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, JANUARY 6, 1949 VOLUME 3Z—NO. 25
CROSS MILL
EMPLOYEES
ARE PROMOTED
Several personnel changes at
Cross Cotton Mills Company were
announced this week.
L. K. Payne has been promoted
from card room overseer to super
intendent of manufacturing opera
tions and in this capacity will be as
sistant to W. Fred Williams, gen
eral superintendent.
In making the announcement S.
R. Cross, president, said both men
have been employed by the Cross
Mills since the organization of the
mill here in 1916". He commended
both the men for their outstanding
work in their positions. Payne came
to Marion from Taylorsville with
the late Mr. Eugene Cross, Sr.
Other changes include the promo
tion of Howard Bradburn from sec
ond shift card room overseer to card
room overseer of the three shifts.
Virgil Bradburn is promoted from
third shift overseer to second shift
overseer of the card rom.
Robert Morris has been pro
moted from card grinder to third
shift card room overseer.
Instruments Filed
During Past Year
The Register of Deeds office re
corded 18*5 marriage licenses, 808
Birth certificates, 137 death certif
icates, 710 mortgages and deeds of
truts, 945 warranty deeds, 635 chat
tel mortgages and 397 irregular in
struments last year, according to
figures released by Miss Ruth
Lackey, register of deeds.
The figure included 700 birth cer
tificates and 76 death certificates |
for the Town of Marion. There were I
41 birth and 30 death certificates
issued for persons within the Mar
ion township, but outside the cor
porate limits.
Other townships included in total
were: Old Fort 26 birth, 8 deaths;
Nebo 5 births, 4 deaths Higgins 1
birth, 2 deaths; Glenwood 4 births,
3 deaths; Dysartsville 5 birth, 2
deaths; Crooked Creek 17 births, 4!
deaths; Bracketts 5 births, 3 deaths.
In the year of 1947 there were'
1,390 warranty deeds recorded, ex
ceeding last year's total by 445.
But there were 40 more chattel
mortgages recorded in 1948 than in
1947.
West Marion P.-T.A.
Discusses Goals
For Coming Year
The West Marion Parent-Teacher
association held its January meeting
at, the School Auditorium Monday,
January 3. Mrs. W. C. Burgin, vice
president, presided.
There was much discussion on
projects that the P.-T.A. could work
on for the year. Matt McBrayer,
chairman of the Goals committee,
was to select a committee of two
teachers and two parents and have a
meeting to set up Goals on Friday
January 7.
The group voted to send two rep
resentatives to the "Coordinated
Council for Civic Improvement"
being sponsored by the Marion High
School P.-T.A., for all civic clubs for
civic betterment and improvement
in Marion.
Mrs. R. C. Frazier, program chair
man, had a program of poems given
by Miss Elizabeth Conley, and Rev.
R. C. Frazier, and Piano Solo's West
Marion Baptist church gave the de
votional.
The Eighth Grade received the
dollar for having the most parents
present.
Postal Receipts
Show Increase
Postal receipts for the quarter end
ing December 31, 1948 were $13,
042.18, a gain of $1,675.38 over the
corresponding quarter in 1947, ac
cording to figures released by Post
master John Finley.
Postal savings certificates issued
for the month of December totaled
$63,117. The amount paid for cer
tificates was $62,220, making an in
crease of $897 in the amount on de
posit.
Bond sales in December totaled
$11,493.75.
City Manager Government
Discussed At Kiwanis Meet
The Marion Kiwanis club held its
first meeting of the new year Tues
day evening at the community build
ing. S. R. Perkins, vice president,
presided in the absence of President
Roy W. Davis, who is out of town at
tending his duties in the State Legis
lature.
Veron Eckerd, Immediate Past
President, was in charge of the pro
gram and presented as guest speaker
Fred Helms, City Manager of Mor
ganton. Mr. Helms discussed the city
manager form of government, going
somewhat into details of the differ
ent types of city manager govern
ment that could be adopted.
Some interest has been shown by
citizens of Marion in a city manager
type of government, and the speaker
was invited to address the Kiwanians
in order that more information might
to be given on the subject.
Tax Listing in The
County Is Under Way
Tax listing is now under way in
McDowell county and will continue
through the month of January.
All property owners are required
to list their property, both real and
personal, which they possess on
January 1, 1949.
Tax listers appointed by the com
missioners have been announced as
follows:
Bracketts and Glenwood—A. P.
Poteat.
Crooked Creek—Harlow Noblitt.
Dysartsville—C. M. Laughridge.
Higgins—C. Rex Wilson.
Marion—John M. Snoddy.
Montsford Cove —Mrs. M. R.
Nanney.
Nebo—L. C. Parks.
North Cove—S. M. Avery.
Old Fort—S. F. Mauney.
Property owners are urged to see
listers in their respective townships
and list property as early as possible.
Driving Violations
Head Court Docket
Cases disposed of in County Court
here Tuesday consisted mainly of
driving violations.
James Harrison Delaney plead
guilty to reckless driving and was
sentenced to 30 days on the roads,
sentence suspended on payment of
the costs.
Margaret T. Patterson plead guilty
to driving drunk and no operator's
license and was sentenced to four
months in the county jail and as
signed to work by the State Highway
and Public Works Commission, sus
pended on payment of $125 and cost
and on condition that defendant not
operate a motor vehicle on the high
ways of North Carolina for one
year.
Edna Sluder, assault with deadly
weapon, was sentenced to 30 days in
jail, suspended on payment of $25
and costs.
Ralph Shook plead guilty to aiding
and abetting driving drunk and was
sentenced to four months on the
roads suspended on payment of a
fine of $100 and costs and on condi
tion that defendant not operate a
motor vehicle on the highways of
North Carolina for one year.
Jack Goodrum, possession, was
sentenced to thi4e months on the
roads, suspended on payment of $25
and costs and on condition that de
fendant not violate prohibition laws
of North Carolina for two years.
Rulwinkle Improving
From Spinal Ailment
Washington, Jan. 3.—Rep. Bul
winkle (D., N. C.) was reported im
proving today from a spinal ail
ment.
Officials at the Naval Hospital in
Bethseda, Maryland, said he "has
been able to walk around his room
and is improving after an acute
illness."
Bulwinkle entered the hospital
several weeks ago. Hospital aides
said they are not sure how soon he
will be able to leave.
Rev. Paul Boriack
To Preach Here
Rev. Paul A. Boriack, who was
pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran
church from 1932 for about ten
years, will return to the congrega
tion for a -visit on Wednesday even
ing, January 19. He will be guest
speaker at a service at 7:30 p. m.
The present pastor, Charles Fren
zei, received a letter on Monday
from Rome, New York, saying,
"Shall be mighty happy to meet
with everyone. Give all my best re
gards."
PERKINS BUYS
BALLEW HOME
S. R. Perkins has purchased the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Ballew on South Garden street.
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins plan to
occupy the residence the latter part
of this month.
Officers Elected
At St. Matthew's
J. H. L. Miller was re-elected
president of St. Matthew's Lutheran
church for 1949 in a meeting held
on Sunday afternoon. The elections
held at that time, together with
previous elections, gives St.
Matthew's the following officers:
H. Weberson is vice president;
V. T. Eckerd, treasurer; B. M.
Eclcerd, treasurer. To the board of
elders John Cassell was elected for
four years and will serve with Glenn
Kluttz, Harvey Fox, and Herbert
Hall. To the board of deacons, in
charge of financial matters, Richard
Shaw and Francis Nichols were
elected for two years, and will serve
with Poly Fox and Elmer Ervin.
For the Sunday school Poly Fox
was elected superintendent, and
Francis Nichols as assistant. Teach
ers will be Rev. Charles Frenzel,
adult Bible class; Mrs. Richard Shaw
and Mrs. L. M. Hemphill, JunitfT
Bible class; Mrs. Poly Fox, seniors;
Poly Fox, intermediates; Miss Lois
Ann Finley, juniors; and Mrs. V. T.
Eckerd, primary.
In the organizations of the con
gregation the following were chosen
for officers. In the Lutheran Lay
men's League: president, Francis
Nichols; vice president, Elmer Ervin;
secretary and treasurer, V. T.
Eckerd. In the Lutheran Women's
Missionary League: president, Mrs.
V. T. Eckerd; vice president, Mrs.
Poly Fox; treasurer, Mrs. Francis
Nichols; secretary, Mrs. Charles
Frenzel. In the Walther League:
president, Gale Hilton; secretary,
Norma Jean Hall; treasurer, Tommy
Shuford.
In the department of music Mrs.
Charles Frenzel will serve as church
organist and choir accompanist;
Mrs. Herbert Hall will serve as choir
mother.
In the service next Sunday there
will be installation of officers and
Pastor Frenzel will preach on the
Epiphany theme: "The Costly Gifts
of Personal Service for the Christ
Child."
Parking Meters
Pay Off Well
Collections received from parking
meters on Marion streets during the
past year totaled $8,214.87, accord
ing to figures released by B. B.
Byrd, clerk for the Town of Marion.
August was the best paying month
with a total of $1,365.58.
Violations paid into the Town
office during the past year added up
to $1,093.
Marion Rotarians
Aid The Blind
During Christmas
Members of the Marion Rotary
club told of their visits with the
blind in this county when the regu
lar weekly meeting was held last
Friday noon in the community build
ing. Rotarians, who have been work
ing with the blind for the past few
years, voted to distribute gifts to
the blind during the Christmas sea
son and also to visit with them.
R. C. Spratt received a three
year, perfect attendance pin. Pre
sentation was made by Walter
Thompson.
Captain H. L. Garris was the guest
of Leland Haixr.
ROY W. DAVIS left Monday for
Raleigh where he will begin his
duties as McDowell county's repre
sentative in the 1949 General As
sembly, which convened there yes
terday. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Davis who will spend at least two
weeks in Raleigh.
COMMISSIONERS
DRAW JURORS
The County Commissioners in ses
sion Monday re-appointed T. C.
Bradley county electrician and ap
proved a road petition recommending
that the Moffit Hill road, approxi
mately one-half mile from Moffitt
Hill church to a point near Will
Moore's bridge, be graveled.
Jurors for the February term of
Superior Court were drawn as fol
lows:
Fir»t Week
Robert R. Hall, H. K. Patton,
Alvin McGinnis, Ed Denny, Harlow
Moody, H. D. Bishop, Lester H.
Knupp, George R. Grindstaff, Ern
est Banks, J. B. McEntyre, Clarence
Buckner, E. B. Grindstaff, C. Rex
Wilson, Charles L. Biddix, A. C.
Crouch, Herman Walker, C. F.
Barnes, Kenneth Young, Harrison
Church, J. L. Haney, C. M. Murphy,
Troy Burrell, Madison Hensley, W.
B. Pyatt, W. J. Roe, Ewart Walker,
Robert McCraw, Elvis Turner, B. H.
Lowery and A. J. Hewitt,
Second Week
Walter Jackson, John Ray Jime
son, George D. Baker, Lloyd Shell,
Ben C. Epley, R. O. McCurry, 0. J.
Pannell, H. S. Quinn, L. M. Hemp
hill, W. W. Neal, Jr., Paul Laugh
ridge, H. C. Lavender, Earl Ben
field, A. D. Quinn, R. V. Price,
Hardy Murphy, L. A. Carver, D. E.
Lonon, James Vess, R. G. Lambeth,
G. G. Moore, Gibb Dennie, Luther
Toney, R. L. Knupp, Melvin C.
Burgin, Boydston Frisbie, J. S. Hens
ley, Eugene Brown, Lewis Rash and
J. R. Holland.
Mrs. Maggie Hyams
Passes Wednesday
Mrs. Maggie Young Hyams, 82,
widow of the late George Hyams,
died at her residence in Old Fort
early Wednesday morning. Funeral
services will be conducted at the
Old Fort Presbyterian church Thurs
day afternoon at two o'clock by Rev.
Spence of Montreat, assisted by Dr.
H. E. Walden, pastor of the Old
Fort Baptist church and burial will
be in the family plot in the old Old
Fort cemetery.
She is survived by six daughters
and four sons, Misses Lucille and
Thelma Hyams, Mrs. W. L. Dilton,
George and Charles Hyams of Old
Fort, Mrs. Thomas Sandlin and W.
T. Hyams of Bryson City, Mrs. C. G.
Conner of Ridgeway, Pa., Mrs. L. W.
Coletrain of High Point and T. H.
Hyams of Asheville; twenty-six
grand children and a number of
great grandchildren. Grandsons will
act as pallbearers and granddaugh
ters will be in charge of the flowers.
The Old Fort Eastern Star will
have a part in the service. The body
will lie in state for one hour before
the service.
Play To Be Given
At Dysartsville
The Dysartsville School Lunch
Room committee has announced
plans to sponsor a play at the
Dysartsville School house at eight
o'clock, Saturday evening, Janu
ary 8.
Proceeds will go into a fund to
secure a school 1 u n c hi roonn at
Dysartsville. •
Inspection Lane Periods For
Cars In 1949 Are Announced
Fary Ensemble
To Give Concert
Here January 11
The Bary Ensemble will be pre
sented at the Marion high school at
8 o'clock Wednesday evening, Jan
! nary 12, under the sponsorship of
the Marion Community (Concert
association.
The Bary Ensemble has been ac
claimed from coast to coast as one
of the sure-fire hits of current musi
cal attractions. Interspersed among
the trios, piano quartets and ar
rangements by the entire ensemble
the program will include piano
solos by Gertrude Bary, violin solos
bv Mary Becker and celo solors by
Virginia Peterson.
Home Demonstration
Club Schedule
The Home Demonstration club
schedule for the month of January
has been announced by Miss Jean
Steele, county agent, as folows:
North Marion: Tuesday, January
3, at two o'clock in the office of Miss
Steele.
White Pine: Tuesday, January 11,
at 7:30 p. m., home of Mrs. Virgie
Wilkerson.
Laurel Grove: Wednesday, Janu
ary 12, at two o'clock, (place to be
announced later).
Bethlehem: Thursday, January 13,
at two o'clock, at the lodge hall.
Providence: Thursday, January 13,
■at 7:30 p.m., (place to be arnounced
| later).
| West Marion: Friday, January 14,
! at 7:30 p.m., (place to be announced
i later).
Turkey Cove: Monday, January
17, at two o'clock, (place to be an
nounced later);—~
Nebo: Tuesday, January 18, at
two o'clock, (place to be announced
later).
j Cherry Springs: Wednesday, Jan
uary 19, at two o'clock, community
building.
Glenwood: Thursday, January 20,
at two o'clock, (place to be an
nounced later).
Pleasant Gardens: Thursday, Jan
uary 20, at 7:30 p. m., (place to be I
announced later). ]
Greenlee: Friday, January 21, at
7:30 p. m., (place to be announced
later).
, *
Dysartsville: Friday, January 21,
two o'clock (place to be announced
later). \
Chapel Hill: Tuesday, January 25,
two o'clock, club house.
North Cove: Wednesday, Janu
ary 26, two o'clock (place to be an
nounced later).
Old Fort: Thursday, January 27,
| two o'clock (place to be announced
I later).
Rites Held Tuesday
i
For Mrs. Ida Page
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida J.
Page, 79, who died Sunday at the
J home of her daughter, Mrs. Lee W.
Erwin, were conducted Tuesday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock at the residence.
Rev. James B. McLarty, Rev. P. W.
Tucker and Dr. C. M. McMurray of
ficiated. Burial was in Oak Grove
cemetery.
Mrs. Page was the widow of J. Z.
! Page and a daughter of the late
| Maj. Thomas B. Young.
Surviving are the daughter; one
son, Gordon C. Page, of Marion;
five grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Inspection Lane To
Open Here Jan. 11th
The motor vehicle inspection lane
will open here next Tuesday, Jan
uary 11, for a five-day period. This
will be the only visit of the traveling
lane here during January. Other
dates will be February 17-22; March
28-31. The equipment will be set up
on North Logan street.
PRE-INDUCTION CALL
The McDowell County Draft
Board will send 14 men to the pre
induction station at Greenville, S. C.
for examination on January 12, it is
announced this week.
The Motor Vehicle Department to
day announced inspection periods
for various model vehicles for the
first half of 1&49.
The Mechanical Inspection Law,
passed by the 1947 Legislature, pro
vided that all vehicles registered in
North Carolina be inspected once
during 1948 and twice a year there
after.
According tio a new Inspection
Manuel, released by the Mechanical
Inspection Division of the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles, the first
semi-annual inspection period for
each year will begin on January
1 and end on June 30. The second"
semi-annual inspection period will
begin on July 1 and end on Decem
ber 31.
Thf Manual set« for the insp*"!
tion deadlines for all vehicles for the
first inspection period as follows:
Vehicles up to and Including
models 1936 must be inspected on
or before Jan. 31.
Models 1937 and 1938, on or be
fore Feb. 28.
Models 1939 and 1940, on or be
fore March 31.
Models 1941 and 1942, on or be
fore April 30.
Models 1943 through 1947, on or
before May 31.
Models 1948 and 1949, on or be
fore June 30.
The Manual further states that
"the operation of any vehicle after
the time limit set for inspection,
without displaying the official seal
of approval, will be a violation of
the Motor Vehicle Laws of 1S47."
A provision is made that begin
ning January 1, 1949, the owner of
a vehicle will have 30 days from
the date of acquisition of a vehicle
to have it inspected, provided that
pending inspection, the owner shall
have with him at .all linaesr a bill <*f
sale or other sufficient evidence to
show the date and place of acquisi
tion of that vehicle.
Lane schedules for the first three
months in Marion are January 11
15; February 17-22; March 28-31.
Police Department
Reports Busy Year
The Mayor's court of Marion held
500 hearings dui-ing the year 1948
and collected $4,431.75 in fines and
costs, according: to a report re
leased by Chief of Police D. W.
Smith.
The hearings included 464 drunks,
7 disorderly conduct, 20 traffic vio
lations, one for shooting a pistol in
the Town of Marion, 3 vagrancy, 4
fighting ''and one assault on a fe
male.
The Police Department also re
ported 71 cases tried in recorder and
superior courts. The charges includ
ed, 2 assault with deadly weapon,
10 larceny, 1 carrying concealed
weapon, 20 breaking and entering,
20 driving drunk, 12 speeding and
reckless driving, one resisting ar
rest, one hit and run, one attempt
to steal a car, one pepping Tom and
2 for shooting firecrackers in the
Town of Marion.
Fines from county and superior
courts totaling $1,900 will be allo
cated for school funds. Costs of
county and superior courts were
listed at $914.20 and total amount
received from parking violations at
$1,093.
A summary of the above figures
reveals $8,338.95 collected by the
Police Department in 1948 from
fines, costs and parking violations.
Smith also said 3,175 parking
violations tickets were issued during
the year, including the courtesy
tickets given to out of town cars
reminding motorists of the viola
tions, but not making a charge.
Board of Aldermen
Has Meeting Tuesday
The Board of Aldermen in session
Tuesday evening named Mrs. Julia
Stanley tax lister for the Town of
Marion for 1949.
A report was presented by the
Howard Bebee company of Spartan
burg showing how the water supply
of Marion could be increased to
provide for the increase in water
consumption. ■ -