THE MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABLISHED *896 MARION, N. C.f THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1944 VOL. XLVIII—NO. 30
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McDowell Goes
(Over The Top In j
War Bond Drive
'Report $75,000 In Excess Of
The Amount Set In Fourth
' War Loan Campaign.
J. F. Snipes and J/N. Morris, co
chairmen for the Fourth War Loan
Drive for McDowell county have is
sued an announcement to the effect
that the quota of $380,000 set for
McDowell county has been reached
and over-subscribed to the amount
of approximately $75,000.
Both Mr. Snipes and Mr. Morris
were very high in their praise for
< the cooperation they had received in
this work from the various commit
■ tees appointed by civic organizations
of the city. "The work of the la
dies in this drive deserves special
mention," said one of the chairmen
in discussing the results of the drive.
The schools of the city and coun- j
ty also come in for a part of the
credit. Not only did the teachers
and pupils buy to the limit during
■ the -'drive, but school, children con
stantly reminded their parents that
an extra bond should be bought dur
ing the campaign.
Of the quota of $380,000 set for
"the county $194,000 of this amount
was to be in "E" bonds. For awhile
it appeared that there might be
some difficulty in reaching this ob
jective, but the public in general
gave their full support to the end
that more than $200,000 of the total
bonds sold were purchased in the
"E" series.
"The people of Marion and Mc
'Dowell county," said the chairmen
of the bond drive, "May always be
counted upon to do their full share
of any type of war work on the j
home front, and when it comes to j
' buying bonds, in order that our
boys might be given adequate and
better equipment to do the job we
have set out to do, the citizens were
anxious for the opportunity."
Mr. Snipes and Mr. Morris were!
1 both anxious to express their ap- j
preciation to the public at large for ;
the most excellent response and;
spirit of cooperation and sacrifice
that was made in order that Mc
Dowell's quota of $380,00 could be
reached.
Sales in "E" bonds have been
'brisk during the past several days,
with many persons appearing anxi
ous to buy their bonds before the
close of the Fourth War Loan drive.
It is pointed out that all "E" bond
sales through February 29 will count
on the quota for the present cam
paign. With this being the fact Mc
Dowell county will doubtless in
crease her total sales before that
date.
ROBT. GOURLEY GIVEN
RANK OF LIEUTENANT
Robert A. Gourley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Gourley of Marion, has
successfully completed his flight
training: at the Army Air Forces
Pilot School at Luke Field, Arizona.
At graduation ceremonies Feb. 8,
he received the Army Air Corps sil
ver wings and a second lieutenant's
•commission in , the Army Air Corps
Reserve.
He received his preflight training
at Santa Ana Air Base, Calif., and
pilot training with Army Plying
Units at Dos Palos and Lemoore
Flying Fields, California, before en
tering the pilot school at Luke Field.
He attended Marion High School
and Davidson College.
TO ASSIST VETERANS
MAKING APPLICATION
FOR MUSTER-OUT PAY
The McDowell County Post of the
American Legion will assist veterans
of this war, discharged honorably
since Dec. 6, 1941, in making ap
plication for their muster-out pay,
Commander Ben E. Hendley an
nounced yesterday.
Commander Hendley announced
that application forms and assist- j
ance in filing applications may be se- j
cured from the following: Mrs. !
Julia Stanley, C. B. Dobson, Watson J
Wilson, Ernest Haire, J. S. Wilson, |
Joe K. Giles, S. E. Proctor and J. E.
Melton, of Marion, Dr. W. D. Allen
-and Ernest Haire of Old Fort.
STORES WILL CLOSE
EARLIER SATURDAYS,
BOND SALES $44,427
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Marion Merchants Association
Thursday evening a number of mer
chants present expressed their de
sire to begin closing their stores at
7 o'clock on Saturday evenings.
After a survey of merchants was
made this week it was found that
the majority was in favor of this
action.
Twenty-six stores, including gro
cery, dry goods, hardware and auto
supply stores, it is announced will
close at 7 o'clock beginning Satur
day, Feb. 19.
Closing for a half holiday during
the spring and summer months was
discussed but no action was taken, j
It is hoped that the matter can be
settled at the next monthly meeting
or before.
The grand total of War Loan
Bond sales by the merchants stood
at $44,427 when the curtain went
down on the Fourth War Loan Tues
day evening. The merchants and
their employees are to be congratu
lated on this amount of sales, and
the fine spirit shown by the buying
public.
Listed below are names of sales
people and others in the stores who
have reached their quota of $200.00
or more war bonds bought or sold
since press time last week:
Mrs. I. V. Spires, Mrs. Louise
Ricks, Virginia Burnett and Ruth
Throneberg, Belk's Store; Mrs. Al
ma Bradley, McCall-Burgin Hard
ware Co.; B. W. Harrison, Henry
Jamison and G. B. Finley, McDowell
Cut Rate Drug Store and Charles
Lytle, McCall-Burgin Hardware Co.
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HERMAN CROUCH PUT
IN CHARGE OF USES
OFFICE IN MARION
Herman Crouch has been appoint
ed interviewer in charge of the Ma
rion office of the U. S. Employment
service which is a part of the Mor- !
ganton district, it was announced by |
Manager H. Gilliam Parker.
Mr. Crouch, well-known Morgan
ton man, will spend five days a week 1
in Marion in the new USES office on
the third floor in the court house,!
and will spend each Saturday in the
Morganton office, of which the Ma-'
rion unit is an outpost. He will be!
in Marion from Monday through i
Friday. He will also be in Old Fort
every Tuesday at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Crouch was formerly claims
interviewer with the Unemployment
Compensation commission, but un
j der the change he was officially
i transferred from that agency to the
i U. S. Employment service, it was ex
! plained.
MISS BADGETT TO GIVE
DEMONSTRATION AT
PLEASANT GARDENS
Miss Rose Badgett, Home Econo-,
mist of the F. S. A., will give a dem
onstration in cheese making in the
Pleasant Gardens Community build
ing next Tuesday evening, Febru
ary 22, at eight o'clock.
The program is being sponsored
by the Pleasant Gardens Grange and
all interested patrons in the com
munity are cordially invited to at- j
tend. Following the demonstration j
there will be a short recreational
program and refreshments.
This year the Grange has planned
several programs on food conserva-!
tion that will benefit not only Gran
gers but everyone in the community, j
This will be the first in a series of
programs and it is hoped that the
entire community will take advant
age of this opportunity.
MARION CAGERS LOSE TO
OLD FORT BOYS, GIRLS TIE
Marion, in its second game of the
season, came off with a loss to the
boys and a tie for the girls.
The girls lead Old Fort until the
last minute of play, when Deane of
Old Fort shot a goal to tie the game 1
with Marion 10 to 10. Kanipe led !
Marion and Deane led Old Fort in !
high scoring.
Old Fort took the lead against the ;
boys in the first three minutes of j
play and held it to win 23 to 20.
Nesbitt led Old Fort with Red Walk
er leading Marion in high scoring.
Coach Graham said the boys and
girls would try for revenge Thurs
day night in the new gym with Old
Fort and will continue with Glen
wood here next Tuesday night.
Morris Again
Heads Building,
Loan Association
Officers And Directors Re
elected Monday Night; To
tal Assets $668,216.83.
The McDowell Building & Loan j
Association has just finished a very I
successful year, despite world con
ditions, it was learned at the annual
| meeting of the shareholders held
last Tuesday evening.
The assets of the association for
the year totaled $667,216.83, ac
cording to the annual report of Mrs.
A. L. Epley, secretary and treasurer.
Loans made during the year total
ed 88 amounting to $89,375.00 it
was revealed in the annual report
which showed the loan volume below
the average of recent years due to
wartime restriction on new con
struction. Investments in war bonds
for the year amounted to $3,700 in
new purchases, and reserves were
increased by $7,000, it was report
ed.
Directors of the association were
re-elected as follows: A. S. Brad
jford, W. R. Chambers, T. H. Hen
derson, A. F. Hunt, Wm. Treverton,
W. L. Morris, D. M. Mcintosh, J. F.
Snipes, J. H. Tate, C. A. Workman,
Mrs. A. L. Epley.
The directors re-elected the fol
lowing officers: W. L. Morris, presi
jdent; J. F. Snipes, vice-president; I
' W. R. Chambers, attorney; Mrs. A. !
L. Epley, secretary and treasurer. j
The association has 869 share
! holders.
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! J. R. JIMESON TO OPEN
FEED STORE IN MARION,
SATURDAY OPENING DAY
John Ray Jimeson, well known j
resident of McDowell county, an-:
nounces the opening of Jimeson's,
Farm Supply at 127 South Main
street in the store room next to the ;
Marion Progress office on Saturday, |
February 19. Mr. Jimeson an-!
; nounces that he will carry a supply !
! of feeds, seeds, hardware and farm I
; supplies, also baby chicks and brood- j
ers. j
I Announcement is made that cold j
! bottled drink will be given each per-!
' son making a purchase on the open
ing day next Saturday,
j Mr. Jimeson was engaged in the
dairy business for 15 years, but re-j
Icently discontinued the business due
I to war conditions. j
ROTARIANS TO PLAY
GRANGE IN BASKETBALL
The Pleasant Gardens Grange ob
served Valentine with a holiday pro
gram and party at the regular meet
ing held Tuesday evening.
Announcement was made that the
Marion Rotary Club and the Pleas
ant Gardens Grange will have a bas
ketball game next Monday evening.
Announcement was also made that
Miss Rose Badgett, FSA supervisor,
will give a demonstration on cheese
making at the Pleasant Gardens
school house next Tuesday evening
and the public is cordially invited.
G. C. Crawford and J. R, Jimeson
gave a report of a Grange meeting
they attended in Hendersonville last
Thursday.
Refreshments were served by
i Mrs. W. A. Young.
.
| RESIDENCE DESTROYED
BY FIRE LAST MONDAY
j The six room dwelling house oc
cupied by Leon Butler colored, and
owned by M. W. Gordon, on the Air
port road, was destroyed by fire
about 7:30 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The building was in flames
when the fire was discovered and
very little of the household furni
i ture was saved.
The fire department responded to
|.the alarm and prevented the fire
j from spreading to other buildings
< close by.
! CPL. JARAMILLO TO
ADDRESS ROTARY MEET
Cpl. Noni Jaramillo, recruiting of
ficer of the WAC, will be the guest
speaker at the Rotary Club meeting
Friday at noon. All members are
urged to attend.
Ration Tokens
To Be Used By
Shoppers Soon
Information Is Provided By
OP A On How New System
Will Work, Starting Feb. 27
Washington.—Introduction of ra
tion tokens throughout the country
Feb. 27 will bring a number of
changes in the present method of
paying the ration cost of processed
foods, meats and fats. The Office of
Price administration has prepared
the following information to give
consumers a better understanding
of how the new system will work.
Q. Will OPA give each consumer
a certain number of tokens when
this new program begins, just as
everybody was given a supply of
ration stamps?
A. No. The only tokens you
wil get are those your retailer gives
in change, beginning Feb. 27.
Q. Why will I need ration
change?
A. You will need change when
tokens go into use because each red
and each blue stamp in your ration
book will be worth 10 points. It will
not longer be easy to give your
dealer an exact number of points as
it was when you had eight, five, two
and one-point stamps to use.
Q, If each stamp will be worth
10 points, will I have more points to
spend than I do now?
A. No. You will have almost
exactly the same number of points
that you have now. You will simply
use fewer stamps during any one
ration period. That's one advantage
of the new plan, since handling few
er stamps will cut down the work of !
your retailer and will make your ra
tion book last longer.
Q. When each stamp is worth 10
points, how will OPA adjust the ra
tioning program so as to give me the
same number of points per month
that I have now?
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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
TO BE OBSERVED HERE
WITH UNION SERVICE
i
"World Day of Prayer" will be ;
observed by all churches, civic or-1
ganizations and members of the
community in a service at the First j
Presbyterian Church on Friday, j
February 25.
In urging the attendance and sup-!
port of every person in the commu- i
nity, leaders stated that the need fori
a World Day of Prayer was obvious-;
ly greater now than at any previous;
itime.
WALKER AND TURNER ARE
GIVEN JUDGMENT OF $350
i ;
The February term of McDowell
i Superior Court for the trial of civil j
jcases convened here Monday with;
I Judge J. W. Pless presiding.
In the case of R. H. Walker and
Grover Turner against W. A. Pen-j
j dleton, the plaintiffs were awarded
■ judgment in the sum of $350.
! Two divorces were granted dur
j ing the week. Ruth Johnson Hop
; kins versus Ernest Lee Hopkins and ]
T. T. Mauldin versus Iva M. Maul- i
1 din. I
! MISSING SEAMAN IS
PRESUMED TO BE DEAD j
j Baylis W. Harrison, Jr., 22, of j
I the American Merchant Marines i
! who was recently reported missing, i
i is presumed to be dead, the Mari- j
| time War Emergency Board reports, j
I A formal "certificate of presump-1
tive death" was received fromj
Washington by his parents, Mr. and i
Mrs. B. W. Harrison, of Marion,
| who had been notified in January
j that their son was "missing follow- j
jing action in the performance of his j
'duty and in the service of his coun-'
jtry." |
The certificate said that Harrison, j
; who had the rating of utility sea- j
| man, "is presumed to have died on J
! or about December 2."
j The young merchant seaman en- J
| tered the Merchant Marine in Oc- j
jtober 1942. He is believed to have
j lost his life in the Mediterranean
j theatre of war as he was last heard
j from on his fourth mission across
[the Atlantic.
PLEASANT GARDENS P-T. A.
OBSERVE FOUNDER'S DAY;
PAGEANT IS PRESENTED
The February meeting of the pa
rents and teachers of Pleasant Gar
dens School was held on Thursday
evening in the school auditorium
with the vice-president, Mrs. Henry
Stauffer, presiding. Devotionals
were conducted by the Rev. W. E.
Abrams, pastor of the Clear Creek
Baptist church.
The fourth grade groups of Mrs.
Ernest Haire and Mrs. Locke Tate
were presented in a combination
health and patriotic pageant. A
Founder's Day program was present
ed by Mrs. W. A. Young, assisted by
Mesdames J. H. L. Miller, J. R. Jime
son, Fred Willis, and Carl Gibson,
and the Misses Lois Turbyfill and
Jenny Hunter. The annual Found
er's Day silver offering was taken.
Mrs. Melvin Patton reported on
the recent county-wide P. T. A.
meeting held at Old Fort with dis
trict and state officers present. Mrs.
Patton expressed the hope that the
local organization -would immediate
ly take steps to respond to the plea
for an active department of recrea
tion to meet the needs of the "teen !
age." I
The principal, W. A. Young, an-1
nounced that the organization had
met half its obligation to finance the
project of the construction of the
community cannery.
Mrs. Haire's and Mrs. Tate's
grades won respectively the honors
in the parent count.
DR. BRAY RESIGNS AS
PASTOR OF THE FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH HERE
The Rev. Dr. B. F. Bray, pastor of |
the First Baptist Church of Marion, \
has announced his resignation, ef-1
fective July 1.
He has served his pastorate here
for more than 12 years, having come
| to Marion from Wadesboro, where
I he was pastor of the Baptist Church
| for a number of years.
j The resignation was accepted by
the congregation "with regret."
DR. CAMAK SPEAKER
AT KIWANIS MEETING
ON TUESDAY EVENING
Dr. D. E. Camak was the principal
speaker at the regular meeting of
the Kiwanis Club Tuesday evening.1
The thought of Dr. Camak's address
was peace after the war.
In outlining a permanent post war |
peace he suggested the following
steps: First, that the peace must;
provide the political framework for i
a continuing collaboration of the J
United Nations and, in due course,
of neutral and enemy nations. Sec-!
ond, that the peace must make pro-,
vision for bringing within the scope ;
of international peace must make
provision for an organization to
adapt the treaty structure of the
world to changing underlying con
ditions. Fourth, that the peace must
I proclaim the goal of autonomy for
subject peoples, and it must estab
lish an international organization to
assure and to supervise the realiza
! tion of that end. Fifth, that the
peace must establish proceedures for
controlling military establishments
everywhere. Sixth, that the peace
must establish in principle, and seek
to achieve in practice the right of
individuals everywhere to religious
and intellectual liberty.
Finally Dr. Camak said that living
I by the Golden Rule was the only as
| surance of a permanent peace,
j which means that True Christianity
| must prevail throughout the world.
I J. H. Beaman announced that the
j budget for Boy Scout work in the
j county was $850.00 and that a cam
j paign would start immediately to
j raise this amount. The committee
jto assist in this drive from the Ki
i wanis club was W. S. Shiflet, Hugh
| Beam, W. G. Ballew and Lee Con
I ley.
The Kiwanis club accepted an in
vitation to meet with the Rotary
| club at their regular meeting Feb.
I 25th.
The committee for the Fourth
l War Bond drive reported that the
| quota of $100,000.00 had been over
j subscribed and that the actual a
| mount in cash reported by the club
| was $101,956.25.
! H. C. Sain was received into the
jclub as the youngest Baby Kiwanian
at the meeting Feb. 8.
Guests at the meeting were Bob
by Gourley, E. G. Roberts, R. C.
Darman, U. S. A., J. H. Beaman,
and M. C. Blackman of Philadelphia.
Red Cross War
Fund Drive To
Open March 1
Quota Of $10,200 Is Set For
McDowell County; Eugene
Cross Chairman Of Drive.
The Red Cross roll-call drive for
McDowell county will be held from
March 1 through March 15. The
quota set for this county is $10,200/
which is one of the largest requests
ever made by the Red Cross of the
citizens of this section; however, it
must be remembered that this is war
time and that the duties of the Red
Cross are heavy.
The Red Cross at the present time
is confronted with responsibilities of
unprecedented proportions as the
war enters its most crucial stage.
Its wartime services include helping
servicemen with personal problems,
sending food parcels to war prison
ers, aiding families of servicemen,
assisting disabled veterans, collect
ing life-saving blood, making surgi
cal dressings as well as many more
services.
Our quota is high, but with every
one doing his bit we should reach it.
The local organization of the Red
Cross is an excellent one, with Dr.
Carl W. McMurray, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, at its
head. Mrs. Bessie Carr ts executive
secretary and Miss Doris Hill is
treasurer.
Plans for conducting the drive
have been completed and are map
ped out according to plans similar to
those used last year. Eugene Cross
is chairman of the drive and is being
assisted by a number of other local
; citizens who realize the importance
i of Red Cross work.
j R. W. Twitty is chairman of the
I planning committee and has worked
! with Mr. Cross and other members
j of the committee in developing plans
j for the drive.
! Various committee chairmen,
! other than those mentioned above,
for this work include: S. R. Cross,
special gifts; Mrs. G. B. Justice,
residential district; E. P. Dameron,
business district; Otis Broyhill,
group registration; Homer Beaman,
outlying territory; Hugh Bea>n, pub
licity.
THREE M'DOWELL MEN
HELD ON ARSON CHARGE
Sheriff Grady Nichols announced
Friday that he had sworn out wart
rants for three men accusing them
of burning down the North Cove
high school garage and four school
buses on last June 7. The men are
Jayson Burnett, Sid McCall and
: Vick McCall, residents of the North
I Cove community.
Burnett was released under a
bond of $3,000, since he was a minor
i at the time the crime was commit
ted, and the other two were held in
default of $6,000 bond each.
TO AID WITH STATE
INCOME TAX RETURNS:
i Representatives of the North Car
| olina Revenue department, working:
out of the State tax office in Mor
ganton, will begin late this month to
assist taxpayers in filing their State
income and intangible tax returns
for 1943.
F. L. German, deputy field com
j missioner for Burke and McDowell
counties, announced the following
j schedule to make assistance avail
jable to various communities: Old
jFort, February 25; Marion, Mc
iDowell county courthouse, March 1
j 8; Morganton, tax office in court
■house, March 8-15.
I All returns must be filed by
i March 15.
LAWRENCE G. BRAZZELL
IS FATALLY BURNED*
j Lawrence Gilbert Brazzell, Sr.,
was fatally burned at his home in
! Rock Hill, S. C. about two o'clock
j Tuesday afternoon. Funeral ser
vices were held in Rock Hill Wed
nesday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Surviving are hjs wife, the for
i mer Miss Mary McConnell, of Ma
rion, N. C., one daughter, Mrs. W.
H. Sherer of Rock Hill; a son, L. G.
Brazzell of the U. S. Army over
'seas, and one brother and one sjisteiv