North Carolina Newspapers

WHAT CAN YOU SPARE THAT THEY CAN WEAR?”—Give to the Un ited National Clothing Col lection during the month of April. VOLUME NINE --Men In Service-- Killed In Action Staff Sgt. Ned W. Hig gins who in November was reported missing in action has now been reported kill ed in action in the Euro pean area on Sept. 9, 1944, his mother, Mrs. Martha Higgins of Higgins, has been notified. Prisoner of War Pvt. Bi|f Bailey has writ ten he is a prisoner of war' in Germany. He was report- 1 ed missing in action in Dec ember. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Bailey of Toledo and husband of Mrs. Jeanette Penland Bailey of Burnsville. Pvt. Hobart Williams, son of Wm. G. Williams of| Sioux, Is a prisoner of war in Germany. Wounded In Action Pvt. Carl A. Putnam was slightly wounded in Germany on March 24, his mother, Mrs. Sue V. Put nam of Estatoe has been! notified. . Pvt. Gar Blankenship who was recently wounded in action and was hospitalized in the European area, has now been returned to mili- ‘ tary control, accordiny to a; message received by his 1 mother, Mrs. Rena Blank enship of Cane River. Pvt Paul T. Robinson has landed safely overseas s nd is now serving somed where in the Philippines, recording to word ri jived ly his who, Mr;. Gladys Robinson of Mica Rile. Theodore A Hensley, Ship's Service Man, 3c has been spending a 2U day leave with his parents at Higgins, N. C. lie has been aboard one of the Navy’s fast carriers serving in the SYipyly department during all of the Third and Fifth * ileet operations from the Wake Island Raid in Octo ber, i!)43 to the strikes on Tokyo in February of this year. During this period he ex perienced many Jap aerial attacks and took part in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle for Ley te Gulf. S. Sgt. Wayne King who recently returned from ov erseas is spending a 21 day furlough with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Zeb V. King of Leicester, N. C. Sgt. King was formerly of Yan cey county. He graduated from Clearmont high scho ol and was employed in Greensboro before going into the army air force in Feb. 1943. He received his training at Tuscon, Ariz and was attached to_the Bth air force overseas. Pvt. Emerson J. Woody has returned to Fort Knos, Ky. after spending a 10 day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Woody of Burnsville. Pvt. Jarvis Mclntosh is spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. C Mc- Intosh. SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.. 6th Army Group, France Capt Lucille Chase is j chief nurse of the 117th Evacuation hospital, about! which the following story! has been released: Attesting to the skilled medical care wounded Am ericans receive on the Wes tern Front is one surgical I achievement of the 117th ! Evacuation hospital —SO brain operations without, one death. This 400-bed hospital, fol lowing the advance of U. S.j Seventh Army Troops in General Jacob L DeversJ 6th Army Group, has treat ed over 5,000 patients dur ing three months of combat operations in France. Fifty six percent of all admissions were surgical cases and 44 percent medical. “A battle casualty is re ceived hei*e from six to eight hours .after he is wounded,” explained Lt. Col Alfred P. Thom of Washington, D. C., hospital commander. “He receives! first surgical treatment! and his physical condition is improved for safe tran sport to general and sta-l tion hospitals where final surgical care is administer-! ed. Some patients are com pletely cured and returned direct to duty from here.” The 117th usually oper ates from 15 to 25 miles be hind the front. Once, how ever, the hospital was set! up in buildings just vacated! by a German hospital staff,! only six miles from the! front. A Ninth Air Force Bom ber Base, France-—'“Keep your Marauder at 10000 feet and bail out rear the field. Fou can’t bring your* plane in with your elevator con trols knocked out Too dan gerous ! n That was the message Staff Sgt. Burns P. Gilles pie. Portland, Conn., engi neer-gunner in the Ninth Air Force “Tiger Stripe” Marauder group, heard ov er the plane’s radio system as the flying control tower■ at an American base in France gave baili lg out) orders. After adjusting his para chute Sgt. Gillespie crawled 1 to the open bomb-bay doors of the B-26 medium bomb er, badly shot up by flak j a bombing mission l to a railroad bridge at Nut-j tlar, Germany, dived out and began a six’ minute, 10000 feet descent via par-; achute. “The first and last few feet are the hardest” said i Gillespie “First you sweat) out the ’chute opening and then worry about how hard I you’ll hit the ground.” In keeping with the pin-! point bombing which they had just accomplished the crew performed some pin point parachuting. All of them, bailing out for the first time, landed within 100 yards of their quarters and the only man wounded landed ten feet away from his squadron dispensary. Sgt. Gillespie is th eson of Mrs. Cora Gillespie of Micaville. THE YANCEY RECORD ‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’* BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, APRn. 12, 1945 Promoted With the Fifth Army, Italy—Pvt. Grason Hen j sley, whose wife Edith lives in Bee Log, N. C., has been ! promoted to private first ! class on the Fifth Army | front in Italy. He is a demo lition man with the 316th | Combat Engineer Battalion of the 91st “Powder River” Division ~. v \ " 1 Leave for Examinations The following men left Wednesday for Fort Bragg for Pre induction examina j tions: Roy Hughes, Joseph C- Robinson, James Buchanan i Oliver. Lewis, Richmond Mitchell, Rexter Hughes. Floyd Huskins, Ernest R. Robertson, Craig Phillips, Blake Styles, Pershing Wil son, James Turner, James M. ?Jiller, James D. Ray; Doss Wallace, Wm. A. Curtis, Johnny Deyton, Ja mes Walter McKinney, Ar cemus Byrd, Wallace Gur ley, Bruce C. Laws, Arce mus Briggs, Iss Peterson, Reece King, Ray F Riddle; Robert Holloway, Jr, Donald Honeycutt, Jr., Em ory Buchanan, Lester Brig gs, Sam D. Randolph, Loyd Turbyfill, David A. Pitt man, Robert Tipton, Delzie Styles, Paul Randolph, Sal vie Ramsey, Oscar Renfro, Wright Silvers, Johnny W. Wyatt, Paul L. Harris, Ja mes C. Wilson.. Truck Crop Market Will Aid Farmers Organization of the Tri i County Marketing Associa tion to serve the areas of Ave.y, Mitchell, and Yan cey counties i<= a progres sive step which will improve ;the local vegetable market ing situation and, will add to the farm income of the communities, believes H. L. Meacham, Extension Mar keting Specialist of the State College Extension Service. Meacham says, the association will operate a market center at Spruce Pine during the harvest season of the most import ant truck crops. Plans are now to open the market about June 20, with the ‘■ale of snap beans. Other crops such as squash, beets, cabbage, and potatoes will be sold as they are leady for the harvest “This market is a new enterprise for the area,” Meacham says, and will “es tablish a convenient place for farmers to assemble truck crops in volumes suf ficient to attract car lot and other large buyers. This practice will further estab lish a market that can be quoted daily to all growers both large and small. “Product 1 buyers from the commercial enterprises such as canneries, commis-j sion companies, chain stor-j es, wholesale dealers, and others, are invited to buy on the farmers market and each buyer will be given an equal chance to get vege tables. The market will not: hinder but will help the companies that"- now buys I beans anh other vegetables from the area because they RED CROSS WAR FUND Donations to the 1945 Red Cross War Fund now Robinson, chapter treasur er, reported this mominv. The county quota was $4300 ■. i trainincAinion MEETING A county wide Baptist Training Union meeting will be held with the Mt. 1 Mitchell Baptist church on Tuesday evening, April 24, at 8 o’clock. Dr Hoyt Black well, president of Mars Hill college, will, be principal speaker. Eaeh church in the association is urged to send representatives to this meeting. , T. 3 Mark W. Bennett has returned to the states after 14 months overseas in the European theatre. Pfc. Boyd Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Ed wards of Burnsville Rt. 1, has been returned to the States and is now in a hos-; pital in Miami, Fla. He was 1 wounded in action in Fran ce on March 5 Pfc. Frances Hennessee, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hennessee of Burnsville, has been overseas since Nov. 1944. He is with the 66th Division BONDS f f can place their buyer on the market at Sproce Pine and buy large quantities of vegetables without having to travel great distances. This will result in a saving to both the producer and buyer, and will help bridge the wide gap which now ex ists between the prices paid to the growers and the pla ces paid by the consumers.” Meacham points out that this Tri-County Association is an Incorporated Mutual Cooperative. It will operate on a non-profit basis, and if at the end of the season it is found that money above operating cost has been accumulated, this sur plus will be divided equally to each patron who has sold produce on the market The division of the money will be based on the number ofj bushels of produce sold by | each individual grower. “Farmers in the three-! county area will own the i Cooperative Market and! will operate it,” Meacham declared. “Stock is being sold to producers at SIO.OO per share for financing the business. A grower may buy as many shares as he likes but he will have no more than one vote as a stock holder, nor will he have any ( more to do with the opera tion of the Association than the farmer with only one share of SIO.OO stock. "Every farmer in Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey coun ties who expects to sell any truck crops from his farm should buy one or more Aha res of stock in the Mar keting Cooperative. Your (Continued on page 4) JUNIOR RED CROSS Junior Red Cross mem bers are asked to collect as many wire coat hangers as possible, to he sent to ser vice men in hospitals. The I coat hangers be taken j to the schools and will be collected there MEN’S CLUB MEETING The regular meeting of the Men’s Club was held at the club house on Monday evening with 40 present. Reece Mclntosh, president, presided and “B. M. Tom berlin wa s guest speaker. In his address, My. Tom berlin discussed clubs and their place in the develop ment of a community. He traced the influence of or ganiz'd clubs since ancient times, and paid tribute to results which they have ac complished. Several important items] of business were discussed. The organization o f a baseball club and plans for the club house were under discussion. The Men’s Club will "co operate during the next two weeks in the United National Clothing Collec tion. The club house will be used as central collection point, and donations will be packed, there Much interest continues to be shown in the organi sation,, and all men who have not vet joined, are in vited to attend. Promoted Dover Army Air Field, , Dover. Del.—Promotion to , major of Captain Ray M. > Hilliard, formerly of Miea ' vilJe. N. C., a veteran of j 146 fighter pilot missions in the Australia and New !Guinea campaigns who now; is serving as operations of-j ) ficer at Dover Army Air Field, has been announced' by his commanding officer, Colonel Harold J. Rau. Major Hilliard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee M.i Hilliard of Micaville. His, wife, the former Marie Bailey, is residing with him in Dover. The Army Air Force flier held a private pilot’s license before he entered the ser vice in March 1941, having founded the Civilian Pilot Training program at Bre vard College, which he at tended until 1940. Turning to military flying, he was sent first to Americus Ga., with the first class to enter, cadet training there. He re- ; ceived his commission at Craig Field, Ala., five days < after Pearl Harbor. There barely was time for him to pack his luggage ; before he joined a P-40 ; fighter unit headed for the i West Coast and thence to i Australia to begin a 20- ] month tour of duty during j which he received the Dis-l; tinguished Flying Ci;oss 1 ( and the Air Medal, bhthj] with clusters, as well as two j Unit Citations. ( He was assigned to Dov- i er in November 1943 and has served in various capa- , cities in the airfield’s pre- . combat training program for P-47 Thunderbolt figh ter pilots. Clean-Up-Days-April 12-13 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. National Clothing Collection Mrs. V. J. Goodman has been named county chair man for the United Nation al Clothing Collection. The drive will extend through the month of April The schools of the county will cooperate as- the stud ents will be asked to bring donations to the school buildings. At several of the schools, awards will be I made to the grades making the largest and best collec tion. Collection Point The club house will be the collection center for Burnsville, and beginning Monday, April 16th some one will be at the club J Meet In England i Cpl John R. Allen, son of J Mrs. Cora Allen of Cane River, and Ralph Edwards, 3 son of Mr. and Mrs. Har • mon Edwards of Cane Riv- er, recently met in, England ■ and spent five days togeth er. They grew up together and both attended Bald Creek high school. They , have both been stationed iin England for several . months. ; j Weapons Men Motorize ; En Route With Sidecars, Fire Truck i With the 102nd Infantry 1 Division in England. , Going into Krefeld, blister ing soles and weary backs sapped the endurance of the ueapons platoon of E Company, 406tfT Infantry Regiment, but they im ! proved their lot on the hoof by motorizing during their I advance. When they arriv ed in town, they were cat ching their breath, riding in automobiles, motorcycle sidecars and a fire engine complete with siren capable of wailling the lament of their sore feet. 1 Unloaded from the mot ley caravan were the bur densome mortars, base plates,- machine guns, tri pods, ammunition boxes and bags, and similar weighty j equipment of a weapons ] platoon. h “When I spotted that fire truck, I just couldn’t! ( resist the temptation,” l chuckled Private Fir st I ■ Clas s John L. Hilliard of , Micaville, N C. Pfc. Walter E. Gibson of Nbw Albany, Ind. remark- , ed: “When your dogs are ■ hurtin’, the roughest roads ! in Germany make a motor- 1 cycle ride smooth as a j streamliner.” * Technical Sergeaot Rob- ' ert H. Clatterbuck, Wash ington, D. C., the platoon sergeant who led the mot orcade of “foot soldiers”, commented: “Some Joe is Let us give thanks that our homes are not torn down and our lands laid waste. And let us show that gratitude by giving t o Clothing Collection. NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN 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. house each afternoon from 3 to 6 to receive donations. The dubs of the town are cooperating in this. Kinds of Clothing All .types of good, servic able clohting are needed, with bedding and infants’ wear urgently requested. Coats, Sweaters, Skirts, Shoes, etc., in fact, any ar ticle of clothing that will be of use to men, women, or children may be - given. Clothing that is out of date may be given if it is still servicable. All clothing donated sho uld be clean but need not be ironed. It will be packed for shipment at the club LAST RITES FOR MRS. . MELISSA LAWS i Mrs. Melissa Laws, 76, , passed away at the home of - her son, Don Laws, of Day - Book on Monday following 1 a long illnes*. Funeral and burial ser r vices, conducted by Rev. 1 James Deyton were held at J the Bailey Hill cemetery 1 Tuesday afternoon. 1 Surviving are six sons, Don, Sid and Lester of Day Book, Bis of Burnsville, and Frank and Walter of Bur nsville Rt. 1; one sister, Mrs Joe Kennedy of Shelby; three brothers, James Dey ton of Erwin, D. C Deyton of Hickory and Willard Deyton of Texas; 22 grand children and 23 great grand children. Pvt. Wallace Edge is at home on leave. He will re port to Wright Field, Day ton, Ohio. Edward Anglin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Anglin, is taking boot training at Bainbridge, Md Bascombe Bennett i s also at Bain bridge. Sgt. Ben Witeon who has been at leave af ter 36 months in the south Pacific area, left this week for camp in Florida. James P Underwood who is now serving in Germany, has been promoted to the [rank of private first class. [ Edd Cassida, seaman sec ond class, is now at the [naval training center, Dav isville, R. I. Hej£Hte son of Mr. and Mrs. Dr C Cassida of Burnsville, Rt. 2. S. Sgt. and Mrs. Wilbur Franklin were week end puests of Sgt. Franklin’s sister, Mrs. F. R. Barber, and Rev. Barber Sgt. Fran klin recently returned from 27 months overseas and is now stationed at Orlando, Fla. already wanting to know if he can sen<L_one of these vehicles home.”