keep on backing the aţace
VOLUME EIGHT
—Men In Service-
Pvt. Paul Hughes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Hu
ghes, who has been homer
on a furlough left Thurs
day to return to camp at
Nashville, Tenn-
Pfc. Gus Proffitt has re
turned to Camp Barkley,
Texas after spending a few
days furlough with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Proffitt.
John R. Lewis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Lewis
of Burnsville, is now sta
tioned somewhere in Eng
land. Since leaving the
States in June, 1t142 he has
served in Africa, Sicitly
and Italy.
AlviA Blalock, son of
Mr- and Mrs. W. J. Blalock,
has recently completed his
boot training at the Great
Lakes Naval training sta
tion and was -home for
Christmas.
James Ray and John En
glish of the naval training
station, Bainbridge, Md.
were home for a short
leave.
Milton Higgins has re
turned to the naval base at
Pensacola, Fla. after a ten
day furlough at home.
Guy McCurry, son of Mr
and Mrs. C. C. McCurry of
Micaville, has been promot
ed to the rank of sergeant.
He is now stationed some,
where in North Africa.
Pfc. Woodrow Bradford
is now stationed at Fort
Bragg.
Cpl- Alfred Ogle who is
with the 82nd Medical
Training Bn. is now at
Camp Barkley, Texas.
Pvt- Emery L. Sheppard
of Fort McClellan, Ala. vis
ited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Sheppard of Wea
verville and his wife, Mrs.
Opal Sheppard of Swiss re
cently.
Pfe. Seth J. Peterson is
now with the 12th Infantry
Co. M. at Fort Jackson,
S. C.
Paul Ewing Silver, well
and favorably known mo
tor mechanic formerly em
ployed by Styles Brothers
Garage here, recently won
the Good Conduct ribbon
and was promoted to the
rank of sergeant. His ad
dress now is: Sgt. Paul E-
Silver, Security Unit, 36th
St. Airport, Miami 30, Fla.
D. R. Styles, store keep
er of the U. S. Navy has re
ceived a promotion to Pet
ty officer, first class.
Jess Styles has al§o been
recently promoted to the
rank of sergeant. He is
somewhere in England.
Earl McPeters, sop of
' Mr. and Mrs. McPeters
of Vixen, is now in India
they have been informed.
He entered service in Feb.
1943. Another son,/ Sgt-
Carmel McPeters, is sta
tioned at Camp Stewart,
Ga. and was at home on
leave in December.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
MEN LEAVE FOR
EXAMINATION
The following men left
Monday for Camp Croft, S-
C. where they will undergo
military examinations and
wi}l be inducted into some
branch of service if they
pass:
Burnsville: Welzie Rid
dle, Jr., Otway Austin, Roy
L. Byrd, Boyd Edwards, |
Ralph L. Gardner, James
W. Ray, Wm. Lenard Bea
ver, Calvin Blevins, Chas.
Latt Ellfott, Walter Tipton,
Chester Souther, Samuel
Ball, Samuel McLaughlin-
Newdale: Ralph James
Edwards, Jesse Honeycutt.
Bee Log: Clayton Pan
der, Benjamin Edwards,
Bruce Mclntosh, M. L.
Phillips, Edd Wilson, An
drew McCurry, Wesley Ed
wards.
Green Mtn.: Clyde Dey
ton, Everett Garland, Hom
er Lewis.
Swiss: Gus Wilson, Ra
leigh Ponder, Claude Rob
inson.
Micaville: Dale Young
Windom:.. Edd Boone,
John Bodford, Charles L.
Boone.
Prices Creek: Alvin Gor
tney.
Celo: Yates Claude Webb
Sioux: Reece Atkins.
V Bald Creek: Handy Bai
ley, Willie Jay Ferguson.
Pensacola: Cleophus Rob
ertson, Jr., Dazzie Vance
Riddle, Daws Rathburn,
Vernon Rathburn
Higgins: Crate Bailey.
Cane River: Clyde Rob
inson.
Day Book: Paul Frank
Deyton.
Toecane: Trotto Johnson.
Kingsport: ( Transfer)
Guy McKmney.
Cpl. E. E. bishop, son of
Mr. and Mrs- J. A. Bishop
of Newdale, is now in New
Guinea. He is with the
quartermaster corps.
Ruben Harris spent part
of last week with his moth
er and sister at Bald Creek
after spending Christmas
with his father in Dante,
Va. He has returned to
Erwin where he is attend
ing school.
Cread S. Hylemon, sea
man lc, who recently grad
uated from the quarter
master school at Bainbrid
ge, Md. and has been as
signed to duty at Norfolk
Hylemon is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Hyle
mon and graduated at
Bald Creek high school. He
then took a machinist
course at the NY A war
production center before
volunteering for the Navy
last May.
Sgt. Ray Cooper who has
been stationed at Fort
Bragg for several months
is now somewhere in Eng
land. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs, 0. C. Cooper of
Burnsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ball
have been notified that
their son, Pfc. Clarence
Ball has landed safely in
the British Isles.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY CJOtINTY”
BURNSVILLE,
TAX LISTING BEGINS
Listing of county taxes,
under the direction of W.
0; Griffeth, county super
visor, be&an on Tuesday,!
Jan- 4. County property!
will also be appraised for
value by the tax listers in!
each township.
H. G. BAILEY IS NOW
RED CROSS HOME
SERVICE SECRETARY
H. G. Bailey who has ser
ved as chairman of the
Yancey county chapter of j
the American Red Cross 1
for the past five years has 1
assumed th'e duties of home;
service secretary in .the
county. Mrs. Craig Eng
lish has served in this cap-<
acity but recently resigned,
effective Dec. 31.
Through the home ser
vice secretary, the Red
Cross is trying to render
very needed service for the
service men and their fami
lies. This work has grown
so greatly in the past few
months that it requires a
great deal of time to fulfil
the duties involved.
An office has been open
ed upstairs in the Court
house for the Yancey Coun
ty Chapter headquarters.
A telephone has ,been in
stalled and everything is
being done to make this
service as efficient as pos
sible.
the office until 12 noon
each day. Telephone and
telegraph communications
will be available through
out the day.
The public is asked to
cooperate in every way
possible in rendering this
service—during the great
world crisis. Please be fair
and reasonable in your re
quests, this will make it
easier to get prompt action
on cases and matters of
service men’s needs.
Cameron Chandler has
returned to Norge, Va.
where he is employed after
a visit with friends and re
latives at Swiss.
Bonnie Gordon, Irene
Riddle and Margaret Allen
were here last week from
Biltmore hospital.
AMERICAN HEROES
"He gallantly gave bis life in the defense of hi* Conakry/* ends
his citation for the Silver Star. During fighting an Tulagi, Marine
Private George Alfred Johnson, of Coateaville. Pa, with alter disro
gard for hi* personal aafety, rushed to the mouth of h cave that
.sheltered Jap sniper* and blasted them out with band grenade* until
he was killed. He’d want u* to buy Wm Bond * to fulfillthat mission!
War Bonds—The Ideal Christmas Gift ■ •
N. C. '
■
INFANTILE PARALYSIS'
DRIVE CHAIRMAN
-
Miss Hope'Buck has been 1
named count)* chairman of
the drive for funds to fight,f
Infantile Paralysis. The
drive will be Conducted the
last two weeks in January.
NEW BK^i£eTARY IN
FARM. OFFICE
Mrs. Arne* Fox who has
been secretary in the coun
ty farm agent’s office for
several months has resign-:
ed this pokijaon and has'
gone to Asheville, where
Mr. Fox is | employed, to
reside-. ,-l
Mrs. Inek|Ridenhour of
Gold Hill hss accepted the l
position as Secretary and
began workman. 1.
SCHOOL HERE
FOR MINISTERS
' / !
•£
, A school for Baptist min
isters of the county has
been condu&ted this week!
by Dr. Walt IN. Johnson of;
Salisbury and Rev. Kanipej
of Boone at the Burnsville
church.
"The ministers of the cou
nty wish to express their
appreciation to the church
here for b<jing host t
Services Today For
! Don F. Young
!.. Eton, F. J>upg, promin
ent citizen of Day Book,
died at his home Wednes
day morning- He was 81
years of age.
Funeral services, under
the direction of Holcombe
and Edwards, will be held
this afternoon at the Clear
mont school auditorium at
2 o’clock. Rev. A. H- Mut
schler, pastor of the Day
Book Presbyterian church,
and Rev. W- Ernest Wilson,
pastor of the Green Mtn.,
Presbyterian church, will
officiate.
Active pall bearers will
be Cecil Deyton, Vemie
Wilson, Clarence Bailey,
Jay Deyton, Troy McCurry
and J. B- Wheeler.
Honorary pall bearers
will be W. 0. Griffith, C. C-
Higgins, Frank Howell,
Jesse Howell, F. A- Piercy,
U. S. McCurry, D. R- Fouts
BY LEFF
!DA,Y, JAN
-*.- ■ '
NOTICE
The Yancey County War
p rice and Rationing Board
has announced that it will
ibe permissible for people
to mail in the stub of thfe
old kerosene blank for re
newal within the next two
weeks. If the stub of the!
kerosene stamps has been 1
lost please write to the
Board asking for the pro-j
per forms for the renewal.;
Please do not make aj
special trip to the office'
ifor the renewal of these
j stamps, as the Board urges
you to use the mail.
Notice To Truck Owners
All persons holding Cer
: tificates of War Necessity
have until January 14th to
i have the first quarter gas
! oline issued. All applicants
; after that date will be cut
| according to the time over
due.
If you have not received
a new Certificate of War
! Necessity, please bring the
i old certificates to the offi
ce, as thev will be used un
til the Office of Defense
Transportation revokes
them-
War Price and Rationing
Board, Yancey County No.
145-134, Burnsville, N. C.
Charles Hutchins, Fred
' Proffitt, Dr. W- B. Robert
’ son, Dr. W. L. Bennett,
Clifford Hunter, Euphrat
es McCurry, S- S. Peterson,
' Fred Hoilman, J. W. How
ell, Tommy McCurry, R. F.
Peterson, Tom Garland, G
W. Anglin, I. F. McCurry,
John Tipton, G. D- Turby
fill, Walter Howell, R. C.
Deyton, Chris Garland, S.
B Conley, George Brown,
Sam J. Byrd, A. P. Honey
cutt.
Burial will be in the Pet
erson family cemetery.
Mr. Young was born
September 10, 1862. He
was married in 1886 to Miss
Margaret ~ Ann Peterson
who survives. Also surviv
ing are five sons, Carl T
of Day Book, Oscar of
Green Mtn., Arthur of
Marion, Clyde of Burns
ville and Friel of Day Book
one sister, Mrs. Minnie Sil
ver of Micaville and one
brother, Richmond Young
jof Newdale; seven grand
children and two great
grand children.
All milk receipts for the
months of November, and
December, 1943, are to be
presented to the AAA Of
fice for payment, after
your December 31 milk re
ceipts have been received.
The Carnation Milk Co
and Biltmore Dairies are
two weeks behind in send
ing out their receipts, so
you will have to wait until
about January 16 to get
your December 31 state
ment and present the two
months statements togeth
er for payment.
Pvt- Jarvis Mclntosh of
Camp Lee, Va. was home
on a short leave.
SPECIAL NOTICE
APPALACHIAN PULPWOOD
REPEATS SHOW GAINS ‘
Appalachian pu f p wood
» production, as represented
I by mill receipts, showed
some improvement during ,
the fall jnonths of October
and November, the War
Activities Committee of
the Pulpwood Consuming
Industries announced this
week. '
At the same tim#, the
Committee stated tpat mi- ;
litary and civilian require- ;
ments for pulpwood pro
ducts in 1944 will necessi- :
tate an even greater effort
by farmers, pulpwood cut
ters, and part-time work
ers than in 1943, on account
of the tightening manpow
er and transportation shor
tages-
Mill receipts of domestic
pulpwood throughout the
' nation totalled 11,911,000 ‘
cords during 11 months of
1943. This is only 1,089,000
cords under the 13,000,000
goal set for the* year by
the War Production Board
[. with December figures as
. yet unreported. ■•*?<**
, The Appalachian regions
. upswing in pulpwood pro
, duction during the fall
months contributed mater-]
lially to the national rise,!
the Committee said, altho-f
ugh mill receipts do not
* reflect accurately current
, production because of the
time lag between the cut
, ting of pulpwood and its
delivery to the mills.
Mill receipts, in cords,
for the Appalachian region
Letter Is Received From Pearson
Riddle In Shanghai
! Mr. and Mrs. Pearson j
? Riddle of Pensacola recent
;ly received a letter from
’ their son, Pearson, Jr-, who
! has been interned by the
‘ Japanese since the fall of
, Wake Island where he was
' a civilian employee. The
[ letter was dated April 30, |
1943 but was not received
until December.
Mr. and Mrs Riddle have
heard frortt their son sev
eral times since he has been
interned but this is the
I longest communication
, which they have had. It isj
from the Shanghai War-!
Prisoners Camp, and says: j
“We have another chance
to write and let you know
that I am in good health
and getting along as well
as can be expected under
these conditions- Don’t
spend •• apy time worrying
about me as I’m going to
make this trip in a breeze.
“We have been having
fine weather h4re, spring
e«nes along well and, as
we just put the finishing
touches oft the ball dia
i mond, we’ll start our own
little World Series shortly,
NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
Y .
comprising southeastern
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia, western
North Carolina, eastern
Tennessee and Maryland,
follow:
October 118,000
November .... 114,000
11 months
“Farmers, already hard
put to meet wartime food
requirements, are cutting
pulpwood between harvest
ing aqft planting and thus
are doing a double job for
their country. Hundreds
of business and profession
al men, many of whom
have never before engaged
in woods work, are taking
time out to cut a cord or
more of pulpwood for the
boys in uniform.”
“The Victory Pulpwood
Campaign, however, is 'by
no means over, even thou
gh we reach the 13,000,000- i
cord goal for 1943,” Mr.
Block added. “The
uing expansion o f the
Army and Navy, and pdA
fbe.gro\vtk.pf our
expeditionary forces in the
European and Pacific bat-
J tie zones, call for maximum
production on the Home
’ Front during 1944-
“Yet in the face of grow
jing needs for pulpwood to
equip our armed forces
abroad, we are confronted
with serious , production
problems at home. The
draft and war industries
have taken many men from
woods work. As trucks
(Continued on patre four)
f which will help to pass the
j time during the summer
months.
‘.Last Sunday was Easter
and, through the courtesy
of the Red Cross, we had
a fine chicken dinner with
colored eggs, noodles and
hot cross buns. Quite a
| change from our regular
diet of rice and soup.
“We all hope to be home
by the end of this year and,
although we have no way
of knowing, we feel that
the war will be pretty far
along by then and there
j should be a pretty good
! chance that I will be able
jto take my place at the
table and put one of the
largest dents in the grocer
ies that you have ever seen
once I get started.
“There isn’t much I can
say at this time except
don’t worry and just store
|up all those good dishes I
used to stow away- When
you write, which I hope
you are doing often even
; tho they haven’t arrived,
enclose some pictures.”
The letter was typewrit
i ten but signed by Pearson
, himself.