Bonds will help bring Vic*
tory faster. Buy all you can
as often as you can.
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VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. " BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY MAY 18, 1944 v ’ NUMBER FORTY-TWO
—Men In Service—
/
Returns From Duty In I
Pacific Area
Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Rob
ertson received a wire last
Thursday from their son,
Sgt. Kenneth Robertson of
the Marine Corps, that he
had landed on the west
coast and was enroute to
New River, N. C. He has
been with Marine raider
units in the South Pacific
area for the past 10 months
Sgt. Robertson was with
the dog training unit, and
it was in connection with
this work that he returned
to the states.
A news dispatch from
San Francisco relates how
“Seven battle weary veter
ans of the battle of Boug
ainville, each suffering
from a nervous condition
caused by shellfire” arriv
ed in San Francisco.
The veterans—big Dob
erman—Pincher dogs—are
the first Marine dogs to be
returned from the battle
area where they served
with raider units
Sgt. Robertson was one
of the men who held the
dogs in tow to return them
to the New River base. He
also helped train the dogs
for combat duty in the
Guadalcanal area.
Each of the dogs hold the
rank of corporal which
promotion they won be
cause of apptitude in train
ing.
# Sgt. Robertson is expec
ted home on furlough
after he has reported at
New River
J. C. Pleasant of Camp
Chaffee, Ark. is home on
a hort leave. Mrs. Pleasant
plans to return with him.
Mark W. Bennett, son of
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Bennett)
has landed safely in Eng-j
land. Sam Byrd Bennett of)
the air corps is also in
England.
Capt. Van B. Bennett
who was sent to a hospital
in Australia for treatment
has recovered and has re
turned to his unit in New
Guinea. •
Record: I have been re
ceiving the paper for a per
iod of time and enjoy read
ing it very much, as it
helps to inform me of what
is going on in my home
town. I often see the names
of my old pals that are in
the service of our country
in different parts of the
state. Some are overseas
and I wish them all the
luck in the world.
I also wish to say hello
to my mother and father,)
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hensley;
of Banks Creek and hope)
to be back with them soon.
Best wishes to them from
Cpl. and Mrs. Frank T.‘
Hensley, Arlington, Calif. ]
Would like to have the
paper sent to my new ad
dress so as to keep up with
the news from home. My
address is: Cpl. Frank T. 1
Hensley, 215 Med. Hosp.*
Ship Compl. Camp An/a, !
Calif.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Awarded D. F. C.
Lt. Sam J. Huskies, Jr.,
has recently been awarded
the. Distinguished Flying
, Cross and 3 oak leaf clus
? ters. He is a pilot of., a
> fighter plane in the Euro
. pean Theater of operations.
> Lt. Huskins had already I
} been awarded the air med
ial and one oak leaf cluster
; for his participation in the
j aerial warfare over Europe
[ Bill Fouts of the Marine
1 Corps unit at Chapel Hill
J was home for the week end.
Pvt. James H. Lewis of
i Huntdale is now stationed
r at Fort Leonard Wool, Mo.
Pvt. Frank D. Gillespie is
■ with the 15th training regi
' ment at Camp Fannin,
Texas.
Pvt. Burnie Peterson, Jr.
• is now taking his boot train
; ing at the Marine Base,
* Pams Island, S. C. After
; 8 w T eeks training there he
[ will be transferred to ano
ther base.
i Stanley Riddle, Loy Me- 1
) Curry, Sam Young arid Lee!
, Ray Robertson are at the;
, | naval training base, ..Camp
, I Peary, Va.
Cecil Wheeler who is
! with the Atlantic fleet is I
1 home on leave.
Cpl. Ward Bennett has I
been home on leave visiting!
his parents, Mr. and MrsJ
i Richmond Bennett.
Pfc. Cecil B. Whitson
who is stationed in Califor- 1
» nia has been home on leave,
i visiting friends and relativ
es at Ramseytown.
Pvt. James H. (Bud) Ar-j
rowood has arrived safely:
lin the states, according to'
Ja telegram received by his
■ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
I ert Arrowood of Jacks
Creek. Pvt. Arrowood has*
been in Alaska for 22
months.
Homer J. Baucom is
home on a nine day fur
lough from Camp Atter
bury, Ind. visiting his mo
ther, Mrs. I. M. Baucom.
Pfc. Ottis C. Johnson
from the army air base,
Smyrna, Tenn. is home on 1
leave.
Ray Harris, seaman 2c.!
son of Mr, and Mrs. Leland
Harris, is home on leave
from the naval training
center, Farragut, Idaho.
Pvt. Paul Johnson of the
,army air base, Trenton, N. !
J. and Cpl. Hubert Johnson
jof Camp Wheeler, Ga. were
; called home on account of
■'he illness of their father, ,
! Zeb Johnson of Bakers )
Creek.
I Garrett Lewis of Camp 1
Peary, Williamsburg, Va. ,
was called home on account
of the illness and death of
his mother, Mrs Roscoe
Lewis of Bald Creek.
Pvt. Clyde Tipton of
Camp Campbell, Ky. has
jbeen home on furlough.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
RED CROSS NEWS
Mrs. Huskins Named
County Chairman
' j
The regular meeting of
the executive committee of
the county. Red Cross chap
ter was held Friday after
noon with the chairman, H.
G. Bailey, presiding.
I After the business ses
sion was opened H. G. Bai-j
ley offered his resignation
as chapter chairman, effec
tive immediately. This acf
tion was taken because of
the fact that Mr. Bailey
who has been chapter chair
man for the past six years,
was recently appointed to
the position of home ser
vice secretary for the Yan
cey county chapter. The
demands in this phase of
Red Cross work have in
creased to such proportions
that Mr. Bailey could not
fill both positions.
Named Chairman
Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, who
has been active in Red
Cross work for several
: years, as head of the War
i Fund Drive in this county,
was elected to fill the va
cancy made by the resigna
i tion of Mr. Bailey as chap
ter chairman. Mrs. Huskins
will assume her duties in;
i this position immediately. !
] Another vacancy was
made in the chapter offi
cial family by Cecil Angel,
j Disaster, chgiaaap, having
jwork in another state. Her
jschel Holcombe was elected
|to this position to fill the
I vacancy made by Mr. Angel.
Miss Hope Buck, Pijoduc
i tion chairman, was present
j and discussed the produc
! tion program for the chap- !
ter and requested the full ,
co-operation of every one
in this important work.
! Plans are being completed
i for a full county program
iof knitting Sweaters and
Scarfs for the boys in the
Armed Sendees.
“POPPY DAY” WILL BE
HELD HERE MAY 27
Memorial Poppy Day will
be observed in the county
on Saturday, May 27 with
members of the local Amer
ican Legion auxiliary in
charge.
Funds from the sale of)
the poppies, made by disab-!
led veterans of World War;
I, are used for these veter
ans and their families.
The condition of Mr. I. B.
Bailey of Relief shows no
improvement, members of |
his family reported this
week.
Mrs. Zeb Blankenship of
Bald Creek is reported to
be very ill at her home.
Mrs. Robert Arrowood
and daughter have return
ed home after a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mitchell
of Upicoi, Tenn. and Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Lhws of
Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Laws
visited friends and relativ
es here during the • week
end.
Charles B. Evans of the
Navy, stationed in Norfolk,
is home on leave.
BAPTIST MEETING
WILL BE HELD
|
A county wide
of the Baptist Mtfsionary
! Societies will be held at the
Riverside Baptist church
on Thursday, May 25.
Speakers on the program
will include Miss Ora Lea,
a former missionary to
China who returned re
cently on the Gripshblm,
and Miss Mary Currin,
state executive secretary
of the Woman’s Missionary l
Union.
The meeting will begin at
10 o’clock and liigheh will
served by memb#s of thei
Riverside Society, Repre
sentatives from ap societies
and Junior organizations,
women from all churches
that do not have organiza
tions and all pastors of the
association are urged to at
tend.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR EJ. SILVER
E. B. Silver, 67, passed
away at his home near
Burnsville Monday night at
10 o’clock. . ' r
Funeral services, with
Rev. Charles officia
ting, lere held at the Cane
River Baptist church Wed
; nesday afternoon at 2
o’clock. Holcombe and Ed
wards were in charge of
arrangements, . arnr burial
was in the .tSKiwlr -ee
metery.
Surviving are the widow;
three daughters, Mrs. J. O.
Harris of Marion, Mrs. Roy
Jamerson and Mrs. James
Garland of Burnsville; one
son, Fred Silver of Burns
ville; two brothers and two
sisters.
Russell Beaver is very ill
at his home in East Bur
nsville.
Why Farmers Should | \
Buy and Hold War Bonds
by Charles H. Merchant
Head, of Agricultural Economic*
WE ARE winning this global
■ war but Anal victory may ba
a long way off. We all hope the
end is near, but we must plan for
a long war, one which may last
two or more years. Certainly, it is
disheartening to think that much
of our fighting on both the Euro
pean and Asiatic fronts is ahead
of us, accompanied by long casu
alty lists. Unpleasant as this out
look appears it is much hotter
than being enslaved by the mur
derous and plundering dictators of
Germany and Japan.
Hitler was tight when he stated
that this would be a total war.
All of us must share its responsi
bilities and endure its many sacri
fices. Unfortunately, all of us can
not share them equally. It is the
farmer’s job and his part in this
war to produce farm products as
never before, under the most try
ing and difficult conditions.
In some countries food pro
duced by farmers is taken
away from them, but here in
America farmers la general
receive good prices for their
farm products. Bome of the
extra money received should
go Into the purchase of War
Bonds for the financing of this
war. All must buy War Beads,
for our boys at the front must
be the best trained and
equipped fighters in the world.
It is much better to sacrifice
material and equipment than
the Use of your boy or that of
your neighbor’s ton on the bat
tlefield.
The purchase of War Bonds is a
privilege and each of us should be
CITATION
j The Yancey county chap
ter of the American Red
Crosi has been awarded a
special Red Cross citation
in recognition of the achi
evement in the 1944 War
Fund Drive.
BOY SCOUTS ATTEND
COURT OF HONOR
At the Toe River district
Boy Scout Court of honor,
Charles Gillespie and Le
;land Westall passed tests
as tenderfoot scouts. Billie
Hughes has also passed
■teste but was not present
jfor the award. Philip Banks
J received mbrk badge for
pathfinding.
At the .next ctmrt of hon
or which will be held in
Pineola on June 13, four
boys will advance to star
scout. They are Hale Bry
son, Landon Proffitt, Char
les Lee Gillespie, Romie
Burns.
Burnsville scouts will at
tend the camporee which
will be held on Toe River
Saturday, .May 27.
SAVE THE TIMBER
Do you know that the
equivalent of 2,000 freight
carloads of wood was need
led to repair the docks ini
;j the harbor of Naples after
the United Nations captur- 1
ed that city? And that tre
mendous quantity of lum
ber went for just one of
the thousands of uses of
wood in this all out w T ar.
Wnat we’re getting around
to saying is: Timber burn
ed in our forests can’t go
to the front to help win the
war. Let’s all of us, then,
be careful in our forests
and woodlands.
Mary Jo Parrish is visit
ing friends in Charlotte.
i
proud to share in this privilege.
In fact, we should sacrifice to buy |
as many War Bonds as possible.
The Bonds fanners buy will help
to shorten the war and at the
same time form the soundest In- j
vestment ever known. These Bonds
will give the greatest return to
farmers and others if they are
held until maturity. /3to by hold- i
ing them you will help materially
in preventing inflation now and
after the war. < I
Let us pause just a moment and
analyse the situation. In general. :
farmers have surplus funds with
which they would like to buy ma
chinery, equipment, and many
other things for the farm and the
home. But all of these things are
not available in the quantity de
sired. Therefore, farmers simply
must go without them at least un
til they become available. It is '
Just common sense that all of the
things which the,'fanners would
like to buy, and many of them are
desperately needed, will not be
available the day after the war la
over Sr even within a year. Dur
ing this time and probably longer
I feel there is going to pea strong
demand and good prices for farm
products. Hence, most farmers
will want to hold their War Bonds.
In sizing up the entire situation
it looks like good sound business
lor farmers to buy all the War
Bonds possible and plan to bold
them until maturity unless the
cash is desperately needed. Thus,
farmers are helping their country (
in financing the war and in pre- 'j
venting Inflation by helping them- 1
selves. 1
0. S. Tnatury Dtpartmnt
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Teachers Are Named For
1&44-45 School Season
. 1
Burnsville school: B. M.
Tomberlin, principal.,;,"Em-,
mett Sams, Clonnie Husk
ins, Mrs/''Mae Young, Mild- 1
red G. Hyatt, Vinita Pen
land, Guss Peterson, Ber
tha Huskins, Mrs. Maude
;Lyon, Nettie Bennett, Mr/
JZula C. Wilson, Mrs. Mat
tie Sorrells, Willie Molte
,i Hensley, Mrs. Joyce B.
■ Shepherd, Osie Bennett,
i Mrs. C. L. Proffitt, Della
! Tipton, Mrs. Ollie S. Young, i
Bess R. Lewis. 1
Pensacola: Mrs. Clyde
t/Young, Aldine Pleasant, 1
• Edna Adkins, Ruth Hen
) sley.
Micaville school: Hubert
i I). Justice, principal; Lyda
■ Ray, Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, 1
■ Delma Hensley, Violet
Navy, Maude McMinn, Fra-'
nces Ensley, Mrs. Lillian G.
Robinson, Mrs. Jeanette P.
Bailey, Mrs. Gladys Gilles
pie, Mrs. Helen D. Silvers,
Mrs. Bernice H. Justice,
Alberta Campbell, Mrs.
Minnie H. Young. Clyde N.
Young, Margaret Chandler
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lewis,
Mollie V. Hensley, 1 Mrs.
Pearl Randolph.
Double Island: Doris Lee,
| Young.
| Shoal Creek: Mrs. Sara
|H. Silvers.
j ClearpvQnt school: Ver
nie Wilson, principal; f*ra
; Deyton, Walton Angel, Mrs
Florence W. Hughes, Cecil
Deyton, Claude C. Hughes,
Ola Edwards, Lucy Evails,'
Mrs. Madge B. Byrd, Mrs. j
Maphra B. Bennett, Mrs.)
Glessie Stamey, Edith Hus
kins, Ruth Jobe,. Clarence j
Bailey, Mrs. Thelma Gorn-)
to, Mrs. Arta Lee Higgins,)
Lois Moody.
Deyton Bend: Sam J.|
Byrd, Jennie Deyton, Mrs.
Geneva Gouge.
Bee Branch: Mrs. Clyde
Peterson.
Demonstration Farmers Will
Hold Annual Meeting
1 stunts.
| Th • annual meeting of Alll Demonstration far
| the Vane ay county test de- n } ers > their wives, and i.i
monstration farmers asso-, gu e -ts will be erved
iciation will be held at an< *
Id , . the meeting will get m ses
| Burnsville high school on sion immediately following
! Tuesday, May 23, at 8:00 the supper. «
IP. M v This association is
made up of fanners that PENSACOKA NOTES
are cooperating with the Mrs. Edgar Ray and son
i Tennessee Valley Author- Billy of Swiss are Waiting
ity’s program of erosion relatives here.
■ prevention and soil improv- Tom Lee Wilson left
ement and other related Thursday for camp,
factors. At present there Mrs. Vernon Ray of As
are 216 members located in heWlle spent the week end
all sections of the county. |with her parents, Mr. and
The main talk of the ev- Mrs. Frank Wilson,
ening will be by W. M. Mrs. S. C. Blankenship,
Landess, of the T. V. A. De- Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blanken
partment of Public Rela- ship and family and. Mr.
tions, and Mr. Landess will and Mrs. Alvin Blanken
illus-trate his talk with col- ship and family visited re
ored slide pictures. Other latives at Prices Creek the
features of the program in- past week end.
elude the treasurer’s re- Willie K. Riddle, son of
port, reports by a demon- j Mr. and Mrs. Quillen Rid
stration farmer, a demon- die, spent a few days fur
stration farmer’s wife and lough here recently,
a demonstration fanner’s Louise and Ruby Wilson
son; string music by Hard spent the week end here
Thomas and his String, with their parents, Mr. and
Band of Blowing Rock, and Mrs. F E. Wilson,
■
Food Will Hdp Win /foe
War. Plant a Victory Gar
den and grow all you can.
f : '
Bee Log school: Monroe
Mclntosh, principal; Mrs.
•j Veo P. Burnette, Max Prof
■jfitt, Jack Mclntosh, Opha
Mrs. Elizabeth E.
Buchanan, Mrs. Vera C.
: Ray, Inez Edwards, Mi*s,
Verna Angel, Sarah Hen*
• sley, Mrs. Harraie Briggs,
'■ Mrs. Ruby Adams, Edna
1 Wheeler, Bessie Wilson,
,j Mrs. Lillian Mclntosh, Mrx
.’Una C. Maney.
>’ Little Creek: Baxtet Sil
vers, Edna Shepherd.
Piney Hill: John W.
1 Edwards.
Lost Cove: Mrs. Etta E.
Peterson. V
Big Creek: Vaughtie
Holloway.
Bald Creek
school: Rasee
H Howell, principal; Eve
lyn Hill, Gwendolyn I. Ed
wards, Burl Maney, Anas
tasia Tombeflin, Ruth Wil
son, Hattie Phoenix, Mrs.
Maggie H. Robertson, Mrs.
Lillian S. Tomberlin, Lola
A. Hensley, Mrs. Lena R.
Tilson, Zenebia Edwards,
Madge Ferguson, Irene
Hensley, Mrs. Pauline B.
Hensley, Virgie Duncan,
Mary F. Hensley, Madge
Carter, Annie Lee Bryson,
Hope Edwards.
Bakers Creek: Mrs. Pearl
R. Austin.
Banks Creek: Mrs. Carsia
M. Banks.
Prices Creek: Mrs. Edrus
Ledfortb
Horton Hill: Mrs. Ila P.
Mdnturff.
1 Gelo: Mrs. Mae Hoover
i Chrisawn, Mrs. Mollie Gibbs
Patton.
Harvard: Mrs. Clara B,
Byrd, Mrs. Maphra R. Wil
! son.
! Locust Creek: Mrs. Luna
E. Ray, Mildred Robinson.
Busick: Mamie Evans.
Seven Mile Ridge: Dew
ey Gurley.