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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 Is published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 62
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
No official weather report for
Thursday, but our summer
weather continued.
The news on TV and radio
Friday morning was about the
failure of a rescue mission of
American soldiers for the
American hostages in Iran. All
the details weren’t available
when we went to press Friday,
but at that time it appeared as if
the Americans were hampered
by mechanical failure rather
than Iranians. Eight Americans
were reportedly killed when two
planes crashed when evacuating.
President Carter took full
responsibility for the mission and
for calling it off.
The Polk Central and Tryon
High School AFS students and
their hosts are in Cincinnati this
week.
The Appalachian Conference
Girls Track Championship was
held Thursday at the North
Carolina School for the Deaf in
Morganton. The event was won
by NCSD with 73 points, followed
by Cherokee 66, Edneyville 56,
Polk Central 32 and Tryon 22
Rosman does not have a girls
track team. The first place
winners were named All-Confer
ence and presented medals. For
Tryon —Carolyn Roff won the 800
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A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R.
Medford of Rt. 8, Inman, S. C. are
the parents of a son, James
Landon, born April 21st at the
Spartanburg General Hospital.
The paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. James Leon
Medford of Tryon and the
maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. James R. Jenkins, of
Mill Spring.
Public Hearing
The Tryon Board of Commis
sioners will hold a Public Hearing
on Monday, May Sth at 7 p.m. in
the Town Hall for the purpose of
reviewing the “Local Govern
ment Opinion Form” on ABC
Permits Application by Charles
R Byars for proposed Buff's
Restaurant at 914 North Trade
Street in Tryon. The public is
invited to participate.
First Bloodmobile
At Polk Central
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
visited Polk Central High School
Thursday for the first time. It
was sponsored by Mrs. Linda
Ligon’s FHA Club. Sixty-four
students and faculty members
donated 51 pints. The Bloodmo
bile was assisted by student
volunteers.
RED FOX WGA
The winner of the Grand
mother's Tournament at Red Fox
was Carol Sauter with a net 64.
Fran Hull had low net for the day
Soil Scientist
Working In Polk
Moulton A. Bailey
Pictured above is Moulton A.
Bailey, Soil Scientist with the Soil
Conservation Service. Mr. Bailey
has been temporarily assigned to
work in Polk County for the
period of April 21 to June 20.
During this time Mr. Bailey will
be mapping soils in the vicinity of
Columbus and Mill Spring
The work is being done at the
request of the District Supervis
ors of the Polk Soil & Water
Conservation District. The area
to be mapped is part of a priority
area selected by the Supervisors
in November of 1978. When the
work is complete a detailed soils
report will be put together for this
area of approximately 6,000
acres. This report will be
valuable to farmers, homebuy
ers, developers, community
planners and anyone else needing
reliable soils information.
The District Supervisors urge
all landowners in the area to
cooperate with Mr. Bailey when
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The Rotary
Community Chorus
What is now known as The
Rotary Community Chorus origi
nated in the fertile imagination of
the late Ken Lackey. In early 1973
he recruited singers from all over
the community, persuaded Tom.
Grenfell to direct them, and put a
program together which was
presented to the public at the
Fine Arts Center in May as a
“Rotary Festival of Music”.
In 1976 —a critical period in the
life of the Chorus — several
members expressed a desire to
establish the Chorus on a more
permanent base and extend to
those who participated, a voice in
the selection of the director and
in the content of the programs.
Accordingly, after many meet
ings and several drafts, a
Constitution and By-Laws was
prepared which was acceptable
to the majority. It set out the
purpose of the organization and
its rules of procedure and provid
ed for the usual set of officers
president, vice-president and
secretary, and for a Board of
Directors of seven, three to be
elected by the Chorus and four to
be elected by the Rotary Board of
Directors. Mrs Carole Black
burn was president the first two
years Hugh Means is the current
President
Since 1973 the Chorus has
presented 14 performances.
Seven of these have provided
support for the Rotary Founda
tion in an amount approximating
$7000.00. It has put on 6 Christmas
performances for the benefit of
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