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
<C. Bates, Richard E. McCarthy, Paul
D. Welborn, Norman F. Steppe,
Pink Falls Lewis, John Avery Good,
Lester Romie, Claude D. Workman,
Howard 0. Hunter, Floyd Milton
Lowery, Charles Whisenant, Joe A.
Lewis, Horace A. Odom, Russell R.
Hoyle, Albert L. Greene, James G.
Swann, Zolen F. Vess.
John R. Queen, John Henry Bur
nett, Clifford L. Wilson, Clyde K.
Greene, Oscar L. Vess, Winston
Worley, Tom Charles Hollifield, Wil
lard F. Day, Horace R. Barnhart,
Farlen L. McGinnis, William H. Mas
sey, William R. Smith, Jr., Vinson
U. Crisp, Charlie H. Goins, John
Taylor Toney, William G. Lonon,
Carl Glenn Mooney, Glenn B. Sat
terwhite, Albert Williams, James P.
Lippard, Bernie Lee Fender and
John Roy Smoot.
Transferred from other boards:
Dale W. Boroughs, Horace G. Con
nor, Charles E. Lamb, John R. Spen
cer, Ernest H. McAbee, Ned W.
Landis.
Delivered to other boards: Harold
'Lee Sparks, Clyde Weaver Williams,
1 George Adam Sprouse, Doyle Mc
Swain Davis, Willis Mainer.
ERNEST YOUNG GETS
SERIOUS BATTLE WOUND
Old Fort—Pvt. Ernest E. Young,
Jr., son of Ernest E. Young of Old
Fort, has been seriously wounded in
• action in the Port Moresby, New
Guinea, area, according to a mes
sage received by Mr. Young from
the war department.
The message said the young man
was wounded Dec. 26, and advised
the father that further information
concerning Pvt. Young's condition
will be forwarded as it is received.
In his last letter to his father in
December, Pvt. Young wrote, "I got
the job I trained for." In an earlier
letter he had told his father to think
back over news reports of April 12.
^'Tojo sent his men over and we gave
'em ," he said in his letter.
The elder Mr. Young is a veteran
,-of the first world war.
Reported Missing
Baylis Whitner Harrison, Jr., of
the Merchant Marine, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. W. Harrison, of Marion, is
reported missing following action in
j the performance of his duties.
I
Marion Youth
Listed Among
Those Missing
Baylis Harrison Reported
Missing Following Action
In Performance Of Duty.
Baylis Whitner Harrison, Jr., 22,
! of the American Merchant Marines,
1 . .
is missing1 following action in the
| performance of his duties and in the
^service of his country, the Navy de
partment has informed his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Harrison, of
Marion.
Mr. Harrison, a native of Wal
halla, S. C., attended Kingstree high
school and Clemson college in South
Carolina before moving to Marion
about four years ago.
In high school he was captain of
! the basketball team and was a letter
man in football and baseball. In
Marion he was a member of St.
John's Episcopal church and was
formerly employed by the Marion
Manufacturing company. He joined
the merchant marine in October,
1942.
His father, manager 01 the Mc
iDowell Cut Rate Drug1 store, Marion,
believes the young man is missing in
the Mediterranean theater of war,
as he was last heard from on his
fourth mission across the Atlantic to
! that sector.
Text of Message
The telegram from Vice-Admiral
i R. R. Waesche, commandant of the
i '
i coast guard, to Mr. and Mrs. Harri
; son, reads:
| "The navy department deeply re
grets to inform you that your son,
Baylis Whitner Harrison, Jr., is
| missing following action in the per
I formance of his duty and in the ser
] vice of his country in the American
merchant marine. The coast guard
appreciates your great anxiety. To
prevent possible aid to our enemies
! please do not divulge the name of
his ship."
Besides his parents, young Mr.
! Harrison has a brother, Zane, and
| two sisters, Lila Earle and Lenora
jJanell, all of Marion. He also has
I a number of uncles and aunts in
| South Carolina and an uncle in Bal
timore, Md., who is a naval officer.
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
PROJECT REOPENED
The Red Cross Surgical Dressings
project has received more material
and the work room is to be re-open
ed on Thursday of this week at two
o'clock, Mrs. E. C. McMillan, surgi
cal dressings chairman, announced
this week.
Twice as many dressings are re
quired in the 1944 quota as were re
quired in 1943, it was stated, and the
need for more workers is apparent.
The work room in the community
building will be open each day from
two until four o'clock except Satur
days and Sundays. Workers, how
ever, are not required to work the
full two hours, but may leave at any
time.
Instructors are present each day
to explain the work to new workers.
HUGH F. BEAM MAKES
TALK ON EDUCATION
AT KIWANIS MEETING
R. W. Twitty, newly elected presi
dent of the Marion Kiwanis club,
presided at the first meeting of the !
year since the installation of of
ficers, last Tuesday evening. A large
number of Kiwanians were present j
and H. G. Sain was a guest.
J. B. Laughlin was program chair- j
man, and he presented Hugh Beam, j
superintendent of Marion City j
Schools, who discussed "Education j
of Youth for a World of Law and
Order."
Mr. Beam discussed the history of
American education and' the heritage i
that it has. In outlining the trends j
of current education the speaker!
said that many changes in education ■
had bbeen noted; that many addi-j
tions had been made to the tradition- j
al three "R's", and that much em- j
| phasis was being given to vocational
subjects. I
"The type of world that we will j
have after the war and in the years
to follow, will depend upon the type
of education we give our boys and
girls today," the speaker said. In
concluding his remarks, Mr. Beam
said that briefly present educational
policies include: "Attention to the
tree "R's", character education, ed
ucational guidance, and limited
j specialized education." j
The directors held a short business
; session after the close of the regular
j meeting. j
HOUSE AT WEST MARION
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
! The residence of Charles Martin, '
'colored, in the West Marion com
I munity, was destroyed by fire last
I Friday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock,
j The building, a two-story eight room
! structure, was entirely destroyed
iwith all the household furniture and;
other contents. The fire started in j
I the kitchen from a stove, and the |
building was in flames when discov-i
j ered by members of the family in i
another part of the building.
: The Marion fire department re- 1
isponded to the call and, although
out of reach of the water line, was
instrumental in saving another
I building close by use of water in the I
tank of the fire truck and supplied
j by other sources.
Insurance on the building amount
; ed to $900.
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
PLAN OYSTER SUPPER
.
; An oyster supper will be given by I
'the Civilian Defense organization at:
the Community building on Friday,
; January 21, at 7:30 o'clock. The
: program will include special music
and speeches. All divisions of the
organization are expected to attend,
j R. L. McMillan, State Director of
j Civilian Defense, will be the princi
; pal speaker,
j i
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR
MRS. HOLLAND FRIDAY;
■——
; Mrs. Alice Holland, 66, died at
j her residence early Thursday morn-1
i ing after a brief illness.
i Funeral services were conducted |
j at Pleasant Hill Methodist church
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock by her
i pastor, the Rev. W. H. Bell, and
! burial made in the church cemetery.
I She is survived by one son, Clif
ford Lee Holland; one granddaugh
jter, Ka,tie Elizabeth; and one sister,!
! Mrs. C. D. Holland, all of Marion, J
i Route 1. !
I
Bank Officers
And Directors
Are Re-Elected
Chambers Heads Both Institu
tions; A Highly Successful
Year Is Reported.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of The First National Bank
was held in its banking house on
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. W.
R. Chambers, president of the bank,
presided at the stockholders' meet
ing.
J. N. Morris, cashier, made a de
tailed report of the progress of the
bank during the year 1943. It was
reported that the resources of the
bank had climbed from $2,394,079,
99, on December 31, 1942 to $2,919,
157.22, on December 31st, 1943, or
a gain of $525,077.23, and that the
deposits are now more than two and
one-half million dollars. It was also
made known that there had been ad
ded to the surplus of the bank, dur
ing the last year, $20,000, and that
the capital and surplus, as of De
cember 31st, 1943, was $255,000.
It was also disclosed that the bank
had, during the past year, participat
ed in the war effort by buying Gov
ernment bonds in the amount of
$470,900.
The stockholders re-elected as di
rectors W. R. Chambers, W. L. Mor
ris, J. N. Morris, William C. Smith,
J. F. Snipes, A. S. Bradford, C. A.
Workman and Sam M. Yancey.
The directors re-elected W. R.
Chambers president of the Bank. W.
L. Morris, vice-president; J. N. Mor
ris, cashier, and W. F. Grant, assis
tant cashier.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Marion Industrial
Bank was held in its bank building
011 Tuesday morning at 10:30
o'clock. W. R. Chambers, president
of the bank, presided.
The president reported that the
Marion Industrial Bank had enjoyed
another successful year of opera
tion, and that the volume of loans
had been increasing for some
months. This Bank was organized
in 1929, and has a capital of $25,
000, and also a surplus of $25,000.
Its resources, as of December 31st,
1043, was $115,46j9.82.
The stockholders re-elected as di
re' tors W. R. Chambers, J. F.
Snipes, Zeno Martin, T. H. Hender
son, C. A. Workman, J. C. Rabb and
Sam M. Yancey.
The directors re-elected W. R.
Chambers president of the bank, C.
A. Workman, vice-president, and
William Treverton, cashier. Miss
Doris Hill, who has been an employ
ee of the bank for several years, was
elected assistant cashier.
MARION MERCHANTS TO
MEET THIS EVENING
The regular monthly meeting of
the Marion Merchants Association
will be held Thursday evening, Jan
uary 13, at 7:45 in the firemen's
room of the city hall, Mrs. Ethel B.
Crisp, secretary, announced this
week.
Price ceilings and other matters
that may be presented at the meet
ing will be discussed, it was stated.
DRASTIC CURB ORDERED
| ON SERVICE DEFERMENTS
I
Washington, Jan. 7,—In a sweep
! ing revision of the system for physi
jcal examination of draft-eligibles,
selective service today abolished
"screening" examinations by local
boards and arranged for final exami
nations to be given at least 21 days
before actual induction.
Under the new system, which is to
become fully effective Feb. 1, post
induction furloughs also are abolish
ed. Currently these are three weeks
for those inducted into the army and
one week for those who go into the
navy.
Aimed at complying with the man
date from congress for pre-induction
physical tests and eliminating uncer
tainty by drafft eligibles over wheth
er their physical condition meets ser
vice standards, the new system will
work in this manner:
Men in Class 1-A who are about
j due for a call to service will be dis
j patched to induction stations. There
they will be examined by army and
navy physicians. All will be sent
j back home as civilians with those j
I who were found acceptable having-!
j assurance that they will not be or- i
dered to report for induction for at j
least three weeks.
The army and navy examiners al
so will classify acceptable men in
three groups—"army general ser- 1
vice," "army limited service" and
"navy" (including marines and j
coast guard)—according to their
physical condition. The navy de
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Fourth War Loan Quota For
McDowell Is Set At $380,000
MASONS INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS OF
MYSTIC TIE LODGE
Recently elected officers for Mys- j
tic Tie Lodge No. 237, of the Ma-'
sonic Order, were installed at the I
regular communication held in the
Masonic hall last Friday night. J.
G. Beaman, a member of the local
lodge, conducted the installation
ceremony as a representative of the
state grand master.
The new officers installed were R.
L. Conley, worshipful master, suc
ceeding Roy W. Burleson; B. P.
Davis, senior warden, succeeding Mr.
Conley; Dr. B. A. Dickson, junior
warden, succeeding Joe Cuthbertson;
W. G. Ballew, senior deacon, suc
ceeding C. S. Gibson; J. L. Gourley,
junior deacon, succeeding Sam Yan
cey; Roy W. Burleson, secretary,
succeeding C. B. Landis; B. H.
Laughridge, treasurer; W. R. Nes
bitt, tyler; Rev. Thos. L. Kluttz,
chaplain; Clarence Wise, senior
steward; and Fred Brooks, junior
steward.
Marion Visited
By The Heaviest
Snow Of Season
Six And Half Inches Fell Here
Saturday Night And Sun
day; Freeze Checks Melting
' Marion and most of Western
[North Carolina experienced the
i heaviest snowfall of the season last
! Saturday night and Sunday morn
ing.
This was the second snow of the
season and reached a depth of six
and one-half inches Sunday morning.
Buss schedules were cancelled for
the day and church attendance was
cut for the third consecutive Sunday
due to bad weather. Highways were
scraped and bus schedules were re
sumed Sunday night.
Snow began falling early Satur
day morning, covering the ground
until shortly before noon. Snow,
sleet and vain fell at intervals during
the afternoon, turning to the gener
al snowfall about 7 o'clock.
Freezing weather Sunday night
sealed the snow into a crust of ice,
which showed no signs of melting
until about noon Monday.
The county schools were closed
Monday and Tuesday as travel was
more difficult in the rural sections
than on the main highways. The city
schools opened Monday as usual.
With the streets and sidewalks
covered with snow and a coat of ice,
travel Monday morning was hazard
ous for both motorists and pedes
trians, but no serious accidents were
reported.
_ The low reading Saturday was 32
degrees and 39 high, with a tempera
ture of 27 low and 35 high for Sun
day. On Monday morning the tem
perature dropped to 13 degrees
above zero, only one degree above
the coldest day recorded this season
—12 degrees on December 16 and
24.
Town crews took advantage of the
melting period Tuesday to clear the
business section of the bulk of the |
accumulated snow which had been !
sealed by the overnight freeze.
It was generally agreed that this i
was one of the prettiest snows seen I
here. The trees, shrubs and other |
objects bearing their coat of white j
presented a fascinating sight, re- j
sembling a beautiful Christmas card. ;
FIVE MARION BOYS OF MAY
DRAFT NOW OFFICERS
From the group drafted from Ma-|
rion last May for the army, five Ma- i
rion boys were sent to the 483rd ■
Ordnance Evacuation Company in a j
California Camp. All five Marion;
boys are now non-commissioned of- j
ficers in this company:
Sgt. J. M. Lancaster, Jr., Cpl. j
Woodrow Lail, Cpl. Bryce N. Pen
dergraft, Cpl. Newland T. Lawing
and Cpl. Walter W. Walker. I
I .
Campaign Opens January 18;
Meeting of Key Workers to
Be Held Monday Night.
McDowell county has been as
signed a quota of $380,000 for the
Fourth War Loan drive, which will
start January 18, it was announced
yesterday by J. F. Snipes and J. N.
Morris, co-chairmen.
The county's quota of E bonds is
$194,000, with a quota of $186,000
for other types of bonds.
Major emphasis throughout the
drive will be placed on the quota for
individual purchases, it being the
plan of the treasury department to
seek as many investors as possible.
Although the quotas are slightly
less than in the Third War Loan, the
Treasury Department is asking each
county to 'sell approximately thirty
per cent more E war bonds than in
the last campaign.
This means that McDowell county
citizens will be asked to dig deeper
than ever in the purchase of bonds
during January 18-February 15.
McDowell's organization to meet
its share of the $126,000,000 pur
chases set as a goal for this state is
now being perfected, and the chair
men have called a meeting of key
workers to be held at the community
building next Monday evening at
7:30 to make final plans for the cam
paign.
The nation's goal for the forth
coming campaign has been set at
$14,000,000,000 and of that amount
five and one-half billion dollars is to
be raised directly from individuals.
Slogans that will be used in the
campaign are "Let's All Back the
Attack" and "Let 'Em Have It—
Buy Extra Bonds."
Mrs. C. A. Workman will act as
i chairman of the women's division, it
| was stated.
C. W. SIMPSON, PRICE
ANALYIST, CONFERS
WITH PRICE PANEL
C. W. Simpson, Price Analyist,
from the Charlotte War Price and
Rationing office, met with the Price
Panel of the cocal OPA last Tues
day night and discussed several
problems confronting the local
board. Mr. Simpson stated that the
educational period of price control
was over and that the program is
now well under way.
Among other things that were dis
cussed was services and used con
sumer durable goods. Pric ceilings
on various services and for used
consumer durable goods are being
established. Much importance is be
ing attached to used consumer dur
able goods and the market for such
items. It was pointed out that
many items in durable goods are not
now being manufactured, because
many manufacturing plants have
been converted to meet war needs,
therefore the necessity of placing
ceilings on all used durable goods.
All retailers are advised that pric
es must be filed with the local War
Price and Rationing board, and also
that lists of prices must be exhibited
in places of business.
A very slight increase in the re
tail pric of coal was noted for this
area.
Under present regulations the
transfer of any used truck can be
made only through an application
filed with the War Price and Ration
ing board.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLUB WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Members of local Home Demon
stration Clubs and the men of each
community will hold joint meetings
under the direction of S. L. Home
wood, county farm agent, and Miss
Jean Steele, home demonstration
agent as follows:
Bethlehem: Thursday at 2:30 at
the lodge.
Dysartsville: Friday at 2:30 at
the school.
Turkey Cove: Monday at 2
o'clock at the home of Mrs. M. D.
Hollifield.
Nebo: Tuesday at 3:45 at the
school.
Cherry Springs: Wednesday at
the community building at 2:30.
Glenwood: Thursday at 2:30 at
the school.