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Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. VOLUME TEN Army Enlisted Reserve Corps Men who have served in ! the Army, Navy, Marine or Coast Guard for a period of at least six months, and who were honorably diseh- 1 arged, are now eligible to enlist in the U. . S. Army! Enlisted Reserve Corps,* provided they meet the en-j listment requirements. In announcing this new regulation, Sgt. James D. Batts, of the Marion Re cruiting Station, stated that enlisted men of the Army may, at the time of discharge or within six months thereafter, enliri in the grade they held at the time of discharge, provided their enlistment is in the 1 same branch in which they were serving at time of discharge. In addition, those men, who served in the Army since September 16, 1940 and who were separated after May 12, 1945 may all so enlist in the grade and branch of service in which they served at time of dis charge, provided they enlist within six months after February 13, 1946. Discharged The following merl have received their discharge Max Adkins, Lloyd Laws, Virgi s Anglin, Gaither Au trey, Donald McGuire, Cla rence Boone, Roy Young, J. D. Silvers. Joe Blanken ship, Leslie Mclntosh, Jani es A. Ayers, Garrett Wil son, George Miller, Wesley \ Edwards, Ted Phillips, Rob- 1 ert C. Peterson, Charles! ' Evans. John Gay Young, Jr. Griffeth Frank Henson, George Bowditch. Marine Cpl. and Mrs. H. H. Bailey, Doris Bailey and S. G. Hensley spent the week end in Greenville, Tenn. Cpl. Bailey returned home last week after many* months duty with the Mar ine Air Group in the Paci-I sic and China. Cpl. Bailey | saw action in the Marshall! Islands, Ie Shima and Oki nawa. Sgt. Phillip Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Tho-j mas of Micaville is expect-! ed home within a short time. He sailed from Man-j ila on March 26- after 15 months overseas duty. He has been in service two and a half years. Francis Hennessee has .returned to the states from overseas duty and is visit-1 ing his wife in Kentucky. They will come to Burns ville this week end for a visit. Virgis Anglin who recen , tly returned from overseas duty has received his dis charge from the Marine Corps and is now visiting * his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richmond Anglin. Wayne Banner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Banner, received his ' discharge from the Marine Corps at Camp LeJeune and is visit ing his parents here. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. The immediate advant ages of this program, Sgt. Batts stated, are that such ratings as parachutist, com bat infantryman, etc.* may be .retained. While the long range advantages are that, should there be another war, those men with Enlis ted Reserve Corps ratings would be called to duty at those ranks, whereas those men without such ratings would be called as privates and would have to start over again from the bottom of the promotion ladder. Sgt. Batts added that all men must be qualified phy sically and otherwise for military service to be eligi ble for the Enlisted Reserve Corps; that the enlistment or reenlistment period is for three years; and that! former members of the | National Guard who have; separated from the Guardi are also eligible. Qualified personnel are available at the U. S. Army Recruiting Station, Post Office Bldg., Marion, every day from 8:00 until 5:00, to assist those men who are interested in further details Register The following became 18 during March and have re gistered with the local board: John Peterson, Justice C. 1 Woody, Earl Blankenship, Talmadge Bryant, Jake I Rathburn, Jack Hughes, 1 Robert D. McCurry, Jack Wheeler, Robert Buchanan,! Tom Ray Phillips, Wm. D. Peterson, Charlie BallewJ Duke Fender, Ned Wilson,! Burgin Silver, Alvin Pate/ John C. Sparks, Edward L.! Beeson, Jr. Enlist in Regular Army Earl J. Hughes of Burns-1 ville enlisted in the regular! army on March 14. He had; sei ved for 63 months and > had recently been diseh-; arged. Troy F. Riddle of Pensa cola enlisted in the Army Field Artillery on March 9. He wa s recently discharged after serving for 35 months Clean Up Proclamation Whereas, the Mayqr antlj Board of Commissioners, | at their regular meeting on! April Ist, in cooperation' with the civic clubs of the' town in keeping our town' clean and attractive, and ( Whereas, it is the desire | that all our places of busi ness, our home grounds, as well as all vacant lots, be cleared of all rubbish and unsightly objects, and Whereas, it is considered wise to unite in a concerted effort in this matter in order to make a more com- Jesse D. Rathburn is ex-; pected home on furlough April 6th. He is attending an officers school and after close of .school term he will return overseas. Mrs. Belle Phillips and family have moved to Mid dle Creek. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1946 1 NOTICE The County Board of Equalization and Review will be in session in the Re gister of Deed’s office on Monday, April Bth for the purpose of hearing any tax, complaint. W. O. Griffeth, Tax Sup ervisor. REPUBLICANS MEET i Republicans from each township in Yancey county met at the courthouse on Tuesday night, April 2, for discussions and plans for the selection of candidates for the November election. Much interest was shown by everyone. Names of the candidates for the various offices will be announced in the near future. | : DITCH BLASTING 1 DEMONSTRATION ' ! A demonstration on the use of dynamite for ditch ing will be held on Wednes day, April 10 at 2:30 p. m., at Reece Mclntosh’s farm West of Burnsville. An en gineer will give the demon stration and all parties in terested in ditching are in vited. This method of ditching! has been used successfully l in other sections and the! cost has been approximat : ely pne-half that of 1 ditching. At this demon stration, cost and results will be observed. W. I). Robbins, Assistant County Agent in Horticul ture, will be in the County Agent’s office on Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, Monday and Tuesday,! April 8 and 9. Anyone wish ing to consult him about truck crops or fruits may! contact him at the County Agents’ Office. NOTICE Dairy Production pay ments for January, Febru ary and March, 1946 will be made April 1 through April 30, 1946. Rate for whole milk sold is 90c per CWT and for butter fat solcf is 17c. plete job. Therefore: Be it resolved that Friday and Saturday, April 12th and 13th, loe set apart as clean up days for our town. On these two days sufficient trucks will be available to collect and re move all trash from private and business premises, East Burnsville on Friday and West Burnsville on Satur day. H. G. Bailey, Mayor, Mrs. V. J. Goodman, president of Garden Club; Mrs. Hob art Ray, Woman’s Club; Dover R. Fouts, Men’s Club. Symphony Orchestra The N. C. Symphony Or chestra will give the con cert in Asheville on Wed nesday evening, April 24. A number of Burnsville citizens are planning to at tend this concert by the full orchestra. EYE CLINIC The Eye Clinic which was scheduled to be held in the district health office on April 8 has been post poned. The definite date for the clinic will be an nounced later. *•««** LAST RITES FOR U. R. LEDFORD Funeral services for U. R. Ledford, 78, of Bee Log, N. C., who passed away at his home Tuesday morning were conducted at Little Creek church Wednesday afternoon i.t 2 o’clock. Rev. Frank Jones offi ciated. Burial was in the family cemetery. Active pall bearers were Martin Hensley, Rose Watts Oscar Fender, Sam Edwar ds, Lonnie Haney, Forrest Parker. % ~, Flower girls were: Wan da Fender, 1 Vivian Smith/ Shirley Fender, Iva June ; Ledford, Geraldine Ledford,' Arlene Ramsey, Virgie Meade, Nom a Fender, Gen eva Randolph, Milam Ran dolph, Marina Ledford and Genell Ledford. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Eliza Hunter Ledford; (fMour daughters, Mrs. Nancy Mclntosh, Mrs. J. W. Cooper, Mrs. Carl li. Fender all of Bee Log, Mrs. R. M. Smith of Shelby, N. C.; thr* John of Henrietta, N. C., Burnie of Bee Log and Jim of Bart-' ley, W. Va.; one brother, John of Erwin, Tenn.; thirty-five grand children and three great grand children^ John Arnette who is em ployed by Roberts and Johnson Lumber Co. has purchased the home on Robertson Street from Miss Aldine Pleasant. Food Conservation Conference The USDA council, com- ! posed of all farm groups in the county, school offi-j cials, business and civic leaders met at the court-j house on Tuesday afternoon! to discuss the food conser-J vation program and plans j for inaugurating it in the county. V. J. Goodman, cou nty agent, presided. S pecially urgent is the conservation of wheat and fats. Citizens of the United States have been asked to cut wheat consumption by 40 per cent and fats by 20! per cent. The group agreed that the best approach in get ting this information to all citizens of the county was through the schools. The principals of the 6 high schools were present and , plans are already underway to carry out this suggestion The next 3 or 4 months, before another crop can be harvested in Europe, is the critical time and conserva tion here will mean aiding ' those who might otherwise die of starvation. M. D. Bailey, chairman of the Yancey. County AAA Committee, has been desig-' nated as Emergency Food 4 NOTICE. Meetings will be held on Saturday, April 6, 1946, at 2:00 o’clock P. M. in each of the precincts or town ships in the county, at the regular voting place. At these precinct meet ings the delegates will be elected to attend the Yan cey County Democratic Convention to be held in Burnsville, on April 13, 1946, at 10:00 o’clock A. M., at which time the candida tes on the Democratic tick et will be nominated. C. P. Randolph, Chairman of Y ancey County Democra tic Executive Committee. WILDLIFE FEDERATION Raleigh.—The North Caro lina Wildlife Federation will launch an intensive mem bership drive on April 1 with a goal of 30,000 mem bers by June 1, it was an nounced today bv President P. K. Gravely of Rocky mount. President Gravely expla ined that the drive will con tinue through May 31, and the efforts to run the mem-j j bei ship from its present figure of more than 12,000 to 30,000 will be made thro ugh affiliated local clubs. ■ In this connection it was pointed out that the sugges tion for the membership drive was the result of re cent district meetings of county clubs. 1 The federation, which was formally organized in June 1945, has as a major objective the creation of a separate state division of game and inland fisheries as a means of giving North Carolina a better wildlife program. To this end, the * federation will sponsor a'< bill in the 1947 general as- 1 sembly for creation of this 1 department. Program Manager for Yan |cey county and will help to ; speed the job of supplying jfood under President Tru man’s emergency famine, I relief program, in an effort j !to reduce the terrible suf- Ifering caused by enemy in vasion and drought in Eu rope and Asia. Mr. Bailey will enlist the cooperation of the Yancey County USDA Council in coordinating the program and organizing the food conservation measures re commended by the Presi | dent’s famine emergency committee. Local food conservation measures are now being worked out and every man,| woman, and child in Yan cey county is requested to conserve their food daily, especially bread, fats, and oils, to make more availab le for shipment into desti tute areas. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Pow-i ell have returned home af ter spending several months in Florida. Maynard Morgan of Chin cho, W. Va. has been the guest this week of Rush and Jen Beeler. 1 Business Firms Will Close Each Thursday Afternoon Business firms and offi ces of the town will be clos ed each Thursday after noon at 1 o’clock, according to the following agreement which we have been reques ted to publish this week: We, the undersigned citi zens of the Town of Burns ville, N. C., agree to close our places of business each Thursday afternoon at 1:00 o’clock beginning Thursday April 4th and continuing through October 31st 1946. Buckner Shoe Shop, Bur nsville Furniture & Hard ware Co., Fred Proffitt, Frank W. Howell, Dover R. Fouts, Briggs Grocery, H. S. Edge, Pollard’s Drug Store, Ray’s Grocery, J. B. Health Department Reports on Tuberculosis Control S» # It is desirable to report from time to time certain activities of the health pro gram for public informa | tion. This reports the work in tuberculosis control. Ihe fluoroscopic and X ray work was started in ! March, 1945. The State Board of Health donated the fluoroscope which had been in Charlotte. In order to make a permanent re cord of a person’-s patho logy, and furthermore in order to have the chest studied by an expert diag nostician, we prepared at once to take X-ray films of persons showing pathology by fluoroscopic examina tion. The attachments need ed for this cost around $500.00. These were purch ased with funds donated by the Tuberculosis Seal Sales Committee in each of the three counties. Yancey gavei SIOO.OO, Mitchell $183.00 and gave $190.00. •The town of Spruce Pine built quarters, a fluorosco pic room, a dark room, and bought an electric water heater needed in develop ing films. The town spent about $600.00 for this pur pose. | Our nurses have tubercu lin tested most of the scho ols in each county, and the i positive reactors have been fluoroscoped, and many 4-H COUNTY COUNCIL The officers of the 10 4-H clubs in the county met Sat-' urday, March 23 at 10 o’clock to organize a 4-H club county council. Mr. Ned Wood, assistant 4-H State leader, led a dis-| cussion on the duties of the council and the problems of the 4-H work. The following officers weer elected: President, Aaron Wilson; vice president, Peggy Jean Huskins; ’sec-treas.; Tom-! [my Tilson; reporter, Tom-; my Tilson; song leaders, Mary Ann Jackson, Buna-! lene Griffeth; historian Willoree Young. The county council will meet again on April 20th at 2:30 at county agents’ office. ■ Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. t .. NUMBER THIRTY-SIX Wilson, Post Office, Yates Bennett, Troy Mclntosh, Cut-Rate Furniture Co., Mclntosh Radio Supply, District Health Dept., Young & Westall, Dr. C. M. Whisnant, Farmers Feder ation, Northwestern Bank, Byrd’s Beauty Shop, J. A. Goodin, Burnsville Super Market, Cooper Bros. Groc ery,. Johnson & Co., Edge’s Grocery Store, Cash Groc ery Co., Burnsville Radio Service, J. B. King, Fay’s Beauty Shop, James A. Anglin J. Y. Reid. Other business firms have not been contacted, and if there are others who will close, the names will be pub lished next week. were X-rayed. Contacts of active cases and persons .who were exposed to per sons who have passed on have been looked up and studied. J In thig work the Welfare Departments in all three counties have been most co operative in giving the names of contacts, in bring ing them to the clinic, and arranging for the care in a sanatorium of cases discov ered who needed sanator ium care. We have fluoroscoped 617 persons and X-rayed 122 person s to date. Some few of those X-rayed were for industrial study, but most were school children and contacts of active cases. 57 persons Were found to have healed lesions and were cured. 14 were discovered by us as having active pul monary tuberculosis, and of these 11 *are now in the sanatorium. A number of case s were X-rayed for lo cal practicing physicians, and a report sent to them Sith recommendation by r. S. M. Bittinger, Super intendent of the Sanator ium at Black Mountain. We should all realize that active case s which we have discovered and are now in the sanatorium are remov ed from their families and from us all, protecting us (Continued .on page 4) HOME AGENTS NOTES ; Brush Creek—The home demonstration club will meet with Mrs. W. M. Street Thrusday, April 4, at 2:30. Busick—The Busick Mis sionary Society and Home I Demonstration club will meet Monday, April 8 at 2:00 p. m. - Higgins—A group meet ing will be held Tuesday, April 9 at 2:00 in the Bap tist church. The group will discuss the “Control o f ! Plant Disease.” Willing Workers Club— Will meet Wednesday, Ap i ril 10 at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Lucille Jackson. i . William Simmons who has been very ill is now back home and able tb be lout again.