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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 la published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 53 - No. 55
Weather Tuesday: high 55, low
41. Wednesday was sunny, and a
little warmer.
Ford Motor Co. announced
Tuesday it will close three plants
and cut production in half at four
others, eliminating 15,000 jobs.
The cuts are designed to save $1.5
billion a year, will reduce Ford’s
assembly capacity by 14 percent,
or 448.000 vehicles a year.
The U. S. Supreme Court
Tuesday in a 6-3 decision barred
police from forcing their way into
a suspect’s home to make an
arrest, unless it’s an emergency.
The decision requires police to
get an arrest warrant first,
provided there’s time.
The Michigan State court of
Appeals refused to release nine
striking teachers from jail
Tuesday and a lower court judge
considered contempt of court
citations against 330 other
strikers. The strike, which began
March 10th in four suburban
Districts has idled 1,100 teachers
and affected 25,000 students.
President Carter Tuesday
extended for nine months the
mandatory temperature controls
for 2 8 million offices, shops and
other non residential buildings.
Americans can look forward to
another hot summer with
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TRYON. N.C 28782
Commissioners
Meet Monday
The Polk County Commission
ers will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at
the Mill Spring School
Early Bird Tourney
At Green Creek
The Green Creek Ruritan Club
is sponsoring an Early Bird
Softball Weekend Tournament
May 1, 2, 3, and 4. The first 16
teams (men and women) to apply
will be accepted. Anyone wishing
to play should have a representa
tive present Saturday, April 19th
from 3:30 to 4 p.m. at the Green
Creek Community Building.
Spring Revival
At Pea Ridge Baptist
A Spring Revival will be held at
the Pea Ridge Baptist Church
beginning, April 21 and will
continue nightly through Satur
day, April 16 at 7 o’clock. Rev.
Wade Huntley from the Holly
Springs Baptist Church of Harris
will be the visiting speaker.
Special music will be presented
each night. Public is invited.
Community Watch
In Pea Ridge
There will be a Community
Watch meeting Friday at 7:30
p m. in the Pea Ridge Commun
ity Building. All residents of the
Pea Ridge Community are asked
to be present.
THURSDAY, APR. 17, 1980
Roseland Sr. 4-H Club
Elects Officers
Officers for the 1980 term at
Roseland 4-H are as follows:
Pres., Todd Doggett; Vice-Pres.,
Mable Littlejohn; Treasurer,
Denise Booker; Sec., Becky
Nesbitt; Asst. Sec., Wanda
McDowell; Reporter, Elizabeth
Jackson.
The leaders for the 1980 term
are as follows: Mrs. Katherine
Canady; Mrs. Louise Paton, Mrs.
Odessa Berry, and Miss Carrie
Lee Massey.
The project for the club this
year is Automotive Project. We
have made ribbons to wear in
memory of the hostages. We also
want to thank our members for
participating in the community
clean up on Saturday, March 29,
1980. Also anyone interested in
becoming a member or leader
please come to our next meeting
on April 18, 1980 at 5:00 p.m at
Roseland Cetner. — Reporter
“Big White Mouse"
If you saw a large white mouse
strolling along Trade Street this
week, don’t be alarmed. It was
only the Crusader mouse of the
American Cancer Society, re
cruited by Kathryn Potter to help
send other mice to college.
According to Mrs. Potter,
Chairman of the Tryon Elemen
tary School fund-raising project,
the- young crusaders are in
energetic competition to see
which class can provide the
largest number of mice with
diplomas for service in Cancer
Research. — Reporter
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Thomas-Beal
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Thomas
of Saluda have announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Charlotte Lynn to Robert Sydney
Beal III, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Beal, Jr. of Henderson
ville, grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
John Lee Callahan of Rutherford
ton and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bennett of Rutherfordton.
The bride-elect is a junior at
East Henderson High School.
The prospective bridegroom is
a 1979 graduate of East
Henderson and attended Blue
Ridge Tech. He is employed at
General Electric.
The couple will be married
May 23 at Macadonia Baptist
Church in Saluda. All friends and
relatives are invited as no formal
invitations will be sent. —
Rutherford County News
INITIATED INTO
PI MU EPSILON
Thirty-one North Carolna State
University students have been
initiated into Pi Mu Epsilon
national mathematical honor
fraternity The students must
have achieved minimal acade
mic averages of 3.25 f or
undergraduates
Among those listed was
Florence Gans, computer science
major, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
P Gans of Rt. 1, Tryon.
RED FOX BRIDGE
Results of the Women’s Bridge
at Red Fox Tuesday were
follows: 1st Sara Mitchell; 2nd 8
Brenda Merkel; 3rd , Lucv
Kerby; 4th, Carolyn Jones, y