YOUR RED CROSS AT HI3
SIDE. GIVE TO THE 1944
WAR FUND. COUNTY
QUOTA |4260
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VOLUME EIGHT . SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
—Men In Service—
Roy V. King, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Zeb King is at
home on leave. This is his
firdfc visit home in 6 years.
He has been in service for
the past five and a half
years, and during that time
has been stationed in the
western States and Alaska.
Clarence Boone, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Boone of has
landed safely in Africa, ac
cording to word received
by his parents. He is with
the medical detachment.
Eckel King, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Nelse King of
Burnsville, is now in Italy.
He has been in service 11
months,
Edwin Wilson who is an
aviation student at Wof
ford College, Spartanburg
was home for the week end.
Pfc. Wade J. Proffitt has
spent an eleven day fur
lough with his wife and
folks of Swiss and is re
turning to camp in Indiana.
Mrs. Proffitt will go with
him.
Bruce Mclntosh of the
Navy Sea Bees is home on
leave, visiting relatives at
Bee Log.
Mrs. Elbert L. Jenkins
and daughter have return
ed from a visit to Pyate,
Texas where Staff Serg
eant Jenkins is stationed.
Sgt. Jenkins entered ser-i
vice in Jan., 1943. He took
his basic training at Kees
ler FielcJ, Miss, and then
went >t<*4 Las Vegas, Nev.
where he attended gunnery
school and was awarded
his wings. In May he went
to Amarillo, Texas for me-i
chanics schooling. He was|
there qualified for medals |
as airplane mechanic, ex
pert machine gunner, sharp
shooter and several others.
He went to Pyate in Jan.
and was given the position
on a 817 as first engineer
and turret gunner. He is
now in Grand Island, Neb.
Sgt. and Mrs. Jenkins
are both graduates of Mi
caville high school.
Pharmacist mate second,
class Roy J. Deitz of Can-'
ton who has been overseas
for the past two years vis
ited friends here last week.
Lt. Clyde A. Ayers is now
stationed in Little Rock,
Ark. —Charles L. Elliott is
at Camp Wolters, Texas—
Pvt. Frank Buchanan is at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.—l
Pvt. James A. Laws is with
the 186 Engineers at Fortj
Jackson.—Robert B. Hill-1
iard is with the 16th train
ing regiment at Camp Fan
nin, Texas.
Somewhere in England
Yancey Record: I receiv
er the paper regularly for
the past year, but have
missed it ' the past two
months as I have changed
addressee.
This is a nice place but
not like good old Yancey.
Pvt. Cecil Edwards, c.
Postmaster, New York.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Wounded in Action
Tech. sth grade Edgar
Webb, son of Fred E. Webb
of Celo, has been reported
wounded in action.
Register Here
The following boys have
become 18, and registered
with the local board during
March:
Calvin Freeman, Geter
Alfred Hensley, Frank Ja
mes Anglin, Oscar Renfro,
Wm. Reece Higgins, Paul
Edwards, Buster Bryant,
Wayne Ramsey, Joseph C.
Robinson, Vincent Dale
McMahan;
Robt. Stanley Rathburn,
Warner Wilson, Jr., Leo
nard Haney, C. L. Hunter,
Frank Laws, Jr., Ned Aus
tin, James A. Ayers, Rich
ard Lee Mclntosh,- Charles
E. Ray, Hermon Griffeth
(c).
Willie J. Ferguson, S 2c,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Ferguson of Swiss, N. C.,
after completing his Boot
training at the Naval
Training Station, Great
Lakes, 111., is now stationed
at the U. S. ” Naval Air
Station, Livermore, Cal.
Pfc. Nealy A, Edwards is
; visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Guss Edwards of
j Burnsville Rt. 1 for the
first time in five years.
Pfc. Edwards entered
i service April 7, 1941 and re
ceived his training at dif
ferent points in California,
Hill Field, Utah, and Angel
IslandrFromlherehewent
to Alaska and then to the
Aleutian Islands where he
stayed for two years.
Pfc. Edwards received
his education at Bald Creek
j high school. Before enter-
I ing service he was employ
ed with the American Po
tash and Chemical Co. in
Trona, California.
Another brother, Pvt.
Gaye Edwards, is stationed
somewhere in Australia.
WINS DISTINGUISHED
FLYING CROSS
Lt. C. Ford Bailey has
been awarded the Disting
uished Flying Cross for
I “courageous service/’ ac
| cording to a letter received
!by his wife from Gen. Geo
rge C. Kenny.
Lt. Bailey is the son of j
Mr and Mrs. M. D. Bailey
of Toledo, N. C. He enter
ed service in Sept., 1942, re
ceived his wings and com
mission at Pecos, Texas in
I Sept., 1943 and has been
I overseas in the Pacific area
for the padt six months.
The letter to Mrs. Bailey
reads:
i Headquarters 6th Air
Force Southwest Pacific;
Area.
Recently your husband,
Lt. C. Ford Bailey, was de
corated with the Disting
uished Flying Cross. It
was an award made in re
cognition of courageous
service to his combat orr
ganization, his fellow Am
erican airmen, his country,
his home and to you.
I He was cited for heroism
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTVT .
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BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1914 / i NUMBER TfffRTY-Stit
STH WAR LOAN WILL
OPEN JUNE 12
The Fifth War Loan
will open June 12 and con-
I tinue till July 8, the Treas
| ury department has an
nounced. The goal of 16
j billion dollars has been set
i for the drive.
>1 NOTICE
I
> All ministers are invited
j to meet at the Methodist
‘ church on Monday evening
• at eight o’clock, April 10
> to organize a Yancey Coun
l ty Ministerial Association. 1
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Parcels For Overseas Must
j Be Well Wrapped
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»
J—G. l Hensley, Burnsville
. postmaster, has asked that
. j the following be brought to
s' the attention of persons
who send packages over
seas :
“Many parcels addressed
to members of our armed
forces overseas are accept
'ed for mailing although
not packed or wrapped
with sufficient care to
withstand the handling ne
cessary in transporting the
parcels overseas.
“This mail must be stor
ed on shipboard, of ten. un
der a trem«idous load of
other mail, and transport
ied great distancgsbesides
| undergoing much rehand
! ling. Obviously, the con
■ consents of such parcels
must be very tightly pack
ed and the outside contain
ers must considerably
"stronger than containers
J. _J
1
in flight and exceptional
and outstanding accompli
shment in the face of great
danger above and beyond
■ the line of duty in the.
Southwest Pacific Area
from October 15 to Decem
ber 15, 1943.
He took part in more
than fifty missions, drop- 1
ping supplies and transpor-!
ting troops over territory:
that was continually pat
rolled by enemy fighter
aircrafts. - Often landings
were made on fields which'
were only a few miles from
Japanese bases. These op
erations aided considerably
in the recent successes in
this theatre.
j Almost every hour of
every day your husband/
and the husbands of other
American women, are’ doing
just such things as that
here in the Southwest Pa
cific. —"•
Theirs is a very real and
very tangible contribution
to victory and to peace.
I would like td tell you
how genuinely proud I am
to have men such as your
husband in my command/
and how gratified I am to
know that young Ameri-|
cans with such courage and|
resourcefulness are fight
ing our country’s battle
| against the aggressor na-j
tions.
You, Mrs. Bailey, have)
every reason to share, that
pride and gratification.
George C. Kenny, Lt.
General, Commanding.
J
I FQjy/ICTORY
BONDS FOR FREEDOM
t used for parcels which do
not leave our shores. '
“While some boxes may
| be strong enough without]
'an outside wrapper, the
War Department advises
that it is highly desirable
j that all boxes for overseas
shipment be in
heavy paper, experience
has shown that boxes with
out an outer wrapper often
become crushed and split,
thus allowing the contents
to escape.
“When such ’articles as
hard candies, wilts and car
amels (including those cov
ered in chocolate), cookies,
fruit cakes and chocolate
' bars individually wrapped
’ in waxed paper includ
ed in-a
* be enclosed in inner boxes
of tin, wood or cardboard.
Soft candies, whether home
| carry well’’.
SERVICES OF INFANT
SON OF MR. AND MRS.
CRAIG ENGLISH
ij Mackie, the infant son of,
Mr. and Mrs. Craig English
died in an Asheville hospi
tal Tuesday night.
Funeral services were
iheld here Wednesday 'af
ternoon at 4 o’clock. Sur
viving are the parents and
one sister, Joy.
MORE TIMBER NEEDED
FOR PACKING CRATES
Farmers mu£t cut a part
of the lumber and pulp-j
wood needed for shipping
'containers or there will not
be enough crates and pack
aging material for harvest
ing and shipping crops to
market, says R. W. Grae
ber, Extension farpi fores
ter at State College,
= Not only is the supply of
shipping containers extre
mely short but there is also
a shortage of labor in the
woods. Lumber and pulp
wood companies are find
ing it increasingly hard to
operate and ithey must turn
I to farmers to help get out
j the needed timber supplies,
i “Unless the production of
wood products is increased,
I the war effort will be ham-j
ipered. A tremendous am-!
ount of wood is needed fori
I shipping food and other
military supplies overseas”,
Graeber explains.
He suggests that farm
continued on page 4)
Mrs. CLAUDE GILL«SPIE
Mrs. Claude Gillespie of
the Prices { . Creek section
died at her home on Wed
nesday afternoon following
an extended illness. She
was the former Miss Ida
Hurst, member of promin
ent pioneer families of the
1 county.
! Funeral services will be
held at the home at 11
o’clock Friday, and inter
ment will be in the Hurst
family cemetery.
I Surviving are the hus
band, two sisters, Mrs. Har
riett Blankenship of Hil
girt and Mrs. E. L. Horton
of Democrat, and two bro
thers, Dan and Creed Hurst
of Prices Creek.
E XPIUATION DATES 7
REMOVED ON RATION
STAMPS
i Housewives of the nation
who have found 'difficulty
in keeping track of expira
, lion dates of food ration
stamps need no longer wor.
ry about keeping up with
them, L. W. Driscoll, dis-|
trict director of the Office
of Price Administration at
Charlotte, pointed out.
Now red and blue food
stamps for processed fobds
and meats, fats and oils
will be good indefinitely.
This follows similar action
taken about a month ago
in sugar rationing pro
gram.
Removal of expiration
will not affect the
1 the way stamps become
good, Mr. Driscoll pointed
out. Housewives will con
tinueto- -have---- five —blue-
! stamps worth ten points
each become good on the
first of each month, and
three new red stamps wor-
Ith a total of 30 points valid
every other Sunday.
■ Mr, Driscoll reminded
food shoppers, that ration
tokens shoiild be spent be
! fore removing new stamps
from the family ration
books. He pointed 7 out that
the danger of losing ration
currency would be greatly
reduced by spending the
small one-point discs first
and leaving stamps safely
attached to ration books
until they <are actually
needed.
Canning Sugar
Sugar for home canning
and preserving will be is
sued May 15 and 16 from
a central registration point,
in 'the county, With volun-]
teer workers handling the
program, it was announced
by Carroll Rogers, chair
man of the war price and
rationing board.
Detailed arrangements
for the sugar registration
so far as hours and regis
tration centers are concern
ed, will be announced in
the near future.
The plan to handle the
wholie canning sugar issu
ance in a two day peric
will be more effective and
I to better advantage for the
users and the registrants'
than if the work was hand
led through the local boards
I Each individual is eligi
ble for a maximum of 20-
j pounds for canning |
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
On behalf of the Red Cross Campaign committee,
I wish to express appreciation for the cooperation and
support of the people of Yancey county given to the
Red Cross War Fund drive which ended March 31st
with the quota over-subscribed. Thk successful result
was made possible by the generosity of the people in
this county. s
The splendid results can be attributed also to the
determination and persistence of the many workers who
faithfully worked throughout the campaign and had the
satisfaction of seeing the results of their efforts. We
wish to thank the chairmen and all their workers who
participated in this drive.
The Red Cross drive was given every possible co
operation by the Yancey Record, the Yancey Theatre,
and other agencies in the county. I am sincerely proud
that Yancey county fulfilled so well its obligation to its
men and women in the armed services.
Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, Chairman War Fund Drive
Yancey County Chapter. American Red Cross.
TOWNSHIP QUOTAS
Township Quota Amount Raised
Burnsville $1,400.00 $1,969.16 ,
Cane River 375.00 667.49
Egypt 200.00 217.62
Ramseytown 200.00 223.53
(jreen Mountain 175.00 19 .63
Jacks Creek 300.00 475.81
Brush Creek 175.00 181.30
Crabtree 825.00 722.25
| South Toe 225.00 257.17
Pensacola 175.00 147.00
Prices Creek 200.00 257.25
Total > $4,250.00 - $5,315.15
Last Rites For Shelby L. Hensley
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Funeral. services for
, Shelby L. Hensley, born
December 15, 1891, died
March 28,1944, were held at
t the Jacks Creek Baptist
. church,
» Services were conducted by
I Rev. A. % Jamerstm, pas
. tor of the church and Rev.
JEUIL Barber, . pastor of
Burnsville Methodist chur
ch.
Mr. Hensley had been a
well known and life long
resident of Yancey county,
Jacks Creek township, ex
cept for the past two years.
During this time he has
been working in Baltimore,
Mr. Hensley leaves to
mourn his death, his wid
ow, two daughters, Miss
Hilda Hensley of Washing
ton, D. C. and Mrs. Warren
Roland of Asheville, eight
sons, Willie E. Hensley of
Kilarney, W. Va., Cpl, Mol
ten L. Hensley of U. S.
Army now stationed at Or
lando, Fla., Lesly, Albert,
Mrs. D. A. Fcv ell Fasses Away
Mrs. Douglas A. Powell
passed away in an Ashe- i
. ville hospital Saturday fol i
lowing an illness of several
months.
Funeral services we
held Wednesday afternoc
at 2 o’clock at the Brownel
Dunn and Lovin funeral
home in Asheville with the
Rev. George Floyd Roger
of Asheville officia:in .
Burial was in the Arlin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G.
Coble of Jacksonville, FI"
announce the 'birth of
daughter, Anne Sharon, a
St. Vincents hospital, Mar
ch 27th. Mr. Coble is 'the
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. D.
Coble of Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Coble is the former
Miss Lula King of Burns-
I ville Rt. 1. I
YOUR R$D CROSS AT HIS
SIPR. GIVE TO THE 1944
WAR FUND. COUNTY
QUOTA 14250
K *
T-lovd. Craig, Wilson, and
Ronald all of Burnsville;
hlis father, Mr. Jasper Hen
sley of Burnsville and two
, sisters Mrs. J. W. Hor n
of Hampton, Tenn., Jl; ;
■ Myrtle Hensley
vflle and a’fidlcW'
and friends.
Flower girls were Mr?;
Clyde Cates, Mrs. Vernh
R. Wilson, , Mrs. Nelson
Woody, Mrs. Walton An
gel, Mrs A. Z. Jamerson,
Mrs. Minnie Greene, Mrs.
John Byrd, Mrs. John Ben
nett, Misses Matllyn an 1
Nelle Bailey, Mattie Row
ena Greene, Mary L. La’>
ghrun, Geneva Hunter,
Mattie Bailey, Mrs. Henry
Stanley.
Active pall bearers were
nephews and relatives of
the family.
Thomas Kenny funeral
directors of Baltimore, Md.
and Holcombe & Edwards,
directors of Burnsville were
in charge.
on National cemetery, Ar
lington, Va. on Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs Powell is survived
by ht r husband, Lt, Doug
las A. Powell, U. S. Navy
retire f; one son, Lt. Doug
las A. Powell, Jr., U. S.
Navy, and one grandson,
Douglas A. Powell, 111, and
her parents. She v/as for
merly Miss Donna Mount
ford of Washington, D. C.
Clarence V. Belgarde left
this ’-eek for St, Peters
burg, > 7 la. where he will en
ter t. aining for the U. S.
merchant marine.
Miss Elizabeth Russell,
home demonstration agent,
has been attending a con
ference in Greensboro this
week.