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‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESf OF YANCEY COUNTY”
VOLUME NINI2 SUB. RATES: *I.OO YEAR.
—Men In Service- l
Wounded In Action
Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Johnson of Bolens Creek
have been informed that
their son, Pfc. Jack E.j
Johnson of the U. S. Marine
Corps, has been wounded .in
line of duty in the Pacific
area.
The telegram stated: “Re
gret to inform you that
your son, Pfc. Jack E. John
son, U. S. Marine Corps,
was wounded in line of duty
in the Pacific area on July
27. I realize your great an
xiety and shall ' keep you
promptly informed as to
change of condition of your
son. For military, reasons
and to keep any beneficial
news from the enemy, we
cannot give you full details.
All news of your son will
be rushed through as fast
as it is released. Letter
will follow.”
Pvt. Dean Higgins is
back in the States. He has
been overseas several mon
ths, and was wounded in
the fight for Rome.
Chief Gunners Mate Ja
mes Powell is on leave and
is spending a few days here
He is with the Atlantic
fleet.
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Clay Thomas, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Lynn Thomas of
Micaville, left this week for
the Navy. All four sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have
been in service, one of
whom has received a medi
cal discharge.
Pvt. Andy C. (Bilij Tay
lor * who entered service
two months ago is now at
Camp Blanding, Fla.
Pvt. Leonard Haney of
Camp Jackson, S. C. visited
Mrs. W. I. Haney and Rev.
Haney over the week end.
James Brown, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Brown, Is
home on leave from Ran
dolph Field, Texas.
Carroll Angel is home
on short leave from duties
with the Atlantic fleet.
Pvt. Wm. Lee Mclntosh
has been home on a 10 day
emergency furlough from
Fort Knox, Ky.
T. M. Swann, Jr. who en
tered service recently i£
now stationed at Fort Bel
voir, Va.
Pfc. Clayton Whitson hat
returned to Camp Attei*
bury, Ind. He spent a If
day furlough with friendt
at Sioux.
Pvt. Reece Adkins has
been home on a furlough
He is now stationed al
Camp Maxey, Texas.
Pvt. Donald A. Thomai
who was formerly stationec
at Fort Sill, Okla. is now al
Camp Maxey, Texas.
J. C. Perry is stationed ai
the army air base, Derrid
der, La,
Loss Hopson is horn
from camp on an emergen
cy furlough.
THE YANCEY RECORD
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Receives Purple Heart <
Willard Beaver of Bur-, 1
; nsville has received the 1
( Purple Heart award, given; l
posthumously to his son,j !
* Cpl. Joseph C. Beaver who
i was killed in action off the |
: Coast of Corsica Dec. 31, j
1943.
; Pass Pre-Induction Exams
■ The following men pass-1
, ed the preinduction physical I
'examination at Camp
f •
•J Thad Bradford, Ralph
i Ensor, Gay Robinson, Bax
ter Renfro, Claude Allen,
flArvil Lewis, Arnold Whit-;
*iSon, Ray Edwards;
l Horton Gibbs, Wm. Gath
ier Edwards, Eugene Hall,
* Hermon Leonard Presnell,
l Roy Elzie King, E. F. Hun
t ter, Jr;
f Ralph Wince Hylemon,;
Wm. Bryan Hall, Leslie J.
Hensley, T. J. Peterson,
5 Terrel Staton, Harold Lu
-3 ther Harris, John McKin
* ney, Floyd James Robinson.
Inducted
The following men re
I ported to Camp Croft for
i induction into military
- service:
Army: Everett Vint
Banks, Clyde Anglin, Loyd'
f Kenneth Peterson, Arthur;
p Jarrett, Samuel Clyde Me-'
f Kinney, Loyd Davis Laws,!
j Robert Deyton, Dale Lucius
f Gouge, Roger Allen Banks,!
_ Edd Swann Wilson, Lee
Wallace, Isaac Walter Tip-;
ton, James G. Beaver. j
Navy: Reed Hermon
b Moody, G. D. Robinson, Tom
t Webb, Wm. J. Presnell.
f Gerard and Frank But
\ ner of the Pacific fleet are
r home on leave.
Capt. Charles H. Hutch-j
ins has returned to the
’* states after 4 years and 4 1
s months service in the Pad- 1
sic area. He was stationed
in Hawaii when hostilities
e| began and has taken pact 1
s in a number of campaigns. ;
Pvt. Jack Whitson is
Thorne on furlough from
! Texas visiting his wife and
II son. He will report back to'.
Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wilson'
B |Of Burnsville Rt. 2 have re-1
’ ceived a letter from their
son, Pfc. James Wilson stat- i
g ing that he is now safe !
somewhere in England.
5 This is the first letter they
s had received in 18 months.
Ralph Beaver who is sta
g tioned at Chicago has bean
. visiting his father, Willard
Beaver.
Henry Banks, son of
Willard Banks of Bolens
Creek, has returned from
“ duty in the Pacific area
lt and is now at Lawson Gen
eral hospital, Atlanta.
it Among the Micaville boys
l- who have been home on
furlough are Alfred Hugh
es, Ed Dale, George Bueh
u anan, Gibbs Jones, Wesley
i- McCourry and Glenn Tho
mas,
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1944
CAMPS WILL CLOSE
FOR SEASON
Mi. Mitchell Camp for
Girls and Mt. Mitchell camp
for Boys will close this
week for the season. Most
of the campers and coun
sellor will leave on Friday
for their homes.
SCHOOLS WILL OPEN
SEPT. 18
i
The opening date for
County schools has been
definitely set for Sept. 18
in accordance with the re
commendations made b y
the state board of health.
The teachers will meet
for conference on Sept. 14.
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POLIO FUND
r Contributions for the
funds to assist in treatment
of infantile paralysis vic
tims now totals $58.65.
Please send your contri-;
bution to Clarence Briggs
at the electric shop..
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tfebbein And Wife
Are Serving (n Navy
J -CHARLES! IHAmHi*
Charles H. Rebbein and
i wife, the former Miss May
belle Higgins, are both ser
ving in the U. S. Navy.
Named Commanding Officer
Os Trainincf Fliohts
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Dover Army Air Field,
Dover, Del.—First-hand in
| formation and practical tips
on combat flying in the j
j various theaters of war are
provided for advanced stu
dent pilots of the Army Air
Forces in training at the
Dover Army Air Field
i where the staff of instruc
tors is composed primarily
of combat veterans of
I World War 11.
Fourteen of the pilot
training staff gathered the
other day for a “round
-1 table” session of their own,
| and the inquiring reporter
jcame up with these statis-
| tics concerning the officers:
200 months total over
seas service—or an average
of 14 months and 8 days
each; 21 enemy planes to
their credit; 2 Purple Hear
ts; 12 Distinguished Flying
t Crosses; 14 Air Medals; 69
Clusters for their medals;
13 unit Presidential Cita
tions; Average, age: 25
years.
Advanced gunnery train
t ing for pilots of P-47 Thun
derbolt fighter planes is
1 the primary activity of the
Dover Field urogram, with
the overseas (Veterans being
J detailed as instructors, to
s pass on what they have
l learned in actual combat
(with the enemy in the var
ious theaters of war.
r Chosen because of their
■ skill and achievements,
) these highly experienced
II
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P
S. SGT. SETH McCOURRY!
Who was killed in action
in France on Judy 2v. He
was the son of Mi\ and Mrs. i
Clayt McCourry of Day!
Book. / ‘ | (
R. A. King returned
! Wednesday from an Ashe-'
ville hospital where he has
' been undergoing treatment, j
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Somewhere ia Italy
Record: I wish to, thank
you veby much for the copy
of the Record which I re
ceived this week. It’s the
first copy I’ve seen during
the past seven months and
believe me, 1 read every
page and paragraph,
j lam always glad to know
what the folks back home
are doing and I think the
paper, is the best means of
learning auak Bovirs,
Here's a big Hello to ev
eryone in Yancey, and I’m
hoping that the paper con
tinues to come my way.
S. Sgt. Luther Bailey.
combat pilots have increas
ed materially the calibre of
training for the new flyers,
jajcordinj to Lt. Col. Edwin
M. Dixon, commanding of
ficer of the air base.
Reports of mounting vic
tories and superior skill
have been received on Dov- 1
er graduates from the sev
eral combat theaters, re ;
fleeting the success of this
specialized training, the
colonel added. j
Commanding officers of
the two training flights of,
pilots are Capt. William B.!
Harris of Columbia, S. C,,l
and Capt. Ray M. Hilliard,
of Micaville, N. C.
r The latter is the son of j
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Hill
iard of Micaville, and the
husband of the former.
Marie Bailey, now residing
in Dover. j
Capt. Hilliard was assign
ed directly to the South Pa
cific theater following his
graduation as a pilot on
Dec. 12, 1911. lie received;
the Distinguished Flying
Cross and th=? Air Medal,'
each with an oak leaf clus
ter, as well as two Presi
dential Unit Citations.
His interest in aviation
started back in 1938-40
while ho was a student at
Brevard College. He assist
ed in the creation of the
Civilian Pilot Training pro
gram at the college and
was president of the model
aircraft club.
CADET NURSE CORPS
Durham,— North Caro
lina’s campaign to enlist
classes of the U. S. Cadet
Nurse Corps was concluded
uceessfully today, accord
ing to I. T. Reamer, Chair-;
man of the North Carolina
Pharmaceutical Association
committee which co-operat
ed with the State Nursing,
Council for War Service in
the recruitment drive.
Reamer said reports
Yorn Miss Hazel C. Will
iams, of Raleigh, official
recruiting officer, showed
a 100 per cent increase in
inquiries and indicated that
by this fall’s opening date
every North Carolina nur
andidates in September
sing school participating in
the program' would have
capacity classes.
James M. Styles Returns
From Overseas
To the extent that ship
ping space is available, the
War Department will in
creasingly endeavor to re
turn to this country under
a rotation furlough plan
men and women who have
already served long tours
of duty overseas.
The War Department has
lovised this plan of notify
ing hometown papers and
broadcasters of returning
personnel: At the time
when personnel arrive at
ports of debarkation, infor
mation will be sent local
Army agency and thence to
hometown paper and broad
caster Meanwiiile, person
nel will be passed through
a necessary processing be
fore return home for fur
lough. In most instances
, this should result in your
learning of impending ar
rival of returned personnel
to your community before
actual arrival.
Accordingly, the follow
ing information is forward
ed:
Pfc. James M. Styles,
Medical Corps, returning
from 27 months overseas
in the Southwest Pacific
: Theater of Operations will
1 arrive on approximately
August 23, at Ft. Bragg
, prior to reaching his hom
at Day Book, where he wil 1
visit his father, Carl Styles
j George A. Both, Ist Lt.,
IA. G. D. Public Relations
DECORATION
Th;re will be a decoration j
at the Wilson cemetery-
Sunday at 2:30. I
1 Record: I haV'e been re
ceiving the pa£er for the
! past 6 months until I came
to my new camp. I would
appreciate it very much if
you would send it to my
new address here at Camp
Van Dorn.
, The paper is something
to look forward to, to find
out how things are going
'in “Yancey”. Ttfanks for
1 sending it to me.
Pvt. James V. Rathbum,
Co. “I” 255th Inf. 63rd Div.
APO 410, Camp Van Dorn,
’■Miss.
Pvt. William 6. Riddle
l of Fort Bragg spent a few
l days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ransom Riddle.
Local Man With Famed
“Rankin’s Night Raiders”
Ensign Martin L. Baucom
Returns After Exploits
Charleston, S. C., —Seven
i Georgians and seven North
Carolinians, members of j
j “Rankin’s Night Raiders”;'
| which dropped 579,000 pou
nds of bombs and expended
2,000,000 rounds of .30 and
.50 caliber ammunition on
the Japs killing thousands,
have returned to the United
States with medals and ci
tations. •
Flying the Navy’s grand
old Catalina flying boats
from bases successively at j
Guadalcanal, Munda and;
Bougainville, this famous '
Black Cat squadron has re- !
turned without losing a (
man or a plane in six mon-i
ths operations. The menii
will now be rehabilitated!!
and reformed into newjj
groups.
Favorite target of the
Night Raiders were Jap |
barges which attempted to
supply Nip forces which
had been by-passed by the
rapidly advancing Ameri-'
cans.
! Working in close co-ordi
; nation with PT boats, the
. big PBY’s—painted pitch
[ black—contacted 186 of
»■ these barges and five mer
; chant ships at night. Thirty
; four barges and two mer
■ chant ships were destroyed
1 and 23 barges were damag
) ed' by the “Black Cats.”
-Their PT and destroyer
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Attends T.V.A. Conference-Tour
•j Assistant county agents
i of the 15 western counties
in the T. V. A. area went
on a conference-tour last
l week to gain more inf or
dination concerning the T. V.
A. Program.
■j Two days were spent in
- Knoxville at T. V. A. head
quarters where the group
, studied administration pro
; eedure, development of the
s program, and plans for fu
-1 ture development.
1, The research department
was also visited, where de
velopments in dehydration,
forest products, new types
1 of ffuro machinery and oth
er experiments and resear
ch was of especial interest.
I From Knoxville the
' group went along the high
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Given Award
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j An Eighth Air Force;
Bomber Station, England—;
Outstanding
aerial combat over Nazi
Europe has won the distin-i
, guished Flying Cross for
Staff Sergeant Charles E.l
Hopson, 27-year old B-17
1 Flying Fortress engineer
and top-turret gunner, of
j Green Mountain, N. C., ve
* teran of more than 30
> bombing attacks with the
* Eighth Air Force.
1 He has flown nearly 30,000
’ miles to aid in the destrue
* tion of enemy objectives,
’ ranging from war indus
-1 tries in Central Europe, to
i Military Installations and
v Robot-Bomb sites along the
'. French Coast. Previously,
Hopson was awarded the
YOU MtfS/p/ffl
he ttmYOl/A
NUMBER FOUR
partners accounted for
many more.
- Os the 186 barges attack
ed, more than 105 were at
tacked in cooperation with
surface craft. While “Black
Cats” kept the enemy spot
ted and in the area lighted
with flares, PT boats and
destroyers closed for the
kill. In the six months, these
teams killed thousands of
fully equipped Japanese
soldiers and sent
tons of critically needed
supplies to the bottom.
The squadron • got its
name from its commander
and jts pitch black planes.
During these operations,
the “Night Raiders” were
commanded by Commander
Eugene P. Rankin, USN, of
Sapulpa, Okla. His out
standing leadership earned
him the Legion of Merit.
While coordinated night
attacks with the fabled PT
boats were the squadron’s
greatest achievement, the
versatile “Black Cats” were
used for numerous other
missions—bombing spotting
targets for cruiser and de
stroyer guns, coverage of
task units and convoys, in
telligence flights, open sea
rescue missions, mail, pas
senger, weather and supply
transport, night coverage
of Enirau Island during the
landing and construction
period there.
“Rankin’s Night Raiders”
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land rim and central basin
to Nashville. At Columbia
they visited the phosphate
reserve, one of the three
known supply reserves in
the United States.
They inspected the mines,*
the ammonium nitrate and
concentrated fe r til izer
plants and other points of
interest to them, and area
demonstrations in Alabama
and Tennessee.
The purpose of the tour
was to acquaint new assis
tant agents with the woi'k
of the T, V. A. and give a
fuller understandihg of it
and its relation to the test
demonstration program.
R. F. Shepherd, assistant
county agent, from Yancey
county attended.
Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf clusters for achieve
ment in battle.
The North Carolina fly
er’s veteran fortress group
holds a presidential cita-
Ition for its attack on key
! Nazi Ball-Bearing plants
at Sehweinfurt, Germany,
last October, and is a unit
of the Third Bombardment
Division, recently cited for
its now historic England
to-Africa shuttle attack on
Messerschmitt factories $t
Regensburg, Germany, last
summer.
Charles Proffitt, Jr. is
now at State College, R§l
eigh whlere he is attending
the army training program
, for students below induc
i tion age,
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