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IKK VOLUME TEN --Men In Service-- With Marines In Japan Pfc. James Boyce Stanley son of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Stanley of Burnsville, is now with American Marin es who landed on the Japa nese home Island. Pfc. Stamay wrote on Sept. 2, that the Marines lande in the naval bay at Tokyo on August 30 and that they encountered no trouble in landing. Stamey lias an enviable battle record in Pacific fighting since he entered service in 1943. He was with Ah,line forces who took thi.eof.ihe Marshall Is lands, and later Guam and Okinawa. j Major and Mrs. Richard Grimes have been visiting! relatives in the county, fol-j lowing his return from ev j erseas duty. Mrs. Grimes is the former Miss Maxine Honeycutt of Micaville. Sgt. Margaret Honeycutt of the’ WAC who was stationed in Paris for several months has also been visiting rela tives in the county. On Famed Carrier Somewhere in the Paci fic Ray Leroy Burgin, machinist’s mate, third class, USNR, Celo, N. C., took part in a dual celebra tion aboard hi 9 Pacific air craft carrier, the USS In trepid, on August 16. The officers and men of this famed warship celebrated the victory in the Pacific and the observance of the ship’s second year in ser vice. The day of celebration be gan with thanksgiving ser vices and closed with a spec tacular fun show. The noon meal wag turkey with all of the trimmings. The Intrepid has a proud record as a fighting ship. Four times she suffered battle damage. Her history records 80 enemy ships sunk and 650 enemy aircraft de stroyed by the carrier’s planes and guns. Clarence Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Sim mons of Hamrick, has re received a discharge from the army through the point system. Cpl. John King of Camp Croft is home on 3 day pass. Pfc. Iliff Clevenger was home on week end leave from Fort Knox, Ky. Jame s Johnson, S 2c, was home on week end leave from the naval training sta tion, Bainbridge. He has completed boot training and is now in fire control school. Pvt. Ralph Tomberlin of' Swiss is spending a few ( days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Tomberlin ( Pvt. Bill Ray is stationed at Camp Croft, S. C. _________ i Pvt. Royce L. Hall and Pvt. Elwood K. Smith are stationed at Camp Wheel er, Ga. Pvt. Jack Allen is home on leave, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Allen. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB.'RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Pfc. Harue Hensley Returns Home With the 32d Infantry Division in Northern Luzon, P. I.—A veteran of six op erations during 40 months in the SWPA with the 32d ißed Arrow) Division, Harue Hensley, of Bee Log, is returning home with 101 demobilization points. Sailing for Australia with the division in April, 1942, he saw his first action at Buna, when the 32d was rushed to New Guinea to stem the Japanese drive on Port Moresby. He fought in the subsequent actions farther up the coast <-at Saidor and Aitape; on Mor otai island in the Nether lands East Indies; and on Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines. In Northern Luzon the Red Arrowmen fought for six and a half months in the rugged Caraballo Moun tains, and ended the War on their 654th day of combat. Hensley started home four days after Japan made her first offer to surrender. Hensley entered service in Sept. 1941. He is the sor of Mr. and Mrs. Mack D. Hensley of Bee Log. TELLS STORY OF SHIP Andrew B. Hughes, S lc has sent a letter to his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hughes of Burnsville, rela ting the story of his ship. Parts of the letter follow: “Now that the war is ov er I can tell you some parts of the story of my ship from the time we left the states until this time. Os course, l can’t tell you where I am or what we’ll do in the'future, but you’ll understand why. "The Cape has been a whiner from the day she was commissioned. Even in our battle problem before leaving San Diego we scor ed higher than any other ship of our class at the time. Our cruise was pretty short as our first stop was Pearl Harbor where we stayed for a cquple of weeks “We left Pearl Harbor June 14 and the next leg of the voyage was long—to Leyte. We sailed on our first mission on July 1. We were to be part of an es cort group to provide air cover for an important task force in the East China sea We steamed northward, passed off Formosa and joined other ships. Air cov erage means that the ships of our forces are given pro tective umbrellas by the carrier planes. We have two squadrons on this flal -top, fighter and * torpedt .bomber planes. The first “kill” for the Cape was ( made that day. Later we pulled into anchorage. Ka mikaze planes made in one of their favorite hunting spots. Toward the end of the month we got warnings of a typhoon and we ran away from it. On July 23 we scor ed our second enemy plane and a short time later, the (Continued on page 4) “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” CORRECTION In the report of the Mem orial Services held here on Sept. 3, the name of Lloyd Hilemon was listed. The ' name should have been » Ward F. Hilemon who was ■ killed in action in Germany' 3 on April 26. Pfc. Lloyd Hile-J l mon is now in France. His • wife and small son live with » her parents at Toledo, N. C HIGHWAY TO SCHOOL MS WIDENED * ] - The Highway from the; 3 Square to Burnsville school ) is now being widened by 1 the addition of an asphalt t strip to the concrete road. 3 The work is being done byj t the State highway depart-j ■ mont and will greatly aid in * eliminating much of the 1 1 congestion on the highway i during the school term. * COUNTY FSA OFFICE i*l CLOSED ALL DAY J| EVERY SATURDAY 1 New Schedule Based on •; 40-Hour Work Week Ord*r r L r Beginning Saturday, Sep tember 15, the county Farm } Security Ad m i nistration office at Burnsville will be . closed all day on each Sat urday, Grover I). Gillis, county supervisor announ * ced today. The new schedule is in compliance with an admin istrative order which sptvi * fies that effective Septem ■ her 9 the work week for all - FSA employees will be five I days of eight hours each, 'I from Monday through Fri 3,day. Any change in the re -1 gular administrative work 2 week must have the prior f approval of the Adminis- 1 i trator. The Office hours Monday through Friday are 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M., Mr. Gillis 1 said. 1 WOMANS CLUB r The Burnsville Woman’s 2 Club will resume regular ", meetings following the 3 summer recess. The first ? meeting will be held at the. “ club house this evening. r Dr. B. B. McGuire will be f guest speaker. I Ist. Sgt. Arthur L. Wil » son of Cane River has re “ turned to the States. r < Suggestions To Rug Makeis ,| From reliable sources, the 1 Yancey Record has been in -j formed that the value of s cotton hooked rugs produc -jed in western North Caro e lina has approximated two e million dollars, according to 1 1 OPA figures. This, howev :ier, will become a thing of t the past, makers are warn s ed, unless rugs are made on b desirable patterns and of -'the quality desired by pur ej chasers. t Warehouses in Belgium, | France, Canada, China, It e aly and other textile coun f tries have on hand various yr. types of floor coverings -'which are ready for ship > ment, now that the war is e over, and which will be of ' sered for sale in depart # • -V BURNSVILLE, N C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1945 NAMED AS TEACHER Richard Peterson who has recently received a dis charge from the army af ter four years service, has been named as teacher in i the BuYnsville school sys tem to fill the vacancy caus ed by the risignation of Mrs. J. P. Lyon. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have return to Burnsville from Atlantic City, N. J. and'he has begun : his duties at Burnsville I school. | h t FAMOUS MOYIE WILL BE SHOWN HERE 1 — One of the> most widely i acclaimed mojpon pictures [of the year, the 2iuh Cen tury-Fox. production, "A [Tree Grows in Brooklyn’’ will be showq at'fbe Yan cey Theatre on Sunday and Monday. | The movitl was made 1 from the best seller of the same name, and rivals the book in popularity. A dis tinguished cast, headed by Dorothy Mcfruire, Janies Dunn, Joan Blondell and Peggy Ann Garner, give memorable performances in the picture. It’s the “best in entertainment”. | ! SYMPHONY FUNIJ^ Mrs. Carroll Rogers chairman for Yancey coun ty for the Symphony or -rhesUt iMPdi ha« rajjwrfcakh contributions to date now total $378. This does not in clude reports from three schools or a full report from i the Men's Club. Also, Tyj one community report is included, that of Mrs. Clau- 1 de Hughes of Green Mtn. I P. T. A. MEETING The first regular meeting of the Burnsville Parent- Teacher Association for the current year will be held at' the high school building on 1 Tuesday evening, Sept. 18 ! ■Reports of committees will |be heard, including the nominating committee who-! se members are Mrs. Dover! Fouts, Miss Clonnie Hus 1 kins and Rev. F. R. Barber There are a number of new teachers at the school this year, and during the social hour, parents and teachers will have an opportunity to riniet. A full attendance is I urged. !m >nt store s throughout the United States. These can be offered for even less money per square foot than native hooked rugs due to the fact that many of the foreign countries do not have a ! wage schedule such as pre vails in the United States, j The los 8 of the rug indus try to this and surrounding counties would mean a con-: siderable loss of cash re venue which ig paid weekly.j The Record joins those con-' nected with the industry in urging all makers that they make better rugs on desir ed patterns so that the de mand will continue and this i very valuable home indus try be preserved for this section. NOTICE The following notice has been received from the Asheville office of the state department of Conserva tion and Development: The North Carolina Div ision of Game and Inland Fisheries announce open ings for District Game and Fish Protectors in District No. 3, composed of McDow ell, Yancey, Mitchell and Avery counties. Applicants may receive application blanks by writing to the Division of Game and In land Fisheries, Raleigh, N. C. Examination will be held in Marion, on Sept, 26th. Requirements: All ap plicants must be between the age s of 22 to 40; Pass' physical examination; hei-! ght, not less than 5’8”; i weight, not less than 150! lbs.; High school education |or equivalent. ShEPHERD NAMED FARM AGENT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY Ralph S. Shepherd has; resigned a 8 assistant coun ty agent of Yancey county j to accept the position of' farm agent for Mitchell j j county. He will .begin his | work there on Sept. 17. Mr. Shepherd came to Burnsville a s assistant cou nty ageni on July 15, 1942 and has served in this capacity since that time. -He has been active in ai ’ fairs of the community as well as in the farm exten sion work and the 4-H club | program. I Mrs. Shepherd, the for mer Miss Joyce Banks, has , resigned as teacher at Clearmont and will teach at Bowman high school, Bak ersville where they will re side. Decoration Service There will be a Decora (tion Service at the Byrd cemetery in Ramseytown on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 23rd at 2:30 o’clock. ! j Fred Ramsey who has | completed boot training at the naval training station,! Bainbridge is home on' 1 leave. j Ml American Heroes . , - - -by WOODY COWAN - - - j 1r ~ DISREGARDING Mi own safety when a Merchant Marine vessel struck an enemy mine in a heavy tea broke the ship in half, Third Assistant Engineer Francis C. Rack carried his Chief on deck after all vsaMe ltfeMata had shoved off. Seeing an empty boat adrift, Rack dove Into tha Ha and swam to it. He managed to propel it to the sinking ship and transferred the Chief Engineer. Rack waa awarded a distinguished aervice medal. When seamen show such cour j age in using equipment that War Bonds helped to provide, Americana L know that their investment in Bonds never can be hie trough. V V. S. TriMury Utptrtmtnt * - o Enlistment in Regular Army The following letter has been received by this paper from the public relation of fice of the 4th service com mand, relative to enlist ment in the regular army: With all the concern indi cated over the employment situation in the postwar months, the attention of young men might profitab ly be directed to the possi bilities pffered by the Re gular Army, both as a career and as an employer during the immediate post-] war period. It is recognized that the major objection of men to Army service is the loss of 'a certain amount of person jal freedom necessary in the (military establishment. But (there are advantages to outweigh these objections. The pay, when board, cloth ing- and housing are consid ered, compares quite favor ably with civilian pa y. There is security, in that a I man will not be laid off i ; 1 GRADES ANNOUNCED ; The Health De j partment announces the ] Grades of Food-Handling establishments in Yancey county: A & M Case, 77.5 (Cl; Citv Case, 84.5 iB i; Dinner Bell Case, 72.5 iC>; Mt. Mitchell Camp (Girls) 80.5 <B»; Nu-Wray Hotel, 85.5 •13 >: Nu-Wrav Hofei Case 1 75.0 (C); Young’s Case" 75.5 (C); Johnson & Co. Market, 83.5 (B i; Micaville Exchange Market, 80.0 )B l; Proffitt & Co. Market 83.0 < B); Ray’s Market, 80.0 iB); Young’s Market 72.0 (C); Robinson’s Dairy (Grade A Pasteurized (At. The Singing Convention at Burnsville high school Sunday, Sept. 16, will fea ture Wade Mainer, singer of gospel songs, the Caro lina Quartet from WWNC, Tiny Dodson from WISE, the Gosnell Trio from As heville, the Butler Triplet’s from Asheville, the Bent ] Creek Quartet and mftny others from various sta- I tions. Convention starts at 11 (a. m. and will last until 4 • - pi pi p| NUMBER SEVEN during this three-year en listment. He has the best medical care that the medi cal profession can provide. Dependents receive benefits and consideration not al- ~ T ways found in civilian occu pations. I The Army also offers an i extensive educational pro gram. This should be of particular interest to young imen who have not settled upon their careers, or who lack sufficient training to ('qualify for civilian posi tions. In the Army they ; may combine practice on the job with education and 1 training in their chosen field. Academic instruction is the best that American ■ educator's have been able to provide. 1 Instead of job hunting, 70,000 young men can find themselves in the Army. That is the total which the Fourth Service Command has been authorized to en list for three-year hitches during the next few months Receives Combat Badge : Rome, Ga.—Pfe. James ,'M. Thompson, of Burnsville, r was awarded the Combat Badge by Col. D. B. Faust, command . ing officer of Battey Gen eral Hospital here, in for mal ceremonies recently. A member of Co. L 317th j Regiment, 80th Infantry rttßhie Ridge* Division;- Thompson served in France i GerrrHany, Belgium and J Luxembourg. He was woun l ded by rifle fire Dec. 25 . during the Germany coun j ter-attack in the Belgian I Bulge, for which he receiv r ed the Purple Heart, j In the Army since Nov j ember, 1943, he also wears 1 the European-African-Mid -1 die Eastern campaign rib • bon with two major engage " ment stars, and the Good * Conduct ribbon. f ■■■■■—! ■ —■■ ' ..i—■— -*r i..." ■" > Mrs. Dawson Briggs who ■ underwent an operation 3 last week has returned to L her home hero. r CITIZENS OF COUNTY URGED TO MAKE L “VICTORY GIFT’’ V Citizens of the county will be asked, during the War Fund Campaign which will begin on Oct. 1, to make a victory gift. “We should make this gift”, officials have stated, “as an expres sion of gratitude for the peace and for the boys w ho have won it for us.” The National War Fund must continue its as long as the acute need for foreign relief exists and _ as long as all the men in service have not returned home. “For Our Own—For our Allies” again is the slogan of the drive. Pfc. Clair Laws has re ceived a d'dcharge from the army and is at home. Mrs. Dora Rutledge of Leaksville has been the house guest of • Mis« Lena Banner. Miss Linnie Belle Thomas and Sue Knight al so of Leaksville were guesta of Mise Celia King.
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