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, APRIL 13, 1944
VOL. XLVIII—NO. 3s
County Board
Names Officials
For the Primary
Registrars And Judges Named
For Primary On May 27 At
Meeting Saturday.
The McDowell County Board of
Elections met Saturday and named
registrars and judges for the coun
ty's 17 precincts in the primary May
27, it was announced Monday by T.
W. Gowan, chairman of the board.
'Members of the board in addition
to Mr. Gowan are Roy W. Davis,
' Democrat, secretary, and E. W.
Parker, Republican.
The registration books will open
April 29 and remain open for three
consecutive Saturdays — April 29,
May 6 and 13—at the polling places.
May 20 will be challenge day, one
week before the primary.
The precinct registrars, Demo
cratic and Republican judges in ord
er are listed as follows:
Marion No. 1—Alvin Rader, reg
istrar; John Finley and Jack James,
judges.
Marion No. 2—Jack Morris, reg
istrar; Justice Bright and one to be
named.
Marion No. 3—Worth Biggerstaff,
• registrar; J. A. Cannon and Corn
Buchanan, judges.
Marion No. 4—A. R. Flack, reg
istrar; Fred Brooks and Martin
Swann, judges.
Marion No. 5—A. W. Rader, reg
istrar; Marion Padgett and Virgie
Bradburn, judges.
Bracketts—George Rhom, regist
rar; Loyd Tortey and W. R. Stone,
judges.
Buck Creek—W. H. Hennessee,
Jr., registrar; Tom Patton and Hez
ekiah Simmons, judges.
Dysartsville—Carson Jarrett, reg
istrar; Frank Daves and J. P. Gibbs,
judges.
Glenwood — Grayson Marlowe,
registrar; Clyde Hemphill and J. O.
Gordon, judges.
Higgins—E. L. Carter, registrar;
J. H. Simpson and Sam Marlowe,
judges.
Montford Cove—George Marlowe,
registrar; Oscar B. Morgan and
Manley Ledford, judges.
Nebo—T. W. Stacy, registrar; Jay
Ballew and W. C. Fortune, judges.
Old Fort No. 1—Charles Tate,
registrar; E. L. McDaniel and M. G.
Turner, judges.
Old Fort No. 2—J. F. Harmon,
registrar; W. C. Silver and R. W.
Silver, judges.
Turkey Cove—Jim Boyd, regist
rar; Gene Good and J. Webb Holli
field, judges.
North Cove — J. M. Carpenter,
registrar; Rhom Brown and Charles
McCall, judges.
Crooked Creek-—Fred Lytle, reg
istrar; Clarence Gillian and J. W.
HJogan, judges.
FIFTY-SEVEN McDOWELL
MEN PLACED IN CLASS 1-A
Fifty-seven men have been re
classified and placed in 1-A for mili
tary service by the local draft board
here during the past week.
The list follows:
Prank J. Beam, Edwin P. Haw
kins, John P. Webster, John L.
Swofford, William F. Roland, Paul
W. Lavender, Everett L. Pyatt, Paul
W. Toney, James L. Lane, John W.
McCarthy, Henry C. Finley, J. D.
Hayes, Ernest J. Wood, Clarence F.
Biddix, Clyde R. McKinney, Bruce
McNeal, Eugene M. Toney, Robert
E. Morris, Joseph N. Pi'esnell, Steve
J. Lowery, Ralph M. Haynes and Al
bert H. Morgan.
Ted R. Souther, Alfred L. Thom
as, Coman Kirkpatrick, Willard D.
Brown, Paul T. Burnette, George
Leicester, William L. Allison, Carl
L. Price, O. P. Copeland, Henry A.
Cook, Donald L. Turner, Orvile Fen
der, James M. Robinson, Bernard W.
Fender, E. O. Crawley, William H.
McLean, Jimmie H. Bradley, Cecil J.
Clontz, Ercel L. Barlowe, Robert G.
Jarrett, Robert -J. Gibson, Howard
Williams, Romie H. Holmes, Richard
Hensley, Walter W. Gibson, Harold
M. Cordell, Lenard E. Moore, Lean
der W. Bruner, Paul A. Davis,
James P. Arrowood, Claude F. Lon
on, Grady H. Moody, William E.
Burnett, Roscoe Mace and James D.
Wyatt.
IMPORTANT CEILING
PRICE MEETINGS HERE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Mrs. Pearl Humphrey, ap
parel and drug specialist from
the district Office of Price Ad
ministration, Charlotte, N. C.,
is scheduled to meet with ap
parel merchants here Monday
evening, April 17th, at 7:30
o'clock. The meeting for drug
merchants will be held at 9:30
Tuesday morning, April 18th.
These meetings will be held
in the offices of the local War
Price and Ration Board located
in the City Hall building. All
apparel merchants and drug
gists are urged to attend these
very important meetings.
LT. WHITSON KILLED
IN AIRPLANE CRASH
Word was received yesterday that
Second Lieutenant Warren A. Whit
son, U. S. Marine Air Corps, was
killed in an airplane crash at Santa
Barbara, California on Monday,
April 10.
Whitson graduated with honors
from the Marion high school and re
ceived his training at Paris Island,
S. C., Quantico, Va., stations in Vir
ginia and Florida, and New Orleans.
I He volunteered for the U. S. Marine
jAir Corps four years ago.
He is sui'vived by his parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. Marion A. Whitson, three
j brothers and six sisters, Walter
Whitson, Mrs. Clarence Duncan,
Mrs. Paul Morris, Mrs. Carl McKin
ney, Misses Evelyn and Ruby Whit
son, of Marion; Herbie Whitson of
South Charleston, West Virginia,
and Pvt. First Class Thomas E.
: Whitson, U. S. Air Corps in Eng
land.
!
P. T. A. MEETING TONIGHT
AT PLEASANT GARDENS
The April meeting of the Pleasant
Gardens Parent-Teacher Association |
will be held at the community build- j
ing at Pleasant Gardens school to- j
night (Thursday) at 7 o'clock. Fea-1
tures of the meeting will be a pic-1
nic supper and music by the rhythm j
band, under the direction of Miss
; Elsie House. Officers of the associa
tion will be elected for the ensuing
j year.
Mcdowell men
LEAVE MARION FOR
ARMED SERVICES
J Sixty-two men who have been ac
j cepted for Army service left here
Friday morning for induction at the
I army center in Fort Bragg.
i The list follows:
! William J. Stamey, Grady W.
! Goode, Earl H. Snypes, Chester B.
j Gilliam, Harrill L. Rumfelt, Gene L.
j Simmons, John T. Padgham, Earl J.
| Brown, James Williams, Daniel H.
i Willis, Robert L. Allison, Fred R.
j Harris, Holden C. Duncan, James E.
Mason. Richard G. Roberts, Turner
L. Robbins, John A. Carr, Mitchell
L. Chapman, Arnold B. Lytle, Pink
Lewis, Charles A. McKinney, Thurs
ton G. Haynes, Jesse P. Cannon,
William H. Morrow, Robert G. Rad
ford, John L. Lewis, Albert N. Bur
nette, Earl Isaacs, Robert L. Young,
Clyde T. Whitesides, Ernest B. Hol
lifield, Roy T. Brotherton, Richard
C. Carter, Albert H. W. Laughter,
Curtis Parker, William Brown, Wil
liam J. Brown, Albert A. Elliott,
Benjamin C. Epley, Clyde W. Ray
burn, Horace A. Poole, Carl F.
Hensley, Jay V. Dixon, Baxter H,
Whelchel. Henry I. McGee, Robv L.
Seagle, Joseph D. Gibson, William
V. Hughes, Floyd W. Stikeleather,
Alvin R. Bartlett, Woodrow A. Wall,
Clifton R. McCormick, Harry M.
Gilliam, Clyde W. Holland, Austin ;
J. Harris, Clarence C. Wise, Joseph j
P. Roland, Howard C. Osborne,
Dysart M. Hawkins, Paul G. Willis, i
Troy B. Marler and William P. El
liott, Jr.
In addition to the above list three
men, Ozier G. Stevens, John Greene,
and Norman G. Grant, were trans
ferred to other boards.
MARION MERCHANTS TO
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT
The regular monthly meeting of'j
the Marion Merchants Association1
will be held Thursday night, April!
13, at 8 o'clock in the fireman's!
room, city hall. Price ceilings and
others matters of interest to the
members of the association will be
discussed. All members are urged !
to attend. I
Finals Pleasant
Gardens School
Set For May 9
Former Governor Clyde Hoey
To Deliver Commencement
Address Sunday, May 9.
Former Governor Clyde R. Hoey
of Shelby will deliver the commence
ment address to the senior class of
Pleasant Gardens High School on
the night of May 9 in the school au
ditorium.
The honor students of the class
are Mabel Morgan, valedictorian;
Opal Haynes, salutatorian.
The schedule for the remaining
program of commencement is as fol
lows :
Senior Class Play, "He Couldn't
Marry Five," Friday evening, April
21.
Music Recital Friday evening,
May 5.
Baccalaureate sermon Sunday
morning, May 7, at eleven o'clock,
i The sermon will be delivered by the
Rev. W. E. Abrams, pastor of the
Clear Creek Baptist church.
Senior Class Night, May 8.
TROUT SEASON OPENS
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
The trflut fishing season in this
area will open Saturday, April 15, it
was announced this week by T. W.
Gowan, county game warden.
Trout may be taken April 15th in
the territory in and west of Alle
ghany, Wilkes, Rutherford and west
of highway 18 in Burke and Cald
well counties, it was explained.
The Division of Game and Inland
Fisheries reminded anglers that all
persons over 16 years old who fish
outside their home counties must
have a State resident fishing permit
which costs $2.10, or a daily resi
dent permit at sixty cents. The non
resident season license is $5.10; non
resident daily permit $1.10. Sever
al counties require a county resident
license of $1.10.
The daily trout limit is 12; size
limit 7 inches. No more than two
days' limit may be possessed at one
time.
The closed season for all other
species of fish will be from April 15
to June 9, inclusive, it was stated.
Waters open the entire year to
fishing for non-game fish, subject to
state regulations, include Catawba
river from Yancey bridge at head of
Lake James to mouth of Crooked
creek in McDowell county.
OLD FORT CONTRIBUTES
$547 TO RED CROSS FUND
Eugene Cross, chairman of the
War Fund drive for the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross,
states that during the past week he
received an additional contribution
of $47.84 from Old Fort. This gift
makes a total of $547.84 received
from Old Fort where the drive was
headed by Horace Early and C. L.
Norwood.
Mr. Cross further says that the co
chairmen of Old Fort reported that
they had received a very hearty re
sponse during this drive and that the
people of this community were defi-;
nitely conscious of the excellent j
work being done by the Red Cross, •
and that they welcomed the oppor
tunity of having a part in this work !
to the extent of contributions of!
$547.84. i
DR. HASSELL SPEAKER
AT ROTARY MEETING'
|
Dr. Hassell, pastor of the Presby- j
terian church at Spindale, was the j
guest speaker^ at the weekly luftch-!
eon of the Rotary club last Friday, i
He gave an interesting talk on Japan j
and of his work there as a mission- j
ary. i
MELTON PROMOTED
William R. Mellon of Marion, pilot |
with a B-24 Liberator group inj
Italy, was recently promoted to the 1
rank of first lieutenant in the j
USAAF. His wife, Mrs. Georgia
Melton, resides in Marion.
Lt. Melton has been awarded the
Air Medal with three Oak Leaf t
Clusters for participation in sus-1
tained operational activity against J
the enemy.
Dates Set For
Registration For
Canning Sugar
Registration Will Be Held At
Various School Buildings
April 27 And 28.
The local office of the War Price
and Rationing Board announces that
registration for sugar for home can
ning purposes will be held again this
year. The dates set for this regis
tration is on the afternoons of April
27 and 28.
The plan of registration is similar
to that of last year with the registra
tion being held at the various school
buildings of Marion and McDowell
county.
Only one registration will be held
this year as compared to several last
year, therefore, it will be necessary
for all persons contemplating the
need of additional sugar to make ap
plication for it on the dates set out
above. The maximum amount of
sugar available for home canning is
the same as last year; that is, not
more than 25 lbs. per person. Of
this amount 5 lbs. has been available
for the past several weeks through
the use of sugar stamp No. 40 in
War Ration Book No. 4. The re
maining 20 lbs. may be obtained by
making application at one of the
school sites in the county on either
April 27 or 28.
FREE CHECK TO BE MADE
ON PRESSURE COOKERS
Everyone in Marion and through
out McDowell County who owns a
pressure cooker is asked to bring it
to the office of Miss Jean Steele,
home demonstration agent, on April
22 for a free check-up on valves and
gauges by Mr. Bickle, agriculture
engineer of Raleigh.
Although Mr. Bickle will not
check the cookers until April 25, it
will be necessary to have the cook
ers in that office by April 22 so
that they may be labeled and ready
for the engineer to check on Tues
day, Miss Steele stated.
It is especially stressed that all
pressure cookers should be checked;
regardless of whether they operate.
satisfactorily or not, and it was also
explained that the check must be
made with the aid of an instrument
especially designed for that purpose. I
Owners may call for their cookers J
at 2:30 p. m. April 25 and find out!
at that time what improvements
should be made. I
KEETER RETURNS TO >
THE STATE HOSPITAL
W. K. Keeter, who formerly had
served in the. capacies of business I
manager and steward, has returned <
to the staff of the State Hospital in
Morganton as director of credits, ]
collections and public relations, it is;
announced by the Morganton News-1
Herald.
Mr. Keeter, it is stated, has al-!
ready assumed his duties and will j
spend part of his hime in the field, j
traveling throughout the western j
half of the state in dealing with the
families of patients and with public
officials in the counties served by
the institution.
Mr. Keeter is a former resident* of
Marion. I
SGT. COOPER AWARDED
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
Sgt. Ruth P. Cooper, whose home |
is in Marion, has been awarded the I
Army's Good Conduct Medal at Kel-!
ly Field, San Antonio, Texas, a unit
of the Air Service Command, Army
Air Forces, it has been announced j
by the field's public relations office, j
The medals are awarded to wo-!
men "who have demonstrated fideli-1
ty through faithful and exact per-1
formance of duty, efficiency through i
capacity to produce desired results,!
and whose behavior has been such as J
to deserve emulation."
Sgt. Cooper is assigned to the j
WAC Detachment No. 1 and is serv- j
ing as a typist with her organiza- j
tion. Before entering the Army on j
March 6: 1943, she was a cashier j
with Belk-Broome Company in Ma
rion.
FIFTEEN MILLION MUST
FILE TAX DECLARATIONS
BY APRIL 15 THIS YEAR
By April 15 this year declarations
of estimated 1944 income and vic
tory tax will be required of some 15
million Americans, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue predicts.
When the federal "pay-as-you-go"
system of income tax payment was
put into effect the middle of last
year, it became necessary for the
Bureau of Internal Revenue to make
arrangements to collect income and
victory tax in quarterly "pay-as-you
go" instalments. For a large num
ber of wage-earners and salaried
persons, their instalments were tak
en care of by employers' deductions
from pay-checks. For some wage
earners and salaried persons and
others whose income came from oth
er sources, declarations—accompan
ied by instalments where taxes were
due—were required.
In 1944, "pay-as-you-go" is in ef
fect for the whole year, and with
holding by employers is expected to
take care of the tax obligations of
most Americans. For others—farm
ers and farm laborers included —tax
declarations and instalment pay
ments still are necessary. Farmers
—but not farm wage earners—may
wait until December 15 to make
their declarations, but if they wait,
they must pay the entire amount due
at that time.
The following single persons
(married persons who have "separ
ated" are considered single) must
file declarations and if taxes are
due, pay instalments by April 15:
1. Those who make more than
$2,700 in wages that are subject to
withholding by employers.
2. Those who make more than
$100 from sources not subject to
withholding, provided their total in
come, regardless of source, is ex
pected to be $500 or more.
The following married persons
(who have not "separated") must
file declarations and if taxes are due
pay instalments by April 15:
1. Those who have a total in
come of more than $3,500 in wages
that are subject to withholding by
employers.
2. Those who make more than
$100 from sources not subject to
withholding provided that — (a)
their combined income, regardless
of source, is expected to be $1,200
or more, or (b) one individual in
come, regardless of source, is ex
pected to be more than $624.
MEETING OF CONCORD
PRESBYTER IAL HERE
APRIL 25TH AND 26TH
The regular annual meeting of
Concord Presbyterial will convene in
the First Presbyterian church here
on April 25th and 26th. A large at
tendance is expected.
One of the highlights on the pro
gram will be an address Tuesday
night, April 25th, by Miss Lucy
Steele, of Peace Institute, Raleigh.
This will be of especial interest to
business girls and women, but every
one is invited. A detailed program
will appear in next week's paper.
Mrs. Chas. A. Harris, who is a |
Presbyterial officer, will entei-tain
members of the Executive Board at
dinner on Tuesday evening, April;
25 th..
BENJAMIN I. WALKER
IS GIVEN PROMOTION
Benjamin I. Walker, who has
served in the China-Burma-India1
Theater of War for the past 12 |
months, has recently been promoted
to the rank of Technician Grade V.
Technician Walker is the son of
Mrs. Ellen Walker of Marion. Prior
to induction into the Army he was
employed by the Container Corpora
tion of Baltimore, Maryland. At
tached to a engineering unit located
deep in the Indo-Burma jungles,
Walker is authorized to • wear the
Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, Bronze Star, j
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
ANNOUNCE NEW HOURS
The following Marion industrial |
plants will change the time of open- j
ing from 8 a. m. to 7 a. m. begin- :
ning on Monday, April 17, Mayor J.'
F. Wilkinson announced this week: j
Drexel Furniture Company, Broy- j
hill Furniture Company, R. L. James j
and Son, McPar Hosiery Mills, Over-:
look Knitting Mill, Marion Hosiery
Mills, Barnesline Hosiery Mill, Eliza
beth James No. 2, Seagle Lumber
Company and Josephine Mills.
Men Over 26
Gain Respite
From Service
Those In Essential Work Not
To Be Called Yet—Younger
Class To Be Speeded.
Washington, April 9.—With most
of the older men temporarily side
tracked, the nation's 6,400 draft
boards will hustle this week to get
men under 26 years old into combat
training to replace coming battle
casualties.
The war department, in announc
ing that the army has reached its
planned strength of 7,700,000, said
last week this "peak" will be ex
ceeded in April in order to begin at
once the training of young men si>
they will be ready when needed to
replace men falling in battle. Basic
training takes three months.
Need Young Men Immediately
Then came Saturday's order from
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey to
postpone all draft procedure for
men 26 and older who are in jobs
making a contribution to the war.
Hershey said the army and navy told
him they need young men now, ev
en if fit means failure to meet quo
tas of older registrants.
With this new and urgent em
phasis on haste in April, it was ob
vious that if any substantial number
of key men under 26 in vital indus
tries were going to be deferred, se
lective service must get advice from
other government manpower agenc
ies and get it quickly.
Manpower Chairman Paul V. Mc
Nutt, who also heads the committee
of manpower claimants, an inter
agency group, was reported today
i to be ready to hand General Hershey
I a list of 13 activities in which some
j deferments are recommended for
jyounger men.
Transportation was on the list,
! but the Office of Defense transport
'tation acknowledged that only a
> "small number" of transportation
men under 26, such as train dis
patchers, will be recommended for
deferment.
The Hershey order concerning
men 26 and older has confused
many men scheduled to report for
induction or physical examinations,
and some boards themselves were
unclear on their exact procedure.
These general rules were laid down
by a draft headquarters officer to
day:
1. If an individual is in doubt
about what to do, he should contact
his local board for instructions.
2. If a local board is in doubt, it
should contact the state director.
The new order did not interrupt
the current effort to persuade 4-F"s
to get into essential jobs.
LIEUT. H. E. NOELL, JR.
REPORTED WAR PRISONER
Word has been received by Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Noell of Shelby that
their son, Lt. H. E. Noell, Jr., bomb
er pilot with the Eighth Air Force is
officially stated to be a prisoner of
war of Germany.
Lt. Noell, who was reported miss
ing in action since February 10th, is
believed to have parachuted to saf
ety when his bomber was shot down
over enemy-held territory in Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Noell are former
residents of Marion.
CPL. HUNTER RECEIVES
PRESIDENTIAL CITATION
Cpl. Parks Hunter has received
the Presidential Citation for merit
orious action in the South Pacific
while serving in the U. S. Marine
Corps.
Hunter resides at the home of
Mrs, Hunter's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George J. Morrison. After being"
wounded at Guadalcanal he was hon
orably discharged and is at present
employed by the National Carbon
Company at Morganton.
WACS SEEK RECRUITS
The WAC booth at Belk-Broome
Company will be open on Friday,
April 21, from 11 a. m. to 3:30 p.
m., it was announced last week. In
formation on the WACs may also be
obtained by writing the U. S. Army
Recruiting Station, Post Office
Building, Asheville, N. C.