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THURSDAY, MAY 25,1944 i jbaum Mam &foeet j r v; ljV • . y J . a ti a n a i> a .,»T^,, a „.„ a „ r ;,, - CALENDAR Thursday, May 25 The Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. J. P Lyon. Saturday, May 27 Memorial “Peppy Day’’ wall be observed in the county. Thursday, June 1 The Methodist -Society of Christian Service will meet with Mrs. W. W. Henne9see. Mrs. George Hall is ; associate hostess. laiiaitsiiaiifiiaiiaiifli '•*»•**••••* «m Mrs. Clarence Styles an# son Robert have returned home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Van Masters of Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Styles who is employed in Detroit, joined them in Ohio. % • Rev. R. C. Arrowood has been in the Mission hospi tal this week for treatment to his arm which was brok en several months ago. #• • • Mrs. Julia Mclntosh has returned from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burton in Flint, Mich. Her daugh ter, Mrs. Joe Godfrey is visiting here. •• # » Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ball and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bacon of Johnson City were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ray during the week end. *** * r Mrs. Andy J. Fox andi small son of Atlanta are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Fox. Mr. Fox is now in the Navy and is stationed in Boston. ** * * Charlie Ayers of Blawen burg, N. J. is spending his vacation with home folks here. # •t • t Mrs. Victor Caldwell of Concord is visiting her par-; ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Huskins., •* * * Jennings Beeler who has been employed in Dayton, Ohio is at home. He has passed pre-induction exam inations and will report for induction soon. Sgt. Rush Beeler of Arlington, Va. is also here on leave. •' - * * * « A Poppy for Remem brance, May 27th. AMERICAN HEROESI a BY LEPF Wounded in the back by a shell fragment from heavy enemy submarine I fire, Charlea Richardson, Able Seanun, Merchant Marine, . ent to the I rescue of two severely wounded Navy members when the abandon ship ■ order was given. During the reseue he defended himself and his helpless I companions from sharks. He waa able to aave one of th>* crew and himself. I Decrease the dangers of these men; buy War Bonds and hold ’em. g \ V. S. Treasury Department And Back Every American Hero on Every Battle Front. THE NORTHWESTERN BANK Burnsville, N. C. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Wear a Poppy. •• • • i A daughter was born to Lt. and Mrs. H. G. Crowgey Friday, May 19 in an Ashe ville hospital. Lt. Crowgey is serving with the naval air force in the South Paci fic area and Mrs. Crowgey,. the former Miss Marjoriel Proffitt, has been with her! parents here for several' months. *# # • Mrs. Mark Bennett and daughter have returned from a visit with relatives in Mars Hill. i ** * * June Ayers has returned from ASTC, Boone where she has been a student this year. §t « t Wear a Poppy, Saturday, May 27th. ** * * Stanley -Neilson of Mia mi is here for a few days ! visit. ;»- * * Mrs. Brooks Wilson left Tuesday for Jeffersonville, Ind. where she will visit Mr. and Mrs. Espy Banks. tit# 1 Mrs. Fred Brummitt and children Os Bakersville are visiting Mrs. M. C. Honey cutt here. «• » • Mrs. Jerlene Marsh of j Asheville was home over ! the week end visiting her mother, Mrs. Ida Allen Hughes. *« * • Mrs. Mollie Bostian has returned to Burnsville and has taken an apartment at the Gibbs’ home. *• * « Charles Proffitt and Dick Mclntosh are at home from Mars Hill College where they have been students this year. ♦ THREADGILL-BADEN Friends here have recei ved, invitations to the wed ding of Miss Helen Ham rick Threadgill, daughter of "Mr. and Mrs. Percy Threadgill, to Lieut. Thom as Benjamin Baden of the Marine Corps Reserve. The ceremony will take place at 4 o’clock, June sth at the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, N. C. DINNER HONORS MRS. KEMKER Mrs. A. E. Parrish gave a dinner party at her home I Thursday evening, honor ing her mother, Mrs. F. J. Kemker who is here for a visit. Arrangements of spring flowers were used through out the rooms. Following dinner, various games were [played during the evening. 7he guest list included Mrs. Kemker, Mrs. W. B. Wray, Mrs. J. L. Ray, Mrs. J. Bis Ray, Mrs. Lillie R. Chase, Mrs. Harry Rotha, Mrs. R. Y. Tilson, Mrs. Bruce Westall, Mrs. P. C. Colleta,. Miss Tillie Rotha,; iMrs. W.—W. Hennessee, Mrs. C. L. Proffitt, Mrs. C. P. Rogers, Mrs. Ivan Wes tall, Mrs. V. L. Mattson, Mrs. G. L. Hensley, Mrs. C. R. Hamrick. * LOW GAP NEWS Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Craig Mr. and Mrs. James Kyken dal and Mr. and Mrs. Er nest Hammond of Fairview have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hammond. Mrs. S. D. Hughes is re covering from an illness. Mrs. Aleta McDall has been visiting her parents here. is Memorial Poppy Day. "' Mrs. Alice Jobe gave a dinner at her home Sunday May 21 honoring her sons, S. Sgt. William Jobe and S. Sgt. Jess Jobe, also S. Sgt. Woodrow Anglin and Cpl. Fred Anglin. A large num ber of relatives and friends attended. Mrs. Will Anglin honor-i ed the same group with a supper that night and Mrs. Carl Mclntosh had a sup per for them Monday night. D. L. Boone who is em ployed in Washington is at home for a visit with his family. Mrs. Wade Proffitt has returned to her home at Swiss from Camp Atter bury, Ind. where she has been staying with her hus band who is stationed there. Mrs. Ernest Wilson and small son of Richmond, Va. are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. 0. Shep herd of Bald Creek. Mrs. Shepherd will accompany them back to Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Eng lish and daughter, Joy, at tended last rites for Mrs. English’s grandfather, W. F. Pryor, held at Hickory Gap on Monday afternoon. Mr. Pryor was 88 years of age and was very widely known throughout the sec tion. He was a very promi nent citizen of Henderson county where for a number of years he was engaged in the lumber and contract ing business. He had long been famous as an old time harmony singer as well as a leader in community ac tivities. Aid the wounded of two wars. Wear a Poppy. THE YANCEY RECORD letters from MEN IN SERVICE . Y Fred Sams and Jack . Maney Meet in Sardinia r. After living in tents less .ithan a mile apart for over , six months a happy reun \ ion took place when Fred • and Jack met after receiv > ing addresses from home. I Jack i 3 the second person Fred has seen that he knew before entering service in 25 months. He saw Cornice Gibbs in Texas in June j 1942. \ Jack and Fred had plenty' j tell «each other and as / sure us that they will be | seeing more of each other I for a while. They both went •to Sardinia from North .'Africa and have served ov-i er 18 months on foreign . duty landing in North Af | idea the first of Novem ber, 1942, Record: My address has chang'd again and I have : not been receiving yourj most interesting paper for some time now. I will cer-l tainly appreciate your send !it to my new address. I al ways look forward to eeiving the paper next to letters from home and fri ends and have missed it a lot since my address chang ed. Please accept the small contribution you will find enclosed to help send the paper to the boys in service Joe Peterson, S. M. 3c, Fleet P. 0. New York. Record: I have been re ceiving the paper regularly for the past few months and am glad to know what the people at home are doing, and especially all the i news about the fellows in service and whejre they are stationed. Please change my address to: Clarence King, S 2c, Am phibious Trng., Base, Camp Bradford, Norfolk 11, Va. Record: I have been re ceiving ‘the paper for the past 15 months and I wish to express my appreciation for it. The paper surely brightens things up, espec ially when I haven’t had much mail in a long time, jl would like to continue | getting it wherever I go, so please send to my new ad dress. Pvt. Harry Wilson, c. Postmaster, New York. —1 "I 1 v/jO m i T- ■■ - ; ' ~ i If I We have a limited supply of Barocide, § Croyalite, Agicide and Blue Dragon Dust | I Use a dependable dust or spray and 1 control the Bugs and Beetles. FARMERS FEDERATION _ i L ; » '‘ ' ' " , BURNSVILLE, N. C. CHURCH NEWS METHODIST CHURCH Church school at ten o’clock. Morning worship , at eleven o’clock. “The Val ue of a Disciplined Life” will be the subject of the sermon. The young people will meet at seven o’clock. Presbyterian Church The children’s meeting will be held at the church at 5 P. M. on Friday. ! The Sunday School meets at 10:15 A. M. and is follow jed by the worship service, at 11. \ • • On next Sunday .there will be preaching at Mine Fork at 11 A. M. preceeded ! by the Sunday School at ;10 o’clock; at Upper Jacks 'Creek at 2; at Higgins at, 3:30; at Banks Creek at 5 P. M. j 1 The summer Bible School will continue at Mine Fork, Monday through Friday, ; this week and next, begin i ning at 9 A. M. The Revival services will also continue at Mine Fork each night through next Wednesday at 8:30 o’clock. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL A Daily Vacation Bible School, directed by Miss Vinita Penland, was con ducted last week at the west Burnsville church. Betty Ann Banks was pianist, and the teachers were Lucille Kirkpatrick,! Mrs. Vay Anglin, Mrs. Kerl Banks and Kathleen Smith. The average attendance for the week was 40, and the commencfement pro gram was held Friday night Bill Mclntosh is at home from Baltimore where he 1 has been employed. rjoinsi v I y'fl jSßyla Signal Corps Photo Reeling out wire from an RI. 31, in the steaming jungle* of New Georgia—rain, insects'and the ever lasting muck. The jungle is definitely Jap in* tested as well, but your War Bonds can be a mighty effective Jap in secticide. Buy tiien* and hold ’em! U. S. Treasury Department p BBlill ,B LEGIONNAIRE’S OPEN LETTER .... . TO GREGG CHERRY 'n. . G May 16, 1944 Winston-Salem, N. C. Honorable P, Gregg Cherry, Raleigh. North Carolina. < Dear Gregg: It was my pleasure to serve in France with you in World War lin the 30th Division. O f course, as you know, I was in the 105th Engi neers and you were Captain of the 115th Mach ine Gun Company. I recall as if it was yesterday when we were building concrete machine gun em placements in “no-man’s” land near Ypres, Bel gium. As you remember, this work had to be done at night as we were under observation and range of the German artillery and also machine guns. I remember the many nights while we were at work that you would come out and inspect and advise us in the construction; and also as soon as one emplacement was completed, you and your men would move m. I know that never a night passed but *hat you visited each and every one of these emplacements, looking to the welfare and comfort of the men who served under you and my comrades who were helping construct these emplacements. I had the opportunity time after time to talk to the men who served in your command, and I know that they held you in the highest esteem: that they felt like + hat at all times you were look ing after their well-being; that no task was too menial, hut that you would take hold and help them out and that you had the interest of every man in your command at heart. The test of a good commanding officer is the esteem in which he is held by his men. Y"ou ofttimes exposed yourself to danger beyond the call of duty to fur ther the well-being an’d the interest of your men, and it is my judgment that after talking with numerous men in your command and seeing you in action on different occasions, that the spirit [j you eng* v ifk red by your leader ip added greatly I the suoc* oi your Company and undoubtedly 1 saved many lives and was in a large measure re- I sponsible for the wonderful record that your Com- 1 pany made on September 29th, 1918 in the break- , ing of the Hirdenburg Line. It might interest you to know that my boy, Lieutenant Bill Rierson, was recently shot down over Germany while flying a P-38 and is now a German prisoner, and I believe that I know’ some thing about vhat War means; and I further be lieve that your experience as a soldier and as a leader, together with your experience in serving seven in the Legislature admirably fit you to meet the problems of the returning soldier from this War. 1 also know that thousands of mothers and fathers feel about this as I do. With best wishes to you for yoifr continued success, I am, - Sincerely yours, Y ,1. BRYAN RIERSON, Member of Engineers Company, ■ 89th-- '..IT S ' * iff This Advertisement sponsored and paid for byjl Friends of Gregg Cherry i I I I v *• ~ . >■' Y ’% - . ■ h 1 * ... PAGE THREE
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