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McDowell County’s Leading Newspaper MARION PROGRESS Advertisins in the Progress Pays A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 Marion, n. c., Thursday, june 20, 1940 VOL. XLiv—NO. 47 ASSEMBLY PLAN IS STUDe AT LUTHERAN MEET Members Favorable To Pro posal For Establishing Bible Camp Here. JULY 4 PICNIC, RACES SET FOR LAKE JAMES The meeting of the Lutherans here last Sunday to arouse interest in the establishnient of a Bible Camp in Western North Carolina wag very encouraging in spite of the heavy rains of late and especially on Sun day, stated Rev. Paul A. Boriack, Plans for Marion and McDowell pastor, this week. county’s Fourth of July celebration The Marion meeting was sponsor- neared completion this week with the ed by the Southeastern Lutheran announcement that Lake James had Laymen’s Legue with arrangements definitely been decided upon as the of details in charge of the local place for the old-fashioned picnic and League, headed by Vernon T. Eck- the boat races. erd. Festivities on the Fourth begin iii It is estimated that from 250 to Marion with a paradie through the 300 Lutherans visited Marion, Lake business section. Residbnts and visit- Tahoma and other sections of this ors then will journey to the Lake territory last Sunday, said Rev. where the picnic will be heldi. Each Boriack, and all meetings were fair- family will provide its basket. Provis- ly well attended. ions are being made to have drinking At 11:00 o’clock Sunday morning water available and bids for soft Rev. J. L. Summers, executive secre- drink concessions are now being re tary of the Southeastern Lutheran ceived at the local office of the Cham district with headquarters in Hick- b®*" Commerce, ory, addressed the congregation in Featuring the afternoon program St. Matthew’s Lutheran church here will be the outboard motor boat races on the subject, “The Divine Purpose on the Lake. This event will be held of Jeaus to Be Expressed in the Life in front of the Catawba dam at about of Every Child of God to Save 2:30. Prizes will be awarded to the Souls.” winners in the races. After the services the congrega- Arrangements are now being made tion drove out to Pleasant Gardens to provide ample parking space for and a number of the leading citizens, all cars. Automobiles will not be al headed by J. H. L. Miller, welcomed lowed to park on the dam, as it will the visitors at the school gymnasium be kept open for spectators, for a picnic basket dinner. After the Expected to be entered in the races dinner, the motorcade, directed by are boating enthusiasts from many Major J. P. Dodge, drove past Lake neighboring towns, including Ashe- Tahoma, on the Parkway towards ville and Charlotte. Novelty boating Mt, Mitchell, Little Switzerland, and gtunts and aquaplaning by experts Linville Caverns sections as arranged featured program, by Mr. Walter Cartier, secretary of Following the races, a general the Marion Chamber of Commerce, recreational program in which all Another group left St. Matthew’s people can take part has been plan- Lutheran church at 4:00 o’clock, ^ed. covering the same territory, with A. Plans for the celebration call for a J. Hewitt in charge. fireworks display to be given in Mar- At six o'clock the local Ladies i ion on the night of the Fourth to Mission Society, Mrs. Vernon T. close the festivities. M’DOWELL COUNTY SHOWS POPULATION INCREASE OF 3,065 McDowell county’s popula tion has increased to 2^,401, a gain of 3,065 during the past 10 years, Charles Zl Flack, dis trict census supervisor, announ ced yestferday. In 1930 McDow ell had 20,336 persons.. Farms in McDowell’ number 1,248 against 1,268 ten years ago, Mr. Flack said, and occu pied housing units total S',018. There are 159 vacant units in the county. CITY WILL HAVE SAFETY PARADE HERE JUNE 28TH Chamber Of Commerce Spon sored Event To Be Featured By Driverless Automobile. Due to the sharp increase in high way fatalities in the nation as a whole during the first quarter of 1940, the Chamber of Commerce of Marion has arranged with the Na tional Safety Crusades to set aside Friday, June 28th, as Safety Day in Marion, and thousands of people are expected to visit Marion on that date to observe with the local people this occasion. Plans are rapidly shaping up to have a big Safety Parade on this date on the streets at 4:00 p. m. and local merchants and industries are co-op- erating to the fullest with the hope that those who come may see and learn the futility of reckless driving on our streets and highways. One of the feature events of this safety occasion will be a driverless automobile operated by remote con trol by Capt. J. J. Lynch, nationally known safety crusader. Capt. Lynch has held these safety demonstrations in 37 states of the Union and where these unique safety demonstrations have been held large crowds have turned out to participate in the event. This automobile will be oper ated in the parade by remote con- BENEHT PAYMENTS FOR MARION AREA ARE ANNOUNCED Three-County Unit Has Recei ved $244,117.17 For Unem ployed And Part-Timers. Raleigh, June 17. — The Marion Employment Service office, serving the area embraced in McDowell, Mitchell and Yancey counties, has delivered 36,301 checks for $244,- 117.17 to unemployed or partly em ployed workers in that area in the two years and five months benefit payments through May, figures com piled in the Central office of the N. C. Employment Compensation Com mission show. The 46 white offices, with 10 col ored branches in as many cities with large colored populations, distribu ted 2,186,856 checks for $14,154,- 197.59 in the same 29 months, in ad dition to 22,994 checks for $258,- 260.82, sent from the Central CCC office to residents outside the state who had previously accumulated re serves by work in the State?. April distributions were 82,995 checks for $438,712.05, both sets of figures in cluding out-of-state checks. The Ap ril out-of-state checks numbered 1,- 584 for $15,630.39 and the May out-of-state checks reached 1,364 for $12,396.50. The Marion Employment office in the inonth of April delivered 765 C OF C SPONSORED TOUR COVERS PARKWAY DRIVE Eckerd, president, served the con gregation a light supper. At seven, the various ladies, men’s and young people’s groups met in "the church and the hut to discuss the work of the church. A thorough and effec tive study was decided to be made of all possibilities of the location of a Lutheran Bible Camp as soon as possible. The Southeastern Lutheran Lay men’s League with Chas. Hefner of Hickory as president, placed the Bi ble Camp matter in the hands of the Board of Governors. Rev. Paul Bo riack, pastor of St. Matthew’s Luth eran, was elected the spiritual advi sory member of this board. The North Carolina Walther League ap pointed a special Bible Camp com mittee with Fred Hollar, of Hickory, as chairman. The Southeastern Lutheran Wom an’s League, with Mrs. C. O. Smith will appoint a Bible Camp committee later in the summer at its annual convention in Rutherford ton. At 8:00 o’clock Rev. Herman Scherer, who broadcasts the program “Chapel Windows” over the new Hickory station on Mondays, Wed nesdays, Fridays, at 5:15, addressed the congregation on the subject, “Al most a Christian.” All in attendance expressed deep satisfaction as to the scenery and possibility of having a Bible Camp in this section of our country, said Rev. Boriack. A number of messages and letters have been received from various groups and congregations, express ing their agreement as to the urgent need of a Lutheran Bible Camp in this territory, he said, but because of the distance many of them were unable to attend the meeting here Sunday. The day’s program is being spon sored by the Marion Chamber of Commerce, working with local civic clubs. Walter J. Cartier is general chairman of the committee directing the celebration. trol, absolutely no driver, demon-1 checks for $3,579.35 as compared strating that automotive engineers ] with the May distribution of 962 have designed and automobile manu-| checks for $4,637.21, it is reported fticturers have produced for the j by Alden P. Honeycutt, office mana- safety of our nation a fool-proot | ger. safety automobile. When you com- The ten colored branch offices pare the modern automobile with its | serve colored claimants in their im- all-steel bodies, safety shatter-proof j mediate area only, the 46 white offi- glass, steel turret safety tops, four joes serving white claimants in the wheel brakes, as against the automo-j immediate area, in addition to both bile of a decade ago, it if seen at a {white and colored claimants glanc» that automobile accidents are i about 125 “service” points and now never the fault of the car itself, but'about 175 “spot” points, through the carelessness, or thoughtlessness,' itinerant service to these points, or don’t-give-a-hang operation of the j The “service” points are regular automobile.. Captain Lynch promises weekly points of call of a represen- to prove this b^ond any question of a doubt in the safety demonstra tion at Marion on Friday, June 28th, in the Safiety Parade. DUKE ENDOWMENT WORKERS TO ASSIST LOCAL PASTORS Sixty-three students in the Duke University School of Religion were MARION ENTRIES TAKE | given appointnivents as pastors’ as- HONORS IN BOAT RACES j sistants throughout North Carolina jlast week. The young religious work- Marion entries in Asheville’s Rho-jers will be engaged until the middle dodendron Festival outboard motor | of August under the sponsorship of i:aces walked away with honors on | the Duke Endowment. Beaver Lake Monday afternoon with Among the workers leaving the Jack Ballew leading the field with de-j campus last week was Joseph L. cisive first-place victories in the first j Stone of Williamsburg, Va., who is j Approximately 38 residents of Marion and other towns in this sec tion took part in the Marion Cham ber of Commerce sponsored tour of the Blue Ridge parkway last Thurs day. The tour was held to acquaint individuals, who have some part in directing tourist traffic with the scen ic advantages offered by the Park way and how they may be reached. The day’s program was under the direction of Walter J. Cartier, sec retary of the local Chamber of Com merce. Leaving Marion about 10:30 a. m. the motorcade proceeded to the Buck Creek Gap crossing of the Parkway and began the tour of the Blue Ridge drive from that point. Before reach ing Little Switzerland the motorcade was joined by Justice Heriot Clark son, of Charlotte and Little Switzer land, who conducted the party to the top of Kilmichael tower, aaid to be the second highest tower in the East. Directed by Justice Clarkson, the party proceeded to Little Switzer land where a brief stop was made at Switzerland Inn. From Little Switzerland the party continued on the Parkway, making a brief stop at the Linville River bridge, to Linville Falls and Blow ing Rock. A stop was made at the Hob Nob Inn in Blowing Rock for lunch. The party was there welcomed by Mayor Robins. Leaving the Parkway, the motor cade detoured through Boone and came back on the Blue Ridge Drive at Deep Gap. After several stops for sightseeing the party reached the end of the tour. The Bluffs, where some time was spent in taking pictures and enjoying the mountain scenery. COURT COMPLETES HEAYYDOCKET AND ADJOURNS Many Cases Disposed Of In Four-Day Session Of Crim inal-Civil Term. to the places of interest along the Parkway and explained fully the lo cation of all entrances and exits to the Drive. Two buses furnished by the Queen City Coach Company were used on tative from the local office for regis-|the tour, no charge being made for The scheduled two weeks criminal- civil term of the McDowell Superior court was adjourned here last Thurs day afternoon after presiding Judge Frank M. Armstrong had cleared a heavy docket in four days. The following cases were disposed of during the last two days of court: Homer Clontz, reckless driving, six months suspended on payment of $25 fine and costs and that he not operate a car for six months. Dad Mulinax, assault with a dead ly weapon, 60 days on the roads. Joe Gray, manufacturing and trans porting, 12 months on the roads, and two years for transporting suspen ded on five years good behavior af ter the expiration of the first sen tence. Bud Lewis, transporting and pos session, 12 months on the roads, two years suspended on three years good behavior. Torrence McKinney, assault on a female, 18 months on the roads, sus pended on three years good beha vior. Clarence Twitty, larceny of bicy cle, remanded to juvenile court. Turk Kelly, assault with a deadly weapon, 18 months on the road. Harvey Harris, three months on the roads for transporting, two years On the return trip the party re-1 suspended on three years good be- turned to Linville Falls and then tol>'^o’^ possession, and three Marion, arriving here about 9 ..301 on the roads for assault, the {sentences to run concurrently. ‘ ^ ^ - _ i Mrs. Harvey Harris, possesaion, E. M. Dale. Parkway Sjnger. wa8l^,p„rti„8 and assault, IS month, guide for the motorcade. He pomted|^^ aupended on payment of the costs and five years good be havior. Eugene P. Yates, larceny and re ceiving, 12 months on the roads. tering unemployed workers, taking claims and delivering checks. The “spot” points are temporary points of call, to mills or plants in the ru ral areas, or in suburban areas, where it is more convenient for rep resentatives of the Employment Of fice to visit the plants than it is for this service. J. H. Quattlebaum, traffic manager for the Company, was a member of the tour party. Be sides the buses several private cars! were included in the motorcade. j Represented on the tour were the; following towns: Marion, Little j Lizzie Smith and Connie Smith, public nuisance, eight months on the roads suspended on three years good behavior. W. B. Hall, Roosevelt Harris and Bill Reins, breaking, entering and larceny, two to three years each in State prison, suspended on five years good behavior and payment of the costs. an’s Missionary Society of the Blue ! that have been opened to the public two heats and a good third in the j to assist Rev. W. E. Rufty on the j Ridge Baptist Association will bej^y the Parkway, final go-round. ' ^ ^ I Marion circuit. Mr. Stone is a grad-j held at the Baptist church at Glen- Ballew won first place in the 22- uate of the Greensboro high school {wood on Friday, June 21. The fol- and has attended Louisiana State | lowing program has been announced Switzerland, Blowing Rock, Hender-i the unemployed or partially employ-i sonville, Weaverville, Charlotte, I ’ ' e*d workers to visit the employment j Spruce Pine, and Cane River. Chas., Greenlee, bastardy, six 'fP-1 month, on the roads, suspended on resentative, was a member of the. ^ MISSIONARY SOCIETY I party. j Charles Martin. TO MEET AT GLENWOOD I Throughout the tour members of ON FRIDAY, JUNE 21ST the party, although residents of Western North Carolina, expressed, . . ' , on payment of $50 fine, the costs, the scenic wonders , ^ i -e ^ and I’hat he not operate a vehicle for two years. Robert Singleton and Ray Coffee, Seawell McNeely, driving drunk, 12 month*- on the roads suspended The annual meeting of the Wom- ; amazement at horsepower class and was followed by J. W. Queen, of Marion, who placed second in the first heat, third in the second heat and first in the keenly contested third heat, to win second prize. University, the University of Illi nois, and William and Mary College, receiving the Bachelor of Arts de gree from the latter institution in 1939.. For the past year he has ser- Third prize went to 15-year-old j ved on the staff of Christian Hori- MRS. WESTMORELAND’S CONDITION NOT CHANGED The condition of Mrs. S. J. West moreland, who is confined to a hospi tal in Rutherford ton, was reported little improved yesterday. Mrs. West moreland has been seriously ill for the past week. Eloise Parker of Asheville. Fourth place winner was F. W. Osborne of West Asheville. The 10-horsepower class was won by Hazel Cline of Swannanoa, who completely outclassed the four-boat field. Ballew captured second place. Responding to the applause of the crowd for an “encore,” officials ran off a special one-heat event as an ad ded attraction to the regularly sched uled races. This “free-for-all” was won by Miss Parker, with Ballew sec ond and Sherrill Clark of West Ashe- ^Ville, third. ALIENS IN M'DOWELL REQUIRED TO REGISTER J. F. Moody, clerk of the McDowell county Superior court here, has call ed attention to the law requiring the registration of all aliens. He pointed out that all aliens in the county must register with the clerk of the Superior court within 90 days after coming into the county. Those not regristering on or before Jone 29th, 1940, will be subject to a fine or imprisonment or botli and" will be prosecuted as the law directs, he said. zons, publication of the Duke Uni versity School of Religion. Fred Conley, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Conley, of Marion, was assign ed to Linville Falls where he will as sist the Rev. McRae Crawford. SCHOOL BUILDING PLANS APPROVED BY BONEY Building plans, as prepared by Lindsey Gudgrer, Asheville architect, for the reconstruction of the fire- damaged parts of the Marion high school building have been approved by State Insurance Commissioner Dan Boney, stated city schools Su perintendent Hugh F. Beam this week. The plans have been presented to WPA headquarters in Charlotte, he said, and local school officials have been assured that the utmost expe diency will be used in approving them as an emergency project. The exact time for the work to begin on the school building has not been set, but it is expected that the work will be completed before the begrinning of school next fall. The building plans have already been approved by the city school board. 10:00 a. m.—Hymn, “How Firm a Foundation,” Devotional, Mrs. J. L. Morgan. 10:20 a. m. — Welcome Address, Mrs. Byrd. Response, Mrs. Pearl Pruitt. 10:30 a. m.—Mission Study. Liter ature. Co-operative Program and Hundred Thousand Club—Mrs. Pres ton Rabb. 10:55 a. m. — Personal Service, Mrs. J. H. Johnson. 11:10 a. m.—Training School and Margaret Fund, Mrs. Julius Parker. 11:20 a. n\.—Roll Call of Socie ties and Superintendent’s Report. 11:45 a. m. — Stewardship, Mrs. Greenway. 12:00 m. — Address, Mrs. Wade Bostic, Shelby, N. C. 12:30 p. m.—Benediction. Lunch 12:30 to 1:30. Younf People’* Hour Hymn, “My Hope is Built.” Devotional—^Mrs. W. O. Nichols. Special Song—By Glenwood girls.j “The Hindering Load”—Y. W. A. First Baptist church. Message — bur Youth Steadfast for Christ.—Mrs. B. F. Bray. FUND FOR RED CROSS RELIEF MOUNTS HERE Red Cross collections in Marion for the relief of refugees in the war- torn countries of Europe had reach ed the total of $931.53 yesterday, according to Mayor Zeno Martin, chairman of the Marion chapter of the organization. Large contributions for the fund have been received from the Marion Manufacturing Company and the Cross Mills, where individual em ployees pooled their donations and presented them to the Red Cross. The attempt will be made to reach a goal of $1,200 in the drive, said Mr. Martin. As war continues in Eu rope relief needs mount daily and the American Red Cross is constant ly being called upon for more assis tance, he said. The collection of funds here is being directed by Mrs. Fred Street- man, who has been assisted by local ladies. Contributions to the Red Cross may now be made either to Mrs. Streetman or to the Marion In dustrial Bank. M’CALL FAMILY REUNION On Sunday, June 23, the McCall family will hold its annual reunion at the home of John W. McCall, five miles south of Marion, on U. S. High- breaking, entering and larceny, two to three years in State prison Sus pended on five years good behavior and payment of the costs. FORREST S. ROBERTSON AWARDED LL.D. DEGREE Mr. and Mrs. Forrest S. Robert son spent part of the past week in Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh at tending the commencement exerci ses at the University of North Caro lina, and visiting friends. Mr. RoK- ertson, who worked in Marion last summer at the Cut Rate Drug Store, received his LL.B. degree from the School of Law. He has an A. B. de gree from Maryville College, Tenn., and has done some graduate work at Duke University. Mrs. Robertson is a nurse here at the Marion General Hospital. She has been on her vacation. Both Mr. and Mrs. Robertson are origrinally from Rutherfordton. Mrs. Robertson took^ her training there at the Rutherford Hospital. CCC TO ENROLL 100,000 Washington, June 17.—The Civil ian Conservation corps announced to day that it would begin enrolling j way 221. The picnic dinner will bej 100,000 men July 1. They will re-jat 1 o’clock. It is expected that this place men who have left to accept!will be the largest meeting ever held jobs. [by this family. SERVICES ANNOUNCED FOR ST. JOHN’S CHURCH Services will be held at St. John’s Episcopal church next Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock with Rev. W. Reid Hammond in charge. Church School and Bible Class at 9:45. Young Peo ple’s League service at 7 p. m. in the church. Holy Communion Mon day morning at 8 o'clock and con- firnwtion class Monday evening at 8 o’clock. «
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