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ol. 9, Est. 1-31-28. TRYON, N.C. FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1936
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20. 1928. AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. MARCH 3. 1879
Tryon Written Up
In “Motor Sparks”
By John Jenkins
In Chicago Daily News
Charlotte, N. C., Feb. 19.—It’s
all true, this tale about privileged
communities which bask in gentle
weather while the world around
them shivers end battles snow
drifts or bakes and suffers sun
stroke. Tryon, North Carolina,
nestled in the base of a rocky fir
clad chimney, aired by a winding
canyon and indifferent to blizzards,
is one of several serene little hav
ens to be found in the southern
Smokies. They’re called “thermo
belts.”
Dropping down on it yesterday
afternoon to prospect new routes
for Chicago trail hitters, we found
it busy with the outdoor activities
it pursues the year round, but
astonished and resentful over the
few flakes of snow that had fallen
out cf the record national blanket
and trying to recall any year since
1918 when this phenomenon had
occurred. January jasmine was
flowering brilliantly in terrace gar
dens. Saddle horses were stamping
impatiently at old-fashioned hitch
ing posts, and a roaring pine-log
fire was flickering over the homey
walls of the Oak Hall hotel dining
room.
30 Degrees Warmer
“We ve just got around to admit
ting that the white stuff you see
here and there in the canyon might
be snow,” Charlie Lynch, Tryon
host snd mountain authority, re
marked over the hot biscuits and
honey. “They hold me sort of re- |
sponsible for our temperature 1
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Frank D. Moore In
Play Here Tuesday
The subscribers and friends of
the Drf ma Fortnightly are to have
the privilege of seeing the Pal
metto Players, under the direction
cf Miss Hazel Abbott, head of the
Department of Dramatics of Con
verse college.
Through the courtesy ol Mr.
Frank Moore, who has a promin
ent part in the play, these players
are presenting J. B. Priestly’s
“Dangerous Corners” on Tuesday
evening, March 3rd, at 8 o’clock
at the Parish House. Tryon is
well acquainted with Mr. Moore,
who took such an active interest
in the Drama Fortnightly for a
number of years and proved him
self an able actor and director,
and will be pleased to have the
opportunity of seeing him again.
Season tickets are good for this
entertainment. Inasmuch as there
is to be but one performance, sea
son ticket holders will have first
choice of seats up to 7:50 p. m.
Admission will be 50c for non
ticket holde'rs.
“Dangerous Corners’’, the play
to be presented at the Parish
House on Tuesday night will be
given tonight at 8:30 at the Con
verse college Little Chapel in
Spartanburg. Since the play is a
social drama the audience will be
invited to join in a social cup of
coffee in the lobby during the in
termission between first and sec
ond acts.
'‘Sandbad, the Sailor”, a colored
cartoon and Hearst Metrotone
News will be the shorts at Tryon’s
Theatre tonight.