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Vol. 24—No. 335
Seth M. Vining, Editor
TRYON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2ND. 1952
Weather Monday: High 74, low
45, Rel. Hum. 77; Tuesday high
77, low 46, Rel. Hum. 64. Total
precipitation for 1951 was 53.81
inches. Departure from normal
minus 6.19; greatest 10.48 in De
cember; least .67 in May . . . Now
that New Year’s Day is over, and
bowl games and parties no longer
claim our attention we can get
ready for a big year of achieve
ment. Holidays and Sundays com
ing close together was confusing.
. . . Tryon public schools and the
Bowen-West Nursery and Kinder
garten School will re-open Monday,
J^iuary 7th, for the second semes
nH .... Our national leaders
are considering the world situation
and there is some hope of peace
as America gets stronger from
day to day. Strength is the only
thing the Russians recognize. A
nation that is run by gangsters
has no mercy for the weak. It has
no sense of honor and promises
mean nothing. As long as America
can throw out congressmen and
elect a new set of rulers from two
to four vears there is hope of
keeping Washington from getting
completely in the control of the
same type of men as rule the
Kremlin .... We must keep alert;
make ourselves and our families
independent and self supporting
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OFFICERS INSTALLED
AT KIWANIS TUESDAY
Lieut. Governor M. E. Gambrell
of Hendersonville, head of Division
One of Carolinas Kiwanis District
installed the Tryon Kiwanis offi
cers and directors as follows:
Seth M. Vining, president; P. L.
Barnette, vice president; Woodrow
Hague, secretary; James R. Gibson,
treasurer and directors Archie Cov
ington, John Wardlaw, K. A. Bow
en, Leonard Porter, Craip- B.
1 nomas, Chas. J. Lynch, J. Lee
Lavender and immediate past presi
dent Elbert H. Arledge.
Mr. Gapibrell told of the import
ant work of Kiwanis and spoke
of this year’s slogan “Liberty, Let’s
Keep it.” Guests of the club were
Arthur Lister, Providence, R. I.,
and Troy Morris of Sandy Plains.’
LANDRUM NEWS NOTES
By Mrs. C. M. Littlefield Jr.
Mrs. W. M. Lambright has re
turned from a visit with her two
sons and their families, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Lambright of Spartan
burg and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Lambright in Asheville.
Mrs. Roland Lee has returned
from Spartanburg after a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Connelly
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Dobey and family, and has as a
guest, Mrs. M. C. Smith of Simp
sonville. Mr. and Mrs. Lee had as
guests during the holidays, Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Lee Jr., of Wash
ington, D. C.
Guests returning home after a
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Koon
include Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Koon,
Misses Inez and Mattie Koon and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Koon of Spar
tanburg, Dr. and Mrs. R. Pray
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