North Carolina Newspapers

JkihXVASt LOAM VOLUME EIGHT —Men In Service— \ . Promoted to Technical \ Sergeant, E. Bailey! of Green Mountain, North Carolina, is now serving as flight chief at an air base in the South Pacific area, where he has served for two years He is the son of Mrs. Myrtle Bailey- He came overseas with a bom ber squadron that later took active part in the in vasion of the Solomons. , J-ehn-R Wilson, son of Mr- and Mrs. Ed Wilson of Busick, North Carolina, has recently been promoted from Private First Class to the grade of Corporal ac cording to an announce ment by the authorities at the Army Air Forces Prov ing Ground Command at Eglin Field, Florida. * Corporal Wilson has been in the Armv since January 4, 1943. The tremendous increase 1 in Army personnel has I created a great opportun-j ity for men who can prove themselves capable of hold ing the ranks of non-com missioned officers. Pvt. Raphail Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Phillips of Bee Log, is now in Ireland according to in formation received by his : parents. Henry Butner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Butner of Burnsville, has been awarded the good conduct ribbon and the driver’s medal. -He has| been in service overseas for. several months. Uiff E. Clevenger of i Camp Davis, N. C. is here 1 for a 10 day furlough. Charles R. Hamrick who has completed boot train-! ing at the Naval air train-! ing station, Jacksonville,! Fla. has been home on a short leave. - Yancey Record: I have received the paper for the' past ten months and have found it very intereting as it tells us boys who are away and many things we are glad to learn. I am now leaving for Nashville for maneuvers and I still hope to get the j news. My new address will be: Pfc. Clayton Whitson, Co B 331 Mel. Bn-, APO 443, c. Postmaster, Nashville, Tenn Yancey Record: Will you please send the paper to my new address. I have re- j ceived it ever since I have been in the army and en joy it very much. I was first stationed at! Fort Bragg, then Campj Claiborne, La., then Max ton, N. C. then to La. andj Nebraska and now at Fort! Bragg. I am in the Air Borne division and like it very much. My parents are Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mc-j Intosh of Bald Creek. Cpl. Ralph Mclntosh, Co , A 326 Glider Inf., 13th A Bi Div., APO 333, Fort Bragg THE YANCEY RECORD 4 “DEDICATED TO THE PROGREfc OF YANCEY COUNTY" tr —-i ' V - SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1944 ! DEATH OF ARTHUR TAYLOR IS REPORTED Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tay-| lor of Jacks Creek received word Friday that their son, Arthur Taylor, died in a hospital in North Africa on December 30, 1943. He entered service in Sept -1942 and had served over seas for several months. Cpl. Hugh H. Pate spent a 10 day furlough with his family at Bald Creek- He has been stationed at an army ai” ’ •'.se in Mississippi but is now' with the 36 Group, 22 Sqdn., Scribner, Neb. He joined the army air forces in August, 1942 Sgt Jennie Proffitt of I the W. A- C. is at home on' | leave. She completed her training at Daytona Beach and is now stationed at j Fort Sill, Oula. j Lt. and Mrs. Wm. E- Har ness have been visiting re latives in the. county. Mrs. Harness is the former Miss Edith Ray. ■ Lt. and Mrs Clyde A.j Ayers of Fort McClellan, 1 Ala. were home on a short leave and visiting Lt. Ay-j i er’s parents at Jacks Creek and Mrs. Ayer’s relatives at Indian Creek. Cpl. J- B. Wheeler of the U. S. Army Air Corps has been visiting his mother, | Mrs. J. J. Wheeler and oth ; er relatives of the commun ity- Cpl. Wheeler has been ion a 15 furlough and will return today. Yancey Record: Please send the paper to my new address as I have moved ifrom Camp Claiborne, La. ito Texas. My address is: Pfc. Roy Mclntosh, Bttry A 384th F. A. Bn., 103 Inf. Camp Howze, Texas. Yancey Record: It is a pleasure to receive the pa-i per which I have now been getting for the past 7 mon-' ths. Quite a few times I j have found it helpful in finding the addresses of some of my buddies in ser-, vice, and hope you will con- j tinue to. publish these all along. This is the end of a ter rible year of war but as the new year comes let’s all make it our aim during j this year that we will work and pray for the end of the war an<j hope that this .year we will see victory. Pvt. Burnis M. Angel,! 1 Bttry. A1297 AAA S. 1 Bn.| iCamp Stewart, Ga 1 Yancey Record: I have jbeen getting the home news for about 20 months and I enjoy it fine as it !helps to keep in contact with the boys in service. I would very much like to have the paper sent tOv I my new address. And please [give my best regards-to all , the folks in the county. ' Cpl. H. L. Dayton, c. Postmaster, New York. TAG DAY FOR INFAN TILE PARALYSIS DRIVE January 29, Saturday, has been set as Tag Day for the “Fight Infantile . Paralysis ” drive- All ef forts will be made to com plete the county quota onj [ this date. t Miss Hope Buck, chair » man, states that a number .of citizens have already j . contributed and that contri-j butions will be accepted at; any time by members of the committee. Through the efforts of| i the entire nation during [ the past years much pro i gress Jhas been made in ; raising funds to fight this dread disease, and much ’ progress has been made in the fight against it. This year there is an es pecially urgent appeal to aid again in this great, ' cause. i ASSOCIATIONAL CON FERENCE An associational mission ary leadership conference will be held at the ’Bolens 1 Creek Baptist church from ! 4 to 9 o’clock Tuesday, Jan. 1 25. • i All officers of all wom an’s missionary societies ; and counselors of junior or ; ganizations are urged to and all members are ;! invited to attend. FUNERAL SERVICES ; FOR RUBY WHEELER , Funeral services for Miss Ruby Wheeler, 29, daugh ■ ter of Mrs. J. J. Wheeler and the late Mr. Wheeler, i of the Jacks Creek com munity were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home. Death was due ;i to a fall that occurred Sat urday afternoon- The Rev. A. Z. Jamerson and Rev. James Allred.of ficiated. Burial was in the family cemetery. J Surviving are the moth j er, two sisters, Mrs- W. B. ! Huskey and Miss Dorothy Wheeler both of Asheville; seven brothers, i Earlie, Ransom, Clifton and Calvin all of Burns | ville Rt. 1, Taylor of Stock , sville, N. C. and J. B. of the U. S- Army Air Corps. Holcombe and ’ Edwards funeral home were in char ge of arrangements. If you are a woodland owner, here’s a special mes sage for you. American forests have a job to do in this war, a job just as im portant as steel and copper |snd aluminum and tin. Wood forest products must go into more than 12 hun ! dred different items of mil | itary equipment, and mat erials to box and ship them. If you have suitable wood ; land that hasn’t yet gone to war, put it in uniform. It , will earn a good return for , you. Check it over with a State, Federal, or Exten- 1 S sion forester, and let him 1 tell you how to make your I timber fight, and keep your woodland productive- BUY WAR BONDS FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. CHARLES W. PETERSON Mrs- Florenc i McCourry Peterson died her home Saturday near ‘Burnsville. | 'She was 75 yea# of age. | Funeral seitjces were held Monday afternoon at the Mine Fork jehurch of , which she was' ,a member, with Rev. A. JftMutschler,' ! pastor, officiating Burial was in the fam% cemetery. 1 •j Surviving are ; the follow ing children: [lMrs. Gus Edwards, Bunjaville, Mrs.! Stella Love, Asheville, Mrs ] Artie Lee Higjjlns, Burns-! ville, S. C- and J. W. Peter ! son, Burnsville and B. M. Peterson, Huritdale. Sev ; enteen grandchildren and nine great grand children' ; also survive. % , Holcombe and Edwards were in charge *f arrange-! ments- PLEASANT GROVE £. Mr. and Mrs. Robb Gou-i ge of Celo were the week , end guests of jfr- and Mrs. Bascomb Randolph Brady Higgils of Erwin, Tenn. is visiting R. C. Hig gins of this place. Mr- and Mrs, Alf Sparks ■ have received word from . their son, Pvt Oscar K. , Sparks (Prisoner of war in > Germany) that he has re ceived some for the We were very glad to get the good news, SOCIAL SECURITY Social Security protect ion for farm operators, business and professional men and women, and oth ers of the so-called “self employed” is urged today by the social security board in its eighth annual report to congress, according to D. W. Lambert, manager of the Board’s Asheville, N. C. Field Office. Mr. Lam bert pointed out that facts concerning the earnings of these Americans indicate that they are as sorely in need of the benefits of soc ial security as the millions of wage and salary work ers now covered. According to Mr. Lam bert, the report discloses between 10 and 11.7 million “sielf-employed” through out the country. About half of these are farm op erators and the other half are professional and small business people. Os parti cular interest to such gro ups in the Asheville area, Mr. Lambert said, are these I words in the board’s report. “Self employed persons are often thought of in terms of well-to-do busi ness and professional men whose work is “independ ent”. Yet the 10 to 11.7, million persons excluded i from substantially all par ticipation in social insuran-! ce by reason of their self- i 1 employment represent for j the most part operators of > small farms and stores, 1 repair services, and the like whose returns are small and whose ‘independence’! (Continued on back page) MAY APPLY NOW FOR CROP AND FEED LOANS Emergency crop loans f and emergency feed • loans ! for 1944 are now available 1 to farmers in Yancey and ' Mitchell counties, and ap plications for these loans are now being received at 1 Register of Deeds office at Burnsville by S. S. Williams Field Supervisor, of the ! Emergency Crop and Feed 'Loan Division of the Farm Credit Administration- This early opening of the loan program in Yancey county j is to assist farmers to com-j ! ply with the plan advocated j by agricultural leaders ur ging farmers to plant food crops because of the great need for increasing food production and to plant I winter cover crops to im prove soil fertility. " As in former years*? the loans will be made to meet the applicant’s necessary' cash needs in preparing for ! and producing his 1944 crops. Mr. Williams point-! ed out that eligible farmers desiring to do so might ap-; ply now for loans to take! care of their crop produc tion needs for the entire ! 1944 season. Interest at , the rate of 4 percent will . be charged only during the . period the borrower actu i ally has the use of the funds Farmers who obtain loans i for the production of cash i crops are required to .give as security a first lien on the crops financed, and the security required for loans for the purchase or produc tion of food for livestock |s a first mortgage on the , stock to be fed. Last Rites Are Held For Hiram A. Whittington Last rites for Hiram A. “Whittington, 79, who died suddenly at his home at Cane River Tuesday after noon were conducted at 3 o’clock Friday 14th at the home- Burial was in the family cemetery. Rev. E. G. Adkins, Rev. K. C. Allred, Rev. Ray Rid dle and Monroe Mclntosh all of Yancey county offi ciated. Active pall bearers were Vonno Anglin, Will Anglin, Richard Ray, C. L. Hunter, Thurman King, Chhrlie Al len, Frank Hensley, Selwyn Hensley, Clifford Hensley, Alvin Hensley, Monroe King, Claud Hunter. Honorary pall bearers j were: T. H Phoenix, Har mon Peterson, Gay Gillis, Bud McDowell, Charlie Al len, Wess Robertson, Dr. W. B. Robertson, Dr A. B. Greenwood, Dr. W. L Ben nett, Fred Proffitt, John Hannum, Gus Ray, C. P. Randolph, Rex Wilson,! Garrett Hensley, G A.; Fender, R. W. Wilson, Ral eigh Radford, Donald! Banks, Joe Bailey, Jake Renfro, E. C. Wilson, E- W., Wilson, G. L. Hensley and Biss Bailey In charge of the flowers were: Kathleen King, Wil ma King, Mrs. Pauline Fos ter, Mary Emma Riddle, I Mrs. Hazel Whittington, # BOY SCOUTS The Burnsville Boy Scout Troop met Monday night at the club house ; Patrols were organized with Char les Lee Griffith and Romie Burns to serve as Patrol leaders. Landon Proffitt i was elected Bugler and Romie Burns Quartermas -1 ter. Those. present were: Robert Jarrett, Jimmie ' Gardner, Jean Gardner, Charles Parnell, Charles Lee Griffith, Landon Prof-j (fit, Romie Burns, and Hale Bryson- Robert Tilson who ! expects to become a Scout J |in the near future, was ; present. * The troop went to Spruce Pine Tuesday night to the Toe River District Court of Honor. Landon Proffitt, Romie Burns, Charles Par -1 nell, Charles L. Griffith and Hale Bryson were present -1 ed the rank of Second Class 'Scouts. The rank of Ten derfoot Scout was confer ed upon Jimmie and Jean Gardner and Robert Jarett. Hale Bryson, Troop Scribe. ATTEND DISTRICT RED CROSS MEETING H G. Bailey, county chap ter chairman, Mrs. Sam J. j Huskins, finance chairman, . Clarence Briggs, treasurer, i and L. G- Deyton, member : of the executive committee [ attended a district Red I !Cross meeting in Asheville! Monday." ' - The Red Cross program and the various services which it is rendering was the topic of discussion. Approximately 150 attend ed. Mildred Fox, Grace Fox, Sara Hensley. Survivors are the wife, Mrs. Hattie M. (Ray) Whit ' tington, 2 daughters, Mrs. Essie Garber, Mrs. Maude Bailey; two sons, Charles and Clyde, all of Cane Riv er; eight grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Kitlie Gardner of Mobile, Ala., Mrs. Sallie Ray of Burns ville and one half sister, Mrs. Sue Myrtle Eller of Washington, D. C. j , Mr. Whittington was an active member of the Cane River Baptist church where he had served as a deacon jfor years He was a prom-i inent farmer of the and served as postmaster until his retirement. Truett T. Johnson, son of ;Mr. and Mrs. Desoto John son left Thursday, January 13th for the U. S. Navy- I Janies Payne, son of Mr. jand Mrs. Tom Payne of Burnsville, is home on leea 've from Camp Claiborne, La. ' '■ ’ Daniel Boone has been ill of flu for the past week at his home. • -r- ________ ‘ ‘ Mrs. Bill Adams anl son , of New York City are visit , ing Mrs.D- M. Buck. * * BACKm ATTACK NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE To the People t of this Community KILL OR BE KILLED United States Marines paid the 3 stiffest price in human life per square yard for the capture of Tarawa, vital Pacific outpost ! It was kill or be killed. Your r boys did not flinch' when they ran into the deadliest o w e r along the o-aches of impor tant Gilbert Island strong hold. This assault, bloody and cost ’ ly, is one of the many which S must be made before Tokyo and Berlin are pounded into dust and -1 ashes. What are you doing to back up’ “ i the boys? Remember these are j ! boys from tiiis very community. perhaps from ybur very home, t Any home in your neighborhood which today does not display the S Treasury’s red. white and blue 4th War Loan Shield proclaim ing “We bought Extra War a Bonds’’ is not backing the at tack. Every Extra War Bond 3 you buy becomes a direct fighter p against Japan and Germany. If 1 you could but see one man die on the battlefield, you would not > j count the cost of your slight sac _ | rifices to buy Extra War Bonds . to make each succeeding assault 1 less costly in the lives of our boys. You can't afford NOT to buy , Extra Bonds in the 4th War Loan f you would help these boys. THE EDITOR. I COMMITTEE FOR FOURTH WAR LOAN 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 Pres nell, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Joe Gibbs, Grover Robin son. Windom: C. P. Gibson, James Hutchins J, WtTson7 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. Mac k Bailey, Edd Hunter, A. P. Honeycutt, Jesse Howell, Laughrun. Egypt: Niram Hensley, Edna Wheeler, Martin Pate, Alma Buck, Garrett Wilson, Rei 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. C. 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. Fred McKinney who has been employed in Wilming ton is at home. ■ i Mrs Dorsey E. Miller spent last week end with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W- N. C. Mclntosh.