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_ . t ;• • .. - v lairiiitir«iiintiia<>a a '■»»»••"• - vumtmna mHlwitf<«W»fnwimiiMimucui—— “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” • VOLUME TEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1945 NUMBER EIGHTEEN --Men In Service-- 1 'i I Frank H. Cooper, water tender, third class, Burns ville, N. C., served on the super-destroyer USS Frank Knox, which, before joining the occupation Fleet in Tok- 1 yo Bay, was one of the first ships to enter the bay area. Named in honor of the late Secretary of the Navy, ' the FRANK KNOX was lying off the Yokosuka na val base when American and Japanese dignitaries! signed the formal surrender j terms Sept. 2. While attached to the oc cupation units, members of the ship had opportunities I to go ashore, making trips! to Tokyo, Yokohama and Yokosuka. Lloyd Paterson who has been a patient at Moore! General hospital for several months, was home last week for a visit with relatives. He was seriously wounded in the fight for Rome and has been taking treatment since. Pvt. Roy Lee Fox is now with the 86th Quarter Mas ter Battalion on Luzon Is land. JSjs address is 86th Q. c. Postmaster, San E^pciscof; * Pv#;fearold L. Williams is now stationed with the 351st Infantry in Northern Italy. The following men recen-' tly ivenlisted in the regular army according to informa tion received from the As heville Recruiting Station: T. Sgt. Harlen Masters, Rt. 1, Green Mtn., N. C., brother of Gladys Masters enlirtcd Nov. 6, 1945. was discharged Sept. 8/, 1945 with four years aiatl four months service. He served three years in the South West Pacific. Harry T. Peterson, Green Mtn., N. C., son of Mrs. Flora Peterson reenlisted Nov. 15, 1945. He received his discharge July 17, 1945. j Pvt. Charles McMahan, Pensacola, N. C., son of* Richmond McMahan reen- ( listed Nov. 16, in the Coast Artillery. He was discharg ed August 25, 1945. Claude Arthur Williams RFD 2, Burnsville, N. C. son of Mrs. Adeline B. Will iams reeniisted in the regu lar Army Nov. 17. He en listed in the Signal Corps. He received his discharge October 19, 1945 with five years previous service. B. Burner, AMM lc, hhs returned to Jackson-j vilb, Fla. where he is sta tioned after a leave at home, j Cpl. Ruth Mclntosh was | here last week from Wash ington for a visit with her ( parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. • Mclntosh. Ralph W. Ayers, G M 3c, of Day Book has received his discharge from service at the Charleston Separa tion Center. He served in the invasion of Normandy and tyas recently beeh stationed at Pearl Harbor. He entered the Navy on March 6, 1943. gdfgdghs THE YANCEY RECORD Received Discharge - The following men have been discharged from ser vice during the past week and are now at home: Claude E. Robinson, Har vey Bryant, Melvin Woody, Roy Mclntosh. Ranes Hugh es, Ernest Peterson, £)ale t Banned, Cash Williams, Charlie Mclntosh. John L. Grindstaff, Samuel Wilson,; Carl T. Wyatt, Theodore! Blevins, Claude Gurley. Es py Black, CharTes Webb: Kennetn Honeycutt, Sid ; ney Laws, Paul Edwards Perry Robinson, Biss Rid dle, Alvin Blevins, Warren Young. Fred Sams, Claude! W. Robinson, Boyd Moss,! William Nelson, James J j Ball. Jame s L. Geouge of Bur nsville Rt. 2, was recently given an honorable dischar-j ige from service at Fort 1 Lewis, Wash. Sgt. Ecke.l King is now: home on leave after return-! ing from overseas duty in' Europe. * Cpl. Walter H. Tipton | who has been stationed at the Corpus Chrisxi Naval; Air Station has been trails-j ferred’ to Keesler Field, Miss. - . 1 Take Examinations The following men left Wednesday morning for Fort Jackson where they will take preinduction ex aminations: Harley Parker, Landon McMahan, Tommy Buckner- Roy J. Robinson, Donald Westall, Wm. B. Silvers, j Neill Tallent. James MJ ■j/ulkins, David Robertson, pEctward Carroll. Bob Cheadle who was re-' cently discharged from the Marine Corps visited here : last week. The Army enlistment , period is no longer limited I to a three year hitch. En listments for 18 months, two years, or three years | are now authorized. Bn VICTORY BONDS Dawn Over Death * or* ffiftaEggqSJ: wm I ' i, i | tout Guard Photo r ON A SMALL ATOLL on the road to the Philippines. A comrade pays his last respects to a fallen buddy . who Ues in the parched coral aands i while at home Victory Bond dollars pave the way for aid to tbo hero's family. ACCEPTS POSITION AS BUSINESS MANAGER Clarence Briggs, who for the past eleven months has been employed in California! and Washington state, has. accepted a position as new: j business manager for the Virginia East Coast Utili-I ties. He left this week for: West Point, Va. to begin work. ■ The Virginia East Coast' Utilities was the parent; company of the Northwest] Carolina Utilities. Inc., andi Mr. Briggs \yas connected with the latter company for 14 years. '-V V$- " ■ Mr. and Mrs. Briggs, their son, Maurice, and Mrs. ■J. J. Laughrun recently re turned from California where they had resided for several months. They had also lived in Seattle, Wash., where Mr. Briggs was em ployed at the ship yards and by the city schools of i Seattle. G. T. Robbins who was i here for two years with the I Northwest Carolina Utili ties is now superintendent of operations of the Virgin ia East Coast Company. Safford Company, Manufactures Cleanser Products The Saf ford Company, i located at Burnsville, North! j Carolina, ig the producer of various kinds of household cleansers, soap washing compound, scouring pow-| ders, mechanical dish wash-j 1 ing powders, silver polish ■ and other allied products, j ; It was listed as a smaller 'War Plant in 1943 and dur-! ing the two yeai period' from August 1942 to August 1914 manufactured approx imately three million pounds!; iof Scouring Compound for! 1 the U. S. Navy. This scour-' ling compound was packed; in four pound cartons which i if placed end tap end, would have reached from Ashe ville to Knoxville, Tennes see two and one half times. The company is a large user of North Carolina feld i spar with a normal capacity t Named Burley Tobacco .Queen Miss Cleo Hope Whitson, 17- of Ramseytown, has been selected queen of the Asheville burley tobacco market for the 1945-’46 sea son, it was announced by a committee appointed by the Asheville tobacco board of trade to make the selection. Two runners-up, or mem bers of the queen’s court were also chosen by the committee. They are Miss Len a ' Jimmerman, of the Whit'* Rock section of Mad ison county, and Miss Mary Ellen Gardner, of the Mid dle Fork section of Madison county. Selection of a queen for the burley market was be gun two years ago* and the precedent of naming a girl I to the honor who has ac tually helped to produce to i bacco crops over a period of ! years was established. Sel i ection of a queen this year 1 was in keeping with that 1 precedent. —. — . -p RATIONING ENDS - I Rationing and price con-, trol which were begun as war measures in 1942, havej come to an end with the i exception of sugar andi ;tires. The local office will be closed on Dec. 31st, accord-j - ing to announcement made i by officials. RED CROSS CHAPTER ! RECEIV ES SALUTE -j The Yancey County; 1 Chapter of American Red L Cross was saluted Monday, ’ November 26, at 2:45 to 3:00 p. m. over radio station , WWNC- Asheville, North ■ Carolina, in the second of a • series of five broadcasts on i the role played by Western ’! North &«»olu|a chapters in r the Red Croj® program at! , home and ovwseas. This honor wag rendered ; to the Yancey County Chap • ter in recognition of its outstanding work in claims. > Two other chapters of Wes-, s tern North Carolina, Mit chell County Chapter and ■ Black Mountain Chapter, were also cited on the pro gram. .. ' ■ of 16,000 pounds in eight hours. It employs about fourteen operatives beside giving indirect employment to miners, truckers, grind ing plants and grocery clerks. In 1944 the payroll amounted to S9OOO and about $25,000 was spent in North Carolina for mater ials and supplies. It is the intention of the management to place num erous new products, includ ing an insecticide for repell ing bean beetles which has proved very successful '’as soon as certain elements for manufacture become avail able. Tim principal products nov being sold are DX-1 a. Soap Washing Compound,' DX-2 a Mechanical Dish Washing Powder and Scour-; (Continued on page 4) The queen will be crown - ! ed at a ceremony to be held at a date to be announced later. Miss Whitson graduated from Bee Log high school last June. Because of the illness of her mother, she is staying at home at present, but next year expects to go to college at Cullowhee, where an older sister is already enrolled. Did AH Phases Os Work She said she has worked in tobacco “as long as I can 1 remember.” She helps with all the work, including bur ning the beds, setting and raising the plants, cultivat ing* hanging, grading, and handing. She ha 8 been a member of a 4-H club three years, was basketball player for three years, and is a mem ber of the Girls’ auxiliary. She has been an active mem ber of Byrd’s Chapel Bap tist church since 1940. DAWSON BRIGGS PUR CHASES NEW HOME ! Mr.. r and Mrs. Dawson ! Briggg last week purchased 1 Miss Della Tipton’s home least of town. The very at ! tractive house was built by Misg Tipton several years (ago and is one of the most ■ desirable pieces of property in the community. Miss Tipton who ig teach ing in the McDowell county school system, has taken ! an apartment at Mrs. J. A. I vVatson’s. LEGION MEETING Approximately 65 veter ans of World War I, World War II and their invited guests attended the ,meet | ing Sponsored by .members | of the Legion Post on Tues- Iday evening at Burnsville jhigh school. Supper was served in the Home Economics depart ment, after which the group assembled in the library for a social hour. | A musical program was presented by Miss Doris Hunter, Mrs. Yates Bennett and Miss Ruby Robinson. Mrs. H. G. Bailey was ac companist for the group : singing. Dover R. Fouts was mas ter of ceremonies and as i commander of the post spoke briefly of the plan and program of the Ameri can Legion. He stated that the time had come when veterans of World War II would be called on more and more to assume leadership in affairs of the Legion or ganization and of the na tion. Several others spoke briefly, endorsing Mr. | Fouts’ statement. i The regular December meeting has been 'cancelled since the date is Christmas night. Veterans of World War II are invited to attend all meetings of the post. MENS CLUB Dr. 0. E- Croy, pastor of the Burnsville Methodist church, was guest speaker at ths regular supper meet-, sing of the club, held at the , Baptist£jchurch oh Monday ! evemnigy;. ! Ttif subject which Dr. Croy discussed was Recrea-j jtion Plans for the Commun-' ity. He stressed the need in 2 very community bf a de-i finite recreational program to fulfill the need of each individual. The club members heart ily endorsed Dr. Croy’s sug gestions, and have arrang ed a meeting with the Town 1 board of commissioners to ’ work but details for the 1 town’s cooperation in the program. The president, Reece Mc -1 Intosh, presided at the l , meeting. Two visitors were 1 present, Rush Wray of ’ Charlotte and Clarence E. 1 Briggs. I Ellis Moody attended a meeting of Philco dealers of • North and South Carolina ,in Charlotte on Monday. A *j complete line of Philco pro - ducts was shown. Mr. and * Mrs. Laskey - Shepherd of Swiss will - leave this week for Lake land, Fla. v. AAA Election Will Be Nov. 30 M. D. Bailey, Chaiman Yancey County AAA Com mittee has announced that the AAA committeemen el ection will be held in Yancey county on November 30, 1945, at 10 a. m. -to elect AAA Community Commit teemen —3 regular members and 2 alternates. Regular members will be the chair man, vice-chairman, and third member. Also, to be elected is a delegate to the county convention. At the convention, the delegates from all the couny’s com munities will elect a county committee of three mem bers, who will have charge of administering AAA pro grams within the county during the coming year. In Yancey county, Mr Bailey said approximately 2500 farmers are eligible to cast ballots in community elections. This number in cludes all farmers who are cooperating in the agricul tural conservation program. A big turnout of voters will demonstrate that Yan-| cey county farmers believe, in the elected committee-! men system which enables farmers to run their own farm programs, Mr. Bailey said. On the other hand, a small turnout might be in terpreted to mean that far- HOME AGENTS NOTES NOTICE Prices Creek: A demon stration on canning meat will be given at the home of Mrs. Harmon Edwards Nov. 30th at 2:00. Busick: A demonstration <on making Christmas Cards and gifts will be given at l the home of Mrs. R. L. Rec tor. Monday, Dec. 3 at 2:00. 4-H Club Schedule: Tuesday, Dec. 4, Baldi Creek* 8:40; Clearmont Jr., 10:30; Clearmont Sr. 1:30. Wednesday, Dec. 5, Bee Log 10:20; Micaville 1:40. Thursday, Dec. 6. Celo 9:30; Burnsville Sr., 10:45; Burnsville Jr., 11:15. Friday, Dec. 7, Starlight 10:30; Pensacola 1:30. BUY VICTORY BONDS | Public Libiary Notes I Yancey County Public Library observed National ] Book Week, by displaying; I many well finished posters ; made by the pupils of the high schools. Great credit should be given the schools for the cooperation and willingness which they al ways give to our Library projects. Some of the questions which we are frequently' asked are “How much does it cost to draw books from; the Library?” Not anything! It is a free library. If books' are kept over time we ask a , fee of one cent per day for, ' every day that the Library , is open. When is the Library op • en? Every Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Sat r urday afternoons, from 2 to l 5 o’clock. . If we do not have the particular book which youj sci-. ■■'HZ-* <£t~- Fi mers are not interested in having their programs run by farmers. With many reconversion problems ahead, the AAA committeemen will have heavy responsibilities in 1946. They will be handling ! details of Government pro grams and also voicing the opinions of local farmers in recommendations for new or improved programs. Mr. Bailey pointed out - , that because of the big role that the farmer-committee men play in agriculture, and with difficult problems ahead, it is more important than ever that every eligi ble farmer vote in the elec tions to choose committee men for 1946. The well being of each farm family to a great extent depends upon the farmers who are elected to the committees. So, far mers should recognize their responsibility in voting for the candidate of their choice. If they*are pleased .with their present commit teemen, then they should I give them a vote of confi dence. The county AAA chair map, in reminding Yancey county farmers of the forth coming ballot, appealed for full participation. i On Thursday evening, Dec. 6, at 7:30 P. M.. a re fresher meeting will be held at the Burnsville High school building. This meet ing is for the purpose of better acquainting the Food-Handlers with the Laws, rules and regulations of the State Board of Heal th. All Food-Handlers, Meat Market Operators and Dairymen are requested to attend. District Health Depart ment by Jake F. Buckner, District Sanitarian. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sullivan and children of Columbus, Ga. spent the Thanksgiving ! season with Mrs. Sullivan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. ! Howell. would like to have we will purchase it if possible. Some books are out of print and are not available at present. We have just received a shipment of new books which we hope to have on the shelves by Saturday af ternoon. Among these are: Gener al Marshall’s Report, the winning of the War in Eu rope and the Pacific, Build ing or Buying a House, Meet Your Ancestors. New | World a-coming, You and ] Heredity, in the non-fiction group. Among fiction are: The Peacock Sheds His Tail, | Prater Violet, Daisy Ken yon. Cass Timberlane, High Barabee, Storm Tide, Yel low Room, Image of Jose-? phine, The Gauntlet. White Tower, Repent in Haste, The Ghost and Mrg. Muir, |My Felicia.
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