It is raining. It is raining! At
neon nearly half an inch had
fallen this morning. At 11:45 to
be more exact forty-one hundredths
of an inch had fallen according
to Observer Wayne Creasman who
also reported that the high tem
perature for Sunday was 83 and
the low 65. Tryon’s low summer
temperature is lower than the
best golfers’ score who shoots con
sistently in the 60’s .... The
Congregational church picnic sup
per at the home of the Nelson
Jackson’s on Wednesday will be
at 7 o’clock, but those desiring to
play croquet, horse shoe pitching,
ping pong, etc., may go at 6
o’clock. Members of the church
and their friends, and their
“friends friends” are invited.
Each person will take his own
sandwiches. The committee will
furnish salad, lemonade, paper
cups, plates, etc. .... Fred L.
Seeley, of the Bi’tmore Indus
tries, has dedicated two buildings
for Misses Vance and Yale of
Tryon, founders of the Biltmore
arts and crafts industries, and of
the Tryon Toymakers. The wood
carving building will be known
as the Eleanor Vance building
and the weaving shop as the Char
lotte Yale building .... The
Bulletin has been receiving pro
duce from farmer subscribers. It
includes potatoes, beans, squash,
canned fruit, cherries, corn meal,
honey, fat pine, lettuce, sweet
potatoes, etc. Let’s trade and en
joy better living. When we ex
change goods, exchange thoughts
and fellowsh : p—we grow!
Private John Harold Geyer of
Willow Grove, Pa., and Bugler
Oliver Gould of Forest Park, 111.,
who are at Camp Croft, have been
spending their weekends in Tryon
and report having a good time
here.
TRYON BOYS CLUB
OPENS 1941 SESSION
Forty-five boys registered this
morning for the six weeks ses
sion of the Tryon Boys’ Club.
Four groups were formed with
the following leaders: Group No.
1, Fred McKaig; No. 2, Marvin
Edwards; No. 3, Billy Dick; No.
4, Allen Bishop.
Activities were started in cook
ing, woodwork, airplane modeling,
weaving, soap carv ng, and lino
leum block printing.
For four days during the week
the schedule is as follows:
9:30 —Assembly, roll call, busi
ness.
10:00—Activity period.
11:00—:Discussion period.
11:30—Play period.
Each Wednesday the ex
ception of the first week hiking,
swimming, boating or a field day
will be the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Drew will
leave on Tuesday for their sum
mer home at Hampton Bays, Long
Island, N.Y.
Robert E. McGoorty, Edward
Hayden, Joseph C. Martin, James
McComb, Stanly H. Freberg,of
Camp Croft spent the weekend in
Tryon.
Miss Hope Washburn left this
morning for Duluth,Minn, to spend
the summer.
Mrs. C. W. Kittrell is spend
ing the week at her camp
Zirconia. On Sunday she will atten®
the wedding of Miss Alice Cook t(P
Mr. James Cobb at Spartanburg.
From there she will go to Cape Cod>
Mass, where she will again coach
for a month the two little boys of
Mrs. R, W. Hersey, who spent two
winters in Tryon.
Mrs. G. J. Cherry has as guests
rt her home on Melrose avenue,
Mrs. L. E. Ross of Washington,
D. C., and Mrs. G. L. Davenport
of Mackeys, N. C.
Archie But’er of Ballenger’s and
Mrs. Butler of Buchanan’s are on
their vacation this week.