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tďgghfg VOLUME TEN --Men In Service-- i Cpl. L. B. Silvers has; been in a hospital in Tokyo for the past month where he underwent a serious op eration. Cpl. Silvers landed in Tokyo with the first air borne troops. A brother, Charles Silvers, is stationed in the Philippnes. Sgt. James Bryson is at home on 45 day leave after returning from 16 months overseas duty in the Europ ean Theatre. Pfc. John R. Gouge of the Quartermaster Corps! was discharged from the army at Camp Lee, Va. on Nov. 2. Pfc. Gale J. Gillespie has been discharged from the army at Fort Devens, Mass. He served in the Philippine Islands, on Leyte and Min donoa. Two brothers were also in the service, Burns who was in the European Theatre for 23 months was' discharged in May and Frank who is now in Fran ce. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gillespie who also have two grandsons in service S lc Jack Gillespie now in Guam and Pfc. Ed Gillespie in Manila. Pvt Jack Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Allen, has arrived in Italy, he has written his parents. T. Sgt. P. T. Phoenix is, home on a short leave en- 1 route to California where he will leave for overseas duty. Pfc. Boyd Edwards has returned to McGuire Gener 1 al hospital, Richmond, Va.,' after a leave at home. Jerome Williams is home' on a 9 day leave from the naval base at Bainbridge,' Md., where he finished boot training. He is the\son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams of Burnsville. Capt. Jame s A. Anglin is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Anglin. Seaman Bill Mclntosh is home on leave from Suf folk, Va Dick Bailey, S. 2c, is sta tioned at the Coast Guard station, Seattle, Wash. Pvt. James W. Hoover is home on leave visiting rela tives at Celo. He will report to Fort Devon, Mass. Pvt. James Payne is home on leave visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Payne. Pvt. Elwood Smith is a Camp Wheeler, Ga., for basic training, and Billy J. Smith is taking boot train ing at Camp Peary, Va. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Smith of Burns ville. Frank Butner, CM lc, is home on leave after return ing from duty with the Pa cific fleet. He landed in Bos ton with units of the fleet and took part in the Navy Day celebration in New York. Wood and Daphne Butner accompanied him from Washington. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. » * ■j The following men who have been discharged from military service are now at home and have reported during the past week to the local Selecive service board: , Jess Styles, Robert Lee Young, Guy S. McCurry, Paul J. Holcombe, Horace Adkins, Eli Redick, Coy Mc | Curry, J. B. Towe, Marion Paul Ballew, Perry" Lee ' Robinson, Edgar Elkins ' Joe Peterson, Wm. Mack Burgin; ? Monroe Williams, Frank i W. Blalock, Johnny Peter ! son, Gay Thomason, Ralph iS. Wilson, Jack Johnson, j Deckard Hedrick, Lester ! Wilson, Riley* Pittman, Ar > nold Fortner, Cecil Deyton; 1 Bill Young, Claude Wil son, James D. Wilson, James 1). Edwards, Fred Ballew ' Troy C. Morrow, Paul S Banks, Quince Hill, Roy W Higgins, Lawrence Wilson , Lloyd Beckwith, Bruce ’j Phillips, Charles Riddle, Claude Dale, Vernon Pres nell, Thad Bradford. Kenneth W. Carter re ceived his discharge at >| Camp Croft Oct. 20 He and Mrs. Carter, the former Miss Edith Clark, have been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Carter of Bald ]j Creek. j He entered Service in Jan-| ! uary, 1943, and received '[training in Vancouver Bar racks, Wash., Yuma Desert Training Center, Ariz, Ft. Warren, Wyoming, and IT 1 Belvoir, Va. During his 14 , months overseas he served jin England, France, Ger , many and Belgium. Before ; induction he was foreman jin the Full Fashioned Hes s' iery Mill, Morganton, and ij will soon resume his posi tion there. it - ! On the USS Weeden. — • William J King, seaman, first class, Cane River, N. C., served on. this destroyer I eseort when she carried lib erated American prisoners of war from Japan to Uni , ted States bases, j The Weeden steamed 90,- : 000 miles during the war, ! escorting everything from . scows to battleships. She II escorted troops to Bizerte' land Algeria and took troops i ifrom England to the States, i ( She made convoy runs to and from the Admiralties, ' New Guinea, the Carolinas, the Philippines and Okina wa. NOTICE Sgt. Lewis and Sgt. Belt . of the Asheville Army Re cruiting Station will be in ’ Burnsville November 12th • through November 16th. [ They will give any desired . information concerning en- Tistments in the Regular Army. 3 Ist Sgt.. and Mrs. Fred - Honeycutt, Mr. and Mrs. 1 - Seth Honeycutt and child t ren, A. P. Honeycutt and / Hollis Honeyoutt, Lora and v Wlima Atkins, Mr. and e Mrs. Joe Radford were; i week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Laughrun. “DEDICATEDTO THE OF YANCEY COUNTY’ BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1945 P. T. A. FIELD WORKER WILL BE HERE FRIDAY Mrs. B. S. Blair, field worKer lor me state Parent , teacher association will be < in Burnsville tomorrow, . Friday and wishes to meet i with a group from all sec tions of the county at 10:30s: O'clock. Mrs. Biair is particularly interested in meeting repre sentatives of schools where P. T. A.’s are not now func tioning and all who can are urged to come in for the , conference at 10:30. i T 5 Roy Silver who is now ..] serving with the Third Ar my in Czechoslovakia has been awarded four bronze battle stars for part...* i tion in the campaigns of Northern France, Ardennes the Rhineland and Central Europe. *He is alsb entitled to the Combat Infantry Badge and the Good Con- ; duct Medal. After his induction in December, 1942 he was as- ! signed to the 94th Division, jhe joined tlie "302 Regiment in September, 1943. Silver J : drove for a Cannon Com pany throughout combat His parents, Mr. and Mrs. j Elzie Silver live in Burns ville. The 94th Division has an outstanding record wilhi three American armies, the Ninth, Third, and Fifteenth | j After action at the Brit- . * tany Submarine ports of j Lorient and St. Nazaire it j { smashed through the forti- 1 ficalion s of the Seigfried | Line to drive to the Rhine. . TH A N KSGIVING DATE The state of North Caro ’ lina will observe Thanks 1 giving Day on Nov. 22, the-, fourth Thursday of the ; month, according to a state- < ment made recently by 1 John Harden, secretary to i Governor Cherry If 4 „ m * r'^ m srn z »rn- m ssuf' Many on Honor Roll at Micaville Primary Grade Honor Roll for Third month. Ist grade: A Honor Roll Walter G. McMahan, Shelby Jean Young, Caro lyn Young, Angeline Mc- Kiriney, Frances Carroll. B Honor Roll Joe Murphy, Don Thomas Gerald Honeycutt, Wallace Boone, Lloyd Ray, Johnny j Thomas, Lessie Thomas, Anna Mae Briggs, Mary Lee Beaver, Jewell Burleson, Betty Jean Tipton, Maurice Robinson, Mary Lou How -eU, Paul Lane, Wade Dale Jimmy Harris, Mary Mar tha Kates, Wayne McCurry, Benny Ray, Alice Wyatt, Donald Young, Wilma Sty les, Jimmy Hall, Judith Gillespie, David Young 'M«Ib a Sue Young. 2nd grade: A Honor Roll Georgia Burleson, . Mary Alice Presnell, Betty Jones. B Honor Roll Clara Lee Bartlett, John Chrisawn, Delano Cox, Tommy Thomas, Barbara Young, Willa Ann Boone, Tommy Gibbs, Anna Jane Boone, Fern Boone, Gloria Mace, Irene Wyatt, Grace I Bartlett, Virginia Wilson s Phillip Dale, Bernice Black, f Earle Thomas, Christine McCurry, Irma Wyatt lOBACCO ci.ADiNG DKiviONSTjIATIUN Mr. W. L.f i ßradsher, To bacco Marneting bpeciansi of the ProciU|tion and Mar keting Administration, will bein 1 aneey’ county next week to horn tour tobacco ( grading uenipstrations. The schedule is as follows: Wednesday. Nov. 14 at 10 a. m., at | Wayne Kay s, Kensacoia; at 2 p. m., at Fred McCouwy’s, Georges Fork; Thursday, Nov. 15 at ,10 a. m., at Wilson S. Edw ards, Cane River; at 2p. m., at R. C. Dayton s, Brush Creek.. | All farmers are invited to come and 'bring several stalks of tobacco, that is in case. Bring good and some bad. Mr, Bradsher is a tobacco grader of long experience and will bring us up to date oh tobacco grading. Our tobacco is our most important cash crop and we can well afford to grade and market as best we can. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOHN W. ROBINSON —— l John W. Robinson, 76, passed away at his home at Celo on Wednesday after noon following an extended illness. Funeral services are plan ned for this afternoon, un der the direction of. Hoi combe and Edwards funer al home. Services will be held at the Celo Methodic;' church with the Rev. W. E Rusty officiating. Burial will be in the Gibbs ceme tery at Celo. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Florence G Robinson; two daughters Mrs. Effie Hoover of Celt and Mrs. Ruth Hall of New dale; one son, Homer H Robinson of Celo. Four bro thers and two sisters also survive. ( Grace Burleson, Ronald ’ Coffin, Elenora Staton,! Betty Fortner, Paul Black,! John Bennett, Glen Sparks, ' Donald B Buchanan, Way ' ne Young, Caroline Justice, t ‘Mary Lou Burleson, Kath-,' | laen Wyatt, Barbara Ann | Wyatt, Ruth Hicks, Wilma 'Jones. ! 3rd grade: A Honor Roll Mary Alice McMahan i ’ Ruby Boone, Betty McMg ! han, Ray Carroll, Deola ’ Jones, Peggy Jane Young, ( ! Phillip Young, John Young, 1 Wade Styles, Bernice Rob j inson, Norman Edge, Golda Boone. > B Honor Roll > Bill McMahan, Gladys ' Rolland, Justina Boone 1 Bobby Honeycutt, Doyle Young, Nina Honeycutt, Eugene Briggs, Robert Ray Pearl Jones,. Kathleen r Boone, Ray Buchanan, She ■ lba Jean Carpenter, Edd Robinson, J. B. Ballew, 1 Jean Sparks, Shirley Mur y phy, Betrice ’ Brewer, Thel -1 ma Ray. > 4th grade: A Honor Roll 3 Samuel Ray; Sudie Kates,' 1 Bessie Boone, Bro oks 1 Boone, Dean Gillespie, Map hra Thomas. » B Honor Roll ' Charles Justice, Peggy, (Continued on page two) “THE TRUE GLORY” WILL BE SHOWN HERE The picture that Gen., Eisenliour calls the “great; picture of the war” comes j to the Yancey Theatre for one day’s showing on Tues day, Nov. 13. ‘ The True Glory” is the true picture account of the! (greatest story of all time —I how the Allies won the war. it is what is known by the moving picture trade as a! “documentary” film because, it is a true movie narrative.j The stars of the picture* atv ..tiie. G. L’s who won the ! war-hundreds of thous ands of them, showing just how, step by step, they ear ned the ban to victory, Uncle Sam himself was the producer of the picture and no American can see the. picture without gaining a deeper understanding of the late struggle and a a*■ r pi'io, in < 11' the n. n and Women who made pos sible the great victory. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR DAVID S. BRYANT 1 OF SIOUX David S. Bryant died ..t. his home at Sion: .. C. c-ni Sunday, Nov. d lie was a| life long reside:it ox Yancey! jour';,’ and was 87 years of age. i Funeral service.! were; h'dd ’Tuesday at" the Big 1 ' reek church and ouml! vag in the family eemei w-y.' He is survived by his 1 wife, Mrs. Mary Bryant, and the following children,] Mrs. Doss Peterson of Er win. Tenn., Wilce Bryant of Huritdale, Mrs. Moliie Moore of Swiss, Mrs. Het-! tie Hensley and Mrs. Julia Bryant of Day Book, Mrs. Lillie Bryant of Huntdale, Mrs. Lula Ervin of Erwin, Mrs. Hattie Letterman of Elizabethton, Tenn., Mrs. Naomi Hunicutt of Day Book, Miss Orpha Bryant I William Bryant arid Ever ■ ett Bryant of Sioux. Thirty six grand children and nine great grand child-; ren also survive. STATE OBSERVES AMERICAN LEGION WEEK | Gov. Cherry' has proclaim i. d Nov. 11 to 17 as “Ameri j can Legion Week” in North; Carolina, and every post in] the s.tate.is pledged to con. j dudfr'an intensive drive for] members. The local post will obsgr-] i ve the week, especially try-,] ing to contact the men who : have recently been disen-i arged from * services and who are now at home. " v 1 Plans are being complet ed for the supper meeting which will be held on the re gular meeting date, Nov. 27. A short interesting pro-, gram will be given and the] attendance of veterans of World Wars I and II is urg ed by the committee. This , committee will try to notify 1 every veteran of the exact plans for the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holle-] I man left today for a two, weeks visit in Winston-Sal -1 em and other points east. * Tobacco Markets Will Open December 3rd •9 Burley tobacco markets] at Boone and Asheville will open on Monday, Dec. 3, it was announced yesterday.] Other markets in the hurley belt will open ot the same, j time. Ceiling and floor prices will be in effect and gov ernment graders will be Group Service Plan For F. S. lA. * -. ' Group services that make available to small farmers necessary equipment such 4s modern machinery and, purebred sires at a cost they can afford, is a part of the harm Security Administra tion rehabilitation process that is of increasing impor tance. says Mack B. Ray, county supervisor. Agricultural c o nditions of tor ay and in the period imme: riitely ahead demand ] efficient- management of ] family size farms, Mr. Ray ’explained ”< i nacr-ssnry to do everything practical to lower the cost of produc tion and increase the qual ity of products. Small far mers who cannot obtain the j tools and services necessary] to produce economically] will fall behind. .pace will be harder each, year as old methods become further out-dated. The pur-; pose of FSA group service] WHEAT BINS FOR SALE BEE LOG HIGH SCHOOL I The Feed Wheat handled by Yancey county A. C. A., has been disposed of and {.the Wheat Bins owned by Commodity Credit Corpora tion are now for sale at $90.00 per bin. There are 12 Bins—size 10’ x 16’ constructed of good lumber and are recommend ed for chicken houses, gar age, storage houses and would be ideal for Tourist Cabins. If there is anyone inter ested in securing one or al these bins, please call by the AAA office in Burns ! bille by November 10, 1945. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. JAMES B. BORDERS I —■: | i ! Mrs. James B Borders j 2 5, the former Miss Kate Fox of Burnsville, died in ‘an Asheville hospital Wed-, ! nesday' following a short: ! illness. ... ' i * . f ' Fun ral services were held Saturday at the MerrF mon Avenue Baptist chur j-ch with the Rev. G. C. Cox i officiating, „ Burial was in the McCracken cemetery here. She is survived by the husband, Lt. James B. Bor ders of the a 'daughter, Mona; two sisters; Mrs. Fay Hickman and Mrs. I Anne Ball of Asheville; and three brothers, Pfc. Hub ert S'. Fox now serving ov erseas, Ernest and Ellis of Asheville. . ... A..— n. Mrs. David Evans was {visiting relatives here this , week. She has been residing; in Raleigh but is moving to Richmond, Va. IN. NUMBER FIFTEEN i present for the opening. A new record-is forecast for the season by officials who have looked over the ! crops. The yield was very heavy this year and the to bacco is of high quality. It is estimated that approxi mately 13 per cent more has i been harvested this year than last. | loans is to help small farm ers have the use of good equipment and sires at a reasonable expense. Needs are Frequent Often the small operator • needs purebred sire services but cannot afford a. pure bred bull, ram or stallion of the right type and quality solely for his own use. He needs a mower and rake several times a year; a ' planter, a binder or com bine for a few days. He could make good use of a tractor and tractor-operat ed equipment a week or two during the year but they cost too much. His wife may need a pressure cooker and washing machine. ’ Frequently,* several near ly farmers have the same needs. FSA group service , loans enable them to buy ; these things for joint use. lit is a'simple business prac (Continued on page 4) t Bee Log school is observ ing Book Week, Nov. 11th and 17th by having a con test to see which grades can bring in the most books | suitable for the school lib rary. Prizes will be given to the grade in the primary department, the grammar ; grade department, and the high school which has the best selection of books. The Bee Log 4-H Club met Wednesday, Nov. 7th. Mr. Beeson was chosen as ; faculty advisor. Thirty new members were taken into ! the club. The new lunch room has been completed, and the new equipment is being in- I stalled. We hope to be eat ; ing there soon. NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY ’ November 11-17 is known { National Book Week, and as such is being featured all over the United States. The Yancey County Pub lic Library has approximat ely six hundred and fifty books on Among those just received we note “Arabian Nights”, “Libby Botherbox” “Strbwberry Girl” Burro of Barnegot ' Road” How the Automobile Learned to Run” and many others for the younger set. There is a large number for your selection. Others recently added are “Mystery in Blue”, a story of a lost blue print, “Great American Detective Stories” “54 Charlton” i “Lance of Mystery Hollow” “Women i n Aviation” “With a High Heart” “Dark
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