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THE MARION PROGRESS
ESTABLISHED 1896
United War Fund Drive To Open
Oct. 9; McDowell Quota $9,200
Group Preparing For Canvass
To Be Made In Nation-Wide
Drive Next Monday.
The United War Fund of McDow
ell county, representing the Nation
al War Fund, will open here Mon
day, October 9, and continue
through the 19th, the same dates as
the national drive, according to an
nouncement yesterday by Mayor J.
F. Wilkinson, general county-wide
chairman.
Mr. Wilkinson, who took an active
party in the drive last year, says
that committeemen are being or
ganized and plans are well under
way for the campaign.
McDowell county's quota this
year is $9,200, which is $800 more
than last year's figure.
Chairman Wilkinson pointed out
that the need was greater than evei
this year and that he felt that the
response would be good in McDow
ell county. "We have more men
in service than ever before and this
is chiefly what the funds are for,"
he explained.
W. W. Neal, Jr., is chairman of
the general soliciation group in Ma
rion and will be assisted by a large
group of canvassers.
Others named by Mr. Wilkinson
to solicit and aid in the campaign
are J. F. Snipes, A. S. Bradford, W.
G. Ballew, Eugene Brown, E. -J.
Ross, Fred Brooks, L. V. Bradley
and J. C. Haynes, Vernon T. Eck
erd, Wayne Suttle, W. S. Rice, Ray
Brown, Johnny Fields, R. V. Hior
ton, Wiley J. Baker, W. N. Ramsey,
Mrs. J. M. Mackey, Gaston Wells,
Carr Bell, Mrs. J. H. L. Miller, J. H.
Beaman, W. J. Ballew and J. A.
Yelton. Chairman Wilkinson is
asking these additional campaign
-workers for their several small dis
tricts to help make it easier on ev
erybody during this campaign.
H. R. Early, W. C. Macon and C.
Xi. Norwood have been named to
conduct the drive for contributions
in Old Fort.
Saturday afternoon hand bills
■will be distributed from an airplane
by W. S. Shiflet as to the drive and
announcing cash prizes to be award
ed.
All contributions to the United
War Fund are divided between
these agencies: the USO, United
Seaman's Service, War Prisoners
Aid, Belgion, British, China, Czecho
slovak, Denmark, French, Greek,
Luxemburg, Norway, Polish, Hol
land, Russian and Yugoslav War
Reliefs, and, the Care of European
Children.
The nation-wide quota amounts
to $20,000,000.
DEMOCRATS TO HOLD
DISTRICT MEETING IN
RUTHERFORDTON OCT. 10
The Democratic party will open
"its campaign in this section with a
district rally at the court house in
Rutherfordton at 2:00 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon, October 10th.
The meeting will feature speeches
by Gregg Cherry, candidate 'for
Govei-nor; Clyde R. Hoey, candidate
for United States Senate; A. L.
Bulwinkle, Democratic nominee for
Congress, and other prominent lead
ers in the party, including William
B. Umstead, State chairman.
This meeting is primarily called
for the benefit of County Demo
cratic committees and precinct com
mittees throughout the Eleventh
Congressional district, but the pub
lic is invited and urged to attend.
PVT. LONON SENT TO MOORE
HOSPITAL FOR TRAINING
Pvt. William G. Lonon, of North
Cove, will be sent to Moore General
Hospital on October 9 for advanced
training as a surgery technician,
word received here this week stat
ed.
Pvt. Lonon is a present stationed
at Lawson General Hospital in the
M. D. T. S.
FIRE LOSSES
Last year fire losses were up 25
per cent over the last pre-war year,
or $380,235,000 for the U. S. All
property owners are urged to check
their fire hazards during Fire Pre
vention Week, October 8 to 14.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
Postal receipts registered a sub
stantial gain during September, it
was announced yesterday by Post
master Barron Caldwell.
I Revenue last month totalled $4,
! 177.27, a gain of $700.36 over the
j revenue of S3,476.91 for the same j
I month last year.
I Receipts for the third quarter
lending September 30, 1944, a
| mounted to $12,304.81, compared
| with $10,615.03 for the third quar
|ter in 1943, an increase of $1,689,
i 78.
I For the three quarters of 1944,
I receipts gained at a comparable
(rate. Revenue for the three months
'period of 1944 totalled $35,162.17,
\ as compared with $31,438.35 for the
j same quarter in 1943, an increase
of $3,723.82.
Receipts of a post office are sales
of stamps, envelopes—stamped, pos
j tal cards, second class mailings, non
j metered mail, excess postage, and
j box rents. No money order fees, no
! sale of bonds, revenue stamps, pos
i tal savings are considered as re
ceipts of a post office.
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Marion Rippers
Show Power In
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! Game Monday
Defeat Hickory Team Byj
Score Of 26-7; To Play
Cherryville Here Friday.
j !
Monday afternoon the Orange
1 and Black Rippers of Marion High
School upset the dope bucket to de
jfeat the football team from Hick
: ory High School 26-7. Captain Nor-;
! man was the sparkpJug of the Ma
j rion attack and scored the first
] touchdown of the game on a beauti- j
| fully exected pass from Norton. 1
jThe pass for extra point was also
igood. Goode scored two touch
j downs, also by the use of passes,
j while the fourth marker was rung
j up by Sullivan on a spinner.
The first half of the game was
| played in a conservative manner
j with the running attack of both
j teams falling rather flat. The half
! ended in a scoreless tie with each
I team having two first downs to its j
| credit. The defensive work of the
| Marion line was good, with Gaddy,
{Mclver, Toney and Goode seeing
j plenty of action. Reel, playing foot-1
i ball for the first time, was especial
ly adept on handling forward pass-j
I es. Wall, at center, also playing i
j ball for the first time, handled the .
j pivot position in good style.
| Fireworks broke loose early in
!the second half when Norton shot a:
I perfectly timed pass to Norman,
i which was good for the first touch- i
! down of the game. A few minutes
I later Norman rifled a pass over cen- i
ter to Goode, who received it with-;
' out checking his stride and crossed
j the goal line standing up for the j
i second marker. At this point in the j
| game Hickory settled down and i
I started their march which ended
| with a score. i
j In the third quarter the local i
jgridsters had things pretty well
their own way and Coach Beam
gave practically every substitute he
had a chance at the game.
' Cherryville will play the Orange i
| and Black combination tomorrow on ,
■ the high school athletic field. Coach
I Beam is working his boys hard in an ;
! effort to remove a part of the weak J
j spots noticed during the Hickory j
' game. Cherryville is always a |
strong conference contender and is j
| expected to present a strong outfit'
j against the local boys. The game
will be called promptly at 4 o'clock.
SERMON SUBJECTS
Dr. D. E. Camak, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, will address
| his congregation on "What Metho
, dists Believe" at the morning wor
ship service Sunday.
In the evening his subject will be
"The Indignation of Jesus."
COMMUNITY CANNERY
AT PLEASANT GARDENS
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
A cannery, organized as a com
munity project and sponsored by
the Agricultural Department of
Pleasant Gardens high school, has
proved highly successful during its
first season. Through the course
"Production, Conservation and Pro
cessing of Food for Family Use"
families are taught the newest ap
proved practices with reference to
canning, and demonstrations are
held in the canneries to show pat
rons how to use the equipment. Each
family does its own canning under
the supervision of Richard Roberts,
teacher of Vocational Agriculture,
assisted by Mrs. Melvin Burnette.
A total of 51 families have used
the cannery to date, canning a total
of 6,149 cans of food. No spoilage
of any food has been reported so
far. Over 800 cans of fruit and
vegetables have been canned for the
school lunch room. A greater part
of the food used for this purpose
was donated by the people of the
community.
Some of the educational values
resulting from this program are:
1. Appreciation of the value of
a variety of wholesome and nutrit
ious family food supply throughout
the year.
2. The realization of the effect
of such a family food supply on the
health and happines of the family.
3.~ The realization on the part of
school patrons that the school hasi
something to offer the adult popula-1
tion of the community other than
the academic subjects taught in the
school that will make them more ef- 1
ficient and happier citizens of the
community.
DIRECTORS OF MARION
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
MEET WITH G. W. WILSON
'
The monthly meeting of the di-!
rectors of the Marion Merchants as-;
sociatioa was held at the home of |
Geo. W» Wilson at Nebo on Tuesday!
evening. After enjoying a well pre
pared dinner, a business session was
held with Dean Tainter, president
of the association, presiding. Mat-j
ters of importance were discussed
which will be brought to the atten
tion of the members at the next re
gular meeting.
Plans were also outlined for the
banquet to be given at the Commun
ity building Thursday night, Oct. j
19, by members of the association j
for their employees.
The change in the time of the re
gular monthly meeting was discuss
d with the decision that beginning
in November the regular meetings
will be held on the first Thursday j
night of the month in the commun- ■
ity building.
Besides Messrs. Tainter and Wil- i
son, directors attending the meet- j
ing were John Ray Jimeson, C. B. ;
Grubb and Carl McCall.
ROTARY CLUB OFFERS
PRIZES TO BOY FARMERS
The Marion Rotary Club is offer- ]
ing $25.00 as first price, $15.00 as j
second prize and $10.00 as third1
prize to the boy of McDowell coun-1
ty who raises the greatest number
of bushels of corn on one acre of
land in 1945.
All rural boys 19 years of age or
under as of Oct. 1, 1945 and who
reside in McDowell county are eli
gible to enter the contest.
For fui'ther information concern
ing the contest contact either of the
following people:
Richard Roberts, agricultural tea
cher of Pleasant Gardens high i
school; L. A. Ammon, agriculture
teacher at Glenwood school; S. L.
Homewood, county farm aerent;
John Ray Jimeson, Jimeson's Farm
Supply; B. A. Buff, farm security
administration; L. B. Hairr, soil
conservationist; and J. H. L. Miller,
Pleasant Gardens.
FIFTEEN McDOWELL
MEN PLACED IN CLASS 1-A |
.
Fifteen McDowell County men:
have been reclassified by the local!
draft board and placed in class 1-A
for military service.
The list follows:
Linnie Head, Brown L. Stevens,!
Rass S. Young, Quince Hollifield,
Clarence C. Sutton, James L. Lane,
David H. Kanipe, Fons S. Taylor,
Irvin C. Simmons, Ernest G. Bur-;
nett, Arnold L. Ward, Archie E.
Edney, J. G. Morgan, Joseph A.
Hester and Joseph E. Leonard.
Baptists Plan
Annual Meeting
At Nebo Church
Blue Ridge Association Tc
Hold One Day Session Tues
day, October 10.
The 16th annual session of the
Blue Ridge Baptist association will
be held at the Nebo Baptist church
on Tuesday, October 10.
The thirty churches in the assoc
iation reported a total membership
of 4,945 last year, the membership
having made a gain of 142 over ths
previous year.
The session will begin at 9:30
Tuesday morning and will close
with the evening session beginning
at 7:30 o'clock.
The annual sermon will be deliv
ered by Rev. R. I. Corbett, pastor
of Clinchfield Baptist church, alter
nate, in place of the Rev. W. C.
Pate, who is now residing in South
Carolina.
Among the out of town speakers
on the program are Mr. Smith Haga
man, superintendent of the Baptist
hospital, Winston-Salem; Dr. Phil
Elliott of Gardner-Webb College;
Prof. M. H. Kendall, Christian Edu
cation, Mars Hill; and L. A. Martin,
of Lexington, executive director of
the Allied Church League for the
abolition of beverage alcohol, who
will deliver an address on temper
aiiV/t.
The thirty churches in the assoc
iation last year reported a Sunday
School enrollment of 3,293 and list
ed 628 members of the Baptist
Training Union. The Woman's Mis
sionary Union reported 377 mem
bers last year.
The total value of church prop
erty is about 200,000, and contri
butions for all purposes for the year
ending Sept. 30, 1943, was $46,
022.19.
W. R. Chambers, Marion attor
ney, is moderator of the association.
He has served in this capacity for
the past eight years.
The program for the day will be
as follows:
Morning Session
9:30—Song service, Jesse Price.
9:45 — Devotional, Rev. W. G.
Wilson.
10:00—Roll call of churches by
clerk, Rev. R. L. Smith.
10:15—Presentation of order of
business, Rev. C. C. Parker.
10:20—Report of committee on
committees, Rev. G. A. Condrey.
1 0 ■ F> Now r\n of Ave n« J -1
welcomed; committees appointed;
assocation called to order by the
moderator, Hon. W. R. Chambers.
10:35—Report on Baptist orph
anage, E. W. Parker.
10:40—The Baptist orphanage,
Editor J. A. McMillan.
11:05—Report on Baptist hos
pital, Rev. Jeta Baker.
11:10—The Baptist hospital, Mr.
Smith Hagaman.
11:35—Preparing for Tomorrow,
Dr. Phil Elliott, or alternate.
12:05—-Annual sermon, appoin
tee, Rev. W. C. Tate, or alternate,
Rev. R. I. Corbett.
12:30— Announcements, prayer,
lunch.
Afternoon Sestion
1:30—Song service, Jesse Price.
1:40 — Report on Lord's Acre
plan, Rev. C. E. Gilliam.
1:45—The Lord's Acre Plan, Rev.
L. G. Redding.
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PLAN TO FORM LOCAL
STATE GUARD TONIGHT
WITH DOBBS CAPTAIN
A state guard unit for Marion
will be formed at a meeting at the
Community building tonight at 7
o'clock, according to Cecil B. Dob
son, who has been commissioned
captain of the unit.
The unit will be designated as
the 32nd infantry, regiment 2, and
2nd batallion. The unit will be
composed of from ,40 to 50 men.
Men are invited to enlist for a
period of one to three years. They
will receive regular army pay when
on duty or in camp.
■Officers of the guard, in addition
to captain, will include first and
second lieutenants, nine sergeants
and four corporals. t
DEER HUNTING DATES
ANNOUNCED FOR MOUNT
MITCHELL, BOONE AREAS
Deer hunting will be permitted
on the Mt. Mitchell and Daniel
Boone N. C. and U. S. Cooperative
|; Wildlife Management areas on the
following dates, it is announced by
C. N. Mease, agent:
Mt. Mitchell Area, November 8,
9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 7.
Daniel Boone^Axea, November 22,
23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30.
A total of 150 permittees a day
may be allowed on each area and a
quota of 100 buck deer may be tak
en from the two areas. Persons
under 18 years of age will not be
allowed to hunt.
A person may obtain a permit for
only one day at a time on each
area, and may participate in the
hunt if he possesses a valid N. C.
J hunting license and a special per
j mit for which the fee for permit is
; $2.50 per day.
] Applications for November 8, 9,
110 and 11 on the Mt. Mitchell area
^nd 22, 23, 24 and 25 on the Daniel
j Boone area must be made for only
; one day at a time and made on re
j gular forms and submitted with
money order or cashier's check in j
j the amount of $2.50, made payable i
| to C. N. Mease, agent, Marion, N. j
i C., and must be in the Marion office i
! for the Mt. Mitchell are on or be-!
jfore November 1. And for the!
j Daniel Boone area on or before
November 13.
After applications have been i
made, the applicant will be notified '
i of the day he will be permitted to ,
, hunt. Applications will be avail- i
jable at the City Hall in Marion.
Applications will be recognized
land numbered as received until 150 i
I applications per day have been re-,
ceived for the first four days on |
! each area, and 100 persons per day j
[will be allowed on each area there-;
| after. j
Farmer Marion
Minister Killed |
In Washington
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Rev. M. £. Hansel, 62, Retired ;
Minister, Meets Death In
Traffic Accident.
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The Rev. Matthew E. Hansel, 62, ;
retired Presbyterian minister, who ;
for several years served pastorates i
at Old Fort and Marion, was killed ]
in Washington, D. C., Tuesday when ,i
he was struck by a truck while
crossing a street. j;
Funeral services will be held in:
Washington Thursday, with burial I
to follow in the family cemetery at' j
Lexington, Va., Friday.
Mr. Hansel, a native of Highland j
[county Virginia, was a graduate of i
[Washington and Lee university and
! Union Theological seminary in Rich-j(
mond. He served in the ministry of -
the Presbyterian church approxi- i
mately 35 years before retiring in
1937 due to ill health.
Pastorates he had served in this!
I <
state were Hawfields Presbyterian j,
church at Mebane, Second Presby- ■'
terian church at Concord, Old Fort |'
Presbyterian church, and Clinch- ^
field Presbyterian church at Ma- j.
rion.
He was connected with the Brit-1
ish embassy in Washington at the j'
time of his death. f
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.}
Elizabeth Jones Hensel of Wash-!
! (
ington; four daughters, Miss Mar-j"
garet Hansel of Sanford, Mrs. I
James M. Anderson of Arlington, |
Va., Mrs. James Roscoe Minshew'
and Mrs. Walter M. Bird of Wash-!^
| *
ington; and four sons, Cary J. Han |1
sel of Marion, M. E. Hansel, Jr., of £
Asheville, H. Harrison Hansel of *
Charleston, W. Va., and Holmes R. *
Hansel of the Naval Air station at
New Orleans. iv
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HENL1NE REPLACES
MORRIS WITH TOWN r
r
At the regular monthly meeting t
of the Board of Aldermen Tuesday e
night Jas. H. Henline was named t
superintendent of water and street
department for the town, succeed-,
ing Fred Morris who has accepted aj
position with the G. P. Seagle Lum t
ber Co. p
To Vote On Five
Amendments In
Election Nov. 7
In Addition To Other Tickets
People Will Decide On
Changes To Constitution.
Five proposed amendments to
the state constitution will be voted
upon in the general election Novem
ber 7 at which national, state,
county and township officials will be
elected.
The five amendments are listed by
the McDowell County board of elec
tions along with dates of registra
tion and the hours of voting on
election day.
Registration will begin October
14 and will continue on October 21
and October 28. Registrars will be
at their respective voting places
from 9 a. m. to sunset. On Satur
day, November 4, registrants may
be challenged from 9 a. m. to 3 p.
m. The voting on election day will
be from 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
The five proposed amendments
upon which the citizens of North
Carolina will vote will be:
To make the Commissioner of
Agriculture, Commissioner of La
bor, and Commissioner of Insurance
constitutional officers and members
of the Council of State.
To exempt notaries public from
the prohibition against double office
holding.
To amend the amendment reor
ganizing the State Board of Educa
tion.
To authorize the General Assem
bly to provide compensation for the
lieutenant governor.
To abolish the constitutional re
quirement of private examination
if wife for sale of homestead.
Nominen
The nominees for the two parties
follow:
Democrat — for governor, R.
3regg Cherry; for lieutenant gov
;rnor, L. Y. Ballentine; for secre
;ary of state, Thad Eure; for state
mditor, George Ross Pou; for state
,reasurer, Charles M. Johnson; for
ittorney general, Harry McMullan;
?or superintendent of public in
struction, Clyde A. Erwin; for com
nissioner of agriculture, W. Kerr
Scott; for insurance commissioner,
iVilliam P. Hodges; for labor cora
nissioner, Forrest H. Shuford; for
issociate justices of the Supreme
:ourt, A. A. F. Seawell and Wil
iam A. Devin; for U. S. Senator,
Ulyde R. Hoey.
For eleventh district congress
nan, A. L. Bulwinkle; for state sen
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MINISTERIAL GROUP
INSTALLS OFFICERS
At the monthly meeting of the
McDowell County Ministerial Asso
:iation last Monday morning at the
Methodist hut, Rev. J. A. Satterfield
vas installed president of the asso
;iation, succeeding Rev. R. I. Cor
>ett. Rev. Jeta P. Baker was in
tailed vice-president suceeding Mr.
Jatterfield, and Rev. H. D. Jessup,
ecretary-treasurer.
Rev. M. O. Owens, pastor of the
''irst Baptist Church, gave a very
nteresting and helpful talk on post
var -planning in the church. The
issociation made plans to have ap
>ropriate services in all the church
!s on or following Victory Day.
SIXTH WAR LOAN WILL
START ON NOVEMBER 20
Washington, Oct. 2. — Secretary
lorgenthau announced today that
he sixth war loan will start Nov. 20
nd that the goal will be $14,000,
00,000. Tentative closing date of
he drive will be Dec. 16.
The goal for the last war loan
fas $16,000,000,000, and it was
versubscribed by nearly $5,000,
00,000.
The treasury secretary said that
ew subscriptions for bonds through
ayroll' deductions will be counted
oward the drive if they are proc
ssed through the federal reserve
anks between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31.
GRANGE MEETING NOV. 18
The 18th annual convention of
he National Grange will be held in
Vinston-Salem on November 18th,