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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 27, 1944 VOL. XLVIII—NO. 40 Final Exercises Of The McDowell County Schools Now Under Way Programs Announced For Ex ercises At Various Schools Throughout The County. The commencement programs of the county schools began with the commencement sermon at the North Cove High School on Sunday after noon, April 23rd, when Dr. B. F. Bray, pastor of the First Baptist church of Marion was heard by the seniors and a large assembly of pa rents. Notwithstanding- the heavy down pour of rain at the hour of service, the auditorium was well ■filled. Dr. Bray had as his theme "Character and Physical Fitness." He used Joseph of ancient Bible times to illustrate his subject. The musical recital of pupils of Mrs. Julius McGhee was heard on Tuesday evening by a large and ap preciative audience. Friday, April 28th, has been set aside as Parents Day. In the eve ning beginning at 8:30 o'clock, the graduating exercises will take place. The award of medals, certificates, and diplomas to the graduates will take place. Following the class pro gram, the literary address will be de livered by Judge J. Will Pless of Ma rion. Pleasant Gardens High School At the Pleasant Gardens High School, the initial program of the commencement exercises was given at the high school auditorium on Fri day evening, April 21st., when the senior class play took place. The music pupils of Mrs. R. K. Davis will hold their recital on the evening of May 5th. Mrs. Davis has a large class and the recital is to be one of the best in the history of the school. . I The baccalaureate sermon will be j delivered by the Rev. W. E. Abrams, j pastor of the Baptist church at j .Pleasant Gardens, at 11 a. m., on! Sunday morning, May 7th. On May 8th, the senior class day exercises will be given. The gradu ating exercises will be held on the evening of May 9th. Following the delivery of diplomas and other cer tificates of award the annual address will be delivered by former Gover nor Clyde R. Hoey. Nebo High School The Nebo High School began its program of commencement finals on Friday evening, April 21st, when the annual i-ecitation and declama tion programs were held. On Friday, April 28th, at 8 o'clock, the senior class play will be given. Dr. D. E. Camak, pastor of the Pirst Methodist church of Marion, will deliver the baccalaureate ser (Continued from page 1) RUFUS WOODY REPORTED PRISONER OF GERMANS Word was received Monday from Pfc. Rufus Woody, who was recent ly reported missing in action, that he is a prisoner of the Germans. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Woody, of Route 4, Marion, parents of Pfc. Woody, received a message on March 14 that Tie had been missing since the first of February. Later word was re ceived that he was in a German pris on camp and on Monday of this week a letter was received from Pfc. Woody that he is still a prisoner, but stated that he was O. K. except for wounds in the arm and leg. MORE MERCHANTS WILL OBSERVE HALF HOLIDAY • Announcement is made through the Merchants Association that an other group of merchants will join in closing Wednesday afternoons at 1 o'clock beginning May 3 and con tinuing through the last Wednesday in August. The list to join in the half holiday observance as reported by the sec retary of the association follows: Workman's Store, The Leader, Marguerite Shoppe, Belk's Store, Rose's Store, Wallace's Store, Laughridge Furniture Store, Loven Furniture Store, Smith Furniture Store, Rice Furniture Store, J. D. Blanton, Jimeson's Farm Supply, The Feed Store, McCall - Burgirt Hardware Co., McDowell Hardware 'Co., Farmers Federation. HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO GIVE FINAL CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 5 The Marion High School band will ! be presented in the final concert of [ the school year on Friday evening', I May 5, at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium, Glenn Palmer, director, announced this week. The band membership has reached an all time high of sixty-three and it is rated as one of the best high school bands in the state, it was stated. The program will be varied to please every musical taste. One feature of the concert will be a new march just completed called "Ma rion High School Band March," by Mr. Palmer, director. The following seniors will be play ing in their final concert: Mildred Leonard, Marjorie Hemp hill, Margaret Westmoreland, Jean Sentell, Mike McCall, Zane Dalton, Jack Walker, Bill Ledbetter, B. H. Laughridge, Monty Haire, Edward Poole, J. B. Walker, Homer Walker and Claude Jarrett. The director will be making his last appearance for the present as he leaves soon to enter service in the i U. S. Navy. | CANCER CONTROL DRIVE TO BE SPONSORED BY JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB ______ The Junior Woman's Club, work ing in connection with the Woman's Field Army and American Society for the Control of Cancer, is seeking the cooperation of the people of Mc Dowell County in helping them in the Cancer Control drive which it is sponsoring the first week in May. The quota for McDowell county is $225. These funds will go directly to the State office and will be used to enlighten the public that if treat-; ed in time cancer can be cured and provide funds to purchase X-ray ap paratus and other diagnostic and i treatment equipment; also for medi cal aid and hospital service. A film entitled "Choose To Live" will be shown at the Community building on Tuesday night, May 2, at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to this showing at which time contri butions to the fund may be made. A second showing of the film will be made on Wednesday night, May 3, at the first performance at the Ma rion Theatre. A booth will be main tained in the lobby of the theatre Wednesday afternoon and night where donations to the fund may be made. Educational material con cerning the control of cancer will be distributed at the Community build ing on Tuesday night and at the Ma rion Theatre Wednesday afternoon and night. CLINCHFIELD YARD CONTEST UNDER WAY The annual yard contest sponsor ed by the Clinchfield Junior Wo man's Club for the homes of Clinch field is now well under way, Mrs. James McCall, contest chairman, an nounced this week and asked that all applications be turned in by May 10 as entries will be judged the last week in May. Residents of the community are familiar with the contest rules, as it has been sponsored annually for the past few years under the same su pervision and direction, but it is hoped that the number of entries will increase and that interest in the contest will be manifested by the effort of each individual to beautify the grounds surrounding his or her home. PRICE TO SPEAK AT CROSS MILL SUNDAY R. E. Price, editor of the Ruther ford News, a member of the Allied Church League, church and civic leader of Rutherfordton, will speak at the Cross Mill Baptist church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Price is an interesting speak er and is well informed on the sub ject of the liquor question. Every body is cordially invited to hear him, the pastor announces. Benjamin Franklin established the first circulating library in Philadel phia in 1731. Name Teachers For Schools In The City Unit School Board Elects The Pres ent Principals For Next Year's Term. The five principals of the Marion City School were re-elected for an other year at a recent meeting of the city school board, it is announc ed by Hugh F. Beam, superintendent of the Marion City Schools unit: Making preparations for the 1844 45 term, the school board continued the present principals: D. E. Poole, Marion high school; Miss Ruth Greenlee, Clinchfield; Miss Mamie Stacy, East Marion; Mrs. Garland Williams, Eugene Cross; Richard A. Shaw, West Marion. The list of principals and teachers re-elected by the city board follows: Marion High School D. E. Poole, principal, History; Mrs. Alba P. Blair, English; Miss Alice Bryan, Librarian; E. L. Car ter, English and Science; Mrs. Kate Finley, mathematics; Mrs. Marguer ite B. Gilkey, English, Latin and French; Gilmer Graham, Athletics and Science; Mrs. Flora Homewood, Home Economics; Miss Ruth Mill saps, Commercial; Glenn Palmer, Band; Mrs. Zelda Pemberton, Eng lish; Mrs. Helen Shiflet, History and Science, and Mrs. Sarah C. Wier, English. Elementary Teachers Mrs. Mary Finley, Miss Lucille Roberts, Miss Fannie Lou Sauls, Mrs. Ethel C. Giles, Miss Janie Tuck er, Mrs. Effie C. Morris, Mrs. Mil dred Davis, Miss Annie Little, Mrs. Pauline M. Neal, Miss Mary Love Bettis. Miss Ruth Greenlee, Miss Pauline Tipton, Mrs. Glenn Morris, Miss Elizabeth Wylie, Miss Mamie Go forth, Miss Emily Blanton, Miss Louise Wilkie, Miss Hazel Browne, Miss Annie Spratt, Mrs. Ruth T. Laughlin, Miss Lelia McLeod, Mrs. Rebekah L. Hirsch. Miss Mamie Stacy, Miss Elsie Stacy, Mrs. Sara Margaret Giles, Miss Helen Turner, Miss Wilma Snoddy, Mrs. Lula S. McCurry, Mrs. Effie L. McCall, Miss Millie Kanipe, Mrs. Louise R. McCall, Miss Louise Poteat. Mrs. Garland Williams, Mrs. Sadie T. Patton, Mrs. Clara F. Hughes, Miss Hattie 'Taylor, Mrs. Blanche Holland, Miss Effie Hicks. Richard A. Shaw, Mrs. Kate C. Morgan and Miss Elizabeth Conley. Colored Inez Brown, Melda Williams, B. G. Corpening, Margaret Greenlee, Lula Maddox and "Ethel Goodman. GRAHAM TO SPEAK AT P.T.A. MEETING MONDAY The Marion Parent Teacher As sociation will meet Monday after noon at 8:30 in the school auditor ium with Coach Gilmer Graham as speaker. Mr. Graham will use as his sub ject "Providing Opportunities for Play and Recreation." ! T. Virgil Ellis Dies Suddenly At Home Here Clinchfield Company Officer Succumbs To Heart Attack; Funeral Sunday. j T. Virgil Ellis, 50, secretary and (assistant treasurer of the Clinch I field Manufacturing company, died j suddenly from a heart attack last i Friday evening. ! Mr. Ellis was a member of the ! board of deacons of the First Bap j tist church and took an active part i in church work. He was widely j known in this community and had a 'large circle of friends. j He had been with the Clinchfield j Manufacturing company for about j 25 years. j He is survived by his wife, Mrs. j Chloe Price Ellis; three sons, Avia l tion Cadet Robert Ellis, of Shaw i Field, S. C., Hugh Edward and Troy, of Marion; three daughters, Miss Jean Ellis, of Langley Field, Va., Mrs. Robert Gibson and Dotcie Sue Ellis of Marion; one grand child; four brothers and three sisters, Guy, Ray and Roy Ellis of Marion, Fran cis Ellis of Charlotte, Mrs. R. D. Bird of Marion, Mrs. James Norton of Spruce Pine and Mrs. George Al lison of Charlotte. Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by the pas jtor, Dr. B. F. Bray, and interment i made in Oak Grove cemetery, j The active pallbearers were C. A. j Workman, A. M. S'eagle, G. G. Pen i dergrass, W. R. Chambers, W. F. I Grant, E. W. Parker, T. H. Hender son, M. W. Gordon and J. D. Little, [ all deacons of the church. DEMOCRATS TO HOLD CONVENTION HERE SATURDAY A'convention has been called of the McDowell county Democrats at the court house in Marion on Satur iday, April 29, at 11 o'clock for the (purpose of electing delegates to the State convention to be held in Ra leigh on May 4. Meetings were held throughout [the county last Saturday to elect precinct chairmen and select dele gates to the county convention. Following the county convention | at 11 o'clock the precinct chairmen l will meet and elect officers for the '1944 campaign. j DR. HEWITT ADDRESSES ROTARIANS FRIDAY The weekly meeting of the Rotary Club was held Friday noon in the community building. Dr. Macon Hewitt reported on the Rotary conference he attended re cently in Spartanburg. Others who attended the conference were J. A. Wier, Albert Hewitt, Jr. and Mar shall Dark. Pvt. Pat Davis, who is stationed at Ft. Bragg, was present as an honor [ary member. Canning Sugar Registration To Be Held At Schools Sites On ' Thursday, Friday, Apr. 27-28 A general registration for home canning sugar will be conducted at the various school sites in Marion and McDowell county Thursday and; Friday, April 27 and 28, it is an-J nounced by the local War Price and Rationing board. The hours of reg istration will be from 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. The schools where these registra tions will be held are listed as fol lows: Marion high school, Clinch field, East Marion, Eugene Cross, West Marion, North Cove, Pleasant Gardens, Nebo, Dysartsville, Glen wood and Sugar Hill. Citizens making application for canning sugar should go to the j school nearest them at the time men- j tioned above. This is the only reg- j istration which will be conducted j this year for home canning sugar, the local board announces. Every person residing in the coun ty is entitled to make application for extra sugar, provided there is need for it. The extra allotment of su gar may be used for canning pur poses only, and ' the maximum amount that may be obtained at the time of registration is ten pounds per person. When making application for su gar on either April 27 or 28, the ap plicant must have with him his War Ration Book No. 4, containing spare stamp number 37, which stamp will be deleted as the registration is com pleted. Any one member of a fami ly may register for the entire family, provided he has with him War Ra tion Book No. 4 for each individual member of the family. Baptist Speaker Dr. Judson L. Vipperman, pastor of the Long Creek Memorial Baptist church and noted Bible student, will speak at the Baptist church in Old Fort today (Thursday) at 11:40 a. m. and 2:20 p. m. His addresses will be a special feature of the Spring session of the Blue Ridge Baptist Association which is composed of thirty churches in McDowell county. REGISTRATION BOOKS FOR MAY 27 PRIMARY TO OPEN SATURDAY Registration books in McDowell county will be opened on Saturday, j April 29, to register voters for the :May 27 primary and the general I election in November, T. W. Gowan, i chairman of the county board of j election, announced yesterday, j New registrants and those who ! have changed their place of resi ; dence to a new precinct in the coun ; ty since last registration are requir i ed to register before voting in the i primary. 1 The registration books for the pri | mary will be open April 29, May 6 land May 13 from 9 a. m. until sun | down at the polling places in the ! county. May 20 will be challenge , day and the election officials will be ;at the polling places to consider any challenges which may be made. ! The precinct registi'ars, Demo cratic and Republican judges in ord er are listed as follows: i Marion No. 1—Alvin Rader, reg istrar; John Finley and Jack James, 'judges. Marion No. 2—G. C. Stamey, reg istrar; Jack Morris and Justice ; Bright, judges. I Marion No. 3—-Worth Biggerstaff, registrar; J. A. Cannon and Corn Buchanan, judges. i Marion i\o. 4—A. K. i*laek, reg jistrar; Fred Brooks and Martin ! Swann, judges. i Marion No. 5—A. W. Rader, reg istrar; Marion Padgett and Virgie ,Bradburn, judges. | Braeketts—George Rhom, regist rar: Loyd Toney and W. R. Stone, j judges. Buck Creek—W. H. Hennessee, |Jr., registrar; Tom Patton and Hez :ekiah Simmons, judges. I Dysartsville—Carson Jarrett, reg istrar; Frank Daves and J. P. Gibbs, ! judges. j Glenwood — Grayson Marlowe, ! registrar; Clyde Hemphill and J. 0. 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 j field, judges. North Cove — J. M. Carpenter, | registrar; Rhom Brown and Charles [McCall, judges. i Crooked Creek—Fred Lytle, reg istrar; Clarence Gillian and J. W. jHogan, judges. i i SINGING AT CROSS MILL SUNDAY NIGHT There will be an old time singing j at the Cross Mill Baptist church next i Sunday night at 8 o'clock. The pas : tor announces that this will not be j an entertainment but a worship ser , vice of gospel singing. The public is | invited to attend. Annual Session Of Presbyterial Held In Marion Officers Elected and Speak ers Discuss World Condi tions; 200 Attend. The thirty-eighth annual session of the Woman's Auxiliary of Con cord Presbytery convened here on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and officers were elected as fol lows: Mrs. L. H. French, president; Mrs. Gordon Kirkland, corresponding sec retary; Mrs. John Hay, secretary home missions; Mrs. Earl Thompson, secretary of religious education; Mrs. W. M. Fairley, secretary spirit ual life; Mrs. L. G. Turner, chair man of district number 2, and Mrs. Paul R. Maulden, chairman of busi ness women. The meeting opened with an ex ecutive board meeting Tuesday af ternoon. Mrs. W. H. Goodman, of Kannapolis, presided. Fifty church es are included in this presbytery, covering an area in western North Carolina from Salisbury to Old Fort and 200 persons were in attendance. Miss Lucy Steele, Bible teacher at Peace College, Raleigh, addressed business girls and women, especially, Tuesday evening. Miss Steele's in imitable manner of speaking and her keen sense of humor held the atten tion of her listeners as she outlined the teachings of Paul and presented them as they might be adapted to the needs of present day conditions. Prior to Miss Steele's address Mrs. George U. Baucom, Jr., of Ra leigh, Synodical president, and Miss Margaret Shelby, missionary from Mexico, were introduced and made short talks. At the Wednesday morning ses sion greetings were extended by Dr. C. W. McMurray and Mrs. B. F. Pollard. Response was made by Mrs. C. E. Raynal. j Mrs. George Baucom, Jr., speak er, used as her subject "Now— ; Christian Living." She spoke of ! prayer as the greatest force on earth and asked that in observing Christ ian Family Week on May 7-14 the vital importance of prayer be stress ed. She emphasized the significance of the fact that Christian Family Week lead up to Mother's Day. Mrs. rnucom lurtner stated tnat Christian living is to prepare for the peace that is to come and that the only cure for selfishness is the pow er of the living Christ. Following Mrs. Baucom's address Miss Margaret Shelby, missionary from Mexico, spoke on "His Other Sheep in Mexico." She said that be cause Mexico is a most influential country the Good Neighbor policy revealed to the Mexicans will be re layed to other countries. She warn ed, however, that the policy was not to be presented in the light of seek ing aid for aid given, but that it be extended in a whole-hearted spirit of cooperation of two peoples work ing toward the worthwhile objective>"" of securing a true and lasting peace. The morning session closed with a message from Mitchell College pre sented by Miss Agnes Perkins, stu dent of the college. Miss Perkins was introduced by Mrs. C. A. Har ris, synodical secretary of schools and churches. The afternoon session openec} with a talk on "Our Presbyterian School for Mexican Giris" by Miss Margaret Shelby, and continued with a vocal solo by Miss Louise Po teat. Dr. G. A. Wilson addressed the group on "Our Boys and Our Churches." He explained the quali fications and the work of chaplains in the service of the U. S. armed forces and told of the work the churches were doing in providing hospitality homes and means of en tertainment for service men. Dr. Nettie Giier, former mission ary of China, and Mrs. O. F. Yates, both of Montreat, were special guests at the meeting. LT. JONAS SPENDING FURLOUGH AT HOME HERE Lt. John Jonas, of the Naval Air Corps, arrived Monday from his base in the Southwest Pacific to spend a few days at his home here.
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