THE UNITED WAR FUND
WILL AiD OX THE HOME
FRfcNT AND ON THE WAR
FRONT. . CAMPAIGN OPENS
OCTOBER * 18. '
VOLUME EIGHT
Men In Service
MISSING IN ACTION
Staff Sgt. Smith J. You
ng has been missing in ac
tion since October 10, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
M. Young of Newdale have
been informed by the war
department.
Sgt. Young was an aerial
gunner of a bomber in the
European area and had
been on a number of miss
ions over territory.
He volunteered for service
in April 1940 and graduat
ed from the Las Vegas
army gunnery school on
August 24, 1942 and has
been overseas for several
months.
Mr. and Mrs. Young
have two other sons in ser
viced Harry who is in the
Navy and Bob who is a
paratrooper in North Afri
ca. A third son, Beryl, was
also in the paratroop div
ision but was injured in
training and was given a
discharge.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam J.
Huskins have received a
message from their son, Lt.
Sam J. Huskins, Jr. that he
has landed safely overseas.
He is a fighter pilot with
the army air corps.
Luther Banks Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Banks
of Bolens Creek, is at home
on leave from Camp Hale,
Colo"
L. H. Huskins who recently
enlisted in the Coast Guard
is stationed at the training
school in St. Augustine, Fla.
Charles G. Clark is now
at the naval training cen
ter, Jacksonville, Fla.
Ralph Hall, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Hall, who
recently enlisted in the
Navy is now at the naval
training station, Bainbrid
ge, Md.
Cpl. Dale Banner of the
Marine Corps is home on
leave. He has been in ser
vice five months and has
recently been stationed in
New Jersey.
Sgt. Rush Beeler is here
for a short furlough from
Washington, D. C. where
he is stationed.
Carroll Angel has been
assigned to the navy signal
school, Ft. McKinley, Casco
Bay, Maine.
Pvt. Vernon Wheeler has
landed safely in Australia,
according to word received
by relatives in the county.
Pvt. J. B. Riddle, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Riddle of
Burnsville rt. 1 is now in
the Pacific area.
Miss Hannah Martin who
enlisted in the WAVES in
September is now stationed
in Charleston's. C. She re
ceived her basic training in
Bronx, N. Y.
Miss Martin was home
management supervisor
with the F. S, A. here for
several years and held a
similar position in Wades*
boro before joining the
WAVES.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
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J. Frank Huskins was re
cently promoted to the
■ rank of first lieutenant in
• the Navy. He is the son
5 of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hus
l kins and is stationed at
• Norfolk. Another son, J.
•P. Huskins, is also in the
navy and is now taking*
l specialized training all
i Princeton University.
[
Clyde M. Bailey has re-*
. ceived word that his son,*
i Pfc. Stanley Bailey, has!
- landed safely in Ireland.
5
i J. Boyce Stamey of the
5 Marine Corps is now’ sta
l tioned in Hawaii, he has
written his parents, Mr.'
r and Mrs. E. N. Stamey.
, Bill Fouts who is with
' the Marine Unit at Chapel
. Hill, is spending a seven]
( day leave with his parents,
Mr. and c Mrs. Dover R.
{ Fouts.
L Lucille Higgins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Higgins
of Burnsville Rt. 1 is now
' stationed at the 2nd WACi
L training center, Daytona
[ Beach, Fla.
Pvt. Ray Mclntosh is
i now stationed at the A A F
center, Leesburg, Fla.
Burgus Mitchell who has
1 been at —Camp Forrest,!
! Tenn. is now with a field!
. artillery batalion at Fort
Sill, Okla.
, Sgt. Lewis Robinson
‘ now at the Mtn. Home Ar-!
■ my base, Mtn. Home, Idaho.
Ralph E. Young spent
. his 15 day furlough with
home folks in Burnsville
and Micaville. He return
, ed Thursday to Vancouver,
, Wash.
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[ Sgt. Fred Peterson, son
, of John G. Peterson of Day
Book, was one of a selected
group of men in his unit
! awarded the good conduct
i medal at a South Pacific
Island base.
i At a special formation,
i Capt. Paul Neuswonger
CAC, presented the token
of the medal, a bar of
1 bright red ribbon with six
white stripes. The captain
1 congratulated each man
with a handclasp and a
word of praise.
The good conduct medal
i has been established as a
reward for those enlisted
men who, during a year of
1 wartime service, have de
monstrated fidelity throu
gh faithful and exact per
formance of duty, effici
« ency through capacity to
produce desired results,
and whose behavior has
been such as to deserve re
cognition.
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Yancey "Record: The pa
per has been greatly appre
ciated since I have been in
i the army. I sure do enjoy
reading it very much and
i there are lots of things in
• the paper that I do hot
■ hear about. Please send'it
i to my new address.
pf c Clarence Fortner,
> 1135 Sqdn. Brks. 705,
Camp Luna, N. Mex.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1943
ACCEPTED FOR
SERVICE
The following men have
been accepted for military
service:
Air Corps: Bill Banks.
Coast Guard: L. H. Hus
kins.
Navy: Franklin Lawhern
Ford Miller, James B. Gar
land, Jr., Weldon C. Burgin,
* Thomas H. McMahan.
Army: Willard K. Drakq.
I Edwin Wilson, Phil Robim
!son, Willie K. Riddle, Frank
* Buchanan, Gail T. Roland,
| Willie M. King, James E.
Honeycutt, Leland G. Rob
ertson, Mack Thompson.
TOBACCO GRADING
SCHOOLS
Mr. W. L. Bradsher, To
bacco Grader of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture
will be in Yancey county on
j Monday and Tuesday, Nov
ember Ist and 2nd to hold
four tobacco grading scho
ols. It isi the purpose of
these schools, to help far
mers grade their tobacco
crops.
1 These schools will be at
the following farms:
Monday, Nov. 1 at 10:00
a. m. at Ralph Ray’s, Riv
erside.
Monday, Nov. 1 at 2:00
p. m., at Sam Hileman’s,
I Higgins.
I Tuesday, Nov. 2at 10:00
a. m., at W. B. Hensley’s,
j Bolens Creek.
Tuesday, Nov! 2 at 2:00
Ip. m., at C. L. Bailey’s,
(Jacks Creek.
All farmers are cordially
invited to attend these sch
oqls, If you have some to
bacco that you are in doubt
how to grade, get a few
average stalks in case and
b’ring them with you.
It is good for farmers to
get together and swap
ideas on how to grow and
grade tobacco for best re
sults. »
Mrs. Fannie Styles has re
ceived word that her son,
Craig Styles of the Marine
Corps, has landed on the
West Coast and will be 1
home on leave. He has
been on overseas duty for
several months.
When a soldier or sailor
is sent “overseas,” a reser
ve food supply of 9 months
i must be set up for him. The’
more men sent “overseas,”
the greater the need to
“We Are Buying War Bonds—Are You?”
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Bgt. Carl Funk, 26, Cincinnati,
lost his right eye and sustained
» fractured left knee in SioUy. He
• has been buying War Bonds regu
larly. He will return to civil life
as soon as he Is discharged from
HaUoran Hospital, N. 1.
TOBACCO GROWERS
VOTE FOR QUOTAS
*
Yancey county tobacco
growers voted 574 out of
618 for marketing quotas
for three years. Therefore
the present plan will be in
effect during*' the next
i three years. '
Os the total t 618 votes
■ cast, 574 were } for three
years, 14 for one year and
> 30 w ere opposed. This was
1 92.8 per cent in the county
for the 3 year plan.
METHODIST PASTORS
ARE NAMED f
—T
J The annua
,of The Methodist churhh
met last week, and pastors
• were named fo| churches
of the conference.
!* Rev. J. S. FolJer who has
i been pastor he® for four
■ years was assigned to Salis
l bul-y, Rev. F. K. Barber
; comes to the clfirch here.
■ He is expected tl arrive to
■ day.
> Rev. James Allyed was re
turned to the Bald Creek:
church and Rev. W. E. Rus
ty .to the Micaville church..
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■ MRS.MACK B RAY S
MOTHER PASSES
! Mrs. James jT Stuart
l died at her home" in Fair
mont, Ga. Wedjttsday fol
lowing an extended illness,
was the mmSd' m* Mrs.
Mack B. Ray, home econo
mics teacher of Burnsville
high school. Mrs. Ray had
been at her home for the
past week.
Funeral services will be*
! held in Fairmont.
BAPTIST TRAINING
UNION MEETING
i
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The Yancey associational
Baptist Training Union
will meet for its first quar
terly meeting of a new
year, Friday night, Nov. 5,!
with Green Mtn. Zion Bap
tist church at 8 o’clock.
All associational officers,;
all officers in each individ
ual training union are es
pecially urged to attend
this very important meet
ing. Every person inter
ested in training union
work is invited to attend.
Come and bring some friend
with you to learn more
about training uniorf work.
Pvt. Irwin Levinson, Baltimore,
was struck by shrapnel in the left
shoulder at Palermo. The fingers
of his left hand are paralysed.
When his father asked If he
needed anything, his son replied:
“Buy War Bonds.” His father
bought 91,500 worth.
GENERAL RAIN ENDS
DRY SEASON, CHECKS
FOREST FIRES
Rain that has fallen gen
erally over all the county
beginning on Sunday night
has ended the unusually
long dry season and check
ed the forest fires which
were burning in several
sections of the county.
At least three fires in
the county had been burn
ing for several days and
though kept fairly well un
der control had not been
put out because of the ex
treme dryness of the un
derbrush.
UNION SERVICE
Regular fifth Sunday un
ion services will be . held
Sunday evening at the Bur
nsville Baptist church. The
message will be brought by
the Rev. Samuel Chu /Who
is visiting Presbyterian
churches of the Yancey
county Parish.
MRS. SARA ENDICOTT
HITS CENTURY MARK
>
Living example of the
words of the Bible, that
“A long life is the reward
of righteous living,” Mrs.
Sara Endicott, Pendleton’s
oldest resident in point of
age, celebrated her one
hundreth birthday anniver
sary on Oct: 19, when fri
ends called at her home,
m N. W. Ellis.
On her last birthday,
Mrs. Endicott who is de
voutly religious and who
has read the Bible through
j and through, expressed
thanks to God for her long
and happy life, and also
said that she hoped to rea
ch the century mark.
Aside from typhoid fev
j er in her youth, and a frac
! tured hip when she was 94,
Mrs. Endicott’s health is
excellent and her mind is
keen and alert. Her hear
ing is good but she cannot
see to read.
Remembers Civil War j
Native of Yancey county,
N. C., Mrs. Endicott has
lived through three wars
and has a vivid recollection
of the Civil War, in which*
three brothers fought in
the Confederate army, one
brother losing his life. She*
listens to the radio all day
long and likes church pro
grams, as well as all war
news.
Pvt. Thomas Dellarossa, Trenton,
N. 3., 18th Infantry Patrol, was
wounded by shrapnel at E! Gui
tar. Africa, and now must wear
a special brace for bis left knee.
He won the Purple Heurt. He
buys War Bonds regularly and
urges'you to.
United War Fund
Six Townships Have
Exceeded Quotas
The report qn the United
War Fund drive this morn
ing (Thursday) showed
.$1,761.67 of the total $2300.
This is unofficial as there
are some workers w T ho had
not been contacted when
this was made. up.
Six of the townships,
Ramseytown, Green Mtn.,
Brush Creek, Crabtree,
AMOUNT REPORTED QUOTA
; Burnsville “ $557.52 SIOOO.OO
Cane River 164.00 300.00
Egypt 66.50 150.00
Ramseytown 116.75 50.00
Green Mountain 131.00 • ’ 50.00
Jacks Creek 66.00 150.00
Brush Creek 71.50 __ 50.00
Crabtree 334.50 300.00
' South Toe 75.75 100.00 *
Pensacola 95.00 w 75.00
Prices Creek 83.15 75.00
Total $1,761.67 $2300.00
* , All workers who have not reported are asked to
make their final reports as early next week as possible.
Drive ends as of Oct. 31st. Official report will he an
nounced in the paper next week.
RECEIPTS BREAK RE
CORD IN SOUTH’S
U. S. FORESTS
Cash receipts of $622,931
were realized by National:
I 1 Forests of the Southern
Region during the third
j quarter of the current year,
Joseph <p. Kircher, Region
‘al Forester, reports. The
- amount was $#>4,703 larger
than for tne same quarter
> i of 1942, itself a record year.
* j “This 185 per. cent incre
ase was due to increased
1 timber sales,” Mr. Kircher
* * says; “Sales, made in con
* jformity with the U. S. For-f
> est Service policy of help
■ ing in every way possible
to produce wood for war.
' The purchasers have been
favored by weather condi
tions and they stepped up
/woods operations far above
last year's level.”
Although National For-’
ests in the South have been
established for a compara-i
jtively short time, their in-’
come was 18 per cent of
that of all the National
Forests, despite, the fact
that the Region has only |
about five per cent of the
total acreage of those for
j ests.
Twenty-five per cent of
this income will be return
ed in lieu of taxes to the
counties in which the land
lies, and an additional 10
m v• f, yjaWr JBf
m. '
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Pvt. Donat Cartier, Derry, N. H..
suffered a fracture of the leg
above the knee in Sicily when
struck by tun 88 mm. shell. He
wak held prisoner for two days
by the Germans, traveling In a
tank. Ha Is a regular purchaser
•f War Bonds. >
SIXTEEN AGENCIES WILL
SHARE IN THE UNITED WAR
FUND. AID OUR OWN MBS.
OUR COURAGEOUS ALLIES,.
PEOPLE IN OCCUPIED COUN
TRIES, PRISONERS OF WAR.
CAMPAIGN BEGINS OCT. 18.
NUMBER THIRTEEN
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Pensacola and Prices Creek
have already overscTibed
their quotas. However, in
these as in the other five,
the drive continues so that
every citizen may have an
opportunity to contribute.
The county chairman and
all workers are asking that
all contributions be made
as rapidly as possible so ,
that the county may be re
ported “over the top” to
state headquarters.
NOTICE FOR EXAMS
Examinations for the
Navy V-12 and Army Spec
ialized Training Program
i will be given on Nov. 9.
B. M. Tomberlin has ask
ed that any boys who plan
to take either of these ex
aminations contact him im
■ mediately so .that jl suffi
cient number of .- copies of
* the exam may be obtained
. by Nov. 9.
E c High school graduates
lor students in Senior oi
' Junior colleges, within a
certain age limit, are eli
gible to take the exams.
per cent is set aside for
maintenance of roads and
access trails within the for
ests.-" ■ - , .•
Mr. Kircher points out
that war-time cutting of
I timber in the Southern Na
tional Forests is much hea
vier than in normal times,
i the cut is still being kept
I well below the growth in
order not to curtail future
productivity.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt
i Banks and Richmond Ray
, spent the week end at Mar
| ion with Mr. and Mrs/Dew
ey Ray.
Bettie Pitman from
Swannanoa spent several
days with Mr. and Mrs.
Bernice Pitman.
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Pvt. William E. Morris, Log
Beach, Cal., to above draft ago (
bat has seen three years #f serv- i
Ice. He lest bis left leg below the 1
knee hi Tunisia. Be wears hs .
Purple Heart and Geed Confine! |
Ribbon and conUnnaa Ua War |
9mM purchases. _j. /