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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
Th . Bulletin !• pubil» h « d
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 54 — No. 68
TRYON. N. C. 28782
TUESDAY. MAY 6, 1980
12 Pages Today
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No official report on the
weather over the weekend, but it
couldn’t have been nicer.
Yugoslav President Josip Broz
Tito, who had led his nation for 34
years, died Sunday at the age of
87.
Ronald Reagan and President
Carter widened their leads
Saturday with victories in the
Texas presidential primary elec
tion. Today North Carolina and
three others hold primaries.
The Roman Catholic Church
has ordered U. S. Rep. Robert If.
Drinan, an ordained Jesuit, and
other priests around the world to
get out of politics, and the liberal
Democratic Congressman from
Massachusetts "accepts the will
of the pope.” He was planning to
seek election to his sixth term in
Congress.
Seven women and two children
were trampled to death and 72
other persons were injured
Sunday in Kinshasa, Zaire in the
crush to get into an open-air Mass
celebrated by Pope John II.
Genuine Risk, won the Ken
tucky Derby Saturday. She
was only the second filly to win
the Derby in 106 years. Regret
was the first in 1915.
The Tryon Kiwanis Club will
have a roundtable meeting today
Continued On Back Page
Health Services
Wins Award
The Health Services Informa
tion Center, Inc., of Tryon is the
recipient of the 1980 Aesculapian
Award for organizations offered
by the Western *North Carolnia
Health Systems Agency for
outstanding achievement in im
proving the health of western
North Carolina residents.
The award was presented to
Miss Bertha Blomfield-Brown,
chairman, at the WNCHSA’s
annual meeting Friday, May 2, at
the Great Smokies Hilton in
Asheville.
The local organization was
selected from nominees from all
of western North Carolina. The
award was made principally in
recognition of the organization’s
publication and county-wide
distribution of the book, "Area
Health Services and Resources”,
and its sponsorhsip of the Polk
County Health Fair. The 1979
issue of the resource book was
edited and produced by Mrs.
Malcolm Wiltshire; the past
Health Fair was co-chaired by
Mrs. James Hill and Reagan
Ammons.
The H.S.I.C. was founded three
years ago by Dr. Lionel L. Davis.
In association with FISH, and
through courtesy of the County
Commissioners, it maintains an
office in the Jervey-Palmer
Building. Additionally it has
sponsored “health" speakers, a
short weekly program on WTYN,
and a fall workshop on stress. Dr
Davis is currently heading a
Continued On Back Page
Assistant Agent
Miss Deborah H. Johnson
Miss Deborah E. Johnson
began work in Polk County on
May 1 as Assistant Extension
Agent, 4-II. She is a graduate of
Western Carolina University with
a BS degree in Home Economics.
Miss Johnson comes to Polk
County from Winston-Salem
where she was employed in
retailing.
A native of Sampson County
Deborah is the daughter of Mr'
and Mrs. A. B. Johnson of
Magnolia.
She enjoys tennis, snow skiing
needlepoint and plants.
Bible Drill And
Speakers Tournament
The Polk Baptist Association
will have its first Associational
Training Union children and
youth Bible Drill and Speakers
Tournament on Tuesday May R
(tonight) at 7 pm. at Midway
Baptist Church. The public k but
invited
Graduates Announced
At UNC-Chapel HiU
The following students from
Polk County are among degree
candidates for 1980 spring
graduation at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
Iona Lee Fox, Bachelor of
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Willem V ™ F ° X ° f ^O"-
Birhi , Vance McCown, Jr
^ William v' son ° f Mr and
am Vance McCown of
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Mrs. James Mict? 1 ?^ 01 Mr - and
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