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Vol. 24—No. 345 TRYON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16TH, 1952
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Weather Tuesday: High 76, low
54, Rel. Hum. 58. That looks like
pretty good weather for January
when you read about a blizzard
marooning a modern streamlined
passenger train for days in Nor
thern California where 24 degree
temperature and 15 to 20 feet of
snow has brought much sufferiner.
. . . . The Tryon Liquor store
sold $40,891.10 worth of whiskey
during-. December which was about
three weeks of business as the
store did not open the first few
days and no publicity was given
to the opening. Asheville sold over
Sf a million and Charlotte over
nillion and a quarter and the
te as a whole sold more than
eight million dollars worth ....
Here from Olkahoma: A treat for
many Tryon people Tuesday was
the sight of 104 head of whiteface
Hereford beef cattle and one cow
pony, being unloaded at the Tryon
denot for the R. A. Ferguson Jr.,
cattle farm near Mill Spring. They
were shipped by freight from Okla
homa. Mr. Ferguson, son of R. A.
Ferguson, vice president of Kay
nee, largest manufacturer of boys’
shirts, suits, etc., Cleveland, Ohio,
bought from Ray Walker the W. C.
Hill farm, formerly owned bv the
late J. T. Waldrop. The number
of fine cattle farms in Polk County
Confirmed On Back Page_
GRIFFITH AT KIWANIS
Harold C. Griffith, chairman of
the Kiwanis Achievement Commit
tee spoke to the club on Tuesday
at Oalc Hall hotel. The speaker
reviewed the work of various com
mittees and the duties of the chair
men and members of tne commit
tees suggesting- various activities
that were done in other clubs. Mr.
Griffith stressed the importance of
attendance and the roll each mem
ber must have in order to have a
successful club. The speaker prais
ed the first issue of the Tryon Ki
wanian and stated that it was one
of the best that he had ever seen,
and hoped that Editor Elbert H.
Arledge and his staff of past presi
dents would continue their good
work.
Dana Harris, past prescient of
the Fhelby Kiwanis Club, and
Harold Warrington of Tryon were
guests. Mr. Harris has four years
perfect attendance and enjoys
visiting Kiwanis clubs.
| HOSPITAL NEWS
I Patients discharged from St.
i Luke’s Hospital are as follows:
j Mrs. Alma Morgan, Tryon; Mrs.
I E. L. Bishop, Tryon; James C.
| Coe, son of Mrs. Betty Coe, Cam
i pobello, S. C.
! Sgt. and Mrs. Duane McCormick
of Route 2. Landrum, are the par
ents of a boy born January 15th,
at 6:33 p. m.
P. L. Barnette has resigned
from the Tryon ABC Board and
C. M. Eargle has been appointed
bv the Town Council to succeed
him. Mr. Eargle is a former
town commissioner and is a member
of the Harmon Field Commission.
He is the owner and operator of
the Home Ice Plant.