ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928. AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON. N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3.1879
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Vol. 10, Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, H C., TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1937
County Schools
To Open Monday
The Polk /bounty schools of Co
vjumbus, Mill Spring, Sunny View
And Green Creek will open for
the summer session on Monday
morning. >
Kiwanis Tonight
M&ss Agnes McLeod and a group
of 4-H club girls will put on a
program at the Tryon Kiwanis
meeting tonight at 6:30 at the
Stearns high school domestic scien
ce room in ' Columbus. C. M.
Eargle will be in charge of the
program. The Presbyterian Aux
iliary will serve the food.
‘Curb’ Reporter
King Carol of Rumania is visit
ing in England, the home of his
great grandma . . . Secretary
>,lsham Henderson has some more
jj)penings for Federal jobs paying
work as wardens in prisons, field
representative for Savings Bonds,
safety promotion advisors, etc. . . .
The recent rains has speeded Up
the work of weeds at the Tryon
cemetery. Miss Nash says the
shrubs need trimming. Ground
needs turning under for autumn
sowing of clover, rye or grass . . .
The Tryon Boys club is doing
excellent work. Jimmie Little is
in charge of airplane work. 40
boys were present this morning.
Next Fridaiy is hike day instead
of Thursday . . . The M!isses Pitkin
write from Brevard that they have
been giving their Bulletins to
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Public Welfare
Raleigh, July 20.—Thirty-three
of North Carolina’s 100 counties
eligible to participate in a
s>>oo,ooo.oo equalization fund to
help them raise their contributions
Old Age Assistance and Aid to
Dependent Children, it has been an
nounced by Nathan H. Yelton, di
rector of the Division of Public
Assistance of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare.
The equalization fund will con
sist of $100,000.00 of state money,
which will be matched by SIOO,OOO
by the federal government. It is
designed to aid those counties which
would have to levy an excessive
tax rate in order to raise their
one-fourth contribution for indi
gent aged and one-third for depen
dent children.
Yelton explained that the only
counties eligible were those in
which the combined levy for the
two programs would exceed 10
cents on the SIOO valuation, and
that the equalization fund would
only contribute 75 per cent of the
difference.
Counties eligible to draw from
the equalization fund are:
Ashe, Avery. Bertie, Bladen,
Brunswick, Carteret, Caswell,
Cherokee, Clay, Craven, Cumber.!
land, Dare. Gata? Greene, Hoke,
Jackson, Jones, MJacon Madison,
Mitchell, Nash, New Hanover,
Pamlico, Person, Polk, Stokes,
Swain, Tyrrell, Union, Warren,
Wilkes, Yadkin and Yancey.
Abandon hope of finding Amelia
Earh#t and navigator, Fred
Noonan.