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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
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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.
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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.