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 Seaman, Keith Adkins has been reported killed in action in the .Pacific area. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Goff Adkins of Erwin, formerly of Ramseytown. Killed In Action Pfc. Zack R. Wilson of the 3rd Marine Division wa s killed in action on Iwo Jima, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Wilson of Cane River have been notified. He was previously reported! a s wounded in action there. No date of his death was given. This is the second death in action that the family has had. Staff Sergeant Ralph J. Wilson was killed in action in France on Aug. 28, 1944. A brother, Herman Wilson, is now with a hos pital detachment in Eng land. Wounded In Action Word has been received' that Pfc. Eleck Jarrett has been wounded in the battle of Luzon, and has received the Purple Heart. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jarrett of Green Mtn., and; his wife and daughter live in Blacksburg, Va. Wounded In Action I Staff Sgt. John H. El-j liott, son of Mr- and Mrs. Oscar Elliott of Celo was seriously wounded in Ger many on April 7, his par <nls have been notified by the war department. Missing In Akion Pfc. Lawrence L. Curtis son of Mr. and mis. Freti Curtis has been reported] miss'-n; in action in Ger-! 11 ary Lice March 30. Prisoner of War Pfc. Crate Bailey, son of I Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bailey Os! J'igrin*, previously report-] ( 1 missing in action, is now; i mported prisoner of war of Gevman government. ——. 1 Pfc. Oscar T Gibbs, Jrj has written his wife that ho i i, somewhere in France. Ffc Kie R. Tomberlin has written that h is now back in Belgium. Glenn Hughes of Windom P, homo on a 15 day leave from the Navy. Pvt. Crawford Angel has reported to Fort Ord, Cal., after spending, a furlough ' ith his parents, Mr. and Mrs C. L. Angel of Swiss. Miss Nina Edwards and Boyce Edwards of Swiss visited Mrs. Glessie Brad ford of Bee Log Sunday. Pvt. William <Edd) Bai ley has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Charlie Edw ards of Swiss. He returned from overseas a few weekß ago and has been in the Army and Navy General hospital at Hot Springs, Ark. He is the son of Mrs. Hannah Bailey of Erwin, Tenn. Aviation Cadet Bill Banks is now stationed at the Enid army air field, Enid, Okla. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Leave For Induction The following men left Wednesday for induction into military service: Ashton Ramsey, Ray B. Boone, Thad Bradford, Raymond Weatherman, Ra-: leigh Bailed Alvin Burgin,j Gay Robinson, Claude Al-| len, Randell Miller, Olga; Burleson, Verlin Hughes; Clarence Styles, Roy Ray,' Yates King, Charlie McMa-l han, Ramon Cecil Autrey, l Walter Whlson, William B. Higgins, John Ledford, Blake Kelly Ray, Ray Ed wards, Talmadge Fox, Ed ward Buckner, Samuel Ball K Ralph Roy Tomberlin, Lewis Edward Fortner, Elzie Bolick, Char les B. Briggs, Wm. Jack Allen, Hurley Wilson, Lavv , rence C. Wilson, Rabe Ang ! lin, William R. Buckner, Rexter Hughes. Qualified for Service The following men passed pre-induction examinations recently and are now quali fied for service; Roy Hugh es, Joseph Carl Robinson, James W Buchanan, Rex ter Hughes, Ernest Ray 1 Robertson, Blake Styles, James Wiley Miller, John nie Wesley Deyton, Wallace Henry Gurley, Bruce Laws, i Arcemus Briggs, Iss Peter son, Reece K ing, Ray Rid dle, Robert Holloway, Jr., Donald Honeycutt, Jr., EVn krv Buchanan. Sam Ran dolph, David Pittman, Del ate A. Styles, James Clyde Wiicon, Paul Randolph. Word has been received jiTom Pfc Dave Hylemon 'who is somewhere in Bel igium. He ha? been in ser vice since 1942 and has | been overseas since Oct. 1944. Ho has served in Eng land. France and Belgium. His wife, the former June (King, is residing with her | mother, Mrs. Thelma King, ! in Cane River. Pvt. Bill jHylemon. brother of Pfe. i Have -Hylemon is at St. ! Petersburg, Fla. Wlil’am Jav King, S lc : |is now 7 serving in the south Pacific He is the son of• Mr md Mrs. Richard King, iHe hm been in sendee sin- 1 ce June, 1943. * l * Pv L Murry Styles, Jr., of Burnsville has returned to tin States after serving eight months overseas. He «t*i*ved three months in r *:dy ard five months * in v. Mr. and Mrs. K. 0. e and,Mr. and Mrs. Jay Style? visited him at ihe hosHtal in Camp But ner, N. C. the- past week | end i CH. David E. Rathbuni . hmno after serving 27 v>"th p in North Africa and , Ttalv. He is the son of Mr. , end Mi*s R:ggie Rathburn I of Vixen ' T nv rpvnt* (yf the army air corns, son of Mr. ’ M**s. C E. Silver of Micaville. is home on leave. IHe has been in t wi*h grew nf B-99 at Ra^'d , Citv, South Dak. and will return there, j “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1945 WAR BOND DRIVE The “Mighty 7th” War Bond Drive will. officially open on May 14th- Dover R. Fouts and R. N. Silvers arc co-chairmen for Yan cey county. Quotas The Over-all quota for the county is $128,000 and I the E Bond quota is $95,000. Pfc. Roy Deyton, son of Mrs Etta Deyton of Sioux, Yancey county, has been honorably discharged from the army, for reasons of physical disability, at the AAF regional and conval escent hospital, Miami dis trict, it has been learned. A medical‘technician at tached to the AAF, Pfc. Deyton served overseas 33 months. He served at bom ber and fighter bases in Australia, Hollandia, and New Guinea. He wears the Asiatic-Pacific service rib bon with two bronze' battle stars, American Theater service ribbon and the Am erican Defense ribbon. RESOLUTIONS OF REGRET The Earl Horton Post of the American Legion and the Auxiliary, meeting in regular session on April 24, passed resolutions of regret for the following deaths in action of men from Yancey county which have been re ported since the last meet ing: Staff Sergeant Ned W. Higgins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Higgins of Hig gins, over Germany on Sept. 9, 1944. T. 5 Linzie J. Buchanan, son of Mrs. Diana Buchan an of Newdale, in Germany April 4, 1945. Pfc. Zatk R. Wilson, son cf Mr and M-rs. Elzie Wil son of Cane River, on Iwo Jima. (This is the second casualty in this family. An other son, Staff Sergeant Ralph J. Wilson was killed in action in France on Aug. 28, 1944). Seaman, Keith Adkins, .mi of Mr. and Mrs. Goff Adkins of Erwin, formerly of Ramseytown, killed in action in the Pacific area. Last Rites for Dr Dr. Lorenzo Delano espie, 88. passed away at his home here Sunday mor ning, April 21 He had been remarkably well for his age and had been confined to his home only a few* weeks | before his death. Funeral s?rvices were held at the Higgins Memor ial Methodist church Mon day afternoon at 3 with the oastor the Rev. F. R. Bar ber officiating Burial was in th 3 Burnsville cemetery. Active pall bearers for he services were Byrd Gillespie, Bill Gillespie, Claud Honeycutt, Max Hon eycutt and Ken Hilliard. Honorary pall bearers were G. A. Anglin. Milliard Honeycutt, L E. Briggs, J. A. Goodin Z b Bennett, W. 0. Gfiffeth. Dr. W B. Rob ertson, Dr. W. L Bennett. TV. J. R Gibbs, Fred Prof fitt D. R. Fouts. J. P Lvon, W. M Hensley, Gaston An jgel, Sam J. Huskins, Blake Green Mtn. Infantryman | Wounded in Germany, Recovering in England The 168th Station Hospi tal, England—-Pfc. John W. Bailey, 21, of Green Mtn., N. C., who was hit in the right shoulder by a German mllet, is now recovering at this United States Army general hospital in England. Pfc. Bailey’s unit had captured a vital point in the forest and advanced 1000 yards beyond it. The Ger mans began to counter-at tack, and their increased fire pinned him down. Pfc Bailey waited until the fire slowed down, got up and Was just starting to advan ce again when he was hit. His own unit’s medics treat ed him and he was quickly evacuated to the rear. Before entering the army! in March, 1943, he was em ployed. on his father’s farm near Green Mtn. He is the son of Mr and Mrs. Mack Bailey of Green Mtn. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Char les of Erwin have received word from their son, Jack Charles, that he has landed on the west coast and will reach home within a few days. He has been on over seas duty with the Navy. Pfc R. Lee Baker who re cently returned from 36 months duty overseas in the south Pacific area has been home on leave. jje has now reported to Miami, Fla. Sgt. Wayne Foster has' returned to the redistribu tion center at Camp Butner after spending a2l day leave with relatives at Cane River and Erwin Sgt. Fos ter has been iri sendee for four years and has served 37 months overseas in the Pacific area in Australia, New Caledonia, the Solo-; mons and the Philippines.; His wife is the former Miss Pauline King of Cane River They have one daughter. S lc Kiffen Hennessee is on leave from the naval base at San Diego, Cal. where he has been station ed for several months- BUY WAR BONDS . L. D. JSillespie Wilson, G. B. Woody, R W. Wilson, T. T. Anglin, W. M., English. J. Y. Reid, C. L. Proffitt, Burgin Mclntosh, ' J. H. Ray, B. M. Tomber-i lin, B R. Penland, Dr. C. M. Whisnant, Chas. F. Byrd, Cecil Angel, C. P. Rogers, Tom Griffeth, Clate Wheel er, A. G Edge, S. H. Edge,- Roy Ray, L. M. Hilliard, H. G. Bailey, Dr C. M. Cheadle J. M. Lyon, John M. Robert son, J. R Banks, E. C. Banks, George Greene, Jes s? Autrey, W. Z. Robertson, .Jake Buckner, G. L Hen slev, Troy Ray, C. C. Hig gins, Troy Mclntosh. Reece Mclntosh, J. H Wilson, C. P. Randolph. Charles. Hut chins. F. h. Briggs. Yater Bennett. R. E. Neill J. B. King, R. A: Glenn, Bill At kins, Arney Fox. Dr. Gillespie, the son of William A. and Telitha Pal me** Gillesnie. was bom and rsared at Leicester, N. C, [ (Continued on page 4) NOTICE On page 3 of this issue we are publishing announ cement of the vaccination clinics of the District Heal th department. The depart ment considers it so im portant that ail citizens of the county know what ser vices are offered and when these clinics will be held in different sections of the county, that we are publish ing the complete schedule Sos these clinics. Please note the time and place and co operate by being on time. BAPTIST TRAINING UNION MEETING Yancey county’s Baptist Training Union members and leaders observed the Southwide meeting by as sembling at the Mt. Mit chell Baptist with Dr. Hoyt Blackwell of Mars Hill as! sneaker. His subject was] “Divine Worship” A meet ing was held simultaneously iri every Baptist association in the south. Approximately 80 attend ed the meeting, including eight pastors. The following churches were represented: ■ Mt. Mitchell, Pensacola, Windom, , Bolens Creek, Jacks Creek, Browns Creek West Burnsville, Burnsville First, Pleasant Grove, Zion, Byrds Chapel, Elk Shoal, Riverside and Cane River. j Returns from (Overseas Pvt. Jack L. Laughrun, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Laughrun of Burnsville Rt. 1. is now in the station hos pital, Thomasville, Ga. He was wonded seuveral weeks ago in France. A brother, i Pvt. Floyd Laughrun, is ov erseas in Germany Pvt. Florence Anglin of the Army Nurse Corps is home on a 7 day leave vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C Anglin. On re turning to camp she will re port to her hospital in At lanta, Ga. Pvt. Arnold L. Rathburn returned from 12 months overseas in the European theatre of operations on the U. S. hospital ship, Wis teria He is temporarily being treated at Stark gen eral hospital. Charleston, S. C. prior to being transfer red to another army hospi tal. , FUNERAL SERVICES , FOR DEWEY BANKS i. Funeral services were | conducted Sunday after- ( noon at the family eeme- ] L rv on Banks Greek for < Dewey Bank 5 ;. He was 39 i vears of age. and a son of ] Mrs. B. T. Banks and the ] ln<-e Mr Banks of Banks ( Creek. j The R v. A. H. Mutschler ] the Rev W. J. Baker , offi dated at the services. Rural was in the family ] cemetery. , Surviving are his moth- ; er; three brothers. W. A. , i Ranks of Philadelnhia, J. P. Banks and John M. Banks; three sisters, Mrs. Adler Tomberlin, Mrs. L- Hensley and Mrs. Nancy! AlHson. t " •• - * Clinic Will be Opened at Higgins ' Plans are now practi- complete for the op ening of a medical- clinic in the Markle Building at Higgins, and announcement has been made of the open ing session to be held on Thursday afternoon, May 3rd. The clinic will be operat ed under the direction of Dr. Locke Rotpnson and Dr. S. W. Vance of Mars Hill. Tentative plans at present are for the clinic to be open two afternoons a week, and for the establishment of a maternity ward as soon as details have been completed. Considerable hospital eq- Cancer Control Campaign Drive “Guard Those You Love— Give to Conquer Cancer.” Did you know that Can cer ranks second as a de stroyer of human life? Did -you know that Cancer tak es an annual toll of more than 165,000 men, women and children—lß every hour, Sundays and holidays included Cancer is three times as deadly as war when comparison is made of the number killed. There were 2298 deaths from cancer in North Caro lina in the year 1944. Can cer, if peimiitted to contin ue its vicious way, will kill 17,000,000 of those who are living today. On a percent age basis, one out of every ; eight persons who read this; article will die of cancer unless something is done about it. The people of the Nation are determined to try to stamp out this dread dis iease and Yancey County is j called upon to contribute to ! this cause. This Drive con ker n s every person in Yan cey county. The following committees for the county have been announced: i Burnsville township: Mrs. Lee Griffith, and Hershal FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. BERTHS LEE ROBINSON Mr;. Bertha Lee Robin son passed away at her home near Burnsville Mon- * day morning, April 23, 1945 ' after an extended illness. ; She was 17 years of age. ; She is survived by her bus- ( band, Bale Robinson; her ( mother, Mrs. Polly McFalls;|i two sisters, Lester McFalls b and Mrs. Annie King; eighty children, Dorothy, Jerlene, I Creed and Mrs. Frank Coop- i er of the horns, Kenneth Robinson of the army in, Germany, and Raymond : Robinson. U. S. army in * France, Dallas Robinson, 1 Mrs. Utah Styles, s»d Coy, ( of Burnsville; three daugh-V ter-in-law and two son-in- 1 laws also survive and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Cane church April o’clock. Burial was iiarthe church cemetery. I One of the best jobs that women can do in helping win the war is to save waste kitchen fats, now urgently! needed to help make up the 1 •awaptiiaiiiHfHVNMiaMnnMWMniunaiiwMßßi Let us give thanks that our homes are not tom down tnd our lands laifl waste. And let us show that gratitude by giving t o (lothing Collection. NUMBER THIRTY-NINE uipment used at the hospi tal which was previously operated at White Rock, N C., will be installed within a few days. Other equip ment will be purchased from funds, donated by peo ple of the county and sup-’ plemented by funds from the Board of National Mis sions of the Presbyterian church, New York. The inauguration of the clinic promises to fill one of the most acute needs at this time as it will make available necessary medical services to a large section of the county that is at a considerable distance from Burnsville. Holcombe Cane River township: Mrs. Jessie Mclntosh, Mrs. Herman Angel and Mrs. Max Proffitt. Egypt township: Mrs. Ruby Adams and Earl Hen sley. y Ramseytown township: Miss Lyda Adkins, Robert Holloway and D. W Adkins. Green Mtn., township: Wal ter Howell, Mrs. Monnie Johnson Jacks Creek township: Friel Young, Mrs. Lester Byrd and Mrs. Carl Mcln tosh. Brush Creek township: Miss Ora Deyton and Ralph Silvers. Crabtree township: Mrs. W. A. Fresnell, Hubert Jus tice and Mrs C. P. Gibson. South Toe township: Mrs. Arthur Robinson, Mrs. J. K. Patton and Mrs. Joe M. Robinson. Pensacola township: Mrs. Vivian Jamer&on and Mrs. P. B. Wilson. 1 Prices Creek township: Mrs Lela Sams, Mr. and Mrs. Sila s Hensley and Mrs. Kate Robinson. Mrs. Hattie Peterson and Dover R. Fouts, Co-Chair men, Cancer Campaign Drive for Yancey County, ASSISTANCE ARRANG ED FOR RETURNING VETS Agricultural ad v isory committees have been or ganized in each county in North Carolina to give as sistance to returning war veterans, who are interest ed in obtaining aid in agri cultural problems, says R. W. Shoffner, in charge of Extension farm manage ment at State College. “These committees are composed of progressive farmers representing all sections of each county,” he explains. “Their function is to advise with veterans who come to them for assistan ce in selecting farms, get ting started in farming, in choosing the best type of I farming suited to the local ity, and in becoming estab lished in farming as a vo cation. “The returning veteran should first contact the (Continued on back page) W. C- Gillespie hag been here for a week on account |of the illness and death of his father.