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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 20, 1949 VOLUME 54 No. 14 School Superintendent Issues Instructions For Safe Bus Transportation Following the tragic, bus acci dent in Nash county in which seven school children lost their lives and the prompt action of the State school officials and Highway Pa trol, instructions were issued from the office of the County Superin tendent of McDowell to principals and others responsible for school T>us transportation to make a close inspection of bus loading and school transportation in view of determining whether any viola tions of transportation rules are being permitted in McDowell coun ty School transportation. N. F. Steppe, county superin tendent, outlined the precautions taken as follows: Ramon Robinson, supervisor of transportation, contacted all school principals and drivers and made a close inspection of loading, bus routing, and other regulations af fecting transportation. Strict or ders have been given that no over loading must be permitted and that only children entitled to transpor tation will be given permission to ride school busses. The busses are to be kept in safe mechanical con dition and everything possible will be done to guarantee the safety of school children. The child living 1 Vt miles of school will not be per (Continued on last page) Miss Clara Justice Named Assistant At Salem College The appointment of five stuednt assistants in various departments at Salem College, Winston-Salem, for the current school session, has "been announced by Acadaemie Dean Ivy M. Hixson. Mi** Clara Justice of Marion and Miss Dolores McCarter of Gastonia, will assist in Spanish; Norman Jarrad of Win ston-Salem, mathmematics; Miss "Winkie" Harris of Rocky Mount, French. "All the student assistants nam ed are majoring in the depart ments to which they were named," Miss Hixson said. "We feel that it is an honor to them to be selected to these positions, and that they will render valuable assistance in their fields." Miss Justice, a Junior, is plan ning to teach Spanish after her graduation from Salem. She is ser ving as treasurer of the I. R. S. (social standards council) this year, and is a member of the Span ish Club. Miss Justice is the daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. G. B. Justice of Marion. VFW Convention Held Here Sunday; Myers Speaker In addressing the Sixteenth Dis trict Convention Veterans of For eign Wars at its convention here Sunday, Comrade Charles Truett Myers, of Charlotte, judge advo cate, department of North Caro lina, said: "Members of the Veter ans of Foreign Wars rendered greatest service to this country by defending it overseas and now have another opportunity to render the country another important service in the peace." The convention was held in the Hut of the local Post with repre sentatives present from Kings Mountain, Shelby, Forest City, Grover, Bakersville, Spindale, (Continued on last page) Bicyclist Makes Tour Of 48 States A tired bicyclist pedaled his way into Marion last Saturday, on a tour of the 48 states and told a cafe owner he wanted work. The own er was more concerned about the fact that the man was hungry and set a plate of food before him. •""NW¥arof"Er IJeVfne" df Port land, Oregon, believes that al though the hospitality in the South is not all he anticipated, that Mar ion is more friendly than some other towns in this section and will probably remember C. B. Dobson as one of the kindest persons he met on the tour. "You gave me food, now I will wash your windows," he said. Continued on next page) CONDUCTING REVIVAL Rev. M. 0. Owens, pastor of the First Baptist church, is conducting revival services at Penelope Bap tist church, Hickory, but will re turn for the Sunday morning ser vice here October 23. He will then resume services in Hickory through next Wednesday. Plans are incomr plete for the evening service here next Sunday. Methodist Building Fund Campaign To Be Launched Francis Marion Sponsors Carnival The Francis Marion club realized approximately $175 from the car nival sponsored here last week, ac cording to an announcement made at the Club meeting last Thursday. Proceeds will go into the general fund. A motion was carried to sponsor a carnival next year. FIRE THURSDAY The fire department was called to Marion Cash Store last Thursday when an electric motor bfecame overheated. BttJ0&5HED BOXSCORE ON N.C.HIGHWAYS Killed October 11 through Oc tober October 14, 4; Injured Oc tober 11 through October 14, 38; Killed through October 14 thi* year, 630; Killed through October 14, 1948, 537; Injured through Oc tober 14, this year, 7,005; Injured through October 14, 1949, 5,686. Plans are underway at First Me thodist church for a Building Fund Campaign to be launched in No vember. Mrs. T. L. Richie, superin tendent of the Children's Building Division, will discuss building needs at the morning worship service next Sunday. S. R. Cross, chairman of the Building Fund Committee, said yes terday that $19,000 has been rais ed and $10,000 has been set as a goal for this year. Next year com mittee hopes to raise enough addi tional funds to begin the expan sion program. HUNTING PARTY TO RETURN HOME A Party of Marion men who have been pheasant hunting at Gettys burg, South Dakota, are expected to arrive home the latter part of this week. The hunting party includes, Walker Blanton, R. W. Proctor, Eugene Cross, Jr., and Eugene Cross III. NATIONAL LETTER WEEK OCTOBER 16-22 National letter writing week which has become an annual event, is to be observed this year from October 16 to October 281 Mrs. L. L. Nichols Died Tuesday Mrs. Dora Nichols has received a message informing her of the death of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Loman Nichols Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, California. Funeral services will be conducted Friday. Mrs. Nichols is the former Miss Irene Goltra and was born in Den nison, Texas. She is survived by her husband, Loman Nichols, and two sons, Lo man, Jr., and Robert. Anthony To Build A Grocery Store Bulldozers were grading yester day for a new grocery store to be erected on East Court street. C. E. Anthony said he plans to build a block structure and estimat ed the size at 20x35 feet. He said it will contain a grocery and fruit store. The site is just beyond the | Snipes Motor company. 149th STILL DESTROYED Sheriff C. M. Poo! raided his 149th still last Saturday on Curtis Creek. He reported destroying a 50 gallon, steam outfit and four abrrels of beer. Willard Toney and Richard Loftis accompanied him. JOHN A. POTEAT Poteat Appointed 1950 Principal To West Point John A. Poteat has been appoint ed to the Military Academy at West Point as principal for the year 1950. The announeenient of his ap pointment was contained in a let ter to C. C. Elledge, principal of the Marion High School, from Con gressman A. L. Bulwinkle. A prin cipal and alternate to the Academy (Continued on last page) Employer-Employee Banquet Will Be Held Tonight I \ Baptist Sponsored DP Family Arrived In Marion Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Criss 1 Ernestsons and family, displaced persons spon sored by the First Baptist church of Marion, arrived here yesterday | morning. The Ernestons, a Latvian ; family, have three daughters, Eva, 19, Maija, 7, and Mara, 4. ! The father is a bricklayer and will be employed by the G. P. Sea gle company. His first assignment will be on the new Baptist educa j tional building. The family will re jside at 125 State street where J church members have just com pleted a renovating program. The outside has Heen painted and a number of improvements made to the interior. Jt has also been com pletely furnished. The home was formerly occupied^ by Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Robinson. The family was taken from Lat via to Germany in 1944 and placed in a concentration camp where they remained until the war was over and they were sent to a dis placed persons camp. In bringing them to Marion through the Bap tist World Alliance, the local church is obligated to arrange transportation from New York, se cure employment for the father and establish them in a home. Ernestson is studying English, but admits it is a difficult language to learn. BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD HAS MEETING The Brotherhood of the First Baptist church held a dinner meet ing last Thursday evening with an attendance of 36. S. J. Westmore land, new president, was in charge of the meeting. Following the appointment of group captains, Rev. M. 0. Owens, Sr., Lamar, S. C., addressed the group. Dinner was served by circles one and two of the Woman's Mission ary Union. HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL The Marion Parent-Teachers as sociation will sponsor a Hallowe'en Carnival on the night of October 31, it was announced Tuesday. T. C. Autry, of Asheville, will be speaker at the Employer-Em ployee banqjjet of the Marion Mer chants association this evening1. "Slim" Vermont will also present a program of humor. Following the banquet there will be square and round' dancing. The banquet will begin at seven o'clock. Wreck Monday On Highway 70 One wreck was reported for the past week. The following account was given by State Highway Patrol man White, who made investiga tion : | William R. Burleson, driving a 1940 Oldsmobile west on highway 70, collided with a 1937 Ford driv en by Fred Tabor of Old Fort, and headed east. Passengers in the Burleson car were Ray Connors, who was taken to Marion Hospital and dismissed, Albert Murdock, who was treated at Marion General Hospital and discharged Tuesday afternoon. Al bert Lawton, also a passenger for facial lacerations and released. Thomas Hoyle, passenger in the1 Tabor car, suffered facial lacera- j tions and head injuries. Neither: driver was injured. The accident oc curred Monday afternoon. ASTC Student Practice Teaching At Marion High Ernest Miller, student of Appa lachian State Teachers college, has i been assigned to Marion High School for cadet teaching in the Commercial Department. Appalachian State Teachers col- j lege has inaugurated a full-day j program of student teaching with fifteen seniors now working on a full-time basis in Boone or schools j in surrounding counties. Marion! High was selected as one of the j schools to participate in the pro gram. C. C. Elledge, principal, and Mrs. Ralph Morris, commercial teacher, have expressed satisfac- i tion over the program. Elledge said he expects to have more stu- j dents placed here within the next; three months. Hubert Wey, principal of the Demonstration School ASTC who j helped to work out the program, < said students will be given a more practical teaching experience, and will be better prepared when en tering the teaching field. Red Cross Bloodmobile To Visit Cross Mill Tuesday Tax Notices Being Mailed The county tax books for 1949 have been turned over to C. M. Pool, sheriff and tax collector, and notices are being mailed out to tax payers. If taxes are paid during the month of October, there will be a one-half per cent discount allowed. Rare Blood Type Found At Old Fort During a recent visit to McDow ell county the Red Cross Bloodmo bile received the rarest type of blood from an Old Fort volunteer. The type was AB negative. An av erage of about one of this type is said to occur in every 200 volun teers. Blue Ridge Meet Closes With Reports Reports of the past year's work highlighted the Wednesday session of the Blue Ridge Baptist associa tion. Total membership was listed at 6,257; baptisms 325; Sunday School enrollment 5,687; Training Union enrollment 1,357. There were 23 Vacation Bible schools held with a total attendance of 1,994, it was stated. Local gifts were listed at $144,103 and gifts to Missions at $21,408, making a total of $165,511. A motion was carried to open the 1950 fall session with a session at West Marion to be followed with a night meeting at Cross Mill. The second day the meeting will be held at Glenwood and adjourn the eve ning of the same day with a meet ing at Glenwood. Associational ministers named for next year are Rev. John Hicks, first day, and Rev. Carson Brittain, second day. Mrs. Britt To Attend Meetings In New York Mrs. Wade Britt, third vice pre sident of the North Carolina Fed eration of Womens Clubs will go by train to New York City Thurs day, October 20, where she will at tend a board meeting of the Gen eral Federation of Womens Clubs and the New York Herald-Tribune Forum. Both meetings will be held at the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs. Britt plans to return to Marion on Friday of next week. Plans have been made for the Red Cross Bloodmobile to visit Cross Mill on Tuesday, October 25, in an effort to obtain at least 75 pints of blood from volunteers. Headquarters will be the Cross Mill Baptist church and hours will be 10 a. m. till 12:30 noon, and 1:30 p. m. to 4 p. m. Wade Miller has been named chairman of the blood donor pro gram, D. F. Barnes, publicity di rector and Mrs. Virgil Bradburn, chairman volunteer service. Mrs. Louis Williams is chair man of community recruiting and. A. D. Greene, chairman milL recruiting. Others who will assist the co chairmen of recruiting are: Ray Murray, Fred Murray, A. D. Greene, S. R. Cross, L. M. Wat kins, G. L. Jenkins, Ray Miller, Joyce Carrigan, Peller England. J. L. Condrey, Louis Williams, Eugene Dobson, Kathryn Baucom, John Good, Ralph Webb, Maxin© Naomi Hobbs, Miss Mattie Sluder, Mrs. Cecil Martin, Miss Mickol, Henry Scott. Mrs. Durand Workman, Mrs. (Continued on page 3) BOY SCOUT COURT OF HONOR HELD FRIDAY The Boy Scout Court of Honor was held in the First Methodist church last Friday. After a few words of welcome. the following Scouts were advanc ed in rank: Tenderfoot rank: David Brad buvn, J. V. Cuthbertson, Glenn Mil ler, Harold Dean Rinehard and Roper Leon Webb, troop 4, Mar ion. Second class: Ernest Ogle, Jen nings Duncan, James Wright, Jun ior Ayers, Lee Roy Duncan, troop 1, North Cove; Sherman Locke, Joe Eckerd, troop 6, Marion. First class: Bobby Hennessee,. and Dean Wright, troop 1, North. (Continued on last page) OIL PROGRESS WF.FX MISSED AT KIWANIS Kiwanians R. W. Twitty and Lee Conley were in charge of the pro gram for the Kiwanis club at its regular weekly meeting held in the community Wuilding Tuesday eve ning. Kiwanian Conley presented M. G. Roan, Employee Relations Man ager of the Gulf Oil Corporation of Atlanta, Ga., as the guest speaker Roan stated that the current week: was being observed as Oil Progress Week, and discussed' the oil indus try from its beginning to the pre (Continued on last page) Marion Community Council Names Nominating Committee Fender Purchases Self Service Market H. R. Fender has purchased the Self Srvice Market on South Main street from L. D. Ridings, of Spar tanburg, S. C. The transaction be came effective last Saturday. NEW CLASSES ADDED AT MARION HIGH SCHOOL A Dramatics class has been added to courses offered at the Marion High School, C. C. Elledge, princi pal, said this week. Miss Betsy Web ster is instructor. HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL AT CLINCHFIELD SCHOOL Clinchfield school will sponsor a Hallowe'en Carnival Saturday eve ling, October 22, beginning at 7 p. m. Proceeds will be used for school improvement. The quarterly meeting of the Community Council of Marion was held Monday night, October 17, in the Community Building with Mrs. Richard Cook, president, presiding. The nomination committee to se lect officers for the coming year was named as follows: Chairman, R. C. Spratt, with J. E. Neal, Jr., and T. L. Richie. Discussion centered around plans for meeting the need for funds to provide lunches for underprivileg ed school children, with emphasis also on recreational needs and pro jects. The Community Council was formed in February of this year through the cooperative action of 12 different clubs and organiza tions which felt that a central plan ning group was needed. The mem ber organizations in the Commu nity Council are: The Junior wo man's Club, Francis Marion Club, Marion Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, City School Board, Marion. (Continued oa last page)
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