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VOLUME NINE
--Men In {Service--
Killed In Action
Pfc. Bill Marsh, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Marsh
of Micaville, was killed in
action in Manila on Feb.
23, his parents have been
informed by the war de
partment.
Killed In Action
Sgt. Edison Buchanan,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Buchanan of Green Mtn.,
was killed in action in
Holland on March 1.
Wounded In Action
Pfc. Boyd Edwards was
seriously wounded in action*!
in France on March 5, ac-j
cording to a message re
ceived Tuesday by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wess
Edwards of Burnsville Rt. 1.
Sgt. Benjamin B. Wilson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Wilson of Pensacola, is at
""home on leave after return
ing to the states from over
three years service in the
south Pacific area.
Cpl. Ralph Calloway is at
home on a 21 day furlough.
He i s the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Calloway.
Pfc. Oscar V. Ayers, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford
Ayerg of Green Mtn., is in a
hospital in England. He was
wounded in Germany on
Jan. 28 and was in a hospi
tal in France before being
moved to England.
Pvt. Ralph W. Griffeth is
now with American forces
in Italy. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dolph Griffeth of
Windom. His wife, the or
mer Miss Vera Hughes, liv
es at Micaville.
Pvt. Eleck Jarrett, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jarrett
of Green Mtn., is now in the
Philippine Islands. Another
son, Pvt. Charlie Jarrett,
si optioned at Camp Whee
ler, Ga.
Ff;. / mos W. Presnell is
now v ith the U. S. Army
in Germany. He has been
overseas four months. He'
is the sorrgf Mr. and Mrs. i
C. R. Presnell of Bolens j
Creek.
Pfc. Clinton R. Raines 1
has returned to his base at,
Presque Isle, Maine after I
spending a twenty day fur- ]
lough at Portsmouth, Va., j
and at Vixen, N. C. He is i
the husband of Wilma j
Hammond Baines of Vixen i
and Portsmouth.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Sparks of Green Mtn. re
ceived a letter from their*
son, Pvt. Oscar K. Sparks
who is a prisoner of ...the
German government. It was
written Dec.. 10, 1944 and
he wrote that he was well. «
Pvt. Carl B. Young has
been on leave, visiting re
latives at Windom. He has
been stationed at Camp
Blanding, Fla.
S. Sgt. Charles H. Piercy,
who is stationed at Colum
bia army air base, Colum
bia, S. C., is spending a
furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Piercy
at Day Book.
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Prisoner of War
Pfc. Wade J. Proffitt of
Swiss, who has been miss
ing since Dec. 16, 1944. has
been located as a German
prisoner, according to a
letter written by him to his
wife, Mrs. Kate Proffitt of
Bald Creek. He wrote that
he was getting along fine. J
Prisoner of War
Pfc. Paul Bailey who was
j reported missing in action
last November is a prisoner
of war of the German gov
ernment, a telegram from
the war department stated.
!He is the son of Mr. and
j Mrs. J. W. Bailey of Hig
| Kins-
Sgt. Virgis Anglin is now
with the Marines on Ivvo
Jima he has written his
parents.
In Hospital
Pvt Mack Thompson who
was wounded in action on
Christmas Day in Luxem
bourg has returned to the
states and is at a hospital
in Rome, Ga.
In Hospital
Pvt. William <Edd> Bai
ley of Buena Calif., I
formerly of this! county, |
has returned to the states'
and is now in a hospital in
California. He has served
six months overseas in Eng
land and France. He is the
son of Mrs. Hannah Bailey
of Erwin, Tenn., and the
brother of Mrs. Charlie
Edwards of Swiss, N. C.
Second Oak Leaf
«
An Eighth Air Force j
Bomber Station, England—
First Lieutenant John H.i
Galloway; has been award
ed a second Oak Leaf Clus
ter to the Air Medal for
“meritorious achievement”
in aerial warfare. Lt. Gallo
way is navigator on a B-17
Flying Fortress participat
ing in Eighth Air Force
bombing attacks on targets
in Nazi Germany.
; The Lieutenant is a mem-j
ber of the 34th Bomb
I Group, a unit of the Third
! Air Division, the division
(cited by the President for
I its now historic England-
Africa shuttle bombing of
1 Messerschmitt a i r craft I
plants at Regensburg, Ger
imany.
!
I Cpl. Molten L. Hensley is
!now somewhere in the Phil
jippines according to word
[received by his r|latives. I
Pvt. Dean Higgins is at
home on leave from Lawson
gerfbral hospital, Atlanta.
He was seriously wounded
in France and returned to
the States several months
ago.
! Lerov Ray, F lc, of the
U. S. Navy has been spend- 1
ing a 13 day leave at home. [
He has reported back to a
base at Portland, Maine. 1
A brother, Pfc. Shelby Ray
of the U. S. army is with
the 7th army in France and j
has been overseas since
Sept. 1944. They are the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. J.j
Richard Ray of Cane River.
BONDS FOR VICTORY
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 22,1945
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Wounded In Action
Relatives here have been
informed that Pfc. James
H. Fox of Rt. 2, Morganton
has been seriously wound
ed in action in the Philip
pines. They have also learn
ed that his brother-in-law,
Pvt. Robert E. Burleson of
Rt. 2 Morganton jvas killed
in action in Luxembourg.
Pfc. Fox is the son of Mr.
! and Mrs. James H. Fox, Sr.,
of Morganton. His mother
was formerly Miss Hannah
Styles, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Styles of Bur
nsville. He married the for
mer Misg Helen Mills, who
with their 7 months old
ghter resides at Morganton.
Pvt. Burleson who was
killed on Jan. 18 was a bro
ther-in-law of Pfc. Fox,
having married the former
Miss Elsie Fox. Also sur
viving are two small child
ren, his mother, Mrs. Ida
Burleson o f Honeycutt,!
three sisters, Mrs. Jason 1
Byrd of Forbes, Mrs. Lizzie
Bennett and Mrs. Bun Mil-(
ler of Relief; and three bro
thers, Oscar Burleson of
Johnson City, Tenn.,* Earl
Burleson of Honeycutt and 1
Grant Burleson of Johnson
! City.
Pfc. Fox participated in l
lone of the bitterest offen-j
; sive actions in the campaign I
I to free the Philippines andi
j received great commenda-j
(tion for the courage which
he showed there.
Mutual Marketing Association
A group of farmers, ex
tension service representa
tives,--and business men
from the tri-county area as
sembled in the Spruce Pine
; Theatre at 10=00 a. m , on
March 12, 1945. L. J. P
Stone, Mitchell county agent
(called the meeting to order, (
gave purposes and back- .
ground of the meeting. Os- !
ficers elected were T. P.
Dellinger, Avery County,
president; Andrew Bird, ]
Mitchell county, vice presi- (
dent; Ben B. Brost, Yancey
county, Secretary-treasurer
by acclamation. H. L. Mea- j
Cham, Extension Marketing
Specialist, summarized pur- (
poses and functions of a
cooperative market and du- (
ties of Board of Di-rectors
Directors elected were: ’
iMitchell county: Ed Ben- i
nett, Forbes; Ed Bowditch, i
Will Close Thursday Afternoons
I J .
The following agreement
has been signed by business
land professional firmi:
We, the undersignedr, bus
iness and professional (men
of the Town of Burnfeville,
North Carolina, respectful
ly agree to close our'places
of business on Thursday of
each week,
ch 22, 1945, and continuing
through the month of Oct-1
ober, 1945. The hours ofi
'closing will be from 1 ; 00 pJ
m. for the remainder of the 1
day, except the cases which
.will open for the evening
meal at 7:00 p. m.
I This being done out of
appreciation of the great
need of more food produc
tion during 1945, in order
to assist the war effort.
H. G. Bailey, Fred Prof
NOTICE
The Board of Equaliza
tion and Review will meet
Tuesday, April 3rd for the
purpose of nearing any
tax complaint. Tax
may appear before the
Board and present their
complaints. ,
W. 0. Griffeth, Secre-
CAROLIN A TIRE COM
PANY HAS NEW RE
CAPPING EQUIPMENT
The Caroling Tire Com
pany has installed a new
steam recapping equipment;
in the Burnsville plant. The;
new equipment will take
care of any sizg passenger
car or small tAiek tij;es.
The steam recapping
method has proved most ef
ficient and satisfactory,
and with the new equip
ment, the Carolina Tire|
company can assure motor'
vehicle owners of the latest
I type of tire service.
The health * department
announces the grades of
;food handling establish
ments, meat markets, abat
toirs, school lunch rooms,
etc. for Yancey county:
! A & M Case 78.5 lO;
Dinner Bell Case 80 <B i;
| Nu-Wray Hotel Case 84
'(B); Nu-Wray Hotel 91.5
| (A-; Banks & Co. Market
i 76 t.C); Micaville Exchange
72 (C>; Proffitt and Co.,
83 ißi; Ray’s Market 82
(B); Robison’s Dairy,
grade A f Pasteurized'.
Toeeane; Avery county:
Sam Brown, Crossnore; J.
F. Hampton,' Linville;
Yancey county: R. C. Dey
ton, Green Mtn.; Robert
Presnell, Newdale.
Board of Directors meet
ing wa s set for 2:00 p. m.,
March 23, 1945 in Mayor’s
Office, Spruce Pine. Build
ing committee is to meetj
with Board of Directors,
namely; T P. Dellinyer,
Ben Brost and Milton Bur-;
leson. Suggesteh name= Tri-j
County Mutual Marketing
Association.
Those attending the meet-j
ing from Yancey county
were: Henry Grindstaff, V.
J Goodman, E. B. Bailey, i
Robert Presnell, R. L. Kell-!
er. Ben Brost, Joseph T.
Lippincott, Glenn Bailey,,
Whitt Buchanan, Mrs. 1
Champ L. Ray, W. M. Edge,!
C. L. Proffitt.
fitt, R. E. Neill, J. A. Good
in, Yates Bennett, Briggs
Grocery, Edges Dept. Store,
Pollard’s Drug Store, Ray’s
Grocery Store, Burnsville
Furniture and Hardware
Co., District Health Dept.,
Dr. Clyde M. Wfrisnant,
Young & Westall;
Bill Atkins, Johnson and
Company Store, C. P. Ran- 1
dolph, Cut-Rate Furniture
| Co., Farmers Federation,
Charles Hutchins, Lorene
Beauty Shop, D. R. Fouts,
Fay’s Beauty Shop, C. M.
Bailey, J. Y Reid, Elliott
Radio Shop.
Lt. and Mrs. Charles R.
Hubbard are here for a
short visit with friends: He
has been on duty with the,
Atlantic' fleet
1 ar- I
Awarded Aijr Medal
Lt. Ernest M. Howell, son
I of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. How
i ell of Green Mtn., was
(awarded the air medal in
the southwest Pacific area.
In the iettgr to Mr. and
Mrs. Howell announcing
(the award, Lt. Gen. George
[C. Kenny wrote: “Recently
your son, Lt. Ernest M.
Howell, was decorated-with
the Air Medal. It was an
award made in recognition
iof a courageous service to
his combat organization, his
i fellow American airmen,
! his country, his home and
ito you.
“He was cited for meri
torious achievement while
nartieipaling in aerial flig
hts in the Southwest Paci
fic Area from June 29, 1944
to September 5, 1944.
j “Your son took part in
j s’'.stained operational flight
missions during which hos
tile contact was probable
1 and expected. These flights
■ included bombing missions
. against enemy installations,
. shipping and supply bases,
and aided considerably in
(the recent successes in this
theatre.”
> .
; ■ FS. A. NEWS
1
> The families on the Farm
t. Security Administration
i Program in forty counties
J represented in this area
l have maintained their high
, ! food production and conser
vation records and in 1944
! exceeded their previous re
cords, stated Miss Margaret
jF. Fuller, Area Home Sup
; ervisor.
This is the time of the
■ year when the FSA Super
visors in charge of the
home management work in
the various counties review
(with the families on the
I FSA program the progress
I I or lack of it, made during
. the year.
I In 1944 the 5,813 families
in the forty counties aver
aged canning 478 quarts of
fruits', vegetables and
; meats per family or a total
of 2, 782,000 quarts. In ord-j
jer to have a more adequate !
diet, these families did not,
Vtop with canning this!
j amount; they stored 185,019
bushels of such foods as
I potatoes, onion, apples, cab
bage, pumpkins and tur- 1
nips* -
This stored and canned
foods at market value
would mean a saving of ap
proximately $1,205,548.00,
or an average of $208.00 per
family banked on pantry
shelves, in cellars, bank
houses or holed in the
grotond. All of the FSA
families have adequate
milk and butter as they av
erage 2.1 cows per family.
This high production and
conservation figure repre
sents the whole-hearted ef
i fort being made by families
( to make their farms pro
vide most of their living re
quirements through concen
trated work and careful
planning.
By producing their own
food, these families are re
leasing food which they
v'ould otherwise purchase,
thus helping to swell the
quantity available for the
war effort. In addition to
improving and providing
imor? adequate diets, they
(Continued on p»9« two)
NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR
Pulpwood Production Is Urgent
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A special bulletin to The
Record from U. S. Victory
Pulpwood Campaign head-;
quarters reports that cut
ting and hauling of pulp
wood has been added to the
National Production Ur
gency List, effective imme
diately. The message fol
lows:
Officials of the Army,
Navy, Wa r Production
Board, War Manpower
Commission, War Food Ad
ministration, Office of De
fense Transportation and
Office of Price Administra
tion announce that ‘“cut
ting of pulpwood and the
hauling of logs from forest
to mill” is now on the Na-
Go For Examination
The following men left
Tuesday morning for pre
induction examination: ,
Roy Ray, Harley Bennett,
Troy Young, Raymond
Weatherman, Raleigh Bai
ley, Alvin McPeters, Luther
Bailey, Vester Styles, Bob
, Robinson, Till Gouge, Olga
Burleson, Sam Wheeler
Vivien Hughes.
Loomis Beaver, Floyd
, Thomas, Lattie Mclntosh,
, Noah Arvle Hensley, Ash
,l ton Ramsey, Bill Pate, Pres
. ton McMahan, Lonas Grind
t staff, Walter Wilson;
Carl Randolph, Rufus
1 Fender, Fillmore Hughes,
. John Ledford, Blake Ray,
Seagel Carroway, Henry
Robinson, Edd Gouge, Carl
Lee Mclntosh, Edward
Buckner, Burnie
Edward Fortner, Tom Rob
! inson, Jr.;
i Samuel D. Robinson, Jun
’ ior Briggs, Jack Allen, Hur
! ley Wilson, Lawrence Wil
i son, Earl Willis, Alvin Bur
gin, Randall Miller,, John
Grindstaff, Glen Honeycutt
Rites For Mrs. Henry Stamey
Last rites for Mrs. Henry
j Stamey, 40, of Burnsville
jwho died in an Asheville
; hospital Sunday morning
| following an illness of sev
eral weeks were held Mon
day afternoon at 3:30
o’clock at Borings Chapel
i Methodist church. The Rev.
J. R. Bowman, Rev. A. H i
Mutschler, and Rev, A. Z. j
Jamerson officiating.
Flower girl's* in charge j
were cousins'of Mi's. Stam-'
ey: Mrs. Sam Huskins, Mrs.
I Russel Day, Mrs C. C. |
!Byrd, Mrs. L. G. Buckner,
| Peggy Bailey, Mis. Os- 1
j borne Briggs and members j
'of the Clearmont school',
faculty: Mrs John S. Ben- 1
nett, Mrs. Claude Hughes,;
Mrs. Hugh Gornto, Mrs.'
Arta Lee Higgins, Ruth ,
Hensley, Lois Moody, Edith
Huskins, Magalee Ray,
Margaret Banks,and Ruth
Jobe. h
Active pall bearers Were
Vernie Wilson, Clarence
Bailey, Claude Hughes,
Walton Angel, Cecil Deyton
Bruce Bailey and Glen
Bailey.
Honorary pall bearers
were: Dr. Crow and Dr.
Moore of Asheville, Dr. j
Bennett of Burnsville, Jim
mie Keith, Norman Bard
nett, John Byrd, Russel]
Day, Osborne Briggs, Mack I
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The Boy Scouts of Amer
ica Program Stands for
Character Building, Ameri
canization, Citizenship Tra
ining. Give them your
Support.
tional Production Urgency
List.
■? This action means that
pulpwood production has
been raised to the same im
perative category as manu
facture of B-295, rockets,
bombs and the building of
■ carriers and cruisers. In ad
dition, it means that the
, new status of pulpwood
i will be used as a guide in
• assisting the War Manpow
er Commission to deter
mine priority, ratings, ex :
I tending to pulpwood work
ers the same priority rights
now applicable to workers
■ in munition plants, aircraft
factories and the arma
rrient industry.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Charley J. Higgins, 72,
died at his home at Higgins
Saturday, March 17, follow
ing an illness of several
( weeks.
Funeral services were
■ held at Higgin 3 Chapel Free
i Will Baptist- church of
which he was a member.
• The Rev. Ebb Wheeler was
in charge. Bidal followed
[ in the family cemetery at
j Higgins.
He is survived by two
■ daughters, Miss Arew Hig
- gins and Mrs. Grant Hen
sley both of Higgins; one
3 grand daughter, Adeline,
. and three sisters, Mi’s. Jane
’ Brown of Kingsport, Tenn.,
Mrs. Sally Wheeler, Jacks
II Creek, and Mrs. Sena Phil
[ lips. Also one brother, Hir
am Higgins.
y
’ Rov Edwards, Talmadge
Fox, Sam Ball, Wm. Riley
: Buckner, Rabe Anglin.
For examination and in
- duction if pass examination
Ralph Parker, Junior
i Edwards, Worley Presnell,
t Dan Buchanan.
1 **. V
Bailey, Bill Duck, Charles
Byrd, Troy McCourry, Bill
Bailey, Burnie Hunter, Lon
nie Buckner, Vernie Bailey,
Lieut. Frank Huskins, John
S. Bennett, Bernie McCour
ry, Willie Harrison, Hollis
Wilson, A. P. Honeycutt,
Ancil Bailey, Luke Laugh
run, Edd Hipkins, Hollis
Honeycutt, Oscar Ayers,
| Bill Austin, Nelson Woodby
[Lee Roy Silvers, Sam Byrd,
Brantley Briggs, Grover
! Honeycutt, Lester Bailey,
Edd Hunter.
Surviving are her hus
band, one son, Keith Stam
;ey of Burnsville; two sisters
| Mrs. Mack Bailey a"hd Mrs.
John Byrd; a step-mother
| Mrs. Sam Bailey of Burns
ville Rt. 1; one step-sister,
!Mrs. Sam Atkins of Sioux
and a number of relatives
and a host of friends
Mrs. Stamey was the for
mer Miss Glessie Bailey,
daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Bailey. She
was a member of the Bor
ings Chapel Methodist chur
ch and of the Clearmont
high school faculty She had
been a teacher in the Yan
cey county schools for a
number of years.
Burial was in the Mc-
Cracken cemetery of Bur
jnsville. Holcombe apd Ed
j wards funeral home was in
I charge,