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VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1944 NUMBER FORTY-THREE
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i Men In Service—
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Cpl. Earl Ogle of the U.|
S. Marine Corps, stationed
at Parris Island, S. C., has 1
been visiting his wife and,
other relatives of Bolens
Creek.
Cpl. Paul King, son of
Mr and Mrs. Monroe King
of Cane River, is now in
England.
Pfc. Ben Gardner, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gard
ner, formerly of Burnsville,
is now stationed in Eng
land.
Sgt. Bryan King has been
stationed in England with
a Bomb group for the past
year. He has been in ser
vice two years and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Char
lie King of Cane River.
Cpl. Jonathan Ballew of
Tyndall Field, Panama
City, Fla. is home on pass
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Pink Ballew of Ham
rick.
Pvt. Bill Bailey who en
tered service in December
and has been stationed at
Fort Bragg is now at Camp
Atterbury, Ind.
Pfc. Lawrence Watts of
the Signal Service Corps is
home on leave visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Watts of Bee Log. He
was in service in Alaska
for 18 months and is now
stationed in Canada.
John H. Angel, aviation
'machinist mate, first class,
who has been stationed at
Norfolk for several months
is now with the Pacific
fleet.
James Ray, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Ray of Bur
nsville, was home on short
leave from Dalgren, Va.
where he is stationed.
Stanley H. Ledford, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Geter Led
ford of Swiss, is now at the
Marine Base, Parris Is
land, S. C.
Pfc. Bob Souther of Camp
Butner was home on aj
short leave.
Cpl. Ralph W. Byrd, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Byrdj
of Pensacola has landed
safely overseas according
to a letter received by his
parents. He has been in
service for 14 months and
has made a good Record.
Lee Evans, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Evans of
Burnsville is now in New
Guinea, letters from him
have stated.
Pfc. Clyde McCurry hps
returned to Camp Swift,
Texas after visiting rela
tives at Bee Log on fur
lough.
Pvt. James (Bud) Ar
rowood who is stationed at
Fort Gruber, Okla. is home!
on furlough. He also visit-'
ed Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mit
chell of Unicoi, Tenn.
Sgt. Earl Hughes of
Camp Gordon, Ga. has been
home on furlough.
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THE YANQEY RECORD
Missing In Action
1 Word has been received
here that Capt. Charles
! Bailey of the army air
corps has been missing in
action over Austria since
April 23.
Capt. Bailey is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bailey [
of Santa Barbara, Cal. for-'
merly of Burnsville. He
has been in service 4 years
and was an instructor- ati
several fields before going
overseas 5 months ago.
Report For Induction
Fonzo Lee Miller, Junior
' Melton Silvers and George
| Mclntosh reported May 23
at Fort Bragg for induc
tion into the army.
William E. Hensley, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Will
, iam E. Hensley, Sr of
Swannanoa, has been pro
, moted to the rank of avia
tion machinist mate, third
class.
He received his base tra
' ining in Pensacola and
Jacksonville, Fla. and is
now stationed in Brooklyn,
N. Y.
i
Sgt. Kenneth Robertson Returns
To N. C. Marine Base
(The following story was
written by Sergeant Char
les B. Kopp, of Greensboro,
Ga., a Marine Corps Com
bat Correspondent.)
Camp Lejeune, N. C.,
May 20.—Marine Sgt. Jam
es K. Robertson, 24, of
! Burnsville, N. C., who with
a Leatherneck comrade has
brought the first Marine
war dogs back from the
combat zone, used to hunt
“bear and ’coon” around
the edge of the Great
Smoky Mountains.
He had some dogs that
“wouldn’t wait,” and he
knew how to handle a hun
ting 5 rod. Altogether, they
made a fine team.
Robertson was just the
kind of guy the Corps was
looking for when it began
training dogs to stalk the
Japs. And he wasn’t about
to miss out on such an as
signment.
j When Robertson became
a member of the war dog
! detachment, he had served
for a year at the -Marine
air station at Cherry Point,
N. C. He was ready for the
kind of action Leathernecks
expect—and like. „ |
He got action in a novel
way. A year ago he left]
here with the first dog
platoon. The outfit hit
Bougainville on “D” day in
November. He won a spot'
promotion to sergeant sor 1
his work with the dogs on;
the Empress Augusta Bay!
beachhead there.
Bougainville, with’ its
miasmal swamps and inces
sant rains, provided a dog’s
I life, Robertson reports.
Not even the dogs liked it.
But, he added, their obed
ience and general perform
ance left nothing to be de
sired.
Robertson was chosen,
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
PFOCLA]
In the interest of progr<
of our town and its citizens
ing proclamation:
Whereas, *he Tcwn of
with the Boy Scouts and W
conduct a clean-up campaigi
2nd and 3rd.
Whereas a campaign oi
much good in the promotio
' pride, health ami fire prevei
Now, therefore, I, Clar
' the Town of Burnsville, do
claim the dates of June Ist
days for BurnsviPe and res
citizen, business firm and oi
the fullest extern in the ol
Signed this the 25(h da;
Clarence E. Briggs, Maj
Lieutenant and Mrs.
Charles R. 'Hubbiard of
Shelby are visiting friends
here. Lieut. Hubbard who
was formerly principal of
Micaville high school, is
now on duty with the At
lantic fleet.
Stewart Miller, seaman
first class is now at Camp
Ingram with the Atlantic
fleet. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. Q. Miller of
Ramseytown.
For the War Wounded,
Wear a Poppy.
with Sergeant Raymond J.
Considine of Cleveland, 0.,
to return to Camp Lejune
seven of the dogs shell
shocked on Bougainville.
Setting sail from Guadal
canal on April 26, the Lea
therneck pair and their
dog following began a
steady trip, that has just
J ended.
“It really was all right,”
Robertson replied, when
questioned about the latest
year of his life. He was in
the middle of preparations
for a furlough.
Robertson doesn’t have a
dog of his own to adver
tise. One of his favorites,
however, is Caesar, the first
dog to paw enemy shores.
Caesar is fully recovered
•from two wounds, and is
still out there, ready to go
again, Robertson said.
Sgt. Robertson, son of W.
Z. Robertson, 40 years a
druggist in Burnsville, and
Mrs. Robertson, is one oft
three brothers in the ser
vice. First Lieutenant Mer
ritt Robertson, U. S. A. is
stationed in Baltimore, Md.
and Lee Ray, the other bro
ther, is serving with the
Navy. 1
Dogs Win Praise
Camp Lejeune, N. C.,
May 20. —Out in the Solo
mon Islands, where Marine
Corps war dogs made his
tory serving with fighting
Leathernecks, the first Ma
rine overseas mother is
sued the Corps nine more
dogs, one of whom has ac
companied her here.
Cpl. Ruff, to whom the
maternal honors go, was a
member of the First Dog
Platoon, which landed on
Bougainville. She was .bred
there. Two months later,
nine puppies tye re born to
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mationS r
1 •
•ess and tile general welfare
s, I heiebysissue the follow- ■
....
in co-operation
/omen’s Club is planning to i
;n in Burnsville June Ist,
f this kind is productive of
m of beautification, civic l ;
ntion. 'h
•ence E. Briggs, Mayor of
hereby seLaside and pro
t, 2nd and|®rd, as Clean-Up
spectfully call upon every
irganizatiofr-to co-operate to
bservance of this campaign,
ty of May, 1944.
yor, of Town of Burnsville.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR JOE SILVERS
Funeral services for “Un
cle” Joe Silvers of the Cane
Branch section, Micaville,
were conducted Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at
the Crabtree Baptist chur
ch. The Rev. Hobart Glass
officiated. Burial was in
the Micaville bemetery.
Surviving are his wife,
and the following- children:;
Mack, Oscar* Lynn, Elzie,
Robe, Ed of JSrwin, Tenn.,
Mrs. Liddie *€hrisawn and
Mrs. Dollie Kates of Mar
ion. Twentfistthree grand
children and . twenty eight
great grand children also
survive. IS
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WAR BONDS
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Signal Corps Photo
U. S. Task force men at Rendova
have learned to "come and get It"
under any and all conditioni. The ,
have learned about concentrated
rations, dehydrated vegetables, and
maybe they dream of steaks—but
they fight on.
They buy War Boada, do you?
, Boy more and hold ’em!
I >■ - ■ v - S. Trtotury Department
Demonstration Farmers Meet
The annual meeting of
the county demonstration
farmers and their wives
was held Tuesday evening
at Burnsville school. One
hundred and fifty’members
of the group and invited
guests attended the supper
and meeting.
Supper was served at the
high school building, and
following this the program
was given in the auditor
ium. Grover C. Anglin, vice
chairman, presided and
Rev. F. R. Barber gave the
invocation.
The welcome address was
given by W. T. Tomberlin,
chairman, and the response
by Mrs. Geo. A. Brown.
0. Briggs led the group
FARM NOTES
Farmers of Yancey coun
ty are showing more inter-!,
est in obtaining larger
yields per acre of row
crops, especially through
the use of nitrates. This
has been caused by various
educational methods such
as demonstrational use of
ammonium nitrate on test
demonstration farms, pub-:
licity through magazines!
and newspapers, and vari
ous other sources of infor
mation. In 1943, 120 area
and unit test demonstra
tion farmers used 60,000 j
pounds of ammonium ni-!
trate in . all sections of the
county. This year 160 far-'
mers will use 100,000
pounds on row crops, maip
ly corn, to get increased
yields. Many other farmers
are buying nitrates throu
gh commercial sources.
They are using what nit
rate of soda can be foundi
and are taking nitrates'
I that run around 20 per cent
j nitrogen. Last year manyl
farmers reported as much;
|as 50 per cent increase in'
I corn yields from 100 pounds
[ per acre of 32 per cent am
[ Imonium nitrate.
I; We are planning to ex
l pand the demonstration
J program in Yancey county
by adding new areas, but
.'first we felt that the es
‘ hsrblished areas should be
rededicated to do a better
job. Consequently, meetings
were held in the three es
tablished areas this week.
G. G. Farthing, assistant
county agent at large, as-;
sisted the agents with these!
meetings by pro v i ding'
string music and giving an
j illustrated lecture on the j
part the demonstration
program plays in relation
,to the Tennessee Valley'
authority. The entire fam-i
ily was invited to the meet
ings, because the success or
failure of the program de
j pends on the interest and
cooperation of the farm
people. The total attend
ance of the three area
meetings was 107, or an
average of 35 per meeting.
! A meeting was held in
|| Upper Jacks Creek town
* ship to establish another
11 watershed if the people
; wanted it, There are about
60 farms in this area and
much interest was shown
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in a series of stunts. The
treasurer’s report was read
by R. F. Shepherd, in the .
absence of Wayne Ray,
treasurer. i
D. C. Bailey discussed
what the demonstration
farm program has meant
Ito the farms, Mte. H. J.
Gibbs what it has meant to
the farm homes, and Eug
ene Randolph what it means
to farm youth. |
Guest speakers from the
state department included
Miss Annie C. Rowe,’W. B. ;
Collins and W. M. Landess.
During supper and at in
tervals during the program'
Hard Thomas and his band
of Blowing Rock furnished
music.
Memorial Poppy Day Will Be
Observed Here
MILLIONS HELPED
BY POPPIES <
I 1
The biggest poppy sale ,
in the history of the Amer- <
ican Legion Auxiliary is ;
predicted by members of
the local Unit. J (
As few people know what!
the arrangements are for ,
making these Memorial J]
'Day flowers, Mrs. W. W.:
Hennessee, president, ex-! j
plained that the materials',
iare furnished free to the: :
i veterans by the American' :
Legion Auxiliary. ’Volun-ii
teer workers teach the dis-'j
abled men to make the .
i poppies. . I j
I “The veterans and their •
dependents are the ones!,
who benefit from our pop-
P 3& sale,” she said, “not only
from the money that results
from selling poppies, but
also from having something
tangible to do instead of ;
having to rest, read or!
'talk.” r V ' ; ~7' "j
j “Every penny from pop-'
pies that will be sold here'
; and in thousands of other
| towns, villages and cities
[in the country, is contribu-'
ited to the welfare and re-'
1 habilitation work of The
1 American Legion and Aux-j
D iliary.
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f* I Funeral Services For 1.8. Bailey
J!
-J Mr. I. B. Bailey, 80 years
■of age, pne of the county’s
most prominent and widely
; known citizens, passed
■away at" his home at Re
lief Monday night follow- 1
ing an extended illness.
; Funeral services were
held at the home at 3
o’clock Wednesday after
noon with Rev. A. M. Lau
ghrun of Jonesboro, Tenn.,
Rev. Fred Harrel of Relief
and Rev. Crowder of Uni
coi officiating. Burial was
in the Horton Hill ceme
tery. |
Survivors include the
widow; one son, Gus Bailey;
eight daughters, Mrs. I. F.
McCo.iny and Mrs. Edd
Roberts of Burnsville, Mrs.
Ed Hunter and Mrs. Clif
ford Hunter of Burnsville |
Rt. 1, Mrs. Julia Campbell:
of Relief, Mrs. J. C. Mc-
Fadden of Forest City, Mrs
L. M. Rary of Cleveland, N.
C., and Mrs. Jeter Peterson
of Erwin; the following
sisters, Mrs. A. J. Bennett
of Burnsville, Mrs. Pless
Jones t>f Johnson City,
Mrs. Annie Byrd of Relief
LAST RITES FOR MISS
ELIZA JANE ANGEL
Miss Eliza Jane Angel,
54, died at her home at
Swiss Friday following a
lengthy illness.
Funeral services were (
held at the home Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
the Rev. W. H. Ballard of
ficiating. Pallbearers were
Jess, Charles, Clyde and!
Harve Buckner, Melvin'
Metcalf, and Laskey Shep
ard.
Surviving are three bro
thers, E. J. R. C, and Wiley
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Fopd Will Help Win lie
War. Plant a Victory Gar
den and grow all you can.
“Many people have won
dered what will become of
the money collected by the
volunteer workers Satur
day, May 27. Children left
fatherless by two world
wars are the special con
cern of the Legion and the
Auxiliary. Their needs are
often great, especially their
human needs.
“Os course the govern
ment looks after the physi
cal welfare of the disabled
men who are in hospitals
in almost every state, but
there are things which the
government cannot provide,
such as the understanding
aid and the personal atten
tion that so often helps - “a
disabled man and which of
ten helps to keep a family
together when the chief
breadwinner is incapacita
ted.
“This is what the money
from the poppy sale helps
to accomplish. And we hope
i that this year more and
[more people will buy the
poppies and..show their in
terest in and their sympa
thy for the men w T ho have
[fought for them and are
'now struggling to get back
I to the point where they can
! again become self support
ling.”
. and Mrs. Hannah Deyton
!of Oklahoma City. Forty
’ two grand children and 22
great grand children also
survive.
i Active pallbearers for
.the services were, E. F.
I Hunter, Jr., George Mc-
Fadden, Ferrill McCourry,
Earl Garland, Oscar Byrd
and Edd Roberts.
I Honorary pall bearers
were, Nathan Garland,
Will and Marion Laughrun,
Noah Hughes, Harrison
Edwards, Bernie Bradshaw
Lawson Peterson, Carter
Higgins, Dr. W. L. Bennett
Dr. W. B. Robertson, H. G.
Bailey, Donald Banks, H.
W. Smith, Dock Bradshaw,
Pless Jone=, J. S. Moody,
Bert Renfro, Ben Petersen,
John G. Peterson.
| Those in charge of the
flowers were, Virginia Mc-
Fadden, Mrs. Clayton Hon
eycutt, Nettie ~ Bennett,
Mrs. Clarence Briggs, Mrs.
Park Peterson, Mary Bai
ley, Mrs. Roy Day, Mrs.
Ferrill McCourry, Mrs.
Paul McCourry, Alberta
Campbell, Mary Sue Hun
ter and Dorothy Hunter.
Angel, all of Swiss; two
sisters, Mrs. Rena Wilson of
Swiss and Mrs. Sallie Led*
ford of Marshall; and a
number of nieces and nep
hews.
| Holcombe funeral home
of Mars Hill was in charge
'of arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Moody
are here from Charleston,
iS. C, for a week’s visit.
Bill Fouts and John T.
Moore of Chapel Hill will
spend the week end here.
Wear a Poppy on Satur
d»y- j