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TftiOJI DAILY BILLET!,Y
Vol. 25—No. 16 TRYQN. N. C.,
Seth M. Vining, Editor
THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1952
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ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICB
_AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3 1879
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Weather: Tuesday high 69, low J
27, Rel. Hum. 30; Wednesday high i
64,. low 34, rain .03, Rel. Hum. j
68 . . . Miss Florence Cox, former 1
Polk Home Agent, and now a j
nutritionist at State College, visit- '
ed Tryon and Polk County friends
Wednesday .... Congratulations !
to Tryon Duplicate Bridge players j
who win in Charlotte, Spartan- i
burg and now Greenville. The
couples who won at Greenville in
the Winners Three-point master j
tournament Wednesday night were
.Tim Jackson and Jim Tapley, first
for North-South and Mrs. Baxter
Haynes and Jules Feder, first for
East-West. Each winner1 was
regarded a sterling julip cup. The
^Hlicate Bridge Tournaments at
^^on each week not only afford
wholesome recreation for many
Tryonites but also to our visitors.
At the same time many of the
Tryon players are getting national
recognition for their achievements.
On a recent business trip Jim
Jackson, who is a life master, won
the Winter Carnival Bridge Tour
nament at St. Paul, Minn. In the
Greenville tournament Wednesday
only players who had won master
points lyera allowed to enter the
tournament L' . . . Jessie James
Tarlton, the speaker at the Tryon
P.-T. A. this afternoon at 3:15,
is very popular throughout this
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St. Luke’s Hospital Report
Elsewhere in this isue of The
Bulletin appears the annual finan
cial operational report covering
1950 and 1951 for St. Luke’s Hos
pital.
It is interesting to note that
despite an increase of approximate
ly $18,000 in operating receipts
during 1951 over the preceding
year, the costs of operating such
an institution have also increased.
Actually, costs of operation of
St. Luke’s Hospital during 1951
increased about the same amount
as money received from patients
and assisting agencies.
It is well to remember during
an examination of the financial re
port that it is seldom that hospitals
arrive at the “break even” point in
relation to receipts and expenses.
Fortunate, indeed, is the medical
institution ending a year with so
small a deficit as is shown in St.
Luke’s report of financial opera
tions.
An examination of Operating
Expenses will show that no cate
gory cost less during 1951 than
it did during the preceding year.
On the other hand, income from
Polk County, the State of North
Carolina and from assisting agen
cies was less in each instance in
the year past than it was for the
preceding year,
The fact that St. Luke’s Hos
pital maintained and even increas
ed its services during the past
vear, and at a smaller operating
loss, is ample testimony to the
fme work done by the Board of
Trustees, the hospital’s competent
administration M. C. Holthouser,
and cooperating employees.
It should be noted that the an
nual campaign for needed operat
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