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The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON, N. C., THURSDAY, OCT, 1, 1942
MISS MARY PITKIN
Miss Mary Pitkin passed on
«d this morning. This gentle
will be greatly missed by the
dents of Tryon for her genial
way of meeting life cheered many.
Miss Pitkin was 96 years old last
seventh day of May, having been
bom in Rochester, New York.
Her father, the Rev. Thos. C.
Pitkin, was rector for years of
St. Paul’s church, Detroit, Mich.,
afterward St.. Paul’s Cathedral.
Her mother was Harriet Star
Pitkin. In Detroit Miss Pitkin
was engaged in social work, long
before that kind of work was
recognized as a church obligation.
Her work among the Italians there
was well-known and her ability to
speak that language stood her in
good stead. She and her sisters
came to Tryon as visitors and then
settled here in 1916. They all en
tered into the life of Tryon and
WfiHp very active in the Church
^Jthe Holy Cross, especially in
tmf Woman’s Auxiliary where
their outgoing hearts found ample
scope for expression. Miss Mary
will be long remembered here by
many whom she quietly aided
financially when they were hard
pressed in times of illness or de
pression. She was much loved by
many of our colored citizens who
loved her humor and her ability
to enjoy the funny and odd side
of life. She always met hardship
courageously and with full Chris
tian faith and a touch of humor.
Her sister, Miss Louisa Pitkin,
whose 92nd birthday was yester
day, says that she knows that
her sister would not “like any
great masses of flowers” sent to
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CURB REPORTER
Weather £Wednesday: low 35,
high 67 . . . Tryon high school
football team which lost a hard
fought game to Hendersonville last
Friday 14 to 0, goes to Greer, S.
C., for a game this Friday night.
Local fans were well pleased with
the performance of the Tryon
team last week. It isn’t .who wins
that counts, but how the game
is played .... Tryon has two
college students on major foot
ball teams, Bob DuRant, half
back for Davidson and Steth ,Vin
ing, Jr., left guard for Duke.
Both are sophomores. Last Satur
day DuRant was listed on the
official, program as starting the
game for Davidson and he played
most of the game, although the
newspaper reporter failed to note
it. Vining playing on the third
string was not called as Duke
used only two teams against
plucky Davidson which lost to
Duke 21-0 .... Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Jarvis have given up their
home at Princeton and will come
to Tryon next week to make their
home with Mrs. Jarvis’ mother,
Mrs. W. E. Kilpin.Tryon
ites are looking forward to a
joint meeting of the Rotary, Ki
wanis and others the last week
in October when Cliff Berryman,
noted Washington Star cartoonist
and creator of the Teddy Bear,
will be the speaker at the Rotary
program. While here he will be
the guest of his friend William
E. Knight at Waelhyl .... The
Charlotte Observer today used its
entire front page to urge all citi
zens to gather their scrap metal
and deposit ^it on scrap piles all
over the state. The need for scrap
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