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McDowell County’s Leading Newspaper MARION PROGRESS Advertising 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, OCTOBER 3, 1940 VOL. XLV—NO. 10 BETHE CHURCH TO BE SCENE OF BAPTIST MEEUNG WOODWORKING PROJECT OF NYA BEING ENLARGED Annual Session Of Blue Ridge Association To Be Held On I next ten days the number to be em- Thirty-five McDowell county youths were certified here Monday by National Youth Administration officials for work in an enlarged woodworking plant now being made ready for use in Old Fort. At pres ent 65 youths have been scheduled for work in the plant and within the October 8th And 9th. The twelfth annual session of the Blue Ridge Baptist Association will be held at the Bethel Baptist church on Tuesday and Wednesday, Octo ber 8th and 9th. The Blue Ridge Baptist Association is composed of thirty Baptist churches in McDowell county. This Association was orga nized in 1929 and at that time had 2,606 members. In the year 1939, more than 4,200 members were re ported. At this time these churches own church property totaling in val ue around $150,000, and gave last year more than $25,000 to local church work, missions, education and benevolences. The Bethel Baptist church, where the sessions of the association will be held this year, was the first Bap tist church organized in what is now McDowell county. From'the best in formation obtainable, it is believed that the church was constituted be fore 1800. Perminter Morgan, who was born in 1755 and died in 1824, served the church as pastor in the early days. He was probably the founder and first pastor. Alfred Webb, William Hill, F. Pendergrass, Bailey Bruce, J. C. Grayson, L. Mc- Curry, W. L. iJbgan, B. B. Harris, H. E. Harrstitill, J. C. Sorrells, C. B. Justice, C. S. Cashwell, A. P. Sorrels, D. J. Hunt, J. W. ployed there is expected to reach 100. The Old Fort NYA woodwork ing plant is being moved to new quarters in a warehouse owned by Colonel D. W. Adams on Commerce street and production facilities are being greatly increased. The woodworking project is direct ly connected with the national de fense program and offers work for every unemployed youth in Mc Dowell between the ages of 17 and 25, who may be certified by the NYA officials. According to Mrs. Nelle B. Alex ander, McDowell NYA supervisor, “the project offers wonderful oppor tunities for unemployed youth of this county to secure employment and contribute constructively to the national defense program.” Remodeling work has already started at the new location of the plant. Rooms will be provided for finishing, storage and classroom space and it is hoped, said Mrs. Al exander, that ^ building will later be provided where lunches for the boys on the project may be prepar ed. Work on the project will be on the production basis with two or three shifts to be employed daily. John Blalock, expert cabinet maker of Old Fort, is in charge of the woodworking plant. It is expected that power machin- .ery will be installed in the new quar- Whitley, I*. boys will be employed in making DEMOCRATS PLAN TO HOLD RALLY, BARBECUE OCT. 5 Gregg Cherry And Zebulon Weaver To Be Ammg Prom inent Speakers At Meeting. WORK UDNCHED ON ADOmON TO BOXPIANTHERE MARION HIGH DOWNS LENOIR ELEVEN, 13-0 Project Will Increase Storage Facilities At Cost Of About $10,000. Huggins, G. G. O’Neill, M. M. Hunt-i ley J. M. Brown and M. L. olTurnT M have served as partoK of „.„„feetured. The pro- Bethel church throughout its long history. J. C. Grayson was pastor of ducts turned out by the plant will be sent to resident centers in North to church lor S5 y^. W. F Mahan is the present pastor of the church. It has been announced that one of the sessions of the association, a me morial service, will be held in honor of members of the various churches of the association who have died during the past year. W. R. Chambers is moderator of the Blue Ridge Association; Alonzo E. Davis, vice-moderator; A. H. Mitchem, clerk; Rev. F. E. May, as sistant clerk; and Rev. C. E. Gilliam, historian. The program of the approaching session is as follows: Tuesday Morning 9:30—Worship, Rev. Paul Reese. 9:45—Roll call of churches and report of committee on order of business. 10:00—Address of welcome. Rev. W. F. McMahan. 10:05—Response, Rev. W. S. Hol- lifield. 10:10—The Liquor Problem, Dr. M. A. Adams. 10:30—The Lord’s Acre Plan, Dr. D. H. Crawford. 10:50—Baptist Hospital, Rev. R. Von King. 11:10 — Appointment of commit tees and announcements. 11:20—Sermon: “The Two Lost Sons”—Rev. W. E. Pettit. 12:00—Adjournment for dinner. Tuesday Afternoon 1:15—Worship, Rev. H. H. Jus tice. Factual Reports Concerning 1:30—(1) State Missions, Rev. J. C. Summerlin. 1:40—(2) Home Missions, Rev. C. H. Hamby. 1:50—(3) Foreign Missions, Rev. Tommy Deaton. 2:00—The Co-operative Program, Secretary M. A. Huggins. 2:40—W.M.S. Report, Mrs. R. O. Wilson. 2:50—Studying Missions, Mrs. W. B. Connelly. 3:00—The World Today and Mis sions, Mrs. George Greenway. 3:10—BiUical Recorder, Rev. Wy man E. Wood. 3:30—Adjourn. Tuesday Night Session 7:15—Worship, Rev. C. F. Dyson. 7:30—Music. 7:40—B. T. U. Report, Miss Mari on Harris. 7:50—The Value of B. T. U. in&rt Association,- Mrs. Cecil Raburn. 8:00—^Some Objectives for the New Year in the B. T. U., Mr.. 6o»* don Wilson. forwarded to training camps. Classes in production methods will be held at the Old Fort project and NYA youths employed there will be taught many phases of furniture making. BENEFIT PAYMENTS MADE THROUGH WELFARE OFFICE McDowell county Democrats will stage a rally and free barbecue at noon, Saturday, October 5, at the Pleasant Gardens school with Hon. R. Gregg Cherry, former chairman of the State Democratic executive com mittee, and Zebulon Weaver, Repre sentative of the 11th Congressional district, as guest speakers. Other prominent Democrats will take part in the program. The rally and barbecue are being sponsored by Young Democrats of McDowell who have extended a spec ial invitation to ladies. The public is invited to attend the meeting. The program for the afternoon will get under way at 12:00 o’clock. Noon, when the barbecue dinner will be served. Immediately after the din ner the guest speakers will be heard. Special music for the rally will be presented by the Marion high school band under the direction of Bernard Hirsch. Arrangements for the barbecue and ra^y were completed here last week end by members of the Young Democrats’ club. Democratic headquarters in Mar ion were opened this week in the Barnes-Yancey building at No. 5 North Main street. CHANGES IN PERSONNEL MADE IN POLICE FORCE Lee W. Erwin was last week made chief of Marion police after the local board of aldermen had voted to ac- the resignation of Clu«f R. S. Clay. Hudson Brown, a resident of the North Cove section of McDowell has been appointed to fill the vacan cy caused by the resignation of God- don Page who left the Marion police force last week. Chief Clay left the local police force after serving many years as a policeman in Marion. His successor has likewise been a member of the force for several years. Mr. Brov/n assumed his duties as a policeman here last week-end, go- Plans for the construction of a two-story brick and steel addition to the Etta Paper Box plant here at a cost of $10,000 were announced this week by J. F. Wilkinson, secretary- treasurer of the company. Excavations for the new structure to provide 12,500 square feet of floor space adjoining the present plant on Burgin street, were started this week, and the construction work is expected to be completed in about 90 days. The new wing is designed to re place two warehouses, one here and the other in Hickory, and provide greater storage facilities convenient to the main plant, Mr. Wilkinson pointed 6ut. When completed, the addition will enable the firm to keep in stock 150,000 more boxes than at present, he said, and will thus make it possi ble to fill almost any order within 24 hours. The company now keeps around 1,000,000 folded boxes in stock, ready for immediate shipment, Mr. Wilkinson continued, but its storage space for non-folding boxes has been limited. Both Mr. Wilkinson and C. F. James, president of the company The Marion high school eleven gave a homecoming crowd a game for their money here last Friday in defeating Lenoir high 13-0. The Harris combination of Marion high stole the show, Bruce Harris pushing over the first Marion score in the second quarter after Fred Harris and Jim Hawkins had driven the ball from the Lenoir 40-yard line to within two yards of the goal line. A blocked Lenoir punt set up the drive for Marion’s first score. Fred Harris kicked the extra point to put the local eleven in the lead 7-0. A few minutes later Marion took a Lenoir punt on her own 40-yard line. After several line plunges, Fred Har ris skirted left end- to pick up about 25 yards and place Marion on Le noir’s 20-yard stripe. Fred Harris passed to Hawkins for Marion’s sec ond score. The local eleven led 13-0, the kick for extra point being blocked. The first half ended at this point. Tomorrow the Marion squad trav els to Kings Mountain to tackle that team on their home grounds. LUTHERAN LEAGUE HEARS REPORT ON BIBLE CAMP The regular monthly meeting of the Lutheran Laymen’s League was held at the hut Monday evening. Af ter a meditation by the pastor the topic for the evening, “Above the Clouds A Star,” was discussed with much interest. Various matters of business were discussed and acted upon. One of the most interesting reports was made by the Bible camp committee announced that in the near future' the progress made in securing a they plan to install some of “the location for the establishment of HORSE, CATTLE SHOW TO OPEN HERETOMORROW Annual Event Begins At lO O’clock • A^ Fair Grounds Located Near Marion. Lutheran Bible Camp. The commit tee has visited several sites suitable for such a camp. A complete re- A total of $4,194 was distributed through the local welfare office dur ing the month of September for old age, dependent children and blind aid in McDowell county. The great- est part of the sum went into old- Officer Ossie Sutton, who has been employed as night policeman was last week sh ifted to day work. age payments to 318 people. Fifty- five families in the county, repre senting 105 children, received $886. j HISTORY SHOW Eleven blind people received checks' amounting to $147. PARENT-TEACHER BODY TO MEET NEXT MONDAY The first meeting of the year of the Marion Parent-Teacher Associa tion will be held in the high school auditorium Monday afternoon, Oct. 7, at 3:30 o’clock, it is announced by Mrs. J. H. Beaman, president. The program for the year will be announced and a large attendance is desired. 8:10—Sunday School Report, Rev. Robert Hughes. 8:40 — Address: Christian Educa tion in the Schools, Dr. Hoyt Black- well. 9:25—Adjourn. Wednesday Mornin|r> October 9th 9:30—Worship, Rev. L. G. Red ding. 9:45—Aged Ministers, Rev. Julius Henline. 10:00—Orphanage Report, Mr. Alonzo E. Davis. 10:10—Our Orphanage, Mr. John Arch McMillan. 10:30—Reports from the Church es. Administering the Affairs of the Local Church. 11:15 — Selecting Church Officers and Teachers, Mr. Van Hughes. 11:25—Calling a Pastor, Mr. M. W. Gordon, Jr. 11:35 — Associational Missions, Rev. G. A. Condrey. 12:00—Historian’s Report, Rev.^ C. E. Gilliam. 12:15—Report of Committees and Election of Officers. 1:00—^Fin«l Adjournment for din ner. Jesse Pvice iis Associatioiial Song Leader;. TO BE AT HIGH SCHOOL greatest and most modem printing, cutting, creasing and gluing machin ery now available— equipment' that will unquestionably be the “best in 1 Port will be made to the annual con the ei^tire South.” Ivention of the League to be held in :5uch machinery, they said, will j on December 16- make boxes at “almost incredible | McKinney and Francis Nich- speeds and enable us to fill orders |ols were appointed as a committee as fast as they come in.” Operation. study the possibilities of a dart costs, they added, will be more eco- baseball league. nomical with the new machines. CCC ACCEPTS YOUTHS OF M’DOWELL COUNTY The United States Society of Zo ology will present an educational i Price, James Guy Reel program in natural history at the Marion high school auditorium Mon day morning, October 7, at 11:30 o’ clock. The program will feature an Afghan wolf hound and many other trained dogs of all breeds. The actu al training of dogrs and how they should be cared for will be shown. A demonstration will be given of what can be accomplished with animals and pets through kindness. The program, is open to the public and there will be a small admission charge of three cents. Twenty McDowell county youths were this week accepted by the CCC and went to camps throughout the state. The boys were examined at Camp No. 401 near Buck Creek gap, the following being accepted: Cecil Roger Church, Lester Lee Church, Clifford Evans, James Hubert Hay nes, Norman Albert Hendrix, Geo. Clyde Hoppes, John Franklin Led better, Ernest Edward Lowery, Al vin Luther McGinnis, Troy “Piercy Morris, Herman Leroy Poole, Willi am Virgil Poteat, Jesse Willard Charlie Wil- McDowell county’s annual horss and cattle show begins here tomor row morning at 10:00 o’clock at the fair grounds, located just off Ruther- ford Road a't the foot of Mt. Ida. Preparations for the show have been completed and the fair grounds prop erty has been prepared to care for a large crowd. A track has been completed at the fair grounds and a parade of the prize-winners in the cattle and draft horse classes will be held there to morrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The track is of standard size, 125 by 200 feet, and parking space around it has been provided for many cars. This parking space will be sold to help defray the expen ses of the show. Tickets may be ob tained from S. J. Westmoreland. The judging of draft horses and caitle will begin the show for the day. J. A. Wilson, farm agent for Polk county, will judge the entries in these classes. C. J. Lynch, a mem ber of the Tryon Riding and Hunt club, will judge the saddle horses in the show. The show will be composed of five divisions: saddle horses, draft horses, mules and jacks, beef cattle and dairy cattle. Beef cattle will be classed as Herfords or Grade Her- fords (not purebred). Total of 165 ribbons will be given first, second and third winners in the show. First place winners will re ceive blue ribbons, second place red ribbons, and third place, white. In the* ribbons, prizes con tributed by merchants and business men of Marion will be awarded to the owners of winning entries in the I show. These awards are being con- hoste^, ■ tributed by the following men and liam Renfro, Lester John Paul Ro land,* Clayton Thomas Shehan, Paul Banner Stroud, Harlow John Thom as, and Robert Lee Foy Watkins. MARION WOMEN WILL FORM CLUB ON FRIDAY After the meeting the Mrs. Poly Fox, assisted by Mrs. L«y I firms i ’Young’s Esso Station,” Me McKinney, Mrs. Paul A. Boriack, ^otor Company, Gulf Oil and Mrs. Vernon Eckerd served de-j Hemphill’s Service Station, licious refreshments. j Bowman’s Service Station, Main The next meeting will be held Oc-1 street Service Station, Cut Rate tober 28 at 7:30 o’clock in the hut.jD^^g Rabb-Hitchcock’s, Work- man’s Western Auto Store, Smith MERCHANTS’ UNIT OF Furniture Company, Tainter’s, The C OF C MEETS TODAY Store, Ballew Motor Company, ■ j Streetman’s, Belk-Broome, Pender’s, Directors of the merchants divis-j^ & p, Glenwood Milling Company, ion of the McDowell Chamber of Central Service Station, Farmer’s Commerce will meet today to lay; Federation, plans for the fall and winter “bet-| Tj^e horie and cattle show is be- ter business program.” Special em-jj„g sponsored this year by the Mari- phasis will be given the Christmas ' ^ Kiwanis club, in cooperation with trade festival, said Walter J. Cartier,: ^^^j^er civic organizations. Arrange- Chamber secretary, who will meet^he show have been under with the directors. Plans outlined at! direction of S. J. Westmoreland, this meeting, to be held at 10 1 who has been assisted by S. L. Home- clock this morning, will be presented j c. Rabb, J. R. Jimeson, W. later to a general meeting of the Mclver and Frank Goforth. The merchants division. event is staged here annually as a non-profit exhibition, the purpose of the show being to encourage and promote the raising of better horses and cattle in McDowell. REMODELING SALE OPENS AT BELK-BROOME STORE A big remodeling sale, offering many values, opens at Belk-Broome’s in Marion this morning. The sale will continue while reconstruction on the front of the store is being done. Workmen this week are employ ed in placing steel supports under the store front and preparing the underground foundation to support the new front. Plans for remodeling of the store will call for the building of an entirely new front with two doors, three show windows and an attractive black gla^ exterior. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET The Americ»ni Legion Auxilia^ win meet at the home of Mrs. B. S. Clairk next Monday evening at T:80^ Mrs. H. e. Mangum, Auxiliary pres ident, annoaBces I3iat tfes will be' a' very important meetfng and urgea aS members to attend. A meeting of women of Marion interested in the organization of a business and professional women’s club here will be held in the Com munity building Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. William Hickey, of Spruce Pine, a member of that club and a member of the board of directors of the state organization of business and professional women’s clubs, will be present at the meeting to assist in organization work. She will be ac companied by other members of the Spruce Pine and Asheville clubs. Mrs. Hickey will explain the pur pose and functions of the club, which will be open to all employed business and professional women in Marion. MUSIC PROGRAM GIVEN AT KIWANIS MEETING Bobby Gourley and Brian Gibson, students at Marion high school, pre sented a musical program before the local Kiwanis club here Tuesday night. Gourley gave a baritone solo and Gibson presented a selection on the trombone. The two concluded the program with a duet. The musicians were presented to the Kiwanians by Bernard Hirsch, director of music at the local school. The Kiwanis program was under the direction of W. W. Neal, Jr. LEAVITT TO SPEAK AT WILLKIE CLUB MEETING Halsey B. Leavitt, of Asheville, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Willkie Club to be held next Saturday evening at 8 o’clock at the Willkie headquarters on Main street in the building for merly occupied by Barish’s Store. SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS CHOSEN AT MARION HIGH Billy Alley was elected president of the senior class at Marion high school at a meeting held Monday af ternoon. Other officers elected by the class were: George Kirkpatrick, vice- president; Katherine Seagle, secre tary; John Snoddy, treasurer; and Ruth Parker, class historian. Advisors of the senior class are Miss Alice Moretz and Miss Alba Padgett. REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL OPEN OCT. 12TH Voters who will be absent tempo rarily during the registration period October 12 to 26 may register for the November election by applying be fore that time to T. W. Gowan, chair man oi the McDowell county board of elections. The registration books will open October 12 and close Octo her 26, it is announced. NEW PARKING LIMITS New parking limits on several Marion streets go into effect here next Saturday morning. The new regulations, as announced by the town board of Aldermen, are as fol lows: One hour parking from Main to Logan on north side West Court street; one hour parking from Lo gan to Marion Hosiery Mill on South side West Court street; 15 minutes parking from West Court to post- office driveway on west side Logan; and all taxis will park on south side of East Court and Main streets. GORDON TO PREACH AT FIRST BAPTIST SUNDAY Rev. M. W. Gordon, Sr., of Lin- ville Falls, will conduct both Uie morning and evening services at the First Baptist church next Sunday in the absence of Dr. B. F. Bray who began a ten days series of services in Ramseur last Monday. NEW PATROLMAN HERE State Highway Patrolman C. Ad^ rian Beard has been stationed at Marion, replacing J. J. Johnson who has been transferred to Taylorsville. Mr. Beard was stationed at Newton before coming to Marion. He will make his home here. /
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