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THE MARION PROGRESS J A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1944 * VOL. XLVI1I—NO. 44 Seventy Graduates Of Marion High School Awarded Diplomas Commencement Finals Held Tuesday Night With Clyde A. Erwin The Speaker. " Seventy diplomas were awarded graduates of the Marion High School Monday night in commencement ex ercises which closed the 1944 school term. In addition to the seventy members of the class receiving their diplomas as mentioned above, four other members of the class will also receive their diplomas. Miss Thelma Autry. who, with her family moved to the state of Florida last week, will be mailed her diploma. Three boys, James Bryson, James Ray Robinson and Paul Eugene Flack, popular members of the Senior class, have been inducted into the service of the nation's armed forces, their induction taking place during their last semester of school life, are eli gible to receive their diplomas. Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state super intendent of Public Instruction, de livered the address Monday evening. He spoke in a forceful manner of changing world conditions and ex horted all seniors to be on the alert to meet these changing, demands of every day living. He encouraged all those who could to continue their educational work, pointing out that the needs of the day require highly developed technical skills. Hugh Beam, Superintendent of Marion City Schools, presented Dr. Erwin to the audience. After the address Mr. Beam presented the di plomas to the class. D. E. Poole, | principal of the high school, present-: ■ed the awards. Miss Frieda Elaine | Perfninger received highest scholas-1 tic honors and was vajeaictoiian 01 j the class. . Michael McCall, as sa- j lutatorian for the class, i-eceived j second highest honors. Other schol- j astic awards were as follows: How-1 ard Toney, Edith Biddix, Lois' Nance. Helen Kanipe, Jack Walker j and Sue Martin. Medals were given ; for achievement in several activities as follows: best athlete, boy, J. B. Walker; best athlete, girl, Miss Faye Ayers; music, Michael McCall; citi zenship, boy, Royce McNeill; citi zenship, girl, Dorothy Neighbors. The baccalaureate sermon was de livered Sunday evening to a large audience, by Dr. B. F. Bray, pastor of the First Baptist church of Ma rion. Those who heard Dr. Bray were deeply impressed by the mes sage he gave. Class day exercises were held last Friday evening. Members of the graduating class are: Virginia Lee Hfensley, Rosemary Hensley, Edith Jane Biddix, Annie Sue Gaddy, Kathryn Ellen Ballew, Nell Lee Styles, Betty Jean Rabb, Zelma Louise Burleson, Lucille El mira Hemphill, Margaret Montgom ery Honeycutt, Alta Jane Godfrey, ' Lois Evelyn Ross, J. B. Davis, Ber nice Virginia Brown, Hazel Ruth Owenby, Frances Sue Martin, Jewel Naomi Harris, Alma Audrey Con ley, Betsy Lee Erwin, Peggy Lee Carrigan. Margaret Gibbs Westmoreland, Iris Velma Ayers, Mary Vivian Mor gan, Mariam Jeanette Smith, Millie Lucy Poteat, Wilma Hattie Bright, Nora Elizabeth Crawley, Ila Lucille Fisher, Harry Bernard Miller, Bruce McNeal, Gene Russell Horton, Leo nard Leroy Wilson, Virginia Grace (Continued on last page) JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB WILL HAVE RECITAL MAY 26 Members of the Crosby Adams Junior Music Club will give a recital Friday evening, May 26th, at the high school auditorium at 8 oclock. The public is cordially invited. The following members wlil par ticipate: Pat Shiflet, Dorothy Hens ley, B-Linda Finley, Jane Bradford, Patsy Watkins, Jimmie Laughridge, Jane Shiflet, Roxanne Dark, Lor etta Silver, Sonja Hagna, Arnold Pyatt, Peggy Lassister, Frances Proctor, Adsfline Neal, Gray Proc tor, Mary Allen Poteat, Patsy Tea gue, Mary Lou Beaman, Virginia McBee, Hilda Goodman, Pollyanna Atkins, Anne Hildebrand, Jimmie Kathryn Biggerstaff, Dorothy Har vey, Joanne Field, Kathryn Ballew, Elaine Penninger, Elizabeth Ann Stepp, and Daphne Goodman. INCREASE IN POPPY DAY SALES PREDICTED The biggest poppy sale in the his tory of the American Legion Auxil iary is predicted by Mrs. H. C. Man gum, president of the local Unit, who said yesterday she would not be surprised if more than double the usual number were sold Saturday, May 27. As few people know what the ar rangements are for making these Memorial Day flowers, Mrs. Mangum | explained that the materials are fur nished free to the veterans by the American Legion Auxiliary. Volun teer workers teach the disabled men to make the poppies. The entire poppy program, from the supplying of the poppy materials, to the distri-! bution of the finished flowers to the j American public, is under the man- j agements of the Auxiliary. "The veterans and their depend ents are the ones who benefit from i our poppy sale," she said, "not only j from the money that results from j selling poppies, but also from hav- ■ ing something tangible to do instead of having to rest, read or talk. These j men in the government hospitals are! delighted to keep their fingers busy and their minds occupied with the i intricacies of fashioning the popplies ! Needy wives and children also reap j benefits from the sale of the flow- j ers. "We have been selling these Mem-j orial Day flowers for twenty-four years and each year the poppy be comes more closely identified with 1 the American Legion Auxiliary and with our disabled men. We hope; the service will continue indefinite ly." ' RED CROSS MUST MAKE 100,000,000 DRESSINGS ■ -4 j The U. S. army has made a con tract with the American Red Cross to supply them with one hundred | million surgical dressings per month, the local Red Cross work rooms an-! nounced this week. McDowell County has approxi mately 2500 men in service. If every woman who has a son, broth- j er, husband or sweetheart will spend one afternoon a week at the surgi cal dressings room it is estimated that quotas could be filled on sched- ( ule. It was stated that an average of eight women work each day and at least thirty are needed. Work rooms are open Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 10 till 12 and every afternoon from 2 till 4. Tuesday evenings from 7:30 till 9:30. I SCRAP PAPER TO BE COLLECTED SATURDAY Scrap paper will be collected from residences and business houses north of the railroad bridge on Saturday, May 27, it was announced this week. All persons having paper to be col lected are asked to have it on porch es of homes or in front of business establishments by 8:30 o'clock Sat urday morning, it was stated! Paper will be collected from all points south of the railroad bridge on Saturday, June 3. EAST MARION P. T. A. ELECTS OFFICERS The last meeting of the East Ma rion Parent-Teacher Association for this school year was held Thursday afternoon. Officers were elected as follows: j Mrs. Kermit Fender, president;' Mrs. C. O. Smith, vice-president; j Mrs. Sara M. Giles, secretary, and Mrs. Lula McCurry, treasurer.. A program was presented by the Glee Club, piano pupils and the j Rhythm Band. COMBINE SCHOOL TO BE HELD IN MARION S. L. Homewood, County Farm Agent, announced this week that Mr. Bickle, of the Agricultural Ex tension Department of State Col lege, will conduct a combine school in Marion on June 9. Mr. Home wood stated that no definite place j had been selected for the school^ j but that the place will be announced later. 1 TO SPEAK TONIGHT —Major Gregg Cherry, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Gover nor, is scheduled to make a radio address over a state-wide hook-up tonight. THREE GRAGG SONS SERVE IN ARMED FORCES Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Gragg, of the Sugar Hill section, are the parents of three sons serving in the U. S. armed forces. Pfc. Lloyd M. Gragg, 28, has been in the service of the army for the past twenty months and is now serving somewhere in the southwest Pacific. He stated in a recent letter to his parents that he has the espec ial distinction of being the only one in his company who has not missed a day from duty since entering ser vice. He attended Glenwood high school where he was a member of the basketball team. Frank Gragg, seamon second class in the navy, is 26 years of age. He entered service two months ago and is now stationed at Bainbridge, Md. He was also a member of the basket ball team and a graduate of Glen ivood high school. Ralph Gragg, Merchant Marine, is 22 years of age and entered service xbout 11 months ago. He is serving somewhere at sea. All three sons were students at Glenwood high school and all three were employed by the North Caro lina shipbuilding company at Wil mington, N. C. when called into ser vice. JACK WHITENER FOUND DEAD AT HIS HOME IN DYSARTSVILLE SECTION Clutching a .22 rifle in his hand and bullet wounds in his right temple, Daniel Jack Whitener, 31, was found dead in an outbuilding at his home in the Dysartsville com munity, 12 miles south of Marion, last Saturday morning when his wife awoke to find him missing from the house and started a search. He died as a result of self-inflicted bul let wounds, it was stated by Coroner S. J. Westmoreland. Whitener had just completed his boot training at Great Lakes, 111., and was home on leave. Acquain tances said he appeared to be in a depressed state of mind since his re turn. He is survived by his wife, one son, Freddie Jack; one daughter, Nora Elizabeth, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Whitener, and half broth er, Eugene Whitener, of Forest City. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Laurel Hill Baptist church with Rev. Gordon Wilsen officiating, assisted by Rev. Sam Pyatt. ROSELAND FLORIST MEMBER OF F. T. D. A. The Roseland Florist has been ac cepted as a member of the Florist Telegraph Delivery Association, it was announced last week. This is a large, international organization established for the purpose of send ing flowers to all parts of the world. The Roseland Florist began oper ating here last October under the capable management of Mrs. R . D. Thompson and has shown a marked increase in business during the past seven months. DISTRICT YOUTH MEET AT METHODIST CHURCH The McDowell County sub-dis trict meeting of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will be held at the First Methodist, Church on Thurs day evening at 8 o'clock, it was an nounced yesterday. Announce Plans. For A Program Of Recreation Marion P. T. A. Announce I Plans Under Way To Begin I Ten Weeks Program June 5 i The Marion Parent-Teacher Asso- J ciation has announced plans to spon sor a program of recreation for all children of school age in the Central high and elementary schools. The program will probably begin on June 5th and continue for ten weeks, it was announced. ! E. L. Carter, science teacher at the Marion central school, has been appointed director of the program, i Mr. Carter has had experience in this type of work. The committee appointed to assist Mr. Carter in this work has been named as follows: Mrs. Eugene Cross, Jr., chairman; Mrs. Albert Shiflet, Mrs. R. W. Proc ! tor, Mrs. Roy W. Davis and Mrs. J., A. Wier. The program will be held on the j grounds of the Marion high school and the community building and will include tennis, softball, outdoor ping pong, horse shoe and other sports.! In addition there will be parties for j each age group. Although the program lias not] yet been completely mapped out, it was stated that each program will I be properly and adequately supervis-; ed. FORMER .RESIDENT OF MARION KILLED IN STORM IN CHARLOTTE Charles C. Dale of Charlotte, and former resident of Marion, was kill ed instantly last Friday night about 8 o'clock when a log building in which he had taken refuge from the storm collapsed, near Charlotte. The roof caved in and the heavy log sidewalls fell upon Mr. Dale, crush ing his skull and breaking both legs. Mr. Dale had alighted from a bus near his home, a short distance from the intersection of Wilkinson Blvd.: and the road leading to Morris Field, and ran into the cabin for shelter. He was 57 years of age and had been employed by the Observer \ Printing company for the last 25 years. He is survived by his wife, one brother, Lee Dale of Asheville, and two sisters, Mrs. C. R., Wilcox of Newark, N. J., and Mrs. Robt. E. Shuford of Marion. NORTH COVE 4-H CLUBS ACTIVE IN WAR EFFORT ! The 4-H Club boyt; and girls of the North Cove school have been busily engaged in making articles for the war effort for the past few i weeks, according to announcement this week by the office of Miss Jean Steele, county home demonstration agent. These were . donated to the Red Cross. The senior 4-H girls made and 1 contributed one afghan and the sen ; ior boys 7 wooden puzzles and four : walking canes. In addition 6 ash Strays were given. ; The junior 4-H clubs gave 5 sets of puzzles, made by the boys, 3 I books and 2 games. All articles the students did not | make were purchased with money I earned by them. KIWANIANS TO HAVE LADIES' NIGHT JUNE 27 | Vice-president J. B. Laughlin pre i sided over the regular weekly meet ing of Kiwanis in the absence of the i President, R. W. Twitty. Ladies' night will be observed June 27th at ithe Marion Lake Club. Past Presi 1 dents night will also be observed at that time. The committee on ar rangements insists that all Kiwan ; ians and their wives or sweethearts i be present for this meeting as well I as all past presidents. The club j passed a resolution to support the recreational program which is being : sponsored by the Parent Teachers Association. ! Frank Parker, of the U. S. Navy. Air Force, and Morris Coleman of the Asheville Kiwanis Club were guests at the meeting. j Buy war bonds and Stamps. ralph w. Mcdonald TO VISIT MARION TODAY—' Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, candidate j for the Democratic nomination for| Governor, will be in Marion on Thursday morning, May 25, to meet friends and acquaintances and con sult them concerning' his candidacy, it was announced by friends yester- j day. I BOY SCOUT COURT OF HONOR HELD FRIDAY The May court of honor for Mc- j Dowell County Boy Scouts was held ! at the First Methodist Church Fri- i day evening when 18 boys received advancement and 33 were awarded j merit badges. Advancements were made as fol- i lows: Tenderfoot — Kenneth Green, I George Walter Putman and James Dennis Avers, troop 4, Marion; Fred J. Taylor, troop 3, Marion; Fred Pumpfeldt and Glenn Toney, troop 2, Marion. Second Class—Gene Norris Huff man and Robert Mace, troop 2, Mar ion; Mitchell G. Clark, Jr., Johnnie King, Edgar W. Miller and Leon Tate, troop 5, Marion; Johnnie Wise, troop 1, Glenwood. First Class — James Austin and Charles Inscan, troop 2, Marion; Pat England and Gilbert Packett, troop 5, Marion; Dean George, troop 4, Marion. Merit Badges The following' merit badges were awarded: Angling:: Howard Hoover, Jr., troop G, Marion. Art: Bill Giles, troop 6, Marion.-i Athletics: Ralph Gouge and Jack ie Lonon, troop 4, Marion. Cooking: J. D. Anderson and Ar nold Roland, troop 2, Marion; Nor ris Murray, troop 4, Marion; Clar ence Morgan, troop 1, Glenwood. Home Repair: Frank W. English, and Joe Ray English, troop 1, Ash ford; James Rustin and Harold Hall, troop 2, Marion; Earl Bright, James Duncan and Joe Jenkins, troop 4, Marion; Henry S. Brown, troop 1, Ashford. Pathfinding: Charles I n s c o r, troop 2. Marion.. Personal Health: Howard Bigger staff, troop 3, Marion; Wayne Mc Call, troop 1, Glenwood. Physical Development: Franklin Peace, troop 3, Marion. Public Health: Howard Bigger staff, troop 3, Marion and Earl Ra burn, troop 4, Marion. Reading: Ralph Gouge, troop 4, Marion. Safety: John Poteat, troop 6, Marion. Scholarship: Bill Giles, troop 6, Marion. Swimming: J. D. Anderson, Leon ard Moody and Arnold Roland, troop 2, Marion. Star Rank: Howard Hoover, troop 6, Marion; J. B. Morgan and Hub ert Eplic, troop 1, Glenwood. Life Rank: Jackie Lonon, troop 4, Marion and Franklin Pace, troop 3, Marion. Awards of previous courts were presented and the meeting closed with the Scout benediction. BOWMAN PURCHASES STATION FROM RABB The Main Street Service Station, located on the corner of North Main and Fort Streets, has been purchas ed from Roy Rabb by J. S. Bowman, according to announcement by Mr. Bowman this week. Mr. Rabb was recently accepted for service in the U. S. Navy. The service station will continue to operate under the same business policies and will be known as Bow man's Texaco Service Station, Mr. Bowman stated. State Primary Will Be Held Next Saturday Light Vote Expected; U. S. Senator, Governor And Oth ers To Be Nominated. Democratic leaders here predict one of the lightest votes in recent years in the primary to be conducted next Saturday. Few party leaders expect the number of votes cast in McDowell county to exceed '2,000, while some place the total below this figure. Important factors which will bear on the number of votes cast is no contest for county offices, gasoline and tire rationing, and lack of in terest in politics attributed to the war. In the primary two years ago. with two for county offices, a total of 3,906 votes were cast in this county. Candidates for state offices will be voted on nomination in the pri mary Saturday. Candidates for county offices have no opposition for re-election and will be voted on in the general election in November. Precinct polling places will open at 6:30 a. m., eastern war time, and will close at 6:30 p. m., eastern war time. Candidates for the governorship on the Democratic ticket are: R. Gregg Cherry, former speaker of the state house of representatives from Gastonia, Dr. Ralph McDon ald, runner-up to Clyde R. Hoey eight years ago, and Olla Boyd of Pine Town. Frank Patton of Mor ganton is unopposed for the Repub lican nomination for governor. Five candidates seek the Demo cratic nomination for the U. S. sen ate seat now occupied by Robert R. Reynolds of Asheville. They are former Governor Hoey, of Shelby; Cameron Morrison, former g-overnor and senator from Charlotte; Giles Yoeman of Newton, Arthur Sim mons of Burlington, and Marvin Lee Rich, Charlotte lawyer. Democratic aspirants for the nom ination for the lieutenant governor ship are Jamie T. Lyda, W. I. Hal stead and L. Y. Ballentine. The Republican candidates for the post are George L. Grene, Fobert L. Lovelace and A. Harold Morgan. State Treasurer Charles M. John ston will be opposed by L. J. Phipps for that office, and Republicans seeking the nomination are Hirani B. Worth and S. B. Roberts. State Auditor George Ross Pou is opposed for the Democratic nom ination by Fred S. Hunter of Hunt ^ersville. 76 Mcdowell women AT SPRING FEDERATION Seventy - six McDowell county women attended the Spring Federa tion of Home Demonstration Clubs here Saturday afternoon in the of fice of Miss Jean Steele, home dem onstration agent. Miss Anna Rowe, western district agent, addressed the group on the importance of carrying on the home front and explained the influence of women in the war effort. She spoke briefly of the annual state meetingr to be held in Raleigh in August. Mrs. Lula Austin, home economics specialist of the Duke Power Com pany presented a movie on electri cal equipment and demonstrated ef ficiency in preparing a meal. Each member of the Federation brought a book to the meeting to be donated to Moore General Hospital. During the business session a mo tion was passed to contribute $16 to the Cancer Control Fund. Announce ment was made that the Home Dem onstration Club women of McDowelL county had contributed $257.30 to the Red Cross through club dona tions direct. This amount did not include money contributed through channels other than the Home Dem onstration clubs. In addition 29 af ghans have been made and contri buted to the Red Cross and a num ber of books and magazines donat ed. It has been proved that the sun's spots bear a direct influence upo:r the earth in the form of magnetic storms.
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