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VOLUME NINE
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—Men In Service--
Killed In Action
Lt. W. B. Ferguson, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Ferguson of Weaverville,
has been reported killed in
action over Germany. He
was a bomber pilot. Mr.
Ferguson is district high
way engineer with head
quarters here.
Missing In Action
Robert L. Young, Jr. son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Young of Spruce Pine, is
reported missing in action
in Belgium on Janr 14.
Wounded In Action
Cpl. Robert B. Hilliard
was slightly wounded in ac
tion in Belgium on Jan. II
according to a telegram re
ceived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Troy Hilliard of
Micaville.
Wounded In Action
Pvt. Vernon S. Ayers was
slightly wounded in Ger
many on Jan. 28, the war
department has informed
his wife, Mrs. Rosa Ayers
of Green Mtn. Pvt. Ayers
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford Ayers of Green
Mountain.
Wounded In Action
Troy Mathis, son of MrJ
and Mrs. Mack Mathis of
Burnsville Rt. 1, was slight
ly wounded in Belgium on
Jan. 27, according to a tele
gram from the war depart
ment to his parents.
Staff Sgt. Ottis S. Gibbs
is now with the U. S. forces
in the Philippine Islands.
Cpl. Charles Edwin Wil
son, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wilson of Pensa
cola, has been home on
leave from Clovis, New'
Mexico where he has com-'
pleted hi 8 training as tail!
gunner and assistant engi-i
neer on a B-29. He has re
ported to Kansas for as
signment
Frank Phillips is at home
visiting his mother on leave!
before reporting to Fort'
Meade, Md.
Promoted
An VIII Air Force Ser
vice Command Station, En
gland.—The promotion of
John H. Howell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Garrett Howell,
of Sioux, N C., from private
to private first class has
been announced by the
headquarters of this strate
gic air depot bomber repair
base. He works in the re-|
clamation and salvage sec
tion of the supply division.
Pfc. Howell was graduat
ed from Bee Log high scho
ol in 1942 and he then at
tended Mars Hill College
until his entry into the
army April 13, 1943 at Fort
Bragg, N. C. He has been
stationed in the European
Theater of Operations since
March. 1944.
Pfc. Comer Ogle has re
turned to camp after a 16
day furlough here with his
wife, the former Cora Fox
of Burnsville He is with the
hospital unit at Fort Bragg.
THE YANCEY REGORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’
..J. SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Prisoner of War
’ Cpl. Arvelyn Angel who
•was reported missing in;
’ action on Aug. 10, 1944 is;
1 now a Prisoner of War in
! Germany. A card receive^.
• j from him this week by his
'| father, John Angel, stated
'I that he was a prisoner in
'Germany, that he was 0 K
sand to “tell everyone hello
i for me.”
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[
James Ray, S. lc, son of
jlMr. and Mrs. Hobart Ray, !
is now in the station hospi
tal, Fort Eustis, Va Sea
man Ray suffered a bjsken
ankle in December while on
I duty with the Pacific fleet.
■ J. B. Bennett, B. M. 2c,
who has been stationed at
■ the Brooklyn naval base is
> now on duty with the Atlan
' tic fleet
Earl Peterson, AMM lc,
is home on a 15 day leave
,| visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Loss Peterson of
Green Mtn. He is stationed
at a naval base in San Fran
cisco.
Everett Garland, S lc, is
home on 30 day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
i Chris Garland of Green
Mtn. He is with the Pacific
fleet and had taken part in
recent operations in the
south Pacific.
TRIO DARES OWN AR
TILLERY TO GET 160
PRISONERS
Pvt. Edison * Buchanan
Takes Part
With the 2nd Armored
Division—Told by civilians
there were 26 Germans in
a village near CelLes, Bel
i gium, who wanted to give
,up, three members of the
i 41st Armored Infantry Re
giment didn’t even wait for
; their own artillery to be
lifted from the spot to go
after the quitting Jerries.
Stationed at an outpost,
the three men passed be
yond their own front lines
; on directions from the civi
j lians and searched the base
ments while American ar
tillery was being directed
on the village. S. Sgt. Way
ne Abbott of Standish, Mich,
who wa s then a Pfc., and
Sgt. Richard D. Davis of
San Bernardino, Cal., went
through the basements and
hauled out the Jerries while j
Pvt Edison Buchanan of
Green Mtn., N. C., lined
them up in the street. When!
rihey finished "they had 160
! Germans to march back to
the American lines.
Ensor Finishes Course
At Chanute Field
Sgt. William B. Ensor,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Ensor of Green Mountain,
Yancey county, has com
pleted training and has
been graduated from army
air forces training com
mand school at Chanute
field, 111., according to in
formation received here.
He was receiving instruc
tion in a teletype course,
and in various technical op
erations vital to the main
tenance of fighter planes.
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1945 -
W ITH ENGINEERS
With The Fifth Army,
Italy—Pvt. Calvin Fairchild
of Celo, engineer, general
work, and Pfc Charles
j Webb of Relief, carpenter,
are members of the 39th
1 Engineer Combat Regi
(iment, the unit currently
holding open Route 65,
main supply route to the
! Fifth Army front in Italy.
Besides building bridges
and repairing roads, the
39th has three amphibious
! operations to its credit and
has often functioned as in
i' fantry.
| Its Ist Battalion landed
■on D Day at Gela, Sicily,
with Ranger units and was
soon afterward joined by
the rest of the regiment.
(The Ist Battalion again
went ashore with spearhead
units that established the
1 beachhead in Italy at Saler
no. The entire engineer re
giment was employed as in
fantry on the Anzio beach
head, where it was landed
January 24, 1944, two days
after D Day, and held the
right flank, along the Mus
solini Canal, until relieved
by Special Service forces.
The 39th has, in Italy
alone, built 125 bridges, 77
bypasses, 123 culverts, 24
major roadblocks, seven 1
airstrips and a floating
footbridge
The engineers built 97!
bypasses and shoveled rub
ble in seven cities during
,the 38-day Sicilian <?#*»=■•
' paign. j
Men of *he 39th piloted
assault boats across the:
Volturno River in Italy as
the 3rd “Marne” Infantry
Division established bridge
heads over the river and
built one of the first tread
way bridges to span the
Volturno.
They strung 90 miles of
concertina wire and planted
(Continued on page 4)
Local Troop Observes
Scout Week
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Activities of the local Boy
Scout troop have been a
part of National Boy Scout
Week, Feb. 8 through 14.
Nineteen scouts and lead
ers attended the court of
honor held at Spruce Pine,
a Father and Son banquet
was held Monday night and
the scouts now have a Hut
for their regular meetings.
A G. Edge has turned
over to the scout troop one
of his cottages in East Bur-j
nsville for their use fori
meetings. This will fill a
need that lias existed since
the organization of the 1
troop, and will help to pro-:
vide facilities for an ex
panded program of scout-:
ing in the county.
The Father and Son ban
quet was held Monday ev-;
ening with 26 fathers and;
i sons, scout committee mem- j
bers and invited guests at
-1 tending. Rev. A. H. Mutsch
ler was guest speaker and
he paid tribute to the work
that Ithe scouts have done
in the past and are nowi
doing as a contribution to
their community, country
and world.
The best attendance for
any court of honor ever
NOTICE •
—4*
Herbert Gordie, deputy
collector of internal reven
ue, will be at the Court
i house in Burnsville on Mon
day and Tuesday, Feb. 19
and 20 from 9 a. m to 5 p.
. m. to assist in filing income
taxes for 1944.
! | SCOUTS COLLET PAPER
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,1 Members |of the local
s ; Scout troop Iwill collect pa
! per each Saturday. Citizens
; of the towii are asked to
. have the paper bundled
and tied so shat the scouts
; may pick it up.
Each scout who collects a
i ton of papejj will receive a
• government award and the
j scouts are ml working for
J the award.
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INFANTILE PARALY
ISIS DRIVE GOES
OVER QUOTA
■ I ——.l ■!
Total contributions in the
I Infantile Paralysis drive
> are $750.76, s county chair
; man Emmett Sams, has an
■ j nounced. The quota was
[ $565.00.
The following is the final
i report:
'j Yancey Theatre contri
.butions, $16618; President’s
Ball, $48.26; Clearmont
School, $104.20; Bald Creek
■School, $85,65; Bee Log
(School, S7S£3O; Burnsville
School, $40,08; Micaville
! School, $5,00,
j Merchants, $66.50; Chur
ches, $34.64; Yancey Thea
tre, $15.00; Professional,
$2600; Basket ball game,
$27.40; Contribution boxes,
$22.40.
Sgt. W. B. Ensor has left
for Wichita Falls, Texas,
where he will complete his
training.
held in the Toe River dis
trict was repprted for the,
one in Spruce Pine Tuesday j
night. Burnsville also had
the honor of having the lar
gest representation of any
troop, with lineteen scouts
and leaders present. In ad
dition to the scouts these
were D. R. Fonts, C. L.j
Proffitt, A. F. Bryson,'Byrd
Gillespie, V. J. Goodman,
, Lee Griffeth and F. R. Bar- :
ber. Charles Lee Griffeth
was presentei 6 merit bad
ges at the cmrt.
The Burnsrille troop won, :
for the Toe River district, 1 !
the trophy f>r the best at- :
tendance a the annual j
i meeting of tie Daniel Boone
council. Ths trophy was!'
j presented tc the Spruce '
Pine troop vhich will keep,
it for a statid time then
«
pass it on t* the Newland <
I troop. It will be returned to 1
the council « the next an- 1
nual meeting ,
The charted for the Jrear! (
ha» been revived and will ]
be presented to the commit-1
j tea at the regular meeting
of. the Pareft-Teacher as- J
sociation on Tuesday even-;,
ing. The P. TA. is the spqp-j ]
soring organtation for the!l
local troop, j |]
MRS. FERGUSON PASS
ES AWAY FOLLOWING
STROKE
Mrs. Lillie Ella Ferguson,
' 58, passed away at her
ihome at Bald Creek on
• Wednesday morning follow
ing a stroke which she suf
fered Tuesday.
, Funeral services are plan
k ned for this afternoon
I '(Thursday) at 2 o’clock at
Bald Creek Methodist chur
, ch with the Rev. J. R. Bow
'inan officiating. Burial will
I be in the Burton family ce
ll inetery.
Surviving are the hus
band, James J. Ferguson;
‘ one daughter, Mrs. Ralph
II Hall of West Asheville;
(lit ee sons,. Wilson RrriFer
’ guson of West Ashevile,
Pvt. Carl D. Ferguson with
the armed forces overseas
; and Ist Sgt. Wayne N. Fer
guson of Fort Benning, Ga.
| Four grandsons and two
| grand daughters also sur
! vive.
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FINAL RITES HELD
| HERE FOR MRS. MAR
j THA S. HORTON
1 Mrs Martha Silvers Hor
ton, 81, of Asheville passed
. away Sunday in an Ashe
-5 ville hospital following a
; I long illness.
: | Funeral services were
r 'held Wednesday morning
lat the Calvary Baptist
i church in Asheville. Burial
I was in the Burnsville ceme
tery Wednesday afFerhoon
at 1:30 o’clock. Pall bearers
were Luther Horton, Victor
Horton, Kye Hensley, Paul
Jones, Bert Starnes, and G.
iG. Morgan.
' Surviving are a daughter,'
Mis. Carl Brown with
whom she made her home;
five sons, Robert V. Horton
of Cromwell Conn., Fred
Horton of Knoxville, Shel-
I by Horton of Asheville and
Lonnie and Floyd Horton
of Burnsville; three grand
sons, Lt. Shelby E. Horton
Jr. stationed in Alaska,
Harold Horton of the Navy
stationed at Bainbridge,
Md- and Cpl. Bill H. Horton
stationed at New Delhi, In-
dia; one granddaughter,
Mrs. Roy L. Hendley of
Nashville; three great gra
ndchildren; three brothers,
Nat Silver of Florida, James
G. Silver of Oregon, and
Jesse L. Silver of Philadel
phia, and two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Gouge of Burnsville
and Mrs Margaret Mode of.
Marion.
Friends here have been
advised of the death in
Gulfport, Miss, of Nick
Smith, 92, who spent his
summers here for a num
ber of years and was well
known by citizens of the
county. |
Sgt. Jennie L. Proffitt is
at home on leave from Fort
Sill, OKla.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mein
turff of Baltimore announ
ce the arrival of a son, Roy :
Lee, on Jan. 12.
Miss Margaret Riddle,
Miss Betty Hensley, CGM
James Powell and Q M 3c
Lee Ray Robertson were
the dinner guests of Mrs. P. j
B. Wilson Wednesday night.
art
Annual F. S. A. Farm QQ
Owner Meeting
. —_
’' The annual meeting of
jThe Mitchell and Yancey
. County FO borrowers was
. held February 10, 1945, in
; the Clearmont high school
J building, Day Book.
, i About fifty people at
t tended this meeting includ
ing Mitchell and Yancey
. county FSA Committeemen,
1 ! V. J. Goodman, County
J Agent for Yancey county,
: Lloyd J. P. Stone, County
_ : Agent for Mitchell county,
. iVernie Wilson, Principal of
[ Clearmont high school, and
. FSA office and field per
sonnel of Mitchell and Yan
cey counties, and W. /an
j Oliver, District FSA Super
- 3' J visor from Asheville.
.j Subjects of vital interest
. to the twenty-one Yancey
) County FO borrowers and
-'five Mitchell County FO
borrowers and their fami
lies were discussed and ana-'
lyzed. It was pointed out
that the Yancey County FO
borrowers had paid 49.8 per
cent of their total 1944 farm
- income on their FO loans.
1 1 The total scheduled amount
_ j that the Yancey County FO
i borrowers were to pay in
1944 on their FO loans was
$2,737.09 and the total j
r amount paid from their
: 1944 income was $13,855 76,
[ these borrowers paid from
. their 1944 income 506 per
i cent of-tireir scheduled re
j payments. The average re
■ payment of each borrower
wag $659.80.
John Edwards and Sid
Mitchell County
"FO borrowers, Clyde Dun
i can and Calvin Evans, Yan
cey County FO borrowers,
were especially .recognized!
and -praised by W. Bryan
Oliver, District FSA Super
visor at this meeting for,
paying off their forty yearj
loans within two and three 1
years. These families have
done a;i excellent job and as
a result of hard work and
the application of good;
home and farm practices
they are now owners of
F nal Rites Held for Val Lewis
M. V. Lewis, widely'
known as Mr. Val Lewis,
passed away at his home at
Green Mtn., Friday follow
ing an extended illness. He
was 57 years of age.
Funeral services were
held at the Fairview Bap
tist church Sunday after
noon with the Rev. E. P.
Blevins officiating. Burial}
was in the Horton Hill cem-'
etery.
Mr. Lewis was one of the
county’s most prominent
citizens, lumbermen and
farmer and had long been
GREEN MOUNTAIN
Mrs. W. B. Ensor and
children are visiting i n
Erwin this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Velmer
Huffman and daughter
spent the week end in
Erwin.
Mrs. Geter Webb went to
Erwin Sunday.
Ashbury Harrison of Er
(win, Tenn. visited here this
iweek.
QffFMitnwi
p .■ • 1 ' • ••'» vSjsOf!
NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
i | their farms
r Mrs. R. B. Deyton, whose
5 husband is in the Army and
* somewhere overseas, was
I much praised by the group
when it was pointed out
that she paid all of her al
lotment check on their FO
| loan except the amount the
family had to have for nec
’ essities Mr. and Mrs. Dey
ton made a fine record be
’ fore he entered service
and now Mrs. Deyton is
|j keeping up this good record
: as far as she is able. They,
too, will be owners of their
J farm in a short time if they
' are able to continue at the
‘ present repayment rate.
Each FO family keeps a
(record book of all income
and expenditures. As an in
centive— for keeping good
record books, prizes are of
fered for the best kept re
cord books.
The following Yancey
County FO borrowers re
ceived prizes: First prize
was given by the Burnsville
Branch of the Farmers Fed
eration. Clyde Duncan won
this prize which was 800 lb.
of 3-9-6 fertilizer and one
package of hurley tobacco
seed. Second prize of $lO
in cash was given by the
Northwestern Bank of Bur
nsville and went to R. B.
Deyton. Third prize, 1 gal
lon of paint, was given by
|B. B. Penlarid & Son to
Wilmer Garland. Fourth
prize, 1 bag of cottonseed
meal, was given by Proffitt
and Company, Bald Creek,
and went to Raymond Pen
land. Fifth prize, one bag of
Vigoro was given by J. W
Howell, Green Mtn., and
(went to Arnold Hughes.
Sixth prize, a kerosene lan
tern, wag given by Burns
ville Hardware Company
and went to Joe M. Robin
son.
The borrowers voted un
animously to hold their
1945 Annual Meeting in the
j Clearmont high school build
ing, Day Book, Yancey
County.
closely associated with the
business and civic affairs
of his community and coun
ty. He was a lifelong resi
dent of Green Mtn. and
was a member of the North
Bend Free Will Baptist
church.
' Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Grace Renfro Lewis;
•a daughter, Mrs. Ford Bai
ley of Green Mountain;
four sons, Carson, in the
army in Texas, Thurman
in the army in Italy, Elmer
of Midway, lowa, and Lee
of the home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Car
■ son of Norfolk, Va. visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Street
here last week.
J. W. Howell has been ill
of flu but is getting some
’ better.
t "
Kathryn Buckner and
) Sam Carter of Knoxville,
Tenn. spent the week end
• with Miss Buckner’s par
s ents, Mr. and Mir. Troy
Buckner-