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VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
—Men In Service--
Aviation Ordnance Man
Robert W. Ramsey is here
on leave from Norfolk, Va. ,
has been stationed at Camp |
Polk, La. is now at Fort
Knox, Ky.
Floyd J. Laughrun and
Jack L. Laughrun, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Laugh
run, are now at North
Camp Hood, Texas. They
are in the same company
and their address is: Co.
D. 140th T. D. T. 8., sth
TDTRDRTC North
Camp Hood, Texas.
Pfc. George D McCourry
has been home on a a 3
day pass from the Aber
deen Proving Ground, Md.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mai McCourry.
Sgt. Kenneth Robertson
of the Marine Corps is
home on a 30 day leave af
ter returning to the New
River base from 10 months
duty in the Pacific area.
Lt Jack Galloway was
here on a short leave this
week. Mrs. Galloway re
turned to Virginia with
him.
Bruce Westell is now at
the naval training. station,
Camp Peary, Va.
Cpl. Clarence Harris, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Har
ris, is at home on a short
furlough. He is in the air
corps and is stationed at
Lincoln, Neb.
Glenn Thomas, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Mannassa
Thomas, is also home from
boot training at the Marine
Base, Parris Island, S. C
He is a first cousin of Jam
es Thomas who recently re
ceived the bronze star for
heroic action in the Pacific
area.
Sgt. Elbert L. Jenkins ar
rived in England about the
middle of April and a mon
th later he was promoted
from the rank of Staff ser
geant to technical sergeant.
With the Fifth Army,
Italy—Second Lieut. Augu
sta K. Peake of Green Mtn.
/-I i JIL
N. C., staff nurse with an
evacuation hospital, has|
served on the Allied Fifth J
Army’s Anzio beachhead in
Italy since February 9, be
fore any other field or eva
cuation hospital had been
set up on the beachhead.
Her first six weeks on
the beachhead Lieutenant
Peake was exposed to
greater danger than at
t any other time in her over
seas career, but by now she
has become accustomed to
constant bombing and shell
ing and accepts these con
ditions calmly.
There are four nurses in
every pyramidal tent. The
floor of each tent is about
two feet below ground lev
el, and each nurse has a
foxhole. There are cots,
electric lights, and room to
move around. J—: ~
Lieut. Peake’s parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Rom
Peake of Green Mtn*
THE YANCEY RECORD
Killed In Action
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Sil
vers of Lakeland, Fla., for
have been informed by the
war department that their
son, Sgt. Rex Silvers was
killed over Italy in April.
He was gunner on a Flying
Fortress.
“ Prisoner of War
Capt. Charles Bailey who
was recently reported as
missing in action is now a
prisoner of war in Ger
many, according to a mes
sage received by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Bailey of Santa Barbara,
Calif., formerly of Burns
ville. He is in the air corps.
Missing In Action
T. Sgt. Olin Chrisawn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S-
Chrisawn of Hamrick, has
been reported missing in
action over Italy since
April 28. He was 20 years
old and was with the army
air force.
With the Amerieal Div
ision on Bougainville—Pfc.
Willis F. Fields, Burnsville,
N. C. has been awarded the;
Combat Infantryman Badge
for exemplary conduct in
action against the Japanese
oil Bougainvilles.
Pfc. Fields is a B. A R.
rifleman in a veteran in
fantry regiment. Fields
has been in the South Pa
cific area for 16 months,
Fields received his educa-|
tion in the Elizabeth Highi
school of Elizabeth, Tenn.l
Before induction into the
, army, Fields was engaged
in the agriculture industry.
Ralph Fender, gunners
, mate first class of the U. S.
Navy, was injured in an ac
cidental explosion on May
21, his mother, Mrs. Annie,
• Phillips of ,Bee Log, has
i been informed' by the Navy
- department. Fender is with
l the Atlantic fleet.
Bob Riddle of Chicago
and Bill Adams of Camp
’ Peary, Va. have been gues
' ts of Mrs. D. M. Buck and
family of Bald Mtn.
w
Arthur William Peterson
chief petty officer, is home
on leave visiting his mother
Mrs. Ida Peterson of Green
Mtn. He is with the Atlan
tic fleet.
Pass Pre-Induction Examination
The following men have
been accepted for military
service:
Army: Ray Bums Boone,
Clay Earl Edwards, Carlo (
Benjamin Riddle, Arvy
Nick Simmons, Lawrence
Hylemon, Yates King, Coy
E. Presnell, Isaac Ray;
Lawrence Nathan Win
ters, Albert Wilson, Earl
Harding Blalock, David
, Roy Cassida,. Ralph Lee
, Hyatt, Hoyle Clifton Hyle
mon, R. B. Fox, John Hen
s ry Peterson, William Rob
t ert Ball, Walter Edwards,
Jack Bernard Hensley, Carl
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR BILL MUMPOWER
Bill Mumpower, 30, died
in the Marion hospital Thu
rsday morning, June 1 fol
lowing a brief illness.
—Funeral —services —were
held Friday afternoon at
2:00 o’clock at 'the Mica
ville Presbyterian church,
with the pastor, Rev. Er
nest Wilson officiating,
l Burial was in the Micaville
| cemetery.
! Survivors include hi s
mother, Mrs. Leona Mum
! power, his grandmothers,
Mrs. William Mumpower
and Mrs. Louise Silvers,
four aunts, four unclefe and
a host of friends.
Pallbearers for the ser
vices were Lealand Robin
son, Delzie Harris, Junior
Silver,—Harmon Lomonac,
Ollis Staton and Clay Tho
mas. Those in charge of
flowers were Doris and
Frances Young, Catheryn
Blalock, Mary M. Lomanac,
’ Ruby English, Myrtle Gou
, ge and Evelyn Silver
NOTICE
Recently the North Car
olina State Board of Health
■ placed all public rest rooms
> under the supervision of
j the Health Departments.
We feel-that the owners
and operators who will be
affected by this ruling
should be notified before
the Sanitarian cans orr
them.
District Health Depart
ment.
NOTICE
The Woman’s Bible class
of the Methodist church
will meet with Mrs. Goodin
Thursday, June 15 at 3:00
o’clock.
William Jay King, S. 2c
of the Navy, is home on
leave. He is with the At
-1 Untie fleet.
Champ J. McMahan t|
now at the naval training
school, Camp Peary, Va.
Ward Bennett is home on
leave visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Bennett.
Cpl. Frank Ray of Camp
! Claibourne, La. is visiting
1 1 home folks at Gelo. I
——
• R. A. Bailey has received
that his nephew S.
• Sgt. Luther Bailey has
S landed safely in Italy.
Biss Young.
Navy: Woodrow Wilsoni
Young, Coy Austin, Eddie
Bascom Calloway, Odell
Phillips, Paul C. MeCuriy,
, Edward Lee Harris, Claude
David Riddle, Jack Dwight
Gillespie, Jeter Tom Blalock
Earl Blankenship, Robert
Handy Deyton;
William Heeee Higgins,
Richard Lee Mclntosh,
Mclntosh, Howard Hyatt,
Harold Cecil Thomas, Ed
gar Ledford, Myron Bruce
Silvers, Charles Clayton
Neill, Harley Edward She
, han, Ruben Lionell Harris,
Julian King Lamb.
boylcout news
Gottfi of Honor i
j
The Court of Honor for ,
the Toe |tiver district will ,
held p Pineola—next
Tuesday night. Four Bum- i
sville scoots, Landon Prof- i
fitt, Hale? Bryson, Charles
Lee Griffith and Romie
Burns tins advance to the
sank of Star scouts.
Robert fllson will advan
ce to segqtfd class scout and
Robert I»rris to tender
foot. Pnirai Banks will be
awarded jfeerit badges
Cid) Scouts
The cn» scout pack went
on an ov# night camping
trip. Monday i#ght with
Dover R. routs, leader and
Clarence Briggs, assistant
leader, T|b"following- beys
attended,# Tommy Tilson,
Frank Wilson, Jack JJdge,
Clyde fSToung, Maurice,
Briggs, Siotty Moore, Dan
ny Fouts.|
MISS FEfeGUSON GRAD
UATES FROM U. T.
Hope Marie Ferguson,
, daughter $f Mr. and Mrs.
G. D. Felgusen of Bald
, Creek, graduated June 5
f from the' University of
’m r*. *
Tennesseejwith a B. S. de
gree in Business Adminis
tration. p;
Miss Ferguson graduated
from BaldJ>eek high scho
of her class; wag an honor
student at Mars Hill Col-'
lege; and is a member of s
Pi Omega Pi, National
Business Honorary Soror
ity at U. T.
After spending a fewj
days at the Southside Stu
dent Retreat, Ridgecrest,]
N,- C., as a delegate from
U. T. and a few days at
home with her parents,
Miss Ferguson will be em
ployed June 19 by the
Tennessee Eastman Corpor
otion, Clinton, Tennessee.
=■■ Mrs. G D. Ferguson, Mrs.
F. J. Zelasko and little son,
Francis Josef 111, and Miss[
Mary Lee Hensley returned
to Bald Creek Monday ev
ening after attending the
graduation exercises.
NOTICE
I
I
The amual clean-up day;
for the Burton and Gibbs
cemetery- at Bald Creek
will be Thursday, June 15th
The vromen of the com
munity will serve lunch to
all those who help. Decora- j
tion of the two cemeterys
will be the following Sun
day, Juie 18th.
Rev. md Mrs. A. H, Mut
schler £fe attending a two
weeks inference at War
ren Wison College, Swan
nanoa.
Mr. ind Mrs Charles E.
Rex aid sons George Clay
ton an! Charles E. 11, of,
Miami, Fla are visiting
Mrs. Rix’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Si C. Riddle at Celo.
tyarj Jo and Doris Brown
i are at home from Greens-'
Iboro vhere they attended
! the Wdnan’s College of thej
1 Unive^ity.
' I
SERIES OF MEETINGS '
Burnsville churches will
unite in a series of meet
ings which willl begin on
July 2 and continue through
July 12. Dr. B. B. Lavender,
president—of—Washington
College, Tenn will preach
during the services which
will be held in the Metho
dist church.
Prayer services which
will precede the meeting
will begin on Monday, June
26 and will be held through
out the week at the three
churches alternately.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. D. F. PATE
Mrs. D F. Pate died at
her home in Bee Log Sat
urday morning following a
brief illness.
Funeral services were
held at the Bee Log Bap
tist church Sunday after
noon, at 2:30 with the pas
tor, ’the Rev. E. G. Adkins;
and Rev. Emory Edwards
officiating.
She is survived by her
husband, D. F Pate and
the following children:
John, Martin, Alvin, An
drew and Baxter Pate;
i Mrs. Lona Fender, Mrs.
'| Sarah Garland, and Mrs.
! T1 _ 1 _ll .1* T1
Rose Roland all ot Bee
Log and Mrs. Nancy Jane
Jones of Micaville. Also
surviving are 26 grand
children and 4 great grand
..children. atm*
Active pall bearers were
' Ray Riddle, Lifus, Andy
jand Lee Edwards, Back
Phillips, Turner Pate, Rae
gan Wilson, Arthur Edw-]
ards and Ernest Macintosh. ]
I Honorary pall bearers
. were Rev. J. D. King, Rev.
j Edd Riddle, T. A. Edwards, i
Rex Mclntosh, Isaac Ran-j
dolph, John King, Mack'
Hensley, Vance Hensley,;
I. B. Ramsey, N. A. Hen
sley, Jack Mclntosh, Ban
nister Hensley, Chad Will
iams, M. S. Edwards, Luth
er Watts, Horace Hensley,
and Andrew Edwards,
i Those in charge of the
flowers were Mrs. Veo P.
Burnette, Mrs. Irene Mcln
tosh, Mrs Violet Phillips,
Vaughtie and Viola Hen
sley, Delma, Mae and Ethel
Edwards, Billie King, Ag-
I _ _ 17 2mm Ilf Ml DV* lUI fIS
nes King, Kosetta rhiinps,
Cora Hensley, Ruth Fender,
Pauline Jones,Virginia
Shelton, Atlas Mclntosh,
Ella Jean Edwards, and
Lollie Hensley.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hen
sley are attending a conven
tion of N. C. Postmasters
in Charlotte. * j
Cecil Angel spent the
week end at home and his
family returned with him
to Ansted, W. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mein-;
tosh of Forest City visited
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Mc-j
Intosh and other relatives
and friends during the
week end.
Pvt. Shelby Ray of Camp
Barkeley, Texas and Leroy
' Ray of the Navy have been
I home on leave. They are
i sons of Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Ray of Can* River.
Plans Made For Fifth War Loan
t • - f "... ;
County Quota $106,000
Plans are now being com
pleted for the Fifth War
Loan which opens through
out the nation on next
Monday, June 12.
G. L. Hensley has again
been named general chair
man, Miss Hope Buck,
chairman of Woman’s Div
ision, Mrs. Sam J. Huskins,
chairman for merchants,
and V. J. Goodman for
Plans For County Wide Library
Are Discussed at Meeting
(*>■
Members of the county 1
board of cdmmissioners, 1
other county officials and i
interested citizens met oin
Tuesday morning with Miss
Marjorie Beal, director and;:
secretary with the state j:
library board, to discus? <
! plans for county-wide lib- i
rary service. <
Miss Beal presented the
plan whereby books may be
sent out to all sections, of
the county, with a head
| quarter library in Burns
’ ville, where books also
’ j would be available and
■jwhich would carry on trans
v
actions for the service.
The. 1941 legislature ap
-1 propriated funds for library
aid to the counties but at
' that time Yancey county
diSt •fake'-
1 of the offer, although lead
ers then recognized the
very vital need for this ser
vice, Now, however, condi
tions are such and the need
jso much greater that it may
ibe possible to inaugurate
the program for the county.
Funds from the state ap
propriation may be used
for the purchase of books,
! supplies for preparing these
books for distribution, the
salary of trained library
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR DALLAS GRIFFETH
Dallas Griffeth, 45, died
in Dayton,- Ohio Wednes
day, May ;:i of in juries re
ceived t\.o days earlier. He
was* employed by a Dayton
furniture company and was
fatally injured while at
a- • j .i . i
wor.. as freight elevatoi
operator at the company.
Griifeth was the son of
“Aunt Cindy” and the late
Sul Griffeth, widely known
and highly respected color
ed citizens of Burnsville.
He served in World War I,
having attained the rank
of sergeant. |
J Funeral services were
held at the church Sunday
with the Rev. J. B. Watson
officiating. Pall bearers
Iwere nephews, all of whom
j are in service in this war,
and all of whom obtained
| leave to be present for the
services. They are Robert
' Ervin of Spence Field,
Moultrie, Ga., Grady Rid
dle of Newport News, John
Young of Columbia, S. C.,
and Leroy Roland who was
recently given a medical
discharge from service.
The body was accompan
ied from Dayton by anoth
Fo od Will Help Win Th«
War. Plant a Victory Gar
den and grow all you can.
agricultural divisions. Em
mett Sams is secretary, and
will direct sales through
out the county, contacting
all post masters and promo
ting safes generally.
County Quota
The county quota i s
$106,000 of which amount
$83,000 are expected to be
E series sales.
Committees have not
been named nor quotas set
for the communities thro
ughout the county.
workers, etc. It may not be
used, however, for the act
ual equipment of the lib
rary, such as shelves, tables
Therefore, it is necessary
for an appropriation to be
made by the individual
counties to supplement the
state fund so that an ade
quate working account may '
be maintained.
The county commission
ers will considefethis mat
ter at their next meeting.
In case the program is
planned for the county, a
board of trustees for the
library will be appointed,
y - r-f '
and it will be the responsi
bility of this board to work
r out the details of the ser
; vice and to carry through
r the plans as outlined by the
Miss Beal especially poin
! ted out that the program
is designed to reach all sec
tions of the county and that
state funds cannot %e used
,for a central library only.
Books and other reading
' material must be made av
ailable to. people of all sec
tions. Therefore, it is most
, important that citizens
:] throughout the county co
s'operate in plans for the
r program.
er nephew, W. M. Ray of
Dayton
Surviving in addition to
his mother are the folio > \-
ing brothers and sister;:
Conner of Johnson Cr y,
Jim of Kim-sport, Claude
and Kay of Burnsville, Me >
tie Ray cf Kingsport, Mary
Ervin of Johnson City ai d
Hattie Y otmg of Burnsvill \
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Lavs
and sons, Miss. Stella ard
Anna Bell McCourry, Mn.
Joe Letterman of Day
Book and Sam J Byrd of
Burnsville Rt. 1 visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. McCourry
i of Boonford last Sunday.
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