DuRant New President
Of Chamber of Commerce
R. S. DuRant, general manager
of the Avant Electric Co., was
elected president of the Tryon
Chamber of Commerce at a meet
ing of the Board of Directors
Monday night. R. E. Brantley,
manager of Tryon Theatre, was
elected vice-president and Seth M.
Vining, secretary-treasurer.
Mr. DuRant who was vice
president last year, succeeds Tom
Costa. He is a former president
of the Rotary club and has been
interested in the improvement of
the community in general. Mr.
Brantley is also a fonher presi
dent of the Rotary club, the Mer
chants Association, the softball
league, and is a member of the
Tryon-Saluda school board.
There are nine directors of the
Chamber of Commerce. Each year
three members’ terms expire. This
, year the terms of L. F. Buchanan,
Ernest Kerhulas and W. M. Spivey
expired. The object of the stag
gered terms is to bring in new
men from time to time. Mr. Spivey
as town manager, is a director of
the chamber of commerce by vir
tue of his office and was reelected.
The two new members are Fred
S. Owen of 0*wen’s Pharmacy and
Mr. Brantley.
THE BEAN BRIGADE
The following boys and girls
from Columbus school are mem
bers of the bean brigade which
attracted state-wide attention last
week when they saved a bean
crop:
Bob Gibson, Grace Burnett,
Frank Burgess, Charles Jordon,
Kay Wilson, Margaret Hines,
Luke McIntyre, Jean Ormond,
Bobbie Ramsey, Sara Max Or
mond, Larry Constance, Pemumia
Atkins, Alvin West, Christine
Green, John Clarke, Fannie Fos
ter, Alvin Constance, Rachel
Clarke, Larry Wilson.
Joe Wijkerson, proprietor of
Tryon Cafe, fell Monday morning
on a slippery floor that had just
been mopped, and broke his knee
bap. Hie is in ;a Spartanbtfrg
hospital for treatment.
STORES TO CLOSE
At a meeting of the Merchants
with the Chamber of Commerce
Monday night, the stores voted to
close every Wednesday afternoon
through the winter season except
during weeks when there is a holi
day and the two weeks prior to
Christmas.
POLICE CAPTURE SUGAR
Tryon Policemen, Chief A. C.
Saltz and Louis Lindsey captured
a '39 Oldsmobile and 900 pounds
of black market sugar Monday
night on a Gillette Woods road
headed for South Carolina. The
sugar has been turned over to
the OP A.
FOR SALE: Folding baby car
riage. See Mrs. Ryan McCown.—
Adv*t. 10, 12, 16, 18c.
RUMMAGE SALE: By Baptist
Missionary Society at old town
hall. Saturday, October 14th, at
2 p. m.—Adv. 10, 11, 13c.
CIVIC
THEATRE
Landrum, S. C. Phone 98
Showings Daily at 7 and 9 p. m.
Saturday continuous from 1 p. m.
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MONDAY and TUESDAY
Laraine Day in Cecil B. DeMille's
‘Story of Dr. WasselP
WEDNESDAY ONLY
Joe E. Brovm in
“POLO JOE”
Added: “Women At War”
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Frederic March, Alexis Smith in
“Adventures of
MARK TWAIN”
Added: Fox Movietone News.