The ‘Mighty 7th” War *
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VOLUME NINE
•-Men In Service--
Killed in Action
Pfc. Guy Robinson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rob
inson of Green Mtn., was
reported to have died of
wounds he received in ac
tion in Germany on April
16. His parents were in
formed last week that he
had been seriously wounded
Killed In Action
Pfc. Hubert Johnson, son
of Mrs. Maggie B. Johnson
and the late Zeb Johnson of
Rt. 1, Burnsville was killed
in action in Germany on
April 15.
Dies In Action
Pfc.,Theron E. McDaniels
husband of Mrs. Margaret
Higgins McDaniel of Hig
gins, died on Luzon, Philip
pine Island, April 12.
Pfc. Itobert Young, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs Robert
Young is now a patient at
Moore general hospital and
has been on leave visiting
his parents at Spruce Pine
and Burnsville. Pfc. Young
was captured by the Ger
man army and remained a
prisoner for .57 days when
he escaped. He was then re
turned to the states
Bronze Star Award
Pfc Bill Higgins, grand
son of Mrs. Martha Jane
Phillips of Bee Log, has
been awarded the Bronze
Rattle Star for action in
the New Guinea campaign.
Pfc. Higgins revived
his basic training at Fort
Jackson, S 0. ar.d Camp,
Pickett, Va. He entered!
service in February, 1943,1
and lias been overseas four
teen months.
Graduates
Naval Air Station, Jack
sonville,—Robert W. Ram
say, son of Mrs. Elizabeth
11. Ramsey of Burnsville,
i ecently graduated from
the Aviation Ordnance sch
ool here.
Entering the Navy Sept.
7, 1942, he received his re
cruit training at Norfolk,
Va., later being transferred
to the Naval Air Technical
Training Center here Ram-’
sey now has a thorough
knowledge of the theory
and operation of all gjinsl
and bombs used in airplanes i
and will probably see ser
vice with a Naval Air Unit.
Pvt. Vernon Wheeler who
has been a patient at
Moore General hospital is
enroute to Miami, Fla. He
has been spending a twenty
one day furlough with his
wife and son of 37 Hiawas
see St., Asheville. They
have been visiting hi s
grandmother, Mrg. J. J.
Wheeler of Jacks Creek
Pvt. Wheeler has been a
patient at Moore general
hospital for six months. He
served nine months over
seas in Australia, the Ad
mirality Island and New
Guinea. Pvt. Wheeler says
he would like to say hello
to all the boys in service
and he wishes them the
best of luck. ilLk
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Wounded in Action
Pvt. Jesse Lee Wallace,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edd
Wallace of Toledo, was
wounded on April 4 in Ger
many, hi s parents have
1 been informed. He received
head wounds and was flown
: back to France. He has
been awarded the Purple
Heart.
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Four Sons in Service
1 Cpl. Willard G King who
, recently returned to the
States after 37 months in
the south Pacific area has
1 three brothers in service,
all of whom are now over
seas. They are sons of MrJ
and Mrs Fulton King of
, Swiss.
Pfc. Bobbie King* landed
in France on D Day with
American forces. Later he
was wounded in action
Seaman first class Glenn
King is also in France, and
Iwt. Tarter King is with
the sth army in Italy.
Advanced Training
Enid AAF, Enid, Okla.-
Recent arrivals here for
the twin-engine advanced
flying training course in
cluded Aviation Cadet Will
iam A. Banks, 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Kerl
Banks, Burnsville, N. C.
Cadet Banks, who came
here from Eagle Pass, Tex.,
where he received his basic
training, will receive his
silver pilot’s wings and be
appointed an officer in the
Army Air Forces upon com
pletion of his training at
thi 8 advanced unit of the
AAF Central Flying Train
ing Command.
Completes Course
' Foster General Hospital,'
Jackson, Miss. Women’s 1
Army Corps member Pvt.|
Mary 1. Randolph, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Ran- ;
dolph, of Rt. 1, Burnsville, ;
N. C., was graduated here
today after completing a 16 »
week medical and surgical
technician’s course. ':
She will be assigned to i
this Army hospital to as- <
sist the medical and nursing i
staffs in caring for the 1
sick and wounded soldier
patients. A k 1
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Register Here
The following boys be- '
came 18 during April and
I have registered with the
local board:
Dwight L. Silver, Glenn
Fox, Calvin Wm. Boone,
Cecil Russell Biddix, Ver
nie Ledford, Donald Lee
Ray, Harlon Honeycutt, i
James David Harris, Luth
er Higgins, William Joseph
Hughes, Ray Reece Silver,
Jack Eugene Webb.
Edward L. Metcalf, S 2c,
of USNR has completed |
boot training in Sampson, 1
New York and is now as
signed with Combat Air ;
Crewman in Shoemaker, !
Cal. Seaman Metcalf spent !
7 days leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Metcalf of Jersey City,
New Jersey
Pvt. Dennis King has
landed safely in France
Pvt. Everett King is now in
Italy
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY'’
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945
YV AR BOND DRIVE
The “Mighty 7th” War
Bond Drive will. officially
open on May 14th. Dover
R. Fouts and R. N. Silvers
are co-chairmen for Yan
cey county.
Quotas
The Over-all quota for
the county is $128,000 and
the E Bond quota is $95,000.
BANKS-YOUNG MOTOR
COMPANY NAMED
FORD DEALERS
The Banks-Moung MGtor
Company how has the Ford
Car Agency for Burnsville
and Yancey county, the
[Ford Motor Company has
announced
l Joshua Banks and Joe
j Young are owners of the
company, and have been in
| the automobile service and
repair business for a num
ber of years, operating as
the J & J Garage.
Postmaster Examination
The United States Civil
Service Commission has an
nounced an examination
to fill the position of fourth
class postmaster at Swiss,
N. C. The examination will
be held at Burnsville, N. C
Receipt of applications will
close on May 31, 1945.
Application blanks and
full information about the
requirements of the exami
nation may be secured from
the post office for which
this examination is an
nounced, or from the Unit
ed States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington 25, D.
C. Applications must be on
file with the Commission at
Washington, D. C., on the
date specified above.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. T. H. HIGGINS
Mis. T. 11. lliggins, 87,
passed away Sunday morn
ing at the home of her dau
ghter, Mrs, C O. Mclnturff
at Bald Creek.
Funeral services were
conducted at the Bald Creek
Methodist church Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock with
the Rev. W L. Edwards in
charge of the services. Bur
ial was in the family ceme
tery.
Mrs. Higgins is survived
by her daughter, Mrs. Mc
lnturff, another dauyhter,
Mrs. Sam Robinson of Bald
Creek, four grandchildren
and eight great-grandchild
ren.
James O. Safford has re
turned from a business
trip to Washington, D. C.
Mrs. V. L Mattson and
son are visiting relatives
in Washington, D. C
Registration for Canning Sugar
blanks for
canning sugar will be given
out at the High Schools on
Friday, May Slth for fami
lies who have children in
school. These blanks must
be filled out by the head of
the family and filed at the
ration board office
Those who do not have
children in school may call
at the ration board office
to receive the application
blanks.
Allotments Fixed
Due to a critical shortage
I TOWN ELECTION WILL
BE HELD TUESDAY
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The election to name a
mayor and two commis
sioners for a term of two
years will be held here
next Tuesday, May^h
Thosewho have filed for
office are H. G. Bailey or
mayor who is Unopposed;
Gaston Angel, J. 2H. Wilson,
J. B. King and Troy Mcln
tosh for commissioners
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HOMES HERE ARE SOLI)
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Angel
have sold their home on
Main St to Miss Thelma
, Anglin.
In another real estate
transfer this wjeek, Cecil
, Higgins purchased the Rol
and home on West Main
| 'Street.
PROGRAM FOR WAR
’ REN WILSON JUNIOR
COLLEGE
Swannanoa, May 1—
! Commencement e x ercises
■ begin at Warren Wilson
1 College in Swannanoa, Sun
-1 day, May 20,at 11=00 a. m.,
> when the Bacdalaureate
1 sermon Will be delivered to
college and high school sOn
= iors. The Prizes and Awards
program will be given on
l Wednesday, May 23, at 12
! noon in the Elizabeth B
■ Williams Memorial chapel.
1 Wednesday evening the
1 faculty will entertain the
■ graduates at a dinner in
■ Montreal Inh.-'f'rflfay, May
■ 25, High School Class Day
• exercises will be presented
1 in the chapel. At 3:00 that
afternoon the Warren Wil
son Aggies will meet the
Christ School team for a
baseball game on the Wil
son field. The senior play
1 “Quality Street” will be
presented in the chapel at
'8:00 that evening. Commen
cement exercises will be
’ held Saturday morning,
May 26, at 10:00.
Friends of the graduates
are invited to attend any of
the exercises during the
week.
Born to Mr and Mrs.
Park Griffeth of Relief a
dahghter, Kathryn Lynn,
on April 23 at Appalachian
hospital, Johnson City. Mrs.
Griffeth is the former Miss
Alma Briggs of Bsrnsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd King
are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Claude King and Mr. and
Mrs. Norman King in
Pennsylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Min
cer of Indianapolis and
H. T. Hill were guests of
Mr and Mrs.
son this week.
of stocks, home canning
sugar allotments have beem
fixed under a new OPAi
ruling at a maximum of 15
pounds per person and not;
more than 120 pounds per
family unit, according Jto
James M. Robinson, district
rationing officer of the
Office of Price Administra
tion, Charlotte
Last year each family
member was allotted a
maximum of 25 pounds of
sugar for canning purposes.
NOTICE
a*.
The Higgins Medical Cli
nic will be conducted two
afternoons weekly, for the
present, on Tuesdays and
Saturdays from 1 to 6 p. m.
With the Americal Infan
try Division on Cebu—Pfc.
Willis Fields, son of Mrs.
Nellie Fields of Burnsville,
i s nursing a black eye be
cause the aim of a Japa
, nest soldier was a little too
good.
Instead of lobbing his
egg into the Burnsville
soldier’s foxhole, the Nip
tossed a grenade directly at
Fields—and connected It
smacked into hig eye, boun
ced away, and rolled down
a slope, where it exploded
harmlessly. .
Fields has been overseas!
!.7 months with . *» veteran
Americal Division. He has!
served on Guadalcanal, the
Fiji Islands, Bougainville,
and the Philippinles.
l FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR U. WOOD
!
, Funeral sendees were
■held Tuesday, May Ist, at
J the Pensacola Methodist
[! church for Mr. K. E. Wood,
> 71, who died Monday at his
home after a long illness.
| Pall bearers were: Kelzie
J Silver, Frank Wilson, Mack
j Fire, Frank Allen, Ted Wil
\ son, Wayne Ray.
fj Honorary pall bearers:
j Cleophas Robinson, Floyde
I Wheeler, Jake Nanney,
- Bynum Ray, Welzie Riddle,
jTheo Wilson, Albert Allen,
; Burdette Silver, Josh Bird,!
t Mills Blankenship.
_ Flower bearers: Marylou
pHutdhins, Orlena Jamerson,
; Louise Penland, Kathleen
[ Hensley, Betty Jene Wilson
. Francis Wilson,
i Survivors include his
widow and nine children,
’ Mrs Jim Snead of West Va.
Mrs. Cam Wilson and Mrs.
! James C. Wheeler of Pensa
cola, Mrs. Joe Rice, Mrs
Drate Nanney, Quincy
Wood and Kenzie Wood all
of Swannanoa, Clarence j
Wood of Black Mtn., and
Mrs. Ray Wolf of Toledo,
Ohio.
HUAmerican heroes
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drawing by
* SGT. PAT DENMAN,
\ T M"TH£ LEATHBRNtXK'
V THEN • Jap 7J-mm gun threatened to halt landing
partiea at Bougainville, Marine Sgt. Robert A. Owen* placed four
men to cover fire from adjacent bunker* and then charged into the
mouth of the cannon. He*cqjUred the emplacement through the fire
port, drove the gun crew out and insured their destruction before he
, himself wa* wounded. War Bonds helped pay for the gun* with which
hi* men covered hi* heroic feat. Sergt. Owen* wa* awarded a Navy
CrOlf. U. S. Trttury Dfparim**^
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Pulpwood Receipts Are Behind
QUARTER ENDS
With 1945 military and
civilian requirements near
ly 1,000,000 cords more
than the 15,300,000 cord to
tal produced in 1944, first
quarter pulpwood mill re
ceipts are far short of the
WPB goal, according to the
three month statement just
released by the Forest Pro
ducts Bureau of the War
Production Board .
“Total receipts for the
first quarter of 1945 were
4,132,200 cords or approxi-j
mately 6 per cent below the l
like period a year ago,”
said the WPB report, indi-j
eating that substantial pro-|
duction increases would be
necessary in the next three!
quarters to offset the show
ing made in the first three
! months of this year.
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117tfi Infantrv Awarded
1). U- C.
Pvt. Lewis Webb is a
member of the First Battal
ion of the 117th Iqfantry
which was recently award-j
ed the Distinguished Unit
, Citation.
The Distinguished Unit
. Citation was awarded for (
the battalion’s heroic, stand
! against Germany’s finest
panzer divisions attempting
, to drive to the sea at Av
. ranches to split the Ameri
’ can First and Third armies.
“The brunt of the as
. sault,” the citation points
j out, “was borne by the Ist
Battalion, 117th Infantry
’ The powerful enemy force
followed closely behind in
j tense artillery and mortarj
i fire, and struck violently,'
causing many casualties
among Ist Battalion front
| line troops. In the face of}
( numerically superior num-i
bers, all available troops of,
the Ist Battalion, including
clerks, messengers, and
truck drivers were commit
ted to action to fill gaps in
the line.
“When the command post
was overrun, the command
group personally " fought
I their way out. Throughout
the entire battalion area,
riflemen fought and out
witt:d hostile troops in
The War is not Over Yet.
Buy Bonds, Save Waste
Fats.
NUMBER FORTY
The statement revealed
that domestic mill receipts
in March, 1945, totalling
3,374,700 cords, barely eq
ualled receipts in March,
1944.
WPB pointed out that
March domestic receipts
here were 42 per cent above
February, 1945, declaring
“The situation in this re
gion has improved but still
leaves much to be desired.”
“Every effort must be
made to exceed last year’s
j pulpwood production figur
j es,’’ the Forest Products
! Bureau stated, “if the heav
ily increased demand for
j military and essential civil
ian needs for pulp and pa
per products is to be met.
| Heavily increased produc
l tion of both peeled pines
.and hardwoods is needed in
I this region.”
fierce hand-to-hand fight
ing. Anti-tank gunners and
rocket launcher teams, in
the face of intense small
arms- fire, combined their
attacks to annihilate num
erous enemy tanks. In the
midst of incessant and
withering fire, personnel of
the Ist Battalion remained
ai their posts unhesitating
ly and performed magni
; fieently.
“Through the courageous
performance of the men in
the battalion the attack
‘ launched by the enemy’s
. finest troops was success
’ fully repulsed, and the
' brillant victory attained
, was climaxed by a general
withdrawal of the enemy
from the entire sector.
| “The outstanding cour
; age, unflinching devotion
j to duty, and marked perse
| verance demonstrated by
’members of the Ist Battai
• ion, reflected the highest
j traditions of the Armed
[Forces and are worthy of
high praise.”
Individual c e rtificates
and ribbons were given
members of the battalion
by Maj. Gen. L. S. Hobbs,
commanding general of the
30th Infantry Division.
'You have just received
the highest unit honor giv
en by, the U. S. Army,”
General Hobbs told the
men “It compares with the
individual award of a Dis
tinguished Service Cross.”
PLEASANT GROVE
From Pleasant Grove the
friends of Pfc. Guy Robin-,
son wish to extend to his
family Mr and Mrs. Earl
Robinson, and to his friends
their deepest sympathy
during their bereavement
in his death caused 1:/
i wounds received in action
jin Germany.
Pvt Worley Presnell of
the U. S. army'stationed at
Fort Bragg, N C. w*as vis
iting friends here last week
- Miss Enis Grindstaff of
Johnson City is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Grindstaff here
Several members of the”
Pleasant Grove church at
tended 'tloeß T. U. meeting
at Mt. Mitchell Thursday
night.
Miss Mary Louise Bailey
of Penland, N. C. wa s the
week end guest of Mi®
Margaret Riddle.