Newspapers / The Tryon daily bulletin. / Aug. 24, 1936, edition 1 / Page 1
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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3,1879 ©i e ©ruon Jcttly (The Smallest Daily Newspaper In The World) Vol, 9, Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, AUG. 24, 1936. London Letter No. 15 August 12th. Dear Mr Vining, Today is the Glorious Twelfth, that day when all our noble sports .ien, frustrated for many months tfrom killing anything except an Occasional fish or rabbit, rush out onto the moors, whoop ing with joy like released prison ers. to slaughter their first grouse. Their wives are with them too, wearing their new tweed costs and skirts, and eyeing the tweeds of others with envy or disdain as the case may be. So London, you see, is empty— empty that is in the social sense. Actually it is a whirl of people, of bumpkins up from the country, and tourists of every nationality, shape, and size. This has been a marvellous year for tourists, and tradesmen and hoteliers have done a roaring business. I can only hope that they have made their fortunes, as I am quite certain no body will ever come here again! The English weather has surpass «£d itself for filthiness, the sun Stfdning fitfully one day a week at *~£ne most—really very dishearten ing. London looks stale and ugly this month. She is not at her best in August, with her polyglot crowds, her streets torn up. and a general look of fatigue on her grey face. Mr and Mrs Walter Hill’s daugh ter, Barbara, arrives today from Paris, and I am much looking for ward to meeting her—that is to say if I do meet her. As we have never seen each other, instinct Continued on Back Bage PASSES AT 96 Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at Mount Hill in Greenville county, S. C. for Mrs. Caroline Plumley, age 96, who died on Sunday. She was the mother of Wes Plumley, well known citizen of this section. Tryon Wins Sunday Baseball Game, 13-1 Tryon’s Baseball team went to Newton, N.C. Sunday afternoon and played an interesting game of baseball, Tryon’s first Sunday game and came back victorious with a 13 to 1 score. The battery for Tryon was composed of Thompson and Capps. MASONS MEET Tryon Masons of Skyuka Lodge will hold their regular meeting to night at 8 o’clock at Missildine’s Hall. All visiting Masons are in vited to attend. Big Reunion Sunday About 200 members of the Lank ford family held their annual fam ily reunion on Sunday at Harmon Field. A table 100 feet long was used in serving the big dinner. Relatives attended from several nearby states. Green Creek School plans to have a big day next Sat’day when all patrons and older students of the school will gather for an all day meeting to help improve the school grounds, and prepare the soil for planting flowers.
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