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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN
The World's Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 14. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N C., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14, 1942
Five More Tires Issued
By Rationing Board
The Polk County Tire Rationing
Board met on Tuesday afternoon
at the office of C. J. Lynch and
lM)d permits for five truck tires
tubes as follows: To Hubert
Pack, Tryon Route One, tire and
tube; Avant Electric Co., Tryon,
tire and tube; Hierbert J. Butler,
Tryon, tire and two tubes; R. E.
Jolley, Mill Spring, two tires.
Chairman K. A. Bowen states that
these with previous permits re
duce Polk County’s supply of the
quota to six passenger tires and
15 truck tires.
MASS MEETING
There will be a mass meeting
of the citizens of Landrum and
surounding communities on Thurs
day night, January 15th, at 7:30
at the grammar school auditorium.
The purpose of this meeting is to
organize the community for Civi
lian Defense.
-A representative of the state
JMft of Civilian Defense will be
pTNffent to present the scope of
the work and to aid in the or
ganization. The meeting is spon
sored by the Landrum Civic club
and the Civic League and they
urge all citizens of the community
to be present at this meeting.
Landrum has held a very suc
cessful drive for the emergency
Red Cross appeal and went over
the suggested quota by a sizeable
marginn.
Building Good Cribs
Rat proof corn cribs with tin
floor and wire sides are being
built on the farms of Russell
Walcott and of M. R. McCown.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Tryon Drops Two to Christ
School In Basketball
The locals dropped two games
at Christ school Tuesday after
boon. The varsity, getting away
to a slow start, was only able to
get ahead once during the game.
The Tryon “B’s” came to life
in the last quarter, shooting 12
points to run the game into three
extra periods before bowing to
Christ School’s “B’s” 22-20.
The varsity line-ups:
Christ School (38) —Maddux 7;
White 6; West 8; Clark 2; Har
ris 4; Luke 0; Johnson 4; Bald
win 2; Waters 2.
Tryon (21)— Melton 7; Scog
gins 4; Beatson 1; Baker 5;
Brock 0; Arledge 2; Williams 2.
Jack Gaze’s Sister Dead
Funeral services for Mrs. James
P. Knight, sister of J. H. Gaze
of Tryon, who died early Tues
day morning at her hom e in
Greenville, S. C., will be held this
afternoon at Greenville. Inter
ment in Atlanta, Ga. The deceas
ed is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Leslie Nicholson, Mrs. W.
M. Harper, and one son, Jimmy
Knight. And besides Mr. Gaze, she
is survived by two other brothers,
C. W. and T. R. Gaze of Asheville,
and also two sisters, Mrs. H. R.
Ross of Detroit and Miss Sybil
Gaze of Asheville.
P.-T. A. Meets Monday
The Tryon Parent-Teacher s As
sociation will meet on Monday,
January 19th, at 3:30 at the
school auditorium. A feature of
the meeting will be musical pro
gram by the school glee club un
der direction of Edwin Beach.
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