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, FEBRUARY 17, 1949 VOLUME 53—No. 31
Town Of Old Fort
Increases Polio Fund
By One Thousand Dollars
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Old Fort has contributed $1,009.
57 to the McDowell County Infan
tile Paralysis Campaign, S. J. West
moreland, county chairman, said
yesterday. Westmoreland said the
money was turned over to him this
week by H. R. Earley, Old Fort
chairman.
According to the last report made
the drive had about reached the
halfway mark toward the $10,000
goal. These donations are the only
ones received since that date, it was
stated.
Workers in the campaign are ask
ed to lend a special effort to col
lect and turn in all donations at the
earliest possible moment. Individ
uals and business firms are asked
to contribute as liberally and
promptly as possible in the hopes
that the drive may be closed by
Tuesday of next week.
Tax Collectors
To Give Aid
On Filing Forms
There will be two Deputy Collect
ors at the McDowell County Court
House Jury Room on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, February 23,
24 and 25 to aid taxpayers in pre
paring their 1948 Federal income
tax returns.
The collectors will observe hours
9 a. m. till 5 p. m. Anyone needing
assistance should arrange to see the
collectors at this time.
Federal income tax returns must
be filtjti by all persons w^A-had an
income of §600 or more during the
year 1948 .These returns must be
filed before midnight on March 15,
or penalty will be charged against
the taxpayer.
Little Symphony
To Appear Here
The Little Symphony of the
North Carolina Symphony Orches
tra will appear in concert here at
eight'o'clock, Friday evening, Mar
ch 4, in the Marion High School
auditorium. Oliver Cross, publicity
chairman, announced this week.
ATTEND MEETING
Mrs. G. W. Giles, president of the
Classroom Teachers, and Mrs. I. A.
McLair., legislative chairman of the
Marion City Schools, attended a
meeting of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association in Raleigh last
Friday and Saturday. They met
with the leading educational leaders
of the state as delegates of the Ma
rion City Unit of the NCEA.
BAND CONCERT
SCHEDULED
FOR NEXT WEEK
An excellent variety of music has
been chosen for the next band con
cert scheduled for Thursday, Feb
ruary 24. Bernard Hirsch, director,
said this week. Delving back into
the past as far as 789, the band is
programming an overture by Jo
seph Hayden entitled "Orlando Pa
landrino". The overture to this
opera is all that remains preserved
of the total opera and Nicholas De
Rubertis, a prominent band ar
ranger, has done an excellent job
of recasting the work for sym
phonic band.
Other famous composers listed
are Hozart and his "Minuet In E
Flat", Flowtow—"Overture to Mar
tha" and R. Vaughn Williams—
"Folk Song Suite". The concert will
also include several widely known
modern composers such as Cole
Porter and Raymond Scott.
A feature of the concert will be
the piano solo "Sword Dance" com
monly known as the "Sabre Dance"
played by Mary Belle Grayson with
band accompaniment. The band has
never before appeared with a piano
| soloist so this is something in the
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Local Farmers
Attend Dinner
McDowell county farmers, Fu
ture Farmers and 4-H club members
who grew more than 100 bushels of
corn per acre of land last year at
tended a dinner in Asheville last
Saturday.
The dinner was sponsored by the
Farmers Federation to honor farm
ers of western North Carolina who
have produced from three to five
j times the normal amount of corn
l on one acre of land.
Those attending from McDowell
were: S. L. Homewood, county farm
agent; Carl Whitesides, assistant
agent; John Kaylor, William Fris
bie, Clark Walker, Hugh Ledbetter,
Leslie Noblitt, Fred Frisbie, Wil
liam Grindstaff, Kenneth Walker,
Raymond Walker, Bobby Joe Berry
hill, Wade Hennessee, J. B. Creas
man and Delmar Biddix.
Clark Walker was recognized as
top producer for McDowell county
with a record of 128 bushels per
acre.
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Jarrett Presents Organ Recital
For Marion Junior Woman's Club
Wayne D. Jarrett gave an organ
recital at St. John's Episcopal
Church on Tuesday evening for
members of the Marion Woman's
Club and invited guests.
The program included selections
by Couperin, Kreckel, Guilmant,
Gounod, Felton, Nevin, Schubert
Hodson, Bach, and Muffet.
Following the program a short
business session was held. Mrs. E.
W. Parker, Jr., chairman of the
nominating committee, submitted
the following names of candidates
for officers; Mrs. P. T. Hollis, pre
sident, Mrs. Landis Laughridge,
^ice-president, and Mrs. Ray Cline,
secretary-treasurer.
Special Services
At Presbyterian
Dr. F. Crosley Morgan will be
speaker at a series of services to be
held at the First Presbyterian church
here beginning March 27, Dr. C. W.
McMurray, pastor, announced this
week.
Morgan, a resident of Concord,
conducted services at the First Pres
byterian church here last April.
Glenwood PTA
To Meet Tonight
The Glenwood Parent-Teacher
association will meet at 7:30 p. m.,
Thursday, February 17, in the
school auditorium.
Mrs. F. S. Bradsher, program
chairman, announces that a film on
North Carolina Education Commis
sion's report will be shown.
A door prize will be presented.
All patrons are urged to attend.
Francis Marion Club
Aids Boy Scout Drive
The Francis Marion club voted to
contribute $50 to the current Boy
Scout Campaign, at its meeting last
Thursday evening in the communi
ty building.
Mrs. Sara Margaret Giles, case
worker of the McDowell County
Welfare Department, addressed the
club on "The Needy Children of
MlcDowell County."
There Were 30 members present.
Plans Were discussed for sponsor
ing a Hill Billy Show in the near
future1.
Red Cross Volunteers Produce
•Red Gross production volunteers last year made 1,236,472 garments,
40,469 complete layettes, and more than 17,000,000 surgical dressings foi
hospitals in their localities. Above, two workers cut material to make
sandbags, used in treatment of polio victims.
American
Legion
Contest
The McDowell Post of the Ame
rican Legion will sponsor an ora
torical contest for 9-12 grade stu
dents of McDowell county at 7:30
p. m., Friday, February 25, at Nebo
High School, C. M. Steppe, divi
sion chairman of the fifth division,
announced this week.
The speeches, which are to be ten
j to 12 minutes long, will deal with
. the United States Constitution.
Judges will be Carter Hudgins,
Paul Story, of Marion, and Dr. G.
Br Johnson of Old Fort.
Representatives of all schools in
the county are expected to be pre
sent, Steppe said.
Winners in this contest will be
eligible to participate in the dis
trict contest. The -date of the dis
trict event wiil be announced with
in the next few days.
The district winners will be elig
ible to enter the division contest
to be held here March 12, C. B.
i Dobson, division Commander, has
I announced.
| Extensive plans for March 12
| are underway and Governor Ken'
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BOY SCOUT
COURT OF HONOR
HELD FRIDAY
Two Star ranks and one Life
Scout rank advancements were
made at the Boy Scout Court of
| Honor at the First Baptist church
i last Friday evening. Harlan Town
I send, troop 1, Ashford, and Hubert
j Martin, Jr. were recommended for
Star Scouts and James Earl Lonon,
troop 4, Marion for Life Scout.
Troop One of Marion won the
attendance and advancement ban
ner.
When the group had assembled a
film on the Patrol Method of Scout
ing was shown. The Court opened
with the Scout Oath and Rev. P. L.
Smith led the prayer. Rev. J. B.
McLarty presided over the Court of
Honor.
H. C. Warlick, assistant Scout
Executive, attended the meeting.
Advancements were made as fol
lows:
Tenderfoot rank: Joseph Loftis,
Robert Setzer, J. C. Duncan, Tom
my Hendley, Robert Loftis, Hu-,
bert Mlartin, Wayne Brooks, Joe
Fleming, David Litaker, Lester
Hensley, Billy Bell and Donald Bur
gin, all of troop 1, Marion; Jimmy
Murray, troop 4; Teddy Lail, troop
5, Marion; Carrol Ollis, troop 1,
Ashford; Howard Harris, troop 1,
Old Fort; Jack Hewitt, Jr. and Tom
my Wyke, troop 6, Marion. Howard
Buckner, troop 5, Marion.
Second Class: James Freeman,
Carrol Henderson, Rex Pope, Ger
ald Hyatt, of troop 1, Marion; V. E.
Condrey, Franklin Hemmett and J.
C. Norman, troop 3, Marion; Eu
gene Hollifield troop 4, Marion;
Jack Buckner, Bill Frisbie and
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Watson Speaker
At Rally Here
Sunday Afternoon
E. Frank Watson, of Spruce Pine,
addressed a Law Enforcement Ral
ly at the court house here Sunday
afternoon.
Watson spoke on "The Evils of
Alcohol", stressing the need lu-- co
operation of the general pnuuc in
enforcing the laws. He quoted sta
tistics to emphasize more of the
views he expressed.
Sheriff C. M. Pool, State High
way Patrolman J. T. Jolley and
Chief of Police D. W. Smith also
spoke briefly urging the cooopera
tion of the public to promote law
enforcement. Approximately 350
persons attended,
Asheville Mati
Afrested Here
By J. T. Jotley
Asheville. — Perseverence appar
ently is a virtue of Herman Chat
ham, 42 Roberts Street.
That, plus rightepus indignation
—supplied by another motorist—
enabled him to chase a suspected
hit-run driver 40 miles and then
look up a policeman to make the
arrest.
According .to the State Highway
Patrol, Chatham was driving on
Patton Avenue with a friend, How
ard Friz?,ell, I West Haywood
Street, Saturday night when they
were sideswiped by another, car.
The car failed to stop and. Chatham
swung his machine around' and gave
chase.
All the way to Marion the chase
continued. Chatham couldn't . halt
the other driver and he wasn't sure
how to arrest him if he did stop
him.
Finally, in Marion the second car
pulled up to the curb and the driver
ducked into or around a house.
Chatham and Frizell disconnected
spark plug and carburetor wires in
the engine and then went in search
of a policeman. Unable to find one,
they telephoned Asheville police
who informed the highway patrol
who put the call on the patrol ra
dio, Patrolman J. T. Jolley received
the call and in short order picked
up Robert John Devlin, 27, of
Sweeten Creek road, Asheville,
RFD 2. Early Monday morning
Devlin was returned here to answer
charges of hit-run driving, driving
intoxicated, and driving after his
license had been revoked.
In Police Court he was convicted
and given a total of 21 months on
the road by Judge Sam M. Cathey.
Draft Board Reports
Lull In Registration
No colored men have registered
with the- McDowell County Board
since November, Mrs. Virginia Ja
mes, clerk, said this week.
All male persons are required to
register with the draft board on
their eighteenth birthday. . 'flhose
who have failed to do %o should reg
ister immediately.
Superior Court Adjourned
After Two Day Session
CIVIL DOCKET CONCLUDED
WITH TUESDAY SESSION;
JUDGE NETTLES PRESIDING
MISS TAYLOR
GUEST SPEAKER
AT KIWANIS
S. R. Perkins, vice president of
the Kiwanis club, presided at the
weekly meeting of the club held
Tuesday evening in the Marion
Community Building in the absense
of President Roy W. Davis.
Kiwanian Wayne Suttle was in i
charge of the program and pre
sented the guest speaker, Miss Ruth
Taylor, educational director of the
First Methodist Church, to the
club, Miss Taylor presented an ad
dress to the club, describing the
conditions of the people of several
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Pleasant Gardens
PTA Has Meeting
The February meeting of the
Pleasant Gardens Parent-Teacher
association was held last Thursday
l evening.
! Students of the seventh and
I eighth grades presented a program
'"Valentine Auction" under the di
Fction of Mrs. George Sandlin and
ite Clark.
The grammar grade prize was
| won by Clark's room aitd the high
l school ^y Mrs. I. E. Burnette's
j room. Prizes were donated by Mrs.
| Roy Young and Mrs. Jonas Burgin.
| Mrs. Erwin Harris directed a pro
j gram of songs by the seventh and
eighth grade students.
Pleasant Gardens
Boy Scout Troop
Wins Banner
i Troop Number One of Marion,
known as the Pleasant Gardens
troop, climaxed Boy Scout Week by
winning the attendance banner at
the Court of Honor last Friday
night.
This troop is under the leader
1 ship of Scoutmaster Pete Clark,
eighth grade teacher at Pleasant
Gardens school, who has attained
the rank of Eagle Scout.
Since J. H. L. Miller, has given
the troop a cabjn in which to hold
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Superior Court adjourned here
Tuesday afternoon after a two day
session of civil cases. Judge Zeb V.
Nettles presided.
In the case of Faw Insurance
Company vs. Johnny A. Hall, the
plaintiff was awarded $20.62 with
interest from December 20, 1948
until paid. Zora Roland was grant
ed a divorce from Homer Roland.
Barney Chapman was granted a di
vorce from Dorothy Thomas Chap
man.
A. C. Hewitt, Jr. was awarded
$151.23 with interest from date,
hereof together with cost of action,
in his case vs. Theodore Thompson.
In part the judgment read: "and it
appearing to the court that a war
rant of attachment was issued by
the Superior Court of McDowell
County to the Sheriff of Wilkea
county, as levied upon and attached,
and now has in his possession, cer
tain property belonging to the de
fendant."
The Sheriff of Wilkes count/
was authorized to sefi the property
attached and in his possession or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
to settle the judgment.
A compromise was reached in the.
.case of Robert F, Holden, an in
I fant, by N. F. Ralph E. Holden, vs.
J. H. Brown, E. R. Brown and C.
0. Wise, doing business as partners,
in the firm name of East Court
Motor Compay, The defendant a~
greed to pay the plaintiff $1,158.87
in settlement.
In the case of John W. Setzer,.
trading as the McDowell News, vs.
S. W. Shuford, it was ordered that
the plaintiff alleged the defendant
' owed. '
C. A. Ross, trading as Marion1
Sinclair Service Station vs, E, C.
Riddle and Jack Riddle doing busi
ness as partners in the partnership
of Yancey Bus Lines a comprise was
reached and the plaintiff was award
ed $250.
Styles vs. Pepsi Cola Company a
compromise was reached, the plain
tiff being awarded $3,500.
Social Security
Agent To Come Here
A representative of the Asheville
Field office of the Social Security
Administration will be at the Reg- *
ister of Deeds office in Miarion at
10 a. m., Friday, February 25.
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McDowell Building And Loan
Reelects Officers At Annual Meet
Gladdens Leave
For Pennsylvania
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gladden left
Saturday for Catauqua,1 Pennsylva
nia where the former will be owner
and manager of a news agency. He
will take over his duties M|arch 1.
Gladden has been associated with
his father, William Gladden, Sr., in
the cafe business here for several
years.
Landis Memorial
Nears Completion
The Landis Memorial Church, lo
cated five miles from Marion on the
Linville Falls road, will soon have
a new house of worship. The new
Church building which has been un
der construction there for some
time is nearing completion. The
brick veneer work has been com
pleted, 'windows and doors have
been installed, the flooring is being
laid and stripping done in readiness
for the celotex ovei-head and white
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The McDowell Building and Loan
Association has finished a success
ful year according to the report of
Mrs. Annie L. Epley, secretary
treasurer, made to the shareholders
at the annual meeting held Monday
evening.
Assets totaled $969,147.72 at the
end of the past year showing an in
crease of $111,537.78 over the pre
vious year. During the year 222
loans were made totaling $307,500.
The Association has 1,253 share
holders with 21,198 shares of stock
outstanding.
Directors reelected for the com
ing year are: A. S. Bradford, W.
R. Chambers, Mrs. Annie L. Epley,
T. H. Henderson, A. F. Hunt, W. L.
Morris, J. F. Snipes, J. H. Tate and
C. A. Workman. W. S. Shiflet and
Carter Hudgins were elected to
succeed William Treverton and the
late Dr. D. M. Mcintosh, Sr.
Directors reelected the following
officers:
W. L. Morris, president; J. F.
Snipes, vice president; W. R. Cham
bers, attorney; Mrs. Annie L. Ep
ley, secretary-treasurer, and Miss
Doris Hill, assistant secretary
treasurer.