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VOLUME EiQHT J SUR RATES: SLOG YEAR iii'RXSVILL!N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1944 \ . NUMBER TWENf¥- *&NE
Lit ' • : - • : : • .
—IV m in Service—
, . . —r - . . Completes Course
Missing In 'Action- . p - . ;•
Cpl. Joseph~C. Bsavei;, 21,' _ Josef B. AVilsorf, son of
son of Mr. Willard Beaver Mr. and Mrs. It. W.*\Vils
of Eanisvillcrleis been n- of Burnsville,has.coni plek.
ported'missing in action in' ed '-the course of training
Cars 31. 'in the Aviation Radioman
(,:J. : has been in school at the Naval Air
service for three yearsjteehnicaL liraining cer;U ,
Both he and lus brother,' Memphis, Tenn,
lunteered for service.] Wilson is a graduate of|
' he nr er ; • Stationed in Burnsville high school ai 1
Pennsylvania at present. _ J attended JJemr-cnlleg^forj
—LA -. ' two. years before enlist-;
• ■ ■ ••* son of Mr lilen t in the Navy. He com
aivi . GastaxLwAngeJ, is pleted his boot train
home on a morUeave from Great Lakes, 111. and was;
He is y ith the' then assigned to the train
'Arhrrn is in t-Ive tn Metnphi sT' ~l
comm-.init-attons division. ’ —. -— i
„ , n A-rented For Service
o •’B, ii i lemon S 1c
y r z. , ■ u, v ,JT o !
. .“'i. , -.A" ' The following men pu-.i
ter no oast 10 months , ... ” . K
s:tn: a . o rhi-s furlou v\ ■ ■ " , ,
1 . for service last ween at
y 1 0" r ' Camp Croft, S. C\:
Bgan, G .
foi c ber.r*; assumed to sea r , , T T >_
, I red J. Loone, Jriantv i).
dULy - __ j Gillespie, Carl T. Wyatt,
y,, ... j. , r a, the U. S.r Donald A. Thomas, Charlie
Vhwa.l frain'm*- Statin- . 1 A. Cassida, Guy Robinson,
•-
Yah c< mty;raen. Talatadge Y. iHensley,
Xp.ev a no v receivn yC’inton C Bryant, I'aNh
instruction ini seamanship! Tilley, Charles B. Han
T :: [], ; : o. ;v : Ti cutt, William R. Kclnto h,
.. m. rihMVi rntma
of IB
ned to one o.i the Nal
•oei’vkv? s.h., 3 if,to "1
-.recaailt—training-, : t h esc ■ - *— #j
I / j
Byrd, Re. Burnsville,J v
CL; Yates Claude WJ
Celo, N. C.; Clyde BrJ
Revtcn and Everett tfl
land, from Green Mtn. Ml
Pic. John 8,. Silvers | -I —
tin* tl. Marine Corps 1 W \ I
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1
River. X. ? ha
on a on *av f rlouah vi
Iv r,- 'r-' hur Silo ers at B;
Creek ( * ••
Thomas e-t-L ■• r ‘- : -mr-fo ! a|
], < ; :i *a ill -' is now nm
seas I .i ::iddlfiJEa*.
v, •'ting the •<*»£«» ***
■ . qme x?me"t "atntent has been ' ho: \
now and I v. Mi to inform on furlough. He will* return
you that my address has to Springfield, Mo.
i.ccn changed. , ,"\ Pvt. Paul Dry ton is n
hope- everything is s tatioi\ed at Camp Bland
going along good m \an- j nfr pj a
cey and we boys are hop- ' c ‘
ing t * be hack there in the.f Pfc. Burns E. McMahan,]
near future. We are doing son of itoscoe McMahan of
ever here and we, Pensacola has returned to
know' you people- will do] camp at Douglas, Arizona’
your bc.-.t hack there. ~diere U* is , ing w Li.
in England now- apd the air force,-after spend
ii!:e its vagy well although ing a furlough with is
l haW not keen---; arournE wife, iho -fortner Miss Ah
very much but hone to ma *. Phillips.'-' who resides
soon. I hope- to go to Lon- with her father, at Swan
dan so n ,nd I would like nanoa, N. C. He also vir.it
to mce: somebody from ed friends and relatives at
h njrrcr'—E'thut i?'' nwly Pfc. McMal an
Impossible, ■-intern! sendc-e Jan. JL.
I will close saying hello *9*3. He took his bi ac
to all the god old Yancev training at Keesler Fit (■,
ueople and bo>s in the ser» ( i-iss, also has A i
vice. Edit 1 at Doming, N w
Pvt. Stan!-X Bailey. j ~0..*j0.
HSHFGHFJ
treatment has been ' hoi m
un furlough. He will return
to Springfield, Mo.
Pvt. Paul Deyton is no’ ]
stationed at €amp Bland
! ing, Fla.
: Pfc. Burns E. McMahan,!
son of itoscoe McMahan of
Pensacola has returned to
] camp at Douglas, Arisen '
(where he is sorting w.th
the air force,-after sperd
ing a furlough With h
wife, the former Miss Al
ma Phillips’ who resides
with her father, at Swan
nanoa, N. C. He also vinit
ed friends and relatives at
•■*en?avjla. Pfc. McMahan
vVercd service Jan. 11.
79 id. He Look his bt tic
training at Keesler Fit (•',
■ Miss. “IT also has h; m
, t‘om 1 at Doming, N w
j
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF VA N CEY COUNTY”
INCOME TAX )
A representative of the
Federal . Revenue depart-!
ment will be at the. Court
House in Burnsville on
February dl and 22 to as
sist citizens of the county
ir; filing Federal income
tax returns.
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NOTICE TO WORKERS !
h e V, a r Manpower
mjasjdifs Stabilization
i rograi i restricts chang-1
locally’ and travel-]
ig to other areas for nev
i d . V, orkers in essential
activities should not apply
; C<l
. <h the U., S. Em-|
> orvice lice in
a l tore changing
MACK IL RAY
; t KES service
I
’> Kay \yho haa
5 3S F. Si A. supervis
cr Jo- the past three years
resigned this position sev-;
oral weeks ago,
t 'ed. i >, lo enter active mil-:
dai y service in the ‘ army.
Ue completed his work
•wo on Tuesday and has
left U) re*)')!*, for duty.
. . .' •• who has been
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- — uunag a ' e ’ pieaStint Now’s announcement that
—»•» VN»» AAV**. V, ' W*VUk7(»<tV
a iurlomdi here. Isncfhl hour.
Vv*. Me In. qgh, sea- Ernest J. Ba ner S. 2c is
n>. i! 2c is with the Pacific now at Camj Bradford,
Norfolk, Va.
Charter Presented Scout Troop
j The charter for the local
Boy Scout tr'oop was pre
l sehfed Tuesday evening at
a group meeting of the Bur
r ville Parent-Teacher as
ro iation which is the spon
soring organization.
W €. Wall, d istrict scou t
i executive, and John Smith,
. assistant district executive
both-of Asheville were pre
sent.. Mr. VYall spoke brief-i
fy’ (>;• Ui ‘ scout program
. and the duties of the spon
■ sor. He then presented the
charter. I
Mr. Smith. outlined > the
duties of the troop commit -
j tee and. presented cards
\FUNERAL VICES '
FOR SAIN, 2
Rebecca uj|d Sain, two
year old daviMter of Mr.
and Mrs. of Mica
ville, died Jprday in a
Marion hosj® following
a brief
Funeral sjjpiees were
held Mondayi|t the Mica
ville Presbytia n church
with the . pas||’, Rev. Er
nest official ing.
Burial whs Micaville
cemetery; ' Agt
Surviving hi the par
ents; one bro|«r; a grand
mother, MrsAf. G. Harris,
Micaville; all grandpar
; cuts, Mr. an#l:r. [>. ,f
•Sain, Lincoli4pounty.
COLDEST wIaTIIER™
OF WINTER! ’
This sectioi&vd the cold
est weather If the w'inter
during the pit week lend
when the thpmonieter re
gistered 8 Mferees above
zero on Sa uiiay night.
Warmer njitther early
Monday nimiing brought
several ii*Ms of snow
which chanjetj Jo rain Mon
day at nooL *
There wi {lit le traffic
disruption Yh«* highway
li u epar mien yteiftikUi v- cleared
to the member; B. M Tom
berlin, D. R. I uts and B.
R. Penland ev F. R.
Barber was pr entftfT .the
scout master's trd, and V.
J. Goodman, t assistant
scout masterY card Mr.
Barber then rt iewed the
work of the ml scouts
since the troop vas organ
ized last fall.
A special sc it service
was held Sund r evening
at the Burnsv e Baptist
church. Rev. 1 A. Ken
-1 dall of Mars 11 college
brought the m< ;age. with
his subject, ie Impor
tance of Makin Decisions ”
BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT
W;' • . 1 I
i The county Basketball
, Tournament for the girls
teams will be held on the
Micaville high school court
• on Tuesday, February 29th.
| The BojyS Tournament
• will be held on the Burns
• ville high school court on
Fridav afternoon, March
■ 3rd.
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tt CHURCH LOYALTY
CAMPAIGN
The Committee in con
, nee ion with the Church
• Loyalty Campaign did -a
splendid work Sunday af
ternoon, February 1 tit.
However, there were quite
a few people that were ru t
contacted through no fau t
oi the committee, it s
■ hoped that every person
• served by the churches pa -
I tieipa.ing will be contacted;
•It is urgently roqueted
• that those who have not re
ceived a card immediately
make inquiry, obtain Y card
; and fill it out so that the
• churches may have a eoti
• plete recoi’d. , r
Perhaps there haAAjyvtv
.* been a time wh n it Avas
Hmore -to s--- si c-s
the
lNcivy s announccmeni tnuL,
50,000 rafiding craft will be
launched and manned by
the end of 944. Lt. Lod
’ wick C. Hartley, head of
j the Office of Naval Offi- |
cer Procurement in Ralei-'
j gh, said that the impend- :
large-scale swing to action
■ in the Pacific “ makes most
urgent the need for even
, more women in the Waves j
: “In its plans for Pacific
attacks, the Navy has 92,-
000 invasion jobs allotted
to women, jobs upon which
i the success or failure, of
i the Pacific invasions will
■ depend,” the officer said.
| Beginning February 20,
i a two-week drive will be!
; conducted in North Caro-j
; Una to contact every avail
. able woman who is quali-' 1
« fied and interested in the ;
t Waves. An effort will be
- made to contact every wo- 1
who are eligible.
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COUNTY EXCEEDS QUOTA
IN FOURTH WAR LOAN
5 Results Show Fine Spirit
Os Citizens
With a quota of $90,000
in the Fourth Loan
. drive, the county passed
this early in the campaign,
, and, sales totaling $138;22|f
were announced through
Tuesday night.
L Tlx's .unusually heavy
purchase jof bonds repre
sents the of
. citizens- of the whole eourf
!ty committee members
, have said, and sales were!
J distributed orer the entire
county.
J During the driVe. the 19
t post offices of the county
pwere contacted Ip an issu
jiing agent and each post
, master served With the
. (Committee in .his commun
pity to assist in the sales.
]V in series E bond sales
_ which we r e especially
during the cam
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Plans are Made for Annual
Red Cross Drive
s The 1944 Red Cr'osg War
s]Fund campaign. will open
:* officially on March 1 and
'ontinue through the mon
h of March,. The amount
isked in this drive is the
argest ever asked in any
lenity expect that it will
te oversertbed'in the eai ly
lays of the. campaign.
The-national quo a is 200
million dollars. Ihe motto
of the campaign is “Your
Red Cross at his side,” and
iO tremendous are the
ieeds, that the appeal for
his largest of all Red
dross Funds will be a chal
enge to every citizen to
lo hig part.
County Quota
Just as the national quo
a has been grea.lv increa
ed, «so. have quotas of all
ouhlfes'''jreen increased,
’or Yancey county the
mount asked is $4250.00.
he first gift,, a check for
100, has already been re
lived, apd all citizens ard
ged to ma .•. L heir gifts
generous as possible.
Ve hope that we can raise
r quota the first week,”
one chairman has said.
“With our boys and girls
scattered- over the earth in
this- terrible war, the Red
Cross becomes very person
al to us all. The Red Cross
! now has an even greater ;
: mission than ever before,
; that of being the link be- 1
tween the soldier and the
people back home.
“American boys look to
the Red Cross for their on
ly contact with home. Many !
times their only hope of <
life itself. The drive in
Yancey county will meet ,
with the same enthusiastic 1
! response of truly patriotic
| people. The flag of the
Red Gross, like that of the :
nation, must fly proudly
and victoriously through- ]
!out the world. Our effort!,
at home is on trial We
must not fail to meet the
challenge. We have not yet
in any war effort.” j
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?,MKm ATTACK
;paign, the following amo
unts were reported: 267,
$25.00 bonds; 13.5, $50.00
bonds; 473, SIOO 00 bonds;
68 $500.00 bonds; 112,
SIOOO.OO bonds.
Time Extended
d The drive officially dos
sed on Tuesday night but
j the time has been extend
ed till midnight, Feb.
and all sales reported by
that time will be counted.
This will give further op
portunity for “Backing the
Attack” and it is expected
that the splendid, results
will show an increase dur
ing the next ten days.
The county chairman,
members of all community
committees and the post
masters of the county join
in saying thanks to the
citizens of the county who
have again shown their
"j fine spirit of loyalty and
- cooperation.
The following chairmen
[ have been named and have
; met to make initial plans
_ for the drive: Special gifts
division, L. G- Deyton;
' Schools, Miss Hope Buck;
! General county soliciation,
-Baileyq-». Industrial
division, Mrs C. P. Rog
ers. Jr.; Agriculture, V. J.
Goodman; Highway and
Prison departments, Mrs.
Charles Hutchins; Profes
sional, C. P. Randolph;
Headquarters, Miss Ruby
Robinson; Budget r Claren
ce Briggs; Publicity, Mrs.
C R. Hamrick.
Organization is being
made in every township in
; the county and announce
ment of the workers in
each township will be made
as soon as. the list is com
plete.
An Adviory committee in
Burnsville hag been named
as follows: Horace S. Edge,
B. R. Penland, D. R. Fouts,
R. W. Wilson. Mrs. Lee
Griffith, Bill Atkins, Char
les Brown, Mrs. J. H. Ray,
Luther Ayers. J. E. Hus
kins, Bruce Westall, Mrs.
W. B. Wray, Edd Roberts,
Mrs. Roscoe Banks, Fred
Proffitt, Earl C Wilson,
R. E. Neill, J. A. Goodin,
Mrs. W. B. Robertson, J.
S. LeFevre, Lucy Autrey,
Dr. C. M. Cheadle, Mary
Martha' Banks, C. M. Bai
ley, Mrs. Reece Mclntosh,
Harold Anglin, Mrs. C. L.
Thompson, B. M. Tomber
lin, Mrs. W. L Bennett. J.
B. King, Mrs. L. V. Pollard,
Norman Barnett, Mrs. Jack
Patton, Dr. C M. Whisnant
D. H. Covington, H. Rotha,
James Ray, J. P. Lyon,
Ernest L. Briggs, Paul Lau
ghrun, Mrs. Juanita Mas
ters, Rev. F. R. Barber, Rev
A. H. Mutschler, Mary L.
Burner and George Robin
-SonL— —-
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i Junior C. Robertson who
entered service last month
is now stationed at Fort
McClellan, Ala. Before en
tering service he attended
.Burnsville high school.