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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Vol 54 - No. 116
Weather Monday: high 94, low
70, humidity 37%. Tuesday
morning was cool and had a
delightful breeze.
The California Supreme Court
refused Monday night to block
aerial pesticide spraying against
the fruit fly in the Santa Clara
Valley.
A large portion of Polk County
was in Green Creek Monday
afternoon watching the Polk
County Little Leaguers beat the
Green Creek Little League team
7 to 5. Polk County plays the
winner of Rutherfordton-Cool
Springs at 6:30 tonight. At 4:30
the loser of the Rutherfordton-
Cool Springs game will play the
winner ol the Green Creek-
Harris-Shiloh game.
Tonight at 7 o’clock The
Upstairs Players will open their
season with a free performance
of “The Diary of Adam and Eve”,
on the front lawn of White Oak
Terrace, Oak Street, Tryon.
Nature's Storehouse in Lynn is
advertising Fresh Bread, baked
at their store.
According to reports “The King
and I" which will be presented by
the Tryon Youth Center July 22,
23, 24 and 25 is coming along
great. Another outstanding
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TRYON, N. C. 28782
Mixed Doubles
Tennis Tournament
The Polk County Cancer
Society is sponsoring a Mixed
Doubles Tennis Tournament
Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and
26 at Red Fox Country Club.
There is an entry fee of $10 per
person, payable before start of
play or sooner if desired. Checks
should be made payable to Polk
County Cancer Society.
There will be three tournament
groups: Regular Groups A & B
(seeded) Seniors—for players 50
and over. Seniors may play in
either regular group, but must
notify committee in time to
arrange flights You may make
up your own team or if you need a
partner, the committee will
arrange to get you one. Winners
of Group A will be eligible to play
in the State Cancer Tournament
in Raleigh in mid-August.
Participants are asked to call
in their entries as soon as
possible to Mr. or Mrs, Randolph
Walker 894-3429 or Mark Boyles,
Red Fox Tennis Pro 894-8254. The
public is invited
The tournament committee is
Randolph Walker, chairman;
Mrs. Brewster Cornwell, Mrs.
Randolph Walker, George
Stothoff and Mark Boyles.
Mrs. Esther Robinson and Mrs.
Karen Fox have returned to their
homes in Tryon after attending
the 109th session of the Carolina
Annual Conference at Durham.
Rev. J 0. Smith returned to St.
Luke’s CME Church.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15,1981
Elected To NCNB
Board Of Directors
Joseph Claud, North Carolina
National Bank Senior Vice
President and Tryon City
Executive has announced that
James Cowan and Doris Lackey
have been elected to the Tryon
Board of North Carolina National
Bank.
James Cowan
Mr. Cowan, a native of Tryon,
is president of J. W. Cowan, Inc,
He is a member of the Tryon
School Board and Tryon United
Methodist Church Board. He is a
past president and is the current
secretary of the Tryon Lions
Club He has also been vice
president of the Tryon Chamber
of Commerce and has served as a
Democrat Precinct Chairman.
He served two years as Chief of
the Tryon Volunteer Fire
Department and was named
“Fireman of the Year for 1965."
He is married to the former
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Polk County Beats
Green Creek 7-5
Polk County downed Green
Creek 7-5 Monday afternoon in
the double elimination Little
League Tournament at Green
Creek before a large crowd.
Polk County jumped out to a
big early lead as they racked up 4
runs in the first inning. The first
three batters for Polk County laid
down perfect bunts and the Polk
County Little League went on to
their win. The big blow of the
game was a home run over the
left field fence by Polk County’s
Shane Littlejohn who pinch hit in
the sth inning.
The Green Creek team didn’t
fold when they got behind early
and kept pecking away to make a
game of it.
GreenCreek 021 020 -5
Polk County 501 O 1O - 7
Jeff Weaver and Darrell
Taylor, Michael Mathis (3);
p 0 "^ H i iU ’ Chad Green (5) and
Paul Eashc.
Homecoming Sunday
rJ^Mountain Valley Baptist
hold 'its" i?^" River Covewin
nolo its homecoming Sundav
beginning at 10 a.m with im^
being served at 12-45 All r h
Pastors, singers 1„ former
friends areSi mbers and
Chr^s'ch^ 51 '" Mur P h ey and
Ev ans, Ga. P ^r n Mur p h ey of
grandparents Mr Vls j tin 8 their
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