North Carolina Newspapers

SSKffi El VOLUME NINE —Men In Service— Killed In Action . Sgt. Edward E. Ballew, son of Mrs. Bessie Ballew of Hamrick, was killed in ac tion in France on Oct. 11, his mother has been infor med by the War Depart ment. * 5 Two other sons of Mrs. Ballew are in service, Lee who has been stationed in Texas and who has been home this week on leave, and Elmer now in Italy. With Quartermaster Corps An VIII Air Force Ser vice Command Station, En gland—Private 'First Class James D. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wilson, Rt. 2, Burnsville, North Carolina, serves with a Quartermas ter Truck Company at this Strategic Air Depot. He is now performing the duties of a truck driver, transporting vital war ma terials which help to sus tain the aerial offensive on enemy-occupied E u rope. His duty requires a thoro ugh knowledge of the Eng lish network of highways. He has been overseas since January 1943. Capt. Delzie Angel of the Merchant Marine is visiting his family here. Pvt. Harry Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Wil son of Bee Log, is now serv ing overseas. Sgt. Isom C. Hensley who has spent 33 months in Aus tralia and New Guinea is now on his way home 1 . He is attached to the Ordnance Division. He is the husband of Mrs. Atlas Hensley and son of M. A. Hensley of Kamseytown. Bill B. M. M. 3c, has been home on a 5 day leave. He left Saturday for! San Bruno, Cal. where he will be stationed. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonas Butner of Burnsville. Ai brother, T. 5 Lewis Butner, is now somewhere in Eng land. Charles Radford, Fire Controlman, 3c, is home on leave after serving with the Pacific fleet for the past two years. .This is his first visit home since he completed boot training at Great Lakes two years ago. Pfc. Locke Phillips who has been stationed at Bow man Field, Louisville, Ky.i is now at Baer Field, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Pvt. Terrell Staton is now with the 60th Regiment at Camp Blanding, Fla. F. P. Bostian is home on a short leave. He is serving with the Pacific fleet. Bruce Westall, seaman first class, is now stationed at Newport, R. I. He is with the Naval Signal Corps. Kiffen Hennessee, S. lc, who is stationed at a naval base in California is home on a short leave. k _ THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY" » / . ... SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Wounded In Action Pvt. Lester Wilson was! slightly wounded in action' in Germany on Oct. 12, his mother, Mrs. Luvenia Wil son of Bee Log has been in formed by the War Depart ment. < Register Here __ ! The following boys who have become 18 have regis tered with the local board: j Hugh Ray Randolph,! Cane River; Wallace Edge, Burnsville; Francis Whyne Honeycutt, Sioux; Stanley . Lee Boone and Oscar Gort , ney, Micavillo-; Lawrence Ray Hylemon and Bill Hyle mon of Cane River; Calvin Ballew, Burnsville Rt. 2;! ! Clarence Walker Thomas, 1 .Newdale. Sgt. Jess Styles is now' somewhere in Belgium af ter spending sometime in Germany, according to; word from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Styles. Pfc. Jack Johnson is . home on leave after serving with the Marine Corps in i ! the Pacific area. Farm Agents News ——* Through an agreement l between the Tennessee ; Valley Authority and the North Carolina Extension i Service assistance in forest i management has been ad ded to the services availab le to all landowners in the Tennessee Valley area, 1 which includes all of Yan -1 cey bounty." County Agent, V. J. Goodman in making the an nonucement, states that Mr. A. M. Williams of the TV A Department of Fores try Relations will spend the week of November 13th in j Yancey county to institute [the new program. i'l The county agent is now iin a position to obtain as sistance in selection, scaling and marketing those trees which are ready for har vesting. All farmers who have merchantable timber, and who are interested in the future development of their woodlands are urged to take advantage of thej assistance which is avail-j able. Mr. Goodman, while pointing out that timber’ markets are better now than at any time in recent 1 years, cautions against de | struetive timber cutting. 1 ! “Through the' careful se-j lection of only the mature trees, or those trees which' are defective or otherwise inferior, we can make ade quate provisions for future sawtimber crops which may be harvested at frequent intervals. If, on the other hand, all sawtimber trees are cut, it usually means 1 waiting 60 to 70 years be- 1 fore another harvest may be made. Under these con ditions few of us cannot as-J ford to be interested.” | Mr. Goodman further ■ points out that 69 per cent of the total area in Yancey BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944 NOTICE The Board of Countys Commissioners will hold the| regular November meeting on Nov. 8, 1944 instead of | Nov. 6. TAXES WILL BE ADVERTISED Property on which 1943 county taxes have not been paid will be advertised, be | ginning in the Nov. y issue. Advertising for delinquent ! town taxes will begin in the i issue of Nov. 16. POST WARCOMMIT TEE NAMED A committee to aid re turning veterans in any agricultural, or part time employment, pro b 1 ems which may arise, has been named. V. J. Goodman is 1 chairman; E. B. Bailey, ! vice chairman; Luke Lau | ghrun, E. E. King, and B. ; R. Penland, members. " leased” '! The Mt. Mitchell Hunting Club has leased the land at j Hamrick belonging to W. A. Simmons and W. K. ■! Banks. All hunting privile ges on this property are i reserved by the club. county is forested. Os this forest land 71,000 acres, or 51 percent is owned by far-* mers. The forests repre sent a valuable resource to both the farmer and the county. ' “I strongly urge every woodland owner to take ad vantage of this opportunity to obtain assistance in thei permanent development of his woodland areas,” Mr Goodman added. Landowners may _. obtain this ..assistance by making application at the County Agencs’ Office. TOBACCO GRADING SCHOOLS | All farmers of Yancey county are invited to attend the Tobacco grading scho ols to be held on November I 6th and Bth. We will again i have Mr. W. L. Bradsher, of the AMA, to help us I with the schools. He is a big tobacco grower himself 1 and has been a tobacco j grader for a number of I years. i Our purpose in these i schools is to acquaint our , farmers with the up-to-date grades of tobacco so they may grade their tobaceo to | get the most money from i it when sold. If any farmer ! has difficult tobacco to grade, get it in case and , bring it to one of the fol lowing places: Monday, Nov. 6at 1:00 p. m., at S. B. Randolph’s barn in Brush Creek. Monday, Nov. 6 at 3:30 p. m., at H. E. Duncan’s barn at Concord. Wednesday, Nov. 8 at ! 10:00 a. m., at J. S. Han ( num’s barn, Ramsey town. | , Wednesday, Nov. 8 at I 2:00 p. m., at S. T. Ledford’s barn in Prices Creek. Come out and lets dis cuss our most valuable crop ATTEND WELFARE CONFERENCE L. G. Deyton Elected President L. G. Deytofi, county sup erintendent jof welfare, was elected ‘president of| the Western-District Wei-j fare Conference at the, meeting held in Asheville, pn October 2^. Others froijn the county j who attended’; the meeting were Lee Griffeth, Fred Proffitt and G. C. Hunter. V. 11. FREEMAN GOES TO FLORIDA 1 11 V. H. Freeman who has b:en manager of the Yan cey Theatre for the past two years left- Saturday for ' Florida where he has. ac cepted a position with a ' Theatre. 0. D. Calhoun, manager of the Carolina Theatre, Spruce Pine, fe temporarily iin charge of jthe Theatre here until si permanent manager arrives. DAIRY MEETINGS 'I Yancey county’s dairy industry is growing stead ily. In the jpast twelve months it has meant a lit tle less than $100,000.00 to our farmers. In an effort to build this growing indus try on a souudJhkmSj Wi are holding four meetings as listed below: Thursday, Nov. 9 at 2:00 p. m.; at Clearmont school. Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p. m., at Bee Log school. Friday, Nov. 10 at 2:00 1 p. m., at Bald Creek school. Friday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p. m., at Green Mountain Theatre. , Mr. John A. Arey, in charge of Dairy Extension, v\ ill be present to discuss feeding practices and other dairy problems. He will show a sound moWe, in col or, on dairying at each of the meetings. Also, George G. Fathering, assistant cou nty agent at large and ban- j jo picker, will be with us to entertain us with music we like. We can build our dairy, industry so that it will be a great asset to our county, 1 so everybody come to the meeting convenient. Bring the entire family. V. J. Goodman," County, Agent. HONORED AT COLLEGE June Aydrs, senior stud ent at Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone, is among those whose names will be bated in “Who’s Who in American Universi ties and Colleges.’* Doris Sparks of Estato, also ai :member of the senior class will be listed. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe I Blevins of Baltimore visit-' j ed J. M. Pleasant this week, j before it is sold and see how much it will help the sale check. V. J. Goodman, County Agent. CLYDE R. HOEY WILL SPEAK FRIDAY Clyde R. Hoey, ex gover nor and candidate for tlie ■ U. S. Senate, will speak to the voters of the county at: the Democratic county wide I Rally to be held at the j court house Friday night, , Nov. 3 at 8 o’clock. CHRISTMAS SEALS ■ The annual Christmas eal sale will begin Nov. 27, and Yancey county’s quota tS 20 thousand seals, Mrs. W. W. Hennessee, chair man, has announced. The American Legion auxiliary will again be in • charge of the sale wfth Mrs. , I Hennessee as chairman. FOREST FIRE PROTECTION v Thousands of people from ‘l all stations of life—from ■j Girl Scouts to railroad exe j cufives, and from dirt far mers to school superintend ents—are cooperating in the most intensely coordi nated drive ever launched against forest and woods lires in the South. ; The third annual War time Forest Fire Preven tion Campaign, set up at the request of the Armed Forces and sponsored by the U. S. Forest Service in t cooperation with the State Forest Services and Exten sion Foresters, opened Oct ober 1 in the 11 States of ~ Southern Region, and will continue until- May. through the months of . fire danger. ‘ Public educational work ' the campaign is designed to reach areas where forest fire danger is greatest,” says Regional Forester Jos enh C. Kirchar of Atlanta. “An integrated plan has been worked out between sponsoring agencies to av oid as far as possible- dupli cation of effort, without neglecting coverage in any areaß* SCHOOL NEWS At several of the schools, i the classes held popularity I contests as part of the HaL I lowe’en programs. Winners were: Bald Creek, Doris Styles and Juanelle Ran dolph; Clearmont, Mary! Buchanan; Bee Log, June Edwards; Burnsville, Joy I English and Louise Pen | land. , Off-Highway Gas Coupons Expire Farmers and other non highway gasoline users are notified by the Office o£, Price Administration that any “E” and “R” coupons, not serially numbered, will) ;expire November 1 and: may be exchanged for valid, ration currency at their lo cal War Price and Ration-! . ing Board. The expiring 'coupons can be identified | by two points: First, they 1 have no serial numbers, and second, they bear the capi tal letters “E” and “R” with no number after them. bonds FOR VICTORY _] NUMBER FOURTEEN Carl Tipton With Famed Unit Fifth Air Force, South west Pacific—Staff Sgt. ’Carl E. Tipton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tipton of : Bald Creek, was recently awarded the Air Medal for “participating in sustained operational flight missions against the enemy during which hostile contact was probable and expected.” S. SgtL Tipton is an engi neer End aerial gunner with “Ken’s Men”, a crack B-24 Liberator unit, the oldest heavy bombardment unit in [operation in the Southwest 'Pacific theater. The unit has sunk a total of more National War Fund Campaign TOWNSHIP REPORTS QUOTA DONATED HTRNSVILLE . $1025 $1097.20 [CANF RIVER 300 239.15 . EGYPT 150 152.35 RAMSEYTOWN 125 43.00 i GRFEN MTN 100 45.03 JACKS CREEK 150 161.25 BRUSH CREEK 75 87.88 ’ CRABTREE 400 379.00 SOUTH TOE 125 , 30.10 PENSACOLA 100 33.00 PRICES CREEK 100 67.40 TOTAL $2650 @SJ6 War Fund Contributors A number of workers in the War Fund drive have reported during the past few days. A list of contri butors is given on page 2 of this issue. Other names received later are: SIO.OO Contributors Hershel Holcombe, C. P. Rogers, Jr. $5.00 Contributors C. B. Bennett, T. J. Wil son, T. J. Wilson, Jr., Mrs. Brook Wilson, Mrs. W. B. ; GARDEN CLUB Mrs. D. R. Fouts was hos tess to the members of the Garden Club on Tuesday evening. The president, Mrs. Troy Ray, presided over the bus iness session and appointed a nominating committee to report at the November meeting. Plans were be-i gun for holding a Christ mas bazaar. Mrs. Fred Proffitt, pro gram chairman, presented a program on house plants I - * BONDS OVER AMERICA * *' l < /' ——- - - i Founded in 1636, Har vard University is the Harvard Univartilu oldest college in the u. narvara umversiTy S. It has become one of- ■■ the famous universities = deH? of the Arorld. It is in Aa Cambridge, Mass., Eli across the Charles Riv- K 1 •) er from Boston. I' /A I Ic3' irtfl 1 Si W9*- fmEjp* the Nazi hordes have struck, university * faculties have fled to flSht with the guerillas _ «- or been pilloried at For Our Youth— home, books have been _ . burned, laboratories Buy War Bonds “«• — \ mg i . • * than a million tons of Japanese shipping. It has caused extensive damage to enemy ground installa tions throughout wide areas of the Southwest Pacific, and has destroyed well over i 200 Nip planes! More than 4000 decorations have been awarded to individual mem bers of .‘Ken’s Men.” Sgt. Tipton graduated from Bald Creek high in 1940. Before entering the service he was employed as a sheet metal welder at the Detroit Sheet Metal works. He has been serving over seas since November, 1943. Hensley, Mrs. G. C. Anglin. $6.00 MIS.' Vance Hensley Other Contributors Aldine Pleasant, Mrs. Clyde Young, Edna Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Robert son, Mr. and Mrs. Josh Byrd Zeb Fox, H. M. Hall, Mrs. "J. B. Ray, Ernest Calloway, Willard Ray, Mrs. Zeb Fox, W. B. Miller, W. M.’Westall, Mrs.' B. B. Penland, Mrs. E. M. Banks, Mrs. E. B. Sil ver, W. B. Hensley, Joe Banner, Mrs. Luther Banks ; G. C. Anglin. and conducted a contest'on naming the varieties of a number of well krioton house plants. All members are request ed to be present at the next meeting, Nov. 30th at the home of Mrs. Troy Ray, ior the election of officers for the coming year. ICEEP OH* * * ; WiTH WAR BONDS ‘