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AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CON MARCH *, 1879
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Vol. 11. Est. 1-31-28
“CURB” REPORTER
Uncle Andy Dimsdale, 88, was
a caller at the Bulletin office on
Thursday. Mir. Dimsdale is a
skilled basket maker and has paid
his subscriptions for a number of
years with his fine hickory strip
baskets. Uncle Andy was born
in Cooper’s Gap in 1850. His
great grandfather came over from
England A letter from
Mrs. R. C. Collison at Chester,
Nova Scotia, saying that she is
enjoying the Tryon Daily Bulletin.
She writes that it is very lovely
there with many flowers in full
! loom and always the broad ex
panse of water to gaze upon. . . .
Mary Adams, student at Ambler
School of Horticulture, is having a
wonderful time at Ragged Mt.
Camp, Andover, New Hampshire,
where she is an instructor in wood
craft and the Bulletin is taking
news of Tryon to her .... Do
you like to write? The Duke Uni
versity Press is offering a $1,500
prize for manuscripts in connec
tion with the centennial of the
origins of Trinity college, now a
part of Duke University . . . The
C. M. T. C. at Ft. Bragg this
summer have eaten 20 steers and
25,000 pints of milk, a to n of
sausage and one and a half tons
of butter .... Speaking of food
the First Baptist church women
are going to serve a fried chicken
supper at Harmon Field on Thurs
day, July 21, for the benefit of
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f ptIDAY, JULY 15, 1938
TRYON, N, 'A
! Joins Health
District; To Benefit
From SIB,OOO Fund
The hope of securing full time
health service for Polk county
under the State Board of Health
has been realized, the District
Health Officer has been secured,
the Public Health Nurse has been
appointed, and offices are being
set up in the building occupied
by the County Board of Educa
tion and the Public Welfare De
partment in Columbus.
On June 30th the Polk County
Board of Commissioners voted to
, appropriate sufficient monies to
participate in a District Health
Department provided Rutherford
county would take appropriate ac
tion looking to the combination of
the two counties in such a health
district.
On Tuesday, July 5, the plan
for combining Rutherford and
Polk counties into a District
'Health Department was formally
adopted in a joint meeting of the
Rutherford County Board -of
Health and the County Commis
sioners. The adoption of this plan
brings public health service as
offered by the United States Pub
lic Health Service and the State
Board of Health into practically
ell the Western North Carolina
counties.
The Rutherford-Polk District
v 11 operate for the current fiscal
ear on a budget of $18,220.00.
r his amount is allocated by the
two counties, the State, and the
Federal government, the Ruther
ford county allocation amounting
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