Newspapers / The Tryon Daily Bulletin … / April 29, 1992, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Tryon Daily Bulletin (Tryon, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PCI:;: Li^AnY COLUMBUS, if C 237:37 2nd Claw Postage at Tryon. North Carolina 28782 and additional post offices. Postmaster: send address changes to The Tryon Daily Bulletin, PO. Box 7 90. Tryon. N. C. 28 7 8 2 THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER Founded Jan. 31, 1928 by Seth M. Vining (Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955) Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher The Tryon Daily Bulletin (USPS 643-360) is published daily except Sat. and Sun. for $35 per year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Inc. 106 N. Trade St.. P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859-9151 Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina 28 Pages Today Vol. 65 - No. 63 TRYON, N.C. 28782 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29,1992 25c Per Copy The weather Monday, high 61, low 43, hum. 62 percent and by Tuesday at 7 a.m. .02 inches of rain had fallen. What's happening: The American Association of University Women will hold its third annual Dessert-Card Party tomorrow from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Tryon Youth Center. To make reservations, call Nancy Worsnop at 894-2741. There will be a Benefit Sale tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Masonic Hall on Markham Road to benefit the Order of the Eastern Star Bride. Chicken or fish luncheons will be available, baked goods, a rummage table and a drawing for groceries at 3 p.m. The Tryon Merchants Asso ciation will sponsor a May Fest celebration in downtown Tryon Friday. Activities begin at 1 p.m. The Tryon Little Theater will present The Diary of Anne Frank Thursday through Sunday. Tickets arc on sale now. Registration for children who will be entering kindergarten next fall will be held Friday at Saluda School and May 4 at Tryon Elementary, Practices for the Polk County (Continued On Back Page) Car Flips At Same Dangerous Curve On New Market Rd. Tryon Police discovered a '74 Oldsmobile flipped onto its roof just off New Market Road at 2 a.m. Sunday. The accident occurred 1/4 mile south of Vaughn Road, just over the Vaughn's Creek bridge, in nearly the exact same spot where Charles Patrick McKee of Columbus was killed in a crash July 18, 1991. That curve, which follows the creek through two sharp left turns after coming down off of Godshaw Hill, has been the. scene of four or five accidents in the last year, according to Larry Cochran of the Tryon Police Department. "It is just lucky we have not had more fatalities," he said. In February, a truck ran off the road and wound up sitting in Vaughn's Creek. . State highway officials inves tigated New Market Road after the fatal accident last summer, and their report recommended reflector signs along the bank of the creek to warn drivers of the c u ™ e ; But as o f Tuesday, the Bulletin had been unable to get the Department of Transporta tions Sylva office to return calls to discuss the status of those signs. In Sunday's accident, Officer Gail Nonamaker reported that the driver missed the curve went nose first into an embankment and flipped the car (Continued On Back Page) W. Hampton, G. Hampton, D. Ward, and A. Bevans 30th Homecoming The Columbus United Meth odist Church will celebrate its 30th anniversary with an 11 a.m. service. Guest minister will be the Rev. Eric Reece, former pastor of the church. A covered dish luncheon will follow at 12:30 in the Fellowship Hall. As part of the celebration, the church sign has been replaced with a new one. Tire following people contributed their talents to the sign project: William Hampton, Gloria Hampton, David Ward, and Arthur Bevans. For further information, con tact Midge Edwards, Rt. 1, Box 532, Columbus, N.C. 28722. -Community Reporter Read The Bulletin For Local News Elected To Academy Dr. Charles P. Blomclcy of Columbus, has been re-elected to the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians (NCAFP). In order to become eligible for this honor, NCAFP members arc required to complete 150 hours of continuing medical education (CME) every three years. Blomeley joins 364 of the state's 1,192 practicing family physicians in achieving this educational goal this year. Tire primary thrust of the N.C. Academy of Family Physicians, a constituent chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, is continuing medi cal education. In addition to the 150 hours required for re- election to the NCAFP, mem bers must accumulate 300 hours of continuing medical education for Board certification. Family medicine is the only medical specialty to require Board re- certification every seven years. Family medicine became a medical specialty Feb. 8, 1969 with the inception of its resi dency training program. During the initial period of the spe cialty, (then) general practition ers were allowed to take a certi fication examination and become family physicians. Now, however, all must com plete a three-year family medi cine residency training program o be eligible for certification by Uie American Board of Family Practice. 7 Family medicine is the nation's largest medical spe cialty, comprising over 66,000 family physicians.
The Tryon Daily Bulletin (Tryon, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 29, 1992, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75