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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
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper.Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 26—No. 117 TRYQN, N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, 1953
Weather Monday: High 84, low
53, Rel Hum. 44 . . Chinese Red
start another offensive against
South Koreans and Allies. The U.
S. Navy reports that seven bodies
have been found in the Pacific
from the 58 lost when an airliner
plunged into the sea. Russia re
fuses to let America send food
to East Berlin.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Howard Smith of Landrum was
admitted as a patient to St. Luke’s
Hospital. Mrs. Bertha Kimbrell of
Landrum was discharged.
On Howdy-Doody Show
David Donald, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. McDonald of Tryon
will appear on the Howdy Doody
Show Wednesday at 4:30 p. m.
The TV program will originate
from New York.
The Fellowship Group of the ,
Congregational Church which .
usually holds its meetings the third
Friday each month will not have a
meeting during the month of July I
due to a conflict of other com- I
munity activities. The next meet- !
ing of the Group will be the third i
Friday in August, 21st. i
Recent arrivals at Oak Hall
hotel include W. L. Betz of if gw
York City and Mrs. G. W. Emory
of South Pasadena, Calif.
MISS BLANCHE V. RANGE
Miss Blanche V. Range, 52, a
native of Johnson City, Tenn.,
was drowned Monday morning in
Lake Lanier.
Funeral services will be held on
Wednesday at 1 p. m., at the
Johnson City Baptist Church with
interment in the Johnson City
Cemetery. McFarland Funeral
Home of Tryon is in charge of
arrangements.
The deceased is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Ella Mulkey Range
of Tryon. Her father was the
late P. G. Range of Johnson City.
Miss Range had a law degree
and was employed in the Veterans
Administration office in Washing
ton for the past 15 years until
failing health forced her early
retirement. She and her mother
came to Tryon in June and rented
the Avant garage apartment until
they moved to the Mooar apart
ment on Godshaw Hill.
Miss Ransre was said by friends
to be a talented and brilliant
woman but had worked so hard she
had a nervous breakdown.
She left her apartment Monday
morning about 8 and employed Joe
Alewine, local taxi driver to take
her to Lake Lanier. She said she
wanted to get a boat and go out
on the lake. She handed Mr. Ale
vine a $20 bill to pay for the
taxi fare. He said he had only
$1 bills to give her in change; Miss
Range replied that it didn’t matter.
Sometime around noon Miss
Range’s mother reported to the
Trvon police that her daughter
who was ill had been gone all
morning and failed to'return. Chief
T f>w's Lindsey. Policeman J. M.
Melton and ABC Officer Claude
Scoggins organized searching par
ties. When it was discovered that
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