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VOLUME EIGHT
—Men In Service—
Lt. Earnest M. Howell
who 4%,with army Air force
writes he met Ford Bailey
while in New Guinea and |
they spent four hours to- *
gether He is now piloting ’
a B-29 Super Bomber and
has been in Hawaii, New '
Guinea and is now some
where in Australia.
Pfc. Richard H. Howell
who is with the Anti-Tank
Co. in Italy and has been
overseas fifteen months
writes he has seen action
in Salerno and Cassino bat
tles. They are sons of J. W
Howell of Green Mtn.
Carroll Angel, QMC 3c,
who is with the Atlantic
fleet is home on a 3
leave..
Staff Sergeant Wayne
King has landed safely in
England, friends and rela
tives here have been noti
fied.
T. Ward N. Howell and
Pvt, Jesse Howell who are
in England met each other
and found they have been
only 60 miles apart They
were given several hours
leave together. They are
sons of R. C. Howell.
Cpl. John Low, son of j
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Low is
home on leave.
Bill Fouts of the Marine
Unit, Chapel Hill, N C. is
at home for a weeks leave.
Word has been received
that Pvt. Eleck E. Jarrett
of Green Mtn. has arrived
safely overseas. His location
is not known, but he wrote
that he was getting along
fine.
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Pfc. Harold Gibbs has
returned to Camp Stewart,
Ga. after a few days visit
with his wife and parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gibbs.
Sgt Albert Morris Wes
tall has arrived safely in
England, according to let
ters received last week by
his parents, Mr. and Mi’s.
Roscoe Westall.
THANKS TO THE RED CROSS!
Pvt. Oscar K. Sparks, son of Mr and Mrs. W. A.
Sparks of Green Mtn., was taken prisoner by the Ger
mans in Feb., 1943 and sent to prisoner of war camp in
south Germany, Tn June of that year he wrote his par
ents that he weighed only 127 founds.
A few months later he wrote that he weighed 160
pounds, and his mother wrote and asked why, in prison
comp, he could have gained that much His reply was:
“Thanks to the Red Cross which sends us a food pack
age evo-y week. If it had not'been for this we would
not Jiave gained weight nor have been in such good
nealth today "
We pass this message on to the people of Yancey
County where Pvt. Sparks was born and reared and
that he thinks of as Honie. Every person who gave in
the drive in March, every person who has contributed
to the Red Cross in the past has made it possible for
the “barbed wire batallion” to receive the things that
will make their present circumstances more bearable,
and will make them know that they are not forgotten
and their sacrifices are not in vain.
There are other prisoners of war whom we know.
They will be many ethers perhaps within a few short
months It is a wonderful thing that there is an or
ganization which can go in our place through our ef
forts to aid those we could not reach in any other way.
We can repeat the words of Prisoner of W ar
Sparks: “Tharks to the Red Cross for being at his
side.”
THE YANCEY RECORD
/7f “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
Wounded In Action
Pfc. Lloyd Peterson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Peter
son of Jacks Creek, was
wounded in action in the
fight for Rome, according
to a message received last
Vteek.
Wounded
Pvt. Eckel King received
light wounds in action on
May 29, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Nelse King of
Burnsville, have been noti
fied. He i s in Italy and has
been confined to the hospi
tal there.
The following men re
ported Monday to Fort
Bragg to begin active ser
vice in the army: Bill Bla
lock, Roy Cassida, Ralph
Hyatt, Carl B Young,
Hoyle C. Hylemon, R. B.
Fox, Johnnie H. Peterson.
An Air Service Command
Station (Somewhere in
England)
Sgt. Ned W. Higgins, the
son of Mr. and Mrs R. W.
Higgins of Higgins, N. C.,
is now overseas and has
participated in a course de
signed to bridge the gap
! between training in the
States and soldiering in an
active theatre of war. At
one of the Air Service
Command Stations known
as Control Depots Sgt. Hig
gins was carefully process
ed by classification experts
who make certain that he
was well fitted for the job
assigned to him.
His next station will be
one from which America’s
fighting planes take off to
smash the Nazi war mach
ine.
Before entering the Ar
my he was employed as a
Elec.-Welder by the New-!
: port News Ship Building
Co., Va.
i Herbert Joe Gouge has
- returned to Camp Peary,
r Va. after spending 10 days
. emergency furlough a t
home i.
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944
Local Aerial Gunner
Awarded Silver Wings
Harlingen Army Air
Field, Texas.—Another lar
ge class of Aerial Gunners j
to guard Army Air Forces’j
bombers was graduated! j
this week from the
Training Command aerial j
gunnery school here and; j.
: among the qualified “Shar-j
pshooters of the Sky” was *
Pfc. Claude W. Robinson,
son of Mr and Mrs. Melvin ,
Ij W. Robinson of Swiss. 1 1
i At brief graduation ex-i
erases held here he re- *
’ceived a pair of gunner’s! j
- wings as well as a promo-j
5 tion in grade. Unless re-{ j
- tained at Harlingen as an ;
instructor, he will join an j
aerial combat team.
A comprehensive seven
weeks course in” every
phase of aerial gunnery
warfare prepared him for
his place in America’s step
ped-up air offensive. Be
sides learning to fire every
type weapon from camera
guns to the deadly caliber
.50 Brownings, he studied
turret manipulation, air
craft recognition and was
required to tear down and
assemble weapons while
blindfolded. He climaxed;
the course by firing on
towed targets from Libera
tor bombers under simulat- 1
ed combat conditions.
Pfc. Phil Adkins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clate Adkins
is in India in the hospital
for a rest after being in
Burma since January. He;
i was-with General Merrills;
Maruaders in Burma.
Sgt. Horace Silvers is
home on a 21 day furlough;
after spending two years
overseas.
I). R. Styles was home on
short leave from the Nor
folk Naval base.
I Pfc. Nealy Edwards is
now stationed at Camp
Blanding, Fla.
Pvt. Bumice Bradford is
, stationed at Camp Howze,
Texas.
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Cpl. Hubert Johnson of;
iCamp Wheeler, Ga. has;
been home on furlough.
Sgt. Andrew Tipton of
Ramseytown has returned
to camp after being home
, on leave.
Pfc. Kie R, Tomberlin of
Camp Davis has returned
1 to camp after spending a
1 10 day furlough with his
; mother and other relatives
' of Swiss.
I
l Murray Styles who has
been stationed at Camp
7 Wolters, Texas was home
lon a short leave, enroute
j to Fort Meade, Md,
r Ralph Hall is home on|
t leave from the naval base,
• Norfolk.
i
} Arnold Laws who is in
. the army is home on fujg?
t lough.
J
Ceme Roland <col.) of,
r . Fort McClellan, Ala. has
r been here on leave, visit
s ing his brother, Will Rol
and, and other relatives.
Awarded Air Medal
—4-—-
T. Sgt: Elbert L. Jenkins
las been awarded the air
nedal, accoiwhg to infor
mation received by his wife.;
The citation read as fol-' i
tows: Fot# exceptionally! i
meritorious achievement! 1
while participating in heavy ‘
bombardment missions ov-|
er' enemy occupied contin- j j
ental The courage,, i
Coolness and* skill displayed ’
by this enlisted man, upon
these occasions, reflects
great creditjllpon himself
and the arnfed forces of
the United States.” jv.
FARMERS FEDERATION
PICNIC WiILL BE
HELD JULY 4th
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Patriotic Theme Will-
Be Stressed
The annual Farmers Fed- i
eration picnic will be held
at Burnsvillfe high school!
on July 4th.
This War time picnic will
stress the county's part in
the war effort, and the
sale of bondis and stamps.'
There will be several speak
ers, and music will be fea
tured throughout the day.
All the section
are invited to attend and!
I bring a basl#t lunch. Lem
onade and- vpitermelon will
be served bf the Federa
tion. I
Special A ray Training
Charles Proffitt, son of
:Mr. and Mrs. C. L, Proffitt
has been accepted for the
army special training pro.
gram. He has completed
I one year at Mars Hill Col
lege and will now be as
signed to a college or uni
versity where ... specialized i
training will be given.
HIGGINS-BARWICK
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Higgins
of Burnsville Rt. 1, have an
nounced the marriage of!
their daughter, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Higgins, former j
employee of the Treasureryi
Department of Washington
jD. C and graduate of
Clearmont high school in
the class of 1943, to Staff
Sgt. Lide Rayn Barwick of
Florence, S. C.
S. Sgt. Barwick is sta
tioned at Fort Benning, Ga.
After a short visit with
her parents the bride will
rejoin her husband.
i Camps Will Open June 30th
Some campers have al
ready arrived and others,
together with the counse
lors, will reach Burnsville
today and tomorrow for
the opening of Camp Mt.l
Mitchell for Girls and Camp
Mt. Mitchell for Boys
Mrs. Bertha M. Palmer,
owner and director of the
girls camp, said this week
that the camp would open
with a capacity enrollment
of 76 girls. Applications
still continue to come in,,
she reported, and a num-:
ber have been turned down
since <tthe number reached
full enrollment. Twelve
states are represented.
Success of sth War Loan Will Meet Acclaim of Men in Field
and Prove Nation Is Backing Our Armed Forces
- by Gen. Ike Eisenhower
“In moments of crisis involv- j
ing the safety of our native ;
land, the American people
have invariably rallied against j
the danger with courage, faith I
and resolution.
“For the past two years we
have been in one of these crises,
perhaps the greatest in our his
tory. On the battlefield and on
the home front men and wom
en are daily making great sac
rifices so the freedom in our
way of life may be preserved.
“There is now in progress the
JSth War Loan Drive to raise
money so as to insure that this
conflict will be brought to the
speediest possible conclusion
and wuh the least loss in lives.
GARDEN CLUB
The Garden Club met
with Mrs. Troy Ray on
Thursday, with Mrs. Ray,
president, in ''t%. chair. A|
short business Session was
held. Mr Shepherd, guest
speaker, was introduced by
Mn>. W. L. Bennett, pro
gram ehairman, and gave a
I most interesting talk on the
I landscaping of “home
grounds, stressing the use
of native shrubbery.
Mrs. M. C. Honeycutt and
Mrs Ch tries Proffitt were
welcomed as new members
of the club, and Mrs. Shep
herd as a guest.
It was decided to make
the next meeting the oc
casion for a picnic supper.
Mrs. J. A. Watson will be
hostess.
JACKS CREEK ,
Stanley Williams, A Z.
Jamerson and Ed Hunter,!
Jr. attended the R. A. camp
'at Ridgecrest last week. j
Mrs. Esther Elliott and!
; Charles spent the week end
jin Erwin visiting relatives.
Craig Woody who is em
ployed in Bay City, Mich,
has been at home.
Pat Greene spent the
week end in Ridgecrest at-1
i tending the GG A. house
1 party.
Marjorie Buchanan, Rob
bie Shuford of Spruce Pine
were guests of Geneva and
E. F. Hunter, Jr. Sunday.
Montez Peterson spent
the week end with Mary
i Sheppard of Weaverville,
I and Mary returned with
i her to spend the week.
C. E. Beason and Frank
Banks, both of Clearwater,
Fla are directors at the
boys camp and they also re
port a capacity enrollment
iwith a number of applica
tions turned down during
the past few weeks.
A full program of camp
ing activities will be car
ried out under the direc
tion of capable and effi
cient counselors, with out
door sports, particularly
swimming and horseback
riding, receiving special in
terest in the physical fit
ness plan of both camps,
i The boys camp also has a
very excellent golf course.
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THINKING OF BUYING A BOND?
Men Are Dying While You Make UP Your Mind!
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Let’s face ft. That tough stage of the War is here
j—it’s 1944 America!
This year men aren’t THINKING of attacking the
enemy on tho bloody invasion fronts. They’re doing it
NOW —and h’s costing a lot of them their lives.
Think of this HARD when you’re THINKING of
DOUBLING your Bond purchases during the sth War
Loan Drive. Think of the TIRED, the MAIMED, the
CAPTURED, and the DYING. Then stop THINKING
land start BUYING!
WAR BOND SALES REPORTED,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28
TOWNSHIPS SALES QUOTAS Percentage
CRABTREE $7,068.75 $10,000.00 .707
PENSACOLA 1,387.50 ~ 2,000-00 .694
BURNSVILLE 19,1*5.00 40,000.00 .478
CANE RIVER 4,481.25 10,000.00 .448
PRICES CREEK 2,175.00 5,000.00 .435
GREEN MTN. 2,212.50 7,500.00 -295
EGYPT 1,950.00 10,000.00 .195
SOUTH TOE 375.00 2,000.00 - .188
JACKS CREEK 450.00 7,500.00 .060
RAMSEYTOWN 206.25 10,000.00 021
BRUSH CREFK 2,000.00 .000
j Army and Navv Sales 2,622.00
TOTAL $42,053.25 $106,000
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SHEEP CAN PROVIDE
FINE EXTRA INCOME
Farm flock records show
that sheep growing can be
, a very successful enter
! prise in North Carolina and
that the flock can provide
a good additional income
on many farms.
•‘‘These records also show
tha. the most successful
sheep men use good rams,
feed their flocks well, dock
and castrate their lambs,
treat the flock regularly
for internal parasites, con- 1
trol external parasites by
dipping, and sell their
lambs and wool coopera
tively,” says Leland Case,
Extension sheep man ati
State College.
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1 E. B. Bailey, county sup
ervisor and Miss Martha
Plonk, home economist, of I
■ the F. S. A. attended a dis
t trict conference in Ashe
ville last week. Plans for
- next years program were
•discussed
j R. A. King who is in
[ Norburn hospital, Ashe
’ ville, was much improved
yesterday.
Divorce Granted
i. Elaine Gibson Wheeler
a from John P. Wheeler in
Graham county, June 6.
JUNE 12th
NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
The complete success In the i
drive will meet the acclaim of
the forces in the field and will '
be renewed proof that all
Americans are one aolid pha
lanx of determination in this
great war.
“All of ua profoundly trust
that soon the world may be,re
stored to a just peace. Until
we can. with God’a help, bring
about that happy realization at
our dreams, each of us must
seek incessantly for ways and
means by which the value of
our services to our country
i may be enhanced. Right now
, we can do so by buying Bonds.
Let’s make this particular vie
| tory a quick and decisive one.”
WINDOM NEWS
Pfc. Gale R. Clontz of
Eglin Field, Fla. was home
on a 15 day furlough visit
ing relatives.
Pfc. John H. Gibson of
Camp Haan, Cal. was the
guest of Miss Elaine G V
son this past week end.
Mrs. Moore Griffith has
been very ill ut her home
but is recovering.
Mr. and Mi's. Kimsey
Riddle of West Va. are vis
iting Mrs. Anna Young.
Pfc. John P. Wheeler of
Camp Davis was home on
a 10 day furlough visiting
his grandmother
Pauline Griffith has re
turned from a visit in S C.
Myra Clark has accepted
a position in Lenoir, N. C.
j Seaman, Theo Silver who
has been on duty with the
Atlantic fleet is home on
j’eave.
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Apprentice seaman, Loy
McCourry will be at home
11 today on leave after com
| pleting boot training at
1 Camp Peary, Va.
Dennie, the small son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell Mc
r Courry, who is ill in Ap
i palachian hospital, Johnson
City is now improving.
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