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VOLUME TEN
--Men In Service--
Capt. Van B. Bennett of
the army medical corps has
returned to the states after
27 months overseas service
in the Pacific area.
Frankfurt, Germany.—
Bill Huskins, son of Mrs.
Dora Huskins of Burns
ville Rt. 2, has been promo
ted to sergeant, it was as
nounced today at Head
quarters, U. S. Forces, Eu
ropean Theater;.
At. present, Sgt. Huskins
is serving with Co. E. 47th
Regt., 9th Inf. Div., as
rifleman.
Sgt. James R. Beeler, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.;
Beeler, was awarded his
honorable discharge at
Greensboro on Feb. 2.
Garrett Lewis, S. lc, of
. Bald Creek is returning to
the States aboard the USS
Menard after service over
seas.
Seaman Wayne ' Riddle j
has been home on leave af
ter completing boot train
ing.
Pfc. Roy Lee Fox and
Seaman lc, Howard Ben-[
nett met in Masila at Chris-j
tmas time and had dinner,
together Christmas Day!
aboard Bennett’s ship.
J. L. Wilson, S lc, of Bur
ssville Rt. 2, served aboard
the USS Glacier during her
war Career when she car
red supplies to the Pacific
for island invasions. The
shin will be decommission
ed in New Orleans.
Ben L. Banks son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. K. Banks of:
Burnsville, has enlisted in
the army for three years at!
the Fort Bragg Induction ;
center.
Randolph Field, Texas.—
. T. Sgt. Carl M. Metcalf,,
brother of Byrd and Zenas;
Metcalf of Burnsville has
re-enlisted in the Army Air
Force.
T. Sgt. Metcalf has com
pleted 7 1 years service
with the Army. He joined l ,
in June 1938 asd spent over
tv. o years with the Infan
try in Panama. Upon his,
return to the States in 1940,
he transferred to the Air
Corps and was stationed at
Barksdale Pheld, La. He
has received specialized
training at Lowry Field,
Denver, Colo., in Bombsight
and Automatic Control Eq
uipment 'the Auto Pilot).!
He tsa s also trained in the
fa ctorysehool of Minneap-'
oli. Honeywell Regulator
Co.
X- Sgt. Metcalf has just
returned from a 90 day re
enlistment furlough, during,
which he visited relatives
and friends from New Jer-|
sey to Louisiasa. Within a|
short time, the Sgt. will
leave for his new station in
Alaska. His wife and 3 year
old son will soon join him
at his new station, since j
the army is permitting
families to join their hus
bands and fathers whenev
er possible. i
I
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Discharged
The following men have
received their discharge
from service <»
Walter Hensley, Paul
Buck, James Miller, James
Larry Burleson, HermanJWJ.
Silver, Gummery Edwards,
Ray Gouge, Wm. Nelson
Phillips, Floyd Hollifield,;
Bill Tomberlin, Benjamin!
F. Riddle, Earlis Crain,
Daniel Carroway, Iliff,
Clevenger, Phillip Edwards,;
Rush Beeler, Avery Dey-|
ton, Carson Edwards, Paul
Westall, Bill B. Butner,!
Dan Whitson, Gus Shep
; herd, Buster Riddle, Roy;
Cassida, Sherman Fox,'
Robert B. Hilliard, Arnold
Higgins, Cecil Mclntosh.!
Roger Banks, L. D. Webb,!
Bill Westall, Oscar T. Gibbs 1
I Jr., George Mclntosh, John !
McKinney, Jack Boone.
Plant Contract for Distribution
-of Products |
The Safford Manufactur -j
ing Company of Burnsville;
has contracted for the dis-;
posal of the entire manu
factured output for 30
years with the R. and M.l
Distributing .company of j
Asheville, with a 30 year
renewal agreement.
This .announcement was
made this week by the I
owner and operator of the;
plant, J. 0. Safford. Var
ious types of cleansing pro-;
ducts are manufactured by!
the firm.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT |
The Health Department
announces some change in
the nursing staff for Mit
chell county: Mrs. Gaynelle
Dellinger jarrett, who has
served as Public Health
Nurse in Mitchell county
since the department was
established in July, 1944,
has resigned effective Feb
ruary 1. Mrs. Jarrett will
be employed in a hospital j
in Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Ann Ewing Ballard I
of Boonford has been ap
pointed to succeed Mrs.;
Jarrett. Mrs. Ballard was
graduated from the Mission 1
hospital in Asheville a nd
has been employed at the
Veteran’s hospital at John
son City, Tenn. She is the
daughter of Mrs. J. B.
Ewing and the late Dr.
Ewing of Boonford.
Mrs. Ballard will spend a
month of orientation in
the department with Mrs.
Hazel Beavers in Yancey
county. Mrs. Beavers has
recently competed an addi
tional three months post
graduate course at the Pub
! lie Healtth School, Univeiw
!sity of North Carolina. She
,has been promoted from
Junior to Senior Public
Health nurse.
Throhghout February,;
Miss Grace Bailey, the nur
se at Spruce Pine office,
spend each morning at
pSruce Pine and the after-1
noons ar Bakersville. All
persons for chest x-ray ex
aminations should come to
the Spruce Pine office any
i morning in the week.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY"
BURNSVILLE, N. L\, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1946
BOY SCOUT NEWS
The Court of Honor for
Toe River District, Daniel
Boone Councii will be he.d
on February 12 at 7:30 ?. 1
M., in the Presbyterian
Church Annex, Spruce
Pine, N. C.
Thi s is Anniversary week
. court of honor observii g
the Thirty-sixth birthday
of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. In observing the week,
a special part of the Court
of Honor will be the annu.d
! re-dedication of every
!Scout and Scouter to the
Scout Oath and Law. Eveiy
Scout in the District should
be present for this cere
mony.
All parents are also al
! ways especially invited to
attend and to take part.
i Capt. Lon Roberts of
Wilmington, Del. was here
over the week end visiting’
! relatives.
! Mr. Safford also stated
that he has purchased a 1
home in Tryon and that lie;
and Mrs. Safford plan to'
imovo there on Feb. 15.
The plant will remain
here and Mr. Safford will
continue to operate it. The
'executive offices will be!
maintained in Try on. ••'"H
! The plant was classified
I as a smaller war plant dur
ing the war and furnished
j various government depart-.
j ments with a large amount
| of cleansing products.
I Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Rob
'ertson asd J. L. Wiiliams
of Brevard were visiting!
friends in the county Wed-;
nesday.
Carlotta Autrey and Ra
chael Benfield of Asheville
were week end guests of!
Mrs. George Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy King'
visited relatives in Shelby!
during thb week end.
Mrs. C. M. Cheadle is ill
I at her home. j
Mary Vance Robertson
! spent the week end here
with Mrs. Reece Mclntosh. 1
Hi American Heroes i
. by WOCOY COWAN .
INVESTING in War Bonds with their increase in value each year
judged against the courage of Lt. J. L. Knight, Weatherford,
Texas, 124th Cavalry Reg., seems insignificant, but it helps supply
our fighters with weapons. Facing heavily defended Jap positions on
the Burma road, Lt. Knight led his men through dense jungle and
{ secured their objective. Reconnoitering the area, he found himself in
, a horseshoe formation of concealed Jap pillboxes and threw grenades,
destroying four. Wounded, he saw that those in his command were
protected until he died. A medal of hondt was awarded Lt. Knight
Posthumously. a. S. Titanr* Dtfarlmtnt
ANNUAL MEETING
The annual farm Owner
ship Meeting $f all FSA
families that have purchas
ed farms in Yancey ard
Mitchell counties through
the Farm Security Admis
istration is held to
day at Clearnipnt school
HOME AGENTS NOTES
The Womans Workers
, Club will meet*!. Wednesday,
February 13 at* 7:30 with
Mrs. Pearl Griffeth to dis
cuss problems| of Home
Beautification.
The Hardscrabble Home
Demonstration Club will
meet with Mrs. C. A. Prof- 1
fitt Friday, Fe§ruary 15 at 1
7:30. Both men, and women
are urged to attend. Mr. H.
R. Niswonger, Horticulture
Specialist of State College,
Extension Service, will 1
speak on the growing ofj
small fruit.
SERIOUSLY INJURED
I ■ —«*
Lawrence Curtis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Curtis,
is in a critical Condition in
an Asheville hospital as
; the result of injuries sus
tained when the car in
| which he was riding struck
| the back of a truck. De
• tails of the wreck have not i
been learned. f
.SHOWER HONORS MISS
( RICE, BRMTkLECT
Miss Agnes Rice, bride
' elect of Carl Dover of
Shelby, N. C., was honor
guest at a miscellaneous
shower Wednesday evening
The affair was given at the
home of Mrs. Paul Laugh
run, with Mrs. Laughrun
and Mrs. V. J. Goodman as
; hostesses.
j The valentine motif was
carried out in decorations
and refreshments. Mrs.
j Mack B. Ray and Miss-
In. ne Edwards served at
i the beautifully arranged i
'tea table, and Misses Mar-j
tha Evans and Raylene
| Penland displayed the gifts
Approximately 35 guests
.attended the shower.
Miss Laura Mae Hilliard
I has returned from the
1 Marion hospital j
MEN’S CLUB MEETING j
The speaker at the Busi
ness Mens’ Club next Mon
day evening will Joe Dr.
Charles W. Harris. The sub
ject of his address will be
“The Maya, People of Mys
tery.”
The talk is based on an
air trip to Yucatan, a per
sonal observation of pre
sent day Maya life, visits to
ruined cities and travel in
cidents.
The club will meet at the
high school and the address
will, follow the supper. The
hour is seven o'clock.
FARM NOTES
i
| A Poultry school will be
held in Room 310 of the
Court House in Asheville
on February 11, starting
at 10:00 a. m.
j The following is an out
line of the program as Mr.
'C. F. Parrish, in charge,
Poultry Extension, has out
lined it:
10:00-10:30 Mr. Parrish
will discuss the general out
line of the meeting; the
phase of poultry industry
1 we should encourage this
year ; the phases that should
not be encouraged, along j
with some brooding funda-j
mestals.
10:30-11:00 Prof. Dear
jstyne to discuss Poultry
and Turkey diseases.
11:00-11:30 Mr. Maupin
to discuss “Why Buy Qual
ity Chicks.”
11:30-12:00 Mr. Brown
will discuss eggs from the
nest to the table.
All who are interested ini
,raising poultry are urged!
to attend this meetisg as it
will be very profitable to
you.
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS
i J. C. Allen and L. C. Mc-
Peters to Mr. and Mrs. T.
‘ P. Davis, Crabtree township
j Mrs. Ret Bryant to Rex
ter Bryant, Ramseytown
i Dolph Cooper, Carl
Bradley and Sam Edwards,
j trustees, to Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Ledford, Egypt town-j
ship.
I Mr. and Mrs. B. E. King
,to John Edwards, Cane
(River township.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hark
ris to Mr. s and Mrs. Dblph
Griff eth, Crabtree town
ship- '
Mr. and Mrs. Gudger;
Robinson to Mr. and Mrs.
George G. Hall, Crabtree ;
township.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Byrd)
to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mas-|i
ters, Brush Creek township.;
Mr. and Mrs: Moscoe
Towe to Quinton Towe,
Prices Creek township.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Will
iams to Mr. and Mrs. Arville
Williams, Egypt township.
G. M. McKinney andj
others to Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Cook, South Toe!
township.
Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Wil
son to Mr. and Mrs. Ben T.
Wilson, Jack Creek town-j
ship.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hoov
er to Wm. Moody, South
Toe township.
Continued
Army Enlistment Program
A new opportunity for
Army veterans to reenlist
and retain their former!
grades is offered by impor
tant changes in regulations
announsed by the War De
partment, Captain Wood
row A. Abbott, Public Rq*-,
lations Officer, U. S. Army
Recruiting Station, Ashe
ville, N. C., stated today, i
Previously, Veterans had
only twenty days from
date o£ discharge to reen
list in the grade held at the
time of discharge. However
new regulations allow nine
ty days after the discharge
date to reenlist in grade,
provided enlistment is ef
fected prior to July 1, 1946.
The change in reenlist
ment regulations was made
after it became apparent
that veterans desired morej:
than twenty days in which
to make up their minds
about continuing their ar
my careers. Ample time is
now given to weigh the op-;;
portunities for education, :
travel, recreation, and se
curity, with retirement pay i
F.S,A. Farm Ownership Program
j An insight into what
North Carolina farm fami- (
lies are doing with the
money and guidance they
obtain from the Farm Se
curity Administration un
der the farm ownership
program is revealed in fig
ui*es just released follow
ing a study of families on
the program during 1944,
j says Mack B. Ray. FSA
supervisor.
There were 2,264 active
farm ownership borrowers!
in the state that year. The!
most predominant size loan
varied from $3,000 to $5,-
999, There vrere 1,851 of
these, and 158 were $2,999
and under, and 255 were
$6,000 and over.
The average FO farm in
1944 had a total of 81 ac
res, 36 crop acres, and the
borrower a net worth of,
$3,673 at the end of thej
year, compared to an aver-!
age net worth of $1,211 at
the time of coming on the
program.
The majority of the
|borrowers, 1,816 of them,'
had gross familv income in 1
the $2,000 to $5,999 brack
et. Os the remainder 303
received $750 to $1,999, and:
138 from $6,000 to $9,999. j
Only 7 had incomes of
SIO,OOO and over.
Showed Good Management
What the average family
did with its income in 1944
shows that these farmers
are looking toward the fu
ture and are putting their
operations on a sound bas- !
is, Mr. Ray said.
The average family used
$544 for family living ex~
perfaes, $1,037 f,pr farm op
erating expenses',' used in
I the home $653 worth of
products’produced on the
farm, paid $494 to FSA on
the farm ownership loan,
;and owed $lB5 at the end
of the year to sources
other than FSA.
Additional uses of in
come were s2ll in capital
expenditures for farm and
ft N
NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT
at the completion of twenty
years’ service, offered by
;ihe Peace-time Army.
Men reenlisting in the
Army within ninety days
after their discharge will
, receive the same reenlist
ment allowances as hereto-
I fore, but in order to be eli
gible for a reenlistment
furlough, the veteran must
1 reenlist within twenty days
as under the old regulation.
Family and dependency
allotments are continued
for the duration of their
enlistments' for all veterans
reenlisting before June 30,
whether they reenlist for
eighteen months, two years
or three years. In order to
have their choice of the
branch of service and over
seas theatre, men must en
list for the turee-vear per
iod.
Elaborating on the- gen
eral success of the recruit
ing program, Captain Ab
bott stated that the major
ity of veterans are reenlist
ing for a three-year period
in order to have their
choice of assignment.
home esuipment and facili
ties, and SIBB held back
for additional capital goods,
j operating capital and to
pay additional debts. The
. I average family also spent
i an average of $34 for min
■or repairs to dwellings,
farm buildings and fences,
and for land upkeep.
Ahead of Schedule
Mr. Ray said that from
the beginning of the farm
l ownership program in
1 1937 to December 31, 1945,
; a total of 2,557 f'O loans
were made in North Caro
lina. Although borrowers
i had 40 7 years in which to
| repay, FSA’s system of
I combined credit and guid
ance has helped 196 to re
jpay in full from their in-
Icome.
“j “This means that these
j borrowers were classified
as ‘rehabilitated’,” Mr.
Ray said. “They no longer
required FSA credit or
guidance, and were able to
continue on a normal and
; successful basis of farming.
Also, they had accumulated
sufficient property t o
meet ordinary credit re
quirements of local banks
jand other regular lending
1 institutions and agencies.”
i He pointed out that in
Yancey county FO loans
have been made to 26 far
mers who were former
i tenants, sharecroppers, re
nters and laborers. This as
sistance is enabling them to
■ become sulf sustaining on
I the land. Os this number 5
I have repaid their loans in
full.
i RED CROSS MEETING
•i
; A meeting of the executive
i committee of the county
, chapter of the American
1 Red Cross, the chairman of
3 the Fund Raising Campaign
! and heads of the various
- services in the county will
1 be held in the Red Cross of
-1 fice at 4:30 Feb. 11.