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__ at TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE > ^ PRESS, MARCH 3, 1879_
THE mii>ifilLY BliLLlTIiY
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 26—No. 143 TRYON, N. C. WEDNESDAYr~AUG. 19T1953
How Many High Schools? 1
Supt. Brank Proffitt of the Tryon
schools spoke to the Kiwanis Club
Tuesday at Oak Hall on education.
Mr. Proffitt used as his title a
proverb, “Where there is no
vision the people, perish.” The
speaker stated that public educa
tion is the biggest enterprise in
North Carolina. If we aren’t in
terested in education from the
standpoint of our children, we are
interested in it from the taxpay- j
ers standpoint. j
Mr. iromtt mentioned the reler
endum this October when the
voters will decide whether the
state will issue 50 million dollars
of bonds for the' construction of
school buildings. The speaker ex
plained that the nation as a
whole faced an emergency in the
housing of school children and
said that this came about because
of the depression in the early
30’s when there was no money to
spend; and then the war came
along and all the building mater
ials were used for defense pur
poses.
Supt. Proffitt was in favor of
issuing” the bonds and also stated
that if Polk County was going to
ever have a central high school
that this would be the opportunity
to obtain one. The speaker felt
that the benefits derived from a
large high school would help every
high school pupil by offering a
greater selection of subjects and
activities. He felt that the county
could not afford to construct the
nign scnooi on its own and should
take advantage of the bond issue
provided it passes.
Guests of the club were Miss
T,ula Burrell. Tryon; .Kiwanians
Hughes and Weaver of Spartan
burg.
Bob Branner was in charge of
the program.
WILLIE B. GARRETT
Willie B. Garrett, 60, of Mill
Spring Route 2, died at 2 p. m.,
Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital at
Tryon after a two week illness.
He was the son of the late
William Garrett and is survived by
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Black
well Garrett, of Mill Spring.
He was twice married, first to
the former Miss Marrie McCombs
and surviving this marriage are
one daughter, Mrs. Jessie Sain of
nenaersonvme; lour sons, Wil
liam, Arthur and James of Mill
Spring Route 2, and Crawford
Garrett of Campobello Route 2.
His second marriage was to
Mrs. Lizzie Blackwell Garrett,
who survives in addition to four
daughters, Mrs. George Lloyd of
Charlotte, Mrs. Ruby Owensby and
Misses Eunice and Judy Garrett,
all of Mill Spring Route 2, and
one son, Joe Garrett, also of Route
2; two brothers, Frank of Ruth,
and John Garrett of Detroit; and
one sister, Mrs. R. L. Johnson of
Mill Spring Route 2.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at 2 p. m. Thursday at Silver
Creek Baptist Church by the Revs.
Robert Earley, Paul Stepp, Ansel
Pruitt and A. M. Martin. Burial
will be in the church cemietery.
Pallbearers will be Jeter Brad
ley, Harley, Reece and Arnold Ar
ledge, L. W. Pace and Virgil Crain.
Members of the Adult Sunday
school class will serve as honorary
escort.
The body is at the home.
Petty Funeral Home of Landrum
ir^'chayije of arrangements..
*ffft Spartanburg Herald reports
the marriage of Mary Etta Lewis
of Tryon and George McKinney
Henry of Gramling.