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THE # The ITFCounty News # This Newspaper is a Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations 17th YEAR N. 8 THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 SPRUCE PINE, NEWLAND & BURNSVILLE, N. C. 5th Bond Drive Is Home Front D- Day iS Fghting Dollars Will Help All Our Fighting Men DRIVE OPENS JUNE 12 Goal Of 16 Billions Is Largest Yet Asked fwo Yancey Boys Switzerland Inn Nearly Booked For July And August The Switzerland Inn at Lit tie Switzerland, of the bet ter • known resort hotels in I the mountains, opened for its 3?jnd consecutive season Missing In Action'®® “'■®- ^ jg assisted in the man- I agement this year by her Two servicemen of the tri- [ daughter, Mrs. Quintard. county area are reported, The Inn is nearly already missing in action. They are | booked for the months of T-Sgt. Olin Chrisawn, son ofMuly and August with reser- I Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Chrisawn I vations from people who have D-Day on the home front j of Hamrick, and Bennie Whit-! stayed at the Inn before with is set for June 12 when the ^ son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave'a sprinkling of new ones. As 5th War Loan drive will be|Whitson, fomerly of Bee Log.'in other war years, the maj- opened by Secretary Morgen-1 Sgt. Chrisawn has been re-|ority of the reservations are thau For the first time a war ported missing in action over [for the full length of people’s loan ’ drive will be officially Italy since April 28. He is a' vacations, as they come to member of the army air for-.one place and stay, ce. Before he enlisted in the I The famous food of the service, he was employed by Switzerland Inn’s dining ro- the State School commission, om is up to its usual very Raleigh. Bennie Whitson, whose par ents now live in Erwin, Tenn. was with the U. S. Navy at the time of his -disappearance. opened from a city other than Washington, D. C., when he will broadcast from Texar kana, Ark-Tex. The history-making pro gram to raise 16 billion dol lars in a month, will be start ed on June 12.Six billions of this must come from the poc kets of individual Americans. The ears of the fighting world, including millions of Americans now in life-or- death combat with the enemy will be tuned to Texarkana to hear the 5th War Loan vic tory icry “Back the Attack— Buy More Than Before.” The D-Day for the invasion of Europe by the Allied for ces has already passed, when the successful landings were ' nade on the coast of France, Big Lynn Opens high standard in spite of the difficulties of finding pro per supplies.' For Tourists The Big Lynn on Highway 26, close to the Blue ,Ridge Parkway between Spruce Pine and Little Switzerland, began its season with an open ing Sunday, June 4. C. E. ^ 4.U -n-n ^ ’ I Riddle, owner and manager .lune 6. Now the D-Day for i ^ a good crowd present, the home front is scheduled; Lynn whiih icon- lor -June 12 and our battle Turn To Rank Pao-pi dining room and pri- iPlease lurn lo ijack ragej cottage is situated in the ' shadow of the famous Would Rather See Home Than Rome Among the troops of the Fifth Army that marched in to Rome Sunday was the div ision to which Pfc. J. W. ”Lum” Gilbert belonged, be fore he was wounded in the siege, of Cassino. When ask ed if he would have liked to see Rome, with his old unit, he said “I would much rath er see home than ,Rome.” Pfc. Gilbert is now close to his home in Spruce Pine, having been transferred to Moore hospital at Swannanoa on Friday. Mrs. Gilbert spent the weekend visiting her hus band. lynn tree, rendezous for the moun tains since the patriots met there on the way to the battle 'sociation The dining room is in charge of the former chief superintendent of the Orange Court hotel of Orlando. Fla. Mr. Riddle has put out a var- Prayerful Response To Invasion News In a spirit of subdued ex citement and serious resolve the people of the three coun ties, as in all parts of the nation, met and accepted the news of the invasion of Eu rope on June 6. To those that did not have radios or did not li^en to the in the morn ing, the word spread like wi ldfire so that by noon, even the mosx oaiiying districts knew that the big fight had started. In S.pruce Pine a union prayer service was called at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday after noon by the ministerial as- with Reiv. W. T, Manpower Order Effective July Isl Baucom presiding. Prayer was offered by all the'minis ters of tov/n with a special prayer for victory by the Rev. H. Miller, who is conducting a iety of vegetables. He owns' revival at the First Baptist his own cows for a inilk sup- church. ply. ' All places of business in For the coming weekena'the towin' were elosed during Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Dolan and;the meeting and the Cent- family of Kingsport with a' ral Baptist church, where the large party will be guests. I (Please Turn To Back Page) I. B. Bailey, 80 Taken By Death Funeral services for I. B. Baily, 80 one of Yancey co unty’s most prominent and widely known citizens, were held at the Horton Hill Union church Wednesday, May 24, at 3 o’clock with the Rev. A. M. Laughrun and Rev. Fred Harrill officiating. Burial followed in Fairview ceme tery near Fairview. Mr. Baley died after an illness of about two and a half years, and was a chartermember of the Brethren church which, was organized 60 years ago. He had been a farmer and mea- chant -for 35 years. He serv ed two years as a member of the Yancey County Board of Commissioners. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary J. Laughrun Bai ley; eight daughters, Mrs. (Please Turn To Back Page) Jpruce Pine Hotel Expects Good Year Mrs. B. B. McGuire, mana ger of the Spruce Pine Hotel, recently purchased by Dr. McGuire, reports she is most optimistic about the future of the hotel, when interview ed Tuesday by a reporter of The Tri-County News. The hotel is now open for busi ness after being closed for several months. Beginning with Sunday, j June 4. the dining room was I opened and regular meal ser vice inaugurated. Many of (Please Turn To Back Page) WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS (By S. T. Heni-y) Essential Industries Get First Call On Men EMPLOYED THRU USES Available Male Labor Shared’ According To Needs The Big Lynn Opens Purple Heart Award Given Sgt. H. Hicks C T. Hicks of Frank, Avery county, has received the Pur ple Heart which was award ed to his son, Sgt. Howard Hicks, for wounds received in Italy on March 25. (Please Turn To Back Page) AT THE CAROLINA Thurs. - Fri.: “Thousand’s Cheer” with Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelley, Mickey Rooney, Judy Gar land and many others. Sat.-Double Feature - Don Red Berry in “Black Hills Express’’ and “Wo men At War” Mon. Tue. - “Broadway Rythm” with Rochester, Lena Horne. Wed. “My Best Gal” with Jane Withers. The Big Lynn, owned and operated by C. B. Riddle lo cated in the shadow of the famous Revolutionary ren dezvous tree. American army and mili tary leaders have followed a strategy, of isolating great numbers of enemy tyoops in driving the Japs out of the southwest Pacific. This has been increasingly effective as that far-flung batWefiront has been pushed ahead at a steadily increasing rate. Sup eriority in sea, air and grou nd forces has made this strat egy possible. ' , Seizure of dominating strong points, rather than of extensive territory, has been the outstanding fea- • ture of American strategy in that theater. Airfields constructed by the Japs have been the main object ive of our forces. The situation on Bougain ville is a good illustration of the general American strate gy, according to the Naval and Army officers and news paper correspondents recently returned to this country from the southwest Pacific. While each advance has varied ac cording to various local con ditions, methods used on Bou gainville island are generally similar tO' many other situa tions in which gread advanc es were made at a very mini mum in cost of American liv es. {'(Please Turn To Back Page) ! Starting July 1, the War Manpower Commission, will ! launch a program of man power priorities so that es sential war industries will . have first call on available male workers. Mining will priority in this territory, wi th lumbering a close second. There will also be employme- , nt ceilings, which is to pre- : vent large concerns from I holding a reserve of workers, I beyond what they actually ; need. ^ The information above is contained in a release by J. S. Dorton, N. C., director of the War Manpower Com- : mission. The release in- part fol lows: “Inauguration of man- i power priorities, employment I ceilings and the priorities re- i ferral plan on a nation-wide ' scale, effective July 1, means 1 that all employers will have I a chance at he limited num- ^ ber of available workers in {accordance with their urgen- jcy and essentiality in the war I effort, will not be allowed more workers than their ac tual needs and will employ all male workers through the U. S. Employment Service. “Establishments will be (Please Turn To Back Page) Girls Can Enlist For WAVES On June 12 K. E. Handy Sp. 1-e, Navy Recruiter of the Asheville station will be in Spruce Pine on June 12 a^d' June 26 to interview young women in terested in applying for en listment in the WAVES. Ple ase contact the recruiter at the Service Men’s Center. A campaign for enlistment in the Women’s Naval Re serve “worty of the considera tion of every eligible young woman”, was launched dur ing the week in North Caro lina. Reason for the cam- (Please Turn To Back Page) Nellie Wavcasfer Completes Course Nellie Lucille Waycaster, daughter of Mr. and Mirs. Rex Waycaster of Little Switzer land, has recently completed her basic training and in- doictrination course at the Naval Training school of Hunter College, N. Y. The rating of seaman second class has been earned by Miss Waycaster. Seaman Wayeastefr has re ceived orders to report for duty at Naval Air Station headquarters, San Diego, Cal ifornia. Her brother, Pfc. Nick Waycaster is serving overseas. Education was received at Harris High school in Spruce Pine, of which she was a graduate. Prior to enlisting in the service. Seaman Way caster .was an emplo3?’ee of ((Please Turn To Back Page)
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