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THE MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPI^E OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 ' MARION, N. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1943 VOL. XLVII—NO. 41 Name Teachers For Schools In The City Unit Few Changes Are Made In t • List Of Principals And Teachers For Next Year. All principals of the Marion City ! Schools, with the exception of Fred Abernathy, principal of West Ma rion school, who resigned to accept the principalship of Glenwood high school, will return next year to re sume their administrative duties, Hugh F. Beam, city school superin tendent, announced yesterday. As yet no one has been selected to fill the vacancy at West Marion. Very few changes were made in the list of teachers. Principals and teachers re-elected by the city school board at a meet-! ing Tuesday night are as follows: Marion High School: D. E. Poole, J Principal, History; Mrs. Alba P., Blair, English; Miss Marguerite i Bodie, English; Miss Alice Bryan, j Librarian; Mrs. Kate Finley, Mathe-; matics; Miss Onyce Hewell, English,; Latin, French; Mrs. Ollie H. Hilde-j brand, Math, History, Phy. Ed.; Mrs. j Flora S. Homewood, Home Econo-j mics; Mrs. Dorothy M. Lonon, Eng-j lish, Science; Glenn Palmer, Band; Mrs. Zelda C. Pemberton, Mathemat ics; Mrs. Helen W. Shiflet, History, Science; Miss Mary Ruth Millsaps, Commercial; Mrs. Sara C. Wier, English. Marion Elementary School: Mrs. Mary Finley, 7th grade; Miss Bonnie Burgin, 6th grade; Miss Fannie Lou Sauls, 5th grade; Mrs. Ethel C. Giles, 4th grade; Miss Janie Tucker, 4th grade; Mrs. Effie C. Morris, 3rd grade; Mrs. Alma Crawford, 3rd and 2nd grades; Mrs. Pauline M. Neal, 2nd grade; Miss Annie Little, 1st grade; Miss Mary Love Bettis, Music. Ctinchfield Elementary School: Miss Ruth Greenlee, principal, 2nd grade; Miss Nina Greenlee, 7th grade; Miss Pauline Tipton, 7th and 6th grades; Mrs. Glenn Morris, 6th grade; Miss Elizabeth Wylie, 5th grade; MissJMamie Goforth, 5th and 4th grades; Miss Emily Blanton, 4th grade; Miss Louise Wilkie, 4th and 3rd grades; Miss Hazel Brown, 3rd grade;_ Miss_ Annie_ Spratt,_ 2nd grade; Mrs. Ruth T. Laughlin, 1st grade; Miss Lelia McLeod, 1st grade; Mrs. Rebekah L. Hirsch, Music. East Marion Elementary School: Miss Mamie Stacy, principal, 3rd grade; Miss Elsie Stacy, 7th gi-ade; Miss Sara Browne, 6th grade; Mrs. Mae R. Alley, 5th grade; Miss Louise Poteat, 4th grade, Music; Miss Wil ma Snoddy, 3rd grade; Mrs. Lula S. McCurry, 2nd grade; Mrs. W. A. Mc Call, 2nd and 1st grades; Miss Millie Kanipe, 1st grade; Mrs. Louise Rozi er McCall, Home Economics. Eugene Cross Elementary School: Mrs. Garland Williams, principal, 7th grade; Mrs. Sadie T. Patton, 6th grade, Music; Mrs. Clara F. Hudgins, 5th grade; Miss Hattie Taylor, 4th grade; Mrs. Blanche Holland, 3rd grade; Miss Effie Hicks, 2nd grade; Mrs. Gladys S. Myers, 1st grade. West Marion Elementary School: Miss Clara Hemphill, 6th and 5th grddes*Mrs. Hazel • W. Wilkerson, - 5th and 4th grades; Miss Helen Gra ham, 3rd grade, Music; Mrs. Kate C. iMorgan, 2nd grade; Miss Elizabeth ;Conley, 1st grade. Hudgins High and Elementary :School: F. M. Beaver, principal, 7th grade; Elizabeth V. Hutchinson, High School; Melda Williams, High School; B. G. Corpening, 6th grade; Margaret Greenlee, 5th and 4th grades; Mrs. Franklyn P. Brown, 1st grade. Glades Elementary School: Mag gie Leen Connor, 1st through 7th grades. LIEUT. COOPER KILLED IN ACTION IN AFRICA Lieutenant Hill P. Cooper, neph . ew of Mr. and Mrs. Walker Blanton^ was killed in action in North Africa on April 9, according to word re ceived by his parents who reside in Henderson, N. C. Lieut. Cooper was married recently to Miss Rosalind Burnett, of Henderson, niece of Mr. .and Mrs. Blanton. Mcdowell women to BE INSTRUCTED IN FOOD PRESERVATION A series of meetings for women of McDowell County will be conducted through the months of May and June by trained Home Economics women of North Carolina to teach "Food Preservation," Miss Jean Steele, county home demoifetration agent, announced this week. Letters have been mailed to wo men throughout the county by Miss Steele explaining that the purpose of these meetings is to study food preservation and to discuss canning problems. Both rural and town wo men are urged to attend. The schedule of meetings for the next two weeks is as follows: Wednesday, May 12, at 2 o'clock at the North Cove school. Thursday, May 13, at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant Gardens school. Meetings will also be conducted on Tuesday afternoon of each week at the Glenwood school by Mrs. F. S. Bradsher, home economics teacher. Meetings will be conducted at the Old Fort colored school Friday eve-1 ning at 7 o'clock and at Little1 Mountain colored school Thursday j afternoon at two o'clock. MISS RABB ACCEPTS POSITION AT BANK I Miss Ruth Rabb has accepted a j position at the First National Bank and will assume her new duties next i Monday, J. Neal Morris, cashier, an nounced this week. Miss Rabb is the daughter of J. C. Rabb. She completed a two year course at Mars Hill College and af terwards was secretary to the dean I of Mars Hill College. She served in that position for about a year and resigned to accept her present posi tion. Point Values Are Reduced on4 Processed Food Housewives of Marion and Mc Dowell county shopping this week under revised point values for both processed foods and meats and fats will find that careful planning will enable them to buy more than ever before with their stamps in War Ra tion Book Two, according to an an nouncement by the local War Price and Rationing Board. New point values for both blue and red stamp rationing programs were effective Sunday, May 2. The meats and fats program show ed 25 reductions and 16 advances— all of one point—while the processed foods values in a number of cases were reduced as much as one half, while advances, in general were one or two points. Advances under the red stamp program are confined largely to prime cuts—steaks and roasts—of beef, veal and pork. Reductions, for the most part, are noted in va riety meats, canned fish and other special products already having a re latively low point value. In processed foods, one-half re ductions in the point value of fruit and vegetable juices and in some fruits were made. Advances were made in canned or bottled pineapple —the most point-expensive item on the list—and on apricots and mixed fruits; on green peas, asparagus, corn, mixed vegetables and tomato paste, while reductions came in the most popular of all canned foods.j tomatoes, and in green beans and leafy greens (with the exception of j spinach.) Lower point values established during the April rationing period for quick frozen fruits and vege tables are maintained, as is the tem porary removal of dried black-eyed peas. Dried fruits, likewise, continued ration-free. MEMORIAL SERVICE Memorial services will be held at Providence church Sunday, May 23. j Dinner will be served on the church I lawn. Rev. J. 0. Bank of East Ma- j rion Methodist church will speak at j 1:30 p. m. All church members and j friends are requested to be present.: : New York to Chungking by air is only 7,580 miles, as against more than 12,000 miles by other routes Marion Seniors To Hear Judge Pless Tonight Class Night Program Given Wednesday Night; Literary Address Tonight. The Marion High School opened its. commencement exercises Sunday night when the baccalaureate sei vice was held. The sermon was de livered by Dr. D. E. Camak, pastor of the First Methodist church here. A large crowd attended. Class night exercises were held Wednesday evening with Mrs. J. A. Wier and Mrs. Alba Blair as the fac ulty sponsors. The class night in cluded reading of the last will and testament by Mary Jane Kluttz, the class prophecy by Gwendolyn Coop er, and class history by Swannee Ricks. A playlet, "The Open Road." was presented by the senior class. The welcome address was made by Elaine Bowman and the farewell speech was delivered by Pansy Robinson. Presentation of the class gift was made by J. D. Walker and the gift accepted by Supt. H. F. Beam. On Thursday evening, May 6th, Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., will deliver the literary address in the conclud ing program of the commencement series. Hugh Beam, superintendent of public instruction, will deliver the diplomas and D. E. Poole, high school principal, will award medals of achievement for various school activities. The salutatory address will be given by Miss Helen Smarr while the valedictorian speaker dur ing the evening will be J. B. Walker. Helen Smarr will give the saluta tory address and J. D. Walker, Jr., will make the valedictory address. Marshalls chosen on the basis of scholarship are: Elaine Penninger, chief; Mike McCall, Howard Toney, Buddy Bost, Ruth Byrd, Lynn Craw ley and Polly Hawkins. Seventy-nine students will gradu ate this year. MAYOR AND ALDERMEN RE-ELECTED TUESDAY; LIGHT VOTE WAS CAST A light vote was cast in the mu nicipal election here Monday, there being no opposition to the incumbent officials. A total of 110 votes were cast, compared with 1,163 cast two years ago. Mayor Jay F. Wilkinson was re elected mayor, receiving 108 votes. Dr. J. F. Jonas with 110 votes, W. S. Shiflet 110, W. K. M. Gilkey 108, H. D. Bishop 106, and S. W. Blan ton 104, were re-elected aldermen. The new terms are for two years. POSTAL RECEIPTS AND MONTHLY BOND SALES Postal receipts for the month of April totaled $4,257.86, which showed an increase of $1,467.60 over last April, Barron Caldwell, postmaster, stated. Receipts for the first four months of 1943 were $14,244.36 and for the corresponding months of 1942 $10, 817.88, showing an increase of $3, 426.48. • Mr. Caldwell also stated that the money order business for the past month totaled $22,182.37. $26,681.25 was received by the Marion Post Office for the sale of U. S. War Savings Bonds during April, 1943. PFC. ROBT. W. PADGETT IS GRADUATE MECHANIC Charged with the vital task of keeping huge B-24 Liberators in the high sitate of mechanical perfection required for modern aerial combat, Pfc. Robert W. Padgett, son of Mrs. Ada Padgett, Route 4, Marion, was graduated today as an expert me chanic from this unit of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Com mand, at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss. Pvt. Padgett has just completed the 17-week course in bomber me chanics, receiving specialized train ing in B-24 maintenance, hydraulic and fuel systems, propellers, instru ments, electrical systems, engines, structures and inspection. He is now qualified for line duty. Confederate Memorial To Be Dedicated —————— Former Governor Clyde Hoey And- Judge Winborne To Speak At Service Sunday. Ex-governor Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, and Associate Justice J. W. Winborne will be the speakers at a dedication service to be held in Ma rion next Sunday afternoon, May 9, at three o'clock when the stone gate way at the entrance of the Marion cemetery, a memorial to the Confed erate veterans of McDowell, and erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy, will be dedicated. Music will be furnished by the Ma rion High School band. The public is cordially invited to attend the dedication service and a j large crowd is expected. Mrs. J. Q. : Gilkey, chairman of the U. D. C. J Memorial committee, especially re quests that all Daughters of the Con federacy, widows of Confederate! , veterans and town and county of- j | ficials be present. j METHODISTS TO HOLD DISTRICT MEETING IN MORGANTON ON MAY 12 | Morganton will be host to the an j nual conference of the Marion Meth | odist district next Wednesday, May i 12, with an all-day meeting at the | Firet Methodist church. Rev. C. S. Kirkpatrick, district (superintendent, will preside over the ! conference which is composed of all j preachers and elected delegates from I each charge in the district, according ; to the Rev. Fletcher Nelson, pastor j of the First Methodist church of i Morganton. | The morning session to be devoted to organization and business will be .followed by a worship service at 12 ; o'cock, with the conference sermon j by the Rev. D. E. Camak of the First ! Church of Marion. | Luncheon will be served at the j community house, after which the ; business of the conference will be re sumed at the local church. Throughout the day various causes j of Methodism will be presented, in cluding orphanages, schools, col leges, missions, and the like, Mr. Nelson stated. i LARGE CROWD ATTENDS SINGING CONVENTION M'KINNEY HEADS GROUP A large crowd attended the Mc ! Dowell county singing convention | here last Sunday. The court house was packed throughout the morning and afternoon session. The pro gram included solos, duets, quartets, and choir singing, with prominent singers from McDowell and other counties taking part. It was announced that the next convention will be held in Marion in September. During the afternoon session S. C. McKinney of Marion was elected president of the association and John C. Burnett of Pleasant Gar dens wa9 elected vice-president. IWAAC RECRUITING OFFICERS WILL BE IN MARION MAY 10, 11 ! I Marion and McDowell County are 'asked to help furnish a quota of 100 WAACs which has been set for the Asheville area to be raised before May 15. A recruiting party will be lin Marion on Monday and Tuesday, May 10 and 11, and anyone who wishes may talk with these officers or fill out application blank9 at the WAAC booth located at Kelk's Store. The purpose of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps is to place women in the positions where they may release a man for combat duty, i i The Corps is open to all women of 121 to 44 inclusive, of good moral | character, without dependants, or i children under 14 years of age un j less there is a court order showing the children are in the custody of someone other than the mother. No special educational qualifications are necessary, but each appicant must pass mental and physical examina tions which are given in Asheville. j To Speak Here EX-GQV. CLYDE HOEY GOVERNOR REFUSES TO INTERVENE FOR Mcdowell killer Raleigh, May 4. — Governor Broughton has declined to intervene in the case of Bill Bryant, 39, of McDowell county, who is schedulde to die Friday in the gas chamber at Central prison. Bryant was sentenced in Mc Dowell superior court last Septem-1 ber after he was convicted of slaying, Joseph R. McNeely, an elderly white; man. The conviction was upheld by the state supreme court. MARION MAN REPORTED WOUNDED IN N. AFRICA The war department announced yesterday the names of 473 U. S. soldiers wounded in action in the A&iastic, European, North African, Pacific and Southwest Pacific areas. The list of wounded in North Afri can area included Sgt. Hershel J. Gouge, son of Mrs. Pansy E. Gouge of Marion. Board Issues Statement On Canning Sugar With the canning season fast ap proaching the local ration board has set the date of May 17 through 20 for the registration of all persons desiring sugar for canning purposes. The local board requests that one person register for all members of the family. There will be only one allotment of 9ugar for each family and this allotment will be made for the.entire canning season. Each in dividual will be entitled to a maxi mum allotment of eight pounds of sugar which should cover the needs for the entire summer. In other words there will be only one sugar registration held during the canning season. It will be necessary for the person registering for the family to bring with him all of the War Books Num ber One, held fry the members of his family. Remember the registration dates of May 17 through 20. The following places will be open from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. on the dates mentioned above: Marion High School Building. Glenwood High School Building. East Marion Community Building. Clinchfield School Building. Nebo School Building. West Marion School Building. North Cove School Building. Sugar Hill School Building. Dysartsville School Building. Pleasant Gardens School Building. Cross School Building. Old Fort Rationing Board Room. Dee Hollifield's Store. j Hudgins Colored School. FRED ABERNATHY TO BE PRINCIPAL AT GLENWOOD Fred Abernathy, principal of West Marion school for the past two years, has been elected principal of Glenwood High School, succeeding Stanley Livingston, resigned, it was announced yesterday by N. F. Steppe, county superintendent. Mr. Abernathy is well known in Mc Dowell county, having been a mem ber of the faculty of North Cove school several years ago. To Distribute Ration Book 3 Late In June: Application Forms Will Be Dropped In Mail Boxes Be tween May 20 And June 5. War Ration Book Three, which provides new stamps to replace those running out in the first two ration books, will be distributed in Mc Dowell county beginning lace in June and ending July 21, according to an announcement by the toeal ra tioning board. "There will be no schoolhwuse reg istration such as featured the issu ance of the first two ration books," it was stated. "Application forms good for a single person or an entire family will be dropped in every mail box by postmen between May 20 and June 5. The head of the house will fill out the cards which are pre-ad dressed to OPA mail centers, for the entire family and mail them between June 1 and 10. OPA mail centers will begin sending out the books late in June." War Ration Book Three will con tain "unit" stamps such as those now in use for sugar, coffee and shoes and "point" stamps like those now being used for the purchase of processed foods, meats and fats, it was explained. Unit stamps will be printed with pictures of planes, guns, tanks and aircraft carriers, while the point stamps, in the familiar 8, 5, 2 and one-point series, will be printed this time in brown ink rather than in red or blue. The letters of the alphabet will appear on them, just as in War Ration Book Two. The new replacement book will j not have immediate use, the board j explained. The unit stamps in it 'will be used for coffee, sugar and shoes when Book One runs out in the Fall. The point stamps are intended as a safety measure in case War Ra tion Book Two is used up before a replacement book for processed foods and meat-fat rationing can roll off the presses, it was explained. RED CROSS SHIPS 10Q KIT BAGS THIS WEEK The local Red Cross project ship ped 100 kit bags this week to a port of embarkation, announcement by Mrs. C. A. Harris, publicity chaii1 man, stated. Money to equip these kit bags was raised by the Junior Red Cross under the leadership of Mrs. Tom Greenlee. The bags were made by the Home Economics stu dents of the Marion, Clinchfield, East Marion and Nebo schools. | In addition to the kit bags 66 army sweaters and 55 mufflers were also shipped. The Surgical Dressings Project haa announced the completion of 15,000 dressings during the past week. Announcement was made that ser vice pins have been received and workers who have completed the re quired number of working hours may now obtain them. A letter received this week from Mrs. Cornelia D. Wolfe, administra tor of volunteer service of the east ern area, stated that letters were continually being received from all parts of the world expressing ap preciation for the kit bags and stat ing that they filled a real need. MISS GORDON SPEAKS AT COUNTY 4-H CLUB MEET Miss Pauline Gordon, of Raleigh, Home Management and Home Fur nishings Specialist, addressed 4-H Club girls of McDowell County on, "Room Improvement" at a meeting held in the office of Miss Jean Steele,, county home demonstration agent, last Saturday. The major points of Miss Gordon's demonstration were selection of cur tains, bedspreads, arrangement' of furniture, color harmony, and ar rangement of pictures. Miss Gor don also told how to make a bed correctly and how to arrange a clos et conveniently. She exhibited 15 different kinds of window curtains and gave instructions for making each kind.
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