THE MARION PROGRESS
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< A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1*96 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 14. 1S49
VOLUME 53—No. 39
BROADCASTS
TO BEGIN HERE
NEXT MONTH
Marion's Radio Station WBRM
will begin broadcasts about May 10
with a power of 1,000 watts 12o0 K.
C. if present plans materialize, it was
announced this week.
All equipment has arrived and
construction is being rushed ahead
by Chief Engineer John Randolph
and Assistant Engineer J. R. Hor
ton. Randolph was formerly Chief
Engineer at WNCA, Asheville,
where Horton assisted also.
The Ace-Hi Tower construction
company of Rome, Ga. headed by
H. E. Tant, expect to have the 210
foot steel tower completely erected
by the end of this week.
The Transmitter building and
tower is situated on the Roy Curtis
farm on the Old Asheville highway
near US highways 64 and 70 on the i
east end of town.
The Studios are located in the Xo
non Building on West Court street
next to the Marion Theatre.
The staff has not been completed
as yet but is expected to be by May
I.
Will P. Erwin is Generail Manager,
J. R. Horton, Assistant Engineer; J.
C. Pleasant, Announcer-Salesman;
•Sydney Carrigan, Sports Announcer;
Mrs. Jack Reynolds, Bookkeeper.
The other announcers needed are
being screened now.
EASTER SEALS SALE
DEADLINE
The Easter Seal Sale committee
of the Marion Junior "Woman's club
counted $410.46 received from the
sale as of Tuesday of this week, ac
cording to figures released by Mrs.
Morgan Baldwin, publicity chairman.
The quota this year is $770.
The total included $40.21 realized
from the sale of Lily Day tags on the
streets last Saturday.
The campaign this year is headed
by Mrs. Joseph Pyatt, Jr., chairman, |
under sponsorship of the Marion
Junior Woman's club. Mrs. Pyatt ex-1
teneded an urgent appeal to every-j
one who has received envelopes of
seals to please make a prompt re- j
sponse.
Those wishing to contribute should
mail contributions immediately to
enable the committee to make final
report as soon as possible. Easter
Sunday is the date officially set by
National Headquarters as the clos
ing d^te of the campaign.
MARION CIVITAN CLUB
OBSERVES CHARTER NIGHT
MARION PTA
WILL SPONSOR
FASHION REVIEW
The Marion Parent-Teacher asso
ciation will sponsor a "Womanless
Fashion Review" at eight o'clock,
Friday night, April 22, in the Mar
ion High School auditorium.
C. C. Elledge will be Master of
Ceremonies. Others taking part are:
Dan Hitchcock, Albert Hewitt, Jack
Hewitt, Earl Sebastian, W. W. Wall,
Hubert Martin, Will Erwin, John
Finley, Oliver Cross, Joe Tyler,
Clyde Cannon, Ed Logan. ,
Colen Wright, Carl McCall, Mel
vin Burns, Matt McBrayer, Pat Da
vis, Glenn Early, Wayne Suttle,
Johnny Sullivan, R. C. Spratt, Jim
my Laughridee, Alec Smith, Harry
Tyler, Sam Yancay, David Gray,
Marshall Dark, Rev. M. O. Owens
and L. D. Adkins.
The State's strawberry acreage
this yenr is about 4 per cent greater
than in 1948.
The Marion Civitan club observed
Charter Night with a program at
the community building last Friday
evening.
James C. Richardson, of Atlanta,
Ga., president of Civitan Interna
tional, outlined the history of the
organization since it was formed in
Birmingham, Alabama following
World War I.
Club officers are: Albert M. Neal,
president; J. W. Streetman, Jr., and
Everett C. Carnes, vice presidents;
Frank F. Sentelle, secretary; W. G.
Grant Jr., treasurer; and the Rev.
J. B. McLarty, chaplain.
Members of the board of direc
tors include W. I. Haithcock, J.
Warren Franklin, Dr. William Hag
na, George E. Knisely and the Rev.
Charles C. Cross.
Other charter members are Jack
D. Cobb, E. Spencer Collins, Robert
W. Clark, Homer Hagna, Jack L.
Laughridge, C. Harry McCall, Ar
chie N. Mcintosh, Sam, Nanney,
William B. Noyes, William H. Nuc
kolls, Jack L. Reynolds, Ray N. Sim
mons, Dewey W. Smith, Norman
F. Steppe, Eugene A. Tennant, Earl
Turner and John B. Walker, Jr.
Tom Rowland Jr., of Asheville was
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REMODELED
THE MARION MANUFACTURING COMPANY OFFICE has been re
modeled, the company store abolished and the interior completely reno
vated and rearranged. The building contains eight offices and will later
also include a mill end store and post office. Mill production is almost en
tirely devoted to the manufacture of rayon materials. (Photo by Eckenrod).|
Methodists
Observe Holy Week
With Services
The First Methodist church is ob
serving Holy Week with services
each evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Special emphasis is being laid on
the Maunday-Thursday Communion
Service.
BAPTIST CHURCH
IS COMPLETED
The new West Marion Baptist
church will open for services on
Easter Sunday, Rev. Franklin Jus
tice, pastor, announced this week.
The program for the day will be
gin with a Sunrise Service at six
o'clock. Sunday School will be held
at 10 a. m. and the morning wor
ship service will follow at 11 o'clock.
Rev. Frank Robinson, Baptist mis
sionary, will deliver the sermon. The
evening service will be held at 7:30
o'clock.
The brick building, measuring
32x60 feet, was completed this
week. Justice estimated the cost at
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! Marion will observe Easter with j
services iti local churches. The stores
will not observe an Easter holiday, j
but the N. C. Employment Service |
office, the First National and Mar- j
ion Industrial Banks will be closed;
Monday, April 18. Schools in the j
Marion City system will have a holi-;
day Easter Monday, but county i
schools will continue their regular!
schedule.
The services in local churches J
have been announced as follows:
FIRST METHODIST
Sunrise Service 5:55 a. m. Morn-i
I
ing worship at 11 o'clock with spec
ial music. No evening service.
JrlRST BAPTIST
Two morning services. One at j
9:45 and one at llo'clock with spec-j
ial Easter music. Evening service at j
7:30.
ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL
Morning services at 8 o'clock and ;
llo'clock.
ST. MATTHEW'S
Morning worship at 11 o'clock;
with sermon by Rev. Charles Fren- j
zel, pastor, entitled "The Power of
Christ's Resurrection." After the
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Kiwanis Club
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Sponsors
Spelling Bee
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An old fashioned spelling hee,'
with representative students from;
the various schools of the city and
county, was sponsored by the Ma
rion Kiwanis club at its regular j
weekly meeting held Tuesday even
ing in the Marion community build
ing.
Kiwanians Vernon Eckerd, Rich
I ard Shaw and J. L. Gourley were in i
charge of the program. The spelling
match was in the form of a county
wide contest which included two
represenetatives from each of the
high schools in Marion and McDowell.
county. Kiwanians I. A. McLain, j
Wayne Copenhaver and Robert Rowe
acted as judges and Barron Caldwell I
was Master of Ceremonies.
First place was awarded to Miss j
Lois Reynolds, Nebo High School
second place to Miss Jean Harris, j
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Smith Died
Wednesday;
Funeral Today
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Herbert Ovander Smith, 64, died
at the residence on South Garden
street Wednesday morning after an
extended illness. Funeral services
will be held at the residence at three
o'clock Thursday by Rev. Carl W.
McMurray, D. D. Burial will be in
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Three Names Added To Candidate
List Filing For Board Of Aldermen
MARAUDERS TO TAKE UP
RAINED OUT GAME
The Marion Marauders
game with Western Caro
lina Teachers college, which
was rained out Tuesday
night, will be played Tues
day, April 19, J. C. Rabb,
Marauder business mana
ger, announced yesterday.
Law son Brown, former Ma
rauder, is now; coach of the
W. C. T. C. team and will be
pitching in the game.
Two other e x h i b i tion
games scheduled are: a
semi-pro team from Mur
phy on April 16 and Enka
on April 21.
Church Campaign
Attendance Count
For Past Sunday
The reports of attendance from
the churches last Sunday were in
dicative that the Attendance Cam
paign is beginning to have effect.
The pastors are urging full attend
ance and efforts are being made to
have exceptionally large crowds
Easter Sunday.
Clinchfield Baptist, Paul Stokes,
pastor—Sunday School, 195; A. M.
Worship, 132; B. T. U. or Young
People, 58; P. M. 56.
West Marion Baptist, G. C. Cross,
pastor—Sunday School, 241; A/ My
Worship, 150; B. T. U. or Young
People, 48; P. M. 95.
Cherry Springs Baptist, Franklin
Justice—Sunday School, 106; A. M.
Worship, 140.
W. Marion Baptist, Franklin Jus
tice—Sunday School, 136; B. T. U.
or Young People, 40; P. M. 75.
Catawba Falls, L. G. Redding—
Sunday School, 29; A. M. Worship,
30.
Bethel Baptist, Frank Early—
Sunday School, 100; A. M. Worship,
130; B. T. U. or Young People, 64;
P. M. 100.
First Baptist, M. O. Owens, Jr.—
Sunday School, 350; A. M. Worship,
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GLEE CLUBS
PRESENT PROGRAM
AT ROTARY CLUB
The Junior and Senior Glee clubs
of Pleasant Gardens school present
ed a musical program at the weekly,
luncheon meeting of the Marion Ro
tary club last Friday.
The selections were rendered un
der the direction of Mrs. E. A.
Heers with Miss Inez Morgan as
piano accompanist for the Junior
group and Mrs. R. K. Davis, senior
accompanist.
Ernie House was the guest of
Clarence Rabb; Ben Sims and
Robert Quinn, of Hendersonville,
guests of Jack Hewitt, and Arthur
Richter, guest of Charles H. Smith.
Pleasant Gardens
Annual Senior Play
To Be Given Friday
Pleasant Gardens seniors will
present "the Little Clodhopper," a
three-act comedy, in the school au
ditorium at 8 p. m., Friday, R. L.
Wiggins, principal, announced this
week.
Those taking part are: Inez Mor
gan, Ralph Justice, Doris Vess, Carl
McKinney, Bobby Comer, Macon
Ann ffarghaw and Mr§. Russell
Burnette (the former Miss Kath
leen Cox).
Several beautiful choruses have
been added. Those taking part are:
Joyce Ann Moody, Allene Wheeler,
Barbara Staton, Julia Fleming, Ma
rie Elliott, Re.ttie "Gardner, Bobbie
Conley and Marjorie Skaggs.
SEVEN IN RACE FOR ALDERMEN;
NEXT MONDAY DEADLINE FOR FILING
YARD CONTEST
WILL BE HELD
IN MILL VILLAGES
Mrs. James E. McCall, Home Eco
nomics teacher at Clinchfield and
East Marion, announce that the
Yard Beautification Contest will be
held again this year in both villages.
Some suggestions for improving
yards have been outlined by Mrs.
McCall as follows:
Paint all outside buildings that
cannot be removed.
Remove fences from yards.
Remove trash from yards.
Plant permanent shrubbery.
Plant and rqplant grass.
JAIL ESCAPEE
ARRESTED
IN YANCEY COUNTY
Lawrence Edwards, who escaped
from McDowell county jail last Feb
ruary, was arrested by Sheriff Sew
ell Anglin in Yancey county this
week and returned to jail hei-e Tues
day night, Sheriff C. M. Pool said
yesterday.
Edwards and Perry Melton made
their escape by cutting a portion of
metal from the jail wall and using
blankets to slide from the cell to the
ground below. Edwards had been
jailed on a charge of assault on a
female. This was said to have been
his third jail escape.
Glenwood Beta Club
To Sponsor Dinner
The Beta club of Glenwood school
will sponsor a salad supper from
6:30 until 8 p. m.t Friday, April 15,
in the school lunch room, it#* is an
nounced. A Variety Show will fol
low at eight o'clock in the auditor
I ium. This will consist of a one-act
play entitled, "The Return." There
will also be special music and hu
nerous readings. A small admis
sion will be charged.
Three candidates for Aldermen of
the Town of Marion have filed in
addition to the four who were an
nounced last week, Mayor J. W.
Streetman, Jr. said yesterday.
They are Otis L. Broyhill, J. T.
Sisk and M. W. Gordon.
Pat Davis, Edward Rowe and
Frank Goldsmith, members of the
present Board announced their can
didacy last week and Clinton N. Nor
ris was the first new candidate to
file.
No opposition is offered for the
office of Mayor.
Monday, April 18, has been set
as the deadline for filing and regis
tration books will close Saturday,.
April 23.
Broyhill is president of the Otis
L. Broyhill Furniture company here
and a member of the First Baptist
church.
Gordon, manager of Gordon Furn
iture and Appliance company here
is a member of the First Baptist
church, president of the Marion Par
ent-Teacher association and mem
ber of the Kiwanis club.
Sisk is a barber and former C©n~
stable.
Draft Board
Seeks Addresses
Of Four Men
Anyone knowing1 the whereabouts
of the four men whose names and
last known addresses are listed be
low, is requested to notify the Mc
Dowell County Draft Board immed
iately.
McDonald Floyd Stamey, last
, known address route 1, Nebo; Franlc
Alvin Pritchard, general delivery,.
Old Fort; Herbert Brownlow McGee„
formerly of Ashford, last known ad
dress, general delivery Lincoln, Ne
braska, and Charles Francis Lee,,
route 2, Marion.
All registrants receiving question
naires are asked to please fill thenu
in and return to the local board of^
fice in the court house as soon as
possible.
COUNTY SCHOOL CONTEST
WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
Harris Rites
To Be Held Today
Zebuel Clayton Harris, 70, died at
the residence, Glenwood route 1,
Monday afternoon after a brief ill
ness. Funeral arrangements will be
conducted at 10 a. m. Thursday at
the Seventh Day Adventist church in
Marion by Rev. J. E. Kiplinger. Bur
ial will be at Yancey cemetery, Yan
"ev county.
He is survived by four sons and
three daughters: Henry Harris of
Burnsville, Max Harris of Marion,
RFD 2, R'oscoe Harris of Riderwood,
Wash., Ray Harris of Marion, Mrs.
Herbert Wyrick of Knoxville, Mrs.
Grover Koone and Mrs. Fred Led
ford of Glenwood, RFD 1; 26 grand
children; one sister and four broth
ers: Mrs. Cora Allen and Moore and
Alexander Harris of Knoxville, Fred
Harris of Burnsville, and Grover
Harris of Union Mills, RFD 3.
ACCEPTS POSITION
Miss Thelma Rector has accepted
a position as manager of the K and
W Beauty Shoppe.
Miss Rector comes to Marion from
Morganton where she was employ
ed by the Mimosa Beauty Shoppe.
Christianity was introduced into
Iceland about the year 1,000.
Principals of schools in the Mc-»
Dowell county system named win-*
ners of a School Grounds Improve
ment contest last week as follows:
Group One: North Cove, Glen
wood and Nebo.
Group Two: Dysartsville, Pleas
ant Gardens and Old Fort.
Group Three: Sugar Hill.
The contest was launched when
principals met with N. F. Steppe,
county superintendent, at the be
ginning of the present school year.
Those present decided to make a
school ground improvement project
one of the major objectives for tht^
year.
School forces cooperating witht
residents of their respective commu
nities joined in an effort to make'
the objective a reality. In order to*
stimulate interest in the overall pro
ject. it was organized on a basis of
friendly rivalry. It was agreed that
work on the project on a- competi
tive basis would cease at the end
of March when judges would visit
the varidus schools and render de
cisions as the rank of schools in
making improvements. They were
divided into three groups as follows:
Group One, which included the
three schools making the most im
provement. Group Two, which in
cluded the three schools making se
cond in improvement, and Group
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