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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. 213
TRYON, N. C. 28782
THURSDAY. DEC 4.1980
IS Pages Today
Price 10c Per Cop;
Weather Tuesday: high 66, low
36 Tuesday night and early
Wednesday morning was windy.
Federal regulators can enforce
clean water standards for an
entire industry without
considering whether cost of
compliance will force some
companies out of business, the
Supreme Court said Tuesday.
Under Tuesday’s ruling, a
company that cannot afford to
meet its industry Clean Water
Act standard established for 1977
must halt production.
Major banks nationwide raised
their prime lending rates to 18.5
percent Tuesday.
The Postal Service Board on
Tuesday approved spending $316
million on new mail sorting
equipment that is the first phase
of an automated system expected
to include a nine-digit Zip Code.
Postmaster General Wm. F.
Bolger said the equipment would
save money even if the nine-digit
code proves a failure after it is
introduced next year.
Sen. Howard Baker of
Tennessee was elected Tuesday
>0 lead the new Republican
majority in the Senate.
Following the Landrum-Polk
Central basketball game at Polk
Continued On Back Page
New Business
A new business, Caulder's
Farm Supply, has opened on
Hwy. 176, Rt. 1, Landrum (across
from Tryon Lumber). The
business is owned by A. L.
Caulder, Jr. and Garrett Caulder
is the manager It is a general
feed and seed store and will
handle all Purina feeds, health
porducts. garden tools, flower
pots, horse and cow collars, etc.
The new business has an ad in
today's paper.
Tryon School Bd.
Meets Monday
the Tryon School Board will
meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Tryon High School.
Tryon Council
Meets Monday
The Tryon Town Council will
meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Tryon Town Hall.
Christmas Tea
For Gay Blades
The Gay Blades Garden Club
will hold its Christmas Tea
Thursday, Dec. 11th at 3 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Robert Kohlbry
at Red Fox with Mrs. Louis Pettit
as co-hostess. All former and
honorary members are invited
Members are reminded to bring a
small Christmas decoration to be
taken to the nursing homes and
hospital
Polk Girls And
Landrum Boys Win
The Polk Central girls and the
Landrum boys won Tuesday
night at Polk Central High School
The Polk Central girls upped
their record to 3-0 as they won 60
to 47. The Landrum boys won a
hard fought contest 66-62.
Dina Smith scored 24 points.
Tawana Rickman 13 and Christa
Pack 10 as three Polk Central
girls scored in double figures.
The Landrum girls who lost their
opening game were led by
Marylou Thomson with 18 points.
Leading the Landrum boys to
victory in their opening game of
the season were Ricky McDowell
with 15 points and Todd Hardin
with 10 points. Leading the Polk
Central scoring attack were
Mack Simpson with 19 points and
Randy Petty adding 17. The Polk
Central boys are now 1-2. The
scoring was as follows:
GIRLS GAME
LANDRUM (47) — Thomson
18, Jackson 2, Little 6, Petty 7,
Taylor 3, Edwards 7, McDowell 4
POLK CENTRAL (60) -
Rickman 13, Bell 4, Smith 24,
Foster 7, Pack 10, Moore 2
BOYS GAME
LANDRUM (66) — Bruce 8,
Pace 8, Ruff 8, Cash 4, McDowell
15, Miller 4, Pruitt 3, Hardin 10,
Brady 4, Edwards 2.
POLK CENTRAL (62) - Nelon
7, Kerr 4, Owens 2, Arledge,
Simpson 19, Petty 17, Hines 9,
Staley, Figgins 4
Halftime: 32-26, Landrum
JV Boys 47-43, Landrum
Special Numbers
The Singing Witnesses will
present special numbers at their
Carol Sing Sunday, Dec. 7th at
7:30 p.m. at the Pacolet Baptist
Church. They include "Ring
Christmas Bells,” "Low He
Arose", "Three Carols for
Christmas", “Love Came Down
at Christmas", "Amen”
"Joseph, Oh Dear Joseph Mine"’
and a special arrangement of
"Amazing Grace." The public is
invited.
Health System Agen.
Meets Dec. 10
The Project Review Committee
and Governing Body of
Western North Carolina Health
System Agency, health planners
for 26 western North Caroll
counties, will hold their men w
meeting at the Grea
Hilton in Asheville N Sm ° kles
December 10 at 4:00
7:45p.m. respectively. ’ and
Mr and Mrs. Seth Vin:
had as guests for ThaS' Jr
their children, Mr. and o lng
A. Vining and son 556111
Gainesville, Ga., Mr of
Jim Vining of Rock Hin d Mrs -
Vining and David Jolln
Clemson University an. lnR °f
Pete Prokop of Youngstnu gUest
and Clemson University Wn ' 0^°
The Music Mak^ - .
will play for the Belk^^ ^“n
Hendersonville Christm I ' PS0n 0f
and Dance which will Par ty
the Ramada Inn. 06 ^d at