THE TIVII DAILY BULLETIN The Wq^ld’8 Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining Editor Vol. 25—No. 11 TRYON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEB. 14TH 1952 Published Daily Except (Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday5c Per Copy ENTERED VS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICB _AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 Weather Wernesday: high 67, low 44, Rel. Hum. 41. . . “To be or not to be” a candidate, is Tru man’s teaser now. Eisenhower and Taft forces battling for strength. Southern states to support Rus sell as a protest against Truman without any hope to win. . . To day is Valentine Day, a time to be in love with love. No matter where you are-in busy cities, on a lonely hill top, hidden in a cove or on the wide plains, open up your heart today and receive the love impulses from the ones who love you. They are emanating to waro you, dux; you must open your hej|jfe and love in return to get vh®wiefit. In this world of radio, raalfr and television there are many things in the air around you, in the things you see and touch to give you strength and comfort. They are the things that sustain you. So give “primacy to the spiritual rather than to the material things of life” and you can feel the difference in better health and increased happiness. . Columbus Capitols took two games Wednesday night, but the reporter failed to get the score. The Cap itol girls gave Taggarts of Ashe ville their second loss of the sea son and the Capitol boys won over Spindale Firemen. . . Talking -Continued on Back Page.. THE FOUNDING OF ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL Dr. M. C. Palmer spoke to the Kiwania Club Tuesday at Oak Hall about the early days of'medicine in Polk County and about the found ing of St. Luke’s Hospital/ Dr. Palmer, who first came to Tryon in 1910, stated that Dr. Earle Grady was the only physician here at that time and that if a patient required hospitalization he would be sent to Asheville or Spartan burg which took about a day. Often the patients would die be cause of the delay. The speaker stated that he and Dr. Grady per formed minor operations in their offices or in the patients’ homes. It was not until Dr. Palmer had served two years in Army hospitals during World War I that he felt that the community needed a hospital. Dr. Allen Jervey was persuaded to come here and he and Dr. Palmer had the first hos pital in the home of Miss Annie Ravenel. This lasted only a short time because of the high overhead and the inadequate facilities. A short.time later the hospital was moved upstairs to the present lo cation of Buchanan’s 5 10c store and then expanded over what is now the A&P. In 1928 the Embury Estate gave the Embury house and land on Laurel St., to be used for the hospital; but that there was so much objection to having a hos pital there that the property was sold for $10,000 and plans were made for the~~erection of the hos pital on the present site. The speaker felt that the com munity should be proud of the present plant but that it is not 1Continued On Back Page_

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