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VOLUME EIGHT
—Men In Service—
Register During December
The fallowing boys who
became 18 during Decem
ber have registered with
the local board: Clinton B.
Bryant, Bee Log; Lowe
Williams, Bee Log; Robert
H. Deyton, Green Mtn.;
Clyde Boone, Windom; Jack
Angel, Burnsville; Perry
D. Wilson, Hamrick; Char
les B. Honeycutt, Burns
ville; William C- Greene,
Boonford; Champ McMa
han, Burnsville star rt.»
George W. Hall, Newdale;
Clyde Young, Jr., Newdale.
James King, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R- A. King, was
home on a short leave this
week. He is with the At
lantic fleet. .
Lt. and Mrs. Clyde Ayers
are here this week from
Anniston, Ala- for a visit
with friends ajil relatives.
James A Edwards is at
home on J furlough visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Edwards-
Cpl. John Allen, son of
Mrs- Tom Allen of Cane
River, has arrived safely in
England according to a tele
gram received by Mrs. Al
len last week.
John A. Cooper who has
been al the Naval training
station, Great Lakes, 111.
has completed his boot
training there and is at
home on leave.
John J Edge who has
been at Camp Edwards,
Mass- for several linonths
has been at home on leave
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Edge of Burns
ville.
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Clyde Young, son of Mr-j
and Mrs; Walter Young of i
Celo, is now' stationed at
PYrt Ord, Calif.
Bobbie King of Camp
Howze, Texas has been
home, visiting relatives at
Swiss. .. ,
J William Tomberlin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T- Tom
berlin, ha s landed safely in
England A brother, Hugh
M Tomberlin is also over
seas in the Middle East.
SONOSJtVe* AMERICA ♦ . *
5S*. John Audubon
gristmill operator at
Henderson, Kentucky,
took to studying birds
as an antidote for en
nui and added much to
man’s knowledge of lr* STHk
ornithology. His name < w
is a byword to this A
day. It is John James /fm * " 7.T JM
Audubon. / A
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TP* •' 'JwtjSßk'o ■ despotism, destruction,
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Wf AAg) On Naziism. It has no place
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Batiklna Ihs iRWITTfr Himmlers, Bchleichers,
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THE YANCEY RECORD
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SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
Twenty-Seven Accepted
iFor Military Service
Twenty seven men were
accepted for military ser
vice last week at Camp
Croft where they had re
ported for examination.
The following list has been
released:
Army: Chester Souther,
Claude Robinson, Murray
Styles, Jr., Jr. Roberfson,
Charles Boone, M L. Phil
lips, Lat Elliott, Crate Bai
ley, Andrew McCourry,
Daws Rathburn;
Walter Tipton, Paul F.
Deyton, Wesley Edwards,
Vernon Rathburn, Guy
McKinney, Ben M. Edwar
ds, Dale Young, Jesse Hon
eycutt.
Navy: Theodore Silvers,
Bruce Mclntosh, Everett
Garland, Roy Byrd, Bill
Deyton, Yates Webb, Tru
ett Johnson, Willie J. Fer
guson.
Marine Corps: Handy
Bailey.
Pfc. Sanford Hunter who
is with the 406 Infantry at
Camp Swift, Texas spent
the Christmas holidays with
home folks and friends at
Ramseytown and has re
turned to camp.
Pvt- T. D. Hunter has
landed safely in England,
according to a telegram re
ceived by relatives at Cane
River. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hun
ter.
Pvt. Isaac Harrison is
now stationed at Fort Leo
nard Wood, Mo-
Kiffen Hennessee, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hen
nessee, has been at home on
a short leave from Norfolk
where he is stationed-
Ralph Byrd, son of Adler
Byrd of Burnsville, was
home for a short furlough
last week. He has been in
overseas service for?several
months.
Pvt. Sam Hensley of
Camp Swift, Texas has
been visiting relatives at
Blue Rock.
Pvt. Clarence Deyton is
in on furlough visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes
ley Deyton-
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
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FILM SHOWING MICA
INDUSTRY WILL BE
SHOWN HERE
The film entitlel “The U-
S. Army Salutes the Mica
Industry” will be shown at
the Yancey Theatre on
Sunday and Monday, Jan.
1G and 17. Thiq is a special
movie filmed by the Army
Signal Corps, featuring lo
cal mining industries.
As an added 1 attraction,
there will'be an exhibit of
captured enemy equipment,
both Japanese and German,
on display ir the lobby of
the Theatre. Two men
who have returned from
the battlefronts will also
be present to relate some
of their exciting experien
ces-
The entire attraction will
be of unusual interest to
citizens of this section whi
ch is in the heart of the
mining industry section.
This shows the outstanding
results in the battle for
Mica, strategic material for
victory.
WITH LAKESIDE
CONSTRUCTION CO.
Cecil Angel who has been
with the Yancey Cyanite
‘Company for the past sev
eral months has accepted a
position with the Lakeside
Construction company and
has left for Ansted, W. Va.
wherp hq \vill be office
manager-
KEROSENE USERS
If you have not used all
stamps in your old kero
sene ration sheet you may
use these beTore obtaining
new sheets. These stamps
will still be good, according
to an announcement from
the field ration office.
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BUY WAR BONDS
ODT Cautions Truck Buyers
The Asheville district Of
fice of Defense transporta
tion yesterday reiterated
its warning that all per
sons contemplating the pur
chase of used trucks should
check ii) advance with ODT
before buying such equip
ment.
Hundreds of persons who
have bought used vehicles
without checking in advan
ce with ODT have later
found they were ineligible
for certificates of war ne
cessity and gasoline allot
ments without which the
vehicles cannot be operated,
the ODT district office said|
Under a recent order,
the ODT district office 1
pointed out, truck opera-'
tions throughout the nation
were virtually frozen and
gasoline will not be allot-1
ted for the operation of i
newly acquired vehicles ex-'
cept in eyceptional circum
stances. The freeze order
applies both to vehicles ac
quired for the extension, of
an old' route and to trucks
purchased for opening a
new business-”
Newly acquired vehicles
will be allotted gasoline
only when it is shown that
the proposed service-—eith
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1944
Hiram A. Whittington,
79, died suddenly Tuesday
afternoon at 5:15 at his
home. He was a promin
ent farmer df the Cane
River community.
For a number of years
Mr. Whittington served as
Postmaster at Cane River,
and he had also been a dea
con in the Cane River chur
ch for many years.
He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. ii Hattie Ray
Whittington; two sons, i
Charlie and Clyde; two
daughter?., R- C. Bai
ley and Mrs. I. C. Garber
all of Cane River; eight j
grand children . and three
great grand children, two j
sisters, Mrs. HR- M Ray of
Burnsville and Mrs. Kitty
Gardner of Alabama.
Funeral services, under
the direction of Holcombe
and Edwards are planned
for this afternoon (Thurs
day) at 2 o’clock. Rev. E.
G. Adkins will officiate.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR PRESS ATKINS
Press Atkii s, died Sun
day morning t his home at
Ramseytown. He was 71
years of age.
Funeral -services were'
held at the tome Monday
afternoon aX■% o’clock. Rev-
Jesse fftf§h<*s*and —Rev
Wilse Honeycutt officiated.
Burial was in the Atkins
family cemetery.
Surviving are his wife;
seven chillren, Mrs. Wilse
Bryant of Huntdale, Mrs.
J- W. Edwards, Ramsey
town, Bill Atkins, Burns
ville, Lyda Atkins, Ramsey
town, Rex of Sioux and
Sinie Atkins of Johnson
City; one sister, Mrs Dora
Adkins of Huntdale.
er new or the extension of
an old operation—is “abso
lutely essential to the war
effort or to the mainten
ance of necessary civilian
economy."
“Quite frankly/’ Robert
G. Carter, ODT district
manager in. Asheville, said
“it is the opinion of this of
fice that very few of the
applications made so far to
this office meet this re
quirement. r
“In view of the absolute
nature of the order we are
thus forced to decline such
applications, even though;
it often mean§ financial
hardship for the applicant,)
who may have invested;
money in a business for
which motor vehicles are
essential and whose use he
is denied.”
Mr. Carter urged that all
persona considering the
purchase of new vehicles
first file a request with
ODT for permission to in
augurate oi' extend truck
service Such requests will
be considered without de
lay and the applicant given
a quick ruling as to wheth
er he is eligible to operate
new or additional vehicles.
H A. WHITTINGTON
PASSES SUDDENLY
RED CROSS EXECU
TIVE COMMITTEE
The executive committee
of the county Red Cross
chapter held the regular
meeting in the chapter of
fice on Friday afternoon-
The following members
were present: H. G. Bailey,
Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, V. J-
Goodman, C. E. Briggs,
Dover R- Fouts, L. G. Dey
ton. / .. : ;
Plans were discussed for
the 194.. War Fund drive
of which Mrs. Huskins is
chairman. The chapter
quota has not been announ
ced but the county organi
zation will be completed
so that it will be ready
when the drive begins.
Announcement was made
of the regional meeting
which will be held in Ashe
ville on Monday, Jan 17-
Delegates from all chapters
in the district have been
asked to attend.
COUNTY MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION MEETS
A meeting of the recent
ly organized Yancey coun
ty Merchants Association
was held Wednesday even
ing at the community club
house. Guest speakers were
: Arthur Jones of the Ashe
l ville Merchants Association
! and William R. Walls, field
operations officer with the
OP A as speakers
" Brtree Westaif, president
of the association, presided
and introduced the speak
ers. Mr. Jones explained
the program of the merch
ants associations of the
state, and explained that
by becoming an affiliate
with the state organiza
tions many benefits will be
gained. Following his talk,
a round table discussion
was held, with questions
and problems brought up
by the audience. “An or
ganization of this kind is a
Life Saver for every mer
chant”, Mr. Jones conclud
ed.
Mr. Walls gave a very
good discussion of current
problems from the OPA 1
viewpoint He stated that
many of the hardships re
sulted from the lack df un
derstanding of the regula-j
tions, and that the Associa-,
tion could overcome many
of these problems for the!
merchants.
G. L. Hensley, county i
chairman for the Fourth
War Loan Drive, urged
complete cooperation of
the merchants in the drive
which opens on Jan. 18.
The following merchants
and price panel members
were present: Bruce Wes
tall, B. M. Tomberlin, Glen
Proffitt, James Proffitt,
Clarence E. Bailey, Ted
Wilson, G. L. Hensley, H. S.
Edge, Thelma Anglin, Lucy
Gibbs, Walter Howell, Earl
Wilson, J. P. Lyon, Roy
Ray, L. V. Pollafd, C. P.
Randolph, Norman Barn-j
ett, Welzie Robinson, Thel
ma Allen.
Carmon McMahan is re
turning to Washington D.
C- for an eye operation af
ter a visit here.' His moth
er will accompany him.
FOURTH WAR LOAN DRIVE
OPENS JANUARY 18TH
The Fourth War Loan
drive opens throughout the
nation on next Tuesday,
January 18. The national
quota is 14 billion dollars,
the 'greater part of which
amount must be in the E
Series.
County Quota, $90,000
The quota for Yancey
county has been announced
by G. L. Hensley, chairman-
It is $90,000 of which SBB,-
000 must be in series E.
This is by far the largest
quota ever assigned ' the
county and it will take the
combined efforts of all cit
izens to meet it.
Township Committee
Mr. Hensley has named
committees in each town
ship or community and he
has requested each commit
tee to meet and name a
chairman. This should re
sult in closer cooperation
in each township as each
group will meet and form
ulate plans for the drive-
Later Mr. Hensley will
announce the dates at
which he will visit the post
offices of the county to
write bonds. This plan was
followed during the 3rd
war loan drive and resulted
in participation of the en
tire county.
The committees named
are: Green Mtn., township,
Mrs. Clarence Bailey, Os
car L. Young, George Tur
byfill, J- W. Howell, Mrs.
Monnie Johnson.
Newdale: Robert Rres
nell, Mrs. Frank Wilson,
Joe Gibbs, Grover Robin
F. S. A. Tenant Purchase
Program In Yancey County
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More than 33,000 farm
i tenants and sharecroppers
have become farm owners
through the tenant purch-'
ase program administered j
by the Farm Security Ad- 1
ministration, it was an-j
nounced today by County,
FSA Supervisor Mack B.
Ray.
Here in North Carolina,
Farm Security has made;
home ownership possible ;
for 2514 small farmers.
This year 141 loans have!
been granted, and FSA ex
pects to make 303 more in
the State by mid-summer.
In Yancey county, 21 for
mer tenants, sharecroppers
and farm laborers have be
come farm owners through
this program in the past!
five years, he stated. They)
have financed their farm
purchases with loans total
ing $63084. On the basis of
a 40-year repayment plan,
$2,73901 in payments has
come due but repayments)
totaling $12,854.24 have
been made.
“These loans to encour-1
age ownership of property
are one of the strongest in
centives to higher food pro
duction that we know of,"j
Mr. Ray said. “It’s a prov
en fact that a family run-,
ning its own farm wo’hs
twice as hard and twice as
long to make it a success
NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
son.
Windom: C. P. Gibson,
James Hutchins-
Pensacola: T. J. Wilsm,
Mrs. Pearson Riddle, Mrs.
P. B. Wilson, H. D- Ray.
Cane River: R. A. Rad
ford, T. H. Phoenix, Gus
Ray, Mrs- Hattie Peterson,
Sam King.
Bald Creek: Rassie How
ell, Glenn Proffitt, Anas
tasia Tomberlin, Edd Pate, -
Irene Edwards.
Paint Gap: Robert Man
ey, Vergie Penland, J- W.
Holcomb.
Jacks Creek: Mrs. Mack
Bailey, Edd Hunter, A. P.
Honeycutt, Jesse Howell,
Luke Laughrun.
Egypt: Niram Hensley,
Edna Wheeler, Martin
Pate, Alma Buck, Garrett
Wilson, Rex Mclntosh.
Ramseytown: W. D. Ad
kins, J. A. Hannum, R. E-
Holloway.
Micaville: W. B- Robin
son, Lee Hilliard, R. N. Sil.
ver, Mrs. Georgia Silver, H.
D- Justice.
Celo: Edd Gibbs, C. C.
Robinson, R. S. Ballew,
Mrs. Nolen Westall, Galen
Silver.
Burnsville: B- R. Pen
land, Edd Roberts, Hershel
Holcombe, Guss Peterson,
D. H. Covington, L. V. Pol
lard, Reece Mclntosh, Thel
ma Anglin, Mrs. u V- Bel-*
garde, Bruce Westall, Nor
man Barnett, Mrs. C. R.
Hamrick*
Farm group: V- J. Good
man; school group, Hope
Buck; - industrial group,
Carroll Rogers.
ful business. s
“Hard work means more
%m production and that’s
just what Uncle Sam needs
: right now from every farm
( family in America. For
I every one of these loans we
)make, we know that one
more family is going to be
pitching in with more en
ergy ajid effort, and will be
; ‘in there pitching when the
shot is fired’, and the re
sults will be more and more
of food we need to win the
war and write the peace ”
The . Bankhead -Jones
Farm Tenant Act of 1937
authorized the FSA to
make loans to capable ten
ants and farm laborers’
families to enable them to
|buy land of their own.
j These loans are made only *
to families who cannot get
money from any other sour
ce to buy a family-type
farm. -
The loans run from 40
years at three percent in
terest and are repaid on a
) variable payment plan whi
!ch encourages heavy pay
ments in good years and
then scales down the amou
nt to be paid in poor-years.
“Only a amall number of
loans is available for this
county,” Mr. Ray warned,
arid advised applicants to
place their requests with
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