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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, AUGUST 11, 1949 VOLUME 54 No. 4 Corn Tour To Be Held Aupst 24 (Other Specialists To Vi.it McDowell During August McDowell county's fourth annual 'corn tour will be conducted on Au igust 24, S. L. Homewood, county farm agent, has announced. "This year a special effort will be made to point out the advantag es and disadvantages of hybrid corn,1' Homewood said. He further explained that although hybrid corn is good corn, demonstrations would •determine the best varieties of hy brids. Homewood also called attention to a meeting to be held at 2 p. m. Friday of .fchis week in the court Toom to discuss pastures. Sam Dob son, agronomy extension specialist, -will lead the discussions. A special drive will be launched during the -coming fall to increase pastures, both in acreage add production per acre. Other specialists to visit the coun ty this month'include: Lee W. Her xick, Jr., extension turkey special ist, who will visit' local farmers on August 25 arid Roy M. Richie, Jr., agriculture engineer extension spec ialist, on August 18. Richie aids farmers in planning construction of barns and other farm buildings. Annual Meeting Of Red Cross Set For Aug. 12 The McDowell County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold is annual meeting at 7:30 p. m. on August 12 in the court house, E. P. Dameron. county chairman, an nounced this week. Officers for the coming year will be elected and committee chairmen will present their annual reports. Two Fires Occur At Same Time j Marion firemen played a double header here Saturday morning. While one group was boarding the smaller truck, a second call brought word of another fire. At the square each went their separate ways, the smaller truck heading for Ross Sinclair Service on North Main street and the larger one bound for the home of B. C. Wages in Clinch field. The Wages home, back of the Clinchfield school, was not serious ly damaged and the blaze was soon extinguished. Fire at the Sinclair Station was in the room used for washing cars. POWELL HOME DAMAGED BY FIRE The residence on Maple avenue occupied by Otis Powell was dam aged by fire last Thursday. The greater part of the damage was in side the home particularly the liv ing room and the living room furni ture. FOOTBALL PRACTICE iTO START AUGUST 15 Dula Reunion Sunday The annual Dula reunion will be held at the community building in Old Fort next Sunday, it was an nounced yesterday. A large attend ance is expected % AUTO FIRE The fire alarm sounded about 2:15 Monday morning when an au tomobile parked near Cross Mill Baptist church caught fire. The au to, owned by Oakley Webb, was completely demolished. COURT OF HONOR A Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held at 7:30 p. m., Friday, Aug ust 12, in the First Methodist church. Rippers begin football practice! August 15 at 3:30 p. m., Coach Art Ditt announced this week. Last year men are asked to re port for equipment at 10:00 a. m. The Marion High School Rippers will start football practice Monday, August 15 when Coach Ditt will put them through a two hour work out in preparation for their grueling schedule which will open September 9 when the Rippers meet the strong Red Devils from Olympia High School of Columbia, S. C. The outlook for the Rippers isn't too bright; with the loss of many regulars from last years team, Coach Ditt will have a hard job cut out for himself when he tries to re place them. Five regular starters from last (Continued on last page) Contract Awarded For Constructing Rural Power Lines Withrow Inquest Held Thursday A coroner's jury holding an in quest Thursday ruled that Atlas Withrow died of natural causes. The body of Withrow was found Monday of last week on a logging road which branched off the Dy sartsville road at a point about 1'5 miles south of Marion. Funeral services were held at Harmony Grove Baptist church Tuesday. LEAGUE STANDINGS W L Pet. Lincolnton 58_-29_-667 Newton 58-.30__65i9 Lenoir 48-_39__552 Rutherford 47__39-_l>47 Morganton 44__42__512 Shelby 32__-50__354 Marion 31-_52__373 Hendersonville 26__59__306 """ Morganton, Aug. 4—Negotiations were completed here today between the Burke McDowell Electric Mem bership Co-operative and the Hunt er Electric Company, Incorporated of Charlotte, through which 211 miles of new electric power lines will be erected by rural area of this section, it Was revealed by Lee Hat ley, manager of the local electric membership group. Contract for construction of the new power lines which will carry electric power to hundreds of fam ilies in the rural sections of Burke; MpDowell, Caldwell and Ruther— fordton counties, was awarded to the Charlotte electric firm on the basis of its low bid which was given, as approximately $300,000. NEED WORKERS, WAREHOUSE G. C. Hunter and F. H. Bentley of the Hunter Electric Company were in Morganton this week com pleting negotiations and arranging for the work to begin about August 15. Mr. Bentley will act as superin tendent of the huge project and (•Continued on last page) Library Receives 1500 Volumes Little Switzerland—Approximate ly 1,500 volumes from the private library of the late Judge Heriot Clarkson of Little Switzerland and Raleigh bequeathed by him to the Little Switzerland Community and held in trust by the Little Switzer land Community Organization since ihs death in 1942, were donated to the McDowell Public Library of Ma rion at a meeting of the organiza tion held here. The donation was accepted on behalf of the library by Miss Alice P. Bryan, librarian, as a memorial to the late Judge Clarkson. Aldermen Adopt Town Budget; Tax Rate Will Remain Same Edgar Hensley Killed By Car Edgar H. Hensley, 67-year-old na tive of Marion, was killed yester day at 6 p. m. when he ran into the side of a moving automobile driv en by Alfred Deal Hall of Barber's Junction. State Highway Patrolman W. M. Anthony, who investigated the ac cident reported that Mr. Hensley was standing beside a dirt road off (Continued on last page) County Schools To Open September I I Hiram D. Bishop, Jr. Injured In Accident The condition of Hiram D. Bish op, Jr., who was seriously injured in an automobile accident last Sunday, was reported improved yesterday. He received lacerations about his face and throat when the station wagon in which he was riding col lided with another automobile Sun day afternoon near Crossnore. He is a patient in Crossnore Hospital. William Hendley Wins Top Honors In Talent Festival During the Sunday evening meet ing of the Walther League of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, Rev. Charles Frenzel announced that William Hendley of the Marion League had won top honors in the district talent festival. His handi craft in pottery was recommended for competition in the national tal ent quest of the Walther League at Houston, Texas. Other members of the Marion so ciety who had participated in the district meeting were given certifi cates. The meeting was opened by the devotional lead by Gale Hilton and Betty McCormick. The pastor pre sented the topic study. New mem bers were initiated in a colorful ceremony as the president of the so ciety gave to them flames from the candles of the alter, with which they in turn lighted other altar can dles. In the business meeting the group decided to sponsor the sale of Christmas cards this year, with Pauline Godfrey in charge. Refresh ments of watermelons were served by the committee of Norma Hall and Shirley Hensley. Sunday Afternoon Auto Collision Local police gave the following1 account of an automobile accident which occurred on South Main street, near Morrow's Jewelry Store, SundaV afternoon: William Haynes, driving a '39 Plymouth Sedan, was backing out of a parking space, and Newton Bu chanan, driving a '37 Pontiac se dan, was headed south on Main street when the collision occurred. Mrs. J. G. Buchanan, passenger in the Buchanan auto, was treated' at Marion General Hospital for face ■ lacerations and dismissed. No char ges were preferred. McCALLS PURCHASE MILLER RESIDENCE Dr. and Mrs. R. S. McCall have purchased the new residence on Ru therford road from Mr. and Mrs. Yates Miller, and will move into it this week. The lot adjoining the re sidence lot of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gourley. Teacher List For Coming Year Is Announced Schools in the McI>owell Coun ty System will open on September 1. The list of teachers for the year 1949-50 was announced this week by N. F. Steppe, county superin tendent, as follows Pleasant Gardens: Mr. R. L. Wig gins, Principal; Mr. I. E. Burnette, Agriculture; Mrs. N«d MeGimsey, Home Economics; Mrs. R. L. Wig gins, Miss Jean Bradley, Mrs. I. E. Burnette, - Mr. Colon Wright, Mrs. E. A. Heers, Mrs. Jane Rowe—Com mercial; Mrs. Lula Sandlin, Miss Margaret Honeycutt, Mrs. Colon Wright, Mrs. Georgia Corpening, Miss GenevJ Link Mrs. Mabel Haire, Mrs. Dimples F. " Simmons, Mrs. Grace M. Steppe, Mrs. Essie Hemp hill, Miss Lula Hicks, Mrs. Grace Baldwin, Miss Edith McMullen, Miss Elsie House. Old Fort: Mr. Harry Swafford, Principal; Mrs. Jewell Church, Home Economics; Mrs. Truby Painter, Commercial; Mr. Robert M. Wood ward, Mr. A. K. Moore, Mr. Wil liam J. Kay, Mr. Gorman Ledbet (Continued on last page) Blood Donors Response To Call Sixty-one pints of blood was con tributed by 73 donors when the Red Cross Bloodmobile visited Marion Wednesday of last Week, Mrs. Afih Hawkins, executive secretary of the McDowell chapter, said. Although 125 donors and 7.5 pints of blood had been set as a goal for this visit, the response was consid ered gratifying by Red Cross heads. A recent report on the progress made in western North Carolina, placed McDowell at the head of a list of 14 western counties. McDowell Students Among Graduates At Wake Forest Two McDowell county students received their diplomas during graduating exercises at Wake For est college last week. Thomas Francis Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gibson, received his B. S. degree. Willard Kaylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kaylor, will be remem bered as an; outstanding basketball player. As a student at Marion High he starred in both basketball and baseball. He played three seasons as center in basketball and twice made the All Conference team. Playing for Wake Forest in the fall of 1947 Kaylor made 74 field goals and 18 free throws for the 166 points. He received his B. S. degree last week. The first wagon train west cross ed the plains in 1842. ■ State Health Board Issues Report On Polio Cases The North Carolina State Board of Health reports only one new case of polio developed in the state be tween July 30 and August 6. This one is located in Alamance county. McDowell county had one case reported in July. Reports of cases in surrounding counties for the year, as of August 6, were listed as follows:' Buncombe 4; Henderson, Rutherford, Mitchell and Yancey, none; Burke 1. Total number of cases in the State from July 1 through August 6 was 40 cases. The July total in 1948 was 869 cases. A total of 8,299 cases in the na tion has been reported to date, as compared with 5,793 for the same period last year. North Carolina's total last year was 1,098. Two Auto Wrecks On Goose Creek >Road Sunday Morning State Highway Patrolman J. T. Jolley and Sheriff C. M. Pool in vestigated two wrecks on the Gosse Creek road Sunday morning. They gave the following account. DeFoy Duncan, of Hickory, was owner and driver of a '34 Ford Cab rolet headed west which collided with a '41 Chevrolet owned and driven, by BUI Wilson ' ■ •• if. As officers were completing their investigation of the collision, an automobile approaching the scene of the accident, turned and retrac ed its course. The sheriff followed and found the car had overturned in the creek. Occupants were D. C. Revis and Roland Bradley. Revis was treated at the Marion General Hospital and released. New Buick Special To Be Shown Today The Marion Buick company, local Buick dealer, announced today that the new Buick special model will be on display at the Buick * company today. Showing of the new Buick special is eagerly awaited throughout the country. The new car is reputed to have many new features which are certain to be received with great in terest by the motoring public. Arrangements are being made to receive a large number of visitors at the Buick company to the the initial showing of the new Buick special. Minor Changes In Privilege Tax Amounts Made The Board" of Aldermen adopted a budget of $163,570. for the Town, of Marion at a call meeting held Monday evening in the city hall. , The tax rate will remain at $1.50 on the hundred dollar valuation. Last year's budget totaled $134,320. Highest figure on the budget is $49,651.45 for Streets and Sewer Department. Second highest was $33,639.55 for Debt Service. Other items are: General Government $22,575; Police Department, $15, 550; Fire Department $3,480; Cem etery $2,400; Water Department $13,274; Motor Fuel Account $3» 000! Capital Outlay $20,000. Revenue from taxes, sales of wat er and parking meters was listed at $124,000 and miscellaneous revenue $29,570, making a total of $163, 570. Following adoption of the budget Following adoption of the budget tions in the amounts set for busi ness privilege licenses. August 16 was set as the date to receive bids on meter equipment and water and sewer extensions. ] Mrs. Mary Moody Died Tuesday; Mrs. Mary Moody, 78, died Tues day afternoon at the home of her nephew W. Cliff Morrow, in John son City, Tenn., where she has been making her home for many years. Graveside rites will be conducted at the Morrow plot in Oak GroVe cemetery in Marion Thursday af ternoon at 3:30 by Rev. P. W. Tuck er. Morrow is a former resident of Marion and was an employee of tfie C. C. & O. itailway for several years. r Why Movies? — ' i The Marion Theatre presents a special feature in this week's issue of The Marion Progress entitled, "Why Movies?" In listing the bene fits of moving pictures, the adver tisement quotes an anonymous writ er's views on the subject. Be sure to. read the article on page 4. BAND UNIFORM DRIVE TOPIC AT KIWAN1S MEET NEEDHAM INFANT DIED SATURDAY Leslie Elaine Needham, 11 day old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. George H. Needham of Kona and former residents of Marion, died at the Marion General Hospital Sun day evening. Grave side services were conducted at Oak Dale ceme tery in Hendersonville, 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, by the District Superintendent Rev. John Hoyle and Rev. P. W. Tucker of Marion -;and Rev. L. B. Hayes of Hendersonville. WISEMAN REPORTS MEAT ROBBERY Omar Wiseman reported robbery of his smoke house in the North Gove section to Sheriff C. M. Pool yesterday. Wiseman said the rob bery occurred Monday night and his entire stock of meat was missing. Although no arrests had been made at noon yesterday, the sheriff and his deputies were seeking suspects. Bernard Hirsch, Marion High band director, and W. Ray Smith, Jr., chairman of the recent Band Uniform Drive, were presented at the meeting of the Marion Kiwanis club Tuesday by J. L. Gourley, pro gram chairman for the evening. Hirsch told Kiwanians he came to Marion in 1935 and had been band director here since then except for one year when he taught in Win ston-Salem and the three years he served in the army during World (Continued or last page) : MARAUDER SCHEDULE Thursday: Hendersonville at !; Marion. Friday: Marion at Rutherford- I ;! ton. . ! ; Saturday: Ruthei-fordton at : 1 Marion. r Monday: Marion at Lenoir. J Tuesday: Lenoir at Marion. ; Wednesday: Marion at Shelby.':
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