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VOLUME NINE
—Men In Service—
Silver Star Awarded
John J. Evans
J. E. Evans has received
a Silver Star which was
awarded his son. Sgt. John
J. Evans recently. As yet,'
no citation has been receiv
ed of the circumstances un
der which the award wasj
made. Sgt. Evans has for
some months been in France
I
After having been or.
New Guinea, Lt. David Low!
is based in the Netherlands
East Indies. Sgt. John Low
is now in England They
are both in the army air
corps and are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. J. G.Low of Bur
nsville.
.Pfc Glen E. McCourry,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Mai
McCourry, is at home on
leave. He has been in ser
vice for 34 months and this
is his first leave at home in
that time. For the past 15
months he has been station- j
ed in the Aleutian Islands, i
I
James Ray. S lc, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Ray is
now on sea duty with the
Pacific fleet
—
Cpl.. Max Penland has
been home on leave from
the ElCentro, Cal. Marine
base, visiting his parents, 1
Mr. and Mrs. B B. Penland. 1
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Bill Mclntosh has been
home on leave visiting his
parents, Mr| and Mrs. J. C
Mclntosh, after completing
boot training at Camp
Peary, Va.
Sgt. Rush Beeler who is
stationed in Raleigh was
home on a short leave
Pvt. Juitt Randolph of
Camp Mackall. has been
visiting relatives at Ram- 1
seytown.
Cpl and Mrs. Cecil Byrd
are visiting Adler Byrd and
other relatives here.
S. Sgt. Grady B. Gibbs
has been awarded the Sil
ver Star. Sgt Gibbs has
been overseas since Feb. of
this year.
Record: Please the
paper to my new address as
Ido not want to miss a
copy of the home news
I would also like to say a
few words in the paper. I
would like to say Hello to
my family and also to all
my friends in Yancey coun
ty, especially in Double Is
land and Brush Creek, and
wish them a happy New!
Year.
I hope and pray the war
is over soon so that we can
return back home to our
loved ones and friends.
Let’s all pull together and
trust God.
There is a big job for all
of us to do. Please remem- j
ber all the boys in service
Do your part and we will do
ours. Back us up with your
prayers and War Bonds.!
Remember that we have a
long road to travel yet be
fore we reach victory. May
GodT bless us and give us
peace soon.
Pvt. Ben F Riddle,
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Cpl. Woodrow Bradford,
brother of Mrs. Mack Hen
sley, has landed safely over-*
seas in the East Indies.
D. R. Styles, S K Ic, ha 3
been home on leave from
the Norfolk naval ba.se.
I Pvt. T. M. Swann who has
■ completed basic training at
| Camp Wheeler. Ga. has been
here on short leave. He and
I Mrs. Swann are visiting re
' latives in Winchester, Va.
Frank H. Watson who has
been stationed for several
months at the New Orleans
naval base was home on
leave for the Christmas sea
son.
R. L. Byrd, F lc, is on
duty with the Atlantic fleet
Camp Bradford, Norfolk,
Va.-—Reed H. Moody, S 2c,
whose family resides at
Celo. N. C. is undergoing
training with the Navy’s
amphibious forces at Camp
Bradford, Va., and has been
assigned to the crew of an
LST (Landing "Ship, Tank),
largest of the amphibious
craft capable of making a
beach landing.
Heavier than a modern
destroyer, the 300-foot LST
lands assault troops and eq
uipment directly onto ene
my beaches under the pro
tective bombardment o f
heflvy w arships and Navy
planes. Despite its size and
weight, the landing vessel
is designed ro navigate
•hallow approaches to hos
tile beaches, spilling its
troops and tanks ashore
through huge bow doors
Camp Bradford is one of
the group 0 f bases operated
by the Amphibious Train
ing Command of the U.'S
Atlantic Fleet along the eas
tern seaboard.
The following letter was
received recently by Mrs.
j Julia Jarrett of Green Mtn. 1
(from her son, Pvt Eleck E.
Jarrett, now somewhere in
the South Pacific:
“I will write you this ev
•ening to let you hear from 1
me again. Hope this finds
you all well and not work-J
| ing too hard these days.:
This leaves ms well and;
getting along very good.
“How does Charlie like
the army by now and is he
still in South Carolina?
| “I ran up on Frank Tho-
Imas last night. We are in
i the same outfit. I was glad
to see him. It makes a fel
-1 low feel better to see some
I one he knew back home. 1
(Hazel’s husband is in this
(outfit too and I have seen
i him several times since I
got here. ' ,
“Has Aunt Dana 'Sparks)
had any mail from 0. K.
jately and how is he getting
I along,
I “Well tell all Hello for me
and I hope to see them be
fore long.”
i The following is a letter
from Pvt. James Harris Ft. |
Meade. Md to his mother, j
Mrs. Grace Harris Burns
ville, N. C. Rt. 2.
“I am 0 K. tonight tho
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"DEDICATED TO THJE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THUIfSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 19U
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I May Yours Bela Most Happy 1
I ad |
1 Prosperous New Year |
p We look forward It 1945 with the firm |1
belief in better things to come. Anti we
w want to express o tr deep apprecinUun %
g to each of you lor having contributed in M
8? _ such an important way to our continued
■* success in this community. ||
I The Yancey Record f
District Scout Officials" Named | rmamms
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; Bjrrd Gillespie of Bur-|
nsville. * Guy Wiseman, wasj
recommended for District
Commissioner and C. 1.1
Baucom of Banner Elk as!
Asst. Commissioner.
. Mr.- Fouts appointed the
following committees for
the year: Organization and
Extension Chairman, E A.
Scott, Spruce Pine; C. 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. 1
Hipps, Spruce Pine; Finan |
FARM MEETING
Farmers of the , Upper
j South Toe section will hold
i regular farm meetings on
the first Wednesday even- 1
ings of each month. Farm-*
ers in nearby communities
are also invited to attend. 1
The first meeting will be
held at 7:30 on Jan. 3 in
the Celo Community potato
house. The subject for dis
|Cusslon will be “Growing
i and Harvesting Small
; Grain ” V. J. Goodman,'
[county agent, will be pre
sent. * . j
Practical discussions and
I plans for meeting farm pro
blems will be stressed at all
of these, farm meetings
which are planned for the
year. . n
[ce chairman, J. E. Boyd
Spruce Pine, Fred Brum
mitt, Ben Quinn, Rom
Sparks, Sam Cannon, B.
Gillespie, C L. Proffitt, Lee
Griffeth, Leo K. Pritchett,
D. T. Vance. Edwin Robbins
J. V. Bowers Advancement!
Rev. A. R.. Craig, chairman,!
S. K. Mortimer, Jr., S. Guy!
Wiseman; Health and saf
j ety, Dr. B B. McGuire,
chairman, Dr. W. B. Rob
ertson, and Dr. A. S. Mof
'f=tt; Camping and activi
ties, Bill McKinney, Ray
Dixon, Troop Committee
chairman -of the Troops.
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- j
ant Scout Executive, who
stated, that there had been
Jan increase of 18 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
1 either preinduction physical
1 examination or induction
will go to Fort Bragg, N. C.
Camp Croft, S. C. has been
discontinued as an induc
tion station and no more
men will be forwarded to
that point. Under this new
set up registrants going for)
j physical examination will
not return first or second
day as it will take a longer
length of time to go to Fort
Bragg, and return.
Yancey County . Local
, Board No. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Arney Fox
,vi vC been the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Fox in
Hartsville, S. C.
Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Whis
nant spent Christmas week
in Shelby.
j Jane Shackleford of
i Winston-Salem has been
| the guest of friends here.
Mr and Mrs. Roy Prof
fitt came up from Charlotte
for the holidays. *
Mr. and Mrs. Edd 1 Hig
gins and daughter. Phyliis,
were here for Christmas
with home folks.
Edd Hutchins underwent
an appendix operation ’at
: the Marion General hospi
tal Sunday night.
Louise Yelton who is at
tending a government train
i ing school in Ga.
1 was home last week. She
i plans to leave for Hawaii
( early next. year. Mildred
Yelton of the Norburn hos
pital staff was also at home
Doris Mclntosh has been
visiting friends in Asheville
Mr. and Mrs Neill Byrd
of Knoxville visited rela
tives here during the holi
days. |
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Hoy
le of Newton visited Mr.
and Mr 3. George W. Anglin
during the seasoi^,
STotTue
The District Health Of
fice will be closed on Mon
day, Jan. 1.
NOTICE
Daily feed payment will
be made on November and
December milk sales begin
ning January 1 through
January 31, 1945. It is im
portant that payment be
made during this time
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 l
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 ifi
some adequate type of!
threshing machines were I
available These threshing|
machines can be made av
ailable with a little cooper
ation among the farmers of
the county. “
The Farm Security Ad-!
ministration with a county)
V. V. BODFORD PASSED
AWAY TODAY
Vasco V. “Cody” Bodford
well known resident of Bur-'
! nsville, passed away this
I morning in the Western
Carolina sanitorium where
he had been a patient for
! the past 21 months,
i Funeral services will be
!li<eia at 6f Ws par
! ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
• Bodford, at 2 o’clock Friday
t NEW RATIONING
! REGULATIONS
: The following telegram
received by Yancey County
War Price and Rationing
i Board, December 26. 1944:
Effective at 12:01 A M.
• Tuesday, December 26.
1 1944 the following changes
| in rationing become effec
tive:
> Item One: Point value
> restored on canned aspara
gus, beans, peas, corn and
spinach.
Item Two: Point value on
■ butter increased to 24
points.
Item Three: Sugar stamps,
30, 31, 32, 33 and 40 and all (
outstanding canning sugar,
certificates issued by local
boards become invalid.
Item Four: Red stamps
A8 through Z 8 and A5
through P 5 in Book Four
are cancelled.
Item Five: Blue stamps
A8 through Z 8 and A5
through W 5, book four are
cancelled.
I Item Six: Effective at
12:0LA. M. on December 31.
red stamps T, TJ, V, W and
X 5 become valid.
Item Seven: Effective
January 1 at 12:01 A. M.
Blue stamps C. D, E, F and
G 2 become valid.
Ration book holders shou
ld remove all cancelled
stamps from Book 4 them
selves. War Food Adminis
tration says meats, butter
and processed foods will be
shorter in first quarter of '
New Year than at any time
since War started. »
L. W. Driscoll, District
Director OPA.
mpmmnai
NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
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
munity of the county pur
chase a thresher for SSOO
each farmer will pay SIOO
as his proportionate share.
If you farmers need to bor
row the money, FSA will
make you a loan for the
amount you need at a three
percent interest rate to be
repaid in five years. The
! payments on a five year
, loan of S6OO to five farmers
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
jvest S2O in any other way
f that would give you any
(greater benefit?
NOTICE
I February 15, 1945 is the
last date on which perform
ance reports may be filed
aKiLMsis for making a net
payment to producers on
1944 applications for pay
ment, M, D. Bailey, Chair
man Yancey county Triple-
A Committee, announced
“Payment of 1944 appli
cations is to be completed
during the early months of
y 945, therefore, it fs neces
sary that performance re
ports be filed early in order
to provide opportunity fpr
timely preparation and aud
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-
I cause he was a member of
1 the armed forces, or (2) be
cause of prolonged illness.
“All eligible fanners who
have not already filed per
formance reports and sign
ed applications for payment
are urged to do so at once,’
NOTICE
The fifth Sunday union
service of the Burnsville
churches will be held Sun
day evening at the Method
ist church.
1944 LICENSE PLATES
GOOD TO JANUARY 31
The 1944 automobile lic
ense pfates will be good
through^Jan. 31, 1945, the
state department of motor
vehicles has announced. An
act to this effect was passed
by the 1943 legislature.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ray of
Leicester are visiting rela
tives here.