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Vol. 26—No. 135 .^.Tj
Published Daily Except
Saturday and Sunday _(5c Per Copy)
i MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFPICE
OER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
IID4ILI BULLETIN
<Y Newspaper
Seth M. Vining, Editor
QON, N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1953

The weatherman is spending the
holidays in South Carolina. The
high and- low for the period will
be published on his return.
This Bulletin for Friday is being
published in advance in order
for all the staff of the Bulletin
to have a holiday. The next issue
will be Monday. All readers are
asked to please send in their
news items, guests, etc., just as
soon as they are available and not
wait until Monday. All at the Bulle
tin wish all our friends A Very
-Merry Christmas. The Curb Re
porter sent out no cards and since
all our friends read the Bulletin
we are using it to tell you of
our best wishes for every hap
piness for you and your family.
.... All of us are indeed thought
ful at Christmas time about so
many people who have rendered
courteous - service throughout the
year: the invisible telephone op
erator whose patience* and thought
fulness have been remarkable es
pecially when we have lost ours;
the delivery people, clerks in the
stores, repairmen, city employees,
policemen, and all others who serve
the public. They have been most
considerate. They make the spirit
of the community. May the bless
ings of A Merrv Christmas be
in their homes. We do not leave
out anyone when we saV “All
those who serve the public.” Many
-Continued on Back Page__
Kiwanis Official Coming
Installation of officers at the
Tryon Kiwanis Club will be held
Tuesday at 1 p. m. at Oak Hall
hotel. Kiwanis Lieutenant Gover
nor W. Stanley Moore of Morgan
ton will officiate.
TODAY’S HEADLINES
President Eisenhower is spend
ing the holidays with his family
in Augusta, Ga.
Rene Coty ,71, was elected presi
dent of France Wednesday on the
13th ballot.
Drop in food prices lowers liv
ing costs according to report from
Washington, D. C.
Beria, former head of Russian
secret service and police, was
killed before a firing squad Wed
nesday on a charge of being a
traitor to his country. Six of his
assistants suffered same treat
ment.
Asheville and Spartanburg will
not have newspapers published on
Christmas Day.
Panmunjom.—The Army today
officially listed as AWOL—absent
without leave—the 22 young Ameri
can soldiers who ignored a mid
night deadline and refused a final
offer to return home from Com
munist Korea without penalty;
(In Washington, a Defense De
partment spokesman said the 22
Americans will remain on Army
rolls in “open service” until Jan.
22. That meant the men would
continue to have their pay accumu
late until that time.—A. C.
Marriage and Divorce
Marriage rate declined; divorce
rate increased in 1952, it is re
vealed in the section on “Marriage
and Divorce” prepared for Ameri
can Peoples Encyclopedia, 1953.