5 KEEP FAITH
WAR BONDS
VOLUML NINE '
—Men In Service—
Capt. Sam J. Huskins, Jr.,
is home on leave after a
year’s service in the Euro
pean area as a fighter pilot.
S. Sgt. Quince Hill has re
covered from wounds re
ceived in action and is now
somewhere in France*
Cpl. Virle B. Briggs has
been in England for several
months. He is with the
army air corps.
Cpl. Earl Bailey is spend
ing a fifteen day furlough
with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs M. M. Bailey. He is
stationed at Fort Crocket,
Texas and has been award
ed the Good Conluct Rib
bon.
Robt. W. Ramsey, Jr A.
0. M. 2c, is now stationed
at the naval center, Jack
sonville, Fla.
Ralph Frank Harris S lc,
is at the Armed Guard Cen
ter, South Brooklyn
Robert F. Peterson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon
Peterson of Cane River, is
at the naval air base, San
Bruno, Cal.
Pvt. Dave Hylemon has
landed safely in England,
according to information r ?-
ceived by his wife, Mi’s.
June Hylemon.
Pvt. Eugene Hall is as
signed to the 11th Training
Battalion, Camp Wheeler,
Ga.
S. Sgt. Lide R. Barwick has
returned to camp at Sort
Benning, Ga. after spend
ing his furlough with his
wife and her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Edd Higgins of
Burnsville Rt. 1.
Mrs. Barwick is the for-]
mer Miss Mary Elizabeth.
Higgins. She is residing at
the home of her parents.
Pvt. Emerson J. Woody
has finished his training at
Camp Hood, Texas and is
now stationed at Fort Knox,
Ky
U. S. N. A. S- Jackson
ville, Fla., December—Loy
McCurry, son of Mr and
Mrs. I. F. McCurry of Bur
nsville, N. C., recently grad-;
uated from the Aviation
Radio School here and was
promoted to Seaman First
Class (ARM) in the U- S.|
Navy.
He received recruit train
ing at Camp Peary, Va., be
fore being transferred to
the Naval Air Technical
Training Center here. j
McCurry is now qualified
to handle avaiation radio
equipment and is scheduled
for operational training.
He will probably see future
service as a Naval Air
crewman. He is now station-'
ed in Miami.
Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Rob-'
dhtson are spending the hol
idays with Mr. and Mrs. H |
M. Roland in Wilmington. ;
Mr and Mrs. Craig Eng-!
lish and Joy went to Colum-'
bia, S. C. Wednesday to
visit. j
THE YANCEY RECORD
JH. ~ ■ \. ■ ■ ■
“DKIXCATED TO THE I’ROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
] _
With Famous Infantry
Regiment
With the Fifth Army, It
. aly—Pfc. Elbert F. Wilson
. of Hamrick is a cannoneer
r' with the 135th Infantry Re
j giment, which recently
I marked its 338th day in
| combat. The regiment, a un
l, it of the 34th “Red Bull”
Division with Lieutenant
General Mark W. Clark’s
. Fifth Army in Italy, has
i beqh in foreign service con
[ tinuously for more than
; two and a half years
Algiers, Hill 609, the Vol
. turno and Rapido Rivers,
. Cassino, the Anzio beach
head,. Rome, Pisa and the
Gothic Line have been sou
■ ght for and won by the
men of the 34th in their
nearly 1000 days overseas.
Camp Lejeune. N C.—
> Private Ruth J. Mclntosh,
• Marine Corps Women’s Re
serve, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Mclntosh of
V Burnsville, N. C, has recen
| tly finished the six-week
| “boot” training course at
1 Camp Lejeune.
This course includes such
\ subjects as Military Cour
,| tasy Marine Corps History,
Close Order Drill, Chemical
Warfare, Map Reading,
1 apd other subjects pertin
ent to carry out future as
signments in the Marine
Corps.
Her first assignment will
be as a clerk in the Wom
en’s Reserve Battalion at
! this base.
■ Asheville,~n7 C.— T. Sgt.
[ Victor H. Peterson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. D Peterson
; of Burnsville, has arrived
; at the Army Ground and
•; Service Forces Redistribu
. tion Station here to aVvait
reassignment to duty.
T. Sgt. Peterson has re
turned from 53 months’ ser
vice m Hawaii, where he
was assigned to the Trans
portation Corps of the
Army Port and Service
Command
He is accompanied by his
wife, the former Mary El- j
len Estes, daughter of Mr. |
, and Mrs. E. C. Estes of
Bryson City.
S- S. Young, Burnsville,
N. C., was graduated recen
tly from the Naval Train
-1 ing School (Electric) on the
| Purdue University campus,'
Lafayette, Ind.
After assignment to sea
duty or to a shore station,]
he will be eligible to earn
j the petty officer rate of
electrician’s mate third
class.
The newly gi aduated
man was selected for this
special school on the basis
of his recruit training apti-
Itude test scores. The com
pleted course of study in
cluded the use, function* 4
and maintenance of all elec
tric tools used by the Navy
Electricity and the radio
j elements of electricity were
| also included in the course.
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Mrs. John Watson left,
for Detroit Wednesday for!
I a visit with Charles Watson I
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944
| 9 jjjj
I ( ( dfw Reason QhMinal J f
If' EVER _.A
I HAT SAME I
J stAr ■ |
° * ''lit' ** *
Wh ★The wise men saw it over the hills of old Judea ... it tff
m glows in the Christmas sky tonight, though clouds may
w obscure the heavens. It is a beacon of hope in a world ||
|i W * in which there is ever so much room for improvement
■ W Its spirit travels around this earth, encouraging, sustain- M
ing, and beautifying. | M
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!j w Our Christmas greeting to every man, woman and
child in this community ... * greeting as warm and
hearty—we hope-—if it were made to each in person
with a friendly smile and a shake of the hand.
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District Scout Officials Named
Toe River District Com
mittee of the Daniel Boone
Council, Boy Scouts of Am
erica elected Dover R. Fouts
of Burnsville as chairman
of committee for 1945, with
the following as vice chair
men of the District: Fred
Brummitt, of Bakersville;
Leo K Pritchett of Banner
Elk; Byrd Gillespie of Bur
nsville. Guy Wiseman was
recommended for District
Commissioner and C. I.
Baucom of Banner Elk as
Asst. Commissioner.
Mr. Fouts appointed the
following committees for
; the year: Organization and
Extension Chairman, E. A.
Scott, Spruce R.
! Von Cannon, Spruce Pine,
and Carroll Rogers, Jr.,
Burnsville; Leadership Tra
ining, J. H. Duncan, Spruce
Pine, Chairman, D. A. Fink,
Crossnore, and Rev. M. T.
Hipps, Spruce Pine; Finan
■ ■ —— — -
MRS. ELLA CLAPP
| THOMPSON PASSES
AWAY
Mrs. Ella Clapp Thomp
son, prominent resident of l
Bakersville and widely
known throughout this sec
tion of the state, died of
pneumonia Sunday morn
ing in an Asheville hospital.
Mr 3 Thompson came
from a family instrumental
in establishing Western
»North Carolina as a mica
mining center, and was ow-,
ner and operator of a num
ber of mica mines in Mitch
ell county.
Funeral services were
conducted / Monday after
noon at the residence in
'Bakersville and interment
I wa3 in Washington, D. C.
- ee chairman, J. E. Boyd,
5 Spruce Pine, Fred Brum
-'mitt, Ben Quinn, Rom
? Sparks, Sam Cannon, B.
\ Gillespie, C L. Proffitt, Lee
1 Griffeth, Leo K. Pritchett,
-j D. T. Vance, Edwin Robbins
1 J. V. Bowers; Advancement
Rev. A R. Craig, chairman,
r S. K. Mortimer, Jr., S. Guy
- Wiseman; Health and sas
s ety, Dr. B B.» McGuire,
t chairman, Dr. W. B. Rob
jeitson, and Dr. A.-S Mos
-3! sett; Camping and activi
j tics, Bill McKinney, Ray
> | Dixon, Troop Committee
'(chairman of the Troops.
1, The meeting was presid
. ed over by John E. Boyd,
chairman of the District
. for this year. A review of
, the years’ activities was
■ made by W. C Wall, Assist
ant Scout Executive, who
, stated that there had been
. an increaseoflß per cent
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LOCAL BOARD NEWS
Notice has been received
from State Headquarters
for Selective Service advis
ing that in the future regis
trants being forwarded for
■ either preinduction physical
examination or induction
will go to Fort Bragg, N. C.
Camp Croft, S. C. has been
discontinued as an indue
lion station and no more
men will be forwarded to
that point. Under this new
set up registrants going for
physical examination will
| not return first or second
day as it will take a longer
length of time to go to Fort
1 Bragg, and return.
Yancey County Local
j Board No. 1.
H
In, A HENCE BRIGGS
PROPERTY SOLD TO
1 t N. BARNETT
Mr. «nd Mrs. Clarence E.
n ... i nave sold their home
'• property to Mr. and Mrs. J.
e 1. Barnett in a transaction
V ompleted this week. Mr.
s tarnett is manager of the
t j local Farmers Federation
. warehouse.
/' Mr. and Mrs. Briggs and
- p ut, Maurice, plan to leave
, within a short time for
- Eureka, Cal. where they
- will make their home. MrJ
- Briggs’ mother and sister
/ have resided there for sev
-2 eral years.
I Both Mr. and Mrs. Briggs
- have been very active in as
, fairs of the community and
t vll be greatly missed by
f their wide circle of friends
3 and associates here. Mr.
- Mr. Briggs was for a num
) ber of years connected with
i the Northwest Carolina
t Utilities and the French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation. He also served
as assis.ant to the county
superintendent of educa
[ tion.
5 He was a member of the
. town board of ( munission
. ers and served as mayor un
. til his resignation recently.
[ Mr. Briggs was also a char
i ter member of the Burns
ville fire department which
, was organized in 1925.
Mrs. Briggs’ mother, Mrs.
, T. J. Laughrun, will accom
, pany them to California
r xor a visit.
- t notice“
[ Dai:y feed payment will
\ be made on November and
December milk sales begin
' ning January 1 through
January 31, 1945. It is im
-1 portant that payment be
I made during this time
NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
SIXTH WAR LOAN DRIVE
Sale of War Bonds in the (
Sixth Bond drive are far I
behind the quota, according!
to the report given Tuesday.
Sales are listed by townships
below, totaling $29,842.
The extremely bad wea
ther during the past week!
made purchases more diffi-1
BOND SALES' B Y TOWNSHIPS TO DATE
BURNSVILLE $20,000.00
CANE RIVER 2,268.25
EGYPT 243.75
- RAMSE YTOWN None
GREEN MOUNTAIN 2,000.00
JACKS CREEK 299.50
BRUSH CREEK _ , None
CRABTREE 3,018.00
SOUTH TOE 975.00
PENSACOLA 37.50
PRICES CREEK 1,000.00
Farmers Urged to Save Seed
F. S. A. NEWS
We would like to ask per
sonally every farmer in
Yancey county the follow
ing questions:
How much county tax do
you pay?
How much do you spend
each year for grass seeds?
Recently we asked four
average farmers of this
county these questions and
: the total amount spent for
county taxes last year was
| $303 ,and the total amount
spent for grass seeds was
$338.
Each of these farmers
agreed that he could have
grown and saved all the
seeds that he had to buy if
some adequate type of
threshing machines were
available -These threshing
machines can be made av
ailable with a little cooper
ation among the farmers of
the county. ' _xv ' *
' The Farm Security Ad
ministration with a county
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MACK ELLIOTT
i
Mack Elliott, 83, died at
his home at Jacks Creek
Saturday following an ex
tended illness.
Funeral services held
Monday at 2:30 at the home
with the Rev. A. Z. Jamer
son officiating Burial was
in the family cemetery.
Surviving are the follow
ing children: Lat Elliott of
Burnsville, Neal of Jacks
Creek, Mrs. L. Q. Miller of
Ramseytown, and a number
of grand children and great
grand children.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
STAFF MEMBERS
The quarterly Staff meet
ing of the District Health
Dept, was held in the Bur
nsville office on Dec. 19 at
2:30 p. m.
The program consisted of
a devotional by Mr. Alley,
exchanging of gifts and a
l?rief business session. Fol.
lowing the business session
the tuberculosis control
program was discussed.
Light refreshments were
served and the Christmas
motif was carried out , in
decorations and refresh
ments.
Those present were: Miss
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mpmmimt
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[ cult as so many people were
1 kept at home. Also farmers
■ are just now beginning to
sell the tobacco so that dur
ing the remainder of Dec
ember during which Sales
will count in the drive, pur
; chases are expected to be
| heavier.
office in Burnsville will
make loans to groups of
farmers or to individual
farmers to purchase thresh
' ing machines or other types
of farm machinery.
These small threshing
machines, with attached
power units, can be bought
for approximately SSOO. If
five farmers in any com
| j munity of the county pur
‘ j chase a thresher for SSOO
' each farmer will pay SIOO
51 as his proportionate share.
11 If you farmers need to bor
-3 row the money, 4 FSAt will
make you a loan for the
3 amount you need at a three
3 percent interest rate to be
3 , repaid in five years. The
fj payments on a five year
fjloan of SSOO to five farmers
3 1 repaid equally by each of
the five farmers would be
* ( S2O a year, plus a small
• amount for interest.
Can you as a farmer in
i vest S2O in any other way
-1 that would give you any
/ greater benefit?
NOTICE
February 15, 1945 is the
t last date on which perform
c ance reports may be filed
as a basis for making a net
payment to producers on
, 1944 applications for pay
l ment, M. D. Bailey, Chair
man Yancey county Triple-
A Committee, announced
5 here today.
“Payment of 1944 appli
, cations is to be completed
' during the early months of
t \ y 945, therefore, it is neces
sary that performance re
ports be filed early in order
to provide opportunity for
timely preparation and aud
i it it in the county and State
offices,” he stated.
Mr. Bailey pointed out
that applications for pay
ments based on performan
ce reports filed after the
, closing date may be process
ed for payment only if it is
‘ determined by the State
committee, on recommenda
tion of the county commit
tee, that the producer was
prevented from filing with
in the specified time (1) be
cause he was a member of
the armed forces, or (2) be
: cause of prolonged illness.
“All eligible farmers who
have not already filed per
formance reports and sign
ed applications for payment
are urged to do so at once/