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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRYOU! DAILY BIILIETI1S
The World's Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 25—No. 134 TRYON, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1952
Weather. No official report today.
Albert Simpson took the rain
measure Monday afternoon and
reports 4 tenths of an inch, almost
a half inch. Spartanburg report
ed a high of 90, Asheville 87. Low
at Asheville 64 . . . The rains cer
tainly make things look better,
but Mayor C. D. Stevens states
that we must still conserve water.
The rain during the week-end
permitted the service stations to
wash cars Saturday only, but is
no indication that it will be per
mitted this week-end as officials
expect two months of dry period.
Several states in the South have
Jjjtfien decided disaster areas in
tffiier to get help from the govern
'Went. The loss in crops due to I
dry weather has been estimated
at over a billion dollars ... 29
people killed when two buses
collide near Waco, Texas ... A
group of Negro Republican lead
ers say they will back Eisenhower
because he will advance the civil
rights program . . . Georgia Demo
cratic organization back the Na
tional party . . . Sam Boykin, Cam
den, S. C., has accepted the invi
tation to judge “My Favorite Hunt
er,” the hunter trials held at Try
on on the George Brannon place
the day after Thanksgiving. This
event has proved to be so popular
that it has outgrown the private
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Lt. Col. William C. Ward
Given Permanent Commission
Camp Lejeune, N. C.—Marine
Lt. Colonel William C. Ward Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ward
of Tryon, N. C., recently received
his permanent commission in his
present rank.
The presentation was made by
Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Pollock, Com
manding General of the Second
Marine Division, who promoted
Col. Ward to the rank of Major
during World War II, while both
were serving in the South Pacific.
A 1936 graduate of Tryon High
School, Ward attended Georgia
School of Technology, graduating
in 1940. In October of that year
he was commisisoned and served
throughout World War II, winning
the Bronze Star Medal for action
against the enemy on Guadalcanal.
Colonel Ward also fought in the
Cape Gloucester campaign.
The colonel and his wife, Mrs.
Kittie W. Ward, reside at Camp
Lejeune with their children, Wil
liam, 10, and Susan, 6. He is
presently serving as commanding
officer of the 1st Battalion of the
Second Marines, an, infantry regi
ment of the Second Marines Divis
ion.
“THE CORN IS GREEN”
Flat Rock, N. C.—The Vaga
bond Players’ 7th production of
the current summer season is
“The Corn Is Green,” a stirring
drama by Emlyn Williams, opens
tonight (Tuesday) at 8:30, at the
Flat Rock Playhouse.
.Dodee Wick will be starred in
the Ethel Barrymore role of Miss
Moffatt, the warm-hearted school
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