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VOLUME NINE SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
—Men In Service--
William Briggs MOM
M 3c, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Welzie L. Briggs of Mica
ville, is now stationed at
Pearl Harbor. He has been
in service over a year and
has completed training at
Great Lakes, Chicago, De
troit, Solomons Islands, Md.
Portland, Ore. and San
Diego, Cal.
Briggs is a diesel engi
neer and captain of a gun
crew on an L G I iG). Prior
to entering service he was
employed by the United
States Coal and Coke com
pany at Gary, W. Va.
Leroy McCourry is home
on leave from the Marine
Base, Parris Island. He
will report to New River.
Samuel R. Garland of the
Navy has been home on
leave visiting relatives at
Green Mtn. He is stationed
at Jacksonville, Fla.
Pvt. Homer Hughes has
been home on leave and has
returned to camp in Texas.
Pvt. Hobart Elliott who
has been at Fort Jackson,
S. C. is now at Fort Sill,
Okla.
R. M. Styles, A. M. M. 3c,
has been home on leave
from Norfolk, Va. His wife
and small son accompanied
him back to Portsmouth,
Va. where they will reside.
Bill peterson of Camp
Wheeler, Ga. and John Pet
erson of Fort Bragg were
called home Thursday on
account of the death of
their father.
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Pvt. Dave Hylemon has
returned to Camp Gordon, i
Fla. after spending a 10 day j
furlough with his wife, Mrs. ,
June Hylemon.
J. C. Hensley of Higgins
is stationed with the 3rd
Field Artillery training re
giment, Fort Bragg.
Completes 50th Mission
15th AAF in Italy—Staff
Sergeant John J. Tipton, 22
of Butler, Pa. has success
fully flown his 50th combat
mission. Ball turret opera
tor on an AAF Flying For
tress in the Mediterranean
theater of operations, he
flew his “golden” mission
on June 23, when the Forts
attacked the oil fields at
Ploesti, Romania.
A graduate of Butler
high school, he enlisted in
the army on February 18,
1943, and attended the aer
ial gunnery school at Tyn
dall Field, Fla., where he
won his wings.
Upon leaving the United
States for flying duty over
seas, he was assigned to the
oldest heavy bombardment
group irmhe theater. This
group has flown on over
275 combat missions against
enemy installations from
bases in England, North
Africa, Russia, and Italy
Sergeant Tipton flew on
his initial mission on April
3, when the group bombed
the railroad yards at Bel-
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
I Wounded In Action
l Pvt .Alvin C. Rathbone
t of Pensacola was wounded
j in action in France on Aug-
I ust 11, according to a mes-
sage from the war depart
ment to his father, Willard
Rathbone of Pensacola, 4
‘ Pvt. Rathbone went over
-1 seas in July.
■j Wounded In Action
i j
Pfc. Lawrence Fortner,
. son of William Fortner of
I Micaville was slightly
. wounded in France on Aug
ust 6 according to a mes
sage received this week by
> Mr. Fortner.
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Receives Purple Heart
Brady Fox who was re
cently wounded in France
received the Purple Heart
in a hospital in England
where he was taken for
treatment. He sent the aw
ard to his mother, Mrs. Zeb
Fox of Bolens Creek. '
Sgt. Bostian
1
An Eighth AAF Fighter;
Station, England. —As a
part of the Eighth Air For
ce’s extensive weather net
in England, Staff Sgt. Wal
ter H. Bostian of Burns- ;
ville, N. C., a weather fore-j:
caster, is one of the men,'
whose work contributes toi
the forecasts on which the
operations of thousands of ]
fighters and bombers are|<
dependent. (
The meteorological data 1
gathered and analysed by!i
S. Sgt. Bostian and men s
like him -at weather sta-.t
tions all over England, aids l
in the preparation of the s
final forecast which is laid c
before the commanding I
general before an operation 1
over Europe can be planned €
S. Sgt. Bostian receivec
his weather training at the
.Weather Observers anc
Forecasters School, Chan
ute Field, 111. He is a grad
uate of Burnsville High
School.
His father, Mr. Floyd P
! Bostian lives in Coalwood,
; W. Va. and his mother, Mrs,
. Molly Bostian, resides in
Burnsville. He has two
.! brat hers also in the service;
1 Ralph is a flying cadet and
j Floyd, Jr., is a gunner’s
( mate, 3rd class in the Navy.
.garde, Yugoslavia.
; Sergeant Tipton has been
awarded the Air Medal with
five Oak Leaf clusters.
Sgt. Tipton is the son of
Jason J x Tipton of Butler,
Pa. formerly of Yancey
. county and is a grandson of
Mrs. Nelson Tipton and the
late Mr. Tipton. Mrs. Tipton
(has 9 grandsons in the ser
vice. All but one volunteer
ed for service to their
country.
They are Luther Banks,
Jr., who is in India, Lloyd
White, Jr. on sea duty,
Kenneth Honeycutt in New
Guinea, Luke and Eugene
Harris, somewhere over
seas, Howard Tipton, in the
South Pacific, Richard
White with the Navy, sta
tioned in Florida, and Char
les Honeycutt in Miss,
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BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31,19iT
MOUNT MITCHELL
TIMBER SOLD TO
LUMBER FIRM
Asheville—Sale of 1,300,-
> 000 board feet of timber in
I Mount Mitchell ranger dis
trict of Pisgah National for
. est to the Roberts and John
son Lumber company of
Burnsville was announced
this. week. !
The lumber, to be cut in'
the valley of South Toe!
river, in Yancey county, is!
to be used for war purposes!
it was understood, but noj
details were available here.!
The sale was announced !
by Joseph C. Kircher, re
gional U. S. forester, in
Atlanta, Ga. ~ ;
Local Soldiers are Members
Os Outstanding Infantry
Regiment In Italy
With the Fifth Army,;
Italy.—Pfc. Don Renfro, !
rifleman of Higgins and ;
Pfc. Emery L. Sheppard,
weapons platoon squad
; leader, of Swiss, are serving
I with the 351st Regiment in <
1 Italy, one of General Mark!;
j Clark’s Fifth Army units ]
that helped to drive thelj
Germans from the Garig- ! 4
liano River to the Arno. ! t
Except for a brief rest per- (
iod, the regiment marched ]
and fought almost continu- i
ously for more than five,!
months. * ~ --a|
Part of the 88th Infantry
Division, the first selective
service infantry division to
come overseas in World
War 11, the 351st was the
first element of that divi
sion to enter combat. After
two months of aggressive
patrolling in the Minturno
sector, the regiment parti
cipated in the smashing
Fifth Army drive beginning
May 11th. Three days lat
er the regiment stormed
1 into Santa Maria Infante,
i a key enemy bastion. Over
1 rugged mountains and ac
- ross broad valleys, the 351st
- pushed forward and helped
t to liberate Rome.
Soon after the city’s fall,
. the regiment was given a
, well-earned rest. Three
weeks later, however, the
i driving 351st was again
1 slashing enemy lines and
backing the defeated Ger
- Imans to the north. At times
t the infantryman had
move rapidly to keep up
.with the fleeing enemy. In
other instances important
points were captured only
j after bitter house-to-house
fighting.
In addition to being the
division’s first regiment to
enter combat, the 351st was
its first regiment to arrive
overseas, first to arrive in
1 Italy, first to earn a Distin
guished Service Cross, and
first to receive a battlefield
promotion.
Pvt. William L. Mclntosh
'is stationed at Fort Knox,
Ky.
Cpl. J. L. Gouge who has
been stationed at Los An
geles is now at Camp How-'
ze, Texas.
Pvt. Richmond D. Young
is now at Camp Pickett, Va.
FUNERAL SfRVICES
FOR CHARLES BRIGGS
Funeral were
held Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 at tie Riverside
Baptist church near Burns
ville for Charlie B. Briggs,
69, who passed away in an 1
Asheville hospital Tuesday 1
morning.
I The Rev. G. Adkins
and the Rev. »J. Allred
officiated and f burial was
|in the Briggs family .ceme
tery near Burnsville.
Surviving are one son,
j Charles Briggs, Jr. and two
! sisters.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR EDGAR RIDDLE
Edgar Riddle, 35, passed
away at his home at Elk
Shoal Monday morning fol
lowing an extended illness.
Funeral an<j[ burial ser
vices were coillucted at the
cemetery neats the home at
3 o’clock Tuesday after- 1
noon. Rev. J.lg. Allred of-'
ficiated.
Surviving ire the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lum
Riddle; a grandmother, <
Mrs. Cordelia Mclntosh;
five brothers, Ralph of
Asheville, Vance of Eliza
bethan, Term., Carlo of
Cane River,. Clyde and
Hudson both of the U. Sc;
Army; two sisters, Mrs. 1
Maude Rfddle~ Br Lane
River. , <
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Glider Forces Aid Victory J
Pfc. Biss Byrd With
Glider Troops
Headquarters, 82nd Air
borne Division, Normandy.
While American, English
and Canadian soldiers were 1
wading to the beaches of
France on D-Day, glider
troops of the 82nd Airborne
Infantry Division who had
landed hours before, were
holding off two full Ger
man divisions which were
trying to break through to
stop the landings. Members
of the regiment include
Pfc. Biss Byrd of Burns
ville, Rt. 1.
To stop the rush of Ger
man reserves, the glider
troops captured the • town
of Ste. Mere Eglise and <
fought for and held four
fridges over the Merderet i
River at La Fiere and at
Chef du Pont and over the'
Douve River at Pont l’Abbe
and at Beuzeville la Bastille \
In successfully complet
ing their assignment in thej
plan for the invasion of the ;
Continent, the members of i
the division, many of them :
veterans of landings in 1 1
Sicily and Italy, then foughtN
some of the greatest battles t
in the history of the war. 1
One fourth of the members <
of one regiment of the div-1
ision were awarded Bronze 1 <
Stars for individual acts of 1
bravery. 11
The unit fought for 33 ]
days without relief or re-j
placements; they accompli- J
shed every mission assign- 1 s
ed to them and no ground i
they gained was ever relin- s
quished. Though casualties <
were heavy, nothing could 1
stop their relentless drive 1
J. C. MeINTOSH IN
JURED IN FALL
J. C. Mclntosh sustained
serious injuries in a fall
Tuesday afternoon while at
work on the new Feldspar
plant now being built at
j Kona. The accident occur
i red when a scaffold gave
I way and he fell head first
into a firm built for con
crete. !
He was taken to Asheville
where examination showed
rthat his back was broken
and a bone in his neck was
also broken. He is in St. Jos- j
■ eph hospital.
iINFA N TILE PARALYSIS
SUBSIDING IN DISTRICT
Eight cases have been re
ported ip A very county, one j
in Yancey and one in Mit
chell. All have been remov
ed to hospitals for treat-,
mem and are getting along
nicely. If your child be
comes ill, please call your;
private physician FIRST. <
If he desires it, the Health
Officer will be glad to see!
the child in consultation <
with the attending physi-Is
cian. He is not permitted to 1
make calls except in consul- i
tation. (
We hope that the quaran- i
tine may soon be lifted, but (
with new cases being re- '
ported in the State, we doll
feel that it is not safe to 1
Officer. : - .[1
or break their tenacious
hold.
| The regiment landed
south of Ste. Mere Eglise in
the midst of heavy machine
gun fire. Several of their
gliders crashed into trees
and hedgerows bordering
the narrow French fields.!
Some fell into water and,
swamps. Many of the men
were engaged in hand-to-j
hand fighting immediately,
yet within five hours, most
of the regiment had assem-,
bled and forced crossings
of both rivers.
The regiment was part
of the force which drove the
enemy northwest ,of Ste.
Mere Eglise. After joining
in the coordinated crossing
of the Douve River at Pont
l’Abbe, the regiment be
came part of the mighty
drive toward La Haye du
Puits. called the “Battle of
the Hills and Ridge” and in - J
eluding the heavy fighting
for Hill 131.
During one stage of the
fighting, a squad of six men
under Sergeant Clarence
Rohrbacker, 1663 Oak St.. 1
Columbus, Ohio, captured
42 Germans who had taken j
shelter in a French farm
house. The French woman
occupant had told Rohrbac-:
ker there were two wound
ed and one able Nazi in the
house, but he had suspected
her story and fired on the
house with a bazooka.
On another occasion,
Sgt. Rohrbacker’a squad
staged a feint which drew
a German force from its
strongpoint and enabled an
entire American battalion
to by-pass the place and
later capture the Germane.
[ • vonos oven amcmca * *
When the Lone Star flag
flew over the first capi
“.SVaS: Auitin in 1839
carte brought into the '
building supplies
through stockade gates. _
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Today our fighting men
- are trading the first
/. eight of a jeep for the
'aim •■*% flrst Bhmpse of an ox
vm up— cart in many p#rt# ot
Buy War Bondi the wor,d
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Funeral Services Conducted
For Ellis Peterson
j Ellis Peterson, 45, widely,
|known citizen of Burnsville
died at his home Thursday
night at 10 o’clock. 0
Funeral services conduct
ed by Rev. R. 0. Arrowood
and Rev. H. M. Alley, were
held at the home Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. Hol
combe and Edwards funer
al home was in charge of
arrangements, and burial
was in the McCracken ce
metery.
Pall bearers for the ser
vice were Ed Bryant, Guss
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. FARM
PEIERSON j
3 j Funeral services for Mrs.
Parm Peterson, former re
-1 sident of the county, were
i held at 1;30 Wednesday as
-1 ternoon at the home of her
• daughter, Mrs. Frank Prof-!
i fitt. Mrs. Peterson had liv
; ed near Bakersville for sev-|
. j eral years.
, Burial was in the Proffitt
family cemetery.
I Surviving in addition" to
Mrs. Proffitt is another
daughter, Mrs. Fonz Par
■jker.
MRS. W. E. WILSON
PASSES AWAY
i
Word has just been re
ceived ot the passing of
Mrs. W. L'. Wilson in an
Asheville hospital.
f uneral services will be
held lure tomorrow at 3
l o’clock at the Baptist chur- i
I eh. 'the body will lie in state
from 2 to 3 at the church. :
Burial will be in Buncom
be county.
LETTERS FROM
MEN IN SERVICE
Record: Please change
my address to the above. I
am now’ safe in England,
and find it to be an inter
es ting country in spite of
the Buzzbombs*
I wish to extend my love;
to all my friends and rela
tives and 1 invite them all
to write me.
Again I thank you for the
paper, I look forward to-ft
every week. So keep it com
ing please.
Best regards to everyone.
Pfc. Royce Brinkley.
0 sr*rwsw' ~ j
I Peterson, Clarence Briefs,
j Jesse Cooper, Troy Mcln
tosh and Salvie Ramsey.
-Surviving at e the widow 7 ,
the former Miss Vashti
Ramsey; five sons, Bill and
John, both of the U. S.
Army, Edward, Jimmy and
Burdette; three daughters,
Mrs. Vivian Edwards, Mary
Belle and Polly Peterson;
his parents, Mr/ and Mrs.
J. A. Peterson; one brother,
Rabe Peterson, and two sis-
I ters, Mrs. Ernest Griffeth
and Mrs. Henry Lewis both
of Huntdale.
LUMBER FOR REPAIRS
In answer to inquiries
from home owners who
want to know how they can
get lumber and other ma
terials for emergency re
pairs, War Production
Board officials explained
j that the Federal Housing
[Administration is responsi
ble for residential property
, except farms, and therefore
home owners should go to
the nearest office of ihat
agency for assistance.
“But don’t ask for lumber
right now unless your case
is one of ertreme emergen
cy, and your home is unin
habitable as a result of
damage caused by fire,
flood or some similiar disas
ter,” officials warned. lie
demand for lumber for all
purposes far exceeds p e
sent supplies. If is today the
No. 1 ciitienl building ma
terial.”
Farm Needs
Farmers in need of re
pair materials for either
hemes or farm buildings
should apply to the County
Agricultural Conservation
Committ?e, who will help
them fill out the proper ap
plication forms. _
It was explained that
while WPB has control ov-
er the repair materials
thesa other agencies are re
sponsible for assisting pro
perty owners at all times.
It is WPB forms that must
be filled in but it ip neces
sary to go through the de
signated federal agency iin
order to obtain approval in
each individual case.
Ow'ners or managers of
commercial residential pro-.
Perty, such as apartment
houses, hotels, etc., file ap
plication forms for repair
materials direct with their
nearest WPB field office,
NUMBER FIVE