THE m«J DAILY BULLETMI
The H' orld’s Smallest dj ^or Newspaper
Vol. 26—No. 19
Seth M. Vining, Editor
TR :N, N. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 26th. 1952
.fT%
[Est. xg»i-28]
entered as second
_at tryon, n.
Published Daily Except
_Saturday and Sunday_[5c Per Copy}
CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE
C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3. 1879
Weather Wednesday: High 56,
low 36, Rel. Hum. 74 . . . American
representative Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr., addressing the United Nations,
said Wednesday that Russia start
ed the Korean War and is continu
ing it with full aid to Communist
China. . . . President Eisenhower
has nominated Major General
Davis Sturgis Jr., to be chief of
army engineers. General Sturgis
is a son of Mrs. S. D. Sturgis of
Tryon . . . The Dessert-Birthday
party at the Congregational Church
House Wednesday night raised over
$411 for the church building fund.
The August table won the prize
for having the most guests born
in August. TONIGHT is the night
for the Riding & Hunt Club pro
gram at Oak Hall where movies
will be shown of riding events
taken in Tryon; Gordon Wright
will give a talk, and light re
iresnments will be served. Any
one interested is invited . . . The
Embury basketball teams will play
two Asheville teams tonight at
Tryon gymnasium. 4-H Recreation
at Columbus gym at 7:30. FRI
DAY brings the duplicate bridge
tournament at Oak Hall; a colored
'basketball game at Tryon gym;
the County Basketball tournament
playoff in Columbus at Stearns
gym. Tryon Men’s Garden Club at
Oak Hall at 6:30; Marshall funer
-Continued on Back Page_
Red Cross Campaign Dinner
Over 60 Red Cross workers turn
ed out for the “kickoff’’ dinner at
Oak Hall Wednesday night, open
ing the 1953 Fund Raising Cam
paign. Some of the solicitors from
the county drove many miles to be
present.
The Rev. H. A. Pruyn of the
Tryon Methodist Church invoked
a blessing on the organization, the
workers, and the present campaign.
Col. Norme D. Frost, co-chairman
with Mrs. Frost of the campaign,
introduced the two guest speakers.
Brent Yount, field representative
of the WNC area, explained the
new Gamma Globulin project,
which is adding $7,000,000 to the
National Fund Goal for the pur
pose of fighting polio - induced
paralysis in the nation’s children.
Paul Ostborg, field director from
Donelson Air Force Base, told of
the many ways in which the Red
Cross serves men in the Armed
Forces, both here and overseas,
and their dependents.
An amusing skit, showing the
frustrating experiences of a can
vasser, was put on by Mrs. Ben
White, Mrs. Paul Culberson, Mrs.
Paul C. Smith, Mrs. Jack Craig,
Mrs. Ralph Sullivan and Robert
Michael. A short movie, “Your
Red Cross” closed the program.
Red Cross Canvassers
Those canvassers for the city
of Tryon who were not present
at the dinner are asked to pick
up their envelopes of supplies at
the Chamber of Commerce office,
back of Western Union, as soon
as possible.
St. Lpkes’ Hospital has receiv
ed a contribution to its Memorial
Fund in memory of Horace Daw
son.