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Marion Progress
Marion, Mcdowell County, North Carolina
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Republicans of McDowell County held their county convention in Marion on Saturday afternoon, electing officers for the county executive committee and delegates to the state convention in Durham on March 18th and to congressional and district conventions.
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A majority of the precincts were represented.
The convention elected the following officers for the ensuing year: E. W. Parker, Jr., chairman of the County Executive committee, W. H. Hawkins, vice chairman, and Mrs. Pearl Hall Queen, co-chairman, Harry McCall, secretary and treasurer.
Other members of the Executive committee elected were W. R. Chambers, P. H. Mashburn, C. M. Pool, E. W. Parker, Delbert Curtis, W. H. Hawkins, W. G. Lavender, Arthur Lavender, Manley Ledford, J. O. Gordon, W. R. Stone, Roy Suttles, Avery Jamison, Robert Washburn, T. Wise Hall, James G. Hollifield, Charles A. McCall, Virgil Bradburn, Thermal Ross, C. Y. Banning and E. A. Beaman.
Regular delegates elected to the Republican State Convention to be held in Durham on March 18th, were as follows: William C. Chambers, C. M. Pool, Jack James, J. F. Wilkinson, C. D. Hawkins, Harry McCall, W. R. Chambers, Mrs. R. E. McCall, Mrs. C. R. Craig, Mrs. I. W. Saunders and Mrs. P. H. Mashburn.
Alternate delegates elected to the State Convention were: Charles Craig, Ed Rowe, M. G. Turner, Don Davis, Grayson Bailey, J. O. Gordon, R. W. Silvers, Roy Early, Sam Marlowe, J. W. Hogan and W. H. Swafford.
Regular delegates elected to the Congressional and other District Conventions were: Winslow Lavender, W. H. Hawkins, C. M. Pool, W. C. Fortune, Wise Hall, Thos. L. Klutz, L. J. Epley, J. M. Kanipe, W. R. Chambers, P. H. Mashburn, William C. Chambers.
Alternate delegates elected to the Congressional and other District Conventions were: Manley Ledford, Charles A. McCall, Grayson Craig, W. R. Stone, Van Hughes, Arthur Lavender, H. C. Worley, J. P. Walker, C. B. Harris, C. R. McCall and J. R. Gray.
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Marion, Mcdowell County
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Saturday Afternoon
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election of county executive committee officers and members; election of regular and alternate delegates to republican state convention in durham on march 18th and to congressional and district conventions.
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The Republicans of McDowell county held their County Convention in the court house in Marion on Saturday afternoon. C. M. Pool was made chairman of the convention and Delbert Curtis was elected secretary. A majority of the precincts were represented. The convention elected officers and members for the County Executive committee, and regular and alternate delegates to the state, congressional, and district conventions.