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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 QUjc (Uruon JBati|j i< per copy (The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper) lc PER copy Seth M. Vining, Editor $1.50 Year In the Carolinas Vol. 13. Eat. 1-31-28 TRYON, N C., FRIDAY APRIL 26, 1940 Squeak! Squeak!! No More!!! One of the most important im provements ever made in St. Luke’s Hospital is now nearly com pleted. Nobody but the Superin tendent and the nurses know how much inconvenience it has caused the past four weeks, but is worth it all. The fact is tnat the floors in St. Luke’s Hos pital squeaked! Whether the squeaks were due to the mere per versity of inanimate objects, or whether they were due to the fact that the floors were not properly laid when the hospital was built, is not important for the purpose of this piece in the Bulletin. But the squeaks were very important! In the rooms, in the corridors, in the wards, the floors squeaked. It s ems to be true that they squeaked worse at night than they did in the daytime, so that in spite of the fact that nurses tried to avoid the squeaky places, patients were annoyed. Like sunshine coming sud denly after a storm the Trustees were informed one day that an anonymous donor would give one thousand dollars to fix the floors. , ' \\nother loyal friend of the hos _Jpital said that he would give 'enough more to do a bang-up job. . . . (and that means a plenty! Thus and therefore, the old floors have been torn up, new con crete laid over the old, and on top of the concrete, battle-ship linoleum throughout the main floor. The result is sanitarv, noi=ele o s an : good-looking. You can’t hear a nurse, even in the night-time, and as for the doctors, they can steal upon you all unbeknownst! The Trustees and most everybody else are of the opinion that St. Luke’s Hospital is about the best institu- Continued on Bach Page - REGISTER SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH. Lanier Library Report (By Mary F. Carpenter) Librarian Lanier Library A review of the Library’s ac tivities during the past year show* a steady growth in all phases of its work. There has been an in crease in the circulation of books and magazines, many reference questions answered, and a great deal of time given to borrowers in the selection of books. The growth or decline of a li brary is best obtained by an analysis of the day’s work which is difficult to express in words. The best guide in arriving at con clusions seems to come from in direct personal dealings with the readers and book borrowers. Stat istics do not show adequately the actual work accomplished, but are indicators to some extent of its growth and decline. The popular use of the Library named in terms of books borrowed gives the figure of 15,857 volumes in actual circulation which tops last year’s circulation by 462. 1,765 magazines were circulated with an increase of 292 this year. 2,627 children’s books went out last year, while this year it has amount ed to 3,043, a gain of 410. As usual more fiction than non-fiction has circulated, but books of bio graphy, travel, sociology, litera ture, and religion have been in constant demand. There have been more borrower ! this year than last, the subscrip tion cards amounting to over 400. Two cards have been given to each of the five grades at school, and many children have taken out cards of their own, and seem to ... Co'ntinued on Page Three
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