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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. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, FEB. 2, 1942
W. E. Kilpin
Waldemar Ernest Kilpin died
Sunday morning at St. Luke’s
<jiu>spital of pneumonia after a
ulS|)rt illness.
Kilpin was Pern in Wales.
He served in the Boer war with
the British army and in the first
World War with the Canadian
army. He received wounds in both
these conflicts. Mr. Kilpin, who
has lived in the United States
since 1918, was naturalized in
1919. He married the widow of
R. MacDougall Campau of De
troit, the former Mliss LUlie Bat
chelcr of Pittsburgh. They have
made their home in Tryon since.
Mr. Kilpin was prominent in
Masonic work having been raised
a Master Mason in March 1926.
He was knighted in Detroit com
mandery No. I,October 25, 1929.
He moved his membership in 1933
to the ccmmandery in Asheville
and received his Scottish Rite
degrees in Asheville Consistery. In
Mr. Tiilpin began his du
'Mm- as an officer in Cyrene Com
mandery in 1935, and was elected
eminent commander December,
1940. In June, 1941, he was ap
pointed grand captain of the guard
and also commissioned by the
grand commander to be represen
tative of the grand commandery
of Maine near the grand com
mandery of North Carolina. He
was re-elected, in Asheville, De
cember 5, 1941, as eminent com
mander of Cyerne Commandery to
serve during 1942. Besides his
Mpsenic activities, Mr. Kilpin was
in the affairs of the com
munity. He was secretary-treas
urer of the Tryon Rotary club at
the time of his death, apd mas
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From Hollywood
(Philc Higley, author of the
play the Day” writes
to Tryon friends about Holly
wood.)
1410% Hayvenhurst Drive,
Hollywood, Calif.
January 30, 1942.
Dear Steth:
Well—where to begin? What
exactly is there to tell about this
town? Not as much as I expected
—-at least not about the effect the
war has had on it—and I might
as well say that at the start. -
I certainly had the impression—
and so I think did most people I
talked with in New York and
Tryon before I left—that Califor
nia was in pretty much of a state
about the whole situation. Holly
wood particularly I had heard of
as a place where drastic changes
were in order. I expected fre
quent blackouts studios . that
started work at 7 a. m., instead
of 9 to get their employes home
about finding a
used car to drive—all sorts of
things. -
None of this turned out to be
true. It may be that before I ar
rived (on January 12) there was
dither and excitement though
everyone denies it—and definitely
there has been none since. As a
matter of fact, I sometimes doubt
that people here are concerned
enough. I suppose anything’s bet
ter than panic—but it wouldn’t.-
hurt some of the individuals I’ve
talked with to encounter a little of
it- Maybe it’s the fact that one
(locally) all-abscrbing industry
keens their minds off other mat
ters. I don’t know. It puzzles
me. I do know, though, that so
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