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GDFGFDGH VOLUME TEN --Men In Service-- Sgt. Louis J. Robinson is jiow at home and has re ceived an honorable disch arge from service. He has been in service 5 years and served overseas 14 months as an engineer in the Air Force. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Robinson of Celo. Fleet Hamby, son of Mrs. Z. S. Hamby, recently re ceived a discharge from the navy and is now home on leave. A brother, Seaman James Hamby, is now in the Philippines. Seaman lc, Bruce N. Dun can, 20. of Celo has received his discharge from service after 30 months in the navy. He was in the Luzon opera tion last Dec., aboard the Montezuma Castle and in addition to the Philippines Liberation ribbons he wears the American Theatre, Eu ropean-African-Middle Eas tern, Asiatic-Pacific and the World War II Victory Medal. Burgess Mitchell, son ofi Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Mitchell of Rt. 1, has been discharg-; ed from service and is now'; at home. He was in service 1 for nearly 4 years and was, overseas for 19 months iin England, France, Germany and Austria. He is married to the former Miss Iva Hig gins of Cane River. A brother, Mally Mitchell, has also been discharged af tm 2 years in service, 9 mon-; ths of which was spent ov erseas iin the European] area. Pfc. Royce Hall who re ceived basic training at Camp Wheeler, Ga. is now stationed in Viirginia. " • Cpl. Clarence E. Simmons Hamrick, N*. C., son of Mr.* and Mrs. Oscar Simmons has reenlisted in the regu lar army Field Artillery. He received his discharge Sep tember 9, 1945. Cpl. Sim mons was in the army for 71 months and 34 months of this time was served in the European Theatre of Operations. Sgt. Dave Hylemon is in the U. S. General hospital in Munich, Germany, on ac count of burns and shock ( received while working! with live electric wires The information was re ceived here by his wife, Mrs. June Hylemon. Willie J. Henson, stew ard’s mate, third class, Bur nsville, N. C., served on the USS Bennington, which ar rived in San Francisco NovJ 7. As a member of Task* Group 58, the “Busy B” par ticipated in the first carrier strike against Japan. Despite damage inflicted by the terrific typhoon of June 4-5, 1945, the Benning ton later returned to Japan and launched an attack against Kyushu airfields. Her planes also took part in strikes against Iwo Jima Okinawa, Keramo Retto and other Japanese home islands. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Receive Discharges The followirg men have been discharged from mili tary service and are now at , home: Ray Garland, Kermit Bryant, Clinas Autrey, Bruce Duncan, Theodore Silver, Paul Silyer, Ed Ad kins, Tommy Hylemon, J. B. Bennett, Bobbie King, Gres ham McPeters, Lewis But ner, Paul Bailey, Elzie Brad ford, Boyd Banks, Troy Mathis, Ransom Hughes; Ralph Holcombe, Gold Bolick, Arnold Lee Rath burn, Bruce Mitchell, Lee Gouge, Wade Proffitt, John McCourry, Milton B. Hig gins, Loyd Hilemon, Ray Mclntosh, Fleet Hamby, Frank Phillips, Harry Wil son, Milton Reid. For Induction Two men, R. L.'Allen and , George Jones, went to Fort Bragg this week for induc tion into military service. I William Jay King, S. lc, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard ! King of Cane River is on his way home, accordiing to a news release from the I Pacific Fleet public infor mation office in the Philip * pines. He ,i 3 returning to the states aboard the USS Weedert and is expected to arrive in the states Dec. 23. Wayne Riddle of Pensa cola is taking boot training at Camp Peary, Va. Pfc. Jesse Dawes Rath- I burn has reenlisted in the Army for 3 years and has, returned to Fort Bragg as-j ter spending a 90 day fur lough with homefolks at l Hamrick. He served 8 mon ! ths active duty in Germany! and was in the 265 Engineer i Diviision who delivered the first gun boats over the Danube River in the last battles before the surren der of Germany. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse , Rathbum. Two Men Sent For Induction On Tuesday, Dec. 11 of this week, two men left for Fort Bragg for induction into military service. The ! local selective service boards /call was for five men but for various reasons (includ ing enlistment by two in the regular army) only two were sent by the board to Fort Bragg. The fact that only two were sent was an unusual circumstance. It gains ad ded interest when the fol jlowing facts are recalled: j The men of Yancey coun ty registered in October, ■ 1940 and were assigned ser-; ial numbers by the national' i drawing in Washington. ' Five years ago—Dec. 11, 1940—the first call for men 1 i wa 8 answered by the local : selective service board. On that morning five ; years ago, two men—Coy McCourry and Howe Dey ton—left for induction. Not ! since that time until the present call has a similar “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVJLLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945 WHAT WILL YANCEY DO? The Victory Bond Drive is lagging and many people in Yancey county, as well as in other sections of the State, are wondering just what Yancey will do. Money should be coming into Yan cey county rapidly now | from the sales of tobacco and no safer* investment with an equal return can be had than the investment in Victory Bonds. The men who have returned from Service have an opportunity , of observing the attitude of the Citizens at close range ‘ and to determine how well ( we show our appreciation of their efforts in the conflict, j Let us put this Drive over. r meeting our quota immed iately. ’ Mrs. Pearl Huskins, Cha irman, Woman’s Division. R. N. Silvers, Dover R. Fouts, Co-Chairmen. [ ARMY RECRUITING SERVICE T. Sgt. R. H. Lewis and Sgt. Alex Baron of the army recruiting service will ’ be in Burnsville on Thurs day of each week for iae ; purpose of giving informa -1 tion and accepting men for the regular army. Headquarters will be in the county Selective Service office from 9 to 5. 1 -A * NOTICE The District Health office will be closed at noon Satur day, Dec. 22 and will be open again on Thursday morning, Dec. 27. These dates for the observance of the Christmas holidays are .those set for state employ jees - Pfc. Ralph F. Holcombe. , Burnsville, N. C., has been ‘ j discharged from the army J at the Army and Navy Gen- j eral hospital, Hot Springs! National Park, Ark. He ser-j ved in the army a year and) 8 months, 9 overseas. An ar-j tilleryman, he was in the Ardenne s region of France Rhineland and Central Eu- number left. During these five years approximately 1300 men have been sent by the local board. The largest group ever sent at one time for induction numbered 95. However, as many as 200 went on several occasions for pre induction examina tion, although in many in stances the number for which a call was received was reduced by the large number of volunteers from the county. In this record of the five years from Dec. 11, 1940 to 'Dec. 11, 1945, citizens may iread an account of service of the young men of / the county. The record is one of 'which every person in the county is justly proud, j Note: The first two men who were inducted from the county both served overseas both returned, both receiv ed discharges from service and one has reenlisted in ■ the regular army, YOUTH MEETING j— The Baptist'Youth meet-' ing will be heljd at the 801-i ens Creek church on Satur-; day, Dec. 15 at 5 o’clock.; The subject for discussion will be: “Letj*Us Rise UP, and Build.” ! OFFICERS j COttPS Atlanta.—T|ere’s an op portunity for tail male offi cers of the Army of the United States; who have been or will Jbe separated from the service to become members of I the Officers Reserve Corpus immediately, Major Harry b. Smith, chief of the procurement branch, Fourth Service Command, announced today. Major Smith said that such officers, between the ages of 18 aiid 60, who are physically qualified for gen eral service, |mited service, or general \ service with j waiver and vj'ho have been! honorably discharged, are eligible for immediate ap pointment in the Officers’ Reserve for an initial period of five years and in the grade he held at the time of his separation from the Army of the United States. Post war planning, Major' Smiih explains, provides for a large reserve army and it is estimated that approxi mately 400,(1150 officers -will comprise the Officers Re serve Corps. Applications may be made to any U. S. Army Recruiting Office. Lights Again on Square Colored Christmas lights have again been placed around the square and on the streets of the business section of the town. This annual custom was discon tinued during the war years but it was decided this year to start this observance of the Yule season. There are few towns that lend themselves so well to Christmas lighting as Bur- PERSONALS Mrs. B. B. Penland is iin Norburn hospital where she underwent an operation 1 Wednesday, Wesley Roberts spent the past week end in Hillsboro. Mrs. Thomas R. Keith, the former Miss Macie Elliott of Burnsville, spent last week with her husband,' Third class Petty Officer, 1 Thomas R. Keith in Phila-. delphia. During this time they visited New York City accompanied by her sister,' Mrs. Richard A. Brown, the former Miss Marie Elliott of Burnsville. After spend ing a few days in Washing-j ton, D. C. they will return to Raleigh. Mrs. Brown re turned to New Jersey where she is with Sgt. Brown who has returned from the C. B. I. Theatre. Margaret Young who is a student at WCTC Cullo-j whee is visiting Mrs. Char les Young and Mrs. Joe, Young. The school has been closed for the Christmas holidays because of the epi demic of flu. B. S. CONNELLM AGAIN WITH HIGHWAW DEPT. ! . • i B. S. Connelly who was ; connected with the district I highway office prior to en jtering service, has resumed work in this capactiey. He ! recently received a disehar jge after returning from overseas duty. Mrs. Connelly and their two sons will join Mr. Con , nelly here within a few days. * BAPTIST PASTORS’ SCHOOL The annual Yancey coun-j ty Baptist Pastor’s school is* now in session at the Bur nsville Baptist church. Guest teachers are J. C.i Pipes of Asheville, J. C.j Canipe of Boone, M. H.j Kendall of Mars Hill, M. 0. ! Owens of Marion and Mrs.} J. C. Jackel of Henderson-! Iville. Fourteen pastors of Bap tist churches in the associa tion are attending. Confer ences are held each morn ing and afternoon, and each evening at 7:30 Mr. Canipe leads the worship hour. Every one is invited to the evening service. Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth Laughrun of Johnson City and Sgt. and Mrs. Noble Laughrun and son of Max well Field, Ala. were guests of relatives here during the ; past week. BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS j i'nsville does. The spaciousi square, occupying the top of the lull on which the cen- . ter of Rurnsville is Ibcated, seems to welcome the gar- i land of colored lights at < this season. And if it is a } “White Christmas”, the t : mantel of snow, the inter- > jspersing ever greens and i the soft glow of the lights t make it a truly greeting ( , card scene. 1 Behind Your Bonds U.. th. Might .1 Am.rlld inEustrial state m BtuxU Island, most highly to- r dustrlallasd state In ths Union, mm* i , than half ths population Is smploy- j sd in manufacturing, 134 per thou sand oompared to 44 for the Nation, ■the state leads In per oapita wealth in this buelneaa, 1343 per person. Con verted to eftriilan needs, It will eon- I j U. 8. Treasury Department ‘I Mrs. Thelma King was /visiting friends and rela j tives in Marion Sunday. 1 BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS Schools Closed Because |Of* J Icy Highways and Illness County schools were clos ed today (Thursday.) for the holidays, and will reopen on Monday, Dec. 31. This an nouncement was made from the superintendent’s office this morning because of th£ heavy snow fall and the wide spread prevalence of flu and colds. i Micaville and Clearmont i schools had already been | closed because of the flu ; epidemic. Micaville had re i ported 325 absences on Wed- i jnesday and the school did inot open today. Clearmont also reported many absen ces among students andl ! teachers due to illness. Snow had fallen to a dep ith of one inch this morning! and continues to fall with-' ; out let up. The highways < are so slick that the early bus schedule from Asheville to Spruce Pine was cancell- 1 ed. The bu s reached Burns-i Rural Mail Carrier Retires George D. Turbyfill, rural' Mail Carrier at Green Mtn., N. C., retired from service on Nov. 30, 1945, after hav - ing served the rural patrons j of Route No. 1, 30 years, 2] months and 10 days. Mr Turbyfill . was ap pointed rurarmafl carrier Sept. 20, 1915 and he is the ifirst and only regular car rier ever appointed on this route. The oath of office! wa s administered by J. W.| Howell, Postmaster. He has 1 | served under 1 six postmas ters, the last one being Mr.j Howell’s daughter, Mrs. Annabelle H. Bailey. For the first several years this route was travel ed by horseback, sometimes horse and buggy, with a to tal of 100,000 miles. Roads ■ were improved and a car 1 was purchased to convey the mails. He has to his cre- ( ] (lit approximately 305,000 ' miles traveled by automo-h total of 405,000 miles 1 Mrs. Annabelle Bailey and| Mrs. Turbyfill surprised i Mr. Turbyfill with a recep- 1 tion at his home last Friday night, Dec. 7th. Several patrons of the route were present and expressed their ; j appreciation to Mr. Turby- MARCH OF DIMES i Reports from states and chapters throughout the 1 country give ample eviden ce that the American peo ple everywhere are prepar ed to make the coming Mar |ch of Dimes the greatest | ever. The nation is almost en tirely organized. Practically! all County and City Cam-' paign Directors have re ceived their appointments and are already in the pro-! cess of perfecting machin- ( ery for the greatest March' of Djmes campaign in their localities. Prepare for Starting Gun Now! “Early preparation is a forerunner to making 1946 the greatest March of Dim ie B ever/’ National Founda JPt 'Pi P* NUMBER TWENTY ville from Asheville but re turned to Asheville rather than go on to Spruce Pine and Elk Park. School holidays had been scheduled to begin next Wednesday with last class es on Tuesday afternoon. A few cases of flu and throat infection were reported last week end but did not as sume epidemic proportions till this week. A number of teachers have been absent because of attacks, and the decision to close Clearmont and Micaville schools was made after a check up Wed nesday disclosed the num ber affected. This is the first time dur ing the present school year that it has been necessary to close the schools because of weather conditions. How ever, the highways under the snow are ice covered and conditions are danger ous for travel. fill for his faithful service by words and gifts. The entire assembly was honored by haviing G. Les jlie Hensley, president of the I North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters, present who aHeil as toastmaster for the group. The response was given 'by Mrs. Annabelle Bailey, ! Green Mtn., N. C. postmas ter, who described a few of the many difficulties Mr. Turbyfill had been through, expressing her appreciation for the fine co-operation she had received from him while on duty. Troy Ray of the Burns ville route represented the rural carrier of the Mt. Mitchell unit. Also, Lester Byrd, retired R. P. O. Clerk, made an interesting talk. C. E. Bailey, assistant postmas ter, commented briefly on Mr. Turbyfill’s individual life. Mr. Turbyfill responded to the talks with many words of appreciation for the gifts, the presence of each one and the considera tion shown him duriing his 30 years service as rural mail carrier. tion President Basil O’Con nor emphasized. “Complete your organization order your supplies—get ready in every way for the January 14 starting gun now!” “Let’s make this 1946 March of Dimes campaign in commemoration of the i birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt, founder of our great organization, worthy 1 of his fondest wishes,” Mr. O’Connor said. “He has be- * queathed us this fight—we | pledge to ; Fight On’.” j NOTICE The regular December meeting of the Burnsville P. T. A. will not be held, since the holidays will be gin Tuesday afternoon. Margaret Banks is ill of ■ Flu at her home. 1
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