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VOLUME EIGHT
Men In Service
Chanute Field, 111.—Sgt.
Walter H. Bostian, son of
Mrs. Mollie Bostian of Bur
• nsville, N. C., has completed
training and has been grad
uated from this school , of
the Army Air Forces Train
ing Command.
While attending this Ar
my Air Forces Training
Command school he receiv
ed instruction in the Wea
ther Forecasting Course,
and in various technical op
erations vital to the main
tenance of the country’s
fighting planes.
Sgt. Earl Hughes who
was home on a 15 day fur
lough has returned to Camp
Gordon, Ga.
S. B. Angel who is with
a tank batallion in Califor
nia was recently promoted
to the rank of Corporal.
Cpl. Angel has been with
the Marines for the past
year and has finished the
motor transport school at
Quantico, Va. He spent a
10 day furlough with his
mother last month.
Jay McCourry who 1 has
been stationed at Camp
Campbell, Ky. has received
a medical discharge from
service and is now at home.
Sgt. Gus Fender has been
given a medical discharge
from military service and
is now at bottle. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. G.
Fender of Burnsville and
received a leg wound in the
fighting in North Africa.
Sgt. Rush Beeler has
been home on a short leave
and has returned to Wash
ington where hre is station
ed.
Kenneth Hughes has re
ceived a medical discharge
and is now at home from
Camp Breckinridge, Ky.
Pfc. James P. Brown, son
of Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Brown, is now stationed at
Randolph Field, Texas.
WAR FUND DRIVE
The central committee
for the United War Fund
drive, set for Oct. 18 to 31
in the county, held a meet
ing on Tuesday evening to
name additional workers
and get plans further lined
up.
C. P. Randolph i 6 county
chairman, Mrs. Sam J.
Huskins is chairman of ini
tial gifts committee, and
L. G. Deyton of the general
canvassing committee.
A county budget and sur
vey committee was named
with Clarence Briggs as
chairman. Members are V.
J. Goodman, Cecil Angel,
L. G. Deyton, Sam J. Hus*
kins and G. L. Hensley.
This committee will make
a survey of the county, set
up the budget and assign
quotas to the townships.
Members of the initial
gifts committee, in addi
tion to Mrs. Huskins as
chairman, are Miss Hope
Buck, V. J. Goodman, Mrs.
C. P. Rogers and G. L.
Hensley. This committee
THE YANCEY RECORD
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SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
NAVY
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," An opportunity for ap
( plying for enlistment eith
’er in the Navy or the
! WAVES will be given the
. men and women of Yancey
. County next week, when
! Kenneth E. Handy, Sp. lc
, USNR., Navy Recruiter
from the U. S. Navy Re
’ cruiting Station, Asheville,
. N. C., will establish head
quarters here on October 5.
The N/a v y Recruiters
headquarters will be in the
1 Court House and his office
■! will be open from 9:00 a. m.
► to 2:00 p. m.
He will have application
blanks for 17-year-old you
ths who desire to enlist in
the Navy. He also will
have application blanks and
complete information about
the WAVES and Seabees.
Men with skills in various
trades are eligible to apply
for enlistment in the Navy’s
; world-famous “F ig h t ing-
Builders,” as the Seabees
organization is familiarly
known. Recruiter Handy
will be in position to give
all interested parties com
plete information and ap
plication blanks.
Those of the community
who desire information
about the WAVES should
see the Navy.. Recruiter on
his forthcoming visit here.
Clarence Boone who has
been in service since Aug
ust is now stationed at
Camp Barkley, Texas. His
address is Ralph C. Boone,
Co. B. 63rd Med. Tng. Bn.
Camp Barkley, Texas.
Cpl. Edd Hollifield is at
the Alexandria army air
base, La.
Pershing G. Angel is now
at the Naval training sta
tion, Bainbridge, Md.
Gale Gillespie who enter
ed service recently is now
at Fort Eustice, Va.
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will contact business firms
and individual citizens
prior to the opening of the
campaign in the county on
Oct. 18, and solicit their
pledges for the fund.
Within the next week,
township chairmen will be
named and quotas assigned
tQ the townships..
The agencies included in
the dr|ve are the U. S. 0.,
United nations relief
(China relief, Russian re
lief, British war relief),
and relief for the occupied
countries, such as Greek,
Polish, Yugoslav, French,
Belgian, Czechoslovac, Hol
land, Norway and Luxem
borg relief societies.
Also included is the aid
to war prisoners, which is
of vital concern to every
American. This “barbed
wire Legion.” deserves ev
erything that it is possible
to do for them.
Lt. Lucille Chase of the
Army Nurses Corps is visit
ing relatives here.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1943
CYANITE COMPANY
OFFICE MOVED TO
BURNSVILLE
Business offices of the
Yancey Cyanite Company
have been moved from the
' manufacturing plant two;
’ miles east of Burnsville to;
[ office space on the second
? floor of the Bennett Medi
-7 cal building hei;e.
1 A plant office is main
' tained for operations at
r the plant and the manager,
V. L. Mattson, divides his
’ time between the two of
fices.
5 FUNERAL SERVICES
? FOR GILBERT INFANT
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The six months old son of
! Mr. and Mrs. Cleophus Gil
i bert of Burnsville died at
-'the home Sunday morning
ljat 2 o’clock following a
1 brief illness.
1 Funeral services were
t held at the home Sunday
afternoon with Rev. J. H.
5 Black in charge. Burial
r was in the family cemetery
5 at Jacks Creek.
-i In addition to the , par
-5 ents, the baby’s two grand
r mothers also survive.
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i HOME AGENTS NOTES
The subject of safety in
the home has been the top
r ic for discussion at demon
i stration dub meetings this
| week. Miss Russell attend
dadLeatfh meeting*
. Mrs. Leslie Proffitt was
3 hostess Tuesday to mem- 1 ,
- bers of the*reeently organ-;
t ized club in her community.
3i Thursday afternoon the
,;Micaville group met at the
. home of Mrs. Dewey Sil
i vers.
j Misses Ruby and Effie
' Ballew were hostesses for
the Celo club, and on Wed
nesday Mrs. A. P. Randolph
was hostess for the meet
' ing of her club.
The Concord club will
meet today with Mrs. W. J. (
| Baker. (
'! Miss Russell attended a
training meeting for home
agents of the Western dis
trict which was held in
Asheville last Wednesday.
Reminder
Those who wish to enter
the Garden club canning
contest are asked to fill in
and return the question
naire by Oct. 15 to Miss
Russell at the farm office
or Mrs. Patton at the F. S.
A. office.
Give Soldier’s Serial
Number
The public is' asked to
use a soldier’s Army serial
number in every case where
inquiries are mad* to offi
cial agencies concerning
either officer or enlisted
personnel. Much time and »
material is wasted if the
number is not given, ac
cording to the War Depart
ment.
Anti-Freeze Now Available
“Permanent types’’ o f
anti-freeze will be available
for use in passenger auto
mobiles throughout the na
tion beginning October 1,
according to a recent WPB
amendment t o Limitation
Order L-51.
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RENEWAL OF BASIC
“A” GASOLINE BOOKS
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The present “A” books in ;
the Eastern Wea expires'
on October 21, 1943, and
may be renewed either aU
the board ,-r bv mail, be- ;
| ginning Sopteinber 22,-1943.
The applicant for renew
al of basic “AT rations will
obtain the renewal form:
OPA R-570 at the Local
Rationing Bo|rd or any
service stations in town,
any time after September
22, 1943, and Jnay take it or
mail it to the board.
The renewal application,
form OPA must be
mailed or brought into the
office with the back of the.
old Basic “A'jßook and the
Tire Inspection Record.
The new “A’lbooks will be
released bel >re October
22nd, but the, will not be
:valid until November 22nd.
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,The WomajjFs Society of;
Christian Service will meet
Thursday aftlriioon, Oct
ober 7-at thetpome of Mrs.
Fred Proffitt, Mrs. C. C.
Higgins will be associate
Pfc. Lloyd Rathburn and
James Frank Rathburn are
here on leave from Camp:
Claiborne, La: Jesse D.
Rathburn who is employed
in Washington, will also be
home for a vjait with his
mother, Mrs. Julia M. Rath
burn of Pensacola.
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Yancey Record: Thanks!
for "The huine >-tp&r whichi
if have been receiving ever
|since I have been in the'
I army.
I appreciate it very much
as I like to know what isj
going on back at home. I)
have just got back from
being home on a furlough.)
I sure was glad to be there
and see my folks and
friends.
I have been transferred
will you please change my ■
addres.
Cpl. Fred Ballew, 780th
Ord. L. M. Co. A. P. O. 80, <
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BURNSVILLE FURNI
TURE STORE WILL
OPEN NEXT WEEK
The Burnsville Furniture
Store will open next week
in the former A. G. Edge
buildingv The building was
bought last week by B. R.
Penland and Tfeefee Mcln
| tosh who are establishing
1 the furniture company.
Wesley W. Roberts, for
merly of Hillsboro; will be
! manager of the new firm.
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MICA MINERS
ATTENTION
The War Production
Board has established a
laboratory for testing the
power-factor and conduci
■ vity of mica to determine
whether or not certain typ
es of stained or spotted
mica heretofore not consid
; ered suitable, may be used
in the manufacture of con
jdensers. The laboratory is
located next door to the of
fices of the Colonial Mica
! Corporation, Spruce Pine,
N. C.
Any producer of mica
may have same tested, free
!of charge, by bringing or
| sending to the laboratory a
sample consisting of 100
pieces of trimmer mica
which will cut l'/a by 2 in
-1 ches and are from 10 to 30
.mils in thickness. • Pieces
[less than 10 mils are not
[ good for test purposes.
The test work is being
] done' at this time’ so that In
the event the large number
of condensers now under
rest and the mica for which
has been tested on the Bell
j Laboratories machines from
mica considered of other
than standard grade be
) found satisfactory, then the
information will be at hand
so that producers having
mica of a quality which will
pass the Bell machine tests
and the usual visual tests
for cracks, veins, waviness
and air inclusions may at
once offer such mica for
sale to the mica buyers.
THIRD WAR LOAN DRIVE
“LETS MAKE IT
$100,000” IS COUNTY
SLOGAN IN BOND
DRIVE
Sales to Date Are $90,000
The sale of bonds in the
Third War Loan was re
ported at $40,000 last Thur
sday. Today the total is
and sales are still
going strong, says chair
man G. L. Hensley.
The * remarkable sales
piek-up during the past
week came almost entirely
from the rural sections, Mr.
Hensley said. During the
week he visited the high
schools of the county and'
a number of the post offi-l
ces to issue bonds and in
every instance he met with!
great interest and marked!
Town And Farm In Wartime
Cut Expected in Shoe
Ration
The new shoe stamp, No. 1 !
on the “airplane” sheet in
, War Ration Book Three,!
which becomes valid Nov-i
' ember 1, probably will have!
to last six months, OPAj
has announced. At the*
same time OPA said that
stamp 18, originally sched
uled to expire -October . 31,
is extended indefinitely
and will overlap the next
stamp. OPA’s .presepk plan
Jis to eliminate expiration
’ dates on shoe stamps and
to make hew stamps valid
as soon as supplies warrant.
This enables a person, to
save shoe stamps until
shoes are needed.
To Issue Ration Book Four
War Ration Book Four,
which will last approxima
tely two years, will be is
sued to more than 120 mil
lion persons through school
house distributions during
the last 10 days of Obtober,
OPA has announced. The
book combines point and
unit stamps. It has eight
pages containing 3£4 stamps
printed in blue, red, green,
and black.
Safeguard Government
Checfcs
Despite repeated warn
. ing, records of the Bureau
of Naval Personnel show
a steady increase in the
npmber of allotment and
family allowance checks
stolen or lost after delivery.
To prevent loss, the follow
ing suggestions have been
offered: (1) be sure your
name is on your mail box or
door; t 2) watch for your
your check and deposit it
promptly in a regular place ;
(3) if you move, notify
your postmaster and either
the Allotment Division or
the Family Allowance Divi
sion of the Bureau of Sup
plies and Accounts, Navy
Department, Cleveland, 0.
U. S. Casualties To Date
105,205 *
Announced casualties of
the United States Armed
Forces from the outbreak
of the war to date (whose
next of ldn have been noti
fied) total 105,205, accord
ing to War and Navy De
partment reports. This to
includes: dead, '20,104
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NUMBER NINE
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success in sale&
Goal la SIOO,OOO
“We’ve reached and pass
ed our quota of $69,000”,
chairman Hensley stated,
“but we haven’t stopped
yet. I think it would be\
fine if we could sell SIOO,
000 worth by the end of .
the drive bn Saturday.
And personally, I believe
that we will do that.
“I would like to express
my appreciation for the
wonderful cooperation that
I have had from the scho
ols, both teachers and stud
ents, from the postmasters
and from the general pub
lic. By working together
jwe have put this drive over
so far, and I’m hoping that
!we’ll get that SIOO,OOO by
i Saturday.”
wounded, 28,226; missing,
32,905; prisoners of war,
23,970.
Px Profits Equip Ch&pels
Profits of $6,800 from
Army Post Eyphanges in
Africa are being used to
provide religious equipment
for the Army’s five per
manent chapels there, the
War Department has re
ported. The money, spent
by American fighting men
on soft drinks, candy, - and
PX’s, is buying reed organs
hymnals, Bibles, and other
religious supplies for all de
nominations.
Army Spends Million For
Recreation
The Army is spending
more than a million dollars
a month for recreational
and athletic equipment for
its fighting men at home
and overseas, the War De
partment reports. Equip
ment is provided for the
favorite outdool sports of
the fighting men, particu
larly baseball and football.
Those preferring less active
recreation have the choice
of cards, dominoes, darts,
chess, checkers, backgam
mon, or bingo. Included
among the purchases are
musical instruments.
LEGION MEETING
The members of the
American Legion Post and
the auxiliary met in regu
lar session Tuesday even
ing at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Proffitt.
At the business meeting
of the auxiliary the follow
ing committee chairmen
were named: Rehabilita
tion, Mrs. Dover R. Fouts;
Child welfare, Mrs. Earl
Wilson; Americanism, Mrs.
Oscar L. Young; National
Defense, Mrs. A. E. Par
rish; Membership, Mrs. R.
Y. Tilson; Finance, Mrs. R.
N. Silver; Awards, Mrs.
Brook Wilson; Poppy, Mrs.
C. R. Hamrick; Radio, and
Music, Mrs. H. G. Bailey;
Community service, Mrs.
Hobart Ray; Legislation,
Mrs. C. L. Proffitt; Educa
tion, Mrs. Monroe Mclntosh
The next meeting will bq
held at the club house on
October 26.