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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, JULY 28, 1949 VOLUME 54 No. 2 FEDERATION PICNIC HELD YESTERDAY Farmers Federation Activities For Year Highlighted By President McClure. A capacity audience attended the annual Farmers Federation picnic for McDowell county held in the high school building at Glenwood, "Wednesday. James G. K. McClure, president of the federation, served as master of ceremonies, and gave a brief report on the activities of the organization during the past year. McClure stated that a better Western North Carolina can i be made poss ble by he farmers sticking together. He described the many markets made possible by this cooperation among farmers. Sam Homewood, county agent, spoke briefly on cooperation among farmers and of the higher produc tion per acre made possible in Mc Dowell county during recent years. Mr. Homewood stated that the av erage of 20 bushels of corn per acre had been incrased to more than 84 at present. W. P. Whitesides, principal of Glenwood school, was introduced i and spoke briefly. Rev. Dumont Clarke, head of the religious department of the feder ation, gave a report on the "Lord's Acre project and described the im portant work made possible in coun try churches through this move ment. Featured on the program of en .. (Continued on last page) Providence Churcli Opens Revival And Bible School Revival services begin at Provi dence Methodist church Sunday ev ening at 8:00. Rev. E. P. Greene of Harris, N. C., will do the preaching. The public is cordially invited. Daily Vacation Bible school be gins Monday morning at 9:00, and •will run through Friday. The chil dren of the community are invited. MARION MOTOR CO. BROKEN INTO Chief of Police D. W. Smith said the Marion Motor company was toroken into Saturday night. A win dow pane in the office was smashed and the drawer of a file was bat tered, but nothing was reported missing. No arrests have been made. Miss Brenda Glenn, of route 1, Marion, was sponsored by the Ame rican Legion Auziliary of McDowell Post 56 at Girls' State in Greens boro this year. She left Sunday and will return July 31. Miss Glenn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. How ard Glenn. MRS. WITHERSPOON DIED YESTERDAY; FUNERAL TODAY Funeral services will be held this afternoon for Mrs. Margaret Hud gins Witherspoon who died about 9 a. m. yesterday. The services will be held at 4 p. m. at the First Bap tist church. Born in Mecklenburg county, Vir ginia, December 20, 1865, she mov ed to Warren ton, N. C. with her family while she was still a young child. Following her graduation from Graham Academy in Warren ton, she continued her education at Columbia University. She had a long and useful career as a music teacher, primary grade and high school teacher. In 1899 she came to Marion and pursued her chosen career for more than 40 years and was affectionate ly known by her pupils as "Miss (Continued on last page) Bloodmobile To Visit Marion 0. G. Lonon, Jr. Died Sunday In California O. Grayden Lonon, Jr. of Na tional City. California, 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Grayden Lonon, Sr., of North Cove, died, Sunday, July 24 after a brief illness. The remi&hfs are expected tff arrive toy plane late Thursday afternoon and will be taken to McCall's Funeral Home where it will remain until time for the funeral services which will be conducted at Conley's Me morial Chappel, at Sevier, Satur morning at 11 o'clock by the pas tor Dr. J. E. Flow assisted by Dr. Cafl McMurray and burial will be (Continued on last page) MARION CITY HALL HAS FRESH MAKE-UP Visitors at the city hall this week blinked their eyes and smil ed. Painters had redecorated the interior of the building. Offices of the Mayor, Town of Marion, Marion Merchants asso ciation, City Superintendent of Schools, and Baseball club are tinted a light aqua. The State Highway office is cream. Walls in the halls arfe cream with brown trim. Union Charges Marion Plant Is a* Unfair To Labor McDowell Girls To Participate In 4-H Club Week The demonstration given by Miss Marilyn Brinkley in a district Wear and Care of Clothing Demonstra tion held here July 14 was chosen one of the six most outstanding in the state. This honor entitles Miss Brinkley to present the demonstra tion at 4-H Club Week observance to be held in Raleigh, August 1-6. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Wright of route 3, Marion. Miss Ruby Hollifield, winner of the County Dress Contest, will en ter the State coiitest. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reid Hol lifield of route 3, Marion. Winston-Salem, July 26—Union charges of unfair labor practices were brought today against the Drexel Furniture company at Ma rion. The charges were filed with the NLRB by the Upholsters' Inter national Union of North America. AFL, which has been in controversy with the company for some time over organizing efforts at the firm. Alleged violence in Marion was the subject of two recent SBI in vestigations. Following the first the union complained that the agents talked only "with management and Governor W. Kerr Scott directed a second investigation. The union has applied for an election to determine if it should represent the employes of the com pany in Marion. A "hearing into the union's appli cation for an election was held last week, with the International Wood CGwitinued or last page) 125 Blood Donnors And 75 Pints Of Blood Set As Goal Red Cross workers have set a goal of 125 volunteer blood donors from which they hope to obtain 75 pints of blood when the Bloodmobile vis its Marion on Tuesday, August 2, at the community building. Recruiting will be conducted through the civic clubs with S. J. Westmoreland as local recruitment chairman under R. W. Twitty, coun ty recruitment chairman. The McDowell County Chapter now leads all others in the Ashe ville area in blood contributions. The Ash^ille Regional Blood Center opened April 25 of this year as the 24th center in the country under the American National Red Cross program. A total of 1,281 people presented themselves and 939 pints of blood were secured from the opening date until the end of June. McDowell county led 14 other western North Carolina chapters visited by the Mobile Unit, with 124 donors contributing 91 pints of blood. Transylvania County Chap ter followed second with 101 don ors giving 80 pints. Henderson county was third, 79 donors, 59 pints. The total amount of blood deliv ered to hospitals was 820 pints. Dis tribution was made to eight local hospitals in the Asheville area and 14 outlying hospitals, including Marion General. Total number of pints given locals was 543 and out lying 277. Marion received 14 pints. ROBIN HOOD ACCEPTS BANK POSITION HERE Robin Hood, Cashier of the North western Bank of Hickory, has been elected Executive Vice-President of The First National Bank of Marion, to fill the vacancy made by the re signation of M. L. Campbell, who resigned some months ago on ac count of his health. The New officer of the Bank will assume his duties on or prior to September 1. Hood has a banking background, having been closely connected with banking all of his life. He is the son of Gurney P. Hood, Commipioner of Banks of North Carolina. Hood attended State College and the University of North Carolina. He is a banker by profession, hav ing taken a post graduate course in Banking and Investments at the University, and having had wide experience in Banks in Raleigh, Tay lorsville, Boone, Gatesville, and Hickory. Before coming to Hickory in 1946, he was Cashier and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Gates for five years. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADOPT BUDGET FOR 1949-50 • S ■■I LIBRARY BOARD The McDowell County Public Library's Board of Trustees is shown discussing1 plans for the coming year at its meeting last Thursday evening. This Board directs the policies and plans for expansion of service in Mc Dowell county. Library Board Studies Statistics Marion Lutherans Visit Linn Haven In Past Two Weeks About thirty people from Marion visited Camp Linn Haven at Lin ville during the past two weeks. Rev. Charles Frenzel, pastor of St. Matthew's Luthran church, served at the camp as educational director. Mrs. V. T. Eckerd served during the first week as counsellor. The fol lowing children spent ^t least a week at the camp: Shirley Hensley, Norma Jean Hall, Judy Finley, Doris Steppe, Bill Hendley, Joe Eckerd, John Eckerd, T h o m a .s Hendley, Donald Fox, and Dicky (Continued on last page) SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNED FRIDAY Superior Court ended Friday af ter a two weeks docket of civil cas es with Judge J. Will Pless presid ing. Cases not published last week in clude: Ephriam M. Gray and wife, An nie Gray, Ollie E. McFarlane and husband, John McFarlane, Craigie G. Branch, a widow, Martha G. Dob son and husband J. S. Dobson, Etta G. Edwards and husband, J. M. Ed wards, Pless Gray and wife, Nina Gray, Jim C. Gray and wife, Bessie Gray, Marie Jaynes and husband, R. C. Jaynes and Dorothy Teague, a single woman vs. Duke Power company, a corporation, and J. H. Gray and wife Ida Gray. The Duke Power company was declared owner of the lands described in the peti tion. The petitioners gave notice of appeal and bond was set at $100. State of North Carolina on rela tion of C. M. Pool, sheriff, plain tiff vs. Mack Hollifield and Mrs. Edith Cooper, the court was of the opinion that the purported motion is not well founded and denied it. J. T. McCracken,. ihoveant, gave no tice of appeal and bond was set at $50. Charles W. White, an infant, by his next friend W. P. White vs Southern Railway, a corporation, in an action for personal injuries sus tained by Charles White as a re sult of the explosion of a torpedo obtained by Frank Tate from the Southern Railway, a compromise offer of $3,000 was effected. Circulation Increased 20,000 In Past Year The Board of Trustees of Mc Dowell County Library held a reg ular meeting in the library .on Thursday night at 8:00 with all members present. It followed the close of the fiscal year and statis tics showing the year's growth in service were discussed. One fact worthy of note was that people in the county are now coming in to use headquarters where they may browse and select books, or sit for a quiet period of reading, as well as avail themselves of the service rendered by the Bookmobile on its visits to the various sections of the county. During the past year the total number of books circulated, increas ed over 20,000 volumes and the to tal number of books circulated was 68,963 for the year. The average daily circulation increased from 62 books daily to 103 books per day at headquarters, while in the entire county the total circulation in creased from 159 books checked out daily to 224 books per day. Al most 7,000 people are registered as library patrons although many more individuals are users because es (Continued on last page) I Approve Budget Of $369,353.83; $55,571.05 More Than Last Year The County Commisioners adopt ed a budget of $369,353.83 this week for the fiscal year 1949-50. The budget for the coming year is $56,571.05 more than last year's budget of $313,782.78. The biggest item on the budget is $62,749 for the general county fund. Capital outlay of the Marion City School unit was stepped up from $20,000 last year to $41,800 for the coming year. Next highest items are $33,375.56 for capital out lay of county school fund, and $33,216.44 school debt service fund. Other items in the budget* re quirements are: $4,400 for county health department, $21,300 for the county health unit, $26,381.80 for county welfare department, $16,800 for old age assistance, $7,149 for aid to dependent children, $21,492 * for special expense, $30,000 for current expense of the coihity school fund, $21,723.78 for cur rent expense of Marion City School unit, $661.65 funding debt service, $28,234.50 highway debt service fund, $20,070.10 court house debt service fund, Of the $21,300 county health un it fund, $12,007 is supplied by State and Federal appropriations, leaving a balance of $9,293 to be paid by the county. Autos Collide On North Main ; Kenneth Weavfer, employee of the Sain-Brooks Motor company, was Jin critical condition at Marion Gen eral Hospital yesterday as a result of injuries suffered in an accident last Wednesday. A '46 Chevrolet driven by Ken neth Weaver and owned by Sain Brooks Motor company collided with a '47 Oldsmobile, property of the North Carolina Equipment company, driven by W. D. Page on North Main street Wednesday after noon of last week. Adams received a laceration on his left forehead, was treated by a local physician inf his office. Page was treated at the Marion Hospital and released. Weaver was admitt ed to Marion Hospital after the ac cident. W. Woods, police who investi gated, said the auto driven by Weaver was headed south and the_ i car Page was driving was headed north when the two collided on highway 70 at the point where View Point Drive meets the high way. Kiwanis Program On Youth Activities Smith Released After Hearing Last Friday Jack N. Smith was given a hear ing before Dysart Martin, Justice of the Peace, last Friday on a man slaughter charge. Martin said prob able cause was not found |ind he was released. Smith was the driver of tne Bon Ton Distributing company truck which struck and fatally injured Hemp McNeely of Cross Mill on Friday, July 15. Archie Burrell, State Highway Patrolman, who in vestigated the accident said Smith told him McNeely walked into the path of the truck. I Kiwanian Francis Bradsher was in charge of the program at the Ki wanis meeting held Tuesday even ing in the Marion Community Building. He was in charge of a round table discussion which cen tered around a recent project con ducted by the club in providing fa cilities for week end boy and girl scout activities for the youth of McDowell county. Through the efforts of the Ki wanis club, the scouts of McDowell county recently acquired a site for camping from the Duke Power com pany on Lake James. The Kiwatiis club contributed funds for the erec tion of a shelter on the site for scout activities. Kiwanian Johnnie Field was in charge of the construction work on this project. President Roy W. Davis presided at the meeting and recognized sev eral visiting Kiwanians. > ■' ' - ■ . t
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