®jt ®rmm J3atlu ^Bulletin
Vol. 9, Est. 1-31-28. TRYON, N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1936
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFlCt
AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
Yale Professor To
xj Make Home Here
Mrs. Phoebe W. Evsins, wife of
Professor Alexander Evans of the
Botany department of Yale Univer
sity has purchased the R. 0. An
drews property on Warrior drive in
the Valley and also some land ad
joining, owned by Miss Frances
Hudson. The sale was made thru
G. Harrison Bridgeman. Mrs.
Evans and daughter, Mrs. A.
Torelli of New Haven are guests
at Hotel Tryon where they will be
until Thursday when they return
to New Haven to make plans for
building a home on their new
property. Professor Evans has
been teaching at Yale since 1892
and will retire in June. If they
do not go abroad Prof, and Mrs.
Evans will return to Tryon this
summer to build.
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Judges For Flower
Show Announced
Judges for the Try on Flower
Show to be held on Friday, Mey 1,
at the Parish House have been an
nounced as follows: Mrs. C. C.
Carr and Mrs. John Izard of Ashe
ville. The judges for the specimen
classes will be Mrs. Henry Criegler
of Greenville, S. C., and Mrs. L. J.
Blrke of Spartanburg, S. C.
A change has been made in the
dimensions of the shadow boxes.
These will be 18 inches wide by 24
inches high.
The show will be held from 2 to
6:30 p. m. Admission 15c. Children
exhibitors in class 15 will be ad
mitted free.
E. W. Upton, 85
“Happy Birthday” to Mr. Edgar
W. Upton of Try on, who was 85
years old Monday. Other birthdays
on Monday were that of Mr. John
Nelson Jackson, Sr. 7-?, and the
Rev. L. J. Keels . . . ?
Mr. Upton was born in what is
n-ow the city of Peabody, Mass.,
named for George Peabody, who
was also born there. Educated as
an electrical engineer, Mr. Upton
has been the manufactuier of a
number of things such as watches,
thermometers, glue, etc., and has
lived an active and useful life. He
is very much alert mentally, in
good health and keenly interested
in life and world affairs. He made
his first airplane flight when 80
years oM from Spartanburg to At
lanta. He says it* is the most com
fortable way to travel and next to
that is a trip in a sailing vessel
which he rr .Ut across the Atlantic
and back. He has made his home
in Tryon for the past 15 years.
He first came to Polk county two
years prior as superintendent of
the Episcopal mission near Mill
Spring on the place where is now
located the Katherine Beatson
Health House. Mr. Upton has six
children living, five grand children
and one great grandchild.
Big Crowd at Show
Tryon’s Theatre was packed full
Monday night at the show of the
“Voice of Bugle Ann” sponsored by
the Gatrden club for the benefit of
Pearson’s Falls. Approximately
$100 was cleared for this good
wcrk. The committee wishes to ex
press their gratitude to everyone
who assisted in making the show
a success.