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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE* N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1944 NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
—Men In Service--
Prisoner of War
Mr. and Mrs. John Hen
sley of Pensacola have re
cently learned that their
son, Andrew, is a prisoner
of war in Germany. He
had been reported missing
in Italy since Jan. 30th.
Prisoner of War
News has been received
here that Rex Silver is now
a prisoner of war in Ger
many. He was reported
missing in action over Italy
several weeks ago. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Silver reside in Lakeland,
Fla. but were formerly of
this community.
Charles Edwards who has
completed a training cour
se at the naval center, Nor
thwestern University has
been home on leave. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harmon Edwards
Cpl. Ralph Calloway, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Calloway, is home on leave.
He has been in service over
two years and has been
stationed in the Aleutians
for the past 18 months.
Sgt. Hiram Wilson who
has been stationed at Truax
Field, Wis. is now at Chan
ute Field, 111.
Percy England, sQn_of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Eng
land of Paint Gap, is now
stationed at Camp Peary,
Va.
A. S. William Otto Prof
fitt of Camp Peary, Va.
has returned to camp after
spending a ten day leave
with home folks.
Pvt Fin Cooper spent the
past week with his father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Cooper.
Cpl. ’Roy Duncan of
Camp Davis was visiting
his brother Clyde last week
and spent a 10 day fur
lough with home folks.
E. R. Riddle, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson Rid
dle of Pensacola, is home
on furlough. He is station
ed at Camp Hulen, Texas.
Pvt Paul Price is now
stationed at North Camp
Hood, Texas.
Lyle Dean, seaman sec
ond class, is now stationed
at the A. T. B. Boat Basin,
Oceanside, Cal.
T. sth grade George
Murray of Camp Mackall
has been visiting Aunt Cin
dy Griffeth and other rela
tives here.
Receives Commission
Hugh M. Tomberlin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Tomberlin, has recently re
-1 ceived his commission as
> second lieutenant. He has
been overseas for several
months and is stationed in
the near east.
Wins Citation
First Lt. Sam J. Huskins,
, Jr. has recently been awar
ded the^distinguished flying
cross and made assistant
, operations officer. He is
[ with the Bth AAF fighter
group in England and holds
? the air medal and three
oak leaf clusters.
The latest citation was
i awarded “for extraordi
nary achievement in aerial
flight over enemy-occupied
\ Europe.” The bulletin iur
: ther states: “The skillful
and zealous manner in
which Lt. Huskins has
sought out the enemy and
1 engaged him; his devotioii
• to duty and courage under
all conditions serve as an
' inspiration to his fellow
flyers. Hi* actions on all
1 these occasions reflect the
highest credit upon him
self and the armed forces
1 of the United States ”
J. H. Styles, apprentice
seaman, has been on leave
visiting his father* E. H.
Styles of Paint Gapr—He
- has been at Camp Peary,
Va.
Pvt. Arnold Berry has
been visiting relatives at
Ramseytown on a short
leave. x
Joe Hubert Gouge, ap
prentice seaman, has been
home because of the illness
of his father.
Pvt. Troy L. Simmons!
who is stationed at Spring-,
field, Mo. is very ill, fbl-l
lowing an operation. His (
father, W M. Simmons of
Hamrick, has been called
there.
Sgt. Rush Beeler of the
weather observation divis
ion is here enroute to At
lanta, Ga. where he will be!
stationed.
Iliff E. Clevenger is here
on a ten day leave from
Camp Stewart, Ga. where
he has been stationed for
several weeks.
Vernon Banks, son of Mr.
nnd Mrs. C. C. Banks who
lias completed his boot tra
ining at Camp Peary, Va.
is home on leave this week.
Pvt. James A. Laws who
has been at Fort Jackson,
S. C; is now at Camp Ellis,
111. s *smi
I Cpl. B. H. Hydar has
been here on leave ftp”
Washington, D C. He
connected with the RoteiW’
Johnson Lumber Co. b
he entered service.
Pvt. James H. Lewis of
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
and Sgt. Frank Murphy of
Eglin Field, Fla. have been
visiting parents at Hunt
dale.
D-DAY SPECIAL
. Pictures of invasion day
when Allies launched their
assault against mighty For
tress Europe. See these
films at the Yancey Thea
tre, Sunday and Monday,
June 25-26.
Chester Souther is home
on leave from Fort McClel
lan, Ala.
Kennith Maney and Jay
H Styles who completed
their boot training at Camp
Peary, Va. were home on
leave last week. They re
turned to camp Monday.
Mrs. Dana Sparks of
Green Mtn recently receiv
ed a letter from her son,
Pvt. Oscar K. Sparks, who
is a prisoner of war in
Germany, Doris Johnson of
Green Mtn. also received a
letter from him recently.
Letters received by Mr.
and Mrs. Hobart Whitson
from their son, Nir
’am Whitson says that he
is somewhere in Sicily, says
; he enjoys reading the Yan
cey Record. He has been
; overseas a year.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitson
have another son in ser
vice now stationed in Indi
ana.
Pvt. Melvin Fox of Fort
Jackson has been home on
’ furlough visiting his fath
er, Sol Fox.
The 'following letter was
received recently by Mrs.
Clate McCurry of Day
Book, N. C. from the bat
talion commander of her
son:
“In all probability you
are wondering why you are
i the recipient of a letter
.from your son’s command
• er. The reason is really
i quite simple and very eas
| ily explained. It is only that
i I would like to tell you of
| the wonderful work that
your son is doing as a plg-<
f toon guide in this battalion
“First though, because I
know that as a mother,
you’re more interested in
your son’s health and well
being than you are in his
i military accomplishments,
i it gives me great pleasure
I to tell you that he is in the
best of health and is enjoy
ing himself as much as pos
sible here in England.
“I might add, that it
really isn’t hard to enjoy
oneself here, because de
spite the fact that the en
emy has tried his best to
dispose of this lovely coun
try, England is still very
much bn the map and there
wtQt, still plenty of sights
to see.
'4||As you know, your son
j s.•] been in this Battalion (
jr 7 for quite a while. It,
Vh truly be said that dur
that time he has always
RlViducted himself as a gen-
Jwman and a tine soldier
Ho has performed his dut
lies both in the field and in
garrison in an excellent!
manner. I would like to tell
you now that it is indeed
a pleasure to have men of
his caliber serving with!
j me,”
LOCALPOCTOFFICE Leave For Induction ]
NOW SECOND CLASS The following men re
s' ported to Fort Bragg for
The Burnsville Post Os- induction into active ser
fice has been officially cer- vice this week:
tified as a : second class of- Clay Edwards, Ralph
fice as of July Ist, Post- Griffeth, Lee Mclntosh,
master G. L Hensley has Yates Carl Laws Benjamin
been notified. Riadle, Arthur Wilson
DivfeionJof Post Offices Frank Fox, Joe Blanken
into classed is based entir- ship, Lee McPeters, Sam
ely on the; volume of busi- Rathbone;
ness, and during the past Ransom McKinney, Amos
eight year* this has increa- Presnell, John Peterson,
sed rapidly and steadily at Eugene King, Burdette
the Burnsville office. Es- McAllister, Andy Calvin
pecialjly daring the past Taylor, Hughes*,
three years the greatly in- Ralph Barnes, John Dale;
creased volume necessitat- Cumel Price, Claude
ed the enlargement of the Bolick, Edward Saylor,
space U3ed» Howard Nelson, Grady
The advancement to the Fender, Bill Huskins, Her
second class rating marks man Wilson, Fred Murphy,
the first time that the local Earl Burguv JloyceJHortom
post bffic§, or any in the Geter Hensley, Vincent
county, has been so certi- McMahan, C. L. Hunter,
fied. Paul Wilson, Briscoe Ran
— 4 dolph, Clifton wilson.
SERIES 0)F PRAYER
SERVICES FUNERAL SERVICES
§ FOR MRS. ZORA
The serifs of prayer ser- LOUISE GRINDSTAFF
vices preceding the union „
revival, meeting will begin 1 Mrs. Zora Louise Grinds
on Monday, June 26 and staff, 60, who has been ill
will be held at the three for many years passed
churches throughout the away Tuesday, June 6.
week. All services will be She is survived by two
held at 8 o'clock. The sche- daughters, Mrs. Howard
dule follows: Wilson and Mrs. Bill Bow-
On Monday evening at .man and eight grand child -
the Methodist church with ren, all of Johnson City;
Rev. Alley t in charge. five sisters, Mrs. Dana
Tuesday at the Sparks, Mrs. Lily Woody,
church, with Mrs. Julia Jarrett, Mrs.
Rev. Barber as leader. Rosa Johnson, aTT of Green
Wednesday evening at Mtn., Mrs. Nettie Garland
the Baptist church, with of Bakersville and one bro-
Rev. Mutschler as leader, ther, Willard Woody of
Thursday evening at the Dayton, Ohio.
Presbyterian church, with Mrs. Grindstaff was a
Rev. Alley as leader. i member of Pleasant Grove
Friday evening at the Baptist church for many
Methodist church, with Rev years until her death.
Mutschler as leader. ~
Saturday evening at the FAMILY REUNION
Baptist church, with Rev.
Barber as leader. There will be a reunion
All citizens are urged to of the Wheeler family at
attend these services as a the Free Will Baptist
preparation for the series' church, Pensacola, N. T C.,
of meeting which will be-! on July 2nd.
gin on July 2 with Dr. B.j *-
B. Lavendar, president of; DAY BOOK NOTES
Washington College, Tenn.
who will preach. This union Mrs. U. ». McCurry is ill
service should mean much at her home,
to the people of the com-j J. C. Hunter and daugh
munity as a united effort ter are confined to their
at this time, . home because of flu.
—i Miss Doris Huhter re-
E. C. Hubbard, sanitary j turned to Boone for the
engineer of the state board summer term of school,
of health, Raleigh, and H. A very interesting pro-
O. Bealmear, state sanitar- gram on China given at
ian of Asheville, were in the Mary Dellinger Mem
this district last week work- orial church Sa t urday
ing with Jake F. Buckner, night, June 17 by mission-!
district sanitarian. aries from China. !
WAR BOND SALES REPORTED,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21
SALES QUOTA
BURNSVILLE $lO6lB-75 $40,000
CRABTREE 4893.75 . 10,000
PRICES CREEL , 2025.00 5,000
GREEN MTN. 1762.50 7,500
PENSACOLA * 1162.50 2,000
JACKS CREEK 450.00 7,500
SOUTH TOE 375.00 2,000
l EGYPT 168.75 10,000
CANE RIVER 7500 10,000
RAMSEYTOWN 10,000
; BRUSH CREEK 2,000
TOTAL $21,531.25 $106,000
COMMITTEES NAMED
FOR STHBOND DRIVE
The following committees
have appointed to
complete the township
committees for the Fifth
War Loan Drive:
Cane River: Wess Edw
ards (ch.), R A. Radford
(ch.), Gene via Angel (ch.),
Rassie Howell, Catherine
Proffitt, June Fox, Lucy
Evans, Max Proffitt, Rev.
James Allred, Madge Car
ter, Delma Hensley, Madge
..Ferguson, Mrs. -Alburn
Shepherd, Charles Tomber
lin, "Jess Buckner, Earl W.
Wilson, and Mrs. Hattie
Peterson.
Prices Creek : Miss Mild
red England (ch), Donald
Banks, Robert Maney, Bert
Styles, S. R. Hensley, Mrs.
Miller Ledford, Bill" Ball,
|Miss Hattie Phoenix, Mrs.
Garsie Mae Banks, and
Walser Penland.
Egypt: Niram Hensley
(ch.), Max Higgins, (ch.),
Edna Wheeler, Mi's. Veo
Burnette, Mis s Clillon Hig
gins, Miss Atlas Mclntosh,
i Miss Alma Buck, Tom
i Wheeler, Miss Delma Ed
wards, Miss Eloise McCur
i ry, Jim Wheeler, and Paul
I Higgins
■j Ramseytown: Mrs. Daisy
• Williams (ch.*, Mrs. R. E.
5 Holloway (ch.), James Mil
-1 ler, Miss Lena Phillips,
> Lloyd Miller, Miss Grace
• Hunter, and Miss Lena
tJHolloway.
“Invasion is in the air—
; and no morally alive,“soci
ally aware a person wants
Ito be excluded from it.
1 Make the Fifth War Loan
! , a tangible way in which he
can vent his feeling about
the war and get into the
fight”
FEDERATION PICNIC
ON JULY FOURTH
The Farmers Federation
War Rally Picnic in Yancey
’ County will be held at the
Burnsville high school
day on Tuesday, July 4. )
Announcement of the pic
[ nic was made this week by
•James G. K Mc( Tare, Pres- 1
ident ol the Farmers Fed-!
, era: ion. who announced
that the oounty agent, a
a Farm Security Adminis
tration representative, and
those in charge of War
I Bond sales in the county
will be invited to partici
pate in the celebration,
i While the sale of bonds
, and the all-out production
|of food for victory will be
' stressed throughout the
day, there will he plenty of!
fun and.entertainment, Mr.
McClure said. All quartets
and choirs and individual
musicians are invited to
sing or play during the
day. Pender Rector and the
Farmers Federation String
Band will be present.
Each family is invited to
bring a picnic dinner. The
usual watermelons and
lemonade will be furnished
free by the Farmers Fed
eration.
Lavonia and Mary Vance
Robertson are visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Reere Melntoah.
To tfio People
ol this Community |
This is a home front communi
que on the most vital war action
now in progress in every com
munity o t the land—the Fifth
■ War Loan.
( c #, 7 We are ad-
S f JB| S r vancing o n
v // out objee*
\ / tive. How
~ A iMf 1 « ve /’
Wf ! 1 must make
V'H wkmm certain that »
W Vwe reach
|7« A* and pass
n\ Iv/itil our goal by
July 8. This
can be done
if every one ot us puts something
extra of ourselves into the fight.
No one needs to remind you that
it is an American trait to go into
a sprint with the goal in sight.
We started this push June 12.
Reports from every city and town
in America tell us that the num
b»er individual buyers of extra- •*'
War Bonds today has reached an
unprecedented total. We all know
that in addition to numbers we
need fire power. Your extra War
Bond is absolutely essential. The
greater the stockpile of War
Bonds, the easier it will be for us
to get this war over.
This very moment our boys are
waging a life-and-death struggle.
Every additional War Bond you
tAnonth’s War Bond,
last week’s War Bond, yester
day’s War Bond are already in
the embattled foxholes. Today is
another day for the home front
just as today is another day for
, the boys on the battlefronts.
THE EDITOR.
T GRADUATES
U. S. Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, Fla., May 30.
Charles William Silvers,
son of Mr. Lee B Silvers,
Burnsville, N. C., recently
graduated from the Avia
tion Radioman School here
and was promoted to Sea
man First Class in the U.
■ S. Navy.
Entering the Navy Oct.
• 10, 1943, he received his
-recruit training at Bain
-4 bridge, Md„
transferred to the Naval
Air Technical Training
Center here
Silvers is now a qualified
Aviation Radioman and is
scheduled for Operational
Training. He will probably
see future service as a
Naval Air-crew T man.
Pvt. Paul Johnson and
Cpl. Hubert Johnson have
been called home because
of the death of their fath
er, Zeb Johnson, of Bakers
Creek who died Wednes
day at his home.
Pvt. Loyd Williams is
now stationed at Truax
Field, Madison, Wis.
i Haiold B. Fr id v *, Tprri
tice sea nan of th' U. S.
Navy, is visiting his mo i
er and father, Mr. aid
Mrs. Levi Fender, of Bee
Log._ He has completed
boot training at Camp
Peary, Va. Gus Haun has
also completed boot (rain
ing at Camp Peary and is
visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mi's. P. L. Haun of
Bee Log, N. C.
Pvt. 11. T? Hill, who is
stationed at Camp Barke
ley, Texas spent a 14 days
leave here with his wife
and son. He also visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Hill at Henderson
ville.
Pvt. Larmer Byrd of
Camp Hood, Texas visited
his wife last week.
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