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VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1944 NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
—Men In Service—
Missing In Action
Mr. and Mrs. John Hen
sley of Pensacola received
a telegram recently that
their ... son, Andrew, had
been missing since Jan. 30.
Hensley had been overseas
the past twelve months
and was serving with a
Ranger Division in Italy.
Mrs. Henry Harris of
Burnsville Route 2 has re
ceived word from her Bro
ther, St. Sgt. Heber E.
Brown that he had landed
safely in England. Sgt.
Brown is the son of J. L.
Brown and the late Mrs.
Brown of Concord ,Tenn.
Pvt. Lucile Madalyn Hig
gins, daughter of Mrs.
Mary Jane Higgins of Rt.
1, Burnsville, N. C., enlisted
in the WAC in September.
She received her ba?ic tra
ining at Daytona Beach,
Fla., and was assigned to
hospital work in Camp
Blanding, Fla., an assign-!
ment she now holds.
Pvt. M. L. Phillips is now
stationed at Fort McClel
lan, Ala.
Pfc. George L. Fender is
now with the Marine Div
ision at Camp Pendleton,
Cal. Pfc. Cecil B. Whitson
is at the air training cen
ter, Fresno, Cal.
William N. Phillips and
James A. Westall who have
been stationed at Camp
Davis are now at Orlando,
Fla.
Sgt. Edgar B. Hensley
who has been at Camp
Stewart, Ga. for several
months is now at San Luis
Obispo, Cal.
Cpl. Ray C. Fender is
now with the 764th Tank'
Battalion at Camp Picket/
Va. Cj
E. Campbell who
been at the Mason General
hospital in Long Island for
several weeks is now at
Camp Lee, Va.
Pfc. Garmon B. Smith
who has been with the
army training unit a t
Blacksburg, Va. is now at
Mac Dill Field, Tampa, Fla.
Pvt. Jack H. Hensley
who has been stationed at
Miami Beach, Fla. is now
at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Cpl Ralph Mclntosh has
* returned to Camp Mackall
after spending a ten day
furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mcln
tosh of Bald Creek. He
also visited his sister, Mrs.
Love Foxx of Burnsville
and his brother, Frank Mc-
Intosh of Stocksville and
other relatives and friends.
Pfc. Ray Mclntosh is now
stationed at Camp Howze,
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Curtis
received word that their
two sons, Cpl. Dee Curtis
and Pvt. Lawrence Curtis
are qow somewhere in
England.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Leave For Navy
The following men who
had previously been accept
ed for service in the Navy
left last Wednesday for ac
tive duty: Joe Renfro, Lon
es Tolley, Woodrow Whit- j
son, Troy Harmon Ray,
Bruce Bodford, Hobert
James Burleson, Wm. Carl
Green, Creed Austin,, Ken
neth Edward Robinson,
Bimont Higgins.
The following men left
Tuesday for Fort Bragg to
begin active service in the
army: David G. Wilson,
Ralph Holcombe, Ralph Til
ley, Fred J. Boone, Donald
A. Thomas, Talmage Y.
Hensley, Robert B. Hilliard
Charles A. Cassida;
Reece "Atkins, Eddison
Buchanan, Carl T. Wyatt,
Guy Robinson, Homer L.
Hughes, Clinton C. Bryant,
Clyde Boone, Frank D.
Gillespie.
| David Low of the army
air corps is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Low of Burnsville. He
graduated March 12 at
Pampa Field, Texas as a
bomber pilot, and received
his commission as second
lieutenant. *
Pfc. Rothie J. Fox, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Fox,
has been home on furlough
for 15 days. Rothie has been
stationed in Panama for a
year or more and this was
his first trip back home
since he was inducted in
service 20 months ago. He
left Sunday for New Or
leans where he will report
to the Commander port of
Embarkation. Mr. and
I Mrs. Fox have two other
sons in the U. S. Navy.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. How
received a message that
their son, Ward Howell,
| had arrived safely in Eng-
Nand and likes the place
fine.
S. Sgt, Charles H. Piercy
who is stationed at the
army air base, Columbia, S.
C. has been enjoying a fur
lough with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Piercy at
Day Book. He and his
brother, Pvt. Fenton Pier
cy were home recently on
a week end pass. Pvt. Pier
cy is now stationed at Camp
Croft. He has been residing
in Springfield, Pa. for
sometime and his wife and
two daughters are still
there.
Aviation student Walter
H. Tipton is now at the
training center, Miami
Beach, Fla
Lt. Roderic O. Jones who
has been stationed at Nor
folk, Va. is now with the
medical division at Chat
ham Fields Ga.
Ward B. Price is now at
the Naval Training Station,
Great Lakes, 111.
Cpl. and Mrs. Cecil Byrd
■ are visiting relatives foere.
. Cpl. Byrd is the son of
i Adler Byrd and is station
ied at Camp Beauregard e,
Ala.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR A. P. YOUNG
Funeral services for Au
gustus Pender Young, 77,
who died Monday at his
home on Green Mountain,
R. No. 1, were held
Wednesday afternoon at
Pleasant Gap Baptist chur
ch, near Micaville, the Rev.
A. Z. Jamerson officiating.
Burial was in Young ceme
tery.
He was a life-long resi
dent of Yancey county and
was engaged in farming
until blindness forced his !
retirement 35 years ago.
He was a member of
1 Young’s Chapel Methodist
church at Micaville.
Surviving are one sister,
Mrs. Nellie Silvers of Char
lotte; and a brother, Fred
S. Young, with whom he
1 made his home.
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COUNTY SPELLING
CONTEST
The county spelling con
. test for the elementary
grades was held at Burns-
I ville Friday afternoon, |
| March 10, with a represen
tative from every elemen
tary school in the county.
Clearmont and Bald
Creek schools tied for first
place with each contestant
making a perfect score.
• First awards were given
, Mary Margaret Hughes,
i Clearmont 6th grade, and
L Pearl Metcalf, Bald Creek
L 6th grade.
5 1 Elizabeth Anne Roberts
; of Burnsville 6th grade was
i second and Maude Hensley,
/Bee Log 7th grade was
.j third.
Other contestants were:
i Micaville, Norma Hall;
l Busick, Irma Joe Robinson;
* Celo, Phylis Shuford; Boon
. ford, Clarence L. Wyatt;
Locust Creek, Sarah Wes
tall; Harvard, Harold Rob
: inson.
> _ ’
‘ ? Bill Huskins, son of Mr.
“ and Mrs. Sam J. Huskins,
| left today for New Orleans
. where he will enter train
, ing as a Marine Cadet.
The infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Craig English un
derwent an operation in an
! Asheville hospital last
! week. It is improving ra
pidly.
i Mrs. R. E, Powell and
; Mr. and jMrs. E. D. Powell
■ and daughters are visiting
here. , j
Johnson & Roberts Lumber
Company Opens Tetail Plant
The retail plant of Rob
erts and Johnson Lumber
Company, adjacent to their
sawmill in West Burnsville,
was opened this week. The
office building and lumber
sheds have been completed
except for finishing the
interior and the drive in
front of the buildings.
The new plant will carry
a full line of building sup
plies, building hardware,
' paints, etc. It will be un
• der the same management
, as the sawmill.
A planing mill and wood
BOY SCAT NEWS
The Burnstille Boy Scout
troop attenied the Toe
River District Court of
Honor Tuesday night at
Spruce Pine. Tommy
Johnson, Boblpy Brown and
Philip Banks- were made
Tenderfoot scouts. Robert
Jarrett, Jinanj Gardner,
Jean Gardner Philip
Banks were |)r| ted to
second class fsci Lan
don Proffitt, fia Burns,
Hale Bryson lan Charles
iL. Griffeth wfrej ie first
class scouts. La i Prof
fitt, Romie fßi Hale
Bryson, Charles Iriffeth
and Charles FoW receiv
ed Merit Badges.
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P. T. A. MEETING
P
The Burnsville Parent-
Teacher association will
hold the regular meeting
at the school* building on
Tuesday evening, March 21
Guest speakers will be
Mrs. Walter E. Clark, pre-j
sident of Grace PTA, Mrs.'
JH. B. Carter, state chair-j
man of goals, and Mrs. T.
C. Autrey all of Asheville.!
A social hour is planned
following the program.
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HOME DEMONSTRATION
,!
j! The Prices Creek Home
Demonstration club met at 1
'the home ofi Mrs. Silas
Hensley Tuesday, March
j 14. Miss Russell gave a!
. food preparation demon
i stration and she’s using lit-,
t tie or no meat. She made:
J meat stew with dumplings
j and chicken pie.
The next meeting will be
j held with Mrs. Harvey
! Phoenix April 11.
’■ Mrs. Lewis Robertson
• Pub. Chm.
The Micaville Home De
. monstration club met with
Mrs. Carl Silvers Wednes
! day, March 15. Mrs. W. E.
,‘Rufty conducted the devo-|
, tional after which a de-l
i monstration of making a
meat stew was given by
Miss Russell.
After the demonstration,
a social hour was enjoyed
The April meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs.
W. E, Wilson.
Mrs. W. T. Hippy of
Clarkston, Ga. has been
here this week. Mr. Hippy
who was widely known
here, passed away Febru
iary 20.
plant are now in
process of construction and
will manufacture all types
of planed lumber, molding,
flooring, etc. With the op
eration of this mill, almost
any building, requirements
can be filled from the plant
The owners of the firm,
Edd Roberts and Howard
Johnson, are lumber menj
of many years experience.;
They had operated saw
mills and lumber business
for a number of years be
fore coming to Burnsville
four years ago. |
ADDITION TO POST
OFFICE BUILDING IS
COMPLETED
A much needed addition
to the Burnsville Post offi
ce building was completed
this week, and the entire
space refinished.
The extension built at
the rear of the building
gives two additional rooms
to the original post office,
connected by wide cased
openings, to the space al
ready in use. A nan way
was built so that all incom- j
ing and outgoing mail may
be carried through a rear
entrance.
The business of the Bur
nsville post office has
grown so rapidly during
the past few years that ad
ditional quarters had be
come necessary to facilitate
the work of handling of
mail and the efficient op
eration of the office.
G. L. Hensley is - post
master, Ashton Ramsey is
| assistant, and Mrs. Norman i
j Barnett is clerk. Guss Pet
-1 erson is owner of the build
| ing. the upstairs of which
is occupied by the Burns
i ville telephone exchange.
Cooper’s Shoe Shop is loca
ted in the basement.
WANDA SAMS WINS
READING CONTEST
AT BALD CRE K
i
, Wanda Sams won first
place in the annual read
ing contest which was held
at Bald Creek high school
I Wednesday. Faye Ellen
Edwards was second; Grace
Edwards and Margaret
i Phillips tied for third.
Prizes will be awarded at
commencement.
Other contestants were:
Doris Styles, Dorothy Jean
Styles, Dora Radford, Kat
hleen King, Mary Helen
Neill. Miss Stacia Tomber
lin coached those who took
part.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR PARSLEY INFANT
Larry, the 4 months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. 1
Parsley of Newdale, passed
away at the home Monday
morning following a brief
illness of pneumonia.
Services were held at the
Liberty Hill church with
Rev. Ernest Wilson and
Rev. Jimmy . Thomas offi
ciating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
The infant is survived by
its parents. v 4
WILSON-MAUPIN
:y I
Miss Lucille Wilson, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Hob- 1
art Wilson of Burnsville,
and William Maupin of
Johnson City were mar
ried in Johnson" City on
Saturday, March 11. They
will reside there.
Rev. F. R. Barber is at
tending a church conferen
ce in High Point this week,
j Mrs. Hobart Ray and
Mrs. F. R. Barber will at
tend a Missionary
ence in Hickory next week.
Mrs. V. J. Goodman and
young son will return home
| today.
REX) CROSS CAMPAIGN
■ _ «
County Drive Is
Short of Goal
The first official report
since the Red Cross drive
opened was made today by
Clarence Briggs, treasurer.
So far, donations have been
$2252.28. The quota is
$4250.
Only two townships have
been reported as over the
'top in donations. These
are Jacks Creek which
! passed its quota on March
1, collecting the entire
amount in one day, and
Cane River which was re
ported over on Monday.
All workers in the town
ships are urged to get in
, their reports to Mrs. Hus
kins by Saturday so that
another report may be
made up this week end.
Names of other contribu
tions will be published in
the next issue. The names
are turned in and as many
las possible set for each
week so that many who
gave their donations early
in the drive may not be
listed yet This will be
done, however.
100 Per Cent Contributors
All employees contribu
ting one days wages:
Bald Creek School; Rob
erts & Johnson saw mill;
Hervey Veneer Co, South
Toe.
$25.00 Contributors
C. M. Bailey, Pollards
Drug Store, Dr. C. M.
Whisnant, Dr. W. L. Ben
nett, Roberts and Johnson,
Banks and Company.
$20.00 and Above
Hervey Veneer Co.
$15.00 and Above
! Dover R. Fouls.
SIO.OO and Above
t Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ran
dolph, Dr. and Mrs. W. B.
: Robertson, E. L. Briggs,
I Mr. and Mrs. Jack Patton,
|W. D. Adkins, Mrs. Charles
; Hutchins, Mr. and Mrs. D.
A. Parnell, Anastasia Tom
i berlin, Hattie L. Phoenix,
| R. H: Howell.
.* $5.00 and Above
l Roy Ray, P. M. Banks, E.
’ M. King, R. M. Mundy, E.
f F. Hunter, Baxter Silvers,
| Dawson Briggs, Mrs. Daw
! son Briggs, Ruth Hensley,
Edna Atkins, Mrs.. D. J.
Jamerson, William J. Bak
er, Mrs. Alice Byrd, Ruby
' King, Sam King;
j Jess Buckner, Henry
Clay Baxter, Vester Lock
ey, Elisha Burch, Eddie!
Nichols, Mrs. M. E. Riddle,
j Mrs. R. A. King, Mrs. B. M.
jTomberlin, Vergie Duncan,
i Madge Ferguson, Pauline
|B. Hensley;
Annie L. Hensley, Madge
Carter, Mrs. , Maggie H.
i Robertson, Evelyn Hill,
Mrs R. Y. Tilson, B. G.
Maney, Irene Edwards,
Irene Hensley, Lola Hen
sley, Katherine Proffitt,
Ruth Wilson, Zenebia Ed
wards, Lucy Evans;
G. C. Huskins, R. O. Rid
dle, George Hall, R. W. Wil
son, R. V. Angel, J. R.
Banks, O. K. Masters, Troy
Cooper, Theodore Mclntosh
John Arnett;
Ben Lee Banks, J. A.
YOUR RED CROSS AT HIS
SIDE. GIVE TO THE 1944
WAR FUND. COUNTY
QUOTA $4250 C
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Clearmont made a record
jto be proud of in the drive,
jand helped Jacks Creek
; township to be first to
' reach its quota.
Each teacher gave a days
• pay, and in addition donat-
l > ed SI.OO each as prizes for
5 the students who collected
I most for the drive. The
! students themselves gave
! $70.05 in addition to collect
ing from citizens of the
1 community. The teachers
1 donated $124.25, in addi
! tion to prizes.
The following were awar
■ ded prizes for the amount
collected: Primary, Jack
• Lawes, Ist ; Tommy John
-1 son, 2nd. Grammar-grades,
‘ Keith Stamey, Ist; Eva Jo
Garland, 2nd. High school,
’!Patricia Piercy, Ist; Bue
• lah Evans, 2nd.
i Goodin, Ernest Autrqy, El
i mer Boone, Arnold Wilson,
Gordon Chriaswn, Bill Pet
erson, Sam Bennett, Kivet
, Styles, Frank Harris*, Will
- ard Tipton, R. E. Neill;
« E. M. Hensley, Earl C.
; Wilson, Stanley Riddle,
Isaac Randolph, J. W. Let
terman, L. B. Ray, Mr. and
5 Mrs. Gaston Angel, v
■ $3.00 and $4.00 Contributors
j Harold Butner, Bruce
I Anglin, Creed Hensley,
; Paul Price, Alma Robinson,
i C. L. Proffitt, Mrs. Grover
Anglin, Mrs. Rosa Ayers.
SI.OO and Above
Fred Johnson, Mrs. Kat
herine Riddle, S. J. Ray,
. Tom ?6one, Ed McFalls,
, Ralph Laughrun, J. Y.
| Reed, Mrs. Pershing Angel, _
W. B. Hensley, W. A. Prof
fitt, Louise Watson;
M. W. Gragg, Missouri
Dale, Edna Jones, Mrs.
Viola Robinson, Mrs. James
. Jones, Mrs. Horace Jones,
Gertrude Ray, Hughie
J Harding, Jane Buchanan,
Cora Ray, W. Z. Robinson,
[ Grady Sparks, Mrs. J. A.
! Peterson, J. R. Bailey, Zeb
.King;
I Joe McCracken, Welzie
'j W. Ray, J. G. Fox, Oscar
Gibbs, B. H. Nichols, J. H.
Wilson, Vestall Moss, Walt
Laws, Albert Laws, Melvin
Ray, Nora Ray, Tom Jones,
! Sallie B. Butner, J C. Mc-
Intosh, H. C. Wheeler,
Mary C. Severs;
.1 J. N. Allen, Kathleen
Smith, Gladys Banks, J. R.
Batson, John Angel, Lan
don Wilson, Vernie Banks,
Nell Angel, Bill Edwards,
1 Charlie Banks, Floyd Banks
Everett Banks, Carl Rob
erson ;
Willard Beaver, Dause
Tipton, Donald Souther,
Cecil Higgins, Mrs. Louis
English, Alice McPeters,
Mrs. George Greene, Lloyd
Ell i o tt, Mrs. Emerson
(Continued on page 4)
David G. Wilson of Bee
Log was one of the group
who reported for active
duty in the army Tuesday
following his acceptance
several days ago. While at
home on leave he purchas
ed SI2OO in War Bonds. -
His wife and four children
will reside at Bee Log while
, he is in service, ,