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VOLUME TEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1946 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
--Men In
Lt. Col. Clarence D. Mc-
Curry has returned to the
states after two years over
seas service in the Euro
pean Theatre. He is visit
ing his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. U. S. McCurry at Day
Book, N. C. ,
S. Sgt. Charles H. Piercy,
who served 7 months in the
Pacific Theatre received
his honorable discharge
from the army at Indian
town Gap, Pa., Jan. 17th.
Mis brother, Sgt. Fenton
W. Piercy who served 18
months in the European
Theatre also received his
discharge at thg.same place
on Jan. 4th. They, and Fen
ton’s wife and two daugh
ters are spending a few
days with their parents
Mr. and Mrs. F. A.. Piercy
of Day Book, N. C.
Hugh M. King, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edd King of Bur
nsville, has received his dis-j
charge after three years in 1
service, 6 months of which
was overseas duty. He and
his wife are now residing
in Pittsburgh where he was
employed before entering
service.
D. R. Styles, SK lc, is
now .with naval forces in
Shanghai* China according
to a letter received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Del
zie Styles of Burnsville.
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Clyde Young, son of Mr
and Mrs. Walter Young of
Oelo, has received his dis
charge and is now at home
after two years in the
south Pacific area.
Weldon C. Burgin, G. M.
3c, of Celo has received his
discharge at the naval sep
aration center, Charleston
He was in service for 28
months and was last as
signed to the USS John P.
Gray.
Freburn Jones, M M 3c,'
has returned to base after
spending a short leave with
his parents and other re
latives. He has been over
seas for the past 2!-i> years.
Ernest Banner, Q M lc
who has been home on 30
day leave will go to Raleigh
Saturday for reassignment
Pvt. David A. Pittman is
spending a 30 day leave!
with his parents, Mr. and,
Mrs. Morgan Pittman of
Cane River.
John Shepherd of Paint
Gap has enlisted in the re
gular army.
Edward Flack, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Flack,
was home on a two weeks
leave from the navy to visit
the family. He said that he
regrets that he was unable
to get around to see all his
old friends, but he took cold
and did not see all the peo
ple that he wanted to see
while on leave. He has just
returned from Okinawa af
ter two years in the Pacific
area.
John B. Gibbs of Athens,
Ohio is visiting his parents,
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Gibbs.
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Service--
■ i Discharged
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The following men have
received their discharge
from service and are now
j at home: f
f Charles Piercy, Clyde
Lee Phoenix, James S j
Brotherton, Ben Griffeth,
, Weldon Burgin, Stanley!
; Riddle, Charles Cassida |
1 Vernie Murphy, Clyde!
: Young, Vernon L. Thomas,
- John Letterman, Jesse Lee
. Wallace, Ruth Evans, Ar
t nold Mclntosh, Everett
1 Garland, Luther M. Byrd,
i Ralph Edwards, Hugh
J King, John W. Metcalf,
J Fess Radford, Bill Higgins,
- Donald Thomas, Ray J.
- Stiles, Luther Robinson,
' Bill Byrd, Sam Woody,
Raymond Bowditch.
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For Induction
The following men left
Tuesday for induction into!
military service:
John B. Holcombe, Daz
zie Vance Riddle, Tommy
j W. Buckner, Philip
\ce Harris, Donald Gray !
; Westall, James Homer
Shepherd.
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For Pre Induction
I
1 The following men left 1
Wednesday for pre induc
f tion examinations:
! Charlie Woodby, Frank
‘ Clawson, Loyd Wheeler,
Gaither James Metcalf,
i Mack Honeycutt, Roy Lee
• Small, Arthur Wayne Me -
Peters, Nealy Mclntosh.
, For pre induction and
J immediate induction if they
i pass examination:
Claude Edward Dulaney,
. Sidney Dewey Bailey, Ja
■ mes Edwards, Coy King,
• Edd Penland, John David
Pate.
State Wide Wild. Life Meeting _
Greensboro. Delegates
to the first annual meeting
of the North Carolina Wild
life Federation, incorporat-,
ed , at Sedgefield, near!
Greensboro, on January 23
and 24, went home deter
mined to intensify the
drive for members and to
educate the public gener
ally about the federation’s
'objectives.
■j The delegates re-affirm
led the federation’s objec
i tive—separation of the di
vision of game and inland
fisheries from the state de
partment of conservation
and development. It was
unanimously agreed that
in order to make a success
ful fight in the 1947 gener
al assembly for separation,
j the federation’s member
ship must be built up and
the citizens of the state
fully informed of their.big
stake in the program for
better management of the
wildlife resources. I
Game and fish programs
in Pennsylvania and Mich
. igan are the pattern on
, which North Carolina fed
eration has based its objec
tives. Seth Gordon, execu
, tive director of the Penn
, sylvania game commission
and Fred A. Westerman, in
THE YANCEY RECORD
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“DEDICATED TO THE OK YANCEY COUNTY”
P. T. A. MEETING
ANNOUNCEMENT
Servicemen Who Were
Formler Students Will
Speak
Parent-Teacher Found-j
ers’ Day will be observed |
by the Burnsville P. T. A.!
on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
The program will be (
given by former Burns-i
ville high school students
who are now in service or
who have been discharged.
All former students who
have served in World War
II are especially invited to
attend.
A meeting of these stud
ents has been called on
Saturday morning at 10
o’clock in the .office of Mrs.
Sam J. Husking who is
Founders Day chairman.
LAST RITES FOR MRS.
BARBARA PETERSON
Mrs. Barbara Edwards
Peterson, 81, died at the
home of a daughter, Mrs.
C. E. Tipton of Huntdalej
on Monday morning. |
Funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at the home of
a son, Burges Peterson of
Ramseytown with the Rev.
Jesse Hughes officiating.
Surviving are two daugh
ters, Mrs. Tipton and Mrp.
M. M. Whitson of Ramsey-;
town,: two sons, Burgess
and Lester Peterson of
Ramseytown; one brother,
W. A. Edwards of Lime
stone, Tenn.
Holcombe Brothers were
in charge of arrangements.
J. C. Ray of Leicester is
visiting relatives here.
REA plans to build 15,000
to 20,000 miles of new light
lines in North Carolina in
charge of the fish program
in Michigan, spoke to the
annual meeting on their re
spective plans.
Both Gordon and Wester
man emphasized the non
political nature of their re
spective organizations. In ,
Michigan and Pennsylvania
department personnel is se
lected on a non-political,
merit bases under civil ser
vice, and effectiveness of
tshe work being done is due ,
to the permanency of or
ganization and employment,;
of highly trained men who
carry out the dual functions ,
of education and enforce- .
ment with 100 percent sup
port of their departments.'
Judge Don Phillips of
Rockingham, made one of
the most vigorous talks of
the annual meeting, and
among other things he said
that the federation is up <
against “arch politicians”];
and will have “to fight poli-i
tics” if it hopes to bring! i
about separation of the di-'
vision of game and inland
fisheries. ,
Reports to the annual
meeting showed that the
federation is in “comfort
able” financial condition
and has 94 affiliated clubs
in 91 counties. Membership
approximately 11,000 and
BOONE TOBACCO MAR
tvBl WILL CLOSE
February |th
Sales Now ’ Exceed 5
million Pounds
R. C. Coleman, Manager,
ot the iVi.oiuj.tain Burley i
Tobacco Warehouses, has
announced shat Friday,!
Feb. b will be! the closing;
date tor the Boone Tobacco I
market for tfiis season.
Sales on this market have
already passdd the 5 mill
ion pound mark, and are
expected to be heavy until 5
the closing dlte.
An additional warehouse,
built at Boone last summer,)
assures growers of speedy
bales, and Officials there
have offered a prompt, et
ficient service since the:
market was' established.
All farmers who still
have checks at the Moun
tain Burley Warehouse are
urged to call for them be
fore the closing date.
LAST RIIES FOR
MISS REBA HALL
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Funeral services for
Miss Reba Hall who passed
away Sunday morning in
an Asheville hospital were
held Tuesday afternoon at
2 o’clock at. the Micaville
Presbyterian church. The
Rev. Ernest Wilson officia
ted and burial was,in the
Micaville cemetery.
Surviving are the parents
Mr, and William A.
Hall of Micaville; four sis- 1
ters, Mrs. Winnie Gouge,
Mrs. Ed Bhrleson and Mrs.
Florence Hall of Micaville
and Mrs. Seigle Davis of
Celo; three brothers, Mark,
Earl and George Hall all of
Micaville.
Funeral arrangements
were under the direction of
Holcombe Brothers.
More Pulpwood Needed in ’46
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A further increase of
nearly 1,000,000 acres in
194 G crop goals, recently!
approved by Secretary of
Agriculture Clinton Ander-I
son, were pointed to this
week by the Victory Pulp
wood Committee as eviden
ce of the enlarged national
demand that will be made*
this year for paper, paper-,
board and other pulpwoodj
products.
The new and final goal
set by the Department of
Agriculture calls for 296
million acres to be planted
with various cultivated ;
crops. This compares withM
an earlier tentative figure
for 1946 of 295 million ac-J i
res, and with 286,831,900
M ■ K~ 1 l
the goal is at least 25,000'
members by July 1.
P. K. Gravely, Rocky
Mount, was elected presi-A
dent, succeeding Col. Frank 1
L. Page, Greensboro, who! (
was made honorary presi-j
dent and elected a director
for life.
The three new vice-presi
dents are Wayne Bramlette 1
Asheville; A.- C. Davis, 1
Greensboro, and S. B. Coley, I
Raleigh. E. J. v Stoker,'
Ross O. Stevens. Raleigh,j
Officers o f District
Eight which includes Yan-|
cey county will be elected
Register Here
The following boys be
came 18 during January,
and have registered with
the local selective service.
;board:
t Paul Ray, James Edw
ards,. Coy King, Edd Pen
land, John David Pate,
: Ernest Hensley, Alvin Wes
lall, Sidney Dewey Bailey,
Paul Edward Parker, Dal
las Allen, John Henry
Webb, Dale Edward Robin
! bon, Jack Junior Silver,
Junior Hunter, Frank Phil
lips, John Shepherd.
mrsTb. j. Mclntosh, 91
PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Cordelia Mclntosh
194, well known resident of
the Elk Shoal section of
the county, died at the
home of her son, John Mc-j
Intosh of Cane River.
“Aunt Corde’’ as she was
i called by many friends in
the section, was born in
Cherokee county in 1851. At
an early age she moved j to
Pensacola where she made
her home until after her,
marriage to the late B. J:
Mclntosh and came to Elk
Shoal community where!
she spent the remainder of
her life.. Her father, the
late John Hensley fought in
the Civil War.
Surviving are six child-:
ren, Mrs. C. C. Riddle, Mrs.!
jS. A. King of Cane River,
Howard and John of .Cane,
River, Mrs. S. W. Horton
and Molt Mclntosh of Ashe-j
ville; 28 grand children,!
34 great grand children;)
one brother, Dolph Hensley!
of Donley Springs, N. C.,;
and a host of relatives and 1
i friends.
Give to the Victory
j Clothing Drive.
' acres planted last year.
“With Remands for food
holding at peak levels,” the'
committee declared, the ad-,
ditional pulpwood needed
just to supply the cartons,
containers and other forms -
of packaging necessary to '
handle the nation’s increa
sed produce will soar into 1
thousands of cords.
“And this doe s not take
into account the greatly ex
panded demands by manu
facturers other than food
processors for pulpwood
products, nor does it take J
into account the growing
use of pulpwood in the 1
manufacture o f rayon, 1
staple fiber textiles and! 1
plastics,” the committee I'
said.
With more pulpwood '
production needed in 1946 '
than ever before in the
nation’s history if these :
living standards are to be
come an actuality, the com
mittee stressed the import
ance of the recruitment '
program currently being
conducted by the pulp and
paper industry and the Un
ited States Employment
Service to secure new
| workers in woods and mill;
'jobs, and also emphasized j
the urgent need by millg in;
1 this area for more top qual
ity pulpwood NOW.
March of Dimes Drive
County Again Erceeds
Quota
Yancey. county has ex
ceeeed its quota of $565 in
the “March of Dimes”
drive, acsording to the
tthairman, Mrs. Sam J.
Huskins.
The report to date shows
the total contributions of
$744.55. The following con
tributions are listed from
various groups:
Business groups, $145.70,;
Women’s divisio n,550.21;
Yancey Theatre, $115.00;
Army Enlistment Campaign
TIME EXTENDED FOR j
REENLISTMENT
The period of time gran-'
j ted for reenlistment in the,
| regular army with the
! privilege of retaining army
grade and reenlistment
bonus, has been extended
from Jan. 31 to June 3Q.
Men are now given 90
days from date of dischaiy
ge to erlist at same rating
!as they held, instead of 20
days as the previous regu
lation gave. i
The Regular Army is
conducting the biggest ■
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage
j licenses were issued here
during January: V
; Cecil Gurley, Celo to
Alice Burgin, Celo.
i Elzie Ledford, Prices
I Creek to June Higgins,
) Prices Creek.
Frank Riddle, Celo to
| Ercelle Webb. j
1 Robert-" Bruce, Virginia
to Marie Gouge, Celo.
Hubert Freeman, Bur
nsville to Edna Deyton,
Burnsville. ;
Floyd Carroll, Celo to
Theress a Sheffler, Celo. <
NOTICE
Clearmont High Schoo :
will sponsor a Gold Meda
i All Star Tournament fori:
men only on March 18th <
through 22nd. An entrance
fee of $5.00 per team will
be charged All teams in- -
terested will please send ;
name and fee to Clarence
E. Bailey, Day Book, N. C.
Many Real Estate Transfers
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Transfers of property |
have been very numerous
during the past months. I
The largest number re
corded in one day were
47 deeds and 6 deeds of
I trust, Yates Bennett, re- i
jgister of deeds states.
A partial list of those re
corded during January in
clude the following:
Mrs. J. A. Banks to Mr.'
and Mrs. Ferrill McCurry,
Burnsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Miller to Mr. and Mrs J. E.l
Silvers, Egypt township.
Mr. and Mrs. Molt King;
to Mr. and Mrs. Melton!
Silvers, Jr., Cane River
township.
Ralph Fender to Mr. and
;Mrs. Dave Robinson, Egypt
j township.
Mr. and Mrs. Dove
Boone to B. E. King, Bur
nsville.
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Professional, $26.20; Bur
nsville Baptist church, SSO;
Public Offices, $40.40.
Farms and Rural homes,
$3.75.
Burnsville school, $60.00;
Bald Creek school, $55.50;
Bee Log school, $26.00;
Clearmont school, $104.48;
Micaville school, $34.66;
Prices Creek school, $10.00;
Pensacola school, $4.00;
White Oak Flats school,
$1.00; Burnsville Colored
school, $13.65; Bakers
Creekschool,s2.oo. 1 _
campaign for voluntary en
listments in our history.
The goal 4 s to obtain
1,600 000 men for the Regu
lar Army before June 30,
1946.
The campaign is being
conducted not only in the
United States, but also
overseas. It will reach into
every city, town, and ham
let in thi s country—and in
to Berlin and Tokyo, Pana
ma, Manila, Alaska—wher
ever our armies of occupa
tion or garrisons are sta
tioned.
SO THEY SAY
The weather: Chief top
ic of conversation and spe
culation. We’ve became
pretty good at prophet-ing-
we merely predict that it’s
going to be “Bad”, and we
haven’t missed it often
this winter! . . . Then, just
when we have ourselves
reconciled to the wintry
blasts, ice, snow, sleet, rain,
etc., etc. we receive a let
ter from the W. H.-Smiths
down in Melbourne, Fla!
“Wish ail of you could be
down here to enjoy this
wonderful climate”, and
the temperature recordings
for a week. Minimums ran
ge from 59 to 65, and max
imum s from 73 to 80! One
consoling note: “It is lovely
here in the winter, but
there is no place like dear
old Burnsville for summer”
and we know that spring
and summer aren’t too far
(Continued on oaire four)
Mrs. Fannie Styles to
Lloyd Creasman, Burnsville
! H. M. McCracken to Mrs.
| Fannie Styles, Burnsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Sil
vers to Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Harris, Burnsville.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McAl
lister to Mr. and Mrs. Luth
er Ayers, Burnsville town
ship.
Mrs. Belle Styles to Mr.
and Mrs. Van L. Choate, .
Crabtree township.
John W. Gurley to Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Gurley,
j Crabtree township.
E. L. Briggs to John
Cooper, lots in Burnsville.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Briggs
to Ralph Ray and Plato
Ray, Cane River township.
■i Henry Stamey to Mr.
and Mrs. Olin Randolph,
Jacks Creek township,
s Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Briggs
to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ray,
" Continued j