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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, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., TUESDAY, FEB. 24,1942.
Assistance Needed
The Council of Social Agencies
various organiz-
that do benevolent work in
Polk County,, is making an ap
peal for financial support of the
Helping Hand and the American
Women’s Hospitals. The Helping
Hand supplements the work of
Polk County Public Welfare De
partment in assisting chronically
helpless citizens. The American
Women’s Hospitals conducts all
over the county pre-natal and
post-natal clinics for mothers un
able to afford private medical and.
nursing attention. It also holds
venereal disease clinics. Its work
supplements that of the County
Public Health Department. The
county, through tax resources,
cannot carry on the work of these
two vitally needed organizations;
and, without their assistance, real
and extensive suffering would en-
The organizations represent
' _>n the Council endorse the ap
peal for financial help for these
two societies. Contributions should
be sent to Miss Mae Irene Flentye
Tryon, N. C., R. F. D., One.
Health Officers
The Rutherford-Polk Health de
partment announces with pleas
ure tip* appointment of C. S.
Gibson and Arthur S. Lynn as
sanitarians for the two counties.
Mr. Gibson is from Marion, N. C.
and Mir. Lynn comes from Dur
ham.
Mr. Lynn has charge of all
cases, markets, and dairies in Polk
county, all tourist homes and ho
tels; septic tanks, sewage disposal
and everything in the sanitation
field, including water supplies.
$2.00 PER YEAR
Rationing Board Give
Permits for Tires
New tires and tubes were ra
tioned to the following persons
by the Polk County Board cn
Friday:
Dock Wilson, Mill Spring, 2
tires and tubes; Home Ice and
Creamery plant, 4 truck tires and
tubes; Eugene Jones, 2 tires and
tubes; Henry Corn, Mill Spring,
2 tires and tubes; Uel Jones of
Saluda, 2 tires and tubes, Tryon
Builders Supply Co., one truck
tube; C. P. Rogers one tire and
one tube; M. L. Shytle, Chesnee,
Rt. 1, 2 truck tires and tubes;
Grady Hi. Johnson, Saluda, three
tires and tubes; W. J. Screven, Jr.
one tire; S. L. Fagan, Landrum
Route 1, 2 tires; G. C. Turner,
Saluda, 2 tires and tubes;; Lind
sey Smith, Columbus, 2 tires and
tubes. Most of the permits were
for obsolete model cars.
HEADLINES
Jap submarine attacked Cali
fornia coast near Santa Barbara
Monday while President Rossevelt
was delivering his speech.
U. S. Coast ship sunk
by Germans cff coast of Iceland
Near Bali U. SI and Dutch air
planes sink all but one invading
Jap and cut off Jap supplies.
President Rossevelt says Amer
ica will take the offensive as soon
as our war production is sufficient
and called on nation to work hard
and keep the faith.
Jambs E. Carray, deputy col
lector of internal revenue is at
the Tryon Bank & Trust Co. to
day and Wednesday to assist fed
eral income taxpayers in filling
out their blanks.