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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 TRVOM DAILY BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper.
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 25—No. 316 TRYON, N. C. THURSDAY. .TANTTARV « iQKq
Weather Wednesday: High 65,
low 45, rain .02, Rel. Hum. 82 . . .
Front page of today’s Charlotte
Observer had a picture of George
W. Womack along with three
other Carolinians who received
Medals of Honor from Secretary of
the Army Frank Pace. The medals
were awarded to parents of sons
who were killed in action in
Korea . . . OVER A MILLION
STAMPS were sold at the Tryon
Post Office last year. In the report
of the year’s business published in
Wednesday’s Bulletin the figures
wore given for the entire year by
quarters, but the 186,000 stamps
i:old were for the month of Decern
■ 'r only. 1 he years figures were
Tiot. available at the time, but
taking December as an example
and being conservative bv reduc
ing 36,000 from each month would
give us a total of 1,200,000 stamps
sold during 1952 .... President
Truman warns Russia that atomic
war would be terrible ... A speci
al ambassador of the IT. S. who
has returned from the Near East
stated Wednesdav night that we
are losing the cold war there be
cause we have sent third and fourth
class representatives from the
dinlomatic service; we have neg
lected to help those people organ
ise themselves to be self support
ing. They look on us as monsters
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POLK COUNTY DISTRICT
BOY SCOUT LEADERS
ARE ANNOUNCED HERE
The following district officers and
committee chairmen for 1953 have
been announced by the Scout head
quarters as follows:
Chairman, Brank Proffitt; vice
chairman, K. A. Bowen; secretary,
W. A. Burgess Jr.
Urbanization and Extension:
Chairman, B. B. Flynn. Sub com
mittee on troop organization,
chairman. Dr. Gordon Graham;
Jack Craig, Demus Chapman. Sub
committee on Cubbing, chairman
Robert H. Millikin; Walter Moss,
John W. McGuinn. Sub committee
on Exploring, chairman, C. M.
Eargle; Robert F. Honeycutt.
Leadership Training: Chairman,
Dr. C. W. McCall; K. A. Bowen.
Advancement: Chairman, J. T.
Arledge, Seth M. Vining.
Camping and Activities: Chair
man, R. H. Brady. Sub committee
on camping, chairman, J. W. Tay
lor, Clyde C. Tharpe, G. Harrison
Bridgeman Jr. Sub committee on
Civic Service, chairman, R. C.
Burnett; Matt M. O’Shields, James
K. Fisher. Sub committee on Read
ing. chairman, Rev. James A.
Davis.
Health and Safety: Chairman,
Dr. Julius W. Welborn Jr.; Pa
trolman W. R. Boyles, Fireman W.
W. Creasman.
Finance: Chairman, Nelson
Jackson.
Public Relations: Chairman,
Elbert H. Arledare. Sub committee
on publicity, chairman, Seth M.
Viningr; Fred Arledge, Trent
Geer, William Egerton, Dr. J. W.
Welborn. Sub committee on school
relations, chairman, David Crom
er; Percy Parker, sub committee
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