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THE TETON DMT BULLETIN
The World's Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C.. TUESDAY, OCT. 27, 1942
FUEL OIL AND KEROSENE
RATIONING
Notice: If you use fuel oil or
1 C<Xene to heat your home or
ytS/ domestic hot water, you must
complete your application for this
yearns supply on or before Oct. 31.
If you have not received an ap
plication form from your fuel oil
dealer, get one from the Ration
Board office immediately. Read it
very carefully and fill it out.
You should have accurate infor
mation on the following:
1. The number of persons regu
larly living in the house (day
help not included).
2. The sizes of all rooms used
for living purposes, eating, sleep
ing, or working, together with the
sizes of the closets and halls open
ing onto such rooms. No allow
ances will be made for basement
space, sun or sleeping porches,
storage space, garage or laundry,
or any space for which heating
essential. The sizes of rooms
ifyp’ls the length and width only.
If~h room is not a perfect rec
tangle, divide it in sections and
give the size of each section.
3. Amount of fuel oil or kero
sene on hand October 1st, and
amounts purchased since that
date. Also the capacity of your
storage tank.
4. Get a certificate from your
fuel oil dealer on the amount of
fuel oil or kerosene you used last
year.
A member of the Fuel Oil
Rationing committee will i be at
the Ration Board office from 10
a. m., to 1 p. m., on October 29th,
30, and 31, to help you complete
your application. Polk Co. War
Price & Rationing Board, Jerry D.
Drew, Chm. Fuel Oil Committee.
Weather Monday: high 64, low
52, rain 1.14. . . . Fred Lawrence
writes from Wilmington, N. C.,
that the shipbuilders there are
launching a cargo ship every 40
days and that it makes any Ameri
can feel good when he sees a ship
go sliding down the ways (to
carry 10,000 tons of supplies to
friends and relatives. There are
a lot of Polk County people build
ing ships at Wilmington .... In
thinking of our soldier and sailor
friends we should remember that
it costs so little and means so
much to write a letter. Many of
them write that the Bulletin is
like a letter from home because it
tells them about so many of their
friends.There are so
many ways to be helpful. The A.
W. Brintnalls send their old
glasses or spectacles in frames
to a woman in New Jersey who
repairs them and passes them on
to persons who need them but
can’t afford to buy them . . . -; En
sign Bill Blackwell’s address is
Cecil Field, Bldg. 31, R 106. Jack
sonville, Fla.The Masonic
Orphanage at Oxford which has
trained d,000 orphaned children,
half of whom were not from
Masonic families, is making its
annual appeal for funds. Supt.
C. K. Proctor says $10,000 is need
ed this year for operating expens
es ... . This is Army Week ....
The Army is calling for volun
teers among the 18-19 year old
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