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. jflSf Dm rt STt [ Buy Mow faf Frttdom't Safa War Bonds VOLUME SEVEN Men In Service -■ t ..... '* ..... ' 'A. ~ k -"• Pvt. Dewey G. Robinson has Seen visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Robinson of Hamrick. He is stationed at Camp Edw ards, Mass. Pfc. John R. Wilson is home on a furlough visit ing his wife and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs, Ed Wil son of Hamrick. He is sta tioned at Eglin, Field, Fla. Pvt Bumis Angel is now stationed' at Fort Eustis, V*. James Bailey is now at the naval training school, Newport, Rhode Island. - Charles T o mberlin of j Camp Upton, N. Y. stopped! over a few days, enroute back to camp. c Lt. Willie Dale Honey cutt has arrived safely in England. She is dietitian at a station hospital there. Pvt. Clarence Deyton is home for a few days visit ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Deyton. Lt. James A. Anglin is at home on furlough. Cpl. Kenneth Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. \ Honeycutt of Windom, is in M ew.. Gyinea vJaccprd ihg to wo»*d received recen ‘«y. " Virgis “Bill” Anglin of the Marine Corps in Bay-; onne, N. J. has been pro moted to the rank of Pri-j y vate first class. He is the l son of Mr. «nd Mrs. R. C.j Anglin of Burnsville and; has been in the marine corps since Feb. 1. Cpl. Jess Stylas is at ho me for a few days from Camp Pickett, Va. Robert Souther is home from Camp Edwards, Mass, on a short leave. James F. Bryson is at home on leave from Camp Gordon, He is the son of Mc. and Mrs. A. F. Bry son. • ‘ 0 Carson Edwards who has been at Bolling Field, Was hington, D. C. is now at the station hospital, army air base, Richmond, Va. Thomas G. Fender, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Fen der, arrived home Sunday, for a 21 daye leave. Be was wounded in Africa and is now stationed at Fort Ben jamin Harrison* Ind. hospi tal. Samuel Lee Harrisort N is stationed at Camp Camp bell, Ky. Capt. Edgar R. Perry is now assistant executive officer of the 59th training batalion at Camp Wolters, Texas. For several months Capt. Perry has been sta tioned in Shreveport, La. Lt. Sam Byrd Bennett who has been home on leave after graduating as bombardier a t Roswell, New Mex. left this week for Saline, Kansas. * * *4 . \' ‘ . THE YANCEY RECORD ? IIKW f SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Mrs. Walter Silver of Bo- 1 lens Creek has received word that her son, Jess Sil ver, has been wounded ser iously in the Pacific area.! He has been overseas for several months. Mrs. Silver has three other sons in service, John and Ralph in the army and Bryan in the Navy. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Spar-| ks of Green Mountain have received a card and letter from their son, Oscar K. , Sparks, who is now a pris oner in Germany. A letter dated March 20 and a card . dated April 18 both said I that he was well and would write every chance he had. “Don’t worry about me but just pray that we boys will come home soon.’’ Pvt. 'Sparks entered ser-: vice last May, was reported missing in North Africa in Februrary and later a pris-, oner of the German gov ernment. —■— . ... Carroll AngeL who has completed his boot training at Bainbridge, Mass, is at home. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Angel. sor£h Tj,'oy. S. Silver, son of Mr. Howard D. Silver of Windom, N. C. has been awarded the red and white Good Conduct ! Ribbon for having served jin the army efficiently for 'one year. He is now with troops of the U. S. Fifth Army in j North Africa. * I | NORTH AFRICA.—Pfc. j Howard Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hughes, of Route 1, ; /Relief, N. C., has been awarded the red and white Good Conduct Rib bon for having served in the army efficiently and faithfully for one year. He is now with the Fifth American Army in North Africa. Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., July 25—Pfc. Jay B. King, who for the past 17 weeks has been in training at the Liberator bomber mechanics school here, was graduated today and is noAr ready for active line duty. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. King, Box 47, Burnsville, N. C. * Pfc. King, who is now qualified as a B-24 mechan ic, soon will join the ranks of the green-clad army re sponsible for the mainten ance of those huge bomb ers. His course here, un der the Army Air Forces Training Command, includ ed airplane mechanics’ tools structures, electrical and fuel systems, instruments . propellers, hydraulic sys tems, engine operation and aircraft inspection. The last eight days of the cou rse were spent out of doors where he learned to per -1 form maintenance work on 1 aircraft under simulated * battle conditions and mock : attack. • , ■} I, * (Continued on page four) -* '*r “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCIIY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 22, ,9b3 BAPTIST CHURCH The Rev. Albert E. Light foot will again bring the message at the morning service hour on Sunday. He is pastor of the First Baptist ehurch, Starke, Fla.' j Special music will be un-i 'der the direction of Mrs.; John Bennett, choir direc tor, and Miss Alice Roland,! organist. NOTICE —,,1 i——■ ■. , & The Central Committee 1 under the “Work or Fight”' Program will meet in JBur i nsville on the 27th day of July at 10:00 o”clock a.m., for the purpose of consid ering all complaints filed with the committee up to that date. PHARMACIST HERE I - - . j E. D. Ledbetter is now with the Mclntosh Drug Store here. He is a licensed pharmacist and is from Chapel Hill. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MRS. EFFIE HELMS Funeral service for Mrs. Effie Helms of Charlotte were held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Robertson July 16, at 3 p. m. _ Mrs. Helms.died aftea % short illness. She was 28 years old and had been ing in Charlotte for the ! past while. Services were conducted by Rev. Adkins and burial was in the cemetery near, the home. She is survived by her! [husband, her parents, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Gilbert Robertson of Elk Shoal and the fol lowing brothers and sisters. Milt and Bacus Robertson of Detroit, Martin Robert son of Elk Shoal, Mrs. John Small of Granite Falls, Mrs. Jud Holt of Morris town, Tenn., Mrs. Ellis Mc- Intosh of Swiss and Mrs. Horace Emery of Asheville Mrs. W. B. Wray, Sr., fell at her home Wednesday and broke her ,hip. She is now in the Mission hispital in Asheville; Mrs. Luther Ayers is very ill at her home. LOCAL BOARD NEWS ©-—— —— A number of registrants arle now in Class 11-C for farming. No registrant is defered for farming unless he is building eight War units. Eight units is the least hfe can build. If he can build theeight in half of the working days then he is supposed increase the units or work the spare time on a neighbors farm. Any registrant defered for farming must work his entire time on the farm and not on any 'other job. When a registrant ceases to devote his full time to farnr work or enters ano ther job he is subject to immediate classification in to 1-A and induction' with next call. ; Registrants classified in THIRD WAR BOND . A'goal of 15- billion dol lars has been set for the third war loan drive which will begin on Sept. 9. This is the greatest amount that has ever been set for any j financing program of the ! world. f [ The second drive, in Ap ! ril of this year, had a goal of 13 million, and was far oversubscribed. The county qfiota in Ap ril was $40,000 and consid erably more bonds than this were sold. - REUNION AND DECORATION There will hi a- Parker family reunion tand decora- i tion at the Uncle John Wil son cemetery in the Con cord Community on the fifth Sunday in August. THOMAS C. tIENSLEY 7 g- Thomas C. Hensley, 72, died at his hoiie at Demo crat July 13, ’ following a long illness. Jf Funeral rites were con ducted at the Pleasant Gap church with the Rev. A. B. Dennis officiating. Burial was in the Holcombe Branch cemetery. Mr. Hensley was a native of Prices Creek, Yancey county, and hid been a , eftwn tjr for more than 50 years.' He is survived by four sons, Lynn, Jennings and Herbert of Democrat and ! Clyde of Asheville Rt. 1;| two daughters, Miss Pearl Hensley of Democrat anl ! Mrs. Jack Buckner of Mars Hill; two brothers, Avery I Hensley of Asheville and | David Hensley of Stocks ville; two sisters, Mrs. L. |N. Davis of West Asheville and Mrs. Jim Deaver of Stocksville; nine grand children and one great grand child. Pall bearers were neph ews of Mr. Hensley, Oscar, Austin, Willard and Robert Hensley, Bergin Davis and Oscar Ledford. Flower bearers were, Helen, Billie and Edith Hensley, Mary and Doris Jean and Joyce Sawyer, Madaline and Marie Brown Morris - Gearing funeral home was in charge of ar rangements. w 11-B for mining or lumber work must work at least 48 hours each week. If it is discovered that 11-B regis trants are working part time they will be immediat ely reclassified to 1-A and! inducted. Information as to the ac tivities of defered men is welcomed and an investiga tion will be made. How ever reports are often re ceived and the writer does not sign his or her name. Such letters go into the waste basket and no inves tigr.tion is made. Any in formation received with a name signed will be inves tigated and the informa tion will be kept strictly confidential. , NAMED FIELD SUPER VISOR FOR FARMERS FEDERATION H. Grady Bailey who has served as manager of the Burnsville warehouse o f the Farmers Federation, Inc. for the past year, has been promoted to the pos ition of field supervisor for Yancey and Mitchell count ies. He will have charge of sales-promotion work i n the two counties. Sam Sluder, formerly as sistant manager of the ;Newb ( ridge warehouse, will 'be the manager of the wa rehouse here. He will be assisted by C. G. Clark also iof Newbridge. Directors of the Federat ion feel that this change will enable the association in the two counties to give better service to its many friends, patrons and stock holders. Directors and Committee Wilson Ed w ards and Tom Ray have been named directors for the county, and those on the county committee are: Wilson Edwards, Cane River, Miss Hope Buck, Bee Log, Tom Ray, Route 1, Burnsville, H. W. Higgins, Cane River, Grover Robin son, Boonford, Sam Hile mon, Higgins, A. P. Honey cutt, Day Book, John Han num, Ramseytown, Charles P" Byrd, Burnsville, Lester Bailey, ILF.D., Burnsville, Wm. B. Wray, Burnsville. Jesse Autrey is in New | York City on business this week. Mrs. Ralph Laughrun! underwent a nasal opera tion in Johnson City Satur day. Albert MePeters is sta tioned at Camp Phillips, Kansas. Rothie Byrd and Rufus Wallace who have been dis charged from the army be cause of physical disability were here this wedk. NOTICE The annual Yancey coun ty B. T. U. meeting will he held at Laurel Branch Bap ! tist church at Pensacola, N. [ C., Friday, July 30, 1943, ba . ginnifig at 4:00 p. m. and closing at 9:00 E. W. T. The public is invited to at tend. Mrs. Craig Woody,Sec. HONOR ROLL i The following names of . men who are serving in the armed forces were sent in this week: ' a* r Edd Blankenship Earl Blankenship , Howard Buchanan Coy Bennett Phin Cooper Charles Frank Deyton T. IL Fpx . SamueT Lee Harrison Horace Higgins . Roy Higgins Ned Higgins . Kenneth Hunter. Clarence McCourry Albert MePeters Dewey Peterson Carl Sisk * . Charles T. Tilley SUPERIOR COURT WILL CONVENE AUGUST 9 ■■ ■ .... .V . ——■ Superior court will con vene in Burnsville on Au gust 9 with Judge Zeb V. Nettles of Asheville presid ing. Both civil and crimi nal cases will be heard. "! The following jurors have been named: S. D. McKinney, Arthur M. Patton, Smith Howell, j George D. Thomas, Percy Hughes, G. D. Robinson, H. Clay Ball, H. C. Silver; Rotha Bailey, H. H. Pen land, Paul Higgins, R. L. Riddle, W. M. Hensley, M. L. Hall, Walter Hensley, Biss Robinson, F. E. Wil son, Coy Phillips, date Bennett, W. F. MePeters, Sink Adkins;' Till Wilson, Mack Hensley, J. B. Wilson, Pres ton Beaver, Eckqrd Mur phy, Giiss Tipton, W. L. Robinson, Jess Young; Lon B. Banks, Elzie Wil- RATIONINGIBOARD NEWS Users of gasoline, be ftnning July 22, will be li able to lose their gasoline j rations if. each coupon in their is not pro perly endorsed in ink, Wm. B. Wray, chairman of the Yancey county War Pries yand Rationing Board, rem ‘ inded theifi today ' The new policy on cou-l pon enorsement, the chair- 1 man said, was taken to as sure maximum protection ( to book holders. Hence forth, motorists will be re quired to endorse all cou pons immediately upon re ceipt of- renewal gasoline rations, so that they will never have unendorsed cou pons in their possession. Endorsement consists of; writing, in ink, on the face of each ration coupon, the license number of the ve hicle for which the ration was issued and the state in Molly Pitcher Tag Day, Aug. 4 Invasion cost SWBr UpYourPayroll Savings today NUMBER FIFTY-ONE fe ■ 5? -f son, Lee Riddle, W. I. Wil son, Silas E. King; Kimsey Lewis, David Jarrett, Burges McCurryr Blake Ray, Latt R. Young, Jack Huskins, Don Laws, C. B. Johnson. v The following names !have been drawn.for the I jury list for the second w'eek of court: Marcus Hensley, E. Me- Curry, Jay Styles, Goldman H, M. Bailey, Gifford Fen der, Elmer Sparks, John Miller, W. M. Duncan, C. D. Williams; R. W. Styles, L. P. Ad , kins, John C. Woody, Oscar I Shepherd, H. H. Ramsey, : Sam Hilemon, W. M. Mcln . j tosh, G. W. Chandler, Has ■ | kel Lewis, Raymond Pen land, Tory Mclntosh, David Whitson, Arthur King, • T. L. Edgy. B which the car is registered. The advantage of having all coupons marked is that l if lost they can easily be checked on and cannot be used by someone else. HOME CANNING SUGAR Registration for home canning sugar will on Thursday, July 28th. It will be necessary for persons to come to the local office and bring their War Rat ion Bo o k One (better known as sugar, coffee, and shoe book). This registrat ion will continue for tw T o weeks. i DON’T LOSE BOOKST It will be inreasingly dif ficult to have your ration books renewed. Extreme care in handling them sho uld be exercised, chairman Wray s#id, so they will not be lost.
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