THE TRYOS DAILY BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 25—No. 141 TKYON, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1952
Published Daily Except
[Est. 1-31-28]_ Saturday and Sunday[5c Per Copy]
ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
Weather Wednesday: High 77,
low 48, Rel. Hum. 47 . . . Nixon to
stay on Republican ticket as
Eisenhower says ticket mate stands
“Higher Than Ever” . . Duplicate
Bridge Tournament tonight at
7:45 at Oak Hall . . . Pep- rally at
the Tryon school with bon fire to
get ready for Friday night’s game
with Mars Hill . . . Fiverof the 80
ft. poles had been installed at
Harmon Field by 11:30 this morn
ing and people from far and near
have been watching the work.
Extra dirt had to be hauled in to
fill up the nine ft. holes. The same
dirt that came out of the holes
not enough even though the
a^PFpoles took up extra space. The
dirt is packed so tightly that it
takes all the original dirt and
more.
INVITED TO FAIR
Newcomers to rural- North
Carolina during the past year will
again be guests of the N. C. State
Fair in 1952, says Robert W.
Shoffner, assistant director of the
•State College Extension Service.
Free tickets good for gate, admis
sion any one day of Fair Week,
October 14-18 will be sent to all
who request them and who quali
fy as “new farn) citizens.”
Shoffner, who is assistant to
Dr. J. S. Dorton in the manage
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MRSVD. MARVIN WILKINS
Rutherfordton—Mrs. D. Marvin
Wilkins, 68, died suddenly at home
here early Wednesday morning.
Funeral services will be held in
First Methodist Church of Ruth
erfordton Thursday at 3 p. m.
Burial will be in Gray’s Chapel
Methodist Church cemetery.
one is survived by her husband,
four daughters, Mrs. Mary Lock
lee, Mrs. Sue Robinson and Mrs.
Bill Walker of Rutherfordton and
Mrs. Robert Parkingson of Salley,
S. C.
Also two sons, Charles and Creed
Wilkins of Rutherfordton; two
brothers, Charles Pearson of Char
lotte and Giles W. Pearson of
Saluda.
She was the daughter of the late
Captain Charles W. Pearson and
was active in the First Methodist
Church and Daughters of the Con
federacy.—Asheville Citizen.
LIGHTING FUND GROWING
Public spirited citizens are com
ing forward with contributions to
help pay for the lighting of Har
mon Field in time for the first
football game Friday night, ac
cording to Seth M. Vining Jr.,
chairman of the group of solici
tors appointed by the Chamber
of Commerce.
New contributions came in on
Wednesday from the following:
John A. Stephenson, Mrs. Nbrme
Frost, Ted Fox, C. E. Willard,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank McFarland
Jr., C. J. Beaver, Moss-Foy Tex
tile Co., Southern Mercerizing Co.,
Howard Frankenfield Jr.
Checks may be made out to
Harmon Field Lighting Fund and
sent to Chamber of Commerce,
Bulletin office or left at the bank
if it’s more convenient.