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MARION PROGRESS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDATf
BY THE
McDOWELL PUBLISHING CO.,
MARION, N. C.
S. E. WHITTEN, Editor and Prop.
Entered at the PostofFice at Marion,
N. C., as second class matter;
MARION SCHOOL NEWS
The Marion High School had a to
tal of 26 students who failed two or
more subjects the first report period
of six weeks. The parents of these
students were notified by the office
of the principal and a request was
made for them to visit the school to
fnd the cause of the failures by a
conference with the teachers and
principal. The number responding to
this request was very gratifying.
Practically every person who was
requested to do so got in touch with
TERMS
One Year
Six Months '^^‘^'the school either by a personal visit
Strictly in Advance | telephone. As a result of the
with the
MARION, N. C., DEC. 12, 1929 | co-operation of parents
YOUNG MEN ORGANIZE ALL
STAR BASKETBALL TEAM
A number of young men from
Marion and Old Fort have organized
an all-star basketball team. Quite a
few of these men were former col
lege stars and a good quintet should
result from this material.
Much interest is being shown and
a heavy schedule is being arranged.
Harry Anderson has been elected
manager and the success of the
team largely depends on him. Bas
ketball fans will have the opportuni
ty to see some fast action on the
hardwood floor this season.
RALPH COFFEY NAMED
PRESIDENT OF CLASS
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 3.—Ralph Cof
fey, who is a resident of Pensacola,
N. C., and a junior student in the
Atlanta-Southern Dental College,
has been honored by ^is classmates
with the office of president of his
class. Mr. Coffey is one of the most
popular students in the school.
M’DOWELL RANKS HIGH
IN TEACHER TRAINING
High School 18 of the 26 students jjill star, and Joby Hawn and Baxter
already mentioned made a great im-jjyjooge have caused many a wild
“ON WITH THE SHOW”, with a
cast headed by BETTY CQMPSON,
is a gorgeous, spectacular, and lav
ishly produced ALL-COLOR picture
that you will enjoy seeing. At Mari-1
Harry Anderson is a former Mars i on Theatre next Monday and Tues.
provement in tlieir work. The 26 ygH in the Lenoir-Rhyne College
students failed a total of 63 sub- gymnasium. The offensive strength
jects the first period while the same of the all-star team will largely be
group failed a total of 24 subjects built around these three men.
the second period. The men who have reported for
There was a total of 16 students practice and their respective posi-
ucnuii period just pased who failed tions are as follows: Forwards:'
rt'udT’or*thei^’^° subjects and 8 of them Robert McCall, A1 Steppe and Ralph |
crholp>-tiV nrenaration of the white -C. Harris; Centers, Harry Anderson,
iealh^rs in all the counties and 34 ; Th® parentr of there pupils will be | Baxter Moose and Otis Greene;
of the largest cities of the state. I called upon also by the principal, Guards, Joby Hawn, John Steppe
In 1922-23, the index of training,‘”'* ;urther co-opera.ion will be ap- „.nd Carlton Gilkey.
of the white teachers in this school! and the pupil conceded
will be benefitted. The purpose of
Since 1922-23, the average train
ing of the teachers of McDowell
county has increased 2.09 years, it
is learned from the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction, which
has just completed
system was 4.32, whereas the past ^ j
year. 1928-29, the index of the teach ’I.".?'!!
ers employed was 6.41. In other
wordir, better prepared teachers are
now employed than were six years
ago.
The average training of all rural
white teachers of the state is now
2.19 college years, and of city teach
ers 3.44 years in college. Thus,
noted that the training of teachers
in the McDowell system is consider-
The Marion All-stars in their new
dazzling uniforms of black and
w’hite, donated by the merchants of
Marion, won their first game Wed
nesday night by defeating five*
scrapping youngsters from the Glen-
wood high school by a score of 43 \
the real cause of failures and then
try to eliminate them by working
with each pupil.
The percentage of grades for the
high school was very good taken as a I to 19.
whole. The enrollment of the high
school is 241. A total of 70 ones; qLENWOOD PLAYS MARION
it is (95-100), 196 twos (90-| in a THREE GAME SERIES
95), 400 threes (80-90), 251 fours!
(70-80), and 91 fives (failure). On J
The Glenwood high school quintet
ably above the state average of all ^ percentage basis this means that, has won the right to play Marion in
rural teachers. Only three counties ^ grades given g three game series that is to be
have made more professional prog- ones, 19 per cent twos, 40 per played some time after Christmas,
ress than McDowell county, so far fours, and 9 ihe boys have proven themselves to
as co]jege training is concerned.
In the adjoining counties the in
dices of white teachers for 1928-29
were as follows: Burke county 5.46;
Yancey county 5.46; Mitchell coun
ty 5.38; Rutherford county 6.60;
Buncombe county 6.46.
per cent failures.
Grade 3-A entertained their moth
ers at a delightful Thanksgiving
party a week ago last Wednesday
be a well balanced fast working
team in which it would be difficult
to pick out any one member as star
ring.
The ones showing up best are
and Monroe Mar-
afternoon in their school room. The ^-„rman Haney
little folks sang songs and f»ve
readings about
FOURTEEN BOYS REPORT
FOR BASKETBALL TEAM
With the
past, and that portion
lowed by talks by Prof. Richardson
and Mrs. Jonas. Mrs. Washburn,
grade mother, assisted by Mrs.
Saun(^rs, Mrs. Crawford and Mrs.
1929 football season Grant, served refreshments consist-
of athletic
songs
Thanksgiving, fol-, "„r'ela“nd as forward. Haney has a
perfect record in his defensive play
ing. Every forward that he guarded
in the county championship series
failed to tally.
The last two games were forfeit-
A high
of lemonade, cookies and mints. , p.,,
endeavor history, Coach Joby Hawn i ^ ® Fort and Nebo.
is turning his efforts to the second The 3-B and 4-A Grades taught sportsmanship has has been
major sport which will hold the spot by Miss Covington and Mrs. Holland ^^^played by all teams competing
light for the next two and one-half have secured basket balls for their Glenwood, but the boys were
months. rooms. fortunate in being able to double
In the past it has been hard to opponents in ev-i
create a high spirit in basketball, Mi's* Morris has been working game; and are now looking for-'
but Coach Hawn will do everything with the music group that is to "ard to the three game series after
in his power to bring the interest in represent the high school in Lenoir Christmas.
the cage game to a high level. The ^ days. The district contest
local mentor will have his hands for this district will be held in Le- LICENSE BUREAU STATIONS
full producing a winning combina- i^oir and the high school is planning Through the Carolina Motor Club
tion, for his men are light and inex- have the following entrants: The headquarters at Greensboro license,
perienced. Girls’ Glee Club, Boys’ Glee Club, have been established in
Fourteen men have reported to boys’ quartet, girls’ quartet, mixed various points throughout the state
the call to arms, five of whom are Quartet, mixed chorus, baritone solo, distribution of the new licen-|
letter men from last year’s team. ^ violin solo. Perhaps there will plates which go on sale December 1
Much time will be required to whip be other entries. Miss Julia Burton,' For the benefit of our readers'
these men into shape, and even teacher of piano, is planning on en-1 ^^is and adjoining counties, some
more time will be required to teach tering at least one student, and pos- nearby license bureaus are ‘
the fundamentals of the hard floor s^bly more, in the piano contest. I listed as follows: ^
game to the new men. i Asheville, Hickory, Rutherford- '
The offensive strength of this sea- i Beginning after the holiday vaca- ton, Shelby, and Statesville,
son’s quintet will largely depend i students of the Commercial' License plates may be obtained
upon the development of Leo Suggs of the high school, un- from any of the above places after'
and Atticus Suttles, forwards, while direction of Mr. Klontz, will 'December 16th. '
the defensive power will depend “^^®^ake to make an industrial sur- j
upon Karcher Clay, center, and pounty. There | Don’t forget that FRIDAY night
James Ouzts, guard. * ’ several reasons for this survey, | is “Family Night” at Marion Thea-
The men that reported to Coach' which are: (1) To determine j tre, with reduced prices. See and;
Hawn’s initial call were: forwards,' commercial courses would best hear RICHARD BARTHELMESS in
Leo Suggs, Atticus Suttles, Jack I young folks for work in the “DRAG”, his best picture since |
Bell, Virgil Bradburn and Wallace j businesses and indus-j “Weary River”. Vitaphone recording
Winborne; centers: Karcher Clay,' community; (2) to de-j ,
Albert Greene, and Jack Houk;' number and kind of of-j CATAWBA VALLEY NEWS
guards: Landis Laughridge, James positions available to our grad-i _ — • ||
Ouzts, Bud Hennessee, Clarence '
Rabb, .Tack Banks and Joe Noyes.
OFFICERS DESTROY
THREE MORE STILLS
George Duncan, Ben Henley, and
T. B. Conley went scouting up in
the Lake James district for moon
shiners last Tuesday and due to
their keen knowledge of th« trails
in the wilds, they bagged one cop
per and two steam stills.
Up on Linville mountain, in a se
cluded crevice, they found a 40-gal
lon steam outfit, with some beer and
three large vats nearby. On the
bank of the beautiful Lake James
about a quarter of a mile apart, a
50-gallon steam still and a 40-gallon
copper still were located.
A great quantity of beer was
found at each place, including all
the necessary accessories that are
essential for the business. Evidence
clcariy showed that the men who
were operating the latter two stills
had left hurriedly at the approach
of the officers. The officers stated
that it was almost impossible to
move in the woods at this time of
the year without making enough
noise to give alarm, due to the dry
tinder covering mother earth, con
^equently no arrests were made.
Old Fort, Rt. 1, Dec. 9. — Mrs. |
— ■ Sallie Hamby and children of Black
The 7th Grade football team won ' Mountain spent yesterday with the i *
a series of three match games played j former’s parents here. :
with a team from the 6-B and 6-A ! Mrs. T. A. Porter and Misses Sam-1
Grades. They were victors in two of! uel and Nell Porter made a business;
the three games. Mrs. Finley is the | trip to Marion last Saturday. ■
teacher of the 7th Grade. | Mrs. S. C. Kelley is having her
j residence repaired. . j
Business School | Mrs. C. A. Setzer and Mrs. A. C. |
:30 to 5:00 Walker of Greenlee spent last
The producers of the picture claim
that RICHARD BARTHELMESS
“DRAG” presents an even more en
tertaining picture than “Weary
River”. At Marion Theatre on
Thursday and Friday.
The Pa^rt-Time
which meets daily from I
Department of ; Thursday with relatives here.
the high school is making fine prog
ress. Beginning classes in shorthand,
typewriting and bookkeeping will
be organized to begfin work Monday,
Jan. 6th. Anyone contemplating en
rolling this year should be on hand
to begin work on that date. This will
be the last chance to enter the Part-
Time School this year. Tuition is
free. The only expense. will be for
books needed.
Made entirely in color, with sing
ing and dancing, romance and com
edy, lavish and beautiful settings,
“ON WITH THE SHOW” is one of
the most entertaining of pictures.
See it at Marion Theatre next Mon
day and Tuesday.
Misses Mary and Hattie Bradley
made a business trip to Marion last
Saturday.
T. A. Porter gave a corn shucking
last Friday.
Mrs. Annie Young is seriously ill.
Porter Souther gave a corn shuck
ing last Wednesday.
fol-
COFFIE-BANKS
Announcements reading
lows have been issued:
Mrs. W. H. McMahan announces
the marriage of her niece. Miss Joe
Coffie, to Mr. J. E. Banks, on Wed
nesday, November twenty-seventh,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
At home Micaville, N. C.
THE WEATHER
The balmy breezes of Indian
summer seem to have returned to •
Marion for the past few days. The ' 1 ”
t^mneratnre and : '"S ‘he past year.
W. F. Bowman of Flat Rock in
Henderson county reports that his
! flock of 114 White Wyandottes paid
1 him a net profit of $2.51 a bird dur-
average temperature and precipita-i “ " X
tion for the week December 2nd to| Don’t forget that FRIDAY night
Mb IS as follow^ jj ..pa^iy Night” at Marion Thea-
1 Prec. [tre, with reduced prices. See and
■ .30 i hear RICHARD BARTHELMESS in
One year ago. _ |“DRAG”, his best
52.1
28.5
4.76 [“Weary River’
picture since
Vitaphone recording
HIGH LIGHTS OF
“ON n ?TH THE SHOW*’
Love Scenes
Southern Plantation
Cotton Fields
Fox hunting scene
Dream Palace
Show Boat
Negro Harmony Singers
Dance Ensembles
Back Stage Scenes
Songs! Songs! Songs
Beautiful Girls!
All in Glorious
Changing Color!
SEE AND HEAR
This 100 per cent Natural
Color, Talking, Singing
and Dancing Picture at
MARION THEATRE
Monday and Tuesday
Dec. 16th and 17th
A Warner Bros. Vita
phone Production
“The best There Is”
Santa Awaits Your Ortfer for
Christmas Groceries
When you call 85, you- will find Santa Claus waiting
to fill your order for Christmas Grocems. And what
a liberal assortment of good edibles^ he has provided
for your selection.
CHOICE FRUrrS, NUTS, FRUIT CAKE,-
VEGETABLES.
COWAN GROCERY CO.
Phone 85 Wrenn Bldg.
Every Cut Tender
and Delicious
We are handling now only the best Western meats
and can absolutely guarantee to you nice tender cuts.
our market is in charge of a man with considerable
experience and knows how to please you.
Fresh Oysters, Pork, Hams, Chipped Beef, Sausaget
Beef,-Lamb, Breakfast Bacon, Chickens and All Pork
Sausage.
Spencer Grocery Co.
Phone 255
Gift That fets
Tewel
Gifts for Everyone
We are factory agents for:—
Hamilton, Elgin and Winton Watches.
Sheaffer, Waterman, and Parker Pens.
Wahl Pen and Pencil Sets.
Wm. A. Rogers Heirloom Plate Silverware.
Towle Sterling Silver Flat Ware.
Gorham Sterling Silver Flat Ware.
Lpdies’ Parasols.
We have a large and complete assortment
of first quality Diamonds.
We handle the popular and well known line
of Meeker Leather Products.
Also Whiting and Davis Mesh Bags.
Benedict Period Plate Silverware.
Osborne Imported Plaques.
“Sturdy Maid’’ Bracelets.
It pays to trade at home, to buy your jewelry and silverware from a reliable Jew-
eler. who has served Marion and community for fourteen
I years.
We handle nationally advertised brands. Everv article in l
strictly first-class. We do «.Jt handle second-class me^^handU “
The Deltah perfumes, and a large assortment of novelty goods
A Mystery Gift, valued at $112.50, will be given awav * i r IT
!h, on Christmas Eve, at 10 o’clock. ^ee, December J
24th,
LAWRENCE D. GREENE
Southern Railway Watch Inspector
Your Jeweler For Fourteen Years
27 Main Street
Marion, N. C.