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THE TRYOE RAM III IIIM
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, OCT. 5, 1942
EUGENE A. TURNER
LEAVES FOR CHINA
Quite a few Tryon people are
ring in Eugene A. Turner’s
through the ’Gene Turner
fttfid of the International Com
mittee of the Y. M. C. A.; and
Georgia Tech, where he was Y.
M. C. A. secretary for many
years.
Latest word from China indi
cates that Mr. ' Turner’s duties
will be with the work which the
Y. M. C. A. in absence of U. S. 0.,
is doing with the Chinese army. He
will be in the front, and in one
of the important sectors of the
United Nations’ effort.
Mr. Turner had only a forty
eight hour notice of the long voy
age ahead, so there were few
good-bys. He left under sealed
orders Sunday and was to re
ceive instructions as to port
where he changed trains Monday
morning. Then at the port will
tfjMe last minute sailing orders
EJj^be with another Y. M. C. A.
secretary, will put off into the
dark and several weeks of silence
before friends and family will
hear from him.
As baggage allowance was very
limited Mr. Turner could take
with him necessities only, but at
the last moment he was able to
crowd in a serious gift for the
Generalissimo, and a small fem
inine remembrance for Mme.
Chiang Kai-shek, both of whom
are friends of years standing.
KIWANIS TUESDAY
President George A. Cathey
will be in charge of the Tryon
Kiwanis club program Tuesday at
Oak Hall hotel at 1 p. m.
JOHN E. THOMPSON
John E. Thompson, 81-year-old
retired farmer of Saluda, died
early Sunday morning at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Mossie
Lee Hill.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Mossie Lee Hill; one son,
Herschel Thompson of Akron, O’.;
two brothers, J. B. Thompson of
Saluda and Mitchell Thompson of
Flat Rock, N. C.; five sisters,
Mrs. R. L. Newman, Miss Henriet
ta Thompson and Miss Monterey
Thompson, all of Saluda, Mrs.
Betty Capps of Tryon and Mrs.
Rebecca Overman of Wadesboro,
N. C.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the Friendship Baptist church with
the Rev. M. Kizer of Weaver
ville, N. C., and the Rev. Malcolm
Ross of Tryon, officiating.
RED CROSS NEWS
In the sewing room of the Red
Cross is a table of beautiful
house plants that have been donat.
ed to be sold for the Red Cross.
Come in and look at the plants,
then spend the rest of the morning
sewing. If you"' cannot use a
machine there is hand work to
be done.
An interesting etching, done in
1834, has been presented to the
Red Cross by Mrs. J. D. Powers.
This also is for sale, the entire
proceeds to go to the local Red
Cross work room. The etching is
by the desk as you enter the
work room.
On Friday morning Mrs. Bond,
chairman of the Red Cross in
Hendersonville, came down and
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