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MARION PROGRESS, MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, APR. 25, 1940 ftM ft BEftUTlFOl TO rAOST FolKS 01>T To Some \T'S v>EST Soper ST»t\oN 1 DIRECTORS ARE CHOSEN I ! BY LOCAL ROTARY CLUB MARION HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL IS COMPLETED DOBBS Hats $5.00 See this outstanding line of high quality hats. Correct styles for Spring. BERO Hats $3.50 to $4.00 These smart hats are worn with pride by millions. See these Values. CURLEE CLOTHES OTHES that are CORRECT for the Spring Season It is our belief that the new in terpretations of masculine style, as expressed in our new selec tions of Curlee Suits for Spring, show a sound appreciation of the values demanded by our most discriminating customers. Here are the smartest new suit materials — subtle blendings of rich patterns and colors which ex press the spirit of the Spring season. As always, these Curlee Suits are expertly tailored with careful attention to even the hid den details of construction. This combination of fine materials and workmanship insures comfortable, easy fit and drape. These, in turn, give that well groomed appear ance plus long months of satis factory wear. We are featuring Curlee Spring Suits in a complete assort ment of styles and models, in sizes to fit every man. And, as al ways, these Curlee Suits are mod erately priced. Truly they are the outstanding value of the Spring season. Worifflian’s A new board of directors com posed of Rev. W. A. Jenkins, John iR. Jimison, Ralph Tate, R. C. Spratt, jFred Streetman, and Dean Tainter jwas elected at the regular weekly I meeting of the Marion Rotary club jlast Friday. The new board will take office July 1. In a brief business session the club voted to sponsor a community picnic on July 4, a committee of Walter J. Cartier, chairman, Oliver Cross and R. C. Spratt, being ap pointed to work with other Marion civic clubs in arranging the event. • Earl Sebastian was in charge of the entertainment program at the meeting. He presented four musici ans from the Marion high school who had just returned from the state mu sic contest where they won honors^ for the high school band. The quar tet, composed of Miss Julia Burton, 'Bryan Gibson, Virginia Mae McCall, and Margaret Moore, presented sev- leral selections. ; Murray Craven, a new member of jthe club, was presented with a Rota- j button by Rev. W. A. Jenkins. I Visitors at the meeting were Vic I Huggins, of Chapel Hill, L. A. j Martin of Lexington, R. W. Cartier ;of Wadesboro and Bruce Cartier of Charlotte. Dean Tainter, president, presided over the meeting. j Copies of the Hylander, Marion high school annual, are now ready !for distribution to the students, an nounced Principal H. C. Holland this week. This year’s annual is the first that has been published for the local high school in 14 years. The 60-page book covers many phases of high school ' life. Sections are devoted to the teaching staff, the graduating, juni- ior, sophomore and freshman classes, jand to various athletic teams and so- jcial or scholastic clubs. Approximately 150 copies of the i annual were printed, said Mr. Hol- i land, but the number has been found inadequate to supply the demands ifor them. i Editor of the high school yearbook Jwas Bryan Gibson. Assistant editor 'was Jeanne Tennant. Other students jwho served on the Hylander staff ‘were: Bill Bolton and Emily Holton, business managers, Clyde Penning- jton and Alice Morgan, advertising managers; George Knisley and Er nie House, activities managers; Zeb Wall, athletics editor; Robert Gour- ley and Mary Shiflet photography I editors; Kathleen Davis, Nancy : Barnes and Joyce Henline, typists; ■ and Tillie Sinclair, snapshot editor. DELEGATE — Mrs. Logan Tate, above, will represent the McDowell County Democratic Woman’s Orga- I nization at the National Institute of I Government in Washington, D. C-, I on May 2, 3, and 4. The conference delegates will have the opportunity to hear several outstanding national speakers, including Mrs. Roosevelt; will be invited to a reception to meet cabinet members and their wives, and will be guests for five o’clock tea at the White House on May 3rd. COMMITTEE ON ASSEMBLY GROUND IS APPOINTED SINGERS ARE GUESTS At the meeting of the Executive OF MARION KIWANIANS, Board of the Southeastern Lutheran — i Walther League in Conover last Members of the Wake Forest Gleei^eek ^ committee to cooperate with club were guests of the Marion Ki-1 the Luthei’an Laymen’s League in wanis club at the regular weekly j planning the establishment of a Lu- meeting of Kiwanis, Tuesday night. J theran Assembly Grounds in West- The Glee club is composed of 42 ;ern North Carolina was appointed men and is directed by Prof. Donald as follows: Fred Hollar, C. W. Rull- Pfohl. Guy Little, son of Mr. and;man, Martin McRee, Charlotte Deal Mrs. J. D. Little, of Marion, is a jand Melvin AppaL The meeting was member of the organization. Iin charge of Rev. R. L. Summers, Mayor Zeno Martin, of Marion, i executive secretary. ! ; an alumnus of Wake fojrest and a | 'phe committee urges a good rep-1 I former member of the Glee club,! resentation of young people of the i ■presented Prof. Pfohl to the Kiwan-> Lutheran church of the synod ofj Mans. The singers presented several; North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio andj selections. | other states to attend the mass meet- j G. R. Griswold, district forest ran-;i„g to be held in Marion the latter! ger of the United States forest Ser-1 part of June. i vice, told several “tall stories” with i j the patron saint of forestry being re^EIVE INSTRUCTIOri ! ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO GIVE OPERETTA TONIGHT IN MOTOR CLUB WORKi the butt of his tales. After adjournment of the Ki-1 Iwanis club, the Wake Forest singers! Miss Pearl Wall, of the Marion I presented a concert m the high i school auditonum. j secretary of the' ^ Chamber of Commerce, spent Mon-' DIES IN CHARLOTTE Chariotte taking training in' DIES IN CHARLOTTE . i ^ „ , . , ‘ taken over here by the local Cham-: ! Dr. John Hill Tucker, one of I Charlotte's most widely known phy-- receiving instruction. i ;ac.ans, died Sunday night at h.s' Accordiiig to Mr. Cartier, the^ |hon,e in Charlotte after an illness Chamber of Commerce will; of nearly ftve months^ ^lub oiBce here I Besides his wife, ^/ucker is. ^ management ■survived by his mother, Mrs. W H. necessary by! Tucker, ^d three daughters, Mrs.;^^^ resignation of Mrs. J. J. Johnson.' Millard Thomas Wilson, Mrs, Erwin L. LaxCon and Miss Rebecca Butler' Tucker. An operetta entitled “The Sleep ing Beauty” will be given tonight by members of the central elementary school in the Marion high school au ditorium at 8:00 o’clock. The operetta, which is the first of the commencement programs to be presented at the central high school this year, will be in three acts. No admission will be charged. I Leading members of the cast are i Bill Ledbetter, Wilma Watkins, Bill Giles, John Poteat, Marshall Dark, j Harry McCall, Betsy Bowman, Jim-; mie Kathryn Biggerstaff, Faye Mor-j gan Chambers, Lawrence Atkins, | Donald Hensley, and Lynn Crawley.! Others taking part in the operetta | are Jipimy Atkins, Maigaret Atkins,; E. M. Britt, Sammy Britt, Ruby Bjo’d i Mary Carson, Goldie Cooper, Jane Dalton, Betty Davis, Roy Davis, Bob-j by Dodge, Lois Finley, Babs Gladden,! Hattie Gordon, James Gregory, Celia! Hawkins, Polly Hawkins, Clinton i Hendley, Gorham Ledbetter, Virgin-j ia McNeil, Guy Nichols, Graham Ptndergrass, John Rader, Kirby Ra der, Jean Ruth, Doris Seagle, Ann; Shiflet, Melba Simpson, James Tur-; ner, Betty Tyler, Dan Webster, Bob-' by White, Fay Bolick, Laura Jean Keeter, Arlene Morgan, Betty Lou ■ Morgan, Peggy Morgan, Ellen Ann’ Morris, Luna Owensby, Mona Lee j Stevens, Vivian Suttlemyer, Joan; Wier, Betty Lee Willis and Frances | Wingate. SERVICES AT LUTHERAN CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY MEETINGS ARE HELD BY MARION FAITH MISSION BLIND COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE HERE “The Fine Art of Christian Pray-| ’ w^ill be the subject for discussion : Mrs. Madeline McRary, field rep- Matthew’s Lutheran church | Iresentetive of the State' Blind com- n>orning at the 11 o-j ■mission, was in Marion yesterday in Cartier, sec-| the interest of the program for the Chamber of Commerce,, blind in McDowell county. ‘*''1 i At the present time there are ijiWalther Leag^ Sunday evening at; blind persons in the county receiv-!^'““ This service will be mi ing assistance from the state, accord-'| ing to information received from ''»'»ring the parents of the the McDowell welfare office. people of this organization. I A special Youth service will be ATTEND HORSE SHOW Sunday even- Eleven Marion residents attended on the annual horse show held in Tryon' A” “^Icome. on Wednesday, April 17. The show} attracts visitors from many parts of i WRS. PRATT PASSES AT the country every year. | HOME IN NEW YORK CITY Attending from Marion were • H. I D. Bishop, Clarence Rabb, Hugh i Fiiends here of Mrs. W. M. Pratt ■ Conley, W. R. Alley, Fred Morris,;will regret to learn of her passing| J. A. Poteat, J. L. Martin, Neal Mor- on April 13th in New York City. i ris, R. P. Morris, Z. V. Hemphill, and P^ att and her family lived here Latt Mai’lowe. I rn^ny years, where Mr. Pratt i -! was engaged in ])usiness. Mrs. Pratt iis survived by two daughters, Miss j Alice Pratt and Miss Marjorie Pratt of New York City, and Dr. J. W. Pratt of the University of Buffalo, and two grandsons. The Faith Mission of Marion held 37 meetings between March 3 and April 21 with a total attendance of' 626, announced Rev. Davnd T. Mc- Abee, director of the Mission, this week. All of the time of the director is| being devoted to evangelistic work, he said, because funds are not avail able for transient and emergency relief. There^have been nine profes sions of faith in March and April, he said. Collections for the Mission have j not been made on the streets since \ March 16, he said. I MAY DAY EXERCISES AT NEBO WEDNESDAY USE THE WANT ADS. OASIS THEATRE FRIDAY and SATURDAY The THREE MESQUITEERS in “COVERED WAGON DAYS” also Chapter No. 10 DRUMS OF FU MANCHU and The FINAL CHAPTER of “ZORRO’S FIGHTING LEGION” BETHLEHEM CLUB MEETS The Bethlehem Home Demonstra tion club held its regular meeting at the P. 0. S. of A. Hall last Thurs day. The meeting was opened with a song followed by the devotional in charge of Mrs. Rena Noblitt. At the business session plans for the District Federation meeting were discussed. The club voted to pay $1 out of the treasury to the Jane Mc- Kimmons Loan Fund. After the business meeting the program was turned over to Miss I Jean Steele, county home agent, who gave an interesting talk on the value I of eggs. She also gave a demonstra- jtion on eggs cooked and served, j The next meeting will be held at jthe usual place. May 16th. The primary and j^rammar grades of the Nebo school will have their May Day celebration at five o’clock on Wednesday, May 1st, on the school lawn. Little Miss Harry Lou Hunter will be crowned Queen of the May. In case of rain, the celebration will be held on Friday at the same hour. SKATING PARTY The young people of the First Methodist church are sponsoring a skating party Friday night at 7:00 o’clock at the Community building. A small admission will be charged and the proceeds will be used to send delegates to Lake Junaluslca this summer. j Read the advertisements. It pays. COira»ATED? TRY PRUNLAX A marreloHft new nature laxa tive made with pure California Prune Juice, Cascara 'Bark and imported Alexandrian Senna. Streetman’s Iloh FREE! FREE! Beautiful Cara Nome Toiletries For the Three Best Essays on the BEAUTY SPOT. Contest begins Monday, April 29, and ends Saturday, May 4. **' Come in and see THE BEAUTY SPOT. McDowell Cut Rate Drag Store vonu’CoirMOHBr Ladies’ Buy Now !! A New Spring Coat or Suit— Note these savings— $8 Styles Reduced to - $5.45 $10 Styles Reduced to - $7.45 $15 Styles Reduced to - $9.45 $17 Styles Reduced to - $10.95 Buy Now! BELK’S Ladies’ Dept. 2nd Floor One of dramatic moments in "BLAME IT ON LOVE", when Virginia Frances, home economist amazes her television radio audi ence l>y cooking a complete meal with the Hotpoint ronge while capped in inflammable cellophane without causing a fire. "BLAME IT ON LOVE" is Hotpoint's feature-length sound motion picture star ring JooN Marsh and John King. The film is appearing l^oNy at the Marion Theatre May 1st, under auspices of Duke Power Company, Hotpoint Electric Appliance deal er. Free tickets are available at showroom locat* ed at N. Main St. POWER COMPANY ADVERTISE IN THE PROGRESS Best Advertising Medium
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