Invest in the Leaders of
Tomorrow. Your Local
Scout Committee asks your
aid in this drive.
VOLUME EIGHT * SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944 NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
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—Men In i
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Van B. Bennett who has
been stationed with the
Army Medical Corps in
, New Guinea for several
months wag recently pro
moted to the rank of cap
tain. He wrote recently
that he was ill in the hos
pital there.
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Major Gus Laughrun
who has been with the
army medical corps in Eng
land for several months,
has landed in New York,
according to a message re
ceived by members of his
family.
Hugh M. King, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edd King of Bur
nsville, was recently pro
moted to the rank of cor
poral. He has been in ser
vice over a year and/is ‘sta
tioned at Blythe, Ctff. where
he is an instructor at the*
Gunnery Range.
Pfc . Roy Mclntosh is
spending a twelve day fur
lough and Cpl. Ralph Mcln
tosh spent the past week
end with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Mclntosh of
Bald Creek.
Pfc. Mclntosh has been
in service fifteen months
and Cpl. Mclntosh has been
in service two years.
Technical Sgt. Woodrow
Ayers has been awarded
the Good Conduct medal, 1
according to a letter re
ceived from his command
ing officer, Capt. Nicholas
A. Casciato.
“Such an award”, the let
ter stated, is made on the
basis of exemplary behav-'
ior, efficiency, and fidelity,
and reflects most favorably
upon the. recipient. It is a
matter of personal pride to
me that a soldier of such
qualification is included
within the elements of this
command.”
Sgt. Ayers is with a med
ical section overseas.
Cread S. Hylemon S lc
of the U. S. Navy, spent a
few days leave with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bry
an Hylemon.
Pvt. Gus Shepherd, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shep
herd of Swiss who has been
stationed at Camp Davis is
now in Florida.
Sgt. Quince Hill has re
cently been promoted to
the rank of staff sergeant.!
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Hill of Swiss
and is now stationed some
where in England.
Kenneth E. Robinson,
18, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Robinson, Paint Gap,
N. C. is receiving his initial
naval training at the U. S.
Naval Training Station,
Great Lakes, 111.
His “boot” training con
sists of instruction in sea
manship, military drill, and
general naval procedure.
During this period a series
of aptitude tests will be
taken by the recruit to de
; termine whether he will be
assigned to a Naval service
School or to immediate ac
tive duty at sea.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Service—
KILLED IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Jobe Thom-|
as of Green Mtn. have re-;
ceived word that their son,
Technician, sth grade Guy
D. Thomas, was killed in
action in Italy on March 9.
Technician Thomas en
tered service in 1940 and
had been overseas for sev
eral months. He has two
brothers in service, Frank
A. Thomas in the South
Pacific area and Donald
Thomas who is in the army
, air corps, stationed at Lake
City, Fla.
Leave For Examination
Four men (colored) left
last week for pre-induction
examinations a t Camp
Croft, S. C, They were:
Frank Young, Saul Edward
Griffeth, Ralph Roland,
Charles Arnold Wilson.
Awards For Staff Sergeant Smith
Young Presented To Parents
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A posthumous award of
the air medal and three oak
j leaf clusters was made re
' cently at Morris Field,
Charlotte for Staff Serg
eant Smith J. Young whose
death was reported in Dec
! ember. The presentation
was made to his father,
jWill M. Young of Newdale,
Yancey county by Col. War
ner B. Gates.
The air medal was au
thorized on August lb,
1943, the first oak leaf clus
ter on August 26, 1943 and
the two, others on Sept. 18
and Oct. 3. 1943.
The citation for these
awards read: “For except
ionally meritorious achieve
ment, while participating
in five separate bomber
combat missions over ene
my occupied Continental
FUNERAL SERVICES
i FOR MRS. RANNIE
HOWELL
i
Mrs. Rannie Howell of
Huntdale died ’ March 31,
after an extended illness.
She was 72 years old and
was a member of the Free
Will Baptist church.
Funeral services we re
held at the Green Mountain
Presbyterian church Sun
day afternoon at 2 o’clock
April 2. Services were con
ducted by Rev. Ernest Wil
son assisted by Rev. Bob
Miller and Rev. Sam Grif
fith and‘ interment was in
the Peterson Hill cemetery.
She is survived by one
son, Rexter Howell o f
Huntdale; one grandchild,
and five great grandchild
ren; one brother, Pierce
Howell of Ramsey town,
and two half brothers,
Jesse and J. W. Howell of
Green Mountain. 4
Flower girls were: Katie
and Arline Bailey, Ruth
and Mae Hughes, Mrs.
Thelma Howell and Peggy
Howell.
Active pall bearers were:
Jack Laws, Avery Buchan
an, Clarence Bailey, Chris
Garland and Gus Tipton.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
I CORRECTION
It has been called to our
j attention that a very grave
f error was made last week I
|in reporting collections for
| the Red Cross in Green
Mtn., township. The report,
should have read $196.60,'
and instead read sl9 .60.
We regret this mistake, and
are glad to correct it.
ATTENTION MILK
PRODUCERS
March and April Dairy |
Feed Payments are to be
combined in one payment
to be issued after April 30.
After you have received
| all of your March and April
receipts, bring all 4 receipts
to AAA Office for payment
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John W. English, special
ist 3c of.lhe naval training
center, Davisville, R. 1., is
at home on leave.
. Europe. The courage, cool- <
ness and skill displayed up- 1 ,
on these occasions reflect,
great credit upon the offi
-1 cers and enlisted men them- .
selves and the Armed For
ces of the United States.” !
Staff Sgt. Young was an
! aerial gunner on a bomber.
’ He volunteered for service
’ in April, 1940, was graduat
ed from the Las Vegas, 1 '
jNev. gunnery school in:
' August, 1942, and was soon
assigned to the European
theatre. He was reported 1
missing in October and his 1
death was later confirmed.
He was credited with the
destruction of one enemy
planeTT |
1 The parents had received 1
the Purple Heart award be- !
fore the presentation of 1
the air medal and oak leaf
I clusters.
JACKS CREEK
Miss Hilda Hensley of
Washington, D. C. spent a
week here with her mother.
S. C. Laws of the U. S.
Army has been home on a
furlough.
E. F. Hunter, Jr. is re
covering from an appendix
operation.
Mrs. Glen Gardner and
son of Newport News, Va.
are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Byrd.
Cpl. Molt Hensley has re
turned to camp after spend
ing a 11 day furlough with
relatives here.
Misses Mary Tom and
Fannie Lou Lewis of West
End, N. C. spent Easter
visiting their grandparents
Lt. and Mrs. Ike Louis
are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Honeycutt.
Miss Cora Byrd of Mor
ganton spent the week end
here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Jam
erson attended the wed
ding of their niece Miss
Edna Earl Nanney of Bre
vard Sunday evening.
Mrs. Roy Pate and dau
ghter hhve been spending
a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Hunter.
-FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR HU&GILLESPIE
Funeral Services for Mrs.
C. D. Gillespie, 47, who died
at her home in the Prices
Creek section, Wednesday
' afternoon, April 5 were
conducted Friday at the
home. Rev.-W. L. Edwards,
Rev. Allred, Rev. Ernest
Wilson and Rev. M. V. Wes
tall officiated.
Pallbearers were Hubert-
Blankenshijp, Wren Hcn
nessee, Claude Honeycutt, i
! Max Honeycutt, Byrd Gill- 1
espie, Grady Greenwood,
Dewey Hurst and Webb
Horton.
Surviving are the hus-1
band ; two sisters, Mrs. Har
riet Blankenship of Hill
gert and Mk E. L. Horton
of Democrat; and two bro
thers, Dan and Creed Hurst
of Cane River.
Burial wtfs in the family
cemetery.
Holcombe and Edwards
funeral home was in charge!
of arrangements.
TO THE REPUBLICANS
OF YANCEY COUNTY
The Bi-annual Conven-j
tion of the Republican party
of Yancey County will meet
in the Courthouse at Bur-!
nsville at dark, Friday,
April 14, 1944.
This convention is for the,
consideration of all ques-'
tions that may come before
the convention, and espec
ially for the organization
of the party for the 1944
election, and for the pur
pose of naming candidates
for the offices of Represen-;
tative, Register of Deeds,
Coronor, Surveyor, and
County Commissioners, and
such other things $s the
convention thinks proper.
P. M. Banks, Chairman. |
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Buy War Bonds and Hold Them
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POSTAL RECEIPTS IN
CREASE AT BURNS
VILLE OFFICE—
;
Postal receipts' and the j
number of insured and CJ
O. D. parcels mailed and re
ceived, and war bond tran
sactions have shown a large
increase during the past
year.
From April 1, 1943 to
March 31, 1944 all receipts
show an increase over the
similar time period of April
I, 1942 to March 31, 1943,
as follows:
j Money orders, 7,083 and I
9,401.
Insured, C. O. D. and re-1
gistered mail mailed: 2161
and 3709.
Parcels received, Insured
C. O. D. and registered:
3411 and 5231. ;
Bond transactions: 814;
and 2171
Postal receipts: $9330.53
land $11,130.87. 1
PARTS OF
, PARKWAY TO OPEN
SATURDAY
'
Public May Use Several
Sections Os Blue
Ridge Roads
Sam B. Weems, acting
superintendent of the Blue
Ridge parkway, has an
j nounced that completed
sections of the parkway
j will be opened for . public
use Saturday.
i Begihning at Shenandoah
National park, the first!
continuous completed sec-j
tion extends to U. S. high-;
way No. 60 at Buena Vista,!
Va., Mr. Weems said. The!
next section that will - be |
opened to traffic is from
the James river to the j
Peaks of Otter in Virginia,!
he stated. From the peaks
of Otter to Adney gap,
south of Roanoke, work on
I the parkway has not been
finished, but from Adney
gap to Deep gap in North
Carolina, the parkway has
been paved for about 130 :
miles. From Deep gap to «
Blowing Rock, traffic will i
use the state highways and <
then can continue on the 1
parkway for a long distan- i
ce to a point near Mt. Mit- i
chell he pointed out.
Restrictions will contin- <
ue about the same as in <
1943, with the national .
speed lihiit of 35 miles an 1
hour in effect, the acting 1
superintendent said. ]
Lt. Warren Whitson Killed
In Plane Crash Monday
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j Lt. Warren A. Whitson, j
122, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Whitson* of Marion,
was killed Monday night
when his fighter plane
crashed at Oakdale, Calif.
The Whitson fsamily
formerly lived at Sioux,
and Lt. Whitson attended
Bee Log high school.
Surviving are the par
ents; three brothers, Wal
ter of Marion, Herbie of I
I Charleston, W. Va. and Pfc,
Thomas E. Whitson of the
iarmy air forced, statioried
in England, and five sisters
Mrs. Paul Morris, Mrs.
Clarence Duncan], Mrs. Carl,
Schools Plan Commencement
Plans for Commence
ment exercises at the five!
county high schools have;
been announced by the
principals.
At Clearmont high scho
ol, the Baccalaureate ser
vices will be held Sunday
afternoon, April 16, at 3
o’clock. The Rev. F. R. Bar
ber of Burnsville will de
liver the sermon.
Graduating exercises
will be held Saturday 1
evening, April 22 at 8:00;
o’clock. The literary ad-'
dress will be delivered by
the Rev. A. H. Mutschler
of Burnsville.
Honor students are: sal-)
utatorian, June Higgins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.,
)R. L. Higgins of Burnsville
j Rt. 1, valedictorian, James,
, Tilley, son of Mr. .and Mrs.
R. E. Tilley of Relief andi,
John Elliott, son of Mrs.
| Esther Elliott of Burns
!ville Rt. 1.
At Bald Creek high scho- 1
ol the Junior play, “Jane
Eyre” will be presented
Friday, April 21.
Baccalaureate se r vices
will be held Sunday; April; 1
23 at 11 o’clock with
J. G. Allred delivering the,
sermon. Dr. E. J. Coltrane '
of Brevard College will de-l J
liver the literary address i
at the graduating exercises 1
on Tuesday, April 25.
Honor students are: Val- ]
edictorian, Jennie Hensley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I
A. P. Hensley, and saluta
torian, Grace Ray, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elzie i
Ray. ! ]
At Bee Log high school, <
the play will be presented <
on Wednesday, April 19. <
The Baccalaureate exercis- J
es will be held Sunday, >
April 23 with Rev. J. GJ
Allred delivering the ser- i
mon at 2 :30 o’clock. I <
Graduating ex e r cises t
will be held Tuesday, April;
25. Della Louise Mclntosh
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Mclntosh of Bee Log
is valedictorian, and salu
tatorians are Lloyd Higgins y
son of Mr. and Mrs. Samj
Higgins of Higgins, and j
Fred Peterson, son of Mr. ,
and Mrs. Leslie Peterson t
of Ramsey town.
Micaville high school
Juniors will present their
play on Friday, April 14.
■ in DIM tin au u,u>>,tnarT«i,Mag
This i 8 Adult Member
ship Week for the Bey
Scout Troop. Your gener
ous Support will mean a
larger program.
j Miss Evely|i
Whitson and Miss Ruby
Whitson, all of Marion.
Whitson volunteered for
service with the Marine
Corps four years ago and
received boot training at
Parris Island, S. C. He lat
er trained at Quantico, Va.
and- other stations in Vir
ginia and Florida. He was
stationed in New Orleans
I before going to Santa Bar
jbara where he was station
ed at the time of his death.
No details of the acci
dent were learned and fun
eral arrangements are in
| complete; •
[Senior class day exercises
i will be held Thursday,
April 20.
Baccalaureate ser v i ces
will be held Sunday even
ing, April 23, with Rev. Er
nest Wilson of Micaville de
livering the sermon.
Graduating exe rc i ses
will be held Tuesday even
ing, April 25 and Dr. Hoyt
Blackwell of Mars Hill will
be the speaker.
Honor students are: Val
: edictorian, Marie Geouge,
daughter of Mrs. Martha
Geouge of Celo, salutator-
I ian, Genevieve Robinson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
JO. M. Robinson of
j At Burnsville high scho
ol the program of events
will be as follows: _j.
The play, “Anne of Green
Gables”, will be given Fri
day night, April 14, and on
Thursday night, April 20,
Mrs. G. D. Bailey will pre
sent her piano students in
recital. '
The Baccalaureate exer
cises will be held at the
Baptist church on Sunday
evening, April 23 with Rev.
M. H. Kendall of Mars Hill
delivering the sermon.
Graduating exe r c ises
will be held on Tuesday ev
ening, April 25 with the
following honor students as
speakers for the program:
Lucretia Blankenship, Mary
Jo Parrish, Frances Riddle,
Doris Penland, Joyce King,
Lillian Hensley.
PLEASANT GROVE
Truett T. Johnson, sea
man second clasb, son of
Mr. and Mr 3. D. S. Johnson
of Green Mtn., has complet
ed his boot training at
Great Lakes and is now
stationed at the Naval Air
Station, Livermore, Cal.
Pfc. and Virgil McKin-
ney and the former’s moth
er visited Mr. and Mrs.
John Gardner Sunday.
Pvt. Rothy Byrd and Pfc
Kitchin were present for
B T U meeting Sunday.
Pfc. Kitchin is on our ser
vice calendar, from which
we write six boys a week.
Miss Joy Johnson is vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. Will
Jenkins in Elkin.
Cadet J. D. Greene of the
U. S. Merchant Marine Ac
ademy is home on a two
weeks furlough.
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