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ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE
_At TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
Vol. 26—No. 91
IR' ^ N. C.
MONDAY, JUNE 8TH, 1953
Weather Friday: High 91, low
57, Rel. Hum. 45; Saturday high
85, low 70, rain .12, Rel. Hum.
81; Sunday high 86, low 70, rain
2.81, Rel. Hum. 81. That was a
welcome rain to all. ... A truce
in the Korean war is expected any
moment. Return of prisoners of
war will be voluntary. . . . Pres
byterian churches of America are
working toward unity . . . Highway
Commissioner Harry E. Buchanan
of this district stated in The Times
News last week, “By way of long
range planning for Henderson,
County, we hope to eliminate the.
Saluda Mountain bottleneck on U.
S. 176 and the Lake Lure bottle
neck on U. S. 74. . . . Lona B.
Skipper of Tryon is listed in the
Spartanburg Herald as a patient
at General Hospital ... A short
age of old-fashioned muzzle-loading
rifles in the Great Smoky Moun
tains of North Carolina may force
the abandonment of one of the
most picturesque mountain events,
the annual beef shoot at Cataloo
chee Ranch near Wavnesville. The
shoot was held on July 23 last
year and a s^ore of oldtimers
with ancient “hawg-eye” rifles
drilled targets at several hundred
vards, the prizes being quarters
of freshly slaughtered steer. £ut
since then. Owner Tom Alexander
of Cataloochee says, collectors
have bought and taken away so
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MRS. LOLLIE EDWARDS
Mi’s. Lollie Edwards, 63, form
erly of Mill Spring, Polk County,
died Thursday afternoon about
2:30 at Campobello, S. C., after
a lingering illness.
Burial services were held at
Beulah Baptist Church Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. Edwards was the former
Miss Mary Champion, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. William
I Champion. Her husband died last
j April.
She is survived by four sons
and two daughters as follows:
Loice and Joe Edwards of Great
Falls, S. C.; Paul of Ocala, Fla.;
John of Campobello; Mrs. Phyllis
Mathieu, Fort Lee, Va.; Mrs. Ruth
Laberge, Campobello. Two broth
ers, Joe Champion of Detroit and
George Chamnioa of Columbus;
three sisters, Mrs. James L. Smith,
Columbus; Mrs. Nellie Williams,
Mill Spring: Mrs. John Morris,
Chesnee, S. C.
MRS. C. W. HIGLEY
Mrs. Nora Hall Higley of Tryrm
Monday morning, June 8th,
in Salisbury, Conn., following sev
eral month** illness.
Private funeral services will b«
held and in lieu of flowers friends
may send contributions to the
Sharon Hospital, Sharon, Conn.
Announcement of Mrs. H'glev’s
death was made by Newkirk Funer
al Home. Canaan, Conn.
Mrs. H’glev was the widow of
Charles W. Higley. She is surviv
ed bv her daughter Mrs. John D.
Briscoe of Lakeville, Conn., and
her son, Philo H. Higley of New
York City; also two sisters, Mrs.
Frederick Smith 3rd, of South
Orange. N. J., and Mrs. Frederick
W. Upham of Chicago.
Mrs. Hieing rno^ed to Tryon
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