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5c PER COPY ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor. Vol. 14. Est. 1-31-28 George A. Cathey Elected Tryon Kiwanis President At the regular meeting of the Tryon Kiwanis club on Tuesday at Oak Ball hotel, Vice-president | George A. Cathey was elected "president to succeed Dr. C. Arthur Lincoln on January 1 for the 1942 term. Other officers elected were Sam H. Dobson of Colum bus, vice-president; C. J. Lynch, treasurer; J. N. Jackson, C. P. Rogers, Dr. Will McCall, W. Fred Swann, C. W. Nessmith, R. H. Brady and John Moore, directors. Tryon Theatre Repainted One of Best In Nation Tryon Theatre which is being repainted under the direction of Russell Walcott has a brand new appearance with light gray walls and ceiling and Chinese red bor der. This is the first time the ceiling has been painted since the new theatre was built. The walls and ceiling contain vermiculite ■mixed with the plaster, and the Ffinish was so: soft and delicate that to paint it would endanger the acoustic qualities so much desired in a theatre. That’s why those ugly unfinished places could be seen in the ceiling. But now everything looks brand new. The vermiculite was an experiment. Bill Jackson and Jim Keine dug up some light dirt in upper Greenville county section near here and heated it to such a high tem perature that it exploded into millions of tiny puff balls making a sack full as light as feathers. This stuff mixed with plaster lines the interior of the theatre Continued on Back Page TRYON, N. C., WED., NOV. 19, 1941 Carrier Pigeon with Message Spends Week In Polk Mrs. Stewart Williams, who lives in the mountain section of Polk County about 15 miles from Tryon was hostess last week to a carrier pigeon which was on its way from M'ontgomery, Ala., to Washington, D. C. The pigeon flew into the Wil liams yard on November 11th where Mrs. Williams and her chil dren fed it. When the children went into the house the pigeon followed them. They saw a small messenger tube fastened to the pigeon’s leg. They removed the message which read: “To Nor man H. Davis, Chairman Ameri can Red Cross, Washington, D. C. Mayor Cyrus E. Brown first to enroll in Montgomery County, Ala.” As the message was con cerning the Red Cross Mrs. Wil liams put the message back into the tube and wrote Mrs. George A. Cathey, home service secre tary of the Polk County Chapter American Redd Cross. She and Mis= Mae Flentye visited . Mrs. Williams and gathered the infor mation about the bird and notified the Washington and Montgomery authorities. By the time Mrs. Cathey could get out to the Wil liams home the pigeon had gone on its journey. From Tuesday to Friday night the pigeon stayed at the Williams home, hopped about on chairs and furniture and roosted at night on the foct of a bed. with the exception of Friday night when it roosted in a tree in the yard. Early Saturday Continued on Back Page $2.00 PER YEAR
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