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THE MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ■ESTABLISHED 1B96 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1948 VOL. 52—No. 40 Registrars And Judges Named Last Saturday REGISTRARS, JUDGES TO SERVE COUNTY'S SEVENTEEN PRECINCTS Democratic registrars, Democratic And Republican Judges Named Last Week Democratic registrars and Demo cratic and Republican judges for the county's 17 precincts were named at a meeting of the McDowell Coun ty Board of Elections last week. The registrars and judges will serve in the May 29 primary. In the following list the names of the Dem ocratic registrar is given first in each precinct, the Democratic judge second, and the Republican Judge third. Marion No. 1: D. N. Lonon, Frank Goldsmith and Charles Craig. Marion No. 2: E. R. Keeter, Jack Brown and E. W. Parker. Marion No. 3: G. W. Biggerstaff, J. A. Cannon and George Locke. Marion No. 4: S. B. Finley, Grady Moody and Thermal Ross. Marion No. 5: Sid Carrigan, A. W. Rader and William Early. Buck Creek: T. C. Patton, George Shuford. Bracketts: George F. Rhom, Lloyd Toney and W. R. Stone. Crooked Creek: Harlow Noblitt, Norman Jenkins, J. P. Walker. Dysartsville: . Claude Laughridge, J. D. Laughridge, Roy Suttles. G 1 e n w o o d: Grayson Marlowe, Clyde Hemphill, J. O. Gordon. Higgins: E. L. Carter, John Simp son, Sam Marlowe. Mjontfords Cove: G. B. Marlowe, O. B. Morgan and M. L. Ledford. Nebo: T. W. Stacy,' Jr., W. Jay Ballew, Archie Jaynes. North Cove: J. M. Carpenter, S. M. Avery, W. H. Stafford. Turkey Cove: S. H. Yancey, J. H. Boyd, Avery Washburn. Old Fort No. 1: C. L. Tate, E. L. McDaniel, M. G. Turner. Old Fort No. 2: J. F. Harmon, W. C. Silver, R. W. Silver. DR. D. M. MclNTOSH, Sr. OPENS OLD FORT OFFICE •—Dr. D. M. Mcintosh, Sr. who has previously had his offices in Marion for the past 16 years is now devoting his full time to the practice of medi cine in Old Fort. His offices are located in the build ing previously occupied by the Arro head Tea Room. Mrs. Virginia Howell of Marion, has accepted a secretarial position in his office in Old Fort. S. D. MARTIN I Martin Appointed To Succeed Moody As Clerk Of Court S. Dysart Martin was appointed Clerk of Court last Saturday by Judge J. Will Pless, resident judge, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. F. Moody. He was sworn in by Judge Pless Monday morning and immediately assumed the du ties of the office. Miss Edna Allison was reappointed assistant clerk. Martin, money order clerk at the Marion Post Office, began his work there in 1937. -During World War II he served ifteari^ four years in the U. S. Navy as Chief Radio Tech nician. Afterwards he resumed his work at the Post Office until his present position. Martin is a candidate for the office of Clerk in the M*ay Primary and is opposed by Roy C. Hensley. Senior Class Play Set For Tonight The Senior Class of Marion High School will present a three-act come dy "Here comes Charlie" at eight o'clock this evening in the school auditorium, it is announced. The cast includes : Milladeen Green, Kirby Rader, as Charlie, June Carrigan, Norris Watkins, Billie Wall, Zelda Webb, Irene Kanipe, Franklin Pace, Donald England and Bruce Melton. The play is under the direction of Miss Mildred Glenn and Miss Mary Frances Harrill. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL AT CEMETERY COMPLETED The gateway to the cemetery which was erected several years ago by the Daughters of the Confederacy has now been completed by the in stallation of the bronze plaques. Ord ers for the plaques were placed at the time the first work was done, but on account of the war, delivery could not be obtained. The plaques have the following in scriptions : "Erected 1941 by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Marion in honor of the men of McDowell County who died in the cause of the Confederate States" "In memory of the Confederate veterans of McDowell County 1861-1865" The committee responsible for this work is composed of: Mrs. J. Q. Gilkey, Chairman of the U. D. C. Memorial Committee, Mrs. W. W. Neal, President, and the late Mrs. Guy S. Kirby, who served as Treas urer for the organization for many years. This beautiful and attractive mem orial gateway adds greatly to the beauty of the cemetery and the citi zens of McDowell County can be justly grateful of this accomplish ment. Campbell Speaker At Rotary Meeting The Marion Rotary club had as guest speaker Friday, Gray Camp bell, head of the Postal Accounts Department in Asheville. Using "Vocational Work" as his subject, the speaker told his audi ence that according to Rotary ideals a Rotarian should derive more from his work than monetary profits. He cited helpfulness to fellow man and to a community as worthy aims. Wayne Miller was the guest of Ernest Ross; Davis Gray had as guests his son, Sammy Gray, and Dysart Martin; John Finley was the guest of R. L. Durant and K. L. Dingier was the guest of D. W. Tainter. Jack Morris Named Manager For Johnson R. Jack Morris has been named campaign manager in McDowell county for Charles M. Johnson, can didate for Governor, it was announc ed yesterday from Johnson's head quarters in Raleigh. INSPECTION LANE OPENED MONDAY The Motor Vehicle Inspection Lane opened here at noon yesterday and ' will be operated through Friday for public-owned vehicles and garage operators, according to announce ment by Grover Kiser, of Forest City, inspection lane supervisor. 1 Kiser will be assisted by four in spectors. The Motor Vehicle Mechanical : Program requires that each motor vehicle registered in North Carolina must be inspected once during 1948 1 and twice a year thereafter. The lane will be open for the in spection of privately-owned vehicles beginning Saturday, April 24, and continuing through April 29. Hours will be 8:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m., week days, and 8:00 a. m. until 12:00 noon Saturday. Lane Number 4 serves McDowell, Henderson, Polk and Rutherford counties which have a total of 23,000 motor vehicles. Seventeen per cent of these are in McDowell county. The length of time the lane remains ;n each county is determined by the number of vehicles to be inspected. Kiser explained that it will not be necessary for the owner of an auto mobile to to present it for inspection. Any licensed driver may present it. Eleven or twelve minutes is requir ed for inspection. The lane is located on North Logan street, between the First Methodist church corner and the point where North Logan street intersects High way 70. Yard Contest Plans Announced For East Marion, Clinchfield Plans for the annual Yard Contest of the East Marion anci Clinchfield villages were announced this week by Mrs. James E. McCall, Home Economics teacher of the East Mar ion and Clinchlield villages. The contest is sponsored each year by the Junior Woman's clubs of these communities for the purpose of beautifying the villages. In announcing plans for the con test Mrs. CcCall said: "We are try ing to make our yards the most at tractive in the county." She ex plained that yards will be judged ac cording to the following points: General appearance of surround ings outside of the house; Condition of the grass; Condition of the back yard; per manent shrubbery; perennial flowers and annual flowers. The week of May 24-28 has been set aside as the time for lawns to be judged. The customary prizes will be awarded winners when the contejt closes. Mrs. McCall said she will be glad to give help or suggestions to any one who wishes. Marion Debaters Win District Contest Traveling to Boone on Friday, April 16, the Marion High School Negative Debate Team, composed of Robert Marks and Betsy Keith Bow man, was declared, along with the Canton affirmative team, the winners in this district of the debate tourna ment held at Appalachian college. By privilege of this win, the local team will travel to Chapel Hill on April 30 to compete in the final, state-wide debating contest to be held at the University of North Carolina. Debating the question, Resolved: That the Federal Government should require arbitration of labor disputes in all basic American industries, the Marion team competed against the Glen Alpine affirmative in the first round of the tournament. After be ing declared the winners of this de bate, the Marion team was then pair ed against the Jefferson affirmative in the second round. In the final round, there was a direct competition between the four negative teams, King's Creek, Jefferson, Glen Alpine, and Marion, to determine the nega tive winner, which was the local team. The Canton team was declared the affirmative winner at the end of the second round of debates as it was the only affirmative team undefeated. Oil was discovered in Pennsyl vania in 1859. Thirty-Four Candidates File For County And Township Offices Perfect Attendance Cloal Of Kiwanians Vernon Eckerd presided over the •egular weekly meeting of the Mar on Kiwanis club held Tuesday eve ling in the community x building, rhe Kiwanis club is striving for one mndred per cent attendance for the nonth of April, and at present is /ery near that goal. It is yet possi ble that the attendance goal may be •eached if absentees are made up luring the month in accordance with •ules and regulations prescribed by Kiwanis International. A musical program was enjoyed dy the Kiwanians and their guests. Dr. B. A. Dickson, chairman of Underprivileged Children and Boys ind Girls Work committee, called a meeting of his group immediately following adjournment. Wayne Co penhaver, chairman of Attendance, Membership and Reception commit tee, also met with the members of his committee. Announcement was made that the Kiwanis club was sponsoring a pro gram to be given by the Rangers Quartet at the high school Saturday night, April 24. Proceeds raised from this show will be used by the committee on underprivileged chil dren. Plans also were made for staging a Kiwanis carnival in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the local Kiwanis club. This carnival will be held in the community build ing on May 22. J. L. Gourley was elected a dele gate to represent the Marion club at the International Convention to be held in Los Angeles, California, during the week of June 6. L. C. Sinclair Passes April 10 Winter Haven, Fla.—Logan Car son Sinclair, 64, prominent citrus grower and for many years a civic leader in Winter Haven, died Satur day night, April 10, in the city hos pital, where he was taken that morn ing suffering from a heart attack. Mrs. .Sinclair had been in poor health for several years. A native of Marion, N. C., Mr. Sinclair was the son of Col. P. J. and Maggie Carson Sinclair, his father being a native of Scotland and his mother of Irish descent. He was educated in the schools of Mar ion, spent a year at North Carolina State College, Raleigh, and four years at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, graduating with the LL.B. degrees in law in 1904. He practiced law in Marion with his father until the latter's death in 1914. Mr. Sinclair then moved to High Point, N. C. to become president of the Myrtle Desk Company. In 1917 he was made secretary and treasurer and general manager of the corpora tion, a position he held until he sold his interests and moved to Winter Haven in 1920. He became an ex tensive grove owner in this section, was at one time a director of the Winter Haven Citrus Growers As sociation and of the Eagle Lake Fruit Growers Association and serv ed as president of the latter for one term. (Continued on page 3) Marion Marauders Weekly Schedule Pour exhibition games by the Marion Marauders will be played here during the week as follows: April 23, Forest City; April 26, Western Carolina Teachers college; April 28, High School, and April 29, House of David. PROGRESS LATE Tie Progress went to press late this week due to two electric units burning out on the linotype ma chine. It was necessary that both news and advertising be curtailed. We are sorry if this has incon venienced any of our readers or advertisers. ADDITIONAL CANDIDATES FILE; CONTESTS FOR THREE OFFICES J. F. MOODY Funeral Services Held For J. F. Moody Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for Joseph Fred Moody, 52, McDowell county clerk of court, who died Thursday night in Grace hospital at Morganton follow ing an illness of several months, were held Sunday afternoon at Ebe nezer Methodist church near Old Fort, with the Rev. Ray Bowman | officiating. I Mr. Moody, of Old Fort, R. F. D. No. 1, served as court clerk for more than 13 years. He was g, Sunday school teacher and a steward in the Methodist church. Surviving- are the widow; two daughters, Miss Ruth Moody and Miss Joyce Moody, of the home; two sons, Cecil and William S., of Old Fort, R. F. D. No. 1; two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Webster of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. J. O. Stevens of Tarpoon Springs, Fla., three broth ers, D. B. Moody of Ripley, W. Va., Guy B. Moody of Plant Citv, Fla., and C. R. Moody of Tarpoon Springs, Fla., and three grandchildren. Mrs. Parker To Direct Program Of Music | The Glee club of Montreat college will present "H. M. S. Pinafore" at 8:15 p. m., Monday, April 15, in An derson auditorium in Montreat. The music will be presented under the direction of Mrs. Nelson Parker. The public is cordially invited. A total of 34 candidates are offer ng themselves for county and town ship offices for McDowell county sub iect to the May 29 Primary, accord ng to T. W. Gowan, chairman of the bounty Board of Elections. With last minute entries Demo crats are assured of candidates for :he offices of Register of Deeds, Clerk Df Court, County Commissioners and Representative. The Republicans entered candidat 2S for all offices without opposition. The May voting is the Primary in which candidates for the two parties are nominated to enter the general election November 2. The registration books for the pri mary open May 1, and are open, again on May 8 and 15 with May 22 being challenge day. The registrars spend the first three Saturdays listed at the polling places from nine o'clock in the mornings ur.til sunset. The complete list of candidates on the Democratic ticket is as follows: For Representative: Roy W. Davis and Horace Hall. For Clerk of Court: Dysart Mar tin and Roy C. (Dee) Hensley. Register of Deeds: Mrs. Julia K. Stanley, Miss Ruth Lackey and Hud son H. Brown. County Commissioners: C. A. Workman, incumbent; G. W. Wilson, John W. Dobbins, R. L. McKinnis, W. H. Norris and R. L. James. Surveyor: M. V. Snypes. Constable Marion Township: J. T. Sisk, J. Lester Waters, Frank Hemp hill, Carl Hall, Arthur Jarrett and. Guy Cheek. Constable Montfords Cove town ship: Allie Y. Lytle. Constable Nebo township: Mark Toney and Allen (Pig) Hall. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES Republicans filing were listed as follows: Representative: C. Harry McCall. For Clerk of Court: Edward H. Rowe. Register of Deeds: C. Y. Banning. County Commissioners: Van Hughes, E. W. Parker, Jr. and A. F. Hunt. Surveyor: M. L. Ledford. Justice of the Peace Old Fort township: J. Roy Early. Constable Crooked Creek township: G. L. Davis, Guy Hogan. Constable Marion township: Edgar P. Duncan. During 1947 there were 359,000 milk cows on farms in North Caro lina. Milk production was about 4, 260 pounds per cow during the year. Security Bond Quota For McDowell Set At $140,000 Marion Musicians Enter State Contest Marion High School has four en tries in the annual State Competi tion-Festival being held for. high school musicians at Woman's Col lege U. N. C., Greensboro this week. Students from all over the state who received superior ratings in the six district contests held during March will play and sing before na tionally known judges for criticism and ratings. The band returns by virtue of a superior rating in last year's state festival, as does a B flat clarinet quartet composed of Audrey Koon, Lila Harrison, Bill Neal in, and Se well Laughfidge. Roy Davis, Jr., tenor saxaphone and Robert Marks, sousaphone are the two solo entries from Marion. Soloists and ensembles appear on Thursday and the band will play Fri day. There is also a big massed band event held in the Greensboro Memorial Stadium Friday night in which the Band from Marion will probably participate. Intended to help stabilize the na tion's economy in the face of infla tionary threats, America's Security Loan drive was launched on April 15 and will continue through June 30. J. F. Snipes, chairman for Mc Dowell county, announces that Mc Dowell's goal during the drive is the sale of $140,000 in bonds, of which $90,000 are series E and the remain der are series F and G. "We have gone over our goal on all other bond drives during the war, and I trust we will do as well in the Security Loan," Mr. Snipes stated. Chairman Snipes will be assisted in the drive by J. N. Morris, co chairman, and Miss Ruth Greenlee,, chairman of the woman's division. Revival Services At Garden Greek Rev. H. L. Phillips will be guest speaker at a series of Revival Ser vices to be held at Garden Creek Baptist church beginning April 25, Rev. C. C. Parker, pastor, has an nounced.
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