Est. 1-31-28
Published. Daily Except
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Vol. 18—No. 18
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICB
AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
The World’8 Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining, Editor.
6c PER COPY TRYON, N. G. MONDAY, FEB. 26TH, 1945
WITH
OUR
ARMED
FORGES
TRYON SOLDIER KNOCKS
OUT SEVEN TANKS
With the 101st Airborne Division
in Belgium.—On January 3rd, near
Longchamps, Belgium, the Ger
mans launched an attack against
the battalion sector of a parachute
regiment ol the 101st Airborne
Division. During the course of the
engagament Corporal Edward E.
Ford, of Tryon, N. C., was re
sponsible for knocking out seven
tanks with anti-tank and bazooka
fire.
Cpl. Ford was at a rear com
mand patrol when word came
through that 14 German tanks had
been sighted in his area. Manning
*57mm anti-tank gun he cov
the enemy advance, and com
cedi firing at a range of 600
yards. As the tanks approached
they had kept up a constant stream
of machine gun tracer fire in the
vicinity of Cpl. Ford’s position.
All surrounding buildings and
haystacks were on fire. Smoke
combined with the low overhang
ing* fog made targets hazy. Select
ing first one tank and then an
other Cpl. Ford fired away until
his gun ran out of ammunition.
Grabbing a nearby bazooka he con
tinued to fire this weapon until
its ammunition was also exhausted.
The 81st battalion commander,
Lieut.-Col. X. B. Cox, of San An
tonio, Texas, rates Cpl. Ford as
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F. M. Burgess, Civic Leader
Died Sunday Afternoon
Frank M. Burgess, age 75,
prominent civic leader of Colum
bus, passed away Sunday after
noon at 4:30 at the home of his
son, Attorney John R. Burgess.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the Columbus Presbyterian church
with the pastor, Rev. T. P. Horger,
of Tryon, and former pastor, Rev.
D. M. McGeachy of Bessemer City,
officiating. Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Burgess came to Columbus
when a young man to help build
Mimosa Inn and Skyuka Hotel.
Soon after coming to this section
of the county he took a leading
part in civic affairs. He was a dea
con in the Columbus Presbyterian
church for 50 years. He served on
the Stearns school board for 40
years. He was register of deeds
for the county for 20 years; coun
ty auditor for two years, and ac
tive in other civic affairs.
He was married 50 years ago
to Miss Mettie McFarland, daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. McFarland. She died about
nine years ago. He is survived by
two sons and two daughters as
follows: W. A. Burgess of Colum
bus and Salisbury; John R. Bur
gess, mayor of Co’umbus, with
whom he lived; Miss Marie Bur
gess of Brevard High School fac
ulty: Mrs. Jeonard B. Barber of
Hendersonville; one sister, Mrs.
Celia Dalton of Mill Spring; and
four grandsons. •
The Jeff L. Nelson Masonic
Lodge meets tonight at 8 o’clock
over Missildine’s. “All visiting
Masons invited," says R. H. Brady,
secretary.