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V M r A v Jrv JP "JF M WtttsntmMß IMK VOLUME NINE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. —Men In Service— Wounded In Action Pfc. Gibbs Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Bailey, was slightly wounded in the fighting in France and is now in a hospital in England according to a letter re ceived from him by his par ents. Pvt. Fenton W. Piercy, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Piercy* of Day Book is now in Italy. Mr. and Mrs. 0. M. Wil son have received a letter from their son, Pvt. Mack Wilson, saying that he had landed safely overseas and is now somewhere in France ~ He took his basic training at Camp Blanding, Fla. and was at Fort Meade, Md. for a short time before going overseas. Pvt. Charlie A. Cassida, son of Mr. and Mrs. Crocket Cassida of Burnsville is now overseass. Pvt. Virgle W. Banks has landed safely somewhere in France. He is the son of . Mr, and Mrs. Will Banks of Bolens Creek. Sgt. Raymon D. Robinson son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Robinson of Celo, has been home on leave. Sgt Robin son served 13 months in the south Pacific area and is now at Hot Springs, Ark. undergoing treatment an injury received in action I. E. Clevenger was home on week end leave from Camp Stewart, Ga. where he has been stationed for several months. Staff Sergeant Lawrence King who has been in* the Panama area for 30 mon ths service has been home on leave visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Monroe King. He has returned to camp in Texas. Bill Banks of the. army air corps is home on short, leave from San Antonio, Texas. Tiie following of the Mi ca ville community have re cently been home on leave,! Phillip Hughes, Jack Wyatt ' and Frank Gillespie of the. Navy, Ed Saylor, Keeter Wyatt, Bob Hilliard and J. T. Blalock of the army. Sgt. C. < Wayne Banner who has been an instructor -in riflery at the Marine Base, Parris Island, is now stationed at New River. Sgt. Rush Beeler who is with the weather division of the army is now station- i ed at Raleigh. Pvt. Charles E. Ray has been transferred to Truax Field, Madison, Wis. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. jD. Ray of Vixen. Seaman second class Champ J. McMahan has completed boot training at Camp Peary, Va. and is now at the naval training base, Fort Pierce, Fla. /> THE YANCEY RECORD "DEDICATED TO THE PROGjpSSS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Returns To The States Staff Sgt. Charles E. Hopson has completed 50 missions over enemy terri tory in the European area and is back home, for a fur lough before reporting for reassignment. Sgt. Hopson was award ed the Air Medal, with 3 oak leaf clusters, two pres idential citations for gal lantry, and the Disting uished .Flying Cross. Sgt. Hopson is now visit ing his wife, the former Miss Gldys Maynard, and his parents,Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Hopson of Green Mtn. Receives Purple Heart Pvt. Lawrence L. Curtis has been awarded the Pur ple Heart for wounds re ceived in action against the enemy on July 20th in Fra nce. The medal has been sent to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Curtis of Burns ville. Pvt. Curtis returned to duty on August 20. He entered service Oct. 1 20, 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Campbell, Ky. A brother, Cpl. Dee F. Curtis is also in service overseas. Pvt. James A. Huskins who was wounded in action in France in July, returned jtCLjduty on August 20, ac cording to a telegram re ceived by his mother, Mrs. Dollie Huskins of Newdale. Pvt. James H. Arrowood who returned to the states after service in Alaska, has been transferred from Camp Forrest, Tenn. t o Fort Jackson, S. C. Pvt. Charles C. Neill, son of Sheriff and Mrs. R. E. Neill of Bald Creek, is sta tioned at Fort Bliss, Texas. A brother, Seaman first class Ralph E. Neill, is with the Atlantic fleet. Pvt. Clyde Anglin of Ft. McClellan, Ala. is home on emergency furlough. Seaman Boyd Moss has been home on 30 day emer gency furlough. Pvt. Carson Edwards is home on 15 day furlough from Mitchell Field, N. Y. j - Jesse D. Rathburn is now 1 stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss, and he writes that he will appreciate hearing from any of his friends ; back home. His address is: Pvt. Jesse D. Rathburn, ! Eng. Co. B. 265th Combat Bn., APO 200, Camp Shelby I Miss. Grady Riddle is now with the American army in France according to infor mation received by mem bers of his family. Junior Griffeth has been home on leave from Ne wark, N. J. visiting Aunt Cindy Griffeth and other relatives. John Young of Fort Jack , son and Mack Wilson of i Camp McCain, Miss, were home on leave during the past week end. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1941 i--■ ■- . - Four Sons in Service Mr. and Mrs. Fulton King of Swiss now have four sons in sendee. They are: Cpl. Willard G. King, now on Saipan; Pfc. Bobbie King* somewhere in Fran ce ; Seaman 2c Glen King, somewhere in England; and Pvt. Tarter King, stationed: at Camp Wheeler, Ga. Two Sons in Service The two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. King who; live near Burnsville are now in service. Pvt. Willie M. King, 29, is now with the army ord nance department some where in England. He has been in service for eight months, serving 2 of these overseas. He was stationed at Camp Croft, Aberdeen, Md. and Greenville, Pa. be fore going overseas. Pvt. King is a graduate of Bald Creek high school and was employed with Warner Air craft Co., Detroit for 3 3 years before entering :service. Pfc. Welzie Hoyt King, 24, is now somewhere in England. He has been in service 18 months and took his training at Camp Phil lip, Kansas, Nashville, I Tenn., and Camp McCain, ! Miss. He is a graduate of Bald Creek high school and was employed in Detroit before entering service. Leave For Preinduction Examination The following men left [Monday morning for Camp i Croft to ttake the pre-in duction examination for military service: Clifford Bis Deyton, Wal i ter Hensley, Gudger R. Robinson, Holmes Peterson, Pershing Wilson, Robert Lee Riddle, Lloyd Bryant, ‘ Arthur Ledford, Ar b y Chandler, Roy G. Buckner; Charles D. Jarrett, Jack Webb, Bruce Taylor, J. C. Hilliard, Samuel Ball, Clyde Styles, Roy Gardner, Dock Renfro, James Till man Hughes, Coy Adkins, Crawford Angel; I Everett Bailey, Iss Pet erson, Ralph Metcalf, Burl Presnell, Carl Ward, San ford Dale, Dennis King, Howard Bennett, James C. Kay, Raymond Mclntyre; James Hermon Wilson, Homer Harding, Lat Ed wards, Ottis Wilson, Joel Herman Fairchild, Ralph Buckner. Inducted Into Service The following men re i ported Wednesday for in duction into military ser j vice: Paul Robinson, James Riddle, Roy E. King, E. F. Hunter, Jr., Ralph Hilemon Braskie Allen, Kinnie Ray, I William Bryon Hall, Tho mas Clayton Mathis, J. ! Leslie Hensley. Floyd Rob-j, inson. Meets With Local Board Members Capt. William P. Burke of the state selective ser vice headquarters was here last week; and met with members of the local board. MISS TURNER IS APPOINTED BY RED CROSS Forest City—Miss Doro thy P. Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Turner| of ForestUCify, has accepted an appointment as staff as sistant with the American Red Cross for overseas duty. Miss Turnfer is a graduate of Woman’s College of the University qf North Caro lina at Greejisboro, and sin ce her graduation has been engaged in teaching voca tional hom4 economics and has served as county home agent in Yaficey county and other counties. She expects to leave with in a few days for Washing ton, D. C. where she will take a short training course after which*he will be sent immediately, to overseas duty. Graduates Keesler Held, Miss.—The Army Air Forces Training Command tfeday announced the graduation of Pvt. Wal ter H. Tipton from its B-24 Liberator bomber mechan ics school at Keesler Field. He is the sjpji of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tipton, Burns ville, N. Ci He has just finished a 17-week course which has skilled him in aircraft main tenance a*4 opgcncy op erations of the Liberator bomber. After learning the fundamentals of the plane’s fuel, electrical, hydraulic and propeller systems, he spent seven days in the Flight Procedures branch where he received actual experience in the duties of the aerial in sev eral hours of flight. The training at Keesler will be followed by a second phase at another AAF sta tion that will enable him to perform dual duties with a combat air crew. Hooked Rug Industry Faces Boom Problems r <f Buyers Say Makers Must Change Patterns To Keep Prices Up . i Representatives of the hooked rug industry were in Yancey county this week ; and asked that the prob lems now facing the indus-i try be brought to the atten- j tion of rug makers, as a service to them. The fol lowing article was prepar-! ed and printed in Sunday! Asheville Citizen - Times, ] and by request is reprinted here. The representative of the New York firm called at tention to the fact that the demand for rugs will con tinue, but that the demand will be for rugs of good de sign, color and workman ship, and if these produced here, they will be | produced somewhere else. Since the industry is so well established, it would be a great disadvantage for this to happen. The article Sunday was illustrated with a picture REPUBLICAN CANDI DATE FOR GOVERNOR WILL SPEAK The Hon. Frank Patton, candidate for governor on 1 the Republican ticket, will be in Burnsville on Tues day, Sept. 26, and will ad dress the voters of the county at the court house at 8 o’clock. All citizens of the county are invited to attend the meeting and hear Mr. Pat ton who is widely recogni zed as a forceful speaker. . Thie county executive com [ ittittee is in charge of ar , rangements. Sunday School Record On a recent visit to his i boyhood home of Green sville, Tenn., J. M. Lyon of Burnsville attended Sun 'jday School in the same ’ church where he had gone 70 years ago as a boy of 14. That would have been something of a record, but , even more unusual was the r fact that three other mem j bers of his family accom panied him to Sunday I School on the recent Sun day—a brother 89 years old, another brother 79, and j a sister 77. Needless to say, these members of the j Lyon family were honor ! guests for the day. j! COUNTY RAISES FUND The first county- -in the [United States to raise its ‘ quota in the money raising 1 campaign that is being con ducted in connection with the observance of National Democratic Women’s Day, 1 September 27, is Yancey | County in North Carolina. This is announced by Mrs. ■j Charles W. Tillett, Vice I Chairman of the Democra * tic National Committee. I Mrs. Sam J. Huskins of ■ Burnsville, County vice > chairman, was chairman of: the fund-raising committee I in Yancey county. p of rug makers at Swiss where some of the finest rugs in the section .are pro duced). Western North Carolina’s hooked rug industry whivh has enjoyed a spectacular boom under war conditions 'now faces some problems jthat muat be solved if it is j to continue to prosper. That I is the verdict of rug whole salers and importers in i New York and other con iters of the trade. In the' last year it is estimated that about $3,000,000 worth of hooked rugs from this, mountain area have been shipped to the big market centers. That is to be about 12 times as much as ever went from this region' 'during a pre-war year. T?he war boom in hooked, I rugs developed because pra ctically all foreign imports stopped. Before the war the chief competitors of Western North Carolina’s hooked rug makers was in China and Japan. Now, the (Continutd on page two) National War Fund Campaign q * Q _ Representatives from the 1 County National War Fund 1 committee will attend the meetings in Asheville to ; morrow for workers from 22 western counties. Speakers at the two meetings will be Mrs. Mark W. Clark, wife of the com-! manding general of the victorious American fifth army, and W. W. Bell, sen ; ior secretary for the Y. M. 1 |C. A. war prisoners aid work in India. There have been prison ers of war in India since 1 1941, and their care has been the -responsibility—o£ Mr. Bell, to look after their welfare. • 1 The Drive will be held in ; October, and plans for the [ county are nearlf complete. ,1 The plan this year is sim ilar to last year’s plan. _ In | stead of numerous drives| '> ATTEND CONFERENCE j F. B. Bailey, county r ervisor, and Agnes Rice,! secretary, attended a dis , trict F. S. A. meeting in j Statesville this week. ! RED CROSS MEETING [ Members of the execu-' | tive committee of the Yan-j i cey county chapter, Ameri can Red Cross, held the re . gular monthly meeting. , Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. ■ Sam J. Huskins, county 1 chairman, presided. Miss Hope Buck, produc tion chairnTan, gave a re port of work now being done and asked that mem- . hers of the committee con- ! tact as many prospective ! knitters as possible so that ( the quota for knitting may ( be met. A shipment of knit ted articles was recently 1 made. ]. I Mrs. C. P. Rogers, Jr., 1 , was named chairman of j Junior Red Cross to sue- j ceed Miss Hattie Phoenix!■ i who recently resigned. The i program of Junior work , was discussed briefly, i Announcement was made , : tha Mrs. Caroline Hill, dis trict field representative, will be here on Sept. 28 to meet with the local com mittee and discuss phases , of the work. IT. G. Bailey gave a de- j tailed report of his work as home service secretary, and jhis report shows that this . part of the work is increas- : ing rapidly each month.- NOTICE —— , All people in Yancey county selling milk, wheth-i er to the milk companies or to local people, may receive i subsidy payments through the AAA Office if accurate records are kept and a re ! ceipt is obtained from the j buyers certifying that they have received milk from 1 you. We are now making payments for the months 1 |of July and August. These j payments have to be made , during the month of Sep tember. i For more information you may make inquiries in the 'jdtjk^r.^'■^~?^ l ’ n«Bi .for Greek relief, War Pris oners aid, United seaman’s service, etc., one drive will combine them all. The nineteen member agencies of-the National War Fund are War Prison ers aid, United Seaman’s I Service, U. S. 0., Refugee i Relief, Trustees, U. S. com mittee for the care of Euro pean Children; Belgian War Relief Soc iety, British War Relief [Society, United China Re lief, United Czechoslovak Relief, National America Denmark Association, Fre nch Relief Fund, Greek- War Relief Association, American Relief for Italy, Friends of Luxembourg, American Relief for Nor way,, Polish War Relief, Queen Wilhelmina Fund, Russian War Relief, United | Yugoslav Relief Fund. MITCHELL AND | BOONE HUNTS SET Bear hunting in the Mount Mitchell and Daniel Boon? Cooperative Wild life Management areas will get under way the middle ! of October, C. N. Mease, re i fuge supervisor of the ar eas, announced yesterday. Oct. 16 has been set as the opening date for hunting bears in the Mount Mitchell Hunting will be divid ed into three four-day pe riods. The periods will be °in Oct. 16, 20, and 25, each hunt beginning at 7 a. m. and ending at 6 p. m. Each person participat ing in the hum will be per mitted to kill one bear with the reservation that no other wildlife may be killed or molested, it was stated. Each hunter accepted for the hunt will be permitted to take with him 24 persons and not more than 10 dogs. If the applications for participation in the hunt are above the quota accep table, an impartial public drawing will be hefd in <he Marion city hall October 2, at 10 a. m. A separate dra v ing will b? held in such an eventuality defending on the choice of the hunter for the area he de ires. Appli cants must submit a ca li ier's check or money order in the amount of SSO, made payable to Mr. Mease, which will be returned in the ev ent that the anplieant is not accepted in the di awing Applications must be in Mr.' Mease’s office at Mar ion on or before Sept. 30 at 6 p. m. R. W. Wilson and Charles Hutchin3 have returned from Raleigh where they attended Supreme Court. AAA Office. We began making pay ment on November 6, 1943 and have continued throu gh August, 1944. The July and August payments are being made in September, all of which have not been paid as of this date. As of September 20, 1944, total payment made for this per iod is $6,018.49. ' • NUMBER EIGHT
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