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
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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
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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 <of his group immediately j
after the adjournment of the club, j
.
Davis Speaks
At Rotary Meet
Pat Davis entertained members of
the Marion Rotary club with an eye
witness account of the Alligator
Bowl game at the regular meeting
held Friday noon in the community
building.
Dr. William Gladden was the
guest of Gordon Morris, Glenn
Early was the guest of Howard
Hawkins and Sterling Bower was
the guest of David Gray. Bill Stan
ley, Marion High School honor stu
dent of the month, was a guest of
the club.
Mountains in Western North
Carolina cover an area of approxi
mately 6,000 square miles.
REV. PAUL A. BORIACK
TO ADDRESS LUTHERANS
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Rev. Paul A. Boriack, former pas
tor of St. Matthew's Lutheran
church, will be guest speaker at the
church on Wednesday evening at
7:30 o'clock. He is now serving St.
John's Lutheran Church of Rome,
New York. His talk at St. Matthew's
will be on the subject of the church's
modern mission opportunities.
After the service the ladies of the
congregation will serve coffee at the
Hut, and each family attending the
social may bring either cookies or
sandwiches for their own family.
Everyone is most cordially invited to
both the service and the social.
SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET
INCLUDES VARIED CHARGES
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Steppe Speaker
At North Cove PTA
N. F. Steppe, superintendent of
county schools, spoke on "The
Community," at the January meet
ing of North Cove Parent-Teacher
association last Thursday evening.
In commending the speaker, Mrs.
Charles McCall, publicity chairman,
said: "the members were not only
entertained, Tmt inspired by the
wonderful way he discussed the com
munity of yesterday and today. The
moral, social and economic phases
of community life and education
were well discused."
Business of a routine nature was
tiansacted and attendance pnzes
were awarded the sixth and eleventh
grades.
Scouts Advanced
At Court of Honor
Last Friday Night
Bill Rowland, of troop 3, Marion,
was advanced to the rank of Star
Scout and Wayne Bradburn, of
troop 4, Marion, to Life Scout at the
McDowell County Boy Scout Court
of Honor held at the First Methodist
church last Friday evening.
Other advancements were made as
follows:
Tenderfoot rank: James Mart, Jr.,
troop 2; Franklin Hammett, V. E.
Condrey and Garland Higgins, troop
3; Bill Frisbie, Frank Whisenant,
troop 5, all of Marion.
Second class: Franklin Helms,
troop 2; Frank Harberode, Donald
Seagle and Frank White, troop 3;
Bobby Byera and Sammy Yancey,
trotfpC of Ifarttn. «
First class: Lee Holland, Bron
son Montieth, Kerry Montieth, and
Donald Wilkerson, all of troop 1,
Sugar Hill.
Merit Badges
Art: Norman Melton, troop 1,
Sugar Hill.
Athletics: Wayne Bradburn, troop
i, iviariorr.
Cooking: Robert Parker, troop 1,
Sugar Hill.
Electricity: Fred Frisbie and Har
old Sartan, troop 5, Marion.
Firemanship: F. H. Hughes, Bill
Roland, Dean Hughes and Frank
Locke, troop 3, Marion; R. L. Car
mody, troop 4, Marion; Johnnie
Pyatt, Eugene Hawkins and Joe
Lytle, troop 5, Marion; Bill Brad
ford, troop 6, Marion.
Home Repairs: William Devoid
Morrow and Bobby Hall, troop 2,
Marion; Bobby Hughes and Willie
Hughes, troop 3, Marion ? Jimmy
Laughridge, troop 6, Marion, and
Paul Lawing, troop 1, Sugar Hill.
Masonry: Kerry Monteith, troop
1, Sugar Hill.
Metal Work: Billy Wilkerson,
troop 6, Marion.
Personal Health: Wayne Brad
burn, troop 4, Marion.
Pioneering: Charles Burgin, troop
1, Sugar Hill.
Safety: Donald Wilkerson, Robert
Parker, William Jaynes, Lee Hollaad
and Bronson Montieth, troop 1,
Sugar Hill.
Scholarship: Gene Cross; troop 6,
Marion.
Woodwork: F H. Hughes and Bill
Roland, troop 3, Marion.
The 1948 Tar Heel soybean crop
totaled about 3,500,000 bushels—2
per cent more than in 1947.
The January term of McDowell
County Superior Court was convened
here Monday with Judge Felix R.
Alley presiding.
In the case of the State vs. Theo
dore Silvers and Howard Kelley a.
non-suit verdict was granted by the
court 'and the solocitor converted the
charges to an affray. The case was
continued.
Several breaking and entering
and larceny cases were included in.
docket. Wiliam Twitty plead guilty
and was sentenced to two years on
the roads and on a second count was
sentenced to 12 months. Willie Lou
Black also plead guilty and was
sentenced to two years on the roads.
In the case of the State vs. Nath
aniel Pete Logan on charges of
breaking and entering and larceny
the defendant was found guilty of
larceny and sentenced to three years
on the roads. In the case of the State
vs. Charles Corpening, breaking and
entering and larceny, the defendant
plead guilty to breaking and enter
ing.
Other cases tried included: Stat©
vs. E. C. Jaynes, assault on a female,
the prosecuting witness was charged
with frivolous prosecution and
prosecutrix, Mrs. E. C. Jaynes, was
required to pay the cost of the
action. State vs. Qlint Simmons, as
sault on a female, the defendant
plead guilty. Upon recommendation
of the Solicitor judgment was sus
pended and case dismissed on pay
ment of costs.
State vs. Frank (Sid) Harbison,
grand larceny, "the defendant plead
guilty and prayer for judgment was
continued during period of good be
havior. State vs. Willie Black, dis
posing of lftortgagred the
defendant was sentenced to twelve
months on the roads. State vs. Jun
ior Finley the defendant plead guilty
to possessing illegal whisky and
was fined $50 and costs and defend
ant sentenced to be imprisoned, the
sentence will not go into effect ex
cept on motion of the Solicitor in any
subsequent term within five years
from the rising of this court and up
on satisfactory proof that the de
fendant has been guilty of violating
the prohibition laws of North Caro
lino
Linda Blapk plead guilty to receiv
ing ' and concealing stolen property
and was sentenced to six months in
prison or pay costs of action and a
fine of $50. Paul Chapman plead
not guilty to a charge and was re
uired to pay costs. Prayer for judg
ment was continued during good
behavior.
Gordon Van Brewer was fined
$100 and costs and sentenced to 60
days in jail on a charge of driving
drunk, sentence suspended on con
dition that he not violate the pro
hibition laws of North Carolina for
five years.
Benjamin E. Hammett plead guil
ty to a charge of no operator's li
cense and was required to pay the*
costs. Prayer for judgment was con
tinued during good behavior.
Divorces were granted as follows:
Patricia K. Jay vs. Edward T. Jay;
Paul T. Cornett vs. Mariam Cornett;
Katherine Bullock Godsey vs. Fur
man Lewis Godsey; Roy C. Redding
vs. Othell Adams Redding; William
Moore vs. Caroline S. Mioore.
State vs. Ralph Jamison, assault
with deadly weapon with intent to
kill, defendant was found guilty of
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PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZED AT DYSARTSVILLE
A Parent-Teacher association for
Dysartsville school was organized
last Tuesday evening and officers
elected as follows:
Mrs. Bruce Cowan, president; Mrs.
William Duncan, vice president; Mrs.
Howell Buchanan, secretary and Mrs.
Clay Mcintosh, treasurer.
W. Av Lonon was named chairman
of a Ways and Means committee.
Others appointed to serve on the
committee are: Mrs. William Duncan,
Howell Buchanan, William Blanton,
Henry Sprouse, Albert Dale and J. E.
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Allen, principal.
The membership committee i3
composed of: Elijah Blankenship,
chairman; Dewey Arrowood and
Mrs. William Duncan.
Members voted to purchase a mov
ie projector and sponsor the showing
of films to raise funds for the lunch
room project. During the meeting a
total of $230 was raised toward pur
chase of the projector.
Announcement was made that
$638 had been raised toward the
$1,000 necessary to provide a lunch,
room for the school.