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, JANUARY 27, 194* VOL. XLVIII—NO. 27
Sales In Fourth
War Loan Drive
Total $57,000
Report $46,000 Worth Of "E"
Bonds Have Been Sold Dur
ing Campaign.
The latest information received
from J. F. Snipes and J. N. Morris,
co-chairmen of the War Loan drive
for McDowell county, is that total
■.sales to date amount to .$57,000.
This figure is far short of the goal
of $380,000 set for this county.
Of the amount sold so far, $46,
000 are in "E" bonds. The propor
tion of the "E" bonds sold as com
pared to the other bonds offered for
sale during this drive is pleasing,
but the total sale of bonds is short
if our quota is to be reached.
"Every citizen who has an income,
regardless of how large or small,
should buy a bond during this
drive," said one of the officials in
charge of bond sales. We should
buy bonds for a number of reasons,
with one of the foremost being an
effort on our part to show the boys
who have entered the service from
McDowell county that we are stand
ing back of them to the limit. If we
invest in bunds we are helping to
finance the war, helping to prevent
inflation and putting something by
to provide for future security.
The canvass of sales work will
continue for another week, and pos
sibly for a few days longer, but citi
zens are urged to buy bonds to the
limit, and to do it as soon as possi
ble.
WIDOW OF JOHN BURGIN,
OLD FORT SOLDIER, IS
GIVEN MEDAL IN TEXAS
Old Fort—Word was received
here last week that Mrs. Burgin was
given a medal, with the Oak Leaf
Cluster, on behalf of her husband,
T. Sgt. John W. Burgin, in a formal
ceremony at Big Sandy, Texas, Jan.
12. The medal was given "for
meritorious achievement against the
enemy."
Sgt. Burgin, of Old Fort, was a
gunner in the eighth air force, and
had seen much action. He and oth
er members of his crew were report
ed "missing in action" after a flight
over Germany last Aug. 17.
A letter from his commanding of
ficer, received here by W. A. Bur
gin, a brother, gave some hope that
Sgt. Burgin might yet show up
somewhere, sometime. He had re
ceived several other medals in rec
ognition of good service in action.
The medal just awarded was pre
sented to Mrs. Bui-gin by 1st Lt.
Samuel W. Hayes, adjutant at
Pounds Field, Tyler, Texas.
P. G. CLUB SPONSORS
WASTE PAPER DRIVE
The waste paper drive sponsored
by the Service Club of the Pleasant
Gardens High School is now under
way, and school children from all
grades are accumulating all avail
able paper. The club solicits aid
from interested persons. Funds
realized from the sale of the paper
will be used for the benefit of for
mer Pleasant Gardens boys and girls
in their country's service.
HONOR ROLL OF WAR
BOND EMPLOYEES
The Merchants Association
announces the following em
ployees have sold $200 or more
worth of bonds and stamps in
the Fourth War Loan Bond
drive:
'• Miss Bonnie Hill Workman's
j Mrs. Guy Kirby Workman's
Mrs. Georgia
Nichols __ Workman's
Mrs. L. D. Atkins--Workman's
Mrs. Roby Conley.-Workman's
Mrs. T. M. Hemp
hill _ _ Workman's
Albert Greene Workman's
Fred Lentz Workman's
Mrs. Marvin At
kins _ _ The Leader
Mrs. L. N. Grind
staff _ The Leader
PRESENT SERVICE FLAG
AT MARION HIGH SCHOOL
The senior class of Marion high
school, under the direction of their
home room teacher, Mrs. Sara Wier,
presented a very interesting chapel
program in the high school auditor
ium Tuesday afternoon. The pro
gram was the presentation of a ser
vice flag to the school.
Music suitable for such an occas
ion was under the direction of Glenn
Palmer, director of the high school
band, which included a number of
patriotic numbers rendered by the
band and songs by the audience.
| ~
| D. E. Poole, principal of the high
| school, presented R. W. Proctor,
prominent citizen and member of
the city school board, who made the
principal address. Mr. Proctor spoke
in a very forceful and interesting
way of the war, and of the service
of the young men who have an
swered the call of the nation in this
hour of crisis. It was pointed out
that since Pearl Harbor sixty-five
high school boys and members of the
I high school faculty have entered
i some branch of the armed forces of
i this country.
Of the high school boys in service
j one member, Louis Guy Flack, of
the class of 1941, gave his life Oc
tober 26, 1942, while performing his
duty aboard an aircraft carrier of
the United States Navy in action in
the Solomon Islands. During the
! memorial portion of the program
j this was said, "....think only this
of me; that there's some corner of
a foreign field that is forever Ameri
can."
Faculty members in service in
clude: Major Chas. Walters, Lt. Jr.
grade Howard Holland, Lt. Arthur
Ditt and Sgt. Bernard Hirsch.
I
forty-six Mcdowell
COUNTY MEN ACCEPTED
FOR THE ARMED FORCES
| Forty-six of the McDowell county
j men who were sent to Camp Croft
j this month for examination and in-|
I duction were accepted for the armed j
j forces, it has been announced by
jthe local draft board. Twenty-sev
1 en of the group go to the army, eigh-j
iteen to the navy and one, Tom
| Charles Hollifield, goes to the marine
! corps.
j Those accepted for the army
jwere James T. Vallini, Herb C. El
! liott, William A. McGalliard, Her
i bert A. Dellinger, J. L. Laughridge,
!Jr., Albert W. Grayson, Romeo
| Ward, Horace A. Norton, Mack D.
i Lail, Grady T. McCraw, James A.
| Bright, Clyde K. Greene, William F.
|Day, Vinsen U. Crisp, William G.
I Lonon, Bernie Lee Fender, Swan
! Berlen Ricker, William Harley
Walker, Charles Franklin Crawford,
: Lester Romine, Floyd Milton Low
! ery, Albert L. Green, James G.
jSwann, Zolen F. Vess, George G.
i Seagle, George Adam Sprouse, and
i Doyle McSwain Davis.
The men who will enter the navy
are Wm. O. Price, Howard R. Mc
| Curry, Ray Milton Minish, Herman
i V. Long, John Kirby Davis, James
| W. Stacy, Paul W. Sisk, George D.
Bartlett, Allan Roby Mathis, Chas.
H. Goins, Glenn B. Satterwhite,
John Roy Smoot, John Patrick 01
J lis, Jr., Perry William Melton, James
|R. Robinson, Claude D. Workman,
| John R. Queen, and Harold Lee
| Sparks.
T. A. MORPHEW TAKEN BY
DEATH AT ROBBINSVILLE
Thomas Arthur Morphew, 76,
former resident of Marion where he
practiced law for several years, died
Sunday at noon at the home of his
| daughter, Mrs. Edward D. Ingram,
| in Robbinsville, following a long ill
ness.
I
I He was a former representative
in the state legislature from Gra
ham county and former Graham
county attorney. He moved from
• Marion to Robbinsville in 1896. He
is survived by one brother, James
'Morphew of Jefferson; one son, R.
B. Morphew, of Robbinsville; one
daughter, Mrs. Ingram, and three
j grandchildren.
i
STROUD IS PROMOTED
i TO RANK OF SERGEANT
I Announcement was made yester
] day at the Army Air Base, Casper,
jWyo., of the promotion of Edwin
: Lafayette Stroud from Corporal to
Sergeant. Sgt. Stroud is with the
military police at the base there and
is the son of G. L. Stroud, Marion.
He resides with Mrs. Stroud at Cas
per, Wyo.
J. Neal Morris
Chosen Head Of
Bankers' Group
Marion Man Elected Chair
man Of Group At Meeting
In Asheville Saturday Night
J. Neal Morris, cashier of the
First National Bank of Marion, was
elected chairman of Group 10, North
Carolina Bankers' association, at the
annual meeting and banquet of the
organization last Saturday night at
the George Vanderbilt hotel in Ashe
ville.
Mr. Morris succeeds W. H. Cabe,
cashier of the Bank of Franklin, as
head of Group 10. Mr. Cabe pre
sided at the meeting. Mr. Morris
was formerly vice-chairman of the
group.
Charles D. Parker, vice-president
of the First National Bank and
Trust company of Asheville, was
named vice-chairman at the meet
ing. Perry C. Tomlin, vice-president
of the Bank of Asheville, was named
secretary-treasurer of the group.
Roy W. Alexander, cashier of the
Swannanoa Bank and Trust Com
pany, is the retiring secretary-treas
urer.
Approximately 75 persons attend
ed the meeting. Gurney P. Hood,
state commissioner of banks, was
among those present.
WORK OF PRICE PANEL;
PRICE COMPARISONS
Price control is one of the activi
ties of the War Price and Ration
board that has been functioning un
der considerable difficulty. This
work has at times been citicized by
the unthinking people it is serving,
yet, despite these conditions, much
progress has been made and the var
ious price panels of the nation have
been instrumental in hedging infla
tion and in keeping prices of vital
commodities in check.
M. W. Gordon and J. N. Morris,
co-chairmen of the local price panel,
along with the members of their
panel, have been doing a good job
in this work. This panel meets in
its offices in the City Hall every
Tuesday evening at 8:00 o'clock to
work out problems and details per
tinent to rationing and price control.
It is a service body and its existence
is justified by its purpose to serve
the citizens of this community. An
invitation is issued to the public to
present any problem or suggestion
which deals with price or rationing.
The Price Panel welcomes any prob
lem or suggestion and the coopera
tion of all citizens is urged.
Definite evidence showing the val
ue of the work of the nation's price
panels may be seen by a comparison
of prices on a number of food items
during the first world war and the
second world war. This comparison
is listed below:
First World War September
Item Peak Price 1943 Price
Sugar, 1 lb. .26 .07
Potatoes, 15 lb. 1.54 .61
Lard, 1 lb. .42 .19
Navy Beans, 1 lb. .19 .10
Coffee, 1 lb. __ .49 .30
Corn Meal, 1 lb. .08 .06
Wheat Flour,
10 lb. .88 .62
Fresh Eggs, doz. .92 .63
Whole Ham, 1 lb. .60 .36
Rice, 1 lb. .19 .13
RED CROSS KNITTING
ROOM HAS REOPENED
The Red Cross knitting room has
received a new shipment of wool for
a quota of 100 army sweaters and
50 army mufflers, it was announced
this week, and the room has been
re-opened. McDowell County wo
men are asked to lend their whole
hearted cooperation in this work so
that the quota may be completed as
soon as possible.
PVT. BOST RELEASED
FROM HOSPITAL
Pvt. Claude B. Bost, who was
wounded in action on November 7,
has been released from the hospital,
according to information received
from the North African area by the
War Department.
Pvt. Bost is a son of Mrs. Hattie
B. Bost of Route 1, Nebo.
ClinchHeld Has
Annual Meeting
Of Stockholders
W. L. Morris Re-eTected Presi
dent; Other Officers And
Directors Re-elected.
The annual meeting- of the stock
holders of the CHnchfield Manufac
turing Company was held in the club
room of the company Tuesday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. In addition to
j routine business transacted, officers
| and directors were elected for the
I year.
Officers re-elected included: W.
IL. Morris, president and treasurer;
H. M. Leslie, vice president, and T.
V. Ellis, secretary and assistant
treasurer.
Directors re-elected for the year
were Judge J. W. Winborne, chair
man, H. B. Brumley, E. P. Cave, W.
R. Chambers, Major I. H. R. Genet,
H. M.* Leslie, Frank H. Leslie, W. L.
Morris, Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., J. T.
Rich, Morris Rosenwasser, R. D.
Scott and Sam M. Yancey.
Out of town stockholders attend
ing the meeting were: H. V. Brum
I ley, L. I. Plandome, E. P. Cave, Ma
| jor I. H. R. Genet, H. M. Leslie,
I Frank H. Leslie, Morris Rosenwas
jser, R. D. Scott, and Judge J. Wal
ilace Winborne.
[salvage committee
TO MEET THIS EVENING
j A meeting of the committee in
i charge of the salvage of waste fat
for war materials, will be held in
the city hall this evening at 7:30
iwith Mrs. H. C. Mangum and Harry
McCall, co-chairman for McDowell
County, in charge, according to an
nouncement this week by Mayor J.
F. Wilkinson.
| Mr. Wilkinson called the meeting
after receiving a letter from Gover
j nor J. M. Broughton urging that
j every effort be made to increase the
j shipments of this material from this
I state.
Plans will be made at the meet
ing for a systematic method of col
lecting the waste fat, it was stated.
I "
ORGANIZE HOME EC CLASS
AT PLEASANT GARDENS
| Miss Lois Turbyfill, teacher of
home economics at Pleasant Gardens
School, has announced the organiza
tion of a home economics club by the
department. This movement is in
keeping with policies urged by the
i state home economics supervisor,
Miss Catherine Dennis.
Club objectives are to offer girls
(the opportunity to continue home
economics and project them beyond
j the school term; to participate in
[projects, toward which home econo
mics can offer a unique contribu
tion; and to promote individual
I growth by developing poise, initia
tive, self-confidence, leadership qual
ities, cooperative spirit, and sense
oi responsiDiuty.
The organization will meet regu
larly on the second and fourth
Thursday afternoons each month,
and for the first two months the
membership is provisional, at the
end of which time all who prove
themselves worthy become members
in good standing.
The following officers have been
elected for the remainder of the
school term: President, Kathleen
jBurnette; vice-president, Violena
IByrd; treasurer, Louise Turner;
i secretary, Pansy Biddix; historian,
Louise Byrd; song leader, Lena Mae
jMackey; pianist, Lorene Brown; re
| porter, Mildred Kaylor; faculty ad
I visor, Miss Lois Turbyfill; communi
jty leader, Mrs. B. A. Buff.
SHOE HOLIDAY EXTENDED
Recently merchants handling low
j priced shoes for women were allow
!ed a two weeks period, January 17
j through January 29, to make sale
| on such shoes without requiring
!shoe stamps for the shoes. This
period has been extended for an ad
| ditional week.
Under the new order released by
the War Price and Ration board
merchants may sell women's low
priced shoes up to three dollars ra
tion-free. Shoes of this class may
be sold ration-free up to and
through February 5.
TENANT PURCHASE
FAMILIES OF FSA
HAVE ANNUAL MEET
The eight families from McDowell
County and two families from Burke
County, who are purchasing their
farms through the provisions of the
Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act, held
their annual meeting last Thursday
at 9:30 o'clock in the Community
building.
The meeting was opened by By
num A. Buff, FSA Supervisor, who
led a discussion on the activities of
the past year, pointing out the weak
and strong points. Leland Hairr,
Soil Conservationist of McDowell
County, gave an interesting talk on
Soil Conservation, which he illus
trated by showing slides. Miss Mary
Miss Mary it. Badgett, Associate
Supervisor, discussed record keep
ing and praised the group for the
excellent records they k^pt during
the past year.
The highlights of the day's pro
gram were the interesting talks giv
en by the borrowers and their wives
on the following subjects: "Does
It Pay To Grow Hay," by Perry N.
Hicks; "Trench Silos," by Frank
j Hill; "Poultry For Cash Income," by
j Albert E. Waters; "Cheese Making
I In The Home," by Mrs. W. E. Lon
|on; "Food Conservation," by Mrs.
j C. W. Huskins; "Cash From The
j Garden," by Mrs. Howard Wise.
| Each speaker gave some information
that will be valuable to the others.
Paul Laughrun and Miss Margaret
F. Fuller, District Associate Super
visors from Asheviile, summarized
the day's meeting and commended
the group on the splendid work they
have done toward owning their
farms and aiding the war effort,
i
SCOUTS IN M'DOWELL
ADVANCED AT COURT
OF HONOR HELD HERE
Advancement in rank for 16 Mc
Dowell county Boy Scouts and the
! awarding of ten merit badges for
j special achievements featured the
monthly court of honor held at the
First Methodist church here last
Friday evening.
Advancements in rank were made
as follows:
i Tenderfoot: Harold Hall, troop
; 2, Marion; Dean F. Seagle, troop 6,
! Marion.
| Second class rank: Arnold Ro
; land, Arthur Price, J. D. Anderson,
jJdmes Austin, Leonard Moody,
| Ralph Hollifield, Jack Sherrill and
i Winfired Sherrill, troop 2, Marion;
I J. B. Books, Clinton Hendley, Sew
I ell Laughridge and Bill Mclver,
• troop 6, Marion; Max Henslev, troop
i 1, Glenwood.
! First classy Charles Wages, troop
i 6, Marion.
I Merit badges were awarded as
; follows:
I Carpentry: Guy Morgan and
; Wayne McCall, troop 1, Glenwood;
;Ned T. Dobson, troop 1, Nebo.
| Home Repairs: Glenn Selly,
1 Lawrence Atkins, Jr., and Charles
|Wages, troop 6, Marion; John B.
Padgett, troop 1, Glenwood.
Personal Health: Clarence Mor
gan, troop 1, Glenwood.
Woodwork: John Beaman, troop
i 6, Marion.
I Star Scout Rank: Carroll Willis,
troop 3, Marion.
DR. CAMAK TO SPEAK
ON "CRUSADE ECHOES"
j Sunday morning Dr. D. E. Camak,
! pastor of First Methodist church,
| will speak on "Crusade Echoes,"
J bringing his congregation the high
! lights of the 100 great mass meet
ings being conducted by Methodist
| leaders throughout the nation, with
| "The Coming Peace and The Prince
j of Peace" as their over-all theme.
• Sunday afternoon at 5:00 (Note
| the change of hour) Dr. Camak will
conduct the first of a series of dis
cussion studies on the theme, "A
Peaceful World and How to Get It."
Each Sunday afternoon at 5:00 and
each Wednesday night at 7:30 for
three weeks this study will continue.
! The public is invited.
j ATTRACTIVE WINDOW
DISPLAY AT BLANTON'S
A very attractive window display
'in connection with the Fourth War
Loan drive has been arranged by
Richard Blanton at J. D, Blanton's
i store. The display includes army
equipment, war relics, coins, medals,
guns, swords, etc., and has attracted
i considerable attention and much
favorable comment.
McMillan Heard
At Meeting Here
Of CD Workers
Speaker Stressed The Import
ance Of Home Front Effort
To Win The War.
Civilian defense workers must not
slacken in their war work for such
a letting down would prolong the
war at the cost of many lives, R. L.
McMillan of Raleigh, state director
of civilian defense and national
vice-president of the American Le
gion, declared here last Friday night
at an oyster stew given in the Com
munity building for the Marion and
McDowell county civilian defense
organization. The meeting was at
tended by over 100 defense corps
members.
Mr. McMillan said that while the
situation is not as critical as it was
! just after Pearl Harbor, civilians
must not let their enthusiasm wane,
for "we're still 3,000 miles from
Tokio and a mighty long way from
Berlin."
He pointed out that the fighting
line extends across the firnig line
and on across the home front line
I
into our factories, farms, and homes
and that there is a place for every
citizen on this line. He emphasized
the importance of untiring zeal on
the home front.
The speaker also spoke of the
need of making preparation for
post-war readjustments, with 900,
000 veterans of the war already dis
charged and perhaps 10,000,000
more to follow.
During the evening short talks
^were made by George Snow of Mt.
; Airy, district director of civilian de
jfense; Mayor J. F. Wilkinson, com
! mander of the Marion committee for
j civilian protection, and Cecil B.
1 Dobson, county co-ordinator.
j Cecil Dobson presided and stated
;that it was a patriotic meeting "to
| renew our loyalty, enthusiasm and
i desire to be of use in the communi
|ty for the duration."
| He called special attention to the
I American Legion measure introduc
| ed in Congress in the interest of
' disabled veterans. He said that in
a canvass made in 34 states by the
American Legion in December it
was discovered that claims of 1,537
disabled veterans of World War 2
i for compensation had been delayed
| from three to 11 months, forcing
; some of them on charity.
; He appealed to the members of
the organization to support the
j American Legion measure known in
i the senate as bill No. 1617 and in
the house as No. 3917, and to wire
their congressmen and i*epresenta
tives that they are behind these bills
in their entirety.
The program included songs by
| Albert Hewitt, and Misses Mary
!Love Bettis and Helen Graham, lo
! cal auxiliary police lieutenants, with
, Mrs. Charles Harris at the piano, al
! so band and string music.
'FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
MRS. ELMA LAIL MONDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Elma
Lail, who died Thursday afternoon,
were conducted at Providence Meth
j odist church Monday afternoon at 4
j o'clock by Rev. H. W. Bell. Burial
i was made in the church cemetery.
| She is survived by her husband,
, Earl Lail; one son and five daught
ers, Earl Lail, Jr., of the army, in
j California, Mrs. Frances Byrnes of
| Hyattsville, Md., Nancy Etta, Vir
ginia, Drucilla and Shirley of Ma
rion.
SPECIAL PROGRAM AT
BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL
A special program and rally will
be the feature of the Sunday School
at the First Baptist Church Sunday
morning, Dr. B. F. Bray, pastor, an
nounced yesterday.
DALTON INFANT DIES
Funeral services for Marvis Pat
ricia Dalton, 18-months-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lee Dal
ton of Marion, Route 2, who died at
her home Wednesday after a brief
illness, were held at Bill's Creek
Baptist church in Rutherford coun
ty Sunday afternoon and burial
made in the church cemetery.