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[[stamped]] AUG 18 1924 [[/stamped]] [[4565]] [[Ans 8/27/24]] [[preprinted]]"Do a Good Turn Daily" [[image: crest of the Boy Scouts of America]] TROOP THIRTY KNOX COUNTY COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE MEETS AT DEADRICK AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH MEETING EVERY FRIDAY 7:30 P. M.[[/preprinted]] "For Prize Contest" Cleveland Tenn. Aug 15, 1924 W. Atlee Burpee Philadelphia, Pa. Gentlemen, Burpees seed and a small garden have been the means of bringing me closer to nature than possible otherwise. A short while for work in the garden before going to my regular duties and [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] equally short time after the completion of my duties at my regular avocation have furnished me ample time to plant seed and grow vegetables and flowers. If I had depended upon this limited time for walks into the country to come into contact with nature I could not possibly have gained the knowledge of actually how to grow things and would also have been deprived of the