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, JUNE 10, 1948
VOL. 52—No. 47
Superior Court Finds Brown
Not Guilty Of Murder Charge»
CRIMINAL TERM SUPERIOR
COURT CONVENED HERE MONDAY
Lester Brown was found not guilty
of the murder of George Morgan in
Superior Court here yesterday.
The criminal term of McDowell
County Superior Court opened here
Monday with Judge J. H. Clement,
of Walkertown, presiding.
Donald Finley plead nolo conten
dere to a charge of larceny of goods
of value less than $50. He was sen
tenced to be confined in the common
jail of McDowell county for 12
months and assigned to work under
supervision of the State Highway of
Public Works commission.
Sam Carson plead guilty to a
charge of breaking and entering the
Gulf Oil company. He was sentenced
to be confined in the common jail of
McDowell for ten years and assigned
to work under the supervision of the
State Highway of Public Works
commission.
John Twitty, charged with break
ing and entering the Gulf Oil com
pany, nol pros with leave.
George Howell plead not guilty to
a charge of breaking and entering
the McCurry Hosiery Mill and was
sentenced to be confined in the Mc
Dowell county jail and assigned to
work under the supervision of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission for a period of two
years.
E. C. Rogers plead guilty to giv
ing a worthless check and was sen
tenced to be confined in McDowell
county jail for three months and as
signed to work on the highway un
der supervision of the State High
way and Public Works Commission.
Carl Freeman plead nolo conten
dere to embezzlement of money of
Mr. Lonon, coal dealer. He was sen
tenced to be confined in the McDow
ell county jail four months and as
signed to work under the supervis
ion of the State Highway and Public
Works Commission.
MISS WILLIAMS
IN RECITAL
Miss Dazelle Williams, of Char
lotte, nine year old granddaughter
of Mrs. W. C. McCall of Marion,
was presented in recital at Queens
college, May 18. She rendered a
piano solo.
Invest in U. S. Savings Bonds.
Two Injured Here
Saturday Night
Marion police investigated two af
frays here last Saturday night.
Boh Carter was released under
bond of $1,000 on a charge of as
saul with deadly weapon with intent
to kill. Carter was arrested after
Luther Silvers was shot in the legs.
Police said they were told that Cart
er and Silvers had an argument at
Bob's Cafe in Clinchfield and con
tinued their discussion after they
left the cafe in an automobile. The
incident occurred near Tyler's Fill
ing Station when they parked the
ear and stepped out to "settle the
matter" and Silvers was shot. The
bullet was said to have passed
through both his legs. He received
treatment at the Marion General
hospital and was later transferred to
Oteen.
The same evening Claude Poteat
was arrested on charges of assault
with a deadly weapon after Ed Har
vey had suffered cuts on his arm.
The incident occurred on South Main
street. Poteat was released under
bond of $750 and will be given a
hearing in county court here next
Tuesday.
Farm Meetings
Scheduled
For Next Week
McDowell county farmers are urg
ed to attend one of a series of meet
ings to be held next week when a
representative of the AAA and the
county agents will be present to dis
cuss cm-rent farm problems.
In making this announmecent S.
L. Homewood, county farm agent,
said, special instruction will be giv
en in balancing farm operations to
meet maximum goals and utilizing
improved methods in farming oper
ations.
Other subjects to be outlined are:
j the proper use of lime and phos
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WINNERS OF EAST MARION
YARD CONTEST ANNOUNCED
The fifth annual East Marion Yard
Contest, sponsored by the Junior
Woman's club of that community,
closed May 31 and winners were an
nounced by Mrs. James McCall,
Tiome economics teacher, as follows:
In the overseers contest, M^rs. J.
B. Laughlin, winner of first place,
and Mrs. James Wyatt, second, were
awarded lawn furniture and shrubb
ery.
The first grand prize won by Mrs.
Lewis Fender, was the remodeling
of her home. Mrs. Carl Moody won
second grand prize, Mrs. Kermit
Fender, third, and Mil's. J. C. Daniels,
fourth. Awards for the last three
were lawn furniture and shrubbery.
The following persons are asked
to call at the Carroll Baldwin hall
for their prizes:
Mrs. Ralph Smith, Mrs. C. C.
Cross, Mrs. Lloyd Broome, Mrs.
Floyd Bruner, Mrs. Luther Honey
cutt, Mrs. Walter Phillips, Mrs. Gar
nie Duncan, Mrs. Clarence Hopkins,
Mrs. J. E. Buchanan, Mrs. Orin
Greene, Mrs. Willard Toney, Mrs.
Von Moody, Mrs. Carol Hall and
Mrs. T. W. Goforth.
Judges for the contest this year
were: Mrs. John Poteat, Mi's. Tate
McCurry and Mrs. David Gray.
Mrs. McCall, who has directed the
contest since it was started, said the
yards were better this year than
they had ever been. '
Prizes were contributed by the
Marion Manufacturing company.
Finals Slated
At Old Fort
Friday Night
Old Fort. — Graduating exercises,
which will conclude the commence
ment program for Old Fort school,
will be held on Friday evening at the
school auditorium at 8 o'clock.
P. L. Elliott, president of Gard
ner-Webb junior college, will deliver
the address.
Diplomas will be presente-l to 22
seniors by N. F. Steppe, McDowell
superintendent of schools. Music
will be furnished by Patsy Swann
Burgin, soloist, with Mrs. Lena
Knupp, accompanist.
Superintendent Harry Swofford
will make special awards. Iris Marie
Young will give the valedictory ad
dress. The salutatory will be given
by Melba Hicks.
Postal Receipts
Show Increase
Receipts of the Marion Post Office
were $325.83 more during the past
month than in May, 1947, Postmas
ter John Finley said. Records show
ed the total last month was $3,332.
19 and in May, 1947 the total was
$3,006.36.
May bond sales were $5,775 and
postal savings increased $330.
NEBO HONOR STUDENTS
Miss Wilda M \e Jenkins, left daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jenk
ins of Nebo, is valedictorian of the graduating class at Nebo this year.
Miss Leo Jarrett, right, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Garrett is
salutatorian.
Wilda Mae has been a member of the Student Council for the past
two years. She plans to attend Blanton's Business college. Leo is ac
tive in sports at the Nebo school. She has also been a member of
the Student Council for the past two years and plans to enter Berea
college next fall.
BOY SCOUT FIELD DAY
OBSERVED AT EAST MARION
McDowell County Boy Scouts ob
served annual Field Day at East
Marion last Saturday with the fol
lowing troops participating: Pleas
ant Gardens, number one; East Mar
ion, number two; Clinchfield, number
three; Cross Mill, number four; West
Marion, number five; Marion, number
six; Glenwood, number one; North
Cove, number one.
Seventy-five Boy Scouts participat
ed in the events of the day. The
highest individual score was won by
Bobbie Harris, troop five, with 19
points.
Other individual awards were as
follows:
Distance diving: Donald Wright.
Glenwood, first place; Bobbie Harris,
troop 5, second; Bill Wilson, troop 6,
third.
Distance swimming under water:
Donald Wright, troop 1, Glenwood,
first; Ray Green, troop 1, North
Cove, second; Guy Smith, troop 2,
Marion, and Max Parker, troop 1,
Glenwood, tied for third.
Speed in dressing and undressing
under water:- Bill Wilson, troop 6,
Marion, first; Max Parker, troop 1,
Glenwood, second; Bobbie Harris,
troop 5, Marion, third.
Twenty-yard breast stroke: Boys
under 100 pound weight: Gerald
Murray, troop 4, Marion, first; De
wit Mace, troop 2, Marion, second;
Dean Wright, troop 1, North Cove,
third.
Twenty-yard breast stroke, boys
100 to 200 pounds: Jack Green,
troop 1, North Cove, first; Eugene
Hawkins, troop 5. Marion, second:
Marx Rhynehardt, troop 4, Marion,
third.
Twenty-yard breast stroke, 120 to
140 pounds: Bobbie Harris, troop 5,
Marion, first; John Shephard, troop
Maiion, second.
Twenty-yard breast stroke, over
140 pounds: Guy Smith, troop 2,
Marion; Ray Green, troop 1, North
Cove; Donald Wright, troop 1, Glen
wood.
Twenty-yard back stroke, under
100 pounds: Dean Wright, troop 1,
North Cove, first; Jack MaVlow,
troop 1, Glenwood, second; Gerald
Murray, troop 4, Marion, third.
Twenty-yard back stroke, 100 to
120 pounds: Eugene Hawkins, troop
5, Marion, first; Lawrence Rhvne
hardt, troop 4, Marion, second; Jack
Green, troop 1, North Cove, third.
Twenty-yard back stroke, 120 to
140 pounds: Bobbie Harris, troop 5,
first; John Shephard, troop 2, sec
ond.
Twenty-yard back stroke, over 140
pounds: Ray Greene, troop 1, North
Cove, first; Guy Smith, troop 2, Mar
ion, second; Donald Wright, troop 1,
Glenwood, third.
The various troops placed as fol
lows: Troop 1, North Cove, 54
points; troop 5, Marion, 43; troop 4,
Cross Mill, 38; troop 2, East Marion
36%; troop 1, Glenwood, 30%; troop
6, Marion, 8%; troop 3, Clinchfield,
6.
Trophies will be awarded at the
Boy Scout Court of Honor Friday
night to troop one, North Cove, and
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Baptist Bible School
Opened Here Monday
Vacation Bible School opened at
the First Baptist church Monday and
will continue through Friday of next
week with classes every morning
from 8:00 until 11:00 o'clock. There
were 102 pupils present on opening
day.
Rev. M. O. Owens, pastor, is
principal of the school. Haywood
Earl (Bob) Waldrop is pianist and
directs period of music in the junior
and intermediate groups.
Miss Zenna Halsey is superintend
ent of the beginners' department;
Mrs. Frank Smith and, Mrs. L. B.
Hairr, superintendents primary de
partment; Miss Grace Mitchem, jun
ior repartment; Mrs. M. O. Owens,
intermediate department; Mrs. S. W.
Wall and J. C. Whetstine, nursery
group.
Refreshments are served every
morning at ten o'clock. 3N§rs. W. G.
Wiatt is in charge of the social
period.
Memorial Day
To Be Observed
At Glenwood
The Annual Memorial Day will be
observed by both the Methodist and
Baptist churches of Glenwood, Sun
day, June 13.
The program will begin at the
cemetery at 10:30 a. m., and will
be presented under the direction of
the Glenwood chapter of the Wood
men of the World. The Rev. George
Needham will speak.
Morning worship will begin at
11:15 a. m. at the New Methodist
church. The Rev. Frank Early will
speak.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds at 12:30 p. m. The business
meeting will be conducted by Cecil
Rayburn, association president, at
1:30 p. m. A program of singing
will follow consisting of quartets
and trios from in and around Mar
ion. All are invited to attend.
Music Director
For First Baptist
Church Begins Work
Haywood Earl (Bob) Waldrop,
who is majoring in music at Furman
University, arrived here Wednesday
to accept a position as director of
music of the First Baptist church
during the summer months. He will
also assist in the recreational pro
gram of the young people and direct
the adult -choir.
Waldrop's home is in Lincolnton
and he will be a senior at Furman
next fall.
Marion City Schools System
To Have 5 Additional Teachers
VFW Auxiliary
Installs Officers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary to Post 2865 installed the
following officers at a meeting at the
city hall May 25:
Elective officers: Mrs. Frances K.
Crawley, president; Mrs. Ben Chap
man, senior vice president; Miss
Betty J. Robb, treasurer; Mrs. Al
bert Grayson, chaplain; Mrs. William
Gladden, conductress; Mrs. C. W.
Wingo, guard; Mrs. Bryant Hoyle,
three-year trustee; Miss Ruth Hall,
two-year trustee, and Mrs. Julian
Wages, one-year trustee.
Appointive officers were: Mrs.
Clinton B. Landis, secretary; Mrs.
Edison Houck, patriotic instructor;
Mrs. Frances K. Crawley, historian;
Mrs. Jack Houck, first color bearer;
Mrs. Alvin Finley, second color bear
er; Mrs. Wilburn Queen, third color
bearer; Mrs. Bryant Hoyle, fourth
color bearer; M]rs. Julian Wages,
flag bearer, and Mrs. Haynes Odom,
Banner bearer.
Mrs. William Gladden, retiring
president, was presented a gift as
a token of appreciation for her
year's work.
Officers were installed by Mrs. Al
bert Grayson.
Legion Officers
Are Elected
Tuesday Night
Officers of McDowell Post No. 56
of the American Legion were elect
ed Tuesday night as follows:
Watson Wilson, commander; E. F.
Haire, first vice commander; Ed
ward Rowe, second vice commander;
Ray Brown, third vice commander;
Forney Briscoe, adjutant; Glenn
Earley, assistant adjutant; Sam
Proctor, finance officer; John S. Wil
son, service officer; S. R. Perkins,
assistant service officer; Horace
Norton, guardianship officer; Arnold
Morgan, sergeant - at - arms; Rev.
I George Needham, chaplain and Rev.
J. B. McLarty, assistant chaplain:
Frank Sentell, historian; W. E.
Carter, athletic officer; Dr. J. F.
Miller, child welfare officer; Horace
Wilkerson, Americanism officer; Fred
Willis, national defense officer; Lee
Erwin. graves registration officer;
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Practically All Teachers
In City System Reelected;
Three More Teachers Named
All teachers in the Marion City
Schools system have been re-elected
with the exception of two in the
negro schools, and five additional
teachers will be added to the city
schools next fall, H. F. Beam, super
intendent of city schools, announced
this week.
It was explained that the addition
al teachers were provided because
of a high percentage in attendance
and to reduce the teacher load.
There will be one more teacher in
the high school and four in the ele
mentary grades.
Three teachers have already been
elected. They are Miss Eva Keeter,
Miss Mary Thornburg and Mrs. Pat
tie Leake Hewitt.
Miss Keeter has had several years
experience as a grammar grade
teacher at Greenville, N. C. and as
grammar grade supervisor. She has
also served as critic teacher at East
ern Carolina Teachers college.
Miss Thornburg, a resident of
Dallas, N. C., came to Marion from
Washington, D. C., where she has
been employed.
Mrs. Hewitt has resided in Marion
for a number of years.
Other teachers re-elected for the
coming year are announced as fol
lows !
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
Rowell Lane, A. K. Ditt, Bernard
Hirsch, Miss Fiances Harrill, Miss
Mildred E. Glenn, E. L. Carter, Mrs,
Flora S. Homewood, Mrs. Emily E.
Morris, Mrs. Esther C. Justus, Matt
McBrayer, Mrs. Marie F. McBrayer,
Mrs. Kate Z. Finley, Mrs. Edith L„
Davis. " !
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
Mrs. Mary C. Finley, Miss Helen'
Plant, Mrs. Leola Bame Wright, Mlrs.
Ethel C. Giles, Miss Edna Wheeler,
Mrs. Edelweiss Dark, Miss Ruth Mc
Farland, Mrs. Mildred R. Grant, Mrs.
Effie C. Morris, Miss Barbara Wag
ner, Mrs. Mabel G. Hemphill, Miss
Mary L. Jonas, Miss Ruth Greenlee,
Mrs. Zilpha Jarrett, Mrs. Blanche
Holland, Miss Elizabeth Wylie, Mrs.
Lucille Gibbs, Miss Janie Tucker,
Miss Wilma Snoddy, Miss Hazel
Browne, Miss Annie Spratt, Mrs. -
Mary Parks Brown, Mrs. Bonnie E.
Young, Mrs. Mae Ross Alley, Miss
Elizabeth Gillespie, Mrs. Louise R.
McCall.
Miss Mamie Stacy, Miss Elsie Sta
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WINNERS OF CLINCHFIELD
YARD CONTEST ANNOUNCED
0
McCall Purchases
Parker's Interest
In McPar Mill
Announcement has been made of
the purchase, by Clifton R. McCall,
of the interest of E. W. Parker, Sr.,
in the McPar Hosiery Mill of this
city. The mill, maker of men's half
hose, was established in 1928, and
employs approximately 75 people.
C. R. McCall, who is also owner
of McCall Funeral Home, will con
tinue as president, with Mrs. McCall
as vice-president and Harry McCall
as secretary-treasurer and general
manager. Harry McCall has been
associated with his father in the
funeral business.
James Lackey Injured
In Recent Fall
James < Jimmy) Lackey, son of
Mrs. Z. L. Lackey and the late Mr.
Lackey of Old Fort, dislocated both
his ankles and sprained his wrist
when he fell from the roof of the
Old Fort school gymnasium Thurs
day, May 27.
He climbed to the roof to recover
a baseball and fell approximately
40 feet to a coal pile below. After
receiving treatment at the Marion
General hospital he returned to his
home and is reported improving.
The tenth annual yard contest
sponsored by the Clinchfield Junior
Woman's club for homes in the
Clinchfield village, closed May 31.
Mrs. James McCall, member of the
club and home economics teacher,
announced prize winners this week.
All prizes were cash awards donated
by the Clinchfield Manufacturing
company.
Mrs. R. 0. Wylie won first place
in the overseers contest and Mrs.
V. E. Price, second.
Grand prizes were announced as
follows: Mrs. J. E. Nesbitt, first;
Mrs. Ralph Styles, second; Mrs. B.
C. Wages, third; Mrs. E. U. Reel,
fourth, and Mrs. A. A. Mason, fifth.
Others were: Mrs. L. C. Pace, Mrs.
C. D. Jones, Mrs. Zora Rowland, Mrs.
P. V. Nichols, Mrs. Nathan Hicks,
Mrs. Charlie Duncan, Mrs. B. C.
Stevens, Mrs. J. W. Reese, Mrs. Ruth.
Mace, Mrs. M. L. Wilson, Mrs. Mar
ion Hicks, Mrs. 0. C. Norman, Mrs.
Zene Davis, Mrs. Troy Davidson,
Mrs. Paul Finley, Mrs. Clyde Arring
ton, Mrs. Arthur Deaton and Mrs.
Broadus Taylor.
Judges for the contest were Miss
Elizabeth Wylie, Miss Hazel Browa
and Mrs. W. R. Alley.
COURT OF HONOR
The McDowell County Boy Scout
Court of Honor will be held at 7:30
o'clock, Friday night, June 11, at
the First Methodist church, it is an
nounced.