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The “Mighty 7th” War Loan Drive Opens May 15. Buy More Bonds. VOLUME NINE --Men In Service-- Meet in Pacific Area Staff Sgt. C. D. Gibbs and Pfc. Harold Gibbs, sons of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gibbs, recently met for the first time in almost four years, and spent 24 hours together , somewhere in the Philip pine Islands. They also saw a cousin, Pvt. Andrew Wes tall, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Westall of Hamrick, who was stationed 30 miles away. S. Sgt. Gibbs has been in service over three years and has been overseas for ap proximately 28 months, ser ving in a number of the major campaigns in the south Pacific. Pfc Harold Gibbs has been overseas since Jan. 1945 and is wtih an M. P. detachment in the Philippines. Charles Radford, F 2c wa& home on week end leave from his naval base in Virginia. Seaman Edward Anglin, son of Mr- and Mrs. Bruce Anglin, is home on leave after completing his boot training at Bainbridge, Md. He has been assigned to the Sea Bees. Pvt. Lawrence C. Wilson and Pvt. Edward Buckner are stationed at the Camp Rucker, Ala. training cen ter Pvt. R. C. Arrowood, son of Mr. and Mrs R. C. Ar-j lowood, is stationed at the training center, Camp Gor don, Ga. Fate Deyton. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M Deyton, is now a the Great Lakes, 111. nav.'’.l training gtation where he will take boot training. Staff Sgt. Hiram Wilson; and wife are here visiting' Sgt Wilson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Wilson of Bee) Log. Lt. Bill Proffitt of the ; army nurse corps is expect- : id home thi s week. She has 1 be n on overseas duty. ■■■■ Pfc. Albert Wilson ofL Fort Knox ha- been visit- 1 , ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Wilson of Beei, Pog. Pvt. William Jack Allen 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. | Allen of Burnsville has be gun training at Campj Rucker, Ala His address: ! Pvt. Wm. Jack Allen, Co. 1 : “E” 2nd Bn. 90 Inf. Reg, I. R. T. C. Camp Rucker, Ala I Pvt. Clyde U. Riddle has landed safely in North Af-Jl riea, according to a letter j received by his parents. Two < brothers are in service, Pfc. ; Fred H. Riddle who is sta tioned in Mississippi, and Carlo Riddle of the Navy, now at Camp Peary, Va. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs C. C. Riddle of Cane River. I I C. V. Belgarde who has been in the naval hospital ( at Bainbridge following an appendectomy, is home on leave. He will report back to the hospital. i THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Liberated from Prisoner of War Camp Pfc, Paul Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bailey of Higgins, has been libera ted from a prisoner of war camp in Germany and is being returned to the states Cpl. John S. Ledford, U S. M. C. is now in the Navy hospital, Charleston, S. C., after 32 months combat ser vice in the south Pacific. Cpl. Ledford suffered a gunshot wound in the back in the Invasion of Palawan Island, Oct. 1944. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Curtis Ledford of Cane River. Mrs. Ledford, Mrs. Bertha Banks, Madge Led ford, Thelma Allen, Mack Ledford and Donald Banks visited Cpl Ledford in Charleston this past week end. S 2c Bruce Smith, Navy, son of Merritt Smith, Celo, N. C. was among recent guests at the United Na tions Sendee Center on Un ion Station Plaza, Washing ton, D. C. The center is pri marily designed for trans ient personnel of the United Nations armed forces—of ficer and enlisted, men and women, and their immed iate families. Due to its convenient lo cation, the United Nations center make s a thoroughly satisfactory “first stop” for those service people who are in the Nation’s Capitol for either just a few hours, or several days leave. S 2c Smith, commenting on the Center, said, “It’s a very nice place and you are treated swell ” DISCHARGED VETER ANS URGED TO KEEP LIFE INSURANCE Atlanta, Ga. Military) personnel about to be separ ated from the armed forces) are urged to keep their government Life Insurance 1 in force when they return, to civilian life. Lt. A. W. Smith, Jr., life! insurance officer, Head-: quarters, Fourth Service; Command, said: “Each discharg is advis ed to retain as much gov-) eminent life insurance as) can be afforded. Govern- 1 ment life insurance carried after discharge continues to be insurance administer ed by the Veterans Admin istration and guaranteed by the United States Gov ernment. Disabled dischar ged servicemen may apply, for waiver of premiums and have life insurance cover age without cost. The gov-' ernment affords life insur-) anee for those individuals! who, upon return to civil life, may find themselves uninsurable under commer cial life insurance require-) ments.” Lt Smith called attention to the fact that as long as a man is in the service, he has his insurance officer or i personnel affairs officer to. conmlt for advice concern ing insurance. After disch arge, the Veterans’ Admin-) I (Continued on png* four) “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945 THE HIGGINS MEDICAL CLINIC Will be held Three days Tuesdays, 1 to 6 p. m. Thursdays, 1 to 6 p. m. Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. HOME IS SOLD Mrs. Ethel Williams has sold her home near Burns ville school to Taft Allen of Madison county. Mr. Allen and family plan to move here soon. * FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RILEY WILSON Riley Wilson, 75, died at his home at Bee Log Thurs day afternoon following an extended illness. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Bald Mtn. church. Surviving are the wife; i three daughters, Mrs. An nie McCurry, Mrs. Moe Brackens, and Mrs. Bessie Foster; five sons, Austin, Isaac, Floyd , Charlie and 1 Sammy. _______.. ___________ BEE LOG HONOR STUDENTS Leah Hensley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Hensley, has been named Valedictorian of the Senior class of Bee Log high scho ol. She averaged 95.5 for the entire four years. Ruby Ramsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Ramsey is Salutatoriairr with an average of 91.4. PLAY WED. 23rd The date for giving the play at Bee Log high school has again been postponed because of the continued illness of a member of the cast. It is now planned to present it on Wednesday, May Z3rd I Promoted James King, son of Mr. j and Mrs . Riley King of Burnsville, has been promo ! ted to Coxswain. He is on 'duty with the Pacific fleet- ! RED CROSS NEWS j H G. Bailey, executive (secretary of the Yancey i county chapter of the Red [Cross, has received a tSle gram relative to news con- Icerning liberated prisoners of war. The telegram stated that the responsibilities of the army in caring for lib erated prisoners of war and| arranging transportation to; i the United States, and at the same time carrying on ! othfir military duties, pre- 1 vent the War Department notifying all families prom-1 ptly of the liberation of' prisoners. The War Depart-! ment therefore agrees that | the Red Cross notify fami-|( lies of men in Europe who [ request this service anl pro-, cess inquiries under certain ! conditions. The message further ted that liberated prisoners,' unable to send cable to their families, may request field directors to send notifica tion of liberation. National Red Cross also will receive ! lists through commercial | cable facilities and telegra-l NAVAL HfSPITAL WILL OBSERVE f ANNIVER SARY I The U. 9$ Naval Conval escent Hospital, Asheville, N. C. will observe the sec ond anniversary of its com missioning ay holding “open house” on Thursday, May 24 between , the hours of 1:30 and 4:30 p. m. Citizens of Burnsville, N. C. are cordially invited to visit the hospital at that' time. Hospital corpsmen ! will escort parties on a tour of the grounds and those sections of the hospital building open for inspection The navsl hospital at Asheville occupies the build ing formerly known as Ken ilworth Inn which was con structed in 1918 at the cost of $1,240,000. Since occupy ing the activity, extensive repairs Mo the building as well as beautification of 1 grounds have been made. Through the efforts of Captain Angwin, Kenilwor th has been declared a Wild Bird Sanctuary and facili ties provided for the feed ing of “feathered friends.” From May 24, 1943 to May 1, 1945, convalescent care and treatment has been afforded to 5166 pkr tients including Naval, Ma rine and Coast Guard per sonnel as well as men from Allied countries. Most of these men have returned to th6ir battle station to carry J THTtfflrngfrr xgitrm*'*me enemy. Few have been dis charged to civilian life. An increasing number of pa tients treated at Kenilwor th are natives of North Carolina. MEN’S CLUB MEETING The Men’s Club held a supper meeting at the Nu- Wray Hotel on Monday ev ening with 35 members present. Dover R- Fouts was spea ker and gave a discussion of “Need for Military Tra-j ining.” Reports of com-' mittees were also heard. I ph chapters. Delivery of; any reports is not guaran-; teed as men may be on their: way home as liberated pris-( oners have priority for re turn to the United States. j Families of the men thou ght or known to have been liberated should not request chapters to make inquiries about these men since this makes it much more diffi cult to carry out all types of service desired for these men, and for their "speedy return to the states. The War Department and the Red Cross appre ciate the anxiety of families concerning news of liberat-j ed prisoners, Mr. Bailey; said in commenting on the telegram, but frequent re quests delay the work Families will b? notified! promptly when any news is received, he added. Viola Hensley is home from Rutherfordton for 21 days. She is in the Cadet Nurse Corns and is the daughter of Horace G. Hen ! sley of Bee Log. RAILWAY POSTAL CLERK RETIRES C. Lester Byrd, grade 5, recently retired from the railway mail service after 33 years and 6 months of service. He has been with the Salisbury and Knoxville railway recently Officials and associates in the service have extend ed their best wishes and expressed their apprecia tion to him. During his many years of service he performed in different sec tions and in several states, ag mail clerk and in other important duties. For 23 years Mr. Byrd j served between Salisbury and Knoxville and for 9 years between Washington,) D. C. and Hamlet, N. C., on the Seaboard Airline Rail -1 way. During this period, Mr. ; Byrd has made approximat ely 3,725,000 miles and was , never in a wreck nor injur ed while on duty. In the future Mr Byrd plans to reside at his home in the Jacks Creek com ; munity. I ■ - Increased Need For Nurses Seen : h Victory in Europe has in-' ) creased, rather than de-’ • creased the Army’s need ; for nurses and will not-as-j ' feet the urgent require-! 1 ments for recruits to the JLL S. Cadet Nurse Corps, C the Office or War Informa ■jtion announced According 1 to the Surgeon General, U. • S. Army, the Army Nurse Corps today is 9,000 nurses 1 short of its June 1 goal of 1 60,000 nurses. Before July il, 1946, there must be an increase in nursing streng th in this country of nearly 1 14,000 nurses in the mili • tary and government servi ' ees, and more than 35,000 5 , for civilian needs, or a total tof nearly 50,000 additional • nurses, according to the 'Public Health Srvice. It is {expected, however, that • (Continued on page 4) ! CELO COMMUNITY j . I A farewell party was giv- J-en Saturday night for Jos [ eph T. and Eleanor W. Lip tpincott who are leaving |this week for New Jersey.! 'Supper was served and ga-, lines were enjoyed by those (who attended. Mr. Lippin cott will be superintendent of buildings and grounds of the Moorestown Friends j 1 School and during the com ing winter plans to do in terne teaching and study at the University of Pennsyl vania Wednesday members of Celo Community and fri ends gave a house warming for Mrs. Mary K. Andrews 1 i whose hotne has just beenj (completed at Celo Commun ity. Celo Community has ?el-j ected a hoard of five mem-| jbers to assume managerial responsibilities. Ben B. Brest is chairman, and Louise Tones?, Frank Dun can, Mary K. Andrews and Paul Geouge are members. Dr. A. E. Morgan of Yel ! low Springs, Ohio was a re cent visitor at Celo Com munity. „ • “MIGHTY 7TH” WAR LOAN The 7th War Loan Drive is now under way and the committees for Yancey county have been appointed, their names appearing in this article, together with the quota for each town ship. Superintendent of schools, Frank W. Howell, will be in charge of con tacting all teachers and students, as School chair man. ! Only a part of the war is over and the people of Yan cey county should show their appreciation for what men have already done, and their desire to finish the : conflict. Burnsville Township Mis. Irene Pollard, Chm., Mrs. Anna Lucy Swann, | Miss Thelma Anglin, Miss’ Louise Silver, Edd Roberts, J. H. Ray. Cane River Township Mrs Hattie P§terson, Chm.. Wilson Edwards, Bill Buckner, Earl W. Wilson. Bald Creek-' Kathrine Proffitt, Chm., Earl C. Wil son, Drate Young, Roy Pate Swiss: Miss Wanda Rob-, inson, Chm., Miss Annasta-' ! sia Tomberlin, Mrs. Auburn ) Sheppard, Charlie Hill. Egypt Township Higgins: Max Higgins,! | Chm., Paul Higgins, James ! Wheeler. I Bee Log: Miss Atlas Me-j Lntosh, Chm ,:Edn& Wheeled ) Mrs. Ruby Adams, Mrs. ■ Ruby Deyton, Mrs. Walter ; Starkey, W. M. Pate, Hope 1 Wilson, Austin Wilson, Mrs. ! Edith Arrowood. Ramseytown Township Ramsey town: Mrs. Daisy Williams, Chm., Mis s Grace TOWNSHIP QUOTAS BURNSVILLE $32,000 1 CRABTREE 13,000 CANE RIVER 8,000 PRICES CREEK 3,750 GREEN MOUNTAIN 6,500 JACKS CREEK 6,875 BRUSH CREEK 3,750 SOUTH TOE 6,500 PENSACOLA 3,750 EGYPT ; 6,375 RAMSEYTOWN 4,500 TOTAL $95,000 Waste Fats are Urgently Needed Waste Fat is used for ex plosive?, for military and civilian medicines,* for in dustrial purposes and for , many other miscellaneous ‘uses. The need i s extremely ; urgent, and all housewives are urged to save fats and turn them in regularly More than 325 million pounds of used fat have been turned in by American housewives during the three ( [years since the first pilot fat salvage operation was 'started shortly after Pearl [ Harbor. ’ Ussd fat collections aver aged about 4 million pounds a month during 1942, jump-! ed to about 7 million pounds a month during 1943, and OPA’s announce-, ment of “points for fats,” December 13, 1943 boosted the average to 14 million pounds a month in 1944. In addition to household sal vage, the armed forces sal '• ••••*.»' '•> ••‘•oaMMMNnwMnWNtot■oattMnajfHMMß Vne War is not Over Yet. Buy Bonds, Save Waste Fats. NUMBER FORTY-TWO Hunter. Sioux: Mrs. R. E. Hollo way, Chm., Rex Miller, Shurl Whitson, Mrs T. H. Lewis, Dean B. Higgins. Green Mtn. Township: Green Mtn.: Mrs. C. E. Bailey, Chm., G. D. Turby fill, Walter Howell, Gus Bailey. Toledo: Mrs. Monnie Johnson, Chmj, Worley Ay |ers, Ivan Renfro. Jacks Creek Township Friel Young, Chm., A. P. Honeycutt, Irene Hill, Wil mer Garland, Mrs. Rosiq* McCurry. Brush Creek Township Mrs Lowe Thomas, Chm., Jobe Thomas, R. C. Deyton, Mrs. Bill Street. Crabtree Township Micaville: Mrs. Ruth Hu ghes, Chm., Mrs. Ruby Boone, Mrs. H. D. Justice, W. B. Robinson, Ralph Young. Windom: James Hutch ins, Chm., Ten-el Young, Charlie Hyatt. Newdale: Mrs. Walter Wilson, Chm., R. C. Parsley, Mark Hall, Arvel McKinney South Toe Township Celo: Joe Letterman, Chm., Edd Gibbs, W. S. j Bryant, R S. Ballew. j Hamrick: Arthur Robin son, W. C. Robinson, D. F. Hervey, Mack Huskins, A. R. Westall. Pensacola Township $ Pensacola: T. J. Wilson, Chm., R. C. Benedict, Floyd Wheeler. Vixen: Horace Ray, Chm., John Ogle, S. M. Riddle. Prices Creek Township Robert Maney. Chm., S. R. Hensley, Mrs. Miller Ledford. vaged about 120 million pounds of fats and grea ?e during th? three-year per , iod. Goal Set Goal for 1945 has been set at 250 million pounds for household salvage, and an additional 72 million pounds is expected from salvage operations of the armed forces in Continental Amer ica. The total of 322 million pounds in 1945 would al most equal the combin d salvage for the first three years “Military demands have recently been greatly in creased,” says Marvin Jon es, War Food Administra tor. “It will be necessary in , 1945 to salvage at lea-» 100 million pounds mors used fat than were recovered in 1944. To accomplish this, I ask every individual for the fullest co-operation in this important task.
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