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Vol. 8 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, OCT. 7, 1935 Est. 1-31-28
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON. N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
Former Try on
Woman Dies
Mrs. Geraldine Gaines Presson,
37, wife of Lawrence Presson, of
Concord, died Sunday morning at
7 o’clock of pneumonia. Funeral
services will be held this afternoon
(at Monroe, N. C. A number of
’friends from Tryon will attend the
services.
Mrs. Presson was the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wright
Gaines of Tryon and she haiu many
friends in this community. Besides
her husband she is survived by one
son, Lawrence, Jr., 12 years old,
and two brothers, Roy and Paul.
Gongregationalists
Gall New Pastor
The members of Erskine Memo
rial Congregational church voted
Sunday to call to their pastorate
Dr. C. Arthur Lincoln of Miami
Beach, Fla. Dr. Lincoln, who is
president of the Cbngregational
Christian churches conferences of
the Southeast and a director of
^welfare work in Florida, preached
jin the Tryon church on Sunday
morning, September 22. Dr. Lin
coln is a graduate of Amherst
college and of Hartford Theolo
gical seminary. He has been at
Miami Beach for nine years and
has taken an active part in com
munity and inter-denomination af
fairs. ' While in Tryon Dr. and
Mrs. Lincoln and two daughters
were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Chas.
G. Sewall.
Polk County Apple Show in
Tryon on Oct. 11 and 12, next
to Slack’s Pharmacy. **
Citizens Meeting
Called Tuesday
A mass meeting of all citizens
interested in entertaining the
travel agency officials here on Oc
tober 17., has been called to be held
at Missijdine’s (hall on Tuesiday
night sit 7:30. Anyone having
suggestions to offer is urged to at
tend this meeting. General Chair
man C. J. Lynch states that the
general committee will meet imme
diately after the mass meeting.
“Comments on the tour have re
cently appeared in the New York
Times, Boston Post, Pittsburgh
Pest Gazette, Detroit Free Press
and other Eastern papers.
“The Board of Directors of the
Carolina Motor club in session on
October 4th expressed the opinion
that this was the biggest effort
ever undertaken to merchandise
our resorts, scenic and historic
points.
“Some of the towns are plan
ning elaborate entertainment and
souvenirs for the guests. This is
all splendid and very greatly ap
preciated, but any kind of enter
tainment must permit us to keep
on our schedule; any night time
entertainment we hope will not
be so severe that some of our
guests will be unable to get up on
time the next morning.”
Kiwanis Tuesday
C. M. Howes will have charge
of the Tryon Kiwanis club pro
gram on Tuesday at 1 p. m., at
Edgewood Inn. Carroll P. Rogers
will present the current events.