THE MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPIJE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1944 VOL XLVih_no 25 January Draft Quota Is Sent From M'Dowell NOver 100 Men Sent By Board To Camp Croft For Exami nation And Induction. McDowell county's January quota for white selectees, numbering 113, left Tuesday for Camp Croft, S. C., to undergo final physical examina tion and possible induction into the armed forces. Ray Smith was named group lead er with Norman Steppe, John L. Sul livan, Guy Lonon, Clyde Norton and William McGalliard as assistant leaders. A large number of the inductees were married men with children. Personnel of the January call was as follows: James T. Vallini, Herb C. Elliott, William O. Price, Howard R. Mc Curry, Jay Milton Willis, George W. Pope, William Ralph Penland, Lewis B. Condrey, Bernus Lee Duncan, William James Young, William A. McGalliard, William Fate Burnette, Paul R. Reynolds, Ray Milton Min ish, James E. Mathis, James A. Clark, William J. Owensby, Guy S. Arrowood, Ray Garland Johnson, Rom B. Huskins. Swan Berlen Ricker, John Patrick Ollis, Jr., William Harley Walker, Perry William Melton, Charles Franklin Cranford, James R. Robin son, Charles R. Pritchard, Albert N. Lawing, James W. Miller, Albert W. Grayson, Paul W. Sisk, Romeo Ward, Horace A. Norton, George D. Bartlett, Allan Roby Mathis, Mack D. Lail, Grady T. McCraw, Paul E. Simmons, Benjamin F. Huskins, Clarence Williams. James A. isrxght, Jack (J. Lribson, William B. Blankenship, George G. Seagle, Dexter Wood, Henry F. Randolph, Jesse M. Arrowood, Her man V. Long, John L. Sullivan, John Kirby Davis, Clyde Monroe Norton, Howard C. McKinney. Lawrence Hollifield, Herbert A. Dellinger, Gar rett E. Rice, Floyd Lee Edney, Char lie D. Presnell, James W. Stacy, Paul Leslie Harmon, Jr., Lenoir D. Gar swell. Johnnie Stockton, J. L. Laugh ridge, Jr., Barney F. Early, James