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..1 | allal , alnß| , H „ ana Do vour Part in the Na tional Red Cross 1945 War Fund. Keep “Your Red ( . j&s at His Side.” VOLUML NINE -■Men In Service-- Wounded In Action Pvt. Mallie Mitchell was Wounded in action in Fran ce on Dec. 18, his parents, Mr, and Mrs. M. B. Mitchell have been informed. Anoth er son, Pvt. Burgus Mitch ell is also in France. Wounded In Action Pvt. Paul Price was sligh tly wounded in action in France according to a letter from him received by his mother, Mrs. Ola Price Burnsville Rt. 2, He is in a hospital in France. Prisoner of War Pvt. Paul Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. tfailey of Higgins, is now a prison er in Germany according to a letter received from Pvt. Bailey by his parents. He was reported missing in action in November. Prisoner of War Pvt. Keith Penland, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pen land of Paint Gap has writ ten his parents that he is a prisoner of war in Germany He was reported missing in action in December. Norman C. Byrd, son of Mr. arid Mrs. Lester Byrd of Burnsville Rt. 1, who has been stationed at the Nor folk naval base, is now on duty with the Pacific fleet. Pfc. Chester Souther has landed in France recently. Robert and Carroll Souther are in Germany and John in camp in La. Leave for Eramination The following men left Wednesday for Fort Bragg for pre-induction examina tions: Carl Hughes, Burdette Hughes, Philip C. Ray, Merritt Harding, David K. Robinson, J. C Hilliard, John Lee Ray, Sanford Wm. Dale, Addren Raymond Robinson, Carson Howell, Jr., George Raymond Banks Samuel W. Blalock; Ernest Robinson, Isaac Wheeler, Loyd Calvin Gar land, Bill Ray, Roy Lee Fox, Cecil Miller, Ralph Ray Tomberlin, Welzie Homer Bishop, Ward Bac hus Hensley, Bill Evans, Brown Wyatt, Floyd Hen sley, Glen Hensley, Coy E. Presnell, Glenn Austin. Sgt. Daniel E. Briggs who has been stationecF at McClellan General hospital, California is now at Camp Maxey, Texas. Pvt. Dennis King is at home on leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom King of Day Book. He will report back to Ft. Meade, Md. Pvt. Jesse Dawes Rath burn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Rathbum of Pensa cola, has landed safely ov erseaa Pfc. George D. McCurry is at home on short leave enroute from Camp Howze Texas, to Fort Meade, Md He is the son of Mr. anc Mrs. Mai McCurry. . THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Wounded In Action Fred M. Buskins of Celo was slightly wounded in ac tion in Germany on Feb. 7, his brother, Floyd Huskins has been notified. Leave for Navy Station Thirty seven 17 year old' boys left Asheville on Mon-; day for Raleigh for final physical examination and enlistment in the navy. Henry C. Wheeler, Jr, of Burnsville and Royce L. Hall and Robert C. Thomas of Micaville were in the group. ______ Leave for Induction The following men who had previously passed phy sical examinations left Monday for induction into military service: Arnold Watts. Bee Log; Clarence McMahan, New dale; Laurence Winters, Burnsville; Harvey H. Mor row, Higgins; Wallace Ed ge, Burnsville; Ray Hile mon, Cane River; Oscar Gortney, Micaville; I Walker Thomas, New dale; James Hoover, Celo; ; Edward C. Gillespie, Mica iville; David H. Rathburn, Pensacola. Jay E. Baucom, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Baucom of Burnsville, has returned from 3 years service over seas in the European thea -1 tre according to a telegram received by his parents this week. ~ Pvt. Edd Wilson has lan ded safely in France. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. CD Wilson. Pvt. Frank J. Anglin is ■ stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. j ( —— _ Sgt. Howard Loftis Is One Os Heroes Os War [ ! (The following story ’ about one of Yancey coun-, 1 ty’s heroes of World War! ( II was published recently | ' in the Asheville Times, t | In Belgium they are tell-, ! ing the story of Staff Sgt. | Howard Loftis of Yancey ' county. In Yancey county (since the published an-, ’ nouncement of his death ini " action, carried in yester-l jday’s Citizen-Times), they Jare telling the story of Sgt.j 5 Howard Loftis of Belgium. 1 t The story of Howard Lof t tis, GI, started 18 months i ago. ' I i Howard Loftis was Irish. jHe was 18 years old, tall t and slender But* he was 3 broad-shouldered. AncW he I had one of the reddest heads I II of hair in all Yancey county. I vj Lived With Mother , Howard lived with his _< mother, Mrs. Eliza Loftis, *'on a Yancey county hill. ‘ Sometimes at night, after ’ he had come home from work at the veneer mill and had milked the Loftis' cow y and he and his mother had e had their supper, he would >, stand on his hill and won 1. der when the war was going d to catch up with him. Finally one night he de “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1945 Battle Wounded Sioux Soldier Recovering In England The 140th General Hospi tal, England—Wounded ini the chest by a German rifle' bullet while attacking a camouflaged pillbox in Ger-j many, Sgt. Nick Whitson, 1 22, of Sioux, N. C., is now recovering at this United States Army general hospi tal in England. | “He is making very satis-; I factory progress and after; further treatment probab- j |ly will return to the United; 'States for convalescence,”; said his ward surgeon, Ist; Lt. Waldo 0 Mills of Port- 1 land; Oregon Sgt. Whitson, an assist ant squad leader, said his] infantry unit was pinned! down by machine gun and small arm fire when he was hit. “We were fighting our] way across an open field,” | I he explained] “and fire from 'the pillbox wounded me. A medic was there in a couple; ; of minutes. There was plen ty of action. But in less than five minutes, litter bearers were carrying me; back to an aid station Lat er I was flown to England.”; Sgt. Whitson entered the! Army in November, 1942.] He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adler D Whitson of Sioux.! Pvt. Earl McPeters who] was reported seriously ill ; of typhus fever in the Bur ma-India theatre i§ flow much improved, he has written his parents, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Joe McPeters of ; Vixen. | Capt Van B. Bennett is! with the army medical ; corps in the Philippine Is lands area. Aviation Cadet Bill Banks ?is taking further flight , training at Eagle Pass, I Texas. cided he wasn’t going to press for deferment ; Next day he went in to >say so. i ! “But, if lam going to go, ’I don’t want none of this 1 business of waiting around” he warned in his direct Ir ish way. “If I join up, I want action, and I want it quick.” Howard got action. He i got it quick. Four months after he entered service he 1 | was overseas • In his 14 months over-| seas, he was in five water- 1 borne im asions. He plunge )ed ashore in North Africa.' He waded into Sicily. He saw Anzio and Salerno. Hej clambered onto dry land again in South France. | As the armies swept nor- ! |th, Staff Sgt. Howard Lof jtis reached Belgium. \ Fourteen months had made a veteran of the Sarge who by now was 20. But he had never quite fitted into jthe usual pattern of a GI. Bring in Canteens Every now and then when there was no moon, the Sar ge would sneak off. Some . times he didn’t get back the ; next morning. Then, |ust as the CO was getting ready ■ (Continued on page two) NOTICE TO AAA FARMERS A meeting was scheduled in each commimity this i week on Feb. 21,] 22, and 23, : r 1945, to report tp the AAA ; Committeemen [the prac tices to be canned out in ] 1945. It is very important that/ every farmer participating on the Agricultural Conser vation Porgram this! meeting and complete your] ! 1945 Farm Plan.^ I After these fdrms have ;been returned tdj the Coun-j ty AAA Office Tfevery one; deiring materials should call by the office and make his request for same. The sooner these orders are sub mitted for shipment—the earlier the farmer will be able to secure this material. - ■ -j , Broitzre Star Medal Pfc Espie R. Black of a medical detachment at tached to an infantry regi ment has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism in action in France during the night; of Nov. 23,! ; 1944. Pfc. Black was a mem ber of a four man litter ! team that courageously! manuevered through ene-! my lines in search of woun-! ded comrades. He is credit-' ;ed with saving) the other three members i from ca p ture by the abling them to continue! I thoroughly searching the . area for wounded comrades He* is the son of J. H. Black ! of Windom. i - - -1 Biane Henshy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Turner Hensley of Bee Log, was slightly in jured when struck by a school bus last week. He* was taken to Marion Gen-1 eral hospital for treatment and has now returned to his home and is improving NOTICE Mi's Sam J. Huskins, de- 1 puty commissioner of re venue, has announced her* iitinery during the period for filing state income and intangible returns, from March 1 through March 15, for Avery, Mitchell, Madi son and Yancey counties. Mrs. Huskins will be in Burnsville, state revenue office, on March 3,5, 10 and 115th; at Bakersville, court house, March 1; at New-] land, courthouse, March 2;; at Marshall, , courthouse,; March 8 and 7th; at Mars 1 Hill, Roy Tillery Case, Mar -Ich Bth; and at Spruce Pine, city hall, March 12 and 13. The state law regarding ! the filing of incomes has not bsen changed and sin gle persons with a net in person with a net income of $2,000 must file returns. Married women with a sep-j arate income of SI,OOO must file and every individual doing a gross of more than i $5,000 a year must file. ■ " Persons desiring assis ■ tance from the office are - urged to come as early as] i possible during the filing, r period in order to avoid the, rush at the last minute BOY SCOUTS HAVE MEMBERSHIP DRIV E The annual Boy Scout adult membership drive is now underway throughout the nation as a part of the observance of Bov Scout Week. • On the Yancey 'county committee are Lee Grif feth, Byrd Gillespie, C. L. Proffitt, and A. F. Bryson. The quota for the Toe Riv er district is SI2OO, with Yancey county’s quota set at $225. The committee reports fine response on the part of citizens and business firms and suggests that any one who wishes to make a con-] tribution see one of the! ! committee members. It is hoped that other 'troops in the county may be organized during the spring j months, and plans for this j are now being discussed. P. T. A. MEETING The Burnsville Parent- Teacher association held the regular February meet ing on Tuesday evening with 19 members present. During the program hour ;H G. Bailey spoke of the Progress and program of I the association, in keeping I with Founders Day ‘which jis observed this month, j The charter for the Boy Scout troop was presented ,to D. R. Fouts, chairman of the scoot' committee. Scout master. F. R Barber spoke of scout aims for the com ing year. The group voted ito make a contribution to ] the fund to be used for buy ing camping equipment for the troop this summer. Attendance banners were awarded Mr. Peterson’s qth grade and Mrs. Robertson’s jOth grade. CERTIFICATES OF WAR NECESSITY TO BE REVIEWED The Office _of Defense Transportation has made a ) very careful survey regard ing the critical shortage of trucks and gasoline, M D. Bailey, Chairman Yancey County AAA Committee 1 announced here today. This survey revealed that “unless all unnecessary 'travel by farm trucks is eliminated there will not be ( sufficient gasoline to take care of the critical needs,” he declared. 1 Mr. Bailey pointed out ] that, “in many instances, ! gasoline has been issued for farm trucks, based on the fact that the applicants re ceived consideration for such allocations of gasoline by indicating that they were taking care of the es sential hauling in the com munity, or of the transpor tation of certain farmers. Investigations revealed that at least a half dozen truck ! owners had been issued gasoline for the same pur pose and in many instances, farmers were taking care of their own transporta tion.” The AAA leader cited leases where gasoline had been issued to applicants I for pick-up trucks to carry on /arming operations and Red Cross War Fund Drive March has been designa ted “Red Cross Month” by proclamation of President Roosevelt, and the annual War Fund drive will offi cially open March Ist. County Quota The quota- for Yancey County is $4300, and com mittees are now being named to work in the cam paign. L. G. Deyton is general chairman of the war fund drive and other committee chairmen are: Special gifts,; Reece Mclntosh; Schools, I Miss Hope- Buck; General' solicitation, H. G * Bailey;; Industry, D. R. Pouts; Far *mers, V. J. Goodman; High-j way. Mrs. Charles Hutch-j ins; Professional, C. P. Randolph; Headquarters, Miss Ruby Robinson; Pub licity, Mrs. C. R. Hamrick. WILL ENTER TOURNAMENT The basket ball teams from Bee Log and Burns ville high schools have ac cepted bids to play in the! ] Invitation Tournament at [Mars Hill this week. Teams from Buncombe, Madison] !and Yancey counties will compete. The Burnsville boys will play the Barnardsville boys ! on Thursday afternoon at; 2 o’clock and the Bee Log' I and Barnardsville girls 1 I will play at 3 o’clockT j The Bee Log boys team will meet the Mars Hill i team at 7, and at 8 the Bur-] nsville girls will play the Flat Creek team. The semi finals will be! played Friday and the als Saturday night. 1 it was later found that the .trucks w r ere used, 90 per cent of their operations, for pleasure driving “Something must be done about the gasoline that has been allotted for essential use and used for non-essen tial purposes,” he said “In! an effort to eliminate such ! waste and to be assured i that our most essential tra nsportation can be carried on, the Yancey County Fhrm Transportation Com-i mittee has been asked to 1 review 7 all Certificates I BIAMERtCAN HEROES • 1 by JULIAN OtLeNOOQFF -_ Bond gives up something to aid his fellowmen with the same spirit that Pfc. William P. Bowes of West Roxbury, Mass., showed in risking his life to save a comrade on a Pacific Island, though j in a lesser degree. Though previous attempts to reach three wounded men had failed, Pfc. Bowes crawled through the jungle in the item J of intense enemy fire and dragged one of the men 31 yards toj » coyer. The action won him a Silver Star. </. S. Jrnutrf P.eMWMhI The Boy Scouts of Amer ica Program Stands for Character Building, Ameri canization, Citizenship Tra ining. Give them your Support. i«.-m taiiiiiauaoaiiaiiaiiaimiiaiiauaiiaiaaHaiMifaiMMMaufett NUMBER THIRTY At an open meeting on Friday > evening, general plans were discussed and quotas assigned the town ships. Many of the chairmen have already begun work and report a ready respon se from those contacted. TOWNSHIP QUOTAS FOR RED CROSS WAR FUND Burnsville $1550 Cane River 400 ; Egypt 200 Ramseytown 200 Green Mtn 175 Jacks Creek 325 Brush Creek 175 Crabtree 700 j South Toe 225 Pensacola 150 Prices Creek 200 Total $4300 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR EVERETT KING Funeral services for Everett King, the 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Opal King of Day Book were held Sunday at 3:00 o’clock at the Patterson’s j Branch Baptist church. iThe child died in an Ashe- I ville hospital Friday night. Burial was in the Me- ** j Courry cemetery Surviving are the parents | and two brothers. Pvt. Ralph L. Barnes, son FoT MV. and Mrs. W: H. Bar nes of Swiss, has arrived safely overseas. He entered the armed services in June, 1944 and wag home in Nov ember for a 14 day leave enroute to Penn., from New 1 Orleans where he had co m pleted basic training. 1 News has seen received that Pvt. Lloyd K. (E. M.) ! Peterson has landed safely in England He is now somewhere in France. Ransom Pate is improv ing. He is still in naval hos j pital in Astoria, Oregon. Mrs. F. A. Piercy and dau ghter Patty, spent last week in Greensboro visit ing Mrs. Russell Tippett Keep “Your Red Cross at i his side”. Give more than vou have given before to I the 1945 W*h Fund.
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