pi ft ft VOLUME TEN --Men In Service-- T. 5 Fred S. Ray has re turned from 34 months ov erseas service and is spend ing a leave at home. He has been in service three and a half years. Sgt. Daniel E. Briggs is now stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla Joe Radford received a discharge from the Navy last week and he and Mrs. Radford are visiting rela tives here. Pvt. J. C. Banks is now stationed at Camp Crowder, Mo. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Banks of Bol ens Creek. Pvt. Lloyd Williams m now at the overseas replace-' ment depot, Salt Lake City/ Utah. Fort Bragv, N. C, Oct. 13. 1 T. Sgt. Leo Robert Boliek,! Rt. 2, Burnsville, N. C., was 1 listed among the 175 men' re-enlisting in the Regular, Army here this week, ac-; cording to Major John H.j Newsome, Commanding Of-: ficer of the Recruiting Station. The following men have landed in the States ac-! cording to a news release: Pfc Stanley C. Bailey, Pfc. Henry C. Butner, Pfc. Bruce E. King, Lt. Willie D. Honeycutt, of Burnsville; Pfc. Carl D. Ferguson, Bald Creek; Sgt. J. Lester Hol combe, Paint Gap; Pvt. Thomas M. Bu c h anan, Green Mtn.; Pfc. Herman L Anglin, Cane River; Pfc. Frank W. Blalock, Celo; Pvt. Deckfcird Hedrick,' Ramseytown. Quinton Towe has return ed from 29 months service in the south Pacific area and is now at home on leave. the execu committee appoint a rs-> creation committee to pro-' vide facilities 4nd supervi sion for recreation of the young people of the com munity. This will be done at the next meeting of the executive committee. The high school attend j-ance banner- w&s won •by ' the Bth grade and in the j grades the first and third grades tied. ’f Executive Committee The executive committee met on Oct. 11 and the fol- 1 lowing were n|uned as com-} mittee chairmen for the year: prograj, Mrs. D. R. Fouts; publicity, Mrs.. C. R. Hamrick; * membership, ! Mrs. I. F. MeCfourry; hospi tality, Mrs. L. G. Deyton; room representative, Mrs. Paul Laughrup; safety, L. 1 !G. Deyton; music, Mrs. Gar ' rett Bailey; budget and fin sanitation, Jake Buckner; post war and reconversion J H. G. Bailey. Each chair man is asked to name his | committee members and to report at the next meeting. J NOTICE 11 ! Tiny Dodson and Ray | Forrester will be at the Riverside church on Satur day, Oct 20th at 7:30. Ev erybody is invited to come. Mrs. Dewey Griggs and daughter are visiting Mr. a.id Mrs Carl Hensley. PASTORS ASSIGNED TO METHODIST CHURCHES Pastors were assigned to Methodist churches of I the county at the annual conference held in Greens j boro. Rev. F. R. Barber who has been pastor of the Bur- j bnsville church was assigned 'to Midland church and Rev. jO. E. Croy of Liberty will ■ come to Burnsville. Rev. W. E. Rusty wa|r re turned to the Micaville-Tip- Iton Hill charge and Rev. J. !R. Bowman to the Bald 1 Creek charge. FU NERAL SERVICES PLANNED FOR MRS. MINNIE SILVERS Mrs. Minnie Silvers, 79 passed away Tuesday after noon at the home of her son, R. N. Silver, of Mica ville following an illness of 3 months. Funeral services are i planned for this afternoon, I Thursday, at the Micaville 1 PPresbyterian church with the Rev. W. E. Rusty offi ciating, assisted by the Rev. ! Ernest Wilson. Burial will be in the Micaville cemetery Holcombe and Edwards are in charge of arrangements. | Surviving are one dau ghter, Mrs. Roger Calloway i of Los Angeles, two sons, R N. Silvers and A. L. Silvers -rtf ■■Adairsvffle, Ga. CLEARMONT SCHOOL An amateur musical con gest will be held at Clear jmont high school on Mon day night at 7 o’clock. Priz es will be offered for win -1 ning numbers. Every one is invited to enter and those who play a musical instru ment are asked to bring their instruments with them. Mrs. W D. Pleasant of ; Leaksville has been visiting relatives here. Jurors JListed For Court The following jury list was drawn for the October term of Superior Court which will convene o n October 22: First week: Clyde Taylor, W. W. Penland, S. S. Tipton, Wash Wilson, E. S. Byrd, Boyd Johnson, W. S. Edw ards, John Penland, Henry Ayers, Clate Adkins, Wel zie Hughes, Will Adkiins; Harmon Edwards, Gus Ray, R. 0, Riddle, W. E. Hall, J. S. Fox, Mack Hen sley, Mack Huskins, T. M. Elkins, Willard Mclntosh, National War Fund Drive i L. G. Deyton, chairman' of the Yancey county Unit ed Wi*r Fund, has received the following telegram? from Governor Gregg Cherry: Gratitude to fighting men for Military Victory at great sacrifice demands that we finish their job to insure peace. Realization that millions throughout world owe every existence to our generosity, and pride in North Carolinas record of success in every previous form of war cam paign efforts demands that we strive for nothing less than one hundred per cent of allocated war fund goalj in every county. Urge that you encourage chairmen and solicitors to double and UNITED WAR FUND TOWNSHIP QUOTA BURNSVILLE $1025.00 CANE RIVER 325.00 EGYPT 150.00 RAMSEYTOWN 125 00 GREEN MOUNTAIN 125.00 JACKS CREEK 250 00 BRUSH CREEK 125 00 CRABTREE 400.00 SOUTH TOE 150.00 PENSACOLA 100.00 PRICES CREEK 225.00 TOTAL '. $3,000.00 •■** 11 ' ““*• ~ - _ ■ ... . ~. ft .ft ft NUMBER TWELVE M. O. Ferguson, G. W. , Chandler, S. D. McKinney. Second week: Val Young, O. P. Blankenship, J. C. Mc- Intosh, Mark Hall, Jr.., By , rd Mclntosh, O. M. Robin , son, J. C. Hunter, M. C. , Gardner, Leland Robinson, R. C. Howell, R. D. Maney, W. A. Carroll, Vono Anglin, G. B. Honeycutt, Henry Stamey, Jack McLaughlin, i Jame s Fender, Cheet Hoi* , combe, Will Duncan, C. M. Hill, Oscar Bradford, .An drew 7 McCurry, E. Hugh , Styles, Kennith Wyatt. ' redouble efforts. i Citizens are urged to contribute generously this year, since there will be ur gent need for funds. The j motto is still “For u§ and for our Allies”. „ i In addition, the need is more critical than , ever among liberated peoples who face the hardest winter yet. All predictions are that : there will be more need for fuel, fond anl clothing than ever before since the liber ated nations have not had itime nor facilities to pro duce for themselves the ! things which they will need. Part of every dollar contri ijbuted will send food for the . weak, medicines for the . j sick, clothes and shelter for l ( the ragged and homeless. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. RUETTA HAMPTON McCOURRY Mrs. Ruetta Hampton Mc- Courry was the daughter of Rev. E. H. and Elizabeth Hampton, born May 2, 1869, died Oct. 12, 1945. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, Oct. 13 at 2:00 p. m., at the family cemetery, Rev. J. R. Bow man and Rev. A. Z. Jamer son, assisted by Rev. James Deyton officiating. Surviving are three sis ters, Mrs. Cleve Ledbetter of Asheville, Mrs. Homer Turpin and Mrs. Clarence Martin of Whittier, N. C.; seven children, Tommy Mc- Courry and Mrs. Joe Letter man of Day Book, Mrs. James Howell of Sioux, Mrs Bascom Silver, Marion, Mrs. Newton Greenway of Ox ford, Pa.,Arthur McCourry of Boones Creek, Tenn., El zie McCourry of Limestone, Tenn. 38 grand children, 48 great grand children, and 2 great great grand children. Pall beared were: Howe and Jay Deyton, Junior Ayers, George Webb, T B. McCourry, Earle Painter.