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Vol. 26—No. '
Seth M. Vining, Editor
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ON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1953
Weather Tuesday: High 75, low
57, rain .40, Rel. Hum. 33 . . . TO
DAY is BLOOD BANK DAY at
the Parish House . . . The big
headlines in today’s papers tell of
the death of Great Britain’s
Dowager Queen Mary at 85. She
is the grandmother of Queen Eliza
beth who will be crowned in June;
she is also the mother of the Duke
of Windsor. When this writer was
a little boy in 1910 the motion
picture theatres featured Hie cor
onation of George V and Queen
Mary. Alexandria was known then
as the Dowager Queen. She was
the widow of Edward VII. Fol
lowing George came the Duke of
Windsor as Edward VIII, but he
was never crowned as he preferred
to be the husband of the Ameri
can girl, Walk's Warfield Simplon.
ne was lonoweu nv nis orotner,
George VI, who died last year and
was succeeded bv his daughter,
Elizabeth, who will be crowned in
June. Well. I was born during
the Victorian Era; ant so was
Mr. Penney and he is 103. Times
are changing . . . The Chinese
Reds have driven the Allies from
Old Baldy Mountain in Korea.
Savage battling is underwav . . .
For delightful recreation Friday
the Puppet Show at the Tryon
School auditorium will have two
performances. One at 2 p. m. for
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FIREMEN HONORED
Three members of the Tryon
Volunteer Fire Department were
honored at Kiwanis Tuesday at
Oak Hall. Wayne Creasman, Jack
Ford and Eb Fisher, for their
25 years’ service in the Fire De
partment and to the community.
Mr. Creasman gave a brief sum
mary of his 25 years in the Fire
Department, telling of the organ
ization and of the hours spent by
firemen in learning to prevent and
fight fires. Mr. Creasman said that
although the town owns the equip
ment, the manpower is voluntary
and the firemen elect their own
members and officers.
R. H. Brady, speaking from an
insurance standpoint and Elbert H.
Arledge, speaking for the Boy
Scouts, commended the firemen for
the work they do for the commu
nity in many ways. The Fire De
partment in Tryon lowers insur
ance rates, and the members take
part in civic and philanthropic
affairs, and also are instructors
to Boy Scouts.
Guests of the club were Bob
Turner, Wayne Creasman and
Jack Ford of Tryon. Seth M.
Vining was in charge of the pro
gram.
The Fashion Show at Stearns
School Tuesday night brought in
$130 for the Stearns P.-T. A. pro
jects. These projects include
supplements for the public music
teacher, books for the library and
a piano for the gymnasium. The
goal was $1,000. All but approxi
mately $200 has been raised. Any
public spirited citizen unable to
take part in the activities of the
school is invited to donate direct
to the program.