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VOLUML NINE
—Men In Service—
Killed In Action
Pfc. Warren C. Fox, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Kell Fox of
Burnsville Rt. I, was killed
in action on Nov. 24 in
Germany, according to a
message received last week.
His wife is the former Miss
Zella Austin.
Wounded In Action
Pfc. Ossie Edwards was
slightly wounded in Ger
many on Nov. 23, according
to a message received from
the war department. His
wife is the former Miss Vir
len Hensley of Bee Log. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Silas Edwards of Bee Log.
woundeiTln ACTION
Mr and Mrs. James Du
laney of Windom have been
notified that their son, Pfc.j
Clyde iW. Dulaney, was
wounded in action some- 1
where in Germany. He has
been in service since Nov.
19, 1942 and has been over
seas since Sept., 1944.
Allied Force Headfuar
ters, Italy—Pvt. Niram
Whitson, son of Mr and
Mrs. Hobert Whitson, of
Sioux, is serving with the
unit controlling the Port of
Leghorn. This outfit admin
isters work that sends an
avciage of nearly 10,000
Lons of war supplies to the
Fifth Army front daily.
Men of this unit operated
the Port of Palermo, Sicily,
before coming to Italy.
They sent detachments to
me a.nzio Beachhead to as
sist in the handling of sup
plies for the Fifth Army
in the early weeks of the
fight there and later man
aged the embarkation of
the entire Seventh Army
lor the invasion of Sothern
France. I
Last September 1, the
outfit's first group took ov
er the operation of the Port
of Leghorn while German
artillery shells were still
falling in the city. In addi
tion to regular port func
tions, they set up a large
ship repair shop and a small
craft-operating section to
speed the unloading of Lib
erty Ships arriving with
ammunition and other high
priority supplies. The entire
port was wrecked by re
treating Germans and over
11,000 land mines were tak
en from the dock area in
one day.
• Pvt. Whitson has been
overseas 19 months and has
been awarded the Good
Conduct Medal. He alsop
wears the Meditteranean i
Theater Ribbon with one ;
Battle Participation Star, j
Charles R. Hamrick, Sic
is at home on leave from
the Naval Air Station, Se
attle, Wash, where he has
been stationed for the past
t hree months. i
j 1
Pvt. Roy E. King of Fort,!
Bragg is spending a 7 day
leave at his home here.
Jack Anglin returned
Monday to his naval base in
Maryland after a leave at
home. |
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THE YANCEjY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Arrives Overseas
Capt. Lucille Chase of;
nurse corps has
arrived overseas where she
will be attached to an evac
uation hospital in the Eu
ropean area.
Capt Chase is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Lillie R. Chase
and has been in the army
nurse corps for the past six
years. She was stationed at
Station hospitals at Fort
Benning, Ga. ,in California
Texas and at Fort Sill, Okla.
Pvt. Arnold! E. Higgins
is now in the Netherland
East Indies, and writes to
“tell all my friends Hello
and to write.”
Billie W. Hensley, Petty
| Officer 2c, has returned
1 home for a few days visit
1 after eight months in the
European area. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. A.P
Hensley of Swiss,
j Chief Warrant Officer
O.W Hensley, another son
of Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Hens
ley, is now on overseas
duty and at present is in
England
Asheville—Lt. Carl B.
Hyatt, Jr., son of Judge
Hyatt, well-known here as
former juvenile court jurist
has reported to the army
redistribution station fol
lowing his recent return
from 22 months’ service in
the North African and Ital
ian campaigns.
After attending th? Ash
eville city schools, Lt. Hyatt
was graduated from the
University of North Caro
lina. He entered the army
two weeks after the bomb
ing of Pearl Harbor in Dec
ember, 1941.
Lt. Hyatt's brother, Cole
man Hyatt, 18, seaman first
class, has just finished boot
training at the Great Lakes
naval training station.
Lt. Hyatt, now attached
to the information and edu
cation branch of the redis
tribution station here, re
turned to the States under
the army rotation plan.
BM lc Horace Higgins
has been given a medica
discharge from duty in th ?
U.S. Navy, and has return
ed home from the Naval
hospital at Eustis, Va. He
has been in service since
Oc.. 3, 1940 and was on con
voy duty with the Atlantic
fleet for two and a half
i.years and in the Mediterr
anean for one and a half
years.
He has two brothers in
service, Sgt Ceci'
Higgins now with the para
troopers in Holland, and
Pfc. Ray Higgins at Moore
General hospital after be
ing wounded while on duty
with the First army in Ger
many.
Charles Bradford who is
stationed in Burbank, Cal.
’s here on 21 day furlough
visiting relatives and fri
ends in Burnsville and
i Green Mtn
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944
BOND RALLY POST
PONED ON ACCOUNT
OF THE WEATHER
The bond rally scheduled
for Tuesday night at the 1
Yancey Theatre, with a
i group of officers and en- 1
j listed men from Moore
i General hospital as special
guests, was not held be
cause of weather condit
ions. Sales of bonds are re
ported as good though the
bad weather has kept a
number of prospective pur
chasers at home.
MISS BELLE WHITTING -
TON FOUND DEAD AT.
HOME AT BALD CREEK
Miss Belle Whittington
1 who lived alone at her home
at Bald Creek, was found
1 dead there Wednesday as
-1 ternoon. When neighbors
did not see any sign of act
ivity or evidence of fire at
the home Wednesday, they
reported the matter and
the door was forced open.
, f A coroner’s inquest was
held, and it-was found that
she passed away of natural
causes, probably sometime
late Tuesday.
Miss Whittington was a
member of prominent pio
neer families, and had lived
with her sister, Miss Emily
Whittington, until the
death of the latter several
months ago. No close rela
tives survive and funeral
services are i n complete. |
They are under the direct-]
ion of Holcombe—Edwards
funeTal home.
Sgt. Kenneth Robertson
was home on week end
leave from New River.
Air Medal Presented
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Bennett
Accept for son,
Lt. Sam B. Bennett
Air medals awarded to
six members of the army
air forces from this area
were presented to their
next of kin in special cere-’
monies Sunday afternoon at
the Langren hotel.
Among these were Dr.
and Mrs. W. L. Bennett who
accepted the air medal for
jfe-: .fester '‘ty
NOTICB
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The regular |s January
meeting of the «oard of j
j county commissidpaers will
not be held on Minay, Jan.
1 1 as this is a legß holiday,
but wilb be held |on Wed.,
Jan. 3. 1945.
SELECTIVE S IRVICE i
NEWS
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New instruct! ns have
been received fi m State
and National He
for Selective Ser ce, direc
ting the reclassif ation for
immediate militant service
ary registrant 11 through
37 years of age vho has
been given a deft ed classi
fication because i f employ
ment in essential [industry
but who have lef fcuch em
ployment withou permis
sion from the lo< 1 board.
Further, any o } in the
same group who m has a
defered classifica )n and if
after review of tl file it is
determined that ich em
ployment does notterfme un
der new regulaticn now in
| effect such registrant will
be immediately paced in a
class available fo* Immed
iate military servlt
| A number of nM in the
30-37 year age gfW have
been classified (fiaa 11 or
11-C just becausd thly were
working at an
i full time. To stiS iftain a
| defered 4- re
gistrant 30-37 nWbe eith
er employed in a tar effort
lor something essntial to
the war effort.
Yancey Count? Local
Board.
their son, Lt. Ssi Byrd
Bennett who was Tiled in
action last'May U while
participating in bomber
combat over cc tinental
Europe. ,
Capt. Luther loberts,
! public relations of cer of
the airways coi munica
tions system, made :he pre- ,
sentations at the nonthly 1
meeting of the Ne: of Kin '
To the People
of this Community
Five billion dollars of the 14
I billion dollars our country needs
to press the war against our ene
mies must come from individual
investors. That
sounds like, and
\ / is, a lot of
\ \ / / money. Actually
\,\ | i 1 /. / success or fail
\\\| •■'// ure °* Sixth
\\l |H // War Loan is up
| ViLJiv to each individ
' MVI ' ual American.
NSffif Every war
loan has been
oversubscribed
because Ameri
cans by the mil
lions have shared its responsi
bility. Americans such as you
have recognized the need of extra
War Bond purchases over a ■ i
above their norimn payroll sav
ings.
There is no such thing as a
little fellow in a War Bond drive.
Your War Bond purchases, mul
tie’ied by the War Bond pur-
ch.'ses of your friendsnaod-neugh
hors, become fighting power
which saves lives of Americans
i n the battlefronts and brings uj
' nearer oc common objective.
THE EDITOR.
BEE LOG NEWS
Regret Expressed
For Death of
S&t. Edwards
It was a great shock to
the people of Bee Log to
It.:. a oi the death of Sgt.
T> ii Edwards- who was
1 ill =d in Holland on Nov.
“th. lie had been overseas
for about 3 months and was
a machine gunner with an
infantry division.
csgt. Edwards received
his Schooling at. Bee Log
.. d was an outstanding
member of the basket ball
team for a number of years.
_ .The people q£.Bsp _ Lftg.
and Yancey county wish to
extend their deepest sym
pathy to his wife, Mrs.
Pearl Watts Edwards of
Bee Log and to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W Edwards
of Erwin, Tenn. He like
many others, has fallen,
fighting-for the security
and freedom that we are
now enjoying. And for
those still fighting, let us
help them gill we can by buy
ing another War Bond to
day.
At Tobacco Warehouse
Miss Mary Martha Banks
has accepted a position with
the AAA at the tobacco
warehouses of the Ashe
ville hurley market.
NUMBER TWENTY
Heavy Snow In ,This Section
Weather Remains Cold
The first severe snow
storm of the winter blank
eted the county in 8 to 10
inches of snow on Monday
morning, jdid steady low
temperatures have prevent
ed much melting.
Snow flurries have con
tinued each day this week,
and the fall has been steady
today (Thursday).
Schools Closed
The ice packed highways
made any motor travel
hazardous, although the
NOTICE
The Womqjn’s Bible class
of the Methodist church
will meet Thursday after
noon, Dec. 21 at the home
of Mrs. Troy Ray.
CENSUS INFORMATION
TO BE WIDELY USED
, The information on crops
and livestock to be gather
-3 ed by the 1945 Agricultural
Census in January will be
3 used in many ways by far
-3 mers and by varied groups
i from Federal agencies to
manufacturers and advsr
j tising organizations.
Dean I. O. Schaub of
>• State College, who heads an
\ advisory council of all agri
cultural agencies cooperat
r ing with the Censu sßur
‘ eauT urges Thai farmers
. give just as complete infor
mation as possible. H e
| points out that the infor
mation collected from grow
| ers is strictly confidential
, and will not be used for tax
ation or regulation.
When all of tlfe informa
, tion is classified and pub
. lished, it will present an in
i valuable digest of agricul
tural facts. Cooperative
farm associations can use it
as a guide to intelligent
credit and as a basis for
marketing plans. Individ
ual farmers will know bet
; ter how to make acreage
changes in crops and regu
, late the number of their
livestock.
The agricultural census
will provide basic informa
tion for dealers in agricul
tural products, railroads,
insurance companies, man-'
ufaeturers, advertising ag
encies, marketing organi
zations, experiment station
and extension workers, and
such agencies as the Farm
Credit Administration and
Soil Conservation.
In times of disaster, the°
agricultural census will pro
vide much of the informa
tion needed for drought re
lief, seed loans, and other
rural relief agencies.
“Agriculture will be able
to make much greater pro-!
gresg in the future, if we
have full information at
hand on which to make our
plans,” Dean Sschaub said.
“We especiajly need all the
facts in the case as we face
cnanging conditions after
the war.”
Lesley Hensley who has;
completed boot training at
the Bainbridge naval train
ing station is home on leave
[ visiting relatives a
rffpanmtimi
Acer (Twin min menu
state highway snow plows
kept the main highways
fairly clear. The side roads
however, could not be clear
ed so the school busses co
uld make their regular
runs, and no school has
been held since Monday. It
' will not be held Friday,
but tentative plans are for
school on Monday.
’ Temperatures have re
mained consistently below
freezing with a low of 6
or 8 degrees. Predictions
; are for clearing Thursday
Ij night and Friday but no
! rapid warming up.
„F.S.A. NEWS
1 The FSA County Com
mittee, R. C. Deyton, Dew
-1 ey Silver and E. E King,
met in the office of the
County FSA Supervisor,
Erskine B. Bailey, with
Dover R. Fouts, Comman
der of the Local American
Legion Post and R N. Sil
ver, Post Adjutant, to dis
cuss the policies related to
Farm Ownership loans and
1 operating loans to World
War II Veterans.
World War II Veterans
• are eligible for farm pur
chase loans, the same as
| though they were farm ten
ants. This does not .mean
that all the ordinary re
pntitiij-nt tVI«
’ loan are set aside for vet
erans. Some of the eligibil
! ity requirements are: Will
' the veteran who applies for
a farm ownership loan be
likely to carry out success
fully the undertakings re
quired of him under the
loan—Can he locate a desir
able farm; and* can the
farm be bought at a price so
it car be made to pay for
its self over a period of
years.
It is no kindness to a vet
eran to lend him money to
purchase a farm if it is not
probable that he will suc
ceed in the operation of
that farm. Therefore it is
important that the County
FSA Committee consider
very carefully whether tne
veteran is likely to carry
out successfully undertak
ings required of him.
Any veteran in this coun~-
ty who believes that FSA
services provide the type of
assistance he will require,
should apply to the County
FSA Office located over the
Yancey Record Office in
Burnsville.
DAY BOOK NOTES
Mrs. R. F. Peterson has
been in Appalachian hospi
tal in Johnson City the past
week for treatment.
Cpl. Honor T. Hill of
Camp Barkley, Texas is
spending a 15 days leave
with Mrs. Hill and son of
Day Book, and relatives in
Hendersonville.
Miss Marie Tipton who is
employed in Asheville spent
the past week end here vis
iting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Young
of Marion were visiting re
latives here last week end.