THE MARION PROGRESS
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949 VOLUME 54—No. 7
MARION CITY SCHOOLS
TO OPEN WEDNESDAY
OF NEXT WEEK
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RegtSar SchediAes
Of Classes
To Start Thursday
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"Marion City Schools will open
Wednesday, September 7, at 9 a.
m., H. P. Beam, city superintendent,
said yesterday. The following day
will be the first day of regular sched
ules.
Preliminary plans were made at
a meeting of principals yesterday.
The principals will meet again at
9:30 a= m. Friday with Dr. Henry
Highsmith, director of instructional
service. The meeting will be held in
the office of the City Superinten
dent.
Lunch rooms will be opened next
Monday.
The list of teachers has been an
-nounced as follows:
TEACHER LIST
MARION HIGH SCHOOL: Charl
es C. Elledge, Principal; A. H. Ditt,
^Bernard Hirsch, Mary Frances Har
rill, Mildred E. Glenn, E. L. Carter,
Mrs. Flora S. Homiwood, Mrs. Em
ily English Morris, Miss Catherine
Alley, Mrs. Patty Leake Hewitt,
Betsy Webster, Mrs. Kate Z. Finley,
Mrs. Edith L Davis, Roger Shep
perd, Mary Mills.
- MARION CENTRAL ELEMENT
ARY: Samuel Gibson, Mrs. Ethel B.
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GAME TO BE PLAYED
NEXT SATURDAY
The curtain on professional base
ball will fall in Marion tomorrow
night when the Marauders meet the
Shelby Farmers in the final home
game of the season. On the follow
ing night the Marauders will go to
Shelby to play their last regularly
scheduled game of the season.
Although the Marauders were un
able to pull themselves out of the
second division the club played a
series of excellent games during the
season for the pleasure and enjoy
ment of local baseball fans.
Funeral Rites
For W. R. Wilson
Held Wednesday
William Ransom Wilson, 63, died
unexpectedly Monday morning of a
heart attack at the Drexel Furniture
plant where he was employed.
Funeral services were conducted
in West Court Baptist church at 4
p. m. Wednesday by the pastor, the
Rev. Julius Henline, assisted by the
Rev. Mr. Church, pastor of Cross
Mill Pentecostal church. Burial was
in the family plot in Oak Grove
cemetrey.
He is survived by the wodow,
Mrs. Mattie Lu Sherlin Wilson, and
one sister and two brothers; Mrs.
Minnie Cannon and Robert and Sam
Wilson, all of Pontiac, Mich.
HIGH SCHOOL LOCKERS
TO BE RENTED TUESDAY
Lockers will be rented to students
•of Marion High School on Septemb
er 6, C. C. Elledge, principal, an
nounced yesterday. All high school
students should secure lockers on
that date, he said.
TWO FIRES
The home of Eugene Willis "in
Clinchfield village caught fire last
Sunday. An alarm was sounded Wed
nesday morning, as a precautionary
measure when box cars struck the
Hewitt Hosiery Mill, 'but no fire oc
curred.
Hospital Needs
Reviewed
At Kiwanis
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W. L. Morris, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Marion
General Hospital, and R. W. Proc
tor, member of the Board of Trus
tees of the Marion General Hospital;
were the guest speakers at the regu
lar weekly meeting of the Marion
Kiwanis Club held Tuesday evening
in the community building,
Kiwanian S. J. Westmoreland,
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Superior Court
To Convene
September 5
The Superior term of McDowell
County Superior Court will convene
Monday, September 5, with Judge
J. Will Pless, Jr. presiding. Both
criminal and civil cases appear on
the two weeks docket.
Jurors have been drawn as fol
Week- "
Reid McCurry, Cato Holler, J. L.
Field, J. W. Reece, Frank Edwards,
C. C, Wise, Roy Cline, Pink C. Wil
liams, Walter Goodman, Leroy Ef
fler, Carl Davis, Fred G. Collins, A.
A. Wiseman, Jr., Arthur Holland,
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FREIGHT CARS
DERAILED
STRIKE BUILDING
Two freight cars on the siding a
bove the Southern Railway Express
building coasted down the track
across the road and crashed into the
Hewitt Hosiery Mill building yes
terday morning.
G. W. Sandlin, agent, said the
cars had been parked on the siding
for the night and the incident oc
curred about 7:30 o'clock Wednes
day morning. Cross ties were splint
ered and the pavement on the street
in front of the mill was badly brok
en. The impact knocked a hole in
the corner of the building.
Pasture
Demonstration
September 7
There will be a pasture demon
stration at J. D.. Little and Guy Lit
tle's place in the providence sec
tion, Wednesday, September 7, be
ginning at 1 p. m., and will continue
until the seeding is completed. This
demonstration will include preparing
land, liming, fertilizing and sowing
of seed. The public is invited.
Mrs. Burnette
Has Purchased
Self Service Laundry
Mrs. Virginia Burnette has pur
chased the Self Service Laundry
from John M. Gilkey, according to
announcement by Mrs. Burnette
this week. She will continue to op
erate the business under the same
name and at the same location.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilkey have moved
to Raleigh where the former is en
rolled at N. C. State College for the
comingf term.
ROBIN HOOD, above, will begin
his new duties today as Executive
Vice President of The First Nation
al Bank. He comes to Marion from
Hickory where he has been Cashier
of the Northwestern Bank since
1946. Prior to that time he was
Cashier and Chief Executive Offi
cer of the Bank of Gates for five
years. He succeeds M. L. Campbell,
who resigned last spring on account
of his health.
STREAMS AMD LAKES SWOLLEN
B¥ DOWNPOURS OF RAINS
COUNTY SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN TODAY
FOR FALL TERM
Today is the first day of school
for pupils of the county system.
School buses will follow the same
rounds they made when schools
closed last spring and students will
assemble at their respective schools
at 8:30 o'clock.
N. F. Steppe, county uperinten
dent, estimated that there will be a
ten per cent increase in attendance
this year. Thursday will be given
over to registration, distribution of
books and the usual opening for
malities which will probably be
completed by one o'clock.
Classes will begin Friday. Lunch
rooms will begin serving meals on
Monday, September 5.
1949 Corn Tour
Pronounced Success
MILL OFFICES
ARE ENTERED
FRIDAY MQHT
Two cases of breaking and enter
ing were reported by local mills
this week.
The office of Gross Cotton Mills,
Inc., was said to have been entered
some time Friday night. A window
facing was dented as if some in
strument might have been used to
prize the window open. The dial
combination had been completely
removed from the safe, and the
handle on the safe door forced. Mill
officials said $150 in cash was
missing and bonds and other pa
pers from the safe were strewn on
the floor. D. C. Laughridge, em
ployee of Cross Cotton Mills, re
ported the incident after he entered
the office about 7 a. m. Saturday
morning.
R. W. Twitty, president-treasurer
of the Marion Manufacturing com
pany, reported finding evidence of
breaking and entering at the Mar
ion Manufacturing company office
the same morning. He said a win
dow had been prized open in the
rear of the office building, but no
thing had been reported missing.
The 1949 Corn Tour was the
most educational and most worth
while ever conducted in this coun
ty, S. L. Homewood, county farm
agent, said after the tour last Wed
nesday.
W Hej*omtadout that, jnany. factor.s
enter into the success of a tour, but
the farm agents are primarily con
cerned with the educational phase
of the program.
Henry Cooke, who is engaged
in hybrid research studies at N. C.
State college, accompanied the
group. After traveling through
many corn raising sections of the
state, Cooke was especially pleased
with the demonstrations here and
said some of the best corn fields in
North Carolina are found in Mc
Dowell county.
One local farmer who had not
been especially pleased with hybrids
finally admitted that he was pleas
antly surprised in the demonstra
tions he saw on the tour.
The first step was at Ed Wright's
farm in Turkey Cove where all the
recommended hybrids for McDowell
county are being grown. At this
demonstration those attending the
tour were able to see first hand
the hybrids that looked to be the
best.
During the stops Cooke gave
farmers the opportunity to ask
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Rippers Scrimmage
With Lee Edwards
Tennant In Charge
Of Prescriptions
At Cut Rate Drug
E. A. Tennant, pharmacist, will
begin his duties today at the Mc
Dowll Cut Rate Drug Store where
he will be in charge of the prescrip
tion department, J. E. Evans, own
er, announced.
Tennant has made his home in
Marion for about 12 years and is
well known throughout the county.
September 19
Date Of Calf Show
Monday, September 19 has been
set as the day for the 1949 McDow
ell County Calf Show, S. L. Home
wood, county farm agent, said last
week.
Calves receiving blue ribbons in
the county show will be taken to
Asheville the following day to be
entered in the district contest.
Last Tuesday Coaches Diitt and
Gibson looked up 25 Rippers and
carried them to Asheville where
they worked out against the power
ful Lee Edwards High School for
two hours. Playing ofr a rain-soaked
field which caused many fumbles
and limited the air attack of both
schools, the Rippers gave a fair ac
count of themselves against the
Double A boys.
The Ripper line gave a good ac
count of themselves with the Wil
son brothers, Don and Howard, be
ing the standouts. Big Joe Jenkins
showed he was ready for a good
year. At the ends, Rader, Greene,
and McGalliard repeatedly stopped
the Asheville threats.
In the Ripper backfield, McCall,
Pachett, and Hammett stood out
with Jerry Atkins and Hubert Stan
ton serving notice they were out for
a starting position with their good
play.
On Defense, again it was Atkins
standing out with his vicious tackle,
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Dr. S. V. Lewis, above, begins his
duties as health officer of the Mc
Dowell County Health Department
today. He was formerly a district
officer in the old Burke-Caldwell
McDowell district and returns to
Marion from Windsor where has
has been in charge of Chowan and
Bertie health work.
Miss Steele
Accepts Position
In Pitt County
Miss Jean Steele has tendered her
resignation &s County Heme Demon
stration. Club Agent to become ef
fective September 17. She resigned
to accept a position as Home Dem
onstration Agent of Pitt county
with headquarters in Greenville. The
new position will be a promotion.
Miss Steele came to Marion from
Gastonia and began her duties here
February 1, 1939. She had formerly
been engaged in Adult Vocational
Home Economics work.
Telephone Company
Extending Lines
The Carolina Mountain Tele
phone company is extending lines
into West Marion, East Marion and
rural areas along Rutherford road,
J. H. Crisp, manager, s.aid this week.
He also said the company expects
to be extending lines into Nebo by
early January.
Crisp said no further develop
ments have been made in the dial
system. He said the company is mak
ing every effort to bring the dial
system here, but no definite state
ment could be made at the present
time as to the date installation of
dial machinery will begin.
Rotary Program
Features Study
Of Pastures
"Improvement of Pastures" was
the subject of study at the lunch
eon meeting of the Rotary club last
Friday.
S. L. Homewood, county farm
agent, Dr. W. W. Woodhouse and
Dr. Allison, of the N. C. Extension
Service, presented move slides of
the latest methods of increasing pas
tures explaining the processes as
they were shown.
John McAllister, of Spartan
burg, was a visiting Rotarian.
F. 0. C. Fletcher, of Asheville,
was the guest of R. M. Dark, Fred
J. Seaver, guest of Albert Hewitt,
and Andrew Tainter, III, guest of
D. W. Tainter.
OLD FORT WATER LINES
BEING EXTENDED
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Old Fort water department crews
today began an ambitious program
to improve and extend the city's
water lines. New pipes were to be
laid in the Catawba street extension
and excavation for a new line north
of Spring street was started.
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DEBRIS IN STREAMS
CAUSES SHORTAGE
IN WATER SUPPLY
Heavy rains which have soaked .
this section at intermittent periods
throughout the month of August,
came to a climax last Sunday. Lakes,
rivers and creeks were swollen be
yond their banks. By early after
noon Mackey's Creek and Clear
Creek were flowing across highway
70, the Catawba river 'had risen to
the top of the arches underneath the
bridge and bottom lands bordering
"Morgan stretch" were flooded.
Later in the afternoon the water
poured across the highway.
When the sun came out in late af
ternoon, crowds flocked to lakes
and streams to see the high waters.
Lake James gushed over the spill
way in heavy torrents. In the delta
blow the spillway, water poured
through the tops of trees. One tree
had grown up through cracks in the
:oncrete of the spillway but held
its branches erect above the foam.
I nke Tahoma, too, was filled to
••ar-city and water flowed over the
spillway.
WATER SUPPLY
Mackey's Creek and Clear Creek,
sources of supply for the Marion
water reservoir, were obstructed by
the boulders and logs in the stream.
When a shortage became apparent
in the reservoir, an investigation
showed a lo£ had knocked out a.
joint of pipe wbieh c a rft'e d
the water from the stream to the
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PTA EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE PLANS
FOR COMING YEAR *
The Executive committee of the
Marion Parent-Teacher association -
met Monday to make plans for the
coming year.
H. F. Beam, superintendent Mar
ion City Schools, discussed teacher
allotments and current conditions,
pointing out that one additional
teacher is necessary. He said ap
proximately $2,200 must be raised
through local donations to supply
an additional teacher.
The Board voted to raise this a
mount and a committee composed
of men will be appointed by Mrs. S.
W. Blanton, president, to solicit
funds.
The Executive Committee and
teachers will have a picnic at thef
Marion Lake club at four o'clock,
September 7.
Old Fort Group
Urges Paving
Bat Cove Road
A group of Old Fort and Mc
Dowell county residents, headed by
Mayor Ashby Robinson of Old Fort,
have endorsed the early paving of >
the road between Old Fort and Bat
Cove.
In a petition to the State High
way and Public Works Commission, '
the group called for improvement1
of the highway as the "only direct
approach for tourist travel from ,
Eastern North Carolina and all of
South Carolina to Mt. Mitchell.
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