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VOLUME NINE
—Men In Service-
Mrs. Myra H. Renfro of
Higgins has been informed
by the. War Department
that her son, Sgt. Don Ren
fro, was slightly wounded
in Italy on September 3i£ '
Mr. and "Mrs. Charlie Hill
of Swiss received word
from the War Department
that their son, Staff Sgt.
Quince V. Hill, is recover
ing from wounds he receiv
ed July 14 in France. He
has been awarded the Pur
ple Heart which he sent
home to his mother.
Sgt. Emery L. Sheppard
of Swiss, husband of the
former Miss Opal Tomber
lin, was slightly wounded
September 25, in Italy. He
has been awarded an Infan
try Combat Medal, which
has been sent home to his
wife.
Pvt. Paul Price has fin
ished his basic training at
Camp Hood, Texas and was
home on furlough for 10
days. He has reported
back to Camp Howze, Texas
to complete his training.
Duane Penland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rhea Pen
land is home on leave after'
completing his boot train
ing at Camp Peary, Va.
R. B. Deyton of Csuap
Wheeler, Ga. spent a short
with his family.
Pvt. Emerson J. Woody
has returned to Camp Hood
Texas after spending a 10
day furlough with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Woody of Burnsville.
Cpl. Plato W. Riddle is
now somewhere in Ger
many according to word re
ceived by his parents, Mr
and Mrs. Ransom Riddle.
Pvt. William 0. Riddle is'
now stationed at Camp
Lee, Va.
Pvt. Jack L. Laughrun
and Pvt. Floyd J. Laughrun
have returned to camp af
ter a 10 day furlough at
home. They are still in the
same company and their ad
dresses are the same: C. N
Co. 140th Inf. Regt., Camj
Howze, Texas.
Pvt. James L. Robinson
is with the 64th Training
Regiment at Camp Bland
ing, Fla.
Ens. Woodrow W. Young!
of Micaville is now at the;
naval training school, Hol
lywood Beach Hotel, Fla.
Leonard Honeycutt, S. lc
who was recenttly at home!
after sea duty is now sta
tioned at the ATB school,
Oceanside, Cal.
Pfc. James H. Lewis is
stationed at Camp Cook
Cal.
Cpl. James Alvin McCur
nr is stationed with the
380th AAF Base Unit at
Barksdale Field, Ala. Two
brothers. M. Sgt. Thos.
Fletcher McCurry and S.
Sgt. Ray C. McCurry are
overseas in the Pacific area
THE YANCIY RECORD
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
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SUB. RATES: sl.fr) YEAR.
■ The following men re
ported for induction last
Friday:
Kenneth Rathbone, Coy!
Presnell, Dewey Phillips,
Eugene Hall, Charles Deck
Jarrett, Jack Webb, Clyde
Styles, Roy Gardner; Dock;
Renfro, Glen Austin;*
T. J. Peterson, Terrel
Staton, Harold Harris, John
McKinney, Crawford C.
Angel, Levi Bailey, Ralph
Metcalf, Dennis Roy King,
Howard Bennett, Homer
Harding, Jack Hensley.
Brothers Meet in France
i Pvt. Herman Silver who
■ has been overseas for the
■ past ten months had the
pleasure of meeting his
older brother, Pvt. Roy
Silver, in France recently.
Pvt. Herman Silver en
■ tered service July 19, 1943.
He took his training at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
From there he was sent to
England, then into France
! during D-day invasion.
Pvt. Roy Silver entered
service Dec. 1, 1942. He
took his training at Camp
i Phillips, Kansas and Camp
McCain, Miss. He was sent
to England and from there
into France.
Pvt. Herman and Pvt
Roy Silver are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Silver of
Mlcavffle. v - r v
An Air Force Command
Depot in England.— Cpl.
Arthur J. Thomas, son of
Mrs. A. N. Thomas of Mica
ville, N. C., has won high
commendation for helping,
to shatter world's records;
repairing aircraft at this 1
Air Service Command de
pot _ j
He and his fellow mech-,
anics sent back into action
the highest number of bat
tle-damaged craft since Air
| Service Command began
operations in England.
A knockout blow against
Germany was the way his
i Commanding General, Bri
gadier General Isaac- W.
(Ott, described the contri
bution of Cpl. Thomas
whose extra effort makes it
possible to maintain a con-:
stant air cover over allied
armies on the Continent.
Before entering the Air
Forces in Nov. 1942 he was
employed as a miner. Cpl.
Thomas attended Micaville 1
high school. A brother, 1
Pvt. Harold C. Thomas, is
; also in service.
Pvt. Ralph W. Griffeth is
' with the 3608th Base Unit
l at Truax Field, Madison, 1
j Wis.
Pvt. John G. Young is |
now with the 87th Infantry
training battalion at Camp 1
Roberts, Cal.
Pvt. Alfred Gardner is,
with operations squadron
AAF at Miami, Fla.
Vernon C. Banks, S. 2c,
has completed a three mon
ths barber course at Nor
folk, Va. and is stationed,
at Norfolk as a qualified.
Barber. \ _ %}
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THUIfSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944
REGISTRATION
Registration will be held
for two more Saturdays for
! voting in the Nov. 7 election
; Prospective voters may also
; register at any time before
! sundown October 28 if they
will contact their local re
gistrars.
:
| HYBRID CORN TOUR
j A Hybrid Corn tour will
be held Tuesday, October
■ 24, 1944 at 1:30 P. M, (E. W.
l ! T.> starting at W. Z. Rob
'j ertson’s farm at Riverside.
The purpose of this tour is
to visit the fields where
i Hybrid Corn is grown along
with other corn to check
» the yields and other factors
' that help increase produc-!
“ tion of corn. There are yel
(j low and white hybrids in
these fields.
Dr. Paul H. Harvey and.
Dr. L. S. Bennett of State!
College will be along to help
select more suitable varie
ties and give other helpful
' information.
‘ Our corn yield for Yan
| cey county is about 29 bush
els per acre. Let’s increase
it. Get a car or truck load
• and meet us at Mr. Robert
i son’s farm and we will gr
on from there.
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ATTEND YOUNG
DEMOCRAT MEET
11
> Yancey county was the
banner attendance. dMintft
at the western district meet
of Young Democrats, held
in Asheville, on Saturday
'! evening. Clyde R. Hoey,
candidate for U. S. Senate,
and Gregg Cherry, candi
date for governor, deliver
| ed {he principal addresses.
i Ruth Mclntosh has re
turned to Alexandria, Va.
after a few days at home.
F. S. A. Offers Service t( Farmers
The Farm Security Ad
, ministration, with offices
located in Burnsville, has
loan funds available to the
low income farmers of Yan
cey county for the purpose
of buying seed and fertili
-1 zer and for other farm op
" crating expenses and for
I the purpose of buying the
! necessary farm tools and
i livestock.
These loans are made av
ailable to the low income
farm families o n terms
i that will enable them to re
i pay the loan and at the
same time protect the inter
; est of the Government.
Money borrowed to purch
ase seeds, fertilizer and to
i meet other operating ex
i peiisos will be paid back
from the proceeds received
| from the sale of the crops
that were given as security
for the loan.
; Money that is borrowed
to purchase capital goods
such as wire fencing, build
| ing material, farming tools
and livestock will be sched
uled for repayment during
a period of from two to
five years.
Loans, are also available
to groups of low income 1
! farmers to purchase farm
machinery, which is too ex-
I pensive for one farmer to
“A” book Applica
tions ARt| AVAILABLE
* |
Applicatioi blanks for; re
newal of “A or “D” gaso
line ration ooks are now
available at te local ration
ing board office.
All car owlers are urged
to get this iank filled out
and returned to the board
before Novelet so that the
new books n»y be sent out
in time for .Ijieir use begin
'i ning Nov. Bjf? •
The A sisoline ration
book in be mailed
in with application,
and betweeji now and the
; expiration J|te of Nov. 1 8.
A-ll coupoffiare good if de
: tached. Thfe should be re
' moved for use between
’j now and th<> time the new
'I coupons wf| 'become valid.
MAJOR BULWINKLE
[j HERE THIS WEEK
1 i
i Major M L. Bulwinlde,
congressman from this dis-
I triet, has been in the county
this week on a visit to this
section. Me was accompan
ied by hil secretary, Char
i les F. Goi.
Mr. Biwrinkle addressed
voters of lie county at two
.Democrat* precinct meet
ings, spelling at Micaville
and Bee Img. He discussed
the issue*at stake in the
coming elction and urged
that eveif citizen vote be
‘ cause of re unprecedented
seriuujmcMfaftd "Importance
' of the outdme of the elec
-1 tion.
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, ATTEND jfONFERENCK
The Rev F. R. Barber,
pastor of Higgins Memor
ial church, js attending the
Webern fjTorth Carolina
Methodist inference which
is in sessiiji this week in
Charlotte. I
I
' buy, such is small grain
threshers, towing machin
-1 es and o ter machinery.!
This type <j loan is also av
ailable to te low income
fanners fc the purchase!
of pure b.’e sirer. This type
of loan will e repaid over a
priod from three to five
years. [ •
Farm Purchase
Loan fnm t are alstfavail
' able to succ ■sfifPfarm ten
ants forth purchase of;
family type farms—farms!
that are la :e enough andi
sufficiently productive to j
enable the imilies to make
their living on the farms
arid to repa; the loans from
the proceed received from
the sale of irm products.
These loans re repaid over
ajaeriod of >rty years and
have a thre percent inter
est rate, H vever, the ma
jority of resent Farm
Omnership r real estate
borrowers this county
will pay ou their loans in
full within ro more good
crop years, i’or example,
one borrowi received a
S3OOO loan i August, 1942.
(To date he hi repaid $1420.
jail of which was normal
farm income
Any tenan and other
low income rmers of this
(Continue on page 4)
SERIES OR MEETINGS
I ''mrnmrnmmm
Dr. Thom M. Carter is
■ now preaching at a series of
■ meetings which began Wed
r Inesday night at the Burns
- ville Baptist church. Ser
vices are held at 7:45 each
l evening. Everyone is in
: vited to attend.
l|
; BOARD OF UNITED
s STATES CIVIL SERVICE
■ EXAMINATIONS ESTAB
LISHED IN BURNS
. VILLE
1
, | The Director of the Four
th United States Civil Ser
. vice Region announced the
-I establishment of a Board of
- United States Civil Service
i Examiners in the post offi
7, ce at Burnsville, N. C.,* to
! serve as a source of public
information concerning the
; announcements of exami
nations for Federal civil
service positions and their
- j requirements, applications,
and other pertinent civil
r ! service matters.
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*1 Designated as Secretary
"J of the Board is Ashton H.
j Ramsey. Mr. Ramsey urg-
I ed the people of this area
to avail themselves of the
\ opportunity of obtaining
applications for positions
, and making inquiries re
garding Civil Service infor
. mation, by contacting the
office of the board of Unit
, ed States Civil Service Ex
, aminers in the poet office.
V \ST RITES FOR
WILLIE G. PARKER
j Last rites for Willie G.
Parker of Pensacola were
held Saturday morning at
11:00 o’clock at the Free
Will Baptist church, Low
I Gap. The services were
| conducted by the Rev. E. P.
i Blevins.
Mr. Parker is survived by
his widow, four daughters
, and one son.
Pallbearers for the servi
ces were Don Hughes, Sid
Hughes, Britter McMahan,
Carl Robertson, Coleman
Smith, Hudson Boone, Wal
j ter Riddle, H. D. Ray, Geter
McMahan, Dewey Ogle,
Lawton Allen, Talmadge
McMahan, Kenneth McMa
han, Lowe McMahan, T. M.
Rathburn, John Ogle, Z. B.
Rathbone, Landon Gaddy.
Arrangements were un
der the direction of Dunn
and Groce Funeral home,
West Asheville 1 .
Rummage and Food Sale
The Sophomore class will
have a rummage and food
sale on the Square Satur
day.
TOWNSHIP QUOTAS
BURNSVILLE $1025
CANE RIVER 300
EGYPT 150
RAMSEYTOWN :i. 125
GREEN MOUNTAIN 100
JACKS CREEK _ 150
BRUSH CREEK - 75
CRABTREE 400
SOUTH TOE I 125
PENSACOLA 100
PRICES CREEK • 100
total .12555“
NUMBER TWELVE
| * ♦ 9QNDS OVfK AMERICA • • 1
On th« banks of the Po
tomac River not far „
tram Washington, Mount V«mon
stands the gracious
home of the first presi
dent of our country.
George and Martha
Washington are buried m.
In a mausoleum on the jjlfa- •
grounds.
■SH i9 l Qm SMSiri
In a time of War, Amer
ica has /been spared the
d-e* tru ct io n of its
/shrines. But her sons
[have seen war’s de
tCoan America FrAO mm struetiori at the four
ive«p America rre«- Cheers of the earth.
Buy War Bonds
National War Fund Campaign
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From all reports receiv
[ ed from workers, the War
• Fund Drive is meeting a
fine response from citizens
i of the county.
However, reports are
coming in very slowly so
that a township standing
can not be given at this
time. Micaville and Burns
! ville schools are 100 per
! cent but other schools have
! not sent in a report.
The following release is
from state headquarters:
, “Poik County, for the sec
! ond time imder the fine
leadership of Carroll P.
Rogers, has for the second
time h£en the tirst county
in our state to achieve its
full goal. for the United
War Fund,”" stated Major
L. P. McLendon, Chairman
! of, the United War Fund
of North Carolina today.
“We are happy to be able to
send Chairman Rogers the
first of the National War
Fund emblem flags, symbo
lical of victory,” continued
Major McLendon.
Major McLendon also an
nounced the decision of the
semi-annual meeting of the
Board of Directors of the
National War Fund, held in
New York on Monday, Oct
ober 9. The Board voted
unanimously to lay down
its task only when the Am
erican armed forces are
back in their homes, and
not when the German and
Japanese wars end. “Vic
tory over Germany, when
ever it comes, will undoubt-j
edly create shifts in certain!
agency programs, but may
very well increase, rather
than diminish, the need for
our help. Services to the
armed forces must be main
tained as long as we have
men serving in Europe, lib
eration of occupied .lands
will increase demands for
■
relief work; and the ext:n
--| sion 5f the war in the Pan
‘ sic will create continued
| and enlarged demands for
1 services such as USO, Uni
ted Seaman’s Service and
! War Prisoners Aid.”
The list of contributors
as turned in to treasurer,
! Fred Proffitt, this week iri
' eludes the following names:
S9O Contributors
Penland & Ayers Lum
ber Co.
5 $25 Contributors
B. B. Penland & Son, Ur.
W. L. Bennett, Farmers
' Federation.
; S2O Contributors
1 Nu-Wray Hotel.
sls Contributors
j 1 1 Burnsville Furniture Co.
SIO.OO Contributors
Dover Fouts, E. L. Brings
Dr. C. M. Whisnant, Dr. W.
B. Robertson, C. P. Ran
dolph, Hope Buck, Guss
Peterson, Bess Lewis, Brig
gs Grocery.
$7.00 Contributors
Mrs. Mae Young,
$6.00 Contributors
Alice Roland.
$5.00 Contributors
Sol Harris, Micaville Sup
ply, Bill Atkins, Blake Wil
son, R. L. Young, Dinner
Bell Cafe>, Carolina Tire
Co., J. P. Lyon, Margaret
Hensley, Mrs. J, B. King,
i Thelma Allen, Styles Cu>
L age, W. H. Holleman, Er
nest Erwin, Clarence Ber
ryman, R. E. Neill, Arnie
Fox, J. A. Goodin, L. B. Ray
Frances Ensley, Mi’s. Royal
I Bailey, Madlyn Bailey, Mrs.
I Jeanette Bailey, Margaret
Chandler, Dellma Hensley,
Mrs. C. P. Randolph, Maude
McMinn, Lillian Robinson,
Gladys Gillespie, H. D. Jus
, (Continued on page four)
Major Harry A. Taylor
of Staten Island, New
York, is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Benedict of
Pensacola, N. C. Major
Taylor, who is a veteran of
three wars, and Mr. Bene
dict have been friends for
over forty years and only
been separated the last
three years. He arrived in
Pensacola in time to be able
to watch the hunting of
Bears and is enjoying the
North Carolina people, cli
mate and colorful scenery.
L. G. Deyton, county sup
erintendent of welfare, is
attending a conference of “
welfare superintendents in
Raleigh this week.