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THE Hii 111 DAILY ISlLlffil
The 14 nrld’s Smai .5 daily Newspaper.
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 26—No. 74 « :RYON, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 14TH, 1953

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Weather Wednesday: High 87, |
low 54, Rel. Hum. 42 . . . The: 1
Texas storm area now claims 98
people dead. Chinese Reds and U. !
N. still debating . . “Pity the
Minister” is the Rotary club sub
ject for this Friday at Oak Hail
hotel at 1 p. m. Thomas J. Hair
will be in charge of the program
and the Rev. Charles G. Sewall,
Presbyterian minister, lecturer and
author, will be the speaker. The
Farmers Federation Ntews is just
of the press featuring Polk Coun
ty. The cover has pictures of Pear
son’s Fall, a 4-H Club calf and
owner, the Hatch Mill and a young
rider at the horse show. An edi
torial by Associate Editor Jim
McClure says, “Everything the
people of Polk County do, they do
well.” Page after page gives pic
tures of Col. William Polk for
whom the county was named, the
Hound bhow, Mill bprmg school,
the Court House at Columbus;
Carroll and Ray Feagan and their
record producing Jersey cow. The
news articles give historical infor
mation and the general develop
ment of the county in industry,
agriculture, commerce, education,
tourists, civic activities, etc. The
edition was prepared by Editor
Robert G. Beard under the title
“Poiv County—Enchanting Land
^f Work and Play”, borrowing
from H. V. Kaltenborn and Mar
garet Culkin Banning.
Beta Club Elects Officers
Mable Randall, a rising senior,
was elected president of the Tryon,
High School Beta Club for the
coming year at a meeting held on
May 12th, at the home of Peggy
Harris.
Other officers elected were Mel
vin Hipps, vice president; Pat Gas
ton, secretary and Anne Coving
ton, treasurer.
Outgoing officers are Glenn Head,
president; Ambrose Mills, vice
president; Betty Bruce, secretary;
Fred Bridgeman, treasurer.
FIREMEN HONORED
At the bienniel supper given bv
Tryon Volunteer Fire Department
for a get together meeting with
the incoming town officials every
two years, held Wednesday night
at the Firemen’s Hall, Mayor C.
D. Stevens presented offic’al fire
man’s badges to Chief Birch Ar
ledge, Assistant Chief Marshall
Ballew, Captain Wofford Foster,
Secretary Frank McFarland and,
the following other firemen: W. W.
Creasman, Jack Ford, Eb Bi.shor>,
Edward Fisher, Clannie Ward, J.
W. Taylor, Homer Arledge ,Robert
Dedmondt, Woody Hague, Clyde
Tharpe, Fred Swann, Clarence
Scoggins, Melvin Burns. A num
ber of other members were not able
to be present.
wayne breasman, Edward Wish
er and Jack Ford were recognized
as members with 25 years or long
er membership. 4
Mayor Stevens in nresenting
the badges expressed the appre
ciation of the town officials and
nc the community for the loyal,
efficient service th« Volunteer Fire
Denartment has given.
Special honor and recognition
was given to Charley J. Lynch,
Cnv*iwverl on Park Ptae