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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, JUNE 16, 1949 VOLUME 53—Nt». 48 Funds Appropriated For Maintenance Of Marion Streets Marion's share of the funds allot ted for maintaining streets is $23,618, according to announce ment from the State Highway Com mission. A total of $2,500,000 was appro priated for the next fiscal year to municipalities throughout the state for maintaining streets. The muni cipal fund was increased by the 1949 General Assembly from $1, 000,000 a year to $2,500,000 a year for the 1949-51 biennium. The allocations ranged from $46 to the Town of Jupiter to $128,200 to the City of Charlotte. The di vision was on the basis of popula tion, state highway mileage, and highway engineer's recommenda tions. State law requires that the muni cipal fund shall be spent first on streets within cities and towns which form a part of the state high way system, and second on streets which form "important connecting links" to the state highway system, or the county highway system, or farm to market roads. Morris Appointed Area Chairman Of Auto Dealers R. Jack Morris, local Dodge-Ply mouth dealer, has been appointed Area Chairman Tor the National Automobile Dealers Association to stimulate active participation in the Association's national programs throughout McDowell county. Morris was selected as Area Chairman by a committee of the National Association and NCADA officials. The appointment was an nounced by P. L. Abernethy of Charlotte, Director of NADA for North Carolina, and M. Brack Wil son. of Smithfield, President of the State Association. NADA is the largest retail trade association in the country with a membership of more than 14,000 new automobile and new truck deal ers. The national organization is widely known for its sponsorship of highway safety and other public in terest programs and its policy of supporting the highest standards and ethics of retail automobile merchandise. MEMORIAL SERVICES AT GLENWOOD The annual Glenwood Communi ty Memorial Services were held last Sunday and officers for the coming year were elected as follows: Herman Anderson, president; 1 Monroe Marlowe, vice president; < Mrs. Floyd Mode, secretary-treas- ] urer. Other members of the Mem- i orial committee will be appointed*; later. Retiring officers and committee members are: Cecil Rayburn, presi dent; Mrs. Frank Mode, secretary treasurer; Miss Charlene Hemphill, Mrs. Fred Morris, Mrs. William j ' Thompson and Herman Anderson. Cecil Rayburn, president of the j Memorial committee, presided over the business session. Program The Day's program began at the cemetery with the Glenwood Wood men of the World in charge. The Rev. S. M. Hargett of Ruth-: erfordton gave a talk. Taking parti also on the program were the Rev. Clyde Greene of Rutherfordton and W. P. Whitesides, principal of Glenwood School. Clyde Rayburn J gave the W. O. W. ritual and Cecil i Rayburn the welcome. j Everyone assembled at the Meth- • (Continued on last page) BOYSii HONOR COURT HELD FRIDAY I The McDowell County Boy Scout' Court of Honor was held in the First Methodist church Friday night, J. H. Beaman acted as exe cutive in the absence of R.- M. Schiele, Rev. J. B. McLarty pre sided. Advancements were made as fol lows: ) Tenderfoot: Harold Noblitt, troop; 3, Marion. j Second class: Harlos Moore, Clyde! Lonon, Jr., Max Duncan, troop 4,! Marion; Chucky Smith, troop 6,; Marion. First class: Ray McCurry and (Continued on last page) Marion Grad, 86, Was First To Arrive And Last To Leave At UNC Graduation Reunion Miss Irene Clark Accepts Position In Transylvania Miss Irene Clark, public health nurse of McDowell county, has ac cepted a position with the Hender sonyiHe/Transylvania Health Unit. She will assume her duties there ■July 1. Miss Clark came to Marion in Oc tober, 19)45 soon after the McDow ell-Burke-Caldwell Unit was estab lished. MARAUDER SCHEDULE Tonight—Lincolnton in Mar ion. Friday—Marion at Newton. Saturday—Newton in Marion. Monday—Marion at Hender sonville. Tuesday — Hendersonville in Marion. Wednesday—Marion at Ruth erf ordton. Thursday, June 23, Ruther fordton in Marion. i Chapel Hill, June 11—The Uni versity of North Carolina "old grad" who was the first to arrive for this week's Commencement re unions was the last to leave. He was Robert L. Greenlee, 86 year-old retired1 civil engineer of Marion, Unfortunately, Greenlee got to take part in only a few of the reunion festivities which featured a! meeting of the "Old ' Students' Club." On Saturday ipiight he sprain ed his knee in a fall and had to spend four days in the infirmary while physicians "baked" his knee. "I surely hated to miss seeing all the folks," said Greenlee as he was leaving for his home three days af ter Commencement. "I always like to get in the midst of any excite ment." j The fact of the matter was that! Alumnus Greenlee was himself a j ; center of much attention during the! finals. While the scheduled" events j of the regular program were in pro- j gress, he was entertaining the nurs- j es and physicians of the infirmary staff as well as other persons visit ed him with tall' tales of the "good old days." To express his own en joyment of his "hospitalized Com (Continued on la&t page) NAMED TRUSTEE W. P. Elliott is one of five new nembers to the board of trustees >f the State School for the Deaf at Horganton appointed Monday by jovernor Kerr Scott. He succeeds tV. L. Morris. The appointment is \>r four years ending April 1, 1953. K1WANIS CLUB OBSERVES LADIES' NIGHT The Marion Kiwanis club observ ed Ladies' Night at its meeting in the community building Tuesday evening. Roy W. Davis, president, presided.. Additional guests includ ed members of the Francis Marion, Rotary and Civitan clubs. H. F. Beam; past lieutenant gov. ernor of division one of the Caroli nas district, addressed the club on the principl s, and ideals of Kiwanis, pointing out that the Kiwanis club is essentially a service organization with particular empha sis on youth work, support of churches, development of agricul ture and combatting communism and subversive organizations. Highlighting the address was the presentation of a Legion of Honor to Kiwanian J. G. Beaman who has held membership in the Kiwanis club (Continued on last page) Church Officials Entreat Town Council Concerning Sunday Baseball McLean Truck And Trailer Overturn A McLean Trucking company truck and trailer overturned on a curve of highway 70 about five niles east of Marion last Friday. The accident occurred about 2:15 3. m. Arnold A. Noah, of route 2, VIt. Airy, driver of the truck, was ;reated at the Marion General Hos >ital for minor cuts and dismissed oon afterwards. The site of the accident was the :urve near the Stacy home. Archie Burrell, state highway patrolman tvho investigated, said the truck overturned and the fan belt caught fire. He summoned Marion fii*eman vho arrived within a few minutes ind extinguished the blaze. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued by the Town of Marion this week to: The Marion Amusement company for the Construction of a brick, composition building on the corner of Court and Garden streets. Esti mated cost $50,000. R. F McCoy for building a frame, composition dwelling between Geor gia and Carolina avenues. Estimat ed cost $3,000. NEW PLUMBING SHOP R. C. Jones of West Palm Beach, Fla., announces the opening of a new plumbing and heating shop at 12 East Hendeison street on Mon day, June 19, offering complete plumbing and installations. The Session of the First Presby terian Church in a formal resolu tion signed by the Clerk of Session and the Pastor and addressed to the Town Council explained their stand against Sunday Baseball. The petition indicated that the First Presbyterian Church in par ticular would be restricted in her worship and activities on the Lord's Day if public baeball games should be played on the lot adjoining her premises. In referring to her cen tury-old heritage of being free to plan any kind of church activity on Sunday at any hour of the day, the resolution indicated that the of ficers felt deeply their responsibil ity in seeking to maintain this her itage, and that any abridgement of restriction of the church's ancient privilege of planning any sei*vice any time on Sunday without disturb ance and without the necessity of consultation or adjustment with outside secular agencies would a mount to trespass against a sacred institution. The Presbyterian leaders also ex pressed the conviction that the wel fare of other churches in Marion (Continued on last page) Miss Yancey Leaves For Europe Miss Virginia Yancey will leave for New York Friday of this, week where she will sail for Europe. She will accompany a party of friends on a two months tour of European countries. HEADED FOR BOYS' STATE McDowell youths selected to attend Boys' State in Chapel Hill this week were snapped just before boarding the bus last Sunday. Reading left to right they are: Front row: James Arthur Mask, East Marion; James Dennis Ayers, Cross Mill; William Gene Watson, Nebo, William C. Wiseman, Pleasant Gardens. Row Two: Johnny Burgin, West Marion; Roy Webster Wilson, Marion; James Lawton Haney, Glenwood; Kenneth Eugene Cannon, Clinchfield; Willard Charles Huskins, North Cove. Back Row: Roy W. Davis, president Marion Kiwanis club; Mrs. Wayne Butties, Marion Parent-Teacher assn.; T. L. Richie, assistant superintend snt Marion Manufacturing Co.; C. M. Steppe, chairman Boys' State, Mc Dowell Post 56; Watson Wilson, commander McDowell Post 56; Cecil Dobson, deputy vice commander fifth division. 0 Superior Court Opened Monday Large Number Of Cases Scheduled Docket Composed Of Varied Charges The court room was crowded to capacity when the June term of Su perior Court convened here Monday with one of the largest dockets ever scheduled. Judge Z. V. Nettles is presiding over this term. Monday's session was given over to the cases pleading guilty. No murder cases were scheduled for this term, but several assault with deadly weapon charges are scheduled for trial. A list of cases tried ^Monday and part of Tuesday's docket are listed as follows: Jack Buckner plead guilty to speeding. Prayer for judgment was continued two years upon payment of costs. John Michaux, non-sup port, prayer for judgment continu ed two years upon condition that the defendant pay $300 into the office of the Clerk. Willard Greene plead guilty to driving a motor vehcle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and was fined $100 and costs and his driver's license revoked. Wayne Wright plead guilty to reckless driving. Prayer for judgment was continued for two years upon pay King David Wilson plead guilty to driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and was fined $100 and costs and his driver's li cense revoked. Alvin Wood plead guilty to driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor was hfined ' 100 and costs and his driv er's licence revoked. Donald Trantham plead guilty to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. Prayer for judg ment wa3 continued on payment of costs. Emery Williams plead guilty to operating a motor vehicle with out driver's license. Prayer for judgment continued on payment of costs. Bobby Goree plead guilty to speeding and was fined $25 and costs. Ralph Biggs plead guilty to a worthless check charge and was sentenced to four months on the roads; sentence suspended for three years on condition of good be havior, that he follow a useful and gainful occupation and pay costs of i?tion. Grady Earley plead guilty to speeding; prayer for judgment con tinued two years upon payment of costs. Frederick Lee Oliver plead guilty to speeding on two counts %and was fined $100 and costs. Adam E. Walser plead guilty to speeding and was fined $25 and costs. Walter Burgin plead guilty to driving a farm tractor while un der influence of intoxicating liquor and was fined $100 and costs and his driver's license revoked for 12 months. George L. Parris plead guilty to driving without license and was fined $10 and costs. Albert Mc Crackem plead guilty to speeding and was fined $25 and costs. B. V. Lawing plead nole conterdere to assault on Burgin Wilkerson; pray er for judgment continued two years upon payment of costs. In the case of the State vs. Law rence Edwards charging assault on a female the State takes nol pros without leave. Lawrence plead guil ty to breaking jail and sen '.meed to six months on the roads, begin ning at the time he was incarcerat ed upon the charge when brought back to jail. Z. W. Webb, bad check, prayer for judgment continued upon pay ment of $140 now and the balance within ten days. C. W. Costner plead guilty to speeding; prayer for judg ment continued on payment of the costs. Lawrence J. Gardner plead guil ty to driving without operators li cense. Prayer for judgment was continued two years upon payment of costs. Jack Young Gardin plead guilty to speeding; prayer for judgment continued two years upon payment of costs. Jack Harding„plead guilty to assault on a female (his wife) and was sentenced to 18 months 01*. the roads. Reginald R. Cloy plead guilty to- -1 operating a car under the, influence of liquor and was fined $100 and costs and his driver's license revok ed. Robert E. Collins plead guilty to abandonment and non support of his wife and child and was sen tenced to 24 months on the roads. Homer Lewis plead guilty to op erating a motor vehcle while under the influence of liquor and was sen tenced to four months on the roads, and his driver's license revoked for 12 months. Fred Dalton and H. D. Hayes plead nolo contendere to selling il legal anti-freeze. A verdict of not guilty was rendered. Theodore Banks plead guilty to operating a car without without operator's li cense. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of the costs. John Johnson Saunders plead guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor and was fined $100 and costs and his driver's license revoked for 12 months. Roy Gibbs plead guilty to possession of 11 gallons non tax paid liquor and was sentenced to six months on the roads; sentence suspended on condition of good be havior and on condition that he not violate the criminal laws of North. Carolina, not use or handle intox icating liquors and pay fine of $250 -and costs. John W. Riddle, abandonment^' and non-support of wife and child ren. Prayer for judgment continued, two years on condition that he live with and support his wife and chil dren and pay costs. Frank Cranfprd plead guilty to assault on his wife. Prayer for judg ment continued on condition that^ he keep peace with his family and be of good behavior and pay costs. Helen McMahan Tilson plead guil ty to violating liquor laws and was fined $25 and costs. Colleen Painter Gilliland pleaJ guilty to no operator's license; prayer for judgment was continued on payment of costs. Lyda Edwards plead guilty to reckless driving and was fined $25 and costs. Zebulon W. Wall plead guilty to driving a motor vehicle while under the in fluence of liquor and was fined $100 and costs and his driver's li cense revoked for 12 months. Austin S. Knighton plead guilty to reckless driving and was fined $50. Albert Johnson plead guiltjr to larceny of automobiles. The de fendant was under 16 years of age and was transferred to juvenile court. Hoyt Johnson plead guilty to larceny of automobiles and was sentenced to not less than one or more than two years in State Pris on, Raleigh, and court ordered that defendant be committed to prison camp for juvenile offenders, de fendant being 18 years of age and this his first offense. James Henry Clontz plead guil ty to forcible trespass and was sen tenced to 18 months on the roads, suspended on condition that he pay costs and be of good character Bill Souther, non support, continu ed until September term of Super ior Court. Charles Jackson plead guilty to manufacturing illegal liq uor and sentenced to six months on. the roads. Robert Gilley plead guilty to giv (Continued on last page) LEAGUE STANDINGS '! 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