A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1949
VOLUME 54—No. 30
Conservation
Election
To Be Held
A county soil conservation com
mitteeman will be elected during
the week of December 5-10 to suc
ceed T. W. Stacy whose term has
expired, L. B. Hairr, soil conserva
tion agent, has announced.
Others serving on the committee
are J. R. Jimeson and W. G. Green
lee. Stacy was the only committee
man for this county for a period of
six one-half years and was then se
lected for a two year term when
the first, three-member committee
was named. The expiration of his
current term makes a total of eigh\
and one-half years he has served
consecutively on the committee.
Mrs. Heers
Presents Program
At Kiwanis Meet
C.» P. Wright, in charge of the
program at the 'Kiwariis meeting
held last Tuesday evening, present
ed Mrs. E. A. Heers and her Junior
Glee Club in an half hour of enter
tainment. Mrs. Heers is director of
music at the Pleasant Gardens High
School. Her group of eighth, ninth,
and tenth grade boys and girls ren
dered a number of Stephen Foster
selections and Negro spirituals.
Roy W. Davis, president of the
«lub, presided during the meeting
and presided over a meeting of the
Board of Directors immediately fol
*- E. fe '"Carter, a member of the 1
Marion High School faculty, and
Dr. S. V. Lewis, health officer of
the McDowell County Health Unit,
were welcomed as new members.
Kiwanian Lee Conley, chairman of
tl»e Membership, Committee, pre
sented the Baby Kiwanians to the
•elub.
FIRE RECORD
FOR THE WEEK
A truck caught fire at Pleasant
Gardens last Wednesday, but fire
men reported only slight damage.
Mack Lail's residence in West
Marion caught fire Friday. Only
slight damage to a flue was report
ed.
An automobile fire was reported
Sunday night in front of the Eliza
beth James Mills on Logan street.
Firemen said the damage was not
extensive.
SEAGLE NAMES MERCHANTS
TO SOLICIT LOCAL FIRMS
FOR THE HOSPITAL DRIVE
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Ramsey Attending
Vision Congress
Dr. K. W. Ramsey of Marion is
attending the Occupational Vision
Congress at Raleigh, Nov. 27-30.
The Congress is sponsored by the
N. C. State Optometric Society and
the Department of Psychology at
N. C. State College. Main interest
is centered on research in occupa
tional vision at State College.
MARION MAN'S
FATHER PASSES
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hasskamp
were called to Cheraw, S. C., last
week by the death of the formers
father W. F. Hasskamp. Mrs. Hass
kamp returned to Marion over the
week-end while Harry Hasskamp
accompanied his mother to Aitkin,
Minnesota, where funeral services
, Iter Miv Hasskemp were held last
Sunday.
Amos Seagle, president of the
Marion Merchants association, has
appointed the following committee
to solicit all firms in or near Mar
in for contributions to the Marion
General Hospital Building Fund:
•J. Arthur Walker, M. W. Gordon,
Jr., Roy Morrow, Wayne Suttle, Ed
Rowe, W. G. Ballew, V. T. Eckerd,
S. R. Perkins, Amos H. Seagle, J.
R. Jimeson, D. W. Tainter, Carl
McCall, Robert Landis, W. S. Shif
let and W. H. Norris.
Pool Raids
155th Still
Sheriff C. M. T>ool now has 155
stills to his credit.
The last two raided this week in
cluded one in Bracketts township
of 100 gallon capacity. Those mak-_
ing the raid were Willard Toney,
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CROP
Program
Organized
Heads of the McDowell County
Christian Rural Overseas Program
met Monday in the office of H. F.
Beam and set December 15 as the
deadline for receiving materials.
A committee composed of Rev.
Charles Frenzei, Rev. C. C. Cross, I.
A. McLain and S. J. Westmoreland
was appointed to present the pro
gram to local ministers. The church
es will serve as collection depots.
The town churches are being asked
to make cash contributions and the
rural churches to donate food.
Eventually the cash donations
will be turned over to Rev. C. C.
Cross, pastor of the East Marioi?
Baptist church, to be sent to head
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Hospital Drive
Off To Good Start
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READ THE ADS
AND TRY TO WIN
A MOVIE PASS
The Marion Theatre and Marion
Progress awarded theatre passes in
last week's Read-The-Ads contest
as follows:
Troy Ellis, student; <2. B. Young,
:kild; Miss Ruby Lewis and Bill
•ewes; twhrtte Yeskltog WttMn - "Vk&
:ity limits.
Rural readers Winning were Mrs..
Guy Little and Miss Selma Faye
Bright.
Each week frorfl now until
Christmas The Marion Progress and
the Marion Theatre will award
passes each week" to two adults liv
ing within the city limits, two liv
ing outside the city limits, one to
a student over 12 years of age and
one to a child under 12.
Anyone is eligible to try for
these passes except employees of
The Progress and members of their
families.
Here's all you have to do.
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Turkish Tobacco
Meet To Be Held
R. H. Crouse, agronomy exten
sion specialist in Turkish tobacco,
will conduct a meeting here for
Turkish tobacco farmers at two
o'clock, December 8, in the court
room, S. L. Homewood, county
farm agent, announced yesterday.
The hospital drive is off to a good
start, according to comment by S.
R. Cross, chairman of the Build
ing Fund Drive committee, this
week.
He said yesterday approximate
ly $10,000 had been donated to the
drive.
A few firms have already report
ed a one hundred per cent response
to appeals for donations. In order
to keep tab on the progress of the
campaign giant thermometers will
be erected on the court house lawn
the hwumwM section-«£-<
Old Fort to show the ffesponse to i
date.
Dr. George Rowe, chief of staff
of Marion General Hospital, calls
attention to the fact that a new
hospital building will not only pro
vide more room for patients, but
will add facilities for better ser
vice as well. He said additional con
veniences will include more park
ing space, larger waiting rooms, im
prove diet kitchen facilities and in
a general way help to make the pa
tients' stay in the hospital more
pleasant.
A one hundred per cent response
to the Hospital Building Drive has
already been reported by the Mar
ion Bargain Store, Clear Creek
Lumber company, Radio Station
WBRM, and First National Bank.
Baseball Directors
Making Plans
For Coming Season
Many people may be of the opin
ion that it may be a little early to
turn to baseball: however, the di
rectors of the Marion Recreational
Association are net of thik opinion.
The Directors of the Marion Re
creational Association held a meet
ing in the baseball office in the
city hall Monday night. J. F. Snip
es, president of the organization,
presided over the meeting and pre
sented Russell "Red" Mincey to
the directors. (
Mincey has been placed under
contract as the new manager of
the Marion Marauders for the
•1950 season. Mincey comes to Ma
rion with an excellent baseball re
cord behind him, and baseball fans
in this section are enthusiastic over
the nrosoects of a good club for
the coming baseball season.
Among other items of business1
transacted at the meeting, the di
rectors are sending President Snip
es and Manager Mincey to the Ma
ior-Minor Baseball Convention, to
be held in Baltimore, December
5-9. Snioes has already made con
tact with several of the major
farm organizations, and is going to
Baltimore for the purpose of buy
ing or optioning players to begin
the new season.
The management of the Marion
Marauders have thirteen players as
carry-overs from the 1949 team
to serve as nucleus for baseball op
erations in the new year. In the
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ROTARY FARMERS' NIGHT
WILL BE HELD FRIDAY
CLOSING HOURS
FOR LOCAL STORES
ARE ANNOUNCED
The Marion Merchants associa
tion calls attention to a motion car
ried at the last quarterly meeting
in regard to closing hours during
the Christmas shopping season.
It was agreed that beginning Fri
day, December 16, stores would re
main open until eight o'clock eve
nings and continue that schedule
through December 24. Grocery
stores were exempt from the rul
ing.
H. B. CALDWELL, Master of
the North Carolina State Grange,
will be speaker at the eighth an
nual observance of Farmers Night
Friday Night, December 2, spon
sored by the Marion Rotary club.
The program will be held at the
community building and will start
at 7 p. m.
Autopsies
Performed In
Twins' Deaths
Autopsies were performed m*re
Monday afternoon on the bodies of
Carolyn Diane and Carl Dennis
T e a s t e r, two-months-old twin
daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Edward Teaster of Tunnel
Road, Marion, route 1.
The infants died Sunday night
or early Monday morning while in
bed.
They were brought to Marion
General Hospital early Monday
where they were pronounced dead
on arrival.
A report from the autopsies is
expected to be ready the latter part
of the week, S. J. Westmoreland,
McDowell county coroner, said that
the report will determine whether
or not he will make an investiga
tion.
Funeral services were conducted
at Yancey Street Baptist church at
4:30 Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
Willis assisted by Rev. C. C. Cross
and burial was in Oak Grove ceme
tery.
Other than the parents they are
survived by a small brother Paul.
Art Byrd
Named Member
Of All America
Hug'h Beam, superintendent of
the Marion City Schools and a for
mer coach of the Marion High
School Rippers, stated that he was
elated over the selection of Art
Byrd as a member of the official
Little All-America selection.
Byrd ' is a senior at the Western
Carolina Teachers College, where
he has performed as an outstanding
athlete for the past four years. For
three successive -years, Byrd made
the All-Conference selection, of
which his college is a member, and
his coaches at Western Carolina
Teachers College have been high in
the praise of the scrappy Marion
175 pound guard, who has been
singled out as a Little All-America
football player.
Beam stated that Art Byrd
was a member of the Marion High
School team in 1942. The Marion
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Corn Growing Awards
Will Be Presented
To Five Contestants
The Rotary club will" sponsor its
eighth annual Farmers Night Fri
day, December 2, at the community
building. The program will begin at
seven o'clock.
H. B. Caldwell, of Greensboro,
Master of the North Carolina State
Grange, who addressed the group
at its first Farmers' Night, will be
speaker again this year. He is
known as a leader in the field of
agriculture and a fluent speaker.
J. R. Jimeson, chairman of the
Rural-Urban Acquaintance commit
tee, said he anticipates an attend
ance of about 100. The five, prize
winning 4-H and FFA boys will re
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Made Visit To Clinchfield
MARION BAPTISTS
ARE ELECTED
TO STATE OFFICES
Rev. M. 0. Owens, Jr., was elect
ed president of the State Baptists
Ministers Conference and W. R.
Chambers w^s elected trustee, of
Mtai Hill colWn sk" siptii
State Convention held in Raleigh
.last week.
Chambers has been moderator of
the Blue Ridge Baptist association
for'several years and served a four
year term as trustee of Meredith
College. He was trustee of Mars
Hill for 20 years.
Confirmation
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At St. John's
The Rt. Rev. M. George Henry,
of Asheville, will administer the
Sacrament of Confirmation and
preach at St. John's Episcopal I
church at eight o'clock, Thursday
Night, December 1,, Rev. Albert
P. Mack, rector has announced.
All are welcome.
Community Sing:
Everyone is invited to attend
the Community Sing at the Marion
high school auditorium Friday, De
cember 9, at 8 o'clock p. m.
This program is sponsored by
the Public Relations Committee of
the N C E A.
There will be no admission
charge.
Volunteer donors for the Red >*
Cross Bloodmobile visit to Clinch- ' ,
field this week totaled 125, accord- :
ing to a report Tuesday by Miss . i
Marie Jarrett, chairman. The sched»- , I
ule called for donors to be accept- K
ed from 9 a. m., until 5:30 p. m.^ 14
and final figures as to the amount
received were not available byt &
press time. -
Those serving with Mis£ Jarett
were. Rex. P%nl ^publicity :
chairmen with Rev. R. C. „ Ck>ntzK
Rev. H. R; aftd Miss*
Ruth Greenlee as members of his. *
committee. J. Atlas Cannon was re- . <
cruiting chairman.
Recruiters working with him ia."
the various departments are:
Tom Hall, Wilford Taylor, Mary
Boone, G. W. Davis, Bertie Bigger—
staff, Carl Rowland, Grace Row—
land, Octavius Young, Lillie Coop—
er.
Herman Moore, Ella Wages,.
Stokes Proctor, Ella Reynolds, Max
Harris, Pinkie Crouch, Carl Martin,
Virginia Watson, Paul Pittman.
G. E. Locke, Mildred Earley,
Marshall McGalliard, Fuce Hughes,
Myrtle Freshour, Morris Matthewsr
Rass Young, Daisy Foster.
Jannette Curtis, James Rhymer,
Nellie Norman, W. C. Higgins, Ben
T. Wylie, Jr., Mae Browne, Charlie
Greene, Bessie Proctor, Homer
Taylor.
Dry Thanksgiving
McDowell county observed a safe
Thanksgiving with no highway ac
cidents reported, according to»
State Highway Patrolmen.
Sheriff C. M. Pool aid it was the
"dryest" Thanksgiving he had ob
served and not one case of drunk
enness was reported to his office
during the holiday.
Yule Spirit To Prevail
At Central P. T. A. Meeting
Harris And White
Buy Wallace Store
The store formerly known as
Wallace, Inc., 5-10-25c store has
been purchased and is now being
operated by N. P. Harris and B. E.
Whitfe and is known as Harris
White Co., 5-10-25c stores, accord
ing to announcement in an adver
tisement in this week's issue of The
Progress.
The public is cordially invited to
visit the store. A number of Christ
mas suggestions will be found in
the advertisement this week.
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On Tuesday night, December 6,
at 7:45 o'clock the Marion Central,
Parent-Teacher Association will
hold a regular meeting in the hign.
school auditorium where Santa
Claus will greet parents and chil
dren alike. The Christmas asmos
phere will prevail in the decora
tions and throughout the musical
program that is being planned by
Mrs. Mary Lillian Conley, public
school music instructor and her
Glee clubs. Special guests for the
occasion will be the Parent-Teach
er presidents of all of the other
school associations within the Ma
rion system, as well as the minis
ters of the Marion churches.
While the business -part of
the meeting » iMfing * trans
acted, the children w%n be inter
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Christmas
Seal Sale
Reported Good
A total of $683.83 was cottfrCted'
during the first nine days of
CRiristmas Seal Sale drive, Mrs.
Edna Earle Stancell, chairman,
said this week and added that she;
is well pleased with the progress
made up to this time.
The campaign is sponso;
this county by the Marion
Woman's club to wage war
tuberculosis. ~w- . j
Civitan Club
To Change Time
Of Meetings
The Civitan club voted to changer
the time of meeting to the second,
and fourth Monday evenings of
each month, at a meeting last week.