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, DECEMBER 9, 1948
VOLUME 53—NO. 21
FUNERAL RITES
FOR DR. M'CALL
HELD SATURDAY
Dr. Alvin Clay McCall, 59, native
of McDowell county who was a
practicing physician in Asheville
since 1P21, died Friday at his home
in Biltmore Forest, Asheville. His
death resulted from a heart attack.
Funeral rites were conducted at
the First Presbyterian church in
Asheville, Saturday afternoon and
burial followed in Riverside ceme
tery.
Dr. McCall had been in ill health
for a number of years, but his death
came unexpectedly.
He was one of the city's most
prominent, eye, ear, nose and throat
specialists until he was forced to re
tire in 1937 because of his health.
He played an active part for many
years in the civic and religious life
of the community.
The son of William and Kath
erine McCall, Dr. McCall was born
October 10, 1889 at North Cove in
McDowell county.
He was graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina and at
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Bible Sunday
To Be Observed
At St. Matthew's
St. Matthew's Lutheran church
will participate in the observance
of Universal Bible Sunday, Decern-'
ber 12, by distributing book marks
for Bibles and also lists of sug- i
■gested Bible readings. The church 1
will also make contributions to the
American Bible Society.
The theme of the Sunday this
year will be: "The Book of All
Nations."
In explaining the work of the j
American B i b 1 o Society, Rev.
Charles Frenzel, pastor of St.
Matthew's, said.
"The Bible is truly the book of
all nations; yet in this year there
is just one nation—the United
States—that is able to supply the
Bible to all nations. In 1947 the!
American Bible Society distributed I
4,020,000 copies of Bible portions!
in America, and 5,289,000 copies in I
other lands. The society in asking j
the churches of our nation to supply j
$2,000,000 at the present time so!
that Bibles can be distributed in j
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hogan honored |
have come.
"The society is a glue that binds;
the Protestant churches together;
the Book is the cemeivfc to bind to
gether all nations."
Methodist Church
To Have Christmas
Service December 19
The First Methodist church has
announced plans for the annual
Christmas services to be held as a
Vesper Service at five o'clock, Sun
day afternoon, December 19, in the
church auditorium.
The program will feature a play
let illustrated with slides of fam
ous paintings. Music will be fur
nished by the youth and junior
choirs of the church.
The cast includes Margaret Mc
Larty playing the part of Sarah,
Larry Gibson as David and Alan'
Pless as Luke. Narrators are Joby
Smith, Polly Atkins, Eleanor Gray
son and Bill Suttle. E. C. Carnes
will have charge of lighting, make
up and any back stage work.
Postal Receipts
Show Increase
Postal receipts last month totaling
$3,988.55 showed a gain of $489.21
■over the November, 1947 total of
$3,499.34.
Receipts the past two months
^amounted to $8,894.64, an increase
■of $1,575.99 over the corresponding
period last year.
Postal savings certificates were
issued for $60,760 la3t month and
$55,048 paid, making a net gain of
$5,712.
November bond sales totaled
$5,756.25.
COURT OF HONOR
The McDowell County Boy Scuot
Court of Honor will be held at 7:30
p. m., Friday night, December 10, at
the First Methodist church.
PRE-CHRISTMAS BAND CONCERT
SCHEDULED THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16
Each year the band gives a pre
Christmas concert before school dis
misses for the holidays. The concert
this year is scheduled for Thursday,
December 16, at eight o'clock, and
climaxes a busy fall season of foot
ball, rallies, parades, and just
recently the local Christmas parade,
the Kiwanis Minstrel and the Paper
Bowl game in Canton.
The program runs the gamuet of
band music from Bach to Gershwin
with time out for a lovely Christmas
number. The Girls' Glee club
trained by Miss Mary Lillian Jonas
will join with the band in "The
Christmas Story" an adaptation of
Christmas carols to the Gospel ac
cording to St. Luke and St. Matthew.
Composers reprented on the pro
gram are Bach, Gershwin, Cole
Porter, Holmes, Von Suppe and
Vincent Youmans. Bach's Prelude
and Fugue -in B flat Minor con
trasts with his Arioso from Can
tata No. 156. Gershwin is repre
sented by the "Gershwin Selection"
which includes many of his better
known songs and the "Little Rhaps
ody", a streamlined version of the
famous "Rhapsody in Blue". The
other composers add their own
peculiarly personal touch to the
program.
This year's band is about the same
size as last, boasting 56 players.
McDowell County Officers
Sworn Into Office Monday
McDowell county officials elected
in November were sworn into office
in a ceremony held in the court room
Monday. J. M. Snoddy, Justice of the
Peace, administered the oath of of
fice.
C. A. Workman was elected chair
man of the Board of County Com
missioners. He was sworn in with
R. L. James and Watson Wilson, the
t1Vo other commissioners. Oaths
were also administered to Dysart
Martin, clerk of superior court; Miss
Ruth Lackey, register of deeds, and
M. V. Snypes, county surveyor.
New constables taking the oath
of office were: Carl T. Hall, Marion
township; Allie Lytle, Montsford
Cove, and Mark Toney, Nebo.
Roy W. Davis, elected as Mc
Dowell's representative in the 1949
General Assembly of North Carolina,
was recognized with the statement
that he would have his oath admin
istered when the Legislature con
venes in Raleigh in January.
R. W. Proctor, who was reelected
county attorney for a period of two
years, addressed the group pointing
out the progress made by the county
under the present administration.
He commended the outgoing Board
of Commissioners for its progress.
• I. L. Caplan, who has served as
a commissioner for 14 years, includ
ing 12 years as chairman, told those
m-esent he could point with pride to
the record of this county. Retiring
from the Board, Caplan expressed
his appreciation for the co-operation
he had received as a commissioner.
One road petition was approved
recommending that the road from
Yancey street to a dead end, an 800
ft. strip of road in the Clinchfield
section, be provided with adequate
drainage facilities, made standard
width, packed and graveled.
Baseball Officials
Reelect J. C. Rabb '
J. C. Rabb was reelected busi
ness manager for the 1949 baseball
season at a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Marion Recreation
association held Monday afternoon
in the city hall.
Several applications for a playing
manager were considered, but no
definite action taken. Directors ex
pressed the opinion that a playing
manager will probably be named
Within the next week.
J. C. Rabb left yesterday on a tour
of various points in South Carolina
in the interest of contacting pros
pective players for the coming sea
son.
Chief of Police
Issues Warning
Chief of Police D. W. Smith has is
sued two warnings regarding the
Christmas season.
He warns Christmas shoppers not
to leave packages in unlocked auto
mobiles. If they must be left in the
car, it is best to lock them in the
trunk, he said, because when pack
ages are visible from the outside
there is more danger of the car be
ing broken into.
He also reminded the public that
shooting firecrackers, is strictly for
bidden by a city ordinance. "Any
one caught shooting firecrackers will
be prosecuted," he said.
ELECTED CHAIRMAN — C. A.
Workman, above, was elected chair
man of the Board of County Com
missioners at a meeting Monday. He
succeeds I. L. Caplan
Mrs. E. L. Rogers
Dies in Barnesville
Mrs. E. L. Rogers, former Marion
resident, died Friday at her home
in Barnesville, Ga., and funeral rites
were conducted in Barnesville Sun
day.
Mrs. Rogers, grandmother of W.
L. Morris, Jr., and Mrs. H. W.
Saunders (nee Miss Marguerite
Morris), resided at the home of W.
L. Morris here for 13 years. She suf
fered a heart attack last summer
and had been in declining health for
about six months before the fatal
heart attack last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Morris at
tended the rites. Mrs. Saunders of
Shreveport, La., was also present at
the services.
Mrs. Rogers is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Joe H. Smith, of
Barnesville, Ga.; four grandchildren,
Mrs. II. W. Saunders of Shreveport,
La.; W. L. Morris, Jr., of Buenos
Aires, Argentina; Mrs. Louis Gra
ham, of Barnesville, and Joe H.
Smith, Jr. of the University of Geor
gia; three great grandchildren, H.
W. Saiinders, Jr., and Rebecca Lane
Saunders of Shreveport, and Maria
Carmon Morris of Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
G. C. Glee Club
Will Give Program
At Methodist Church
The Greensboro College Glee club
will present a program at the First
Methodist church here at 7:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, December 14, Miss Ruth
Taylor, educational director, an
nounced this week.
The Glee club is composed of 40
voices and will render a program of
five sections. E. L. Williams, direc
tor, received his A. B. degree from
Central State college and his M. M.
in voice from Oklahoma University.
ALDERMEN MEET
The Board of Aldermen of Marion
voted to petition the "State Highway
Department to maintain the West
Henderson street extension, at a
meeting Monday evening. The ex
tension is the strip of road which by
passes Hudgins school.
WADE MILLER
Wade Miller
i Scoutmaster
| Nearly Three Years
Wade Miller, who became a mem
ber of Boy Scout Troop 4, Marion,
at the age of 12, will observe his
third anniversary as Scoutmaster
next February. Under his leadership
six boys have become Eagle Scouts.
Before I.scorning Scoutmaster he
served as assistant Scoutmaster for
two years receiving his Eagle award
two months ago.
Troop 4 is composed of residents
of the Cross Mill community. Once a
month troop committeemen meet
with the boys and serve them re
freshments and show a film. Recently
| the troop observed Father-Son night
and plans to have Mother-Son night
, in the near future. An annual party
'commemorating the 18th birthday of
! the troop will be held in February.
: This t.mop is sponsored by the Cross
Mill and has 24 members enrolled.
i
Rotary Club
Farmers' Night
Set For Dec. 10
|
! Frank Hamilton Jeter, of Raleigh,
will be guest speaker at the Marion
Rotary Club's Annual Farmers' I
Night observance to be held at 71
i p. m., Friday, December 10.
The speaker, an agricultural edi
tor, is a native of Santuck, S. C.
! and received his B.S. degree in Agri
; culture at Clemson Agricultural
College. He has been awarded many
blue ribbons by the Association of
Agriculture Editors for agricultural
.writing and last June was awarded
! the honorary degree of Doctor of
' Science by Clemson College.
Holiday Program
At PTA Meeting
' The December meeting of the
Parent-Teacher association was held
Tuesday evening in the Marion high
j school auditorum.
Dr. C. W. McMurray, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, led a
devotional.
Mrs. Sam Yancey, president, re
1 ported that a clock had been rented
from the Western Union and in
! stalled in the elementary school
I building. A treasurer's report re
jvealed a balance of $304.31 on de
; posit.
| Upon recommendation of the ex
! ecutive board, members voted to
have the draperies in the auditorium
dry cleaned during the holidays and
buy a mixmaster for the Home Eco
nomics building.
Mrs. Yancey turned the meeting
over to Miss Mary Lillian Jonas who
presented C. C. Elledge, principal.
He read the story, "Why the Chimes
Rang."
Miss Jonas also presented the
Marion High School Glee club in the
following numbers: "Come All Ye
Faithful;" "Carol of the Bells";
j "Silent Night"; "Lo, How A Rose
;E'er Blooming," and "Hallelujah
I Chorus."
j Mrs. Ethel Giles' home room won
the attendance count in the ele
mentary school with 72 per cent and
Mrs. Edith Davis' room in high
school with 29 per cent.
j Mrs. Ralph Morris won the door
| prize.
MARION MERCHANTS
TO MEET TONIGHT
The quarterly meeting of the
Marion Merchants association
will be held at seven o'clock,
Friday evening, December 10, in
the firemen's room of the city
hall, it is announced.
The group will discuss the
question of whether Wednesday
afternoon closings will be re
sumed after Christmas, the num
ber of days stores will close in
observance of Christmas, and
closing hours to be observed
Monday, December 20, through
Friday, December 24.
Leonard Washburn
Has Leg Amputated
By Freight Train
Leonard E. Washburn's left leg
was amputated by a freight car Mon
day afternoon.
The incident occurred about five
o'clock when Washburn, a Southern
Railway brakeman, was said to have
attempted to swing onto a moving
freight car and fell in its path.
His condit'on was reported "good"
by the Marion General hospital yes
terday.
School Lunch Room
Being Sought
Mrs. Howell J. Buchanan called
several residents of Dysartsville to
gether November 30 in the interest
of providing a lunch room for the
Dysartsville school.
Yesterday Mrs. Buchanan an
nounced that the first step toward
raising money for a lunch room
will be sponsoring a box supper and
cake walk at the Dysartsville school
at 7:30 p. m., Saturday. The cost of
equipping a lunch room has been
estimated at $1,000.
Speakers present at the meeting
November 30 included: Mrs. Kathryn
D. Woodward, assistant supervisor
of the state lunch rom program;
N. F. Steppe, superintendent of
county schools, and Carl Whiteside,
assistant county farm agent.
A committee was named to head
the project by working with resi
dents of their respective communi
ties on ways and means to raise
funds for the proposed lunch room.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wiseman were
appointed to work with the group on
the Bridegwater road; Mr. and Mrs.
Clay Mcintosh, Dysartsville town
ship; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sprouse,
Bracketts; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Christy, lower part of Dysartsville;
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cowan in their
neighborhood, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Duncan, "Tater" town.
Jurors Drawn
For Superior Court
Jurors for the first week of the
January term of McDowell County
Superior Court were drawn at the
meeting of the County Commission
er Monday as follows:
Oscar Henderson, G. P. Seagle,
Gaston Toney, W. A. McCall, A. W.
Grayson, A. V. Stezer, Ernest E.
Allison, W. P. Jackson, Pat Dale,
A. J. Wilkerson, J. C. Bowman, Jr.,
Ed Jackson, Julius Kanipe, E. Wayne
Suttle, N. A. Revis, Jessie Williams,
R. A. Gibbs, Ray E. Landis, Chaney
M. White, James W. Hogan.
J. L. Hoga.i, Mrs. Louise Barnes,
C. W. Th^mason, Richard Hensley,
Richard McKinney, Ben Fo-ster, Gor
don Davis, Lawrence Peters, H.-» D.
Bishop, Paul Bryant, Floyd W.
Bradley, G. H. Ross, G. H. Swafford,
Haskell Poteat, Coleman Coble.
AAA Elections
For This County
Held Last Week
The Agricultural Adjustment
Agency c-ounty convention was held
in the court house in Marion De
cember 3 with W. E. Morgan, chair
man, presiding.
Committeemen for 1949 were
elected as follows:
W. E. Morgan, chairman; W. S.
Haynes, vice chairman; W. J. Por
ter, regular member; A. R. Walker,
first alternate, and W. A. Lonon,
second alternate.
Ihe eight townships held elections,
last Thursday and elected 1949 AAA
committeemen as follows:
North Cove: W. G. English, chair
man; Fred Brown, vice chairman;
E. B. Wright, regular member;
Watter Kling, first alternate, and
J. E. English, second alternate.
Crooked Creek: J. A. Early, chair
man; Clyde Gilliam, vice chairman;
V. R. Wilson, regular member; E. P.
Creasman, first alternate, and Har
lowe Noblitt, second alternate.
Old Fort: Ernest Parker, chair
man; Charles A. Parker, vice chair
man; S. E. Tilson, regular member;
Gaston Wells, first alternate, md
C. C. Woody, second alternate.
Montsford Cove: 0. I. Berry,
chairman; Henry Worley, vice chair
man; Fred Lawing, regular mem
ber; Jose Harris, first alternate, and
C. Lee Holland, second alternate.
Nebo: J. E. Finley, chairman; Al
bert H. Jaynes, vice chairman; D. L.
Rowe, regular member; T. W. Stacy,
first alternate, and J. L. Craig, sec
ond alternate.
Dysartsville: Elmer Buchanan,
[chairman; E. L. Christy, vice chair
Iman; J. H. Sprouse, regular mem
ber; Dewey Arrowood, first altren
ate, and T. W. Arrowood, second,
alternate.
Glenwood: Albert Wilson, chair
man; Mrs. Kelly Eplee, vice chair
man; J. W. McCall, regular mem
ber; A. F. Hunt, first alternate, and
E. G. Craig, second alternate.
Marion: J. W. McCurry, chair
man; Frank McCurry, vice chair
man; Dock Davis, regular member;
Bruce Gibbs, first alternate, and
J. S. Setzer, second alternate.
Pleasant Gardens
P.T.A. to Meet Tonight
The Pleasant Gardens Parent
Teacher association will meet at
7:30 p. nt., December 9, Miss Geneva
Link, publicity chairman, has an
nounced.
The fourth grades, under the di
rection of Mrs. Charles Corpening,
Mrs. Ernest Haire and Mrs. Edwin
Heers will present a Christmaas
pageant.
After the program, the annual
Christmas bazaar will be held in the
auditorium.
All persons in the community are
asked to donate something to help
make the bazaar a success. In the
past the bazaars have helped Pleas
ant Gardens residents in their se
lections of Christmas gifts.
Proceeds will be used to purchase
a typewriter
FARMERS SHOULD APPLY
FOR AAA ALLOTMENTS
McDowell County farmers who
plan to produce tobacco on their
farms in 1949 should file an appli
cation for new farm allotments be
fore February 1, W. E. Morgan,
chairman of AAA in this county, an
nounced this week. Applications are
available at the AAA office at the
court house.
Proposed Changes In Game Laws
To Be Discussed By Wildlife Club
The McDowell County Wildlife
club is appealing to all sportsmen
and other interested persons to at
tend a meeting to be held at 7:30
o'clock, Monday evening, December
13, in the court room.
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss proposed changes in wildlife
'egislation before the General As
sembly convenes in January, it was
stated. Roy W. Davis, McDowell
county's representative to the Gen
eral Assembly, has promised to be
present to hear reactions of this
county regarding the changes.
Jack Hewitt, Wildlife club secre
tary, said the proposed changes in
clude changing the license fees for
big game hunters and fishermen.
Officers for the coming year will
be elected.'*