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iiiiaitattttitiiaiiauanaiißiiaiiiiiaiiMißiiaiitiiaiumaiiaiiaNaiui 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 Service-- Returns From Overseas Pvt. Oscar K. Sparks who was a prisoner of war in Germany for 27 months is now at home for 60 days. He will report to camp in Florida. He is the son of Mr. and Mirs. W. A. Sparks of Green Mtn. Promoted Wm. B. Huskins who is now with the Pacific fleet on overseas duty ha s been promoted to the rank of Radio Technician third class. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Huskins of Burnsville . Joseph Radford, MO MM 2c, has been here on leave visiting relatives after ap proximately 2 years of ser vice in the Pacific area. He wa s accompanied from Ok lahoma by Mrs. Radford. Capt. Jack Galloway of the army air forces is home on leave after com pleting his flight missions over enemy territory in the European area. Lt. David N. Low. son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Low of Burnsville, 13th air force pilot stationed in the Phil ippines, has been awarded the Air Medal upon comple tion of 22 bombing misvsions. Pershing Angel, Seaman Ic, has been wounded in ac tion in the South Pacific area, he has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gas ton Angel. Robert Vance Robertson of the U. S. coast guard is on an 8 day leave visiting hi s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Robertson. He has been on 15 months duty overseas. Word has been received that Pvt. Charlie Jarrett, son of Mr. and MrS. Robert Jarrett of Green Mtn., has landed safely somewhere in the South Pacific area. An other son, Pfc. Eleck Jar rett, i» now in a hospital in the Philippine Islands be cause of an attack of Ma laria. Lt. and Mrs. J. P. Husk ins and daughter, Ambum. are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Huskins. Lt. Huskins is stationed with the Hydrographic office in Washington. Sgt. Ruth Rich who is stationed at Battle Creek, Mich., was a guest at the Nu-Wray hotel this week. James Powell, G M lc, who has been stationed at Fort Lauderdale. Fla. for several months has been transferred to Philadelphia. Edd Hunter, Jr., RDM 3c has returned to the naval station Boston. Mass., after spending a 7 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hunter at Jacks Creek. He took hig training at Bainbridge, Md., Virgin ia Beach. Norfolk and Little Creek, Va., and in Boston. For thr past 2 months he has been on sea duty with the Atlantic fleet. . THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Bronze Star Award , The Bronze Star medal for heroic achievement in | action has been awarded to Pvt. James 0. Safford, Jr., son of James O. Safford of ■ Burnsville.'He is a member of a Field Artillery battal ion. The citation reads: “Award of Bronze Star Medal to Pvt. James O. Safford, Jr., for heroic ach ievement in action. On Nov. ,22 near Saulcy, France when artillery fire servered the communication, line be ; tween the forward observ er post and the fire diirec tion center, Pvt. Safford volunteered to repair the breaks. Despite being knocked from his feet by the concussion of heavy ar tillery fire, Pvt. Safford re paired the breaks, enabling the observer to adjust need ed artillery fire. His actions reflected the highest tradi tions of the military ser vice.” Discharged From Army Among the servicemen who, during the past week, have been discharged from the army under the new point system at Camp Gor don, Ga. are T 4 John J. Evans who was in service 58 months; and Staff Sgt. Grady B. Gibbs who served 53 months. Dick Bailey, son of Mrs. G. D. Bailey, has entered service in the U. S. Coast Guard and is now stationed at Manhattan Beach, Conn. He had completed 3 years work at Berea college be fore entering sendee. T 5 David R. Cassida and Pfc. Charlie A. Cassida have written their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Crockett Cas sida of Burnsville Rt. 2, that they expect to be back in the states by the last of July. They are both in Ger many. Edd Cassida, S 2c. is somewhere overseas and writes he is well and would love for his friends in and around- Burnsville to write him, as a letter from *any one back home is a great pleasure to him. For Induction The following men left Wednesday for Fort Bragg where they have been in ducted into military service: O’dell Phillips. Bruce J. Taylor, Ernest Gardner, Glenn Austin, Iss Peterson, Boyd M. Robinson, E. R. Allen; David A. Pittman, Royce L. Hall, Carl Silver, Jr., David H. Silver, Edward Branche, Charles W. Smith, Claud Robinson, John L. Grindstaff. Pfc. Amos W. Presnell is home on a 30 day furlough after spending seven mon ths overseas. He was award-j ed the Purple Heart for! wounds received l'eb. 27, 1945 in Germany and wears two stars on his service rib bon. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Presnell of Bolens Creek. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Aerial Engineer An ATC Base, Marrak ech, F. V M. —Cpl. Ward Ben nett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bennett. Ramsey town, N. C., is assigned to duty as aerial engineer on a C-54 aircraft at this base unit of the North African Division, Ai r Transport Command. Thi s base is the home of the C-54 flight training school of the North African division, the division with more than 10.000 miles of air routes and with more than 25 percent of all ATC planes overseas. At present this base with other NAFD installations is engaged in the redeploy ment of troops and aircraft from the European battle zones to the .United States, moving hundreds of thous- of men and thousands of aircraft through NAFD stations. Cpl. Bennett, in service since February, 1943, has been overseas 11 months. He received his training at AM school at Gulfport. Miss., Curtiss Wright fac tory, Buffalo, N. Y., TWA school. Kansas City, Mo., and at the 3rd OTU engi neering school at Reno, Nev. Capt. Lucille Chase of Nurse Corps Is Home Capt. Lucille Chase of the army nurse corps has re cently received a medical discharge from service and is now at home visiting her mother, Mrs. Lillie Chase. Capt. Chase joined the nurse corps in 1938. She was stationed at hospitals in the states, and was overseas in the European theatre for 6 months where she was at tached to an evacuation hos pital. i . Pfc. Francis Hennessee who has been an infantry man with the 66th division in the European area, has been assigned to the Office of Public Relations in Mar seille, France. He is a re porter. writing articles for newspapers and magazines in the States. His first as signment was to cover first troops to come throu gh going to the Pacific, the story of the first G. I. and commanding officer. i "■■■" ■■ ■ ■ "*■ ■ ■ - lll ■ i ■■ Toe River Camp Will Be Open The Toe River camp, lo cated near the Daniel Boone game refuge in Pisgah na tional forest, will be operat ed as a summer camp this year. The camp will be sponsored and conducted by the Asheville Optimist club, it has been announced. The first group of youth and directors came through Burnsville Monday enroute to the camp. Arrangements were made with the U. S. forest service for the use of the facilities. Although the program jfor this season is still in [ complete, arr a n gements 1 have been made with groups from various organizations in this section who will send youths to the camp this year. During the coming mon BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28,1945 SIX SERIOUSLY IN JURED IN CAR WRECK Three men ; from Yancey county and three from Mc- Dowell were injured in a collision of two cars in Marion late Monday night. Lawrence SRkrtis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Curtis, who recently returned from overseas duty, Frank Sil vers and William McMahan received serfous injuries. The condition of McMahan ■ is reported to be critical. The three occupants of the other car;, all employees of the East ’[Marion Mill, were also injured. CAMPS OPEN FOR SUMMER SEASON , Good Enrollment Camp Mt. Mitchell for ! Boys and Camp Mt. Mitch ell for Girls opened this] week for the season. Both camps report capacity en rollments, and a very suc cessful season is anticipated The camps Have always offered a full program of camping activities. Mrs. Bertha M. Pahner is owner and director of the girls’ camp and A. L. Beeson of the boys’ camp. Transferred With the Atlantic Fleet— Boyd Mnacy .11 class. Burnsville, N. C., has been transferred from the forces afloat to a Naval re ceiving station ashore for reassignment. He is the son of Mrs. Dave Moss of Burnsville, and is married to the form er Doris Natkins of Cliff side, N. C. He attended Burnsville high school and was employed as a textile worker by the Cliffside Milling Co., before entering the Navy in February, 1943. Mos s was stationed at the Naval Operating Base. Nor-, folk, Va. before reporting aboard a destroyer escort in the Atlantic where he! participated as a member of an antiaircraft gun crew. Fleet Hamby who has been on duty with the Paci fic fleet, is home on leave visiting his mother, Mrs. Z ! S. -Hamby. ths, the Optimist club will; ’ organize several junior Op-, ! timist organizations in this' vicinity. These organiza ’ tions will send groups to the ’ camp next year. To Work Out Schedule ; Directors of each group! [ attending the camp this j year will work out the re-! t creational schedule, it was ‘ announced. Plans for next! 1 season call for a permanent 1 summer staff of Optimist! ; representatives, it was pointed out. The camp, on South Toe 1 River, consists of 12 square ' huts, two counsellors’ cab-! 5 ins, a combination mess and i recreation hall, a bathhouse 5 and other service buildings. * Fully equipped and ready | > for use, the facilities will accomodate 80 youths in ad dition to the necessary staff. NOTICE For the past two weeks the District Health Offict at Burnsville has been with out whooping cough vac cine. The Raleigh Office has been unable to furnish the local offices in the State with this vaccine as the great number of children over the State taking the serum was not anticipated in the beginning of the year. This office will be fur nished with vaccine as soon as the State has it availl able and the Public Health Nurse will publish and post the schedule of new clinics at Higgins, Ramseytown, Sioux. White Oak Flats, Bolens Creek, Low Gap and Boonford. We expect a new supply of vaccine at any time. Mrs. Hazel Beavers, Pub ' | lie Health Nurse. iFORMER RESIDENT IIS DROWNED IN TENN. C. C. 'Lumi Ray who re ij sided in Asheville was drowned on Tuesday near , Bridgeport, Tenn., while on ■ a fishing trip. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Ray moved to Ashe jville from Burnsville, some time ago. Mr. Ray is survived by his mother, Mrs. Rebecca' • Ray of Burnsville, two bro thers, Fred Ray of Wash ! ington, D. C., and Chal 'Ray of Caroleen, and a nephew, Pvt. Joe Adam Ray. LAST RITES FOR MRS. ROSANNA McMAHAN 1 - Mrs. Rosanna McMahan, • 84, died at her home at \ Pensacola Friday morning I following a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Pensacola Bap tist church on Saturday morning with the Rev. A. Z. Jamerson officiating. Burial was in the cemetery {there. | Surviving are the follow jing children: Mrs. J. H. Mc- Mahan, Mrs. Will Allen, and Willard. McMahan of Swan nanoa; Roscoe, Hilliard and Robert Henry McMahan of! Pensacola. IN FORMATION SOUGHT CONCERNING MISS-' j ING BOY Missing Person. Duncan j Brooks Banks, age 15, rud dy complexion, black hair, blue eyes, 5 ft,. 11 inches, :152 pounds. Missing from’ his home 2106 Mt. Vernon j I Ave., Alexandria. Va., since) : May 21st 1945. Son of Mr.' and Mrs. Homer Banks, | formerly of Skyland, N. C. I Thought to be in this vicin jity. Any information, con cerning this boy should be i communicated to the Ashe-j i ville Police Dept., or to his : mother, Phone Executive 3340 extension 1057, Wash ington, D. C. between 9 a. I m. and 5 p. m. or write, Mrs. Hettie Whitehurst, Burns ville, N. C. Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Gobble , and children of Greensboro were week end guests of I Rush T. Wray at the Nu-j Wray Hotel. Dr. Gobble is. president of Greensboro College. „ » m - . County Library Benefits Citizens of County; Report Given r The Yancey County Lib-, rairy which is made possible, by the cooperation of the) board of county” commiss ioners and the North Caro-| lina State Library Com mission, was formally open-i ed on Feb. 14, 1945. The! Burnsville Woman’s Club donated use of a room in the community club house. The circulation report shows that for the month of May approrimately 500 J books were in ' circulation.! There are four stations in other sections of the county.! Those in charge of the books at these stations are, Mrs. Dewey Jamerson at Pensacola, Mrs. Mum power at Mieaville, Mrs. G. W. Buuton at Bald Creek, and at Bee Log the books are avail;-ble at the high school library. The State Library -com mission loaned approximat ely 2.0 books, and about that many more have been, purchased. The books are all FORMER RESIDENT PASSES AWAY Wyman G. Wilson, 48, former resident of Burns ville, passed away at his home near Asheville Tues-j jday afternoon following an (extended illness. He was a we'll known contractor and owner of the Wilson Con struction company of Ashe-’ ville. Surviving are the widow, 1 Mrs. Louise Rollins Wilson; 1 two sons, Wyman, Jr., and| Tate Wilson; a sister, Mrs. Gay Young, and a brother, 1 Tate Wilson, all of .Ashe ville. Mr. Wilson was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wilson and re sided here for several years. AAA NOTICE To All Farmers That Have Been Issued Gasoline For Hauling Farm Produce We regret to inform you that the Yancey County iFarm Transportation Com-; jmittee which has been ser-’ |ving the farmers in the | county in connection with the Offices of Defense Tra nsportation and Price Ad : ministration in handling ap plications for off-highwav gasoline, trucks, truck and tractor tires for replace ment and conversions, will be discontinued on Jime iSb,: 1945. The services of the Coun ty Farm Transportation, 1 County and Community AAA Committees will not be available for this pur pose after this date because the Budget Bureau did not 1 approve the War Food Ad-j ministration’s request sor | the allocation of funds to, be used for this purpose and does not mean that there is. a plentiful supply of gaso-j line, new trucks, or truck and tractor tires. This program was desig ned at the beginning of the .war in an effort to elimi ! nate any holdup in the war ■ time food production job and beginning July 1, all * (Continued on page 4) ij „ r , v The War is not Over Yet. Buy Bonds, Save Waste Fats. - - • . ■ r ' • NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT 'carefully selected, and there is now a very good selection j of modern books in the lib rary. Reference shelves will i be built later. J A consignment of new i books has recently been re ; ceived, and among these are 1 Private Purkey’s Private Peace, Captain From Cas tile, The Bible for the Com mon Reader, Yellow Magic, (the story of Penicillin), ij Green Years, Keys of the | Kingdom, At His Side, (the new Red Cross book), j Spinney and the B-29, The / Folded Leaf, Home Again, Anything Can Happen, ’ Safe Quarters, Youth Is , the Time, Blue Danube, Anna and the King of Siam, Burma Surgeon, and many , others. All citizens of all sections of the county are urged to take advantages of the library facilities. Library hours are from 2 to 5 on Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday and Saturday afternoons. Leave For Pre Induction Examinations The following men left Thursday morning for Fort Jackson, S. C. where they will have pre induction ex "i animations •• l ! Glenn Gouge, Robert S. I Griffeth* Car Vo Claten— : Wheeler, Charlie Carroll, Carl Rathburn, Zeyland , Gardner, Utah Blankenship, Howard Kelse Garland, ! Fred L. Hall, Joseph Laws; | Emmett S. Sams, Lewis McMahan, Calvin Phillips, .Kenneth Price, Joe Webb, Bill Evans, G. D. Robinson, Cecil Russell Biddix, Claude 1 Mitchell, Lee Garland; I Woodrow Kinchcloe, Ja mes Vernon Tilley, Charlie Wheeler, Cleophas Johnson, Floyd Robinson, David Rathburn. The following will be in ducted immediately if they pass examinations: Ken neth Lee Hughes, Cornelius Williams, Sanford Win. Dale, Don Fender. -■ ■ l Assistant Manager of v Charlotte Agency i Roy A. Proffitt, of Char lotte. has been appointed to the newly created position of assistant manager of the Charlotte Agency of The Mutual Life Insurance Com pany of New York, it was announced today by. Stan ley K. McAfee, manager of the agency. ! Formerly district manag er jn the agency, Mr. Prof fitt will supervise the com pany’s field organization in 31 North Carolina counties. 1 Mr. Proffitt is a native of 1 Bald Creek, N. C.. and 1 graduated from the Univer -1 sity of North Carolina with a B. A. Degree in education. For a time he served as a (high school principal. He joined The Mutual Life in 1926 as a field underwriter in the Charlotte Agency, and on April 13, 1938, he wag appointed district man ager. i ! • “ I Nelson Boone of Wir.dom j is very ill at his home.
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