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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
16 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 12
TRYON, N. C. 28782
FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
No official weather report for
Wednesday, but it was a nice
sunny, winter day. Thursday the
weather was almost spring-like.
President Carter Wednesday
night endorsed creation of an
international commission “with a
carefully defined purpose” as a
step toward winning the release
of American hostages in Iran.
Today is the last day to get your
auto tags.
Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. is the
Pancake Supper at Mill Spring
Elementary School, sponsored by
the Mill Spring Ruritan Club.
Sunday at 3 p.m. the Garrison
Chapel Baptist Church presents
the 3rd annual Pre-Spring
Musical and Tea featuring The
Garrison Chapel Young Adult
Choir, The Green Creek Com
munity Chorus and special guest
the 0ES Gospel Chorus, Western
Carolina University.
The Tryon-Polk County Chapt
er of American Field Service has
been notified by the national
committee that eight additional
local students have been selected
as AFS Scholars. Selected for the
summer program are Eileen
Teal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Teal, and Sherry Horne,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Horne. Although speci-
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State Department
Official Here
Eric E. Svendsen of the U. S.
State Department will speak at
the model United Nations
Security Council Tuesday at the
Courthouse in Columbus. Stu
dents from Polk Central High
School and Tryon High School
have elected 60 delegates and 20
members of the Secretariat. The
project is to make students aware
of the diplomatic process.
Mr. Svendsen joined the State
Department as a Foreign Service
Officer in 1971, and has served in
Monrovia, Liberia (1971-73) and
Sofia, Bulgaria (1974-76). Since
1976 he has been stationed in
Washington where he currently
serves as a political officer in the
Office of United Nations Political
Affairs. His responsibilities in
clude participating in policy
formulation dealing with the
issue of international terrorism
at the United Nations.
Mr. Svendsen was born in
Michigan in 1944 and raised in
Indiana. He received his BA from
Carleton College, Northfield,
Minn. (1966), and his MBA from
Columbia University (1968). He
served as a Peace Corps
volunteer in Iran for two years
(1968-70) where he taught at
Jundi Shapour University. Prior
to joining the Foreign Service,
Mr. Svendsen helped found the
Mattatuck Bank in Waterbury,
Conn.
He and his wife and two small
children live in Fairfax County,
Va.
Children’s Pictures
To Be Published
A year ago we published a
number of young people’s
pictures in the paper and it
proved to be a popular feature.
Interpress Studios of Marietta,
Ga. will be here Thursday, Feb.
28th from 2 to 7 p.m. at Dean
Butler Realty. All photos will be
published and there is no charge
or obligation. Appointments may
be made by calling Jacqueline
Brown at 859-6767.
Also invited to have their
picture taken are adult men and
women. These won’t be published
in the paper, but the Bulletin will
be given a black and white photo
that can be used in the paper
from time to time. There is no
obligation to buy a picture, but of
course the photographer hopes it
will be so good that he will sell
you some.
Need Help
The Doughty family whose
home burned Thursday morning
lost everything in the fire. Mrs.
Doughty wears size 24% clothes
and size 9 shoes; Mr. Doughty
wears 34 pants, 15-33 shirts, 8%
shoes. Their son, Phillip wears 36
pants, 16-34 shirts and size 10
shoes. Also living in the house
were their daughter, Robin and
her husband Randy Goode. Mrs.
Goode wears petite size, 11 or 12
clothes, 61'2 to 7 shoes and her
husband wears 32 pants, 1514
shirts and size 9 shoes.
If anyone has clothing or any
other item they can donate call
457-4248.
Ken Bostic To
MC Talent Show
Ken Bostic of WSPA-TV will be
the Master of Ceremonies for the
Sunny View Ruritan Talent Show
Saturday, Feb. 23rd at 7 p.m. at
the Mill Spring School.
Those interested in entering the
Talent Show should contact
Roger N. Wilson, President,
Sunny View Ruritan Club, Rt. 2,
Box 106, Mill Spring. Proceeds
from the event will go toward an
open air gymnasium at the Sunny
View School.
Dist. One
School Bd. Election
Spartanburg County District
One voters will elect three
members to the School Board on
April Sth. Candidates must file
petitions with the County Board
of Registrations and Elections
on or before March 7th.
Candidates must file petitions
with signatures of at least 278
qualified voters residing in the
District.
Meeting Sunday
At Stony Knoll
The Educational Committee of
the Polk County Unit of the
American Cancer Society will
hold a meeting at the Stony Knoll
Community Building Sunday,
Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
These meetings are to educate
the public on signs and symptoms
of cancer and the proper time to
seek treatment for best results.
The public is invited.