ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C.. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. MARCH 3, 1879
ffije (Eryrnt i3mly bulletin
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TRYON, N. C , WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1935
Dr. Gantt at Kiwanis
Dr. L. Rosa Gantt, head of the
P-olk county unit of the American
Woman’s Hospitals. Association,
addressed the Tryon Kiwanis club
Tuesday and gave a brief summary
of the splendid work this oigani
zation is doing to improve the
health conditions of Polk county.
Over 10,000 visits to children have
been made and 15,000 defects
found; 1,000 children of pre-school
age were examined and visits made
to 2,000 homes to give aid in any
way possible to help people live
cleaner, healthier, and happier
lives. Mrs. S. C. Dailey, the A. W.
H. head nurse, was also a guest
of the club.
Judge John M. Oglesby of* Cbn
cord, presiding over the Polk
county Superior court at Colum
bus was the guest of Attorney M.
R. McCown and gave a short, de
lightful talk in which he praised
the work of the A. W. H., the work
Tryon people in general were do
ing and especially the Boy Scouts,
gand called the attention of the club
the Scout cabin at Harmon Field
- i oeing built under the direction of
C. J. Lynch. Judge Oglesby said
“There’s no better way to epipty
jails of North Carolina than by
putting the youth in Boy Scout
work.”
Thomas Costa, a native of Porto
Rico, but recently of Cleveland,
Ohio, who is building a home near
Tryon,'joined the club yesterday
as a new member. H. B. Vander
hoef of Greenwich, Conn., and Dr.
George F. Tiaylor were also guests.
The Nancy Bomar Bible Class
pa!rty that was to be held at the
home of Mrs. Bollinger on Thurs
day evening has been postponed
until a later date.
Frank Cox Weaver
Funeral services for Frank Cox
Weaver, 47, a native of Tryon, who
died last Friday at Gainesville,
Florida, were held Monday after
noon at 3 o’clcok at McFarland’s
Funeral Home. Rev. D. M. Me-
Geachy officiated and the active
pallbearers were as follows: Char
les and Vincent Weaver of St.
Louis, Mjo.; Frank Weaver of
Chesnee, S. C., George Dean of
Gainesville, Flat, Robert McFar
land of Columbus, N. C., and W. J.
Ford,. Tryon.
Honorary pallbearers were P. G.
Morris, M. C. Butler, Jack Gaze,
W. B. Lawrence, Lonnie Hutcher
son all of Tryon and Grady Green
of Greer, S. C.
Interment in Tryon cemetery.
The deceased was a son of the
late Geojrge G. and Mildred Clark
Weaver of Tryon and is survived by
one brother, John R. Weaver of
St. Louis, and the following sis
ters, Mrs. W. J. Ford of T!ryon;
Mrs. E. B. Miatthews and Mrs. Mil
dred MicCaull of Reidsville, N. C.;
and Mrs. Vance Ross of Atlanta,
all of whom attended the funeral
services here. Also two children,
Ruth and Frank Weaver, of New
Orleans who were unable to be
present.
Mr. Weaver was chief electrician
for the University of Florida at
Gainesville where he had been for
the past five years.
Two new homes are being built
in Gillette Woods. A brick bunga
low is being constructed for Jerry
D. Drew near the Judson’s. And a
house is going up for Charles H.
Conrad, near Miss Merrill’s. C.
N. Sayre has the contract for both
buildings.
Est. 1-31-28