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THE MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1«96 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1944 VOL. XLVIII—NO. 47 June Term Of Superior Court Convenes Here Criminal Docket Completed Tuesday; Divorces Granted To Eight Couples. The June term of McDowell coun ty superior court convened here Monday with Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., of Marion, presiding. Work on the criminal docket was completed Tuesday afternoon and rapid pro gress was being made on the civil docket. at Robert Byrd plead guilty to man ufacturing illegal whiskey and was sentenced to 12 months on the roads on the first count and two years on the second count. Sentence was suspended on the second count for a period of five years upon condition that the defendant will not be con nected in any way with the violation of the prohibition laws. H. T. Greene plead guilty to an assault with a deadly weapon. Pray er for judgment was continued on payment of cost. William Bruner, charged with grand larceny, was fined $50 and costs. Clarence Moore plead guilty to receiving stolen goods and received a fine of $50 and costs. Daniel Seaman, charged with manufacturing illegal whiskey, was fined $200 and costs. Tom Loftis, manufacturing illegal whiskey, was fined $200 and costs on the first count and sentenced to 18 months on the roads on the sec-1 ond count, the latter sentence was j suspended on condition that the de fendant will not violate prohibition laws. Eight divorces were granted as follows: Charles Elbert Young versus j Margaret Mae Epley Young. Robert C. Haynes versus Lois E. i Haynes. Lizzie Summey Sisk versus Thom- j as J. Sisk. Myrtle York Harrell versus Clyde N. Harrell. Willard W. Ward versus Viola Denny Ward. Ola Mills Hall versus Fred Brown i Hall. j Joseph T. Lewis versus Hallie B. j Lewis, Winona Gibson Cannon versus "Frederick Jahal Cannon. j PADGETT PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT (j. g.) ; Joseph L. Padgett, of Marion, has been promoted from the rank of En sign to that of Lt. (jg.), USNR, it was learned here last week. He has' also recently received a commenda tion from Admiral R. E. Ingersoll, I Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, for meritorious performance of duty while stationed at the Naval; Amphibious Training Base, Fort j Pierce, Fla. This letter commends. him for solving an important prob-! lem, of vital interest to the United j States war effort. Lt. (jg.) Padgett is now in charge j of a Naval Combat Demolition Unit; overseas, serving with a task force ! taking part in the European Invas-1 ion.. BOARD SENDS GROUP OF 20 MEN TO CAMP CROFT Twenty McDowell men left here for pre-induction physical examina tions at Camp Croft Monday morn ing, including one transfer. The list follows: Clarence B, Smith, Ruben H. Mc Kinney, Lloyd C. Ollis, William F. Nichols, Dean C. Greer, Fred E. Mc Kinney, Samuel L. Stone, Jr., Cart er P. Rader, Charles F. Ledbetter, Robert N. Elliott, James E. Holland, William G. Good, James D. McKin ney, Daniel Webster, Phillip A. Marlow, Frank B. Dysart, Donald L. Anderson, Robert F. Busbin, Arthur Thomas Woody and William Mace, i COMPLETES PILOT COURSE First Lieut. Lyda A. Burnett of | Route 3, Marion, was among those! recently completing the nine weeks! pilot transition training course on j four-engine Liberator bombers at Maxwell Field, Ala., it is announced I by the Public Relations office GUY ARROWOOD BEING HELD CHARGED WITH SLAYING CARL RHOM Guy Arrowood, about 30 years of age, is held in McDowell County jail without bond charged with the slay ing of Carl James Rhom, 43, at Vein Mountain, about 12 miles south of Marion, Monday morning. Arrowood and Rhom, members of a Southern railway section crew, en gaged in an altercation resulting in Rhom being fatally injured when struck in the head with a shovel by Arrowood, according to witnesses, it was stated by Sheriff Grady Nichols, who arrested Arrowood at his home at Vein Mountain following the in cident. Rhom was brought to the Marion General Hospital where he died Monday evening about 6 o'clock. He is survived by his wife, Bina Conner Rhom; four sons, Max, Bruce, Wallace and Carl, Jr., of' Vein Mountain; five daughters, Lu-1 cille, Beulah, Peggy, Joyce and Mar- j tha Rhom, of Vein Mountain; his j father, George F. Rhom; five broth-1 ers and three sisters, Mrs. Mary j Rhom and George E. Rhom of Vein | Mountain; Arthur Rhom of Ruther fordton; Clyde Rhom of Clinchfield; Claude Rhom of Rt. 3, Marion; Rob ert, Route 2, Marion; Mrs. Houston! Rumfelt and David Rhom of East' Marion; one half brother, Arthur! Rhom of Vein Mountain and Ken neth Rhom, U._S. army in England. Funeral services were held at the i Macedonia Church Wednesday af- j ternoon. Dean Tainter Made Chairman Of Plane Drive I Will Head Drive To Buy Am I bulance Plane; Cofnmittees: For Drive Announced. Dean Tainter, local druggist, has j been appointed chairman for Mc- j Dowell county in the Pharmacists' j campaign for the Fifth War Loan Drive, according to announcement by W. A. Gilliam, of Winston-Salem, president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. Mr. Tainter announces that J. W. Streetman, Jr. has been named chairman for the Town of Marion.! Other members of the committee are E. P. Crawford, G. B. Finley, R. E. Foster, W. D. Harrison. Guy S. Kir by, Jr., J. W. Streetman, Jr. and E. A. Tennant. The ladies committee is composed of Mrs. W. D. Harrison, chairman; Mrs. E. P. Crawford, Mrs. G. B. Finley, Mrs. Guy S. Kirby, Jr., Mrs. J. W. Streetman, Jr., Mrs. E. A. Tennant and Mrs. J. W. Street- i man. Sr. Old Fort: W. R. Griffin, chair man, I. L. Caplan; Ladies committee —Mrs. I. L. Caplan, chairman, and Mrs. W. R. Griffin. The druggists will seek to sell "E" bonds equal to the purchase price of five giant hospital planes during the campaign. The planes would be named "North Carolina Pharma-1 cists." "NCPA Woman's Auxiliary," : "NCPA Traveling Men's Auxiliary," "North Carolina Wholesale Drug gists," "North Carolina Retail Drug- j gists." If the goal is surpassed the ad ditional planes will be named for the county which sells the largest, quota of "E" bonds per capita, the city or town which sells the largest j quota of "E" bonds per capita, and j for North Carolina war heroes. PVT. HOLLIFIELD BACK FROM DUTY OVERSEAS When the hospital ship Thistle docked at Charleston Harbor, it brought ten North Carolina men; back from overseas duty, including | Rase Hollifield of Marion. Most of the patients were veterans of the:] Italian campaigns. ' The several hundred men who ar-;< rived on the Thistle are now quar-1 tered at Stark General Hospital, Charleston, S. C., where they are re ceiving treatment and enjoying American food until they are eva- j cuated to General Hospitals nearer their homes, or to other Army hos- ; pitals for specialized treatment. |< Buy war bonds and Stamps. I Softball League Opened Season Here Tuesday Clinchfield Defeats East Ma rion 10-5; Firemen Win Over Broyhill 8-7. The first set of league games sponsored by the Greater Marion Athletic Association was played Tuesday afternoon with a double header on the high school field. Clinchfield defeated East Marion by a score of 10-5 and Marion Firemen won over Broyhill 8-7. Both were ; interesting games. The schedule of | games for the season follows: Friday, June 16 — Clinchfield j j ground: East Marion vs Broyhill | and Clinchfield vs Hemphill Tigers. Tuesday, June 20—East Marion j j ground: East Marion vs Firemen j and Broyhill vs Hemphill Tigers. Friday, June 23—Marion high school ground: Broyhill vs Clinch ! field and Firemen vs Hemphill Tig- i | ers. j Tuesday, June 27—Clinchfield j ground: Clinchfield vs East Marion land Broyhill vs Firemen. I ! | Friday, June 30—Marion high i school ground: Firemen vs Clinch field and Hemphill Tigers vs East j Marion. Tuesday, July 4—Marion high! J school ground: Clinchfield vs Broy-1 hill and Hemphill Tigers vs Firemen.! Friday, July 7—Marion high j school ground: Broyhill vs EastI Marion and Hemphill Tigers vs; Clinchfield. Tuesday, July 11—East Marion: ground: Clinchfield vs Firemen and; East Marion vs Hiemphill Tigers. Friday, July 14—Marion high i school ground: Hemphill Tigers vs Broyhill and Firemen vs East Ma- j rion. i HONOR ROLL OF RETAIL STORES IN 5TH WAR LOAN The Merchants Association an-! nounces the sale of war bonds by retail stores in the Fifth War Loan Drive as follows: Workman's $4,000; Tainter's $6,-' 950; McDowell Cut Rate Drug Store $5,113; Belk-Broome Co. $581.25, and Marion Drug Co. $12,100. The honor roll of employees who have sold $300 or more worth of bonds were also announced by the Merchants Association as follows: Workman's: Mrs. C. A. Work man, Miss Bonnie Hill, Mrs. Georgia Nichols, Mrs. L. D. Atkins, Mrs. Guy Kirby, Mrs. A. R. Conley, Mrs. T. M. Hemphill, Fred Lentz, Harold Buchanan and Emmet Fowler. Tainter's: Dr. E. A. Tennant, Dean Tainter and Miss Agnes Good man. McDowell Cut Rate Drug Store: Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Harrison, Dr. G. j B. Finley, Zeb Hawkins, Mrs. J. E. Pye, Homer Walker, Zane Dalton j and Billy Stanley. Belk-Broome Company: Miss Lurline Corpening. Marion Drug Company: Mrs. j Dean Tainter and Mrs. J. M. Tyler. ■ FEDERATION DECLARES 3 PER CENT DIVIDEND Directors of the Farmers Federa-j :ion declared a 3 % dividend on the lommon stock, James G. K. McClure, president, announced this week, rhis is the regular 3% dividend .vhich is paid every six. months and t will be paid on July 1 to all stock-1 lolders who held shares on June 20.1 The directors also declared the 'egular dividend on preferred stock., More than 5,000 farmers will re leive dividends on common stock. Mr. McClure announced that busi less of the Federation from January ; L to June 1 has been greater than in ; iny other year in the Federation's1 listory. During that period the co >perative handled 29,803 cases of' ;ggs and also shipped the first car-! oad lots of dressed poultry ever to ; >e shipped from Western North j Carolina. j FOOD With less labor available on farms ind in processing plants, we need to :ontinue to exert every effort to >roduce food to capacity, say Nr. C. state College Extension specialists. Bell Is Elected Commander of Legion Post 56 Other Officers 1 Elected And Delegates Named To The State Convention. Carr Bell was elected commander; of McDowell post, No. 56, of the American Legion at an interesting meeting of the post Tuesday night, suceeding Ben Hendley. Other of-' ficers elected were: Geo. C. Crawford, first vice-com- J mander; Wm. M. Gladden, second vice-commander; Geo. W. Wilson, adjutant; J. H. Beaman, finance of ficer; John S. Wilson, service offi cer; W. R. Chambers, guardianship; Dr. Carl McMurray, chaplain; W. Ed. Conley, sergeant-at-arms; W. i R. Burleson, historian; Morris Car-1 ter, athletics; Dr. D. M. Mcintosh,! Sr., child welfare officer; Howard Hoover, Americanism; Cecil B. Dob son, national defense officer; John E. Meltpn, grave registration officer; Barron Caldwell, employment offi cer; Ernest F. Haire, boys' state of ficer; B. H. Laughridge, Boy Scout officer; S. E. Proctor, membership; J. Grayson Neal, publicity; sons of [ legion, J. C. Bowman. The new officers will be installed 1 at the next meeting in July. Ben E. Hendley, John E. Melton, Cecil Dobson and S. E. Proctor were elected delegates to the annual con vention to be held in Asheville on June 19 and 20. DAIRYMEN CALLED TO MEET AT COURT HOUSE NEXT MONDAY, JUNE 19j All dairymen in either wholesale i 3r retail business of milk, or anyone ! alse in any wholesale or retail busi-1 ness in McDowell county, are re-! ijuested to be present at a meeting: to be held by the wholesale and re- I tail dairymen at the court house in j Marion on Monday, June 19 at 2:00 j p. m., it is announced by Robt. G. j Carter, district manager Office for Emergency Management. A representative of the Office of Defense Transportation of Ashe- ( rille, will be present to explain the j delivery order, ODT 17, Amendment 3B, to all dairymen making deliver ies. This order has been in effect! for some time and plans must be made in order that all businesses | concerned may comply with the ord er. * ; 35 Mcdowell men are PLACED IN CLASS 1-A McDowell men who have been placed in Class 1-A for military ser vice by the local draft board since May 6 are as follows: Gordon J. Parker, Howard W. Woody, Virgil Lytle, Emerson P. Dameron , Charles E. Young, Hor-: ace W. Gouge, William A. Carswell,; Horace R. Rector, James H. Holli-i field, Carl A. Glenn, Elva J. Per-! kins, Seldon C. Roberts, Jr., Prince A. Lewis, Hubert G. Hensley, Wood-1 row W. Byrd, Roy L. Lamb, Harold E. Anderson, William H. Woody, ! Robert N*. Elliott, James E. Holland, j James D. McKinney, George W. i Good, Daniel Webster, Philip A. Marlow, Jack L. Clontz, Carroll R. Hall, Hillard Ward, Glenn C. Early,, Thomas J. Jenkins, Fulton H. Gouge,': Prank B. Dysart, Donald L. Ander-' son, Robert F. Busbin, Lloyd C.! Dllis, Clarence B. Smith. j1 SCOUTS TO HOLD COURT OF HONOR FRIDAY NIGHT I The court of honor for McDowell! county Boy Scouts will be held at;' ;he First Methodist church here Fri- j iay evening, June 16, at 7:30 ' j'clock. Awards and advancements I vill be given for work done during!1 ;he past month. PLAY TO BE GIVEN AT NEBO j The Methodist Youth Fellowship 1 5roup of the Nebo Methodist Church 1 vill present a play entitled "Moon i Shy" at the Nebo high school audi- i .oriuni on June 16 at 8:30 p. m. A small admission will be charged. t Proceeds from the entertainment 11 vill be used to send delegates to tl e t VIethodist assembly at Lake Juna uska. INTERURBAN BUS SERVICE DISCUSSED AT MERCHANTS MEET At the meeting of the Merchants Association last Thursday night the possibility of securing interurban bus service for Marion was discuss ed. Merchants were askecf to sup port efforts to bring this service to Marion if they feel the need of it. Participation in the Fifth War Loan Drive was discussed and Ver non T. Eckerd, president of the as sociation, asked the full support of the association in behalf of this huge drive. All employees of stores sell ing $300.00 worth, or more, of "E" bonds will be be qualified for the honor roll. Names of those selling that amount will be published weekly in the local newspapers. Merchants were asked to bring 1 their price ceiling problems (if any) ■ to the price panel meetings, held each Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the city hall. A new member, John W. Setzer, editor and publisher of the McDowell News, was welcomed by the mem bers into the association. i AUTO DEALERS, FILLING STATION OPERATORS TO MEET TUESDAY EVENING The division of price control of1 the local War Price and Rationing j board announces that on next Tues-! day night, June 20, in the city hall 1 a meeting will be held for all auto- j mobile and tire dealers, garage own- j ers and operators of filling stations.' All of the above mentioned citizens j should be present or represented by j some member of their organizations, j D. C. Goff, of the Charlotte OPA | office, will be present and will be in i charge of the discussion. This meet-1 ing is one of a series of such meet ings being conducted by the Office of Price Administration throughout the entire state. Matters of vital interest to the automobile trade in dustry will be discussed. Fifth War Loan Drive Opened Here Monday I ■ l Campaign Gets Under Way To Sell McDowell County's Quota Of $446,000. The Fifth War Loan campaign of icially opened here Monday to raise I VlcDowell County's quota of $446, )00. The campaign as in former drives i s under the management of J. N. Morris and J. F. Snipes, co-chair nen. They stated that while the luota this time is larger that they ire confident that it will be met by ;he citizens of the county. The June drive is the biggest and ;he most important job the people )f this county have ever faced to gether and it may be the most im jortant bond drive of the war. j rherefore, it is well to keep this fact j foremost in our minds and see that ! io effort is spared to make this the riost successful of all previous cam naigns. In this drive personal so- ; icitations will be more important ;han ever before if we expect to : -each the six billion dollar mark j :rom individuals alone. In this June drive let us do our share towards making a real "vie- i ;ory loan drive" and carry the pro- ] oortionate share of the 16 billion i lollars asked of the people of the ; lation to finance the invasion of Europe and other offensives design- j ;d to bring a victorious end to the f var. MV. Morris stated yesterday that! vhile no figures are available very' ;atisfactoi'y progress is being made I >n the drive. YORD RECEIVED FROM j TWO BYRD BROTHERS Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Byrd received i vord this week that their son, Jack 3>rd, First Class Petty Officer and1 adio gunner in the Navy Air Corps,' s now in San Diego. Word was also received recently! hat another son, Captain B. B. ?yrd, who has been stationed in Aus-1 ralia, is on his way home. Buy U. S. War Bonds. Ten Killed 4s Bomber Crashes North of Marion Eight Have Been Recovered From Wreckage; Flames Visible Three Miles. Ten crew members of an army bomber were killed Tuesday night when the plane crashed and burned near Green Knob Mountain on the headwaters of Armstrong Creek, north of Pleasant Gardens around 11 o'clock, army air force officials disclosed yesterday. The plane was identified as a B-24 bomber on a combat training- flight from Chatham Field, Savannah, Ga.. and bodies of eight men have been recovered up to this time. Officials said that the normal crew of the bomber was 10 men and soldier3 from the air forces here are search ing for the two remaining bodies. Cause of the accident has not been determined, it was announced, but a board of qualified officials in investigating circumstances around the crash. Jack Thurmond, district ranger in the area where the plane crashed, reported to officials that he heard the big plane flying low about 11 o'cock last night and thought that it crashed into the hillside. Forest wardens in the district also reported to the army that flames from the burning plane were visible three miles. The spot where the plane crashed is on the south side of the Blue Ridge range, on the headwaters of Armstrong creek, reached by way of Garden City and Buck Creek gap. The spot is rather heavily timbered and on a steep hill. NAVY RECRUITER TO BE IN MARION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JUNE 22. 23 C. J. Rhinehardt, Navy recruiter, of Asheville, will be in Marion Thursday and Friday, June 22 and 23, for the purpose of interviewing women between the ages of 20 and 36 who are interested in joining the WAVES. Lt. Cmdr. G. B. McNely of Ra leigh, officer in charge of recruiting and induction for the Navy in North Carolina, says the invasion, as we gxpected, will take a heavy toll of life. "Those who fall must be re placed, he seated. "That is possible anly through the enlistment of wo men who will take over jobs now confining men to shore duty. "The Navy is asking for more WAVES. Bluejackets themselves are asking for WAVES in order that sailors might be assigned to ships. It is the patriotic duty of every young eligible woman who can to be in uniform. Join the WAVES now." BROUGHTON SEEKS NOMINATION FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY New York, June 10.—Governor J. Melville Broughton of North. Carolina, announcing his candidacy for the Democratic vice presidential nomination, told a press conference here today that "the American pub lic mind in its present state wi!f overwhelmingly re-elect President Roosevelt." Broughton, who said his name would be placed in nomination for the second place on the Democratic ticket, declared that "the issue ir. the coming national campaign will revolve itself into the question of the conduct of the war and negotia tions at the peace table. All other problems will be forgotten." He predicted that a general plank in the Democratic national platform against federal encroachment of states' rights would appease South ern Democrats now threatening to bolt the New Deal. The so-called southern revolt, Broughton said, was "not so much anti-Roosevelt nor anti-fourth term as it was resentment against Feder al interference with matters of sole state concern." The principal questions at issue between Southern exponents of states' rights and the Administra tion, Broughton added, were the poll tax and the racial problem.