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Kiwanians Elect
Officers for 1937
At the ousiness session of the
—y Tryon Kiwanis club held on Tues
day in Columbus with President
C. J. Lynch presiding, the follow
ing officers and directors were
elected for the year 1937: Presi
dent, K. A. Bowen; vice-president,
R. H. Brady; treasurer, C. J.
Lynch; directors, Hoyt 0. Prince,
J. E. Brownlee, L. A. Avant, C.
I*. Rogers, J. A, Wilson and J. N.
J ackson.
Interesting Dairy
Meeting on Tuesday
The chief feature of the Tryon
Kiwanis program on Tuesday in
Columbus was a dairy program
put on by County Agent J. A.
Wilson who had invited a num
ber of progressive farmers to at
tend the meeting and bring their
-purebred registered bulls to exhibit.
The cattle attracted a lot of fav
orable attention. The club meet
ing was presided over by Presi
dent C. J. Lynch. In addition to
a goodly number of prominent
farmers there were a number of
prominent out-of-town people in-
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Democrats To Meet
There will be a Democratic meet
ing in Missildine’s Hall at 8 o’clock
Thursday evening, October 22.
All Democrats, both ladies and
gentlemen, are urged to be present
as there are many important mat
ters to be discussed.
TRYON, N. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCT 21, 1936
Our California ’
Correspondent
October 15, 193 b
Dear Mr. Vining:
I wonder how many Tryonitea
have heard of the Federal Theatre
Program? This splendid organi
zation is at work all over the
United States, giving employment
to thousands of unemployed actors
and actresses, writers, musicians,
even vaudeville performers- Here
in Los Angeles County 1530 men
and women are pursuing their
chosen careers in the theatre be
cause of the generosity and far
sightedness of our present govern
ment. I use the term “far-sight*
edness” advisedly, for this great
program is doing more for the fu
ture of the American stage than
iny actor, director or produce. - '
could hope to do in a lifetime. It
is giving the discouraged, the in
ex-cri: need, and the ones who just
couldn’t get a “break” (the theatre
is full of these) a chance to prove
their ability. Every day talent
is being found in the ranks of
these formerly useless citizens and
they are working their way to the
too with regular companies on the
legitimate stage or in pictures be
cause of this boost from Uncle
Sam. But the greatest service
the Federal Theatre is offering is
to the American public. We as
a people are now primarily
“movie-minded”, because the mov
ies are inexpensive enough for all.
Well, the Federal Theatre is offer
ing really first-class expert
ly staged at approximately the cost
per seat of a good movie. The
pub lic is gradually becoming
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