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, JULY 27, 1944
VOL. XLIX—NO. 1
Progress Made
By Library Is
Given For Year
Report 48,407 Books Circu
lated And 1,025 Volumes
Added To Collection.
The Board of Trustees of the
Florence Thomas Memorial Library
met Friday evening with all mem
bers of the board present. Two new
members, Mrs. J. F. Jonas, whose
capacity will be that of publicity
chairman, and Miss Ruth Greenlee,
who will be statistician of the group,
were welcomed.
Reports of the work of the library
during the past year were most en
couraging. It was stated that 48,
407 books had been circulated and
that 3,159 people are registered to
use the library. The report further
stated that 1,025 volumes were ad
ded to the collection which now to
tals 4,405. Several hundred new
books are now on order.
During the past year several im
portant and useful reference aids
were added to the facilities of the
library. One of the most outstand
ing being the purchase of a set of
the most recent edition of the "En
clycopedia Britannica," which af
fords the best basis possible for the
reference collection of any library.
To expand the -use of the twenty
magazines of the library, a subscrip
tion to the "Reader's Guide" has j
proved very worthwhile. This pub
lication is an index alphabetically
arranged by subjects indexing artic
les and material located in the peri
odicals.
Another supplementary aid is a j
vertical file of newspaper clippings
and phamphlet material containing i
up-to-date information alphabetical-;
ly indexed and easily used.
There have been several new de- j
posit stations established in the |
county, in two instances, they are
located in churches. New sections
of shelving have been added to the
main room of the library where j
there is also a new florescent light'
which enabled the board to increase
the library hours to include the1
hours of 7:30 to 9:00 each Thurs
day evening when the library is op- j
en to patrons.
The board felt that the library
had had a successful year, that its
service was expanding and progress
being made.
CAR-POOL NECESSARY
DRISCOLL ANNOUNCES
Local ration boards have been
notified that supplementary B and
C rations for home-to-work driving
are not renewable on more than a
3-day "probationary" basis after
August 1 unless the car owner |
shows membership in a car-pool j
club, L. W. Dricoll, district director -
of the OPA, said.
The SO-day "probationary" ra
-tion, it was pointed out, is provided
to enable motorists to form car
sharing pools in their neighbor
hoods, if none presently exists.
Great car-pool participation, Dris
coll said, is necessary to conserve j
the dwindling supply of usable au- i
tomobiles. Cars are being scrapped |
at the rate of 4,000 a day and the j
result is further demands on the al- i
ready thoroughly over - burdened :
public transportation systems, j
Greater sharing of cars is the only !
answer, he said.
That the situation is serious and
requiring imperative action was
evident in that only 23,000,000 cars
remain unsable in the nation and it
is estimated a serious transporta
tion breakdown will result when the
number depreciates to 20,000,000.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLUB WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Two home demonstration club I
meetings for this week were an- j
nounced this week through the of-!
fice of the County Home Demonstra-1
tion Agent, although meetings for
next week may be announced later.
The Old Fort club will meet
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
in the community building and the
West Marion club will meet Friday
at the home of Mrs. Carl Gibson at
2:00 o'clock.
William Henry Shaw
TO VISIT CLUB H1ERE — Wil
liam Henry Shaw, district governor
Rotary International, will be a
guest at the Rotary luncheon here
Friday.
Rotary Governor
To Pay Visit To
Club Here Friday
!
William Henry Shaw, Governor
of the ' 190th district of Rotary In- j
ternational, embracing 53 Rotary;
Clubs in South Carolina and western
North Carolina, will be welcomed by
the Marion Rotary Club at the week
ly luncheon meet on Friday of this j
week.
Mr. Shaw will visit the Rotary,
Club to advise and assist Dr. Macon '
Hewitt, president of the Marion Ro-!
tary Club, and other officers of the
club on matters pertaining to club
administration and Rotary service j
activities.
He is one of the 140 Governors of
Rotary International who are super- J
vising the activities of 5,200 Rotary
Clubs with a quarter of a million
members in more than 50 countries ;
throughout the world. He is also j
superintendent of the Sumter City j
Schools.
Pfc. J. B. Ballew
Killed In Action
In South Pacific
i
Pfc. J. B. Ballew, age 20, U. S. M.
C. R., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Ballew, of Nebo, was killed in ac
tion in the South Pacific in June, ac
cording to a message received by his
parents on July 22. i
He is a graduate of the Nebo high i
school and attended Pfeiffer College j
the first semester of 1942. He en
tered service in November 1943 and
received training for the amphibian
tank corps in San Diego. I
Mr. and Mrs. Ballew have two ,
other sons in service. They are W. i
J. Ballew, Jr., who is now stationed
at Greenville, N. C. and Robert Bal
lew who is stationed at Sheppard
Field, Texas.
NAVY-WAVES RECRUITER
COMING AUGUST 3 AND 4
Chief C. J. Rhinehardt, Navy
WAVES recruiter, will be at the
City Hall in Marion Thursday and j
Friday, August 3 and 4, it was an
nounced yesterday. All local 17
year-olds who desire to volunteer
for the Navy are urged to see him
on his visit here.
An increased quota of 17-year
old boys has been received ( and ap
plicants to fill this increase are be
ing accepted locally.
"The need for additional men this
year means also that many more
women will be needed as DAVEC,"
the recruiter said. "By volunteer
ing as WAVES now, local women
can be trained that much sooner to
fill an important Navy job," he ad-1
ed.
SERMON FOR MASONS
AT FIRST METHODIST ,
The members of Mystic Lodge
No. 237, A. F. & A. M., will attend
services in a body at the First Meth
odist church next Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock. Seats will be reserv
ed for them. Dr. D. E. Camak, the
pastor, will preach a special sermon,
using as his topic, "The Supreme
Architect at Work.'
McDowell Far
Over The Quota
In Bond Drive
Report Total Sales For County
Amount To $602,249; E
Bond Sales $223,343.
McDowell county has exceeded
the over-all bond quota set for this
county in the Fifth War Loan drive
by $156,249, J. F. Snipes and J. N.
Morris, co-chairman of the drive,
have announced.
Total sales of "E" bonds in this
county amounted to $223,343 with
a quota of $182,000, and the over
all sales were $602,249 with a quota
of $446,000.
The charimen expressed themselv
es as well pleased with the results
of the campaign and the cooperation
of the people of Marion and the
county. It was also stated that
"E' bonds bought during the re
mainder of July will be credited to
the county's quota.
About $9,000,000 is needed to
meet the State's quota of $39,000,
000.
SOIL CONSERVATION
SUPERVISOR TO BE
ELECTED ON AUGUST 5
The State Soil Conservation com
mite announces that supervisors for
the Catawba district, consisting of
Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Cataw
ba and McDowell counties, will be
elected at an election to be held on
August 5 between the hours of 8 a.
m. and 5 p. m.
All persons, firms and corpora
tions who hold title to, or are in
possession of, lands lying within the
boundaries of the district, whether
as owners, lessees, renters or ten
ants, are eligible to vote at this elec
tion, it is announced. Ballots may
be obtained from the county agent's
office.
MERCURY DROPS TO 51
THEN CLIMBS TO 92
The low temperature reading for
the summer was broken last Satur
day morning when the mercury
sank to 51 degrees, the lowest since
May, according to records of the U.
S. weather station at the City Hall.
During the day the temperature
climbed to 84.
The records show that the low for
the past week ranged from 51 to 61.
and high from 82 to 92. The high
temperature both Tuesday and yes
terday was 92.
The readings for the week are as
follows:
Thursday, July 20, low 58, high
87.
Friday, July 21, low 61, high 82.
Saturday, July 22, low 51, high
84.
Sunday, July 23, low 58, high 88.
Monday, July 24, low 57, high 88.
Tuesday, July 25, low 59, high
92.
Wednesday, July 26, low 59, high
92.
CPL. NUNNALLY RETURNS
FROM OVERSEAS DUTY
When the hospital ship Thistle
docked at Charleston Harbor, it
brought nine North Carolina men
back from overseas duty, including
Cpl. Paul Nunnally 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
tered at Stark General Hospital,
Charleston, S. C., where they are
receiving treatment and enjoying
American food until they are eva
cuated to general hospitals nearer
their homes, or to other Army hos
pitals for specialized treatment.
DR. JOHN GLEN TO •
BE GUEST SPEAKER
AT UNION SERVICE
Dr. John C. Glenn, pastor of
Duke Memorial Methodist church at
Durham, will be the guest speaker
at the outdoor union services here
next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Dr. Glenn is pleasantly remembered
by many Marion people as guest re
vivalist at the First Methodist
church during the pastorate of Dr.
J. H. Barnhardt.
Intangible Tax
Brings $5,680
To This County
McDowell County, Marion
And Old Fort Receive 75
Per Cent Of Receipts.
McDowell county and its munici
palities will receive $5,680.34 in the
distribution of intangible taxes col
lected by the State for the fiscal
year which ended June 30.
Amount of funds for county and
municipal governments was an
nounced by the State Board of As
sessments in Raleigh which will
make the distribution under pro
visions of a statute which provide
for the allotment to counties of 75
per cent of the total net intangi
i ble tax collections.
i The county will receive $4,451,
111, with $1,080.40 going to the
Town of Marion, and $148.83 to Old
Fort.
Tlie refunds totaling $5,680.34
represented the local share of in
tangible tax collections.
Refunds for neighboring coun
ties, including their municipalities,
are Burke, $14,092.57; Catawba,
$20,266.49; Rutherford, $10,079.
06; Avery, $1,968.52.
Total gross collections during
1943-44 were $2,028,783.72, from
which four per cent—$81,151.35—
was retained by the State for ad
ministrative costs. Of the $1,947,
632.37 net collections, $486,908.09
went to the State's General Fund
and $1,460,724.28 refunded to the
counties.
Net intangible tax collections
during the 1942-43 fiscal year were
$1,680,411.82, of which $1,260,
308.87 went to the local units and
$420,102.95 went to the State's
General Fund.
The intangible tax is collected as
follows: Ten cents per hundred dol
lars of money on deposit; twenty
five cents per hundred money on
hand; twenty-five cents per hun
dred, accounts receivable in excess
of accounts payable fifty cents per
hundred bonds, notes, and eviden
ces of debt in excess of like eviden
ces, of debt thirty cents per hun
dred dollars of shares of stock, mar
ket value; thirty cents per hundred
beneficial interest in foreign trusts;
twenty-five cents per hundred funds
on deposit with insurance com
panies.
HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLUB MEETS THURSDAY
Membei-s of the Home Demon
stration Club of the Pleasant Gar
dens community and a few invited
guests met last Thursday evening at
the home of Mrs. H. W. Stauffer.
Mrs. Melvin Patton, president,
presided over the business session.
A vote was passed that next meet
ing be held in the form of a pic
nic at the home of Mrs. J. H. L. Mil
ler. Husbands of the members will
be invited to this meeting.
Instead of the regular devotional,
every club member who has a rela
tive or close friend in service told
of interesting incidents taken from
their letters.
Miss Jean Steele, home demon
stration agent, demonstrated the
preparation of salads, salad dressing
and a meatless dish which were serv
ed at the close of the meeting with
punch and cookies.
The dining table was covered with
a lace cloth and centered with a
bowl of marigolds flanked by yellow
candles in silver holders.
HOG PENS NOT ALLOWED
IN THE CITY LIMITS
Mayor J. F. Wilkinson announced
that as many complaints have been
made as to hogs, cows and chickens
being kept in the city limits, he
desires to call attention to the fact
that there is an ordinance against
having hog pens in the city and will
be enforced, and that all those hav
ing other stock in the city must
keep their housing places in sanitary
condition at all times or be subject
to heavy fines.
The public is urged to cooperate
in this matter in order that the city
may be kept in a healthful condi
tion.
Cotton Caravan To
Be Presented at Hi
School Friday Night
The Camp Croft Cotton Caravan
will be presented at the Marion high
school auditorium on Friday, July
28, at 7:30 p. m. under the sponsor
ship of the United States Army in
the interest of increasing textile
production.
This program of entertainment
ifeatures a 15-piece army band, an
j orchestra and members of national
ly famous orchestras. A film "Pre
lude to War" will also be shown.
This program was prepared by the
; Army and the War Production
j Board in a comprehensive form de
; signed to stimulate the production
| of textiles. Marion was selected as
1 one of eighty-two towns in the
| Southeast where this program will
:i be presented.
There will be no admission
charge.
Further information about the
program is given in an advertise
jment in this issue of The Progress,
i
113 MEN ACCEPTED FOR
MILITARY SERVICE
)
The following McDowell men were
accepted for military service after
receiving physical examinations at
Camp Croft July 13:
James Tilghman Ray, Leo Eugene
jHollifield, Fred Thomas Mills, Willie
Clarence Black, Julius Leroy Con
drey, Spencer Olin Simmons, Char
les Allen Buckner, James Neil
Laughridge, delivered for board of
Richmond, Va., Oseph Sander Wise
irnan, delivered for Spruce Pine
| board, Enoch Ahijah Williams, de
livered for board of Siloam Springs,
i Ai-kansas, Hubert Samuel Lee Staf
iford, delivered for board of Boyd
!ton, Virginia, and Daniel Paul
Koone, delivered for Rutherfordton
iboard.
|
Navy Will Require
194,000 Enlisted
Men By Dec 31st
Washington, July 22.—Navy Sec
retary Forrestal declared today that
an additional 194,000 enlisted men
are needd by the navy before Dec.
31, and another 189,000 may be re
quired by June 30, 1945, to meet
the accelerated pace of the war
against Japan.
j Most of the men will be obtained
| through selective service. The
! navy's call for selectees for Octob
er already has been increased 8,000
to a total of 30,000 men.
The planned increase of 383,000
men by June 30, 1945, Forrestal
said, will raise the total strength of
the navy to 3,389,000 men. Most
| of the new enlisted personnel will
man amphibious craft and auxiliary
vessels to be commissioned next
year.
Exceeded Qualification*
"While the war in the Pacific is
: by no means approaching an end,"'
! he said, "it has been possible to
strike at Japan's inner defenses and
1 to bring the war to the doorstep of
| the enemy sooner than expected.
We have moved faster than we had
j expected in the Pacific. Additional
personnel are essential to keep pace
:with the acceleration of operations
; in that theatre. Men who might
not have been needed until late next
year must now be drawn into ser
vice between October, 1944, and
July, 1945, to assure successful op-:
erations on the revised timetable."
He added that it has been appar- •
ent for several months that the au
thorized strength of 3,006,000 men
in the navy would be inadequate for
needs lat'i this year and in 1945,
and declared:
"However, since top strength was
expected to be sufficient to satisfy
requirements through September,
1944, firm estimates of the num
bers to be requested through se
lective service were not made until
major operations then pending in
both the Pacific and Atlantic could
be assessed in the light of accom
plishments. Tt was not deemed de
sirable, in view of the manpower
shortage, to draw men from civilian
pursuits until their induction was
clearly necessary and until the
numbers needed could be firmly
established."
1
Roosevelt And
Truman Plan
Late Campaign
Truman Says Program Is To
Shorten War And Save The
Lives Of American Boys.
Chicago, July 22. — President
Roosevelt and his third running
mate in four campaigns, Senator
Harry Truman of Missouri, are
planning a late campaign.
They are not expected to swing
into major speech-making until late
September or October.
The new Democratic nominee for
vice-president says he will conduct
whatever campaign the commander
in-chief wants. But Truman says
his own program is to do what he
can to shorten the war and save the
lives of American boys.
Truman says he will surrender
his chairmanship of the senate war
investigating committee today. But
he will continue as senator.
Truman won the nomination for
the vice-presidency last night on the
second ballot at the Democratic na
tional convention. He polled 1,100
votes, while Vice-President Wallace,
who fought a hard battle for re
nomination and polled over 400
votes on the first ballot, sagged to
66 on the second. Associate Su
preme Court Justice William O.
Douglas retained four votes on the
last count and six votes were not
cast owing to the absence of delega
tions.
Wallace took las defeat gracious
ly and smiling, and he says he will
support the Roosevelt-Truman tick
et. That is what Jim Farley, for-,
;mer Democratic national chairman,
jsays too. Farley all along has been
against a fourth term. He is still
against it in principal, he says, but
will bow to the decision of the con
vention.
Truman's nomination last night
climaxed one of the most heated
fights over a vice-presidential can
didate that the Democratic party
has ever staged. Lt shaped up from
the start as a struggle between Tru
man and Vice-President Wallace
who was staging a fight-to-the-finish
to win renomination. Wallace led
slightly on the first ballot. But that
shot his bolt.
It was tiny Delaware that really
started the Truman bandwagon roll
ing on the second ballot. Delaware
was the first state to switch from
Wallace to Truman. Several other
states followed suit but even then,
at the end of the balloting, although
Truman was leading, he did not
have a sufficient majority. But the
landslide had started. Some states
changed their votes. The vote for
Truman shot up and the vote for
Wallace shrank steadily. At the
end, the count was 1,100 for Tru
man and 66 for Wallace.
Wallace took his defeat gallant
ly. He claims his fight furthered
the cause of liberalism.
GAS RATION IS GALLON
A DAY FOR FURLOUGHS
Revised gasoline rationing reg
ulations now allow men on leave or
furlough from the armed foi-ces a
gallon per day for travel for the
duration of the leave or furlough.
This is much more liberal than the
old rule of only five gallons, regard
less of length of leave or furlough.
A member of the armed forces must
present his furlough papers in ap
plying for gasoline under the new
regulation. Na gasoline is allowed
for week-end passes or short lib
erty.
RATION POINT VALUE
BOOSTED ON BUTTER
The ration value of creamery but
ter was increased to 16 points a
pound from 12 points, effective at
12:01 a. m. Sunday.
In announcing the order in Wash
ington OPA Administrator Chester
Bowles said the hike was necessary
because "more creamery butter is
being bought with red stamps at the
present time than has been allocat
ed to civilians by the war food ad-,
ministration."
Farm and processed butter will
continue at eight and four red
points a pound, respectively.