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THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
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(Consolidated with the Polk County Nows 1955)
Seth M. Vining, Jr., Editor and Manager
The Bulletin Is published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT ol Western North Carolina
Vol. 54 — No. 6
TRYON. N. C. 28782 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9.1981 Price 10c Per Cop;
Weather Thursday: high 42,
low 18.
James T. Fain. Jr. of
Hendersonville died Thursday
morning. He worked for belter
schools in Henderson County and
Hendersonville and was a past
member of the school board. He
was a former president of the
Hendersonville Kiwanis Club and
one of the founders of the Second
Wind Hall of Fame Award. He
worked for the betterment of
Henderson County and was
active in civic affairs. He was a
brother of Mrs K. A. Bowen of
Tryon.
President Reagan spoke to the
American people Thursday night
and said that the government
must make dramatic cuts in
taxes and spending because the
economic judgment day is at
hand.
A five-man military jury on
Thursday convicted Marine Pfc.
Robert Garwood of collaborating
with the enemy during the nearly
14 years he spent as a prisoner of
war in Vietnam.
Ella Grasso. Connecticut
governor for six years and the
first woman in U. S. history to be
elected governor without
following her husband into office,
died Thursday night of
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Two Arrested
Two youths were arrested
Thursday afternoon for breaking
and entering Camp Skyuka on
Skyuka Mtn. Sheriff Boyce
Carswell said that Camp Director
Henry Meares was across the
lake cutting wood, when he heard
glass being broken at the camp.
He got in his truck and started
toward the camp The youths
hearing the truck coming took off
in their car and after two curves
down the mountain lost control of
their car which went into a ditch.
Mr. Meares notified the Sheriff's
Dept, and the youths were picked
up at their car. Arrested were
Matthew Schaper, 17, of
Spartanburg and Joel Gibson
Snead, 16. of Spartanburg They
were charged with breaking and
entering, damage to personal
property and contributing to the
delinquency of a minor They did
about $600 damage to the
buildings by breaking out
windows and smashing doors.
They were released on $500 bond
each.
Volunteers
Recognition
The Polk County 4-H and Youth
Foundation and the Polk County
4-H Clubs are holding a
Volunteers Recognition Dinner
Thursday at 6:30 p m at the Polk
Central High School Cafeteria.
Tuesday at 7:30 p m. the Sandy
Plains Community Watch will
meet at the Sandy Plains
Fellowship Hall.
Basketball
Tuesday
Polk Central at Jonesville
bandrum at Oakway
Tryon at Rosman
Friday
Polk Central at Madison
Dixie at Landrum
Edneyville at Tryon
Landrum Lions
Meet Tuesday
The Landrum Lions Club will
meet Tuesday at 7 p m at the
Landrum Civic Center. This will
be Past District Governors Salute
night Special guests will be R H
Garrison, A. P “Doc" Durham.
T. 0. Martin, Davis B. Martin, T.
K. Fletcher and Bob Walker, all
Past Lieutenant Governors.
Suing State
A Campobello woman who
watched her daughter die under
the wheels of a school bus has
filed a suit against the state of
Department of Education, saying
she suffered emotional harm
from the incident
The suit, filed in Spartanburg
County Court of Common Pleas,
said Joyce W. Lawson "lives in a
constant state of nervous
tension." It asks for a jury trial,
actual damages and legal costs.
A state law bars Mrs Lawson
from suing the local school
district or the driver But she can
sue the state, according to her
lawyer, George Brandit III —
from Spartanburg Herald
Two Arrested
John 0. Swayze. 24, of North
Miami, Fla. and Elizabeth
Brehm. 23, of Hallandale, Fla.
were arrested Thursday
afternoon by the Polk County
Sheriff’s Department and
charged with breaking and
entering and larceny.
Sheriff Boyce Carswell
reported that he got a call from a
lady who reported a suspicious
car with Florida tags in the
middle of the road on V.’arrior
Drive with a woman in it. The
Sheriff sent a deputy to
investigate and when he arrived,
the woman had picked up a man
on Long Branch Road The car
was stopped and Elizabeth
Brehm was charged with driving
without a license and taken to
Columbus where the car was
searched Over $3,000 worth of
silver, etc. had been taken from
the home of Dr and Mrs Paul H.
Swayze. Also found was some
items reported stolen in
Spartanburg County
O. P. EarlePTA
Meets Tuesday
The 0. P Earle PTA will meet
Tuesday at 7:30 p m at the 0 P.
Earle gymnasium. There will be
gymnastic program for the
members
Kiwanis Meets
Tuesday at 12:45
The Tryon Kiwanis Club will
meet Tuesday at 12:45 p.m at the
Pacolet River Plantation