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, SEPTEMBER 7, 1944 VOL. XLIX—NO. 7
Plans For V-Day
Observance Are
Made For Marion
Program Will Include Street
Parade, Music, Speaking,
And Other Features.
Members of the Merchants asso
ciation and representatives of vari
ous organizations and business firms
met at the city hall Monday evening
when plans were made for the cele
bration of Victory Day in Marion.
Dean Tainter, president of th«
Merchants association, presided and
explained the purpose of the meet
ing.
After discussing plans for the
celebration, a tentative program
was prepared and committees ap
pointed to carry out certain fea
tures of the program for the day.
When Victory Day arrives warn
ing will be given by the siren, whis
tles and church bells, and a holidaj
will be declared by all Marion busi
ness houses. Services of worship
will be held in the various churches
following the announcement. The
churches in the Marion area will re
main open during the day and each
congregation will ai-range its own
particular program for the day.
There will be a parade at 2
o'clock headed by the high school
band, with the American Legion
and Legion Auxiliary, Red Cross,
servicemen of World War No. 2,
Boy Scouts, Auxiliary Police, Fire
men and other organizations partic
ipating.
The parade will end at the court
house where there will be speaking,
singing and other features. Fol
lowing the parade there will be a
ball game.
A street dance and carnival will
be given on Main street that eve
ning.
J. L. Gourley is chairman of the
program committee and will be as
sisted by the following: Mayor J.
F. Wilkinson, Eugene Cross, W. P.
Elliott, R. W. Proctor, W. L. Mor
ris, S. B. Hildebrand, Chas. A. Har
ris, Albert Hewitt, Jr., Otis Broy
hill, Miss Beach.
Cecil B. Dobson is chairman of
the parade committee, and has an
nounced the following committee
men: Colors and color guard, Ed.
Conley; High School Band; Miss
Beach; Dignitaries, county commis
sioners, city fathers, Mayor J. F.
Wilkinson; American Legion, Joe
K. Giles; Servicemen of World War
2, David Blanton; Auxiliary, Mrs.
Georgia Nichols; Red Cross, Mrs,
W. W. Neal, Jr.; Boy Scouts, John
Snoddy and Homer Beaman; Clinch
field Rythm Band, Mrs. J. B. Laugh
lin and Mrs. Bernard Hirsch; Aux
iliary police, Jack Hewitt; Firemen,
Pete Bolch; Auxiliary firemen,
Johnnie Sullivan; horses, Jack Mor
ris; floats, W. P. Elliott and S. J.
Westmoreland; city schools, Mrs.
Arthur Ditt; county schools, Mrs.
Garland Williams; Masons, R. W.
Burleson; Pleasant Gardens Rythm
Band, Mrs. W. A. Young; Grange,
John Ray Jimeson, manufacturing
plants, Otis Broyhill, L. K. Rayner,
R. W. Twitty, Guy Suttlemyer,
Glenn Morris and E. W. Parker.
Chairmen of other committees
were announced by Mr. Tainter as
follows: Auxiliary police, Jack
Hewitt; baseball, W. C. Morgan;
street dance and carnival, Mrs.
Georgia Nichols; finance, Joe A.
wier.
If the V-day announcement is
first received after closing hours on
any day the following day will au
tomatically be declared a holiday
with all businesses where it is at all
possible. If the victory day news is
received on a Sunday then it was
decided to observe Monday in cele
bration of the complete victory an
nouncement.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
NEBO BAPTIST CHURCH
A series of revival services will
be conducted at the Nebo Baptist
Church each evening at 7:30 o'clock
beginning September 17 and con
tinuing for one week, Rev. W. Gor
don Wilson, pastor, announced.
Rev. Geta Baker, pastor of the
East Marion Baptist Church, will
preach at these services, it was stat
ed.
ELLINGTON REPORTED
KILLED IN FRANCE
Pfc. Roy Ellington, 24, son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Ellington of Rt.
1, Nebo, was killed in action in
France, August 9, word received by
his parents from the War Depart
ment stated.
Pfc. Ellington entered service
September, 1942, and received his
training at Camp Walters, Texas,
San Louis, Oleispo, California,
Camp Rucker, Alabama, and Camp
j Butner, Durham, N. C., where he
j remained until he was transferred
, to Foreign Service. During his
i training period in the United States
j he spent two furloughs with his
j family and friends.
Pfc. Ellington entered foreign
service in May, 1944, and landed
in England in June. He was trans
ferred to France in July and re
mained there until the invasion of
France. He was a member of the
: 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th di
vision. According to reports, it is
believed that Pfc. Ellington took
| part in the battle of St. Lo.
j Word was received that he was
'slightly wounded in action July 17,
]but reported back to duty July 23.
Prior to entering service Elling
I ton was employed at the McPar
i Hosiery Mill.
He has six brothers, four whom
are in the armed services. They
are:
Cpl. Gorman D., Australia; Pfc.
George S., overseas; Pfc. John R.,
Camp Croft; Pfc. Charles G., Col
orado; Laurence, of Marion, and
James H* of Nebo.
He is also survived by his parents,
! Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Ellington; three
i sisters, Mrs. J. H. Whisnant of Joy,
|N. C.; Mrs. A. J. Stone, of Vein
! Mountain, and Miss Hazel Elling
j ton, of Nebo.
REPUBLICANS MEET
AND DISCUSS PLANS
FOR FALL CAMPAIGN
j A meeting of the Republicans of
Marion and McDowell county was
held at the court house here last
Thursday evening with representa
tives of the various precincts in the
county in attendance.
Hon. F. J. Beal, secretary of the
Republican state executive commit
tee, was present and discussed plans
for the fall campaign. Committee
men were urged to see that each
precinct have an active organiza
tion.
Mr. Beal stressed the importance
of the families of soldiers making
application for ballots and asked
| that the Republicans register and
vote in the November election. He
emphasized the responsibility of the
voters to take an active part in
elections and especially at this time.
"The Republicans of North Caro
lina are anxious that each soldier
should vote. Your state chairman
is leading in this drive. I am here
at his request to further that ef
fort," Mr. Beal said. "Let us be
sure that each man wearing the
uniform of his country is given the
opportunity to take part in electing
public officials who will protect his
interest at home.
"We are engaged in two wars;
one is on the battle front; one is on
the home front. It is important
that we win in the battle on the
home front if we are to keep for
ourselves, and for future genera
tions the liberties for which they
are fighting."
RIDING CLUB FORMED TO
SPONSOR CATTLE SHOW
I Thirteen Marion men met Tues
!day evening and formed the nucleus
of an organization to be known as
The Marion Riding Club. Officers
were elected as follows:
Jack Morris, president; S. J.
Westmoreland, vice-president, and
H. T. Conley, secretary-treasurer.
The purpose of the club is to
sponsor the annual McDowell Coun
ty Horse and Cattle Show. October
5 was set as the date for the event
and announcement made that the
cattle show will begin at 1 p. m.
and will be followed by the horse
show at 3 o'clock. The program will
be held on the horse show grounds
on Rutherford road.
It was stated that the organiza
tion will later be composed of about
i twenty members and that more
1 definite plans for the Horse and
! Cattle show will be made at the
next meeting.
The name, Toronto, of Indian ori
gin, means "A place of meeting."
Seagle Lumber
Company Buys
Builders Supply
Plant Will Be Operated Under
Firm Name Of G. P. Seagle
Lumber Company.
The G. P. Seagle Lumber Com-1
pany has purchased the Builders
Supply Company, it was announced
I last week by G. P. Seagle, general
| manager of the Seagle Lumber
Company and well known business
man of Marion. It was also stated
! that the buildings in which the
plant is housed were also purchased
from Fred Morris. The Builders
Supply Company has been owned
and operated by J. H. L. Miller for ;
the past 22 years.
Fred Morris, who was formerly |
connected with the Builders Supply
l Company, will be in charge of the
; plant which will be known as the
1G. P. Seagle Lumber Company, Re
jtail Yard Plant, effective October 1.1
1 Mr. Seagle stated that some mi
nor changes will be made in the
plant and that the stock will be
composed of a full line of all kinds
I of building supplies. It is planned
j to make it one of the best equipped
j retail plants in this section of the
j state.
j Mr. Seagle is a native of Marion
| and has been in the lumber business
; for many years. He has operated
j the G. P. Seagle Lumber Company
[for the past twelve years.
SEAGLE COMMENDED FOR
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
Word has been received here that
i Pfc. Harold Eugene Seagle and the
I enlisted men of Battery "G", 198th
CA (AA) have received the follow-1
ing commendation "for exceptional-;
ly meritorious conduct in the per-!
formance of outstanding service
during the period November 1-7,
1943:"
i This unit, as part of the second
echelon to land on enemy occupied
territory began to move into posi
! tion on a remote section of the
'island. While they were setting up
| their guns, their work was inter
i rupted by an enemy charge of over
; 100 men and they engaged in an en
i counter resulting in the death of
over 60 of the enemy. During the
i next few days, work on the gun
positions was carried on untiringly,
despite the fact that enemy snipers
jhad infiltrated the batter position
! and proved a constant menace,
j Captain Walton asked for volun
teers to go on-patrol with the New
! Zealand Infantry for the purpose of
eliminating the enemy. Every of
jficer and enlisted man volunteered
| for this hazardous mission. Patrols
| were twice selected and in a short
jtime all enemy were cleared from
the area.
Pfc. Seagle is the husband of the
former Miss Demaree Ellis of Cross
Mill. She and their small son, Har
old, Jr. are making their home at
Cross Mill until his return.
Before entering the service, Pfc.
Seagle was employed by the G. P.
Seagle Lumber Company.
Polio Ban Was Lifted In Marion
And McDowell County Wednesday
Many children were made happy
yesterday when it was announced
that the polio ban in Marion and
McDowell county had been lifted,
and that youngsters under the age
of 12 would be allowed on the
streets for the first time in two
months.
The decision to lift the ban Wed
nesday in the county was made at a
recent meeting of the County Board
of Health and the board of alder
men at a meeting Tuesday night or
dered that the bar. in Marion be lift
ed at the same time.
The board had recently written
the State Board of Health in Ra
leigh with reference to the situa
tion, and in reply received the fol
lowing letter from Dr. C. P. Stevick,
acting director Division of Epidemi
ology:
"I believe it will be wise for you
to continue most of your restric
tions on children until school starts.
There would be little object in de
laying school if the children were
allowed to gather elsewhere. HW
ever, I do not believe there would
) be any objections if the children
■were permitted to accompany their
parents to the stores. Apparently,
this would mean that you would
have to alter your present ordi
nance slightly since you state that
children are not allowed on the
streets or in the stores at the pres
ent time."
•!
While the ban has been lifted,
1 the board has requested that child
i ren be kept off the streets as much
| as possible.
| There has been a total of 11
| cases of polio reported in the coun
|ty since the current outbreak start
| ed in the early summer.
j The city and county schools are
'scheduled to open on September 18.
Fall Term Of
Superior Court
Convenes Here
Mason Black And Hubert
Leister Sentenced To Terms
In The State Prison.
The fall term of McDowell coun
ty superior court convened here
Monday with Judge J. A. Rousseau
of North Wilkesboro presiding.
Mason Black plead guilty to
charge of breaking and entering
and was sentenced to not less than
three or more than five years in
state prison.
Homer Lewis plead guilty to
petit larceny and was sentenced to
90 days in jail to be assigned to
work on road.
Carroll McDowell plead guilty to
assault on female and was sentenc
ed to 12 months in jail to be as
signed to work on road.
Hubert Leister plead guilty to
charge of assault on female with in
tent to commit rape and was sen
tenced to term in state prison of
not less than 7 or more than 12
years.
Mrs. Roy McCurry, convicted of
operating car while under influence
of liquor and without operator's li
cense, was sentenced to one year in
state prison, the sentence suspend
ed on condition that she not violate
the laws of state, not operate motor
vehicle for period of five years, that
she pay sum of $200 for damages to
Delbert Rutherford's car, and fifty
dollars and cost.
WAR FUND COMMITTEE
TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Mayor J. F. Wilkinson, chairman
of The United War Fund for Mc
Dowell County, has called a meeting
of the publicity committee and sev
eral heads of other committees to
get lined up on the October drive
for United War Funds and other lo
cal funds to be sponsored during
this campaign. The committee will
meet in the Firemen's room in the
City Hall, Friday evening at 8
o'clock.
The publicity committee is com
posed of the following: Joe K.
Giles, chairman; John W. Setzer, S.
E. Whitten, Glenn Morris, Terry
Moore, Frank Goldsmith, W. S.
Shiflet, Hugh F. Beam and N. F.
Steppe.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
GIVEN AT GRANGE MEET
An educational program was pre
sented Tuesday evening at the reg
ular meeting of the Pleasant Gar
dens Grange.
The feature of the program was
a talk by W. A. Young, principal of
the Pleasant Gardens school, on
"Post War Schools." Poems sup
plementing the educational theme
of the program were presented by
Mrs. H. W. Stauffer, Miss Inez Pat
ton and Mrs. W. A. Young.
Afterwards all members partici
pated in an educational quizz on
"National Products."
AMONG CASUALTIES — Sgt.
Everette D. Greene of Marion, R.
F. D. 2, was killed August 20 in an
airplane crash in Iceland, his par
j ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Greene,
i have been informed.
jCHANGE IS MADE IN
INSURANCE BUSINESS
;
Plans have been made to liqui
j date the business of the Marion In
i surance and Trust Company as of
! September 1, according to an
! nouncement made this week by of
i fleers of the company.
I Arrangements have been made
with J. E. Neal, Jr., and R. M.
Dark, of the McDowell Insurance
Agency, to service and give atten
tion to all insurance policies now in
force and take care of all renewals,
j it was stated.
J It is also announced that Mrs.
] Fred Bolick, who has been associat
j ed with the Marion Insurance and
; Trust Company for many years and
i has been manager of the company
j since the death of Mr. Cutlar, will
j be associated with the McDowell In
j surance Agency in the offices locat
\ ed in the Oasis Theatre building.
SGT. GREENE KILLED
IN AIRPLANE CRASH
IN ICELAND AUG. 20
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Greene, of
i Route 2, Marion, have received a
message from the War Department
| stating that their son, Sgt. Ever
ett D. Greene, 20, was killed in Ice
land in an airplane crash on August
| 20.
Sgt. Greene entered service on
July 2, 1943. He was formerly em
ployed as a forestry ranger in the
state of Washington. He received
his basic training at Camp Lewis, at
Lewiston, Washington, gunnery
(training at Miami, Florida, combat
! training at Chicopee, Mass., and was
| stationed at Langley Field when he
I was sent to Iceland. He served as
: a gunner on a B-24.
i He attended Marion high school.
! Mf. and Mrs. Greene have anoth
! er son, Staff Sgt. Wesley F. Greene,
I top gunner, who is a prisoner of
the German government, having
been shot down in a raid on Dec. 31,
; when three of his companions were
1 killed.
SNODDY ARRIVES HOME
AFTER YEAR OVERSEAS
j Pvt. John Snoddy, U. S. army,
j arrived Tuesday morning to spend
| a few days with his parents, Mr. and
j Mrs. J. M. Snoddy.
Pvt. Snoddy entered service in
March, 1943 and has been serving
overseas for one year. He landed
in North Africa and later was sent
to Sicily.
He is a graduate of the Marion
l high school and was a student of
Wofford College, Spartanburg, at
the time he entered service. He re
ceived his basic training at Ft. Mc
Clellan and Camp Rucker.
After spending a furlough at his
home here he will report to Miami,
Florida for a new assignment.
jCPL. TYLER REPORTED
MISSING IN ACTION
! Cpl. Bruce Tyler has been "miss
ling in action over Rumania since
j August 8," according to word re
| ceived here by his parents, Mr. and
| Mrs. J. M. Tyler, from the war de
partment, September 1.
Cpl. Tyler is in the army air force
He entered service in January,
11943. He is a graduate of the Ma
rion high school and atended Mars
Hill College.
; An Army survey shows that Army
nurses, who number 40,000, are
marrying at the rate of 19 per day.
Remove Points
On Dry Beans,
Fruit Butters
Most Meats Will Require
Same Number of Points Un
der New OPA Schedules.
Present point values on rationed
meats will continue through Sep
tember but several important chang
es have been made on point values,
of processed foods, the Charlotte
Office of Price Administration an
nounced Monday.
Fruit butters, prune juice and
raw dry beans have been reduced to
zero point value and point values
have been rduced on channed mixed
vegetables and certain sizes of to
mato pulp puree.
Beef roasts and steaks of grades
AA, A, and B, lamb chops and
roasts of the same grades, and pork
hams and loins will continue to cost
the same number of points as in
August. All other meats will re
main point free, including all cuts
of grade C beef and lamb.
Group 3 cheeses, such as Swiss,
Italian, Munster, Limburger Cam
emed, brick, Gouda, Greek, Edam,
Bleu and Brie will be increased
from 8 to 10 points. Canned milk
will cost one point a pound, instead
of two-thirds point.
Creamery butter will continue to
cost 16 points a pound, but pro
cess butter is increased from 6 to
12 points.
The only sharp increase in point
value of processed food is in pine
apple juice, which advances from
15 to 25 points for a No. 2 (18
i ounce) can.
j Ration points will continue on all
j varieties of canned dry beans, the
i zero value applying only to raw
i dry beans, regardless of variety or
j color. The zero point value of fruit
| butter applies to apple, grape and
peach butters.
The point value of small contain
ers of tomato juice (14 ounces) is
adjusted upward, and the point
value of small containers of tomato
pulp or puree is adjusted down
ward. \
The point value of mixed vege
tables (succotash, carrots and peas
and other mixed vegetables con
taining more than 20 per cent by
weight or rationed vegetables) is
reduced from 10 to 5 points.
Processed food items carrying a
zero point value on the September
chart:
Grapefruit jnice, orange-grape
fruit juice blended, orange juice,
prune juice, green or waxed beans,
beets, carrots, spinach, greens,
grape jam, preserves or marmalade,
tomato jam, citrus marmalades,
fruit butters and dry beans.
tiLtNWOOD CANNERY
TO HAVE 2 EVENING
CLASSES EVERY WEEK
The Glenwood Community Can
nery annoupces two evening school
in canning will be held each week
beginning this week, in order to
teach the use of the community
cannery and to can food for the
lunch room. The project is spon
sored by the Parent-Teacher as
sociation.
Vegetables and corn are desired
for canning, and are to be donated
free of cost. The lunch room man
agement will furnish the tin cans.
Classes will be held each Tuesday
and Friday evenings at 7 o'clock
until all the surplus food is canned.
At least ten people are needed for
each class, it was announced.
All who will earn pay in conduct
ing the classes have agreed to do
nate their earnings toward the pur
chase of equipment now on hand.
The community cannery is near
ing its first thousand cans for this
season. Four families have already
canned seventy quarts for the lunch,
room.
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT
The American Legion and the Le
gion Auxiliary will hold meetings
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the
community building, according to
announcement yesterday.
All members of these organiza
tions are urged to attend the meet
ings.