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ENTERED as SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE
at TRYON, N. C eo PER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TR ill DAILY
The World’s Smallest
Vol. 26—No. 94
Ed
-Y Newspaper.
)N, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH. 1953
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Weather Wednesday: High 97,
low 71, rain .05, Rel. Hum. 81.
Weatherman Creasman said the
thermometer reading dropped the
fastest he had ever seen it in
Tryon Wednesday when it fell 26
degrees, from 97 to 71 in about
20 minutes. The storm that passed
over Tryon without doing any
damage, uprooted trees and did
thousands of dollars worth of
damage in the mountains above us
and went on to Woodruff in Spar
tanburg County, S. C., and Greer,
S. C., and did more damage with
65 miles per hour wind, rain and
hail, disrupting electric and tele
phone service. Woodruff was with
out outside communications. W. L.
Roach of Tryon was at Woodruif
around 6 o’clock when the storm
struck. He was in his truck headed
home and the wind was picking up
his truck and moving it about. He
got out until the storm blew over.
ine tornado m Massachusetts left
86 dead, 800 injured and 2,500
homeless. Federal government is
to help there and in Ohio and
Michigan . . Austria and Russia
have resumed diplomatic relations
with exchange of ambassadors . . .
Tryon Coach David Prince has
tone to Chapel Hill for summer
study at the University of North
Carolina.
COLUMBUS NEWS NOTES
By Mrs. Edward Staggs.
Mrs. Robert E. Wilson Jr. and
children, Eddie and Collyandre of
Mountain View, Calif., are visiting
Mrs. Wilson’s parents, the Rev.
and Mrs. LeRoy D. Leppard.
Mrs. Genia Poag and grand
daughter, Susie Gilliam, are on an
extended visit with Mrs. Poag’s
son, Roy C. Poag and family at
Dayton, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Shields and
children, Buddy and Aline of John
ston, S. C., were week-end guests
of Mrs. Shields’ mother, Mrs. Mol
lie Shields.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burgess Jr.
and daughter, Vickie, and Mrs. W.
A. Burgess have returned after
spending several days vacationing
in the Mountains at Cullowhee.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gilliam of
Kingsport, Tenn., were week-end
guests of Mr. Gilliam’s brother,
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Gilliam.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Thomp
son spent the past week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
and family.
Mrs. Preston Splawn and daugh
ters, Harriette and Margaret, left
Sunday for Cullowhee, where Mrs.
Splawn will attend Western North
Carolina Teachers College the first
six weeks. Harriette and Mar
garet will enroll in the Training
School.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Simmerson
of Salisbury, were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. I.onnie Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lee Wall,
nee (Jessie Foster), moved into
the Mary White apartment Sat
urday.
mr. and Mrs. Chreston Shields
and Chreston Jr. of Columbia
were week-end guests of Mr.
Shields’ mother, - Mrs. Mollie
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