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, NOVEMBER 30, 1944 VOL. XLIX—NO. 19
Variety Show And Bond Auction
Sale Set For Next Tuesday Night
Program To Be Presented By
Asheville Group At High
School At 8 O'clock.
In order to stimulate greater in
terest in the Sixth War Loan drive,
a variety show and bond rally will
be staged at the Marion high school
auditorium next Tuesday night, De
cember 5, at 8 o'clock, it was an
nounced yesterday by Mrs. Mack C.
Jay, Jr., chairman of the Woman's
division of the war loan campaign.
A cast of 39 talented entertainers
from the Army redistribution center
at Asheville will present a program
of vocal and instrumental music, in
cluding band selections, and other
features of entertainment. The
group will be in charge of Liut. B.
E. Hill, war bond officer.
The program will include talks by
two young men who recently return
ed from the theater of war, num
bers by a dance team, and dramatic
presentations by a young lady who
was formerly with Helen Hayes. A
special feature will also be the pre
sentation of one of the "Dead-End
Kids," of movie fame.
The entertainment will be pre
ceded by a parade from the Com
munity building to the high school
building.
The entertainment is sponsored
by the social and civic clubs of Ma
rion.
The Kiwanis club will be host to
the cast at its regular meeting Tues
day evening and supper will be pro
vided by the club at 6:30.
No admission will be charged to
the show and a highly pleasing pro
gram is promised all who attend.
Everybody is invited and it is hoped
to have a large attendance.
Following the entertainment a
bond auction sale will take place
when a number of valuable prem
iums will be given, including cigar
ettes, nylon hose, and furniture.
RADER COMMISSIONED
SECOND LIEUTENANT
Vernon C. Rader, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alan C. Rader, of Marion, has
been graduated from the Officer
Candidate Department of the Trans
portation Corps School, New Or
leans Army Air Base, and has been
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the Army of the United States.
Lieutenant Rader attended Mar
ion high school. Prior to his induc
tion in April 1943, he was employ
ed as traffic manager of the Otis L.
Broyhill Furniture Company in
Marion.
The officer was assigned to active
duty with the Transportation . Corps
immediately after receiving his
commission. The mission of the
Transportation Corps is to trans
poi^ soldiers and war materials to
theaters of operations.
TO OBSERVE COOKY DAY
HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, December 13, will be
observed as "Cooky Day" for all
men and women in service. An ef
fort will be made, it is announced,
to supply approximately 10,000 men
and women at Moore General Hos
pital, Oteen, Kenilworth, Sand Hills
and Lake Lure with home -- made
cookies.
'The cookies may be left at either
Blanton's store or Belk's store
where they will be picked up and de
livered to Moore General hospital.
This is asking but little Of the
women of McDowell county when
our men and women in service have
done so much, and it is hoped a gen
erous contribution will be made.
FIFTEEN REGISTRANTS
ACCEPTED FOR SERVICE
Among the registrants from Mc
Dowell county who passed examina
tions for induction at Camp Croft
recently are the following: Van
Ray Dobbins, Kenneth John Lentz,
Ray James Reel, Andrew Burgis
Shelton, Jr., John Erving Arrowood,
Calvin Steward* Lonon, Harold
James Turnbill, Coleman Junior
Hoppes, William Claude Hyatt, Jack
Dempsey Thomas, Robert Kay Haw
kins, Clifton Lawrence Ledbetter,
George Samuel Nash, Lewis Edward
Reynolds, and Floyd Howell.
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
LAUNCHED THIS WEEK
North Carolina's State Tubercul
osis Association and the 170 local
committees throughout the State
this week launched the 1944 Christ-1
mas Seal Sale, marking the 40th an
niversary of the sale of the first
Christmas Seal, it is announced by
Frank Webster, executive secretary
of the North Carolina Tuberculosis
Association.
This week citizens will receive
their 1944 seals through the mail
and will be asked to contribute more
this year than ever before toward
the voluntary fight to control and
eradicate tuberculosis. The drive
will continue until Christmas, and
North Carolina's goal is $215,000.
In announcing the simultaneous
opening Monday of the Christmas
Seal Sale in every state in the Na
tion, Dr. Kendall Emerson, manag
ing director of the National Tuber
culosis Association, warned that a n
increase in the tuberculosis death
rate in 21 states during 1943 may
portend a general wartime and post
war rise in the incidence, of tuber
| culosis unless every effort is made
i now to bring the disease under con
trol.
Dr. Emerson commented that
; while the death rate in the nation
! declined nearly three per cent as
I compared with 1942 there was an
I average increase of five per cent in
21 states. The higher mortality
was evident particularly in industral
states, he said. Changed living con
ditions, the relocation of population
because of the demands of war in
dustry, and long hours on the job by
defense workers are cited as factors
in the disquieting upswing.
The sale of seals here is sponsor
ed by the Marion Parent-Teacher j
association with Mrs. Jack James i
chairman of the Christmas seal com
mittee,
TO OBSERVE DAY OF
PRAYER AT GREENLEE
CHURCH WEDNESDAY
A day of prayer will be observed
by the Woman's Missionary Union
of the Blue Ridge Baptist Associa
tion at Greenlee Baptist church
J Wednesday, Dec. 6. The theme for
|the day will be "Ye Shall Be Wit
| nesses."
i The service will begin at 10
; o'clock, and representatives from all
; the churches in the association are
j expected to attend. The pastors
have been extended a special invi
tation.
The guest speaker will be Mrs.
John Wacaster of Cherryville, su
perintendent of the W. M. U. of the
Kings Mountain Baptist association.
She will give the lifestory of Lollie
j Moon. A missionary will attend and
itake part in the program.
Lunch will be served, it was an
nounced by Mrs. C. C. Parker, su
perintendent.
MARION BOY GRADUATES
FROM AVIATION RADIO
SCHOOL, JACKSONVILLE
Gilbert L. Byrd, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Byrd, of Mariofi, re
cently graduated from the Aviation
Radio school in Jacksonville and was
promoted to Seaman First Class in
the U. S. Navy, it is announced by
the public relations office in Jack
| sonville, Fla.
| Entering the Navy May 2, 1944,
,he received his recruit training at
j Jacksonville, Fla., before being
(transferred to the Naval Air Tech
nical Training Center there.
Byrd is now a qualified Aviation
I Radioman and is scheduled for Op
j erational training. He will probably
jsee future service as a Naval Air
; crewman.
jTO NAME REGISTRAR
OF VITAL STATISTICS
I
} The appointment of a registrar of
vital statistics for Marion will be
jmade at the next regular meeting of
the board of aldermen, it was an
nounced yesterday by Mayor J. F.
Wilkinson. All interested in the
: position are requested to file appli
cation with the city clerk at the city
hall for consideration by the board
at the next meeting. ,
The West Marion
School Placed On
Accredited List
City Schools Also Commended
For Type Of Work Accom
plished During Year.
Hugh Beam, superintendent of |
Marion City school, has announced I
that he has received notice from Dr. j
J. Henry Highsmith, director of the
division of instructional service of,
the State Board of Education, that j
the West Marion Elemantary school i
has been placed upon the list of ac
credited elementary schools. Mr. |
Beam stated that Dr. Highsmith, j
speaking for the State Board of Ed-!
ucation, congratulated the Marion j
City schools, the principal, teachers j
and pupils of the West Marion1
school upon this achievement.
Richard A. Shaw is principal of
the West Marion school. Mr. Beam
stated that Mr. Shaw, his teachers,1
pupils and Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, as well as interested individuals
in the community, had worked hard
all last year with this thought in
mind, and that he was very happy'
that their efforts were now bearing
fruit. j
Superintendent Beam also dis- j
closed the fact that the city schools
had also been commended by the!
state department of education for j
the excellent type of work accom- j
plished during the past school year.
The reports from Raleigh noted a
number of improvements made at
each unit. Miss Hattie S. Parrott,
associate director of instruction ser
vice stated, among other things, "I
am pleased to note the many im
provements and special projects
made during the year."
With the accreditment of the
West Marion elementary school, the
central high school, and each of the
elementary schools feeding it, are
fully standard and accredited in ev
ery respect. The boys and girls of
Marion and McDowell county are
among those receiving the best edu
cational advantages to be found
anywhere in the state.
SEVEN M'DOWELL 4-H
CLUBS ELECT OFFICERS
FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
Seven of the 4-H clubs in Mc
Dowell county recently elected of
ficers for the ensuing year and are
outlining plans for the new year's
activities, it has been announced by
Miss Jean Steele, home agent and
supervisor of club work.
The officers of the seven clubs are
listed as follows:
iNebo—Senior club, Vance Wil
son, president; Verdie Mae Edwards,
vice-president; Harold Wilson, sec
retary Junior club, Gene Watson,
president; Charlotte Robinson, vice
president; Becky Lee, secretary.
Old Fort — Senior club, Leah
Broome, president; Kathleen Davis,
vice-president; Maxine Davis, secre
tary; Junior club, Jimmie Harris,
president; Roy Dell, vice-president;
William Sluder, secretary.
Dysartsville — Kathleen McFalls,
president; Lillian Seaman, vice-pres
ident; Frances McFalls, secretary.
Pleasant Gardens—Senior club,
Lorene Schism, president; Halen
Hensley, vice-president; Lois Hens
ley, secretary; Junior club, Violet
Hollifield, president; Barbara Nelle
Station, vice-president; Joyce Anne
Moody, secretary.
Glenwood — Senior club, Helen
Thompson, vice-president; Laura
Ann Green, secretary; Juniors,
Aline Wheeler, president; Harold
McCullet, vice-president, Bernice
Rathbone, secretary.
Sugar Hill—Walter Harris, presi
dent; Lucille Reel, vice-president:
Betty Morgan, secretary.
North "Cove—Seniors, Joe Doby,
president; Mary Jane English, vice
president; Betty Jean Conley, sec
retary; Juniors, Ljucy Hollifield,
president; Kathleen Lowery, vice
president; Sadie Thorriburg, secre
tary.
PFC. PAUL GADDY WOUNDED.
Pfc. Paul Gaddy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Gaddy, of Marion Route
2, was slightly wounded in action,
somewhere in France, on Nov. 5, ac
cording to a notification by the War
department.
M'Dowell County
Farmers Meet And
Name Committees
McCurry Re-elected County
AAA Chairman; Communi
ty Committeemen Named.
J. W. McCurry, well-known farm
er of Marion, Route 2, was re-elect
ed chairman of the McDowell coun
ty Agicultural Adjustment Agency
at a meeting of the Agricultural
Conservation association held here
last Saturday. Other members of
the committee elected to serve this
year are M. B. Nanney, Marion,
Route 2, vice-chairman; W. E. Mor
gan, Nealsville, regular member; T.
R. Hall, Route 1, Marion, first al
ternate; Cfyde A. Gilliam, Route 1,
Old Fort, second alternate.
Miss Kathryn Wall was elected
secretary and treasurer of the as
sociation.
The community committeemen
elected on November 23 to represent
the different communities in the
county in the administration and
operation of the program assigned
to the Agricultural Adjustment
Agency during the 1945 program
year are as follows:
Bracketts — T. W. Arrowood,
chairman; J. H. Sprouse, vice-chaii
man; Dewey G. Arrowood, regular
member.
Crooked Creek — J. A. Early,
chairman; V. R. Wilson, vice-chair
man; L. F. Lytle, regular member;
Luther Walker, first alternate; E. P.
Creasman, second alternate.
Higgins—T. R. Hall, chairman;
Frank Holland, vice-chairman; Rob
ert Bailey, regular member; H. W.
Pyatt, alternate.
Marion—C. Lee Holland, chair
man; Bruce Gibbs, vice-chairman;
J. D-obbins, regular member; J.
S. Setzer, first alternate; W. H.
Hennessee, second alternate.
Montfords Cove—W. S. Haynes.
chaii-man; 0. B. Morgan, vice-chair
man ; A. J. Wilkerson, regular mem
ber; J. A. Freeman, alternate.
Nebo—Thos. W. Stacy, chairman;
M. V. Snypes, vice-chairman; Albert
Jaynes, regular member; J. H.
Jaynes, alternate.
North Cove—S. M. Avery, chair
man; Chas. A. McCall, vice-chair
man; Fred Brown, regular member;
Gilmer Hennessee, first alternate;
Graydon Lonon, second alternate.
Old Fort—C. A. Parker, chair
man; W. J. Porter, vice-chairman;
Charles McGhee, regular member;
S. E. Tilson, first alternate; W. C.
Silvers, second alternate.
Production goals for 1945 were
set at a conference held in Raleigh
this week.
December 31 is the end of the
1944 program year. All limestone,
phosphate, seed and other materials
that have been furnished as a grant
of aid should be used by this date.
All farmers are urged to use mater
ials and make a report as to the dis
position at once. Farmers are also
requested to report all other approv
ed practices that have been carried
out since January and to sign ap
plications that will entitle them to
payments that they have earned by
cooperating with the Triple-A pro
gram.
THEATER BUILDING
PLANNED AT OLD FORT
Old Fort—The lot has been pur
chased -and plans are now being
drawn for a theater with a seating
capacity of 500 to be erected here
as soon as conditions permit, it has
been announced by W. C. Macon,
who has been operating a theater
here several years.
Mr. Macon said the new building
and equipment will be of the latest
design. He also announced that he
will continue to operate his present
theater.
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SIX REGISTRANTS PLACED
IN CLASS 1-A BY BOARD
McDowell county draft board has
placed six registrants in class 1-A,
according to a list released by the
board this week. They are: James
W. Biddix, Clarence E. Weeb, Ben
jamin A. Marler, Clarence H. Con
nor, Paul R. Noblitt and Robert P.
Freeman.
Dr. Sisk Of Asheville Speaker At
Club Meeting Here Tuesday Night
BOND SHOW ENDORSED
BY MAYOR WILKINSON
j
Mayor J. F. Wilkinson stated j
yesterday that he heartily en- j
dorsed the variety show and \
bond sale to be held here next j
Tuesday night. He commend
ed the promoters for bringing j
these well known entertainers
to Marion to stimulate further !
interest in the War Bond cam- i
paign. He said he was confi
dent an enjoyable program
would be presented and that
the entertainment would prove ,
beneficial. !
SALE OF WAR BONDS IN
-COUNTY LAGGING AS THE
DRIVE GETS UNDER WAY
The sale of war bonds during the
Sixth War Loan drive has gotten off
to a slow start, J. F. Snipes, co
chairman with J. N. Morris, an
nounced yesterday.
War bonds totaling only $25,000
have been purchased by McDowell
county residents during the cam
paign, according to the first figures
received from the Federal Reserve
Bank in Richmond, Va., through (
November 24, it was announced yes- I
terday. |
The county's quota is $365,000,:
of which $159,000 is in E bonds.
It is obvious that difficulty will be :
experienced in reaching these quo- j
tas and an appeal is being made to |
every one to do their part in mak
ing the drive a success.
The campaign next week will be
spearheaded by activities of the
women's division and will be featur
ed by an entertainment at the high
school auditorium Tuesday night.
Co-operation of all workers in an
effort'to speed interest in the drive
is requested.
PFC. JAS. E. BUCKNER
AWARDED BRONZE MEDAL
FOR HEROIC SERVICE
Pfc. James E. Buekner, son of
Mrs. Ina Buekner of Nebo, Route 1,
has been awarded tiie Bronze Star
medal for heroic service in connec
tion with military operations against
an enemy somewhere in France on
Aug. 10, 1944, according to a dis
patch released by Major General
Reade, commanding officer of the
320th infantry, United States Army.
Pfc. Buekner.was one of a group
of infantrymen assigned the mis
sion of riding on tanks to the ob
jective in an attack. During the at
tack, these infantrymen were sub
ject to such heavy enemy sniper
and machine gun fire at close range,
that many of them dismounted and
moved to the rear. Pfc. Buekner
and two other soldiers remained
with their tank while it proceeded
some six hundred yards into the
enemy lines, dismounted when the
tank halted, deployed around it and
protected it from attack until the
infantry unit in the rear reorganiz
ed and resumed its advance. The
courageous devotion to duty on the
part of Pfc. Buekner reflects credit
upon his character as a soldier and
upon the military service.
Pfc. Buekner entered the service
in Sept. of 1942 and has been over
seas for the past four months.
MEETING OF MINISTERS
SET FOR MONDAY, DEC. 4
The regular monthly meeting of
the McDowell County Ministerial
Association will be held in the hut
of First Methodist church Monday
morning, Dec. 4, at 10:30 o'clock.
The guest speaker will be Dr.
Mary Virginia Rowe, who will speak
in the interest of establishing a
health clinic in McDowell county, a
project being sponsored by the
Junior Woman's Club of Marion.
WALKER TO RETURN AS
MANAGER FEDERATION
Grady Walker recently received
an honorable discharge from service
in the army and has returned to Ma
rion to resume the management of
the Farmers Federation store here
December 1st. He succeeds W.
Boyd Pyatt who recently resigned.
Otis West has been in charge of the
business for the past two months.
Buncombe Health Official
Outlines Function Of Coun
ty Health Department.
Dr. W. N. Sisk, of the Buncombe
County Health Department, was a
guest speaker at the meeting of the
Junior Woman's Club in the Com
munity building Tuesday evening,
when County and City officials and
representatives from various civic
clubs, institutions and organizations
were in attendance.
Dr. Sisk was introduced by Dr.
Mary Virginia Rowe, secretary of
the McDowell Medical Society.
In a clear and interesting man
ner, Dr. Sisk outlined the functions
of a County health department. He
pointed out that through the organi
zations of a health department
many diseases among people of the
county could be brought before the
proper authorities, and dealt with.
Briefly, Dr. Sisk outlined the meas
ures that could be taken for the pre
vention, and medical care of cases
already contracted, of tuberculosis,
typhoid fever, smallpox, whooping
cough, dysentery and venereal dis
eases.
He also pointed out the work be
ing done through other health de
partments for curing blindness in
children and grown-ups, for people
who otherwise might be crippled foi*
life, for reducing the' mortality rate
in maternity cases, and the work be
ing done to raise the sanitary rating
of public eating places. He also
stressed that through the education
al work among school children, par
ticularly, people would know more
about the prevention of diseases, by
the proper attention to diet and
sanitation.
Dr. Guy S. Kirby, Sr., addressed
the gathering- briefly, saying he was
highly in favor of a health depart
ment for McDowell county and add
ed that if McDowell could not .fi
nance one alone perhaps another
county would be interested in a co
operative health department.
Supt. N. F. Steppe, secretary of
the McDowell County board of
health, also spoke, saying he, too,
was in favor of the health depart
ment. Mr. Steppe was generously
applauded by the gathering when he
said that he was sure, that if the .
people of McDowell county wanted
such a department as Dr. Sisk h^d
outlined, they would have one.
Dr. Rowe reported that figqr^s
obtained from the State health sys
tem stated that such a program a£
Dr. Sisk outlined would cost ap
proximately fifteen thousand dollars
a year, half of this to be furnished
by the county obtaining such a de
partment and the other half to come
from government and state sources.
CPL. MARLOWE AWARDED
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
In recognition of more than on© "
year of active military service mark
ed by "exempla'y behavior, efficien
cy and fidelity," the good conduct'
medal has been awarded to Cpl.
Monroe V. Marlowe, of Route 1,
Marion, N. C., is was announced this
week by the Panama Coast Artillery
Command.
Cpl. Marlowe was cited for "fidel
ity through faithful and exact per
formance of duty, efficiency through
capacity to produce desired results,
and behavior such as to deserve
emulation."
He is a cook on dutp with Lt. Col.
Otto W. Pongrace's anti-aircraft au
tomatic weapons battalion. He has
served with the Coast Artillery for
ces guarding the Panama Canal
since Feb. 8, 1943.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas-*
L. Marlowe, reside in Marion.
In civil life, Cpl. Marlowe was a
county forest fire warden employed
by the North, Carolina Forest Ser
vice, Raleigh.
SERGEANT ROBINSON
HOME ON FURLOUGH
Sergeant Bruce C. Robinson, son
of Mrs. Bertha Robinson of Marion,
is home on a seven-day furloagh
from Oliver General Hospital in Au
gusta, where he is a patient.
The local man was serving at
Camp Gordon, Georgia, at the time
he was hospitalized.