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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
* (USPS 643-360) *
Phone 859-9151
Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 53 — No. 7
TRYON, N. C. 28782
FRIDAY, FEB. 8, 1980
14 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Wednesday: high 39,
low 29. At 6 a.m. Thursday there
was 1 inch of snow and .09
precipitation.
The area got a little more snow
Wednesday, but the main roads
were kept clear. Schools were
closed Wednesday and Thursday.
The life of a fireman is not very
pleasant on a cold night with
snow and ice on the ground. The
Tryon Volunteer firemen were
called out at 2 a.m. Thursday
when the home of Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Starling was destroyed
by fire. All clothing and furniture
were destroyed. The Starlings
have a girl five, who wears a 6X
dress; a girl 13 who wears a
woman’s size 8 or 10 dress and a
son, who wears a size 12 or 14.
Mrs. Starling wears a size 12 or 14
dress and Mr. Starling a 42
jacket and pants with a 38 waist.
They have no furniture, if you
have something that you can
donate, leave at 106 N. Laurel
Ave., Landrum or call 457-4471.
The Children’s Theater Pro
duction, “The Lion Who
Wouldn’t” has been rescheduled
for Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Tryon Elementary School audi
torium.
The Household Furnishings
Sale at 410 Newmarket Road has
been rescheduled for Saturday at
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McEntyre Files For
County Commissioner
Hubert McEntyre
Hubert McEntyre has filed as a
candidate for Polk County
Commissioner subject to the
provisions of the Democratic
Primary. He is a native of
Polk County. He grew up on a
farm and has been a farmer all
his life. In addition to being a
farmer, he is in charge of the
second shift operations at the
Toledo Scale Plant in Inman, S.
c.
He is a member and deacon of
the Columbus Baptist Church. He
served in the U. S. Marine Corps
during WWII and the Korean
War. He retired as a Lt. Col.
under the provision of the
Reserve Retirement Program.
During the past twenty-five
years, he was in the grocery
business in Columbus, for nine
years; served as Personnel
Manager for Stonecutter Mills
Polk Plant seven years; and
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Lee Atkins Files
For Commissioner
Saluda Attorney Lee Atkins has
filed for Polk County Commis
sioner subject to the Democratic
primary. A native of Polk
County, he is a graduate of N. C.
State University (1967). While a
student there he was a N. C. State
Government intern with the
Board of Health and was a
National Science Foundation
Fellow. He is a 1972 graduate of
the University of North Carolina
Law School.
Mr. Atkins has been engaged in
the family apple business in
Saluda. He worked for Milliken,
Inc. for two years and teaches
business law for Isothermal
Community College.
Mr. Atkins served as Assistant
District Attorney for the 29th
District from 1973 to ‘76 and
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
for the Western District of North
Carolina for two years. He is now
in private practice of law in
Saluda.
He is a member of the
Episcopal Church of the Trans
figuration in Saluda.
Home Destroyed
By Fire Here
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Starling of Tryon
Country club Road (the former
Butler place) was destroyed by
fire early Thursday morning. The
Tryon Volunteer Fire Depart
ment received the call about 2
a.m. and the house was in flames
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Sauve Files For
County Commissioner
Opal Sauve
Mrs. Opal Sauve of Green
Creek has filed for re-election to
the Polk County Commission,
subject to the Republican
Primary.
She is a native of Polk County
and a graduate of Green Creek
High School, attended Isothermal
Community College and Spartan
burg Methodist College. She
holds an associate degree in
Business Administration.
Mrs. Sauve has done volunteer
work with the Red Cross,
Salvation Army, military hospi
tals, PTAs, Scouts, Extension
Service, 4-H, Sunday School and
other church groups.
She has served as Vice-
President and director of the
Polk County unit of the American
Cancer Society, as Director and
Secretary of the Polk County
Chamber of Commerce, and has
been coordinator of the Polk
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