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ft ft ft VOLUME TEN --Men In Service— Bronze Star Award Weldon Carson Burgin, S lc, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal. The ci tation read: In the name of the Presi dent of the United States and by direction of the Sec retary of the Navy and the Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, the Comman der Amphibious Forces, U. S. Pacific Fleet, takes plea sure in presenting the bron ze star medal to Weldon Carson Burgin, SeamanJ first class, United States' Naval Reserve for service 1 as set forth in the following citation: “For distinguishing him self by meritorious achieve ment in February, 1945, as a member of an assault ur/it during the assault and cap ture of Iwo Jima Island. In the face of enemy rifle, ma chine gun, and mortar fire, he bravely prepared the way for the operations of combat troops and by his courageous devotion to' duty contributed greatly to the success of this haz ardous mission. Hi s courage and conduct throughout were in keeping with the best traditions of the naval service”. Discharged . The following men have returned and are now at home after receiving a dis charge : Sewel Anglin, Woodrow Anglin, Bis Byrd, Ray English, Earl Rath bone, Glenn E. MeCourry. Pershing Angel is now at home following a discharge from service. He has been in the naval hospital at. Norfolk for wounds receiv-l ed in action. Carol W. Angel, Quarter master 3c, is now stattioned at the Naval Frontier Base San Pedro, Cal. Pvt. Johnny Peterson is now stationed at Camp Sibert, Ala. Cpl. Oscar T. Gibbs, Jr. after spending a 30 day fur lough at home with his wife and relatives has now re aimed to Camp Polk, La. Pvt. Paul Johnson of Bakers Creek hag received a discharge from the army. Harold Butner who has received a discharge from the Navy is at home. T. Sgt. Howe Deyton is now stationed at Camp Campbell, Ky. John C. Lynn, former county farm agent of Yan cey, Mitchell and Haywood counties, and district farm agent, is now serving in Germany with the Ameri can control food and agri cultural section. He holfls the rank of major. Bascombe Bennett is at home on a 17 day leave. He will return to Camp Brad ford, Va., Saturday. Virle Briggs who recently returned from overseas has received a discharge and is now at home. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Pfc. Leslie* Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bis Peter son of Burnsville, has re ceived an Army discharge after serving 21 months in the ETO and 20 months in the Pacific area. , He participated in 5 ma | jor battles and was wound ed last May 4 in the battle of Okinawa. He has seen action in Guam, the Philip pine Islands, Iwo Shima, Okinawa and other Pacific points. Pfc. Peterson was a member of the 77th Infan try Division and is holder of the Combat Infantry man Badge, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Philippine lib eration ribbon with one bronze star, Asiatic-Pacific' ribbon with 5 battle stars and six overseas bars. He is the .grandson of Mrs. H. M. Wilhite of John-' son City. Mt. Mitchell Is Great Scenic Attraction In State With the building of a highway link to connect the Blue Ridge parkway with the summit of Mt. Mitchell, millions of Americans in future years will have an opportunity to visit East-! ern America’s highest peak and share with the people of Western North Carolina one of the world’s outstand ing scenic wonderlands; Completion of the connec ting link and the parkway itself will undoubtedly put Ms. Mitchell State park in front-line competition with the Great Smoky Moun tains National park for the honor of being North Caro lina’s top ranking tourist attraction. The Mt. Mitchell State park now contains 1,224 acres, and is included in the 25,200-acre tract which makes up the Mt. Mitchell cooperative wildlife man agement area, which is a part of Pisgah National forest. Development of the park during the past decade has been -brought about throu gh cooperation of the State Department of Conserva tion and Development and the Civilian Conservation corps, which set up a camp in the area in the thirties. Plans for Development The program of develop ment for the park set up in the thirties has been par j tially achieved. In included: Erection of administra tion buildings, erection of main park buildings with lunch room, lounge rooms, and other facilities, con struction of cabins, provis ion of improved water sup ply and sanitary facilities development of camping and picnic areas, removal of dead timber to reduce fire hazard in the timbered areas of the park, and con tinuation of reforestation activities. Building the new high way link from the Blue Ridge parkway will open up still greater deveop ment possibilities in the state park. Actually, state and other officials say this “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1945 NOTICE President • Truman will address nation, all stations on nation-wide hook-up, in behalf of National War Fund, Tuesday, October 2, 10:30-10:35 p. m., to be fal lowed immediately by Cov ernor Cherry, Honorary Chairman and Victor S. Bryant State Chairman. Addresses will be heard ov er the following stations: WPTF Raleigh, WB IG Greensboro, WSJS Winston Salem, WB T Charlotte!, WISE Asheville, WM S D Wilmington, WCNC Eliza beth City. __________________________ ' 9 The clocks of the nation will be turned back one hour on Sunday, September 30 in a return to Standard time. War time, one hour earlier, has been observed since immediately after the declaration of war by the United States. step is only the beginning of a program which will make the Mitchell area one of the most popular ones along the entire length of the parkway. The highway link of 4.7 mile s which will connect Mitchell with the parkway will be built at a cost of ap proximately $200,000, it has been announced by .John A. Goode, of Asheville, a mem ber of the State Highway and Public Works commis sion. The contract will be let Oct. 9 and work on the pro ject is expected to start shortly afterward. Some of Parkway Surfaced The parkway is already built and surfaced with stone as far as Balsam gap, which is about six miles closer to Asheville than the point where the highway link to Mt. Mitchell will be gin. The new travel route will connect with the parkway at Swannanoa gap and en ter Mt. Mitchell State park at Stepp’s gap. Towering above the road will be a number of the other Black Mountain range peaks. The forested area between the parkway and the peak is a part of the cooperative wildlife management area, which is maintained throu gh cooperation of the Na tional Forest service and the state government. After passing through Stepp’s gap, the connecting highway will continue on around to Mt. Mitchell, where it will end 104 feet below the peak’s actual summit. Thirty feet of that will, be in steps. The park ing space for automobiles will he about SQO feet from the tower. The walkway from this point to the sum mit of the peak will have a grade of only 15 per cent. (Asheville Oitizen ) Sugar allocated to civi lians during the fourth qua rter is 982,000 tons, or 562,- 000 tons less than the amo unt made available last year for the same period. j NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL STORY IN ESSO OILIVAYS - Raleigh —-u A six-page spread on N ; irth Carolina lin Esso Oilwa ire, a trade publication, J arries the story of the date’s indus trial progress to tens of thousands off msiness exe cutives, both i -this country and abroad. II istrated with photographs )■ rom the ad vertising dr ision’s files the story givei| a brief, gen eral descrip|l©n of the state, and thegl more de tailed information on its in dustrial progi'jlss. The artic le was prepared from data of the state department of conservation Jmd develop ment. Ten thousand reprints of the article supplied without cost to the adver tising division for use as stock literature. h b INFAN? DIES The two mpnths old son of Mr. and Mrss. Jim Gar land of Banks;Creek died at the home last Sonday morn ing. Funeral services with Rev. A. H. Mutschler offi ciating were» held at 10 o’clock Monday morning. Burial was In the family cemetery. 1 ATTEND CONFERENCE Grover D, Gillis, F. S. A. county- — Mias Irene Edwards, assistant supervisor and county com mitteemen, Edd King and Carl T. Young, attended a district conference in Mar ion on Wednesday. J. H. Ray, representative for veterans also attended. ATTEND JUNIOR RED CROSS MEETING Mrs. Carroll Regers, Mrs. Craig English, Mrs. Sam J. Huskins and Miss Ruby Robinson attended a Jun ior Red Cross conference in Asheville on Sept. 19. The program of activities for Junior Red Cross chapters wa s discussed. Mrs. Roger* is county chairman of this work. 1 STATE VETERINARIAN ASKS WAR ON RATS Tht*re are 3,500,000 rats in North Carolina many rats as there are peo ple, accordiny to Dr. Will iam Moore, and he wants something done about it. Dr. Moore, head of the Veterinary division of the State Department of Agri culture, said that more than 50 per cent of these rats live on farms and carry dis eases which are a serious menace to farm animals and their owners. They are also carriers of parasites which in turn carry other diseases that are threats to livestock and human health. “Winter time is a good time of the year, to open a renewed war on the rat menace. It will mean the saving of a lot of grain and other feed—apd per hapg the prevention of a 3erious disease outbreak,” said Doctor Moore. « For Preinduction Exams For Preinduction Exams The following men left this morning for Fort Jack son for preinduction exam inations: Nathaniel Brown, Ers kine P. Fender, Charles Wright, t Marshall Pate, Emmett Wilson; Dan Wil son, Leland Autrey v Samuel McPeters, Clyde S. Black, Wm. Fred Hylemon, Paul Laws, Estel Adkins, Bur gess Bryant, J. C. Banks, Swight * , Boone, Sco tty Hughes. OCTOBER TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT The October terrh of Superior Court will con vene here on Oct. 22. Judge Frank M. Armstrong will preside, and both civil and criminal cases will be heard. COMMITTEES ARE AP POINTED FOR LEGION AUXILIARY At the regular meeting ' oi' the Legion and Auxil iary Tuesday evening, Mrs. ■ J. H. Ray, president of the auxiliary qnit named the standing committees . for < the year. < Mrs. Earl Wilson is chair ; man for the Americaniza ! tion committee, and mem 1 bers are Mrs. R. N. Silver, Mrs. C. R. Hamrick, Mrs 1 Monroe Mclntosh, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Oscar L. Young. The community service ccmmitt.ee is headed by Mrs. I). R. Fouts, and mem- ( bers are Mrs. W. E. Rusty, ' Mrs. Horace Higgins, Mrs. , Oscar L. Young. Other chairmen are: child welfare Mrs. R. Y. Tilson, music, ■Mrs. H. G. Bailey and Mrs. ' Yate s Bennett; Christmas seal sale, Mrs. C. L. Proffitt Rehabilitation, Mrs. J. O. Safford; Historian, Mrs. W. * W. Hennessee; chaplain, 1 Mrs. W.. B. Robertson. Returns from Overseas 1 M. Sgt. Arthur Patton, Jr. ( Ceio; Cpl. Paul King, Pfc. Horace Silver, Burnsville, j ] Paul McCourry has re turned to Camp Butner as-. s ter a leave at home. J < SAMGftICAN HepOES -by WOODYCOWAN . A LIBERTY SHIR kw keen named for James G. Squires of Everett, Mass., second f«*h fa the torpedoed S. S. Maiantic, and a Mer chant Marin* jDUelayiiihed Service Medal awarded posthumously. Squires clung to a rOfbsheawn to the life boat in which he, the ship’s I master and nine other mmmm floated on rough seas until the other ten were safe on a British reerue craft after the torpedoing. Then he lapsed into uncoiucio«ifpV* and wa# swept away. Investment In VU tory Bonds to support living heroes is a testimonial, too, to such men, U. S. Tnotary Dtfartmtttf T-- — ! ’ CHILD KILLED BY SHOTGUN BLAST George Gardner, 2 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fillmore Gardner of the Shoal Creek section, was killed instantly last Thurs day morning about 9 o’clock when a shotgun was fired by a 6 year old brother. The four small children had been left in the house by the mother who had gone a short distance to the spring. The children took the gun down and it was accidentally fired. Funeral services \yere held Friday afternoon at the Upper Shoal Creek Bap-' tist church with the RevJ Jack Jenkins officiating. Burial was in the Young cemetery. j In addition to the parents, the child is survived by three small brothers. RATION BOARD HERE WILL CLOSE OCT. 31 JO- .. Pt it } an d rationing boards of tlis Charlotte of fice have been officially j notified Os closing dates, it has been learned.- ! Some of the offices wilL close on Oct. 15 and others on Oct. 31. The Yancey cou nty office is in the latter group. After it is closed on Oct. 31, the work will be handled from the Asheville office. SYMPHONY FUND / Contributions to the Nor th Carolina Symphony Or-, chestra Fund now total j $450, according to a report' of the committee today. | This however, is $75 below the minimum required to have a free concert for the school children of the coun-j ty. The check must go in Saturday and anyone who wishes to contribute is ur ged to contact* the commit tee before that time. Pvt. Ralph Tomberlin and Pvt. Jack Allen who com pleted basic training at Camp Rucker, Ala. are now stationed at Fort Maede, Md. Pvt. Edward Buckner is, at home from Camp Ruck- 1 er, Ala. pi Pi H '-V: NUMBER NINE v i ,1 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Special:—A series of re vival services, lasting ten days or more, are scheduled to begin at the First Bap tist church, Burnsville, on Wednesday night, Oct. 3rd. j Mr. W. B. Archer, noted pastor-evangelist will be guest minister. A native of I West Virginia. Mr. Archer did mission work in South America, and has since held i important pastorates i n ! Florida and Alabama, be fore coming to his present work as pastor of the First ! Baptist church of Wellford, S. C. Efforts are also being made to secure a gospel singer to assist in the above meeting. The public at large is cordially invited to attend these services. ! JAMES H. WILSON PASSES j ' James H. Wilson, 78, life time resident of Yancey county, passed away at his i home at Bee Log Friday 'morning, September 14 af ter an extended illness. | Funeral services were conducted Saturday after noon by the Rev. Quince j Miller. Interment was in the family cemetery. Pall bearer s were Webb Ramsey, Coy Phillips, Geo rge, Andy, M. S., Lifus and Lee Edwards, Alvin Wilson, Rufus Hensley, Paul Edw ards and Johnny Ramsey. Flower- girls were Mrs. Coy -Phillips, Mrs. John Riley, Pansy Hensley, Lillie i Lou Ramsey, Carrie Hen sley, Mrs. George Edwards, j Mrs. Everette Hensley, Dale .and Eula Ramsey,Mae Fen- Ider, Mrs. Walter Starky, Thelma Edwards, Maria Starky. Surviving ar e three dau ghters, Mrs. R. S. Caldwell, Erwin, Tenn., Mrs. Clarence King, Caretta, W. Va., Miss Thelma Wilson, Bee Log; three sons, Joseph Wilson, Bee Log, James Wilson, Bee Log, who has just been dis charged from the army af ter having been wounded in France, Cpl. Claude Wil son, Pittsburg, Cal. ; one brother, W. M. Wilson and four sisters, Mrs. W. B. Hensley, Mrs. W. F. How ard, Mrs. J. H. Phillips, Mrs. John Fender all of Bee Log ; eleven grand chillren and four great grand children. A host of friends and re latives are left to remem ber “Jim”, as he was known. Mr. and Mrs. (C. H. Nob lett announce the birth of a son, Eric Stephen, Sept. 26th. ... . - -
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