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The ‘Mighty 7th” War Loan Drive Opens May 15. Buy More Bonds. VOLUME NINE --Men In Service-- Killed In Action Capt. Left ridge W. Hon eycutt was killed in action in Italy on April 17, mem bers of his family have been notified. He was with the Fifth army and had been overseas approximat ely two years. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs Octavus Honeycutt of Mi caville. Capt. Honeycutt is sur vived by his wife who is! now in France with the army nurse corps; two bro thers; Cpl. Earl L Honey cutt of California and Way ne Honeycutt of Plumtree; three sisters, Mrs. Erskine! B. Bailey of Toledo, Cpl. Margaret Honeycutt with the WAC Detachment of Claims service in Paris, and Mrs. Maxine H Grimes of Toledo whose husband, Maj or Richard Grimes is with the 2nd armored division of the ninth army. Capt. Honeycutt’s father served in World War I with the rank of captain. Awarded Purple Heart Pfc. Stanley C. Bailey has been awarded the Pur ple Heart for wounds re ceived in action near the Rhine river He has sent the award to his father, C. M. Bailey. Pfc. Bailey is with an anti aircraft bat tery. Sgt. Hugh H. Pate, son of J. R Tate of Bald Creek,! has recently been awarded j the Presidential Citation! badge and also the Good Conduct Medal. Sgt. Pate is somewhere in Germany w ith the Air Corps. A bro ther. James Robert Pate, Jr., who volunteered for the Navy recently is nowi stationed at U. S. N. T.j S Great Lakes, 111. Pvt. Murray Styles. Jr., who recently returned to the States for hospitalize tion after participating in the winter campaigns thro ugh Belgium and Germany is at home now on 30 day : leave. He will report back to the station hospital at (’amp Butner, N. C. 1 Pvt. Everett L. Bailey . ha R been spending a 19 day j leave with his parents, Mr. < and Mrs J. W. Bailey of < Higgins. He left Wednes- < day to return to camp. Leroy Ray, F lc, of the . Navy who has been home { on a 14 day leave has now j returned to his base at j Portland, Maine. Ashton H Ramsey in taking boot training at the naval training center, Bain- ' j bridge, Md. j Pfc. Bill Fouts who has ] been stationed at Camp Le- i Jeune is now at the Marine : base, Quaiicico, Va AOM 2c, Robert Ramsey wag at home on leave after completing a special course at the naval air station, Jacksonville, Fla. He has reported to Norfolk, Va. | Sgt. Robertson' was home on week end leave from Camp LeJeune. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Killed In Action S. Sgt. Jas. E. Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Honeycutt of Sioux, was killed in action in Italy on April 19. -v Wounded In Action Cpl. Bill Young was slig- I htly wounded in Germany! on April 24. His wife resides* at Newdale. Wounded In Action Sgt. Alvoid L. Rector, son of Mrs. Bertha L. Rector of Hamrick, was slightly wounded in Germany on 1 April 25. Receives Awards S Sgt. Grady B. Gibbs is; spending a 30 day furlough with friends and relatives in Yancey county and De troit, lifter serving 14 months overseas. S. Sgt. Gibbs was awarded the Sil-j ver Star for gallantry in action on Aug. 6th of last; year, and the Croix de Guerre, a medal given by I the French government in March of this year. Awarded Badge Pvt. Paul H Price who has participated in recent campaigns in Germany, has been awarded the Combat j Infantry Badge. He is an assistant bazooka man with' an infantry division and is} the son of Mi? 3 Ola Price of Burnsville, Rt. 2. Pfc. Boyce Stamey, son of Mr. and Mrs. E N. Stamey of Burnsville, is with the Marines on Okin awa Island. Cpl. Earl Ogle is now ser-i ving with th * Ist Marine! Division on Okinawa Island Meet In England Cpl. John R. Allen, son of; Mrs. Cora Allen of Cane River, and Ralph Edwards,; GM 2c, son of Mr. and Mrs.j Hannon Edwards of Cane! River, recently met in Eng land and spent a five day' leave together. Cpl. Allen and GM Edw-j ards were school mates to gether at Bald Creek high' school, both entered service * in Oct 1942. Both have been < stationed in England, Allen since Dec. 1943 and Edwar-I' ds for the past 21 months, j' Pfc. Jack Laughrun who*, recently returned to the', states after reieiving wou-i] nds in action in .the fight- 1] ing in Germany, has been ; home on short leave. /“ J i Pfc. Amos W ha 8 been awarded the Pur ple Heart and has sent it ! to his wife. Ho is now in a hospital in England recov-j ering from a lung wound received oh Feb. 27 in Ger-! many. He is the son of Mr.l, ajid Mrs C. R. Preqnell off Bolens Creek. j Pfc. Charles F. Fox is} 1 stationed at Camp Gordon i Johnston, Fla. Thad Bradford is taking boot training at the naval training station, Bainbrid ge, Md. __ “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1945 TOWN OFFICIALS ARE RE-ELECTEI) H. G. Bailey (unopposed) was reelected Mayor of Burnsville in the Town election Tuesday. J. B. King and Troy Mc- Intosh were reelected com missioners, defeating Gas ton Angel and J. H. Wilson. The official vote was; Bailev, 280 King, 220 Mclntosh, 182 Angel, 135 Wilson, 100 With the 36th “Texas” Division, Seventh Army— Pvt. Edgar Ledford of 'Burnsville, recently joined j the veteran 143rd Inf. of J the 36th “Texas” Division ! fighting in Germany. His father, Walter Ledford, lives at Cane River, N. C Pfc James L. Silvers of Newdale and Hubert Mc- Mahan of the U. S. Navy I met somewhere in the Sou ! thwest Pacific. Pfc. Silvers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. jVernie*. Silvers of Newdale ! and husband of the former ’ Frances Harris of Burns , ville. Pfc. Silvers entered | service last May and has recently been shipped to the Pacific area. Ralph Hall, Y 2c has been at home on leave visiting ! his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'George Hall. He is station* 'ed at Norfolk, .¥».■- —— Pfc. Locke Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Phillips and husband of Violet H. Philips is station ed somewhere in India Pfc. Laskey Morrow of Higgins, veteran of the battle of Bougainville and Guadalcanal, is a patient in Moore General hospital. lie served with a field artillery unit of the Amer ica! division and wears the Good Conduct medal and a Presidential unit citation ribbon. He has been in ser vice since April 5, 1941, when he w f as inducted at Fort Jackson, S C. Cpl. John Blake who has been stationed in Montana for several months is -at home on leave visiting his mother, Mrs. Julia Blake. George Blake is now on dhty with the Pacific fleet. ■ Last Rites Held for lames Marsh Funeral services for Ja-j mes Marsh, 30, of Micaville, who was found dead at his home Sunday night, were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Micaville Presbyterian church Burial was in the Micaville ceme tery. The Rev. Ernest Wil son officiated at the ser vices. Mr. Marsh is survived by the widow, Mrs. Marsh; five children, Bob by, Shirley, Janice, Jimmy, and Charlene; two sisters, Mrs. Jack Patton of Burns ville and Mrs. Troy Boone of Micaville; one brother, John Marsh of the U. S- Navy; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Marsh of Mica ville; and his grand parents Mr and Mrs. George Camp bell. Active pall bearers were: NOTICE *v: John D. Withrow, High way Safety Division Licen se Examiner; will be at the Sheriff’s Office on Tues -1 days from 9 ft. nv; to 4 p. m. All applicants who have never held a N. C. License ’ will be given an examina : tion on Roa<l Signs, Laws, and a Driving test. Chauffers License for 1945-46 will be available af ter May 15. ; - Richard S; Kulme, : as- ! , sistant state sendee officer of the Veterans service ; division, will be in Burns-* ville on Wednesday, May ! 16. He will consult with vet-' erans and Widows of ser-: 1 vice men of World War I 1 and 11. LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. B. TJANNEY Mrs. Floy Loretta Jamer i son Nanney, 50, passed away at the home of her ' daughter, Mrs. Erwin ’ Schranz in Erwin on last ; Friday night following an ' extended illness. 1 A brief service was held 1 at the Brevard residence, following which the body wag brought to Swiss where ! funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Mt. Pleasant Baptist church. !. iLgjgjAu of Brevard and the Rev/W. iL. Edwards of Baraards [ ville officiated and burial was in the family cemetery there. Surviving are the hus band, the Rev. B. T. Nan ney of Brevard; two dau ghters, Mrs. Schranz of Brevard and Mrs. James S. Buckner of Tampa, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Maude Robertson of Swiss and Mrs. Arthur Hensley, Ashe ville; four brothers, Ash bery Jamerson of Ivy, the Rev. M. Jamerson of Phoe bus, Va,. the Rev. A. Z. Jam erson of Bolens Creek, and Sgt. Zenas Jamerson of the armed forces. Lloyd Bailey is at home from the hospital after having a tonsiletocmy and adenoid operation. He is j the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bailey of Jacks Creek. ‘'»~ T 11 J i ! Philip Hughes, Paul Hutch ins, Clarence Hughes, Frank Hutchins, Gene Hensley, Junior Silver, Floyd Wilson Ralph Hughes. Honorary pall C. E. Silver, W. B. Robin-1 son, H. D. Justice, Charles Dillenger, Leland Robinson, Ralph Young, Ollis Staton J Dewey Silver, Harry Boone, Edd Harris, Delzie Harris, W. B. Hutchins, Guy Young i Alex Hensley, T. S. Hughes,' J. M. Thomas, Edd Boone,,' R N. Silver, Ben Blalock,! Till Gouge, Milt Murphy, j L. W. Thomas, S. G. Hall, j , Clarence Robinson, Edd Branche, Clyde Young,; Troy Hilliard. B. G Hug hes, W. E. Clontz, Ross i Wvatt, Mills Hall, Herbert Hilliard, Fred Thomas, £en Thomas, Bill Shrhan, John Hughes. With Famous Division Cpl. Alfsed Ogle of Vixen is a member of the famous “mystery Division”, armor ed spearhead of much of Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s drive to the Rhine, it has been learned in a news re lease sent by Ogle to his wife who resides at Vixen. This “mystery division” hag been revealed as the 12th U S. Armored division 'and was borrowed from the 1 7th army to aid in Patton’s (thrust into Germany. It was also known as the "Hellcat Division” and it * halted only when the Ger mans had been pushed ac ; ross the Rhine and contact had been made with , 7th army forces I FUNERAL SERVICES JOE K. PATTON Funeral services for Joe K. Patton, 48, were held Wednesday morning at the Estatoe Presbyterian chur- Ich with the Rev. Ernest • Wilson officiating. Burial i was in the family cemetery. Mr. Patton passed away i suddenly Monday afternoon lat big home at Celo. He l was a native of Celo and / for many years was employ red by the North Carolina > and the Georgia State high l way department. He return . ed to Celo in 1941 and had . resided there since. - rison of Quitman, Ga.; five 1 brothers, Arthur. Willie, Julius and Herman of Celo, jand Walter of Marion I SGT. SILVERS “BAILS OUT ’ ON MISSION A Ninth Air Force Boro jber Base, France Staff !; Sergeant Ottie R. Silver, of | Windom, N. C , 22 year-old . radio-operator gunner with the 397th Bombardment i Group, knowr, as the “Bridge Busters”, recently had to bail out of the B-26 1 Marauder bomber in whieh he had flown a combat mis sion deep into Germany. He landed safely in Belgium, a few miles from the Ger man border south of Aachen. I The 397th’s mission that: day was a railroad bridge i beyond Coblenz, the de 'Strnction of which was es sential for the advance of jour infantry Such a mis- Ision was one the famous j “Bridge Busters” relished, for the 397th had earned 'its nickname by its super ior record of smashing tac tically important bridges (ahead of our ground for ! ces as they advanced suc cessively through France. ! Four seconds be f ore i “bombs away”, Sgt. Silver’s plane was hit by a burst of 1 j heavy 105 mm, flak which ’ knocked out the left engine ,and the hydraulic system. I Loss of the hydraulic sys tem meant that the plane’s (“flaps” could not be lower ed to reduce speed for landing, nor could the land ing gear be lowered. At the target, the bomb ardier, Sgt. Thompson, dropped the plane’s bombs. They hit in the target area (Continued on p»j« two) V-E Day Observed Quietly Here V-E Day, marking the ; end of the fighting in Europe, w r a s celebrated quietly here. Many citizens listened to the President’s official an nouncement and proclama- * tion at 9 o’clock Tuesday, though the news had al- ; ready been learned on Monday. Stores and business firms of the town closed at 10:30 according to an agreement made previously. Most of the people went to their homes and for several hours the town was almost de serted except for those who came to vote in the town election which was being held Tuesday. Special Church Service A special church service of prayer and song was held at 11 o’clock at the Baptist church with all de nominations joining in the YANCEY PRESENTS FAMOUS WAR FILM * For Movie goers who are , interested in seeing factual [ films of the great w r orld . struggle, the Yancey Thea i tre is presenting next week . one of the outstanding pic . tures of this kind. | The film, “The Ravaged Earth”, shows the early Chinese - Japanese strug : -gte; awtwag jtettrally fthneA iat the scene of action. It ( shows the meaning of un restricted warfare against all the people of a nation. The picture will be shown on Tuesday, May 15th at regular admission prices It is NOT recommended for children. | T 5 David R Cassida is now somewhere in Ger many. Pfc. Charlie A. Cas sida is also in Germany David R. i R with the first army and Charlie A. is with the Third army. Health Department^News The District Health Offi- Icer desires to call to the | attention of parents and guardians of children in ! our health district,-the state wide laws governing immunization against cer tain diseases. Since 1939 all children have been requir ed to be vaccinated against Diphtheria between the ages of 6 months and one year. Please take babies to your doctor and have this done, and make' certain that your Doctor gives you a certificate that it hag been given. You must present this certificate to the teacher before your child can enter school The recent legislature passed a law requiring that all babies be vaccinated against Whooping Cough during the first year of life. Please see your Doc tor and have this done and save your baby. Many child ren, particularly under one year of age, die of Whoop ing Cough each year in North Carolina. Get your certificate from your doc tor and keep it The War is not Over Yet. Buy Bonds, Save Wasts. Fats. NUMBER FORTY-ONE services. Rev. H. ivl. Alley, Rev. F. R. Barber and Rev. A. H Mutschler directed the program. Schools Observe The schools of the county observed the day with spec ial exercises held at each school. The students of Burnsville school marched to the town square where they sang patriotic songs and were addressed bv Mayor H. G. Bailey ana Dover R Fouts. Will Observe Day of Prayer Sunday In reading his proclama tion on Tuesday morning, President Truman named Sunday, May 13 as a spec ial day of prayer and re dedication. This will be ob served in all churches and citizens of the county are all urged to attend these special services in obser vance of the victory i n Europe. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR FRANK BURTON Frank K. Burton, 35, died in an Asheville hospital Fri day following an illness of three weeks. Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Sunday af ternoon at the Bald Creek Methodist church. The Rev. J. R. Bow r man officiated, land, burial was. in the Bur ton family cemetery. Surviving are the widow; sods" sons; one daughter; his father, M. A- Burton of Marion; two sisters, Mrs. D. M. Hensley of Bald Creek and Mrs. Roy Dun can of Burnsville; and two brothers, Charles Burton of Portsmouth, Va. and Goerge of Azalea. Mr. Burton was a native of Yancey county, but had resided at Azalea for the past four years and was employed by the Morgan Manufacturing Company. The recent legislature al so passed a law requiring all children to be vaccinat ed against Smallpox before they can enter school. See your doctor about this also. This w r eek the Health Department begins a series of Immunization clinics vis iting every section of each county. A number of ser vices will be rendered free of charge Please watch your store, post office and ' other public places for not -1 ices about them, giving the schedule m your district. We will give all the above vaccinations free to those who cannot pay their pri vate physician. This work is' done each day at the Spruce Pine office, and at Newland Saturday and Monday mornings; at Bak eraville Saturday mornings and at Burnsville Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings Please watch the regular schedules on the door of our offices, i Let’s save the lives and ■ health of. our children thru - vaccination against these preventable diseases. I *■*
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