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Vcl. 14. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, SEPT. 8, 1941
Chamber of Commerce Board
To Meet On Tuesday
1 The Board of Directors of the
r Trvon Chamber of Commerce
will meet on Tuesday morning at
10 o’clock at the Chamber of Com
merce office in the Hester building.
Results of Flag Tournament
At Country Club
Robert Leighton won first place
in the flag tournament held dur
ing the weekend at the Tryon
Country Club. He shot an 80 with
a handicap of 14 which gave him
a net of 86. H e had six shots
left over and ended up near the
green on No. 2. Birch Arledge
was second with a score of 78-12-
66. He had six shots left over
and ended up short of the branch
on No. 2. Edward Sayre and
Tommy Phipps tied for third
k place. Sayre had a score of
' 74-6-68. He had four strokes and
holed out on No. 1. Phipps with
a score of 75-6-69 also holed out
on No. 1 with the three shots he
had left. There were 22 entries
in the tournament.
Methodist Society
The Woman’s Missionary so
ciety of the Methodist church will
meet cn Tuesday night at 8
o’clock at the home of Mrs. W. A.
Wilson and Miss Leila Dempsey.
Klwanis Club Meets Tuesday
Tryon Kiwanis club will meet
on Tuesdav at 1 p. m., at Oak
Hall Hotel.
MRS. J. W. LANKFORD
Mrs. Mary Hilton Lankford, 86.
widow of the late J. W. Lankford,
passed away early this morning
after an illness of a few days.
Mrs. Lankford was born and
reared at the old home place near
the Tryon Country Club.
Funeral services will be held
on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
(DST) at the Episcopal Church
of the Holy Cross. The Rev, C.
P. Burnett will officiate.
The deceased is survived by
three sons, William Lankford of
Everett, Washington, James and
John Lankford of Tryon. A num
ber of grandchildren and great
grandchildren also survive.
Polk Sailor at Sea Encounters
Friend, But Misses Brother
A. B. seaman Avery Lee Ed
wards, Polk County sailor in the
Maritime service, who was recent
ly cited for bravery by the Mari
time Commission for heroism in
saving the lives of two men, has
had some more unusual experi
ences. Last week while helping
transport some soldiers to Iceland
he accidentally bumped into one
of the passengers and when he
turned to apologize discovered an
old friend and classmate in Pri
vate Harlan Mclntire of Colum
bus who is now in the Army oc
cupying Iceland. Seaman Edwards
was not so fortunate some months
ago when he helped transport some
soldiers to Trinidad, British West
Indes. His brother, Private Ruel
Edwards was on board ship and
neither knew of it.