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McDowell County's Leading Newspaper MARION PROGRESS Advertising in the Progress Pays A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941 VOL. XLV—NO. 42 Name Teachers For Schools In The Marion Unit Few Changes To Be Made As City Board Re-elect Major illy Of Teachers. Only a few changes will be made in the list of teachers and the high school faculty of the Marion City schools for next year. The city school board met on Tuesday evening with Superintendent H. F. Beam to con sider the matter. Only four will not return for the fall term. They are Miss Alice Mor etz, teacher of high school history,! and Barron Coon, principal and sev enth grade teacher at West Marion; Misa Nada Steele of the elementary schools, and Mildred Biggers in the -colored grade school. Replacements are not yet selected. Teachers re-elected to return are as follows: Marion High School — Howard C. Holland, Principal, Mathematics; E. E. Davis, Science and General Busi ness; Arthur H. Ditt, History, Athlet ics; Miss Onvce Hewell, French and Latin; Bernard Hirsch, Band direc tor; Mrs. Flora S. Homewood, Home Economics; Mrs. Ruth Ball Honey cutt, Mathematics; Miss Katherine Landis, English and History; Miss Dorothy Morell, Science and Eng lish; Mrs. Lois Smith, Librarian; Miss Alba Padgett, English; Miss Eleanor Russ, English and French; Miss Lida Turbvfill, Mathematics; William D. Tuttle, Commercial. Elementary Schools Mrs. Mary Finley, 7th grade; Miss Bonnie Burgin, 6th grade; Miss Fan nie Lou Sauls, 5th grade; Mrs. Ethel C. Giles, 4th grade; Misa Janie Tuck er, 4th grade; Mrs. Effie C. Morris,j 3rd grade; Miss Mae Ross, 3rd and! 2nd grade; Miss Annie Little, 1st grade; Mrs. Pauline M. Neal, 1st ^rade. Miss Ruth Greeniee, principal; Miss Nina Greenlee, 7th grade; Miss Pauline Tipton, 7th grade; Mrs. Au gusta Morris, 6th grade; Miss Mamie Goforth, 6th and 5th grades; Miss Elizabeth Wylie, 5th grade; Miss Bonnie Padgett, 4th grade; Miss Louise Wilkie, 4th and 3rd grades; Miss Hazel Browne, 3rd grade; Miss Annie Spratt, 2nd grade; Mrs. Ruth T. Laughlin, 1st grade; Mrs. Lona G. Laughridge, 1st grade; Miss Rebekah Lowe, Music. Miss Mamie Stacy, Principal and 4th grade; Miss Elsie Stacy, 7th grade; Miss Sarah Browne, 6th grade; Mrs. Sarah Margaret Giles, 5th grade; Miss Louise Poteat, 4th grade and music; Miss Wilma Snod dy, 3rd grade; Mrs! Lula S. McCur ry, 2nd grade; Mrs. W. A. McCall, 1st grade; Miss Millie Kanipe, 1st grade; Miss Louise Kozier, Home Economics. Mrs. Garland Williams, Principal and 7th grade; Miss Clara Freeman, 6th and 5th grades; Miss Hattie Tay lor, 4th grade; Miss Margaret Pat ton, 4th grade; Mrs. Blanche Hol land, 3rd grade; Miss Gladys Smith, 2nd grade; Mrs. Johnnie E. Hitch cock, 1st grade; Miss Emily Blanton, 4th grade; Miss Lace McLean, 3rd grade and music, Mrs. Kate C. Mor gan, 3rd and 2nd grades; Miss Eliza beth Conley, 1st grade. Colored Schools — F. M. Beaver, Principal and High School; Mrs. Bernice Holly Crisp, High School; Kermit Martin, High School; B. G. Corpening, 6th grade; Margaret Greenlee, 5th and 4th grades; Mrs. Franklyn P. Brown, 1st grade; Sara Louise Bynum, 1st through 7th gTades. LEGION AUXILIARY WILL CONDUCT POPPY DAY SALE Poppies will be sold oh the streets of Marion by the McDowell Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Pop py Day is Saturday, May 24. Members of the Auxiliary with a group of selected high school girls will have the poppies for sale. Mrs. J. F. Miller is chairman of the Poppy Day committee. Proceeds from the sale of poppies is used by the local Auxiliary unit entirely for assistance to crippled veterans, for veteran rehabilitation, contributions to veterans names and hospitals, and general welfare work. BUSINESSMEN URGE DRIVE FOR ADDITION TO HOSPITAL A group of representative citizens of Marion urged L. J. P. Cutlar, president of Marion General Hospit al, to proceed at once to gather sup port for a drive to enlarge the hos pital. Mr. Cutlar, at an open meeting held Monday evening, explained the crowded condition existing and the dire need now for more beds. A re port last week, he said, revealed 51 patients being cared for in the in stitution of 30-bed capacity. An addition, Mr. Cutlar pointed out, shoifld be built to provide 18 more rooms for patients. The consensus of opinion of those at the meeting supported the idea to contact all local service clubs and solicit their support. Mr. Cutlar agreed to begin the proposal at once and meet with both Kiwanis and Rotary clubs this week to ask their aid in a drive for funds. Francis Marion club will be contacted at its next meeting also. TOURIST COURT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN MARION A first-class tourist court is being constructed in Marion. This, the only venture of its kind in Marion, will provide private accommodations for tourists. The site of the court is the former Martin property on East Court street It will consist of a one-story building of modern architecture and will be of brick veneer construction, painted white. The undertaking is by W. W. Neal Jr., and M.W. Gordon, Jr., both local businessmen. The building will consist of eleven sleeping rooms, each joined by a pri vate bath with shower, and closet fa cilities for clothes. The rooms are to be made sound proof and will be' furnished with modern and comfort-j able furniture in hotel style. An of- [ fice will be located in the center at the front. v A aWTpiMg'space wffi surround the building, giving it the appearance of a large court. L. N. Grindstaff is the contractor in charge of the work, which is al ready under way. It is expected that the court will be opened about the middle of July. WIDOW FILES SUIT FOR $50,000 IN COUNTY COURT! A $50,000 suit for damages has been filed with the clerk of McDow ell County Superior Court incident to the death of Ernest M. Crawford. W. R. Chambers, of Marion, attor ney for the plaintiff, Mrs. Alma M. Crawford, widow, took this action on Monday. The action is placed against Mai ion Buick Company, Inc., owner, and Winslow G. Ballew, driver of the car in which Mr. Crawford met with the accident on December 9, 1940, that resulted in his death the following day. Mr. Crawford was riding with Mr. Ballew and three others when the accident occurred on Route No. 70 at a sharp curve just west of Marion. The complaint charges Mr. Ballew of driving the car "carelessly, negli gently and wantonly" and at an ex cessive rate of speed as he attemp ted to round the curve that caused the car to plunge from the road down an embankment. HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO PRESENT FINAL CONCERT Marion High School Band will of fer its final concert of the school year next Monday evening. A com plementary program will be presen ted to their patrons of Marion and community in appreciation of their splendid response and support given to provide their trip to Richmond. This is the last time the band will play together. Twenty members are in the class to be graduated this year and this is the final appear ance of this group as a unit. The program, which will be given in the high school auditorium, be ginning at 8, will consist of the band selections played at Richmond. Tickets may be procured in ad vance, free of cost at Marion Drug Store, Rabb-Hitchcock, Belk's, Workman's, McDowell News and Marion Progress offices. Those not securing tickets before Monday ev ening will be charged an admission at the door. Marion Topped All In Class B At Richmond Seven Of Ten Soloists Won No. 1 Ratings; Band Unit No. 2 in Marching Contest. The Marion High School Band was outstanding among all others at the National Music Contest in Rich mond, Va., last week. This baud and seven of its ten solo contestants re turned home with eight top ratings and four Number 2 ratings.. Competing with three other repre sentative bands from North Caroli na, Marion's group of 52 musicians alone were awarded No. 1 rating for concert playing. This included a number 2 rating in sight reading, but the band's splendid ability offset this. In final parade of all bands Marion i received No. 2 rating, second only to Hendersonville. Bonnie Kirby was the first to re veal how fine the musicians from Marion can perform. She won a No. 1 rating in the class B clarinet-con test. She is as well, it is reported, also winner of a new and very fine wood clarinet from her parents as a result of her achievement. John Snoddy followed by winning a No. 1 rating on the tuba. Bob Gour-! ley with the baritone horn, Mike Mc-! Caii with the saxophone, Henry! Leonard with bass clarinet, Bryan j Gibson with trombone and Virginia j Mae McCall on the piano equalled i that accomplishment, and Miss Mc- j Call was also given a 1-plus rating j besides. Marion high school's other three \ soloists each won No. 2 ratings. They j are Bill Alley, French horn, Kather-j ine Ledbetter, oboe; and Harold Lit-! tie, cornet. The accomplishment of this band! Ms'year ts <We the state contest in Greensboro, the j Marion band was particularly honor ed. It was hitherto not known that Marion was awarded not only top rating amori^ class B bands but in a special letter received by the Direc tor Bernard Hirsch last week a "plus" rating was also added to their standard and attached to the band's certificate. The award received by the band at Richmond is a plaque for regional top honors. Each solo participant j received certificates. DISTRICT MASONIC MEETING HERE JUNE 17 Masons of the 44th North Carolina district, comprising McDowell and Rutherford counties, will gather here for their annual district convention on June 17. Arrangements for the affair, which will include educational work in Ma sonry in the afternoon, probably a banquet, and a recreational program that night, are to be made by F. C. Kinsie, of Spindale, deputy grand master for this district. The Mystic Tie Lodge of Marion will be host to Masons from Hollis, Old Fort, Rutherfordton, Spindale and Forest City. jria<is nave ueen maae lor ut. Charles P. Eldridge, of Raleigh, grand master of the North Carolina lodge, to be here for the occasion, it is announced. Having won the attendance cup for the past three years in success ion, Marion now has it permanently. Another cup, however, will be awar ded at this convention, but, since Marion is the host lodge, it cannot compete for the cup. ESCAPED BAD BURNS Morris Laughridge, son of Mrs. M. S. Laughridge, escaped severe burns as flaming gasoline sprayed him while enroute to Richmond with the high school band. The accident resulted when a blazing gasoline can was thrown to the ground near him. He was not deterred from playing in the national contest. WILL BEAUTIFY PARKWAY T. K. Pease, landscape engineer attached to the National Park Ser vice, will locate here to conduct the work of beautifying the Blue Ridge Parkway area as the parkway drive is completed. Mr. Pease will move his family from Galax, Va., to Marion. Lutheran Board Favors Buying Camp In Avery Will Definitely Negotiate For 30-Acre Property To Estab lish Bible Camp. Negotiations are not yet comple ted by the Southeastern Lutheran Laymen's League to lease or purch ase a proprety for a summer Bible camp. But agreement is under trans action with the owner of a girls' camp site in Avery county, and both parties are favorably inclined. The deal may be consummated in about two weeks, according to the report of Rev. Paul A. Boriack of Marion. Members of the board of gover nors of the League met in Marion last Friday evening to consider the matter finally with Mr. Morton, of Wilmington, who has conducted the camp site under consideration. Definite decision was made to pro ceed with the negotiations, but not until this body has worked out a definite plan to finance the proposi tion,, said Mr. Boriack, will a lease containing an option for purchase be signed. Should the option be signed for the property soon, the denomination al Bible camp site will be established for this summer as a trial period. Mr. Boriack stated as his belief that the. expenditure here, if purch ase is made and proposed new build ings are erected, will amount to *10,000 to $15,000. Men who attended the board of ?ovi mors' meeting with Mr. Morton in Marion last week were George McRee, of Hickory, president of the Southeastern district group, L. L. Flowers and Rev. J. L. Summers, both of Hickory, R. K. Bolick, of Conover, Vernon T. Eckerd and Mr. Boriack, of Marion. PILGRIMS SET OUT FOR TWO-DAY TOUR YESTERDAY A group of between 50 and 75 people are enjoying the Parkway Pilgrimage. They are expected to re turn home late tonight from their two-day tour. Quite a number from Asheville swelled the group. There were about twelve cars and a small bus to leave Marion at 9:35 Wednesday morning. A number joined the procession at Burnsville and also another g-roup at Blowing Rock. The pilgrimage leading over Blue Ridge Parkway to Roanoke and re turn via Wytheville, Marion, Va., Mountain City, Tenn., and Boone covers a distance of 530.3 miles. It was sponsored by McDowell County Chamber of Commerce. FRANCIS MARION CLUB PLANS A JULY FROLIC Francis Marion Club is planning a July Frolic this year. Members at their meeting last Thursday discuss ed plans at length and will hold the event at the latter end of July at the Community building in Marion. A banquet and dance will feature the event. Joseph Noyes, chairman of the social committee, was placed in charge of arrangements. A challenge has been sent from the club to the Kiwanis Club of Marion to participate in a golf tournament which began Sunday and will terminate this Sunday. Will P. Erwin is chairman of the committee and arranged the event with W. W. Neal, Jr., of the Kiwanis club. Seven foursomes are in play. The club members were urged by their president, S. R. Cross, to at tend the banquet to the public at Buck Creek CCC camp Friday night and the Parkway Pilgrimage thi3 week. MISS BRITT WINS FIRST PLACE IN LEAGUE CONTEST Miss Evelyn Britt of Marion won first place in dramatic reading at the State district talent quest held at St. John's Lutheran church in Win ston-Salem last Sunday. This will entitle Miss Britt to enter the Inter national Walther League contest to be held in New Orleans on July 16 20. About 100,000 young people will participate in the contest. CALENDAR^OF GRADUATION EXERCISES OF CITY SCHOOLS From the office at Central High school has come a calendar for the examination period, graduation and the termination of the school term. Senior examinations will be held Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and 20. Other high school examinations will be on May 21, 22 and 23. High school gTaduation exercises begin with the baccalaureate Sunday evening, May 25, by Rev. B. F. Bray, pastor of the First Baptist church of Marion. Class day exercises will be the following Tuesday. Com mencement is to be Wednesday ev ening, May 28, with Dr. W. T. Mc Fall, Asheville, speaker. Elementary school stunt night will be held here this evening when grade pupils and groups will render special acts and subjects. Promotion exercises will be held Monday even ing, May 26. All events scheduled will be held in the high school auditorium. School ends Wednesday, May 28. Registration of high school stu dents in the subjects they will pur sue next year will be held May 27. Teachers will spend this day advis ing- students in selecting proper sub jects, which is a part of the guid ance program instituted in the school. CAMPING PRIVILEGE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN FROM M'DOWELL COUNTY A group of community-minded citizens of Marion are taking a pro-; found interest in preserving- for this j section the grand opportunity for ] its • boys and girls to share equally i with those of other and larger towns j the use of the Toe River camp. This camp, established through! federal agencies several years ago, j is under the jurisdiction of the WPAj recreational division and the U. S. | Forest Service, which in turn places ! it in the charge of a central commit tee of citizens. The central committee, just orga nized recently, has on it five mem bers who are residents of Marion.;' Paul O. Nafe, editor of a local news-f paper, has been made chairman of j the committee and other members j are Mayor Zeno Martin, W. J. Car-1 tier, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Homer Beaman and j Mrs. John Poteat, both organization! leaders here. ! Toe camp is to be one of the: two recreation camps in North Car-, olina, instituted through federal ag- j encies to provide a two-weeks' sum- j mer outing for approximately 300i boys and girls between the ages of > 8 and 16 who would otherwise not; enjoy the privilege of a camp expe-i rience. This camp will provide such opportunity for children of the Western past of the State. Its loca tion is along South Toe river near the game refuge, not far from Mar ion. The camp, it is stated, will offici ally open for girls on July 1, and for boys on August 1. The Forest Service here will main tain the camp and WPA will furnish a staff of select officials. There will be no costs to be met by the public. Children Who will be availed oppor tunity to enjoy the camp, will be charged only $5.00 weekly. It is be lieved that organizations from ev ery community in the area will pro vide the opportunity for children in their own area who are not in a position to ordinarily enjoy camp life. Already, it is reported, applica tions are being received by the com mittee from a number of communi ties from Asheville to Statesville. The Marion representatives, there fore, are alive to the occasion and are contacting local service clubs to sponsor at least one boy and one girl in their work in the behalf of the young people. ROY MORROW OPENS NEW STAND ON SOUTH MAIN ST. A new fruit and vegetable mar ket will be opened in Marion at the end of this week. Roy Morrow has erected a small one-story building for his store on South Main street, opposite the Fanners Federation. Mr. Morrow, who operated a gro cery store in partnership with J. Clay Conley in East Marion, has sold out his interest to Mr. Conley and will spend his entire time at his new stand. Announce List of Teachers For County Schools Appointments For Next Year Are Announced By Super intendent Steppe. From the office of the County Su perintendent, N. F. Steppe, it is an nounced that the list of principals and teachers of the schools of Mc Dowell county for the coming year will show few changes. All of the principals have been retained in their present positions. The list of principals and teachers who will re turn next year are as follows: PLEASANT GARDENS — High School: W. A. Young, principal; Mrs. Theodora Johnson, Miss Caroline Gray, Mrs. Nell W. Young. Elemen tary: Mrs. Minnie C. Hinshaw, Mrs. Mabel M. Haire, Miss Edna May Henderson, Miss Zelma Atwell, Miss Geneva Link, Mrs. Carl S. Gibson, Mrs. Sallie P. Willis, Miss Elsie H. House, Miss Lula Hicks, Miss Ola Wall. OLD FORT—High School: S. A. McDuffie, principal; E. W. S. Cobb, Han'y SAvofford, Mrs. Lucile C. Gray, Elementary: Glenn Tolliver, Mrs. Margaret K. Greenlee, Mrs. Gladys W. Kanipe, Mrs. Margaret L. Harris, Vlrs. Emily H. Bradley, Miss Florence Hughes, Mrs. Margaret W. Hartley, Vliss Laura Hicks, Miss Marjorie M. Hinsdale, Miss Esther Beam, Miss 3harline Hemphill, Miss Mary G. Burgin, Mrs. Beulah C. Nichols, Miss Delia Williams. NORTH COVE—High School: B. C. Wilson, principal; J. M. Tyler, Miss Ruebelle Anderson, E. Conley Bost, Jr. Elementary: Mrs. Gay M. Grant, Miss Locky Hennessee, Miss Stella Tate, Mrs. Grace M. Steppe, Mrs. Laura H. Brown, Miss Harriet Wilson. NEBO — High School: Stanley Livingston, principal; Ralph A. Ab ernethy, Miss Rose L. Stacy. Ele mentary: Ralph H. Beam, Thomas W. Stacy, Miss Lottie H. Wilson, Mrs. Georgia S. Corpening, Miss Maggie S. Taylor, Mrs. Mabel G. Hemphill. GLEN WOOD—High School: C. L. Norwood, principal; A. L. Eggers, Vliss Marie Fitzgerald, Mrs. Thelma P. King, Miss Mary Frances Harrill. Elementary: Mrs. Lola A. Lonon, Mrs. Faye L. Wells, Miss Lillie Py itt, Mrs. Lois E. Shaw, Miss Iris Landis, Miss Evelyn Tanner, Miss Barbara Wagner. DYSARTSVILLE Elerae ntary School: Geo. T. Greenway, princi pal; Miss Glossie Pyatt, Miss Inez (Continued on last page) SOIL CONSERVATION FOR M'DOWELL UP TO FARMERS Earl Meecham, assistant Soil Con servationist from the Farm Exten sion Service in Raleigh, has spent three days this week in McDowell county. With County Agent S. L. Homewood he has spoken at nine meetings of farmers and land-own ers in the county. Mr. Meecham was here in the in terest of urging farm owners to vote the McDowell area into the Catawba Soil Conservation program. Federal funds are available for this project. Failure of farmers in this project area to vote in support of the pro gram for North Carolina will divert the appropriation to another state. A vote for McDowell county's participation will be taken May 29, 30, 31 at the Farm Agent's office ia the court house. CHARLOTTE LUTHERAN MEN TO PLAY MARION L L L B. M. Isenhour, president of St. . Matthew's Lutheran church, an nounces that the local L.L.L. of St. Matthew's church will play the Mt. Calvary Lutheran League of Char lotte, in a dart baseball game Fri day night, May 16th, at 7:30 in the church hut. These games are arran ged between the various Lutheran Laymen Leagues in preparation for a general tournament later in the season. All members and friends are invited to attend. In the United States grizzly bears are said to be extinct in all states ex cept Montana and Wyoming.
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