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YOL. 1 DECEMBER 15, 1936 NO. 1
EDITORIAL
By J. E. Derby
A short time ago five Tryon
business and professional men met
to discuss the possibility of form
ing a Young Men’s Association or
club which would in some measure
direct the activities of our boys
from sixteen to sixty (no age
limit has as yet been established).
Nothing has been made apparent
to even the most casual observer
than the fact that Tryon’s young
men have had nothing, especially
no organized activity with which
to fill their idle hours. Y. M. C.
A.’s and similar organizations
have long since proven the value
of a club such as has been or
ganized.
The Tryon Young Men’s Associa
tion is here to stay although as
yet no charter has been adopted.
A Committee of boys and men are
making a study of similiar clubs
over the country and in a few
weeks a charter will be adopted.
No member of this organization
carries a subscription pad, but we
do want and need members who
will join us and stand by through
this period of construction.
It is the purpose of this Asso
ciation to make available to the
boys games and athletics such as
pool, billiards, cards, basketball,
volley ball, and hand-ball in a
place where they will feel welcome
and in comfort and good fellow
ship. Anyone who wishes to know
what success we have met with so
far should ask the attendants &t
filling stations and other places
whei’e the boys have heretofore
loaded away the hours, or ask our
police what has happened since this
club started three weeks ago.
Everyone in the club pays dues,
$1 a, month, and works when as
signed to a task. It is our inten
tion to furnish our own labor to
build our hand-ball courts, bowling
alley, shower baths and dressing
rooms. Everyone pays, works and
plays. We already have seventy
five paid memberships.
We wish to thank our friends
who have given us their assis
tance in so many ways, and we
partciularly wish* to thank the
kind friend who brought us the
idea of having this section of The
Bulletin as a means of making pub
lic the activities of the club. It is
her belief that young men need
channels through which to express
their ideas, publish their events, in
short, take their place beside the
adults in the press. She asked
that her gift of SSO with which
to start this work be kept anony
mous, but it comes at such a time
that the temptation to thank her
publicly is almost too great. This
good friend is also giving her ser
vices in assisting the boys who
will report and edit this page which
is to appear once each week in
The Bulletin. Mr. Vining very
generously offers to include this
page as a section of his paper.
The purpose of this club is? to
promote good fellowship among
our boys and to all. We trust
that we will be able to compen
sate Mr, Vining for his kindness
by making this page one which
will be of interest to the readers
of The Bulletin.
CLUB ROOM NEWS
Forty-five members have thus
far availed themselves to privi
leges and games in the clpb room.
In spite of the fact we have only
two pool tables and two ping-pong
tables, these members have enjoy
ed four pleasant evenings in the
club room, to say nothing of Sat
urday and Sunday afternoons. You
will notice that our membership
has increased almost fifty percent
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