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- TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
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Vol. 8
TRYON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1935
Noted Portrait
Artist Here
Donald Silvette, a portrait pain
ler of Richmond, Va., and Mrs.
Silvette have taken the J. Foster
dearies cottage here for the spring
season. He is a son of Ellis M.
Silvette, portrait painter, whose
series of portraits of Thos. A.
Edison are internationally known
and were the inventor’s favorite
likenesses. David Silvette began
studying with his father, continu
ed with Ceilia Beaux in New York
and with Charles Hawthorne in
Massachusetts.
At age of 20 he won SI,OOO com
petition for group portrait to be
placed in Virginia state capital.
Won portrait prize first annual
exhibition Richmond Academy of
Arts. Won popular prize on same
exhibition. One man exhibition at
A. A. Anderson Gallery of Art.
Portraits exhibited in Pennsyl
vania Academy of Fine Arts in
Philadelphia. One man exhibition
at Brooklyn Museum of Arts and
..sciences, Niew York. Exhibited
Allied Artists, New York. Made
member of Portrait Painters Gal
lery—a select exhibition groups of
national portrait painters.
Awarded Corcoran Art Gallery
Bronze Medal and SI,OOO. W. A.
Clark Award at Carcoran Biennial
Exhibition of American Paintings.
Portrait of “Thornton Nye of
Wytheville” purchased by Corcor
an Art Gallery for its permanent
collection.
Invited as one of 100 selected
American painters to make up
American section of Carnegie In
ternational Exhibitidn of Paint
ings. Exhibited one man show,
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Mrs. Coolidge
Is Honor Guest
Atlanta, March 19.—Mrs. Calvin
Coolidge, former first lady of the
land, was honor guest at a dinner
party here last night, coming to
Atlanta from Tryon, N. C., for an
overnight visit.
Mrs. Coolidge arrived yesterday
with Mrs. William F. Pearson of
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Flor
ence Bannard Adams of Northamp
ton, Mass. Mrs. Pearson is the
mother of Mrs. William S. Turner,
whose husband is canon of St.
Philip’s Episcopal church here.
Oanoft and Mrs. Turner gave the
dinner for Mrs. Coolidge.—Spar
tanburg Herald.
Good Citizenship
Jimmie Fain, member of the
staff of the Hendersonville Times-
News, addressed the Tryon school
this morning at 10:30 on Good
Citizenship. Mr. Fain said that
there were a few good citizens and
a few bad citizens, but that the
majority of the citizens were in
different and were content to let
the politicians run things so long
as they didn’t bother the indiffer
ent citizens wfcio expefcted more
from the government than they
were willing to give. The speaker
for next Wednesday will be at
torney B. T. Jones, Jr., of Forest
Crty, past president of the Fotrest
City Kiwanis club. These talks on
Good Citizenship are sponsored by
the Tryon Kiwanis club under the
direction of attorney M. R. Mc-
Cown.
Est. 1-31-28