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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
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Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
20 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 66
TRYON. N. C. 28782
FRIDAY. MAY 2, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Wednesday: high 69,
low 43. Thursday was a beautiful
spring day. During April the
precipitation was 6.02 inches. The
average for April is 5.09 inches.
The precipitation to date is 24.54
inches and the average to date is
21.34 inches, leaving a surplus of
3.20 inches thus far this year.
Former budget director Bert
Lance was found innocent
Wednesday of nine counts of bank
fraud. Jurors were unable to
agree on several other charges
Sen. Ernest F. Hollins, D-S. C
appears to be in line for Sen.
Edmund S. Muskie’s chairman
ship of the Senate Budget
Committee.
Three "Arab power" militants
seized the Iranian Embassy in
London Wednesday and threat
ened to kill their 20 hostages
unless Ayatollah Kohmeini’s
regime frees 91 political prison
ers.
Church Women United May
Fellowship is today at 12 noon at
St. John's Catholic Church.
The Conference 1-A baseball
tournament continues today at 4
p.m in Landrum On Saturday
the tournament will begin at 1
p.m.
Tonight at 8:30 the second
performance of "A Shot in the
Continued On Back Page
Andersons Buy
Benkerts Home
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas J.
Anderson have bought the Ernst
Benkert home at 411 Melrose
Ave. in Tryon. Gaut-Pruette
Associates was the broker.
Dr Anderson, a native of
Drexel Hill, Pa. graduated from
Emory University in Atlanta and
received his M.D. degree from
Medical University of South
Carolina in Charleston. He is
completing his residency in
Internal Medicine at the Green
ville Hospital System in Green
ville and will begin practice in
Tryon.
Mrs. Anderson (Gail) is
originally from Elizabeth City, N
C. She graduated from Asbury
College. Wilmore, Ky and has
attended graduate school in
Charleston at the Medical
University of South Carolina and
at Clemson University She is
completing her M. S degree in
both Anatomy and Nutrition.
Their interests include sports,
antique hunting and camping
Flower Show
The Southeastern Chapter of
the American Rhododendron
Society will hold its annual
Flower Show May 3 and 4 from 1
to 5 p m at the Asheville Mall in
Asheville Exhibits will be
accepted from anyone. All
classes are open to commercial
and non commercial exhibitors.
Exhibitors may bring their
blooms on Saturday morning
between 8a m and 10a.m at the
fountain area in the Mail.
Promoted
Bommer Industries of Lan
drum, S. C. has announced that
W. J. (Digit) Laughridge, III has
been made National Sales
Manager and will be responsible
for all domestic and export sales
and sales personnel.
A native of Rocky Mount, Mr.
Laughridge received his B. S
degree from Wake Forest
University where he was All At
lantic Coast Conference in
football and baseball and an AP
Honorable Mention All-American
in football He played one season
of professional baseball with the
Pittsburgh Pirates organization
He was a marketing repre
sentative with the Transportation
Industry until joining Bommer
Industries in March 1975 as
Assistant Sales Manager. On
May 1st he was appointed
National Sales Manager.
Mr Laughridge moved to
Tryon in 1972 after his marriage
Continued On Back Page
Hwy. No. 9
To Be Upgraded
Rep. Edith Lutz and a large
delegation from Polk County
attended the N. C. Department of
Transportation meeting Wednes
day in Asheville. The Polk County
delegation and others present
were assured by Department of
Transportation Secretary Brad
shaw that No. 9 would be
upgraded immediately from
Hwy 108 to Hwy. 74 and later
from Hwy. 74 to the S. C. line.
Others attending were Buford
Swain Mr. and Mrs. William
Earl Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hanson, Joe Dalton. Billy Hugh
Mrs' 1 E u rl Foster - Mr a " d
M°2« ntral Boosters
Meet Monday
C1 ub will meet M H^ Boost ers
the school at 7 p^^’ May 5 at
C ? f ? n !, Unicat ion
oo^the^willfc Papcr in ^e
^ running"^ ^ 0r ^
Board, who will ^ e ^hool
a nd ful1 of lsten to a
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