The Tryon Daily Bulletin
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining, Editor.
6c PER COPY TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1945
Published. Daily Except
Est. 1-31-28_Saturday and Sunday_Vol. 17—No. 223
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOPF1CE
AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 8, 1879
w CURB REPORTER
The Echo has reached Tryon.
It is Volume 1, No. 1, published
at Hirh Point by and for the em
ployees of Adams-Millis Corp. Re
porters at Tryon plant No. 8, are
Misses Mildred Rippy and Edna
Lee McKaig. The paper is at
tractively printed with interesting
news and useful information as
well as pictures of some employees
in the armed forces. Tryon pic
tures include Pfc. Hoyt Staton,
Pfc. G. L. Pace, Jr., Cpl. JSugh
B. Tessener, Wm. M*. Powell,
MM'lc; Pvt. Horace M. Lowe, and
Pvt. Hugh Howard. The cover
picture shows President J. E.
Millis and General Superintendent
Harry G. Bell on the plat'orm
at the big Soldiers of Production
j^lly held recently. News items
^^•tamed local births, an account
the Christmas party at Oak
Halh the lower number of acci
dents at the Tryon plant. Our
best wishes to The Echo. There
is a need for it, and it should grow
in size and usefulness. The Try
on plant alone can furnish enough
news to fill the paper in its pres
ent size. Adams-Millis men here
have taken an active part in com
munity affairs. Superintendent
George W. Comer has been a lead
er in church affairs, an executive
of the Democratic party, a mem
ber of the Rotary club, and promi
nent in other activities. W. E.
Spangle has been Master of the
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WITH
OUR
ARMED
FORCES
Sunday, 17 Dec. 1944.
Dear Dr. Taylor:
! I received your picture about
two weeks ago but I am just now
finding time to answer it. I hope
j you will forgive me for not writ
| ing sooner, but sometimes there
are circumstances that won’t per
mit me to meet all my obligations.
I was both surprised and happy
to receive this bit of news from
you. It is good to hear from the
fellows I once palled around with
and to know they are safe. A long
time has passed since the happy
| days at the Boys’ club. I imagine
[ this has broken upy due to the
war. I truly hope it will continue
| its good work after the war. All
I cities and towns should entourage
I organizations such as this. It
| would cut down a great percent
age of juvenile delinquency.
I will give you briefly a few
of my experiences. I was in on the
! initial invasion of Leyte Gulf
i in the Philippine Islands. For the
' first few days nothing of any im
i nortance happened. Only the
bombardment of shore installa
tions. It was one continuous roar
day and night. But then the Jap
anese air force \Jbegan to make
| itself known. They threw quite
a bit at us but we threw a little
more back. About the second day
a “Betty” it win engine medium
bomber), made a run on us and
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