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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
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10 Pages Today
Vol. 52 — No. 242
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Thursday: high 55,
low 46, rain .15. By 6 a.m.
Friday the rain was 1.19 and it
continued raining during the day.
Gold continues its wild climb as
it broke the $800 barrier
Thursday for the first time ever,
only two days after it hit $700.
One trader described the market
as “absolutely nuts.”
According to Sen. Jesse Helms
it will cost the taxpayers more
than $65 billion just to pay the
interest for one year on the
money that the federal govern
ment has already borrowed and
spent, in excess of income. The
federal debt is now in excess of
$800 billion and by the end of the
year is expected to reach $900
billion.
The Soviet-backed government
in Afghanistan tells the U.S.
journalists to leave, accusing
them of biased reporting and
“interference in the country’s
internal affairs.”
Today at 2:30 p.m. is the free
General Travelogue at the Parish
Hall of the Holy Cross Episcopal
Church.
Tonight at 7 the Polk County
Commissioners will meet at the
Stony Knoll Community Center.
Thursday the Tryon Kiwanis
Travelogue, “Canada’s Many
Continued On Back Page
Red Fox Women
Golfers Organize
Red Fox CC Women’s Golf
Association held an organiza
tional meeting on January 17.
Officers and Committee Chair
men for 1980 are:
Chairman, Mrs. Louis L.
Pettit; Vice-Chairman, Mrs.
Robert Ernst; Secretary, Mrs.
Goerge W.Percy, Jr.; Treasurer,
Mrs. George T. Cleveland;
Chairman, 9 holes, Mrs. Ran
dolph A. Walker; Day Captain,
Mrs. Walter Roselle, Mrs.
George P. Masologites; Guest
Day, Mrs. Robert G. Walker,
Mrs. James R. Anthony, Jr., Mrs.
Fred D. Sauter; Handicap, Mrs.
Harold Eggert, Mrs. Keith A.
Lenox; Handbook, Mrs. Robert
Ernst, Mrs. John Albertson;
Historian, Mrs. Richard C.
Petura; Hospitality, Mrs. Wil
liam B. Mayberry, Mrs. Gordon
L. Foote; House, Mrs. Albert F.
Everman; Nominating, Mrs.
Herman J. Spoerer, Mrs. Ben
Sumner, Mrs. Robert M. Hull;
Prizes, Mrs. Robert L. Kohlbry,
Mrs. James R. McNevins;
Publicity, Mrs. Robert H.
Wright; Ringers, Chip-ins, Putts
& Birdies, Mrs. Jack W.
Qualman; Rules, Mrs. John
Cody, Mrs. Charles Griffith.
Tournaments: Championship
and Spring Handicap, Mrs.
William T. Reed, Mrs. W. David
Merkel; Mixed Events, Mrs.
John M. Leon, Jr.; Weekly
Events, Mrs. Mack Pettit, Mrs.
Robert McAbee.
Western Carolina Representa
tives. Mrs. Robert K. Koenen and
Mrs. S. J. Craig, Jr.
Named Finalist
Mary Roff
Miss Mary Erwin Roff, Tryon
High, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William T. Roff of Tryon was one
of six finalists selected from
Western North Carolina high
school seniors in competition for
the 1980 Morehead Awards at the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. The finalists were
selected on the characteristics of
leadership and service, charac
ter, academic achievement and
physical vigor from among 25
nominees picked earlier by
county committees from the 15
counties in District 10. Interviews
were conducted last Monday in
Asheville by the District Selec
tion Committee.
In addition to Miss Roff the
other finalists were David
William Hart, Asheville High, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Hart
of Asheville; Richard David
Owens, Roberson High, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Owens
of Arden; Jane Blair Roberts,
Asheville High, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Roberts of
Continued On Back Page
Saluda Grant
The Secretary of Human
Resources, Dr. Sarah Morrow
and Governor Jim Hunt have
announced that state grants of
some $11 million went to 69 local
governments to assist in financ
ing the construction of water
supply system projects through
the state. Among the state grants
announced was one of $1,750 to
Saluda.
Green River Cove
Mickey Lewis, Director of the
Isothermal Development Com
mission and chairman of the
Green River Cove Local Advisory
Committee will talk Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m. at the Mural Room of
the Fine Art Center. His talk will
be illustrated with slides on the
Green River Cove area.
Campobello defeated Lan
drum, 30-19, in a 7th-8th grade
game at Landrum. Jamie
Henderson had 18 points for
Campobello and Tony Kemmer-
lin had 11 for Landrum.
Campobello won the girls game
15-10. — Spartanburg Herald
Dot Butler has returned to her
home in Green Creek after
visiting her sister, Ms. Elsie
Pate in Los Angeles, Calif. She
also attended a hair show while
there.
Marvin M. Helton filed Wed
nesday for the Polk County
School Board. He is from Cooper
Gap Township. He and Andy
Metcalf, the incumbent, are both
seeking the Cooper Gap spot.