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The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TRYON. N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13,1942
More on Sugar Rationing
Children born after the regis
tration dates will be entitled to
a normal ration of sugar, and may
be registered at any time by pa
rents or guardians at the Ration
Board where the parents or
I^/lrdians registered.
Persons inducted into the Armed
Forces of the United States or
those leaving the United States
for more than thirty days must
surrender their war ration books
to their local boards. Rationing
Books must also be returned to
the local rationing boards within
ten days after the death of a per
son for whom the book was issued.
Persons who become confined
to an institution for a period
likely to exceed ten days must
surrender to the administrative
head of the institution their ra
tion books, which will be return
ee to -them upon discharge from
the institution.
Specal provisions are made for
consumers who did not register
™ May 4, 5, 6 or 7th. Upon good
r.f^Ve being shown they may re
'2*er after May 21st at the lo
cal Rationing Board having juris
diction over the area where they
reside. In cases of unusual hard
ship7 boards may permit, at their
discretion, registration before
Mav 21st.
Consumers who by reason of
illness require more sugar than
the normal allowance may apply
to their local boards for the ad
ditional quantity required. There
is a special form for this purpose
whch must be accompanee by a
doctor’s certificate stating the
amount of sugar required and
explaining why the additional su
gar is needed.
ATTENTION RETAILERS, Etc.
H. B. Vanderhoef, Sugar Ad
visor for the Polk County Ra>
tiqning Board, will be at the office
of the Rationing Board each Mon
day morning from 9 to 12 and
each Thursday afternoon from 2
to 5 to advise with you on matters
in allowable inventories, allot
ments, etc.
$347.30 Raised for USO
A little over one-third of the
$990 of the Polk County quota
for the USQ has been raised
since the campaign got underway
according to Treasurer Julian B.
Hester on Tuesday. The cam
paign officially opened on Monday
morning. Mr. Hester reports that
donations have been received, in
addition to those previously pub
lished, from Miss Katherine D.
Hamilton, Mrs. T. E. Brown, Mrs.
Charles H. Conrad, Mrs. Louis
Stearns, Russell Walcott, Prince
Czetwertynski, Robert A. Franks,
Jr., J. C. Kimberly, C. G. Sewall,
Mrs. Mary Rion, Miss Helen
Stearns, Miss Harriet Taylor,
Mrs. Allen J. Jervey, Jr., George
S. Jenks, Miss Laura L. Peasley,
Thomas Griggs, C. P. Rogers, W.
C. Hague, Miss Ethel Young,
Mrs. Robert Limbert.
Miss Julia Whittlesey, Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson Jackson, Jr. Mr. and
Mrs. L. N. Cunningham, Mrs. A.
M. Law, making a total of $347.30
in cash. Those donating services
in typing are Mrs. Lillian Condict,
Mrs. Alice Arledge, Mrs. Mar
garet Pittman, Mrs. Helen An
drews, Mrs. Fred Swann, Jr., Miss
Austin Wilcox, Miss Ruby Alice
Clark, Miss Gertrude Schoff.
THE BULLETIN—6 months $1.