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VOLUME EIGHT * SUB. RATES: *I.OO YEAR.
—Men In Service—
Lee Rathburri' who is
stationed at Fort Sill, Ok
la- was home for a short
furlough.
Alford McMahan who is
stationed at the naval base,
Pensacola, Fla. is visiting
his mother at Pensacola
Cpl. Leßoy Hunter is
home on „a seven day fur
lough, He is the son of
Mi*- and Mrs. J. C. Hunter
of Day Book. Cpl. Hunter
has completed his basic
training at Camp Blanding,
Fla. where he has been sta
tioned for the past five
months. After his furlough
expires he will take ad
vanced training at another
camp. He plans to visit
his brother, Cedric who is
in the University of Chat
tanooga finishing his train
ing as an aviation cadet-
Coy King and Mrs. Sam
King visited friends and re
latives at Erwinn, Tenn.
over the week end.
Cpl. Arvil King is how
stationed at Hq. Bttry
35th AAA Group, Ontario
Army Field, Ontario, Cal.
Troy English who has
served in Africa for several
months is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wade
English.
~ Craig Styles who is sta
tioned at Cherry Point is
home on leave. He recently
returned to the States af
ter serving for several
months in the South Pacific
area. .^*.,.1,
Glenn Howard of Camp
Maxey, Texas and Monroe
Edwards of Camp Crowder
Mo. hpen visiting re
latives at Bee Log-
Samuel Wilson who has
been stationed in Jackson
ville, Fla was home on a
short leave during the
week end. He reported to
the Marine Base at Cherry
Point.
Pvt. Dave Hylemon has
returned to Camp Howze,
Texas after spending a few
days with his parents, Mr
and Mrs. W- C. Hylefnon. '
Max Penland of the Mar
ine Base, Cherry Point has
been home on a short leave
visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. B- Penland.
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i»vt. Oua VV. Dennis, 25, Del
m..r. Md,, ws rho| through the
leg by a snipci v .Mr it *-'. Alrl-^u.
He has been in toe Bailors- Hos
pital for over six ninths because
of a bone Infection. He ie buying
THE fftNCIY RECOREf
Register 1 Here
The following boys who
became 18 in January have
registered with the local
board:
Burnsville: Saul E. Grif
feth, Lloyd Francis Burle
son, Rt. 2, Ralph W. Byrd,
Rt- 1, Norman C. Byrd, Rt.
1, Floyd Laughrun, Rt. 1.
Sioux: Garland Duncan,
Gerald Adkins, Everett
Bryant.
Windom: Edward D.
Boone, Hoyle C Hylemon
Paint Gap: Charles P.
I ord, Vernon C. Banks 1 .
Hamrick: John W. Rob
inson
Bald Creek: Ralph W
Hylemon, Stanley H. Led
ford.
Higgins: Joe Miller.
Day Book: Hermon Sty
les.
Green Mtn : Suel D Bai
ley, Robert C. Howell.
Pvt- Phil Adkins, son of;
Mr. and Mrs. Clate Adkins
of Sioux has arrived safely!
in India according to news'
from him recently.
Pvt. Adkins entered ser-
vice in August, 1942, receiv- ;
ed his basic training in 1
Texas He then went to
Australia where he stayed
for nine months before,
being sent to India-
Pfc. Ray Stiles of Camp
Sibert, Ala. has been home
on a 10 day furlough* visit- j
ing his parents, Mr. and
MrsPGeorge Stiles
Burl Boone who is now
stationed at Camp Atter
bury, ind- has been promo
ted to the rank of Staff
sergeant.
Burnice Mclntosh, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Mcln
tosh of Bee Log has been
promoted recently to the
rank of private first class
He is now on maneuvers
in Tenn.
Eckel King who has
been stationed at Camp
Blanding, Fla- has been
home on furlough. He will
report to Fort Mead, Md.
Junior Robertson, Daws
Rathbum and Vernon
Rathburn left last week
for camp.
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Sgt. Edwin John -n, 27, Long
Island City, N. ¥., suffered shru>>- I
n T \. c:tO i In throat and netk
v hen a btuka bombed an amnui
'.tlon t 'urk he wan -driving in
11: ) ;e roul iii’t apeak for two
months uu, has usee appeared at
k ßond rallies.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, ls-44
Schedule For Bond Sales
„ , „ 1 . !the county to issue War
G. L. Hensley, chairman jjonls.
for the Fourth War Loan pi eaße be OB i time at your;
Drive, has announced the pos t office arthis will give
following schedule for vis- him a greater opportunity
its to the post offices of to contact all purchasers.
Thursday Feb. 3rd 1944 ; r
9:30 A. M. Higgins Post Office
11:30A. M. Bee Log Post Offfce "*»****■
2-00 P. M. Ramsey town Post Office
3:00 P. M. Sioux Post Office
Friday, Feb. 4th 1944
10:30 A. M. Vixen Post Office . ■
12:00 Noon Pensacola Post Office
Tuesday, Feb. Bth 1944
9:00 A M. Paint Gap Post Office
10:00 A M. Cane River Post Office
11:30 A. M. Bald Creek Post Office
2:00 P. M. Swiss Post Office
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR LILLIE PHILLIPS
Funeral services for Lil
lie Phillips, 8 year old dau
ghter of Mr and Mrs. Ros
coe Phillips of Bee Log,
were held Tuesday. Rev.
Quince Miller officiated
and burial was in the fam
ily cemetery.
In addition to the parents
several brothers and sisters
survive-
Mr.-and Mrs- Dave Mc-
Kinney spent last week end
in Asheville visiting
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Pvt. James C. McNally. 36, New
• York City, suffered a fractured
leg when his supply truck hit a
road mine in Algeria. That’s all
he remembers. He has a brother
In the Signal Corps. His wife
works, buys Bonds regularly.
INCOME TAX
A representative of the
Federal Revenue depart
ment will be at the Court
House in- Burnsville on
February 21 and 22 to as
sist citizens of the county
in filing Federal income
tax returns.
Mr. and Mrs-, Howard
Murphy of Erwin and Miss
Nell Murphy of Baltimore
have been visiting relativ
es here. x x
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Pvt. Arthur Bevis, 22, B a scorn,
ria., wont through African cam
paign without a scratch but in
4 Sicily one of his buddies stepped
on a mine. Bevis’ leg was ampu
tated. shrapnel partially para
lysed his fingers. He wears the
Purple Heart, boys Benda, toe. .
Church Loyalty Campaign
Is Planned by Local Churches
Plans are now almost
complete for the opening
of the Church Loyalty cam
paign which will be a uni
ted effort of all the chur
ches in Burnsville. It is
the purpose to enlist the
people of the town in at
tending services at the
church of their choice for
a ten weeks period
Committees
V. J. Goodman has been; '
named general chairman, ‘
with J. P Lyon. J. H. Ray * 1
and Dover R. Fouts as a; :
mapping committee. This •
latter committee reported 1
a meeting Wednesday ev- '
ening which was attended
by 35 persons representing
the three churches-
The town has. been divid
ed into four main divisions
■and fifty workers will be;
assigned to these-areas. A,
canvass will be made on
Sunday, Feb. 13 and it is
the wish of all committees
that every person in Bur=
nsville may be contacted.
A meeting for final plans
will be held at the Baptist
church on next Wednesday
evening and all workers
are urged to attend and
perfect all details
The purpose of the acm
paign is to seek to enlist
every person in more regu
lar attendance gs jalL ser
vices of his church or the
church of his choice. Dur
ing the initial canvass they
will be given an opportun
ity to pledge attendance if
at all possible. Each chur
ch will keep check on its
own members and of those
who attend who are not
members, and will make
reports from time to time.'
14,000,000 Cords - Your
Boy’s Supplies
Why are 14,000,000 cords
of pulpwood needed in
1944?
_ A clear-cut answer may
be-found in the disclosure
that the Army Service For
ces, whose job it is to equip
American invasion forces,
plan to land six tons of sup
plies initially for every
American overseas and an
additional ton for the first
sixty days.
Pfc. Daniel Silver is
now stationed at Camp
Swift, Texas. ‘
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Pvt. Benjamin Ayscue, 26, Hen
derson. N. C., received compound
fracture of leg and other Injuries
in Sicilian campaign when hio
truck ran over a mine. Ayacue
has brother in the army, tomar
rled Family
REV. M. T. SMATHERS
IS FATALLY INJURED
The Rev- M. T. Smathers,
widely known throughout
this section as a Methodist
leader for many years, was
killed instantly Tuesday
night in an automobile col
lision at Richfield, 10 miles
from Albemarle, N. C
Rev. Smathers served as
pastor of the Methodist
church here for several
years a number of years
ago and also served six
years as superintendent of
the Asheville district. Since
Oct. 1943 he had been pas
tor of the First Methodist
church is Albemarlj
Truett J. Johnson and
Willie J. Ferguson are at
j the Naval training station,
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Farm Ownership Families
- Hold Annual Meeting
The annual -meeting of
all families in Yancey and
Mitchell counties who have
bought farms through the
.FSA Tenant Purchase pro
gram was held at Clear
mont school on Saturday,
i January 29. Seventy at
tended the meeting.
E. B. Bailey, supervisor
for Mitchell county, and
Mack B- Ray, supervisor
for Yancey county, were in
charge, assisted by Miss
Martha Plonk, associate!
supervisor for both coun-|
ties. Paul Laughrun of the.
District office in Asheville!
attended. *
The theme of the meet
ing centered around the
topic, How food and feed
production will shorten the
war Those on the program
included Mr. Laughrun,
Miss Plonk, Mr. Ray, Mr-
Bailey, John W. Holcombe
and Claul Young.
Prepared charts were us
ed to show progress made
by _ the farm families this
year A summary of how
the twenty-one farmers in
Yancey county earned their
income in 1943 showed that
51 percent came from
crops; cattle 4 percent; J
milk, 2 percent; hogs, 5 per-j
cent; other livestock, 5
percent; poultry, 1 1 - per- 1
cent; eggs,.3 percent; other
farm, 11 percent and non
farm, 18 percent. |
Loan Repayment High
The chart showing how
the income was spent show
ed that over a third or 39
percent went for farm ow
nership payments- This
was 347 percent collections
on loan payments due, and
is the best record in the en
tire state:
Other money spent was
shown as—farm operating
SACK m ATTACH
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
To the People
of this Community
YOU ARE IMPORTANT
There is no such thing as a
•Tittle" investment in the Fourth
War Loan.
„ Your $25 or SSO or SIOO Extra
War Bond may not have great
r importance
in your mind
in making up
a 5>A billion
dollar total
for individu
als.
But multi
ply yourself
by 130,000.000
and then you
see in real perspective how truly
great each eiuien becomes in
massing national strength
against the Nazis and the Japs.
Capt. Maurice Witherspoon.
Navy chaplain aboard the Car
rier Wasp when she sank, tells
oi a rescued wounded sailor,
who, as he regained conscious
ness, asjted: "Did I do my
best?"
That’s the only question you,
too, have to ask yourself when
you decide the extent of your
personal participation in the
Fourth War Loan.
There undoubtedly will be
large single purchases of War
Bonds in this community, but
yours—if it is "your best” will
deserve equally the red, white
and blue shield you are privi
leged to display in the window
of your home.
“Lei's Keep Uncling the Attack.”
THE EDITOR.
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expense, 19 percent; family
living, 26 percent; capital
good, old debts, etc. 16 per
cent.
There are twenty-one
families in Yancey county
participating in the pro
gram and every borrower
! is ahead of the repayment
schedule
In addition, a summary
of the record books showed
that the income per farm
averaged SI2OO, which is
approximately SSOO higher
than the average income
per average farm in the
1 county.
| In discussing the repay
ment of loans, it was stated
that $2530 was due last
year, or would hava been
due according to fixed pay
ment plan- However, SBBOO
was paid, and this did not
include approximately 2000
i paid from sale of timber,
etc., which is applied on last
installment instead of re
gular payment.
The lunch hour together
was of especial interest to
the participating farm fa
milies, and they voted to
have the next annual meet
ing in January, 1945.
In Service
Tribute was paid to mem
i bers of the organization
who are now in service.
Those include: Army, Roy
ce Perry, Nellis I. Johnson,
Bill Davis, J- Gwyn South
erland, and Mack B. Ray
who will report this month
f6r active service; Navy:
Jack Sparks, Ernest Rob
erts; WAVES, Hannah
Martin and Ruby Royster;
Air Corps, Howard Led
better.
WOMANS CLUB
The Woman’s Club will
meet Thursday, Feb. 10
with Mrs. Hobart Ray.