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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRYON DAM BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper.Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 25—No. 245 TRYON, N. C. TUESDAY, SEPT. 30TH, 1952
Weather Monday: High 84, low !
56, Rel. Hum. 50 . . . All citizens !
who want to vote in the General |
Election on Nov. 4th will be given
an opportunity to register on sev
eral Saturdays in October before
election. If they have previously
registered and voted in the coun
ty election, they need not register
again, but if they haven’t voted in
many years their names may not
be on the books and should check
with the registrar in their pre
cinct. All persons 21 years of age
who have lived in the State one
year are eligible to register and
vote .... The Tryon Kiwanis
Club is making plans to celebrate
t? 25th anniversary with a ladies
ght program on Oct. 21 at Oak
all hotel. J. Albert Simpson is
chairman of the program commit
tee consisting of past presidents
of the club . . . . R. N. Golding
former prominent Chicago lawyer
and recently of Washington, D. C.,
has moved to Polk County and
expects to open an office in Colum
bus. Mr. Golding has owned prop
erty in the county for many years.
. . . . Now is the time for all radio
and television sets to come to the
aid of their country with football,
world series and the election com
ing up. Dealers are putting forth
their advertisements! ... St.
Luke’s Hospital has received ad
ditional gifts to its memorial fund
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HOSPITAL REPORT
We desire to report to friends
of St. Luke’s Hospital on the prog
ress and status of the building
program for the new wing. It is
natural that you have wondered
why the new building is not in
process of construction.
Actually, building a hospital
wing costing many thousands of
dollars is quite similar to your
own problems in building these
days. The hospital board began
working on plans last December
when the project was cleared
through the Medical Care Com
mission of North Carolina. First,
the architects were selected . . . .
the Six Associates, of Asheville,
experienced in hospital construc
tion. Preliminary plans were
drawn in keeping with out local
needs. In fact six sets of plans
were drawn in the interests of
getting the greatest possible value
from the building dollar and at
the same time giving patients and
workers maximum possible com
fort and space. Finally, plan
No. 7 was approved and passed
on to the Medical Care Board and
to the federal government for
their approval. This was done in
July.
1 he Medical Care Commission
accepted the major features of the
plan but ordered 47 changes. The
plans were then re-drawn.
The final working drawings
should be completed soon and final
specifications drawn. Then one
month will be allowed for contrac
tors to prepare bids and for the
Medical Care Commission and the
St. Luke’s Board to study propo
sals. Following approval of the
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