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aH«!'»iisiian«iiai>fi<tM«*wifaii«HaHanaiicii«n«iT»«iaiithfit« Do your Part in the Na tional* Red Cross 1945 War Fund. Keep “Your Red (Vv.-Sii at His Side.” futiißiiß.i* i«ticr»«noiiaiVa<ia.i«.iaiiai<aiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaMaiia >» VOLUME NINE --Men In Service-- ■■ : ‘ • ' • * Missing In Action Pfc. Clyde McCurry has been reported missing in action in Germany- He is the soil of Mr. and Mrs. Wash McCurry of Bee Log and his wife is the former Miss Mary Edwards. Pfc David Robinson, son of Mr. and IVJrs. G. B. Rob inson of Burnsville Rt. 1 is now in Luxemburg, he has written his parents. Cpl Arthur Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Robin son of Rt. 1 wrote that he had landed safely in Eng land T. Sgt. Jack Renfro, -Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack son Renfro of Toledo, N. C., is now with an infantry regiment in France. T. Sgt. Renfro graduated from Clearmont high school in 1939. He joined the army in March, 1940, and was sent directly to Panama. He spent 3'A> years there and in Trinidad returning to the states in Aug. 1943. Pfc. Claude A. Taylor of the U. S. M. C. has safely landed on a South Pacific Island, his wife was inform ed by the Navy department. Hig wife is the former Miss Edith Whitson, and with their son resides with her father. Cpl. Howard Autrey is home from the Lawton gen eral hospital of Atlanta, Ga. and is spending a 30 day furlough with home folks. He is the son of Mrs. W.. B; Autrey and the late Mr. Autrey of Hamrick, and is now recovering from ser-| ious wounds he received in j France while on duty July 12, 1944. Pvt. Samuel Rathbone has arrived safely in North Affica, according to letters received by his wife w r ho re sides at Hamrick. n Mvrort Silvers, son of Mr. and Mrs, Alonzo Silvers has landed safely in Italy. Paul R. Westall who is stationed in India has been promoted from the rank of Technical Sergeant to Mas-; ter Sergeant. He is the son ( of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe’ Westall. I Pvt. Harold Gibbs and Pvt. Andrew Westall, both of Hamrick, are now some where in the south west Pacific. Cpl. Luther Peterson is now at home after reeeiv-i ing a discharge from mili tary service. He has been stationed at Bowman Field, Ky Pvt- Isaac Ray who is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky.j spent the past week end, here with his family. , - / Pvt. Floyd Hollifield has returned to Fort Meade, Md. after a few days leave with relatives at Pensacola. Pvt- Junior Robertson is at home on 30 day leave from Moore General hospi tal where he has been for several months since re turning from overseas. THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY" SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Missing In Action Technician 5 J. L- Gouge, has been reported missing in the South Pacific area since Feb. 11, the war de-| partment has notified his parents, Mr. and‘Mrs. Rob ert Gouge of Celo. T 5 Gouge wrote his parents from the Dutch East Indies several weeks ago, and they had heaid nothing further from him until the message from the war department. Carroll Angel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Angel of Burnsville, has written his parents that he is in a naval hospital in the south Paci fic because of a broken leg. He d-id not state how he sus tained the injury. Awarded Purple Heart Pfc. Andy C. < Bill) Tay lor has recently been awar ded the Purple Heart ac cording to a letter received iby his wife, Mrs. Nell B. Taylor. Pfc. Taylor has been ov erseas three months and hag been serving with the American forces in Belgium He took his basic training at Camp Blanding, Florida before going overseas Sgt. R. B. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Wilson of Pensacola, is now enroute 1 home after more than three years service in the Pacific area. He reached the states last week. Sgt. Albert Morris Wes tall who was wounded in ac tion on Aug. 5, 1944 is now shack in France with an or- ( | dnance company. He receiv- ! ' ed the Purple Heart which he sent to his parents, Mr. j and Mrs. Roscoe Westall. ! Honeycutt Is Serving in Philippine Islands Sgt. Kenneth Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde -Honeycutt of Burnsville, is serving with the 39th fight er squadron in the Philip pines. He entered service in July, 1942, and received i training at Keesler Field, (Miss. He completed an air ! plane mechanics course at (Sheppard Field, Tex. Be fore going overseas, he re ceived further training at Willow Run, Mich He serv ed in New Guinea for 18 months. He is a graduate of Burnsville high school A brother, Pfc. Charles Honeycutt, is now serving with an infantry unit in France. He entered service in March, 1944, and receiv ed training at Camp Van Dorn, Miss., before going overseas. He also attended j Burnsville school Pfc. Iliff Clevenger and Pvt. W. N. Phillips who have been stationed at Fort Knox are now at Fort Ban ning, Ga. AMM lc Butner is at home on from the Pacific area. He joined the Navy in 1939 and has taken part in a number of campaigns since hostili ties began. BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945 Completes Training Mtn. Home Army Air Field, Idaho—Overseas as signment awaits First Lt. Oscar W. Deyton, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C Deyton of Green Mtn., N. C., who (has completed his requir ed phases of combat train ing at the Mtn. Home army air field, Idaho, as an air plane commander of the Liberator Bomber. Prior to his entry into service he , was an employee of the North Carolina agricultur al extension service. Lt. Deyton is now at home on leave. Is Awarded Bronze Star Pvt. Samuel M. Calloway, son of Mrs. M. E. Calloway of Burnsville Star Route, has been awarded the Bron ze ° tar. He is with a engi neer corps in France and wag with a group of-men who won the following cita tion: “The men subjected them selves to intense personal danger on the night of Dec. 12, 1944 by ferrying an in fantry patrol across a swift and dangerous river In spite of the blackness of the night, the extremely i swift current of the river, and harassing fire by the enemy, they went ashore and conducted an engineer reconnaissance on the en emy bank of the river. Af ter the patrol had accom plished its mission they re turned the group safely to the friendly shore. The skill, courage and outstand ing devotion to duty of these men reflect highest credit ppon themselves and ihe military service.” j Second Officer Frank H. Watson has landed safely in England, he has written |his mother, Mrs J. A. Wat ! son. Id Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Byrd and family have been visit ing their daughter, Mrs. Fred Johnson, and new grandson of Concord. Mrs. Belle Erwin is visit ing relatives here. Federation Stockholders Meet The annual meeting of Yancey county .stockhold ers the Farmers Federa tion was held in the Burns ville warehouse Saturday; morning. James G. K Mc-| Clure, president of the fed-j eration. presided. Byway of introduction, Mr. McClure stated that all! citizens of the country were; now engaged in helping; to win the war, and to the; farmer and his family this| meant increased food and, feed production. He pointed out the difficulties which farmers now are’facing in the scarcity of farm equip ment and labor, but exp ressed his belief that these handicaps will be overcome and that this year’s crops would exceed the goals set. Mr. McClure stated that the business of the Federa tion as a whole was the best of any year since its organi zation, and that the Yancey 'county warehouse’s volume of business for 1944 showed a large increase over the THE ‘BIG PUSH NEEDS . PULPWOOD “Lest somebody lay off ; work in the United States, I | repeat what I think I can | say in my sleep: We haven’t won the wars yet—.with an ’S on wars!” /r * ’ Those words spoken by President Franklin D. Roos ] evelt after his return from ' the latest Big Three meet l ing at Yalta, should put an ' end once and for all to the ' notion that the surrender of • Germany will allow u s to j ease up on our war efforts here at home. Pulpwood is one of our crucial war industries. Any slowing up ip pulpwood , production, now or after r the European phase of the , war, would mean a redue - tion in the raw material -for shipping ammunition, I shells, K-ration kits, blood 1 plasma and a vast number -of other war items when the need for those items is - most critical. 1 In President Roosevelt’s • own words: ‘‘lt is longer to - Tokyo than it is to Berlin, 1 in every sense of the w ord ” j Secretary of War Stim- intends to “marshall r , against the Japanese every • 'soldier and every item of that can be us ; ed.” Calling th& Japs “not ’.normal opponents”, Navy -(Secretary Forrestal believ ‘jes, “We still need tremgnd - ous amounts of war mater ■|ial —fast and in vast > amounts.” • It all adds up to one hard ; fact: The big push to final : victory will take everything pour Army, Navy and WE ' AT HOME can deliver. Now 7 is not the time to ease up. Now is the time to /, redouble our efforts. Eno , ugh top grade pulpwood, . CUT NOW, will help bring victory sooner! PURCHASES HOME Troy Ray has purchased the house opposite the post! office from Mrs. M C.| Honeycutt and the Ray l family has moved to the! property. year before. S. C. Clapp, horticulturist for the Federation, and Maxi Roberts, educational direct lor, spoke briefly. Mr. Clapp suggested that ways of in creasing production may be found, especially better i seed bed preparation and selection of the best seed ;and fertilizers obtainable. V. J. Goodman, county farm agent, was recognized 1 and replied by discussing briefly the production goals set for the state. Employ-! ees of the federation here were recognized. These are J. N. Barnett, Henry Stam-j ey, Marcus England and 1 Carmon Mitchell. The following county committee was elected: Wil son Edwards, Hope Buck, Tom Ray, H. W. Higgins, Grover Robinson, Sam Hile mon, A. P. Honeycutt, John Hannum, Chas. F. Byrd, Lester Bailey, E. N. Stamey A P. Hensley, J. T. Lippin cott. Tom Ray was reelect ed as director. With Famous Division Pfc. Harue Hensley of ' P>ee Log and Pvt. Robert ( Lee Baker of Burnsville i were with the famous “Red . Arrow'” division which did .'much to bring the Leyte j campaign to a successful r conclusion. The command ■ ing officer sent a letter of i commendation to Miss Mol ■ die Hensley of Bee Log, sta rting that “every officer and : every enlisted man in the ! division played a vitally » important part in the divi s sion’s success, and without the coordinated effort by • each individual the division ' could not have been sue [ cessful.” He also expressed ’,his personal . appreciation s for the work done by each - man * I; , FUNERAL SERVICES 1 FOR RUFUS LENOIR • GARDNER i - j Rufus Lenoir Gardner passed away in an Ashe ,‘vill hospital Thursday fol lowing an illness of two weeks. t ’j Funeral services were . held at the Riverside chur -1 *h Saturday morning with • the Rev. F- R. Barber offi- F dating. Burial was in the - family cemetery at River- L side. rj Mr. Gardner wag a retir - ed U. S. army veteran, hav -1 ing’ served with the 118th •i Coast Artillery during : World War I. Following his retirement 12 years ago he I had made his home in Bur-i l nsville and Asheville > Surviving are three bro 'j thers, H. E. Gardner of j Green Mtn., J. W. Gardner > of Covington, Ky. and Char > les F. Gardner of Buras - villep two sisters, Mrs W. vW. Randolph of Johnson ‘ City and Mrs. Nan Dean of Newport. Ky. I WAR BOND SALES FOR FEBRUARY EXCEED QUOTA i 1 The sale of War Bonds jin Yancey county totaled $16,630.25 during the mon th of February, according to a report received from Allison James, executive manager for the w r ar fin ance committee. Sales/un I the state were $11,489,305.75 w'hich exceeded the quota by over $1,689,000. In referring to this .“grand performance”, Mr. James writes: ! “North Carolina hss set a record for the month of February, 1945. 91 of our , 100 counties made and ex ceeded their February quo jta— a record that has not been equalled. This goes to ( that the people of North Carolina are fully conscious of the importance of the War Financing Pro- ( j gram and are investing their money in War Bonds, . the best security on eatth— to help finance the war as well as to save for their ow'n individual future sec urity. It also indicates that , this large amount of sur plus money that is in the hands of our citizens is due to increased incomes, wag es and increased .agricul tural income over previous years.” | Projmoted A Ninth Air Force Bom ber Base, France—The pro ; motion of Ottie R. Silver of Windom, N. C. to Staff Ser geant was recently announ i ced by the 397th Bombard ment Group, the B-26 Ma ! rauder group known as the “Bridge Busters.” ' Staff Sergeant Silver • flies as a radio-gunner w'ith the “Bridge Busters.’V Funeral^Services Are Held For Albert Deweys Jamerson Funeral services were (held at the Laurel Baptist i church near Pensacola on Tuesday morning for Al bert D. Jamerson, 21, who died in an Asheville hospi tal Sunday following an ’extended illness. He was the son of Mrs. Dewey Jamerson and the late Rev Jamerson of Pen sacola, and was a graduate of Burnsville Trgh school. Officiating at the funeral • were the- Rev. J. H. '! Black, the Rev. W. M. Gard iner and the Rev. Mumpow- ; 1 er. Active pall bearers !were Hobart Ray, Brooks [ Boone, Wayne Ray, Ned Wilson, Erwin Schranz, Al ii vin Blankenship., Ted Wil ■ son, Ray Blankenship. Honorary pall bearers •jwere Floyd; Wheeler, Eug- LOCAL BOARD NEWS 1 Registrants who have previously been qualified ; for military service are to be j inducted during March. ! A number of registrants ( above 26 years of age were ! qualified for military ser ’ vice almost a year ago. Be cause of the fact that the younger age group has ( been demanded by the arm ed forces very few regis trants more than 26 years l of age have been inducted since June, 1944. The demands for men in service have out grown the : number of young regis trants and almost all quali fied men will have to be called for the March induc tion in order to fill the in creased size of calls Regis trants once qualified will be forwarded for induction but if the examination is more than 90 days old a new -examination will be given! and if still physically fit the j registrant will be inducted 1 and will not return home. COUNTY WIDE SUN DAY SCHOOL MEET- The county wide meeting of Sunday Schools of the Baptist churches in the as sociation was held at the Burnsville Baptist church on March 9. Every associa tion in the South also par ticipated in this conference, as part of the centennial celebration. Guest speaker was Rev. J. C. Canipe, pastor of Boone Baptist church who spoke on “Crusading With Christ”. Rev.. E. J. Hall spoke on Vacation Bible schools and D. R. Fouts about training schools for. Sunday School teachers. One hundred representa tives from 12 churches in the county were present at the meeting to plan for the j Centennial crusade. The Boy Scouts of Amer ica Program Stands for Character Building, Ameri canization, Citizenship Tra ining,- Give them your support. v; • -. .4- NUMBER THIRTY-THREE RED CROSS - r Contributions to the 1945 Red Cross -War Fund now total approximately $2700, according to a report yes terday by Miss Ruby Rob inson, treasurer. All town ship chairmen have not re ported and,these are asked to report by Monday if pos sible. The county quota is $4,300. ; ene Riddle, T. J. Wilson, • Ray Riddle, Dawson Briggs 1 B. M. Tomberlin, Dr. W. B. Robertson, P. B. Wilson, ’ Bruce Ray, Lawrence Wil son, Clarence Ray, Frank 1 Wilson, Rev. Ben Lee Ray, Kelzie Silver, Alex Wilson, ( Welzie Riddle, Jr., Roy Ray, ‘ James Ray. Those in charge of the foowerg were: Mrs. Edgar Ray, Mrs. jßrooks Boone, Wanda Robertson, Mrs. Er win Schranz, Thelma Ang lin, Elizabeth Anglin, Mag ■ gie Riddle, Jessie Riddle, sj Sylvia Ransdell. 1 In addition to the mother, • jsurvivors include two sis ters, Misg Louise Jamerson, student -of Wake Forest Col s lege, and Miss Orleana Jam . erson at home. SERVICES HELD FOR GRANDDAUGHTER [ OF THE M. L. HALLS Mrs. Vera Young Bar rows, 22, passed away in Radford, Va. on Monday, March 5 following a brief ■ illness She was born at ■ Boonford Oct. 31, 1922. 1 The funeral services were conducted at the Rebel’s -.Creek Baptist church with ■ j the pastor, the Rev. Suell ; j Woody, and Rev. Roy Camp l j bell officiating. Close frien ds of the family served as pall bearers and cousins and close friends of the de ceased as flower girls. Mrs. Barrows was the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Horace E. Young of Key stone, W. Va. and the gra nddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hall __Qf Mica villa. Her fine Christian charact er and her love for all made a wide circle of friends |Who mourn her passing. In addition to her par ents and grand parents, she lis survived by her husband, Robert S. Barrows, one son, Michiel Chadrick; three sisters, Mrs. Patricia Rot enberry, Ramona and Don na, all of Keystone, W. Va.; one brother, Cpl Horace E. Young of the U. S. army, now overseas. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR WAYNE LEDFORD Wayne Ledford, 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jet er Ledford of Swiss passed away Sunday morning in an Asheville hospital follow ing an extended illness. Funeral services were held at the Prices Greek Baptist church Monday at 2:30. Burial was in the cem etery there. In addition to the parents three sisters, Eleanor, Eve lyn and Doris, and two bro thers, Ward and Lawrence*
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