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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. 15. Est. 1-31-28
Basketball Tonight
The Trycn High School will
play Saluda tonight at the Tryon
gym. A preliminary game will
start at 7:30 between the “B”
teams.
Annual Meeting Held For
St. Lukes Hospital
At the annual meeting of St.
Lukes Hospital Julian Calhoun
was re-elected president; Dr.
Chas. G. Siewall, vice-president;
Samuel A. Bingham, secretary
treasurer; Volney T. Barnette,
assistant secretary-treasurer,
B. Hester was elected to
iMmbership on the board of
trustees to succeed Ralph C. Er
skine who resigned.
Open House Saturday At
Tryon Country Club
The Country Club committe to
be hostesses at the Open House
tea on Saturday afternoon are
Mrs. Junius Judson, Mrs. D. C.
Brundage, Mrs. Jefferson Coe,
Mrs. George S. Jenks, Mfcs. Ralp
Erskine, Mrs. Baxter Haynes,
Miss Hope Washburn, Miss Ruth
Rcwe.
Mrs. James Trowbridge, wife
of the president of the club will
also serve with the committee on
‘ Saturday.
FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1942
TRYON, N. C.
COMMUNICATIONS
At the annual meeting of the
Trustees of St. Luke’s Hospital,
the resignation of Miss Edna Cal
vert was accepted. Mrs. Sophie
Packer of Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, Baltimore, Maryland, was
engaged as Superintendent to fill
the position.
Mrs. Packer comes to St. Lukes
from Johns Hopkins Hospital
where she has had charge of the
Out-Patient Department. In this
position she had supervision of 20
nurses and an average of 1,000
patient! per day. She has had
charge of this department for the
past five years.
Prior to that time she was with
a 50 bed hospital in Farmville,
Via., and while there organized
the public health service in con
nection with the hospital.
On her graduation from Johns
Hopkins Hospital she with two
other nurses was selected to or
ganize and equip the Rockefeller
Foundation Hospital in Pekin,
China. After serving in this ca
pacity for three years she re
turned to this country and con
tinued the same character of work.
Mrs. Packer comes to us very
highly recommended bv Miss Hes
ter K. Frederick, formerly assist
ant superintendent of nurses of
Johns Hopkins Hospital and now
in charge of organizing nurses
throughout Maryland for Civilian
Defense. Also by Miss Anna D.
Wolf, superintendent of nurses
of Johns Hopkins Hospital with
whom she has been working and
with whcm she worked in China,
and by Miss Mary Beard, head of
the Red Cross Nursing service.
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