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Vol. 13. Est. 1-31-28
CURB REPORTER
The Polk County Draft Board
has been notified that Polk Coun
ty will be called on to furnish
one Negro soldier for Ft. Bragg
on January 30th. There are 366
in the call from the whole state.
Chairman Julian Hester says a
list of white soldiers drafted will
be given out in a few days from
the volunteer list .... Vance
Connor of Connor’s Creek lost his
house by fire on Monday night
according to reports tjming to
Tryon Tuesday .... Tryon is
now just six hours from New
York by airplane schedule accord
ing to E. Perry Manville’s ad in
today’s Bulletin. The airplane
Jives Greenville, S. C. at 4:35
m. and reaches New York at
9:45, just 5 hours and 10 minutes
later. According to the way young
people attend dances, a fellow
could leave Tryon in the after
noon, attend a dance in New York
that night and be back in Tryon
next morning for a full day’s
work. What would our covered
wagon ancestors say! .... Old
English type is very pretty but
very hard for advertising pur
poses. For example the title line,
“The Tryon Daily Bulletin” on
front page is in old English. From
all over the nation we have re
ceived mail addressed “Organ
Daily Bulletin,” “Oregon Daily
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TRYON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 1941
Baptist Missionary Society
Met Tuesday Afternoon
The Missionary Society of the
Firgt Baptist church held its first
meeting of the year on Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Misses
Ruth and Daisy McFee. After the
devotional which was led by the
program chairman, Mrs. R. H.
Brady, Rev. B. G. Henry address
ed the group on “Loyalty to Our
Church During 1941.”
During the business session the
officers for the New Year took
charge. They are as follows:
President, Mrs. B. G. Henry;
fiirst vice-president, Mrs. T. J.
Kennedy; second vice-president,
Mrs. J. T. Arledge; secretary,
Mrs. R. H. Brady; treasurer, Miss
Ruth McFee.
Business for the New Year was
discussed. The hostesses served tea
and andwiches during the social
hour. Several visitors were pres
ent.
Scout Founder Passes
The Chief Scout of the World,
Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the
founder of the Boy Scout move
ment, is dead, according to radio
reports this morning from South
Africa where the beloved Scodter
died at age of 83.
He established the first Boy
S'cout camp in the English chan
nel in 1907, and in 1908 wrote
“Scouting for Boys”. The idea
of Scouting was so popular that
the movement spread rapidly all
over the world.
Former Ambassador Bullitt
urges America to declare war on
Germany and Italy.