THE TRYOfll DULY BLILETIY
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining, Editor
- Vol. 23—No. 115) TRYON, N. C,. THURSDAY, JULY 13TH, 1950
Published Daily Except
(Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday5c Per Copy
ENTERED AS SECONu CLASS MATTER ALkHJST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICB
_AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OP CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
Weather Wednesday: High 80,
low ,67, rain .80 .. . Congratulations
to the Try on Federal Savings &
Loan Association on its remarkable
growth. Its assets have increased
more than half a million dollars in
the past 6 years. A statement
of the condition of the association
is published elsewhere in this edi
tion and shows total assets of
$964,602.62, a gain of $160,000.00
in the past 5 years .... Arledge
- Hardware has installed an auto
matic machine that sharpens lawn
mowers accurately . •> . Bouquets
for “The Unbleached Quartet” of
Bmbus who performed so well
nesday at the Farmers Federa
picnic that President James
G. K. McClure invited the group
to Asheville on July 20th to com
pete with other talent in this area.
The Columbus group includes Mrs.
Cleo Geer .director; Miss Charlotte
Edwards, announcer; and Ray Rob
bins, Miss Ann Pittman, Miss
Barbara Davis and Horace Smith.
..... News comes to The Bulle
tin from all over, the nation in
’round about way. When Seth Jr.,
was in the Army he ha^ a football
' teammate at Fort Bragg, named
Eugene “Killer’’ Diller, who went
to Parsons College to finish his
education. He sent to Washington
the other day a clipping of the
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ANNUAL FARM PICNIC
HELD AT COLUMBUS
Developments of the broiler in
dustry as a new source of farm in
come was urged by James G. K.
McClure, president of the Farmers
Federation, before 1,500 persons at
tending the annual Polk County
Federation picnic at Steams school
in Columbus on Wednesday.
“We have comparatively little
plowable land in the mountains,”
McClure declared, “and we must
get as much cash return as we can
per acre. An acre of broilers will
really make some money on a West
ern North Carolina farm.”
McClure said that one broiler
raiser had recently cleared $262 on
1,200 broilers which he grew out in
10 weeks and pointed out that the
Federation’s dressing plant in
Asheville is marketing more than
20,000 broilers every week.
A full day of entertainment and
stunts was enjoyed by the as
sembled farm families.
The Burns Quartet of Tryon and
the Troy Staton Quartet of Salu
da, which was made up of two sets
of twins, lejd the quartet singing.
Cooper’s Gap class, led by Bill
Jackson and the Staton class, led
j by Early Staton, also rendered
sacrea songs.
“The Unbleached Quartet” of Co
lumbus, directed by Mrs. Cleo Geer
and presented by Charlotte Ed
wards, gave several humorous num
bers. Members of this quartet were
Ray Robbins, Ann Pittman, Bar
bara Davis and Horace Smith.
Mrs. Geer also recited a special
welcome piece she had composed
for the picnic.
Other Polk County performers
included the Peaceful Valley band,
led by Pink Campbell; George
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