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 8, 1942 VOL XLVII—NO 11
ANNUAL MEETING OF BLUE
RIDGE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
TO BE HELD TUESDAY, OCT 13
Morning And Afternoon Ses
sions At Woodlawn, Night
Session In Marion.
The fourteenth annual session of
the Blue Ridge Baptist Association
will meet Tuesday of next week,
October 13th. The morning and
afternoon sessions will be held at
the Woodlawn Baptist Church, and
the night session will be held at
the First Baptist church in Marion.
Some of the visiting speakers ex
pected to appear on the program
are: Dr. M. A. Hugging of Raleigh,
and the General Secretary of the
Baptist State Convention of North
Carolina; Mr. Perry Morgan, man
ager of the Ridgecrest Baptist As
sembly, Dr. John Arch McMillan of
Thomasvllle, Dr. M. A. Adams of
Taylorsville, Rev. M. L. Lewis of
Hendersonville, and Prof. M. H.
Kendall, a member of the faculty
of Mars Hill College.
The Blue Ridge Baptist Associa
tion is made up of thirty mission
ary Baptist churches located in Mc
Dowell county. These churches re
ported last year a total member
ship of 4,735, and gave for local
work and missions $33,403.73.
They own church property valued
at $159,700.00.
A meeting of the clerks of the
churches and members of the ex
ecutive committee of this associa
tion hab been called for next Sun
day, October 11th, at 3 o'clock p.
m., in the auditorium of the First
Baptist church in Marion.
A tentative program of the pro
ceedings of the approaching annual
session is as follows:
Tuesday Morning
Woodlawn Baptist Church
9:45—Worship lead by Rev. H.
H. Justice.
10:00—Roll Call of churches.
10:20—Church records, Dr. B. F.
Bray. j
10:30 — Associational Missions,:
Rev. G. A. Condrey.
10:40—The Liquor Problem, Dr. j
M. A. Adams.
11:00—Lord's Acre Plan, Rev.
M. L. Lewis.
11:20—Election of officers.
11:30—Sermon by Rev. W. F.
McMahan.
12:15—Adjournment for dinner.
Tuesday Afternoon
1:15-—Worship lead by Rev. C.
S. Waters.
1:30—Factual Reports Concern
ing Foreign Missions, Rev. R. I.
Corbett; Home Missions, Rev. C. M.
Johnson, and State' Missions Rev.
D. W. Hodge.
2:00—Twenty-five Years of State
Mission^ in McDowell County, Rev.
A. P. Sorrels.
2:10—The Co-operative Program,
M. A. Huggins.
2:40 — Religious Literature, E.
W. Parker.
3:00—The Baptist Hospital, Rev.
W. C. Pate.
3:20—Orphanage Report, W. B.
• Connelly.
3:25—Address—The Baptist Or
phanage, Dr. John Arch McMillan.
3:45—Christian Colleges: Wake
"Forest, Zeno Martin; Mars Hill,
Rev. M. H. Kendall.
4:05—Historian's Report, Alonzo
E. Davis.
4:30—Adjourn.
Tuesday Night
First Baptist Church
7:45—Worship, Rev. L. G. Red
ding.
8:45—Sunday School report, A.
Hi Mitchem.
2:10—B. T. U. report, Rev. W.
Gordon Wilson.
8:20—W. M. U. report, Mrs. W.
C. Pate.
8:30 — Address — Shall We Be
Missionary Now, Perry Morgan.
9:15—Final adjournment.
NEW JANITOR NAMED
BY COMMISSIONERS
At the regular meeting of the
board of county commissioners
Monday Zack Owensby was employ
ed as janitor for the court house
with Earl Bell as assistant janitor.
The board spent a busy day in
the transaction of routine business.
METHODIST STEWARDS
ELECTED AT QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE HELD HERE
Stewards of the First Methodist
Church were elected to serve for
the coming year at quarterly con
ference held at the church Monday
evening.
J. H. Beaman was re-elected
chairman of the Board of Stew
ards. Frank Goldsmith was elected
vice-chairman and Eugene Cross,
Jr., secretary. Other stewards are;
H. D. Bishop, A. S. Bradford, H.
T. Conley, R. Lee Conley, S. L.
Copeland, Roy W. Davis, E. B. Gib
son, Kelly Gillcey, Dr. J. F. Jonas,
B. H. Laughridge, J. L. Martin, C.
R. McCall, W. W. Neal, Sr., Joseph
Noyes, Arnold Pyatt, Clarence
Rabb, J. C. Rabb, Dr. K. W. Ram
sey, G. H. Ross, W. Ray Smith, Jr.,
Charles G. Suttle, J. H. Tate, J. F.
Wilkinson and William J. Wilkin
son.
H. T. Conley was re-elected
church secretary and treasurer.
Prior to the conference the Stew
ards were entertained with a sup
per given by J. H. Beaman and Dr.
J. F. Jonas in the Methodist hut.
1,745 W. N. C. SELECTEES
INDUCTED IN SEPTEMBER
In September 1,745 selectees
from 21 Western North Carolina
counties were sent to army induc
tion stations by the 27 draft boards
in the area, figures compiled in
Asheville showed.
In terms of population, one man
left Western North Carolina last
month to enter the army for each
286 people. These figures do not
include enlistments, which totaled
more than 700 in September.
Sixty-three men were sent to
camp by the McDowell county
board.
Buncombe county, with approxi
mately one-fifth of the area's half
million population, led in the num
ber of selectees, sending 385 'men
to camp. Graham county sent the
smallest number, 24.
Rutherford county sent 147,
Haywood, 130; Burke, 104; Avery,
50; Mitchell, 59; Polk, 45; Hender
son, 103; Transylvania, 59, and
Yancey, 42.
DATES FOR MAKING
GAS APPLICATIONS
Applicants for supplementary ra
tions for the period beginning Oc
tober 22nd must apply at the office
of the Rationing Board in alpha
betical 'order on the following days.
It will be impossible to take care of
rush of applicants on or about Oc
tober 22nd and cars will be without
gasoline if they do not apply before
that time. The dates are a9 fol
lows:
October 8th, G.
October 9th, H.
October 12th, I, J, K, L.
October 13, M and Mc.
October 14th, N, O, P, Q.
October 15th, R.
October 16th, S and T.
October 19th, U, V, W, Y.
The Clinchfield Manufacturing
Company and the Cross Cotton
Mill now have an approved trans
portation plan for their employees
who are now eligible for Grade II
new tires where transportating four
or more passengers*.
Consumers of fuel oil need to do
three things in order to get ready
for fuel oil rationing. (I) Check
fuel oil inventory as of October
1st. (2) Determine the amount of
fuel oil purchased last year. (3)
Deternrne the square foot area of
their house by measuring each
room to be heated.
W. H. NEAL RECEIVES
NAVAL PROMOTION
William H. Neal, who has been
serving as yeoman in the U. S. Na
vy department at Washington, D.
C., has been promoted to Second
Class Petty Officer, according to
word received here this week.
Mr. Neal is the son of Mrs. J.
E. Neal, Sr. and the late Mr. Neal
of Marion.
RED CROSS RE-OPENS
KNITTING PROJECT
The Red Cross production room
in the community building will re
open this week, according to an
nouncement by Mrs. Joseph Noyes,
chairman of this project.
The production room is for the
purpose of knitting army sweaters
and it not to be confused with the
Red Cross Surgical Dressings proj
ect in the basement of the com
munity building under the direction
of Mrs. E. C. McMillan. A quota
of 133 army sweaters has been set
to be completed as soon as possible
and wool and instructions are avail
able in the production room. A
I special urge has been extended by
I the War Department for every
I available person to assist in this
work so that the quota may be
reached.
The room will be open week-day
mornings from 10 until 11 and af
ternoons from 2 until four. On
Saturday mornings the room will
be open from 10 until 12 and will
j be closed on Saturday afternoons,
i Mrs. Noyes stated.
I
MRS. McCALL COMMITTED
TO THE STATE HOSPITAL
| Sheriff Grady Nichols left yes
j'terday for Raleigh to place Mrs.
i Hugh McCall, who is said to have
offered him $200 last July to kill
her landlady, in the state hospital
for the criminally insane.
Commitment papers were signed
at a hearing here Tuesday by
! Judge Paul J. Story after Dr. Guy
S. Kirby, Morganton state hospital
! board chairman, and other phy
sicians testified the young mother
was ill with dementia praecox.
Mrs. McCall has been held in jail
here since July 21 when she met
Nichols in a local railroad station
and not realizing that he was coun
ty sheriff was said to have attempt
ed to hire him to poison Mrs. Char
lie Mae Harshaw, whom she said
she thought was in love with her
husband.
OFFICERS OF MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION RE-ELECTED
At the regular quarterly meeting
of the McDowell County Ministeri
al Association held at the Metho
dist hut here last Monday Rev. F.
R. Barber, pastor of Cross Mill and
l West Marion Methodist churches,
was re-elected president of the As
i sociation. Rev. W. C. Pate was re
1 elected vice-president, and G. L.
Wilkinson, secretary.
| WORD RECEIVED FROM
CPL. JOSEPH EDWARDS
.
; Word was received here this
jweek from Corporal Joe (Buddy)
| Edwards of the U. S. Marines, by
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Baber that he
lis well. He wrote "I am 0. K. and
I well." The letter was written Au
; gust 25.
I L
Quota Exceeded
In McDowell In
War Bond Sales
More Than $80,000 Was In
vested By People Of The
County Last Month.
McDowell County's sale of war
bonds for the month of September
totaling $80,310.25 exceeded the
quota of $62,500.00 by $17,810.25,
Paul 0. Nafe, county chairman, an
nounced last week.
Marion Theatre lead the sale of
bonds with a final total of $52,059
| and Marion Post Office was second
I with a total of $20,775. Other
j points of sale throughout the coun
ty were reported as follows: First
I National Bank $4,645.00; Old Fort
post office 1,481.25; Bank of Black
i Mountain at Old Fort $675.; Neals
ville post office $618.75; Marion
Industrial Bank $37.50 and Cross
Cotton Mills $18.75 making a
grand total of $80,310.25.
REGISTRATION BOOKS
TO OPEN OCTOBER 10 J
Registration books for the No
vember election, expected to be one
of the quietest in the county's his
tory, will open in McDowell on Sat
urday, Oct. 10.
Registrars will be at the 17 vot
ing precincts places in the county
on three Saturdays to register new
voters or those who have moved.
If you wish to vote on Nov. 3, your
name must be on the registration
books.
Lee Young is registrar for Mari
on precinct ,No. 1 and Eugene
Keeter is registrar for Marion No.1
2.
Mcdowell's monthly
TIRE QUOTA ANNOUNCED
!
The State Office of Price Admin- ■
istration has announced the tire
and tube quota for the month of
October and provides that McDow
ell County shall receive five new j
tires and 15 Grade II tires for pas-!
senger cars. Twenty-one recaps !
and twenty-one tubes for passenger
cars are allowed.
Twenty-seven new truck tires j
will be allotted to this county, j
thirty-six truck tire recaps and 321
truck tubes. i
METHODIST SERVICE
Rev. McRae Crawford, of Gilkey,
will preach at the First Methodist
Church at the morning service Sun
day and Rev. -J. O. Banks, pastor i
of the East Marion Methodist |
Church, will preach at the evening,
service.
SCRAP CAMPAIGN UNDER WA Y;
SATURDAY COLLECTION DAY
Plans have been completed for an
all-out effort to get scrap metal for
Uncle Sam's war industries during
the campaign now in progress.
While Marion's whirlwind scrap
drive is to be conducted by the Ki
wanians, Boy Scouts and Junior
Woman's Club members this week,
the schools throughout the county
have already started rounding up
old metal.
W. G. Ballew, chairman of the
salvage committee , said yesterday
i that detailed reports had not yet
| been made, but that Clinchfield
! school pupils have assembled about
(2000 pounds and several truck loads
(have been collected at West Marion
and a large quantity at North Cove
school.
The drive is in full swing at Old
Fort schools with the community
divided into areas called patrols,
each of which is under the super
vision of the teachers. Prizes have
been offered to the individual bring
ing in the most poundage, the club
obtaining the most and also the
room getting the most scrap.
The discovery of 100 tons of iron
and old war metal, boilers and en
jgines and discarded machinery at
ian abandoned gold mine was re
ported during the week. The metal j
was uncovered in the Glenwood and
Sugar Hill sections of McDowell!
county by Clint Simmons, scrap |
drive chairman for that area. He j
said he also found several junk au
tos and trucks.
The donation of the heavy
wrought iron fence around the Neal
family plot in Oak Grove cemetery
to the scrap metal drive was an
nounced Monday by W. W. Neal, j
Sr. The fence formerly stood in j
front of the Neal home on West
Henderson street and is said to con
tain several hundred pounds of
wrought iron.
. Mr. Ballew stated that enthusias
tic support for the di'ive is being i
registered throughout the county j
and that the people are working
hard in giving in the scrap.
The house to house canvass is I
now underway urging all families j
to search their homes for every!
thing in the way of scrap that is
available and have it piled up in!
their front yard before Saturday.
The junk will be collected Satur
day and later sold to the highest
bidder with the proceeds being do
nated to the U. S. 0., it was an-i
nounced. i
POSTAL RECEIPTS SHOW
INCREASE THIS YEAR
Postal receipts for the
month of September reached
a total of $2746.82. As com
pared with a total of $2379.32
for September, 1941 an in
crease of $367.50 is shown,
Barron Caldwell, postmaster,
stated.
The total receipts for the
quarter ending September 30th
ia $8548.59. At the close of
the same quarter last year the
total was $7711.40 showing an
increase of $837.19.
MARION RIPPERS LICK
HICJKORY TEAM 15-13;
MEET MORGANTON FRIDAY
The Marion High School Rippers
opened their home season of foot
ball on the local high school ath
letic field last Friday with a 15-13
victory over the Red Tornados of
Hickory. It was a hard and excit
ing game from start to finish and
one full of thrill for fans and sup
porters of the high school grid
sters.
Marion received to begin the
game, but after a grounded pass]
and a fifteen yard penalty elected
to punt. Hickory made several
short gains but likewise had to j
kick. After the ball had exchang-1
ed hands several times, Green, all
South Carolina high back of last
year and fullback for the visitors, i
was able to score for the Tornados.
Marion received and after sever
al gains kicked to the five yard j
line. Hickory attempted to puntj
but James Bryd, flanksman for the |
locals blocked the punt for a safe
ty. Shortly thereafter F. Harris
behind beautiful inteference ran j
for fifty-six yards and a touch- j
down. He also converted the ex
tra point and the half ended 9-6 in
favor of Marion.
In the second half Hickory was
again able to score and Buff drop
kicked the extra point, putting
Hickory again in the lead 13-9.
Each team fought hard for an ad
vantage, but it was in the middle
of the final quarter when Marion,
with F. Harris handling the ball,
threw a long pass to V. Harris for
the final score which listed Marion
15, Hickory 13. The try for extra
point was wide.
Coach Beam praised his boys for1
the fight and spirit which enabled
them to come out on top. The Har
ris. brothers at backs were good and
Ayers and Noblit gave a good ac- j
count of themselves in the line.1
Little and A. Byrd also come in for
a share of the glory.
This week the Orange and Black
have worked hard for the game
with Morganton which will be play
ed in Morganton Friday night at
eight o'clock. The locals are look- j
ing for a good fight as Morganton
is the defending conference cham
pions and boast an excellent com- -
bination.
The probable line up will be as
followsj, Noblit, center; Little and
A. Byrd, guards; J. Walker and
Robinson, tackles; James Byrd and;
Ayers, ends; V. Harris, Q-back; F. i
Harris and Walker or Jack Byrd, i
halves; Bryson, full back.
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IS
UNDER MANPOWER BOARD!
The U. S. Employment service!
and the National Youth Adminis-!
tration have been transferred to'
the War Manpower Commission as
a part of that agency's move to
control all manpower and training
for the war effort. The employ
ment service was formerly under
the Social Security board, it was
stated by Manager H. Gillam Park-:
er, manager of the Morganton em- j
ployment office.
Paul V. McNutt, head of MMC, i
urges all employers to do their hir- j
ing through the Employment ser
vice to make possible an orderly
flow of workers to war projects and
to prevent pirating and job-shop
ping, Mr. Parker stated. j
H. G. PARKER ADDRESSES
ROTARY CLUB FRIDAY
The Rotary Club had as guest
speaker at their weekly luncheon1
meeting Friday H. G. Parker, man- j
ager of the Employment Service
Office of Morganton.
Mr. Parker explained the set-up
of the employment office since the
Marion and Morganton offices were
merged.
Marion P.T.A.
Will Sponsor
Health Lyceum
Addresses Made By Supt.
Beam And D. E. Poole,
Principal; Reports Given.
The first regular meeting of the
Parent - Teacher Association waj
held Monday afternoon in the audi
torium of the Marion High School.
The meeting opened with a song
and invocation was given by D. E.
Poole, principal. Objectives of the
P. T. A. were read by Mrs. R. W
Proctor, president.
Superintendent Hugh F. Beam
made an address and in his opening
remarks commended the parents
for taking time to attend the meet
ing in the midst of a time when
everyone is busy with wartime du
ties. He stated, however, that the
future of our country and of de
mocracy rests upon the shoulders
of the boys and girls in the schools
today and that it is vitally import
ant that parents cooperate with
teachers and school officials in pro
moting a program to train youth.
He urged that the group make
their enthusiasm as contagious as
possible and thereby increase the
attendance for meetings through
out the year.
At tne close 01 nis remarKs supt.
Beam introduced D. E. Poole, prin
cipal of the Marion High School,
who spoke briefly emphasizing the
remarks made by Mr. Meam, and
urging a spirit of cooperation be
tween parents and teachers in as
suming the responsibility of their
organization. Mr. Poole closed by
introducing the new teachers in the
schools this year.
Mrs. Proctor extended a welcome
to the teachers.
Reports were heard from com
mittee chairman and a motion was
passed to assist in the Red Cross
Surgical Dressings project. A mo
tion was passed to devote as much
time as possible to work on the Red
Cross Surgical Dressings project
and the P. T. A. members named
Thursday afternoon between the
hours of two and four o'clock as
their special time for serving in the
work room.
An agreement was also reached
to sponsor a health lyceum here.
October 11 was named as tag day
when tags will be sold by school
children to raise funds for provid
ing meals to underprivileged chil
dren at low cost and in some cases
without any charge.
SIX DELINQUENTS ARE
REPORTED BY DRAFT BD.
The following list of selectees
have been notified twice by the of
fice of the McDowell County Draft
Board to appear for physical ex
aminations and have not reported.
These persons are now classified
as delinquents.
James Alexander Staffer, of Ma
rion; John Carl Ray, of Nealsville;
Erwin Massey, of Old Fort; Wil
fred Hardin Bradley, of East Mari
on; Foy Sutherland Smith, of New
port News, Va., and Ray Benjamin
Laughter, of Marion.
KAISER COMPLIMENTS
OLD FORT SONG WRITER
Old Fort, Oct. 3. — Carl Lee
White, of Old Fort, composer of
popular songs, has received com
pliments from Kay Kaiser, the
famous band leader, on his work
in "Say Adieu," a song which has
been placed in the files of Para
mount Pictures. He has also been
complimented by such name band
leaders as Jimmy Dorsey, Vincent
Lopez, and Guy Lombardo. His
latest song, "Always in Front." is
a war composition.
JAMES GREGORY BEGINS
TRAINING AT FORT KNOX
James Gregory of Marion has re
ported at the armored force re
placement training center at Fort
Knox, Ky., an announcement re
ceived here from Fort Knox stated.
He will be given a 12-week train
ing course to fit him for duty with.
;he army armored force.