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THE MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948 VOL. 52—No. 41 Bodies Of Drowned Victims Recovered Monday Afternoon t Fur man Ledbetter And Arey Weaver Drown As Boat Sinks Near Moore's Landing Morganton.—Lake James claimed ■two more drowning victims on Sun day afternoon. Two Shelby men— Furman Ledbetter, 67, and his son in-law, Arey Weaver, 37—were lost as a boat in which they were riding with two other Shelby men sudden ly sank in the upper end of Lake James near Moore's landing. Searching parties hunted all of Sunday afternoon and most of the night in 20 to 30 feet of water near the boat landing where witnesses saw the flat-bottomed fishing boat sink beneath the water at 1:50 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The two survivors of the tragedy were T. W. Bryant and Worth Davis, who were picked up by a boat which happened to see the accident and BODIES RECOVERED Mcrganton.—The bodies of two snen, drowned in Lake James ■when their boat capsized on Sun day, had been recovered Tuesday. Members of a searching party found the body of Furman Led better, 60, at 6:30 o'clock Tues day. The body was pulled to the shore by William Pruett of Shel by. member of the party of six conducting the search. The body of Arey Weaver, 37 Ledbetter's son-in-law, was recov ed Monday night. came hurrying to the scene. The rescue boat was too late to save Weaver and Ledbetter who had al ready sunk beneath the surface of the water. According to a story told by Bry ant, one of the fouv fishermen, the men had come to Lake James on Friday night for several days of fish ing. They had set up a camp and spent Saturday and Sunday fishing. 'At the time of the tragedy, they •were returning to the boat landing to pack up and go home. Bryant said that the large 22 horsepowar outboard motor was suddenly given a little spurt, making the bow of the boat rise out of the water and caus ing the stern to sink. The men clung (Continued on last page) "wildlife club CALLS SPECIAL MEET A special meeting of the McDowell County Wildlife club has been call ed for eight o'clock, Monday eve ning, May 3, at the courthouse, ac cording to announcement this week by S. L. Homewood, president. The express purpose of the meet ing is to arrange to send a delega tion to Asheville on May 10 to ap pear before an open meeting of the State Wildlife Commissioners with recommendations for changes to be made in open season dates for hunt ing and fishing. Many local farmers and sportsmen are especially interested in changing the open season dates for hunting squirrels, it was explained. These and other changes will be considered according to suggestions of club members and all other in terested persons attending. The public is cordially invited. Marion Students Leave To Enter State Debate Robert Marks and Betsy Keith Bowman, members of the Marion Debating Team who won in the dis trict contest held at Appalachian State Teachers College, left today for Chapel Hill to enter the final contest of the North Carolina High School Debating Union for the Ay cock Memorial Cup. A general meet ing is scheduled for 2:30. Welcome will be extended by Dean of Stu dents, E. L. Mackie and by repre sentatives of the Dialectic Senate and Philanthropia Assembly and the Debate Council. Drawings will be conducted for sections and pairings in the preliminary debates. After a tour of the campus the visitors will attend open house given by the Di Senate and Phi Assembly. The query for this the 36th an nual contest is "Resolved: That the Federal Government should require arbitration of labor disputes in all basic American industries." McDowell Historical Sketch Presented At Rotary Meeting Rev. M. O. Owens "was guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Marion Rotary club Friday. Warren Huffman, high school hon or student, was a guest of the club. The speaker gave a historical sketch of McDowell county which was based on a series of articles written by Grafton Cummings Bird and published in the Marion Pro gress in 1913. The articles were re cently republished in the Looking Backward column of The Progress. Owens' sketch follows: Historically and geographically, McDowell county is an interesting study. For more than 200 years its history is & star-studded account of achievement, of progress, of growth and development. And within its irregular and peculiar shape lie four hundred and thirty-seven square miles which contain a topography unexcelled for beauty, for productiv ity, for variety. McDowell county reaches from Xiinville Falls in the northeast Lo Dutchman's Ridge in the southwest on the Buncombe county line, a dis tance of fifty miles. ^It reaches from Swannanoa Gap and Ridgecrest in the west to Bridgewater on the Burke county line in the east, a dis tance of 26 miles. The earliest history of white men in this county goes back to about 1730, when a man named Edmonson explored this part of the the world. How long he remained, or what he did, is not known. Certain it is, how ever, that by 1740, there was a ron (Continued on last page) Ratings Announced For Marion Musicians Two Marion High School students received One ratings in the annual State Competition-Festival held at Woman's College U. N. C., Greens boro, last week. A One or excellent rating is the highest rating given in the contest. Marion musicians winning this honor were Roy W. Davis, Jr., tenor saxa phone soloist, and Robert Marks, sousaphone soloist. The Mlarion High School band and a B flat clarinet quartet composed of Audrey Koon, Lila Harrison, Bill Neal, III, and Sewell Laughridge, returned to the State Contest this year by virtue of a superior rating in last year's state festival. This year the band and quartet received ratings of Three. Mrs. Roy W. Davis, Mrs. W. S. Shiflet and Mrs. J. Grayson Neal drove their cars to Greensboro and furnished transportation for a num ber of band members. Others went by special bus with Miss Lillian Jonas, Glee club director, and Ber nard Hirsch, band director, as chap erones. BAPTIST SPEAKER ! Rev. Lewis Griswold, of Ruther fordton, will preach at the Dysarts ville Baptist church at II a. m., Sunday, May 9, according to an nouncement this week. The public is cordially invited. PLEASANT GARDENS WINNERS—The Crops Judging team of the Agriculture Department of Pleasant Gardens high school is shown above with the cup won at Rutherford County Fair and other banners, ribbons and awards. This team has taken first place in McDowell, Rutherford and Polk coun ties Future Farmers of America Crops Judging contest for the past two years and also first place at Rutherford County Fair in the 4-H and FFA teams contest for the past two years. The team has been among the top teams in the State Crops Judging contest for the past two years. Reading left to right, members of the team are: Bobby Comer, Richard Roberts, agriculture teacher and coach of the team; Jimmy Setzer and Carl McKinney, Jr. KIWANIS CLUB DISCUSSES TEEN-AGE CANTEEN A round table discussion took the place of a regular program at the Kiwanis meeting held last Tuesday evening at the community building. A large portion of this time was given to a discussion of the teen-age canteen being sponsored by the Jun ior Woman's club. Colen Wright and Harry Tyler are the Kiwanis club's representatives who will collaborate with the Junior Woman's club in the operation of the teen-age canteen. Kiwanian Wright advised the club that youth activities got under way last Satur day evening, and that a splendid re sponse was observed. He invited members of the club to visit canteen headquarters which are located on the basement floor of the communi ty building. The basement floor of the com munity building, which was former- i ly used as a basketball court, has been attractively decorated and made ready for the teen-agers of Marion and surrounding territories. A considerable amount of living room furniture, including card ta bles and chairs, has been made avail able. A concession stand has been installed to take care of all refresh ment requirements. Kiwanian Wright informed mem bers of the club that the Junior Women were anxious for help from the Kiwanis club in making plans for the supervision of the youth activity. The Kiwanians were en thusiastic in their willingness to co operate with the Junior Woman's club and the Board of Directors voted a small donation to help fi nance the undertaking. Garfield Beaman, chairman of the Inter Club Relations committee, an nounced that his committee would visit the Rutherfordton Kiwanis club Thursday evening. Several other committees made their reports to the 'club. Revival Services At Clinchfield Rev. Guy S. Walker of Forest City will begin revival services at the Clinchfield Baptist church Sunday, May 2. He will preach Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Services will be held each night next week be ginning at 7:30. Everyone is cord ially invited to attend. Rev. Guy Walker is associational missionary for Sandy Run associa tion. He is a graduate of Furman University and Southwestern Bap tist Seminary. Rev. Paul C. Stokes is pastor of the church. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OFFICE CHANGES HOURS Effective Saturday, May 1, the hours of the Employment Security commission office will be 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. through the week and 8:30 a. m to 12:30 p. m. on Satur days, David Gray announced yester day. Marion Students Enter Forensic Contest April 30 Two students from the Marion High School have been entered in the Annual High School Forensic contest sponsored by Lenoir Ilhyne college in Hickory, on April 30. The contest consists of two parts, the Declamation contest and the Ex temporaneous Speaking contest. The Declamation contest has two divis ions — the Oratorical Division and the General Division with recitations which will be entered by Joretta De vinney, who is using as her selec tion "Makers Of The Flag" bj1 Franklin K. Lane. In the Extemporaneous Speaking contest, Marion will be represented by Larry Gibson. The contestant in this group will draw several sub topics on important national ques tions, on one of which he will speak. He will be allowed an hour in which to prepare a speech limited to live minutes. Material will be available in the library. Preliminary contests begin in the Assembly Room of the Administra tion Building at 2:00 p. m. The final contest will be held at night. To the winners of first and second places in the final contest gold and silver medals will be awarded. The winner of the first place in each con test will be offered a partial scholar ship in Lenoir Rhyne college, which will be worth $30 during the fresh man year and will be renewed in the opinion of the college the work of the student warrants it. Mrs. Carl McMurray At Siate Convention Mrs. Carl W. McMurray, State Junior Counselor of the North Caro lina Federation of Music Clubs, lefl Marion this week to attend the State Convention of the Federated Music clubs, at Sedgefield Inn, Greensboro April 28-May 1. She will be soloisl for the Executive Board luncheor on Wednesday. As chairman of th< Revisions committee, she will pre sent the revised Constitution and By Laws, and as Regional Chairman oj Music in Hospitals, Southeast, of the National Federation of Music Clubs she will also present this repox-t. Or Friday evening, she will preside ovei the Junior Workers Forum dinner and over the Junior program Satur day at Odell Memorial Auditoriuir at Greensboro College. Trains 11 And 12 s Restored April 28 Southern Railway passenger trains No. 11 and 12, which w.ere discon tinued last month, were restored Wednesday. The schedule will be the same as before. No. 11, west bound, is due at 12:49 p. m. anc No. 12, eastbound, at 3:33 p. m. America's annual fire loss is about $30,000,000. Marion To Meet Hendersonville In Opening Game Of Season MARION RIPPERS DEFEAT CANTON Billy Joe Davidson pitching for the Marion Rippers, entered the hall of fame Friday afternoon when he pitched a no hit, no run game against undefeated Canton High School. The game was played at Canton. David son missed a perfect game by hitting two batters and wilking one. He struck out 18 batters. The canton batters were unable to get a ball out of the infield. Rader and Captain Frank Pace helped Billy Joe by collecting two hits each, one of Pace's going for a lound tripper with one man on board. Summary R HE Marion 7 9 1 Canton 0 0 5 Billy Joe's next appearance on the mound will be Tuesday, May 4th when he will face the undefeated Hickory High Tornadoes. Hickory at present is leading the conference with 5-0. Monday, May 3, Don Clayton, the other ace of Coach Ditt's pitching staff will face the strong Shelby Lions at Shelby. Marion Woman Winner Of National Contest Mrs. Archie L. Morris, of Athens, Ga., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy S. Kirby of Marion, was awarded $1,100 last week as winner of top place in a Proctor and Gamble essa.v contest, according to word received here. _ Mrs. Morris will be a guest at a banquet for contest winners to be held in Atlanta, and will also speak over the radio Friday night of this week. Farmers Cooperative Meeting Friday Night There will be a meeting of the McDowell County Farmers Co-oper ative at the court house in Marion on Friday night, April 30, at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of complet ing the organization, it was an nounced yesterday. All farmers are invited to attend. Marion Marauders Win 4 Of 7 Exhibition Games; Season To Open Friday The Marion Marauders have won four of the seven exhibition games played, according to announcement this week by J. C. Rabb, business manager. The season officially opens Fri day night when the Marauders meet Hendersonville on the home field. The Marauders will play the flouse of David tonight (Thursday). Scores for games played during the past week were announced by Rabb as follows: Wednesday night the Marauders won over Lenoir Rhyne in a game here 19-11. oaiuruay mgm tne iviarauaers De feated the Rutherford County Owls? at Spindale by a score of 7-4. The climax of the game came when Ray Yow, center field, hit a home run in the ninth inning with three men on base, and winning the game for Mar ion. Monday night the Marion team won over Western Carolina Teach ers college 6-5 in a game here. Char lie Cuthbertson, first baseman, hit a home run to win the game for the Marauders in the ninth inning. Viers Services Held Wednesday Graveside services for Thomas William Viers, 48, of Caretta, W. Va., and Marion, who died last Sun day in a Welch; Va., hospital as a result of injuries in a mine accident, were held Wednesday afternoon in the Revis family cemetery near here. The Rev. Walter G. Pack officiated. Mr. Viers had been a section fore man for the Ogal Coal company for 28 years. He owned property in Mc Dowell county and spent his sum mers here. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Estelle Nichols Viers; two daugh ters, Maxine and Jackie; a foster daughter, Mrs. Atlas Revis of Mar ion, R. F. D. No. 1, and three grand children. National hog production decreased 3 per cent in 1947. DYSARTSVILLE ROAD SURVEY COMPETED; REPORT SUBMITTED Motor Vehicle Lane To Leave Tomorrow And Return in June Raleigh.—The Motor Vehicles De partment today announced a change in the schedule for Mechanical In spection Lane No. 4, to cover Hen derson, Polk, McDowell and Ruther ford counties. The lane had originally been scheduled to visit Rutherfordton, Tryon, Henderson and Marion. The new schedule has added Forest City to the list. The lane, which is supervised by Grover R. Kiser, is now operating in Marion, where it will be through April 3(h On May 1, it will move with this schedule: Forest City, May 3-11; Rutherfordton, May 13-24; Tryon, May 26-June 5; Henderson, June 8-18; Marion, June 21-29; Forest City, July I. Trthur T. Moore, head of the Mechanical Inspection Program, has asked motorists in these towns to have their vehicles checked as soon as a lane visits there.. A car check now will save congestion at the lanes later in the year. CHANGE TIME OF SERVICE AT LANDIS CHAPEL CHURCH The hour of service at Landis Chapel Presbyterian church will be changed from 2:30 p. m. to 10 a. mM beginning next Sunday,. May 2, it is announced. A special committee of the Marion Merchants association has complet ed a survey of the condition of _the Dysartsville road. The following report has been sub mitted for publication by V. T. Eck erd, president of the association and chairman of the committee: "It was found that there are act ually 97 homes on or in sight of this very much used road. Scores of oth er homes, churches, stores, saw mills are using 23 side roads by act ual count. "One mile and four tenths of this road is now paved as far as N. C. State Prison Camp No. 908, which leaves 11.3 miles of very bad, (es pecially during the winter months) country road, when it is taken into consideration just how many of our farmers and other workers use this road, not to mention our mail car riers, school busses, school teachers, and the passenger bus line, when the road will permit its running. "It was found further that much af this road is well located, that very few changes in this respect would be necessary to link this road with No. 64A, running from Morganton to Rutherfordton. "Few places in our state will one 5nd so many of our people using such i road, or trying to use it, as was the case last winter and the past Spring." ' The importance of the improve ment of this project was emphasized by Eckerd, as it would open a mar ket to market road to Marion for the convenience to a large group o£ farmers of that section.
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