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Tryon, North Carolina, 28782
Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Member: North Carolina Press Assn.
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Seth M. Vining, Jr., Editor and Manager
The Bulletin Is published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 52 — No. 243
TRYON, N. C. 28782
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Friday: high 63, low
47, rain 1.19; Saturday: high 63,
low 45, rain .68; Sunday: high 60,
low 40.
President Carter proposed
Sunday that the world’s athletes
boycott the Moscow Summer
Olympics, or move the games to
another country, unless Soviet
troops are withdrawn from
Afghanistan within one month.
The Pittsburgh Steelers won
their fourth straight Super Bowl
as they defeated the Los Angeles
Rams 31-19 Sunday. Quarterback
Terry Bradshaw was named the
most valuable player for the
second year in a row.
Yugoslav President Tito was
reported in good condition
Sunday following the surgical
removal of his left leg.
A Superior Court judge has
granted public money to two
Forsyth County indigent defend
ants so they can hire a private
detective.
Former Supreme Court Justice
William Douglas died Saturday
at the age of 81 at
Walter Reed Army Medical
Center. The controversal justice
was praised by many and
detested by many. He was an
activist and was for the
underdog.
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Susan McBurney
Wins Rotary
Scholarship
Miss Susan McBurney
Susan J. McBurney of Tryon
was awarded the 1980-81 Clay
Gordon Memorial Scholarship,
sponsored by the North Carolina
Western District of Rotary
International.
Miss McBurney, a senior at
Northwestern University and a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
H. McBurney, was one of eleven
contestants competing for the
scholarship in Rotary’s Western
District, which includes Char
lotte and all counties to the west.
The scholarship carries a $3,500
award and is intended to provide
an opportunity for an American
college graduate to pursue
continued study in a foreign
country and at the same time to
serve as an American ambassa
dor of good will.
A major in French and French
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A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hutcher
son of Rt. 1, Landrum, are
parents of a son, Eric Randall,
born Jan. 7, at 8:54 p.m. at
Spartanburg General Hospital.
He weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz.
The paternal grandparents are
T. H. Hutcherson of Hickory
Grove and Mrs. Rachel
Lineberry of Houston, Texas. The
maternal grandparents are Mrs.
Vivian Belue, and the late
Flavous Belue of Rt. 1, Landrum.
Hospital Board
Elects Officers
Chairman Theo Burrell and
Trustee B. J. Womack, having
declined to accept another term,
left St. Luke’s governing board
after the January meeting, to the
plaudits and thanks of their
fellow trustees — recorded on a
plaque presented to each.
These vacancies, as ruled by
the bylaws, are filled by election,
ex officio, of President Howard J.
Spika and Chief of Medical Staff
Donald Gilbert, as voting
members of the board.
Newly elected officers are
Chairman 0. 0. Paulsell; Vice-
Chairman, Horace Smith; Secre
tary, William Egerton; Treasur
er, Richard Palmer. These four,
plus Mrs. Paul Culberson,
compose the Executive Commit
tee.
Other committees elected are
Finance: Messrs. Paulsell,
Smith, Palmer, and Mrs. George
Dusenbury and Davis K>rby.
Professional Relations: Rich-
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Announces For
County Commissioner
Paul Butler
Paul Butler has resigned as
Chairman of the Polk County
Republican Party to seek election
to the Polk County Board of
Commissioners in the up-coming
elections.
He is a native of Tryon and is
married to the former Janet
Derby, also of Tryon.
He received his education at
Tryon High School, graduating
with the class of 1944, and the
University of Georgia where he
graduated in 1950 with a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Forestry.
Butler enlisted in the Navy in
1944 and served 2 years in the
western Pacific before being
discharged. He returned to active
duty in the Korean War and was
commissioned in 1952. He retired
from the Navy in 1973 with the
rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Since retiring from service,
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