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itiititvitaiifiifliiaiitiituaMaitaiiaiifluaiiairantntiitnaiiaiMiMa The County Quota in the 7th War Loan Drive is $95,000. Set your own quota and buy as many as you can. ja:i.,a » .•.tiiiiiiiHt. ■Aiis.iin*uan•uiiiaiiaita.ift VOLUME NINE --Men In Service-- Returns from Overseas Cpl. Clarence Simmons is home on a 60 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Simmons of Hamrick. He was a prisoner in Ger many for 27 months and was liberated by the 3rd Army on April 28. He will report to Miami, Fla. Two brothers are also in service. Capt. Earl Simmons now with the 3rd Army and Ted Simmons who is in the Navy. Cpl. Arvelyn Angel who was a prisoner of war in Germany for 9 months is visiting relatives and fri ends here. He was liberated by the Russian army, and returned to the states. ■■■ '■■■■■ With Famed Division Pfc. Clyde A. Styles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Styles of Windom. is a mem ber of the famed “Golden Acorn” division in the Eu ropean theatre. He has re ceived the battle star for the battle of central Europe He was inducted in Oct.l 1944. Mrs. Carrie Deyton lias received a telegram from her son, Pvt. Cecil Deyton, who has been overseas in the India-Burma Theatre, that he has landed in the States and will be home soon. Pvt. Ruby H. King of; Swiss has completed her* training at the WAC train ing center, Fort Oglethorpe- Ga. and is now doing hospi tal work in Modesta, Calif. James C. Robinson, S lc, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robinson of Green Mtn. Rt. 1. entered sendee in Nov. 1943. He took his boot train ing at Great Lakes and oth-j e*r training at Treasure Is land, Cal. and Tacoma, Wash. He has been on sea duty since Aug. 1944 and re cently was home on leave. He has returned to duty with the Pacific fleet. Seattle, Wash.—Charles R. Hamrick, 19, han been promoted to Aviation Mach inist Mate 3c, in the USNR at the Naval Air Station, Seattle, Wash, where he is on duty in the Assembly | and Repair department.. Pvt. Roy W. King, is at home on a 30 day furlough from the station hospital in Palm Springs, Cal. He is visiting hi 8 parents at Swiss Jack H. Hensley, has . spent a 15 day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Hensley and Mrs. C. O. Riddle of Roan oke, Va., and Mrs. G. A. Horton and family of Clev eland. Tenn. James Robert Pate, Jr., S. 2c, has returned to camp after a ten day leave with his family at Bald Creek. He finished hig boot train ing at Great Lakes, 111., and has been transferred to the Sea Bees. He is now in camp at Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island. •L. Aft THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Wounded in Action Pfc. Leslie Peterson was seriously wolnded on Okina wa, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Biss Peterson have been notified by the war department. They have also received a letter from Pfc. Peterson stating that he iwas wounded in the arm and back but was getting along fine. T 4 Jess R. Styles is a member of a Tank Batta lion which has been award ed the Distinguished Unit Citation for “outstanding performance of duty in ac tion”. He is now in Czecho slovakia.^, Promoted Edward M. McFalls who is with the 75th Infantry Division in Germany has been promoted from Priv ate to Sergeant and is assis tant Squadron commander. He is the son of Mrs. Ber tha Angel McFalls and has, been overseas for approxi-' J mately 6 months. Promoted With the 25th infantry iTrdpic Lightning! Divis ion on Luzon.—Technician Fifth Grade Jack A. Mcln tosh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mclntosh of Paint Gap, N. C., a machine gun ner on perimeter defense of . the 64th Field Artillery Battalion of the 25th (Tro pic Lightning- Division in action against the Japanese on Luzon Island in the Philippines, has been pro moted to the rank of Cpl. Cpl. Mclntosh entered the service February 20, 1942 at Fort Jackson, S. C., and took his basic training Bragg, N. C. He 1 [came overseas May 8. 1942 [and is a veteran of the Guadalcanal and Vella La volla campaigns in the Sol omon Islands. He is entitled to wear the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with three stars, the Philippines Liberation rib bon with one star and the Good Conduct Medal. Cpl. Mclntosh attended Bald Creek high school. Aboard an Aircraft Car rier in the Pacific.—Forest ' Parker, seaman lc, L Si,. R, ! whose mother, Mrs. Bonnie ! Randolph, lives in Bee Log, N. C., was aboard this Es sex class aircraft carrier when her planes batteredi Okinawa prior to the Mar ine and Army landings. With other units of the Pacific Fleet, this ship sent out her planes in a long series of sweeps and strikes that blasted enemy aircraft shore installations and shipping from the Ryuku Islands to the Japanese homeland. Veteran Pacific fighters aboard the ship consider! the recent action among the severest of the wal* in the Pacific. Sometimes day and' night were broken by only short pauses for food and rest. Planes were fueled,' armed, launched, then land ed and at once prepared to fight again. . .--M ‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1945 DECORATION There will be a decora tion at the Mclntosh ceme tery, Burnsville, Sunday af ternoon, at 3 o’clock, June 24th. Recruitment for U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps Continues “The United States Cadet Nurse Corps must intensify its recruitment of student nurses for summer ar.d fall classes to meet civilian health needs.” Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the Public Health Serv ice, Federal Security Agen cy, said. Dr. Parran issued this statement in answer to ' inquiries about the effect on cadet nurse recruitment of the Army’s announce ment that it has enough nurses for the present to as sure adequate care of sick and wounded soldiers. “To maintain the flow of senior cadets into Army service, it is imperative to keep re cruitment at high levels,” Dr. Parran explained. “Eq ually important, however, is the contribution cadet ’I nurses have made in pre venting the collapse of civ ilian nursing. We must con tinue to prepare nurses for needs in fields of nursing where the demand is ex panding, especially the care of veterans”. Dr. Parran characterized as completely unfounded rumors that re cruitment for the Cadet, ; Nurse Corps would be dis-i continued and called for] r support for the sumxnec.| ' and fall recruitment drive 1 now under way. i . ______ Cecil Mclntosh, Seaman lc is home on leave for 30 days from Portland, Ore. He is visiting his mother, Mrs. Nancy Mclntosh of Bee Log. He was accom panied from Dayton. Ohio *by his three sisters, Misses Joyce, Hazel and Jessie Mc- Intosh who are employed there. Also their sister, Mrs. Ed Bouldware is visiting from Chester, S. C. Seaman Mclntosh has been in six major battles in cluding Marshall Islands, Siapan. Guam, Leyte, Lu zon and Okinawa. Seaman Harold Harris is home on a 10 day leave from Norfolk. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Harris. ' | Seaman Bascombe Ben- ' nett who has completed boot training at Bainbridge iis home on leave visiting > his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bennett of Bolens Creek. Farmers Federation Picnic The Farmers Federation [ i picnic for Yancey county i is scheduled for Wednesday (July 4, at Burnsville High School, James G. K. Mc- Clure, Federation presid | ent. announced. It begins at 10 a. nr., lasts through the l afternoon, and everybody ! is invited. A new feature of the pic nics this wi]Z be the awarding of a prize to the biggest family reunion at the picnic. The reimion group will be assembled on - ----- - - -A MRS. CHARLES B. CAR-. TER PASSES AMfAY Mrs. Charles B. Carter, 27, died at the horiie of her mother, in Waynesville last Thursday morning follow ing a lengthy illness. She was the former Miss Mary Willie Rotha and lived here for some time tfith her parents, Mrs. Harry Rotha and the late Mr. Jlotha. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Waynesville Presbyter ian church and burial was in the Green Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Carter was a grad uate of the Woirian’s Col lege of the University of N. C. and married ftfr. Carter in 1941. He returned to the states in March after 20 months overseas »and was discharged from service. In addition to rher hus band and mother, She is sur vived by two brothers, Geo rge Rotha of Charlotte, and Pvt. Harry Rothh, of Fort 1 Jackson, S. C.; four sisters,! Mrs. Martin Berry o f Poughkeepsie, N., Y., and Miss Louise, ChaHene and Tillie Rotha of Whynesville.' WOMANS dILUB The last meeting of the club year was held Thurs day night. June 14, in the club house or the commun ity building, with Mrs.; George Robinson, Mrs. S. T. I Ray and Mrs. J. A. Watson: as hostesses. The lovely ros ;ep and other flowers added jto the of the occasion. 9 The meeting was called to order by the president,! Mrs. J. P Lyon and with Mra. C. L Proffitt at the Piano- the club sang “Amer-j ica”. Mr. D. R. Fouts offer-; ed prayer, Mrs. Lyon intro-j duced Mrs. Fouts who was* in charge of the program for the evening. Mrs. Fouts introduced Prof. R. M. Lee of Mars Hill, the guest speaker of the evening, who gave the club and their guests a very clean cut ad dress on “International Re lations”. which gave evid ence of much careful thou ght and study After the address a plea sant social hour was enjoy ed while the hostesses ser ved refreshments. The guests of the evening were: Mrs. J. B. Hensley of Ashe-; ville, Mrs. Alden Honeycutt of Raleigh, Mrs. Fred Brum- 1 mett of Bakersville Mrs. R. O. Jones and dau- t ighters who have been the guests of Mrs. Ivan Wes-1 tall here, have gone to’ Norfolk to visit relatives, j • the lavii some time during the daV, and Bpb Brdfhn. Farmers Federation Nyws editor, Will take a picture.! Three fpee pictures. 8 by 10 inches, vjdjj be presented to the family as a prize. Other prizes, as offered in the past, will be given again thi s year. Other new attractions to be presented at the picnic will be announ-i ced later. All string music J makers, choirs, and quar tets have a special invita tion to attend. 7TH WAR BOND DRIVE Only 5 days remain to complete the E-Bond Quota for the county which is short by approximately $40,000, the county com mittee reported this morn ing. . „ - _, _ . ... . ANNUAL MISSIONARY MEETING IS HELD The Annual Missionary - Union Associational meet ■ ing wa s held Friday. June ! 1.5 with the Byrd’s Chapel • church. We had a good day • together with inspirational ■ talks. Guest speakers were Miss ’ Pearle Robinson, a retum ;,ed missionary from China, ’(Miss Ruth Keller, W M. U. 5 worker and Mrs. J. E. Jackel. divisional steward ‘ ship chairman The next annual meeting I will be held with the ißrown’s ('reek church. The I following officers were el -5 ected for the coming year: Supt., Mrs. A Z. Jamer- I son; associate supt., Mrs. | Monroe Mclntosh; Sec., ’(Mrs. E. F. Hunter; Young- People’s leader. Mrs. G L. Hensley; community mis sion chairman, Mrs. Tom Huffman; Mission Study , chairman, Mrs. Tensie Wil ' son; Stewardship chairman Mrs. B R. Penland; Mar "garet fund chairman, Mrs. [j Lawrence Hall; Training j school chairman- JVlrs. B. B. j 1 Penland; Literature chair ltman, Mrs. Mollie Silver; wR, A Leader, Z. pJamerson; Pianist, Mrs. J. iB. Briggs; Nominating committee to the divisional j , meeting. Mrs. B. R Penland; ,j A Youth Rally will be 1 . held with the Zion Baptist j church, Saturday, June 23. ,1 All young people, their pleaders. Pastors and Pas -5 tor’s wives are urged to at , tend. Each one is asked to ! bring t a picnic supper which will be served at six-thirty and later the group will hear Rev. J. C. Canipe. pas tor of the First Baptist church, Boone. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ADLER WHITSON Funeral sendees for Ad ler Whitson, 67, who was found dead in bed at his home at Sioux Yancey cou- ; ! ntjAcfuesday morning, will Big Creek Rap-; ;tist cnurch, of which he was ,a member. Friday after -4 noon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. : Quince Miller will officiate and burial will follow- in Hughes cemetery at Sioux, j j Surviving are the widow, | Mrs. Lina Bennett Whit son; five daughters, Mrs. George Uphouse of Califor nia, Mrs. Francis Harris of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. H. FJ Pyatte, Mrs. G. A. Nash of | Houston, Texas, and Miss r Carrie Whitson of the home, four sons, Russell, Olin and j Bob of the home, and Nick with the army in Florida; two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Bai ley of Sioux, and Mrs. R. H. Warrick of Newdale; and four broth t-1 son of Marion, Dave of Er win, Tenn., John and Hob art of Sioux, arid five grand children, Church Will Be Dedicated Dedication services will! be held at Deyton Bend Methodist church Sunday.; July Ist at four o’clock. Bishop Clare Purcell will; preach at four o’clock and; will lead in the service” of dedication. He’ Vvill be as-! sisted by the pastor, Rev. W. E. Rusty, Rev. C. Moody Smith, pastor of Asbury Memorial church Asheville, Pvt. Higgins Seriously Injured Miss-Agnes Chandler, 21, of Sand Hill road, was in stantly killed and Pvt. Roy Higg : n« of Candler, R. F. D. i No. 2 was critically injured on June Ist when the’ motorcycle on which they were riding crashed head on in o tin- side of a truck! allegedly driven by James | B. To vels, of Mount Pisgah: road, on the Asheville-Cari , ton highway at the inter sectio l of Mount Pisgah j road, according to investi gating officers. Th' officers said the 1 motorcycle was travelingl toward Asheville on a down hill grade when the truck 1 traveling, west, suddenly! turned across the highway I into Mount Pisgah road, j The motorcycle crashed in to the side of the truck, they said, striking it just in ■ front of the rear wheel. Miss Chandler was thrown . about six feet into the air, ■ her head striking one of the istakes on the side of the] truck. > • Pvt. Higgins w r as thrown! head-on into the side of the; I * T ~ ! LAST RITES FOR J. E. WILSON ' Funeral services for Jas ■ per E. Wilson, 70, who died Thursday night at a Marion hospital following a long ill ness, were held at Brown’s Creek Baptist church Sun day afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev. Euranas Hall and the Rev. Sewell Woody of ficiated. Surviving are his widow and six Children, Mrs. Willie Shuford, Gus Wilson and Arnold Wilson of Marion, Mrs. Elezar Miller and Clar i ence Wilson of Celo, Dillard i Wilson of Burnsville, 21 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, i Hol combe-Ed ward s fun eral home was in charge of arrangements. LAST RITES FOR MRS. i WILLIAM BRIGGS Mrs. William Briggs died at her home on Three Quarter Creek Saturday afternoon. ! Funeral services were held at the Free Will Bap tist church at WindOm, Sun-j day afternoon. The Rev. Cecil Higgins officiated.; Burial was in the Young cemetery. Surviving are the hus- 1 band; one son, Sgt. Daniel Briggs in the army some where overseas; one daugh ter, Mrs. Pearl Briggs of Bowditch; a brother, Craw ford Ayers of Green Mtn., and several grandchildren. The War is not Over Yet. Buy Bonds, Save Waste Fats. ■■■ - — ■ f» —* r- NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN" and Alfred C. Gibbs, super intendent of the Asheville District of the Methodist church.’ Rev. Vero R. Mas ters of Swannanoa will preach at eleven o’clock. This service was to have been held last summer but was postponed because of the polio quarantine. The public is invited to these services. truck, receiving a possible skull fracture, it was re ported. Pvt. Higgins who was ' home on furlough from Fort i Benning, Ga., was taken co Moore General hospital and placed on the “seriously ill” list, according to army of ficials there. i Mr. Towels wag arrested jby officers and place-1 in the Buncombe county jai pend ing the inque*st. Pvt. Higgins, 27 years of age, ?s the grandson of Mrs. jJ. J. Wheeler of Rt. 1, Bur nsville and at the time of i the accident was visiting his i aunt, Mrs. \Y. B. Hensley, who lives near Enka- N. C. He was home on furlough I from Ft. Benning, Ga. Pvt. Higgins has been in the army for six years and is a veteran of thirtv-riine mon ths overseas. A holder of the Combat Infantry badge, Pvt. Higgins also had 100 points and was expecting to be discharged soon. 1 Still on the “critical ill” !' list at Moore GenenJ hos pital, his condition is mi | proving. 1 STAGE SHOW AT THE , YANCEY THEATRE The “Tennessee Ramb lers” who will present their stage show at-the Yancey | Theatre, Tuesday, June 26, |is one of the oldest acts in the hillbilly field. They have | recorded 10 years for RCA, Blue Bird and made several motion pictures, besides broadcasting all over the country on CBS coast-to ; coast. They made their first movies with Gene Autiy when he first started in pictures. The members of the “Tennessee Ramblers” arc: Jack Gillette, manager of the group, who acts as Mas ter of Ceremonies and plays many novelties; Cecil Cam pbell, who acts a s comedian and plays banjo, guitar and Hawaiian and is singing baritone in the trio; Den White, who doubles on all instruments- and sings ten or in the trio; Roy Lear, a boy from the hills of Tenn essee, plays guitar a I Staff Sgt. and Mrs. John Lee Hensley of Waco, Tex as are here visiting Sgt. Hensley’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hensley. Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Clem Smith accompanied them here. Barbara Jane and Bev erly June, the twin daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Sel wyn Hensley, had their ton ■ sils Removed Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Par ■ rish and daughters and , Mildred Westall are at Carolina Beach for a week.
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