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2nd Class Postage Paid At
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
* . (USPS 643-360) *
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 53 — No. 23
TRYON, N. C. 28782 MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1980
10 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Thursday: high 76,
low 27.
Panamanian leftists proclaim
ing sympathy with dissidents in
El Salvador seized the Salvado
ran Embassy in Panama City for
two hours Thursday and held six
persons hostage then left peace
fully and freed them. Leftist
guerrilas who are occupying the
Dominican Republic’s embassy
in Bogata, Colombia freed 14
hostages Thursday, including one
child, 10 women and 3 wounded
men. Among the approximately
50 hostages remaining last
Friday was U. S. Ambassador
Diego C. Acensio.
Miss Mary Roff, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Roff of
Tryon, is to be congratulated on
winning a Morehead Award at
UNC at Chapel Hill. Mary, a
senior at Tryon High School, has
had an outstanding academic and
athletic record as well as
participating in many school and
community activities.
The Red Cross Drive Breakfast
kickoff is this morning at 9 a.m.
The Polk County Commission
ers meet today at 3 p.m. at the
courthouse in Columbus.
Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. the Polk
County Historical Association
will hear Paul Butler at the Polk
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Miss Jan Burrell
Miss Jan Burrell, age 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buford
E. Burrell has been selected to be
a Finalist in the 9th Annual Miss
Carolina National Teen-ager
Pageant to be held at the Holiday
Inn City Center, Columbia, June
20, 21 and 22. The Miss S. C.
National Teen-ager Pageant is
the Official State Finals to the
nationally televised Miss Nation
al Teen-Ager Pageant to be held
in Atlanta in August.
Allison Grisso of Columbia is
the reigning Miss S. C. National
Teen-ager and will crown the new
queen. There will be contestants
from all over the state competing
in the Pageant. Prizes to be
awarded include a $500 Cash
Scholarship, a tuition scholarship
to Barbizon International, and an
all-expense paid trip to the
Nationally Televised Miss
National Teen-ager Pageant.
$20,000.00 in Cash Scholarships
will be awarded at the National
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Meets Tonight
The Health Fair Committee is
meeting tonight at 7:30 at the
Agricultural Extension Meeting
Room in Columbus. Although the
fair will not be until April 25, this
will be the most important
meeting for all participants say
Mrs. June Hill and Reagan Am
mons, co-chairman.
VFW Meets Tues.
VFW Post 9116 will meet
Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 in the
4-H and Youth Center in Colum
bus.
Polk Central
Band Boosters
The Polk Central Band
Boosters will meet Tuesday,
March 4 at 7 p.m. in the Band
Room.
Tryon Hounds
Wednesday
2 p.m. at the Kennels
Saturday
10 a.m. at the Sand Ring
Tryon Band Boosters
Tryon Band Boosters meet
tonight at 7:30 in the band room
of Tryon Elementary School. All
parents are invited.
The Bethlehem Methodist
Church has received con
tributions in memory of Mrs.
Bessie Garrett Thompson who
died Jan. 14th.
Mary Roff Wins
Morehead Award
Mary Roff
CHAPEL HILL — Mary Erwin
Roff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William T. Roff of Tryon, has
received a Morehead Award to
study at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The announcement is made
today by Hugh G. Chatham of
Elkin, N. C., chairman of the
board of trustees of the John
Motley Morehead Foundation.
A senior at Tryon High School,
she is editor of the yearbook, a
member of the varsity tennis and
track teams and a national merit
semi-finalist.
Roff is one of 65 high school
seniors who have received a 1980
Morehead Award, which is
presented to students of superior
achievement and potential. Evi
dence of leadership and service,
character, academic standing
and physical vigor are qualities
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