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Igr- KEEP HUTI m ifbsymg \ LmntttwtWAß BONDS VOLUME NINE —Men In Service— Missing In Action Pvt Thomas W. (Bill) Bailey has been missing in action over Germany since Dec. 21, a message from the war department stated. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M- D. Bailey of Toledo, and his wife is the former Miss Jeanette Penland. Pvt- Bailey entered ser vice in Dec. 1943 and has been overseas for four _ months. Missing In Action Pvt. Roy L- Robinson, sen of Mrs- Lou Robinson of fioonford- has been report ed Missing in action since Jan. 1 in France. Pvt. Rob inson was wounded several ago and returned to duty on Dec- 19. Charles Allison who has been overseas for more than two years has return-' ed to the states and is now visiting his mother, Mrs. 1 Mary Allison, in Detroit. Cpl. John Blake is now stationed at the East Base of the army air field, Great Falls, Mont. Seaman Ransom Pate who has been with the Paci fic fleet for severaLinonths has returned to tj*& states, j Charles Riddlaf 2nd class petty officer is/ow station ed in Norfolk, Va He was at home recently-on leave after several montips service with the Atlantic fleet. Sgt- Birgious Fox of the army air corps spent a fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs- Malcolm Fox of Day Book. He reported back to Hamilton, Cal. Pfc. Kie R. Tomberlin is now somewhere in Belgium his parents have been in formed- . I - Pvt. Crawford Angel is stationed at Camp Wheeler,! Ga. at the present Pvt. Claude D Riddle is' . somewhere in Italy accord ing to word received by his parents- Fred Ramsey who has completed boot training at Bainbridge, Md- is home for a short leave. Bill Fouts has been trans ferred from the Marine base at Parris Island, S C-, to Camp LeJeune. Pvt. John Fox has landed safely in New Guinea. He has been in service for two years, and i 8 the son of Mr and Mrs. Charlie Fox of Burnsville Rt. 1- Pfc. Oscar Gibbs, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gibbs ha 8 landed safely in Eng land- He has been in service for 22 months Sgt- Gillmore Presnell has been home on emergen cy leave from Jeune, N. C. because of the death of his brother, Carl Presnell in a mine on Jan. 9. 1 Pfc. Locke Phillips is stationed at Baer Field,! Fort Wayne, Ind- THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. I Killed In Action 1 Sgt- Howard D. Loftis was killed in action in Fran ce on Dec. 25, his mother, Mrs. Eliza G. Loftis of Ham rick has been notified. Wounded In Action J, Sgt. Julius Sisk was sligh tly wounded in Belgium on Dec. 23 according to a mes sage received by his wife, ! Mrs. Haeel Sisk of Burns ! ville Rt. 1. i | Wounded In Action ] j Staff Sgt. Floyd I- Wilson was slightly wounded in action in Germany on Jan. 10, his wife, Mrs. Helen M- Wilson of Bowditch, has been been informed by the | war department. ; Pvt. David Roy Cassida and Pvt- Charlie A. Cassida, i sons of Mr. and Mrs. Crock et CaSvSida of Burnsville Rt. , 2. are now both in Belgium j Another son, Edd Est Tues j day, Jan. 23 for induction in the Navy. Mrs. Cassida now has three sons and| nine nephews in service i ’-T Pvt. Junior Robertson , who was wounded while sarving with U. S. forces in the European theatre and I who is now _ assigned to Moore General hospital, is at home this week visiting ' relatives at Pensacola. I ~Pvt- Dean Higgins who returned to the states re cently after being wound ed in action and is now as i signed to Lawson General I Hospital in Atlanta is at home visiting relatives at Bee Log. Mr. and Mrs. A W. Elliott of Hamrick have two sons in service- T 5 Hobart Elliott is now stationed at Camp | Chaffee, Ark. after 27 mon ths service overseas Pfc. Marion Elliott has been ov erseas since July, 1943, and I was recently transferred from India to China where he is now. ! Cecil Murphy, S 2c has been home on emergency leave because of the death of his 4 year old son on' Jan. 10. Pvt- Warren McAllister Has been home on leave. Lt. Commander H- G. Crowgey of the naval air force and Rufus C. Orr of the transport service are here on leave. Mrs. Crow gey is the former Margaret! Proffitt and Mrs. Orr the. former Mary Vance Prof fitt. Capt- Sam J. Huskins, Jr j is home on short leave. Seaman Ernest Parker has been visiting relatives in the Little Creek section. 1 He is the son of Mrs. Will-' ard Randolph. Pfc. Albert Jay Tipton, who has been stationed at the marine base, St. Simon, 1 Ga. is now at Cherry I Point, N C. I Write often to the men jin Service. ••DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945 FELLS HOME HERE j 1 I -Troy Ray has sold his home in west Burnsville to Neill Elliott of Jacks Creek in a transaction completed til's week- Mr. Elliott plans I to move to the property within a short time. Promoted The following letter was received by Will Tipton of Day Book from the person nel officer of the Naval Landing Force Equipment Depot of Norfolk: “Your son, Joe Tipton, has just been promoted ! from seaman, second class to seaman, first class. “Thi s was not a gratui tous favor bestowed by the commanding officer, but was earned by proficiency, ’ cooperation, good conduct and fidelity to duty- En couragement from the folks back home plays a vital part in the building of mor ale, and the Navy’s high moiale has been largely re sponsible for its success “ You, too, are making a r al contribution in the war effort by your continued j encouragement' of your son to do his best under all : conditions.” Lt Johnny R. Harness' has arrived at the Oliver General Hospital in Augus ta. Ga., where she has been assigned to duty. Lt. Har ness’ father, W. E.~Ra.y liv es on Rt. 1 in Burnsville. Nursing at Oliver Gener al hospital is performed by! members of the Army Nur-j 39 Corps, where a serious shortage exists because of the failure of civilian nur ses to enlist. Ten thousand Army Nurses are needed immediat?ly, to -relieve the shortage which is particu larly acute in overseas hos pitals. NEW CAFE OPENS' j The “City Case” opened Wednesday in the Riddle 1 building space, recently oc cupied bt the Carolina Tire Company. Mr. and Mr§. ■ Roscoe Pate who have been * ! managing the A & M Cafe' are owners and operators of , the new business. Cut more pulpwood in 1945 and so help cut the casualty list of American boys- Annual District Scout Meeting The annual meeting the Daniel Boone Council of the Boy Scouts of Amer-J jica, was held in Asheville on Monday evening. Scout 1 leaders from the “entire' council area attended. The Toe River district, made up of troops from, Mitchell, Avery and Yancey! counties, received the tro phy awarded annually for , the largest number in at-1 tendance traveling • the greatest number of miles The trophy was held during the past year by the Smoky Mtn. district l Those from Burnsville who were present were Rev. F. R. Barber, V J. Good man, A.. F. Bryson, B. M. Tomberlin, B. R. Penland, Lee Griffeth and D. R. FUNERAL SERVICES [< FOR MRS. LEONARD !< BIGGS Mrs. Leonard Biggs, 49, died in her sleep early Sat-,: urday morning at her home here. -|- ! Funeral services were! held at the Low Gap Bap tist church op Monday af ternoon with the Rev, Blev ins officiating. Burial was! in the McMahan family ce metery- Surviving are her hus , band, one son, Pvt- Homer Biggs of the U S. army in England; two daughters,! Mrs. James Robinson of Burnsville and Miss Helen Biggs of Washington, D. CXI j, * WPB CHALLENGE TO PULPWOOD* PRODUC ERS The War f Production Board’s action in setting a 1945 gokl of 16,000,000 cords of pulpwood—l,ooo,- 000 more than last year— offers a challenge to all pulpwood producers and cutters and to every pulp wood-producing community The 16,000,000-cord goal, of course, is based on actual meds of our fighting men i and of essential industries on the Home Front. Unless it is reached, our military operations overseas may be slowed down apd the war may be prolonged. H'ct* that the War Production Board established such a ; high goal in the face of 1 growing manpower and eq uipment shortages empha- I sizes the confidence this war agency has in our abil ity to attain it. For this country to pro-! duce an extra 1,000,000 cords of pulpwood in 1945 every farmer, every farm worker, every dealer, every county agent and forester, . in fact, everybody who has anything to do with pulp-j ( wood production—is going to have to work harder than he did in 1944 T "But no one will complain 'if this extra work shortens the war by a month, a week or even a day. For that ) saving in time will also save < American lives, perhaps the ■ life of a boy from this | community. BUY WAR BONDS , Fputs. Landon Proffitt was present to receive for the | Burnsville troop, a banner given in recognition of this | troop’s being one of the first to raiss pledge for completion of the dam for the lake at the new scout Camp. Os the 84 troops in; the council, 80 have already [ raised amounts assigned to ' them, and of those the local | troop was one of the first, j Plans were discussed at the meeting, and are now being completed, for the program of scouting activi ties for the year. Unusual interest has been shown in the Burnsville scout troop during the past few months, and tbo hoys have received many awards and advanced rapidly in rank, CASES TRIED IN COURT THIS WEEK The following civil cases have been tried this week in the January term of Sup erior Court: Theodore Angle vs A. J- Goforth, Judgment for plaintiff for SIOOO Zeb Henson, Adm. vs Penland and Ayers, non; suit- t #1 Linville Shepherd vs Geter Sronce et al. Judg ment for plaintiff. Ihe following divorces .vers granted: Everett Hensley vs Rose Hensley. Arthur L Wilson vs Lucy Wilson. Lora Berry vs Fonz Berry ! A special weeks’ term of court will convene Monday: with Judge Sink presiding. FARM NOTES ] J G. Peterson of Day Book is showing his neigh bors how to grow better burley tobacco. From 1.4 acres, Mr. Peterson harvest ed 3,636 pounds-, or an aver age of 2,600 pounds per acre This tobacco sold for an av-: erage of 54 cent per per pound. He planted Ken iuck 41-A tobacco and set io.OOO plants per acre but rays he should have set only 14,000 plants per acre Two years ago this field was limed at the rate of 1 1-4 The field was in corn in 1943 and crimson clover was seeded in the corn. He ap plied 15 tons of stable man ure and 1,000 pounds of 18 per cent phosphate to the crimson clover before turn ing. At planting time he ap- ! plied 2,000 pounds of 2-12-6 tobacco fertilizer and as soon as the plants were set in the field, he applied 100 pounds of ammonium nitra te. With proper fertiliza tion and management, a small acreage of tobacco can be made to pay more than most entire farms pay Jheir owners. V- J. Goodman, County Agent. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Jar. I rett, Wilma Jarrett and Cecil Anglin are here for a visit with relatives iH American heroes to leave the tank he was driving when water in the fuel line caused it to stall, Pvt. Abe Fortner of Livermore, Ky., later returned, cleaned the fuel sedi ment bowl and got the machine in operation, while still under heavy fir « The tank, repeatedly hit, stalled and Fortner repeated his cleaning until it finally went up in a blaze. The private has a bronze medal for his fear but War Bondi must be sold tb replace the tank. - . .. . ___ U. S. Trtasury DtparlmtHl U S. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION States Civil Service Commission an nounces an open competi ! tive examination for the position of Substitute Clerk, Post Office Service for fill ; ing vacancies in the Post Office at Burnsville, N. C. Applications for this po sition will be accepted by the Director, Fourth U S. Civil Service Region, Nis sen Building, Winston-Sal em 3, N- C., until the needs of the service have been met. Competitors will be re- I quired to report for written I examination, which will be ■! held periodically as the ; needs of the service require, i Full information and appli cation blanks may be ob tained from Ashton Ram sey,-Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, Post Office, Burnsville, N. C. TREE SEEDLINGS FOR PLANTING All farmers who want TVA tree seedlings for 1 planting this spring for ero sion control, reforestation, or replants, are urged to place their order with the County Agent’s Office be ,! fore February 1, 1945. i • These seedlings are fur bished free to any farmer in the county forthe above TpurpoSes- The species avail- J able are white pine, black J locust, yellow poplar and ; shortleaf pirte. Also, we would like to know your estimate of the j number of acres you will ; want to plant after the war.' ! It takes three years to pro- i duce the seedlings we get, i and the TVA would like to I know how many we will j need in the future. 4) j If you need the seedlings this spring or later, drop us a card or letter stating how many- Do it now! Norjth Carolina fails by about 610,000 tons of hay a to provide adejuate roughage for animals now jon the farms, reports John Arey, Extension dairyman! at State College. RONDS FOR FREEDOM * A— --ei Tii+itm NUMBER TWENTY-SIX MOTORIST WARNED OF VIOLATIONS OF LAW CONCERNING SCHOOL BUSES The North Carolina law which prohibits any vehicle passing a school bus while the Stop sign is displayed ha s recently been disregar ded, a number of citizens of the county have reported- School officials and high way patrolmen have called attention of all motorists to this law and wish to re mind drivers that severe 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 through carelessness or by intent, since the safety of the school children of the county should be regarded as the responsibility of every citizen. FARMERS HOLD HUGE WAR BOND RESERVE Down on the farm there is a War Bond financial re serve of over $3,500,000,000 —more than the average annual value of all crops produced in the 1930’s re ports the Agricultural sec tion of the Treasury’s War Finance Division- During the 10-year t per iod 1930-39, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics re ! ports, thp average gross farm income from the sale : of crops was 53,100,000,000. The War Finance Divis ion regards its estimate of $3,500,000,000 in War Bonds held by farmers at the con clusion of the Sixth War Loan as conservative. Final ( figures may show an agri cultural investment in these ' bonds close to $4,000,000,- 000. M. L- Predmore, chief of the Agricultural Section of the War Finance Division, states, “This huge War Bond investment has put agriculture in the strongest financial position since be fore World War I. Most farmers now have financial protection against the hrz ards of farming, such as crop failures and livestock isease” He urges that farmers “continue to invest all funds above necessary farm and family expenses in War Bonds. In this way they can build up an investment that will assure the funds need ed to put their farms in ef ficient operatinv condition after the war. If these im provements can be financed out of current income, then the War Bonds can pe held as the valuable long-term investment that they are ” \ \
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