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Vol. 24—No. 333 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER. 31 To^j
Weather Sunday: High 61, low
39, rain .06, Rel. Hum. 75 . . . Dur
ing the holidays while the weather
man was on vacation the highest
recorded temperature was 54 and
the lowest 20, rain .26 inches. This
is the last day of the month and
of the year. A busy time for people
in business, but tonight is a time
for merriment. They criticised
Lincoln for reading a joke book
and laughing at a critical session
of his cabinet. But he knew that
numan Deings can stand just so
much strain and then there must
be relief. Laugh everytime you can
Rid fight when you must. The sol
er in the trenches wishes a Happy
rsew Year for us all and wishes
he were here, and so do we. God
bless everyone of them . . . The
biggest excitement over the week
end here, was the crash of a
Butler coal truck against the front
glass window of the Betty Sturgis
Shop. The driver of the truck,
Homer Frye, said the truck brakes
gave way coming down Oak Hall
hill. He said he tried to steer
the truck into the side street be
tween the depot and the American
Legion Hall, but a car was coming
out of that street so he guided
the truck into the only available
parking space on Pacolet street.
The right side of the truck scraped
.^Continued on Back Page.
Another Patrolman Here
J. E. Ramsey, native of Kings
Mountain, N. C., has arrived in
Tryon to be an additional State
Highway Patrolman to work with
Patrolman W. R. Boyles. He and
his ten-year-old daughter, Virginia
Elizabeth, have an apartment at
Mrs. C. A. Martin’s on Grady Ave.,
while Mr. Ramsey is completing his
training period with Mr. Boyles.
He was one of 26 graduates of the
Highway Patrol’s Training School
at the University of North Caro
lina in Chapel Hill, where he re
ceived his commission and was
sworn in by Secretary of State
Thad Eure on December 21st.
After finishing his training
period in Tryon he will move to
Columbus, the County Seat, as soon
as an apartment can be found. Mr.
Ramsey was an infantryman in
World War II and after the war
he took an aviation course and holds
a pilot’s license.
Dinner For 45 Christmas
Miss Jeannette MacGregor, coun
ty superintendent of Public Wel
fare stated Friday that the Salva
tion Army from Spartanburg sup
plied 45 Christmas dinners for wor
thy people in Polk County. The
list was supplied by Miss MacGre
gor’s office.
ON GODFREY PROGRAM
Tryon radio listeners reported
today that Arthur Godfrey was
interviewing a group in New York
this morning and that among the
people there was a soldier, Dick
Scudder of Tryon, N. C. Thanks
to a number of Tryon radio listen
ers for the news.