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VOLUME TEN
--Men In Service--
U. S. Naval Air Station
Kaneohe, Oahu, T. H.—The
Navy Department announ
ces that William B. Huskins
of Burnsville, N. C., now
serving here, has been ad
vanced to the rating of
radio technician third class.
This advancement has
come to him in recognition
of outstanding faithfulness
and skill in the performan
ce of duty and completion
of the course of study pre
scribed for this new rating.
Huskins is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam J. Huskins,
Burnsville.
Amos W. Presnell has re
ceived his discharge from
the armed forces after
spending fourteen months
in service, seven of which
he spent overseas with the (
First Army in Europe. He
served in Holland, Belgium
and Germany. He holds
two stars, one the Bronze
star, the ETO ribbon, the!
good conduct ribbon, the
Presidential Citation and
the Purple Heart. Pfc. Pres
nell was in a rifle company
and also held the Infantry
man Combat Badge.
Stationed In Prance
M. Sgt. Arthur A. Patton,
•Jr., of the Bth Air Force
who has peen stationed in
England is now at Istua,
France where men are
being transported out of
Germany. He has recently
been promoted to Line
Chief of the 547 Bomb
squadron engineers. M. Sgt.J
Patton advanced from
school to line chief within
two and a half years. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Patton, Sr. of Oelo.
Returns To States
Pfc. James D. Wilson of
Burnsville, T. 5 John R
Lewis of Burnsville and
S. Sgt. Ralph S. Mclntosh
of Bald Creek are among
the men recently reported
to be returning from the
European Theatre.
Word has been received
by Mr. and Mrs. John Foxx
(i Prices Creek that their
son, Sgt. Farris Foxx serv
ed as one of the guards at
the Manila Conference.
Sgt. Robert Hall of Hope
Mills, N. C. was also one of
the guards at the confer
ence. \
Aboard the USS Astoria
in the Pacific.—Jack J.
Young, radarman, third
class, USNR, whose wife
lives 'at Newdale, N. C., has
helped this light, cruiser av
tnge her namesake—a hea
vy cruiser which was sunk
by the Japs off Guadalcanal
in 1942. |
Since she entered Jap
waters eight months ago, 1
this ship has betn in the 1
thick of action at Iwo Jima 1
and Okinawa, in the North 1
China'Sea and off the Coast]
of Tokyo itself. Operating
with a fast carrier task for
ce under Admiral William
H. Halsey, Jr., she has sue
ceeded iin knocking 13 Jap
planes out of the air and
hitting numerous others. I
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THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
i Lt. Com. W. E. Anglin
! who is now stationed in
■ Washington, D. C. has been
i home on leave visiting his
■ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo
■ rge W. Anglin.
Stanley Riddle, AOM 2c,
ris home on leave from the
/ San Diego naval air station.
V Pfc. Lee Phillips of Jacks'
Creek is now in Berlin with 1
1 the occupying forces. Cpl.
Fred Anglin is with the oe-'
' cupation forces in Austria.
, Ist Lt. Clyde A. Ayers is
now stationed at Camp
Blan< ling, Fla. after several I
‘ months service overseas in 1
1 the European theatre.
> Pfc. Harold C. Thomas is (
t now stationed at Qamp
■ Butner, N. C.
>
j( Pfc. Lloyd K. Peterson,
, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F.j
,• Peterson, is with army for-,
! ces in Manila. I
;i |
| Cpl. Hugh King, son of
]Mr. and Mrs. Edd King re
turned last week from ov~
’ erseas duty in the Euro
pean theatre.
Bronze Star Award
j
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Curtis]
of Burnsville have received!
the citation for which thej
Bronze Star award was 1
, made to their son, Staff]
I ] Sgt. Lawrence L. Curtis.]
The citation reads:
“The Bronze Star Medal!
is awarded to S. Sgt. Law-]
rence L. Curtis, 10th Ar-
Imored Infantry Battalion, 1
! for heroic action in connec- 1
! tion with military operat-!
ions against an armed en-;
emy of the United States.!
Attacking through thej
wooded area northeast of'
Neffe, Belgium on Jan. 10.'
1945 the third platoon of!
Company “A” this unit was
suddenly pinned down by
enemy automatic weapons,
enfilading his sector of ad
vance.
“Scouting about 150
yards in front of his pla
toon, S. Sgt. Curtis immed
iately crawled forward un
der this fire to locate its
source. When he had picked
out the hostile weapon, he
opened fire on it, pinning
down the crew and prevent
ing them from firing on the
rest of the platoon. While,
the other scout continued to!
fire his rifle rapidly at the!
enemy machiinegun, Sgt.'
Curtis loaded an anti-tank'
grenade and fired it at the
hostile weapon. He killed
two of the crew, wounded
a third and succeeded in'
silencing the weapon.
“Agaiin moving forward,
Sgt, Curtis discovered the
hostile mortar which was
I causing heavy casualties!
I among members of his pla-.
jtoon. Teaming up with ano-j
,ther scout he also knocked)
I out that serious hindrance:
,to his unit’s advancew Sgt.)
I Curtis’ actiions reflect
, great credit upon himself
and the armed forces of
the United States.
Pfc. George D. McCourry
is at home on 30 day leave
visiting his parents, Mr.
land Mrs. Mai McCourry.
“DEDICATED TO TOE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
NEW BUSINESS
Ivan Peterson who recen
tly bought the Sorrells pro
perty in west Burnsville,
has begun grading the ad
jacent lot. Mr. Peterson
plans to erect a building
for a Super Market. Mv
Peterson recently returned
from Detroit where he was
! employed.
NOTICE
,1
j The county office of the
Selective Service Board will
. be closed on Saturdays, be-j
(ginning September 1.
Revised List of Teacher >
j Several changes have
I been made in the teaching
j staff of the county and the
i following is a revised list
/of teachers for the various
schools. Burnsville high
schbol still lacks one teach
>, er.
Burnsville District
| B. M. Tomberlin, Princi
pal; Vernie Wilson, Clonnie
Huskins, Islean Ray, June
Ayers, Doris Hunter, Au
gustus Peterson, Bertha
Huskins, Mrs. Maude Lyon
Pearl H. Randolph, Mrs.
Zul a Wilson, Osie Bennett,
L. Blease Howell, Alberta
•j Campbell, Nettie Bennett,
I Mrs. Annie B. Proffitt,
j Mrs. Harmie Briggs,* Enola
| P. Wilson, Mrs. Mattie Sor
! rells, (Billie M. Bennett,
j ,^
! Pensacola: S. B. Conley,
jMary L. Atkins, Ruth E.
(Hensley, Aldine Pleasant.
Bee Log District
I Monroe Mclntosh, Princi
i pal; Edward L. Beeson, Mrs!
j Edward Beeson, Tensie Wil
; son, Sarah W. Hensley, Op-j
;ha Shepherd, Mrs. Verna
j Angel, Lillian Mclntosh,
1 Augusta Jarvis, Sara S.
! Barbee, Len a Tilson, Eliza
; beth Buchanan, Lucy Ev
ans, Edna Shepherd, Vera
C. Ray, Pearl Austin
Little Creek: John W. Ed
wards.
Piney Hill: Baxter Silver
Big Creek: Mrs. Phil At
kins.
White Oak Flats: Joseph
Young.
Lost Cove: Etta E. Pet
erson.
Bald Creek District
Rasse H. Howell, Princi
pal; Pauline B. Hensley
Anastasia Tomberlin, Mar
garet Banks, Jack Mclntosh
(Hattie L. Phoenix, Charles
'Tomberlin, Williie Molte
1 Hensley, Lillian Tomberlin,
' Vergie Duncan, Eul a Bow-!
man, Mary Frank Hensley,
Madge Carter, Annie Lee
Bryson, Doris Gibbs, Hope
'Edwards, Madge Ferguson,i
[lrene Hensley, Lola A. Hen
'sley, Ila P. Mclnturff.
Rakers Creek: Maphrie
Wilson. " |
I Prices Creek: Mrs. E
Ledford.
Horton Hill: Bernice
Hensley.
Clearmont District
j Erskine B. Bailey, Princi
pal; Ora Deyton, Elizabeth
R. Gibbs, Mrs. F. W Howell,
William Walton Angel. Flo
rence W. Hughes, Cecil L.
Deyton, Clarence E. Bailey
Claude C. Hughes, Maglee
Ray, Ruth Jobe, Thelma
P. Gornto, Maphra B. Ben
nett, Bessie Wilson, Ola
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1945
a 1 '!:' : v
SUGAR VALID
Officials o rationing
boards are calling especial
attention to the fact that
‘ Sugar Stantp No. 38 will be
; come good on Sept. 1.
The reason for skipping
Stamp No. m this: Last
j year, people w|re required
to attach Spare Stamp 37
to their applications for
canning sugar. Many at
tached Sugar Stamp 37 by
i, mistake, therefore it was
l deemed wise tb skip sugar
■ stamp 37 which many had
•alrtady used irf error.
Edwards, Jessie B. Clevcii
) ger, Edith Huskins, Joyce
] Shepherd, Lois Moody.
Deyton Bend: , Geneva
! Gouge, Jennie Deyton.
Micaviile District
Hubert D. Justice, Princi
pal; L. B. Ravi, Mrs. Phyllis
Bailey, Edith Robinson,
Helene S. Ramsey, Lillian
" G. Robinson, Clyde Young,
Helen Silver, Ollie S. Young
Minnie H. Young, Madge
Byrd, Madlyn Bailey, Artie
Lee H. Peterson, Doris L.
Young, Mrs. Doris E. Young
Jeanette P. Bailey, Gladys
S. Gillespie, Elizabeth B.
Lewis, Bernice H. Justice,
Bess Lewis, Mildred Robin
son.
Double Island; Fay
Whitson, Mrs. Ethel Tho
mas.
i ver.
South Toe District
Celo: Wesley Angel, IVfol
lie G. Patton.
Harvard: C. B. Bennett,
Principal; Luna E. Ray,
Mamie Evans.
-Locust Creek: Clara-B.
Byrd. .
Busick: Sam J. Byrd, 1
Nina B. Young. j
Seven Mile Ridge: Dew-!
ey Gurley.
Bhmsville Colored: Char
ity Griffith.
Last Rites for Mrs. W. N. Tipton
Funeral services for Mrs.
W. N. Tipton, age 79, who
passed away August 24,
were held at the Windom
Methodist church Sunday
afternoon. Services were
conducted by Rev. W. E.
Rpfty, pastor of the Win- 1
dom church and Rev. F. R.
Barber of the Burnsville
Methodist church. i
Mrs. Tipton was the eld
est daughter of the late Col.
and Mrs. J. L. Hyatt and
‘the widow of William Nel
son Tipton, well-known far
mer and educator, all of
, Yancey county. She had |
ispent all her life in and!
[near Burnsville, had been a 1
member of the Methodist
| church 65 years, and was an
active member until an ill
ness a few years ago.
She was the mother of
13 children, 7 surviving.
They are Mrs. Sue Coffey
with whom she made her
home, Mrs. C. F. Honeycutt
and Mrs. Luther Banks of
Burnsville’, Mrs. Lloyd
White of Washington, D.
C., Mrs. I). E. Hall of Bed
ford, Mass., and Mrs, J. J.
Nowicki of California; two
sons, J. J. Tipton of Bttler,
Pa. and H. S. Tipton of
ROBERT LEE McMAHAN
DIES AT PENSACOLA
Robert Lee McMahan,
age 69 years, succembed to
a heart attack at his home
in Pensacola, Tuesday night
He had been in ill health
for some time, but recently
had been improving.
He is survived by his
widow and the foiling child
ren, Miss Verna McMahan,
Mrs. Zora McMahan, Mrs.
Clara Miller, Homer Mc-
Mahan and two sons serv
ing in the armed forces,
Oliver McMahan and Ros
coe McMahan both having
seen service overses; three
brothers, John and Rich of
Pensacola and Walter o’
Madison county; one sister,
1 Mrs. Henry Biggs.
The following men left
Wednesday morning for
Fort Jackson where they
will have pre-induction ex
, animations:
Chaplin Fender, Ausy
Lee Allen, Albert Fonzo
Laws, Bruce Watts, Garrett
! Burl McCanless, Burl Olen
Rathburn, Benjamin Alvin
, Silver, Finely Chrisawn,
Clyde Hughes;
John Burdette Autrey,
, Perry David Boone, Roy
Lee Metcalf, Zaehariah Mc-
Courry, Bruce Morrow,
Calvin J. Wyatt, Bruce Ed
wards, Hersel Warren Hig
, gins, Verlon Burnie Roland
The following men left
Tuesday for Fort Bragg
JMgftJisaL,in
ducted into military service:
Ray Shepherd, David
. Rathburn, Jonathan Robin
son, Boyd M. Robinson, G.
D. Robinson, Bob Williams,
Edgle Presnell, Otis Woody
1 James Veinon Tilley, Cleo
- phus Johnson, Braskie An
glin.
■ NOTICE '
j The Board of County
•i Commissioners will not
jmeet on Monday, Sept. 3,
.but will hold their regular
| meeting on Tuesday, Sept.
Marion; four sisters, Mrs.
| Laura Young, Mrs. D. J.
1 Young and Mrs. Charles'
’iConnely of Windom and
.(Mrs. Frank Young of Al-
J lentown, Pa.; four brothers,
.Will and Creed of Pa.,
i Grady and Melvin of Cali
fornia; 32 grand children, 1
1 10 of whom are in service
and 13 great grand children.
! Flower girls were: Mary
Ellen and Virginia Sue
Banks, Beverly Tipton,
Dorothy Honeycutt, Mrs.
Kelly Tipton, Mrs. George
I McCurry, Mrs. Ruth Honey
cutt, Mrs. More Griffith, 1
i Elizabeth and Grace Young
| Margaret Hyatt, Mrs. Jay,
Styles, Peggy Styles, Wil-|
ma Styles and Mrs. Theo
Silvers.
‘ Active pallbearers were:
J. C. Banks, Wayne Tipton,
Kelly Tipton, Ellis Moody,
Jim Young, Luther Ayers.
Honorary pall bearers:
Terrel Young, Charles Bri
, nkley, Henry Smith, Dr.
Bennett, Kelse Boone, L. P.
Banks, Jay Styles, G. C.
Anglin, Hugh Banks, R. E.
Taylor, W. B. Hensley, ftev
Pret Blevins, Dawson
Briggs, Dr. Robertson, B.
. R. Penland, B. B. Penland,
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Memorial Services Will Be Held
A county wide observan
ice of Victory Day and a
Memorial Service for men
; from the county who gave
their lives during World'
War II will be held at thej
Burnsville Baptist church
(on Monday evening, Sep- 1
tember 3 at 8 o’clock.
, The services are being
. sponsored by the loeal post
■of the American Legion,
■ with Dover «R. Fouts as
, post commander in charge.
■ The Auxiliary unit of which
' Mrs. J. H. Ray is president,
s will assist. Special music
• has been arranged, and
guest speakers will be pre
, sented.
New Feldspar Plant Opens
The following story of
the new Feldspar plant at
Kona is reprinted from the
Asheville Citizen:
' Opening of th new Kona
plant of the Carolina Min
-1 eral company, which em
ploys the flotation method
l of concentrating feldspar,
marks a new era in the feld
spar industry in this sec
tion. according to mining
' interests here. j
The operation, w'hich is
located in Mitchell county!
on the main line of the 1
Clinchfield railroad at the
: confluence of the North and;
• South Toe rivers, repre-i
’: aentii au uwpyurtanL irulns
| try for Mitchell and Yan
* cey counties, and is report
" ed to be the world’s largest
■ plant for refining feldspar.
> First Commercial Plant
The Kona operation is
' the first commercial plant
using the flotation method
for concentrating feldspar.
For many years, feldspar!
■ has been separated from
the other minerals with
SYMPHONY FUND
Th? committee for the N.
C. Symphony Orchestra
fund has made an incom
plete report of the progress
jof the drive. A total of ap
proximately $240 has been
tabulated, but the report is
incomplete.
The list of contributors
include: $25 contributors:
i Feldspar Milling Co., B. B.
iHAM£t3iCAi\i Hepo es
i — by » wooDY cqwan " • ■j*
PVT. E. E. FRYAR single-handedly destroyed twenty-seven Japs in
a rifle fight on Leyte Island and saved the life of his cooumnding
officer. When a Nip rifleman arose front a ditch alongside the road
and aimed at Fryer’s platoon leader, the private jumped in front of hie
lieutenant and received seven bullet wounds in his chest and stomach.
A medal of honor was awarded to Pvt. Fryer. At home we can help
to keep such heroes adequately fed and equipped by buying Wer
V. f. Trtuurf Qifirtmtat
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NUMBER FIVE
The Memorial service had
been planned for some time
but it was thought best to
wait until the conclusion of
the war Iwith both Germany
land Japan.
j Forty men from the cou
jnty have been killed in ac
tion} and tw'o have died in
service.
Citizens of the entire
county are invited to at
■ tend the program and pay
1 tribute to the mem w*hose
sacrifice made possible the
victory that has been won.
' A special section will be
| reserved for members of
the families of the men who
"; will be honored at the mem
orial service.
• which it occurs by a labor
ious and inefficient method
!of hand sorting. Diminish
ing reserves of high grade
ore have made it extremely
difficult to secure adequate
quantities of hand picked
feldspar. The new Kona
operation renlaces th i s
method with the modern
froth flotation process. The
flotation process has been
used for many years to con
centrate metallic ores and
has been used to some ex
i eitt in the Spruce Pine dis
trict to separate mica from
,clay and other minerals,
i Mica and quartz will be re
covered q,s by-products. ...
iprmr Kona ‘ pTant Is the
culmination of several years
of experimental work and
pilot plant operation which
‘ was conducted at the Erwin
, Tenn., plant of Consolidat
ed Feldspar corporation.
Modern Buildings
The new r mill is one of
.'the most modern concen
trating plants in this part
(Continued on page 3)
Penland and Son, Penland
and Ayers, Northwestern
ißank, Burnsfille Hardware
Co.; Dr. and Mrs. Whis
nant, $10; Safford Co., $4 ;
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Westall,
; $4.
L $5 contributors: Jolin
, son and Co., Mr. \nd Mrs.
Carroll Rogers, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hutchins, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Atkins, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Huskins, Mr.
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