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Vol. 13. Eat. 1-31-28 TRYON, N C., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940
Mrs. Lydia W. Strong
Many in Tryon and elsewhere
jpsre shocked to learn of Mrs.
Wright Strong’s death on
February 29th, from heart failure.
She had reached the age of 93
years and nine months, and had
been a resident of Tryon for al
most 44 years. She was born in
Huntsburg, Ohio, June 1, 1846.
Her mother belonged to the Ed-
family of Northampton,
Mass. Her father, also from New
England, became the editor of the
“Jeffersonian Democrat" in Char
don, Ohio, where Lydia Stuart
Wright lived until her marriage
in 1871 *»to William Ephraine
Strong a young engineer. His
work took them first to Marshall,
Missouri, and then back to Ohio,
where he laid a second track for
the Lake Shore Rail Road, sur
veyed coal fields, and was chief
in the Scioto Valley Rail-
Later, receiving an appoint-
THent under the U. S. Government,
lie had charge of the work to im
prove slack water navigation on the
Wabash, Little Kanawha, and Ken
tucky rivers.
In 1884 Major and Mrs. Strong
moved to Relleview, Florida, on
account of his ill health, for he
still carried in his lung a bullet
from the Civil War. In the sum
mer of 1896, as Mrs. Strong need
ed a more invigorating climate,
they came to Tryon, which so
delighted them that they decided
to make it thsh* permanent home.
Mlajor Strong was the surveyor
for many of the roads in Hender
sonville and the v'cinity. fp'*
served Tryon as both engineer and
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Rogers Thanks Public
As we bring to a close the cam
paign for contributions to the
Finnish Relief Fund, I wish to ex
press on behalf of the local Com
mittee our sincere appreciation of
the generous manner in which the
people of our community have sup
ported this great humanitarian
movement, which has as its object
the relief of the helpless women
and children of Finland, and the
heartening of the brave soldiers
of this gallant little country in
their heroic attempt to save their
country and those they love from
destruction at the hands of a ruth
less invader.
I wish especially to thank my
co-workers in this good cause who
have helped to bring this impor
tant matter to the attention of our
people, and enlist their sympathetic
support. I wish to mention par
ticularly in this connection: Seth
Vining, for the fine publicity which
he has given this movement in the
Bulletin; Mrs. George Cathey for
her enthusiastic support in the
collecting of the money for the
Fund; and to Julian B. Hester
who acted as our treasurer. A
total of $715.00 was contributed
to the Fund, and has already been
forwarded to National Headquar
ters of the Finnish Relief Fund.
Carroll P. Rogers, Ch’mn.
Funeral services for F. Loura
dour, who died early this morn
ing, will be held Saturday morn
ing at 10 o’clock at St. John’s
Catholic church. Father Florian
will be celebrant, assisted by
Father Ferry of Sjpartanburg. In
terment at Tryon cemetery.