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00 noY P^J BOX 11 S^ 5 C 237 22 2nd Class Postage Paid At 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 , is publIBhed The Bu " e ", n sat and Sun. Daily except a 0 Box 790 106 ^NCM « ' Tryon, N. The Tryon Daily Bulletin * (USPS 643-360) * Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina Phone 859-9151 16 Pages Today TRYON. N. C. 28782 TUESDAY, SEPT. 23,1980 price 10c Per Cop: Vol. 53 — No. 163 No official weather report for the weekend, but it was more like summer weather than fall. The area had a little rain Friday afternoon and early Saturday morning. Iranian and Iraqi forces battled with jets, gunboats, rockets and artillery Sunday along the disputed waterway at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf. Republican Ronald Reagan and independent John Anderson were at odds on an election year tax cut but united in their criticism of President Carter, "the man who isn't here tonight”, Sunday night in the "Great Debate." The Air Force, which never admits the presence of nuclear weapons incidents involving strategic material, would not confirm that the trucks were present in Damascus, Ark to recover the warhead where a Titan II missile exploded and apparently hurled an unarmed nuclear warhead several hundred feet from its underground silo. Kays Gary in Friday's Charlotte Observer devoted his column to Dr Claude U. Broach who now makes his home in Tryon. Dr. Broach is former Continued On Back Page Special Meeting Of School Board There will be a Called Polk County Board of Education meeting, Wednesday, September 24, at 7:30 pm in the Agriculture/Extension Confer ence Room. The meeting will open with a general session, go into a short executive session, then reconvene into general session Road Closed; Bridge To Be Built RALEIGH — The Division of Highways of the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has closed the bridge on McDowell Road (Secondary Road 1345) Polk County for six to eight weeks, according to Division Engineer Ray W Spangler. The bridge, located approximately three mil®® southeast of Kross Keys, will reopen in November The temporary closing will allow NCDOT maintenance crews to build a new bridge. Traffic will be detoured on Chesnee Road (Secondary Road 1343). L. W. Gordon, acting bridge maintenance supervisor, said that every effort is being made to complete this highway improvement project as soon as possible to minimize any inconvenience to the traveling public. LWV Meets Friday at 12 The League of Women Voters of Tryon - Polk County will hold a meeting for all members on Friday, Sept. 26th at the Tryon Congregational Church at 12:00. Members are asked to bring a sandwich; coffee and cookies will be provided. Lucille Howard, Director of Public Relations for the State Board, will speak on the National Convention, held in Washington, D. C., in May. Mrs. Howard, presently residing in Charlotte, N.C., has been a member of the League for many years in Minnesota, and also in Virginia. A New Arrival Mr and Mrs. Michael Frohlich of Landrum are parents of a son, Matthew Ferris, born Sept. 18 at Fletcher Medical Center. Paternal grandparents are Emil Frohlich of Landrum and Mrs Van Liew Frohlich of Landrum Maternal grandmother is Mrs Eunice Parker of Tryon. Starts The 29th Monday evening. Sept 29, at 7 00 begins the first Wa-Rite session, in the First Baptist Church in Landrum. This will be followed by eleven Monday- evening meetings from 7:30 to 9 00 Mrs. Frank Carruth is leader, and medical director is Dr Roy Morgan. This is a non- profit community service sponsored by the Tryon Seventh- day Adventist church. To register, call 894-8213. FISH Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the FISH organization for Polk County, including the Landrum area, was held on September 1 at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church. The following officers were elected for 1980-81: Walter Keffer, president; Allan Boas, vice president; Liz Graeme, secretary-treasurer; and George Blaine, publicity chairman. Retiring president Brunella Massey reported that over 140 emergency calls were received and the various needs handled this past year. At present there are nine resident (shut-ins or who have no transportation) who are on the "FISH-line”, i.e., they telephone one another in rotation daily to keep contact and be assured that all is well. Fran Williams, Outreach Coordinator (or Polk County, and ^^! S . Smith ’ Meeu ng Place Coordinator met with the group and explained the new transportation program being planned for Senior Citizens irn years of age and older " as other idme ^ 3S we ^ for the Green Cr^v C0ns!dcr ‘'d areas. Creek and Tryon a® votaSTto help '^ idents emergency needs n hose In filial donauons h or r th j ou8h their time. Call sharing OFFICE 18.59-55^' lhe FISH the office in tha \,° r st °P in at building, seo Carol " ln8 Pla ce d ' scu « the w or k na Of- and Ofganization ^ Ih k ' n 8s of the 00 duty from 9 11,6 vo 'unteer
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