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McDowell County’s Leading Newspaper MAKION PROGRESS Advertisins in the Progress Pays A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST mTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1940 VOL. XLV—NO. 20 MARION MAN IS FATALLY miRT IN AUTO ACODEm' Ernest M. Crawford Dies Day After Wreck; W. G. Ballew Suffers Serious Injuries. An automobile accident near Mar ion late last Monday night, in which a new car plunged over a 10-foot embankment on a curve about one- lialf mile north of town on Route 70, claimed the life of one Marion resi- ■dent late Tuesday afternoon, left another in a critical condition, and sent three men to the hospital with lesser injuries. Ernest M. Crawford, 48, a civil CHRISTMAS CLOSING HOURS BEGIN MONDAY Christmas closing hours for Mar ion will go into effect here Monday, December 14, announced Chamber of Commerce Secretary Walter J. Cartier this week. The regular Saturday closing hours for local stores will be obser ved here Saturday and the same closing hours will be in effect begin ning Monday through December 24. According to plans made by the Marion Merchants^ Association some time ago, beginning Monday general stores will close at 8:00 o’clock p.m. Grocery stores will close at 8:30 p.m. The same hours will be in effect through the week and until Christ mas Eve. Trade in Marion has been unusual- NYA ARTICLES OF COUNH YOUTHS ARE IN DEMAND Products Are Praised At Na tional Art Show; One Pur chased By Mrs. Roosevelt. CLUB MEMBERS REPAIR TOYS FOR CHRISTMASPARTY Articles made by NYA workers of McDowell county, placed on display in Washington, D. C., during nation al Art Week, November 25 through 30, have received much praise and have resulted in a great number of requests from Washington for more ly good for the past few days, stated i products made by McDowell Mr. Cartier this week, addi;ig that ^oys and girls, stated Mrs. many people had found that it paysji^g^g g Alexander, county NYA to shop in Marion. All general local | supervisor, this week. One of the Mc- -engineer and a member of an old i stores have had Christmas stocks on {Dowell NYA products, a complete and respected McDowell county fam-l^^®P^^y some time and grocery 12Q.piece pottery luncheon set made ily, died in the hospital here Tues-1 stores here have been decorating all | j^y Raymond Pyatt at the ceramic day of injuries sustained in thej^^® and^are now ready for the | project near Nebo, was “ ’ ^ ^ ' purchaesd by Mrs. Eleanor Roose velt when she visited the Washington wreck. He was said to have suffered Christmas rush, a crushed skull and numerous inter nal injuries. Critically injured was Winslow G. Ballew, prominent Marion automo bile dealer, who was said to have been driving the car at the time of the’ accident. Mr. Ballew suffered FARMERS MAKE PROFITS FROM SALE OF MILK exhibit. A number of articles made by NYA boys and girls of McDowell were taken to the art show by Mrs. Margaret Stauffer, state NYA super visor of arts and crafts. The articles, after passing inspection, were dis- Farmers along two milk collection routes in McDowell sold 108,002 pounds of milk to a processing plant several broken ribs, some of which 1 in Shelby during the past six months punctured his right lung. land received $1,819.64 for the pro-!played at the show and were all sold The three other men injured in juct, announced County Agent S.L. j during the week. Mrs. Stauffer, at the wreck were Orvil Duncan, who | Homewood this week. jthe request of NYA officials, helped suffered a broken right leg and a j During the six-months period an j with the arrangement of the exhibits broken right arm; Claude Anthony, i average of 21 farmers in McDowell and acted as hostess at the show who was treated for cuts about the j supplied milk for the face and head, and Bill Davis, who [plant every month. The number of suffered a leg cut but who was re-j shippers ranged from 12 to 30 over leased from ‘the hospital after re-1 the entire period and the amount of ceiving first aid treatment. j milk shipped ranged from. 11,857 to At the time of the accident the j 30,026 pounds a month, five occupants of the car were said I The collection of milk for the to have been returning to Marion j processing plant was begun in June, after a short drive out of town. The i Two routes for the milk trucks were car failed to make a cui^e aboat! established in the county and these one-half mil© out of town, glanced | have been covered continuously since j ijyA workers and sold at the processing | during art week. She conducted Mrs. Roosevelt through the exhibit hall on the first lady’s visit to the Aow-' ing. The national showing was held in connection with national Art Week, a period set aside by President Roosevelt for the display of art and craft works. Products made by McDowell coun- Local Clubs Cooperating In Preparation For Entertain ment For Underprivileged. Members of the local Francis Mar ion club, the sponsor of the annual Christmas party for underprivileged children to be held here on Friday, December 20, met last night in the Community building to repair toys that have been contributed for the party during the past few days. The collection of used toys was begun here last Friday. Since that time persons have donated old toys for the party, but there is still a great need for many more of them, stated Joe Noyes, chairman of the Francis Marion club committee arranging the party, yesterday. In arranging the annual party the Francis Marion club is being assisted by the local Kiwania, Rotary and Junior Woman’s clubs. Lists of needy children were given out at the Kiwanis meeting Tuesday and members of the club are making ar rangements for all of the underpriv ileged to attend the party. Members of other clubs are assisting in the collection and repairing of toys and the arrangement of other details for the party. The party is being planned by the Francis Marion club for children of this community who might not oth REPAIRS CONTINUE AT MARION HIGH SCHOOL FIRST QUOTA OF DRAFTEES LEAVES TOBEGIN TRAINING WPA workmen, employed in re pairing the west wing of the fire- damaged Marion high school build ing, have practically completed out side work and plastering and inside finishing is expected to be^n the first of next week. Superintendent Hugh F. Beam has announced. The roof has been placed on the repaired wing and lathing has been placed on the walls. Windows have been installed in the damaged por tion of the building and work has progressed to the extent that the west wing is expected to be ready for occupancy soon after the first of the year. A new end of the building, Mr. Beam poin ted out, is permitting the construc-. , ^ j ^ 1. ; the county. The men boarded a bus tion of four new class rooms in the I, • ^ i. xi. -n Three Marion Men Givefa Send Off By American Legion^ Band And Officials. Three men, making up McDowell county’s first draft quota to be call ed up for a year’s military training, were given a send-off here last Mon- stair tower at the western i «'^M'Dowell Post I of the Amenaan Legion, ofncials 01 the local draft board and officials of space occupied by the old stair tower. Excavation work, in preparation for a new gymnasium, is expected here for Fort Bragg, where they will begin their training, i Making up the first draft quota were James Beau Burnette, 21, Arlie to begin on the school grounds next 1 Davis, 23, and Jack L«e week. The gym will be a brick and Gibbs, 28 all of Marion. The draftees steel structure in keeping with the present high school building. It will house a basketball court with a seat ing capacity of about 500, room and several classrooms. The $103,000 repair and expan sion program is being financed part ly with money obtained from the in surance company and partly by a grant from the WPA. GIRLS’ NYA PROJECT HERE MAY BE MOVED McDowell county’s NYA home service project, now located on the third floor of the court house here -erwise receive the things which all]is expected to be moved to larger children expect and associate with | Quarters in the near future, Mrs. were the first of 50 men who have signed at the local draft office for voluntary induction since the na- music i tional draft lottery was held. The farewell program for the draftees was begun in front of the court house here where a large crowd gathered to wish them good luck. The draftees were addressed by R. K. Davis, commander of the McDowell post of the American Le gion, who pointed to the value of the service they were about to ren der this country and presented them with American flag’s. The entire assembly stood at at tention while the high school band played the “Star Spangled Banner." Following the program at the court e yo selling raw milk to tne Shelby draftees, the inducted men over to* their families and lie ^ound. The impact of the crash | plant, McDoweJl farmers have ^®®jvrhich bovs &nd eirla was said to have thrown all five men i able to realize additional farm in- * j gram is one of V Maitional training in are taught a trade. The youths may use this ex- through the front winifahield. |come on the sale ol dairy producte: articlea,- on their All the occupants of the car were!this year, said Mr. Homewood, ad- own time, \which ,n*ay be sold, the ^idente^of M^on a^d were taken;ding that tad no way t. di-ja„a the purchase to the Manon General Hospital here | pose of surplus milk at a substantial; immediately after the accident. ] profit before the routes were estab-i The condition of Mr. Ballew was lished. yesterday reported as serious but slowly improving. Injuries to Dun can and Anthony were not regarded as serious.' Funeral services for Mr. Craw ford will be conducted this after noon at 2:30 o’clock at the First Baptist church in Marion by Dr. B. F. Bray, pastor. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alma McCurry Crawford, and six sisters, Mrs, B. L. Ashworth, Mrs. W. C. McCall, and Miss Ellen Craw ford, all of Marion. Mrs. A. D. Ston er of Asheville, Mrs. Laura Carson of Rutherfordton and Mrs. A. M. Bonner of Raleigh. Milk sold by McDowell farmers to the plant during the past six months and the esti^ted value of sales were listed as follows: June—12,521 pounds at $181.46 July—30,026 pounds at $476.02 August—18,736 pounds at $313.21 FURNITURE COMPANY HEARING IS HELD HERE I Christmas. |Nelle B. Alexander, McDowell NYAj^°"»® draftees were accompanied In connection with the Christmas 1 supervisor, announced this week. mentb^ of the legion and party the Marion Theatre will pre-! Plans are being made to move the i station. There the sent a benefit movie here Saturday P^'oject to West Court street to the !^"^ presented several sel^tions, morning, December 14, at 10:30 o’-1 second floor of the building now citizens shook hands with clock All children between the aeeaiC^Pi®d Larkin’s Clothing store.!*,® will wsn ceeds of the show will be used to; room and a small kitchenette. j The three draftees have been ap- help finance the Christmas party, j -^.t present the project employs | proved for military service by the lo- The picture will be “little Orphan ^PPro»™ately 25 McDowell county ical draft board and Dr. J. B. John- Annie.” | girls- When working quarters are son, medical examiner. Three other Plans are being made to entertain! changed to the new location, it is ex- j volunteers have been approved for over 200 underprivileged children j Pected that some 40 girls will be em-1 service. These will be held as re- at the Annual party. The full co-; Ployed on the project. Girls will be serves, available in the event any of operation of the public in providing I taught all types of sewing and prac- the first three are rejected at the in- |toys has been requested to carry j^ical methods in home service, Mrs. duction station at Forth Bragg. The j out the program. Alexander stated. three reserves are Joe Byrd McKin- The relocation of the project in ^®y» Hill Claude McIntosh and Jiac- new quarters has been planned here ^®y Leroy Boone, all of Marion. A special hearing to determine and fix the value of the bankrupt McDowell Furniture Company of Marion was begrun here ACHIEVEMENT DAY HELD HERE BY 4-H CLUBS Certificates for the completion of 4-H club work were awarded to 67 boys and girls here last Saturday morning at the annual achievement day meeting of 4-H club members of McDowell county. Membfrs of the 4-H clubs were addressed by Paul O. Nafe, editor of the' McDowell News. Mr. Nafe stated it was important for youth today to have original thought and gave numerous illustrations of young men and women who had achieved success by developing an idea. Achievement certificates were presented by County Agent S. L. Homewood and Miss Jean Steele, home demonstration agent. RED CROSS COLLECTIONS i APPROACH $600.00 GOAL ^ working space at the, ; court house being too small to ac- j COUNTY COURT ROOM ^ J commodate the project. Collections in the annual Red; m ai j ! yesterday {n n • -air n ^ • Kecently, stated Mrs. Alexander, l Cross roll call in McDowell county ! *.1 . The mam Superior court room of 17 to 16. the county court house here wears s IS BEING RENOVATED Sept.—18,346 pounds at $334.851 before I^aj: T. Avery, special mas-|i,^d mounted yeL^dlyTo\pproxt i ^eelTed^^^ Oct.—16,516 pounds at $331.36 i^er and referee. | mately $585, according to Oliver ia„„ tw n n ^ u Nov.—11,857 pounds at $253.74 Soon after the opening of the;Cross, chairman of the roll call this ^ Total—108,002 lbs. at $1,819.64. meeting a call for purchasing bids y^ar. j tween tne ages 01 lb and ^5 who are men are putting the finishing touch- Iwas made but no bids were made. I According to Mr Cross the col ' are eligible forigs on a job of renovation that was ENGINEER IS SPEAKER i Attorneys, for the Wilnungton I lections are still $15 short; of th-i stated, begun some two weeks ago. While the work on the room has been in progress County court has been held AT ROTARY MEET HERE j Saving a^d. Trust Company, tdie Re-1 $600 goal that was set for this coun- SCHOOL BAND TO j construction Finance Corporation j ty last year. There are still some res-i CIVE CONCFRT TONirHT - " • • E. D. Derchard, district engineer'.and the Union National Bank of Le-Jidents of the county that have notj ^^® P®tit jury rooms. of the United States geological sur-jnoir, creditors of the bankrupt fur- been seen in the drive, he said, and! Lo„„i renovation project includes when all collections are in it is ex- j repainting the walls and ceiling of vey, was the guest speaker at the regular weekly Rotary meeting here last Friday. He spoke to the Rotari- ans on work that is being done in niture company, petitioned for the sale of the McDowell Furniture Company properties at public auc tion with the three creditors being McDowell by the geological survey,! allowed to bid at the sale. stating that the reasons for floods in this section were being investigated, along with possible control methods. Mr. Derchard stated that consider able damage was caused by the Several witnesses, called by at torneys for the trustees in bankrupt cy, placed the present valuation of the McDowell Furniture Company property at from $100,000 to $125,- spring flood in McDowell this year 1000. R. S. Crisp, president of the but l^at dam^ige was not extensive i company, valued the prope^, .^ enough and floods in t^s section 1 $150’,0a0. A Nei!i^ York were too rare to warrant the estab lishment of a flood control project sponsored by the government. Members of the Rotary club dis- WELFARE OFFICE GIVES OUT BENEFIT PAYMENTS concern placed the so%i&-.v|4ue the property at $250,050, it waS stated in the testimony. The three creditor firms claim the cussed their work with the Christ- j McDowell properties as security for mas party for underprivileged chil- claims of approximately $100,000. dren. The club is joining with the Trustee in bankruptcy for the fur- Prancis Marion club in arranging the party. The program for the meeting was .under the direction of Ken Young. COMMISSIONERS HAVE SPECIAL MEETING HERE niture company is W. E. Stevens. SHERIFF INVESTIGATES ENTERING OF SCHOOL Sheriff Grady Nichols is this week investigating the breaking and en tering of the Hudgins colored school last Tuesday night. No property is believed to have A total of $4,238 was distributed by the McDowell Welfare office dur ing November as benefit payments to residents of this comity. The snm of $3,173 was paid out to 325 per sons in the county for old age assis-ithis county for the tax year, 1941,jerty. All three outside doors of the tance. j but took no definite action, defer-1 school building were said to have Some 111 children in the county, 1 ring further consideration of the ibeen brokfcn down and evidence The McDowell county board of commissioners, meeting in special session here Monday, discussed plans been taken from tiie school, but the and matters pertaining to j vandals are reported to have done listing and valuing real property in I considerable damage to school prop- representing 57 families, received | matter until the first meeting of the aid to dependent children checks to- board in January, taling $925. Eleven bliAi persons in Tax appraisers for the county will McDowell received aid amounting!be appointed by the board in Janu- to $140. |ary. showed that the building had been rsnsacked. The sheriff’s office is now inveati' gating clues in the case, but no ar rests have been made. npftpH flip o-nni will Ka store for them if they attend the | the court room, repairing and re- McDowell residents who have not i Placing damaged window shades, in made their qontribution to the roll' " working hard stalling new lighting fixtures and re call may do so at the Industrial Bank t tr Prepared upholstering worn chairs. Work in here or by seeing one of the repre- “r^^^’SaTd TniTd i“k! for a/rparte of the coun^y.^^^*”^^** ^^® Marion ! The repair work on the court COUNTY HUNTERS HAVE GOOD LUCK IN TYRRELL high school, this week. Featured will tenor, who will room practically completes repair be Albert Hewitt, 1 work at the court house which was sing “God Bless: begun this fall and included the America” accompanied by the band. | painting of the interior walls and The concert is scheduled for eight 1 ceilings, stairs and outside window Four Marion and Old Fort hunters o’clock in the high school auditor!-; frames. ^h^’ifood luck in the Tyrrell county um. The complete program is as fol- Work on the three-story addition canebrakes last week, returning to lows: jto the county jail proceeds with con- Marion Saturday with four bears j Hands Across the Border by j struction crews now being employed and four raccoons. The pAze of their j Gagnier. j jjj completing the third story, the exhibit was the skin of a 450 pound j If Thou Be Near by Bach j roof and interior parts of the addi- black bear, bagged by Raymond j Prayer and Dream Pantomime by tion. The $49,135 WPA project is Lewis of Marion just before dark | Humperdinck. I expected to be completed in the Wednesday of last week. | Dizzy Fingers by Confrey, pre- spring. The addition has been built Other members of the hunting 1 sented by Virginia Mae McCall, i of materials to match those of the party were Ted Greer of Marion and Donald Turner and Lonnie Bur- of Old Fort. Each of the four ac counted for a bear and a raccoon, with the exception of Turner, who had two bears to his credit. Tiring of hunting on Thursday of last week, members of the party tried fishing and came in with 200 pounds of seafood. The hunt for bears was begun last Friday. Members of the party expect to make one more hunting trip into that section before the season closes. local men on a hunt to the same sec tion in which six bears and a deer were killed. clarinetist. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair by Foster. The Breeze and I by Lecuona Overture Eroica by Skomicka. Blind Man’s Movie — novelty by \ ^ Alford. ^ Malaguena by Lecuona Tea for Two by Youmans Ziguener by Coward jm The Mosquitoes Parade— novelty | ^ march by Whitney. j £ God Bless America by Berlin, pre- ! ^ Three weeks ago Mr. Greer and , sented by Albert Hewitt^with band j ^ Mr. Burgin accompanied eight other accompaniment. Virginia Mae McCall will play a (^ clarinet solo and the band will pre-! sent the novelty, Blind Man’s Movie.] old part of the court house. Beethoven-' ^ m MRSnw
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