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, AUGUST 26, 1948 VOL. 53—No. 6
Election On Wine And Beer
To Be Held August 31st
INJUNCTION IS DENIED
BY JUDGE DAN MOORE
An injunction seeking to restrain
the board of elections of McDowell
county from holding an election on
the question of the sale of beer and
wine in McDowell county on August
31 was denied by Judge Dan K.
Moore at Columbus, Polk county,
last Monday.
The suit was brought by L. J.
Penland, Bruce Cowan and Forest
Painter, members of the McDowell
County Committee for legal Con
trol of beer. The complaint alledg
ed that the petition filed with the
board of elections calling for the
referendum did not meet require
ments of the law for authorizing the
election.
In a beer and wine election the
law requires that petitions be sign
ed by 15 per cent of the registered
voters who voted for governor in
the last general election.
The petition calling for the elec
tion was signed by over 1750 per
sons, it was stated, and that after
checking the signatures the board
of elections ruled that 1200 were
qualified voters.
Judge Moore, after denying the
injunction, ordered that the case be
placed on the civil docket of the
regular term of superior court in
McDowell county to be tried by a
jury, if desired by either party.
R. W. Proctor and E. P. Dameron
represented the defendants and dry
forces of the county, and John
Cheesborough, of Asheville, repre
sented the plaintiffs.
The voters of McDowell county
will go to the polls next Tuesday,
August 31, to ballot on the issue of ^
legal sale of beer and wine in this .
county.
The ballots, it is understood, will
offer the voters the opportunity to
express himself on two propositions.
He may vote "for the legal sale of
wine" or "against the legal sale of
wine"; and "for the legal sale of
beer" or "against the legal sale of
beer."
Beer is now sold legally in this
.county.
If the majority of the votes cast
are against the legal sale of beer
and (or) wine, legal sales of those
beverages will be outlawed 60 days
from the date of the election. But
if the majority favors legal sales,
the situation would continue as at
present.
The polls at the 17 voting places
in this county will be open from
6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
Parker Funeral
To Be Held Sunday
Remains of Pvt. Roy L. Parker,
•who was killed in Italy May 31,
1944, arrived in Marion yesterday
and will remain at McCall's Funeral
Home until Saturday afternoon and
will then be taken to the residence
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
W. Parker, near Old Fort. Funeral
services will be conducted at Beth
lehem Baptist church Sunday after
noon at two o'clock and burial will
be in the church cemetery.
Other than his parents, he is sur
vived by seven brothers and one sis
ter: Earl, Marvin and Norris Parker,
at home; Alvin B. and Winslow
Parker of Asheville; Paul Parker of
Pasadena, Calif.; Cecil Parker and
Mrs. Joseph Jones of Old Fort.
Military services will be conduct
ed at the grave by Mt. Mitchell Post
VFW and McDowell Post American
Legion of Marion and the Arrow
Head Post American Legion of Old
Fort.
Wes Ferrell Night
To Be Observed
"Wes Ferrell Night" will be ob
served here August 27 when the
Marion Marauders meet the Ruther
ford County Owls of Forest City in
the local ball park.
Wes Ferrell, manager of the Mar
ion Marauders and a former Cleve
land and Yankee baseball great, will
be on the mound for the local club
on this occasion.
Steppe Addresses
Marion Kiwanians
On School Finance
N. F. Steppe, superintendent of
the McDowell County Schools and
a former member of the Kiwanis
club, was the guest speaker of the
Kiwanis club at its regular meeting
held Tuesday evening in the com
munity building.
Vernon Eckerd, president, presid
ed and Dr. B. A. Dickson was pro
gram chairman. Dr. Dickson pre
sented the speaker to the club.
Steppe discussed "Financing our
Schools." During the course of his
address, the speaker gave statistics
showing the amount of money spent
by the State of North Carolina on
its public schools in comparison with
the amount of money raised from
local sources by the respective coun
ties of the state. It was pointed out
that the state does not finance and
operate the schools in toto hut that
supplementary funds are raised in
order to provide educational oppor
tunities for the youth of the state.
The state provides funds for the
current expense of the public
schools in part, and provides no
funds for the capital outlay expendi
:ures.
At the conclusion of his address,
;he speaker invited questions on the
;opic.
E. P. Dameron was a guest at the
rieeting.
J. L. Gourley, chairman of the
Jublic Relations Committee, called ,
lis committee into a brief meeting
mmediately after the adjournment
>f the club.
GLENWOOD MAN
FATALLY HURT
Claude A. Morris, 59, section
foreman for the C. C. and O. rail
way at Spartanburg, S. C., died Fri
day evening as the result of injuries
sustained when he fell from a car
which he was unloading early Fri
day morning.
Funeral services were conducted
at Glenwood Methodist church at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon by the
Rev. George Needham, assisted by
the Rev. P. L. Smith and burial was
in the family plot in Glenwood cem
etery.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth England Morris; one
daughter and two sons: Mrs. Lewis
Williams and Robert Morris of Mar
ion and Jack Morris of Spartan
burg; three brothers and four sis
ters: Walter Morris of Morganton,
Fred L., Paul, and Miss Cora Morris,
and Mrs. A. R. Byrd, all of Glen
wood, Mrs. L. H. Shell of Forest
City and Mrs. Tom Gowan of Mar
ion, Route 4.
Mr. Morris was born and reared
in the Glenwood community and be
gan working for the C. C. and 0.
railroad when a young man. He was
section foreman at Glenwood for a
number of years, being transferred
to Spartanburg four years ago.
City School Board
Has Meeting Tuesday
The- Marion City School Board re
elected Eugene Cross chairman and
R. W. Proctor, vice chairman, for
terms of one year each at a meeting
held in the office of Superintendent
H. F. Beam Tuesday evening.
The resignations of Mrs. Lucille
Gibbs and Miss M^mie Goforth were
accepted and Mirs. Glenn Morris was
named to a teaching position.
AAA OFFICE MOVED
The AAA office has been moved
to the third floor of the court house
in the offices formerly occupied by
the N. C. Employment Service. The
McDowell County Draft Board office
will be located in the office vacated
by AAA.
McDowell County
Schools To Open
Monday, Aug. 30
McDowell County Schools will
open Monday, August 30, according
to announcement by N. F. Steppe,
county superintendent.
Teachers have been elected as
follows:
Pleasant Gardens: R. L. Wiggins,
principal; Mrs. Pauline D. Wiggins,
Mrs. Alma C. McGimsey, Mrs. I. E.
Burnette, Lawerence Atchley, I. E.
Burnette, Miss Lula Hicks, Miss Es
sie Hemphill, Mrs. Dimples F. Sim
mons, Mrs. Georgia Corpening, Mrs.
Mable Haire, Miss Geneva Link,
Mrs. Jennie Gill, Miss Louvenia
Presnell, Mrs. Lula D. Sandlin, Rob
ert T. Clark, Miss Elsie House, Miss
Grace Baldwin, Mrs. Grace Steppe
and Miss Margaret Honeycutt.
Old Fort: Harry Swofford, princi
pal; A. K. Moore, Miss Mabel Cope
land, Mrs. Truby L. Painter, Mrs.
Katherine Lowndes, Mrs. Maude
Searcy, Joe Bass, W. J. Kay, Mrs.
Eula P. Bowman, Miss Ola Wall,
Miss Mary Burgin, Miss Dorothy
Odom, Miss Amy Calhoun, Miss Jen
nie Henderson, Mrs. Elizabeth Lind
ley, Mrs. Wilma Enloe, Mrs. Mar
garet Harris, Mrs. Emily Bradley,
Mrs. Foydell Hensley, Mrs. Gladys
Kanipe, Mrs. Lola Lonon, Mrs. Lula
Knupp, Miss Eleanore Mae Holland,
Miss S. Elizabeth Roberts, Miss Del
ma Patti and Miss Thurlene Murray'
North Cove: E. D. Wilson, princi
pal; J. M. Tyler, Mrs. Nora B. Hen
^essee, Mrs. Faye D. Proctor, Mrs.
Lela McCall, Miss Frances Hicks,
Mrs. Lucille S. Lettelier, Mrs. Mary
P. Brown, Mrs. Evelyn McL. Wil
son and Miss Ellen J. Crawford.
Nebo: Richard A. Shaw, principal;
Mrs. Mary Alice Neal, James Pur
•ell, J. C. Raburn, Jr., Mrs. Herman
(Vilson, Thomas W. Stacy, Mrs. A!
ria Bradley, Mrs. Louise Burnette,
klirs. Maude Branton, Mrs. Bertha
Jemphill, Miss Addie Lavender, Mrs.
Dassie P. Ledbetter, Miss Delia Tip
ton and Mrs. Lula B. Craig.
Glenwood: W. P. Whitesides,
principal; Mrs. Marie B. Anderson,
Mrs. Mable T. Bradsher, Mrs. Laura
W Gentry, Miss Wilma Byrd, B. C.
Nave. Jr., Mrs. Edna Hemphill, Mrs.
Virginia Pyatt, Mrs. J. M. Car
son, Mrs. Mary A. Cothran, Mrs.
Stella T. Marlowe, Mrs. Clara E.
Ray burn, Mrs. Lois E. Shaw, Mrs.
Dessie Lawing, William Elmore,
Mrs. Eunice Elmore, Miss Charlene
Hemphill and Mrs. Charlene B.
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CITY SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS
HOLD MEETING
Hugh Beam, superintendent of
the Marion City Schools, held a
meeting this morning with the prin
cipals of the various schools in the
Marion City Administrative Unit
preparatory to the opening of the
1948-49 school term which is sched
uled to begin September 9. Prainci
pals present for the meeting were
Miss Ruth Greenlee, principal of
Clinchfield Elementary School; Miss
Mamie Stacy, principal of East Mar
ion Elementary School; Mrs. Gar
land Williams, principal of Eugene
Cross Elementary School; and Matt
McBrayer, principal of West Marion
Elementary School. The principal
ship of Marion High School is still
vacant; however, several applica
tions are on hand and are being
considered by the Trustees of the
Marion City Administrative Unit.
It is believed that the vacancy will
be filled within the next several
days.
Plans for the year were discussed
at the meeting. Assignment of
teachers was made and textbooks
were distributed to the various
schools. Instructional supplies for
the children of the Marion City
Schools were made available for the
opening date of school.
According: to a statement made
by Beam, the principals are now on
active duty at their schools. Office
hours from this date until the open
ing of school will be from 8:30 a. m.
in the morning until 12:00 noon,
and parents and children are invited
to confer with principals during
these hours if an occasion should
arise. During the two weeks prior
to the opening of the regular school
term, the principals are making
their teacher and pupil assignments
and working out daily schedules
which will be followed during the
year.
New Style Shop
Will Open Soon
The building now under construc
tion on South Main street adjacent
to the McDowell Cleaners will be
occupied as The Style Shoppe, ac
cording to announcement this week
by Mrs. W. H. Norris, owner.
Mrs. Norris said she plans to open
the new shoppe about September 15,
but will also continue operating the
Norris Clothing Store on West Court
street.
Simple Draft Registration
Form Unveiled By Officials
Washington, Aug. 21.—The post
card-size draft registration form
was unveiled today by selective
service officials.
The four-by-six inch cards will
be used to register an estimated
nine and a half million men 18
through 25 between August 30 and
September 18.
They are so simple that officials
predict registrants can fill out the
16 questions in a matter of minutes.
At the same time draft headquar
ters made public the new forms, it
issued detailed instructions to draft
".oards on how to handle the crowds
and avoid bottlenecks.
Instructions carried suggested
floor plans for local boards to fol
low. These call for separate han
dling of two groups—one, all vet
erans and 18-year-olds (not subject
to the draft), and two, non-veterans
19 through 25.
Registration booths (to be an-1
nounced locally) will remain open
daily from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., draft
officials said here.
The registration cards do not re
quire fingerprints, nor do they ask
whether a man is a Commiinist.
These are the questions, in case
you want to study up in advance:
1—Name. 2—Place of residence.
3—Mailing address. 4—Name and
address of person who will always
know your address. 5—Date of
birth. 6—Place of birth (city, state,
country) and address of person who
will always know your address. 7—
Occupation.
8—Firm or individual by whom
employed. 9—Nature of business,
service rendered, or chief product.
10-—Place of employment or busi
ness. 11—Local board with which
registered under selective training
and service act <#f 1940. 12—Were
you ever rejected for service in the
armed forces? (Yes? No? When?)
13—Marital status (single? marri
ed? living with wife? divorced? sep
arated? widower? father?)
14—Active duty in the armed
forces of the United States or a co
belligerent nation since September
16, 1940 (under this, if you qualify,
you will fill in the branch of service,
your service or serial number, date
of entry, name of last organization,
date of separation.)
15—Present membership in a re
serve component of the armed
forces (and you list the branch of
service, or serial number, date of
entry, grade and organization.)
16—Color of eyes, color of hair,
complexion, height, weight, race,
other obvious physical characteris
tics that will aid in identification.
Then you sign it, and the regis
trar for your local board will sign
it and put in the date, county, city
and state.
After registering, draft-age men
will wait for classification forms
which should be received within a
week or two. These are much more1
detailed, and must be returned with
in 10 days.
A man's classification is deter
mined by local boards from these
second forma.
Selective Service Registration
To Begin Here Monday, Aug. 30
OFFICE TO BE LOCATED
IN COURT HOUSE ROOMS
Marauders Defeat
Morganton 11 To 6
In Game Friday
Manager Wes Ferrell's two hom
ers wh'ch drove in three runs aided
in the Marion Marauders 11-6
triumph over the Morganton Aggies
at Morganton Friday in what was
intended as the first game of a twin
bill. Both of which were scheduled
Western Carolina league clashes.
The second game was rained out.
M. Ferguson led the Marionites
at bat with three hits in four trips
to the plate, while for the Aggies,
Boger McGimsey also led the at
tack with three for four.
Ferrell's first home run came in
the first stanza with two on, while
his second was hit in the seventh
with none on. Gold also hit a homer
for the Marionites, his being hit
in the seventh with one aboard. M.
Ferguson's circuit drive was hit in
the ninth with the bases empty.
DR. JAMES DAY, JR.
TO BE SPEAKER
AT FIRST BAPTIST
Dr. James S. Day, Jr., pastor of
the Southside Baptist church, Lake
land, Florida, an authority on the
Holly Land, will fill the pulpit at the
First Baptist church here in Marion
on Sunday, August 29. He will bring
a message on "Palestine."
On Sunday evening, August 29,
at 8:00, Dr. Day will show colored
moving pictures of the Holy Land
also in the First Baptist church. Dr.
Day will lecture in colorful Arabic
costume on the subject "The Jew—
The Arab—And Palestine" before
showing his moving pictmes, which
he took personally on a trip to Pales
tine this past summer.
Dr. Day was one of a limited num
ber permitted to enter Palestine this
summer by the British Government
because of war-like conditions in
that country. He attended the ses
sions of the United Nations Special
Committee on Palestine in Jerusa
lem and had conferences with many
Jews and Arabs. His colored 16mm.
moving pictures are among the first
even taken in Palestine. He had to
secure special permission from the
High Mufti of Jerusalem in order
to take pictures inside the old tem
ple area, now occupied by the Mos
que of the Rock.
Baptist WMS
Elects Officers
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist chuich met at the
church Thursday evening and elect
ed the following officers for the com
ing year beginning October 1:
Mrs. 0. W. Greene, president;
Mrs. D. L. Wood, vice president;
Mrs. C. C. Cross, young peoples' di
rector; Mrs. A. J. Gentry, secretary
and treasurer; Mrs. J. G. Price and
Mrs. Mary Elliott, program commit
tee; Mrs. J. C. Daniel and Mrs. D.
A. Grayson, circle chairmen; Miss
Sallie Lou Burgin, mission study
chairman; Mrs. Ethel Parker, ste
wardship chairman.
Counselors elected for the young
peoples' organizations were: Mrs. B.
F. Bray, J. E. Peppers, J. C. Daniel,
Mrs. C. C. Cross, Mrs. 0. D. Turner,
Mrs. Carrol Hall, Mrs. Willard
Toney, Mrs. D. A. Grayson, Mrs. J.
G. Price, Mrs. J. E. Peppers, Mrs.
Fred Brooks and Mrs. Kermit Fen
der.
Mrs. C. C. Cross was in charge of
the program. Those taking part on
the program were: Mrs. J. G. Price,
Mrs. D. L. Wood and Mrs. Willard
Toney.
A short business session followed
the program with Mrs. 0. W. Greene,
president, presiding.
i
The McDowell County Draft
Board office will be located in the
court house in the same offices it
originally occupied, S. W. Blanton,
chairman, said yesterday.
Mrs. Wayne Suttle, former clerk,
has been recommended as clerk
when the office is reopened. W. C.
Chambers will sei-ve as secretary
and Joseph L. Noyes is the third
board member.
Registration will begin Monday,
August 30.
The draft hoard office in the court
house will be the only place in this
county where registration will be
held. During the registration dates
the office hours will be 8 a. m. till
5 p. m.
Dates for registration were fixed
as follows:
1. Persons born in the year 1922
after August 30, 1922, shall be regis
tered on Monday, August 30.
2. Persons born in the year 1923
shall be registered on Thursday, Sep
tember 2, or Friday, September 3.
3. Persons born in the year 1924
shall be registered on Thursday Sep
tember 2, or Friday September 3.
4. Persons born in the year 1925
shall be registered on Saturday, Sep
tember 4, or Tuesday, September 7.
5. Persons born in the year 1926
shall be registered on Wednesday,
September 8, or Thursday, Septem
ber 9.
6. Persons born in the year 192'7
shall be registered on Friday, Sep
tember 10, or Saturday, September
11.
7. Persons born in the year 1928
I shall be registered on Monday, Sep
tember 13, or Tuesday, September
14.
8. Persons born in the year 1929
shall be registered on Wednesday,
September 15, or Thursday, Septem
ber 16.
9. Persons born in the year 1930
before September 19, 1930, shall be
registered on Friday, September 17,
or Saturday, September 18.
10. Persons who were born on or
after September 19, 1930, shall be
registered on the day they become
18 or within five days thereafter.
Only those youths in the 18
through-25 age group who are at
present in the armed forces, or who
are members of a reserve component
on extended active duty, are exempt
from registration.
The governor said information and
instructions relative to the registra
tion will be issued during the two
weeks remaining before the start of
registration from General Metts' of
fice.
Persons who are not at their homes
at the time they are scheduled for
registration should register with the
nearest draft board, the proclama
tion said. Their papers will then be
returned to their home draft boards.
State Selective Service Headquar
ters announced today that, from in
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Baptist Officers
To Be Elected
In September
Officers of the First Baptist
church will be elected in September
and the following nominating com
mittee has been named to select
candidates:
L. B. Hairr, chairman; Mrs. M. W,
Gordon, Jr., Miss Grace Mitchem, J.
F. Parker, W. C. Burgin, Frank
Smith and S. W. Wail.
The list of candidates will be an
nounced and voted on at a business
meeting of the church in September
and the new officers will assume
their duties the first Sunday in
October.
The following budget committee
has also been named: C. A. Work
man, chairman; T. H. Henderson,
M. D. Ledbetter, I, A. McLain and
R. C. Spratt.