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THE MARION PROGRESSA WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OFTHE PEOPIJ5 OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTYESTABLISHED 1896MARION, N. C., THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 18, 1948VOL. 53—No 18Gala Christmas Celebration Planned By Marion MerchantsMonday, November 29 The jolly, old elf accepted the invitation with pleasure when the Marion Merchants Association phoned him about the elaborate plans underway to make this holiday sea»on the merriest celebration ever held in Marion.Beginning at 4:30 p. m., Monday afternoon, there will be a formal Christmas opening of Marion stores complete with a parade of floats, local horsemen, the Marion High School band and a number of other attractions. Merchants will compete for the most attractive window displays and the prettiest floats. Winner of the float contest will be awarded $25 and the window display contest prize will be $10.Committees and chairmen to assist in preparing the celebration were named at a meeting of the association Tuesday afternoon as follows:S. R. Perkins, general chairman;C. B. Dobson, parade chairman; Mrs. Elwyn Bialy and Miss Elizabeth Whitten, civic organizations; P. J. Story, Glenn Morris, Dysart Martin, Carter Hudgens, S. W. Blanton, J. K. Neal, Jr., R. W. Twitty. W. W. Neal, Jr., David Blanton and Mrs. Arthur Allen, judges of floats.D. W. Smith, police chairman; W\ G. Wiatt, lighting; C. A. Cannon, Christmas tree; Virgil McKinney,D. W. Tainter, prizes; C. B. Dobson, marshall of the parade line order; Mayor J. W. Streetman, Jr.. S. R. Perkins, Mrs. Ethel Crisp, and the Board of Aldermen, assisting in parade order.The American Legion, headed by G. Watson Wilson as Commander, and the Veterans, of Foreign Wars, headed by Francis Nichols, chairman, will have chaige of flag ar-Bernard Hirsch, Marion HigSchool band; Wayne Suttle, chairman of the merchants' flag floats, assisted by Ed Rowe, and J. Roy Morrow. David Gray, industrial floats; J. F. Snipes, filling stations and garages. Miss Elsie House and Pat Davis, Pleasant Gardens Rhythm Band.J. H. Beaman, J. M. Snoddy and W. E. Carter. Boy Scouts; Carl W'hiteside and W. E. Carter, 4-H Clubs; Miss Jean Steele, home dem-STORES TO CLOSE THANKSGIVING DAYPractically all stores will remain closed Thanksgiving Day, but will be open all day Wednesday, November 24, the Marion Merchants Association announced.HAROLD CHAPMANThree Scouts Recommended For Eagle AwardsThree members of Troop 4, Marion were recommended for Eagle Scout ranks ac the Court of Honor held here Friday night. They are Gerald D. Murray, Jack Murray and David Patterson.Other advancements were made as follows:Tenderfoot: Bobby Byers, Russell Smith, Troop 6, Marion; Franklin Helms, Troop 2, Marion; Eugene Holli field, Troop 4, Marion; Rod Brown, Troop 1, Ashford.Second Class: Paul L a w i n g, Troop 1, Sugar Hill.First Class: R. L. Carmody, Troop 4. Marion.Merit BadgesAgriculture: Norman Melton, Troop 1, Sugar Hill.Athletics: David Patterson, Troop 4, Marion....... mTroop 1, Sugar Hill.Bird Study; Jack Murray, Troop4, Marion.Camping: Gerald Murray, Jack Murray, David Patterson, Troop 4, Marion.Carpentry: Robert Parker, Kerry Monteith, Lee Holland, Bronson Montieth, Troop 1, Sugar Hill.Civics: Maurice E. Melton, Troop 1, Sugar Hill.Corn Farming: John B. Monteith, Troop 1, Sugar Hill.Chapman Awarded Welcome Medal For Scientific PaperLt. jg William Harold Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Chap-I man of Marion, was one of two | Naval Medical Officers of the Naval | Medical Reserach Institute, Nati-lonal Naval Medical Center, Beth-seda, Maryland, to be awarded the jSir Henry Welcome Medal and Prize. Announcement of the award i was made by the Association of Mili-! tary Surgeons of the United States.A scientific paper prepared by j Weatherbv’s Wavnesville Mount-Rippers To Play Waynesville Team In Paper BowlCanton—The Waynesville High Mountaineers, who have all but cinched the Blue Ridge Conference championship, and the Marion High Rippers, who have made a sensational comeback in the past four weeks to rate as a top power in the Western Conference, will meet in Canton's first annual Paper Bowl game, to be played at Black Bear Memorial Stadium here Saturday afternoon, December 4.Coaches Carleton Weatherby of Waynesville and Art Ditt of Marion met with Ralph Goforth, chairman of the Paper Bowl committee, and Henry Michael, president of the sponsoring Ys Men’s Club, immediately after the Marion eleven had smothered Canton’s Black Bears by 48-0 here Friday night and signed contracts for participation in the bowl game.Members of the Paper Bowl committee hailed the pairing of Marion and Waynesville as a natural” drawing c'vd, as it brings together the two elevens who, in their estimation, are the leading representatives of the neighboring and Rivai Blue Ridge and Western conference.Methodist Church Reported RobbedChapman and Lt. Cmdr. Eugene P. Cronkite MC USN of Los Angeles,. California, on “A Critical Analysis lt;of the Syndrome of Acute Total j Body Radiation Illness,” was selected by the association as the best submitted in the Annual Competi-| tion.The presentation of the honorarium and scroll accompanying the award will be made by Brig. General Edgar Erskine Hume USA, president; Friday night, of the association on November 12} The Waynesville at the annual convention in San Antonio, Texas.aineers corraled the berth as host team in the Paper Bowl when they eked out a 7-2 victory in a titanic struggle with Hop Arbogast’s power-j ful Asheville School Blues a week ago. Ditt’s Marion Rippers, whose late season sweep had been closely watched by the Paper Bowl committee, assured themselves of the invitation to oppose Waynesville by their brilliant triumph over CantonWilliam Twitty and Willie Lou Black were arrested in connection with an alleged robbery which occurred at the First Methodist Church last week, Chief of Police D. W. Smith said. Given a hearing in County Court Tuesday morning probable cause was found and defendants were bound over to the January term of McDowell County Superior Court. Bond was set at $750 each.A movie projector and typewriter, reported missing after the incident, were recovered, but a wire recorder, also reported missing, has not been been found, police said.James Edward McDowell, who also faced charges of breaking and entering and larceny in connection with an alleged robbery of a smoke house owned by R. M. Dark, was given a preliminary hearing, probable cause found, and defendant bound over to the January term of Superior Court. Bond was set at $750.The three were still confined in jail yesterday.Lee Biddix plead guilty to possessing illegal whisky and was sentenced to three months on the roads, suspended on payment of a fine of $25 and costs and on the further condition that defendant not violate the prohibition laws of North Carolina tor a period of two years. Willie Black plead guilty to disposing of mortgaged property and was sentenced to three months on the roads.FRIENDSHIP TRAIN OFFICERS NAMEDFOR THIS COUNTYNichols Body Is Returned To StatesOfficers of McDowell County's Friendship Train organization were named at a meeting Monday afternoon as follows:H. F. Beam, president; Rev. H. M. Wellman, secretary - treasurer; Rev. M. O. Owens, publicity chairman, and I. A. McLain, traffic manager.Township chairman named at the meeting are: G. C. Crawford and John Dobbins, Marion; W. E. Morgan, Glenwood; E. L. Christy, Dys-artville; Tom Stacey and C. R. Cornelius, Nebo; Jay English and Charles McCall, North Cove; J. R. Bowman, Old Fort; W. S. Haynes, and Rev. M. F. Hall, Montfords Cove; K. L. Carter, Higgins; Clyde Gilliam, Crooked Creek.The Friendship Train will leave Salisbury December 15 and will be made up of the freight ears assembled from the western counties. The train will then travel eastward through Lexington, Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh, Selma, Wilson, Rocky Mount and Ahoskie on to the embarkation point of Norfolk, Virginia. The train will pick up cars-from various counties along the way.The farm produce will be trans-)orted across the ocean at government expense to be taken over by the World Council of Relief to be distributed to the neediest people* egardless of their race, color or creed.The body of James Russell Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Nichols of Erwin, Tenn., grandson oi Mrs. Dora Nichols and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bolch of Marion, has been returned to the States forto wordeleven has notibeen defeated in Blue Ridge Confer- re-burial services, according ence competition this season, knock- received by his parents.£22? *lt;wr 9mville, Gft[School in succession. They have been defeated but once this year, bare 7-0 loss to the Elizabethton,arCollege 1935-1936, Davidson College 1938-1941, John Hopkins Medical School 1941-1944 and Midshipman’s School, Columbia University i Tenn Cyclones. In other non-confer-1944-1945. He is a member of the ence games they have defeated Alpha Epsilon Delta and Phi ChiV tow.. Capton, byO* wjg^rned from Italjr,hmt School and Asheville on- the army transport, LawrenceMethodist Youths Hold Retreatafraternities. He entered service November 17, 1942 and is presently attached to the staff of 1 the Naval Medical Research Institute.Victory. The body will arrive at McCall Funeral Home and arrangements for services will be announced a: a later date.ence games tney nave aeieateu Robert H. Nichols is yard master Svlva and Bryson City of the Smoky j at Erwin, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Rob-the naval J M’ouinta.ins Conference. i ert H. Nichols have a son, RobertThe Marion Rippers have been Hudson Nichols, Jr., in Los Angelas,A group of 23 Methodist Youth Fellowship members held a retreat at Pisgah View Ranch, near Candler, last week-end to make plans for the coining year.Rev. Harold Wrilkinson, pastor of Haywood Methodist Church, Ashe-y tHe mud'recreation commission to offer assistance on wrorld friendship and community service. He was also-speaker during the worship service. Larry Gibson, president, presided over the business session.The group left Marion Saturday ^nd returned Sunday night,somewhat of a “Cinderella” team this season, overcoming the tough-(Continued on last page)California,THANKSGIVING SERVICEClarence Morgan Arrives in Germany
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