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CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE I'll VIIV.4UM BELIETII
The World’s Smallest DAv.^^ews paper,
Vol. 26—No. 71 TT’
■__Seth M. Vining, Editor
MONDAY, MAY 11TH, 1953
Curb Renter
Weather Friday: High 75, low
48, Rel. Hum. 44; Saturday high
79, low 54, Rel. Hum. 45; Sun
day high 86, low 58, Rel. Hum.
44 ... . The annual Tryon spring
Bridge Tournament at Oak Hall
during the week-end won the
praise of visitors on the friend
liness and general spirit of the
occasion and the community as a
whole. It was a success from every
standpoint. . . . Jeff L. Nelson
Masonic Lodge meets tonight at
7:30 . . . Landrum WSCS meets
luesday with Mrs. J. W. Woodruff
and Mrs. Lewis Mathis as hos
tess at the church. Tryon WSCS
meets Tuesday at 8 p. m., with Mrs.
L. C. Reynolds as hostess; Mrs.
Roy Frances in charge of program
and Mrs. Joe Wall, worship . . .
Kiwanis meets Tuesday at 1 p. m.
at Oak Hall with Editor John E.
Lee of Paris, France, as chief
speaker and Elbert H. Arledge in
charge of the program . . . Tryon
Country Club Women’s Bridge
Tournament will be held Tuesday
at 1:30 p. m., at the Club House.
. . . A. D. Plamondon III, won
the Iroquois Steeplechase Satur
day riding Storm House and also
the Frost Hunter race riding
Storm On .... C. M. Eargle is
heading a big delegation of local
people to the Ramp convention to
he held near Waynesville next
Sunday .... Congregational
Men’s Club meets tonight at 7 for
supper and musical program.
NEW P.-T. A. OFFICERS
The Landrum P.-T. A. will meet
Monday night at 7:30 at the Land
rum grammar school auditorium
at which time the new officers will
be installed. A film on the various
activities of school will be shown
and refreshments will be served
i:i the social hall.
Bridge Tournament Results
The annual Tryon Contract
Bridge Tournament came to a
close Sunday night at Oak Hall
hotel with the Team-of-Four cham
pionship completing a successful
three-day ACBL Sectional meet.
Over 100 ACBL members, includ
ing many of the South’s ranking
masters, competed with players
fromi both Carolinas, Tennessee,
Virginia, Georgia, California and
Illinois.
Winners of the Mixed Pairs
championship held in two sections
Friday night were Miss Marjorie
Wagar, of Atlanta, Ga., and Jim
Jackson, Tryon life master, who
put together 142 points for a
strong 66 per cent score. Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Ward of Snartan
burg, S. C., finished second with
140 points. Third with 137% points
were Mrs. A. D. White of Asheviil*
and William D. McKee of Sylva.
ivuss iviarjone Wagar and J.
A. Walton of Atlanta captured
the coveted Open Pairs Champion
ship on Saturday with 222% points,
after leading the qualifying round
with a 74.5 per cent game, scoring
232% with 156 average. Mrs. Hugh
Nelson Page and Mrs. H. H. Kap
lan of Asheville were runner-up
with 206% points. Dick Kaplan
of Asheville and John Dunne of
San Francisco, Calif., finished
third with 205%; fourth, Ed
Jaffre and J. S. Mitchell of Char
lotte, 201; fifth, Mrs. Margaret
Wagar, Atlanta and Jim Jackson,
Tryon, 200%; and sixth, Mr. an;i
Mrs. Chester Ward of Spartanburg
with 200 points.
Winners of the Team-of-Four
Championship held Sunday were
Mr. and' Mrs. Lewis Loeb of At
lanta, Ga., Irving Spiewak of Oak
Ridge,.1 Tefln., and Mrs. Lyman
Pryrri of Oak1 Ridge. Second in the
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