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Vol. 12. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N C., TUESDAY, JAN. 2, 1940
Golden Anniversary
The Fiftieth Birthday of the
Lanier club will be celebrated on
Thursday afternoon. It will be
occasion for the town to con-
itself upon a library of
' wnich it may well be proud.
There will be a brief program
at 3:30 with Dr. Snyder of Wolford
college speaking on the man for
whom the library is named, Sidney
Lanier. This will be followed by
the Birthday Party in “golden
style”. The president will be as
sisted in receiving by former presi
dents of the club. * There will be
a large birthday cake to be cut
by four of the charter members,
Mrs. Lydia Strong, Mrs. John
Orr, M!rs. C. Mi. Howes and Mrs.
George E. Morton. The thought
of a golden anniversary will be
carried out in the refreshments
and the decorations. The public
is assured of a welcome and a
splendid time.— M. H.
Results In
' Jbckless Driving Charge
State Highway Patrolman Rob
ert Miller of Polk county reported
today that two Landrum men,
listed as Ben Gibbs, and Julian
Carpenter were placed under bonds
of S3OO for their appearance at
the spring term of Polk county
superior court on charges of
i cckless driving.
These charges grew out of a
chase late S*unday night that be
gan on Trade street in Tryon and
continued on into South Carolina.
Patrolman Miller stated that the
two cars failing to stop at his
signal, held the highway against
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Pastoral Call Is Accepted
By W. P. Jackson
The Rev. William Parkyn Jack
son on Sunday accepted a call to
serve as pastor of the First Con
gregational church of Asheville,
succeeding tlfe Rev. John Rea Chap
man, who resigned some time ago.
Mir. Jackson, who was called at
a special congregational meeting ,
on December 20, announced his ac
ceptance of the call at the 11
o’clock service at the church
on Sunday.
Mr. Jackson has been serving as
supply pastor of the church for
tho past two months. He and Mirs.
Jackson have been living in Tryon
for some time.
Mr. Jackson was born in Toron
to, Canada, the son of a Congre
gational minister who was an
American citizen. He was educated
at the Collegiate institute, Kings
ton, McGill university and Canada
Congregational college, Montreal,
Canada.
Ordained in 1895, he served four
parishes, the last one in S!t. Albans,
Vt., where, after seven years, he
resigned to become superintendent
of a community club for young
men and boys opened at his re
quest in that city.
Soon after the United States
entered the World War, he was
called to represent the War de
partment and Navy department
commission on training camp ac
tivities outside the camps at Fort
Niagara, N. Y., New London,
Conn., and Camp Dix, N. J.
For more than 20 years follwo
ing this war service, Mr. Jackson
represented the National Recrpa
tion association in various capa-
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