Editor’s note: The Bulletin this week received the following letter from Morris, asking community members to help rescue him.
First of all, they don’t know I can hear them talking but, I overheard them say if enough money is raised, not only will I get to go home, but when they are finished with me, I will look brand spanking new!
They told me to put on my thinking cap and figure out how to raise my own ransom. So, my one phone call was to my dear friend Betty Burdue, who loves to draw pictures of me. She then called her friend Steve McKinsey and he suggested a wonderful poster should be drawn of me, then sold to help raise my ransom.
My one letter is this very plea to my friends at the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Please Tryon, and all of our neighbors, help me get home…. purchase the ransom poster, please!
P.S.… I’ve been eating the very best hay and drinking ice cold water… but I really miss my home!
Your loyal friend, Morris