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_AT TRYON, N. C, ^ JDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879_
THE TRljlS DAILY BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest ly Newspaper Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 26—No. 128 1 £ fON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC1. 16, 1953
. Weather Tuesday: High 52, low
26, Rel. Hum. 43 . . . Christmas
is a time when everyone's mind
turns toward God and the fellow
ship of family, and friends, said
Tommy Patrick, toastmaster at
the annual Duke Power Company
Christmas party at Oak Hall on
Tuesday night. A program of
string music was given by the
Thompson ensemble of Spartan
burg and Christmas songs were
sung by Duke employees and their
guests from all over the Tryon
district^ Special guests included'
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Bowen, of
Gastonia, Mr. and Mrs. John
Brookshire, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Geddings of Spartanburg, Miss
Elizabeth Early of Greenville, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Sloan of Henderson
ville. Gifts were presented each
person present and special gifts
were presented through bingo
games. Mr. Brookshire was" the
chief speaker and was high in
praise of Mr. Bowen who has
been promoted from. Tryon to
Gastonia, and of Mr. Patrick,
whom he had known since Tom
my was a little boy, and had ob
served Kim throughout his career
in Chester, S. C. He is tops in
personality, efficiency and loyalty
to Duke Power Company. Mr.
Brookshire said .loyalty comes be
fore friendship because there are
times when you have to say “No”
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THE PORT OF NEW YORK
The Kiwanis Club saw a movie
on the Port of New York at Qak
Hall hotel. The film showed the
freight coming in and out of the
port by trains, trucks, planes, ships
and showed how it was moved
from one place to another by mod
ern machinery. The movie pointed
out that 200,000,000 tons of com
merce passed through the New
Jersey-New York Port each year
and that it took a half a million
people to keep the port operating
smoothly and efficiently.
Guests of the club were J. B.
Johnson, Charlotte; Rupert Koch,
Hendersonville and Leonard Por
ter of Tryon. Albert Simpson was
in charge of the program.
FOR LIGHTED TREES
New contributions for the light
ed Christmas trees on Trade Sit.
have come in from Mr. and Mrs.
•John A. Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward G. Ince, Maj. and Mrs.
A. R. Herron, Mrs. Harry Allen,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Guilbert’s
Toy House, Miss Genevieve Wash
burn, Mrs.- HT Lan Moore, Mr.
and Mlrs. Carroll G. Bennett, Dr.
and Mrs. Virgil Jordan, Mrs. John
L. Washburn, the Rev. James B.
Sill, Mr. and Mrs. Demus (jhap
man, James B. Hester, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Howell.
Emergent Masonic Meeting
/An emergent meeting of the Jeff
L. Nelson Masonic Lodge will be
held Thursday night at 7:30 at
the lodge hall for work in the
Master’s Degree.
7M O R E Shopping Days
Til Christmas!