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Vol. 12. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 1939
Mint Museum Lecture
Mrs. Francis Bruguiere, who is
associated with the Old Mint
Museum in Charlotte gave an in
teresting lecture about the museum
on Thursday afternoon at the
Lanier club. Mrs. Bruguiere stat
ed that the Old Mint building
which is over 101 years old served
this .section for the coinage of
government gold dollars from 1837
to 1861. During shat time over
$5,000,000 was coifted. After the
Civil War the Miint was closed
and the building was used for
various purposes untii 3932 when
it was ordered to be demolished,
but the public spirited citizens of
Charlotte wanted to preserve the
structure and funds were raised
for its purchase and upkeep as
an art center where noted exhi
bitions of famous works of art are
held from time to time. The mu
seum is a center not only for art
exhibitions but also for historical
exhibits and headquarters for lec
tures and art classes for the gen
eral public and school children.
No admission is charged for visits
at the museum and the people of
Tryon and this section are always
invited. One Sunday over 2,000
people visited the Mint.
Mrs. Bruguiere was the guest
of Mrs. Harkness Smith, the presi
dent of the club, during her stay
here.
After the lecture the meeting
adjourned to have tea in the Hol
den Reading Room with Mrs.
Willis Parsons and Mrs. Edgar
Rowe as hostesses. At the lovely
table centered with a bowl of
narcissus, iris and daffodils and
yellow candles, Mrs. Rebecca Jer
vey and Mrs. E. Pue-Williams
poured tea.
On Elections
The Hon. Carroll P. Rogers,
representative from Polk county
to the State legislature at Raleigh
has been appointed a member of
the important committee on elec
tions according to an announce
ment by Speaker D. L. Ward on
Thursday.
Miss De Villa Ball
Delights Audience
Miss Ball’s musical evenings
have been of increasing value and
pleasure to those who have at
tended them. Last Tuesday the
great composers, Mendelssohn,
Schumann and Chopin, Lizst and
Wagner were shown in their rela
tion to the romantic period of
music. Miss Ball brought out in
her talk and in the selections she
played the free use these men made
of the old classic forms of the
fugue and of the sonata. She told
many interesting personal stories
about these well known geniuses,
but her main purpose was to pre
pare the way for the climax of
her course. It has been Miss
Ball’s objective all along to bring
about a better understanding and
appreciation of modern music, for
it is still a mystery and a stumbl
ing block to many.
She will give on next Tuesday
evening: The Pioneers in the Mod
ern Movement of Music with il
lustrations from Debussey, Shoen
berg, Cyril Scott, Ravel and
Scriabin.
When the late P. T. Barnum’s
rrandaughter' Mrs. Leigh, died in
Bridgeport, Conn., the other day
she left SBO,OOO to her cousin.
Nancy B. Carrier of Brevard, N. C.