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THE MARION PROGRESS MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1947 vm V !) 1 IN m & March Of Dimes To Stage Its Fund Appeal From Jan. 15-30 Never Greater Need For | Funds, Says Campaign Chairman Urging Support. The 1947 March of Dimes, an nual fund raising drive of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Pa ralysis which sparkplug's the never ceasing battle against polio, will be held January 15 to 30, it was an nounced today by Ossie Sutton,! chairman of the March of Dimes campaign committee here. The need for funds, Mr. Sutton said, has never been greater, since the nation has just emerged from the worst epidemic of polio in the history of the National foundation for Infantile Paralysis, founded in 1938 to spearhead and co-ordinate the battle against this disease. Need for Money "United States Public Health i Service figures show," said Sutton, j "that the 1946 polio epidemic is! second only in severity to the great! epidemic of 1916, the worst in re corded history. This means that not only were the Foundation and Its chapters called upon as never before to supply expensive equip ment, personnel and every other aid known to modern science to the | stricken, but they still must assist ( those who have not yet achieved! maximum recovery. And there are more of these than there have ever been before. "The National Foundation also spent millions of dollars during; 1946 in medical scientific research i to trace the cause of infantile pa-! ralysis," Sutton explained. "It will! continue to do so until that cause! is discovered and conquered. j "The National Foundation also j intends to pursue vigorously its j far-reaching educational program to i inform the public on precautions | against the disease; what to do if! and when polio strikes, and what | your March of Dimes is prepared j to do for every American, regard-' less of age, creed, color or race, j stricken by the dread crippler—and that is to provide the best available ; care, regardless of cost, until maxi- i mum recovery is assured. Appeals for Support "The people of McDowell county, j in common with Americans every-1 where," he went on, "have been! most generous in the past in sup porting the fight against infantile paralysis through the March of j Dimes. Indications are that they will be even more generous this .year because they know that this fight is their fight. They realize that the March of Dimes is their best insurance against polio—and that the battle will go on in the laboratory until final victory is won and infantile paralysis joins the other great scourges of mankind j unmasked and disarmed by knowl edge. The annual March of Dimes is the only means the National Foun dation has for financing its battle! against infantile paralysis. GREENLEE BAPTIST HAS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The Greenlee Baptist church gave | a Christmas program Sunday eve-j ning. Carols were rendered by a | large group of singers and welcome | was extended by .Mrs, H. W. Hens- j ley. Two recitations were given. "Why j We Have Christmas," was present-! ed by Ray Suttles, and "A Visit From St. Nicholas," by Paul Brooks. After a short play the younger children sang "Jingle Bells" as San ta Claus entered the church with gifts for the children. The tree was beautifully decorat-: ed with gifts. royce McNeill on duty IN THE CHINA SEA AREA j Royce M./McNeill, 19, fireman, first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. McNeill of Marion, is serving with the USS LSM 342 on duty in j the China area. McNeill has visited Midway, Japan, Hawaii and China since joining the vessel in March 1946. More than half of the children in , the U. S. under 15 years of age' live in rural areas. TAX LISTING FOR THE YEAR GETS UNDER WAY; LIST TAKERS NAMED Tax listing for the year 1947 begins this wee"k In the various townships in the county. All taxes must be listed during the month of January. A penalty of one dollar will be assessed and charged against any property owner, real or personal, who fails to list in January, it is announced. The machinery act of 1945 re quires that all property, real and personal, shall be listed in accord ance with ownership and value, it was stated. Tax listers for the various town ships are: Bracketts—A. P. Poteat. Crooked Greek—Harlow Noblitt. Dysnrtsville—C. N. Laughridge. Glenwood—A. P. Poteat. Higgins—C. Rex Wilson. Marion—John M. Snoddy. Montfords Cove — Mrs. M. R. Nanney. Nebo—L. C. Parks. North Cove—Rom Brown. Old Fort—S. F, Mauney. KIWANIS DIME BOARD PROCEEDS TOTAL $474 Total proceeds from the Dime Board sponsored by the Marion Ki wanis club during the season were $474.28, according to announcement by J. M. Snoddy, Kiwanis secretary who was in charge of the project. This money will be used for the benefit of needy children in the county, it was stated. Funds will be appropriated to provide tonsilectomys, glasses, cloth ing and other needs of underprivi leged children as it was during the past year. A recent announcement stated that Kiwanis had spent a total of $294 on 19 needy children during the past three months. This amount provided tonsilec tomys for six children, glasses for five children and clothing for eight children. These recipients included one blind child in Blind school who needed warm clothing for winter, three children who had beeen aban doned by parents and were placed in boarding schools; one orphan child abandoned by relatives re ceived warm clothing for school; three children who are above school age and have never attended school, were enabled to attend. Others serving on the committee with Snoddy were V. T. Eckerd and J. B. Laughlin. A number of other members participated in the project by supervising the collection of the dimes. LAST QUARTERLY INCOME TAX PAYMENT DUE JAN. 15 The last quarterly installment on the 1946 Federal income tax is not due until January 15, 1947, accord ing to the Treasury Department. The attention of taxpayers is call ed to the necessity for making out corrected 1946 income estimates by Jan. 15, by those who, because of change in financial status, must file revised estimates. This affects those whose incomes for the year show an increase of 20 per cent or more over the figures already filed. The estimated income declaration for 1947 must be filed March 15. STILL CAPTURED IN BRACKETTS TOWNSHIP Officers of the sheriff's depart ment report the capture of a still near Mut Cut in Bracketts town ship last Sunday. Officers making the capture included Earl Sebastian and Robert White, deputy sheriff's, and J. T. Sisk, constable. The still, a steamer outfit, was in operation and two men made their escape as the officers ap proached the scene. Eight gallons of whiskey and about 120 gallons of beer were destroyed, the officers report. More than 58,000,000,000 quarts of milk were produced in the U. S. in 1945, compared with 8,000,000, 000 in the United Kingdom, 8,000, 000,000 in Canada, and 4,500,000, 000 in Australia. RING OUT, WILD BELLS Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. —TENNYSON. 101,544 GREETINGS MAILED AT POST OFFICE Residents of Marion said Merry; i Christmas through the mails in a j I big way this year. ' Thex-e were 22,184 more pieces of first class mail recorded at the Ma-1 rion post office from December 16: through December 24 than during the same period last year, accord-1 ing to figures released by Post- j master John Finley. This year there were 101,544 pieces of first class mail recorded i by the cancellating machine at the j post office from December 16-24,! , exceeding last year's high mark of! | 79,360 by 22,184. | Wednesday, December 18, was J the largest single day with 16,340 . being mailed during the day. Last year December 17 was the big day I 'with 15,970. ' Although complete figures on the | | number of packages mailed could j I not be obtained, the number was | apparently in proportion to the j | number of greetings. When all | available space had been packed j j with parcels, they were stacked on j i the floor until they could be sorted, j All packages received by Christ- j j mas Day addressed to individuals of j j the community were distributed be- j j fore the day ended, Postmaster j {Fmley said. The close of the day, i j however, did not end the flow of j I Christmas mail. Packages were still j j being received in the mails at the 1 end of the week. E. R. KEETER RESIGNS POSITION WITH TOWN E. R. Keeter, clerk and tax col lector for the Board of Aldermen, ! has resigned to accept a position with the G. P. Seagle Lumber com | pany. His resignation became ef | fective January 1 and he will as ! sume his duties with Seagle Lum- j j ber company in a few days. His successor had not been an- j j nounced when the Progress went, j i to press yesterday. Keeter has been employed by the ■ Town of Marion for the past 13 ' years. METHODIST SERVICES AT EAST MARION SUNDAY Morning worship service will be held at the East Marion Methodist church at 11 a. m. Sunday with a sermon by Rev. T. G. Smith, pas tor, on "The True Values of Life.;> The sermon will be followed by a communion service. Sunday school will begin at 9:45 a. m. and the evening worship ser vice will be held at seven o'clock. A mid-week prayer service will be held Wednesday evening at seven o'clock. Nicaragua is known as the "land of lakes and volcanoes." STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The regular quarterly meeting of the North Carolina State College Alumni, McDowell County Chapter, was held Monday night at the Lake Tahoma Grill. Dinner was served to members and their guests, the State College students now home for Christmas vacation. Following the dinner students gave reports and general discussions were held in relation to current activities at State College. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: I. A. McLain, president; Frank Goldsmith, vice president, and E. C. McMillan, sec retary and treasurer. Members present were J. R. Jimeson, president; Frank Gold smith, vice president; B. A. Buff, secretary; I. A. McLain, William Greenlee, Leland Hairr, Thurman Richie, H. E. McCall, James E. Mc Call, E. C. McMillan, Eugene Dy sart, Bill Burnette, G. C. Crawford, A. R. Conley, and the following students: John M. Snoddy, Jr., Robert Ellis, John B. Walker, Jr., John H. Moffit, William F. Stroud, and Arnold Rowe. RED CROSS SENDS GIFTS TO VETERAN PATIENTS The McDowell County Chapter of the American Red Cross sent 60 boxes of Christmas gifts to vet eran patients of Moore General hospital, according to announcement this week by Mrs. J.x F. Snipes, chairman of the Red Cross com munity service to camps and hos pitals. The gifts were attractively wrap ped and displayed in the show window of Duke Power company for several days before being sent to the patients. Mrs. Snipes received the follow ing letter from Miss Lola H. Craw ford, field director of Moore Gen^ eral hospital: "We were delighted to receive the 60 Christmas boxes sent by ycur chapter for the patients at this hospital. They are lovely gifts and will be enjoyed and greatly appreciated by the patients .... "Thank you so much for your splendid cooperation in obtaining these gifts for our patients." COUNTY AND CITY SCHOOLS TO REOPEN Schools in the McDowell county system, which closed for Chi-istmas holidays December 20, will reopen today, according to announcement this week. The schools of the Marion City system will reopen Monday. Since 1900 the U. S. death rate from tuberculosis has been reduced from about 200 per 100,000 to about 40. Harris Resigns Position With Marion Mfg. Co. i To Reside In Texas; Woodrow Greene Named Cotton Class er At Marion Mill. C. A. Hari-is has resigned his po sition as vice - president - assistant treasurer of the Marion Manufac turing company and Woodrow W. Greene has accepted a position as cotton classer of the company, ac cording to announcement by R. W. | Twitty, president-treasurer of the .Marion Manufacturing company. Mr. and Mrs. Harris left Wed nesday to make their home in Graham, Texas, where the former has accepted a position as agency distributor of Sacony Vacuums. He will also be a cotton merchant. Harris came to Marion in 19231 and has held a position with the Marion Manufacturing company for the past 23 years. Greene is a veteran of World War II and has been engaged in cotton brokerage for the Frank A. i Jones Company in Greenville, S. C. j since receiving honorable discharge, i Mr. and Mrs. Greene will reside in the home formerly occupied by MrJ and, Mrs. Harris in East Marion. ! S. S. REPRESENTATIVE TO AID WAGE EARNERS IN FILING S. S. CLAIMS i A representative of the Asheville field office of the Social Security Board will be at the Register of Deeds office in Marion on Friday, | January 10, at 10:00 A. M. ■ Wage earners who have worked ; in a job covered by the Social Se curity Act since December 31, ! 1936, and have attained age 65, may be eligible to file claim for themselves, their wives, or minor children, whether they have an ac count number or not. Surviving relatives of deceased workers, such as widows, children, or parents, or if none of the above, persons who have paid funeral expenses, may be eligible to file claim. Persons who have need of social security account numbers or other information pertaining to the act are invited to meet this representa tive at the time and place men-, tioned. MRS. FISHER DIES AT HOME AT EAST MARION Mrs. Laura Fisher, 66, died at her residence in East Marion early Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted at East Maripn Baptist church Fri- j day afternoon at 3 o'clock by her pastor, the Rev. Edward J. Roustio, and burial followed in Oak Grove ! cemetery. 1 She is survived by her husband, George C. Fisher; three daughters, Miss Artie Fisher, Mrs. Jack Elliot,, and Mrs. Clyde Pyatt; five sons, Holden, James, Henry (Bud), Ern est, and Joseph Fisher, and eight grandchildren, all of East Marion. One brother, Joseph Dale, of Morganton, and three sisters, Mrs. ; | L. G. Houck and Mrs. Lillie Lane,: of Morgant-on, and Mrs. Susan Dale, of Shelby, also survive. i VETERAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN FIGHT AT POKER RIDGE SUNDAY i Gurdine Presnell, an ex-service man, was seriously injured in a free for all fight which occurred in the Poker Ridge community near the Clinchfield village Sunday after noon, Earl Sebastain, deputy sheriff, reported. j Presnell, arrested on a charge of being drunk, was rushed to the Veterans hospital in Tennessee after examination disclosed he was suffering from a fractured skull. Parm Duncan and Donald Duncan were arrested and are being held on a charge of assault with deadly \ weapon. Their bond was set at $2,000 each. Evans Hammett, charged with assault with deadly weapon, was released under bond of $2,000. Others arrested in connection with the case were Luther Roper, Eddie Duncan and Weldon Gillespie. Big Jobs Face 1947 Session Of Legislature More Money Requested By Teachers And Many Institu tions; Other Problems. Raleigh—Here are the main items of debate facing the 1947 Legisla ture: r. Greatly increased operating ap propriations requests. 2. Created increased permanent improvements requests. 3. Teachers' pay. 4. Whether to separate Game and Inland Fisheries from the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment. 5. The good health program. 6. State employes' salaries. 7. Liquor. 8. Consolidation of the Highway patrol, State Bureau of Investiga tion and State Bureau of Identifica L1UI1. 9. The sales tax. 10. Proposed changes in solici torial districts. Not since 1933, when the sales tax was enacted, has a North Caro lina Legislature face such monu mental tasks as will the one which convenes here January 8. The state has millions of dollars, on hand, most of it salted away dur ing the war boom. It earmarked §20,000,000 for a postwar reserve fund and set aside $51,500,000 for retirement of the state's debt. Now, about every state institu tion and department, plus thou sands of teachers, are asking for a lot more money. The teachers themselves are em broiled in a fight. One« faction, the North Carolina Education as»socia-~ tion, is asking for raises amounting to more than 20 per cent. Another faction, the South Piedmont group, is asking for at least 40 per cent, and actually wants more. Permanent improvements requests, such as desires for buildings, en largements and renovations, total $88,662,880 for the next biennium. General fund requests total $191, 000,000 compared with $138,000,000 for the current biennium. The Ag riculture department is asking for $2,280,000 for the next biennium, compared with $1,576,000 for the current biennium. The Highway de partment, faced with gigantic pro grams, is asking for $108,000,000 for the 1947-49 biennium, compared with $150,000,000 for the current biennium, but the difference is made up with millions of Federal funds already allocated. The state's surplus now totals nearly $50,000,000. Everybody seems to want part of it. Sponsors of the good health pro gram, who have adopted a program that reaches into every county, city and hamlet, are asking for millions of the surplus. They want a four year medical school at the Univer sity of North Carolina, a related hospital, medical centers in every county, assistants to students study ing medicine, and assistance to the indigent who cannot afford hospital attention. That those sponsors will have weighty representation in the 1947 Legislature is well known. Among" them is Dr. Frank P. Graham, greater university president; Dr_ Clarence Poe, editor of The Pro gressive Farmer, and many other organizations throughout the state.. The game and inland fisheries will be one of the most bitter of the most bitter of the next legislative session. It actually was inspired before the 1945 assembly. Then, a special legislative committee was appointed to inquire into the feasi bility of separating the division from the Department of Conserva tion and Development. It report ed, unanimously, that the division should not be separated. But since then, the North Carolina Wildlife association has promoted propa ganda, has formed clubs, all seek ing separation. In the meantime, the department has not been asleep and has concentrated on improve ments of its game and fish pro gram. Commissioner John D. Fin lay has employed new personnel, (Continued on last page)w
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