THE TRIM DAILY RllLLETffl
The W orld’s Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vininp, Editor
Vol. 2G—No. 53 TRYQN, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1953
TEst. 1-31-28]
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
Today, all Tryon area into three j
counties welcome the Horse and I
Hound Show with good weather j
and a festive spirit. Nearly all j
the stores and other business
houses are closed for the two .
shows which start at 10 a. m. The' J
Hound Show usually completes i
its work in the morning. The 1
afternoon Horse Show starts I
around 2 p. m., with the Curtiss \
Candy Company ponies perform
ing. They paraded Trade Street
Tuesday afternoon and drew en
thusiastic crowds. All parking
space around the ring and box
seats have been sold. But there
"^plenty of free parking spac-^
Cldarmon Field for all holders of I
gtSreral admission tickets. Mr.
and Mrs. Ernst Mahler were hosts
at a buffet supper Tuesday n'ght
in honor of Judge Andrew Mont
gomery of Uno, Virginia. The
cocktail party at the Country Club j
Wednesday following the Horse j
Show is for members of the Riding
& Hunt Club and their guests, all j
committee members and iudges
and exhibitors ... A movement i
is on foot to invite Dr. George
Farrand Taylor to offer as a can- 1
didate for Tryon Town Commis- I
sioner. His friends claim that his i
interest in the welfare of the com- !
munity as a whole can not be i
questioned. His wide experience in '
religious, education and civic af- I
Continued on Back Page. __ |
IN CHARGE OF PONIES
The men in charge of the Curtiss
Candy Co. Six Pony Hitch per
forming Wednesday at Harmon
Field during the Horse Show in
clude Bill Tapsell, Gurnee, 111.,
driver of the hitch; Joe Hutter,
Mt. Pulaski, 111., assistant on
ponies; Dick Flanders, Hornell,
N. Y., tack man, and Ralph H.
Kraft, Chicago, 111., public rela
tions officer. _
J he six ponies and wagon cost
about $25,000. They perform at
rodeos and charity events as well
as horse shows without charge.
The candy company farm outside
of Chicago consists of 3,000 acres.
Cancer claims the life of one
American every two and one-third
minutes, according to the Ameri
can Cancer Society.

President Eisenhower is shown
contributing to the Cancer Fund
in Washington. Donors in Trycn
and Polk County may send their
contributions to Miss Alva Jack
son, treasurer, at the Tryon Bank
& Trust Company.