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Do your Part in the Na foml Red Cross 1945 War Fund. K.ep “Your Red ( . .6a at His Side.” VOLUML NINE --Men, In Service-- Wounded In Action Pfc. Jack L. Laughrun was slightly wounded in ac tion in France on Feb. 21, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs Luke Laughrun of Burns ville Rt. 1. He and his bro ther, Pvt. Floyd J. Laugh run entered service togeth er, were together through-} out basic training, went overseas at the same time " and had written that they were still together in Fran ce and sleeping in the same fox hole. They are now sep arated for the first time. Returns from Pacific Marine Staff Sergeant Frank W Bowditch, 32, of N. C., is on fur lough following his return from the Pacific where he was an aviation ordnance man with the "Whistling Devils” fighter squadron of j the Fourth Marine! Air, Wing, based in Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. He was graduated from Marion C.» high school; in 1929, where he was aj football letterman Staff; Sgt. Bowditch was the own er of his own business in 1 Hamrick, prior to enlisting in October, 1942. He was} promoted to his present rank in August, 1944. Two brothers, also are in the service. John, 35, is -a Navy seaman, second class, and Robert 30, is an Army technical sergeant, in Italy. * Pvt. Robert B. Deyton is now somewhere.in France, his wife and parents ‘have been informed He is the son of Mr. and Mrs C. M. Deyton of Green Mtn. Receives Commission ' , Durham, N. C. —Herrick' R. Peterson, son of Robert D. Peterson, Burnsville, received his commission as i ensign in the U S. Naval Reserve, this past week at Duke University. Editor of the Archive, ' he was a member of the Duke Players, the Hoof and l Horn, the Freshman Ad-| visory Council, the Chroni cle Staff, Pi Kappa Alpha and Beta Omicron Sigma. 1 He belonged to the Duke Naval R. 0. T. C,, being platoon commander of Com pany B and president of the i " Commodore Club. He previously attended j Cbarmont High School and ! the University of North Carolina. Cpl. Hugh M. King who has been stationed at Walla Walla, Wash, has been on short leave visiting his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Edd>, King. His wife accompan- 1 iedihim here for a few days} visit and will leave for! Pittsburgh. Pvt. Fonzo L. Miller of | Swiss has been home on! leave because of illness of his wife. Sgt. Wayne Ferguson has returned to camp after a short leave at his home at Bald Creek / - -- ; r I THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Awarded Purple Heart Mr and Mrs. Troy Hill iard have recefved notice of , the award of the Purple} Heart to their son, Cpl.; Robert B. Hilliard who was wounded in Belgium on Jan. 10, 1945. Cpl. Hilliard entered service March 14, 1944 and went overseas in [Nov. 1944. He is now in a hospital in England. Awarded 2nd Bronze Star Technician 5 Grover D. Ray has been awarded a second Bronze Star for “heroic service in connect ion with military operations against the enemy on Sept. 6. 1944 in France. During a furious engagement with the enemy, T 5 Ray moved several hundred yards over terrain exposed to very heavy enemy artillery and machine gun fire to give} [medical aid and to evacu ate wounded men.” He had previously been awarded a ‘'Bronze Star for heroic ac tion on Aug. 12 and the sec ond was given him on Sept. 6th. T. 5 Ray graduated from Pensacola high school in ! 1928, and was engaged in farming until he enlisted in | the army in Sept. 1942 He received basic training in ; several camps in the states and was sent overseas, ar-~ riving in Ireland in Dec., 1943. He has since been in Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He is with a medical detachment attached ter an infantry re giment. j * T. 5 Ray is the son of H. L. Ray, 443 Broadway Ash eville and the husband of Mrs. Marie Ray whom he married in Oct., 1939. She is now residing at Vixen i " * ~ Promoted An Eighth Air Force Bomber Station, England— The pi omotion of John G Low, 23 year old Burnsville, N. C., radio operator and aerial gunner on an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying For tress, from the grade of sergeant to staff sergeant has been announced by Colonel Charles B. Dougher of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., com manding officer of the 94th Bomb Group Sgt. Low is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Low, Sr., of Burnsville, N. C He was a student at N. C. State College before he en tered the Army Air Forces in May, 1942. Pass Examinations For Service The following registrants were qualified for general j military service at Fort! ! Bragg, N. C. on Feb. 21st: < David K Robinson, Celo; J. C. Hilliard, Micaville; Addren R. Robinson, Ham jrick; George R. Banks, iCane River; Isaac R. Whee ler, Rt 1, Burnsville; Loyd: C. Garland, Relief; Bill Ray Star Rt. Burnsville; Roy Lee Fox, Burnsville; Wel zie H. Bishop, Newdale; General B. Wyatt, Micaville Glen Austin, Cane River. "DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’’ BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1945 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO FARMERS Plans for a Truck Crop Market for the tri-county area are now being discuss ed. The Organization and Planning meeting will be held at the Carolina Thea-j i tre, Spruce Pine on Mon-; day, March 12th at 9:30. j This is one of the most , important steps that could he made at this time for farmers and crop growers of this section and all interested persons are especially urged to attend the meeting. Fox Recovering From Operation in England Wounded in action twice in a two months’ period, Sgt. William Brady Fox, son of Mr. and Mrs Zeb Fox of Burnsville, is recuperat ing in a hospital in England following an .appendix op eration. He was previously in the hospital for another, ; major operation. Sgt. Fox was wounded in France in July, 1944, and; again the following Sep-j itember, being evacuted to England-both times. He re joined his company at hisj own request after his first' wound Sgt. Fox entered! service in October, 1941, and went overseas last year. He has sent his family the} Purple Heart which was} awarded him and one clus-j pm* - Prior to entering service, Set. Fox was emnloyed .in Winston-Salem. He is a graduate of Burnsville high school and of Cecil’s Busi ness college. A brother, Pfc Frank Fox, is serving at Camp Gordon. Fla., having enter ed service in May, 1944. Mens Club Is Reorganized A reorganization meet ing of the Burnsville Men’s Club was held on Fri day evening at the club house. Twenty four business and professional men at tended and joined, and a number of othsrs have ap plied for membership this' week. Reece Mclntosh was elec-, Local Board News Selective Service regula tions have recently been amended effecting all re-} gistrants through 33 years of age All registrants un der 34 years of age must be employed in an essential war effort and be essential to that particular kind of work before a deferment can be granted. Registrants' under 30" years of age must' file Form 42A <Special)j setting out in detail the work they are doing. Such ! registrants must be employ ed in work essential direct- J 4y c to the war effort, must be doing work the place of employment and the 42A special must] show that he can not be re j placed and that if inducted, 'production would be cut. Registrants defered for farming or requesting farm deferment will not have? to file Form 42A Special. Far mers will file the usual Certificate of Merit Pfc. John E. j Letterman , of the 381st Fiflld Artillery r Battalion, now] connected . with the 9th Army, has [ been awarded |!The Certi , ficate of Merit” in recogni tion of conspicuously meri torious and outstanding } performance pf military duty in France, Holland and [ Germany. Pfc. Letterman is the son , of Mrs J. A. Lijetterman of Toledo, N. C. ajjid has serv ,ed 27 months?, with the armed forces of which six months has b<sen in the European Theatre. TRAFFIC ORDINANCE At the regular meeting of the Board of Commiss ioners of the Town of Bur nsville held on March Ist it was agreed thit, in order to promote public safety for the citizens and school children of the town of Burnsville, the traffic ordi nance should be ammended to read as follows: From the Yancey Theatre on the} West to George W. Ang-! lin’s Store on the East and the Nu-Wray Hotel on the South and Burnsville High School on the North the speed limit shall be 15 miles per hour. The speed limit [for all other * streets in ; the town shall be 25 miles per hour. AH violators! shall be fined $5.00 and cost for the first offense, SIO.OO and the cost for the second offense and $20.00 and the cost for each offense there after or 30 days imprison ment in the discretion of the Court. It is hoped that the Citizens of the town will co-operate with this measure. 11. G. BAILEY, Mayor, j ted presi lent, Dover R. Fouts, vice president, Troy ;Ray, secretary and Fred Proffitt, treasurer- Serving with the officers as a board of directors are H. Grady Bailey, Dawson Briggs' arid H. M. Alley The club will meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday even ings of each month. [farm report. This new re gulation does not apply to ,men who have been dis charged from service if 90 days or rooxe idfSXi'’ M them now for acidwood phr es Jspfl if $ .he if •oI ,m P !saj J to— . he ) RED CROSS 1 Miss Ruby Robinson, trea surer of the Yancey county chapter of the American 1 Red Cross, has reported that approximately SI7OO had been turned in on the War Fund drive. The county quota is $4300. No report has been re ceived from some of the townships but workers in all townships* are urged to report so that in the next issue a report by townships may be made. Two other schools are now 100 per cent in contri buting, Micaville and Bur nsville. Clearmont was re ported over the top before ; March 1. . Wounded Burnsville Infati trj man Recovering in England r i lie 61st General Hospi-! ; tal, England—Pfc. Emery j S. Silvers, 26, of Rt. 1, Bur-! nsville, who suffered shell-; blast concussion when fired }iPpon by a Nazi tank near 9St. Vith. Belgium is now re-i [covering at this United ; States Army general hospi ! tal in England. He- has been } awarded the Purple Heart ‘ With Oak Leaf Cluster. ! Pfc Silvers said he was i carrying mortar ammuni tion forward to his infantry i 'limit which was holding a I crossroads five miles west of St. Vith when the shell lit near him. Within minutes after, the blast, front line medics gave him medical assistance and he was able to walk from the combat area. Evacuat ed by jscjp and ambulance } to a field hospital, Infantry -1 man Silvers was given fur ther medical treatment be fore he was flown to Eng- land. His ward surgeon, Capt. Abraham W. Feldman ofi Chicago, said, “Pfc Silvers has made a rapid recovery and will return to duty | soon.” Pfc. Silvers had been ! wounded once before while j serving as a 40mm Bofors , anti-aircraft gunner at ( Bizerto, Africa.. His shrapn- [ el wound, however, requir-, ; ed less than a week’s hospi- , talization before he“ was completely recovered. Pfc. Silvers, who entered the Army at Fort Jackson. S. C. May 20, 1942, i s the son of Mr. Harvey Silvers of Burnsville Rt. i. e p*, IST RITES FOR MRS. BUCHANAN i garejWrs. Charles Buchanan j es, away at her home Higgir Micaville on Wednes- j Fox, t/. She was 46 years of , Mn. ,i B. Pfuneral services are plan- ! R Ol for today (Thursday) r run, 2:30 and will be held at| ( R. H) Pleasant Gap Baptist I City ireh. j Serviiurviving are the hus- \ jFurnid; ,one daughter, Mrs. , in, Miest Wilson; one foster Mrs. Robert Cab- I I. fef Elk Palrk; one sister, ilntosV). Fonz Hughes and one jßatelther, Iss Wyatt of M. Cjaville p ro f j i' Shop rs - & C. Orr is visiting 1 Stati• husband who is station- ! Clear * n Charleston, S. C. B. BONDS FOR FREEDOM QAn i Court Will Convene Here On March 19th| The March term of Sup erior Court will convene on March 19. The following jury list has been drawn; First week: Oliver Car roway, Fred Mclntosh, Her man Angel, Fred Ayers, Charlie Wilson, M. A. Hen sley, L. M. Hilliard, Alvin [Wilson, S. T. Ledford, Her jman Murphy, Frank Tipton W. D. Gurley, Charles L. ; Brown, Sid Laws, Claude Allen, Isom Bradford, Citt Higgins, Ss**M. Bailey, Ar-| thur Ball, Elmer Phillips,; W L. Penland, Charles W. Silvers, J. W. Miller; Mack Bailey, Fred Buch anan, Grady Woody, John Fox, Adrain Buchanan, P. B. Wilson, C. E Randolph, Funeral [Services]; Held ' For Harry Rotha j Harry Rotha, 65, general manager of the South Briar : l Pipe corporation of Buns ville, and a resident of Way- ! nesville more than 45 years, i died at an Asheville hospi-i: tal Monday morning follow- j< Jing a lengthy illness. A native of Ashland, Ky., ! Mr. Rotha came to Western!: North Carolina in 1900. He ! ! was engaged in the lumber,! business for many years : and for 12 years served as} forestry products manager of the Farmers Federation; In 1942, he became manager of the South Briar; Pipe corporation, the posi-j tion he held at the time of j hi g death j] j Funeral services were}’ FEDERATION STOCK HOLDERS WILL MEET SATURDAY . ■ i A meeting of the Yancey county stock holders of the Fanners Federation will be held Saturday morning, l March 10 at 10:30 in the Burnsville warehouse. Bus-! iness of the Federation will! be transacted, and refresh-1 mcnts will he served. All i stockholders are urged to attend. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR Wm. JASPER HENSLEY, 81 ! William Jasper Hensley, 84, passed away on March 5 following an extended ill ness. He was born on Dec 16, 1860 and was a life long J resident of the Jacks Creekl J section and a devout and! loyal citizen of the county. ' Funeral services were/ held at the home of Mr. and 1 Mrs. A. P. Honeycutt at 2 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. 1 Burial was in the family \ cemetery on Bailey Branch. : Survivors include two : daughters, Mrs. J. W. Hor- : ton of Hampton, Tenn., and : Mrs. Myrtle Hensley of Burnsville; thirteen grand children and 2 great grand children. June Blankenship who is employed with the Chrysler Corporation in Detroit has been home for a few days. Marie Banks returned to Detroit with her. BONDS FOR VICTORY The Boy Scouts of Amer ica Program Stands for Character Building, Ameri canization, Citizenship Tra ining. Give them your Support. NUMBER THIRTY-TWO Fred Grindstaff, Charley’ Miller, Elzie Rav, B. B. Pen land, Willard Angel, Virgil Freeman, Melvin Metcalf, Will .Boone, Dan Phillips, J. R Paterson, W. A. McKin ney, Bascomb Robinson. Second week: W. B. Mill er, W. Z. Ponder, Tom R Robinson, Clyde Silvers, Jason Masters, Hubert M. Hall, D. E. Byrd, Joe Gibbs J R. Shepherd, D. H. Brin kley, A. C. Ledford, Will [iam Briggs, E M. Hensley, j Oscar Renfro, Bradley Shu ford, Sam Greene, Molt King, Ralph Dellinger, Rex Hensley, Horace J. Gibbs, Emory Roland, Andrew Edwards, Sam Gilley, S. B. Sparks. held at the First Presbyter ian church in Waynesville Wednesday afternoon at 2=30 o’clock with Dr. Will amson and Dr. Crockett of ficiating. Burial was in Green Hills cemetery. Surviving are*his widow, Mrs. Georgia Knight Rotha five daughters,Mrs. Martin Berry of Pleasant Valley, N. Y., Miss Louise Rotha, a member of the faculty of St. Mary’s college, Mary land, Miss Tillie Rotha, Miss Charline Rotha of Morgan— ton, and Mrs. Charles Car ter of Pleasant Valley, N. Y.; and two sons, George Rotha of Charlotte, and Pvt Harry Rotha, Jr., serving with the armed forces. LAST RITES FOR WM. ELISHA HONEYCUTT .. . Last-rites for William Elisha Honeycutt, 51, were held at the Jacks Creek Baptist church Saturday morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev. A. Z Jamerson con ducted the services and | Dover R. Fouts, member of i the Burnsville bar associa tion and former class mate of the deceased spoke. Mr. Honeycutt, a native of Yancey county, was a graduate of George Wash ington school of Law and had practiced in Minneapo lis for a number of years. He was serving his second term in the Minnesota state Legislature. Early in life he joined the Baptist chur ch to which he remained a loyal member. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Ruth Haft; one daughter, Mama Lou; the mother, Mrs. G. B. Hon eycutt; the following bro thers and sisters, Mrs. Mar garet Johnson, Mrs. E- J. Rector, Mrs. Pansy Frank lin, Mrs. Marvin Robinson, Mrs. A. Z. Jamerson, W. P., M. A, C. C., L. C. and D. G Honeycutt CALENDAR Thursday, March 8 The Woman’s Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. W. Hennessee.. Monday, March 12 The Business Woman’s Circle will meet at the Bap tist church at 7:30. The Men’s Club will meet at the club house at 8:00,
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