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THE BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest ,lY Newspaper.
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 26—No. 106 TRYON, N. C. MONDAY, JUNE 29TH, 1953
Over 200 People Offer
Blood for Red Cross
Out of 215 volunteers for the
Red Cross Blood Bank Friday the
doctors received 196 pints of blood.
The Bloodmobile visited Columbus
for the first time and received
excellent support say the officials.
The place overflowed with volun
teers and 75 pints were donated.
About 11 volunteers were sent over
to Tryon from Columbus making
a total of 86 for the county seat
first bloodmobile. About 14 volun
teers from Landrum also contribut
ed at Tryon, making the area total
196, and the best record yet.
A number of volunteers entered
the gallon club including Mrs. J.
S. Blackwell, M. C. Holthouser,
Mrs. George Dusenbury, Troy Dur
ham, V. L. Gaines, Craig Furr, j
Paul Cantrell, C. H. Bishop, and i
Dowda Jones. |
House Destroyed By Fire i
The home of J. T. Jones of Co
lumbus was destroyed by fire Fri
day morning about 10:30. The
house was owned by F. P. Bacon
of Tryon. Mrs. Jones was work
ing in her garden when the house
caught on fire from what is thought
to have been spontaneous combus
tion. It was too far gone before the
Columbus Volunteer Fire Depart
ment could be summoned. The
house was part of the old county
home property.
Tryon Stores Close Saturday
Tryon stores and business houses
will close Saturday for July 4th,
but will be open late Friday night.
Stores will be closed Wednesday
afternoon as usual.
WITT—MORGAN
The marriage of Miss He.en
Lewis Morgan, daughter of Mrs.
Clarence Whitfield Morgan and the
late Mr. Morgan, of Tryon, to
Mr. Ernest Paul Witt of Char
lotte, son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
James Witt of Bluefield, West
Virginia, was solemnized Satur
day at 4 p. m. in the Tryon Meth
odist Church.
The Rev. H. A. Pruyn, pastor
of the church, performed the cere
mony.
Mr. Alex Worden, organist of
Asheville, presented a short pro
gram of wedding music while the
guests were being seated.
The church was decorated with
baskets of white gladioli enter
spersed with candelabra against a
background of pine and ivy.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, Mr. Harry Mor
gan, New Canaan, Conn. She wore
an ice blue silk gown with a fitted
jacket embroidered in pearls, and
the full skirt was ballerina length.
Her small hat was fashioned of
matching pleated taffeta shells. She
carried a cascade bouquet of tinted
Esther Reed daisies in blue and
mauve and gypsophelia.
The bride’s only attendant, her
sister, Mrs. William R. Rockhill,
of Fort Wayne, Ind., wore a simi
lar gown and hat of mauve silk
organza and carried a cascade
bouquet of mauve tinted daisies.
Mr. John Witt, of Bluefield,
served as his brother’s best man.
Ushers were Mr. Guy Sowards of
Tryon, Mr. Edward Douglas and
Mr. William Bivens Jr., of Blue
field and Mr. William Rockhill of
Fort Wayne, Ind.
The bride’s mother wore a dress
of dusty rose crepe and lace with
a matching hat and a corsage of
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