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VOLUME NINE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
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—Men In Service-
Killed In Action
Staff Sergeant Ralph
Wilson was killed in action
in France on August 28, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie
Wilson of the Indian Creek
community have been in
formed.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have!
three other sons in service.
Zack is with the Paratroop
division in the South Paci
fic, Herman is now in Fran
ce, and Ottis was inducted
on Sept. 20.
Pfc. Glen C. Ray, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ray of
Burnsville was slightly
wounded in France on Sept.
11 his parents have been in
formed by the war depart
ment. -
Ensign Shelby Robertson
has been placed on inactive
duty with the Navy, and is
now visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robert
son of Bald Creek.
Ensign Robertson took
his basic training at the j
Pensacola air station where!
he was assigned to person
nel work. He then attend
ed the naval training school
at Harvard University and
was assigned to the amphi
bious forces with the Atlan
fic fleet. He was physi
cally disqualified for this
service, and later placed on
inactive duty list
Pfc. Lloyd Peterson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Peter
son of Day Book, is now at
Moore General hospital,
Swannanoa. He had been
on overseas duty for sever
al months before receiving
wounds in action near
Rome.
Sgt. Kenneth Robertson
has been home on a short
leave from the Marine
Base, Parris Island, S. C.
Pvt. Paul Price is here
spending a few days fur
lough with his mother, Mrs.'
Ola Price.
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Lesley, J. Hensley and
Edd Hunter, Jr., are now
at the naval training cen-|
ter, Bainbridge, Md.
Pvt. Boyd Edwards is gt
home on a 10 day furlough
visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wess Edwards of
Burnsville, Rt. 1.
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Pvt. Jack L. and Floyd
J. Laughrun are spending a
10 day furlough at home
with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Luke Laughrun on
Jacks Creek, they have!
been stationed at North
Camp Hood, Texas. They,
will report back to Camp
Howze, Texas.
Chief Warrant Officer
Arnold W. Hensley of the
U. S. Army Signal Corps,
and Mrs. Hensley, the for
mer Miss Margaret Hagan
of Iron City, Georgia, re
cently spent a brief visit
with Mr. Hensley's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hensley
of Swiss.
Mr. Hensley, who, for
the past two years has been
stationed in Atlanta, is now
stationed in Texas.
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRiyS OF YANCEY COUNTY” y
Register Here
The following boys be
came 18 during September
and have registered with
the local board:
Luther Ledford, Rt. I,'
I Burnsville; Joe Herman
j Fairchild, Celo; Jack A.
! Young, Newdale; Raymond I
Edward Mclntyre, Celo;
Ottis Luther Wilson, Ca“ne
River; Luther Porter Rob
inson, Rt. 1, Burnsville;
Homer James Harding,
Green Mtn.; Howard Whit-;
son, Sioux; Fred Lester
Peterson, Jr., Ramseytown;
Boyd Martin Robinson,
Powder Station, Tenn.;
Howard Honeycutt, Day
Book; Gerdine Williams,
Ansted, W. Va.; Hurley
Wilstm, Bee Log.
Back From Pacific Area
Staff Sergeant Allen
Parsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. i
G. W. Parsley of Newdale, j
is at home after 32 months
service in the South Pacific
! area. He entered service 6
! months before he was sent
overseas, and took part in
the invasion of the Makin,
Gilbert and Marianna Is
lands.
Sgt. Parsley has been;
awarded the Purple Heart,!
the Silver Star for gallan
try in action, the Good Con-;
duct ribbon, the Infantry
Combat Medal, the Asiatic
Pacific and Amettcan De
fense ribbons.
13 Grandsons in Service
Jason C. Whitson of
Ramseytown is 86 years old
and has thirteen grandsons
,in service. Three of them
are sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Turner Mclntosh of Tenn.
Those from Yancey coun
ty are: Earl Whitson, now
overseas, and Rowd Whit
son, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Whitson, Woodrow
now overseas, son of Mr.
'and Mrs. Elisha Whitson;
Greely, Martin and. J. G., 1
Isons of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Whitson; Deckard Hedrick,
now overseas, son of Mrs.;
Mandy Hedrick; Albert:
'and Don Whitson, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Whitson.
Pfc. Kiah Edwards, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Amos E.
Edwards of Swiss is now!
stationed in the south Paci
fic area.
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Pvt. Bill Marsh, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Marsh
of Micaville is now on over
seas duty. *
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Sgt. Richard Peterson j
has been stationed at At
lantic City for several
weeks and is teaching in
the army school there.
.
Pfc. Frank McMahan is
now stationed at Camp|
’ Claiborne, La.
Vernon C. Banks, S. 2c,
!who recently competed
- boot training is now sta>
• tioned in Norfolk
f
Pvt. John R. Dale who
• has been stationed in Texas
i is now with the 16th Figh
r ter Command at Drew
Field, Fla.
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1944
Completes 50th Mission
15th A. A $ F. in Italy.—
Staff Sergeant Luther Bai
ley, 24 year old Ball Turret
Gunner of a B-24 Liberator
Bomber based in Italy, has
just rounded out his 50th
i mission for the 15th Air
Force. His father, Mr. Molt
j Bailey, resides at English,
IN. 1 N. C.
i Since he flew his first
I combat mission last April,
Sgt. Bailey has participated
in Aeiral attacks on every j
country in Southern Europe;
from Germany to the Bal-
I kans, blasting enemy Rail
; yards, airfields, and Air
craft factories. He went
four times to the recently
captured Ploesti Oil Refin
eries, which at one time
was the most heavily de
fended target on the 15th
Air Force Roster.
Perhaps his most diffi
cult mission was on May 29,
to an ‘Aircraft Plant in Aus- 1
j tria. Shortly before the for
i mation arrived at the tar
! get area, the Luftwaffe
came up and contested ev
ery inch of the way; ap
proximately 100 Rocket and
i Cannon-firing pursuit clos
ed in and gave Sgt. Bailey
and the rest of his crew an
anxious half hour. He fired
400 rounds himself and
! scored one FWI9O probably
destroyed.
Sgt. Bailey has seen a
number of famous sights in
Italy, including the Isle of
Capri, Vesuvius, St. Peter's
Cathedral and the Cata
combs in Rome.
He holds the Airmedal
with 3 clusters.
I Last Rites For Hobart Riddle |
i Last rites for Hobart
Riddle, 47, employed in
| Asheville as a watchmaker,
who died Friday in a local
hospital following an illness
of three weeks, were con
ducted Sunday afternoon
in Weaverville Presbyter
ian church, with the Rev.
H. B. Denby, pastor, offi
ciating, assisted by the Rev.
Morgan Kiser.
Interment was in West
| Memorial park, Weaver
ville.
Surviving are his widow,
AT AVIATION SCHOOL I
I Aviation Cadet Cedric V.
I Hunter, son of Mr. and Mrs.
[j. C. Hunter of Day Book,
N. C., is now stationed at
the Lodwiek Aviation Mili
tary Academy, Avon Park,
jFla., where he is under
j going his primary flight
| training in elementary and
acrobatic flying. The school,
21515 t A. A. F. Base Unit
I operates under the Army
! Air Forces Eastern Flying
j Training Command, Max
well Field, Ala., and is pop
, ularly referred to as “The
Country Club of the Air”j
due to the fact that a for
jner large resort hotel was
takeit .pver to house the
Army staff and cadets.
Cadet Hunter was grad
uated froriKClearmont high
school in 1989, and was ac
tive on the boxing and bas
ketball teams. He later at
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WOMANS CLUB
The Woman's Club will
meet on Oct; lffet the home
of Mrs. D. R. Fouts.
BURNS GILIisPIE
gets new Award
The following is taken
from the Middletown, Conn,
paper:
“Bums B. (Ji!l< Sie who
went into from a
j position on the*State hospi-
I tal staff nert? on January
j 12, 1942, now ranks among
the most decoj-ated men of
the community as the re
sult of receiving the Bronze
Star for general meritor
ious service. A staff serg
eant, Burns Gillespie has
had the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross, citations for five
oak leaf clusters to go with
the Air the Pur
ple Heart decoration.
“Mrs. Josephine Gillespie
of Portland, his wife, has
just received from her hus
band at an overseas point,
the entire group of citations
and the medals. He is a
native of Mifcaville, N. C.,
who came here in 1936.
The citation for the Dis
tinguished J Flying Cross
reads: “Burns P. Gillespie,
Staff Sergeant, 556th Bom
bardment Squadron: For
extraordinary achievement
while participating in aer
ial flight while serving as
an Engineer-Gunner on a
B-26 airplane on 25 combat
bombardm£nofhissions ov
er enemy occupied contin
ental Europe. S. Sgt. Gilles
pie’s devotion to duty and
»Conti nusd on four)
Mrs. Dorcas Riddle; two
daughters, Gennelle andj
Joan; ojje son, G. H. Riddle;
three brothers, Luke Rid
dle of Asheville, Lt. Arthur
Riddle with the army in'
France, and Cpl. Robert
Riddle with the army in
England; two sisters, Mrs.
Hubert Allen of Bamards
ville, and Miss Helen Rid
dle of Asheville. '
Mr. Riddle resided i n
Burnsville for a number of
years and had a wide circle
of friends here who will re
gret to learn of his passing.
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Graduates
New Orleans, La. (Spec
ial). Ensign Frank H. Wat
son, of Burnsville, N. C.,
has been graduated from
the Transportation Corps
Marine Officers school here
with this week’s section of
deck officers, qualifying
for service as a Second Of
ficer aboard army vessels,
it has been announced by
the school’s public relations
department.
He has been released to
the New Orleans Port of
j Embarkation for assign
' ment to active duty with
the “army’s navy”, follow
ing completion of a 12-week
course at this war college,
which ■* provides advanced
training to officers of the
marine personnel division
of the Army Transporta
tion Corps. Watson was as
signed to the New Orleans;
LOCAL UNIT OF NCEA
ORGANIZED
An organization meeting
of the local unit of the Nor
th Carolina Education As
sociation was held here
Monday afternoon to plan
the year’s work in the coun
ty. R. A. Tomberlin of Wea
verville, district represen
tative of the NCEA,. was
present.
Officers named for the
unit were: H. D. Justice,
president; Claude C. Hugh-
I es, vice president; Miss
Ruth Jobe, secretary. On
the advisory council are:
Emmett Sams, Miss Hattie
Phoenix, Dellma Hensley,
Max Proffitt, Clarence Bai
ley, Sam J. Byrd.
Committees were named,
‘ with the following to serve
as chairman for each com
mittee: membership com
mittee, Miss Ruth Jobe;
! legislative committee, Em
’ mett Sams; professional
•service committee, Burl
■ Maney; public- relations
committee, W. W. Angel;
federal aid committee, Miss
' Hope Buck; post-war plan
ning, Vernie Wilson; teach
ers’ welfare, Miss Evelyn
< Hill.
Pvt. Walter H. Tipton,
• son of Mr. and Mrs Willard
: Tipton of Burnsville, N. C.,
has been assigned to the
i 3509th AAF Base Unit
i tTS), Willow Run, Ypsilan
.ti, Mich, to study aviation
mechanics. Upon oompk
• tion of the five weeks cour
se he will be fully trained
I to take his place with oth
'er soldiers who “keep ’em
fiyin’.”
i Pvt. Tipton is a graduate
of Clearmont high school.
IHe entered service in Jan.
1944 and has been stationed
at Miami, Fla. and Keesler
Field, Miss.
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Madison, Wis., Sept. 26
Pvt. Ralph W. Griffith, 25,
husband of Mrs. Vera Lee
Griffith and son of D. L.
Griffith, all of Burnsville,
has been enrolled in the
technical school for train
; ing of radio mechanics
students at Truax Field, an
\ installation of the Army Air
Forces Training Command.
Pvt. Griffith will receive
a complete course in air
craft radio mechanics and
will take supplemental
' .AAF courses in defense
' against chemical attack,
> physical training, and relat
-1 ed subjects designed to fit
Shim for overseas combat
; | duty with the fighting
: | AAF.
'i He formerly was stationed
at Sheppard Field, Texas.
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’ school in July, when he
1 graduated from the T. C.
Marine Officer Cadet school
i at St. Petersburg, Fla.
Watson was an attorney
• with the North Carolina
j Parole commission before
; his enrollment in the Mari
time Service in December,
i 1943. He is a graduate of
1 Burnsville high school, Mars
! ! Hill Junior college and
l ,Wake Forest College Law
school. His mother, Mrs. J.
■|A. Watson, resides in Bur
• I nsville.
Court Will Convene Oct. 23
The October term of
Superior court will convene
here on Oct. 23. Civil cases
will be heard and Judge J.
A. Rousseau will preside.
Names drawn for the
jury list were:
Frank Gortney, H. E.
Gardner, L. W. Thomas,
John McPeters, M. D. Cox,
C. T. McCurry, Willie P.
Anglin, Richmond Wilson,
W. M. Duncan, Wilton Wil-j
son, Arthur M. Brown,!
Carmon Silver; I
National War Fund Campaign
Drive Begins Oct. 9th
COUNTY QUOTA $2650
The United War Fund
Campaign opens through
out the nation on Oct. 9th.
The quota for Yancey coun
ty is $2650.
On the Initial Gifts com
mittee are C. E. Briggs, D.
R. Fouts and Mrs. Lee
Griffeth. Members of the
Industrial Committee are
Mrs. Carroll P. Rogers, Jr.,
Welzie Robinson and Mrs.
V. L. Mattson.
One industrial plant in
the county has agreed to
give $3 per employee, and
each employee has agreed
to give one day’s wages.
Others are handing their
initial gifts to members of
the committee.
The sub-quota for each
school is SIOO, the township
in which school Is located
to be given credit. Schools
were considered when quo
tas were fixed. The goal
in industry is $3 per em
ployee, and one days work
per worker.
L. G. Deyton is campaign
manager and Guss Peter
son is general county chair
man.
- Township Contmittees
The following have been
named on the township
committees:
Burnsville: Mrs. Craig
English, Mrs. Vincent Wes
tall, Mrs. W. J. Baker, Miss
Rena Ray, Mrs. Vernie Wil
son, Mrs.' D. R. Fouts, Mrs.
Fred Proffitt, Miss Bess
Lewis, Grover Hunter, Mrs.
Carl Mclntosh, Mrs. Kerl
Banks, Miss Hope Buck,
Mrs. Ralph Young.
Cane River: Mrs. Eliza
beth Tipton, A. C. Angel,
Mrs. Earl W. Wilson, Cath
erine Proffitt, Mrs. Max
Proffitt, Mary Frank Hen
sley, Vergie Duncan, Mrs.
Harmon Peterson.
Egypt: Rextfer Mclntosh,
Edna Wheeler, Alma Buck,
Max Higgins, Jim Wheeler,
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TOWNSHIP QUOTAS
BURNSVILLE - $1025
CANE RIVER L,. - 306
EGYPT .. 150
RAMSEYTOWN 125
GREEN MOUNTAIN ... 100
JACKS CREEK 150
BRUSH CREEK .. .... 75
CRABTREE 1 400
SOUTH TOE , 125
PENSACOLA *IOO
PRICES CREEK 100
J t TOTAL isssr
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NUMBER TEN
H. Cleve Silver, John W.
Holcombe, James Harris,
Sam Edwards, Raymond
Penland, Dewey Hall, Paul
Higgins, Ralph Brewer, W.
M. Gortney, Blake Ray,
Ben Peterson;
Elmer Sparks, I. R. Wil
s6h, G. A. Hughes, David
Fox, Adam Can-oil, W. M.
Banks, W. A. Black, Russell
Howell, Quince Miller, John
18. McCurry, Hiram B. Hen
j sley, Gilbert Robinson.
I Charles C. Robinson.
Mrs. I. E. Burnette, Mra._
Elmer Phillips, Mrs. Earl
Deyton, M. A. Hensley.
Ramseytown: Mrs. Daisy
Williams, Mrs. J. H. Lewis,
W. D. Adkins, Thomas Ed'*
Tipton, Rexter Bryant,
Richmond Bennett, Rextsr
Miller, Miss Lyda Atkins,
Mrs. Burn Peterson, Mrs.
R. F. Holloway.
Green Mtn.: Clarence
Bailey, Mrs. M. D. Bailey,
G. D. Turbyfill, Mrs. Tom
McKinney, Walter Howell,
Mrs. Edd Wallace, Lois
Moody, Gus Bailey.
Jacks Creek: Luke Lau
ghrun, A. P. Honeycutt,
Bruce Bailey, Mrs. Mack
Bailey, Mrs. Henry Stamey,
Mrs. Madge B. Byrd r Mrs.
Clyde Peterson, U. B. Dey
ton, Mrs. Friel Young.
Brush Creek: Mrs. Cling
Hughes, Doris Johnson,
Mrs. Dana Sparks, Lowe
Thomas, J. B. Thomas, Mrs.
Claude Hughes, Pauline
Randolph.
Crabtree: Mark Hall, C.
P. Gibson, L. B. Ray, James
Hutchins, Joe Young, Mrs.
C. E. Silver, Mrs. Clarence
Hughes, W. B. Robinson,
Leland Robinson, Robert
Presnell, Mrs. Walter Wil
son.
South Toe: J. T. Lippin
cott, Mrs. Arthur Robinson,
B. M. Rector, D. C. McKin
ney, Mrs. Roscoe Westall,
B. A. Gibbs, Mrs. R. S. Bal
lew, Mack Huskins, Rhonda
Westall, Mrs. C. C. Robin
son, J. W. Letterman.
Pensacola: U. S. Allen,
Mrs. Brook Wilson, Mrs. H.
D. Ray, Mrs. D. J. Jamersjn
Mrs. Wayne Ray, C. B.
Bennett, Mrs. Percy Thre
adgill, Mrs. Pearson Riddle*
Kathleen Hensley, Mrs.
Brooks Boone.
Prices Creek: Oscar
Gibbs, Claude Gillespie, T.
H. Phoenix, Mrs. Lela Sams
Mrs. Cora Allen, S. R. Hen
sley, A. C. Fox, Burl Man
ey, Mrs. Miller Ledford,
Donald Brinks, Mrs. Floyd
Banks.