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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
* (USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Vol. 53 - No. 39
TRYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY. MAR. 26. 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Monday: high 59, low
43, rain .51. Tuesday was sunny
and a little on the windy side.
Gunmen entered a church in
San Salvador, El Salvador in
which Archbishop Oscar Arnulf
Romero was celebrating Mass on
Monday and assassinated him.
Foreign students occupy nearly
7 percent of the seats in
American graduate schools and
almost two percent in colleges.
The National Center for Educa
tion Statistics reported Monday
that 253,000 non-resident aliens
were enrolled in U. S. colleges
and universities. That was an
increase of 33,000 or 15 percent in
two years.
Americans are going broke —
legally — in rising numbers and
one top official says he expects
bankruptcy filings this year to hit
a record high.
Louisville defeated UCLA 59-54
Monday night in Indianapolis to
win the NCAA basketball
championship. Purdue won the
consolation game beating Iowa
75-58.
Mike Pearson was named the
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Coach of the Year. Tony
Cunningham, Tryon’s sophomore
guard was named the Player of
the Year in 2-A-1A teams. The
Continued On Back Page
Cancer Crusade
Starts April 1
As a “kick-off” for its April
Crusade, the Polk County Unit of
the American Cancer Society is
offering an evening of high-step
ping entertainment at 8 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 1. The Carolina
Cloggers from Canton, N.C. will!
perform at the Tryon Fine Arts
Center in a program featuring
Dr. William Morgan, the pedia
tric surgeon from Asheville
whose work with children was the
subject of an hour-long special,
“Life-Line”, aired on national
television. An enthusiastic mem
ber of the Cloggers, and one of its
highest kickers. Dr. Morgan will
perform with the group after a
brief address to the audience on
the subject of cancer.
The Carolina Cloggers, other
wise known as the “Canton
Cloggers” come from the
mountain county of Haywood at
the eastern entrance to the Great
Smoky Mountains where Eliza
bethan traditions still run strong.
Together with their band, they
are donating their services on
April 1 to the cause of cancer
research. This internationally
famous group of dancers has
represented North Carolina and
the United States twice in the
International Folklore Festival in
Sidmouth, England, performed
before more than 200,000 people
in Scotland, Ireland, England and
Wales, and toured Poland this
summer at the invitation of the
Polish government.
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. David Jackson of
Rt. 1, Tryon are parents of a
daughter, Sonya Evette, born
March 15th at Rutherford
Hospital in Rutherfordton. She
has a sister, Heather, age 7.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Jackson, Rt. 1, Tryon and
Mrs. Mavis Hall, of Rt. 1,
Landrum, S. C. The great-
grandmother is Mrs. Gertrude
Champion, Rt. 1, Tryon.
George Whitesides, II
George “Pete” Whitesides, II,
60, of Landrum, passed away
early Tuesday morning at his
home after a long illness.
A native of Spartanburg
County, he was the son of the late
George Senior and Emma
Jackson Whitesides. He was a
veteran of World War II and a
member of Trinity United
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Artelia Whitesides, two daugh
ters: Mrs. Doris Thompson of
Landrum and Miss Janet
Whitesides of the home; four
sons: George, III, of Batesburg,
Ronald of Cowpens, Roy and
Donald of the home; two sisters,
Mrs. Magadaleen Pettigrew of
Mount Clemens, Mich., and Mrs.
Catherine Boyd of Landrum, 16
grandchildren.
Cannon and Sons Mortuary is in
charge of arrangements.
Buckle your safety belt when
operating a tractor that has
roll-over protections.
Pearson And
Cunningham Get
Top Honors
The Spartanburg Herald -
Journal named Mike Pearson
the H-J Coach of the Year and
Tony Cunningham,' the 6-0
sophomore guard, who helped
spark the Tigers to a 23-2 record
the 2-A.1A Player of the Year.
Cunningham’s selection marks
the second straight year that a
player from Polk County has won
the award. Lonnie Hines of Polk
Central, now at Spartanburg
Methodist College, took the honor
last season.
Cunningham is joined on the
all-area squad by teammate Sam
Miller, Ricky McDowell of
Landrum, Donnie Pearson of
Woodruff and Donald Addis of
Jonesville. None of the all-area
selections were seniors, the first
time it has ever happened
Making honorable mention
were: Forward - Calvin Hames
?' a H ksbur ^? ank McDowell
Landrum; Mike Swink, SCSnn’
Todd Morrow, Woodruff, Cental
— Ray Jackson, Chesnee-
Anthony Means. Jonesvn£
Barry Skipper, Tryon. Guard '
Ricky Woods, Blacksburg- Mars.
Shugart, Lockhart; Jam*^
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