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The World's Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON; N. C„ TUESDAY, NOV. 10, 1942
CURB REPORTER
Weather Monday: High 72, low
45 ... . Miss Hassie Emory of
Columbus died Monday at St.
Luke’s hospital .... John Moore
of the U. S. Navy is here on a
brief visit. So is Dutton Beatson
of the Army . . . Robert Cox has
returned' to Washington ( D. C.,
after an airplane visit to nis
mother, Mrs. J. C. C. Foster, who
is ill in a hospital in Asheville.
. . . . Tom Kell, Tryon contractor,
collided with a train in Charlotte
Saturday, wrecked his automobile
and he is suffering several brok- i
en ribs at Presbyterian hospital, J
Charlotte. Mrs. Kell has gone to ]
visit him .... Fred Lawrence
here from Wilmington for a medi- |
cal check-up says we misquoted I
him on the launching of ships at {
»ington. It takes about 40 !
to build a ship, but nine
are under construction all
the time. Woodrow Hague, who
was presented an achievement
badge by Admiral Land, has a
schedule of ships launched. The
Henry Bacon will be launched
November 11th, Abner Nash, Nov.
15; Joseph Alston, Nov. 20. That
gives an idea how fast ships are 5
being launched .... James New- '
man, 14, of Landrum, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Levy Newman, is in
St. Luke’s hospital for an opera
tion .... Mrs. David Hedekin,
Lieutenant in the WAACS, has
been transferred from Des Moines,
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4-H ACHIEVEMENT DAY
The Green Creek 4-H club held
Achievement Day program Mon
day at 10:40 a. m., in the audi
torium of the Green Creek high
school. The entire student body
came in to visit with the 4-H
club and to join with the club
members in celebrating their ac
complishments of the past year.
This week is National 4-H
Achievement Week and is being
observed by 4-H clubs throughout
the entire state and nation. In ah
effort to encourage conservation of
tires and gas as well as time
it was decided that the Polk
county club members hold their
meetings in their local clubs rath
er than all members coming to
gether for one county meeting.
Other 4-H clubs in Polk county
that will hold achievement meet
[ ings this week are Mill Spring,
; 10 a. m., Tuesday; Sunny View,
10 a. m., Wednesday; Columbus
10 a. m., Thursday; arid Saluda
at the same hour Friday.
Presiding over the program at
Green Creek was Sara Flynn the
club president. Sara opened the
program by welcoming the entire
school to the club meeting. The
program consisted of group sing
ing led by Mrs. Robert Alien, a
talk by Miss Frances MacGregor,
assistant state 4-H club leader;
assistant extension service, State
College, Raleigh, who saluted the
Green Creek boys and girls as
soldiers on the home front, con
gratulated them 'on their splendid
accomplishments and urged them
to continue doing everything in
their power to help win the war.
Some of the activities suggested
to the club members as their part
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