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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN (The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper) lc PER COPY S!eth M. Vining. Editor Vol. 14. Est. 1-31-28 COMMUNICATIONS Editor of the Bulletin: DO YOU SEEK FAME AND IMMORTALITY? If so, here’s a way for one or two young men women to begin, at the same w time that they help a very famous man from Tryon,—namely Donald Culrcss Peattie, the naturalist. In 1928 the University of North Carolina published Mr. Peattie’s FLORA OF THE TRYON RE GION. This is probably the most complete catalog, from a botani cal standpoint, that refers to any region in the United States. It lists 1090 specimens with the place where found, the date, and the name of the finder. Following Mr. Peattie’s last stay here, he made additions and cor rections, printed December 1937. Now he writes asking for some one to collect specimens of the wild roses of Tryon. Here is a paragraph from his letter: “The specimens, besides includ ing seme flowers, should be long § enough to have some bit of fol iage and stem. The data with the specimens should include the date and the locality and the name of the finder, as for in stance: “June 10, along the banks of Vaughn’s Creek, in sunny open thickets. 0 Also, I should like to knew if the plant was a climbing, trailing rose, or an upright spe cies. The specimens can simply be put inside newspapers and I ressed flat and dry.” It is strange how scientific men can identify such dried up pieces of plants, but they can. Mr. Peattie is undoubtedly preparing CONTINUED ON BACK PAGE. $1.60 Year in the Caroliuas TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941 Sixth Grade Wins First Prize in Clean-Up Project Announcement was made today by the judges that first prize had been awarded to the sixth grade of the Tryon public school for its work in beautifying portions of the school grounds as one of the projects in connection with Try on’s recent Clean-Up Week. The first prize is a subscription to Nature Magazine. Honorable mention was awarded to the sev enth grade. The judges were Miss C. H. Sawyer, Miss Helen Roberts and Mrs. S. A. Woody. Early in the spring the school premises on which the beautifying work was to be done, were inspect ed by the committee, and again a few days ago after the work has been done. The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades parti cipated in the project. TRYON NOSES OUT CANTON NINE, 7-6 Tryon smashed out 16 base hits here Saturday to defeat Canton, 7 to 6, in an Industrial league baseball game. Halbert of Tryon and Ledford of Canton each clouted out a home run, Holbert’s in the sixth with no one aboard and Ledford’s in the ninth with two mates on base. Canton .... >, 6 5 5 Tryon .. .. 716 7 Mcore, Ledford and Fowler; Ward and *Arledge. Two out of every three cars in the world are registered in the United States.—Boys’ Life. lc PER COPY
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