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The County Quota in the 7th War Loan Drive is $95,000. Set your own quota and buy as many as; you can. VOLUME NINE --Men In Mrs. Earl Ogle has re ceived word that her hus band, Cpl. Earl Ogle has been wounded on Okinawa Island. He is with the first Marine Div. and holds the Purple Heart. Mrs. Ogle is the former Ophia. Mc- Dowell Pfc. Gay Edwards is! home on leave after return ing from 37 months service in the Pacific area. He en tered service in 1940 He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Edwards of Bald Creek. Pfc. Ned Evans has Writ ten friends that he was a ( prisoner of war in Germany for 24 hours, then escaped. Pfc Evans landed in Nor mandy, and was in the bat tle of France and Belgium. At the time of the battle of, the Belgium Bulge, he was captured. A number of the prisoners made their escape, however, after 24 hours be hind enemy lines. Capt. Harold Bailey who returned recently from ser vice with the army air forcej in the European theatre,! visited relatives and friends j here last week. Rothie Ogle of Prices Creek has been home on convalescent leave. Jack Anglin, S Ic, is home from the naval base at Patuxent River, Md on a 10 day leave. - Harold F. Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Edwards, is now taking training at Bainbridge, Md. He entered service May 9. i Alvin Keith Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Edw ards, is now taking train ing at Bainbridge, Md. He entered service on May 9. Pvt. George R. Banks is now stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga He is a gradu ate of Warren Wilson Col lege. He has two brothers in service, Paul 8. Banks serving in the 6th Marine division in the Pacific and Roger A. Banks in Ger many. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Banks. Sgt. Rush Beeler has re turned to camp at Tampa ! h'ht. after a leave at ho ne. He is with the weather div ision of the army. Pvt. Isaac Ray is at home on a 10 day furlough visit ing his family and other re latives. Norman Byrd and lye Tarrett, both on duty with the Pacific fleet, are hunt mi leave. Seaman Byrd is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Byrd and Seaman Jarrell is the son of Mrs. Deck Jarrett. Glen Mack Renfro, S 2c, is home on a 10 day fur lough from Camp Peary, Va. He and his wife are vis iting Mr. and Mrs Tom Renfro of Burnsville Rt. 1. Pfc. Nealy Edwards is home on leave from Fort Bcnning, Ga, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Edwards. ’THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Service-* Dies of Wounds Pfc. William B. Huff, son of Professor and Mrs. J. W. Huff of Mars Hill, died from wounds received in ac tion on Okinawa on April 30. He entered service in April 1943, and participat ed in campaigns on Guam, Leyte and Okinawa. He was awarded the Bronze Star for service in the Phil ippines last winter A mem ber of a field artillery unit, he landed with his division on the Keramh islands March 25 in support of the Okinawa invasion and had been on Okinawa since April 1. Pfc. Huff was a graduate of Mars Hill college and at tended N. C. State college Surviving are the parents; $ .brother, Pfc. John W. Huff of.the Marines; two sisters, Mary Alice Huff of the library staff of Appa lachian State Teachers col lege and Polly Huff of Asheville The Huff family, lived in Burnsville for a number of years and is widely known throughout the county. ATC Air Base, Casablan ca—Cpl Earl F. Deyton, is taking part in the air move ment of a war half way around the world. Corporal Deyton is sta tioned at Casablanca Air Base, the Hub of the North African Division through which flow the fighting for ces of Europe enroute to the United States and the Pacific. This has been term ed by General Marshall as the “greatest logistic move of the war”. His division, one of the largest in the Air Trans port Command, utilizes more transport aircraft than all United States air lines combined before the war in this largest air movement in history. His base is commanded by Col onel Alexis B. McMullen. ★ • • . **' • ■' - : ■ j ... * ALL OUT FOR THE £ • %k , -■ U ■**- *• „ H' ■■-*- • s ■ ~ • ll MMTrBWtk *gm ‘* • - «? The Biggest War of All!' “DEDICATED TO THE PROGR: NOTICE The Day for Examina tion for Drivers Liense has been changed from Tuesday to Thursday of each week. Returns From Overseas Staff Sgt. Ward A. Smith son of W. T Smith of Cane River, has been returned to ‘ the continental United Sta tes a s one of a group of 1 1300 enlisted men, the first group in Pacific Ocean ar eas to be selected under the I army’s readjustment pro ! gram. ! Sgt. Smith entered ser- 1 vice on Sept. 10. 1940 and! had been overseas for 57! months. He was with the' 25th Division, was station ed at Pearl Harbor at the time it was attacked, and has been stationed at Oahu, T. H and at Kwajalein. He has been awarded the Good Conduct medal, Arner-j ican Defense ribbon with; star and the Asiatic-Pacific 1 ribbon. Under the readjust-! ment point system, his score' was 114 points. He is a! graduate of Bald Creek| high school in 1937. Undergoes Operation Pvt Thomas Renfro, Jr., has undergone a serious operation in a hospital somewhere in France, ac cording to word received by his wife. Pvt. Renfro lias served 6 months in France, Belgium, Holland and Ger many. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs' Tom B. Renfro of Burnsville Rt. 1. Gilmer Wilson Bagwell, Y. 3c, has spent a 15 day leave with hi s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C G. Bagwell of Pensacola. He is stationed at the naval air base in Hutchinson, Kansas. He graduated from Candler high school and finished boot training in .Jackson ville, Fla He left Tuesday to return to Hutchinson. Mrs. James Gouge and children are visiting Mr and Mrs. B. H. Nichols. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945 LAST RITES FOR MRS. LAURA YOUNG Mrs. Laura Young, 81, passed away at her home here Sunday morning fol lowing an extended illness. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Higgins Mem orial Methodist church of which she was a member. The pastor, the Rev F. R. Barber, officiated, assisted by the Rev. H. Is. Alley. Active pall bearers for the services, all grandsons in-law, were Edwin Powell, Joe Young, Wesley Roberts, Bob Halt, Kenneth Hensley, Ebb Dellinger, Dawson Briggs, Ellis Moody. Surviving are a son, Drate Young of Bald Creek, a daughter, Mrs. Lonnie Banks of Burnsville; 21 grand children; | 9 great grand children; at wo half brothers, Joshua Byrd of Pensacola and Samuel Byrd of Jellico, Tenn. Mrs. Young was born in Iredell county and was the former Miss Laura Upright. She was married to Joshua Young and moved to Yan cey county where she has resided since. Mr. Young passed away a number of years ago. METHODIST CHURCH There will be a week of special services beginning June 17th. Reverend M. T. H ippyy i 1 wtoy ob-sht-Mat-h,- ; odist church in Spruce Pine, will speak each evening at eight o’clock. The people of the other churches have a special invitation to attenl also. Mr. Hipps was connect ed with the educational work of our church for sev eral years. He will preach at the evening service on June 17th. Seaman James Ray is home on leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hob art Ray. He suffered a broken ankle sometime ago and has been taking treat- 1 ment for it since. >F YANCEY COUNTY” With Famous Group 6th Army Group, Ger many.—Cpl. Lewis Butner, son of Mr and Mrs. L. B. Butner of Burnsville, is a member of Combat Com mand “A” about which the following release has been received: “The city of Wurzburg, in southwestern Germany, lay in ruins after receiving j terrible pastings from the ai r. The rubble-strewn streets and gutted buildings were deceivingly quiet. But hidden in doorways and be hind walls, the enemy was waiting with machine guns trained on advancing Am erican doughboys of an in fantry division. On the outskirts of the city. Combat Command “A” of the 12th Armored “Hell cat” Division stood poised, ready to act as trouble shooters in case the Krauts proved difficult to rout. A short time later, the quiet was shattered as the well entrenched Germans pour ed round after round of fire into the American in fantry Combat Command “A” moved in swiftly, its ad vanced tank elements led by Ist Lt. Thomas F. John son, 712 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn. The tanks moved from one infantry sector to I another, blasting out the stubborn enemy in one of the last actions in crushing Germany flip Seventh Army g 12th Armored Division, a com ponent of General Jacob L. Dovers’ 6th Army Group, had three battalions—one of tanks, one of infantry: and one of field artillery— in its hard-hitting Combat 1 Command “A”. The fight ing unit is supported by companies of medics, ord nance and combat engi neers. Cpl. Butner is listed as an engineer with thig group. Mrs Edd * Higgins and children of Hendersonville are visiting relatives here. Mrs. Jack Newsom Returns After Internment in Manila Mrs. Jack H. Newsom re turned to her home in Wic hita, Kansas on May 7 af ter spending 3 years in a Japanese internee camp at! Santo Tomas in Manila. She ! was liberated by U S. army' forces there on Feb. 3rd. ! Mrs. Newsom wrote the J following letter to. the Re cord, and it is being pub lished here because of the many inquiries which have been received concerning her: Hello again,. It’s been a long time and it seems - mighty good to be within talking and writing distan ee~of my family and friends. My mother has saved your lettei ; for me and it is' grand, of you and other friends • in Burnsville to FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR<*v HERSHEL SCOS T Mrs. Hershel Scott, 28. of Prices Creek, passed away in the Marion General hos-i pital on Saturday, June 9., Funeral services were held June 10 at Prices Creek [church and burial was in the cemetery there. The In termediate Girls Sunday' School class served as flow-! er girls. Surviving are the hus band; the father and moth er, Mr and Mrs. Tom Gort ney of Prices Creek; three brothers and two sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Ebb DelHii ger, Mr and Mrs. Plato Young, Mrs. Bob Young i and Mrs. Robert Horton all of Asheville attended fun eral services here for Mrs. Laura Young Patty Evans and Doris Penland visited the H. E, Blaylocks in West Asheville and attended the gradua tion of Louise Blaylock from Hall-Fleteher high school. • a • II »• l • i lairtIfIMNMWHnnMaMMnHHNMRBIISMMMBi The War is not Over Yet. Buy Bonds, Save Waste Fats. NUMB&%FORTY-SIX have been so interested. Everyone has been marve lous to me since my return. Seems as if all of Wichita | has wanted.to shake hands and welcome me home and say how they’ve worried lover me for three years I Even people I’ve never ' known. Guess I had many more friends With me in spirit than I knew anything about. And I’m sure that all their prayers helped. We were liberated the night of Feb. 3rd., the most important night in the lives -of any of us, and stayed on in Santo Tomas, being fed and pampered by our won derful army until different groups were sent out for home. 1 was in the largest and just about the last l Continued on page 3) FUNERAL SERVICES FOR C, P. PRICE Funeral sendees for C. Bunyon Price, 71, Marion merchant, who died at his home Sunday afternoon fol lowing an illness of one month, were held at Win dom Methodist church in Yancey county Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev H. E. Bolick and the Rev. W. E. Rusty officiated and burial was in The chur ch cemetery. Mr. Price wag a native of Yancey county and moved to Marion from Burtisville four years ago He had been a member of Windom Meth odist church a number of years. Surviving are two sons, Hugh and Will Price; one daughter, Mrs. Flora Fort iner; three brothers, Cleo phas, Talmadge and Turner Price, all of Windom; three sisters, Mrs. Addler Byrd of Burnsville, Mrs. Cora McCurry of Micaville, Mrs. Lona Honeycutt, and Mrs. Catherine Brinkley of Win dow. ; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson.
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