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Vol. 52 — No. 237
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, JAN. 14, 1980
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Weather Thursday: high 53,
low 36, rain at 6 a.m. Friday .06.
George Meany, the gruff-talk
ing labor leader died Thursday.
He was 85. Meany stepped down
in November after 25 years as the
only president the AFL-CIO had
ever known.
News reports Friday morning
reported that Bo Rein, former
N. C. State football coach, who
recently went to LSU, was on a
plane that crashed off the
Virginia coast.
An officer’s sex will no longer
play a part in determining
assignments within the 8,000
member Philadelphia Police
Dept. All police personnel will be
able to be assigned to all areas of
the department, consistent with
their rank, ability and experience
The AP named Willie Stargell
of the Pittsburgh Pirates as the
Male Athlete of the Year and
Tracy Austin, 17, the youngest
person ever to win the U. S. tennis
championship was voted Female
Athlete of the Year.
John Williams, who wrote the
scores for the movies “Star
Wars” and “Jaws” is the new
conductor of the Boston Pops, a
job held by the late Arthur
Fiedler for half a century.
Tryon City School are closed
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Metcalf Files For
School Board
Andy Metcalf of Sunny View
has filed for the non-partisan
Polk County School Board to
represent Cooper’s Gap Town
ship. He was appointed to the
School Board in November to
succeed James Cochran, who
resigned when he moved from the
Township.
Mr. Metcalf, a native of Polk
County, attended Sunny View
Elementary School and graduat
ed from Polk Central High
School.
He is married to the former
Judy Price, and they have a son,
Mark, who is in the fifth grade at
Sunny View.
He is president of the Sunny
View PTA and is active in the
Sunny View Fire Department,
and Big Level Baptist Church.
Arrested
Earl Clifton Fleming, 61, of
Rt. 3, Landrum gave himself up
Friday at 10 a.m. at the Polk
County Sheriff’s Dept. A warrant
had been out for Fleming’s
arrest during the recent drug
raids. Fleming had 10 drug
related charges against him and
his bond was set at $50,000.
Arrested
Sheriff Boyce Carswell report
ed Friday morning that Robert
Hanford (Robby) Tucker, 21, was
arrested Thursday in Forest City
on four drug related charges. His
bond was set at $20,000.
Named To
First-Citizens Bank
Board of Directors
Jack T. Ward
Jack T. Ward has been elected
to the local board of directors of
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
in Hendersonville, Lewis R.
Holding, chairman of the board,
announced.
As a member of the local
board, he will assist bank
management in business de
velopment and policy matters
and will serve as an additional
liaison between the community
and the bank.
Ward is manager of Ward Oil
Co. and Thompson’s Store in
Saluda. A native and current
resident of Saluda, he is president
of the Saluda Development and
Improvement Corp, and serves
on the board of directors of
Saluda Medical Center. He is a
charter member of the Saluda
Lions Club, served as a member
of the City Council for 12 years
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Tryon Federal Has
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Tryon Federal Savings and Loan
Association was held January
9th. Directors whose terms
expired were W. L. Hague and
Thomas P. Johnson, both of
whom were re-elected. The
Directors and Officers are as
follows: J. Russell Constance,
President and Managing Officer;
Thomas P. Johnson, Chairman,
board of Directors; W. L. Hague,
Vice-Chairman, Board of Di
rectors; Henry S. Huntsinger,
Vice Chairman, Board of
Directors; J. Charles Cowan,
Director; Robert B. Scruggs,
Director; Ray J. Foster, Vice
President, Secretary-Treasurer;
Brenda B. Walker, Assistant
Sec.-Treas.; Wm. A. McFarland,
Attorney. The staff includes Ruth
M. Lamb, Anne H. Arledge,
William C. Hague, J. Larry
Phillips, Cynthia T. McCall,
Sonja B. Laughter and Rebecca
Elliott.
The Tryon Federal Savings and
Loan Association concluded its
44th year of operation. President
Russell Constance stated that
every effort had been made to
maintain a good liquidity
position, keep the credit rating
high, get the highest return
possible from every dollar and
building the future loss reserve.
Mr. Constance said that these
policies had been highly
successful
Mr. Constance said every effort
is made to serve the community,
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