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GHFGHDH VOLUME TEN ~ SUB. RATES : $1.50 TEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1945 NUMBER TWENTYY-ONE --Men In Service-- Pfc. Boyce Stamey of the Marine Corps has land ed in the states and is novy at the San Diego base ac cording to a message re ceived by hig parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Stamey. „ Lt. David N. Low who is a pilot in the army air corps is now at home on leave after returning from the south Pacific area. Sgt. Herman Bostian has reached Fort Bragg after! returning from overseas j and will be home this week. Pfc. Robert Souther landed in the states after, serving for several months! in the European area. Pfc.! Chester Souther is still in : Germany. ! Sgt. Jay Thomas, son of "IV K T mi n/r* „ Mrs. Lynn Thomas of Mica ville, N. C., is on his way home. Thomas is one of 1,000 high-point Army veterans who is returning to the States aboard the U. S. S. Randall. Mrs. Nor a Angel has re ceived word her son, Sgt. Boyd Angel, USMC, has landed in Calif, and expects to be home for Christmas. He is a veteran of Saipan and Iwo Jima and has been overseas 23 months. Prank Ray was discharg ed from the Navy Dec. 6. He is now visiting his sister in Florida. Seaman Bill Mclntosh has been home on week end leave. T. 5 Wesley Cooper of Celo, T 5 Troy F. Riddle of Pensacola, and Sgt. Brown Williams of Ramseytown were due to arrive in the states during the past week after service overseas. Royce Boone who has been stationed at a naval air station in Florida is home on leave. C. V. Belgarde, S 2c, is'; now stationed at the naval repair base in San Diego, 1 Cal. Pfc. Herman Hall of Celo has received his discharge at Fcrt Bragg after return ing fiom overseas duty in the European Theatre. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Ha-3! of Celo. PLANS TO LIBERALIZE G. I. BILL OF RIGHTS A broad revision of the G. I. bill of rights has been[ passed by Congress and now goes to the White House. One pur pose was to sim plify the law and a number of new features were ad ded. These would liberalize government aid in securing an education, and also in ob taining loans for purchasing real estate and other pur poses. The Bill i s of vital impor tance to all veterans and their families, and all de velopments should be fol lowed closely. THE YANCEY RECORD The following men have) received discharges and are now at home: Monroe Calloway, Laur ence Robinson, Louis Rob inson, Alvin Ledford, Ber nard Deyton, Gus Haun, Cecil Honeycutt, John Lee Hensley, Ovan Jamerson, Clyde Robertson, Francis Phillips, Wjade Randolph, Clarence Deyton, Clarence McMahan, Carol Angel; ! Ray Howell, Ralph Bar !nes, Dewey Robinson, Gay 'Robinson, Veriin Hughes, Lee Bartlett, Gerdine Will iams, John Bowditch, Her- Ishel Higgins, Hunter Man ley, Frank Cooper, Preston Phoenix, Welsey Brook Sil iver, Claude Presnell, 9 Chad • Williams, James G. King, i Harold Murphy, Wm. N. Gortney, Emory L. Shep pard. Christmas Music Program The combined choirs of the churches will give a program of Christmas mus ic Sunday evening, Dec. 23, at 7:30 at the Burnsville Baptist church. Included in the program will be reading of the Scrip ture by Rush Wray, chorus es by the Methodist and Baptist Junior choirs, Solos and other numbers by mem bers of the combined choir. Special organ music by Mrs. Philip Ray will be a feature of the program. The public is cordially in vited and a special invita tion is extended to returned servicemen and women. Members of the choir are: Mary Lillian Boone, Mar garet Greene, Charlotte Ray, Clara D. Banner, MRS. PEARL HUSKINS NAMED CHAIRMAN FOR * MARCH OF DIMES Mrs. Pearl Huskins has been named Yancey county l chairman for the March of i Dimes Drive according to < an announcement from Sta- 3 te Headquarters. The drive . will be held Jan. 14 through 1 31st. i The armual drive was in augurated by President Roosevelt in 1938 and since! that time, millions of dol-| lars have been contributed 1 to study means of preven tion of Infantile Paralysis, to victims of the dread dis ease. Plans for the county drive will be announced later. Penicillin, Sulfa No Help in Polio ~ ■■ / Neither penicillin nor the' . sulfa drugs, so effective in . other virulent diseases, has , been found helpful in treat-{ r ing infantile paralysis. The [ search for a preventive and r cure still goes on. j At the Michigan State Department of Health, sci - entists working under 1 grants from the National. -[Foundation have painstak ingly experimented with jmore than 300 drug* and I ; I “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF Y ANCEY COUNTY’ ARMY RECRUITING ' SERVICE T. Sgt. rTh. Lewis and Sgt. Alex Baron 'of the army recruiting service will I be in Burnsville on Thurs- I day of each week for the | purpose of giving informa- I tion and accepting men for | the regular army. Headquarters will be in I - the county Selective Service j 1 office from 9 to 5. J THE HIGGINS CLINIC \ The Higgins Clinic is op ■ en Tuesdays and Saturdays, j r from 2to6p. m. However, | , it will not be open next Tue- : • sday, Christmas Day. Born to Mr. and Mrs. -. Woodard Sexton at the Hig- j i; gins Clinic on Wednesday, •. xy c. 19 a daughter Gerald -1 ine. , Born to Mr. and Mrs. I . Carroll of Weav- J ■ erville, a son, David Lee, at the Higgins Clinic. Helen Westall, Mona Lee Griffith, Llewlyn Ray, June Ramsey, Sarah Hamrick, Lucy Bailey, Mary Frances Hamrick, Jaunita Alley, Mrs. Kenneth Robertson, Fay Dellinger, Betty Wray Hensley, Billie Marie Ben nett, Mrs. Arney Fox; Evelyn Alley, Mary Lou Sorrells, Hope Bailey, Ray lene Penland, Peggy Jean Huskins, Mr 3. D. R. Fonts, Doris Penland, Henrietta Alley, Evelyn Hamrick, , Martha Bailey, Evelyn (Briggs, Jean Bennett, Mrs. Joe Young, Mrs. Sallie Butner, B. R. Penland, Daw son Briggs, Kenneth Rob j ertson, Rev., O. E. Croy, Rev. H. M. Alley, Arney Fox, Rush Wray, Grady Bailey. ■ Mrs. Philip Ray, organist; , Grady Bailey, director. J. A. POLLARD. SR. PASSES AWAY J. A. Pollard, Sr., 70, passed away Monday after noon at 2:30 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Gus Laughrun in Forest City, Ark. He had suffered a heart attack on Sunday morning. Funeral services were held in Memphis at 2 i o’clock Wednesday after jnoon, followed by burial there. Mr. Pollard and his fam ily resided in Burnsville for a number of years while hp was engaged in business here. Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Laugh nm and Mrs. B. F. Wiley of Vaiden, Miss.; three sons, L. V. Pollard of Burnsville, ; Louis Pollard of Memphis and J. A. Pollard of Whitfield, Miss. J VirgUrfirDare Chase is ill ,'offi chemicals in the search for an /agent to kill the poliq ! myelitis virus. [ /Your contribution to the March of Dimes, January 1 14-31, can help carry on ‘ i this work. i [ BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS (LhnstmaslleTls heard the bells on §l#l wMI Christmas Day j ■ ~ WWr i wB WI Their old, familiar carols 1 Wr 1M play, 1 it And wild and sweet 18f]rSlil|The words repeat I BSBr lOf peace on earth, will to men: Bhirfrni J — H. W. Longfellow ■ £ —„ . . Winter Weather Prevails f Old Man Winter has shown no favorites during the past week of severe | weather throughout the na tion. In Yancey county, snow, sleet, high winds, low temperatures and very slick highways have prevailed and there is no immediate relief promised. Fortunately, schools were dismissed on Thursday as soon as the highways be came unsafe, L>r travel. The heavy snow fall of Thurs day and Friday and the very cold weather following caused the highways to be ice coated. The snow had not melted to any appreciable degree when it began to snow again on Tuesday. Snow again on Wednesday added still fur ther to the burden. Travel has been very light to sur rounding towns and the bus schedule has been interrup ted, with the afternoon bus es being unable to run Tue sday. The lowest temperature record eel was 5 degrees above. It has not been above The Greatest Gift i hristmas means more H than mailing presents BftwJHand opening pack- KSslzlages. Today, as never before in history, it means giving something of our selves to others. -.1 r _ For that is the spirit of the Prince of Peace, whose / 1 \\ v birth we cele- fa fa fe brate. /Ja This year more ICjg/Q families in this r community have giventhesupreme gift—the offering roMMios of sons for their country. Stars on some service flags have turned to gold. Each week this newspaper has proudly recorded the deeds of those who serve, fight and die, if need be, that we may be free. The families of these heroes ' know the true meaning of Christmas. For thay, also, have given a Son. A M&vuf GUbiUmal f freezing for a week. An in. ' i sufficient supply of fuel i has caused great concern on 1 i the part of many people in 1 | Burnsville. i On Mt. Mitchell a low of zero has been reported with a 23 inch snow. This hag not melted to any noticeable ; degree and is expected to ! remain to almost that dep th for some time. The unusually severe weather ha s caused some interruption in the regular v/ork of the county. Far ; mers and miners have found |it difficult or impossible to carry on their work and any work that required much travel has been greatly cur tailed. Predictions are for a. ' white Christmas with little relief from the cold wavs in: immediate prospect. Numerous cases of colds and flu have been reported and all citizens are urged to Take all precautions to stay i well and to prevent spread oi disease. So far, no criti eal illnesses have been re , ported. Many of us cannot match such records of high sacrifice. B it we can give and we can serve in other ways. We can make good will and kindness, chari ty and understanding not ' /'V — empty words but heart-warming re* alities in our deal ings with others. 0811 i boys returning to this community from the war build « brave new fu* TAtlm tur ®-* W* can cheer the lonely homes of servicemen still far away. We can speed the day of peace on earth, jus tice and brotherhood. In thus giving of ourselves we will all be far riohar. And we will add inner meaning and strength to the age-old but ever-new greeting which this newspaper extends to you and yours— Jack Newsom* JWas ; Survivor of Torptedoed Ship Now In Honolulu Captain Jack H. Newsom vho was captured by the Japanese in the Philippine Islands in February, 1942 was one of 287 survivors of the 1619 prisoners of war aboard a torpedoed Japa nese ship in Dec. 1944. Torpedoed Ship The ship was' carrying American prisoners from the Philippines to the Japa nese mainland when it was torpedoed by an American submarine whose crew was unaware that Americans were aboard. It was long feared that Capt. Newsom was among those who lost their lives. He is now being Summary of Faim Work] (Note: The following brief summary of some of j the past year’s work has been prepared by the farm agents’ office.» Early in 1945, our third 1 series of Horse and Mulej Clinics were held with 38' farmers bringing 55 ani-j mals for examination and treatment of bots, round-j worms and dental work. The clinics are meeting the 1 approval of farmers as is 1 evidenced by the increased 1 numbers Treated- In .1943,' 28 bead were treated and in [ 1944, a total of 36 were treated. The Demonstration Far mers’ Association again purchased 14,000 lbs. of good lespedeza seed that was distributed to 50 mem- 1 bers and 44 nonmembers. This , seed was distributed ito the above at a saving of 3 to 4 cents per pound. Several farmers manage to take care of eroded land while others complain about J labor shortages. This year,; 12 farmers ordered from the TV A Forestry Depart-j ! ment 9,750 white pine, 2,000 | yellow poplar, and 4,500 ! black locust. This brings the total acres set to tree seed lings in the county to 1,846 acres. Two' farmers, who were apprentice producers in 1944, produced certified ; US-282 hybrid „ seed corn. , Iheir yield was 140 bushels . of seed. Their seed produc-'< led in 1944 was distributed ‘ to 60 farmers in the county ( with several small lots going to neighboring counties foi* ! dernonstrational work. The < {results, as reported by the! ; farmers, are excellent, giv ing ug an increase over local open-pollinated corn. The Annual Wool Pool was held in the early sum mer, combining our wool with that of other Western North Carolina counties I and 37 farmers pooled 2403 J pounds of wool that sold for $1,091.40 or an average of 45*1 cents per pound. In an effort to assist sheepmen in taking better care of the wool crop, aj sheep shearing school was held and was attended by 20 interested sheepmen Two men purchased power ft ft Pi hospitalized in Honolulu. Immediately so 1 lowing the beginning of hostilities in Dec. 1941, Mr. Newsom who wag a Lieutenant in the reserve officers’ corps, join ed the American forces and fought on the island of Min danoa until his capture. He ’ waavheld in the Davao pris -1 oner of war camp until last 1 s year when he was being taken to Japan. Mrs. Newsom was intern ed at Santo Tomas camp un til her liberation by Ameri can troops last February, and her return to the states. Capt. Newsom’s address is: Capt. J. H. Newsom, 2456 Prince Edward St., Honolulu 11, Hawaii. I equipment as a result of this school. : The fir st cooperative I lamb shipment was made i from Yanceycounty in early ! August. In this pool, 22 far mers sold 237 lambs that. 1 brought $2,610.75 or an av j erage of $12.34 per hundred (weight. The lambs averag ,ed 89 1-4 lbs. each. I The Sears’ 4-H Pig Chain iis adding new links. A total, lof 44 club members submit , ted essays for the 10 sow ! pigs and the 10 winners, have received their pigs. At | the district show last spring the Yancey county group placed fifth among the sev- - en counties participating. In the late spring, 9 purek bred dairy heifers were placed with 8 club members. At the Asheville Junior Dairy Cattle Show, they placed 1 heifer in the blue class, 3 in the red and 5 in i the white. Thi s was the first (show any of the members i had entered. ;j A series of tobacco grad ing demonstrations ware held with the help of a PMA j representative which were /attended by 39 farmers. / The Test-demonstration program added one new ar ea watershed in the Toledo ; community bringing it to a total of 5 areas for the coun- (Cont.inupd .*n page 4) Presbyterian News The Christmas program at Mine Fork will be on Sat urday at 4p. m.; Sunday School on Sunday at 2 p. m-. At Denlinger Memorial church the Christmas prbr gram will be on Saturday at 7p. m.; Sunday School on Sunday at 10:30. At Higgins the Sunday School will be at 10:30, wor ship at 11:30; and the Chr istmas program on Christ mas morning at 11 o’clock. At Banks Creek the Sun day School meets at 10 o’clock; worship will be at 12; and the Christmas pro gram will be on Monday, the 24th at 7 p. m. At Uppejs Jacks Creek the Sunday School is at 10; and the ChHstmas program will be on Sunday night at 7. : - J At Low Gap the Sunday School will be at 10 a. m.; and the Christmas program will be on Christmas eve at 1 7 o’clock.
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