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Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1942
OUR SALUDA
NEWS LETTER
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(By Mrs. J. M. Thomas)
Lillian, daughter of Mrs. Pau
line Butler was married last week
to Sergeant Buford Hunt. He is
with the Army Coast Guard at
Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C.
Ernest Chappell and his moth
er spent the weekend in Saluda.
Ernest is taking a radio course
in Asheville. Mrs. Chappell has
a job in West Asheville.
Betty Jo Pace is taking a busi
ness course at Blanton’s Business
College in Asheville.
Betty Thomas is attending night
classes in stenography in Hen
dersonville. She and Elizabeth
Hart (nurse) have an apartment
in Hendersonville, and will do
light housekeeping.
I* Mrs. Blanding Holm, and her
nthree children of Batesburg, S. C.
--are visiting Mrs. Holm’s mother,
Mrs. Ed. Shaeffer. Mrs. Holm
gave a neighborhood birthday
partv for the children Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. wancnope ot Co
lumbia, S. C., are in Saluda.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wade ~of
Salley, S. C., are in theii> cottage.
Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Webb and
two children are in the Shaeffer
cottage. _
Mrs. Bowen, sister of Miss
Janie Thompson, is quite ill at
St. Luke’s hospital.
Mrs. Alice Fulton has gone to
Tampa, Fla.
Edwin Clippard has been pro
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CURB REPORTER
Weather Wednesday: 95 hot;
75 low .... The gasoline storage
tank explosion Tuesday morning
in Wawnesville which' killed four
people and wounded five, Has
claimed its fifth victim. W. L.
Hardin, Jr., the manager of the
Standard Oil Co., there who did
heroic work in staying too close
to the tanks to warn others away,
died of his wounds on Wednesday.
He was a son of the secretary to
Congressman Zeb Weaver and for
eight years was bookkeeper for
Dicus Bros. Construction Co., for
merly of Polk County .... Polk
County Rationing Board needs
funds for expenses. If you can’t
volunteer personal services, a small
donation will help. Visit the
Rationing Board and see the peo
ple at work. If we can’t give our.
time we should give some of our
money to help .... Slgt. William
H. Aiken, Jr., of Camp Sutton,
writes: “The generosity and hos
pitality of all you Tryonites is
amazing, never before -have I seen
such congeniality and hospitality
as I found with everybody with
whom I came in contact. I thor
oughly enjoyed, the afternoon and
evening at the Parish House, and
found the supper very delightful.”
.... Germans continue their
drive in Russia but are being
checked in North Africa.
Monte Dedman has received a let
ter of thanks from M. H. Mcln
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