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
Red Cross Annual
Roll Call Begins
(If the weather is bad on the
eighteenth, the house-to-house visi
tation will be postponed until the
next day.)
The Annual Roll Call of the
National Red Cross takes place
between Armistice Diay, Novem
ber 11th, and Thanksgiving Day,
November 25th. In Tryon and
vicinity, the Polk
County Unit will,
as far as possible,
complete the Roll
Call in one day,
namely: Thurs
day, November
18th. Member
berships will be
Join!
received at the Post Office and in
Missildine’s Pharmacy, and there
will also be a house-to-house visi
tation. After the 18th, Miss Mar
gie Clapips in Missildinefs and
iMrs. George Cathey at the Blue
'Ridge Weavers, will receive dues
from any who have not already,
enrolled. In Saluda and Colum
bus, the Roll Call will be com
pleted before November 25. Rev/
Charles G. Sewiall, the Roll Call
Chairman, announces the following
committee:
Saluda: Mrs. Q. C. Sonner, Miss
Bertha Bishop and Mrs. Samuel
H. Sonner.
Columbus: Mir. Joseph E. Troy
anri Mrs. Eva Smith.
Tryon: Mrs. E. Pue-Williams,
Mrs. H. L. Shelnutt, Mrs. C. Ar
thur Lincoln, Mrs. William de C.
Ravenel, Mrs. F. P. Bacon, Mrs.
John Ferguson, Mrs. K. A. Bowen,
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TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1937
Tryon-Saluda 27;
Greenville Hi, 0
In an Armistice Day game,
played in the rain, the Tryon-
Saluda gridders came through with
a decisive 27 to 0 victory over a
scrappy Greenville team. The lo
cal tqam aided by the fast and
speedy running of Jones, Mc-
Geachy and Eaton, and the power
ful line smashes of Staton and
Green kept the game well in hand.
The Tryon-Saluda line gave their
backfield good support. One touch
down was registered in the first
quarter by a steady drive with
Staton going over. The extra point
from placement went wide. No
more scores were made until the
final minute of the second quarter,
when Staton faded back to the
thirty-five yard line and tossed a
fifty yard pass to Jones, who
gathered the ball in on the fifteen
yard line and easily outran the
safety man to score. The extra
point was made on a pass to
Green by Jones. The second half
seesawed back and forth until a
pass was intercepted on the thirty
by Staton. A series of drives
netted the touchdown with Mc-
Geachy carrying the ball over. A
pass by Jones to Staton made the
extra point. The final touchdown
came after several long end runs
by Eaton, McGeachy and Jones,
placed the ball on the ten yard
line. In two plays Green crashed
tackle to score. On a reverse
nlay, the tackle, Heatherly cross
ed over for the extra point.
The entire Tryon-Saluda team
no doubt aided bv the large crowd,
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