41h WAR
: tiOAjr
VOLUME EIGHT
—Men In Service—
Ensign and Mrs Martin |
L. Baucom are spending
, two weeks at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I. M. Baacofo of Burnsvilie.
Ensign Baucom recently
graduated and received his
wings as a naval aviator at
Corpus Christi, Texas. He
is on his way to the Pacific
theater to help his four
brothers shorten the war.
These four brothers are:
Homer who is serving in
the army and is now on!
maneuvers near Nashville,;
Tenn. He has been in ser-!
vice for 8 years
James Edwin has been
in the army for the past 3;
years and has been station
ed in Iceland for almost
the entire period. He went
in with the first forces that
took over the area.
Jack has been in the |
army air corps for 2 years!
and is now stationed in
Mississippi. \
Billy is a fireman, sec
ond class in the Navy and;
is now in Bermuda.
In addition to the five
sons in . service, Mr and
Mrs. Baucom have three;
daughters.
Haskell Lewis, S. lc who,
has been in the Navy fori
the past nine months is
now with the Atlantic fleet. 1
He is expected home on!
furlough soon.
Capt. Jesse Webb Has Made
Fine Record In Army Service
The following is an in-j
terview published in The
Beacon, Manchester, N.
H. daily:
“Obey orders and never
question them. Do the |
best you can wherever you
are -assigned „and success |
will be yours.” This is the
advice given young sold- j
iers by Capt. Jesse Webb,
veteran soldier, scholar
and athlete, who was in
terviewed for this weeks
column. “Army life is
one of the greatest for
tunes for a young man to
pick up,” he added. Capt.
Webb had been a Non-
Commissioned Officer for
2G years and has held
grades from the bottom
up to his present rank
and should really know'
what he is talking about.
Born at Green Moun
tain, N. C., he attended
local schools and upon !
graduation went to Milli
gan College, Tenn Dur
mg his scholastic career
he played football and j
baseball. He also was a
boxer of note. His athletic
career extended into the
army where he played for
a number of years on the
AEF gridiron team.
Captain Webb joined!
the Army in 1916 and has
served overseas in five
major engagements and
seven battles. Was in the
infantry of the first div
ision and awarded the
purple heart at St, Mihiel
On Dec. 26, i 929 as ser
geant he received a letter
of commendation from
THE YANGEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
Sgt. Grover C. Mclntosh
of the A. A. B Station
Hospital, Blythe, Calif, has
been visiting his
Gudger Mclntosh and fam
ily of Bald Creek. Sgt
Mclntosh has been in ser
vice 23 months. He is the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs
William Mclntosh of Swiss.
M. F. Mclntosh of Nor
folk, Va. has also been vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. Gudger
Mclntosh.
Staff Sgt. Ray J, Cooper
! of Burnsville is now some
! where in England. His wife
the former . Miss Bessie
Wilson of Waxhaw and
! Fayetteville and son Danny
Ray are at home with her
pother, Mrs. S. E. Wilson
of Waxhaw for the dura
tion
L Daws Rathburn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Rath
i burn of Pensacola, is now
1 stationed at Camp Wolters,
Texas. Before entering
service he attended Burns
| ville high school, and was
later employed with the U.
S. Signal Corps at Arling
ton, Va. where he was on
the highest honor roll in a
group of 500 employees.
Sgt. C. H. Piercy has re
turned to the Columbia, S.
C. a’’r base after a furlou
! gh. with his parents at Day
! Book.
Brig. Gen. Holbrook for
1 outstanding courage in ac
tion during a fire He
: has many such letters of
commendation.
In 1934 he entered the
Air Corps and was a bal
loon operator in 1940. Has
over 1000 hours of flying
| time as a balloon opera
! tor and over 100 flying
hours in small Taylor
Craft. He w r as in the
Army of Occupation ’at
Coblenz, Germany, until
July, 1919 „when he came
to the U S and was
on recruiting s'ervice in
Eastern Tenn.
In 1920 he went with
the 59th Infantry to Fort
I Lewis, Wash., where h e
stayed less than a year. In
1921 he went with the 14th
Infantry to Panama, where
he stayed until 1927. When
he came back he was chaf
! feur for Gen. Hugh Drum,
former Commander of the
Eastern Defense Command
He was also in the Field
j Artillery from ’2B to ’32.
Capt. Webb came t o
Grenier Field in 1942 and
says he likes it here very
much. He resides at 1
Franklin Street, ' Deny,
with his wife, the former
! Miss Mafra Renfro also of
Green Mountain, N. C. and
their two children, a son,
Billy, eleven and a four
months old daughter, Troy
Evelyn.
i After he finishes his >0
years, he expects to remain
■, in the army, if the War
’Department permits him
to When he finally -ret’r-
“DEDICATED TO THE PROWESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” \
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1944
NOTICE TO WORLD
WAR II VETERANS
The 1 Earl Horton Post
122 of the American Leg
ion now has blanks on whi
ch to make application for
Mustering Out Pay in be
halfof World War II
Veterans. Any person in
terested may see R. N. Sil
ver at Mlcaville, J. H. Ray
and Dover R. Fouts at Bur
nsville. There is no charge
for the service which the
Legion is rendering.
The Legion urges every
World War II Veteran to
have his discharge record
ed immediately in the Of
fice of the Register o f
Deeds. Under the 1943
'j Act of the General Assem
bly there is no charge for
this service. In many in
stances trouble has arisen
1 by service men losing their
' discharges and it has been
difficult to get duplicates.
■ If the discharge is reeord
. ed in the office of the Re
gister of Deeds then a cer
tified copyi can be easily
r obtained.
Dover R. Fouts, Service
; Officer.
Edwin Wilson, son of
| Mr and Mrs. Charlie Wil
t son who has been stationed
at Miami Beach, Fla. since
entering service, has re
. cently been moved to Spar
. tanburg, S. C. His address
.is: A. S. Charles E. Wilson
Box 112 40th AAF CTD
Wofford college, Spartan
burg, S. C.
BASKET BALL
TOURNAMENT
The county Basketball
Tournament for the girls
, teams will be held on the
Mieaville high school court
lon Tuesday, February 29th.
The Boys Tournament
will be held on the Burns
! ville high school court on
Friday afternoon, March
3rd.
INCOME TAX
: Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, de
puty commissioner of rev
‘ enue, will be in Burnsville,
' state revenue office, on
March 4,6, 11, 14 and 15th
to assist taxpayers in fil
ing state income and in
i' tangible tax returns. (
Every resident having a
1 net income dpring the in
‘ come year in excess of
SI,OOO, if single, or $2,000
1 if a married man living
with wife on December 31,
| or SI,OO if a married wom
!an with separate income,
must file an income tax re
turn.
Any person owning on
December 31, 1943, intang-j
ible personal property;
such as, money on hand, ac
counts receivable, notes,
; bonds, mortgages, or other
,!evidences of debt, or shar-l
• es of stock of corporations
(not wholly in this state)
’ must file an intangible tax
return. Postal savings
must be reported as “money
on deposit.
i es he will either go back to
r his home state or out to the
i North West Coast some
- where in Washington.
LOCAL BOARD NEWS 1
i ]
. -'W,
The Armed Forces are!
now calling so many menj
for physical examination 1
that it looks as if defer- ]
ments of wen will be very;
few in thf^ future. Under
present re&ulations, no orte
will be defered for farm
ing unless fie is making at
least 16 y|ar Units under
his own power.
No deferments will be
granted for any one in
mining or timber work un
less they are working at
least 48 hpurs each week.
Wood cutters will have to!
show monthly just how 1
! many cordjji of wood .pro
duced for dach man. Lum
ber mill operators will have;
to show that men have
worked at least 48 hours
each week.;
Selective Service Head
quarters ssUr that men for
the armed forces are to be
furnished first regardless
of any other thing. The
new regulations simply
mean that nearly all men
below the age of 38, re
gardless of: number of de
pendents, will be sent to
some Army; Induction cen
ter for physical examina
tion. By doing this the
armed forces can select the
men they know are physi
cally fit.
; The men rejected will be
returned home, placed in
clas* IV-FW will be ex
pected to continue in the
operations of farms, mines,
lumber and wood industry.
Under this plan the armed
forces will obtain all the
Funeral Rites For Tarp D. BanVs
The county has lost one
of its most worthy citizens
in the death of Mr. Tarp
D. Banks who succumed
at his home in the Prices
Creek district on February
12, following a brief ill
ness.
He had lived to celebrate
his 70th birthday, and was
loved and respected by I
friends throughout thej
county. His whole life had
been devoted to farming
and there he found happi
ness and contentment. He
was a good Christian gen
tleman who was honest
land agreeable in all his
dealings with his fellow
men.
Mr. Banks was known by
. young and i>ld alike, and
they all found in him a
friend valued above price.
The funeral was held
Sunday morjung at 11:00’
o’clock at the Prices Creek
Baptist chuith with Rev.,
M. B. Westjdl officiating.
I Although thb weather was
rainy and disagreeable, a
large concourse of friends
; and attested the
i love and esteem in which
! he* was held The display
l of lovely floWers portray
ed the beaulful life which
he had liv ;d. Interment
was in the f mily cemetery
with Holcom>e and Edwar
ds in chargi of arrange-"
, ments.
i Flower gii 8 were: Na
■ dine Ayers, .Jewell Ledford,
Kate Robinsjn, Madge Led-,
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. E. E. NEILL
Mrs. E. E. Neill, 78, pass
ed away last Thursday
morning at the. home of
her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Mcßrayer of Rutherford
ton.
Funeral services were
held at the Bald Creek
Methodist church Sunday
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
with the pastor, Rev. J. B.
Allred, officiating, assisted
by Rev. Moody Nifong of
Rutherfordton and Rev.
j Dryman of Weaverville.
Surviving in addition to
j Mrs. Mcßrayer are two
sons, Sheriff R. E. Neill of!
Bald Creek and Berge
Neill of Weaverville; .two
! brothers, J. R. Burton of
Flint, Mich, and • Walter
Burton of Markle, Ind. and
one sister, Mrs. J. L. Ray
of Burnsville.
Mrs. Neill was a naive
of Yancey county and was
I formerly Miss Elizabeth
Burton. She had resided
in Rutherfordton for the
past 18 years.
Active and honorary
pall bearers for the ser
vices were: James Proffitt,
Rasse Proffitt, Harold
Burton, George Swadley,
Ed Pate, Roy Pate, Bob
Tipton, Reece Robinson,
Ottis Proffitt, Max Prof
(Continued on page 4)
men they need and the jobs
at home can go on. No one
under 38 years of age
should be surprised if he
receives a notice to go to!
Army Camp for physical
examination.
ford, Edrus Ledford, Pau
line Banks, Billy Jean Ay
ers, Katherine Burgin,
I Betty Lou Brown, Mollie
i Bedford, Mary Martha
Banks, Frances Banks.
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Bertha Ledford Banks
and one son, Donald Banks
of Burnsville, and one
jgrandson.
Active pall bearers were:
i Willard Ayers, Gordon
! Robertson, Robert Burgin,
Cecil Banks, Joe Ledford,
Aubrey Maney.
Honorary pall bearers
were: Creed Hurst, Tom
Gortney, Fate Jones, Dr. W.
B. Robertson, Dr. Locke
Robertson, Max Horton,
Vonno Anglin, Grover An
glin, Grover Westall. B. R.
Penland, W. K. Banks, J.
R. Banks, P. M. Banks,l
Earl C. Wilson, Robert,
Presnell. 1
Howard Johnson, Edd
Roberts, Bill Buckner, Rob
ert Maney, Sam Brown,
Sam Wallace, Moscoe Towe
S. T. Ledford, Miller Led
ford, Dan Hurst, Dewey
Hurst, Lewis Robinson, J
H. Wilson, Walter Maney,
Hughie Ball, Lee Hilliard,
Luster Wilson;
Lifus Edwards, Allison,
Edwards, Gtorge Edwards,
Andy Edwards, Harmon
Edwards, Charles Hutch-
Luther Hollis
Wilson. Roy Blankenship,
John Green, Arthur Ball,
Roy Banks, S, C. Ledford
and all men employed by
Ronald Banks
Red Cross Proclamation
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the war has entered a decisive scage
requiring the fullest measure of individual sacrifice;
WHEREAS the American National Red Cross is an
auxiliary to the United- States armed forces and, as
such, is providing indispensable service to our troops —
throughout the world as well as to their families at
home;
WHEREAS th'-'se wartime activities, including the
collection of lifesaving blood for the wounded, recrea
tion work in military hospitals, provision of aid to fami
lies of servicemen, shipment of food parcels to prisoners
of war, production of surgical dressings, operation of
overseas clubs and recreation centers, and recruitment
of Army and Navy nurses, all combine to save count
less lives, restore hope, and provide comfort for,-our
! fighting men;
WHEREAS, through its vast network of local
chapters, this agency of our people simultaneously con
ducts an extensive urogram of training and community
service, while continuing with traditional efficiency tc
lessen the distress of those overwhelmed by disaster;
and f ~
WHEREAS this agency is wholly dependent upon
individual support and personal participation and is is
suing its 1944 appeal to the entire citizenship for a min
imum War Fund of £200,000,000;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSE
VELT, President of the United States of America and
President of the American National Red Cross, do here
by designate the month beginning March 1, 1944, as
“Red Cross Month” and earnestly beseech my fellow
Americans to observe it by opening their hearts to this
humanitarian appeal in order that we may keep the
Red Cross at the side of our fighting men and their
1 dependents in their v our of greatest need.
, /IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States of
America to be affixed
DONE at the city of Washington this 19th day of
February, in the of our Lord nineteen hufcdTed
and forty-four, and of the Independence of the United
States of America s he one hundred and sixty-eighth.
By the President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull, Secretary of State
TOWNSHIP QUOTAS
Burnsville $1400.00
Cane River 375.00
Egypt ~ 200 00
Ramseytown 200.00
Green Mountain 175.00
Jacks Creek 300.00
Brush Creek 175.00
Crabtree 825 00
South Toe 225.00
Pensacola 175.00
Prices Creek 200.00
Total $4250.00
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Farmers Federation News
Farmers Federation held j
its annual stockholders
meeting Friday, February
118, at the Burnsville ware-j
house at 10 a. m. The meet
ing was called to order by i
the chairman, Mr. Wilson
Edwards. The following
were elected as a commit
tee members to serve forj
one year: Wilson Edwards,
Miss Hope Buck, Tom Ray, 1
IH. W. Higgins, Grover
Robinson, Sam Hilemon, A.
P. Honeycutt, John Han
num, Charlie Byrd, Lester!
Bailey, E. N. Stamey. Mr.j
Wilson Edwards was elect
ed as director for a period
of two years.
The meeting was turned
over to Mr. James G K.
McClure, President of the
Farmers Federation, who 1
gave the aims of the Far
mers Federation for the
coming year. Mr. McClure
also gave a short report on
the business during the
past year. All the ware-!
houses combined did $3,-
250,000 worth of business, |
which was nearly a million \
v < UtiAtl? 4
BACKm ATTACK
NUMBER THIRTY
[dollars above last year’s.
The present aim of the
Farmers Federation for
| this year is to devote all
its energies to food produc
tion and the improved met
hods of increasing our qua
lity of livestock, such as
cattle, horses, and chickens,
j Max Roberts gave a
short report on the im
provement of the hatchery
in Asheville, which is made
up of seven large stream
line incubators, each with a
J capacity of 66,000 eggs,
j which makes possible the
hatching of approximately
90,000 chicks a week.
The county agent, V. J.
Goodman, gave a report on
the tobacco allotment for
the county, as well as some
of the remedies-that have
been used for killing blue
molds, which kill the tobac
co plants while they are
still in the bed. Mr. Good
man also "discussed the
i ways and means of increas-
I ing production of corn,
wheat, and oats without
, increasing the acreage.