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Lt. Sam Byrd Bennett
Full military honors were
paid Lt. Sam Byrd Bennett
Wednesday afternoon when
final rites, w,ere held here, j
Funerak services were
held at the Higgins Memor
ial Methodist church of
which he was a member. 1
Dr. Charles W. Harris and
the Rev. Paul Taylor con
ducted the services.
The - Burnsville American
Legion Post was .in charge
of military rites at the bur-|
* ial service in the Holcombe'
cemetery.
Lt. E. A. Arness of the:
Charlotte Escort Detach-1
ment accompanied the body
here and , remained till as-j
ter the services.
Lt. Bennett, the son of;
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Bennett;
of Burnsville, entered the ■
Army Air Forces in June,
1942. He was a graduate of
school intf
Mars Hill college and was a
student at N. C. State Col
lege at the time he entered
service.
He was killed in action
over Germany on May 28,
1944 while serving as bom-!
hardier on a heavy bomber.
While in service Lt. Ben-J
nett received the following j
awards: the Purple Heart,
the Air Medal with 3 Oakj
Leave Clusters for complet-J
ing 23 missions, Selective
Service award and the Pre
sidential Citation for Mer
itorious Achievement.
Surviving in addition to
the parents are three sis
ters, Mrs. E. L. Briggs, Mrs.j
James Ray and Miss Jean,
Bennett, all of Burnsville;
tw r o brothers, Mark W. Ben- 1
nett of Burnsville and Dr.
Van B. Bennett of Jasper,’
Fla., and the paternal gran
dmother, Mrs. A. J. Bennett
Sam Byrd Comes Home
This week Sam Byrd
came home—back to loved
ones and friends, back from
alien skies and a foreign
land to rest in that part of
the wide earth he loved
best.
He is typical of all those
who went out and returned
to us thus—quietly but in
triumph, and in paying tri
bute to him we paid tribute
to all.
It is fitting, too, we think,
that he came home at this,
season—at Christmas time. ;
Christmas is a happy time, j
a heart warming, gay time;
but there is a deep meaning
and purpose too. It is an ob
servance, of the greatest
event that ever took place—
the birth of the Son of Man,
the Prince of Peace.
Ong of Sam Byrd’s out-,
standing traits was his
cheerfulness, his unfailing
sense of humor. But behind
all this was a deep and abid-
THE YANCEY RECORD
Laughrun Is Appointed
Warrant Officer
Nobel B. Laughrun was
recently appointed to the
'permanent grade of war-
I rant officer, junior grade,
in the United States Air
Force. He was sworn in by,
' Major Frank E. Lankston,
! assistant Adjutant 'General,!
the Air University, Max
well Air Force Base, Ala
bama.
Laughrun who has been a
master sergeant for the
| past six years, is assigned
to the Office of the Inspec-j
j tor General, The Air Uni- !
i versity. He enlisted at Max
f well in July, 1940, and has
been there since except for
ja year’s tour in Europe.
, Laughrun is the son of
i Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Laugh
jrun of Burnsville. His wife
is the former Miss Dean
Parker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. D. Parker of t
GreeneVilky Ala.
Farmers Federation
Declares Dividend
|
The Board of Directors,
of the Farmers Federation,!
jin a. meeting Wednesday,
declared the 30th consecu
jtive semi-annual dividend j
ion common and preferred'
| stock payable January 1 to (
jail stockholders, it was an
nounced by James G. K. Mc-
Clure, president of the or
ganization.
The directors announced
that the Farmers Federa
tion Hatchery will begin op
erations immediately for
: next year’s baby chick pro
gram. Mr. McClure stated
that there are more than
'20,000 stockholders of the
Federation in eighteen
.Western North Carolina!
counties at present. The
Federation, which markets
more than $3,000,000.00
worth of produce for the
Western North Carolina
farmers annually, has pro
vided modern services in
cluding eight freezer-lock
er plants,, a modern poultry
j processing plant, and Sky
line Cooperative Dairies,
for the farmers of this area.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mc
i Intosh have returned home
from a trip through the
, west. They visited ten
states and Mexico, and were
i the guests of relatives in
! Sacramento, Cal., while
j there.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hilliard
l of Detroik are here for the
holidays.
f
ing purpose too, that held
sure and steadfast, even
unto the end.
So we paid tribute to
j that unfailing courage and
to the gallant, smiling
young man who lived among
us, went forth and has now
come home.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
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LEGAL NOTICE
t .....
Hunting and Trapping
Within 500 Yards of
High Water During
Flood Period
Under the authority ves
ted in the North Carolina
Resources Commission by
j Chapter 263 Public Laws of
1947, and General Statutes'
Section 113, 2-126, the said
Commission hereby resol
ves that it shall be unlaw
ful to hunt or take upland
game birds or animals, or
j trap within 500 yards of j
high w ater during a flood
period.
Issued in Raleigh, Dec.
13, 1948
Clyde P. Patton, Execu
tive Director.
CANE RIVER NEWS’
The following students!
are home for the holidays: !
! Ekuso MsUUrry," -L&slkv
McCurry and Robert Hollo
way from Mars Hill.
Robert and David Peter
i son and Earl Ray from E. T.
T. C. Johnson City, Tenn. J
j Rex Mclntosh of Bee Log
has returned home from a
farm tour to Newark, N. J.
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
! Bruce Mclntosh Dec. 14, a
daughter, Brenda Jo.
1 Ray Shepherd left for
Florida Saturday where he
is employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Young and children from
Morganton spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Edwards.
RJR merS. |
for one more wish? *We hope so, \ ~
r and publish this newspaper o/e \ m~ * J
this Christmas card. »We haven't \ \ fr
,hing you the best holiday season ; ' 1
rou to know we are thunkful for ! if 7
inity has done in the past year H
ch a nice plate in which tn live. , |
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BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1948
NEW PAStQR WILL
ARRIVE D’kCEMBER 28
The Rev. Charles B.
Trammell who recently ac
cepted the pastorate of the
First Baptist church here,
Mrs. Trammel and their
son and daughter plan to
; move to Bjgrnsville -next
Tuesday, Dc'&mbev*z§.
t Mr. Trammel will bring
his first r.tWgge at the
morning-sehfpk' on Sunday,
January 2..-"%;
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BANK CI/SED MONDAY
I 1—
Monday, Dect:n’ r : 7 has
been declared an extra
bank holiday, and the Nor
thwestern Ilknk here will
be closed paturday and
I Monday, De| 25 and 27.
I. Loy MeC'Jirry who was
I seriously ill «or a week has
, improved to re
turn th^.yetgj,
ans hospital
Charles Deyton is con-j
fined to his home because
of an attack of chicken pox'
and mumps.
Mark Elliott is ill at his
home here.
Mr. Charlie Ferguson
and Mrs. Polly Duncan re
main quite ill at their hom
es in Swiss.
The Mt. Pleasant B. T. U.!
will present a Christmas
program at the Mt. Pleas
ant church Thursday night. I
• Miss Hattie Phoenix'
plans to visit her sister,!
Ida of Detroit during the
holidays. i
On USS Princeton
Hafold Alfred Masters,
seaman, USN, son of.Angus
Masters of Green Mountain,
N. C., is serving acoard the
aircraft carrier USS Prin
j ceton, a unit Task Force 38,
which 4s now undergoing an
. intensive training period in
I the Western Pacific and
the China Sea area.
These exercises are being
conducted for the purpose
of giving officers and men
of the task force realistic
training in all .phases of
Naval activities. In addition
|to the training on ship
I board, personnel familiarize
themselves with the ports
j and peoples of foreign lands
Ports of call between
training maneuvers, include
Honolulu, Tsingtao, China,
Yokosuka, Japan and Guam
Dr. and Mrs. Van B.
hTfenneff ‘ Are ‘ heW *‘ffrfnr
Jasper, Fla.
! Mr. and Mrs. Wint Cruse
of Andrews are guests of
j their daughter, Mrs. Hazel
Reavers. Another daughter
Mary Ruth Cruse, will be
with them here for Christ
mas.
Mrs. Ruth J. Rice has re
turned home from Norburn
j hospital where she under
went an appendectomy.
Joyce King who is teach
ing in Greene county, Ten
nessee is home for the
Christmas season.
Willard Hall is ill at his
home here.
MASONIC LODGE
ELECTS OFFICERS
| At a communication of
Bald Creek Lodge No. 397,
’ A.F. & A.M. in the Masonic
’ Hall the following officers
were elected for the coming
| year:
{ Master, Ed Ball; Senior
[ Warden, A. Pi Robinson;
1 Junior Warden, Hassell
, Rice; Senior deacon, Max
ijPenland; Junior deacon,
j Jake F. Buckner; Senior
■» steward, Lot Randolph;
f Junior steward, E.- T.
x Moody; treasurer, Nelson
} Chandler; secretary, Clyde
> Rice; Tyler, Ceif Jamerson.
3 1 A board of trustees was
3 also named, Von Ballard,
, B. B. Penland and E. T.
, Moody.
J Installation of officers
i will be held at 7:30 p. m. on
Monday, December 27. The
Eastern Star chapter will
-fikarg.e of
ments. Tne public'is Irmtecr:
* Officers Reserve Corps
\ Lt. Louie T. Pynes, com
manding officer of the
Asheville Army and Air
Force Recruiting Station,
announced today that al
though many young veter
l|ans of World War II are
taking advantage of the op
portunity to obtain a direct
commission as a second
lieutenant in the Officers!
Reserve Corps with two
years immediate active
duty there are still many
more needed.
In order to qualify for
one of these direct com- 1
missions a man must be at
least 19 years of age but not
have reached his 32nd bir
thday, have two years of
college training, have pre
vious service of at least one
year in some branch of the I
Armed Forces, and be phy
sically fit. It is not neces-j.
sary to have attained any 1
special grade during the ,
j former service and it is not’j
i necessary to have documen
tary proof of educational
level at the time the appli-:
cation fbr a commission is
submitted. The Army will j
accept the statement of the 1
applicant that he has two.
years of college training. !
pending eventual receipt of
the documentary proof. ! (
Full information on this !
unprecedented offer of dir- 1
ect commissions to former ]
servicemen may be obtained i
at the local Army and Air
Force Recruiting Station s
located at Post Office Bldg., 1
Asheville or by asking any ]
Army and Air Force Re
cruiting Sergeant. J
- . «
Charles Hamrick will be
home from <•> Greeneville, ]
Tenn., for the Christmas ]
week end. ]
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NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
j Letter from New Mexico
To the Editor,
It has been some time
i since I have been in Yancey
; county, due to the war and
; change of address. I have
been away from North
Carolina for some time, but
■ I am still interested in my
; home State and I like to try
I and keen up with the ev
. ents and people - that are
, still in Burnsville.
I have been here at New
: Mexico A&M college for the
• past two years. I am in
i structing in Military ocien
! ce, also trying to get my de
• gree which I hope to get be
: fore I leave here.
It certainly is a small
. world. I think we people
from Yancey county are
s : very lucky as we are always
i running in to some one
; from home. The reason I
[ say this, I had to look sever
. al times before I could be-
Hubbard who is enrolled in
I school here. I am sure that
Imost of the people remem
ber the Hubbards and al
, though 1 hey no longer live
' in Burnsville Ed still calls
it home.
’ Ed is a very modest fel
low as you might remem
, her. Anyway I know that
he wouldn’t write to you
about the things he is doing
here, so I am • taking this
time out to tell you about
Ed. also enclosing a clipping
from the college paper that
might be of interest to you
I and the people that knew
Ed. He is and has been for
, the past two years Captain
of the tennis team. Last
year they won most of the
matches and Ed was the
outstanding player, j win
ning his share of the mat
ches.
I also want to thank you
for the Paper that I have
been getting for the past
two years. It helps me to
keep up with the people
from Burnsville and other
parts of the county.
Sincerely yours,
Jack Bailey.
I The clipping -avas a pic
ture of Ed who had just
won a tennis tournament).
RIVERSIDE NEWS
Clay McKinney, small son
of Fred E. McKinney was
stricken with polio last
week. He is in the Ortho
pedic hospital in Asheville,
in a serious condition.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Wil
son spent last week in Dan
ville, Va. visiting Mrs. Sue
Etta Wilson.
Jack Evans left this week
for Washington, D. C. for
a visit. a
Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis
Intosh spent last week ear
here with friends
latives. /. v j3B|||g