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VOLUME EIGHT
Men In Service
WINS WINGS
Marfa,, Texas—Ford Bail
ey, son of Mr. and Mrs. M.
D. Bailey, Toledo, received
his wings when he grad
uated as a second lieuten
ant from the Marfa, Texas
Advanced Two-Engine Pi
lot School, it was announc
ed by Col. George F. Hart
man, Commanding Officer.
Lieut. Bailey was comm
issioned upon completion
of the course in training
in twin-engine planes. He
was assigned here from
Pecos Basic Flying School.
Lieut. Bailey is a former;
student of Mars Hill Coll
ege, Tennessee State Coll
ege, and a graduate of
Clearmont High School.
Aviation Cadet Ernest M.
Howell of Green Mtn. grad
uated recently from Minter
field, army basic flying
school near Bakersfield,
Cal.
He has successfully com
pleted his basic flying
training and now enters
advanced school. Upon
completion of this training
he will be awarded the sil
ver wings of a lieutenant.
Cpl. Jess R. Styles is
now stationed at Fort Dix,
N. J.
Sgt. Lewis Robinson is at
Westover Field, Chicopee
Falls, Mass.
Sgt. Marion P. Ballew is
now stationed at Page
Field, Ft. Myers, Fla.
Pvt. Harold Carr is with
the ordnance company,
South Camp Hood, Texas.
Pvt. Rufus Ingle is sta
tioned at Camp Breckin
ridge, Ky.
Alfred Ogle has recently
been promoted from the
rank of private first class
to technician fifth class or
corporal. He has been sta
tioned at v Camp Campbell,
Ky. and is now on maneuv
ers in Tennessee.
Yancey Record: I have
been receiving the paper
all along and I sure enjoy
it very much. lam on the
look out for it every week.
My address has changed to:
Pvt. John Wesley Styles
Co. A 134 T. D. Tng. Bn.
3rd Regt. T D R T C North
Camp Hood, Texas.
Yancey Record: I have
been receiving the home
town news since I have
been in the army and ap
preciate it very much. I
like to keep up with what
goes on back home. My
address now is:
Frank Cooper, Ordnance
Dept. N. A. S. Norfolk, Va.
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I wish to thank the girls
and boys of my Sr.imay
School class and B. T. U.
for the nice shower of cards
I received last week. I
greatly appreciate each
one of them and they cer
tainly meant a lot to me. I
wish the Sunday School
and B. T. U. the best of
everything. ’
S. Andrew C. Angel,
U. S. -N. T. S. Bainbridge,
Md.
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THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
Five Sons In Service*
- Mr. and Mrs. Dave Whit
son of Ramseytown have
five sons in the armed for
ces. They are: Sgt. Ralph
W. Whitson, Camp Phillips,
Kans., Sgt. Frank J. Whit
son, Pampa, Texas, Pvt.
Edgar Whitson, Sheppard
Field, Texas, Bennie Whit
son,S. Ic, somewhere in
the Pacific, William A.
Whitson, S. 2c, Oakland,
Calif.
Mrs. Whitson is director
of the Citizens’ Service,
Corps in Ramseytown. She
! has been enthusiastic in the
Red Cross effort, knitting
one muffler, five pairs of
socks, four sweaters and
has made, four wool uni
forms. She has also helped
her daughter and neigh
bors to knit for the Red
Cross.
Accepted For Service
The following men were
accepter for military ser
vice last week at Camp
Croft:
Navy: Pershing G. An
gel, Ralph Hughes,. Caslee
Thomas, Ralph Eugene
Parker, Philip Hughes, Ed
ward Morgan.
Army: Eugene Patton,
Eleck Jarrett, Dock Webb,
Perry Parker, Raymond
Robinson, Emery Lee Shep
herd.
Air Corps: Cedric Hunter
Arney Fox who has been
stationed at Cahip Camp
bell, Ky. has been given a
medr'cal discharge from the
army and has returned
home. . •
Sgt. Max Howell is now
at the Marine Base, New
River, N. C.
Sgt. Joe Ben Randolph
who has been stationed at
Texarkana, Texas has been
given a discharge from mil
itary service and returned
home last week.
Pvt. Henry Dodd of 1022
Guard Squadron, Army
Air Base, Fort Dix, N. J.,
is ill in the Station hospital
at Fort Dix. He has been
ill since Aug. 1. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Dojld of Burnsville, N. C.
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* Yancey Record: I receiv
ed your newspaper yester
day and was very glad to
hear the news from my
home, it almost seemed as
if I were back there.
It will be with pleasure
that I will await each edi
tion, and hope that I will
not miss one.
Best wishes to every one
back home. ’
Loyd 0. Phillips, Co.
3386 Bks. 319 U. S. N. T. S.
Bainbridge, Md. .
Yancey Record: I receiv
ed the paper and want to
tell you that I really ap
preciate the '• home town
news. J have been in the
army 11 months, like it
fine but still haven’t for
gotten home and the fri
ends in Yancey county.
Bast wishes to all of you.
Pvt. Ward Hilemon, Co.
G. 43rd Armd. Regt. A P 0
262 c. Postmaster, Nash
ville, Tenn.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1943
EDdAR RAY PASSES
IN NEWPORT NEWS
Hobart Ray received a
message today at noon that
his brother, Edgar Ray,
had died of a heart attack
in Newport News where he
was employed. No details
have been learned. ...
W. B. WRAY* RESIGNS
AS CHAIRMAN OF
RATION BOARD
Wm. B. Wrajr has tend
ered his resignation as the
chairman of the county ra
tioning board, to become
effective September 11. He
is-leaving next week to ac
cept vwork in a war pro
; duction plant.
Mr. Wray has been a
member of the aboard since
it was appointed and has
helped in ' its successful
operation in the county.
In discussing his connect
ion with the board, Mr.
Wray said that he wished
! to express his appreciation
to citizens of the county
i for their cooperation* while
he served on the board. “I
■ have fulfilled my duties to
! the best of my ability”, Mr.
i Wray said, “and have tried
to do everything that I
could for citizens of the
, county, within the require
, ments which I have been
compelled to follow.”
Carroll Rogers has been
named chairman of the
' bo.ard, succeeding Mr
Wray.
ATTEND BANK
MEETING
R. N. Scott, Mrs. C. V.
Rice and Mrs. Royce Mas
ters of the Northwestern
Bank, Burnsville and Mrs.
Scott attended an executive
meeting of bank employees
and officials of all North
western Banks which was
held at Blowing Rock on
Monday.
Following the meeting,
the group attended a ban
quet given at the Blowing
Rock country club.
C. M. Bailey is in the Bil
tmore hospital, following a
heart attack on Monday
Carl Noblett who is em
ployed in Norfolk is at
;home for a short vacation.
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I] AMERICAN HEROES |
g BY LEFF >1
1 in Africa, Private James Rugolo of Brooklyn, New York, was one of
I the men bringing up the ammunition. Struck by ihrapnel, he kept
I going until he dropped, waa awarded the Purple Heart On every
I bat lief rent men like Rugolo preaa the attack relentlessly, regardless
9 of personal coat. Are you doing enough to keep our attack rolling
I through Payroll Saving*?
NOTICE
All registrants 18-38 not
essentially employed, sho
uld register (iith the U. S.
Employment I service not
later than September 17.
N Os ICE
To all persons using
trucks fort» purpose of
transporting Isehool child
ren to and f(Dm Ball Gam
es need not Jpply to the
Farm Transportation Com
mittee of Yancey county
for any Supplemental Gas
oline, for it ifil] not be ap
proved. TheJgas that they
already have Should be used
for essential ' hauling and
not for pleasure.
Luke L. Laiighrun, chair
man Yancey,; county Farm
Transportation Committee.
TIMBER SALE MARK
SET IN MT. MITCHELL
AREA |
MARION -f A recor d
breaking harvest of more
than 8,000,000 board feet of,
timber, practically "all of
which went into essential
war use, was taken from
the Mt. Mitchell ranger dis-;
trict in Pisgah National
forest during the past year,
according to] Jack Thur
mond, ranger here.
The timber-cutting pro
jects, he said, are providing
employment |f or more than!
300 men in the district and
brought- a* of arounll
$45,000 last year.
The trees are being cut
for saw logs, extract wood,
and pulpwood, all of which
are in demand in the war
effort.
" In addition to the one to
two million feet of pulp
wood sent out during the
year, Mr. Thurmond con
tinued the residue left af
ter the acid was taken from
the extract wood was also
used for making wood pulp.
The woodpulp is used in
manufacturing rayon, smo
keless powder, cardboard,
and paper products of nu
merous kinds.
The Mt. Mitchelll district
covers portions of McDow
ell, Yancey and Mitchell
counties. In the district
at present, Mr. Thurmond
said, 40 timber cutting pro
jects are in operation.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR HARRISQN JONES
Walter Harrison Jones,
54, prominent citizen of the
Little Creek section of the
county, died Monday morn
ing of a self inflicted gun
shot wound. Continued ill
health was given as the
motive.
Funeral services were
held Wednesday morning
at 11:00 o’clock at the Tum
bling Creek church in Ten
nessee. Burial was in the
cemetery there.
Surviving are the widow
and two daughters.
Mr. Jones retired from
the army with the rank of
sergeant in' 1934. Since that
time he had resided in Yan
cey county-, and was wide
ly known throughout this
section.
N. C. MONEY TO PAY
FOR USS KEPHART
Charleston, S. C., Sept.
4.—The USS 'Kephart, a
new destroyer escort laun
ched at the Charleston Na
vy Yard Labor Day (Mon.,
Sept. 6tt and named for a
former Greensboro, N. C.,
■ | resident, Lt. William Perry
j Kephart, USNR, a Naval
flier, will be paid for thro
ugh the purchase of War
Bonds by citizens of Green
sboro in the Third War
■ Loan Drive, citizens of the
, North Carolina city noti
fied Navy Fard shipbuild
ers this week. -
The USS Kephart was
built and named in honor
of Lt. Kephart, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Adam Perry Kep
hart, of Blowing Rock, N.
C., formerly of Greensboro.
Lt. Kephart attended the
University of North Caro
lina in Chapel Hill and was
| graduated in the class of
1937 with a B. S. degree in
mechanical engineering.
He was killed in aerial
action against the Japs ov
er Guadalcanal on Oct. 14,
1942, and posthumously
awarded the Purple Heart
Medal, the American De
fense Service Medal, Fleet
Clasp and the Asiatic-Paci
fic Area Campaign Medal.
His mother, Mrs. A. P.
Kephart, has been designa
ted as sponsor for the new
sub-hunting destroyer es
cort. She will christen it i,
FUNERAL SERVICES'
FOR MRS. ADDIE SMITH
♦
Mrs. Addie Smith, 65,
died Monday in the Wood
fin section, Asheville, N. C.
Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. W. J.
Baker Tuesday afternoon
and burial was in the Wil
son family cemetery at
Concord. /
Mrs. Smith had been a
member of the Baptist
church since early girlhood.
Surviving are her husband,
Bob Smith; two daughters,
Mrs. John Chrisawn of
Celo and Mrs. Blake Hon
eycutt of Asheville Rt. 1;
seven sons, Hilliard, Will
ard, Coleman and Columbus
Smith of Asheville, J. T.
Smith of Weaverville, Lou
is Smith of Swannanoa and
Sgt. Homer Smith with the
half sisters and brothers,
army in North Africa, and
nine sisters and several
THIRD WAR LOAN DRIVE
FOR VICTORY OPENS TODAY
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“BACK THE ATTACK
BUY BONDS”
The Third War Loan
Drive opens today throu
ghout the nation, and radio
newspapers and volunteer
workers are entering en
thusiastically into this
“greatest, financing pro-:
gram in history.” I
The slogan for the cam
paign is “Back the Attack”
—and even as the drive be
gins news comes from ev
ery battle front of attack
, ing armies going forward.
County Quota
The county quota i s
$69,000 and the county
committee, headed by R. N.
Scott, chairman, is making
final plans for reaching
this quota. Several pled-!
ges have already been made
to start the campaign.
k.
Fined Rites Are Held For
R. W. Ramsey, Sr.
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[ R. W. Ramsey, Sr. died
. suddenly at his home here
• on Monday evening at 8:30.
. He was 52 years of age.
■ Funeral services were
i held Wednesday afternoon
.at the Burnsville Baptist
. church, with Rev. J. S. Fol
ger and B. M. Tomberlin in
. charge of the services.
! "Active pall bearers were
Troy Ray,. Ralph Shepherd,
’ V. J. Goodman, Craig En
glish, Clarence Briggs and
Dover R. Fouts. 1
Honorary pa 11 b earers
were: R. V. Angel, Hobartl
Riddle, Troy Mclntosh, Dr
W. B. Robinson, Dr. C. H.
Whtenant, R. A. Glenn,
Geo. W. Anglin, Will Mc-
Kinney, Horace Riddle, Re
ece Mclntosh, Jake Buck
ner, John Bennett.
Fred Proffitt, Tom Grif
fith, R. O. Riddle, N. L.
Wilson, L. M. Robinson, G.
L. Hensley, J. H. Ray, Dr.
J. B. Gibbs, Dr. C. M. Che
adle, Dr. W. L. Bennett,
Grady Bailey,
C. P. Randolph, D. Z.
Styles, J. A. Hannum, J.
A. Goodin, J. P. Lyon, Geo.
Robinson, Geo. Brown, Lu
ke Laughrun, J. H. Enloe,
T. W. Cathey, J. Y. Reid,
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NUMBER SIX
MESSAGE FROM
I. B. ANGLIN
Mr. and Mrs. Gfover An
glin received a card this
week.from Sgt. I. B. Anglin
who is now held as a prison
er of war in a Philippine
Military Prison Camp. v
The card was a printed
i form with words checked
| out to make the message
carry the information that
his health was good and
that he was not under med
ical treatment.
Sgt, Anglin had been
serving in the Philippines
for some time before hosti
lities began. He was re
ported missing after the
fall, of Corregidor, and lat
er as a prisoner of war of
the Japanese government.
The card was the first di
rect word that has come
from him.
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all community AAA com
mitteemen, and all memb
ers of Yancey Rod and Gun
Club.
Burial was in the Double
Island Baptist church cem
etery.
Mr. Ramsey was born in
Mitchell county, but had liv
ed in Yancey county for
most of his life. He was
a member of the Burnsville
Baptist church, charter
member and president of
'the Yancey Rod and gun
club, and was employed as
| chief clerk of the Yancey
A. A. A. For many years
he has Been active in af
fairs of the town and cou
nty.
Surviving are the widaw,
five sons, Ashton who is
assistant postmaster of
Burnsville, R. W. Jr., of the
U. S. Navy, Fred, Phillip
and Billy; five daughters,
Miss Edith Ramsey who is
employed with the Postal
account division in Ashe
ville, Kathryn, Elizabeth, <
Louise and June; and one
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Presnell
of Green Mtn.
Holcombe and Edwards
funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.