“Body Music”
This was part of the action
Saturday morning at the Tryon
Elementary School Gym. Here
members of the New Reflections
Dance Co. of Charlotte are
Marsh Appointed
To Library Board
The County Commissioners
met at the Saluda School
Monday, 17, March, 1980, with all
members present. Principal
Mary Margaret Ingles gave
background information on the
Alternate Education, in the
Community Based Alternatives
program. Mrs. Ruth Ross,
teacher in the program, describ
ed how the child is entered in the
school and how the program is
individually tailored for that
child’s needs. So far there have
been 10 students; 8 full time, 1
entering, and 1 finishing his
course. Donna Anthony discussed
the Emergency Foster Care,
under the Juvenile Justice
Delinquency Prevention pro
gram, which provides shelter to
children in need. These emer
gency foster homes have provid
ed 100 nights of shelter to
children.
In other business, James
Gedroic was awarded $850
contract to build a ramp at the
backdoor of the courthouse. E. S.
Marsh, Peniel Rd., was appoint
ed to the Polk County Library
Photo by George Hartwell
performing. Body Music was
presented at 11 a.m. and at 3 p.m.
The little girls seem to be taking
it all in.
Board. A request for $65 was
granted so that the deputy to the
Register of Deeds may attend a
training session. — League of
Women Voters Observer
An Opportunity
To Share
The Co-Chairmen of the Home
Selection Committee of the Polk
County Chapter of American
Field Service are currently in the
process of selecting five families
to host five foreign students for
the next school year. Two
families are needed for Tryon
and three for Polk Central.
There are no family size
restrictions nor age limitations—
just unlimited love. For more
information call either Mrs.
Margaret Smith at 894-8374 or
Mrs. Margaret Miller at 894-3695.
— Reporter
A sort of mirror known as a
tapetum reflects light that enters
the eyes of some animals, aiding
thbjr night^vision. Cats, dogs,
raccoons, bullfrogs, alligators,
and spiders all have this
“eyeshine”, which sometimes
makes their eyes appear to glow.
Proclaim The
Word Event At
Tryon United
Methodist Church
Tryon United Methodist
Church will conduct Lenten
Proclamation Evangelism Ser
vices beginning next Sunday,
March 23 and continuing through
Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30
o’clock each evening.
This event is a coordinated
movement in the seventeen
Annua] Conferences of the United
Methodist Church in the South-
eastern United States. The
purpose is for each congregation
to participate in an effort to
proclaim The Good News of
God’s design and purpose so
persuasively that our own people
will believe it, every community
be more aware of it, and those
outside God’s Kingdom may want
to embrase it.
The visiting minister for these
services is The Reverend C.
Dwight Pyatt. Mr. Pyatt is
minister of Pleasant Garden
United Methodist Church, Plea
sant Garden, N. C. He was born in
Marion, N. C. and attended High
School in Weaverville. He is a
graduate of Brevard College,
Duke University and The Duke
Divinity School.
The semon topics for the week
will be: Sunday — “Words To
Live By”; Monday — “How To
Grow Spiritually”; Tuesday —
“The Power of Example”;
Wednesday — “Triumph and
Tragedy”. ■
There will be special music
each evening by the chancel
choir, children’s choir and other
groups from the community.
Everyone is invited.
Garden Clinic
N. C. State University- Answers
Timely Gardening Questions
Q. Is it true that ashes from a
Tryon Daily Bulletin, Wed., Mar. 19, 1980
woodstove or fireplace can be
used as a liming material? (H.
W., Kinston),
A. Yes. Ashes will help to
reduce soil Acidity as well as
provide potash. Scatter evenly
over our lawn or garden at the
rate of 4 to 8 pounds per 1,000
square feet. You can apply the
same amount again next year.
(Jack- Baird, extension soil
specialist)
Q. I have some English
boxwoods that are about 40 years
old and about five feet high and
five feet wide. Can I prune them
back drastically — to about one
and one-half feet? If so, when is
the best time to do it? (J. Y.,
Newton)
A. Yes, but prune now before
new growth starts this spring. It
will be several years before your
boxwoods have dense foliage
again. (Kim Powell, extension
landscape horticulturist)
Q. Will lawn clippings provide
grass with any nutrients if they
are left in place rather than
removed from the lawn? (B. G.,
Rockingham)
A. Yes, according to new
research at the Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station.
Reserarchers found that home-
owners may reduce the use of
fertilizer if they leave grass
clippings on their lawn instead of
raking them. The clippings
returned more than 50 percent of
the nitrogen that was added as
fertilizer. Also nitrogen from the
clippings began to appear in new
growth within aweek of cutting.
Research workers at Texas A &
M University have obtained the
same results with the exception
of zoysiagrass, which decays
very slowly. (Carl Blake,
extension agronomist)
Q. Someone told me egg shells
are good for the garden. I put
some around my tomatoes last
year and I had large tomatoes,
but they did not bear long. (Mrs.
M. R. Hickory)
A. Egg shells contain mostly
calcium and in time the shells
will decay and release the
calcium to the soil. Calcium is a
necessary plant nutrient, which
is one reason lime is applied to
the soil. However, I doubt if the
shells had a significant effect on
your tomatoes last year. Weather
was probably the greatest
influence on the size of your
tomatoes and the length of the
harvest. fGeorge Hughes, exten
sion horticulturist)
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