2nd Class Postage Paid At Tryon, North Carolina, 28782 Established January 31, 1928 L^BR^RY 1-AA RT 1 C Q L U Ji B^ - 28722 11 n o v 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. O. 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 8 Pages Today Vol. 53 — No. 8 Weather Thursday: high 42, low 27. Friday morning was cloudy and the thermometer stayed on the chilly side. The weather man said another storm was expected to hit over the weekend. Today at 3 p.m. there will be a public hearing regarding the Proposed Building Code Ordinance in the courthouse in Columbus. People interested in the building trade are invited to make their wishes known. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the Tryon Town Council meets at the Town Hall and the Tryon School Board meets at the high school. The Polk County School Board meets at 8 p.m. in the Supt.’s office in the courthouse annex. The Appalachian Conference Basketball Tournament is un derway this week at Polk Central. The JVs play at 5 p.m. the girls at 6:30 and the boys at 8 p.m. Today the No. 4 and No. 5 seeded teams play each other. The outcome of Friday night’s games would determine a number of seedings in the JV, girls and boys. Tuesday the No. 3 and No. 6 seeded teams will compete. Thursday the No. 1 team will play the winner of No. 4 and No. 5 and on Friday the No. Continued On Back Page TRYON, N. C. 28782 Man Gets 30 Years In Station Robbery James E. Johnson, 28, of Pressley Road, Charlotte was sentenced to 30 years in prison for robbing Harley Solesbee’s ser vice station last Thursday in General Sessions Court in Spartanburg. A jury convicted Johnson of armed robbery and aggravated assault and battery. Johnson still faces kidnapping charges in Cherokee County in connection with the incident. The robbery took place last Sept. Sth at about 8;15 p.m. Johnson reportedly beat Solesbee on the head with a gun as he tried to get his wallet. A customer drove up and noticing the situation began to blow his truck horn. As the robbers left Solesbee tossed his gun to station employee Donnie Whiteside who fired two shots, one of which he believed hit Johnson in the back and one shattering the back glass in the car. Solesbee testified that he was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital where 48 stitches were taken in his head. State Law Enforcement Divi sion Agent W. T. Ivey testified that he went to Charlotte on Nov. 2 and looked at Johnson’s back at the Charlotte Police Department. He said that there were two bullet wounds in Johnson’s back, an entrance wound and an exit wound. — from the Spartanburg Herald. MONDAY, FEB. 11, 1980 “The Good Life” At Kiwanis Tues. The Tryon Kiwanis Club will meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Pacolet River Plantation. Ms. Lisa Drake, Health Coordinator with Liberty Life Insurance Co. will be the guest speaker. She will talk on “The Good Life.” Ms. Drake is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has her masters degree from Boston University in Health Education. She is a avid squash player and is currently the Sth ranked woman squash player in the nation. R. B. Scruggs is in charge of the program. Basketball Mon., Tues., Thurs., Friday and Saturday, the Appalachian Conference Tournament will be held at Polk Central High School with the JV games at 5 p.m.; girls game at 6:30 p.m. and boys game at 8 p.m. Tuesday Calhoun Falls at Landrum Friday Landrum at Dixie Spartanburg Methodist clinch ed at least a tie for second place in the Western Carolinas Junior College Conference Thursday night with an 80-67 win over North Greenville. The Pioneers now trail league-leading Anderson by a half-game. Lonnie Hines, the former Polk Central stand-out led the Pioneers with 23 points. Price 10c Per Copy Bayard Breaks Scoring Record The Spartanburg Herald had an article on Spartanburg Day School defeating Christ School, 11-0 in a high school soccer match Tuesday. Andy Bayard was the leading scorer for SDS with four goals, which set a new individual season record of 30 goals. Andy is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Bayard of Tryon. Named One Of Ten Most Outstanding Women Of America Sharon Finnegan Price, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis (Fran) Finnegan of Lynbrook, N.Y., was named as one of the “Ten Most Outstanding Women in America.” Mr. Finnegan is retiring this spring and they are going to build on “Finnegan’s Acre” here. Their daughter, Sharon lives at Chamblee, Ga. She was recogniz ed for her many services at the University of Georgia as Interna tional Student Advisor over more than 450 foreign students. She was directly responsible for the physical and academic standings of the foreign students. U. S. students going abroad also looked to her for help in obtaining visas, information on foreign travel, foreign educational opportunities and the foreign job market. In recognition of her many services to the students, college and community, they submitted her name and she was one of the ten chosen.