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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
(USPS 643-360) *
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 54 - No. 69
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
TRYON. N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Thursday: high 75,
low 50; Friday: high 75. low 47;
Saturday: high 75, low’ 49;
Sunday: high82, low51; Monday:
high 80, low 51. Tuesday was
more of the same — just perfect
weather.
British commandos stormed
the Iranian Embassy at dusk
Monday, killing three of the five
Iranian Arab terrorists who
seized the building six days
earlier and killed two of their 21
hostages. The decision to launch
the assault was made after the
Arabs killed two of their captives
Monday and threatened to kill
another every half hour if their
demands were not met.
The pretty weather should have
brought out a good vote in Polk
County yesterday. Results were
not known when we went to press.
Cowan’s Supermarket is cele
brating its 47th anniversary this
week and next week. It’s tough
for an independent grocer to
make it these days as it is for all
small businesses. Cowan's has
grown through the years because
of the service they have given
this area. They have kept their
store modern in every way
through the years and obtained
items that their customers
wanted. We wish them every
Continued On Back Page
Commissioners Agree
To Remove Hendra
From Hospital Board
The Polk County Commission
ers during the 5 May. 1980,
meeting made the following
appointments to the Juvenile
Justice Delinquency Program
Task Force: for 1-year terms,
Donna Anthony, Douglas Roach,
Ruth Ross, Carrie Massey, and
Roy Morgan; for 2-year terms,
Zoro Guice, Julia Wheeler,
Marvin Wagner and Pat Lehner;
for 3-year terms, Myrna-
Viehman, Don Viehman and
Betty Brewer.
St. Luke’s Hospital Board of
Directors requested the Commis
sioners to remove Larry Hendra
from the Board due to a conflict
of interest. Chairman Sauve
moved “that due to a conflict of
interest brought about by the
initiation of a lawsuit against the
hospital, the Polk County Board
of Commissioners consent to
the removal of Mr. Larry Hendra
as a member of the St. Luke’s
Hospital Board of Directors
(Trustees! in accordance with
procedures outlined in Articles of
Amendment to the Hospital
Charter as adopted on March 21,
1980 *' This was passed
Fireman Harvey Gosnell and
Gene Green presented a request
for money to up-grade and
improve the radio communica
tions among the Polk County Fire
Departments They proposed the
purchase of 8 mobile radio units
for the trucks $3832* and 80
Continued On Back Page
Award Scholarships
The Thermal Belt Business &
Professional Women’s Club has
announced that Patricia Henson
Thompson and Cathy June Hill
have been awarded scholarships.
Mrs. Thompson lives in Tryon
with her husband Glenn, and
daughter, Jennifer. She has
attended Isothermal Community
College in Tryon, and is planning
to pursue a degree in Special
Education at Converse College in
Spartanburg.
Miss Hill is a resident of Rt. 1,
Tryon. She is a graduate of Bob
Jones University, and is current
ly attending the School of
Medicine at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Thermal Belt Business &
Professional Women’s Club
awards scholarships each year to
women in the community to help
in the pursuit of their college
degree
Tryon Boosters
Meet Thursday
The Tryon Boosters Club will
meet Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. at
the high school.
RECREATION COMMISSION-
MEETS MAY 27th
The Polk Recreation Commis
sion will meet Tuesday. May 27th
at 7.30 pm. at the NCNB
Conference Room in Columbus
Tryon Valley Chapter 411
() E S will meet Thursday. May
8th al 7 p m — Esther Robinson
W M Betty Thompson. Sec
Body Found
In Lake Adger
The body of Bert Moore, 32, of
Mill Spring, who apparently
drowned Sunday was recovered
from Lake Adger Monday
afternoon at 2:30.
Rescue Squads from Polk
County. Landrum and Inman
joined in the search.
Food Stamp Money
Expires May 15th
Unless Congress appropriates
more money, the Food Stamp
Program will expire May 15th. In
Polk County the Social Services
Department spend $23,688 per
month on the Food Stamp
Program.
If the money isn’t appropriated
the Food Stamp program could
be suspended, cancelled or
reduced. There are 269 house
holds containing 677 people that
will be affected in Polk County
ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC
AUTO SHOW
The 6th annual Polk County
S CKS i n .! iqu ' and C 'assic Auto
18th M u hcId Sunda y. May
K Ju n ™s" F ' e,d Thc ra ' n
^Registration will begin at 8
h^^"^ of Tryon
weekend 8 ! es over the
Thomas Cooker‘s ^
Maryland. Her son ? •