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_AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
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Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 25—No. 100 TRYON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1R 19^?
Weather Tuesday: High 91, low !
G7, Rel. Hum. 75 . . . The Rus
sians shot down an unarmed Swed
ish plane, and the Swedes are
on the war path .... Today is
the big event, when Good Samari
tans donate half a pint of surplus
blood to the Red Cross Bank for
use of those who fall among
thieves .... Jim Jackson has
gone to Chicago to attend the Na
tional Republican convention . . .
The Vagabond Players will open
their 1952 season next Tuesday
under a huge tent at Flat Rock.
The play will be Philip King’s
£ Tuesday Next”, dealing with
arsal of a new play in a
Ion theatre, and it is full of
laughs. Robroy Farquhar is the
director. The cast includes Vale
da Hill, Dan Hogan, Dorothy
Masterson, Jim Quinn, Earl Dos
sey, Robert Hoeflich, Pat Orr,
Elvina Green, Charles Jones,
Mary Frances Watson. Curtain
8:30 p. m., matinees 2:30 Wednes
day and Saturday . . . The Times
News reports that Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Carr of New York City
(formerly of Tryon) have taken
the Eugene A. Brown cottage in
Laurel Park for the season. Mrs.
Carr writes under the pen name
“Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff”
and has recently published a book
of poems, “The Beloved Son.” Mr.
Continued, on Back Page_
FLOWERING MOVES TO
HIGHER N. C. PEAKS
Asheville, N. C.—The purple
rhododendron and flame azalea
flowering show is coming in at
higher elevations of the Blue Ridge
and Great Smoky Mountains and
is expected to be good at various
points until the end of the month.
At Craggy Gardens, more than
a mile high along the Blue Ridge
Parkway north of Asheville, purple
rhododendron is in good bloom now,
with the peak predicted for the
week of June 14th. The display is
expected to be good until June 20.
The peak of flame azalea and
mountain laurel between Bee Tree
Gap and Balsam Gap along the
Parkway is expected also the week
end of the 14th.
In the Pisgah National Forest
north of Black Mountain Gap,
mountain laurel is at its height,
with a good show expected through
the week-end of the 14th. The
flame azalea peak is predicted for
June 12-20.
In the Smokies, good blooming
of purple rhododendron is looked
for the week of June 15th at ele
vations above 5,000 feet, with the
peak expected about June 22.
Mountain laurel and flame azalea
are good now at elevations between
3,000 and 4,000 feet, and are ex
pected to reach their height at
higher levels between June 20
and 25. The heaviest concentra
tion of flame azalea mav be seen
at Andrews Bald just below Cling
man’s Dome.
Average ner capita consumption
of fluid milk by all North Caro
lina civilians is about 93 per cent
of that of all United States civil
ians.