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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS* MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRM DMT BUILEM
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON, N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1942
Softball Season Opens Today
The softball season officially
opens today at Adams-Millis park
at 6:30 with the first game being
player between the Bushwhackers
■lad Adams-Millis. There are four
^»ms in the local league which in
cludes Southern Mercerizing, Try
on Players, Bushwhackers and
Adams-Millis. As there are at
least ten members on each team
it means from 40 to 50 people ac
tually participating in softball
each week of four days of play
ing. The umpire of today’s game
will be Coach Edwin Beach of the
Tryon high school.
The schedule of games for the
season is as follows:
May 5_A. M. Vs. B. W.
May 6_S. M. Vs. T. P.
May 7_.T. P. Vs. A. M.
May 8_S. M. Vs. B. W.
May 12_T. P. Vs. A. M.
May 13_B. W. Vs. S. M.
May 14_S. M. Vs. A. M.
May 19_S. M. Vs. B. W.
Kay 20_A. M. Vs. T. P.
-tfay 21_*_B. W. Vs. A. M.
“May 22-..S. M. Vs. T. P.
May 26_T. P. Vs. B. W.
May 27_S. M. Vs. A. M.
May 28_B. W. Vs. SI M.
May 29_ A. M. Vs. T. P.
June 2_S. M. Vs. T. P.
June 3_A. M. Vs. B. W.
June 4_T. P. Vs. A. M.
June 5_S. M. Vs. B. W.
June 8_A. M. Vs. T P.
June 9_B. W. Vs. S. M.
June 10_A. M. Vs. S. M.
June 11_B. W. Vs. T. P.
June 16_S. M. Vs. B. W.
June 17__-T. P. Vs. A. M.
June 18_B. W. Vs. A. M.
June 19_S. M. Vs. T. P.
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May 15.
-B. W. Vs. T. P.
u. s. o.
The letters stand for “United
Service Organizations,” which in
clude The Young Men's Christian
Association, the National Catho
lic Community Service, the Salva
tion Army, the Young Women's
Christian Association, the Jewish
Welfare Boar^ and the National
Traveler’s Association. With the
approval and cooperation of the
United States Government, to
gether with the Army and the
Navy, the U. S. O. operates an
extensive and carefully prepared
program for the welfare and
morale of our soldiers an<j sailors.
Up to December 1, 1941, the US©
had expended $6,559,780.00. By
the end of May, all of the money
contributed last June will be used
up. To finance the project until
March 31, 1943, will require about
$11,000,000.00.
A nation-wide appeal for this
sum will be made. The quota sug
gested for Tryon is $990, of which
sum, $90 will be expended for the
entertainment of soldiers here.
At a typical camp, a boy gets
up at 5:45 a. m., eats breakfast
at 6; drills, with softie rest per
iods, until 4:30 p. m., eats supper
at 5. Evenings anj Sundays he
is free. The problem is, what to do
with his free time. This problem
the USO seeks to help solve for
him.
It may be askeS: “Why doesn’t
the government do it?” The an
swer is “You don’t want your
government to take over the pri
vate lives of American boys when
they have a night, or a weekend,
off. In Germany, Russia and
Italy, the government does it, tell
ing everybody what they may hear,
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