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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST ZO, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICI AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3,1879 (Ergon ;Batlg (The Smallest Daily Newspaper In The World) Vol. 9, Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, DEC. 21, 1936 Mrs. W. J. Ford Mrs. W. J. Ford, 60, died this morning at home about 3:10 o’- clock. Funeral services will be )held bn Tuesday afternoon a 3 o’clock at the Tryon Methodist church with the Rev. F. A. Dry man, officiating. The deceased is survived by the following children: Mrs. J. Ver non Hall, Jack Ford, W. J. Ford of Tryon, Mrs. Stanley Spletts toeszer of Deerwood, Minn., Jen nings Ford, U. S. S. Idaho, Miss Louise Ford of Tryon; Also three sister, Mrs. Bessie Matthews and Mrs. Mildred McCall of Reidsville, Mrs. Evelyn Ross of Atlanta; and one brother, John Weaver of St. Louis, Mo. The deceased was born on the old Weaver place between Tryon and Columbus on Dec. 16, 1876. She married the late W. J. Ford on Dec. 25, 1903. The pallbearers,: Frail Durham, W. Y. Wilkins, W. A. Schilletter, “pile. D. Davenport, W. W. Creasman Send J. W Taylor. Honorary, M.C. Butler, J. M. Early, P. G. Morris, R. F. McFarland, Frank Burgess, W. S. Green Fred Wofford, Dr. A. J. Jervey Court Os Honor The Polk County Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held tonight at the Tryon School building. All friends of Scouting are invited to lend the influnence of their pre sence to this great character-build ing movement. The Court of Honor will follow immediatly in the Col ored school building. Scout Execu tive R. M. Schiele will preside at these meetings. London Letter No. 18 5, Montagu Square, W. 3 Dear Mr: Vining, Before anything else, I want tt thank you for your kind notice in the Bulletin of my father’s death. Both my mother and myself ap* preciate your sympathy enormous* ly- Secondly, I would like to wish ev erybody in Tryon a Happy Christ mas and a joyful New Year. I, as you have undoubtedly forgotten, spent the Christmas of 1935 in Tryon, so I know how thoroughly delightful it can be. I remember it looked enchanting with a Christ- * mas tree burgeoning coloured bulbs in front of every house, and those candles lit in the windows were particularly comforting. Oh yes, I needed comforting—a stran ger in a savage land and all that —but Tryon did the work admira bly, and my nostalgic *qualms went down with the turkey. I had my terrifying moments of course. Mr. Flynn, as Father Christmas, shout in- in an unearthly bass, not only frightened every child out of its wits, but caused me nervously to drop the sleighbells out of the { car, long before the reindeer were due to volplane onto the school rcof. Also, I remember crying a good deal with Mrs. Flynn as we listened to some guttural hum ming noises on the radio reputed to be the late King’s message to his farflung Empire. Which brings us, as indeed does every other sub ject even if it’s soap, to the pres ent King. Although you in America have been having a wonderful time mud- Continued 6n Next Page
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