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Baptist Circles Have Meetings Woman's Missionary Union cir cles of the First Baptist church met Monday evening as follows: Circle Number One met with Mrs. W. R. Chambers at her home on Morgan street. Sixteen members were present. Mrs. Warren Frank lin and Mrs. Carolyn Fullerton were visitors. Mrs. Preston Rabb and Mrs. E. F. Hairr gave the devo tional. Each member then joined in the carol singing. A Christmas pro gram followed and Mrs. Rabb and Mrs. Hairr took part on the pro gram. Mrs. Fullerton, the woman commentator for radio station WBRM, gave a dramatic reading, The Vision of The Shepherds," from Ben Hur by Lew Wallace. This was the focal point of the pro gram and thoroughly enjoyed by all. The members exchanged Christ mas gifts. Miss Bonnie Hill, circle chairman was presented a gift of ■demi-tasse cups by the members. Mrs. Fullerton was also remember ed with a gift of silver. During the business session plans were made to have a Christmas tree for the displaced family and to remember others with gifts and visits. $123 was reported spent for community missions. A Lottie Moon offering was taken. A delicious #salad course was ser ved during the social hour. Circle Number Two met with Mrs. E. W. Parker, Sr., and Miss Margaret Parker at their home on Morgan street. Sixteen members were present. Mrs. W. F. Grant, Sr., gave the devotional. Mrs. Grant and Mrs. D. C. Buchanan gave a review of the Mission Study Book, "Ring In The New." Mrs. John Sullivan, president, presided over the busi ness session. Plans were made to I bring two girls from Union Mills j to spend the day in Marion Satur-' day. Shut-ins and some needy per sons are to be remembered with fruit, food and clothing during the ^holidays. Thirty-three sick visits were reported and $9.37 was spent for community missions. A Lottie Moon Christmas offer ing was taken. During the social 3iour that followed, the hostesses eerved fruit cake, coffee and nnts. Circle Number Three met with Mrs. Louise Vaughn and Mrs. Ja cob Smith, at their home on South Main street. Fifteen members and three visitors were present. Mrs. R. W. Atwell gave the devotional. Mrs. Dan Koone, Mrs. H. R,' Fender and Mrs. I. A. McLain presented a Christmas program. Mrs. R. C. Spratt, presided over the business Bession. Plans were made by mem bers to remember three shut-ins during the holidays with visits and j gifts. A Lottie Moon Christmas offer-1 ing was taken. Seventy-five sick -visits were reported and $145 was spent during the past month for community missions. Members of the Circle presented Mrs. Spratt, the Circle chairman, with a gift of china. During the social hour de licious refreshments carrying out the Christmas motif were enjoyed. Circle Number Four met with MCDOWELL exalt Mrs. Otis L. Broyhill at her home on North Main street. Thirteen members were present. Mrs. M. 0. Owens, Jr., was a guest. Members brought gifts for two children at South Mountain School and two elderly people. Eighteen sick visits were reported. A Lottie Moon Christmas offering was taken. Mrs. M. W. Gordon, Jr., was remember ed with a gift of silver by the Circle members. Mrs. James Parker gave the devotional. Members then en joyed games and contests. The hos tess served fruit cake, ice cream and coffee dui-ing the social hour. Circle Number Five met with Mrs. S. B. Hildebrand at her home on North Madison street. Miss Lur line Corpening was co-hostess. Eleven members were present. Mrs. Carl McCall gave the devotional. Each member of the Circle brought a gift for the Home for the Aged. A Christmas program followed with Miss Gladys Corpening telling a Christmas story and Mrs. Carl Mc Call reading a poem. During the business session thir ty-six sick visits were reported, and $69 was spent for community mis sions. An offering was taken for the Lottie Moon Foreign Missions Fund. Plans were made to visit and give gifts to the shut-ins and needy | of the church and community. A social hour followed with fruit cake, ice cream, coffee and jnuts being served by the hostesses. Circle Number Six met with Mrs. C. A. Parker at her home in West Marion. Mrs. W. C. Elliott, Jr., was co-hostess. Sixteen members were present. Miss Sara Silvers oeened the meeting with a prayer. During the business session a Lot tie Moon Christmas offering was taken. Reports were given that eleven children from Union Mills were brought to Marion for- the week-end by Circle members. The Circle plans to buy tennis shoes for each of these eleven chil dren. Fifty sick visits were report ed and $49.05 was spent for com munity missions. The members made plans to remember shut-ins, and sick members of the church during the holiday season. A gift was given Mrs. C. A. Park-1 er, the Circle chairman by the; members. A Christmas program in- \ eluding stories and games followed, j Delicious refreshments were serv-1 ed by the hostesses carrying out the j Christmas motif. GENERAL MEETING I All members of the W. M. U. are urged to be present at the General Meeting Monday evening, Decem ber 19, 7:30 at the First Baptist church. New Circles for the coming year will be formed and a Christ mas program will be presented. LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES OF INTEREST Leonard Casshion teacher in the j Social Science department at Cen-! tral High School will leave Marion i December 17 to spend the Christ-] mas holidays at his home in Moores ville. o Miss Barbara Walker, Bill Walk-' er and Robert Walker, all students of Wake Forest College, will arrive today to spend Christmas holidays with, their parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Walker. Miss Catherine Alley, high school teacher at Central school plans to leave Marion Friday, De cember 16for Macon, Georgia, where she will spend the Christmas holidays at her home. o Mrs. William Ross and son Wil liam, Jr., have arrived from Raleigh for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Cross. William Ross, who recently underwent an operation at Duke hospital, is reported improving. o Dale Brown, Betsy Keith Bow man and Lealon Lytle will arrive in Marion this week-end from Bre vard College to spend the Christ mas holidays at their homes in Mar ion. o Margaret Ann Davis and Wilma Mclver, students at East Tennes see State College, will arrive Sat urday, December 17 to spend the Christmas holidays at their respect ive homes here. o Mrs. E. A. Logan, Jr., spent last week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Yarbro in Morgan ton. Mrs. Yarbro is reported great ly improved from a recent illness which confined her to Grace Hos pital for treatment. She has now returned to her home at 108 Lin ville street, Morganton. o Students of Davidson College who will begin the Christmas holi days from their studies on Decem ber 20 and plan to spend the holi days in Marion at their homes in clude L. D. Atkins, Jr., Lynn Craw ley, Roy Davis* Jr., Winslow Bal lew, Jr., Bill Stanley and Dean Seagle. Church Circle Meets Monday Evening Circle Number Three of the Wo mans Society of Christian Service of First Methodist church held its December meeting on Monday eve ning at the home of Mrs. S. R. Cross with Miss Opal Epley and Miss Mary Olive Conley as asso ciate hostesses. Arrangements of holly and other Christmas greens, tapers, and scen es in keeping with the holiday season were very effective in the decorating of the home. Mrs. Phillip Laughridge, chair man of the circle presided during the business portion of the meeting and plans were made to assist an indigent family for Christmas. Elizabeth Cross sang a Christ mas solo, accompanied by Mrs. Roy Davis at the Piano, who also ac companied the group in carol sing ing 24 members were present and enjoyed Coca-Colas served by the hostesses. Baptist Women Elect Officers Officers of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Union were j elected last Friday at Bethlehem church as fol lows: Mrs. M. O. Owens, superintend ent; Mrs. C. C. Parker, assistant su perintendent; Mrs. Dan McHone, young peoples' leader; Mrs. Gen try, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. John Hicks and Mrs. C. C. Cross, pian ists; Mrs. W. M. Dameron, chorist er; Mrs. Dewey Hoyle, Y. W. A. leader; Mrs. Lock Tate, G. A. lead er; Arthur Wall, Royal Ambassa dor leader; Mrs. Loyd Cuthbertson, sunbeam leader; Mrs. Arnold Bright, community missions chair man ; Mrs. J. H. Barnes, steward ship chairman; Mrs. J. F. Parker, mission study chairman; Mrs. K. M. Epley, Margaret Fund^ chairman; Mrs. Carl Stokes, training school chairman; Mrs. J. Crouch, litera ture chairman. The Woman's Missionary Union Leadership conference will meet at Marion First Baptist church on Jan uary 18, at 10 a. m. Christmas Play Will Be Given At Eugene Cross PTA A religious Christmas play with the entire school taking part will be presented at the Eugene Cross School Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. This will be the program for the Parent Teachers associa tion December meeting. The pub lic is cordially invited and there will be no admission. The officers and chairmen met at the school Tuesday, December 6, and plans were made for the P. T. A. to sponsor the annual Boy Scout Banquet to be given Febru ary 11. Plans are underway to begin re modeling the room for the new li brary. Discussions were given on the P. T. A. sponsoring a play using local talent and will be de cided on later. The Grade Mothers will give the Children a Christmas treat on Fri day, December 16, when the school will close for the Christmas holi days. Next Sunday Is Deadline For CROP Gifts Those who were prevented from bringing donations to churches for the Christmas Rural Overseas Pro gram because of inclement weather last Sunday are urged to bring them next Sunday. This will be the deadline date. Rev. M. O. Owens, Rev. C. C. Cross and Rev. Charles Frenzel are speaking in county schools this w,eek asking that students remind their parents of the opportunity to give food to the program by bring ing it to their respective churches next Sunday. Evans Elected To Rexall Office J. E. Evans, owner of the Mc Dowell Cut Rate Drug Store, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Rexall club. The position is one of the most important in the Rexall organiza tion. Post Office To Be Open Saturdays The Stamp and Parcel Post win dows of the Marion Post Office will be open until 5 p. m. on Saturdays, December 17 and 24, Postmaster John Finley announced this week. Read the advertisements. It pays. READ THE ADS (Continued from first page der 12 to bring the Progress to the office Thursday morning and show us the names as they appear in the ads will receive free prizes. No phone calls. You must call for the passes in person. IMPORTANT! PLEASE NOTE! In order to give the county read ers the same opportunity our town readers have to participate in the contest, county passes will not be awarded until Saturday morning. The first rural reader arriving Sat urday morning with the correct so lution will be awarded a pass. Here is this week's biography. Read each word carefully, then look for the answer in the display ads: Great American author ana pa triot, bprn in Hanover county, Vir ginia. His father was a native of Scotland. He received a fair share of classical education, entered busi ness at an early age, married at eighteen. Having failed successful ly in "storekeeping" and in farm ing, he became a lawyer in 1760, and three years later found his op ! portunity, when, having been em ployed to plead the cause of the people against so unpopular tax, his greai eloquence seemed sud denly to develop itself. Throughout the war of independ ence he was a zealous patriot. He was a delegate to the First Conti nental Congress, which met at Phil adelphia in 1774, and delivered the first speech in that assembly. In 1776 he carried the vote of the Virginia convention for independ ence; and in the same year he be came governor of the new state. He was afterwards four times reelect ed to his practice; in 1795 he de clined the secretaryship of state of fered him by Washington. He died 1799. CHRISTMAS SERVICES (Continued from first page) Sunday School and a morning wor ship service at 11 o'clock, but the evening service will be omitted, the pastor said. FIRST BAPTIST There will be a Christmas pro gram at the First Baptist church next Sunday evening, it is announ ced. Beginning at seven o'clock the choir will render musical selec tions and the White Gift service will follow. Christmas Day there will be no Sunday School, but Rev. M. O. Ow ens, pastor, will deliver a Christ mas message at the morning wor ship serving at 11 o'clock. BAND CONCERT (Continued from first page) follows: PROGRAM Two Christmas Processional Mar ches . . . Marcelli. Gesu Bambine (The Infant Je sus) . . . Pietro Yon. American Folk Rhapsody . . . Grundman. Aria. Rodgers And Hart Songs . . . Amparito Roga (Spanish march) . . . Texidor. Sleigh Ride . . . Anderson. The Mosquitoes' Parade . . . Whitney. Broadcast From Brazil (Bamba) . . . Bennetts. 'Twas The Night Before Christ mas, Narrator—Mr. Pike .. . Long. BAND MEMBERS Band members who will play in this concert are: Flutes: Polly Atkins, Hilda Good man, Janelle Harrison. Oboes: Harry McCall, Margaret Mclver. Bassoons. Mary Lou Haire, Jane Matthews. B Flat Clarinets: Betty Cuth bertson, Joe Eckerd, Jimmy Laugh ridge, Sewell Laughridge, Jean Matthews, Ellen Ann Morris, Vir ginia McBee, Ray McCurry, Joyce Pace, David Pittman, Jewell Reel, .Jane Shiflet, Chuck Smith, Bill Sut tle, Vivian Suttlemyre. Alto Clarinet: Peggy Creasy. Bass Clarinet: Hubert Martin. Alto Sax: Bobby Long, Dorothy Jo McCall, Ikey McLain. Tenor Sax: Jane Bradford, Gray Proctor. Baritone Sax: David Finley. B Flat Cornets: Kenneth Can non, Marshall Dark, Charles Dick son, Norman Elliott, Larry Gibson, Bill Hawkins, Patsy Lentz, Connel ly Miller, Lee Phillips, Bill Smith, Blake Suttles. French Horns: Jane Brown, Joe Buchanan, Bobby Ricks, Thelma Sturgeon. Trombones: Devaun Burnette, Donnie Godfrey, Jimmy Greene, Bobby Morris, Guy Smith, Glen Wall. Baritone Horns: Gene Cross, Mickey Walker. Basses: Ralph Fender, Douglas Isaac, Karl Warlick. 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