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AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE 71 Yin DAILY BELLE11
The World's i js '.est daily Newspaper._Seth M. Vining, Editor
TRYON, N. C. MONDAY, AUGUST 17 ,1953
Vol. 26—No.

No official report in, but the
showers Sunday afternoon and
night helped flowers and lawns.
. . . . A large crowd attended the
opening of the new bank in Hen
dersonville Friday. A tribute to
H. B. Kelly and those who founded
the new branch of the First Na
tional. . . . Carroll P. Rogers,
member of the state stream sani
tation committee and of the com
mittee for the restoration of Tryon
Palace, had a busy time last week
attending meetings of both groups
at various parts of the state. . . .
The Rutherford-Polk Cancer De- j
tection and Diagnostic Center will |
open Tuesday at the Health Cen- i
ter in Rutherfordton. Polk Coun
ty will furnish one examining i
pnysician ana one nurse every
Tuesday morning. Dr. J. W. Wel
born will represent Polk the first !
month. The clinic is free to all
persons in the county . . . Else- ■
where in this paper an official re- j
port of the Tryon ABC' Store
shows that over a million dollars
worth of whiskey was sold since
the store opened on December 13,
1951, through June 30, 1953. Af
ter paying for the whiskey and
ooerating expenses the Town of
Tryon received nearly 440,000,
Polk County over $14,000, Har
mon Field- $2,853.34. The store
paid over $86,000 in state sales
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“SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT”
IS KIWANIS PROGRAM
Tryon School Superintendent
Brank Proffitt will be the guest
speaker at Tuesday’s Kiwanis Club
meeting. He will talk about matters
relating to the State School Sys
tem, including the referendum to
be held this fall on the proposal
to issue bonds to provide money
for school building construction
and imprvement.
Bob Branner will have charge
of the program.
Landrum Man Spends 40
Hours In Russian Hands
An Army officer from Landrum
landed behind the Iron Curtain in
Germany Friday and spent 40
hours in Russian hands before be
ing' released.
Capt. Andrew R. Walden of
Landrum was passenger in a small
liaison plane flown by Capt. Shep
herd L. Hamner of Terry, Wis.
They became lost and had to
land in the Soviet zone of Ger
many when they ran out of fuel,
The Associated Press reported
from Heidelberg Sunday.
Capt. Walden is the son of Ur.
A. R. Walden of Landrum.
Army headquarters at Heidel
berg said the officers reported
“they were well treated’/ by the
Communists.
Capt. Walden’s wife and three
children went to Germanv three
months ago. The family lives in
Aschaqenburg.
Dr. Walden said Sunday night
the relatives here were unaware
of his son’s experience before a
niece ifl Asheville heard a radio
report o£ his release. The physician
called T,fie Herald to verify the re
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