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 20, 1949 VOLUME 53—NO. 27 Liberal Donations Needed To Wage Fight On Polio The scope of the 1948 polio epi demic was so great, S. J. Westmore land and M. W. Gordon, co-chair men of the annual fund raising campaign in McDowell county, said today, that only a "tremen dously successful polio fund appeal this month will enable us to carry on the fight against the disease with undiminished vigor." Organization of the 1949 fund raising campaign is underway the chairmen said yesterday. Until more definite arrangements have been announced contributions m a y be made to Westmoreland and Gordon. "Polio incidence last year," the local chairman said, "approached the toll of the record year of 1916 when more than 27,000 persons were stricken. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was sorely pressed to provide funds for medical care and at the same time maintain its far-flung research program." Additional March of Dimes funds are urgently needed, Mr. Westmore land said, not only to carry on re search and prepare for possible polio epidemics this year, but also to con tinue the care of thousands of chil dren and adults stricken during the drastic epidemic of 1948. 'T„ „u^ said, "we are dealing with a unique disease. Its death-rate—5 to 10 per ■eent—is comparatively low, but it is the sore of disease that is with us for year. Growing children period ically require new braces and treat ment, while many patients must be kept in iron lungs for years, often at a nexpense of $10,000 a year." As a result, Westmoreland said, the cost of polio is often great er in years succeeding the epidemic than during the outbreak itself. He said, for example, that almost $500,000 in March of Dimes funds were sent to Idaho by national.head quarters last year, although that state's most serious epidemic oc curred the year before. McDowell Urged . To Send Delegates To Temperance Rally McDowell county has been asked to send 100 representatives to a Temperance Rally to be held January 20 in Edenton Street Methodist church, Raleigh, Rev. M. 0. Owens, president of the McDowell County Ministerial association, announced this week. R. M. Hauss, executive director of the Allied Church League, urged representatives to be present to let the legislature know the sentiment of^churches in regard to a state-wide -referendum on the liquor* question. Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker, pres ident of the Board of Temperance of the Methodist church, Washing ton, D. C., will be speaker. Funeral Services Held Yesterday For P. M. Proctor Funeral services were conducted at Garden Creek Baptist church yes terday for Peter M. Proctor, 79, who died Tuesday morning after a brief illness. Rev. Charles C. Parker, pastor, officiated and burial fol lowed in Oak Grove cemetery. He is survived by the widow Mrs. Rosa Lee Pyatt Proctor; two sons and three daughters, Mrs. J. R. Shehan and Robert M. Proctor of Chattanooga, Mrs. Pansy Hoppuss, Miss Bonnie Proctor and Troy J. Proctor, all of Marion; eight grand-! children; two brothers, Sam Proctor j of Virginia and William Proctor ofj California; one sister, Mrs. Tom j Cuthbertson of Route 2, Marion. Pleasant Gardens PTA Has Meeting The Pleasant Gardens Parent Teacher association met last Thurs day evening with Mrs. Locke Tate, president, presiding. Rev. Carson Brittain gave the de votional. Mrs. George Sandlin, program chairman, turned the meeting over to Mrs. R. L. Wiggins and Mrs. I. E. Burnette. Mrs. Wiggins presented Mrs. Car- j oline Sandlin Fullerton who gave a reading entitled "The White Cliffs," by Alice Duer Miller. The music score was played by Mrsj Madeline Taylor. The Glee club, under the direction of R. L. Wiggins, rendered vocal selections with piano accompani ment by Mrs. R. K. Davis. Two special numbers were pre sented by Inez Morgan, Ralph Jus tice and Carl McKinney. Mrs. W. K. Gill's room won the attendance prize for the grammar grades and Mrs. I. E. Burnette'3 j room won the high school prize. The grammar grade prize was do nated by Mrs. Conn Bost and the high school prize by Mrs. Luther Skaggs. DRAFT BOARD REPORTS LULL IN REGISTRATION No colored males have registered; at the McDowell County Draft Board office since November 15, Mrs. Vir ginia James, clerk, said Tuesday. All male persons are required to register with the draft board on their eighteenth birthday. Those who have failed to do so should register im mediately. Education Commission Report Summarized At PTA Meeting The program of the Marion Par ent - Teacher association Tuesday evening consisted of the presenta tion of a summary of the report of the North Carolina Education Com mission by H. F. Beam, superintend ent of the Marion City Schools. This commission was appointed by former Governor Gregg Cherry at the 1947 General Assembly. The commissioner's purpose was to find the express needs of schools and the children all over North Carolina in order to maintain a more bal anced school program and, after a thorough investigation report its findings and recommendations to the governor. Following the reading of this re port, a film ^illustrating some of the findings of the commision was shown and was explained by Charles Elledge, principal of the Marion High School. Open Forum Elledge conducted an open forum during which a number of questions concerning the report of the com mission and the general school sit uation .prevailing in North Carolina were discussed. It was pointed out at the meeting that those who were interested in seeing the report of the North Carolina Education Com mission approved and laws passed at the present session of the General Assembly implementing its recom mendations could exercise great in fluence by writing to representatives and senators at the General As sembly expressing their views. Mrs. Richard Cook made an nouncement that a Community Council had been organized. The Council is composed of representa tives of all civic clubs and local or ganizations to coordinate and pro mote movements for two and com munity betterment with especial emphasis on educational improve ments. Miss Betsy Carrigan thanked the P. T. A. for the mixmaster present ed to the Home Economics depart ment. Rev. Charles Frenzel, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, gave the devotional from Luke 2:41, and Mrs. Sam Yancey, president, pre sided. Mrs. G. W. Giles' room won the attendance prize in the elementary and Mrs. Pat Davis in High School. Funeral Rites For Mrs. Mauney Held Wednesday Funeral services were conducted yesterday at the First Methodist church for Mrs. W. S. Mauney who died early Monday evening at her home on South Garden street. Rev. J. B. McLarty, pastor, was assisted by Rev. Charles Frenzel, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church. Burial was in Oak Grove ceme tery. She is survived by her husband; a son, Rowe A. Mauney of Marion; a granddaughter, Martha Wingate, and sister, Mrs. Charles Murray of Catawba. Rites Sunday For D. A. Westmoreland Dean Alvin Westmoreland, 29, vet-' eran of World War II, died Thurs-1 day night in Moore General hospital after an illness of several months. Funeral sei-vices were held Sunday at 2 p. m. in Clinchfield Baptist church with the pastor ,the Rev. Paul Stokes, in charge. Burial was in Oak Grove cemetery where military rites were conducted by the local American Legion Post. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. Oma Brooks Westmoreland; five brothers, Brooks, John, Boyd, Lee, and Howard Westmoreland, all of Marion. Funeral Rites For Pvt. Evans To Be Held Sunday • - ■ The remains of the late Pvt. Wil iams A. Evans who died in action it Holland October 2, 1944, arrived in Marion Wednesday afternoon on train No. 21. The body will remain at McCall's Funeral Home until Saturday afternoon when it will be taken to the parents' residence at Nebo. Funeral services will be con ducted by Rev. J. E. Floyd, pastor, at St. Paul Free Will Baptist church, Baldwin avenue, at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, and burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. He is survived by his mother and step father, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Evans; two brothers and five sis ters, Betty, Jean, Pearl, and Ray mond Evans, and Mrs. Paul D. Willis all of Nebo; Pv.t. Doyle Evans of Fort Jackson, S. C. and Miss Gladys Evans of Charlotte, and one half brother, Jerry Lee Evans, of iNeoo. The American Legion will conduct the services at the grave. Davis Entertains Kiwanis Directors Roy W. Davis, president of the Marion Kiwanis club, entertained Kiwanis directors with a turkey din ned at his home on South Main street Monday evening. Those present were: S. R. Perkins, vice president; V. T. Eekerd, past president; Frank Barnes, J. B. Laughlin, Carl Whiteside, Ray Cline, J. L. Gourley, H. F. Beam, Lee Con ley, R. W. Twitty, V. T. Eckerd, Wayne Copenhaver and W. G. Wiatt. Melton Initiated At Chapel Hill Carroll Melton, of Marion, was one of 30 new members initiated into the Delta Sigma Pi, professional commerce fraternity of the Univer sity of North Carolina at forma! ceremonies in Chapel Hill last week end. HUFFMAN RITES HELD LASTSUNDAY Mrs. Lillie B. Huffman, 68, widow of Langdon W. Huffman, Marion merchant, passed away at the Miarion General Hospital on January 5, 1949, following a long illness. Mrs. Huffman, the former Miss Lillie Belle Yoder, was a native of Catawba county, moving to Miarion 40 years ago. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Marion for 40 years. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. Oarl W. McMurray, her pas tor, assisted by Rev. Marvin Dam eron, at the First Presbyterian church at 2:30 o'clock, January 17. Burial followed in Oak Grove ceme tery. Active pallbearers were Glenn Bradley, John M. Stepp, Guy Kirby, John A. Finley, S. E. Collins and George W. Smith. Members of her circle of the Ladies of the Church were in charge of the flowers. Mrs. Huffman is survived by one son, Carl W. Huffman of Marion; two grandsons, J. C. Raburn, Jr., of the home, and Wilburn B. Huffman of Marion; one granddaughter, Mrs. Phyllis Raburn Crotts of Winston Salem and one great grandson,j dosepn i^. violls ui vv liisLuii-oaieiii. Also by one brother, Clyde Yoder of Cincinnati, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Harren of Hickory, and Mrs. Ora Williams of Ludlow, Kentucky. Her only daughter, Mrs. Katie Huffman Raburn died in 1925. Davis Discusses 1949 Legislature At Kiwanis Meet • j i Roy W. Davis, McDowell County j member of the State Legisalture, j was in Marion Tuesday and presided ] over the regular meeting of the Mar* ion Kiwanis club Tuesday evening. -The program for the evMrtwg was a round table discussion, and the Kiwanians requested Davis to give a report on the activities of the State Legislature. He discussed the organization of the 1949 Legisla ture, including the inauguration of Governor Scott. It was pointed out that the first two weeks of work aws composed largely in organiza-! tional actvities, with the election of j a speaker in the House and a presi-! dent pro tem of the Senate, as well j as the appointment of the variousj committees that will handle the i masses of legislation coming before the law making group this season. Davis has been assigned to nine of the several cor mittees of the legislature. He is a member of the all - important appropriations com mittee. He told the Kiwanians that j the btate -Budget commission naa; proposed a budget for the biennium J in excess of $466,000,000, and that j it would be a hard task in allotting j and proportioning appropriations to the various agencies of the State. Kiwanian Lee Conley, chairman of the Membership committee, called a ! meeting