Pi H VOLUME TEN -•Men In Service-- With the 101st Airborne Division in France is Sgt. Robert B. Hilliard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Hilliard of Micaville, N. C. Overseas since 1944 he has served in Germany, Belgium, Scot land, Luxemburg, Austria and France. Sgt. Hilliard! has been awarded the Guar-] re de Guarre, the highest award given a unit by the Belgium government, the Presidential citation with Oak Leaf cluster, th: Com bat Infantryman’s badge, the ETO ribbon with four battle stars, the good con duct ribbon, also the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Belgium in Jan. 1945. Sgt. Fox is with Famed Unit Manila—Famed through out the entire South Paci fic Area for having served as guard of honor for Gen eral MacArthur at most state occasions from Aus tralia through Luzon, the Honor Guard of the 738th Military Police Battalion, was at it again as the world prepared for Peace. r J lie group served as a protective guard for the ar-j rival and departure of the! Japanese envoys at Manila' in preparation for the sign-) ing of the Peace, and also joined their Battalion in the protection of all digni-j taries throughout the Ma nila meeting. All men in the Guard of Honor arc over six feet tall. Dressed in special uni forms consisting of white belts, white leggings, white gloves and white pith hel mets, the group makes an imposing appearance. They have been specially trained for the work. Their parent organization, the 738th Military Police Battalion has been overseas for 37 months and recently was awarded a Meritorious Ser vice Plaque for combat mil itary police work. A member of the honor guard is Sgt. Farris Fox son of Mrs. Ziller Fox of Cane River, N. C. Cpl. Ray. C. Fender has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fender of Cane River. He was ac companied from Marion by his wife. They also visited relatives in Marion. Cpl. Fender is stationed at Fort Ord, Calif. Pfc. Howard Garland of Green Mtn.; Ist Lt. Ivanell Doan, Burnsville; Pvt. Lew is Butner, Burnsville; Pfc. Hubert Wilson, Bald Creek; Pfc. Perry Robinson, Cane River; Pfc. John B. Saylor, Micaville. Now Overseas A recent arrival overseas is Pvt. Everett L. Bailey, 19, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bailey live in Higgins, North Carolina. Prior to entering the army, Private Bailey attended the Bee Log high school. A bro ther, Pfc. Paul Bailey, is in the Infantry, Pvt. Bailey is now stationed at a Base in the Central Pacific. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.60 YEAR, Sgt. Brown Tells of Rescue After “Hump” Airplane Crash Celebration of the Japa nese surrender took on ad ded meaning to Mrs. Rich ard A. Brown of Asheville the former Miss Marie El liott of Burnsville, when she received a telegram that day stating that her hus band, Sgt. Rich ard A. Brown, who was reported missing in action July 30, 1945, is safe. ; The Sergeant’s seven-day odyssey- from the time his C-4H transport plane crash ed into the side of a moun tain on a combat flight ov-] er the “Hump” until he! wended his way back to his base in North Burma was carefully recorded in a let- 1 ter he wrote i “We were returning from a mission and preparing to land.” he wrote. “Visibility: was zero and we were al most out of gas. We felt the s plane hit a tree. The pilot pulled up to gain altitude.; A second later we washed plowing" us into the side of a mountain about 4,000 feet At the time, all four of us* were in the flight deck. We 1 climbed out quickly because we thought the plane might get on fire. The wings and the tail had been torn off. After we treated our wou nds we restedjn the cabin. The who were /ess hurt made up four bunks and we stayed there two and a half days not knowing our location. “On the noon of the 3rd | day, the pilot and radio op-‘ {Continued on page 3i Capt. Isaac R. Lewis has, returned from overseas af ter 7 months service with the 294th FA Obsn. Bn. in France and Germany. He arrived in Asheville Aug-' ust 22nd to spepd ,30 days Lelave with his wife, who lives in Asheville. Capt. and Mrs. Lewis are at Gatlinburg, Tenn. for a fewi days before visiting rela-j tives on Jacks Creek and Huntdale. Final Rites for Carrie L. Tipton Funeral services for Mi?-» Carrie Lee Tipton, 37, who died in an Asheville hospi tal Saturday after a short illness, were held Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Dellinger Memorial church at Day Book. The Rev. A. H. Mutschler officiated, and burial was iin the Horton Hill cemetery. Surviving are the parents i Mr. and Mrs.. John C. Tip-1 ton of Day Book; four si;- 1 ters, Ella J. and Margie j Tipton and Mrs. Friel Young, ail of Day Book, and Ens. Sadie Marie Tipton of Portsmouth, Va., and four brothers, Jake, of Day Book, Jule, serving in the army is California, Arthur, | serving in the army in France, and Jack Tipton, serving in the army at Camp Buti\er, and a grand father, Jule Whitson. Miss Tipton had been a “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” STORE IS SOU) C. M. Bailey has sold his store building, equipment and stock of goods to Roy Randolph of Riverside. Mr. Randolph who has been em ployed in Detroit recently has already taken over tho store and is operating it. J. P. LYON BUYS BUSI NESS IN BLOWING ROCK J. P. Lyon of Burnsville and C. H. Berryman of Blowing Rock have bought 1 a grocery, hardware and furniture store in Blowing Rock, and Mr. and Mrs. Lyon plan to move there by Sept. 15th. Mr. Berryman has ow'ned a drug store in Blowing Rock for several years and will continue to operate! this. However, the drug store will be moved to the] recently purchased building which is large enough to accomodate it and the oth er business sections also. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon have long been identified with all activities of the com munity and it is with genu ine regret that residents of the county have learned of their leaving. For several years Mrs. Lyon has taught in the school system and Mr. Lyon has been with the ration board office here since it was opened. He had previously held business po sitions in the county. 1— ; - “FIGHTING LADY” WILL BE SHOWN HERE “Fighting Lady”, the gallant story of a gallant 1 ship and the men who sail her and fly her planes, will be shown at the Yancey Theatre next Sunday and Monday. The picture is fil-j med in technicolor by army| and navy photographers and is one of the most thrilling presentations of recent years. Every Ameri can with pride in the U. S. Navy will wish to see thit great Sea and Air story. J. A. Goodin is now in the Mission hospital, Asheville for an operation. | member of the Dellinger ! M:moria! Presbyterian chu -1 rch sjnce 1930, and for sev eral years was assistant to Miss Mary Dellinger, Miss ionary worker in Yancey county. She was one of the most active workers in the Sunday School and church. Miss Tipton was a grad- I uate of Clearmont high I school, and was widely i known throughout the cou- Inty, where she numbered ■ her friends by the hundreds ' j HolcQmbe-Ed wards fun ! eral home was in charge of arrangements. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ROBERT LEE McMAHAN pj Funeral services were i held last Friday at the Pen - sacola Baptist church for ; Robert Lee McMahan, 66. Rev. R. C. Arrowood offi ciated and burial was in the i Laurel Branch cemetery. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1945 Bald Creek high school was alloted another teacher and Chester Buchanan has been elected f