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The World’8 Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON; N. C„ TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 1942
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CURB REPORTER
Weather Monday: Low 45, high
58, rain .68 .... We are thank
ful that the war news gets bet
ter and better. Dakar and all
Frenc-h West Africa joins the
Allies under French Admiral
Darlan with support of 15,000,000
more people, 50,000 soldiers, tanks,
planes, ships, submarines, etc. . . .
The Russians are driving the
Germans back and have killed or
captured over 40,000 . . . Women
policemen will direct traffic in
Asheville beginning Dec. 1 . . . .
Major W. A. Schilletter, former
commanding officer of the induc
tion station at Fort Jackson has
been promoted to Lieutenant-Col
onel in charge of the reception
center at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Col
(jmL Schilletter was formerly sup
j^Bendent of the Tryon-Saluda
scnool district and a former presi
dent of the Tryon Rotary club.
. . . . This is National Women
At War Week and the Polk County
committee headed by Mrs. F. P.
Bacon is urging the women of the
county to invest their savings in
War Bonds with which to buy
guns, tanks and planes to beat
the Axis .... Roy Fisher of
Missildine’s leaves December 3 to
be inducted in the army. Richard
McClure is now in the army air
corps in California . . . New Bul
letin subscriptions entered for
Pvt. Paul Kuykendall, hospital
ward 3, Fort Jackson, S. C.; Cpl.
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TRYON SCHOOL DISTRICT
HOLIDAYS ARE GIVEN
Tryon schools will suspend work
Tuesday afternoon for Thanks
giving, reopening Monday, Novem
ber 30th.
The Christmas holidays will be
gin Friday afternoon, December
[ 18th, and school will start again
[ January 4th.
Three days are being allotted
for the Thanksgiving holidays in
order to save as much fuel as
possible during the winter months.
All holidays as customary will
be made up at the end of the
spring semester.
Tryon Peaches In Egypt
Capt. Alan W. Holmes, nephew
of G. H. Holmes of Tryon, now
with the Army in Egypt, wrote
his mother recently that he had
a can cf peaches the other day
marked: “PEACHES-Packed. and
; Donated by the Association for
War Relief, Tryon, North Caro
lina.” Everyone who had a part
in growing victory gardens and
in helping to pack the food for
War Relief will be interested in
knowing that some of their labor
was not in vain.
HARRELL—FORREST
Joseph Gennett Forrest, U. S.
Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
! Forrest of Saluda is engaged to
marry Miss Frankie Harrell. The
wedding to take place in Wash
ington, D. C., at an early date.
Mr. Forrest is now stationed at
Port Hueneme, California. The
bride is a daughter of John E.
Harrell .formerly of Henderson
ville, now of Washington.