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, OCTOBER 13, 1949 " VOLUME 54 No. 13 Concord Presbytery Held Here Tuesday 1 John Hawes,- elder, of Lenoir, was elected moderator of the Con cord Presbytery for a three months term at the meeting of the Presby tery held at Landis Memorial Church Tuesday. He succeeds J. C. Harper of Lenoir. Rev. J. D. Stimson was named temporary clerk. Rev. A. A. McLean, of Lenoir, delivered the sermon to about 100 representatives composed of minis ters and elders. Rev. Robert Turn er presented movie films of Home Mission churches and manses now feeing built. James A. Sloan t elder of Thy atira church near Salisbury, presi dent of the Men of the Presbytery, made a talk urging that as many as possible of the men" attend the meet ing of all men of the Southern Pres byterian Church to be held in At lanta, November 4-5. Rev. Robert Turner made a talk orging churches ' to lay particular stress on mission work arid evangel ical work. Announcement was made that Landis church has purchased a res idence on U. S. highway 221, about one-quarter of a mile from the church to be used as a manse. Rev. J. E. Flowe announced that lie closed a meeting at Landis church last Sunday arid '14 new members were received, five by let ter and nine on profession of faith. A bountiful dinner was served on the lawn at noon with the Landis ladies being assisted by the ladies of Conley Memorial and the First Presbyterian church of Marion. Beaver Resigns i4s Principal Of Hudgins School F. M. Beaver tendered his resig nation as principal of Hudgins Col ored School this week, according .to a statement by H. F. Beam, super intendent of Marion City Schools. Beam said the letter of resigna tion stated that it was to become ef fective immediately upon the ap pointment of his successor. The let ter further stated: "in the .mean time I find it necessary to be ab sent because of the serious illness of my wife." Beaver left Marion last week and to date no one has been named to succeed him in the position of principal. Miss Elsie Garrett accepts her duties next week as Home Demon stration Agent of this county. A na tive of Ellijoy, Ga., she comes to Marion from Cedartown, Polk County, Ga., where she has been agent since May. She succeeds Miss Jean Steele who is now Agent in Pitt county. Polio Committee Grant A Loan To Orthopedic Home The McDowell County Infantile Paralysis committee made a loan of $4,000 to the Asheville Othopedic Home at a meeting held Monday afternoon in the court house, j Mrs. Retha F. Fullam, superin tendent of the Asheville Orthopedic Home, and Miss Pauline Powell, as sistant superintendent, met with the group to explain the financial needs of the Home and ask that a loan be made. Mrs.' Fullam said the epidemic during the past summer had a heavy burden on funds of the National Foundation and the amount available to the Home at the present time is not adequate to meet the needs. It was stated that the money to be advanced would be credited to the local chapter to be applied on bills of local patients as the needs arise. HOME AGENTS ATTENDING MEET Miss Elsie Garrett, county home dmonstration agent, and Miss Ruby Lee Kiser, assistant agent, are at tending a meeting of the newly formed Southwestern District of Home Demonstration clubs in Char lotte on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Marauder Playing Manager Named For 1950 Season Employ Handicapped Theme Of Address At Rotary Meet National Employ the Handicap ped Week was the subject of an ad dress presented by Rev. J. B. Mc Larty at the weekly luncheon meet ing of the Rotary club last Friday. The program was under the direc tion of David Gray, chairman of programs for this month. R. C. Spratt reported on a meet ing of civic club representatives lield last Saturday in the interest of the Teen-Age - club. The Board of Directors was instructed to re "view the facts at its meeting Tues day and make recommendations at the Rotary meeting next Friday. Alvin Rader was the high school honor student of the month. Visiting Rotarians were Glenn James of Spindale, John Boyd and Rhom Sparks of Spruce Pine. Pleasant Gardens PTA To Meet. The Pleasant Gardens Parent Teacher association will meet Thursday night, October 20, at 7:30 o'clock. The glee club will be in ^charge of the program. The Marion Recreation club nam ed Russell L. (Red) Mincy playing manager for the 1950 season, at a meeting held Tuesday afternoon in the city hall. Mincy played last year witl* the Douglas Georgia team in the Geor gia State League and the previous season was manager of the Lincoln Cardinals. He was born in Catawba coonty and spent N most of his life in Lincoln county. He is 30 years of age, single and will assume his duties here in March. He started his pro-ball career in' Huntington, West Virginia as a member of the Mountain State Lea gue in 1938. In 1939 he played with the Virginia State League at Roan oke; in 1940 with Tarboro Coastal Plane League; 1949 Southwestern League, Jackson, Miss.; 1942 Vir ginia League, Staunton, Virginia. The years '43 and '45 were spent in the Navy where he played ball with the Norfolk, Virginia Naval Air Station working under Andy Pilney, well known Notre Dame player. In 1946 he was released from the Navy and "went to Kings port where he played with the Ap palachian State League leading the hitting of the League at 396. In 1947 he was with JLnoxville Tri State League. Community Council Will Meet Monday The Marion Community Council will hold its quarterly meeting at 8 p. m., Monday, October 17, in the American Legion room at the com munity building, Mrs. R. R. Cook, prescient, announced this week. Reports will be heard from club representatives on club activities and there will also be a report from the project committee chairman. ONE POLIO CASE The McDowell County Health De partment announced one case of polio reported in the county. C. L. Brown, Jr., ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brown, Sr., of Old Fort, is a patient at the Asheville Orthopedic Home. Wildlife Club To Meet Monday The McDowell County Wildlife club will meet at 7:30 o'clock, Mon day night, in the court house, Joe Blalock, president, announced this week. Election of officers will be held and all members are urged to be | present. COURT OF HONOR The McDowell County Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held at 7:30 o'clock, Friday, October 14, at the i First Methodist church, it is an | nounced. Chambers Reelected Moderator Of Blue Ridge Association VFW Convention Will Be Held Here Next Sunday The Sixteenth District Conven tion Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held in Marion Sunday, October 16, at two o'clock in the Hut of Mount Mitchell Post 2865 on Mc Dowell street, C. B. Landis, District Commander, announced this week. William S. Humphries, of Ral eigh, North Carolina Department Commander of VFW, will be the principal speaker. Landis asks that local police, garage and filling station operator^ aid in directing out of town mem bers to turn east at the court house and go four blocks to the Oldsmo bile garage, turn left for one block, then right, and proceed to the first street on the left which leads to the building. McDowell Included In Paving Program Of 9th Highway Division Funeral Rites For A. H. Mitchem Held Tuesday I Funeral services for Archie Hill i Mitchem, 63, well-known Marion re sident who died Monday in an Ashe ville hospital, were held Tuesday at 4 p. m. in the First Baptist church i here. ! The Rev. M. 0. Owens, Jr., and | the Rev. Julius Henline officiated and burial was in the church ceme tery. Masons had charge of grave side rites. Mitchem was born in Gaston county, the son of the late Luther and Gabrilla Flowers Mitchem. He came here in 1921 and had been en | gaged in the insurance business | since that time. | H was a Mason and a member | of the Kiwanis Club and the First j Baptist church. Pallbearers were: J. C. McKin ney, Joe Pyatt, V. T. Eckerd, N. F. Steppe, E. W. Parker and Gus Wat kins.. Surviving are the widow; one son, James L. of Newpo^rt News, Va., | two daughters, the Misses Grace land Mickey, both of Marion; a bro 1ther, Harvey of Bessemer City; two' .sisters, Mrs. A. J. Greer of Besse mer City and Mrs. Bob Bellinger of Gastonia and one grandchild. ■ '■ Raleigh, October 11—The State Highway Commission today an nounced a 297.6-mile paving pro gram for rural roads in the ten counties of the Ninth Highway Di vision. Joseph Graham of Lincoln coun ty, Division Commissioner, said the county road projects listed consti tute the first phase of the $200, 000,000 bond issue program in his area. The Ninth Division includes Alexander, Burke, Catawba, Cleve land, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mc Dowell, Polk and Rutherford coun ties. The program scheduled antici pates using approximately one fourth of the Division's share of the bond money to build 255.9 mil es of roads and regular federal aid secondary road funds to construct another 41.7 miles. In addition, about $1,540,000 of the $4,602,150 bond money allotment will be de voted to stabilization work in the Division. . Paving mileage allotted to the ten counties was listed as follows: Alexander, 16.1; Burke, 27.3; Catawba, 35.6; Cleveland, 41.6; Gaston, 34.5; Iredell, 45.96 Lin coln, 22.7; McDowell, 20.1; Polk, 17.8; and Rutherford, 36.0. Commissioner Graham said no priority schedule has been set for building the various roads listed. Work is already underway, but many of the projects will not be started until next spring. Since a portion of the Ninth Division lies in mountainous area, engineers will (Continued on page foul') Symphony Orchestra Drive Launched Here Last Monday Two Building Permits Issued This Week The Town of Marion issued the following building permits this week: R. L. Phillips for construction of a block and shingle garage apart ment containing three rooms, a hall and bath. Cost was estimated at $2750. ^ First Baptist church issued per mit for a brick educational build ]ing. Estimated cost $70,000. LEGION MEETING The American Region transacted routine vbusiness at its regular meet ing Tuesday evening and discussed the building. No action was taken on measure discussed. The 1949 North Carolina ^Sym phony Orchestra drive was launch ed at a meeting held Monday after noon in the Marion . High School auditorium. A goal of $750 or from 350 to 400 memberships was set. Members hope to complete the canvass within the next few days. Mrs. E. W. Parker, Jr., symphony chairman, explained that the Mar ion drive will provide funds to bring the North Carolina Symphony un der the direction of Benjamin Swa lin back to Marion for concerts next season. Mrs. Parker said when a person takes out a membership in the Symphony Society he is not only providing several evenings of musi cal enjoyment for himself, but also he is helping to finance free con (Continued on last page) W. R. CHAMBERS Baucom Addresses CROP Membership Officers Elected The plans for CROP, Christian Rural Overseas Program, were car ried forward in a meeting at Mar ion on Monday morning. Rev. H. W. Ba,ucom, Baptist minister, and State Director of CROP came from Durham to help in the organization. Rev. Baucom made plain the need for rural Amrica to do something to help the underprivileged in the world. He said that according to his figures there are 14,000,000 in Eu rope who have been torn off the land where they lived for perhaps two or three generations and must now depend upon help. He said it is both Christian and American to (Continued on last page) Kiwanis Speaker Appeals For Aid For The Blind Gene Cole, interviewer for the State Commission for the Blind, was speaker at the meeting of the Marion Kiwanis club Tuesday night. He outlined his duties speaking par ticularly of his work in finding per sons with defective eyesight and aiding theim in obtaining glasses or whatever treatment is necessary. He encouraged Kiwanians to spon sor work with the blind and aid wherever needed. The speaker was presented by R. W. Twitty, program director for the month. Sheriff And Police Chief Attending Meet Sheriff C. M. Pool and Chief of Police D. W. Smith are attending a meeting of law enforcement offic ools who were invited to Raleigh to confer with Governor Scott and State ABC Chairman Robert W. Winston about enforcement of pro hibition laws. Letters of invitation went out early this month from Scott's office to 100 sheriffs, about 30 chief ABC enforcement officers and several hundred police chiefs. Bray To Preach Dr. B. F. Bray will be guest speaker at both the morning and evening services at the First Bap tist church of Wadesboro Sunday, October 16. The church is celebrating its Cen tennial Anniversary and these ser vices held by Dr. Bray will high light the celebration. Dr. Bray is a former pastor of the church and it was during his pastorate that the present modern structure was erected. Otheir Officers Elected At Session Tuesday; Meet to End Wednesday W. R. Chambers was reelected Moderator of the Blue Ridge Bap Baptist association at the 21st an nual fall session which opened here Tuesday. Other officers elected are: Rev. Carson Brittain, vice moderator; Rev. C. C. Cross, clerk; Miss Doris Hill, treasurer; Rev. L. G. Redding, historian, and Rev. M. O. Owens, Jr., promotion chairman. Attendance on opening day was estimated at 500 with 34 of the 35 churches in the Association having representatives present. J. D. Fraley, of Mills Home, Thomasville, presented a report on the work and needs of the Orphan age. Dr. Phil Elliott, president of Gardner-Webb College, Boiling Springs, told of the growth and program of the school and the need for further development of the re ligious school there. P.ev. Millard Hall, pastor Chapel Hill church, delivered a sermon "Follow Thou Me". E. L. Spivey, representative for the State work in the cooperative program, told of the different phas es of the work in North Carolina and the need for cooperative funds to carry on the work. The meeting was scheduled to continue through Wednesday. C. C. ELLEDGE NAMED PRESIDENT OF NEW CLUB > C. C. Elledge was elected presi dent of a Schoolmasters Club at the organizational meeting held at Sun set Restaurant Tuesday evening. Other officers elected were:. Richard Shaw, vice president; Har ry Swofford, secretary-treaurer. N. F. Steppe made an address and plans were discussed for programs. A motion was carried to hold meet ings the first Monday in each mon th at the Home Economics depart ments. The next meeting will be held at 7 p. m., November 7, at Ma rion Central School. The Club is an -organization for male members of the Marion City and McDowell County School Sy stems to aid them in growing pro fessionably, enable members to be come better acquainted and share problems. School Teacher Will Face Charge Of An Assault A preliminary hearing is sched- • uled Saturday for W. J. Cay, Old Fort school teacher, Sheriff C. M. Pool said yesterday. He will face charges of "assault on Frank Lavender, a boy 13 years of age, with a deadly weapon to wit a leather strap," the warrant stated. The hearing will be held be fore J. M. Snoddy, justice of the' peace. No arrest was made. McDonald Victim Of Plane Crash John Bill McDonald, 35, of Greeneville, Tenn., nephew of Mrs. J. E. Neal and Mrs. J. Q. Gilkey of Marion, was a victim of the C-47 plane crash on Mt. Mitchell last week. Funeral services were held at the Andrew Johnson Memorial ceme tery in Greeneville, with military rites. He is survived by his wife, his mother and two sisters. ATTENDS MEETING Mrs. Ann Hawkins, executive se cretary of the McDowell County Chapter American Red Cross, at tended a meeting of Red Cross, workrs in Asheville Tuesday.

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view