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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Seth M. Vining, Jr., Editor and Manager
The Bulletin is published
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Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vo. 52 — No. 233
TRYON, N. C. 28782
TUESDAY, JAN. 8, 1980
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Weather Friday: high 43, low
32; Saturday: high 43, low 31,
precipitation .53; Sunday: high
42, low 26. That .53 inches of
precipitation was 2” of snow
Friday. We generally aren’t
much for snow, but this is one we
enjoyed. It stayed off the roads,
stuck to the trees and ground and
made everything look like a
winter wonderland.
The world news doesn’t look
good. Soviet troops extend their
control in Afghanistan President
Carter has announced that the U.
S. would halt the sale of 17 million
tons of grain and sophisticated
technology to Russia.
The Pittsburg Steerlers defeat
ed Houston Oilers 27-13 and the
Los Angeles Rams downed the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-0
Sunday. Now they will meet Jan.
20th in the Super Bowl.
January is AFS family selec
tion month. If you are interested
in hosting a student from abroad,
now is the time to make yourself
known. Local AFS Board
members begin the selection
process this month. If interested
call Mrs. Bill Miller at 894-3695.
Now that the holidays are past,
maybe most of us can get back on
a normal schedule.
High Speed Chase
A high speed chase began
Monday morning about 6 a.m. on
Carpenter Drive, Landrum.
Patrolman Ray Moffitt attempt
ed to stop a car for failing to
stop for a stop sign and no tail
light, but the car wouldn’t stop
and took off. The chase went to
Spivey Creek Road then on Hwy.
11 to Hwy. 14. The car went on
No.. 11 toward Highway 25. The
vehicle turned around at Glassy
Mountain Baptist Church and
headed back toward Hwy. 14. He
was within 3 miles of Hwy. 14
when he couldn’t make a curve
and ran into a bank. The driver
got out and ran. He left three
hitchickers in the car.
Patrolman Moffitt said that he
had signed warrants against
Donald Ray McDowell of
Landrum charging him with
failing to stop for a blue light and
reckless driving.
MEET TONIGHT
The Task Force meeting on
Juvenile Crime and Delinquency
Prevention will be held tonight at
7:30 at the Conference room in
the Extension Building at the
courthouse annex in Columbus.
TRYON BOOSTERS
MEET THURSDAY
The Tryon Boosters Club will
meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the
high school.
LODGE NOTICE
Tryon Valley Chapter 411
O.E.S. will meet Thursday at 6
p.m.
Scoggins Announces
For Re-Election
Doris Scoggins
Doris M. Scoggins, Polk County
Register of Deeds, has announc
ed her candidacy for re-nomina
tion in the Democratic May
Primary. Mrs. Scoggins has
served as Register of Deeds since
1964 and prior to that served as
Deputy Register of Deeds.
Mrs. Scoggins said that she had
enjoyed serving all the people of
Polk County to the best of her
knowledge and ability. She said
that during her terms she had
improved the ways and methods
of record keeping to assist the
public in finding the records
through better indexing. The
records have been microfilmed
since 1969. Mrs. Scoggins said
that these improvements have
not been at the expense of the
taxpayers since the recording
fees and real estate excise taxes
collected in the Register of Deeds
office are several thousand
Continued On Back Page
Man Shot
Perry Hall of Columbus was
shot Friday night about 10 p.m. in
front of Bill Plumley’s place on
Hwy. 176 in Greenville County
between Tryon and Landrum. Lt.
Earl Barnett, Information Offi
cer of the Greenville County
Sheriff’s Department said that
Hall was shot in the abdomen
with a .45 front loading black
powder derringer. He was taken
to St. Luke’s Hospital where on
Monday morning he was in
intensive care. His condition was
reported as serious but not
critical.
Lt. Barnett said that Hall was
reportedly shot by Charles
Maynard of Hendersonville in an
argument over cocaine. Maynard
had been arrested and was in the
Henderson County jail Monday
morning. Greenville County
officers were scheduled to
question him later Monday.
POLK CENTRAL
BAND BOOSTERS
The Polk Central Band Boost
ers will meet tonight at 7:30 in the
band room.
JOIN PTA
Additional members of the
Tryon PTA are Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph G. Cloud, Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Williams, Jr. and Mrs.
Robert L. Dick.
VFW AUXILIARY
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary will meet
Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Polk
County 4-H Center in Columbus.