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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, OCTOBER 6, 1949 VOLUME 54—No. 12 Three Members Of School Board Reappointed At Aldermen's Meet R. W. Proctor, R. W. Twitty and T. H. Henderson were reappointed mmbers of the Marion City Schools for three year terms at the meeting of the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night. The Board also adopted a supple ment to the present ordinance re garding the width of driveways. The ruling would apply particularly to filling stations and businesses, re stricting the width as a safety pre caution. Plans were made to meet with the Harwood Beebe Engineering company in the near future and discuss plans for a sewage disposal plant. Reece Snyder, town manager, was instructed to investigate ways and means of making a map of the Town of Marion and establishing «it limits lines. A motion was passed to contact railway officials in regard to erect ing a signal light at the Garden street intersection. It was suggested that Railroad street, between South Main and "West Henderson streets be paved, tut no definite action was taken. A representative of the Motorola company discussed the advantages of placing radios in police automo biles, but no definite action was taken. James Hensley Fatally Injured By Automobile James Harvey Hensley, 72, was fatally injured when struck by an automobile driven by Charles F. Cranford. The incident occurred Friday night near the First Baptist .church and Hensley died during the night at Marion General Hos pital. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. A coroner's jury termed the ac cident "unavoidable" after Cran ford said Hensley walked into the path of his automobile and pre sented witnesses to substantiate his statements. Funeral services were conducted -at the First Methodist church at 4:30 Sunday afternoon by Rev. James B. McLarty, Dr. C. W. Mc Murray and Rev. Marvin Dameron officiating. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ora Belle Huskins; four sons, Charles C., James Ted, Guy Lee and Hubert G., all of Marion; one daughter, Mrs. John Good of Hick ory; eleven grandchildren; two brothers, Amos, route 3, Marion, and Robert, route 1, Marion; one sister, Mrs. Ben Hollifield, John son City, Tenn. OWENS INGASTONIA CONDUCTING REVIVAL Rev. M. O. Owens, pastor of the First Baptist church, is in Gastonia conducting a ten day revival which began Tuesday of this week. w. W. NEAL, Jr. Neal Elected To Committee To Nat'l Assn. W. W. Neal, Jr., . partner anc general manager of the Marion Knitting Mills, has been elected a member of the Advisory commit tee of the National Association oi Hosiery Manufacturers. He was ad vised of his election by Earl Con staptine, president of the Associa tion. He will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Clyde W. Wilkins of the W. B. Davis Hosiery Mill of Fort Payne, Alabama, and has began named to serve from Oc tober 1, 1949 to October 1, 1952. This committee has been func tioning three years, making recom mendations to the Board of Direct ors. Through the committee the r^eeds of the industry are brought to the attention of the Board of Directors. Harte Addresses Kiwanis Club Roy W. Davis, president of the Marion Kiwanis club, presided at the weekly meeting of the club Tuesday evening at the community building. Kiwanian R. W. Twitty, program chairman for October, presented Nelson Harte as the guest speakei of the evening. Harte is Southern Representative for Barnes Textile Associates, who specializes in in dustrial engineering. He explained to the group various features of in dustrial engineering as applied tc textiles and showed how the various studies made by industrial engin eers were applied to produce effi ciency, to bring about better work ing conditions, and to increase pro (Continued on last page) Recreational Association Has Organizational Meeting Postal Receipts Increase This Quarter Postal receipts for the quarter ending September 30 increased $4,342.94 over the same period in 1948. The total this year was $14, 637.55 for th months of July, Aug ust and September. F-or the three quarters this year just ended (January 1 through Sep tember 30), receipts were $39,872. 10, a gain of $7,311.26 over the corresponding period in 1948. Sales of E bonds from January 1 to September 30, 1949 were $54, 975. Postal Savings certificates is sued last month totaled $51,105, and certificates, paid $58,812. TO ATTEND MEETING S. L. Homewood, county farm ag ent, will attend a meeting of the Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association's Police committee in Statesville next Tuesday. He will represent the McDowell County Ar tificial Breeding association. An organizational meeting of th( Marion Recreational Association which sponsored the professions Marion Marauder baseball tean during the past season, was held ii the office of the association Tues day morning. Otis Broyhill, presi dent of the recreational association presided during the meeting and re ceived a report from J. F. Snipes secretary-treasurer, covering the ac tivities of the past season. Among other items of business transacted was the election of of ficers and board of directors for th< coming year. J. F. Snipes was elect ed president, Joe Noyes was electec vice-president, and E. P. Dameror was elected secretary- treasurer The new directors include W. L Morris, Charlie F. Smith, EugeiM Cross, Jr., S. B. Hildebrand, R. W Twitty, O. L. Broyhill, Jack James D. W. Tainter, J. F. Snipes, Dr. B A. Dickson, J. C. Rabb, E. P. Dam eron, I. L. Caplan, Joe Noyes Wayne Suttle and Clarence Wise ^Continued on last page) RED CROSS OFFICERS ARE NAMED McDowell County Red Cross di rectors met last night to name a county chairman and hear annual reports. A fund chairman and ser vice chairman will also be named. The vote was not complete by press time, but other officials elected Wednesday evening of Jast week are: Terry Moore, vice chairman; Miss Doris Hill, treasurer and James Parks, secretary. The Board of Directors is com oosed of these officers and E. P. Dameron, Marion; Zeb Lane, Old Fort; Grayson Marlowe, Glen wood; Mrs. H. Madison Hensley, North Cove; C. L. Holland, Sugar Hill; R. W. Twitty, East Marion; Dr. C. A. Parker, West Marion; Glenn A. Morris, Clinchfield; Rev. Marvin Dameron, Cross Mills; Mrs. J. C. Rabb, Pleasant Gardens. Harrison H. Walker, general re presentative, outlined responsibili ties of directors to the Chapter and (Continued or last page) MUNICIPAL ROADS COMMISSION STUDIES NEEDS OF MARION ■ Annual Session Of Blue Ridge To Open Oct. 11 The Twenty-first Annual Fall session of the Blue Ridge Baptist association will be opened at Bethel Baptist church on Tuesday, October 11. The night session' for the same date will be held at East Marion. The following day the session will be held at Nebo. Rev. Millard Hall, pastor of Chapel Hill church, will be speak er the first day and Rev. Carson Brittain, Clear Creek church, the second day. W. R. Chambers is moderator, Rev. C. C. Parker, vice moderator, Rev. Carson Brittain, clerk, Miss Doris Hill, treasurer and Rev. L. G. Redding, historian. (Continued on page four) BAPTISTS HONOR PASTOR ON ANNIVERSARY i . SYMPHONY DRIVE TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT MONDAY I | . - ■■••• -.*«-■ - . . | Marion will begin its annual i drive for memberships in the North Carolina Symphony Society Octob jber 10 with Mrs. E. W. Parker, Jr., as drive chairman. The goal is 350 to 400 memberships. According to Mrs. Parker an initial meeting will be held at the High School at 4:30 p. m. on Oc tober 10 to launch the drive. At I that time committees will be or ganized and plans will be made for | the membership campaign. ! Assisting Mrs. Parker in the drive will be: Bernard Hirsch, co chairman; Mrs. Carl McMurray, secretary; and Mrs. Willis C. Trues (Continued on last page) ! New Ruling For Wiring Jobs A new ruling in regard to wir ing inspections becomes effective immediately according to announce ment in this issue by J. G. Brooks, wiring inspector. The ruling requires that notifi cation of all new wiring jobs must I be made to the Duke Power com pany on or before Friday of the week connection is to be made. No inspections can be made on Satur days, Brooks said. Rev. M. O. Owens was honored during the worship service last Sun day morning which marked the be ginning of his sixth year as pastor of the First Baptist church. A. M. Seagle, chairman of the Board of Deacons, paid tribute to the Pastor and lauded his record of progress. Hia reports were sup plemented with further commenda tion by Dr. C. A. Parker, Sunday School superintendent, who point ed out the progress of the Sunday School, and L. B. Hairr speaking for the Training Union. REV. M. O. OWENS Mrs. J. M'. Tyler, representative of the Missionary Society, pinned a gardenia corsage on Mrs. Owens and presented a boutonniere to the (Continued on last page) This is the Landis Memorial P esbyterian church on Highway 221' where the fall meeting of the Con ^ord Presbytery will be held Oc tober 11. The church has a new building, new pews and pulpit furni ture. Presbytery, through its Home Missions Committe, has had a large part in financing this building in one of the most rapidly devel oping areas of the Presbytery. Thus it is that the Presbytery will have an opportunty to see first hand one of its own projects. E. C. CARNES CARNES ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT OF CIVITAN CLUB Everette C. Carnes was elected president of the Civitan club at its weekly luncheon meeting last Thursday. He succeeds Albert M. Neal. Other officers elected for the coming year are: Dr. Archie Mcintosh and Frank Sentelle, vice presidents; George Knisley, secretary and Willard Haithcock, treasurer. The Executive Board is composed ~df the alwyve officers* SWtf Forties Briscoe, Earl Turner, Norman Steppe, Homer Hagna, J. B. Walk er, Jr. and J. W. Streetman, Jr. Rev. C. C. Cross was elected chaplain. New Street Washer Arrived Last Week A 1200 gallon capacity flusher to wash the streets of Marion ar rived last week. Order for the equipment was placed some time ago by the Board of Aldermen. The new white flusher is mounted on a Chevrolet' truck and will re place the obsolete equipment. Welfare Workers To Attend Institute Mrs. D. N. Lonon, superintend ent McDowell County Welfare De partment, Mrs. Sara Margaret Gil es, Miss Doris Nunn and Mrs. R. G. Honeycutt, case workers, will attend the annual Public Welfare Institute in Raleigh next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The theme of the Institute will be "A Balanced Welfare Pro gram." Street Maintenance Problems Studied By State Committee A commission appointed by Gov ernor Scott toured Marion's streets yesterday to determine the needs for street improvements. The Municipal Road Commission was named by the Governor in June to study the problem of giving mu nicipalities a just shart of State highway funds. Escorting the group was City Manager Reece Snyder, Mayor J. W. Streetman, Jr., and the Board of Aldermen. The tour included the portions of highways 221 and 70 within Mar ion, State, West Henderson, Spring, Logan streets, Fleming and Augus ta avenues and other chart streets. City officials hope to convince the commission of the need for giv ing cities the revenue from one cent of the State gasoline tax. This would yield an estimated $6,500, 000 for North Carolina municipal ities, $4,000,000 more than this. (Continued on last page) Commissioners Approve Petitions For County Roads The County Comrmssibiners" ap proved the following road petitions at the October meeting held last Monday: Build road and bridge across four-tenths of a mile from High way U. S. 221 to Holtsclaw and Queen farm. Grade and gravel % mile from Sugar Hill to Mrs. Bratcher Hen line's Grade and widen and gravel ap proximately one mile of the old mill road from E. O. Crawley's to Jesse Elliott's. Improve and hard surface six miles of road from a point approx imately three miles west .of Old Fort near Highway 70 intersecting same highway at a point approxi mately two miles east of Ridge crest. Build one bridge across Rock Creek on the road from Bethel church to Rock creek. Prepare road from Mud Cut to Arrowhead town road for mail route and school bus route. Grade road bed and gravel or ground up stone cover, Tom's Creek road on 221 near Dan Mc Cormick's place to Green Mountain cemetery. Grade, gravel and black top six miles of road from the Town of Old Fort to Catawba Falls. Rippers Preparing For Erwin Game After being humbled by the Mor ganton Wild Cats in a conference football game ast Friday night, the Marion Rippers have been put through their paces by Coaches Ditt and Gibson in preparation for the Erwin, Tennessee game to be play ed in Marion tomorrow night. Little is known of the strength of the Erwin team, but according to past reputation, the Rippers are expecting a formidable foe. Em phasis this week has been placed on tackling and line charging, which appeared to be weak spots in the game last Friday. SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSED FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK City and County schools will be closed Friday of this week to per mit faculty members to attend a meeting of the North Carolina Ed ucation association in Asheville, ac cording to announcement by H. F. Beam, city superintendent, and N. F. Steppe, county superintendent.
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