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‘WIIAT CAN YOU SPARE THAT THEY CAN WEAR?”—Give to the Un- Red National Clothing Col -1 tion during the m.tnth of April. VOLUME NINE --Men In Service-- Wounded In Action Pfc. Talmadge F. Mcln tosh wag slightly wounded in Germany on March 24. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Mclntosh of Bur nsville itt. 1. Sgt. Virgil L. Burnett was slightly wounded in the South Pacific area on March 8, his wife, Mrs. Hattie R. Burnett of Celo, has been notified. Wounded Cane River Soldier Released From Hospital The 97th General Hospi tal, England—Pvt. Junior M. Silvers, 20, the husband of Linda Silvers, Cane Riv er, N C. has recovered at this United* States Army general hospital from wou nds received at Bastogne, Belgium, on January 4, 1945 While at this hospital he re ceived expert medical care followed by a period of con valescence. He has now been released for a return to duty. A member of an Infantry' unit, he entered the Army September, 1944. Gillespie With Navy In Marianas Islands Jack D. Gillespie of the Navy/Ts serving in the Mar ianas islands, according to his parents, Mr and Mrs. Bill Gillespie of Micaville. He received boot training at Crmp Peary, Va. and ] rior to entering service \ employed by the Feld spar Milling company. A broth ;r, Pvt. E< ward C. Gillespie, is sta.ioned a‘ Cump Gordon, Ga. A mem ber of an infantry unit, hej v as mployed by the DrexeF Furniture company of Mar-, in before entering service. Both are graduates of Micaville high school. In Brazil Pfc. Kenneth P. Hunter, ton of Mr and Mrs. H. Paige Hunter of Day Book, N. C. is now in Brazil ( where he has been since Auy '14?H943. He has been awarded-' £ good conduct medal. Before leaving the! sta.es, he was in Camp Lee, Va. where he received tra ining as a motor mechanic 1 in the quartermaster corps Before entering the army he* was a student of Appa lachian State Teachers Col lege, Boone, N. C. for two years Seaman lc James Ray is home on leave visiting hisj parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hob art Ray He broke an ankle recently and has been in a naval hospital in Virginia for treatment. - J Loy McCourry, S lc is at, home on leave from Miami where he has completed a radio course at the naval training center. Vincent Lee Ray of the merchant marine ip visiting relatives at Pensacola. Pfc. Junior Griffeth is at home on leave from Drew Field, Ala., visiting “Aunt” Cindy Griffeth and other relative* THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Promoted Ray M. Hilliard has been promoted to the rank of Major at the Dover army air base, Dover, Del. where he is now an instructor He was assigned to the Dover air base shortly after re turning from the South Pa cific area where he served 27 months as a fighter pilot. Awarded Air Medal 15th AAF in Italy.—S. Sgt. Charles H. Harris, 20, Micaville, N. aerial gun ner in a B-24 Liberator Squadron, recently was awarded the air medal for, “Meritorious achievement during aerial combat ag ainst the enemy.” Since his arrival in Italy, Sgt. Harris has become a veteran of missions to oil refineries, air fields, rail road yards, harbors, and bridges in Germany, Aus tria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and’.Northern Italy. He is authorized to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge as a member of a heavy bombardment group which was awarded the Gold-rimmed Blue Ribbon for the bombing of under ground oil storage installa tions at Vienna, Austria Commenting on his ad ventures, Sgt. Harsis spoke of his missions to the oil installations at Blechham mer, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, as the ’‘Hottest Flak Spots” iie’s hit. ‘Tu just as soon see some ene my fighters; you can at least shoot back at them!” i":cla’rue<i Sgt. Harris. Sgt. Harris was graduat ed from Micaville hig-h scho'l. Prior to entering l ie service he was employ-' ed by the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. Baltimore, Md. Entering army air corps in May, 1944, he has been graduated from ar mament school, Burkley Field, Colo., and gunnery school, Tyndall Field, Fla. i , His father, Mr. Lee Har-| ris resides in Micaville, N.C Pfc. Lloyd Creast®an has returned from overseas duty in the European thea tie_and is home on leave with Mrs. Creaseman and children. Pvt. Grady Young, son of I Mrs. W. I. Young of Win-, dom, has landed somewhere in the Philippine Islands. Pfc. Starlon Boone is home on a 45 day furlough after 32 months of service overseas Robert Lee Riddle of the Navy has been on leave vis iting relatives at Bee Log and Burnsville. Cpl. Lawrence Watts has returned to camp in Cana da after spending a 25 day leave with his parents, Mr and Mrs. W. M Watts of Bee Log Bascomb Bennett left Wednesday to enter service in the Navy. Ab: other, J. B. Bennett, is' already on duty with the Atlantic fleet Write often to the men in Service. “DKDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1945 CAPT. BENNETT, MRS. NEWSOM MEET IN PHILIPPINES Capt Van B. Bennett who is with a medical unit in the Philippines has writ ten hi s parents that he has seen Mrs. Jack Newsom who was rescued at Santo Tomas internment camp where she had been since Jan. 1942. The letter from Capt. Bennett was dated March 21. He wrote that Mrs. Newsom looked surprising ly well, though a little thin ner and older than she did when he saw her last, nine years ago. She had been issued Woman’s Army Corps clothing, and would be sent back to the states soon. Capt. Bennett wrote fur ther that they had driven over the city and that she had described it as it had been before Japanese occu pation. He stated that she had no word at all of Lt. Newsom’s present where abouts as she had heard nothing about him for mon ths. Awarded Bronze Stars Two Asheville men, for mer residents of Burnsville and well known here, have been given Bronze Star Medals for meritorious ac hievements in the Euro pean theatre: Capt. Arthur M Brown, son of Mrs. A. M. Brown of Asheville Rt. 1, while ser ving as commanding offi cer of a heavy consruc tion company at a 12th air force base in Italy. Capt Myron B. Hamil ton, ! usband of Mrs. M; B. Hamilton of Asheville and son of Mrs. Blanche Hamil ton aba of Athevil!a, while serving an infantry divi sion in Gennany. Defends Tar Heel Honor Norfolk. Va.—“ln defen se of Tar Heel honor,” a $2 debenture issued by Cam den County, N. C., during the Civil War has been paid oij£ with interest by Lieut Frank Huskins, US NR, former mayor of Bur nsville, N. C., who handed $11.8(5 from his own pocket to Chief Boatswain W. F. Archer, USN, of 420 South Street, Portsmouth/ Va. Both officers are attach ed to the Atlantic Fleet’s Auxiliary Vessels Shake down Group, Norfolk Na val Operating Base Huskins and Archer were eulogizing their respective home grounds when the Virginian produced the de benture. Huskins figured RED CROSS TOWNSHIP QUOTAS TOWNSHIP QUOTA Amt. Raised BURNSVILLE $1560,00 - $1864 72 CANE RIVER 400.00 502.00 EGYPT 200.00 202.83 RAMSEYTOWN « 200.00 109.53 GREEN MOUNTAIN 175.00 176.20 JACKS CREEK 325.00 261.87 BRUSH CREEK 175.00 210.63 CRABTREE 700.00 441.46 SOUTH TOE 225.00 162.56 PENSACOLA 150 00 125.75 PRICES CREEK 200.00 271.16 TOTAL $4300.00 $4328.71 RED CROSS WAR FUND Yancey counjty has again exceeded its Red Cross quota, with a total of $4328.71 in contributions to date, Miss Ruby Robinson, treasurer of the county chapter, reported today. CHAIRMAN FOR CLOTHING DRIVE Mrs. V. J. Goodman is chairman for fT the United National Clothing Collec tion. All citizens are urged to begin collection of ser vicable bedding and cloth ing now, and collectiing points will be designated later. Wool clothing should be clean and Brushed but need not be ironed. It should be tied securely or packed in boxes. > ; - HOME IS SOLD Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hon eycutt have sold their home on West Main Street to Ivan M. Peterson of Detroit formerly of Day Book Mr. and Mrs. Honeycutt purchased the home last year from Mrs. W. W. Sor rells and moved here from Kansas. Mr. Honeycutt has now been recalled to active duty in the army and will leave next week for Kan sas. Mrs. Honeycutt and their two sons will remain here for several weeks. Superintendent and School Committees Named The county board of edu cation, composed of Phil Hensley, Fred Ayers and Jobe Thomas, met Monday and named Frank Howell as superintendent of edu cation for the county. Committeemen for the School districts were named ths interest on the $2 obli gation and paid off the whole claim. Then the North Carolin ian forwarded the bond to the Camden County Board of Commissioners who re turned a check in full, with an. expression of their ap preciation for his loyalty. Partner in the law firm of Huskins and Wilson, Huskins resigned in July 1942 during his second term as mayor of Burnsville to accept a naval commission. He is a former Yancey County (N. C.) attorney and a former attorney for the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation. He received his law' degree from the University of North Caro (Continued on pa*e 4) TOWN* ELECTION WILL BE HELD At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Burnsville on April 2, 1945 it was agreed that a mass meeting of the citizens of the town would be held at the County Court house at B=oo o’clock April 10th for the purpose of nominating a Mayor and Board of Commissioners to run in the election of May Bth. It was agreed that 12:00 noon April 14th would be the limit of time for can didates to file with the town Clerk., • Mis. H. Lee Griffith was appointed as registrar and George V. Anglin and Her shel Holcombe were appoin ted as judges for the com ing election. Registration books will be open each Saturday from 9 to 4 at the court house Cpl. Charles E. Wilson is now somewhere in the Mar iana Islands he has inform ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson of Pensacola. Cpl. Wilson is assistant Engineer and tail gunner on a B-29 super fortress. Pvt. William Rathbone 1 has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Rathbone, 1 is now somewhere in the Mariana Islands. :u- follows: . Burnsville: Mrs. Pearl Huskins, Arthur Edge, Zeke Blankenship Bald Creek: Sam Tipton, i Charles Ferguson, Sam Rob inson. i Bee Log: Rex Miller, Car ter Edwards, O. S Williams Clearmonti R. C Deyton, Carl T. Young, E. F. Hunter Micaville: Rass Thomas, Grover Robinson, Johnny j McCourry. I South Toe: R L. Rector, i Arthur Robertson, Carl i Riddle. LAST RITES FOR MRS. FINETTA H. BYRD Finetta Higgins Byrd, 60, died in the hospital at Col umbia, S. C. on Thursday morning following an ex tended illness She was for merly known throughout Yancey county, and had been living in Spartanburg, i S. C. for the past seventeen i years. Funeral . serifijces were held at 3 o’clock Sunday af ternoon at the Farview church in Spartanburg. Survivors are the hus- Granvel Byrd; six sons, Clyde, Leory, Taylor and Lloyd of Spartanburg, Ja mes of the U. S Navy in Rhode Island and Cecil also in the Navy in England; one daughter, Colleen of Georgia; three step child ren, Carl Byrd of Burns ville, N. C, Myrtle Higgins of Inman, S. *C and Zula Ray of Day Book, N. C Rev. and Mrs. A Z. Jam erson and daughter have moved to Bolens Creek where Mr. Jamerson is the pastor of Bolens Creek church. s • Coal Users Must File Application Coal consumers here are being notified by their coal dealers of recent regula tions for making applica tion for the purchase of fuel. Each consumer must file with his dealer a “Consum er Declaration” by May 15 This is a declaration of his solid fuel needs for the twelve month period, April to April. Blanks may be ob tained from the coal deal ers. Not only must these be filed but orders must be placed with the dealer. The summary of provis ions of the regulation states: / A. >Your dealer is not re quired to deliver any solid fuel to you unless, in addi tion to this Consumer De claration, you place an ord er with him I>. If you place your Consumer Declaration and an order before May 15, 1945, with the dealer who regularly supplied your house or building with solid fuel last year, you are entit Clean-Up-Da The Board of Commis sioners of the Town have named April 12 and 13, as “Clean-up Days” Citizens of the town are urged to clean up, not only around their homes but also around places of business and any vacant lots that may need it. Pass Examination The following completed their pre-induction exami nations and are now quali fied for general military Service: Raymond E. Weather man, Raleigh Bailey, Luth er Bailey, Till Gouge. Olga Burleson, Verlin Hughes, Ashton Ramsey, Charlie P. McMahan, Lonus H Grindstaff, Walter C. Wil son, John Ledford, Blake K. Ray, Edward Buckner, Lewis E. Fortner, Elzie E. Bolick; Last Rites For Funeral services for James Russell Beaver, 50. were held at the Burnsville! Baptist church Thursday! afternoon, March 29. Rev! H. M. Alley and Rev. F. R.j Barber officiated. Active pall bearers for the services were H C. Wheeler, Dewey Mitchell, Gaston Angel, Bill Atkins, Wood Butner and Tom Jones. Honorary pall bearers were L. A. Butner, Carter Hensley, L P. Horton, J. H. Wilson, Dr. C. M. Chead le, J E. Huskins, S. T. Ben nett, WT M. English, I. F. McCourry, J. H. Silvers, J V. Renfro, Rom Bailey, Dr." W. B. Robertson, Dr. W. L. Bennett, L. V. Pollard, R. A. Glenn, Pender Bennett, Nelse King, Zeb King, Blaine Butner, Craig Eng lish ; Filmore Young, Cecil Higgins, G L. Hensley, Geo rge Anglin, Walter Edw ards, Gus Edwards, Gudger Fox, Nelse Ayers, Guss \ Peterson, J. A. Peterson, L. Let us give thanks that our homes are not torn down and our lands laid waste. And let us show that gratitude by giving to Clothing Collection. NUMBER THIRTY-SIX led to get, before Oct. 1, 1945 at least 30 per cent of your normal annual’ re quirements if you are ready, willing and able to take de livery of any usable solid fuel on terms Agreeable to you and the dealer. C If you place your Consumer Declaration and an order promptly with the dealer who regularly sup plied your house or building with fuel last year, and if you take any usable solid fuel offered by your dealer, he is obligated to deliver your quota of solid fuel as determined by the Solid Fuels Administration for War. D. There will not be nearly enough solid fuel to give you as much as y|>u or dinarily use. Generally a dealer is prohibited from delivering, and a consumer is prohibited from receiv ing, during period April 1, 1945 to March 31, 1946, more than 80 per cent of the consumer’s normal an nual requirements. s-April 12-13 The Garden club is co operating with this annual clean up drive, and all oth er clubs are also asked to help. The town truck will col lect the trash on both Thursday and Friday so there will be no inconven ience to citizens. Charles B. Briggs, Jack Allen, Hurley Wilson; Roy Ray, Lawrence C. Wilson, Robert E. Willis, Alvin P. Burgin, Randell Miller, Glenn Honeycutt, Ray Ed wards, f Talmadge Fox, Samuel Ball, William R. Buckner, Ra b e Anglin, Junior Edwards, Worley Presnell. Mrs. ’ Elizabeth English is able to be out again af ter being confined to her home for several weeks be cause of an attack of arth ritis. Russell Beaver E. Briggs, B. B. Penland, B. R. Penland, R. A. King, B H. Nichols, H. G. Bailey, Edward Whetstine, Jake Buckner, Lonas Butner. Those in charge of flow ers were Mildred Maynard, Hazel Maynard, Edith Dey ton, Cora Lee Jones, Edna Jamerson, Era Jamerson, Hazel Hensley, Lou Etta Butner, Mrs. Ellis Peterson, Geneva Bailey, Louise Fox. Mr. Beaver passed away at his home March 28 fol lowing an extended illness. He was born at Mars Hill but had been a resident of Burnsville for the past 35 years. He had been a mem ber of the Burnsville Bap tist church since 1927. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Eva Ren fro; three daughters, Mrs. Jack Parsons of Potta Camp, Miss., Mrs. Ivan Whetstine of Morganton and Mrs. Vance Silvers of Baltimore; one step son, Landon McCourry of Day Book, four grandsons and [two step grand sons.
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