Newspapers / The Tryon daily bulletin. / March 20, 1936, edition 1 / Page 1
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®iu% ®rumt Jlatlu ^Bulletin Vol. 9, Est. 1-31-28. TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1936 ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFIC1 ^T TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 Opportunity Knocked At Editor Twice ’Tis said that opportunity knocks 0mt once but it came to the editor of The Bulletin two times Thurs day afternoon and he couldn’t take advantage of it either time. The first time it followed him to the basement where he was printing the world’s smallest daily news paper. A nice appearing young man walked up and asked, “Are you Mr. Vining? They told me upstairs that I’d find you down here. I like to see people doing unusual things. Do you have an omened package of Wriglejy’s Chewing Gum?” Was my face red? Everybody in the shop except me had been carrying Wrigley’s chew ing gum in his pocket for days hoping the Wrigley man would come along and ask him the ques tion he asked me, so that Mr. Spear would give him a green «jpllar bill for his opinion of the hewing gum. But he didn’t ask hem. I told Mr. Speak that I would like to publish the names of those in Tryon who had received Wrigley dollars. He said that he would have to go out to his car and get tj^ ?m. While he was gone would have been a good time to get some gum, but I didn’t. I didn’t think it would do any good. When he -Continued on Page Four_ Make Horse Show Reservations Now With George A. Cathey at Blue Ridge Weavers First come, first served. See Chart for Spaces Rogers to Speak At Tea Saturday Carroll Pickens Rogers, a thor ough student of government and civic affairs, will address the Lanier club gathering at the Li brary on Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock on the history of Polk county. Mr. Rogers has been do ing much research work in com piling his history which outlines some of the interesting incidents in the development of the county from British colonial days to the present. The tea which begins at 4 o’clock promises to be the largest of the season and the committee would be glad to have reservations before hand, but all who come will be cared for. The committee is com posed of Miss Matilda Giles, Mrs. James B. Hester, Mrs. G. L. Can field, Mrs. Bernard Sharp, Mrs. H. Lee Shelnutt. Reservations may be made through Miss Giles. Admis sion 50c. Notice All persons desiring to burn new grounds, please notify your neighbors three days in advance. Those failing to do so will be prosecuted or compelled to bear all expenses if fire spreads to adjoin lands.
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