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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
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 52 — No. 246
Weather Tuesday: high 53, low
44; Wednesday: high 48, low 34,
rain at 6 a.m. .29. Thursday was
sunny and nippy. A nice day if
you kept on the move.
President Carter, citing a
“grave threat" to Middle East oil
supplies, vowed Wednesday night
that any Soviet effort to seize
control of the Persian Gulf region
“will be repelled by use of any
means necessary.” In this State
of the Union address he also
announced that he wants to
“begin registration” of draft-age
youths, but expressed hopes that
“it will not be necssary to
reimpose the draft.”
For those who like basketball,
try the Tryon-Polk Central
games tonight or the Tryon-
Asheville School game Saturday
night. Tryon boys lost to
Asheville School in its opening
game and since then have won 13
straight.
The Sth annual Landrum High
School Gymnastics Invitation
(girls) will begin Saturday at 9:15
a.m. at the Landrum gym.
Sunday at 3 p.m. the Tryon
Photographic Society will pre
sent Davis Kirby showing his
slides with sound on “Eygpt” at
the Fine Arts Center.
TRYON,«N. C. 28782
Tryon Council
Meets Monday
The Tryon Board of Commis
sioners will meet Monday at 7:15
p.m. for a workshop session to
continue the review of the Town
Ordinances with the Town
Attorney.
Jazz Concert
Here Feb. 3rd
The Tryon Band Boosters Club
will present a Jazz Concert,
featuring members of The Music
City Jazz Band from Nashville,
Tenn., Sunday, Feb. 3rd at 3 p.m.
in the Tryon Elementary School
Auditorium. In the event of bad
weather the concert will be held
Sun., Feb. 10th.
According to an ad, ticket
donations $3 per person. All
proceeds will be used to support
band activities.
Car Stolen
A thief or thieves broke into the
body shop of Lowry Chevrolet
early Thursday morning and
stole a ‘73 Nova. An air hose was
cut up so the thief could siphon
gas out of other vehicles to put
into the car.
The Greenville County Sheriff’s
Department is investigating the
theft.
Car Stolen
A ‘70 Cadillac owned by Joe
Dexter Garrett of Columbus was
reported stolen from the Tryon
Plaza Motel Thursday morning.
FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 1980
Break-In
Stearns Elementary School
was entered Monday night or
Tuesday morning. Sarah Smith of
the Columbus Police Department
stated that approximately $250
worth of miscellaneous items
were taken. Officer Smith said
that there was no evidence of
forced entry into the building.
The investigation is continuing.
Get Awards
Thursday night at the Awards
Banquet of the N. C. Press
Association in Chapel Hill, Grant
Vosburgh received awards for 1st
place and 2nd place in Sports
Feature Writing in Daily Papers
with circulations between 15,000
and 35,000. Mr. Vosburgh, a
native of Tryon, is with The
Fayetteville Times, Fayetteville
N. C.
Mr. Vosburgh’s first award
was “ACC Basketball Comes
Courtesy C. D. Chesley” an
interview with Mr. Chesley. The
second was “Musclemen, Pump
Iron for Prizes” an article on
body building.
In the Weekly Division, Mike
O’Neal of the Thermal Belt News
Journal was first in the
Investigative Reporting and
Tom Haywood, who was with the
Thermal Belt News was second in
the Feature Writing. Mr.
O'Neal’s award came on his story-
exposing an alleged effort of the
St. Luke’s Board of Trustees to
conceal a $2,000 raise to
Administrator Howard Spika.
Mr. Haywood’s award came on
covering a Klu Klux Klan rally
held near Landrum.
Price 10c Per Copy
House Destroyed
By Fire Here
The Tryon Volunteer Fire
Department answered a call to
South Howard Street Thursday
about 10 a.m. The house occupied
by Ms. Cleo McClain and
reportedly owned by Ms.
Jeanette Mills of New York, was
completely gutted on the inside,
although the walls were left
standing. It is the former Elisha
and Lizzie Holbert house.
Ms. McClain told firemen that
she thought that the oil heater
had exploded.
Only a few items were saved.
Completes
Training
January 21 (FHTNC) — Navy
Fireman Recruit Cornelius R.
Bolling Jr., son of Cornelius R.
and Glennie M. Bolling of Route
2, Box 248, Tryon, N. C., has
completed the Basic Electri
cian’s Mate Course.
During the self-paced course at
the Service School Command,
Naval Training Center, Great
Lakes, Ill., the students received
instruction on electrical theory
and studied the operating
principles of the batteries,
generators, motors, and trans
formers used aboard ships and at
shore installations. The course
was designed to provide a
thorough understanding of the
operation, maintenance, and
repair of electrical systems.
He joined the Navy in May 1979.