r.
I like to find out what
the people are doing back
home and I look forward to
the paper each week. I
have been at Camp Sibert,
Ala for six months and
haven’t got a furlough yet.
I expect one in July, I
have changed my addres to
Pfc. Ray Stiles, Hqs. Det.
U. T. C. Tent City, Camp
Sibert, Ala.
I hope the day will soon
come when the j?oys of old
Yancey will return home.
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THt||SDAY, JULY 1, 1943
NAVY RECRUITER
HERE
K: E. Handy, Sp. lc (R),
recruiter'for the Navy will
be in Burnsville every
Tuesday to interview those;
who wish to enlist in the
Navy.
Recruiter Handy will be
at the courthouse each
Tuesday until further not
ice, to interview men for
enlistment in the Navy.
Young men 17 years old
and men over 38 are eligi
’ ble. He will also have in
formation about the Navy’s
1 seabees, WAVES and
I SPARS.
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jj BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, pre-
Isident of Mars Hill College,)
will preach at the morning
! service on Sunday, July 4th. J
NOTICE- -j
’I .
> There will be a Commun
ion Service at the Peterson’s)
•j Chapel Church, Day Book,'
! N. C., Sunday night, July
’ 4th. This is to be a Union.
' service. All churches or
people who can come are
’ invited.
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, DEDICATION SERVICE
i
' On Sunday afternoon,
July 4 at 2:30 P. M. there.
■ will be a dedication service)
iaWßig
“ducted by Rev. Jesse Hugh-.
es, pastor of the Byrds.
’I Chapel Baptist Church.
Every body is invited, es
pecially the fathers and
mothers who have boys in
the service of our country.
Our flags were furnished
by N. W. Adkins, a native
.i of Yancey county, who is
i now in Uncle Sam’s Navy
in California. We take
this way to thank him for
what he has done for the
church and Sunday school
at Big Creek for the past
three years.
“Records For Fighting Men”
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The American Legion,
Legion Auxiliary of Yancey
county will take part in the
second nation-wide cam
paign to collect old phono
graph records, beginning
July 3rd and through July
31st, local Legion officials
announced yesterday.
t’he collection is being
sponsored nationally by the
National Headquarters of
those organizations, in co
operation with Records for!
Our Fighting Men, Inc., a
not-for-profit organization
of the country’s leading
musical artists with Bob
Hope as its president. The
campaign has the approval
and authorization of the
President’s War Relief
Control Committe.
This second campaign,
prompted and made neces
sary by the fact that mill
ions of men have been ad
ded to the army, navy, mar
ine corps and coast guard,
will operate under the slo
gans “More Records for
More of Our Fighting Men”
and “Draft your old records
and send them to war.” As
in the *1942 campaign the
HEAVY ftjUNFALL IS
AID TO CROPS
Some Dan|age Reported
- Hfeavy rainfall during the
past week has been of great j
benefit to crops, especially)
tobacco andjpotatoes.
Some damage to the bean
1 crop was reported, espec
ially along): the stream)
(banks. Maiiy of the beans)
' are now ready to harvest
■ and the overflow from the
streams damaged an esti
mated fortylper cent of the
crop in som| cases.
'j Tobacco ferowers have;
not been able to set a full
i acreage inShe county be
cause of a Arcity of plants
and the di§r weather had
delayed th® work in some
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NEW PASTOR FOR
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH J
The Rev.§A. H. Mutsch
ler has beeri| appointed pas
tor of the Burnsville Pres
byterian church, and he
and Mrs. Mutschler plan to
| come to Iprnsville next
week to take up this work.
notice
Farmers Inay obtain
crimson clover, Italian rye
grass and Austrian winter
pea seed at the A. A. A.
office. Thd|re is a limited
supply now m haruL*
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BIBLE SCHOOL
i The Bible School of the
Burnsville Baptist Church
will open a 10 day session
on July 7.
j Harold McManus of Ral
eigh who is one of 15 work
ers now in the two counties
. will direct the school, and
he will be assisted by other
■ workers of the state de
partment and local mem
bers.
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-BONDS FOR VICTORY
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actual work of collecting
old, unused and unwanted
phonograph records will be
done by the 1,800,000 mem
bers of The American Le
gion and Auxiliary. These
canvassers will receive the
assistance from members
of other patriotic organiza
tions who have volunteered
that assistance.
Estimates of old, broken
; and unused records that j
are now in the homes of
America run as high as
200,000,000. The Legion
collectors will attempt to
unearth as many, of these)
as possible, will gather them
together and sell them to
the record manufacturers
who want them for the she
llac content in order to
make new records. Every
cent of the net proceeds
from such sales will be used
to continue purchasing new
ly issued discs at lowest
factory prices.
As the result of last year’s
campaign more than 370,000
brand new records have
been distributed to Ameri
can fighting men around
the world. This yeah two
(Continued on back page)
TO ALL PATRIOTIC
CITIZENS OF YANCEY
COUNTY ::
There will be an impor
tant meeting of the “Work
or Fight” Committee at
11:00 o’clock A. M,. July 5,
1943, at the Courthouse in
Burnsvilel. This meeting
iis called pursuant to re
quest of the Governor of
North Carolina. The public
is invited to attend this
meeting. Everyone inter
ested in victory should at
tend.
| Dover R. Fouts,
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. MOLLIE
HORTON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mollie Horton were con
ducted on June 24 by Rev.
Wm. J. Baker at the Ray
cemetery in the Concord
community.
Mrs. Horton was 81 years
of age and was the widow
of Jesse Horton who pre
ceeded her several years
ago. She joined the Meth
odist church in girlhood
and at her death belonged
to the Biltmore Methodist
church.
Two children, David Hor
ton and Mrs. Mable Sams
I survive.
ASSOCIATIONAL W. M.
jU. MEETING
L The aasociational W. M.
itr meeting was held with
the Jacks Creek Baptist
church on Tuesday, June
29th.
j Mrs. A. Z. Jamerson, as
| sociational superintendent
presided at the sessions.
I Mrs. Bruce Bailey gave the
i address of welcome for the
Jacks Creek church, and
Mrs". J. A. Watson respond
ed. Mrs. R. N. was
in charge of the iporning
devotional services, with
Mrs. Lee Yelton, Vinita
Penland and Buena Ellen
Bailey taking part.-
Miss Bertha Smith, who
was a missionary in China
for 20 years spoke in the
morning, and Vinita Pen
land gave a report about
Meredith college from whi
ch she, was recently grad
uated.
JtX the aftenvoon session,
Rev. A. Z. Jamerson gave
the devotional. The Bur
nsville Sunbeam Band, un
der the direction of * Mrs.
G. L. Hensley, presented a
program and Mrs. Morgan,
(Superintendent of the As
heville division, spoke.
Officers elected for the
| coming year were, Mrs.
Jamerson, superintendent;
Mrs. B. R. Penland, associ
ate superintendent; Mrs. E.
F. Hunter, secretary; Mrs.
jC. R:~~ Hamrick, mission
study; community missions,
Mrs. W. Z. Robertson; Mrs.
B. B. Penland, Margaret
Fund; Mrs. E. L. Wilson,
stewardship; Mrs. Monroe
Mclntosh, youpg peoples
leader. ' ,
NOTICE
The Yancey County Com
missioners will hold their
regular monthly meeting
for July on Tuesday, July
6, rather that Monday, July
5, which will be observed as
a Holiday.
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GREAT NEED FOR MICA
Fifty Mines Now In <
Operation
There are at present at
least 50 mica mines in op
, eration in Yancey county!
according to an estimate!
■ made this week by men
connected with the indus-l
' try.
: In addition, new mines!
i are being prospected and
opened every week.
The following story on
the continuing great need 1
for mica was published in!
the Asheville Citizen ofj
June 30:
While the production of
mica in Western North
, Carolina is up considerably'
. over what it formerly was,
. there is still a tremendous
■ need for this vital war ma
terial and any farmers or
property owners who have
. outcroppings of mica are
urged to dd something
.(about it, B. C. Burgess of
l" the Colonial Mica corpora
tion, said yesterday.
The Colonial Mica corpor
ation is authorized by the
,;U. S. government to pur-'
chase mica. There has been
no difficulty about prices
since the latest prices were
RATIONING BOARD NEWS
“The seriousness of thes
(tire situation has been bro
ught home to us,” Wm. B.
Wray, chairman of the tivej
, I rationing panel of the Yan
'cey County War Price and!
! Rationing Board, said , to
day, with the announce
ment that sufficient re
cappable tires are not av
ailable to meet the needs
of those who must have
them and that the govern
ment has been forced to
meet the situation by re-:
leasing more than a million
low-quality used tires to
be sold to motorists holding
Grade 111 rationing certifi
cates.
“The tires are part of
the supply purchased last
fall and winter under the
idle tire purchase plan.
They are called emergency
tires and are branded with
an O into the sidewall to
identify them,” Mr. Wray
explained.
The emergency casings
are not fit for recapping
CLINICS SCHEDULED
Clinics for vaccination or
immunization for typhoid,
diptheria, whooping cough
and smallpox have been
scheduled for every section
of the county by Mrs. Hazel
Beaver, district nurse.
The complete schedule is
given on page 2 of this
issue.
BLACKOUT WAS
SUCCESSFUL
“
s The surprise blackout on!
Tuesday night was a suc-i
cess—after citizens decided)
there was no fire. The new i
signal system, however,]
- gives a “warning” period so
■ that there is time to get to
your home and make any
other preparation necess
ary to carry out the black
out instructions.
Invasion Costs
ffi»More Money—
|pr Up Your Payroll
Savings today
NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
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announced ih= May with
substantial -increases for
most producers, Mr. Bur
gess indicated.
Assistance Available
I Persons who have such
| mica deposits may either
t get technical advice on’
! working the mica themsel
) ves, or they may be put in
touch with an operator who
I will work the deposit and
'pay them a royalty on all
■ that is taken out, Mr. Bur
gess explained.
At a recent hearing in
! Washington char . were
made that the domestic
; mica was not being proper
ly protected in competition
' with imported mica.
Officials of the mica cor
poration here said that this
did not affect their corpor
ation since it dealt, only
; with domestic mica and had
no connection with the oth
er product.
Want More Mica
“We would like to get
more mica,” Mr. Burgess
said. “There are a great
many small deposits that
are not being worked that
could be handled on a
fitable basis.”
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but can be made service
able for limited use either
as spares or ~dtv
cars. Motorists may pur
| chase the tires through
their regular dealers who
will order them through
their suppliers.
Ceiling price to the con
sumer on the emergency
tires is one dollar each.
Mr. Wray said, with deal
ers permitted to make ad
ditonal charges when they
repair. 4ires before selling
1 them.
“The release of these
poor quality tires emphasi
zes the fact that the nation
has to squeeze every possi
ble mile from its rubber
supply,” Mr. Wray contin
ued. “W. M. Jeffers, the
rubber czar last week tele
graphed Price Administra
tor Prentiss M. Brown cal
ling attention again to the
situation. He said we are
in a “critical” period, and
called upon Mr. Brown to
TO RIDGECREST
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Members of the Girls
( i Auxiliary group of the Bur
! nsville Baptist church are
[! attending encampment at
t Ridgecrest assembly ground
! this week. Mrs. Alvin
j Buckner accompanied them
; camp and Mrs. Smoot
Baker will ba in charge
there.
Girls who are attending
are: Doris Penland, Ruth
Banks, Barbara Angel,
Mary Frances and Evelyn
i Hamrick, Barbara Bowyer,
Susan Weller, Mary D. and
■ Martha Bailey, Sarah Ham
rick, Patty Evans, Mary
i Blake Wilson, Joyce King,
Betty Wray Hensley, Joan
Buckner, Peggy Johnson.
CLOSED MONDAY
The Farmers Federation will b«
closed Monday, July Bth.