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Pvt. Pruett Completes Army Airborne Course Pvt. Jaclc William Pruett, hus band of Mrs. Birdie Sue Car penter Pruett, of DUlard, Ga., Route 1, recently completed an airborne course at Fort Ben nlng, Ga., the fort information office has announced. The course Is designed to train volunteer officers and en listed personnel from all arms and branches of the service as qualified parachutists. Students are required to make five Jumps from an airplane In flight, including one with full equipment, It was explained. Pvt. Pruett Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Pruett, of Franklin. T. V. A. AMMONIUM NITRATE On DISCOUNT Get your certificate of eligibility from P. M. A. Office 30^ savings on F. O. B. Price in July FARMERS FEDERATION A. E. FRIZZELL, Mgr. Phone 92 Franklin, N. C. (Unavoidably omitted last week) FESTIVE FOURTH OBSERVED HERE Celebration Is Marked By Field Events, Beauty Contest, Dance Before putting it on the shelf tor another year, Macon Coun ty wrapped the Fourth of July in a sparkling package of good :lean-fun and high spirits. Left in the wake of the fes ;ive Fourth here was talk of he county-wide field event ? a .mash success; a beauty con ;est ? a refreshing eye-opener; ind a free night street dance ? vhlch drew a crowd estimated n the thousands. Miss Julia Hunnicutt, of rranklin, was crowned Queen of -i-V the Fourth by Rotary club Judges from a Held of nine o^her beauty contestants. The beauty contest, a feature of the morning events held at the Franklin athletic field, was sponsored by the Franklin Jun ior Woman's club. Runnerup In the beauty pa rade was Miss Palma Fouts. Others entered were Misses Jewel Reece, Betty Lou Con stance, Ann Hays, Mary Ann Johnston, Patty Lou Phillips, Mertis Angel, Freda Elliott, and | Bobbie Burch. Rotarians serving as judges were Norman Blaine, Albert Ramsey, H. H. Gnuse, and Bill Bryant. Celehration of the Fourth here was a combined venture by several civic organizations. The American Legion held a flag raising ceremony at the athletic field; the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary was in charge of concessions: announc ing at the field was handled by the Lions club; and members of the Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce assisted with the running of events. Winners of the various field events (prizes were donated by local merchants' were: Oldest woman present, Mrs. Julia McCrackln; three-legged race for boys under 12, Larry Jones and Randolph Bulgln; . three-legged race for boys over 1 12, Bill Zlckgraf and Bobby Bid- 1 die; girls' 50-yard dash, under 12, Patricia Ward; girls' 50- 1 yard dash, over 12, Elizabeth ' Ann Phillips; boys' 50 yard dash, I over 12, Richard Renshaw; ? father and son relay, Fred ] Jones and son, Morris; ugliest ? man, Uell Dalton ? Howard Bar- 1 nard, honorable mention; wom an's slipper kicking contest, ; Mrs. T. H. Fagg; married lady i potato race, Mrs. T. H. Fagg;|i fat man's race, the Rev. M. W. Chapman; baseball throw for distance, over 16. Hershell Keener; baseball throw for dis tance, under 16, Morris Jones; wheelbarrow race, over 12, Rich ! ard Russell and Richard Ren shaw; wheelbarrow race, under 1 12, Gary McKelvey and Ran- 1 | dolph Bulgin; largest family j present, Mrs. Roy Houston's, I seven. Several thousand persons, a ? ? large number tourists, turned i out for the free street dance j j on the square the night of the Fourth. Music was furnished by | Corbin's String band and the j crowd was still milling through I These cold meot slices were left uncovered five days in an ordinary refrigerator. Curled edges and discoloring show how they have dried out. These slices from the same meat were left uncovered five days in an Admiral Dual-Temp. Moist-cold kept them fresh, appetizing, flavorful. NEW! 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Admiral Refrigerator We will give away July 26 at 3 p. m. The Franklin Press and The Highlands Maconian THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1951 '' PAGE FIYB he streets as midnight ap- J >roached. Winners in the V.F.W. draw ng, held after the field events, were Paul Newman, Mrs. Peg- s ry Christy, Walter Cabe, Mrs. ] r. R. Overton, Vincent Bryson, 1 viae Evett Norton, E. W. Hogsed, < ?t. G. Beshears, Jack Martin, j md Kay Johnson. | ' An estimated 2,000 persons, j ' iroung and old, turned out for ! " ;he morning celebration at the ithletic field. The V.F.W. post was coordi- j nator for the day's program. A greasy pole was the "dia- ? oolical" donation of the Moose ' Lodge. Droves of youngsters spent half the morning trying to get the best of the slippery j mast and reach the S5 bill on ihe top. Finally, as noon ap- 1 proached. featherweight Ray jregory, with the assistance of i number o? other boys, was boosted to the top. June Road Work 1 Totals 3.8 Miles, Jordan Announces The State Highway commis sion completed 3.8 milee of bi tuminous seal coating and sur facing with traffic-bound mac idam in Macon County during :he month of June, Chairman' i. W. Jordan has announced. US 19 .was bituminous seal ;oated from the Swain county ine to Topton for 2.6 miles. ?The following roads were ; ;raded, drained and surfaced . - vith traffic-bound macadam: 1 Lakey Creek road. 0.6 mile; 1 rim Moore road, 0.2 mile: and j rellico road. 0.4 mile. The Tenth Highway division , Drought a total of 73.95 miles )f road work to completion dur- , ng June, the chairman said. | Baldwin, Seaman Aboard bruiser, Is Returning To States From Korea Duty Charles E. Baldwin, ship's 1 lerviceman seaman, is return- | ng to Long Beach. Calif.. iboard the heavy cruiser. USS I 3t. Paul after spending 1 nearly sight months in the Korean ;ombat area, the Fleet Home j rown News center has an- ! nounced. He is the son of H. E. Bald- 1 win, of Franklin. According to the announce- . ment. the St. Paul spent her 1 time during the cruise ranging the length of North Korea's : east coast from the battle line it Kosong. to Chongjin. within I 50 miles of the Siberian and Manchurian borders. Her duties I'aried from giving direct gun fire support to United Nations front line troops to the de struction of railway targets near :he key Red points of Songjin jnd Wonsan. and the bombard ment of North Korean head juarters and supply installa tions in Chongun. In 1931. na lit i" . . exports iccounted. for 14 pl-r u-nt oi the ?ash farm income in this coun :rv. VlcFall# Completing Basic r raining At Texas Base Claude A. McFalls, son of Mr. ind Mrs. C. E. McFalls, of franklin, Route 3, Is completing lis air force basic airman ln loctrination course at Lakeland Mr Force base, San Antonio, rex., the base public lnforma :ion office has announced. ^ Breed your Cows ^ : Cfati/icict?Ct/ to \ &.SIRES PROVED GREATjg Your better herd begins when you phone us for information and skilled service to high index Proved Sires. Macon County Artificial Breeders Assn. For HOUSE WIRING Call JAMES P. WURST Licensed Electrician Phone 66 Franklin, N. C. K w % i Here's To Health! ... and when he writes your pre scription, caH us immediately, then you'll lose no time putting his mecTicine to work. Phone 82 A Full Measure of Health! Parry's Drug Store Serving- M-u.-n County Since 188* -that's what I rail RE.iL 1 For some ren;on, the wide open outdoors makes the rootfr.ess of JFG Special Coffee even more dclicicus and re freshing. On your next trip, take a thermos full of JFG with you and dis cover what we mean.
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