THE mow DAILY BULLETIN
The World’8 Smallest daily Newspaper*. Seth M. Viwing, Editor
Vol. 24—No. 235 TRYON, N. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 1951
(Est. 1-31-28_
ENTERED AS SECOND
-AT TRYON, N.
Published Daily Except
Saturday and Sunday6c Per Copy
CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICS
C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
Cure Reporter
Weather Tuesday: High 86, low
69, rain .12; Rel. Hum. 70 . . . Wm.
Randolph Hearst, 88, noted news
ier publisher, died Tuesday in
fornia. 28 people die from
ieat in Texas. Oliver Edwards’
Laurel, Miss., was 102 deg. Tues
K. A. Bowen, former president of
the Tryon Country Club celebrated
his birthday Saturday by playing
37 and a 35 to break his golf
score record at the club. A new
thing in fishing tales is the one
about R. E. Brantley. Tuesday at
Lake Lure a deer climbed into his
boat which was in the way of the
swimming deer crossing the lake.
.... Landrum Girl Scouts are
spending a few days at the Tryon
Girl Scout camp on Lake Lanier.
Funds are still needed by the Ki
wanis to pay for the improvements.
. . . . Polk Superior Court meets
next week . . . Mrs. W. A. Merry
«Rockville Center, >N. Y., is visit
Jfoer daughter, Mrs. James Fer
on apd family at Hearthstone
Ridge . . . Mrs. Betty Steiner has
returned from a visit to Linville,
N. C. Miss Eunice Kirtland has
returned to her Tryon home in
Gillette Woods after spending the
summer in New York State . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knopp, nee
Betty Bobs Smith, and daughter,
Jennifer Doubleday Knopp of East
Paterson, N. J., are spending their
vacation with Mrs. Knopp’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Smith
in Gillette Woods .... Mrs. George
Green and h*by girl of Landrum
and Mrs. Cf erine Justice of Mill
Spring were discharged as patients
from St. Luke’s Hospital. There
were no admissions.
DuPont Speaker At Kiwanis
H. M, Miller of the DuPont Co.,
spoke to the Kiwanis club Tuesday
at Oak Hall Hotel. Mr. Miller
gave some interesting facts of the
DuPont Co. which has over half
of its assets in the 14 Southeastern
States. The speaker said that the
DuPont Co. was asked by the
Atomic Energy, Commission to use
its research, engineering and manu
facturing ability to construct the
Savanah River Plant being built
in Aiken and Barnwell Counties
of S.C. The DuPont Co. will receive
a fee of $1 for the construction
of the plant that will cost $900,
000,000. The government is, in the
process of buying 202,000 acres and
during the peak of the construct
ion will employ approximately
40,000 workers. Mrv Miller point
ed out that most of this money
is being spent in the Southeast
ern states and would affect the
economy of the whole section.
The entire program is under
the direction of the Atomic Energy
Commission and will be used for
peace time use research as well.
The speaker poiiited out the many
peace time uses that had already
been found for atomic material.
Rev. Orville H. White of Tryon
and W. T. Pope of/Aiken were
guests of the club. Archie Coving
ton was in charge of the program.
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KING SPEAKS TO LIONS
Gen. E. P. King Jr., retired gen
eral of the U. S .Army spoke to the
Lions Club Tuesday night at Oak
Hall hotel. General King told of
the comparative virtues and vices
of. America and the Asiatic peo
ples. He stressed the need of this
country being prepared so that
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