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The World'8 Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON, N. C„ MONDAY, NOV. 2, 1942
Weather: Saturday high 69, low
48; Sunday high 68; low 47, rain
.70.Frank Wall, U. S.
Marines, writing from Gaudal
canal, Solomon islands on Octo
ber 7th, to Robert Andrews says:
“Tell your pop hello and to write
me. How is our football team this
year? Is Edward still there? I
wish I were there, but maybe it
won’t be so long before I get
back. It is hot here. Mosquitoes
are as big as flies, and millions
of ants everywhere. But there
aren’t many Japs left. Oljd Tojo
has been catching hell. Bill Ward
came to see me right after I was
hit. I think he is worried about
his wife. Tell everyone at school
hello for me. I’ll stop now and see
can find somebody with a
f^Krnok and go to the river . . .”
iB.in Ward’s wife and baby
s^Bare in Tryon and both are
welS. . . . Frank Wall also sent
Robert some Jap occupation money
printed in Japanese and English.
Private Wall’s letter was sent by
air mail, postage due as stamps
were not available .... Tryon
Kiwanis club will meet Tuesday
at 1 p. m., at Oak Hall. J. N.
Jackson in charge of program . . .
Although November is here it is
still October weather with bright
sunshine, blue skies and the fol
iage never more colorful or pret
tier. Just a treat to visit Tryon
now . . . Mrs. Edgar Rowe, who
PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Jennie Sue Rector of Win
j ston-Salem is relieving Mrs. Mary
Pedraja temporarily at the Wes
tern Union office.
[ Miss Nellie Rustling of Hamlet
hospital, Hamlet, N. C., is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. S. R. Rush
ing, who has been ill.
Mrs. J. W. Newman, who is
making her home with her daugh
ter, Mrs. John L. Shiith, at Gaf
fney, S. C., has returned to Colum.
bus for a visit.
Miss Emma Eve Gardner of
Marrietta, Ga., is again visiting
her aunt, Mrs. B. King Couper
at the Rock House Art Gallery.
Sgt. Harold Swain of the San
Bernardino, Calif., Air Depot, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Swain, on Route One, Cam
pobello. His sister, Mrs. Charles
W. Dollar, nee Joyce Swain,
formerly in the county office at
Columbus, is also home from
Panama City, Fla., where her
husband is stationed at Tyndall
Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Eulan Ford are
parents of a daughter born Sat
urday at St. Luke’s hospital.
Mrs. Herbert Beck and Mrs.
Schuyler Hamilton are in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., for a two week’s
stay.
Wanted: The Rationing Board
is in urgent need of three addi
tional small desks or writing
tables. If you have one that you
would be willing to loan please
telephone 349.