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KEEPFAITH (fegf mthus-\ bybttymg -- U m BONDS VOLUML NINE —Men In Service— Killed In Action Sgt- Walter H. Gibbs was killed in action in Belgium on Dec. 20, his parents, Mr. 1 and Mrs- H. J- Gibbs of Burnsville Rt. 1, have been notified by the war depart* ment. His wife is the for mer Miss Vondo Strom of Hot Springs, N- C., who now resides in Cleveland, 1 Ohio. Sgt. Gibbs entered ser vice in March, 1942 in Clev-! eland, Ohio and took basic training at Camp Hood, Texas. He then took train ing at Camp Cook, Cal., ! Camp Adair, Ore- and Fort Lewis, Wash. He had been overseas since March, 1944. He was attached to a flexi ble tank destroyer unit in Belgium. j A graduate of Bald Creek high school, Sgt. Gibbs was employed in Cleveland be-’ sere induction. In addition' to his wife and parents he is survived by one brother, Hjrton Gibbs of Burnsville Rt. 1, three sisters, Mrs. Lester Briggs of Alexand ria and Mrs. C. F- Ramsey and Mrs. Zenas Jamerson of Cleveland, Ohio. Missing In Action Pfc- Crate Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bailey of Higgins, has been reported missing in action in Ger many since Dec. 16. i Pfc- Wade J. Proffitt, 1 son of Mrs. Lizzie Proffitt of Swiss was reported miss ing in action since Dec. 16. His wife resides at Bald Creek. Pvt. Jack Laughrun and Pvt. Floyd L Laughrun, sons of Mr. and Mrs- Luke Laughrun, have arrived * safely in Italy, their ’par ents have been notified. First Sgt Fred S. Honey cutt has arrived safely ov- 1 erseas and is now some-; where in England, hig par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Honeycutt have been in formed. Richard H Lawson, RM 3c of Green Mtn-, is now with the Pacific fleet. Clyde Anglin who has been stationed at Fort Mc- Clellan, Ala., wag home on short leave. He will report to Fort Meade, Md. Pvt. Roy W- King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry King of Swiss is now in a hospital at Pnlm Springs, Cal. Pfc. John Ledford of the Marine, Corps has reached l San Francisco from the Pa cific area- He participated in a number of campaigns against the Japanese, and 1 wa s wounded three times. He is now in a hospital on the west coast. Pvt. Ray H. Johnson is home on leave from camp in California. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs- Boyd John son of Green Mtn. Pvt. Isaac Ray of Fort % Bragg was home for the week end. jl THE YANCEY RECORD '‘DEDICATED TO THE PR&£itESS OF YANCEY COUNT V* SUB. RATES: $1.60 YEAR. I Receives Bronze Star > _ w. ' Lt Col. Clarence D. Mc j Curry, son of Mr and Mrs. ' U. S. McCurry of Day Book, has been awarded The . Bronze Star. He is with the . Field Artillery in the Euro : pean theatre. , The citation read - “For meritorious service in con- I nection with military oper ations against the enemy of .J the United States in France : during the period Aug- 8, , 1944 to Dec. 13, 1942. As . commanding officer, he dis \ played extraordinary at ; tention to duty. For tacti cal reasons, units of Lt. Col- McCurry’s battalion were usually widely disper ' sed, which necessitated con j stant liaison and coordina tion. Largely through the skill and leadership of Lt. ■' Col McCurry, units of his 1 Battalion contributed ma terially to the success of his armored division in a long series of offensive actions. His cooperation, tactical skill, professional knowled- 1 ge, and devotion to duty are fully in keeping with the best traditions of the ser vice” Wash Tomberlin who re turned recently from the European theatre where he was wounded is home oh leave. He has been in the | general hospital, Tusca jloosa, Ala. Pfc- Royce Brinkley writ es that he is now “in good health again” after being wounded at Metz, and that! he is now assigned to a non combat unit. He sends best! wishes to all his friends in the county! Pvt. Leslie Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Biss Peter-j son of Burnsville is now in the Philippine Islands, with the American forces. An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England- Second Lt. John H Gallo way, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Galloway, Mia mi, Fla-, navigator of a B-17 Flying Fortress, has won the Air Medal for “meritor ious achievement, coolness, courage and skill” during Eighth Air Force bombing; attacks on German indus- 1 trial targets and military' strongpoints in the path of advancing Allied armies in Western Europe. Lt. Galloway is a member of the 34th Bomb Group, a unit of the Third Bombard-; ment Division, the division cited by the President for its now historic England- 1 Africa shuttle bombing of Nazi Messerschr.iitt air-1 craft plants at Regensburg,' Germany. He has taken part in aerial assaults on a; variety of objectives, rang-j ing from enemy airfields and aircraft plants to oil 1 refineries and front line nositions. SIXTH WAR LOAN War fond Sales in the Sixth War Loan Drive totaled 121,021,- 000,000. j BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, .JANUARY 18, 1945* ’ i j :— * *— -■* ' -- ' . _ • _ ' ■ MOTORIST WARNED OF VIOLATIONS OF LAW CONCERNING SCHOOL BUSES The North Carolina law which prohibits any vehicle ’ parsing a school Inis while ’ the Stop sign is displayed ' lias recently been disregar ded* a number of citizens of "j the county have reported- J School officials and high way patrolmen have callod attention of all motorists! I to this law and wish to re -4 mind drivers that severe 1 penalties are attached for ’ infraction of it- The Sher iff’s department has also warned drivers. Motorists are urged not ’ to disregard this law, either i through carelessness or by 1 intent, since the safety of ' the school children of the county should he regarded as the responsibility of every citizen. Accepted by Navy The following boys vol unteered this week for ser vice in the Navy and passed ! all examinations: Ed Cas ! sida, Robert Boone, Bruce Smith, James H Hamby. They will be called within a few weeks- An Eighth Air Force Fighter Station, England— The Good Conduct Medal Jl. - meal Sergefifft Waller H Bostian of Burnsville, N. C. it was announced recently at the sergeant’s Eighth Air Force fighter station- The medal was presented to T. Sgt. Bostian for faith ful and exact performance ;of duty T. Sgt. Bostian is a wea ; ther observer at the 361st , Fighter Group P-51 Mus tang base in England- He is the son of Mrs. Mollie F,. Bostian of Burnsville, N C. i • : Farm Agents News HORSE AND MULE CLINICS To help farmers get their workstock in better shape for spring work, we have secured the help of a vet erinarian to conduct these i clinics. The examination is FREE, treatment foe bots, I $ .75 pef head; treatment I for roundworm, SIOO per head; and\floating teeth, SI.OO per head. Any addi tional work needed-will be done at a price agreeable to the farmer and the vet erinarian- Feed and water should be withheld from animals to be treated for at least 18 hours. All farmers are invited to bring their workstock for for examination to the clin ic nearest them. The schedule is as follows:- Thursday, Jan- 25,1946 9:30 a. m. D- Z Styles’ Barn, Burnsville 11:00 a- m. Mrs. J. B. Ray’s Barn, Bolens Creek,; _ 2:00 p. m. Day Book Post Office. 4:00 p- m. R. C. Deyton’s Barn, Brush Creek. Friday, Jan. 26, 4945 9:30 a. m. S- R. Hensley’s CAROLINA TIRE COM PANY IN NEW LOCA TION r The. Carolina Tire Com pany mipfved last week to the Yancey Building, next . door to the Farmers Feder ation Warehouse. The new location affords additional • space which was greatly needed for the increase of business jp tire recapping and saleg work. -I-' J- K. Lamb continues as manager and Thad Brad ford and Britton McMahan are now employed by the firm. gp l LISTERS Are named FOR FEDERAL FARM CENSUS l — —. The following assign ments have been made to enumerate the Federal Farm Census in Yancey county: Brush Creek township, R- Y. Silver; Burnsville township and town, Mrs. Pearl S. Higgins; Cane Riv er, Mrs. Hattie S, Peterson; Egypt, S.. C. Edwards; Green Mtn- and Jacks Creek, Carl T. Young; | Pensacola and South Toe, Arthur M. Patton; Crab tree and Prices Creek, J W- Hoover; Ramseytown, Robert E. Holloway. P D Hei^n^ofSh^, ervisor, were in Burnsville' this week discussing plans for the farm census which will begin within a few days- | Mr. Herndon stressed the of farmers’ giving all information ac curately as this will be of value now and in the post' war period. - » Write often to the men in Service. TREE SEEDLINGS FOR PLANTING All farmers who want' TVA tree seedlings for planting this spring for ero sion control, reforestration, s,or . replants, are urged to i place their order with the County Agent’s Office be ; fore February 1, 1945. ' seetllinga lire fur nished free to any 1 farmer in the county for the lbove purposes- The species avail able are white pine, black ’ locust, yellow poplar and shortleaf pine. Also, we would like to know your estimate of the number of acres you will want to plant after the war. It takes three years to pro duce the seedlings we get, and the TVA would like to know how many we will need in the future. If you need the seedlings | this spring or later, drop us a card or letter stating how many- Do it now I Store, Cane River 11:00 a. m- Gibbs* Mill J Possum Trot. 2:00 p. m. Adrian Buch- j anan’s Bam, Jacks Creek • RATION BOARD TO ! CLOSE ONE DAY EACH MONTH The office of the Yancey i j county war price and ra ; tioning board will be closed •| on the first week-day of each month, beginning Thu [ reday, February 1, the measure is being taken to ' allow the board workers ;!' time to make monthly re- I ports. ! PLANS ARE MADE FOR INFANTILE PARALY sjSIS DRIVE j, Several events have been ; scheduled for the Infantile paralysis campaign in the county. Individual contri butions and contributions from groups such as school grades, churches, etc., hre I' already being received, i Emmett Sams, chairman, stated this morning that the Cherokee Amusement Co. (Yancey Theatre) had contributed sls. Saturday, Jan. 27th has i been designated as “Tag- Day” when lapel tabs will be sold by high school girls. A basket ball game between I teams composed of teachers and members of the high school teams will be played on the Burnsville court. Ths time will be announced later. a “President’s Ball” will! b« hold at tb« club bouse on 1 ' s ' ;l tin-day night; Feb. 3rd and all proceeds from this! will also go to the fund. The quota for the county 1 is the largest ever given i and all citizens are urged to! contribute in some way to! the campaign. Pvt... Jack Brinkley was admitted to Moore Generali hospital Wednesday for treatment of severe finger cuts suffered when he caught his right hand in the fan of an automobile en gine on which he was work ing- Pvt. Brinkley received the injuries while at home on a delay enroute to Ft. Meade, Md. where he has been transferred. WAR BONDS J? J *■ j ■LJ § Official V. S. Hav^boto "Tin Fish" goes down a hatch on ( flrst stage of its Journey to sink an I enemy vessel. War Bonds pay for 1 these deadly missiles used In subs- t marines and also save money for « your post-war necessities. \ .... 0, S. Trtatvry Dtftrtmini Court Term Will Convene ■ —_ The regular January! lerm of Superior Court will . convene here on the 22nd I with Judge Wilson H.l ■ Warlick presiding. The following names t were drawn for jury duty: > Lewis Hicks, Percy Hu i ghes, J. Craig Franklin,' . Preston H. Burnett, Shelby Carrofl, James Fox, Thur man Fox, Oscar Fox, Rob ert J. Ray, John Styles, R. N. Silver, Thomas Tipton; j Austin Buchanan, Frank Ray, Lee Carroll, Robert J. McAlahan, Ben Blalock, J.' A. Thomas, Wade Randol ph, Noah Whitson, James HEALTH DEPARTMENT The district health de partment has arranged to show films in the schools of the district. The two films, “Alladin’s Lamp”, a comedy in color, and .‘Middletown Goes to War”, a film on tuberculosis, will be shown! according to the following schedule at the county! schools: Celo, Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 10 o’clock; Busick, Jan. 23 at 11:30; Pensacola, Wed nesday, Jan. 24 at 10; Bald Creek, Jan 24 at 11:30; Deyton Bend, Thursday, | Jan. 26, 1 p. m. The sched ule for other schools in the (county will be given later- J - —*_—;—_ j Pvt- Mary I. Randolph, a f member,, of the Women’s j Army Corps and the daugh j of Mi*, and Mrs. I. M. Randolph, of Rt. 1, Burns | ville, is being trained by the Army to be a medical and surgical technician- She is one of the Detach ment of Wacs taking a 16- week on-the-job training course at the Army’s Fos ter General Hospital, .Tack son, Miss. These Wacs, first enlisted women ever assigned to Foster, spend half the day in the classroom and half the day in the hospital wards learning how to care! for the wounded and sick soldier patients sent back: from overseas for medical treatment. When they enlisted they! asked to become technicians’; •:o help relieve the shortage of personnel trained care for soldiers in army gener al hospitals. VH BONDS I '"" , y ' **i * m itfp» j’R® x,IW f iHKvME^aB^ jp ; '^TPff : Signtl Corps Photo Gen. Kreuger, Gen. Kenny and Gen. Sutherland discuss invasion plans on one of the Philippine Is lands. They consider the vast quan tity of munitions that War Bonds buy and which make possible the ad vance of our armed forces. V, S. Trtatury DlportmtM Sa ~~ 1- tFFPfHTH MFV TMFMt NUMLER TWENTY-FIVE Riddle, Fred Young, Clyde Taylor, James Deyton. ! The special term will con j vene on Jan. 29 with , following jury list: James Fox, Neal Elliott, R. C. Deyton, Allison Eng lish, Frank Proffitt, John C. Woody, Earl C. Wilson, Garvel Hon-aycutt, Milt Murphy, Willard Beaver, Ben Silvers, Alai McCurry ; S. M. Bennett, Roy Jam erson, Carter Miller, Ira F. ! Gibbs, Watson Boone, Rex : Presnell, Troy Mclntosh, j Robert Byrd, Dewey Car roll, S. Al. Tolley, Isaac I Thomas, W. L. Maney. Civil cases will be heard. — LEAVE FOR CAMP The following men left Tuesday morning for in duction: Raymond S. Rob inson, Clarence Belgarde, Guy Honeycutt, “ Robert Ward, Zeke Banks, Edw ! ard Gibbs, Gordon Huskins, J. B. Robinson, Luther Led ;ford, Jack A. Young, Luth i er P- Robinson, Fred Peter son, Howard Honeycutt, , Gerdine Williams, Wayne ; Honeycutt. The following reported : for pre induction examina tion: Clarence McMahan, -.Ramon Autrey, Hansell si Morrow, Stanley Lee Boone Ray Hylemetb Oscar Gprt } aey, Calvin Ballew, Walker Thomas, Dick Peterson, •James Hoover, Edward Cal vin Gillespie, Alvin Anglin; William Fox, Adam Mit chell, Kenneth Rathbone, Ray McPeters, Dewey Phil lips, Ed Calloway, James Riddle, Clyde Gortney, HOSPITAL WOULD IMPROVE SERVICES Adoption of the recom mendation made by the Governor's Commission on Hospital and Medical Care which calls for the building of rural hospitals and health centers in all coun ties not adequately equip ped at present will also bring with it a num ber of other important medical services, says Dr. C* H. Hamilton, head of the rural sociology department at State College. If the legislature carries out this recommendation, it would mean new hospi- ill at least 20 counties, and the enlargement of those in at least 50 other counties. This recommendation is based on a well demonstra ted tact: Rural hospitals do 'attract more doctors to rural communities. Results of a survey, con ducted by Dr- W. S. Ran kin trustee of the Duke En dowment and director of its hospital section, and re ported by him in a lecture to the School of Hygiene and Public Health of Johns Hopkins University, prove this point,, Dr. Hamilton si says. Dr. Rankin pointed out three ways in which the ad dition or improvement of of these hospitals will also (Continued on page 4)
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