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Vol. 24—No. 344 TRYON, N. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY ik iqkp
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Published Daily Except
(Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday5c 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
Weather Monday: High 71, low
47, Rel. Hum. 65 . . . General Omar
Bradley is hopeful of peace based
on sound principles for future.
President Truman says plans un
derway to expose any officials
guilty of wrong doing . . . Califor
nia has had the worst winter yet. . .
Tryon Merchants meet today at 2
p. m., at Oak Hall to discuss holi
days, closing hours and other prob
lems. Officials of merchants organ
isations from all sections of North
Carolina will gather at Chapel
Hill Feb. 18th, for a conference on
objectives and methods of operating
a*merchants association .... The
|yMace Thomson Hospital at
LTTion, S. C., now requires a de
posit to cover one week’s hospital
care. Obstetrical patients must pay
$35 in advance t<* cover three days
service. Persons unable to make
deposit will be admitted to the
charity wards and will be attended
by a physician who is donating his
services . . . The annual meeting
of the Tryon Country Club was at
tended by more than 80 persons
Mondav night, following a delicious
spaghetti supper. New directors
elected were E. C. Prather, Gaden
Corpening and A. R. Herron for
+hree years: and James Gibson and
Cary Page to fill vacancies made by
resignations of A. W. Britton and
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Three Tryon Men Honored
At Scout Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of the
Piedmont Council Boy Scouts of
America held in Gastonia, Monday
night, two Tryon men were given
solid gold medals and certificates of
award in recognition of years of
training and successful perform
ance in outstanding service to boy
hood. One of these medals went
to Dr. C. W. McCall in recogni
tion of his 10 years achievement
as Scoutmaster of Tryon Troop
No. 1, and the other went to R. H.
Brady for faithful service as troop
committeeman, board of review
counselor and other activities on a
district wide basis. Lasft year he
received the Silver Beaver in
recognition of his services on a
i^ouricn-wiae oasis.
The third Tryon man honored
was the new president of the
Council, Nelson Jackson, a holder
of the Silver Beaver and the Silver
Antelope awards for service in
prior years to the Council and Re
gion. Mr. Jackson was honored in
speeches by business and civic
leaders of the Piedmont Council
who praised his work in Scouting
for more than a quarter century.
Chapman On Safety Council
Demus Chapman of the Tryon
Processing Co., has been named a
director of the Blue Ridge Safety
Council which met in Gastonia on
January 10th. The council is made
up of seven counties including
Burke, McDowell, Rutherford, Polk,
Cleveland and Gaston.
The Council seeks to promote
safety education within industrial
plants in the State, and within
other organizations interested in
accident-prevention. The motto is:
“Safety For All.”