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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
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Vol. 11. Est. 1-31-28
Basketball Tonight
At Columbus Gym
Alt Columbus and Green Creek high
boys’ and girls’ basketball
teams will play tonight at the
Stearns school gymnasium.
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The Anniversary
A man known by his relations is
Dr. Arthur Smith of Tryon. When
he lived in Peoria, 111., he was
known as his father’s son. Since
coming to Tiyon he is known as
his son’s father. Ten years ago,
Dr. Smith’s son, Paul C. Smith was
( a prominent member of the Drama
Fortnightly casts. Last week Dr.
Smith himself appeared on the
stage in Tryon in an important
role in the Garden club play,
al Whims.” Dr. and Mrs. Smith
are now living in their new home
€’ ich they built recently in Gil
e Woods. Their son, Paul C.
ith, is nuking good in Illinois.
The News & Views of Washing
ton reports that Paul C. Smith
has been promoted to the position
of Assistant Advertising Manager
of the “Caterpillar” company
which he joined in 1930. He has
planned many radio programs for
WLS and a number of programs
for sound pictures. He was tech
nical advisor for Joe E. Brown’s
big “Earthworm Tractor” picture,
and Warner Bros., were so pleased
with his work that they gave
“Caterpillar” Deisial tractors a
prominent part in the technicolor
film, “God’s Country And The
Woman,” offered some months
later.
TRYON, N. C., TUESDAY, FEB. 8, 1938
Commissioner Bacon
The Town of Tryon Commission
ers elected Senator F. P. Bacon
Monday night to fill the unexpired
term of Claude Fisher, who re
signed recently to go to Asheville.
Senator Bacon is a former mayor
of Tryon and has served on the
Town Board for many years, and
is thoroughly familiar with local
i government affairs.
Basketball Tonight
At Tryon Gym
The Tryon high school teams will
engage their Blue Ridge Confer
ence tonight when Hen
dersonville invades the local court.
The teams will be about evenly
matched and the Tryon teams hope
to chalk up a victory. The first
game will begin at 7:30 with the
girls playing.
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CURB REPORTER
It was hard for the linotype
operator today to believe that
Tryon has two Mrs. Dudley Smiths
on a Caribbean cruise. Both of
them will be in Tryon in March,
i One of them is the daughter-in-law
of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Stmith and
t the other is *‘GG”, the wife of
Dudley C. Smith .... Tryon Boy
Scout Troop No. 1 is planning an
attractive window display at the
Btallenger Co. ... A beautiful and
impressive Scout service was pre
sented on Sunday afternoon at 5
o’clock at the Episcopal church in
Tryon. All the Tryon ministers
took part in the service and Dr.
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