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Local Happenings in Polk County, April 5, 1923

Local Happenings

Mr. A.M. Law of Spartanburg was a Tryon visitor Friday.

The foundation work for the Baptist parsonage is about completed.

Little Miss Mary Jackson is visiting her grandparents near Spartanburg.

Large congregations attended the interesting Easter services in our churches.

Mrs. Joe Livingston and little son, of Spartanburg, were guests of Tryon relatives this week.

Mrs. Humphrey and Mrs. Dixon of Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, are visiting Mrs. W.A. Black.

A new post office at Valhalla will be established soon, with Mrs. Winifred W. Morton, as postmistress.

Mrs. Oliver Andrews left on Thursday last for Illinois to visit with her mother and other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Cochran, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W.F. Little, returned to her home in Indiana last Thursday.

Miss Helen Stearns entertained for her Easter guest Miss Peggy Harrison of Honolulu with a supper party Monday.

“Business in Religion and Religion in Business;” Address by the pastor of the Congregational church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.

The base having been laid from Cantrell’s mill to the Lynn bridge, it is no longer necessary to detour when going to Lynn and Columbus.

The ladies of the Baptist Aid Society met with Mrs. G. LeCount on last Monday and had a very enjoyable as well as instructive meeting.

Mr. E.E. Missildine, wife and daughter returned home Wednesday from a short visit with their daughter, Miss Eva, who is attending school at Winter Park, Fla.

Mr. W.C. Ward and wife left Sunday for Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York where they will look after business matters and visit friends for some time.

Miss Bettie Conrad of Winston-Salem has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry B. Conrad. Miss Conrad has been entertained by a number of our young people.

Miss Margaret Doubleday, James Kinloch, Stanley Ballenger, and Keith Grady, Tryon students attending school at other towns, spent the Easter holidays with home folks.

Mr. Jas. Vernor, who with his family has been spending the winter at their Tryon home, was called to Detroit Sunday by the death of one of his oldest (in point of service) employees.

Starting next week The Strand will run on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Mr. Early has booked several First National Specials which he will run on Monday and Tuesday.

Don’t fail to hear Hon. Thos. Walker of Australia at the Baptist church on Sunday at 3 p.m. He will deliver his lecture on “Australia, the Land of Opportunity, and Her Struggle for Prohibition.”

Mr. John Lindsey returned to Tryon Saturday after spending several days at his home in Kentucky. Mr. Lindsey left on Monday for Greenville, S.C., where he has accepted a position as civil engineer.

The meeting of the Christian Endeavor is held every Sunday at the Congregational Church at 4 p.m. The topic April 8 is “What are Wise and Unwise Uses of the Lord’s Day.” Everyone cordially invited.

The old board of road commissioners retired from office on last Monday and the following were appointed by the County Commissioners in their stead. W.H. Stearns, Tryon, Chairman; Granville Thompson, White Oak; and J.A. Miller, Greens Creek.

W.T. Moore, who has been stationed at Tryon for several months with the State Highway force; this week underwent an operation at a Columbia, S.C., hospital for some trouble with his head. He is reported as doing well and expects to be able to resume his duties soon.

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From the front page of the Polk County News, Tryon, N.C., April 5, 1923

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