POLK LIBRARY U nov S0
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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
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. O. 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
10 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 18
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, FEB. 25, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Thursday: high 70, low
30, rain at 6 a.m. Friday .17.
Friday was another spring-like
day.
Eric Heiden won his 4th gold
medal at the 13th Winter
Olympics at Lake Placid Thurs
day. He won the 1,500 meter race
in a record 1:55.44. He is the first
man in Winter Olympics history
to take four gold medals.
Saturday he was to compete in
the 10,000 meter marathon.
Floodwaters spilled over dams
and broke through levees across
Southern California Thursday
sending thousands of people
fleeing the desert resort region of
Palm Springs. A hotel and
shopping district in San Diego
was inundated.
Nearly all shops in Kabul
closed Thursday to protest the
Soviet presence in Afghanistan.
The shutdown, backed by almost
95 percent of the traders in the
city, followed letters distributed
Wednesday night by Moslem
rebels.
The U. S. Postal Service has
named this week as National
Letterwriters Week. A stamp to
this effect will be sold at local
post offices on the 26th. Mrs.
Florence Storie, Postmaster of
the Lynn Post office will serve
Continued On Back Page
Tryon Boys Advance
To District Finals
The Tryon boys basketball
team advanced to District 8 Class
A finals Thursday night at
Tuscola as they defeated High
lands 50-25. The Tigers must have
felt frustrated as they chased the
ball the first quarter. Tryon
broke out to an early 2-0 lead and
by the end of the first quarter
managed to get in front 4-2. The
Tigers only took six shots from
the floor as Bruce Butler hit his
only attempt and Barry Skipper
got 1 of 3. Sam Miller and
Warfield Kirkendoll each got one
shot at the basket and Tony
Cunningham was still looking for
a shot.
Highlands realizing they
couldn’t run and gun with the
Tigers, decided not to even play
control ball. They put it into deep
freeze and played keep-away,
not even taking shots available to
them.
The second quarter found
Highlands making a few more
mistakes and at halftime the
Tigers led 17-4. Skipper and
Cunningham each picked up 6
points and Sam Miller got the
other two points.
With a 17 to 4 lead, at the start
of the second half the Tigers fell
back into a zone defense and
said “Keep it the rest of the game
if you want to, a 13 point win is
fine with us.” When Highlands
found out the Tigers were
through chasing them they began
to work for some shots, but had
many of them blocked. At the end
Continued On Back Page
Communication
Dear Mr. Vining:
The Polk County Board of
Education accepts with regret
the resignation of Superintendent
David A. Cromer effective June
30, 1980. This Board appreciates
Mr. Cromer’s thirty-six years of
service in the field of education,
27 of which have been in Polk
County.
We are particularly grateful
for Mr. Cromer’s leadership and
hard work over the years in such
areas as the construction of Polk
Central and Sunny View Schools
and the School Bus Garage;
additions at Green Creek, Saluda
and Polk Central; the develop
ment of many Federal Programs
such as Head Start, ESEA Titles
I, III, IV-B and VI-B, CETA and
NYC. Other programs started
during his tenure include State
Kindergarten and Primary
Reading in all elementary
schools, a comprehensive Special
Education Program; major
changes in School Food Service;
implementation of the School
Fiscal Control Act of 1976, Civil
Rights Act and Desegregation,
Equal Employment Opportuni
ties; teacher tenure, formation of
the county personnel policy and
grievance committee.
During his tenure, Mr. Cromer
has been a public-spirited citizen,
active in a wide-range of
community affairs for the
educational and cultural enrich
ment of the county, thus
benefitting the educational op
portunities for school children.
He has spent many long hours
Continued On Back Page
Kiwanians To Learn
About Polk Library
The Tryon Kiwanis Club will
meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. at
Pacolet River Plantation. Libra
rian Walter Gray will talk on
“What’s Going on at the Polk
County Library.” He will also tell
about the recent study of the
library.
A native of Lawrenceville, N. J.
he has a BA degree from Denver
University and his masters
degree from UNC at Chapel Hill.
He became the director of the
Polk County Library in July 1977.
He came to Polk County from the
Thomas Hackney Braswell Me
morial Library at Rocky Mount
where he was the director.
Norman Benham is in charge
of the program.
STONY KNOLL
4-H NEWS
The Stony Knoll 4-H Club has
elected the following officers:
Genese Miller, pres.; Deloris
Miller, vice pres.; Dianne Gray,
Sec.; Marilyn Cantrell, ass’t.
sec.; Frances Miller, treas.;
Gerald Petty, reporter. Other
members are Kimberly Gray,
Larry Jackson, Atwand Miller,
Ada Moore, Sonja Rhodes, Greg
Rhodes. Our leaders are Mrs.
Clara Davenport, Mrs. Elizabeth
D. Gray.
On Feb. 4th Doug Roach
presented an educational film on
4-H and on the 13th Mr. Roach
met with the Stony Knoll leaders
and officers to discuss the
responsibilities of the officers. —
Gerald Petty, Reporter