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THE MARION PROGRESS 9 A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY 1 1 1 111 ■ i i ■ . i . , ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 VOL. XLVII—NO. 9 Blackout Set For Tuesday Is To Be Statewide First All-North Carolina Test To Follow Former Black out Rules. Marion and McDowell county will participate in the first state wide blackout teat next Tuesday night, September 29, some time be tween 7 and 12 o'clock, it was an nounced yesterday by Chief of Po lice L. W. Erwin, coordinator, who attended a meeting of civilian de fense officials in Raleigh last Thurs day. The date was selected because of its historical significance to North Carolina. It was on Sept. 29, 1919, that the 30th Division includ ing a large number of Tar Heels, broke through the Hindenburg Line. "It is about time that some one recognized the boys of the last war and honored them in this one," State Civilian Defense Director Ben E. Douglas said. Not even civilian defense heads in North Carolina's scattered urban communities will know in advance the exact hour of a statewide blackout test. More of a surprise drill than any yet conducted here, the alert signal will be relayed from State head quarters only fifteen minutes be fore the blackout begins, thus giv ing defense staffs a quarter-hour leeway to rally their auxiliary forc es before the lights-out alarm is sounded. The blackout itself, which may be called at any time between 7 o' clock and midnight on the last Tuesday in this month, will last 45 minutes. Identical regulations as those ap plying in previous practice tests will be observed. Residential and commercial lighting, except that in factories on defense construction, must be doused or blanketed. Trains and traffic engaged in inter state commerce will be allowed to move; other vehicular transport must come to full stop. LEAGUE MAKES DONATION TO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Members of the Marion Softball League met Tuesday evening in the community building for final re ports on the season. A report from the treasurer revealed a cash balance of $238.38 after comple tion of the year's activities. The board of directors voted to donate $150 to the Marion High School Athletic Asociation. The secretary was instructed to place an order for a trophy to be award ed to the Cross Mill team, winner of the entire softball season. The Association expressed itself as being well pleased with activities of the summer and voted for en largement of the scope of activi ties, as well as making more elab orate plans for the coming summer. MARVIN STEPPE TAKEN BY DEATH AT NEWPORT NEWS Marvin Venard Steppe, of Old Fort, died of influenza in a New port News, Va., hospital Tuesday evening, Sept. 15. Prior to a brief illness he was engaged in defense work in Newport News. Funeral services were conducted at ten o'clock Saturday morning at the Old Fort Methodist church by the pastor. Rev. Robt. M. Varner, and burial made in the Old Fort cemetery. Mr. Steppe is survived by the widow, the former Miss Ann Fos ter, of Swannsboro; his parents, Mr and Mrs. Charles Steppe, of Old Port; a brother, Lytle Steppe, of Virginia, and a sister, Mrs. Ary win Wagstaff, of Old Fort. STREET IMPROVEMENTS Street improvement work is un < derway on Logan 9treet. Included in the improvements is the raising of the sidewalk between Court and Henderson streets to the street level so as to prevent water over flowing the business houses on the lower side. LUTHERANS EXTEND CALL TO H. F. MEYER TO BECOME MINISTER The Rev. H. F. Meyer, of Savan nah, Ga., has been extended a call to become pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church of Marion and Trinity church of Rutherfordton, to succeed Rev. Paul A. Boriack, who re3igned to accept a call to St. Paul's church in Hilton, N. Y. Several years ago Mr. Meyer was pastor of the First Lutheran church in Asheville anff is well known by a number of people in Marion. He was the guest speaker at the dedication service of St. Matthew's church here in 1935. He has served congregations in Ne braska, Texas, North Carolina and Georgia. Mr. Meyer has not announced yet as to whether he will accept the call. During the vacancy Rev. J. L. Summers will be pastor in charge and will arrange regular services every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. George McRee, Lutheran service pastor, from Camp Croft, S. C., will preach here next Sun day. TIRES ALLOTTED BY RATION BOARD The War Price and Rationing Board last week approved the pur chase of one passenger tire and seven truck tires. Recaps were al lowed for three passenger tires and three truck tires. Permits were al so issued for the purchase of four tubes for truck tires. They were allotted as follows: G. W. Kirby, trucker, two truck tires; Thomas Edgar Poteat, tex tile worker-farmer, one truck re cap; B. H. Laughridge, mail carri er, one passenger tire; Bruce Cow an, farmer, one truck tire; Bogard V. Lawing, farmer, two truck re caps and two truck tubes; B. Har rison Revis, furniture worker, three passenger recaps; Marlowe Brothers, farmers, one truck tire and one truck tube; A. Blanton | Grocery Company, one truck tire and one truck tube; R. E. Young, wholesale meat and livestock deal er, two truck tires and one truck recap. JIMISON AND MANLEY , GUEST SPEAKERS AT KIWANIS LUNCHEON The weekly dinner meeting of the Kiwanis Club was held Tuesday evening in the community building. Among the guests present was Cap tain Robert Jimison, who will be remembered by many Marion peo ple as the lecturer of the Collins entertainment festival last fall. Al though not scheduled to speak. Captain Jimison was introduced | and asked to say a few words. He made a most interesting talk on his activities during the summer as deep sea diver in the Gulf of j Mexico. The purpose of his work was to locate a submarine which was believed to have gone to the | bottom of the Gulf. Attempts fail ed, ho.yvever, because of the depth of the water at the point in ques tion. Another incident of parti cular interest related by Captain Jimison was his experience in locat ing a merchant ship loaded with rubber. He explained how bun dles of rubber in the ocean were loosened at an appointed time so that they might float to the surface of the water. W. S. Shiflet, program chairman, introduced Leo Manley, who is In charge of National Youth Adminis tration work in thi3 area. Mr. Manley outlined completely the NYA program, pointing out various changes that had been made recent ly in order to comply with present war demands. He stated that the NYA was attempting to participate in the program of National Defense by training workers in age groups from 17 to 24 inclusive. Mrs. Nelle Alexander is local representa tive working 'with Mr. Manley in this program. W. S. Shiflet extended an invita tion to members of the Kiwanis Board of Directors to attend a chicken barbecue to be given at his summer home at Busick on Thurs day evening of this week. Prior to the war, India raised the most cattle; China the most hogs; Australia, the mast sheep. Gas Rationing Coupons No. 2 Are Now Valid No. 1 Tickets In A Book Ex pire; Supplement Appli cants To File Oct. 6-19. No. 2 gasoline rationing coupons for holders of basic "A" books must now be used for the purchase of gasoline, with the eight No. 1 coupons having legally expired at midnight Tuesday night. The September 22 deadline for using No. 1 coupons arrived at midnight Monday night,, and there after for the next two months the No. 2 coupons are legally usable in buying gasoline. The "A" book coupons run in series of eight tickets, each good for four gallons, with the eight representing a two-months supply it was pointed out by the local ra tioning board. All applicants for renewal of gas coupon books B and C which expires on October 22nd should ap pear at the office of the Local War Price and Rationing Board in al phabetical order as follows: October 5th, A and B. j October 6th, C. October 7th, D, E and F. October 8th, G. October 9th, H. October 12th, I, J, K, L. October 13th, M and Mc. October 14th, N, 0, P, Q. October 15th, R. October 16, S and T. October 19th, U, V, W, Y. These new coupon books cannot be used until October 22nd. The local War Price and Ration ing Board suspended the operation of one of the cabs of the Black and White Cab Company for one month for violation of the regula tions of the Office of Defense Transportation by witholding gas rations for that period. Any non compliance with these regulations will be dealt with promptly through tire and gas rations, it was an nounced. J. B. HENSLEY IS SHOT WHILE ON HUNTING TRIP J. B. Hensley, merchant of East Marion, was taken to the Ruther ford Hospital last Saturday after noon for treatment of wounds in the chest, face and arm, sustained while hunting squirrels near Mari on with two friends, Robert Fin ley and Theo Hollifield. Sheriff Grady Nichols, who in vestigated, said that Mr. Hensley was near the top of a hill and Mr. Hollifield was on the slope when the latter fired a .12 gauge shot gun at a squirrel 50 yards away. A moment later, it was reported, Mr. Hensley's head appeared in view and Mr. Hollifield, mistaking the motion for that made by a squirrel, fired again, part of the load striking Mr. Hensley. The wounded man was given emergency treatment by a Marion physician and then taken to the hospital in Rutberfordton. No arrest was made, Sheriff Nichols stated, as the shooting was considered accidental. MERCURY DROPS FROM 93 TO 50 DEGREES The temperature of Marion has ranged from 93 to 50 de grees during the period from September 15-21. The great est variation in any one day was shown last Friday when the thermometer showed a drop from 92 to 61 degrees. The lowest temperature for the week was 50 degrees Mon day morning. Beginning on Tuesday of last week official readings were as follows: Tuesday, high 90, low 60; Wednesday, high 89, low 64; Thursday, j high 90, low 64; Friday high 92, low 61; Saturday, high 93, low 63; Sunday, high 81r low 63; Monday, high 80, low 50. Tucson, Ariz., is the only walled city in the United States. Wingate Resigns His Position 4s Fire Chief Here Also Resigns Position With Funeral Home To Accept Place In Landis. The resignation of Fire Chief Marvin C. Wingate was announced Tuesday to become effective at the end of this month. Mr. Wingate succeeded C. E. Bolick as fire chief last year, and when Marion's com mittee on civilian defense was or ganized, he was placed in charge of all the auxiliary firemen, ap proxiately 100 in number. Mr. Wingate came here about four years ago from Kings Moun tain, where he was a member of the volunteer fire department. While here he has been employed by the Westmoreland Funeral Home. Mr. Wingate will leave the first of October for Landis, where he has accepted a position with the Linn-Wright Funeral Home. Mrs. Wingate will remain here a few days before joining her husband in their new home. At their regular monthly meeting of the firemen Thursday night hon or will be paid their departing chief with a farewell party. Jack James and Walter Morgan are in charge of arrangements. At this meeting, it is announced, the firemen may select a successor to Mr. Wingate. VOGLER CALLS ON TAR HEELS TO GIVE SCRAP Raleigh, Sept. 22. — Declaring that America's blast furnaces will be compelled to curtail production during the winter months unless the American people do an excep tional salvage job, James B. Vog ler, state salvage chairman, appeal ed to North Carolinians today to give their full co-operation to their salvage committees and to newspa pers and community groups spon soring salvage programs. Approximately seven million tons of scrap must be made available to steel furnaces by the first of the year in order to carry them through the winter months and on ly half this amount is now on hand, Vogler said. For the last five months scrap stock piles have been steadily rising, after many previ ous months of continuous decline, and it has beenestimated that the necessary quota can be met if there is immediate intensification of scrap collection programs, he said. REVIVAL SERVICES UNDER WAY AT PRESBYTERIAN AND BAPTIST CHURCHES Revival services are being held this week at the First Presbyterian and First Baptist Churches. These services have been well attended and the enthusiasm is reported gratifying. Baptist services will continue through Sunday, September 27, with services at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. daily, except Saturday. Sun day morning service will be at 11 o'clock. The Presbyterian revival will continue through October 2 with services at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. daily and on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. REV. PEEPLES NAMED RECTOR OF ST. JOHN'S Te Rev. David N. Peeples, who has been supply • pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church for the past two years, has accepted the rectorship of this parish. The call j was extended at a recent meeting; of the vestry. REV. WILSON IS NAMED NEBO BAPTIST PASTOR Rev. W. Gordon Wilson, who has j been serving as supply pastor of the Nebo Baptist Church, has been called to serve as regular pastor of that church. Mr. Wilson was re cently ordained as pastor in a serv ice at the First Baptist Church. MARION HIGH OPENS FOOTBALL SEASON AT NEWTON; SCORE 6 TO 6 The Marion High School football season opened last Friday in a game between Marion and Newton at Newton which closed with a score of 6-6. The Marion team made twelve first downs to New ton's three. During the first half the local team played entirely with in their own territory. Late in the first period Von Ray Harris crashed through the left side of the line for the first touch down, but Fred Harris' attempt at an extra point failed. At the end of the second quarter the ball was on the Newton six inch line with four downs to go. The Newton boys came back strong in the second half and scored the last quarter. The Newton attempt for placement also failed and the score was tied at 6-6. Coach Beam stated that the Ma rion team played well, but that the greatest weakness was in blocking. Practices this week have included especial drilling in blocking and considerable time has been spent in perfecting plays to be used in the game which will be played with the Shelby high school Friday night at Shelby, Mr. Beam explained. The Shelby game will have to be j played without Robert Gibson, who j was in the opening line-up for the' Newton game, and Roy Hendley, who played a large portion of the game, Mr. Beam said. Gibson has entered the service of the U. S. Navy and Hendley has been absent for several of the recent practices. The homecoming game will be play ed on the Marion High School field with the Hickory high school on Friday, October 2. WEST MARION CHURCH TO HAVE HOMECOMING DAY The West Marion Methodist Church will observe homecoming day on Sunday, October 11, instead of next Sunday as originally sched uled, Rev. F. R. Barber announced this week. A worship service will be held at 11 a. m. and lunch will be serv ed on the grounds. A special mu sical program will be given in the afternoon. Everyone is invited to attend. BORIACK PREACHES FAREWELL SERMON AT LUTHERAN CHURCH Rev. Paul A. Boriack, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church here for the past ten years, preach ed his last sermon last Sunday morning. He has accepted a call to St. Paul's Angelican Lutheran church in Hilton, New York, and will leave the latter part of Sep tember to assume his new duties there. The Rev. Mr. Boriack, a native of Lincoln, Texas, received his early training in the elementary schools of that state, and later en tered St. John's College, Winfield, Kansas. He graduated from Con cordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missou ri, in 1929. In 1930 he took post graduate work at the seminary for A. B. D. degree and is now work ing on a theses which will com plete the course. He was ordained on October 20, 1930 and, after serving one year, as assistant pastor of Luther Me morial Chapel, Milwaukee, Wiscon sin, he came to North Carolina. He first went to Trinity Lutheran Church in Rutherfordt.on which had been organized early in that year by the Rev. Leslie Frerking of Charlotte. He came to Marion a few months later and founded St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, hold ing his first service here on Febru ary 14, 1932. He has continued as pastor of both churches until the j present time. ! The two churches had a small en- j rollment which has been increased to a total of 300 for both churches. The two churches now have nine j organizations functioning actively. Last year the young people of St. i Matthew's won ten first prizes in j the national talent quest of zone 1 i of the North Carolina Walther League. During the past ten years the two congregations have acquired; six lots, two chapels, a parsonage and a servicable hut,, About two' (Continued on last page) Future Guides To Operations Of Draft Given More Than Ten Million Men Seen In Armed Forces By The End Of 1943. Washington, Sept. 20 .— While the uncertainties of the war pre clude any authoritative forecast of of the ultimate strength to which the army and navy will grow, Se lective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey indicated today that more than 10,000,000 Americans would be under arms by the end of 1943. Hershey and his aides gave these guides to future operations of the draft in an interview clarifying and recapitulating the various orders and announcements issued piece meal in recent weeks: The supply of single men, includ ing those with dependents, will be exhausted this fall and calls for childless married men will begin generally in December or January as the strength of the army alone tops 4,500,000 by the end of this year. See Fathers Called Unless congress authorizes the drafting of 18 and 19-year-olds, the supply of childless married men will be exhausted about a year from now and the calling of men with children will begin around Oct. 1, 1943. Even the drafting of the teen agers might do no more than delay the calling of family men because the total number of men who ulti jmately will be required for the I service is not yet known. Approxi mately 2,250,000 teen-agers regis tered this year for drafting after they reached 20, bbut so many of them have enlisted that perhaps no more than 1,000,000 are left. Not every single man will be called before the general calling of married men begins, nor will every childless married man be called be fore the general calling of men with children, because local draft boards may still consider dependen cy and occupational factors. Although dependency deferment was largely eliminated by the act providing allowances for depend ents of service men, it may con tinue to be granted if the local board decides that hardship might result in a particular case. Thus a single man with dependents might under some circumstances be defer red even though men with children were being drafted. HIGH COURT TO DISCUSS ORCHARD CASE THIS WEEK Raleigh, Sept. 22.—The state su preme court resumes its fall session this week with a full docket, fea tured by an extended controversy between McDowell county land owners and the state highway com mission. Landowners, headed ■ by John Yancey and J. W. Winborne, trus tees, sought $200,000 compensa tion for lands condemned for use on the Blue Ridge parkway. The courts awarded them $56,000. The landowners then sued for in terest on $56„250 from the time the land was taken over by the government until the date of the court order granting the compen sation. This request was denied in McDowell superior court and in the supreme court. The case scheduled this week concerns the landowner's conten tion that they are entitled to $1, 125 interest from the time the for mer judgement commission, which, won in superior court, asserts that the state would not pay interest unless it "expressly engages to do so." SERVICES AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Rev. F. C. Smathers, of Ruther fordton, will preach at the First Methodist Church Sunday morning at the regular 11 o'clock service. Rev. F. R. Barber, pastor of Cross Mill Methodist Church, will preach at the eight o'clock service Sunday evening.
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