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YOUR RED CROSS AT HIS SIDE. GIVE TO THE 1944 WAR FUND. COUNTY QUOTA $4260 VOLUME EIGHT . SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. CJ* THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1944 ~ NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE —Men In Service— Pvt. Plato Riddle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Rid dle of Burnsville is now in England, according to in formation received last weels. For several months he had been stationed in t — Gamp Gordon, Ga. & - Ensign Shelby Robertson son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robertson of Bald Creek, has been at home this week before reporting to, the naval school of communi cations at Harvard Univer sity. Ensign Robertson has been at the flight office, Bronson Field, Fla. where he received his commission last week. Robert Souther is* home for a furlough from Camp Butner. Mr. and Mrs. Zeb King have received word that their son, Roy King, has re turned to the states and is enroute home. He has been in Alaska for the past year and was stationed in Ore gon before going to Alaska. A. C. Angel, Jr. Sp, M 3c who finished his boot train ing at Bainbridge, Md. en tered the naval training school in Sampson, N. Y. in December. He graduated from the Mail Specialist school in Class “A”, Group V at Sampson on Feb. 18., and is now connected with the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, tie is the son of' Mr. and Mrs. A. Cj Angel of Swiss. Sgt. Paul Silver of Miami is at home on leave. Mr. and Mrs. ,Jom Flack received a letter this week from their son, Edward Flack who is in the Haw aiian Islands. He says its a very beautiful place, and he is getting along fine. 96 PASS EXAMINATIONS The following men pass ed pre-induction examina tions last week and are qualified for military ser vice : John Horace Bailey,! Charlie Hunter, James LJ Burlison, Claude Harris,! Otto Proffitt, Stanley Rid- 1 die, William Fox, James Proffitt, Harley Howell, Clyde Jenkins; George Mclnturff, Lewis Ellis, Ellis Edwards, l£arl Bodford, Earl Gurley, Ral-| ph Silver, Arthur Hughes,) Daniel Creson, Paul Elliott,! Clyde Gortney; Ward Ballew, Wi 11 ie James Ray, Garrett Wilson, Arthur Robinson, Junior Silver, Blake Penland, Jack Laughrun, Paul Price, Rube McKinney, Jay Hugh Sty les. Harold Fender; Claude Gurley, Paul An- j glin, S.D. McKinney, Fran-1 cis Anglin, Kenneth Letter man, Charles Branche, Ja mes Lee Silvers, Ellis Ren fro, Stanley Ledford; Paul Bryant, Floyd Lau ghrun, Herman Styles, Suel Bailey, Robert Howell, THE YANCEY RECORD GILLESPIE RECEIVES DFC, PURPLE HEART S. Sgt. Burns Gillespie, > son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur i Gillespie of Micaville, w r ho is serving in England, has been awarded the Disting uished Flying Cross with 1 three oak leaf clusters, and 1 the Purple Heart, it was ■ learned yesterday. Sgt. Gillespie has been in ! service two years, and is an aerial gunner. Two brothers, Pvt. Gale 1 Gillespie and Pvt. Frank D. ’ Gillespie, are also in ser : vice. Pvt. Gale Gillespie is 1 serving at Camp Meade, Md., and Pvt Frank , pie is serving a t Fkmt , Bragg. „ T All three are graduates of Micaville high school. New Haven, Conn., Mar ch 23.—Aviation Cadet , Bruce Higgins, son of Mr. ’ and Mrs. J. W. Higgins of , Ramseytown, N. C., was awarded the gold bars of a second lieutenant today at: graduation Exercises of the , Army Air Forces Training Command School at Yale University. Graduation was . held in the auditorium of the Sterling Law Buildings | before a large audience of classmates and friends. ' Rated as a Technical Of ficer in Communications, he is now prepared to as sume duties with tactical ‘ units of the Army Air For ces, according to Col. Ray mond Reeves, Command ing Officer. His training has included study in the use and operation of trans mitters, receivers, the ra ! dio compass, radio and wire • equipment and portable ; ground stations. For two weeks prior to graduation ' the new officer has been 1 trained under simulated battle conditions, from (Continued on pare four) Joe Tipton, Leroy McCurry, Rotha Wilson; Max Wilson, Gus Haun, Oscar Thomas, Bumie Peterson, Jr., Joseph Rob ! inson, George Mclntosh, !Ed McFalls, ; Willie Thos. ! Bryant, Earl Willis, Clyde i Riddle; ; Boyd Edwards, Perry England, James McMahan, Lloyd Johnson, Brock Dav is, Champ McMahan, De ward Boone, Charles Led ford, Gerald Adkins; i Lloyd Burlison, Ralph | Byrd, Kenneth Man ey, i Norman Byrd, Horace D. Ray, Emerson Woody, Wayne Edwards, Brown Buchanan, Hudson Riddle, Reece Robertson; Jack Edwards, Roy King, Jack Anglin, Troy Mathis, Colman Tipton, John Evans Dennis Grindstaff, Lee 'Ballew, Dudley Deyton; Robt. Lee Riddle, Char les Anglin, Lawrence Hall, Horace Lee Doane, Albert Ballew, Don Wilson, Fron io Lee Miller, Arthur Let terman, Bruce Westall, Howard Bailey, Hassie Whitson, Cecil Murphy. ‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” DEATH OF SHELBY HENSLEY IN BALTI- ' MORE Relatives here have been informed of the death of Shelby Hensley, prominent citizen of the Jacks Creek section. He had been em | ployed in Baltimore and death occurred there Tues i day, following a stroke. Funeral services are planned for Friday at 2 o’clock. POLLARDS BUY McINTOSH DRUG STORE Will Move April 1 I Pollards Drug |§tore has ’ purchased the stock of Mc ’ Intosh Drug Store, and will ! ■ + move to the building now! occupied by the latter om April 1. > j BUY INTEREST IN STYLES GARAGE Sol Harris and Luther ■ Banks have purchased a ■ half interest in the Styles j ; Brothers Garage, and both will begin work there on 'April Ist !: LOCAL BOARD NEWS • Instructions have been ( received from State Head ■ quarters to the effect that 1 all registrants who have . not reached their 26th bir- Jthday must be forwarded ,j for Preinduction physical examination unless they have previously been re jected by the Armed forces tor have had physical exam ination within the past ninety days. This will not apply to registrants now Class 1-C IV-D. All registrants under 26 years of age who have been i defered . for farming or who have applied for a farm deferment and who do not show to be produc ing 16 War Units, will be reclassified, and forward ed for Preinduction exami nation. It has been fully determined that all regis trants up to 38 years of age must be producing on their own power 16 War Units before a farm defer ment can be granted. After reviewing the clas sifications of the under 26 year group the board will proceed immediately with reclassification of all re gistrants 26 to 38 years. In all probability there will be included in the next pre induction call a large num ber above the age of 26 years. Yancey Record: Word has been received that Cpl. Edd Hollifield has arrived safely in England. In a let ter recently received by his mother he says: I sure have | missed the issues of the , Yancey Record since my address has been changed. I would appreciate it lots if you will send it to my new address. Thanks a million for the . paper and best wishes to the home folks. . ! Cpl. Edd Hollifield, c. Postmaster, New v ork. BOY SCO|TNEWS HAS HIGH ADVANCE MENT RECORD Boy Scout Troop 1 of Burnsville has a high ad vancement record iin the Daniel Bopne. Council. The following members of the trob| feave been advancing as fast as the requirements! will permit: Richard Burns! Hale Bryson, Charles Lee Griffeth and Landon Prof fitt. These scouts appeared at the March Court of Honor for the rank of first class scout. The following re ceived the rank of second class: Jimmy Gardner, Gene Gardner, Robert Jar irett and Phillip Banks. I Merit badges were awar ded the following: Charles Lee Griffeth, Beef and Pork productibn; Landon Proffitt, first aid, reading and wood work; Hale Bry son, first aid, personal health, reading; Richard I Bums, first aid, personal ihealth and reading; Char les Parnell, fii-st aid. Each month a district Court of Honor is held for the purpose of awarding rank and merit badges to scouts of the Toe River district. The A|>ril Court of ! honor will meet here at the i community club house at 8 o’clock., on-'tie- 11th. The court will be presided over by Charles Barrett o f Spruce Pine, chairman of advancement for the dis trict. Members of the district committee will meet im mediately following the court for the purpose of making plansr for scouting extension and for review ing activities of the year. J. E. Boyd of Spruce Pine, district chairman, will pre side at the meeting. Troop 1 of Burnsville is a part of the Toe River district with other troops at Spruce Pine, Grassy Creek, Newland, Bakers ville, Banner Elk, Elk Park and Pineola. Over 160 scouts are registered. The Daniel Boone coun cil consists of seven dis tricts, covering 14 western counties, with 1812 scouts and cubs having member ship. B. C. Burgess of Spruce Pine is president of the council, with B. E. Colkitt of Waynesville and W. J. Damtoft of Asheville as vice presidents. There are well over 800 former scouts who were members of troops in the Daniel Boone council, and who are now in the armed service of the country. VOTES FOR SERVICE MEN "i 1 > • At the request of the State board of elections we are publishing on page 4 of this issue the form for making application for ab sentee ballots for men and women in service. The form may be clipped from the paper and used, or you may apply to the chairman of the county board of elections for a blank. —i i R. GREGG CHERRY VISITS CITIZENS OF COUNTY R. Gregg Cherry, Demo cratic candidate for nomi nation for governor, in cluded Yancey county in his' visit to the -western counties of the state. He was here on Monday, greet ing citizens of the county 'and conferring with party J leaders. .j Charles L. Proffitt of I Burnsville has been named as Mr. Cherry’s campaign . manager for Yancey coun i ty. NOTICE OF DEMOCRAT IC PRECINCT MEET ! INGS AND COUNTY CONVENTION . The Yancey County De- I mocratie Executive Com , mittee at a call meeting on /March 25, 1944, decided byj !j majority of the full com-; | mittee to nominate candi | dates by delegates chosen at precinct meetings to be ! held on Saturday, April 8,1 1944, at 3:00 o’clock P. M.,l in each of the precincts or 1 Townships in the county. At these precinct meet-' \ ings the delegates will be | .[elected to attend the Yan-! f cey County Democratic ,1 Convention to be held in' \ Burnsville, on April 16, 1 , 1944, at 10:00 o'clock a. m. > CECIL SILVERS GIVEN ; 25-30 YEARS - ! Others Sentenced l Cecil Silvers, 26, of Bee , Log, was found guilty of f murder in the second de-' r gree for killing his wifej ! and was sentenced to 25 toj 30 years in state prison. All civil cases were con- 1 [ tinued to the next term of court, and the following 5 cajses were tried: Charlie Fox, Bald Creek, , assault with deadly weapon , not guilty. Elzie Hardin, abandon • ment. Discharged upon of cost and mon thly payments. j Arcemus Fox, plead guil-| ty to assault with deadly, , weapon. Judgment suspen-, , ded on payment of SSO and . costs. p Spurgeon Letterman, as-j p fray. Suspended sentence on payment of SIOO and I cost. ; Roy Black, affray. Dis charged on payment of ) cost. } Creed Robinson, affray, [ » prison sentence suspended I on SSO fine and cost. I V. H. Freeman, affray, judge directed verdict 6f not guilty. ‘ Lee Sparks, violation of emergency war power pro ; clamation. Prison Sentence % suspended on condition [ that he appear at each r term of criminal dourt fori _ J the duration of war and 1 show that he has been re gularly employed at useful 1 occupation. J Earl Bodford, reckless • driving, continued that he r may enter service. • Merle Roland, gambling (Continued on page 4) RED CROSS CAMPAIGN RED CROSS DONA TIONS TOTAL $4729 Donations to the Red Cross War Fund campaign were reported yesterday to total $4729.08. The quota was $4250 and funds yet to be reported are expect ed to bring the fund to FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JIM STYLES Jim Styles, 69, died at his home at Bolens Creek Friday night. Funeral ser vices conducted by Rev. A. |Z. Jamerson, were held at j the home Sunday after-! ; noon. Burial was in the ! ! family cemetery near the ! home. Surviving are the widow; ! two sons, Carter and Blake Styles, both of Burnsville; ( one daughter, Mrs. Coy j Moss, Madison county; four brothers, John of Burns-: ville, Hugh of Paint Gap,! Burt of Bamgrdsville, and; ! Willard Styles of Bald I Creek; and one sister, Mrs. Belle Carter of Barnards : ville. Holcombe and Edwards ; were in charge of arrange ments. SERIES OF MEETINGS AT MICAVILLE A series of community i service meetings began Wednesday night at the !M i Cji v i lie Presbyterian ! i church, with Rev. Howard Ringer of Spruce” Pine preaching. ~j I A children’s service is [held at 7 o’clock, with re- Igular services at 8 each might. The meetings will [last through Easter Sun day. BONDS FOR FREEDOM Central Tire Inspection Station A central truck tire in-) speetion station will be es tablished in the Yancey I area,' effective April 10, j 1944 at the Hall’s Esso Ser-, vice Station, Burnsville, N.j C., the county War Price and Rationing Board an nounced today. The station will be under the supervision of dames E. Guy, OPA district tire ex- 1 'aminer, and Geo. M. Hall 'will be the inspector. All official tire inspection sta tions in the Yancey area' | will be governed by certain regulations, outlined below when application is made for replacement of any tire for use on commercial mo tor vehicles or taxicabs. Rules governing the op eration of the. central tire) station are as follows: (a) R-l applications must be completely filled out by the applicant and signed by an OPA official tire in spector, showing conditions of ithe tire to be replaced. 4b) Official tire Inspec tion station will take to the central truck tire inspec tion station, \he completed R-l application form and old tire (demounted) for YOUR RED caoag AT His. SIDE. GIVE TO THE 1944 WAR FUND. COUNTY QUOTA $4250 SSOO or more above quota. Township Quotas . All townsiiips except two were reported yesterday to have passed their quot as, and additional reports of funds donated will prob ably bring these two up by this afternoon. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MISS EMILY WHITTINGTON Miss Emily Whittington, 72, passed away at her home at Bald Creek Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock foK_ 1 lowing a short illness. I Funeral services w r ere held at the Bald Creek Met hodist church on Sunday afternoon, with Rev. J. G. Allred officiating. Burial was in the Wilson family cemetery at Bald Creek. ! Miss Whittington was ; born in Missouri but moved |to Yancey county at the age of 8 and had made her home here since. She at tended Weaver and Mars Hill Colleges, and served as post mistress at Bald Creek for 28 fears, retiring two years ago. Surviving is one sister, Miss Belle Whittington of Bald Creek. Holcombe and Edwards were in charge of arrangements. MEN IN SERVICE Yancey Record: I want .to say many thanks for 'sending me the Record for the past three years, It’s the next thing to a let er from home or a loved 0n.3. “Hello” to every-or.e back in Yancey and to all my old friends in service. Please continue to send the paper to the new ad dress. S. Sgt. Clarence S. Laws, c. Postmaster, New York, f : which application for re placement is being made. (c) Re-inspection of the tire will be made by the inspector of the cen ! tral truck tire inspection station and, if found to be i in line for replacement, ap plication will be approved by endorsement, j id) Approval OPA . form I R-l application will be for warded directly from the (central station to proper board. j (e) A code is to be used by the central station when reporting tire conditions on application to local board. if) In any case where the tire inspector of the cen tral station gives the oper ator permission to run a tire until such time as it blows out or is no longer useful, he will furnish the operator with a memoran , dum to this effect. (g) The central station may charge a fee to the ap plicant for the re-inspection of demounted tires, an amount not in excess of: ■TTTT 25c for sizes up to and 1 including 7.50-20 l (2) 50c for sizes above 7.50- '2O.
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