BUTt
VOLUME NINE
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—Men In Service--
Killed In Action
Pvt, Fred Robinson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Robin
son of Kona, was killed in
action in Germany on Oct.
18 according to a message
received by his parents on
Nov. 20. He had previously,
been reported missing in
action. t
Pvt. Robinson had been
in service three years and
overseas for three months.
He has 3 brothers in service.
Lawrence now in England,
Cecil and Eugene both at
Camp Hood, Texas. 1
In addition to his parents
and the three brothers in
the army, he is survived by
his wife, the former Miss
Jeanette Warner, and the
following brothers and sis- s
ters, Mrs. Viola Hoilman,
Elma Beulah, Belle, Bill,
Fay and Robert Robinson.
In Philippines
Nat Robinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Robinson of
Paint Gap, is now with the
American forces in the
Philippine Islands.
Robert B. Hilliard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Hilliard of Micaville, has
la ided safely overseas.
Sgt. S. B. Angel is now
in a rest camp somewhere
in the Pacific. He was ip
the invasion of the Marshall
Islands and the invasion of
Saipan.
S. Sgt. Grady Gibbs is in
Holland. He was in one of
the first infantry units to
land in France.
Pvt. Gail T. Roland, son
of Lake Roland of Burns-*
ville is now somewhere in
Italy. He writes that he 1
wished to say Hello to all
the folks back home in good
old Yancey county, and to
wish them a happy Christ-,
mas.
j
Cpl. John King is at horns
on leave after returning
from the Pacific area where,
he spent 23 months. He will
report to Asheville. - j
Pvt. Johnny Peterson of
Fort Bragg and Pvt. Bill
Peterson of Camp Wheeler,
Ga. are home on leave.
Pvt. Jack L. Laughrun
and Pvt, Floyd Laughrun
who have been stationed in
Texas are now at Ft. Goo.
Meade> Md.
Pvt. Clyde W. Riddle has
returned to camp after
spending a 13 day furlough
with home folks at Elk
Shoal. Pvt, Riddle is sta
tioned at Camp Luna, Las
Vegas, N. Mex.
Pvt. James H. Arrowood
has returned .to camp at
Ft Jackson. S. C. after
spending a 12 day furlough
with his wife at Bee Log.
Ralph Neill who is with
the Atlantic fleet is home
on leave. His brother, Char
les, who is stationed ir
Texas is also at home for a
short leave.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. kATES: $1.50 YEAR.
| Missing In Action I
Pfc. Paul Hughes has
been reported missing in
action, .according to a tele
, gram received by his par
i ents. Mr. and Mrs. William
i Hughes of Green Mtn. j
Pfc. "Hughes has been in
[ Service since Oct., 1942 and
, has been overseas since
May, 1944. He received his
basic training at Camp
, Breckinridge. Ky. and was
with an infantry company.
, He was reported wounded
, in France on July 5.
| A brother, Pvt. Carl
i Hughes, is now in a hospital
i somewhere in England re
covering from wounds he
i received in France on Oct.
i 20th.
I •
Missing In Action
1 -
Pvt. Keith J. Penland,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Penland of Paint Gap, has
been missing in action in
Germany since Nov. 8 his
parents have been inform
ed by the war department.
Sgt. Fletcher McCourry
has been home on leave.
He returned recently to the
states after several months
service overseas.
Ralph Lee Hyatt has
been home on furlough vis
iting relatives at Windom.
Ralph Griff eth has also
been on leave, visiting home
folks at Windom.
j Reed Gouge is at home af
ter spending approximately
two years on duty in Alaska
Chester Souther was
home from Camp Butner
for a short leave. Horace
D. Ray was also home from
1 Camp Butner during the
week end.
Pvt. Reuben L. Harris is
stationed at the Kingman,'
Ariz. army air field.
I Pvt. Myron Silvers, son of *
! Mr. and Mrs. Lonzie Silvers
’of Celo. is home on leave. |
Pvt. Mamie Joe Ballew of
, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. and
Pvt. Lee Ray Ballew of Fort
j- Ord, Cal. have spent 14
, day furloughs with their
mother. Mrs. Bessie Ballew
of Celo who has been ill for
the past three weeks. Her
son, Sgt. Edward E. Ballew
was reported killed in ac
tion in France on Oct. 11.
Another son, Cpl. James
Elmer Ballew is now in
France.
The following men who
’ reported to Camp Groft on
Nov. 16 for preinduction
examination have qualified
for military service:
Guy Honeycutt, Robert
G. Wood, Zeke Banks, Ed
ward Gibbs, Gordon Husk
ins, J. B. Robinson,. Luther
! Ledford, Jack Young. Luth
er P. Robinson, Fred L.
Peterson;
Francis W. Honeycutt,
Howard Honeycutt. Ger
dine Williams, Wayne Tip
ton, Hubert Freeman, Ar
thur Hughes. Arnold Watts,
Erlis Crane, Kenneth Bla
lock, Earl Black, Bill Hile- 1
mon.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1944
Awarded Bronze Star
With Eighth Infantry
Division in France—Techni
i t-ian 5 Grover D. Ray, a
medical aid man from Vix-;
en, Yancey county. North
Carolina, now serving with
* the medical detachment
121st Regiment, 'Bth Infan
try Division, has been
! awarded the Bronze Star,
for heroic service in con
nection with military opera
tions against the enemy in
France. j
His citation reads: ‘-Dur
ing a furious engagement 1
with the enemy, Cpl. Ray
moved 500 yards over ter
rain exposed to very heavy
enemy artillery and mach
-1 ine gun fire to give medical
aid and evacuate wounded
! men.”
Cpl. Ray is the son of Mr. 1
and Mrs. Horace L. Ray of
Vixen.
Returns From Overseas
Pvt. Phil Adkins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clate Adkins
of Sioux, is spending a 21
day furlough with his par
ents after a year of over
seas service.
Pvc. Adkins who was
with Gen. Merril’s Maurad
ers, fought for four months
behind Japanese lines in
Burma. For fifteen days at
one time, he and his com-,
pany were supplied by par-]
achute.
Pvt. Adkins entered ser
vice in*August, 1942, served
5 months in the states and
* was then sent to Australia,
and later to India and Bur
ma. He holds the Presiden
tial citation, Pacific and
Asiatic theatre of war rib
bons with the Bronze Star.
He will report to Asheville
redistribution center on
Dec. 7.
With Famous Infantry
Company
Note: Pfc. Wyman G.
j Higgins of Cane River is a
, member of Co. M. 143rd In
fantry about which the fol
i lowing story has been re
leased :
Sixth Army group. Fra
ncs.—‘‘The most perfect,
shooting gallery the war;
could provide” is the de-l
scription machinegunners
and mortarmen of Com
pany M. 143rd Infantry
Regiment, give the raging
four-hour battle of Monte
llimar, Rhone Valley city
which fell before the 7th
Army push from the Riv
iera beachhead.
Doughboys of the 36th
“Texas” Division straddled
a sole escape highway for
thousands of trapped Ger
mans. Capt. Robert Hand.
Seattle, Wash., company
commander, put Company
M’s tyeapons in position on
a slope overlooking the
highway.
At 4 a. m. the first Ger
man convoys attempted a
break-through. “Our mor
tars and machineguns
knocked out the first and !
last vehicles of each convoy!,
and then raked all those in' j
between.” Capt. Hand ex
(plained.
Mortarmen fired smoke
(Continued on page 4) I
LOCAL MAN ID MAN
AGE YANCEY THEATRE
It was announced at the
i general offices of The
i Cherokee Amusement Co.,
in Erwin, Teifi., last Wed
nesday that S|wyn Hensley
of Burnsville twill be the
new manager, of the Yan
cey Theatre.
| For severaii days now,
Mr. Hensley Jas been given
a rigid training course in
the General here
and at Spruce Pine,
j His first act, as manager,
! was to admit Jnen and wom
en in uniform for cents
) instead of full fare. He has
already arranged for sever
al needed
including the re-decoration
of the theatre in new col
-1 oi s. He also lias booked for
. showing some of the finest
pictures to be had. j
The YancSy Record- as
well as other business firms,
wish to welcome Selwyn to
. the Yancey.
AAA COMMITTEE
i & ' '
Community and township
committees for the county
AAA were named on Nov.
20 and met .on last Thurs
day to name the county
committee.
Members of the county
, committee are: Chairman,
1 1VL D. Bailey of Toledo ; vice
i chairman. T. A. Buchanan
of Burnsville Rt. 1, and
j member, W. M. Hensley of
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NOTICE
All limestone and
phate that has been receiv
ed through the Yancey
County AAA Office should
be spread prior to January
1, 1945, according to M. D.
Bailey, Chairman Yancey
County AAA Committee, j
December 31, 1944 is the
end of the 1944 Program
Year and all conservation
materials that have been
received through this offi
ce should be used at once so
that credit may be given
under the 1944 Program. }'
“Proper use of this ma
terial will constitute full
! payment. If material is not
jused prior to January 1,
1945, it will be necessary to
transfer the material to the
1945 program and the farm
will not be eligible to re
ceive as much material in
1945 as it would be if ma
terial was used during the
1944 Program |
“As soon as Material is
spread a report should be
made to the county office,
and if total farm material
allowance has not been tak
en up in these, though ap
plicant may at this same
time, sign application that
will entivlo him to receive
payment that has been ear
ned by carrying out other
approved practices under
the 1944 AAA Program.”
NOTICE
The Methodist Woman’s
of Christian Service j
j will meet Thursday after- 1
noon, Dec. 7 at the home of,
1 Mrs. Charles Young at 3
o’clock. Mrs. W. W. Sorrells
twill be associate hostess. |
To the People
of this Community
The Victory Volunteer goes by
many names in the Sixth War
Loan. Sometimes he or she is
called a Gallant, sometimes a
tßlue Star Brig
adier or perhaps
a Bondadier.
• Whatever the
designation, he
or she is per
forming a prac
tical patriotic >
service. In this
community in
the next few
weeks you will
meet many of
them at work, in
the theatres, at your workshop,
in the banks and In' your home.
P.emember one thing: you do
m t do them a favor, when you
buy an extra War Bond. You
help your country, your fighting
relatives and friends and your
self. The Victory Volunteer gives
his time and his energy in a
■great cause. He or she makes it
easy for you to do your duty by
buying at least one extra SIOO
War Bond over and above your
regular bond purchases, "'
THE EDITOR.
MUCH TOBACCO NOW
IIN WAREHOUSES
A report today from the
buheville Burley Tobacco
market states that farmers
are now taking their crops
to the warehouses in pre
paration for the opening,
scheduled for Dec. 11th in
Asheville.
A total of 5,801,312 poun
ds was sold on the Asheville
market last year at an av
erage price of $49.68 per
hundred pounds. This was
.no highest average price
in the entire hurley belt
comprising 42 markets in 8
states;
Demonstration grading
schools held throughout
Yam.-** county have assist
ed the growers in l€snrcrfng >
how to grade carefully so
that the crop will sell to
best advantage. Favorable
weather for handling dur
ag the past three weeks
has enabled to get a sub
sttantial part ready for de
livery to market.
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CHRISTMAS,. SEAL SALE
The sale of Christmas
seals for the prevention of!
tuberculosis is again being
sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary unit.
Mrs. W. W. Hennessee as
chairman.
The committee has re
ceived 20,000 seals and these]
are now on sale by anem-]
bers of the Auriliary, at
several places in town, and
in the Everyone is
urged to buy the seals and
use them on letters and
cards during the Christmas
season.
Hutchinson, Kans., En- J
sign Martin L. Baucom, son ,
of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Bau
com of Burnsville, N. C.
has completed a refresher ,
course at the Hutchinson ]
Naval Air Station and is
now qualified as a co-pilot
of a Navy PB4Y Patrol ]
Bomber.
Rev. and Mrs. F. R. Bar-jj
her attended a pastor’s i!
conference in Asheville on''
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hor- \
ner of Wake . Forest are !
now at the Maples where
they plan to spend the win
ter months. Mrs. Hbtoer is ]
a sister of Mrs. J. A. Wat- l
son and Mrs. Fred Proffitt: <
SIXTH WAR‘LOAN DRIVE
WAR BOND RALLY
PLANNED FOR DEC. 12
A Sixth War Loan Bond!
Rally will be held on Tues
day evening, Dec. 12 at the
Yancey Theatre, the county
Bond committee has an
nounced.
Lt. B. E. Hill, war Bond
officer for the Asheville
Redistribution center, will
be in charge of the program
given by sixteen represen
tatives from the center. ,
w- 1
The program as outlined
will have the following
numbers: three numbers by;
Band; dance team; Girl vo
calist, Miss Bernice Will
iams; Skit, by one of the
original “Dead End Kids”
of stage and motion picture
fame; “Valley Forge,” a re
citation of a part of George
Washington’s speech to his]
troops at Valley Forge,
from Maxwell Anderson’s
STATE FARMERS
ASKED TO BOOST
THEIR ACREAGE
Raleigh.—North Carolina
farmers have been asked to
cultivate an additional 213,-
: 000 acres of land next year
for production of crops es
sential to the war effort
and were assigned quotas
calling for increased pro
duction of milk, broilers and
turkeys in 1945.
The 1945 production goals
were released at the closing
i sesiftffi 'tjr a ti wq uiwy _4jEax
| food production goals con
ference held at N T C. State
colleger and attended by
farm leaders from every
sectioCjbf the state.
Asserting that dairy and'
poultry production had not
been sufficient this year,
conference leaders called on
Tar Heel farmers to keep
more than 10,000 more milk
! cows than they did this year
and to produce 3,000,000
more broilers and 31,000
more turkeys.
Would Cut Egg Production
! . Substantial dec r eases
were recommended in num
ber of hens and pullets on
1 farms, a consequent reduc
tion in the production of
eggs, and a decrease in the
number of hogs to farrow
in the spring.
Jack E. Fields, 17, soh of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fields.
Burnsville, N. C. is receiv
ing his initial Naval indoc-j
trination at the U. S. Naval!
Training Center, Great
Lakes, Illinois.
His recruit training con
sists of instruction in sea-|
manship. military drill, and
general Naval procedure.
During this period a series
of aptitude tests will be
taken by the recruit to de
termine whether he will be
assigned to a Naval Service
School or to immediate
duty at sea.
When his recruit training
is completed, the seaman
will receive a period of
leave.
Pvt. Jay E. Thomas who
has been stationed in New
Guinea is now in the Neth
erland East Indies.
mpmmTm
NUMBER EIGHTEEN
play. “Valley Forge”; num
jber by the Band, with vo
calist, followed with Trio;
Finale. War Veterans Spea
; kers.
i Admission by Purchase
of Stamps or Bonds .
j All children who purch
ase stamps, or bonds, and
all adults who purchase
bonds or have purchased
them during the Sixth War
Loan drive, and who exhib
it them at the theatre, will
( be admitted without pur-
I chase of a ticket. Applica-
I tion for purchase of Bonds
will also be taken at the
| Theatre.
In arranging for the Ral
ly, the county committee
I feels that it will be the best
way in which to bring home
to the people of the county,
[especially through the
speakers, the urgency for
I buying every bond possible
during the drive. The coun
ty quota is SB7-000.
NOTICE—
■■ ■
Red Cross Christmas box
-les will be packed at the
i Baptist church on Friday
i and Saturday afternoons,
Dec. 8 and 9th at 2 o’clock.
• All persons who will volun
j leer for this should notify
, Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, chair
ijman stating which after
■ noon they will be present.
; | All contributions for the
i boxes should be sent in be
ll fore the Bth so that an es
timate can be made of the
" number of boxes to be uack
/etT Tfre — —.county
■ chapter has been asked to*
donate 200 boxes.
E. M. WESTALL
PASSES AT HOME
• E. M. Westall. 77, passed
- away at his home at Ham
-1 n’ck Saturday night follow
> ing an extended illness.
Funeral services, conduct
ed by the Rev. Ernest Wil
-1 son, were held at the South
1 Estatoe Baptist Church
Monday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock. Burial was in the
1 Westall family cemetery at
Celo. e
Surviving is the widow
; and two sisters. Mrs. Burge
Bailey of Penland and Mrs.
Lucy Phillips of Estatoe.
AMERICAN LEGION A
Thirty five members anJH’ j
invited guests attended the*, \
supper meeting on Tuesday
j evening when members of
j the American Legion post
were hosts to members of
the Auxiliary. The meeting
was held at the Dinner Belle
| Case and a short business ,
session followed the supper.
Christmas seals were dis
distributed to the members
for sale in the various com
munities of the county. A /
committee was also appoin- '
ted to cooperate with tjuf*"
Red Cross chapter and oth
er groups in packing Christ-**
mas packages for disabled
members of the armed ser
vices now at hospitals in
this section.
Jack Anglin who is sta
tioned at the Potuxent
River, Md. Naval base will
be home on leave next week,
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