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Vol. 52 — No. 247
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1979
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No official weather report for
Thursday, but it was a nice day
Friday was warm, but the
weather man predicted cold
weather for the weekend.
President Carter won swift
House approval Thursday for his
stand on the Summer Olympic
Games in Moscow, but his hope
for speedy action by the full
Congress was stymied by Sen.
Frank Church, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, who plans to hold
committee hearings this week on
the Olympics question.
Friday’s Bulletins didn’t arrive
in Landrum Friday morning. The
Postal Service says that they will
try to find out why they missed
connections. We will have to wait
and see. Nothing can be done
about what has already happen
ed, but maybe they can prevent it
from happening again. Campo
bello Bulletins made it but
Landrum’s didn’t.
An earthquake strong enough
to crack buildings and sidewalks
rocked Northern California for
more than 20 seconds Thursday,
swaying tall buildings for
hundreds of miles and injuring
several dozen persons. The quake
measured 5.5 on the Richter
Continued On Back Page
Communication
During 1979 the Polk County
Planning Board held 12 regular
monthly meetings. During these
meetings, the Board reviewed 4
preliminary plats for sub-divi
sions, made recommendations to
the Board of County Commis
sioners for approval of 6 final
plats for subdivision and gave
approval to 1 revised plat for
sub-division.
The Board received one
petition request for zoning. A
special public meeting was held
by the Board for this zoning
request, which resulted in tabling
of the request.
The Board, with the help of the
Consultant, Mr. Roger Briggs,
drew up a Mobile Home Park
Ordinance for the County. The
Board also participated in the
public hearing for this proposed
ordinance which was not adopt
ed.
The Chairman of the Board
attended a workshop for Plan
ning Board Officials and County
Managers sponsored by Western
Carolina University, Cullowhee,
N. C. This meeting was held in
Maggie Valley, N. C. on
November 30, 1979. The-
Chairman of the Polk County
Planning Board was asked to be
on the panel for Ways to
Implement Ordinances and Zon
ing.
The Polk County Commission
ers asked the Board to assist with
planning recreation areas for the
county. A committee was formed
from the Board to work on ideas
Continued On Back Page
Firemen Of Year
Geoffrey M. Tennant
Geoffrey M. Tennant of Peniel
Road, Columbus has been elected
Columbus Volunteer Fireman of
the year by secret ballot. Mr.
Tennant was also Fireman of the
Year last year.
A 1966 graduate of UNC at
Chapel Hill, Mr. Tennant is
teacher, counselor and athletic
director at Tryon High School. He
has served on the Polk County
Board of Elections and the Tryon
Youth Center Board.
He joined the Columbus Fire
Department in May of 1976. He
has attended fire schools and one
fire college. He is presently
Secretary of the Columbus
Firemen.
Mr. Tennant is married to the
former Alice Evans and they
have two sons, Kyle, age 7 and
Ryan, age 5. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. S. Turner, Jr., who
also live on Peniel Road.
Columbus Firemen
Elect Officers
The Columbus Firemen have
elected Edwin Lanning as chief.
Other officers elected were Gene
Green, Assistant Chief ; Geoffrey
Tennant, Secretary; Hoyt McEn
tire, Treasurer; Frank Lanning,
Slush Fund.
Burnt Beans
The Columbus Volunteer Fire
Department was called to a
mobile home fire Thursday about
3 p.m. in Charles Blackwell’s
trailer park, Columbus. Smoke
was pouring out of Ms. -Gail
Ross’s mobile home. Ms. Ross
had left a pot of beans on the
stove and forgotten about them.
The burnt beans sent black
smoke from the trailer, but
fortunately no other damage was
done.
Polk County law enforcement
officers who were named in a
$200,000 lawsuit by convicted
murderer William Fred Con
stance of Saluda are scheduled to
go on trial Tuesday at 9 a.m. in
Federal District Court in Ruther
fordton. Named are Polk County
Chief Deputy Allen Rickman,
Jailer Gary Durham, Tryon
Police Chief Jerry Ross and
Highway Patrolman David Sat
terfield. Sheriff Boyce Carswell
was also named in the original
suit but Judge Woodrow Jones
ordered charges dropped against
him later for lack of sufficient
evidence.