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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
The Bulletin Is publlahod
Dally 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 Wootorn North Carolina
Vol. 54 — No. 152
Weather Tuesday: high 86, low
66, humidity 70%, rain at 7 a m.
Wed. was .01.
The judging for the Mobile
Home Contest of the WNC
Beautiful competition takes place
today. One of the homes to be
judged is the one of Mr and Mrs.
Ray Garrett on Pea Ridge.
Employees of Champion
International's paper mill at
Canton voted overwhelmingly
Tuesday in favor of a strike.
Elbert L Peters, Jr, N. C.
state commissioner of motor
vehicles resigned Tuesday and
will take a job with a trucking
industry organization
The North Carolina State
Government Employees
Association and the North
Carolina State Employees
Association are considering the
forming of political action
committees to endorse
candidates and raise money for
political contributions. The two
groups now make no political
endorsements.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday
"There are no conditions" under
which John W. Hinckley, Jr. can
be released on bail while he
awaits trial on charges of trying
Continued On Hack Page
TRYON. N. C. 28782
Tod Waldrop Day
The Landrum community will
sponsor a Tod Waldrop Day on
Saturday, September 26, on the
Landrum school property The
purpose of this day is to establish
a Tod Waldrop Scholarship Fund
for Landrum area handicapped
college students.
The Tod Waldrop Day idea
began with a group of people
interested in assisting Tod, who
was paralyzed in a November
1980 car accident, continue his
college studies at Clemson
University. Tod was a 1980
Landrum High School graduate.
The all day festivities will begin
with a pancake breakfast and will
conclude with an outdoor evening
square dance. Various
community groups will sponsor a
variety of events throughout the
day. Additional plans and details
will be announced in the coming
weeks.
A talent show is being planned
for the Tod Waldrop Day. The
show, will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Persons interested in registering
for Ilie talent show can pick up
applications at 0. P. Earle
Elementary School, Landrum
High School and the Radio Shack
in Landrum. There is a $5 00
registration fee. Registration
forms are due by Sept. 19.
Any persons wanting to assist
in the day’s activities should
contact Bob Cogdell at the Radio
Shack in Landrum.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3,1981
Commissioners Meet
Tuesday, Sept. Sth
The Polk County
Commissioners who ordinarily
meet the 1st Monday in each
month, will meet Tuesday, Sept.
8th at 3 p.m. at the courthouse in
Columbus.
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs Michael Keith
Jones of Tryon are parents of a
daughter, Amanda Leigh, born
Aug 18th at Spartanburg General
Hospital She weighed 7 lbs 15 oz.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Hill of Landrum.
The maternal great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Howard of Landrum and
Mrs. Anna Cagle of Travelers
Rest.
Paternal grandparents are
Mrs. Jennie Jones of Tryon and
the late Walter Jones The
paternal great grandmother is
Mrs. Leila Bishop of Tryon.
Durham’s In
State Tourney
The Durham Construction
Women's Softball team plays
today in the Class C State Softball
Tournament at Taylorsville.
Members of the team are
soliciting contributions to help
with their expenses. Those who
would like to contribute may
leave contribution at the Bulletin
Office or give to a member of the
team.
24 Pages Today
Price 10c PeTc^y
Want To Be
Miss Columbus?
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The deadline for submit Cants -
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Contestants must meet n
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of Columbus Townshin resilon t
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1981; (3) not be a n? n r Ct ° b °r.
model or finalist inn S10na l
queen contest. a na lional
Applications mav ,
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Director of Dem^ n - District
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Polk County n, r atthe
Women's Club meeii ' n ° c rati!
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serving her second o Pre se nl k;
as D>strict Director 3 2 ^ term
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on the Board '^"r s u lha t
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appointed by G o v w 7. k she
member of the w ^nt 3S
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