THE MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPI^E OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1944 VOL. XLV1II—NO. 28
Officers Of Marion Hospital And
McDowell Medical Society Elected
Kirby Heads Hospital Board, i
And Jonas Medical Society; !
Mcintosh Chief Of Staff.
Dr. Guy S. Kirby was elected
president of the Board of Trustees
of the Marion General Hospital at a
meeting this week, succeeding J. F.
Snipes who recently resigned. Rob
ert W. Proctor was re-elected secre
tary.
The executive board is composed
of Dr. G. S. Kirby, chairman; Char
les A. Harris, S. R. Cross, A. S.
Bradford and R. W. Proctor. The
finance committee is composed of
the same members. W. W. Neal, Sr..
and E. A. Beaman were elected
members of the building committee.
The financial standing of the hos
pital was reported good and a com
plete report made to the Duke foun
dation. Miss Sadie Reid was elect
ed superintendent of the hospital.
Miss Reid has served as technician
at the hospital for the past five
years.
Following the election of the
Board of Trustees, the hospital staff,
which includes members of the Mc
Dowell County Medical Association,
was elected.
On Wednesday night the hospital
staff met and elected Dr. D. M. Mc
intosh chief of staff. At the same
time the McDowell County Medical
Society met and elected Dr. J. F.
Jonas as president and Dr. Virginia j
Rowe as secretary.
Dr. George Rowe and Dr. R. E. j
McCall, now serving in the armed!
forces, were elected to active mem- j
bership in the medical society, and j
Karl Jonas, Archie Mcintosh and j
Harold Chapman, all senior medical j
students, were elected associate |
members. j
TWO HOUSES AT WEST
MARION DESTROYED
BY FIRE ON MONDAY |
Two houses in the Black Bottom i
section of West Marion were de
stroyed by fire Monday afternoon
about 1 o'clock. The fire, which
spread from one building to the oth
er, was of an undetermined origin.
The flames were discovered in the
two-room frame house of Dan Wil
liams while his wife was taking his
lunch to him at a furniture factory,
it was stated. The fire spread rapid
ly and a few minutes later flames en
veloped the three-room house close'
by occupied by Bishop Moore.
The buildings were beyond the
city water lines. The fire depart
ment responded to the call, however,
gave assistance in preventing the
fire spreading to other buildings.
LEE LAVENDER INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
J. Lee Lavender, of Old Fort, was
painfully injured Saturday night
when the automobile in which he was
riding overturned and rolled down a
mountain side from highway No. 70,
a short distance west of Old Fort.
Mr. Lavender was brought to the
Marion hospital for treatment. He
suffered severe cuts and bruises
- about the head but is reported to be |
' improving.
Harry Clontz, of the Glades sec
; tion, who is said to have been driv
ing the car, was arrested on charges
of wreckless and drunken driving.
He was permitted to make bond foi;
his appearance in county court next j
Tuesday.
The car was badly damaged but!
the driver did not suffer any in- |
. juries.
REV. CHAS. LEAVELL TO
PREACH AT ST. JOHN'S
CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT
The Rev. Chas. G. Leavell, rector
of Grace Episcopal church of Mor
ganton, will conduct the services ax
St. John's Episcopal church here
next Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The service will consist of Evening
Prayer and sermon. Mr. Leavell has
conducted services here several j
times recently and has made a very j
favorable impression with the mem- j
bers of St. John's parish. A cordial!
' invitation is extended to all to at-!
; tend the services. i
J. L. GOURLEY IS NAMED
RECREATION DIRECTOR OF
CARROLL BALDWIN HALL
J. L. Gourley has been appointed
as director of Carroll Baldwin hall,
the community building at East Ma
rion, it has been announced by R.
W. Twitty, vice-president and treas
urer of the Marion Manufacturing
company. Mr. GourJey assumed his
duties last week and announced he
is planning to develop an extensive
recreation program for adults and
young people as soon as possible.
Charles Hall, who has been in
charge of the building temporarily
several weeks, will be retained as
assistant director, it is stated.
Mr. Gourley served as director of j
the Carroll Baldwin hall in 1931-35.
He previously spent several years in
Ohio, Louisiana and South Carolina
in Y. M. C. A. work.
MRS. MASK HURT IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
NEAR VEIN MOUNTAIN
Mrs. Myx-tle Mask of Clinchfield
suffered cuts about the back of her
head Saturday night in an automo
bile collision near Vein Mountain on
Route 221 South of Marion about
9:30 Saturday night.
J. T. Jolly, state highway patrol
man who investigated the accident,
stated the car in which Mrs. Mask !
was riding was driven by Roy Moody j
of East Marion while the other car j
was driven by Joe Brannon of Ches- J
ter, S. C. Neither of the drivers j
were injured and no charges have !
been preferred against them.
Mrs. Mask returned to her home i
after given treatment at the Marion j
General hospital.
MINISTERS TO HOLD
MEETING NEXT MONDAY |
The monthly meeting of the Mc
Dowell County Ministreial Associa- i
tion will be held at the Methodist
hut here next Monday morning at
10:30 o'clock.
A feature of the meeting will be
a talk by Dr. D. E. Camak. His sub
ject will be "The World Tomorrow."
Expect To Meet
County Goal In
Polio Campaign
Public Asked To Contribute!
To Drive; Birthday Ball Set;
For Friday Night.
The infantile paralysis campaign
in McDowell county is progressing
satisfactorily, according to Gilmer
Graham, county chairman.
"Tag Day" last Saturday was j
termed a success yvhen $153.00 was
collected for the fund.
March of Dime boxes have been
placed in the county and city schools
in which pupils are asked to make
donations.
Committees are at work on the
drive and with the main event yet
to be staged, reports indicate that
the goal of $334.00 will be reached,
the chairman stated.
The closing event of the campign J
will be the President's birthday ball ,
which .will take place at the Com
munity building Friday night, Feb. i
4, at 9 o'clock. Music for dancing i
at the birthday ball will be furnished i
by Frank Jackson's orchestra, of |
Asheville, accompanied by Dick and ]
Joan Owens, tap dancers.
The hostesses at the ball will be i
Mrs. Rowe Maunev, Mrs. J. E. Neal,
Jr., Mrs. Albert Shiflet and Mrs. J. j
A. Wier.
Members of the Francis Marion, I
Kiwanis and Rotary clubs are co-!
operating in the sale yf tickets for;
the birthday ball.
Chairman Graham is being ably j
assisted in promoting the drive by!
Mrs. J. A. Wier, S. J. Westmoreland j
and others.
Half of the funds raised in the j
campaign will be used for work ;
among cripple children of McDowell .
county. |
Special Drive Is
Begun To Collect
More Waste Fats
A special effort was begun here
last week to intensify the waste fat
salvage collection to increase the
shipments of this material to be used
in producing munitions of war, mili
tary medicines, civilian medicines
and a wide variety of other war ma
terials, according to announcement
this week by Mayor J. P. Wilkinson.
Mrs. H. C. Mangum and Harry
McCall, co-chairmen of McDowell
county, together with Mayor Wilkin
son appointed leaders for each zone
of Marion at a meeting held in the
city hall last Thursday. Every
housewife is asked to turn in all
waste fats to the following places
for collection:
Holler's Market, Rabb Grocery
Company, Dixie Home Store, and
Rowe's Market.
In the event that it is impossible
for anyone to take or send waste
fat to points of collection, she is
asked to call the leader of her re
spective zone, Mayor Wilkinson
stated.
The list of zone leaders follows:
Rutherford road, Mrs. H. C. Man
gum; South Garden st., Spring st.,
and Lincoln avenue, Mrs. J. W.
Streetman, Sr.; South Main st., Mrs.
B. S. Clark; Morgan st., Mrs. W. R.
Chambers; Henderson st., Mrs. J. C.
Bowman; State st., Mrs. B. B. Byrd
and Mrs. Rodney Hemphill; E. Court
st., Mrs. Ben E. Hendley and Mrs.
Harry McCall; W. Court st., Mrs.
Georgia Nichols and Mrs. L. B.
Coone; Church and Logan sts., Mrs.
Carr Bell; North Garden and Madi
son sts., Mrs. Ernest Haire; Mc
Dowell avenue, Mrs. J. S. Wilson;
Park ave. (lower end) Mrs. Arnold
Pyatt; Park ave. (upper end) Mrs.
Ray Brown; East Fort st., Mrs. Sam
Proctor; N. Main st., Mrs. T. H.
Henderson, and View Point Drive,
Mrs. H. F. Beam.
Sixty gallon containers will also
be placed at each of the city schools
so that school children may deposit
waste fat there.
Everyone in the community is
asked to cooperate by bringing in all
waBte fat possible.
It was further stated that tin cans
are also to be collected, and anyone
who wishes to contribute them may
call Mrs. James Miller.
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
GIVEN AT GRANGE MEET
The Pleasant Gardens Grange
meeting held Tuesday evening con
sisted of a patriotic program with
special emphasis on the events of
historical interest that occurred dur
ing the month of February.
The program opened with the
singing of "America," and was fol
lowed by a talk by Mrs. J. H. L. Mil
ler on "Respect Due to the Flag."
G. C. Crawford instructed the group
in the right way of saluting the flag
and W. A. Young reviewed "The
Famous Days in February."
Miss Geraldine Trinks, Miss Laura
Crawford and Robert Burnett pre
sented a radio skit entitled "The
Little Things That Count." Mrs.
W. A. Young told a patriotic story
and the meeting closed with the sing
ing of "The Star Spangled Banner.'
Mrs. Melvin Burnett directed the
recreation period and served re
freshments.
PVT. WALL IMPROVES
FROM BATTLE WOUNDS
Pvt. Warren J. Wall, 19, is "nor
mally improving" from a wound he
received Dec. 22 in Italy, according
to a message from the war depart
ment received here Thursday by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wall
of East Marion.
Mrs. Wall said she had not learn
ed the nature of the wound.
A former Marion high school stu
dent, he worked at the Hickory Box
factory before entering service in
April, 1943, and about four months
later he was sent overseas. He is a
member of the army medical corps.
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
TO HAVE JOINT MEETING
The American Legion and the Le
gion Auxiliary will have a joint
meeting in the Legion room of the
community building at 7:30 Tues
day evening, it was announced yes
terday.
Point Values
Hiked On Veal,
Beef And Lamb
Pork Remains The Same Ex
cept For Loin Cuts; Value
Of Cheese Boosted.
Most canned vegetables have
been assigned lower point values for
February, but the ration stamp cost
of most cuts of beef, lamb, and veal
were boosted slightly.
In announcing t^vo-point reduc
tions for such items as corn, beets,
tomatoes, and spinach, Price Ad
ministrator Chester Bowles heeded
the request of commercial canners
for lower values, but at the same
time he dashed their hopes for out
right removal of vegetables from
rationing.
Canners had reported "sympath
etic reception" by OPA of their ap
peal, which was based on estimates
that supplies of home-canned veget
ables are large.
"The rumors (of a point holiday)
are without foundation," Bowles de
clared. "The truth is that our food
needs are fully as great this year as j
last. The military demand is great- j
er. Civilian purchasing power and I
demand are greater."
Indications are, he added, that |
less processed food will be available I
to civilians this year than last.
The new point tables, which went
into effect Sunday, show increases
in the canned-fruit category for ap- ■
pie sauce, fruit cocktail, peaches, i
and pears, while grapefruit is given '
a zero rating and lower values are ,
designated for apricots, cranberries, !
plums, and prunes.
In a new separation of jams, pre-1
serves, jellies, and marmalades as j
to fruit type, point reductions are 1
general for two-pound jars, with j
lower values also ordered for a few
one-pound sizes.
j Changes in the meats-dairy prod
! ucts chart, also effective Sunday, j
! raised beef, lamb, and veal cuts one
t to two points a pound and also'
| boosted the values on all types of
cheese two to four points a pound.
! Except for loin cuts, which are
j increased one point a pound, pork
I values are unchanged.
> The canned vegetable reductions j
are as follows for popularized cans:|
i Beets, cut to 2 from 4 points; J
corn, regular pack, from 10 to 8 ;
points; vacuum packed corn, from;
13 to 10 points; tomatoes, from 10
to 8 points; muchrooms, from 18,
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WAR BOND HONOR
ROLL MERCHANTS
AND EMPLOYEES
i The following is a list of mer
! chants and employees who have
| bought or sold the minimum of $200
i in war bonds or stamps during the
Fourth War Loan drive:
Miss Bonnie Hill. Workman's .
'
Mrs. Guy Kirby, Workman's.
Mrs. Georgia Nichols, Workman's.
Mrs. L. D. Atkins, Workman's.
Mrs. Roby Conley, Workman's.
Mrs. T. M. Hemphill, Workman's.
Albert Greene, Workman's.
Fred Lent^, Workman's.
Mrs. Marvin Atkins, The Leader, j
Mrs. L. N. Grindstaff, The Leader.
Miss Elwyn Hill, Belks.
Mrs. Newell Byers, Belk's.
Miss Pearl Ricks, Belk's.
Mrs. Cleo Davis, Belk's.
W. R. Nanney, Belk's.
Jack Whetstile, Belk's.
W. B. Parker, Roy's Curb Market. |
Miss Josephine Blanton, Blanton's j
Store.
Richard Blanton, Blanton's Store.
Mrs. B. W. Harrison, McDowell
Cut Rate Drug Store.
Mi-s. Jack Houck, Marion Cash
Store.
Jack Houck, Marion Cash Store, j
WAC RECRUITER TO BE
HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY
Sgt. Janice C. Knouse, air WAC
recruiting officer for the Women's'
Army Corps, will be at the WAC j
booth at Belk-Broome Department |
Store next Wednesday for the pur-;
pose of enlisting women in the Wo- j
men's Army Corps and will gladly
answer any questions concerning the
service.
Marion School
Service Group
Is Annoucned
In an impressive ceremony at the
high school last week a service flag
was presented to the school. This
flag was the gift of the 1943 senior
cla3P.
The roll of honor contained the
names of sixty-eight former high
school pupils who have enlisted in
the service of the Nation since Pearl
Harbor. In addition to the number
named above four faculty members
are also under the colors. The fac
ulty members include: Bernafd
Hirsch, band director and music
teacher; Howard C. Holland, princi
pal; Arthur Ditt and Chas. Walters,
athletic directors. Phil Hudson, who
succeeded Coach Walters, joined the
Navy air corps but was later dis
charged on account of physical dis
ability.
The service flag contains one gold
star which is for Louis Guy Flack of
East Marion, who was killed Octo
ber 26, 1942, while serving on an
aircraft carrier in the Solomons.
The former students now in ser-!
vice in the army, navy and marine j
corps were listed as follows:.
Ernest Austin, Doyle Ayers, Char-!
les Ray Baker, Herman Baldwin, i
James Banks, Jack Beck, Charles
Bolick, Kenneth Bradford, Arthur i
Byrd, Jack Byrd, James Byrd, How- i
ard Burgin, Dumont Chapman, j
George Clontz, Ralph Davis. j
Buford Dickson, Dewey Dickson,!
Marvin Flack, Thomas Flemming,
Frank Fortune, Bob Gibson, Albert
Godfrey, Harold Goodman, Bruce
Harris, Fred Harris, Von Ray Har
ris, Ray Hawkins, Harold Hendley,
Roy Hendley, Robert Horton.
Charles Lindsey, Harold Little,
William Laughridge, Otis Ledbetter,
Marvin Lovin, Truitt Lowdermilk,
Eugene Mask, Walter Mask, Ralph
McCurry, Charlie McGimsey, Bill
Miller, Harold Murray, James
Neighbors, Ellis Norton.
Lloyd Patterson, Ernest Poole,
Lewis Poole, Claude Revis, Howard
Revis, Charles Riddle, Dan Robin
son, James Ray Robinson, Bill Rowe,
Oehmig Rowe, Francis Ruth, James
Satterfield, John Sexton, Bill Smith,
Kenneth Smith.
John Snoddy, Louis Stevens,
Wayne Stiles, Hubert Stroud, Bill
Walker, Fred Washburn, John Well
man, Darwin Willis.
Captured Nazi
Equipment To
Be Shown Here
j
!
Tank Destroyer And Field
Kitchen To Be Shown In
Marion Wednesday, Feb. 9. j
A caravan of captured German!
equipment will visit Marion next |
Wednesday, February 9, in the in-1
terest of the Fourth War Loan cam-j
paign.
In making up the special caravan,
the captured German equipment is
scheduled to arrive in Marion at ten j
o'clock Wednesday morning and will j
be displayed on Main street oppo-1
site the court house. The caravan |
will remain here for lunch and leave j
for Asheville about one o'clock.
Two pieces of captured German j
motorized equipment, a 76 mm, tank j
destroyer and a half-track field J
kitchen will be displayed here by the
12 soldiers from Camp Davis. The
display to the public is the kind of j
equipment which the Yanks are fac-'
ing in their fight against the Nazis
and the kind which must be sur- !
passed with American equipment j
bought with money invested in war
bonds.
The display is expected to draw a
large crowd and stimulate greater
interest in the bond drive.
Figures from the Federal Reserve
Bank showing the amount subscrib
ed were not available yesterday, but
it was stated that the county must
intensify its campaign for the sale
of extra bonds if the goal is to be
reached before the Fourth War
Loan comes to a close February 5.
Buy war bonds and Stamps.
New Hi School
Building Now
Used By Pupils
I
Plans Being Made For Formal
Dedication Of $75,000 Gym
At Early Date.
Pupils of the Marion High school
are now enjoying the use of the
Music, Science and Physical Educa
tion building. More than five hun
dred pupils, enrolled in the centra!
unit of the Marion City schools,
have been enjoying the use of this
building for the past thirty days, ac
cording to a statement from Hugh
Beam, superintendent of the city
schools.
The statement from Mr. Beam
further stated that practically all of
the interior work is now completed.
After a few finishing touches of
paint, along with several other minor
details, the building will be complet
ed. Mr. Beam said that at an early
date an invitation will be issued to
the public for formal dedication of
the building. Plans call for a bask
etball game for those who are inter
ested in sports, music will be pro
vided for those who support the
band, and a general open-house
event will be extended to all who
attend.
The new athletic building was
started under a W. P. A. program,
and the local school board worked in
cooperation with this government
agency, not only in constructing the
gymnasium, but also in rebuilding a
portion of the high school building
which was damaged by fire early in
1941. Under the program worked
i out with W. P. A. the high school
ibuilding was completely renovated,
; and the west wing of this building,
which was completely destroyed by
fire, with the exception of the put
| side walls, was rebuilt. In the re
! building of this section of the build
ing a modern library, with ample
shelving space and a work room, was
j provided, as well as six additional
classrooms.
The gymnasium is a structure val
ued at $75,000. Plans include two
physical education rooms, 2 science
rooms, elevated music quarters and
the main gymnasium floor. The
basketball court, provided on this
floor is eighty by forty-eight feet.
A balcony has been provided for
sports fans.
The complete cost to the citizens
of this county for the new Music
Science-Physical Education building,
combined with the renovation of the
high school building and the re
building of the library, plus the ad
dition of six classrooms and a new
stair tower, is approximately $17,
000.00. Even though the building
program was a slow process, the ad
ditions could not have been made at
I
this low cost, except through the co
operation of the WPA,
j The boys and girls attending the
high school will receive many ad
vantages through the new facilities
now available for them. For the
first time since the band was organ
ized will it have adequate space for
its work. Up until this date all band
work had to be held in the auditor
ium and in basement halls. AH
types of athletics had to be held out
of-doors, except for about six weeks
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MAY REPLENISH LOSS
OF GASOLINE FROM FIRE,
THEFT AND ACCIDENTS
Trucking companies, farmers, and
other bulk users of gasoline may re
plenish losses from their storage fa
cilities resulting from fire, theft, ac
cident or other extraordinary cir
cumstances, under a procedure an
nounced this week by the Office of
Price Administration.
Up to the present there has been
10 provision in the gasoline rationing1
regulations allowing the recovery of
ost gasoline by this class of consum
jrs. However, a procedure is al
ready in effect for dealers and dis
tributors of gasoline to recover un
avoidable losses.
Under the new pi-ocedure, bulk
consumers suffering a loss of gaso
ine from their storage facilities may
ipply for replenishment at the local
Doards which originally issued the
ration or the board in the area
.vhere the gasolint was stored.