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, NOVEMBER 10, 1949 VOLUME 54 No. 17
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
ADOPT ZONING ORDINANCE
Plan Will Provide
For Uniform Growth
Of Town Of Marion
The Board of Aldermen in ses
sion Tuesday night adopted a zon
ing ordinance creating and setting
up a zoning commission as the first
step in zoning the Town of Mar
ion. The commission will be ap
pointed by the Board.
The purpose of the plan is to pro
vide for a uniform growth of the
Town, limiting the building of
business and industrial establish
ments in the area designated for
that purpose.
A tract of 25 acres of Mackey's
"Creek was purchased to be used in
connection with the water system.
The Town pipe line crosses this
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CHRISTMAS SEAL
CAMPAIGN PLANS
ARE UNDERWAY
The annual sale of tuberculosis
Christmas Seals will be a project of
the Marion Junior Women's club
this year with Mrs. Edna Earle
Sancell as chairman. The seals will
be mailed out November 21 and a
goal of $1,250 has been set for
this year's campaign.
Objectives have bteen outlined
as follows:
Rehabilitation of local arrested
tuberculars.
Diagnostic x-ray and examina
tions. s
Providing lunches for 15. child- <
ren of endignant tubercular par- ^
ents. <
Purchases of a developing tank
and film cassetts for the county 1
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Driver Jailed
On Three Charges
After Collision
Boyce D. Biddix is being held un
der $750 bond in McDowell county
jail on charges of reckless driving,
drunken driving and hit and run
driving following an automobile
collision Sunday, Sheriff C. M.
Pool said this morning.
He gave the following account of
the incident: Mr. and Mrs. L. T.
Williams of Dayton Mills, S. C.,
riding in a '49 Mercury driven by
their son, were headed northwest
on the Buck Creek road when the
incident occurred. They reported
the collision to occupants of a pass
ing car asking that they notify the
Sheriff and inform him that the
other car involved did not stop. The
only injuries reported were bruises
on the elder Mr. Williams' fore
head.
Inquiring at a nearby service sta
tion for information regarding the
automobile driven by Biddix, as
described to him, he encountered
two men, W. G. Slope and Fred
Nichols who told him Biddix engag
ed in a fight with them prior to the
collision. Nichol's hand was cut.
Pool located the '38 Pontiac,
driven by Biddix, and made arrest
soon afterwards. The auto mishap
occurred about 4 p. m.
Cay Acquitted
Of ADW Charge
In a hearing this morning before
J. M. Snoddy, justice of the peace,
of W. J. Cay vs. Frank Lavender
charging assault with a deadly
weapon, a verdict of "no probable
cause," was returned.
W. J. Cay, teacher in the Old
Fort school, faced a charge of as
sault with deadly weapon to wit a
leather strap on Frank Lavender, a
13 year old school boy who was a
pupil in his school room.
COURT OF HONOR
The Boy Scout Court of Honor
will be held at First Methodist
church, 7:30 p. m., Friday, Novem
ber 11, it announced. There will be
a training course and supperette at
5:30 o'clock for leaders.
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Assistant Pastor
W —
William N. Bolton, son of Mrs.
J. W. Bolton of Marion has been as
sistant pastor of the Church of the
Messiah, Episcopal in Murphy for
the past several months and recent
ly in addition to his work there, was
made assistant pastor of the Chapel
of the Holy Comforter, in Andrews.
Kiwanis Club
To Have Minstrel
November 18-19
The Marion Kiwanis club will
ponsor the annual Minstrel Show
m November 18-19 and proceeds
nil be used for the benefit of un
lerprivileged children.
The presentation will be given in
he Marion High School auditorium
beginning at eight o'clock. The pro
gram will include a full chorus and
i jug band.
Baptist Ministers
To Attend Convention
Among the Baptist ministers in
this county who plan to attend the
Baptist State Convention in Raleigh
next week are: Rev. M. 0. Owens,
First Church, Marion; Rev. C. C.
Cross, East Marion; Rev. Paul Stok
es, Clinchfield; Rev. John Hicks,
Old Fort; Rev. John Crouch, Nebo;
Rev. C. C. Parker and Rev. Carl
McKinney. The Pastor's Conference
will be held Monday afternoon and
the Convention will open Tuesday
and continue until Thursday noon.
Deacons Vote
For Kindergarten
Deacons of the First Baptist
church voted last Sunday to open
a kindergarten as soon as feasible.
Rev. M. 0. Owens, pastor, said at
least one full-time worker will be
employed and possibly more later
on. The course will be open to all
children of the community. Further
details of the plan are incomplete.
Youth Rally
To Be Held
At East Marion
There will be a youth rally at the
East Marion Elementary School on
Saturday, November 12, at 7:30 p.
m. This rally is sponsored by the
Pentecostal Holiness Youth Society
of the East Marion Pentecostal
Holiness church. A three act com
edy will be presented. This play
'Chintz Cottage" is approximately
two hours in length.
A special invitation is extended
to the churches of the community.
Everyone, young and old, is invited
to attend this rally!
SHERIFF POOL
RAIDS STILL
Sheriff C. M. Pool raided his
152nd still Wednesday afternoon
of last week. The 50-gallon steam
outfit had not made a run for a
bout a month. It was located in the
Cross Mill community.
MRS. WILLIAMS
WILL ADDRESS
JUNIOR WOMEN
Members of the Marion Junior
Womans club are asked for special
attention to be paid to the meeting
of the club to be held Tuesday eve
ning November 15, at 8 o'clock in
the club room in the community
building.
Several items of especial inter
est to the club will be discussed
during the business session and
Mrs. Garland Williams will speak
on "Education," under the depart
ment of Education.
All Junior Women are urged to
attend this meeting by Mrs. P. T.
Hollis, prsident.
READ The display ads contest
STARTS IN PROGRESS T1S WEEK
Pleasant Gardens
P. T. A. To Meet
The Pleasant Gardens Parent
Teacher association will meet at
7:30 o'clock, Thursday night, Mrs.
Locke Tate, publicity chairman,
announced this week. There will
also be a Christmas bazaar at this
meeting.
Lockhart Tenders Resignation
At Commissioners Meeting
Resigned
C. H. Lockhart Jias resigned his
position as assistant County Farm
Agent to become effective Decem
ber 1.
Atkins Bros.
Grocery Opened
Atkins Bros. Grocery, a new
store on Rutherford road, was op
en this week by Clarence Atkins
and L. D. Atkins. It is located in a
new building opposite Wayne's Ser
vice Station.
Further details are contained m
an advertisement in this issue of
the Progress.
Special Notice
To Tobacco Farmers
McDowell county farmers inter
ested in growing Turkish tobacco
should notify S. L. Homewood,
county farm agent. He would like
to know in order to plan for a meet
ing of specialists on Turkish tobac
cos.
The Agent said all you need to
giow this tobacco is poor land. The
climate here is suitable.
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The resignation of Charles H.
Lockhart as assistant county farm
agent was tendered at the Novem
ber meetinp- of the County Com
missioners last Monday to become
effective December 1.
Road petitions were approved as
follows:
Imnrove. pave or black top the
Old Fort Highway No. 64 from the
end of the present black topping
to the Buncombe county line.
Widen, ditch and gravel High
way 70, four miles east of Old Fort
and across the Southern Railway at
107 mile post to Cane Creek.
Grade and gravel the road from
the end of the new county road,
which turns off of the Glenwood
Providence church road west of
•Tack Elliott's and extending: from
the end of said road for a distance
of about one half mile.
Complete the unfinished portiorv
and repair the small portion of the
road from the Catawba road to
property adjoining school.
Give general overhauling to road
from Evans Hammett to Mrs.
W estmoreland's.
Work and gravel and make pass
able the road in the Dysartsville
towtiship from Joe Gibbs' proper
ty to James Woodby's property.
Grade and black top the road
from the five mile post or Tate
bridge to Buncomb^ county line
known as upper Crooked Creek or
Mt. Hebron road.
Widen, grade, straighten and
gravel the road in Dysartsville
township from Pinnacle .church
road to Harmony Grove
road, known as Old Walton Mill
road.
School Bus Collides
With Club Coupe
No injuries were reported and
no arrests made in connection with
a school bus collision Wednesday of
last week, according to a statement
by State Highway Patrolman Ar
chie Burrell. The bus, a 1947
Dodge, was entering the highway
from a side road in the Pleasant
Gardens community and collided
with a 1940 Chevrolet, five-passen
ger coupe headed west.
Marion Central School P.T.A.
Observes Parents Night
In connection with National Edu
cation Week the Parent-Teachers
association of Central School held
Parent's Night and Open House at
their regular meeting on Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. S. W. Blanton, president,
presided over a short business ses
sio- in the high school auditorium.
Mrs. Arnold Pyatt reported on
the P. T. A. District meeting held
in Valdese on September 13 and
Mrs. Blanton announced that the
volley ball equipment for the ele
mentary grades and the first aid
equipment for the high school had
been duly installed. She also an
nounced that there are 365 paid
memberships in the P. T. A. at this
time and that five grades reported
a membership of over 100 per cent
in the rooms.
As a- result of a saggestion from
the suggestion box an electrical ap
pliance will be given as a grand door
prize at the May meeting.
C. C. Elledge, Principal, announc
ed that three high school students
have received honors in a Safety
Contest, with two students winning
first place in the first elimination
and one alternate winning first
place. The P. T. A. voted to send
these students to one of the three
places, Greensboro, Raleigh, or
Charlotte, where the contest will
be continued. The contstants com
peting for college scholarships are
the winners, Joyce Hall and Donnie
Godfrey and the alternate Rebecca
Hemphill.
In the attendance count Mrs.
Hemphill's room was winner for
the elementary grades and Miss
Harrill had the largest percentage
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Described And Win Theatre Pass
Guess The Name Of The Man
Speaker
Rev. M. O. Owen* will be speah
sr at Achievement Day exercises
Saturday morning.
Achievement Day
Will Be Observed
On November 12
Accomplishments of the past year
will be reviewed by McDowell coun
ty Home Demonstration and 4-H
clubs when Achievement Day is ob
served at the community building
next Saturday.
Each club will be represented
with aa exhibit and winners of
first, second and third places in the
4-H contest will awarded ribbons.
Prizes will also be given.
All 4-H members should have ex
hibits at the building by 9 a. m.,
Miss Ruby Lee Kiser, assistant
county agent,, said and the judging
will be held at 10 a. m. The 4-H
members and their parents should
be px*esent in time for the judging.
The gavel will be awarded the club
with the most members present.
Following the exhibit contest the
Achievement Day program will be
gin. Rev. M. O. Owens will be
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Building Permits
Issued This Week
The Town of Marion issued the
following building permits this
week:
Carter Hudgins for brick and
block building on N. C. Highway 70
at Logan street to be used as a ser
vice station. Estimated cost $10,
000.
W. C. Hall for brick and frame
residence on State street. Estimat
ed cost $9,500.
W. R. Alley, composition brick
residence on Oak street. Estimated
cost. $7,000.
M. D. Ledbetter for composition,
frame residence on Oak street. Esti
mated cost $4,000.
R. M. Walker for composition,
frame store on Tate street. Esti
mated cost $1,500.
Marion Man's Father
Died Last Week
David S. Gray, 79, of Ruther
fordton, father of David Gray of
Marion, died Friday at his home.
Funeral services were held in
Gray's Chapel Methodist church
Saturday afternoon.
He is survived by the widow, Or
rah Callahan Gray; t\V*o sons, David
Gray of Marion and C. B. Gray of
Graycourt, S. C.; four daughters,
VIrs. Paul Griffin of Spindale, Miss
Carolyn Gray of Winston-Salem,
Mrs. R. A. Patrick of Winnsboro, S.
C., and Mrs. Hicks Beason of Ru
iherfordton; and one sister, Mrs.
John Abrams of Rutherfordton.
Beginning this week The Marion.
Progress and the Marion Theatre
will award passes each week to two
adults living within the city limits,
two " living outside the city limits,
one to a student over 12 years of
age and one to a child under 12.
Anyone is eligible to try for
these passes except employees of
The Progress and members of their
families.
Here's all you have to do.
Read the biographical sketch be
low and decide what man in his
tory it describes. Then look through
the advertisements in this issue to
find his name. You will find his
first name in one ad and his last
name in another. Look carefully!
It may be contained in fine type.
The first two adults living within
the city limits, first student over
12 and first student under 12 to
bring the Progress to the office
Thursday morning and show us the>
names as they appear in the adsr
will receive free passes.
No phone calls. You must call
for the passes in person.
IMPORTANT! PLEASE NOTE!
In order to give the county read
ers the same opportunity our town,
readers have to participate in the
contest, county passes will not be
awarded until Saturday morning,
j The first rural reader arriving Sat
urday morning with the correct so
lution will be awarded a pass.
! Here is this week's biography,
I Read each word carefully, theit
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Marion Theatre
Reported Robbed
Sunday Night
Four youths, three of them under*
16 years of age, were arrested by
Marion police Monday on breaking1
and entering charges following a
robbery at the Marion Theatre Sun
day night. Of the $27.80 in cash,
and three rolls of tickets reported
missing, police recovered $16.77
ar.d all but four tickets.
Robert Dover, 17, will face trial
at the next term of court. The other
three youths, Hernal Dover, Paul
Woody and Harold Huffman, all
under 16, will be tried in juvenile
court.
Funeral Rites
For Oldest Resident
Held Monday
Mrs. Teacy Autrey Gibbs, 99r
died Sunday morning at the resi
dence of her grandson, John A. Mc
Neil, Nebo, where she has been
making her home for the last 14
years. She was the widow of Charl
es Gibbs, who died in 1902.
She was born October 15, 1850,
in McDowell county, and probably
was the oldest resident of the coun
ty.
Funeral services were conducted
in Sand Bottom Baptist churchy
Yancey county, Monday at 2 p. m.r
and burial was in Ballew cemetery.
She is survived by one son and
two daughters, John A. Gibbs of
Celo, Mrs. J. W. McNeil of Nebo
and Mrs. N. Y. Leakey of Salis
bury; 29 grandchildren, 73 great
grandchildren and five great-great
grandchildren.
Armistice Day
To Be Holiday
Th Marion Post Office, Marion
Industrial Bank, First National
Bank and N. C. Employment Ser
vice office will observe Friday,
November 11 (Armistice Day) as
a holiday.