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Vol. 12. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 19;J9
Headlines
Britain and France working to s
end war in Spain.
L. W. “Chip” Robert resigns j
0 assistant secretary of the j
»asury.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, noted
Dry Leader, died yesterday of
heart attack.
Anthony Eden recommends CCC
work for Great Britain ihstead of |
dole. Praises American spirit. j
Buncombe county Red Cross is !
seeking SI,COO for relief of its I
eitizens who suffered in the wind
storm on Wednesday when one J
home was demolished and a fam- j
ily of six left hornless.
Lowell Thomas reported over the j
radio Thursday night that it was !
12 degrees below at Montreal, !
Canada, where he was broadcast- j
ing. High winds prevailed on both j
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, i
0 hool In Aiken Receives
SIO,OOO From B. M. Baruch
Charleston, Felb. 16.—Bernard
M. Baruch, New York financier
and native of South Carolina, has
given SIO,OOO to St. Angela Acade
my at Aiken, operated by the
Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, it
was learned today.
Previously it had been announc
ed that the College of Charleston
had been given a similar sum, and
it was reported that at least one, I
, perhaps other, educational insti- 1
tutionn in the state have been made
gifts, although no formal announce
ment has been made.
CURB REPORTER
B. L. Ballenger is president of
the Tryon Country club which hob’s
its annual meeting tonight at 8
o’clock .... Marcus Caldwell,
assistant Scoutmaster of Tryon
Boy Scout Troop No. 1, was the
first Eagle Scout of the Newberry.
S. C. Council. It takes a lot of
work an! perseverance to become
an Eagle Scout. Seth Vining, Jr.,
is the only active Scout now in
Tryon with the Eagle rank, but
everything points toward the ad
dition of another one on Monday
when Harold Taylor makes his
final test before the Court of
Honor. Many boys almost make
the grade-, but only about a dozen
have completed the course in Try
on. Edgar Hendry was the first
one. Then there was Charles
Stackhouse, James Little, Edward
Sayre, Bill Ward, Priestly Conyers,
Robert Little, Anson Merrick, Nel
son Jackson, 111 ... . Speaking
of hard work and perseverance,
Dick Kell, who helped build the
Tryon Theatre, Jim Perkins’ house.
Sunnydale and many other places,
bought a lot across the street from
where he was living, and during
odd moments before breakfast and
after supper till dark, worked
on a house for himself. An old
garage was ripped up for a room,
excavation was made for the base
ment, some logs were piled on the
lot. They stayed there for months;
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