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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN
The World's Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 14. Est. 1-31-28
SERVICES HELD FOR
MISS VAN BUREN
Funeral services were held to
at 2 p. m., at the McFarland
, -jeral Home for Miss Amelia
.-*m Buren, 87-year-old retired
artist who died at the home of
Dr. J. I. Lea early Wednesday
night. Interment was in the
Tryon cemetery.
Miss Van Buren, last of a
prominent New York family, had
resided in Tryon for the past 20
years. She occupied her home on
Melrose avenue with a brother
and sister until their death. She
has since made her home with
Dr. Lea in Pacolet Valley.
During her youth Miss Van
Buren studied art under the noted
Thomas.Eakin in Philadelphia. A
portrait of herself by Thomas
Eakin was. recently sold to the
Phipps Gallery in Washington, D.
C. Later Miss Van Buren took
up photographic portraiture and
her . works in this field were in
tentionally known and exhibit-
Garden Lecture Tonight
All garden lovers are invited
tc hear Dr. G. Westbrook Murphy
of Asheville talk on the growing
of roses as well as other flowers
and vegetables. The lecture will
be ilustrated with beautiful color
ed slides and should be of interest
tc every one. Most of the pic
tures were taken in Dr. Murphy’s
own garden where he has combined
the growing of flowers, fruits and
vegetables in a most unusual way.
The lecture will be-given at the
Parish House at 8 p. m., and there
is no admission charge.
TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, JAN. 23, 1942
Special European Letter
To Tryon Daily Bulletin
The following letter below just
received from Lisbon, Portugal,
was written on December 4th, at
Madrid, Spain, and gives an ac
count of Miss Ruth Woodward’s
work with the Red Cross in
France. Miss Woodward is a form,
er classmate of Mrs. Samuel Bing
ham, Jr., and has written a num
ber of letters to the Bulletin:
Madrid, Spain.
December 4, 1941.
Dear Mr. Vining:
As you will no doubt receive
this letter on the eve of prepara
tions fpr Christmas, that great
symbol of Christian charity, I
thought that I would send you
a short account of what that social
institution, the Red Cross, has
been accomplishing in France since
the war.
When I was working (May ’4O
letter) in the North station in
Paris, ,1 was with the SSBM
(scciete de secours aux blesses
militaires) founded in 1864. Be
sides this there were four other
societies, the ADF (assocsiated
des danies francaises—lß79) and
the UFF (union des femines de
France—lßßl). During the war
these three services rendered help
to the soldiers with 12,500 nurses,
216 hospitals, 201 station can
teens, and numerous sayers (re
creation-rest rooms). Later during
the retreat until after the armis
tice they succoured some ten
million of refugees both foreign
and native.
After the armistice these three
societies, to make more national
unity, were fused into one: the
French Red Cress, under the hon-
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