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■ MARION PROGRESS, MARION, N. C.t THURSDAY, NOV, 24, 1949Waynesville Downs Marion 19-6 Last Friday NightThe Marion Rippers went down in defeat at the hands of the powerful Waynesville Mountaineers, champions of the Blue Ridge Conference Friday night at Waynesville to the tune of 19—6.The game was never in doubt after whisenhunt, big Waynesville fullback, plunged over for the first six point. Later in the second quarter Yarborough Weynesville’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 Packett 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 McCall, the Rippers did not sliow too much in offense or defense, Coach Ditt Said.Report 866,277 Children In SchoolRaleigh, 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 pupils by the end of the year as cotton picking and other harvesting draws to an end.These figures were announced yesterday by J. E. Hunter, supervisor of teaching allotments for the State Board of Education.Hunter said the enrollment already 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’? total enrollment includes 614,685 white and Indian children and 251,592 Negroes. The number of high school students this year is up 8,159 from last year, but the elementary grade enrollment is off from 1948 by 5,024 pu-Library NotesBY ALICE BRYAN County LibrarianFarm New*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. Department of‘Agriculture say that never before have farmers in this country had so much livestock feed as they’ll have in the year ahead.I aHeap high the board with plenteous cheer and gather to the feast, vAnd toast that sturdy Pilgrim band whose courage never ceased. Give praise to that All-Gracious One by 1 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. Maurice 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:/ T7 A ylt; O /•) 111 f f- \ r\A'r»IPrt nn«n»v*rvJack Frost has been blamed for | a lot of damage he didn't do. Scientists say that a cold weather fungus named ^Sclerothinia is responsible for much of the winter kill in pastures and alfalfa s£ands.More than three-fourths of the nation's farmer? are now in warm-er-voted and farmer 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.KEVERJE WAHJE,PCAbilenlt; sitting w E. Wilsoi This was sters, 5 i dian and son’s picl badly dai and a tl dad coulcTry a
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Marion Progress
Marion, North Carolina, US
Thu, Nov 24, 1949
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