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THE UNITED WAR FUND WILL AID ON THE HOME FRONT AND ON THE WAR FRONT. CAMPAIGN OPENS OCTOBER 18 VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. Men In Service 7 '■ ■ • r John English who has completed his boot training at Bainbridge, Md. is home on leave. Milton B. Higgins, Jr., has completed the naval training course at Whiting „ Field, Fla. and is now an aviation machinist mate, second class. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hig gins of Burnsville. Pfc. Stanley Bailey has landed safely overseas ac cording to word received here. Pvt. B. L, Lyda is now stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga. Pvt. Emmett Taylor Byrd is now at Camp Pick ett, Va. Sgt. Wayne Banner of the Marine Corps was home on leave over the week end from Parris Island, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Stanl ey of Burnsville have re ceived word that their son, Pvt. Boyce Stamey, has ar rived safely overseas in the Pacific area. He is with the Marine Corps, signal bat talion. Luther Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bis Peterson of Burnsville was home on a Shm TeffVe. Emery L. Shepherd of Swiss is now stationed at Fort McClellan, Ala. B. D. Young, Newdale, N. C., was included among a group of 25 Bluejackets who graduated recently from the Naval Training School (Machinists) at the St. Louis, Mo. Naval Ar mory. By maintaining a fine scholastic record at the specialty school the Blue jacket was advanced to the rate of fireman, second class. Recruit training aptitude test scores were the basis on which the Bluejacket’s selection to the machinist school was made. His suc cessfully completed course included the function, oper ation and maintenance of internal combustion engin es. Heat vapor pressure, hydraulics, atmo sp h eric pressure and electricity were included in the theo retical subjects of the cur riculum. After further experience at his new station,, either at sea or at a shore estab lishment, the newly gradu ated Bluejacket will be eli gible for still further ad vancement in the petty of ficer machinist ratings. Yancey Record: I wish to thank you again for the service mens subscription, that 1 have been receiving for almost a year. I cannot express in words how much I appreciate receiving the paper, as it is a great help to me to keep in touch with my friends, that are wait ing their return to good old Yancey county, and I am telling you we couldn’t find on pago four)^ THE YANCEY RECORD s MEN LEAVE FOR ivfcu l TARY EXAMINATION e „ The following men left Tuesday for Camp Croft ’ for military examination: * Jesse Cooper, Burnsville; F. James Crain, Bald Creek 1 Willard Ayers (vol) Burns ’ ville Rt. 1; Willard Drake, 1 Swiss; Raleigh Styles, Bur ' nsville ;• Willard Tapp, Day Book; L. H. Huskins, Bur -3 nsville; Mack Thompson, Burns -1 ville; Robert Howell, Sioux; Lee Boone, Windom; Fran klin Lawhern, (vol) Burns f ville; Ralph Lee Barnes, > Swiss; Vernon Gardner, Burnsville; p Edwin Wilson, Pensacola; Frank Silver, Burnsville; Ford Miller, Ramseytown; James B. Garland, (vol) f Green Mtn.; Willie Mc ; Cracken, Windom; Charles l D. Jarrett (vol) Green Mtn; Phil Robinson, Green Mtn.; Robert Adkins, Pen ’ sacola; R. B. Pate, Swiss; ■ Weldon C. Burgin, ivol» > Celo; Fred C. Wilson, Celo;! ‘ Charles H. Robinson, Celo; ! Grady Edwards, Swiss; Willie G. Riddle, Pensacola; Elzie Rice, Frank Buchanan, (vol)j . Green Mtn.; J. I. Allen, | Pensacola; Gale T. Roland, Pensacola; Carl Lee Mcln toshr—BwHwife- Rtr 1: Calvin Hensley, Swiss ; ' Floyd Hensley, Swiss; Bruce A. Shepherd (volij Swiss; Leland G. Robinson,' (vol) Burnsville Rt. 1; Bill Banks, Burnsville. Transferred from other board: Edwin Koonce, Wil kie M. King, Clarence Chandler, Thomas H. Mc- Mahan, Theodore B. Brad ford, James E. Honeycutt, Erling Toness. i Ration Book Four Will Be Issued Detailed instructions for issuing War Ration Book No. 4 were being sent to day to all local rationing boards in North Carolina, stressing the necessity for all applicants for the new book to show their copies of Book No. 3 at the time they apply for new books. Registration for and is suance of new books will be held at the high schools by the teachers and students. In most instances families having children in the scho ols will not even have to ap pear personally, and cer tain designated days will be announced for the registra tion of families who do not have children in school. County Applcations Applications will be made at the county high schools on October 26. On Oct. 28 and 29 the new books will he issued. A statement from OPA district headquarters gave this general picture of the registration proceeding: 1. Applicants will first show at the registration sites copies of Book No. 3 already issued to them or to members of their famb “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1943 Yancey County’s War Fund Quota Is $2300 ■ • „ - " * . ■ l SPECIAL NOTICE ON REFERENDUM, BUR LEY TOBACCO QUOTAS A burley tobacco referen dum will beTiekj on Satur day, October 23 for the purpose ’’of burley tobacco growers deciding themsel ves whether or not they de sire to continue the same type of control program on the 1944. crop of burley tobacco as in effect on the current crop. Places that have been de signated as voting places for the referendum are as follows: regular voting place in Burnsville; Cane River, Ramseytown, Pensa cola, Brush Creek, Green Mtn., Prices Creek town ships. V. In Upper Jacks Creek at the Presbyterian center, in Lower Jacks Creek at Clearmont; Upper Egypt, Higgins Community Center i Lower Egypt, Bee Log high school. ■ t ~ | Farmers in South Toe township who are eligible ,to vote will vote at Mica ville school. Any person growing to bacco in 1943 is eligible to vote regardless of whether he, has an alottnaen.t or not. In order for quotas to be in effect another year they must be approved by two thirds or more of the vot ers voting in the referen dum. Clarence Byrd of Oxford was here this week. Mrs. Blake Wilson left Wednesday for Jacksonville Fla. to visit her son, Sam uel G. Wilson. ■ lies and will receive an ap ; plication form with space . enough to list eight mem ; bers of a family. If there are more than eight mem ■ bers, it will be necessary to use two forms. The new war ration book |is expected to last at least two years. It is the same size as Books 2 and 3. It contains eight pages with a total of 384 stamps, each about half the siae of the familiar red and blue stam ps used in Book No. 2 and the brown stamps in Book No. 3. Colors of the stam ps in Book No. 4 are blue, red and green. In addition, there are 96 unit stamps printed i n black. Seventy two of them are marked “Spare” and can be used in case addi tional ration stamps are needed for any future pro gram. Twelve of the black stamps are printed “Sugar” and 12 are printed “Cof fee”, but OPA explained that the plates for these pages were printed before coffee was taken off the list of rationed /oods. It does not mean, OPA said, that coffee is likely to be rationed again. CAROLINA 5 TIRE? COM PANY OPENS LOCAL SHOP H —r- The Carolina Tire Com - pany of Spruce Pine is op -3 ening a locgl shop here in > the Yancey Motor Com - pany building. The company will do re -3 treading, remapping and re i pairs of all lypes. In addi f tion, it will <arry a full line 3 o’, jpair accessories, new tires, batterfes, etc. The firm is now open for * the sale of equipment, with 3 Julian Lamb as manager. r The equipment for recap -3 ping is being installed and - will be readitf within the i next ten days. ATTEND 4-H REVUE i Miss Russell, home agent,: ; accompanied by —ten 4-H , club girls and Mrs. V. J.i • Goodman, attended the dis-j 11 trict 4-H dress Revue in; Asheville Friday, Oct. 8. i Those attending and the ■ schools represented were: Ethel Edwards, Ruth Pet erson, Bee Log; Mary Sev-j iers, Eleanor Ledford, Bald, Creek; Evelyn Silver, An . nie Ensley, Mica ville; Er i m Lettering Ruelah Ev ans, Clearmont; Louise Penland, Frances Riddle, Burnsville. These girls were not con testants in the Revue but hope to be ready to compete with the other counties by next i ill. Local Farm Loan Association (V) - —— .. • - K Retired Members To Re ceive Par Value for Their Stock Consolidation of the Fir st National Farm Loan As sociation with eight other associations to form a new association, which will be known as the Asheville Na tional Farm Loan Associa tion, has been approved by the Farm Credit Adminis tration, according to N. S. Whitaker, Secretary-Treas urer. These associations have maintained a joint office at 149 College Street Asheville, North Carolina, for the past seven years. Mr. Whitaker, who has been serving as secretary-treas urer, will continue in the same capacity for the new association, and Mrs. Doro thy Allison will continue as assistant secretary-treasur er. The new association be gan business on October 1, and is authorized to accept applications for farm loans from the Federal Land Bank of Columbia in Bun combe, Avery, Henderson, Madison;'* Mitchell, Transyl vania, and Yancey counties. Under an agreement with the Columbia Land Bank, it will also handle collection of these loans and perform other loan services for the Bank. These loans are made to farmers for terms of five to forty years at 4 RED CROSS FIELD RE PRESENTATIVE HERE 0. E. Roberts, recently named Red Cross field re presentative for western North Carolina, was .in Burnsville Tuesday to con fer with local chapter offi cials. * Mr. Roberts was for merly athletic coach at Mars Hill college and was recently appointed to suc ceed Mrs. Catherine Stew art who whs assigned to another territory. HOME AGENT’S NOTES The home demonstration clubs which have held their regular meetings this week include the Prices Creek club which met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Alvin j Hensley, and the Cane Riv ! er club which met Wednes : day at)’"the home of Mrs. ■ Monroe King. I At Newdale, the club will meet today (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. Welzie I Robinson and on Friday the I Higgins club at the home ! of Mrs. Max Higgins. The topic of discussion this month was the care and repair of clothing. Demonstration& were given on darning and re-weaving patches. BAPTIST CHURCH R. M. Lee of Mars Hill College will speak at the Sunday morning service. f i per cent interest secured by first mortgages on farm property. The consolida tion was effected in order . to form a stronger financial . organization, reduce opera . ting expenses, and provide , better credit service to far , mers in this territory. The . new association is a cooper . ative credit organization, . owned and controlled by its . farmer-members, its princi pal purpose being to obtain . farm mortgage loans for ; farmers from The Federal Land Bank of Columbia at ■ a low rate of interest and i on terms suited to their ' needs. The association has an authorized capital of $50,000, together with a , substantial surplus and re- 1 . serve. It has more than 400 loans outstanding ag gregating over SBOO,OOO. “The new association has taken over the assets and j liabilities of the First Asso- ' ciation and all retired mem bers who have paid their loans in full to The Federal 1 Land Bank of><Columbia 1 will receive cajh jfor the 1 par value of th »ir(|tock In j the association?, Mr. Whit- J aker said. ‘‘Under this ar- * rangement, members of the First Association will recei- 1 ve $3400. i This, reorganization was < made possible through the 3 cooperation of the officers i and directors of the First (Continued on Back Pagh)(« Drive Opens Monday, October 18th i The United War t campaign will open in Yan . cey county on Monday and . workers are already secur . ing initial gifts pledges , from citizens of the county, i C. P. Randolph is county . chairman, Mrs. Sam J. Hus . kins, initial gifts chairman > and L. G. Deyton, canvass chairman. Workers »n each township will make it pos-' j sible for every person in ( the county to have an op i portunity to contribute. i • The, county quota has ; been set at $2300. Town-, : quotas were assigned by| ;; - ~~ ' —■—=£*=-• ; Prisoners Os War News Packages from home . make it possible for many American Prisoners of war > in Germany to enjoy a bet i ter diet than German civi -3 bans, according to a report s to C. P. Randolph, received ! today , from the National War Fund. “Recent pictures of Am-j erican prisoners of war in Germany, taken by a re-] . presentative of War Pris-| oners Aid, Y. M. C. A., a' participating service of the National War Fund, show our men apparently ade quately clothed and well fed”, Mr. Randolph said. “War Prisoners Aid de legates have reported that prison camp fare in Ger many, supplemented by eleven pound food parcels sent to American prisoners by the Red Cross, give the captured Americans a bet ter diet than that of Ger man civilians. Member ag encies of National War Fund representing our Al lies use part of their funds to provide packages for war prisoners. “The pictures recently received were taken at Stalag 1118, a German pri son camp southeast of Ber- ' ■ ' 1 WARTIME FOREST FIRE PREVENTION CAM PAIGN OPENS IN SOUTHERN STATES Recognition of the prime importance of lumber and other forest products in the prosecution of the war is the keynote of the 1943-44 Wartime Forest Fire Pre vention Campaign which opened today in eleven Southern States. “With lumber high on the list of critical war ma terials, forest fire preven tion assumes a greater im portance this year than at any time in the iSlation’s history”, points out State Forester J. S. Holmes. The campaign was timed to coincide with the South land’s greatest forest fire danger period, extending from October into the late spring. the U. S. Department of Agriculture points out that <V2*S£«EK„ SIXTEEN AGENCIES WILL SHARE IN THE UNITED WAR FUND. AID OUR OWN Ml&tf, OUR COURAGEOUS ALLIES, PEOPLE IN OCCUPIED COUN TRIES, PRISONERS OF WAR. CAMPAIGN BEGINS OCT. 18. NUMBER ELEVEN r ; the budget committee. An honor roll of contributors will be published as the names are reported by the workers. Township Quotas Burnsville SIOOO.OO Cane River ... 300.00 Egypt ...._ 150.00 Ramseytown 50.00 Green Mountain .... 50.00 | Jacks Creek 150.00 .Brush Creek 75.00 i Crabtree 300.00 South Toe 100.00 j Prices Creek 50.00 I Pensacola 75.00 iilin where the largest group r , of captured Americans has • been interned. “Stalag 1118 is very big and located in a pine forest ' according to a report re l ceived by the National War Fund. The prison camp consists of huts and is like | a little town, with long, straight concrete streets, j Between the huts are so [ J»any open spaces that air and sunshine can reach all of them. The camp former ly was occupied by Serbian, Russian and French prison ers, some of whom may still be there. “Not all prisoner of war camps would show condi tions as favorable as those at Stalag 1118, Dr. Tracy Strong, worid director of War Prisoners Aid, warn ed. Conditions of prison camps vary according to their location, age, and the . . personnel in charge. In dealing with American pri soners, it is the policy of the German Government to live up to the letter and spirit of the Geneva Con vention relative to the hu mane treatment of prison ers of war,” Dr. Strong said. last year such fires in the South alone cost $28,000,- 000 in damage— to say no thing of millions of man hours of labor diverted from war production to put out fires. • Besides the valuable wood and the man-hours lost forever to the war ef fort, smoke palls from such fires near air fields cost several thousand hours of training of fledgeling pil ots. Fires in coastal areas aided enemy submarine at tacks at night by silhouet ting ships. The smoke palls also provided a protective screen for underseas ma rauders. In a statement to the • press today, Joseph C. Kir cher, Southern Regional Forester, with headquart ers in Atlanta, said, “public agencies, private groups and industries realise the importance of wartime tori * est prevention. a— ■ £ :■
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