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VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
—Men In Service-
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe McPeters of Vixen are
now serving overseas. They
are Sgt. Carmon McPet
ers who is stationed some
where in England and Pvt.
Enrl McPeters who is in
Burma.
Sgt. Marion P. Ballew
was recently transferred
from Will Rogers Field,
Oklahoma City to Musko
gee army air field, Musko
gee, Okla.
Cpl. Ralph S. Wilson is
now stationed somewhere
in England.
Ransom Lee Pate, sea
man second class, son of,
Mr. and Mrs. Sherdan Pate
of Pensacola, recently land
ed safely in New Guinea.
He entered service in Mar
ch, 1944, took his boot tra
ining at the Great Lakes
training station and was
home on a 9 day leave be
fore reporting for assign
ment.
Charles Riddle, third
class petty officer, has sent
his eight months old dau
ghter, Sammy, the Purple
Heart which he recently
received. He did not say for
what reason he had receiv
ed the award, but wrote
that he wap tfcell. He ia the
son of Mrs. Jennie Riddle
of Pensacola, and his wife
is the former Miss Evelyn
Pate.
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Thomas T. Wilson, son of
T. K Wilson, has received
painful wounds in the left
wrist while serving as a
marine gunner in the south
Pacific, relatives have been
informed. He is now receiv
ing treatment in a hospital
in Seattle, Wash. His home
is in Portland, Ore. and he
is the grandson of the late
R. S Wilson of Pensacola.
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Cpl. Vernie B Murphy
is now stationed at Camp
Barkley, Texas.
Pvt. Ralph L. Hyatt who
entered service recently is
at Camp Blanding, Fla.
Cpl. Burnis Angel who
has been stationed at Camp
Stewart, Ga. is now at Or
lando, Fla.
Pvt Claude King, for
merly of Day Book, is now
in the army, serving in the'
Pacific area. He entered
service in 1942 from the
state of Washington.
Pvt. Roy Oassida is sta-;
tioned at Camp Blanding,'
Fla His address is: i*vi.
n, ivid R. Cassida, Co. F.
211th Bn. I R T C, Camp
Camp Blanding, Fla.
Pfc. Howard L. Burleson, 1
son of Mrs. E. D. Burleson,
Burnsville Rt. 2, and Pvt.
Armin 0. England, son of
Mrs. Mamie H. England,;
are serving with the com-'
munications division in the
Mediterranean area. A re
lease from this headquar
ters gives some of the work
'’"’♦ried on by signalmen in
this area:
“Communications net
(Continued on page 4) •
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROgRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY"
Aviation Cadet Bill
Banks is now at the pre
flight training school, San
Antonia, Texas.
Pvt. Bill W. Howard is
now in the Baxter general
hospital, Spokane, Wash.
Lt. Carl B. Hyatt who re
cently returned after twen
ty months in the European
theatre is now attending an
advanced officers school at
Camp Davis, N. C. He will
be there approximately
twelve weeks.
Sgt. Raymond D. Robin
son has been sent back to
the states from Bouganville
for treatment of a broken
shoulder received March 22.
He is now in the Army and
Navy general hospital, Hot
Springs, Ark.
Sgt. Horace Silvers is
visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. Jess Wheeler on Jacks
Creek. He has been over
seas 16 months.
Pvt. Charles Ledford .is
home on emergency fur
lough from Sheppard Field.
Texas.
Robert C. Howell, sea
man second class, is in a
naval training radio school
at Indianapolis, Ind. He is
thensorrof AtTermn? "ffowell
of Green Mtn.
Pvt. Blake Penland who
has been serving in the
arrpy has returned home.
Pvt. Ray Mclntosh who
is stationed at Geneva, Ne
braska is spending a 15 day
furlough with his -parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mcln
tosh of Bee Log.
Pfc. Arnold Mclntosh has
arrived safely overseas, ac
cording to word received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Mclntosh of Bee
Log.
James King, son of Mr
and Mrs. Riley King is
home on leave. He has been
on duty with the Atlantic
fleet.
Word has been received
that Pvt Junior C. Robert
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Robertson of Pensacola
has been sent overseas.
Commended
i Pfc;'Richard H. Howell,
son of Mr and Mrs. J. W.
Howell of Green Mtn., has
%
received a citation for mer
itorious conduct in Italy on
Dec. IT), 1943. Assigned the
♦ask of carrying ammuni
tion, food, water, anc\ cloth
ing to front line troops,
, these men climbed a steep,
| precipitous trail to the top
'of a mile high mountain,
subjected to almost con
stant enemy artillery and
mortar fire, sometihies
i crawling on hands and
1 knees to achieve their ob
jective. In spite of all diffi
. culties and hazards they
succeeded in reaching the
mountain top without los
| ing a single load of the vit
al supplies. There were ten
. men in all, two officers and
eight enlisted men.
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 20,1911
BANK DIRECTORS
HOLD MEETING HERE
Congressman Doughton
Attends Meeting
Congressman R. L. Dou
ghton of Laurel Springs,
N. C. was here Tuesday to
attend a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the
Northwestern Rank.
'j “Farmer Bob” as he is
i known throughout the state;
i and in Washington, is chair
-1 man as the Powerful Ways
I and Means committee and
1 has had more influence
than perhaps any other
.man on the tax program
. of the nation.
, Congress Doughton has
, been connected with the;
Bank for a
number of years, but this
[ is only one of his many ac-i
tivities in the business as-;
fairs of the state.
Other directors who were
i plesent included:
t R. A. Doughton, Presi
i dent, Edwin Duncan, Exe
. cutive vice president, D. V.
| Deal, Secretary, Harry Bai
! ley, W. C. Berry, J. D. Brin
• kley, Ralph Duncan, W. D.
- Farthing, G. W. Greene,
• M. A Higgins, W. W. Mast,
jM. E. Reeves, N. B. Smith
ey, Gordon H. Winkler.
‘i The present year hasj
JI been a very successful one
for the bank with the state
' rnent of .condition of June
,30th showing an increase
of one and a half million
) dollars in deposits since the
> first of the year.
; FUNERAL SERVICES
IFOR JAMES WILUAMS
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, James Williams, 80 year,
. old resident of the Elk
{Shoal section was found
{dead on the mountain near
! his home Sunday at noon.
' He made his home with his
;son, Henry Williams, and
• had left Saturday afternoon
“ and when he did not return
a’search was begun for
I him. A coroner’s inquest
s iwas held and found that
{ death had resulted from a
. heart attack.
Funeral services and bur
-1 ial were held at Little Creek
I under direction of Hojcom
■ be and Edwards. Another
• son and a daughter also
1 , survive.
Pass Examinations
The following men who
. left last Wednesday passed
• the pre-induction examina
-1 tion and are now classified
• LA.
1 J. C- Hensley, army; Will
! iam Bailey Huskins and
■ Drate Banks, navy. These
- reported for immediate ser
> vice.
. Braskie Albert Allen,
> Reed Hermon Moody, Ken
» nie Ernest Ray, Lee Wal
- lace, Isaac Walter Tipton,
l G. D. Robinson, Glen Aus
-3 tin, Thomas Clayton Math-
I is, James G. Beaver, Ray
• mond S. Robinson
l Mrs. Van B. Bennett of
j Jasper, Fla..has returned
- home after visiting Dr.’ and
. Mrs W. L. Bennett.
i Mrs. C. M. Whisnant has
1 returned from Winston-Sa
lem hospital w
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SCHOOLS! WILL OPEN 1
SEPTEMBER 7th
County Schools are now '
scheduled to open on Sep
tember 7t|i instead of ..an
earlier date as planned, ac
cording to an announce
ment thi| week from., the
office of the board of edu
cation. 1
Further notification * will
be made if there is any
change ini the above date
for the opening of schools.
MAJOR iftjLWINKLE
HERE FOR SHORT VISIT
|
Major A. L. Bulwinkle,
representative to Congress
from the lXth North Caro-'
,lina district, was a visitor
here during the past week;
end. He was accompanied j
;by his secretary, Charles F.|
Gold of Riitherfordton, and
J. Wm. Osborne of Wash
ington, D. ip.
i Major Bulwinkle was
making a fcrief visit throu
gh the Colin ties of his dis
trict during the present re- j
cess of Congress. A number
of county ditizens met with
him to tali ever affairs of I
interest to: the country at j
large and t| the district and j
county. I
ATTEND I CONFERENCE
Guss Peteerson who was
, recently turned chairman
'for Yancey county for the
United War Funds cam
paign attended a conferen
ce meeting in Ashekille
Friday. V. J. Goodman and
L. G Deyton who are on.
the committee also attend
ed.
The drive will be held in
October, and county quo-;
tas and additional informa-j
tion will be announced later!
- |
Zenas Boone who enter- j
ed service recently is sta-1
tioned at Fort Bragg
Charles L. Elliott is now
stationed with the 144th'
Infantry at Camp Van:
Dorn, Miss.
Dover R. Fouts spent the
past week end in Franklin.;
"Health Department News
- IS
The Health department'
is glad to report that we'
have no cases of poliomyeli
tis in Yancey county as yetJ
This does not mean that we!
can loosen our precautions
in the least, but that we!
must continue our careful
measures 1
We wish to thank the
people of the county for
their cooperation with us.
We would like to repeat,'
I however, one request that
is very important. If you
know of ANY ONE bring
ing children into this coun
ty from the infected areas,
urge them to report to us.
These measures are to pro
tect your child. The infect
ed areas are listed daily in
your newspapers, and we
have been advised that Mc-
Dowell and Madison coun-j
ties also have a few cases.
Even though you are going:
to a place where there are!
no cases, do not take your
children on buses or trains,
LAST RITES TODAY
FOR GRANT WYATT
Grant Wyatt, widely
known citizen of Micaville,
died at his home early Wed
nesday morning following
an extended illness.
Surviving are his wife,
his mother, Mrs. Rhoda
Wyatt of Celo; three sons,
Cleveland and Arnold of
Greenville, S. C. and Jack]
of the Navy now on duty!
With the Pacific fleet; three
daughters, Mrs. Ed Boone,
Mrs. Foy Boone and Mrs.
James Dale, all of Micaville;
two brothers, Greely Wyatt
jof Winston-Salem and Geo
rge Wyatt of Enka.
; Funeral services are plan
ned for this afternoon
j (Thursday) at the Pleasant
Gap Baptist church. Hol
combe and Edwards funer
al home is in charge of ar
rangements.
NOTICE
I
To Persons Peddling Mel
lons, Fruits, Vegetables, or
'Products of the Farm.
| Any person peddling
[fruits, vegetables, or prod
ucts of the farm shall pay
| a license tax of twenty-five
{dollars ($25.00) per year,
{which license tax shall be
State-wide. Counties, cities
andtownsunaylevy a tax
under this subsection not
in excess of one-half of the
State —tax. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, n o county,
city, or town shall issue any
license, or permit any per
son, firm, or corporation to
do any business under the
provisions of this subsec
tion, until and upless such
| pewson shall produce „ and \
i exhibit to the tax collector
!of such county, city or
jtown, his or its State license
i for the privilege of engag
ing in such business.
Mrs. Bill Bailey has re
j turned home after spend
ing several weeks in India
na where Pvt. Bailey is
stationed at Camp Atter
! bury, Indiana. ‘
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because there may be somt
one on there who is taking
the disease.
! We have had reports
' from two sections of the
county of an epidemic of
'Rabies among dogs. These
were from Relief and Green
! Mountain and Indian Creek.
Around forty dogs were
killed in the Relief and
Green Mountain section thi?
past week which had be?/
exposed to rabid dogs. All
owners of dogs and cats are
urged to keep their dog a
up. If you think they have
been, exposed to a rabid
dog, put them in a closed
place. If there is a dog in,
your section which may be
mad, put your dogs where
they cannot be reached by
the other dog. Tying them
'will not protect them.
All owners should have
their dogs vaccinated ag-|
ainst this disease at once. y j
Jake F. Buckner, District’
Sanitarian. y
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OUR NAME WILL BE ON THIS SHIP
I Every county in the United States which reached
the E Bond uuoi.a, and exceeded by 10 per cent the over
all quota in the Fifth War Bond Drive is entitled to have
their county’s name on a plaque on one of the LSMs
■ which will be launched.
Ten of these Landing Crafgs have been allocated to
.'North Carolii n, one for each district, and these will be
I launched at Charleston, S. C.
Z 1 . . Yancey county qualified on July Bth, for the honor
. of having her name on a plaque. At that time, E Bond.
sales were $84,318.50 and overall sales were $119,124.50,"'
. which was 18 per cent over the quota.
5 1 This county w r as the fourth in the state to reach
r tne- E > Bond -qtHtfcftr-Tlag* aaleg tire now* 1 4ft pey-Cffrit evfer 1
the quo^a
WAR BOND SALES REPORTED,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1944
TOWNSHIPS SALES QUOTA
PENSACOLA $5,498.00 $ 2,000.00
SOUTH TOE 5,348.00 2,000.00
BRUSH CREEK 3,491.75 2,000.00
CRABTREE 15,729.25 10,000.00
i PRICES CREEK 6,716.75 5,000.00
EGYPT’ 13,616.75 10,000.00
BURNSVILLE 48,370.00 40,000.00
GREEN MOUNTAIN 8,704.25 7,500.00
CANE RIVER 10,295.00 10,000.00
JACKS CREEK 5,585.50 7,500.00
RAMSEYTOW N 5,023.00 10,000.00
TOTAL $128,378.25 $106,000.00
SERIES E 93,561.25 83,000.00
SUPERIOR COURT WILL
CONVENE AUGUST 7
i The August term of Sup-f
erior court will convene
here on Monday, August 7i
with Judge J. A. Rosueau|
presiding. Both civil and
criminal cases will be 1
heard.
The jury list drawn for
duty is as follows:
First week: Alvin Hen
sley, Fred Jenkins, Floyd j
Gardner, Edd Edge, Geo-:
rge Melton, Wesley Deyton;
Raymond Phillips, J. B.
Sparks, Noah Hughes,
Crawford Ayers, Fred Mc-
Curry, Wilce Adkins, Wes-,
ley Williams, G. W. Wilson,'
Carl Wilson;
Jeff Law’s, Jess Young,
Lawrence Murphy, Guss E.
Higgins, Dewey Gurley,
Ben Wilson, Sr., Sam Hile
mon, Avery Wilson, Zenas
Metcalf, Joe Thomas, J.
W. Maney, Jennings Fox,
J. Luther Robinson, Gar
mon Edwards, Dewey Sil
vers, W. K. Banks, H. C.
Wilson;
Roby Silver, Ed Bryant,
(Erwin Wilson, Jim Honey
cutt, Genio Webb, Vance
Pen!and, D. W. Ballew,
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NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
[Walter E. Ray, Charles E.
Ray, Clyde Brinkley, Bryan
j Wilson, Gaither Carroll,
Park Peterson, Hobort
, Whitson, J. E. Bailey, Wal
ter Smith, Walter Letter
man, R. T. Ensley, Mack
Mclntosh, Bradley Silvers,
I Sam Buchanan,'A. J. Gilles
pie.
, Second week: W. G.
Smith, Herbert Garland,
Tice Peterson, G. B. Dey
ton, Jamek M. Thomas,
Gaither Simmons, Lee ; Pet
erson, Doug Robinson, Al
ilen Honeycutt, Ernest R.
Wilson, John C. Robinson,
Clyde Duncan, A. L. New
ton, T. A. McKinney, J.
Banner Huskins, M. H.
Deyton;
S. S. King, Lyda Robin
son, C E. Tipton, H. R.
Hilliard, Zeb Renfro, Wal
ser Penland, Wm. Gortney,
Harrison Peterson, Charlie
Buckner, T W. Branch, W.
E. Scott, H. C. Honeycutt,
J. W. Robinson, Carl Byrd,
John S. Dellinger, Clifford
Hensley, J. V. Hensley,
Hobert Carroll, Charlie
Parker, John King.