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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
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8 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 3
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, FEB. 4, 1980
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No official weather report for
Thursday, but it was cold. Friday
morning it was still cold, even
though the bright sunshine made
it look warmer than it was.
Even though it was cold here,
we seemed to have missed the
full force of the winter storm
which has the South shivering.
From Mississippi to Maryland,
people shoveled, slipped and
shivered Thursday in the throes
of a storm that topped ice-laden
trees and power lines and left
thousands in the South without
heat.
Dutch Queen Juliana announc
ed her abdication Thursday after
31 years on the throne. Her
daughter, Crown Princess Bea
trix will succeed her, carrying on
the centuries old dynasty of the
House of Orange. She will step
down April 30th on her 71st
birthday.
Police stormed the Spanish
Embassy, in Guatemala which
had been occupied earlier
Thursday by peasants. More than
30 persons were killed in the
fighting and fire that broke out
during the attack.
A check with the Polk County
Board of Elections Friday
showed that other candidates not
already announced are Fred Earl
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Files For House
John Jackson (Jack) Hunt
Dr. John Jackson (Jack) Hunt
of Lattimore has filed for
re-election subject to the Demo
cratic Primary. He is a graduate
of Lattimore High School, Wake
Forest College, Emorny Univer
sity. He is a denist and owner of
Roundup Stores. He lives on a
farm and is an active farmer.
Rep. Hunt has served three
terms in the N. C. House of
Representatives. He is married
to the former Ruby Crowder and
they have five grown daughters.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church in Shelby,
member of the Board of Advisors
of Gardner-Webb College, on
Board of Directors of Royster
Memorial Hospital and on
Parents Board of Meredith
College. He is past president of
the Lattimore PTA and a
member of the Fellowship of
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New Dining Place
In Tryon
Joan Schairer has announced
the opening of The Dinner Bell, a
full service restaurant, on
Sunday, February 10. It is located
across from the Fine Arts Center
in Melrose Lodge. Mrs. Schairer
said that it is intended to fill the
void left by the closing of Oak
Hall. Ted King, well known for
his many years in the Oak Hall
dining room, will be in charge,
with Gladys Toney from the Oak
Hall kitchen preparing some of
the old favorites plus many new
dishes.
According to an ad Sunday
dinner will be served in two
seatings — 12:30 and 2:00. Both
lunch and dinner will be served
Monday through Friday. The
Dinner Bell will be closed on
Saturdays.
Mrs. Schairer, the proprieter,
was brought up in the restaurant
business and has had wide
experience in restaurant opera
tion and in dealing with the
public. She and her husband,
Fred and daughter, Jane moved
here in mid-1978 and have been
active in Tryon area community
and church affairs.
Prevention Of
Drug Abuse
Kiwanis Program
The Polk County Mental
Health Program is conducting
an effort in all county schools to
stem the tide of increasing drug
abuse by area young people.
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Files For
County Commissioner
Dr. Wm. R. Bosien
William Riley Bosien, M. D.
has announced that he had filed
with the Polk County Board of
Elections as a candidate for Polk
County Commissioner, subject to
the May 6 Democratic Party
Primary election. Dr. Bosien, a
retired general surgeon had
practiced in Polk County for 25
years prior to retiring in 1979.
When announcing his candi
dacy, Dr. Bosien stated that he
had been considering entering
the race for several weeks and
was finally influenced by many
friends who encouraged him to
file.
Dr. Bosien commented that he
has long had an interest in local
government and thought that he
had a good knowledge of Polk
County, its residents, and its
problems. He acknowledged that
there would be many problem
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