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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 published
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 52 — No. 240
TRYON, N. C. 28782
THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
No official weather report for
Tuesday, but it was a beautiful
spring-like day. Wednesday was
more of the same.
American Oil Company’s re
quests for natural gas and oil
eases include 650 tracts in
Transylvania, Clay, Graham and
Cherokee counties.
The price of gold soared above
$700 an ounce for the first time in
New York on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s Charlotte Observer
reported that Robert Falls of
Shelby would not run for
re-election to the N. C. House of
Representatives.
Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. is
the Lamb or Chicken Dinner at
St. Luke’s CME Church.
Friday is the Church Women
United annual meeting for
Church Representatives at St.
John’s Church from 10 a.m. to 12
noon.
There are two travelogues
coming up. Monday at 2:30 p.m.
there is a free General
Travelogue in the Parish Hall of
the Holy Cross Episcopal Church
and Thursday at 8 p.m. is the next
Kiwanis Travelogue, “Canada’s
Many Faces” at the Fine Arts
Center.
Visitors are invited to attend
the enrichment sessions which
Continued On Back Page
Jack Bryan Is
Social Service
Director
The Polk County Board of
Social Services has announced
that effective February 1st, Jack
Bryan will begin as the new
Director of Social Services.
Mr. Bryan was born in Wilkes
County, January 16, 1945. He is
married to the former Pamela
Brewer, and they have one son,
Jason, who is three years of age.
The Bryans attend the Church of
Christ; he is a 3rd Degree Mason;
he has been a member of the
North Carolina Social Services
Association for the past four
years, and has served in many
capacities with the Association.
Mr. Bryan is a graduate of
Appalachian State University,
and has been with Social Services
for 5^ years. He has worked with
Alexander County Social Ser
vices and is currently employed
with Brunswick County-
Department of Social Services, in
Bolivia, N. C.
Mr. Bryan stated that he is
anxious to move back to Western
North Carolina and is looking
forward to serving, and working
with, the people of Polk County.
Arrested
Michael “Fat Back” McClure
turned himself in to the Polk
County Sheriff’s Department
Monday night. Sheriff Boyce
Carswell reported that he has
been charged with 7 drug related
charges.and is being held under
$40,000 bond.
Four Homes
Are Entered
Four homes were entered in the
Green Creek section of Polk
County Monday afternoon be
tween 2:30 and 5:00 o’clock.
Sheriff Boyce Carswell report
ed that the homes of Mrs. Alice
Brackett, Mrs. Johnnie Mae
Lorenzen, Rev. David Buck and
Damon Logan were entered and
that guns, TVs, silverware and
amplifiers were taken. A com
plete list of items taken were not
known yet, but Sheriff Carswell
estimated that the loss was
around $4,000.
The Sheriff said that they have
a description of a truck parked at
one of the houses during this
time.
Petitions Out
There are petitions being
circulated in School District One:
asking for a School Board
Election. There are also petitions
out for the following candidates:
John Austin, Arthur Wingo and
Thomas Haynes Morrow, incum
bents and James M. Petty and
Joyce Wessinger. Three will be
elected.
New Pastor
At Fairview
Rev. Barry G. Tucker will
assume his duties as pastor of
Fairview Baptist Church, Lan
drum, this Sunday, Jan. 20. He
and his wife will be honored on
Saturday at 7:00 p.m. with a
drop-in reception at the church.
All church members and visitors
are invited to attend.
Time To Order
Berry Plants!!
The Polk County Agricultural
Extension Service is now taking
orders for their annual straw
berry, muscadine grape and
blueberry plant sale. Anyone
interested in ordering plants
should contact the Agricultural
Extension Service at 894-8218.
Singing Saturday
There will be singing Saturday
beginning at 7:15 p.m. at the
Tryon Church of God. Singers
present will include the Ashe
Family of Pickens, S. C. and the
Pisgah Forest Trio. Rev. Donald
Littleton, pastor, said that
everyone was invited.
Storyhour
Mrs. Chris Fitch will continue
the series of Mr. Man books today
at the 4 o’clock Storyhour, by
adding Mr. Bounce and Mrs.
Chatterbox. To find out how Mr.
Bounce controls his bouncing and
Mr. Chatterbox controls his
chattering, boys and girls will
need to attend. Storyhour will
begins with Part II of Sleeping
Beauty, a filmstrip.
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Basketball 1
Friday
Cherokee at Polk Central
Tryon at Landrum