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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 780
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
^ (USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
10 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 28
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Thursday: high 65,
low 40. Friday was cloudy with
rain promised later in the day.
The big news Friday was that
the Moslem militants in the U. S.
Embassy in Tehran, who have
held some 50 Americans hostage
for four months said that they
were ready to give up their
captives to Iran’s Revolutionary
Council.
Gerald R. Ford inches closer to
entering the presidential race as
a national draft-Ford committee
was formed to encourage him to
make the jump.
Skyrocketing interest rates
have pushed up the average cost
of a monthly mortgage for a new
home, and no short term relief is
in sight.
^Tonight the Tryon Central
Business Committee meets at 7
p.m. at the Town Hall; at 7:30 the
Tryon Town Council meets at
7':30 in the Town Hall; at 7:30 the
Columbus Town Council meets at
the Columbus Town Hall; at 7:30
p.m. the Tryon School Board
meets in the superintendent’s
office at the high school; at 8 p.m.
the Polk County School Board
meets in the Supt.’s office in the
courthouse annex.
Absentee ballots are now
available for voting in the
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Move Here
Mrs. Cherry C. Rogers former
ly of Cheapeake City, Md. has
moved to her home in Cooper’s
Gap, She bought 50 acres and a
cabin in World Edge Estates
through the Walker Agency.
Mrs. Rogers is a native of
British Columbia, Canada. She is
a veterinarian and practices
under her maiden name, Dr.
Cherry Hooper.
Mrs. Rogers has a son, Patrick
Cornyn, who is a student at the
University of Delaware where he
is studying agriculture and a
daughter, Miss Jillian Cornyn,
who is in pre-veterinary at N. C.
State University in Raleigh.
Mrs. Rogers enjoys riding and
hunting and has three horses at
her place here.
Drug Abuse At
Tryon Lions Club
The Tryon Lions Club will meet
Tuesdav at 7 p.m. at the Pacolet
River Plantation. The club
members will discuss the
problems of drug abuse as it
applies to Polk County. On hand
to lead the discussion and to
outline some aspects, of the
problems will be Joel Dobblins of
the Polk County Mental Health
Program. Ellis Fincher is in
charge of the program.
NEW' NUMBER FOR
TRYON HIGH SCHOOL
The Tryon High School tele
phone number has been changed
to 859-6637. The Superintendent’s
number is 859-6636.
Jim Rutledge
The Men’s Club of the Tryon
United Methodist Church is
sponsoring two seminars on
effective communications with
Jim Rutledge as instructor. Each
seminar will be the same in
content — one on Wed., March
19th from 7 to 10 p.m. and the
other on Sat., March 22 from 9
a.m. to 12 noon. Both will be held
in the Church Fellowship Hall.
According to an ad in the Bulletin
the registration fee is $10 per
person. In order to register send
a check to Tryon United
Methodist Church, Box 897,.
Tryon. Registration deadline is
March 14th.
Mr. Rutledge has a vast
background and many years of
experience in industry, academic
and church related communica
tion programs. He is very
knowledgeable of communication
technique and skills that apply to
business and personal develop-
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Tennis
Monday
Landrum at Boiling Springs
Tuesday
Hendersonville at Tryon
Wednesday
Landrum at Tryon
Thursday
Travelers Rest at Tryon
Among those entering guilty
pleas in General Sessions Court
Thursday in Spartanburg was
Karen Frances Wofford, 25, of
Landrum, possession of cocain,
two years, suspended to $1,500
and five years probation. —
Spartanburg Heald
Revival Underway
At Faith Baptist
The Faith Baptist Church is
holding revival services through
March 13th at 7:30 p.m. each
evening. Rev. Chivous Settle,
pastor of Hick’s Grove Baptist
Church in Rutherford Co. is the
visiting evangelist. There will be
special singing at each service. A
nursery Will be provided. Rev.
Ron Gilbert is the pastor.
Precinct 3
Democrats
Meet Thursday
Precinct No. 3 Democrats will
meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at the
Tryon School gymnasium. Dem
ocrats who live in Precinct 3 are
invited.
The Pea Ridge Community is
planning a Ham or Chicken
Supper, Sat., March 29th.