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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, JANUARY 24, 1946 4-H Club Youths Receive Awards For Production 'Edith Evans And Harold Mc Culloch Awarded $25 Bond By First National Bank. McDowell county's 4-H clubs have stepped up production at a record pace during war years and from all indications will play a vital part in laying the foundation for further progress in the years of reconver sion. Miss Edith Evans, of route 1, Old "Fort, and Harold McCulloch, of Glenwood, held the record for the highest individual records of indi vidual production in 1945 and were awarded a $25 war bond each by the First National Bank, Miss Jean Steele, home demonstration agent, announced this week. Miss Hilda Alison of route 1, Old Fort was a close rival for the award and was commended for her accom plishments. Robert Brinkley came second in the boys' projects and was pronounced one of McDowell's out standing youths, by S. L. Home wood, county farm agent. Miss Evans report revealed a profit of $30 on a pig which she raised and $15.25 on a calf. She canned 100 cans of food without any assistance and 412 cans with aid. She learned to make soap and gathered 16 bushels of tomatoes and beans, 30 heads of cabbage from her garden in addition to can ning 80 quarts of corn which she raised in her garden, the report showed. She added a dressing table and new curtains to her room and made the following garments: 1 apron, two sets of pillow cases, two table runners, one dress, three dish tow els, four pot holders and one ker chief. Then in completing a well round ed out program she prepared 150 dishes of food, planned 100 menus and prepared 50 meals. Miss Allison completed the follow ing projects: canned 380 cans of food without help and 50 cans with help; raised cabbage, onions, let tuce, carrots, okra, beats and turn ips in her garden, making a profit of $3; made one skirt, one dress and one slip; prepared 500 dishes of food, planned 100 meals and pre pared 365 meals. McCulloch realized a total of $568.83 on his four projects of poultry, pigs, corn and a calf. His greatest profit was realized from the production of hogs totaling $145:30. On his poultry project he raised 100 chicks and sold them at a profit uOf ;$21.43. He raised 300 bushels of corn on five acres and made a ■profit of $366.70, his brood sow netted him $145.30 and the calf project realized $35.50. "Robert Brinkley followed second with a profit of $226.32 on rabbit, poultry, gardening and calf projects. The First National Bank has promised to reward the outstanding youths again next year for record production. MOTORISTS MUST HAVE 1946 TAGS BY FEBRUARY 1 City and state automobile license tags must 'oe in use by February 1, according to a ruling of the State Motor Vehicle Department. State license tage issued to Mc Dowell county motorists include 1905 for passenger cars, 574 trucks, 27 farm trucks and 32 trailers, Max Lentz, distributor, announced yes terday. City tags have been issued to 120 Marion motorists by the Town of Marion as of yesterday. .STATE COULD USE 2,000 MORE SCHOOL BUSES Raleigh—The State can use 2,000 •new school busses by the end of the school year in June, Comptroller Paul Reid of the State Board of Education said. It now is almost impossible to procure new busses, he said, adding that a tight situation has prevailed all during the war. Marion Firms Start Spring Cleaning, Remodeling Program Many Marion merchants resolved to improve their business establish ments in 1946 and a program of re modeling and repainting is now un der way. The interior of the local Belk Broome company was recently re painted. Workman's store underwent an ! early spring cleaning last week and the walls and ceiling were given a j coating of white paint. I The Marguerite Shoppe is now i undergoing a complete remodeling, i A balcony is being added as offiee space and the dressing room in the rear of the building is being equip ped with storage shelves. The ad ! dition of the balcony will allow |more floor space to display merchan dise. Plans are to paint the fixtures | black and the walls and ceiling cor jal. Black inlaid linoleum will pro vide a floor covering. | Loven Furniture company has ar | ranged a new and larger office in | the rear of the building and the en jtire store was repainted last week. I Rabb-Hitchcock and the McDowell 1 Hardware company are also receiv . ing a coat of paint this week. I HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB WEEKLY SCHEDULE The schedule of Home Demonstra tion club meetings for McDowell county was announced Saturday by Miss Jean Steele, county home dem onstration agent, as follows: GJenwood: January 24 at the school building at 2 o'clock. Pleasant Gardens: January 24 at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. F. N. , Shearouse. I Dysartsville: January 25 at 2 o' clock, home of Mrs. Bruce Cowan. Cherry Springs: January 28 at 1 |o'clock. Place of meeting to be an nounced later. j Chapel Hill: January 29 at the club house 1:30 o'clock. I North Cove: January 30, school building, 2:30. Old Fort: January 31, 2:30, com munity building. i Bethlehem: February 1, 2:00. ' Place of meeting to be announced later. West Marion: February 1, 7:30, home of Mrs. W. C. Burgin. I i Miss Irene Clark Guest Speaker At The Kiwanis Club i | Miss Irene Clark, local public .health nurse, was the guest speaker I at the regular dinner meeting of the , Marion Kiwanis Club, which was 'held in the Community building last j Tuesday evening. | Miss Clark used as her topic, "Po liomyelitis." She traced the history j of this dread childrens' disease and outlined methods used by physicians and hospitals in alleviating the suf fering of those who were stricken | with it. Her discussion showed that | there are many things yet unknown : about the disease. For instance, it |has not yet been determined how ! the virus is transferred from one I individual to another. Miss Clark also discussed the Foundation for Polio Control as in augurated by our late President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. She pointed out that through the funds con trolled by this foundation many re searches were being conducted for the purpose of obtaining more in formation as to the control of this ! disease as well as methods of treat ment. Only recently the Medical School of Duke University has been granted funds from the Polio Foun dation to make a special research ,with reference to muscular control of patients suffering from this mal ady. | The address given by Miss Clark was very appropriate at this par ticular time, inasmuch as a fund raising campaign is now in progress in McDowell county for this pur pose. Recently the Kiwanis Club voted to contribute $50.00 to this fund. Alter hearing Miss Clark the club voted to contribute an addi tional $50.00 to this cause, i S. L. Homewood, president of the club, presided, and as program chairman for January presented Miss Clark to the group. A good attendance was reported. McDowell Draft Board Will Be Honored Today Members To Be Given Cita tions For Years Of Service At Meetings fn Ashevitle. Members of McDowell county draft boards will receive singular honor this week as a part of a series of meetings to be held throughout the State honoring Selective Service officials who have served without compensation for at least two years. The local Selective Service offi cials, all of whom have given then time and service without pay, will be presented with certificates and medals by Governor Cherry 111 cere monies to be held in the Buncombe county courthouse at Asheville Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. Members of the McDowell county draft board are W. L. Morris, chair man; A. S. Bradford and W. S. Shif let. These three members have been serving since the first draft call was made in October, 1940, without compensation. 1 Robert W. Proctor, who served as government appeal agent over two .years, will also attend the meeting. Prior to the presentation of the ; certificates and medals, Governor : Cheixy will deliver a brief message. Brig. Gen. J. Van B. Metts, State director of Selective Service, will also make a short talk honoring the unselfish service of the draft board members. PICTURE SUNDAY SET FOR NEXT SUNDAY AT THE FIRST METHODIST Sunday being- the fourth Sunday in the month, will be "Picture Sun day" at First Methodist church. At 9:45 in the Hut young people and adults will enjoy a World-Ser vice picture entitled "Religion and The People." At the evening service in the 'church sanctuary a real drama, en titled "Beyond Our Horizon," will 'feature the program. It is a magni ficent picture and will run forty-five i minutes. ! Against a background of Magni ficent Norweigan scenery is set the life of a devoted pastor of the far | north. His faith and prayers are I considered by his people more ef fective than the services of the doc tor in healing the sick. His strug !gle to retain his faith in God when disaster comes to his own family presents movingly one of the most difficult problems in the Christian interpretation of prayer. The drama is stimulating to the thoughtful con sideration of the meaning of pray ! er, its Christian use and misuse, i At the conclusion of the picture, , Rev. C. S. Kirkpatrick, will make a short talk on "Why God Let's Bad ! Things Happen to Good People." Mcdowell completes | PERFECT WAR BOND RECORD I i McDowell county exceeded its | overall bond quota by $18,719.50 land its E bond quota by $25,037.50 in the recent Victory Loan Drive, according to announcement by J. F. Snipes and J. N. Morris, co-chair men. Receipts of purchases of E bonds is 119 9r of the assigned quota of $131,000. The overall quota for McDowell was $296,000. This completes a perfect record ifor the county in oversubscribing quotas in all War Bond drives. I NICHOLS RESIGNS AS CHIEF OF POLICE ! C. A. Nichols announced his res ignation as Chief of Police this week, to become effective February |l. Nichols said he became eligible for retirement under the officers' re tirement fund last July, but would continue serving until February 1. i He has been employed by the Town of Marion for the past 20 years and served two years as depu ty sheriff before that time. Government price supports and heavy demand are expected to keep dairy products high during the first half of 1946. Plans Made For Clothes Canvass Here Saturday House-To-House Canvass To Be Made Saturday; Schools To Be Canvassed Friday. Next Saturday will be the last date of collection in the Victory Clothing' Drive in McDowell county, C. A. Harris, chairman, said yester day. A house to house canvass will be made on Saturday, January 26, and I all contributors are asked to have | bundles of clothing placed on front porches to facilitate collection. Clothing will be collected from the schools on Friday and the period ! of collection in the schools has been extended one week because many of McDowell's schools have been closed since Christmas holidays, Harris I said. The chairman added that the re^. sponse has been gratifying and the public has exhibited a splendid | spirit of cooperation. ' The McDowell County Victory Clothing Drive is a part of the United National Clothing Collection to aid peoples in war devastated countries. Through the United Na tions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad ministration, donated garments will be shipped quickly to the many countries where devastations of war have dislocated civilian supply and ; civilian economy. Distribution will be world-wide—to the Far East and ;the Philippines—as well as to war 1 torn countries of Europe. MILITARY DISCHARGES RECORDED THIS WEEK i " The following discharges were re corded by the McDowell County Draft Board last week: Jessie L. Lynch, Clarence J. Law ing, Robert H. Ledford, Paul V. Early, Glenn G. Early, Brown E. Ledford, Roy Hyatt, Jr., Thomas Loftis, Jr., Ray H. Stevens, Alvin G. Gosorn, Thomas W. Queen, Wil liam A. Owensby. John R. Lowery, Clifton R. Mor 'gan, John A. McFarland, Horace A. Norton, James H. Boyd, Jame? A. Satterfield, Jr., William J. Stamey, Paul M. Bryant, Clyde J. Ball, Wor ley B. Greene, Frederick B. Hughes. Sedrick D. Cuthbertson, Thomas M. Allison, Glenn B. Satterwhite, William J. Waters, John Greene, Kenneth Young, James Baker, Avery H. Henline, Preston O. Wylie, Glenn B. Presnell, Ernest L. Austin, Her mit Martin. Even K. Young, George R. Swann, Guy H. Ward, Ersel D. Hollifield, Ivan Banks, George E. Lentz, Arvel A. Webb, Arthur W. Parks, James B. Logan, Charles L. Foster, James L. Johnson, John C. Early. | VESTRYMEN ELECTED AT ANNUAL MEETING OF ST. JOHN'S PARISH 1 More than thirty members of St. John's Episcopal church attended the annual parish supper and meet ing held at the Community building last Thursday evening. The Rev. Albert P. Mack, the rec tor, presided and reports were heard from various officei-s of the church and church school. Annual reports were made by Wm. Treverton, treasurer; S. W. Blanton, superintendent of church school; Mrs. Hubert Martin and Mrs. S. W. Blanton for Woman's Auxil iary, and by Father Mack on the rector's activities during the year. The reports were more encouraging than at any time. S S. E. Whitten, W. C. Smith, S. W. Blanton, S. L. Homewood, E. P. Dameron and B. W. Harrison were j re-elected members of the vestry for the coming year. The addition of a room for Sun day School classes and other meet ings was discussed and a committee appointed to give the matter con sideration. ! Delegates were also named to the annual convention of the diocese to be held in May as follows: S. L. Homewood, S. W. Blanton and B. W. Harrison; Mrs. Sam Yancey, Mrs. Hubert Martin and Mrs. H. W. Stauffer, alternates. Changes Made In Employing Minors The Council of State, meeting- on November 14th and acting upon the recommendation of Commissioner of Labor, Forrest H. Shuford, voted to rescind War Proclamations Numbers I and III, effective January 19, 1946. As a result of the revocation of these proclamations, female em ployees, subject to tbe statutory provisions of the law, may not work imore than nine hours per day and ! forty-eight hours per week; girls sixteen and seventeen years of age ;may not work later than nine o' | clock at night; minors fourteen and 1 fifteen years of ag-e may not work [after 6 p.m.; a»d, girls under eigh ! teen years of age may not carry j newspaper routes under any circum l stances. I The Commissioner of Labor has no discretionary power under which exemptions to the statutox-y law i might be granted to permit longer \ or later hours. Employers are urged to take note of the effective date of this action and to take necessary steps on or ; before January 19 to bring their es tablishment into compliance with the statutory laws of the State. J Minors, both boys and girls, un jder 18 are required to secure per jmits from the Welfare Department. In order to establish minor age they are requested to secure a copy of their birth certificate. ' ANNUAL POLIO DRIVE ENTERING SECOND WEEK j McDowell county's annual polio drive is now underway and will con tinue until January 31, S. J. West moreland, chairman, said yesterday. * The continued closing of county j schools has delayed the progress of ]the fight against infantile paralysis slightly, but the committee is hop I ing the contributions will increase j substantially next week, Westmore land said. Birthday greeting cards were dis itributed in some of the city schools this week and pupils are already calling for more. The Marion Jun ior Woman's club realized $35 from the dime board on Main street Mon day and will continue the board .throughout the remainder of thi§ : week. | The Roosevelt Birthday Ball will be held at the community building on the evening of February 1 and proceeds will be added to the fund, Westmoreland said. State Prepared To | Spend $93,000,000 j On Its Highways ! I | Raleigh, Jan. 17—North Carolina I is preparing to spend $93,000,000 ! on its main and secondary highways, but is would have to spend $500, j 000,000 to satisfy everyone. | That is the consensus of commis isioners and department officials, 'who say that the $93,000,000 will ■ go about as far as $50,000,000 be fore the war. And all that money won't be in hand until July, 1949. I The skyrocketing cost of the times is felt in road construction, main tenance and improvement. | But unlike 1921-27 when more than $100,000,000 was issued in bonds, the state won't go into debt a nickel on its new, gigantic pro jgram and the taxes won't be raised. It's all already in the kitty, or will i be when the federal government comes across with its share. The road program has been a headache for many years. During the administration of Governor Hoey, the state didn't have enough money to fix highways as it wanted to. During the Broughton admin istration, it couldn't because of the war. Now, with lots of money, the 'state has ideas but the money won't go far. I Highway work was greatly cur tailed during the war. Today finds ! about 30 per cent of the state's 11, 400 miles of main highways in need of improvement, chief engineer W. Vance Baise says. About 80 per cent of the 49,000-odd miles of sec ondary roads need improvement. | And on top of that, the state wants to build, with federal assis tance, 736 miles of interregional highways. i Right now the chief concern of the department and of the admin i (Continuea on last page) QinchAeld Has Annual Meeting Of Stockholders W. L. Morris Re-elected Presi dent; Other Officers And Directors Re-elected. The annual meeting of the stock holders and directors of the Clinch field Manufacturing company was held in the office of the company Tuesday morning. Officers and di rectors were elected for the ensuing year. Officers reelected included W. L. Morris, president and treasurer; Frank H. Leslie, vice president; Glenn A. Morris, secretary and as sistant treasurer; Judge J. W. Win borne, chairman of the board, and W. R. Chambers, attorney; Miss Ma rie Jarrett, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer. Directors reelected for the year were H. V. Brumley, S. P. Cave, VV. R. Chambers, I. H. R. Genet, Frank H. Leslie, Henry M. Leslie, W. L. Morris, Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., J. T. Rich, Norris Rosenwasser, R. D. Scott, Judge J. W. Winborne and Sam M. Yancey. Out-of-town stockholders and di rectors attending the meeting; were H. V. Brumley, Jr., Frank H. Leslie. Henry M. Leslie, Morris Rosenwas ser and R. D. Scott, of New York City; Judge J. W. Winborne of Ral eigh; E. P. Cave of St. Louis, Mo., and J. T. Rich of Haines Falls, N. Y. FSA TENANT PURCHASE FAMILIES HAVE MEETING Eight families from Burk McDowell counties who .farms through the provision^' Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act held their annual meeting last Wed nesday in the Community building in Marion. The meeting was opened by By num A. Buff, FSA Supervisor, who reviewed last year's business and led a discussion of ways of increas ing; fanr. income on the farm. Miss Harleston Mcintosh, Associate Su pervisor, led a discussion on Horn# Management Practices. Leland Hairr, Soil Conservationist, explain ed the Standardization of Pasture Mixtures and Fertilizers for Mc Dowell County. Mrs. 0. B. Austin, home econo mist for Duke Power Company, gave a very interesting talk on proper lighting in the home and on the farm, ilustrated by motion pic tures. W. B. Oliver, District FSA Supervisor, spoke on the "Variable Payment Agreement for TP Bor rowers". A. H. Maxwell, Extension Forester, told of ways to increase income from woodlands. He out lined the help available through the Extension Service and showed slides of woodland scenes. 479 PERSONS LOSE LIVES ON HIGHWAYS Raleigh, Jan 18. — Four hundred and seventy nine persons were kill ed in highway accidents investigated b the state highway patrol in 1945, according to the yearly report re leased today. A total of 2,789 persons were in jured in the accidents, the report adds. In all, the highway patrol in vestigated 3,511 accidents during the year. The report shows that 2,599 mo torists were arrested for driving drunk, and 38,496 citations were is sued. The patrol recovered 605 cars and extinguished 14 fires. During the year, 480,949 driver's licenses were inspected. In all, the patrol traveled 5,872,850 miles. : Lights were corrected on 173,313 vehicles, and 424,833 cars and trucks were inspected. Over $499,000 was collected in fines and turned over to county school funds, the report shows. RED CROSS DRIVE Basil O'Connor, National Chair man of the Red Cross, has announc ed that the campaign of the Ameri can Red Cross to raise $100,000,000 for 1946 will be directed by Harvey D. Gibson, of New York City. The drive will be carried on during the month of March.
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