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THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
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(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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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 54 - No. 102
TRYON. N.C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24.1981
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Weather Monday: high 98. low
69. rain at 7 a.m. .10. That 98 is
hot. A front came through late
Monday night and early Tuesday
morning with some high wind,
lightning and a few drops of rain.
It did cool things off.
Thousands of relieved travel
ers flew America's skies Monday
after a contract dispute was
settled with air traffic controllers
just two hours before a
threatened strike.
Former President Richard M.
Nixon and two of his closest
aides, John Mitchell and H. R.
Halderman must pay for illegally
spying on a national security aide
and his family, the Supreme
Court said Monday.
Citing losses of up to $500
million at current mail rates, the
Postal Service on Monday made
its third request for permission to
charge 20 cents for mailing a
first-class letter.
The baseball players are still
on strike, but no one seems to
have missed hearing the scores
on the news.
Thomas 1. Storrs, chairman of
NCNB Corp, has announced that
he has submitted to the board of
directors of Florida National
Banks of Florida, Inc. in
Jacksonville, a proposal for the
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A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Walker of
Rt. 2. Mill Spring are parents of a
son, Jason Erik, born June 18th at
Spartanburg General Hospital.
He weighed 7 lbs. 12 ounces.
The maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Bea Bridgeman
of Rt. 1, Columbus and the
paternal grandmother is Mrs.
Douglas Walker of Rt. 2, Mill
Spring. The maternal great-
grandmother is Mrs. Pearl
Foster of Rt. I. Columbus.
Families Evacuated
Polk County Sheriff Boyce
Carswell was patroling the Lake
Adger Road Tuesday at 1 a.m. to
check on storm damage when he
noticed a fire burning in the
pump house of Transcontinental
Pipe Line. He notified Larry
Cochran of the Tryon Police
Department who in turn notified
the Columbus Fire Department
and the Transcontinental
officials.
The Sheriff’s Department was
advised by the gas company
officials to evacuate about 14
mile from the fire and Sheriff
Carswell said that involved about
15 families. The families were
able to stay at Polk Central High
School until conditions were
pronounced safe. Officials from
the gas line arrived in about 45
minutes and turned off the gas
and sprayed the building with dry
chemicals.
The fire was believed to have
been started by lightning.
Lightning Hits
Moffitt Chimney
The Tryon Volunteer Fire
Department was called to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Moffitt on Godshaw Hill Monday
night about 11:45 p.m. Fire Chief
Clarence Scoggins said that
lightning hit the chimney,
knocking off some bricks, moving
into the base of the chimney.
Chief Scoggins said that it
smelled like someone had been
shooting off fire crackers in the
house from the lightning, but that
no other damage was done.
Car Stolen
A '80 Honda Civic (red) was
stolen from Buffy’s Restaurant
on Hwy. 176 Saturday about 6:30
p.m. The car was owned by
Darlene A. Ravan of Landrum,
but had been driven to Buffy’s by
her brother Michael Ravan, who
had borrowed the car when his
own car wouldn't start. Mr.
Ravan was only going to be in
Buffy's for a minute and left his
keys in the car. When he came
back out, the car was gone.
Storyhour Guest
Guest storyteller this
Thursday, June 25, at the
Landrum Library will be Mrs.
Phyllis Burns, Director of the
Chesnee Day Care Center. All
children three years and up are
invited to attend. Mrs. Debbie
Camp has been rescheduled and
will be the guest storyteller on
July 2. Storyhour is held each
Thursday from 4:30 — 5:00
McGuinns Moving
To Simpsonville
Dr. and Mrs. Terry R.
McGuinn and children, Sean
Kevin and Erin Kate, are moving
to Simpsonville, S. C.
Dr. McGuinn, a native of
Tryon, began his solo Family
Practice here last July.
He will be working with Dr.
William J. Bannen, Jr. and Dr.
James F. Richardson of the
Golden Strip Medical Associates,
P.A. in Simpsonville effective
July 1st.
Dr. Sherill Braswell, who was
practicing medicine in Tryon is in
private practice in Winston-
Salem.
Dr. Mark Hicklin, who was
practicing medicine in Tryon is in
a group practice in
Rutherfordton.
Dr. Steve Parks, who was with
the Landrum Medical Center, is
going to Emergency Room
Medicine in Tampa, Fla.
No Power
A large tree went down across
a pole near Vic Vollmer’s house
in the Valley early Tuesday
morning and the area was
without electricity until about 8
a.m. Tuesday.
There were several other
smaller areas that lost their
electricity due to the trees going
across lines