North Carolina Newspapers

HE VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 27.1944 —Men In Service— Seth Peterson* son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peterson of Day Book, was recently wounded in France. He wrote that he was shot through the arm. Pfc. Robert Souther has landed safely in England, according to a message re ceived this week by rela tives here. Harold Anglin who en tered' service recently is now stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga. ■ v jg Cpl. Max Penland, son of Mr. and Mrs B. B. Penland is with the Marine Corps unit at Corvallis, Ore. Pvt. John Miller is now somewhere in New Guinea. He is the son of Mr. ahd Mrs. Earskine Miller of Burnsville. Pvt. Buddy Williams who went overseas in Decem ber and Pvt. Cash Williams who had just arrived in England, had the good for tune to meet, and they spent Sunday, July 2nd to gether “somewhere i n England.” Pvt. Murry Styles, Jr., is now stationed at Fort Geo rge Meade, Md. Pfc. James fl. Lewis is now at Camp San Lais Obispo, Cal. T. 5 Ward N. Howell has been promoted to Sgt. He is the son of Mrs. Bonnie Howell of Green Mtn., N C. and is now stationed in England. Sgt. Edward W. Pipes spent the past two weeks with his wife and parents of Franklin Sgt. Pipes is stationed at Camp Stewart, Ga. His brother, John Eu gene Pipes, chief pharmist mate, is serving somewhere overseas. William Alvin Blalock has completed his training for the naval hospital corps at Great Lakes, 111. and is I now stationed at the naval hospital, Memphis']* Tenn. i Seaman John Marsh of the Merchant Marines is; home on leave. Pvt. Lete Roy Ballew, son of Mrs. Bessie Ballew of Celo, is now stationed at Camp Wolters, Texas. Pvt. Dewey G. Robinson,! who! mas been stationed at 1 Camp Butner, N. C. is now overseas. Lucius A. Buck has been promoted to the rank of Major. He is with the army air corps intelligence divis ion and has been overseas for the past two years. He is now in Italy ' Pvt. Loss Peterson of. Green Mtn., is now at Camp Blanding, Fla. His address is: Pvt. Loss. Peterson, A -191-60. Camp Blanding, Fla. 1 Pvt. and Mrs. Francis Hennessee are here for a v*git with the former’s par ents, Mr and Mrs. W. W. Hennessee. THE YANCBY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” " Wounded In Action T Paul Hughes, son of Mr. } and Mrs. William Hughes [ of the Brush Creek section, was slightly wounded while on duty with the American 5 forces in France, his par , ents have been informed. . William Nathan Gortne.v j who is stationed at McComb i Miss, has been on leave vis ‘ iting relatives at Green 3 Mtn. His wife who resides 3 in Baltimore was also at I home for a*visit. Willard Collis who is J with the paratroop battal -3 ion at Camp Maekall, N. C. has been on leave visiting f relatives at Green Mtn. He . was accompanied by his I wife. Richard H. Lawson, ra dioman 3rd class in the ) Navy, and Mrs. Lawson of . Chattanooga have been vis -5 iting relatives at Green j Mtn. ' Sgt. Jennie Proffitt of r the women’s army corps is ’ home on furlough from 1 Fort Sill, Okla. Huskins Forced Down ) In France Lt Sam J. Huskins, Jr., Mustang fighter pilot of j Burnsville, became the first! i pjlot in his fighter group to land inside continental Europe when he force-land -led at an advance airfield I within the allied armies’ k bridgeheads in France. Lt. Huskins landed in 1 II France for engine repairs on the fifth day of the in ( vasion. i “Mechanics were availab > le on the landing strip im i mediately,” he reported. “They repaired my Mus ! tang within an hour and I was able to return to my! base in England that same afternoon.” In praise of the troops he talked to during his brief stay within the battle area, he said: “They were as jolly as though they were on J maneuvers instead of the real thing.” w | Lt. Huskins’ group claim ;cd the following targets in the first six days of thfe invasion: Three enemy aircraft-] shot down in dog fights. Twenty-five ammunition carloads exploded ; Ten light tanks destroyed iand 20 damaged from dive bombing. Five railroad bridges, 10 i locomotives and 115 freight tars destroyed; 19 locomo tives and 90 cars disabled. Twenty-five oil cars set ablaze; several railway tracks hit. Fifty trucks' demolished and 57 more wrecked. The 22-year-old son of ! Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Husk ins of Burnsville, Lt. Husk ins is an element leader fder Col Avelin P. Tacon, Mobile, Ala., group com mander. He holds the Dis *'n»"*shed Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters for missions over Europe. NOW OVERSEAS L. B Silver has re ceived word that his son, L. B. Jr., was somewhere in New* Guinea. Another son, • Charles W. Silver, who re ; cently graduated from the > naval air gunners school at Fla. is now; ‘ stationed on the west coast Cpl. Plato W Riddle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom r Riddle, is now serving > somewhere in France. Two - brothers are t also in service, i Claude at Camp Wheeler, ? Ga. and Wm. O. (Bill) at : Fort Bragg, N. C. Pfc. Charles Edwin Wil s son of the army air fbrces, - son of Mr. and Mrs Charles . Wilson of Pensacola has 'been spending a two weeks ‘ leave at home. i He won his silver wings with promotion at Bucking ham Field, Fort Myers, Fla. ’ and will now go to Lincoln . Neb. for an assignment on the B-29 super Fortress. He is a graduate of Bur nsville high school and re ceived training at Miami Beach, and Wofford s College, Spartanburg, S. C. Dick Mclntosh is now with the AAF base unit, Sheppard Field, Texas. He is the son of Mr. and Mra Troy Mclntosh of Burns ' ville. 1 Pvt. Stanley H. Ledford I has returned to New, Rivet after spending a 10 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geter Ledford. I Howe Deyton was at home on leave from Greens boro, N. C. where he has been stationed for several months. Pvt Sherman Fox who[ has been in service a year, is now in Brooklyn. His address is: 2nd Guard Det., | Brooklyn, N. Y. Lt. David Low of the i Greenville, S C. army air base, was home on week end leave. Woodrow Wilson Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Young of Micaville, has : been commissioned an en sign in the, naval reserve. “ Pvt. Jack Brinkley is now rationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. ■ , | George McCourry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mai McCour ry is home on short leave from the Aberdeen Prov-' ing Ground, Md. Pvt. Bill Peterson is now with the 14th Training battalion at Camp Wheeler, Ga. S.,Sgt. Charles H. Piercy, ! who is stationed at Colum- ( bia army air base, Colum- , bia, S. C.„ is spending a fur lough with his parents, Mr and Mrs. F. A. Piercy of 1 Day Book, N. C. Pvt. John Fox is now stationed at Camp Stewart. 1 (jia. * ' 1 Seaman Boyd Moss is ' returning to USNRS, New \ York City today after, spending a 10 days leave' with his mother, Mrs. Min-! nie Moss of Burnseville. : i SERIOUSLY INJURED IN CAR WRECK Miss Della Tipton sus tained serious internal in juries when the car in whi ] ch she was riding overturn ed -Thursdayl afternoon ! three miles west of Burns ville. Mrs. Luther Ayers and Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett i; Hughes also sustained injur ies but much taps serious. • Miss Tipton: and Mrs. ► Ayers are in an Asheville .[hospital and ate reported , to be improving. ; -• —.«>— . COUNTY STILL FREE . OF POLIO | Important to Continue i Preventive Measures 1 —TT^ It was officially reported i this morning that there are still no cases of infantile paralysis in Yancey county. This does not mean, health officials state,ithat precau tionary measures can be discontinued as new cases ,in the state are reported each day. Citizens of the county are being very cooperative, especially in keeping child ren from assembling in crowds or attending meet ings of any kind. This has meant dropping 4-H club meetings, Bible school pro grams, Sunday School and church gatherings for child ren and other ev ents Schools are sfiTlTefita tively scheduled to begin the 1944-45 session on Sep tember 7 instea d of in August as originally plan ned. Mr. and Mrs. Holt I. j Piercy of Springfield, Pa., [are spending their vacation vith Mr. Piercy’s parents, at Day Book, N. C. They expect to be here for two weeks. Bill Huskins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Huskins is now at Camp Peary, Will iamsburg, Va. Pvt. Colonel Price of Fort Jackson. S. C. has been home on emergency fur lough on account of illness of his daughter, Joan. First Sgt. Claude A. j W illiams of Fo. t Warren, ;Wyom’ - >g h spending a furlough at his home at Celo. Winslow Chrisawn son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chrisawn of Micaville is home on 1 leave. Pvt. James Vernon Rath burn will return to camp: at; Van Dorn, Miss, this week after spending a 10 day frrlutr h " {t h H<? par ents, Mr. and Mrs C. It Rathburn of Vixen, N. C. For Preinduction Exams Tin following men (col ored) left today for pre inducticn exa min ations : Ed Griffeth, Merle Roland, James Sol Griffeth, Her man Griffeth Frank Rol-i and, Nathaniel Barnett. Cpl. Grady Riddle is now, some”*h?re In England. I EXTRA CANNING SUGAR Registration for extra - canning sugar is now under! -way and will last until Feb. - 1945. i This means that sugar - will be available when 3 NEEDED. If you have any t on hand to use, please do • not apply as it works a hardship on the rationing ; board and on the merchants b Apply when you need i sugar and certificates will be issued. Bring Ration Book 4 when you apply. ! MITCHELL COUNTY ADOPTS YUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM 1 Is Now in Avery—Yancey j Unit 8 ! Mitchell county, which r i previously has had no pub j lie health department, has, _ begun this program and the ? county board of health has " named Dr. B. B. McGuire jas district health officer. IDr McGuire was already serving in the capacity for Avery and Yancey counties, '',and the three county units “i will continue to operate much as it has in the ‘ past. s b DRY WEATHER SER :IOUSLY AFFECTS CROP 1 i “i The extreme dry weath er during the past few " weeks in most sections of a the county has already ser "liously affected crops, lead ing farmers say, and unless the drouth is broken very soon much greater damage will result. The tobacco and corn ’j crops in particular have j suffered, and pasture? have ’i almost dried up. j i RABIES SITUATION IN YANCEY COUNTY i Investigation in the areal • indicates that one dog at Relief, in Mitchell County,' some days ago showed sym ‘ ptoms of rabies, and this ! ' dog bit several other dogs ' seven of which have been 5 1 killed. This dog’s head was | not examined and we are 'not sure about the diarrno sis. t In areas where there is ; evidence of a mad dog’s; (presence, the safest meth *cd is to confine dogs, or , ! other animais, in a barn or i building for three ] 1 1 weeks. If no symptoms de- : | velop by that time, there is i very little likelihood of , rabies developing. j '! All dogs shopld be vacei- \ nated. < As Health Officer, lam 1 appointing Craig English, 1 of Burnsville, and Dewey i Silver of Micaville, N. C., as < , Rabies Inspectors to admin- i ister the vaccine. Please I contact these men at the -hove, addresses. 1 Dr, B. B. McQuire, Dis- < trict Health Officer. I ■’ ' i i Born Seaman and Mrs. 1 Morris B. Styles -a son, 'July 21. Mrs. Styles is the i , former Miss Connie Edw-|i ards of Burnsville Rt. L j • | | I * * 80NDS oven AMERICA * * j n.Ull Ir^w, l | In Holland, Nazis art , ~V v atarting a fifth foread loan while ‘’looking aft- ' er” Dutch finances. Banks failing to sub scribe will be forced to j ■„L iL. A m.m. —f-s accept a double quota ■■CK ano ATIHCKI at a Tower interest rate. Buy Mora Than Bofora j •• Many»N. C. Veterans Are Being Released From Service i - r.x _ if 1 Seek Employment Raleigh, July 24.—Earlier estimates that an average of 1500 North Carolina war 1 veterans were being re- 1 leased monthly apparently, is an understatement, since | an average of more than! , 1100 discharged veterans have applied for jobs in of fices of the U. S. Employ ment Service of the War • Manpower Commission each month during the past five . months, February-June. The 0,875 veteran appli ' cants for jobs in the State, Dr. J. S. Dorton, State 1 manpower director, expla ins, do not include veterans who have returned to their old jobs, without register ing at the employment offi ces, nor those who have re turned to farm jobs when released from the service. | Os the 6,875 World War 'II veterans who applied for jobs, 5,265 completed their applications, and of this number, 4,115 were actually LEGION MEMBERS HEAR COMMANDER Members of the Earl Hor ton Post of the American Legion and members of the auxiliary held the regular monthly meeting at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. Hob art Ray on Tuesday even ing. District commander Mel-} i ton and Lt. Hoover, both i i of Marion, attended andj Mr. Melton was guest spea ker, presenting plans for « the rehabilitation of re turning veterans. He spoke ’ of the great importance of ] making plans now so thatl 4 the best interest of the vet-, 1 erans may be served after the war Lt. Hoover who has served in both wars and ‘ recently received a medical ! discharge after months of < service in Alaska spoke < briefly. A committee from the ' local post has been appoint- < ed for the rehabilitation program. Members are Dr. \ W. B. Robertson, H. G. ■ Bailey and R. N. Silvers. \ The auxiliary unit has < received a citation for i membership during the < past year. It wa's announ- < - - , r —— Jt - - • NUMBER FIFTY-TWO T placed in jobs. In addition, the USES offices assisted in placing 1,263 other vet erans in jobs during the \ five months. All of the local USES of- I fices in the State have one ! or more workers designat ed as veterans’ placement representatives, most o f them veterans of World War I or 11, who specialize in handling veterans, all under general supervision of R. C. Godwin, State vet erans’ placement represen tative, Also, one of these re presentatives is stationed part time, or full time, if that is justified, in all army and navy hospitals in the State from which disabled veterans are discharged. In the February-June period, these representa tives took 833 applications for jobs from veterans being discharged from hos pitals, of which 629 were Army men and 194 were Navy men. SCHOOLS WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 7th County Schools are now scheduled to open on Sep tember 7th instead of .an earlier date as planned, ac cording to an announce ment this week from., the office of the board of edu cation. COURT HERE WILL CONVENE AUGUST 7 The August term of Sup erior court will convene here op Monday, August 7 with Judge J. A. Rosueau presiding. Both civil and criminal cases will be heard. Pvt. Clay E. Edwards is stationed at Fort Jackson, S. C. and Pvt Jack Edwar ds is with the army air corps at Sheppard Field, Texas. They are sons of Mr and Mrs. J. E. Edwards. ced that the auxiliary would again be in charge of the Christmas seal sale, and that members would assist Miss Hope Buck, Red Cross production chairman, in getting wool ready for distribution throughout the county.