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Waynesville Downs Marion 19-6 Last Friday Night The Marion Rippers went down in defeat at the hands of the power ful Waynesville Mountaineers, champions of the Blue Ridge Con ference Friday night at Waynes ville to the tune of 19—6. The game was never in doubt af ter whisenhunt, big Waynesville fullback, plunged over for the first six point. Later in the second quar ter Yarborough Waynesville's big end canght a pass over Hammett in the end zone for another six points. The Ripper offense came to light with three minutes left to play in the first half. A pass to Gilbert Packett completed on the Marion 48 yard line saw the injured Pack ett outrun the Mountaineers to score standing up on a 62 yard jaunt. Waynesville added another six pointer in the fourth period when Bob Davis, the best player* on the field ploughed over for the score. Whisenhunt added the point. Outside of the playing of Ken Greene, Alvin Rader, and Dan Mc Call, the Rippers did not show too much in offense or defense, Coach Ditt Said. Home Demonstration Club Schedule • The November schedule of Home Demonstration clubs has been an nounced by Miss Elsie Garrett, county agent, as follows: Dysartsville, November 25, two o'clock, home Mrs. H. C. Mcintosh. Greenlee, November 25, 7:30 (place to be announced). Chapel Hill, November 29, two o'clock, Mrs. Charles Poteat's home. North Cove, November 30, two o'clock, school building. Old Fort, December 1, two o'clock, Mrs. William Porter. , New Refrigerators Now On Display At Marion Buick Co. Marion women in large numbers yesterday viewed latest develop ments in home refrigerator conven ience and design, and placed their stamp of approval on handsonfe new models just placed on display by Marion Buick Co. Homemakers were delighted with smartly streamlined cabinets, grace fully tapering full-length doors, bigger freezer storage compart ments, more convenient shelf ar rangements and colorful plastic trays and inner doors, according to I. A. McLain, who has charge of the premiere showing. "No wonder women like these new refrigerators," McLain said, "The manufacturer, International Har vester Company, went all out to give women just what they want «d. The result is super-conven ience—a place in the refrigerator for everything — including tall Bottles, mason jars, bulky foods, leftovers." There are four entirely new In ternational Harvester Refrigera tors for 1950. They range in size from 7.4 cubic feet to 9% cubic feet, and there is a choice of full width and conventional half-width freezer lockers, storing from 35 up to 50 pounds of frozen food. The display of new 1950 refrig erators is continuing and the pub lic is invited. "Don't People Take , The Darndest Chances?" Yes, we do. But oddly, risks taken by the other fellow al ways look more perilods. That's why the man who fails to insure his property doesn't realize his danger until it's too late. How about you? Do you have proper insurance protection ... at lowest pos sible cost? J. H. TATE Phone 120-X Marion, N. C. Report 866,277 Children In School ' Raleigh, Nov. 10—A total of 866,277 Tar Heel school children were enrolled in the State's public schools during the first month of this year's session. This number may be boosted by an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 pu pils by the end of the year as cot ton picking and other harvesting draws to an end. These figures were announced yesterday by J. E. Hunter, super visor of teaching allotments for the State Board of Education. Hunter said the enrollment al ready is 3,135 greater than at the end of seven months last year. This year's enrollment, he said, is the largest since 1941-42, but it went even higher some years prior to that. This year's total enrollment in- j eludes 614,685 white and Indian j children and 251,592 Negroes. The: number of high school students this 1 year is up 8,159 from last year,! but the elementary grade enroll- i ment is off from 1948 by 5,024 pu- j pils. : Hunter said most teacher allot-I ments for the school year have j been made by the third month. The i number* of teachers include 10,332 in rural schools and 7,537 in city | schools, counting 226 teaching su-: pervisors and 25 special teachers in the overall figure. BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT OBSERVED j AT WEST MARION The West Marion parents and teachers met Tuesday night, No vember 15, in the school auditor ium. A welcome was given by Miss j Elizabeth Conley, president, and j the devotional by Mi s. Bruce Hilde-' brand. The room count was taken and; the room having highest percentage f was Mrs. Bruce Gibbs' fourth and fifth grades. A home-made cake baked by Mrs. G. F. Washburn, was ; won by Mrs. Beth Dalton. Reports were given by Mrs. Paul j Bryant, chairman of membership; committee, Mrs. Robert Green is chairman of room representatives, j and Mrs. W. C. Burgin, chairman of j Ways and Mean.T committee. J After Matt McBrayer made a j short talk and several announce-; ments, a film of educational value j ■was shown, then girls from the sev- j ! enth and eighth grades directed the j parents to their respective rooms,, in which they went through "a day at school" with the teachers. The ] parents proved to be most interest | ed and understanding "pupils". When the "recess bell" sounded all "pupils" assembled in the lunch room for refreshments. Mrs. Guy Cheek, chairman of refreshment j committee, was in charge of re 1 freshments. i | WHO KNOWS? I 1- Who is the "Father" of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act? I 2. "How many "All-Dry" states are there in this country? : 3. When did the U. S. get pos | session of Guam? j 4. What particular atomic de velopment occurred on July 16, 1945J 5. Identify the rupee; krona; guilder; drachma; diner. 5. Which are our three leading coal-production states? 7. How many women are holding Federal jobs? 8. Who is president of the 1949 session of the U. N. General As sembly? 9. Which United Kingdom export to the U. S has been bringing Brit | ain the most dollars? j 10. What five nations make up ! the "Soviet bloc" in the U. N. Gen j eral Assembly? (See Answers on page 9) PLEASANT SURPRISE % Missoula, Mont.—Returning to ! her car, a Poison woman saw a slip of paper under the windshield wip er and concluded it was a traffic summons. Instead, it was a note, j from an annonymous passerby, who had written, "Your left rear tire is almost flat." j Tuberculosis can be found early, ; before there are outward symp toms, by means of chest X-r^ys. Tu berculosis associations, whose work is supported by Christmas Seal funds, urge every adult to have a | chest X-ray at least once a year. Library Notes BY ALICE BRYAN County Librarian "Heap high the board with plent eous cheer and gather to the feast, \ And toast that sturdy Pilgrim band whose courage never ceased. Give praise to that All-Gracious One by whom their steps were led, And- thanks unto the harvest's Lord who sends our 'daily bread.' " —By Alice Williams Brotherton. New members registered at the Library: Mrs. T. E. Blaylock, Mrs. Mau rice Bryant, Maureen Bryant, Johnnie Cleveland Byrd, Douglas Cooper, Mrs. W. L. Cooper, Reva Dean Hicks, Mrs. Joyce Land, and Mrs. J. C. Pleasant. Among the new books: (For adults) "The Devil's Tramp ing Ground" by John Harden—Col lection of North Carolina mysteri es, historical and otherwise—Of in terest to all North Carolinians. "Bridget Malv.yn" by Martin Boyd—Story of the illegitimate daughter of an Irish peer, raised in the carefree and spacious life of a great Irish house. "Doctor Will" by Pauline Stiles —Story of a doctor and his practice in a pioneer California town in the eighties. Rogue s March • by Maristan Chapman—Story centering around the Battle of King's Mountain and starring a frontier hero, Lantry Ward, who does not exactly aim for trouble, but shoots straight enough when it comes. "The Sea Chase" by Andrew Geer — Mystery-adventure story. "Love Came Laughing By"1 by Emilie Loring— Mystery with ro mance. "Your Most Humble Servant" by Christy Graham—Biography of Benjamin Banneker, grandson of an African prince and an English 3ervant girl. Without him t^ie na tion's capital might never have been built. He revolutionized the science of astronomy. His famous Almanac molded the thought of the young American republic. "The Three Wishes of Jamie Mc Ruin" by Charles O'Neal—The 1949 Christopher Award Novel; Story of Jamie McRuin, an Irish lad who took to 'dreaming. "Twen ty-four he was, ami comely to boot, with three wishes in his heart. The first was for enough to travel to make a man homesick; the second for a beautiful wife; the third for a man who would speak in the ton gue of the Ancient Gaelic bards." (For - children) "Thunder and Jerry" by Janet Rogers Howe—A Massachusetts horse story; of train ing horses and training boys to ride them. « "Wonderful Story 'Book" by Margaret Wise Brown—Collection of picture stories, given to the library by Harriett Gibson. "Two Little Trains" by Mar garet Wise Brown—Picture story of two little trains that went West. "The Little Grey Men" by Denys Watkins-Pitchford — A delightful fairy tale, awarded the Carnegie Medal in England. "All the animals and birds up and down the stream had got wind of what was happen ing, for the tidings had been pass ed from beak to beak and from mouth to mouth. Everybody came to look at the new boat, for it was the finest boat ever built by gnomes." U. S. PAYROLL Rises granted by Congress in the last session increased the Federal payroll to a scheduled $10,200, 000, 000, plus for this fiscal year ending June 30. That figures out about $227 for each Federal in come taxpayer. Government re cords disclose the payroll includes the payroll includes $3,575,000, 000 in pay and allowances for uni formed members of the armed forc es and $664,000,000 for civilian workers. The portion of the total payroll representing military ex pense actually runs up to 62 per cent of the total, because the arm ed forces employ 925,000 or 47 per cent, of all Government "civilian workers. Your home merchants want to serve you with the best. A satisfied customer is their best advertise ment. You reach more readers for less money when you advertise in the Marion Progress. Farm News Farm people save a lot more of what they earn than do city folks. One survey in Iowa shows that farm families put almost twice as much into savings as as do town folks with the same income. Economists of the U. S. Depart ment of' Agriculture say that never before have farmers in this country, had so much livestock feed as they'll have in the year ahead. Jack Frost has been blamed for a lot of damage he didn't do. Scien tists say that a cold weather fun gus named JSclerothinia is respon sible for much of the winter kill in pastures and alfalfa s£ands. More than three-fourths of the nation's farmers are now in warm er-voted and farfner managed Soil Conservation districts. Plant explorers have imported a German variety of apple which does not turn brown when peeled and left standing. Twenty-six shopping days until Christmas—shop in Marion. KUcAen. Q&fti \ i • Tout) tr««iur« your REVERE t quart Sauca Pan. Just right for the content* of a No. 2 can, ideal for imalt serving*—and a hundred other things! • Cappw Clad for quick, araa heat. • Steialeu Staat for ea*y clean ing and rugged durability . . . You can't bun* a hole through Jtl 1QT. &ZL> $3.40 ; -HiT ' I Jimeson's Hardware MARION, N. C. New 1950 Model International Harvester Refrigerator NOW ON DISPLAY NEW REFRIGERATOR HAS DE LUXE FEATURES The spacious interior of International Harvester Model H-84 is im pressing housewives everywhere. Actual capacity is 8.4 cubic feet. Rigid, beveled-edge steel shelves, designed for maximum food storage, make bulky foods easy to handle. Two crisper pans for vegetables and fruits, can be shifted to suit housewife's convenience. Fifty pounds of frozen foods fit in the full-width freezer compartment. Added storage space is provided by the Pantry-Bin, which holds 26.1 quarts of unrefrigerated foods. Four Sizes and Models Now on Display Priced from $214.00 to $275.00 Marion Buick Co., Inc. 15 North Garden St. Marion, N. C. POOR BABY-SITTER Abilene, Texas.—While baby sitting' with his two grandsons, N. E. Wilson decided to take a nap. This was a big mistake. The young sters, 5 and 7, decided to play In dian and built a fire under Wil son's pickup truck. The truck was badly damaged before the firemen and a thoroughly awakened gran dad could extinguish the blaze. Try a Progress wun* acr. DIVIDEND PAYMENTS About 16,000,000 veterans ar» eligible to receive payments fromi the $2,800,000,000 special insur ance dividend which are to begin in January. There are approximately a quar ter of aNmillion "unknown casese" of tuberculosis in this country— people who are losing their own health and may be spreading the disease to others. ■SENSATIONAL MONEY-SAVING VALUE! EASY TO INSTALL • 54" WIDE COnUEIIIEIKE! K| GOOD LOOKS! FOR YOUR KITCHEN, OR BREAKFAST ROOM! (Z&CC& Ife&c 0?eatwu*f J All Steel, welded throughout to last a lifetime J 6 Large and spacious compartments J 4 Knick-knack shelve* y Gleaming, easy-to-clean, high baked White £ Enamel Finish on Steel) J Sturdy Reinforced Removable Doors J Polished Chrome Handles 4 J Cadmium Plated Spring-Steel Snap Locks J Easily cleaned with damp cloth J Over-all-size—54" x 24" x 10" J Modern Design Fully Concealed Hinges Come in todayl Look over this handy wall beautyl See what a truly amazing buy it is! Gordon Furniture & Appliance Co.
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