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ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRYOIV DULY BULLETIN
Jhe Worlds Smallest daily Newspaper.Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 24—No. 278 TRYON, N. C.. MONDAY, OCTOBER lX~195l
Weather Friday: high 71, low
44, Rel. Hum. 45; Saturday high
71, low 36, Rel. Hum. 43; Sunday
high 71, low 50, Rel. Hum. 55 ... .
Frank Sims and Fred Anderson of
the Mecklenburg ABC were in Try
on Friday 'to confer with Maypr
C. D. Stevens and the Tryon Coun
cil in regard to establishing an
ABC store in Tryon. The men
stated that they were primarily
interested in seeing that the store
was operated properly and that
high type men trained for the job
would be in charge. They report
that the system in Mecklenburg
County is a great success compared
‘ -ifcr<lay other system ever used. . . .
\5#iys noted for its good hotels
and eating places Tryon is growing
in this respect despite the loss of
the Auberge. Buckingham Inn
Coffee Shop opened Saturday morn
ing with a bang and is staying
open every day all day long, under
operation of Tuck and Dotty Tay
lor of Myrtle Beach, S. C. Mill
Farm Inn will re-open Wednesday,
Oct. 17th, seeking luncheons, din
ners, teas, - breakfasts, etc., from
the general'public as well as serv
ing its own house guests. Mrs.
E+hel Gardner Sturgis, the new
owner, has made extensive improve
ments to the inn. On the same
Harmon Field road, BrintnalTs
Seven Hearths is operating a craft
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GEORGE E. BELL
George Eller Bell^ 82, retired
telegraph operator, and civic and
political leader of Tryoh passed
away about midnight Saturday at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Ralph S. Jackson. He had been ill
about three months.
Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the MicFarland Funeral Home with
the Rev. Orville H. White, pastor
of the Congregational Church
officiating. Interment will be in
the Tryon Cemetery where mem
bers of the Jeff L. Nelson Masonic
Lodge of which he was a past
worshipful master, will give the
Masonic burial service. The follow
ing Masons will act as pallbearers:
G. Lotan Pace, E. R. Goodyear,
Ernest Kerhulas, Paul Smith,
Byron Rector, Demus Chapman.
Mr. Bell is survived by his widow,
the former Miss Elizabeth Powell;
one daughter, Mrs. Ralph S. Jack
son, iryon; one granddaughter,
Mrs. Rutledge Carter of Alberquer
que, 'New Mexico; a brother, David
Bell of -Asheville and one sister,
Mirs. Mary Roberts, Hot Springs,
North Carolina.
Mr. Bell was a native of Bun
combe County. He moved to Tryon
in 1912 as a telegraph operator
for the Southern Railway System.
Later he established and operated
the Postal Telegraph Co., office
for many years until his retire
ment just before the consolidation
of the two companies.
For1 the past seven years he had
been on the staff of the Tryon
Theatre.
Mr. Bell was a trustee of the
Congregational Church for more
than 10 years; a former vice
chairman of - the Polk County
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