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2nd Class Postage Paid At 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 The Bulletin Is published Dally except Sat. and Sun. 106 N. Trade St., P. O. 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. 54 — No. 77 TRYON, N. C. 28782 MONDAY, MAY 19. 1980 Price 10c Per Copy Weather Wednesday: high 83, low61; Thursday: high75, low 57, rain .59 inches. The N. C. State Board of Election ruled Thursday to count as valid the votes cast for all three candidates in last Tues day’s Primary for auditor. With the decision the board rejected an attorney general's opinion argu ing that because J.E.B. Davis was ineligible to run, the votes cast for him should be invalidat ed. If the board had backed that opinion. Renfrow would have had a majority of the valid votes cast and thus be the outright winner. It now looks as if there will be a runoff between Edward Renfrow and William Chestnut. N. C. Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment believe the recent primary results have tipped the balance of the . - General Assembly in favor of ratifying the amendment. The Justice Department asked the federal courts Thursday to desegregate the giant Houston Texas school system with 22 suburban school districts. I the first time the Justice Dep has asked for metropolitan desegregation, overlapping city and district boundaries in any Continued On Back Page Fire The Columbus Volunteer Fire Department was called to the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. Lewis Wrenshall on Hwy. 108 opposite DuChateau’s Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. Dr. Wrenshall was burning trash in a barrell when some sparks escaped and caught the leaves on fire which in turn caught his wood pile on fire and that in turn began to burn some shingles on a utility building before the fireman put out the blaze. The firemen were also called to assist the Tryon firemen at the former Will McCall house at Lynn Wednesday night, but returned after they found that they weren’t needed. Landrum Lions Meet Tuesday The Landrum Lions Club will meet Tuesday at St. Luke’s Hospital. After dinner and a brief business meeting the club will be taken on a tour of the hospital's facilities. Dogwood Club Meets Wednesday The Dogwood Garden Club of Columbus will meet at the home of Mrs. J. A. Wilson at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, with Mrs. D S Arbuckle and Mrs. w W. Wallace as co hostesses Richard Smith, Vocational Agriculture teacher at Polk Central, will speak on "House Plants and Their Care and Small Gardens. Second Wind Hall Of Fame Doug Stirling Doublas B. Stirling moved to Tryon in November 1966. Doug retired from Cryovac, Division of W. R. Grace and Company. July 1976. He was Vice-President of Sales for several years following other career positions in the Comapny. Mr. Stirling attended the University of Michigan, is active in the Appalachian Trail Confer ence, Audubon Club, is a State member of Trout Unlimited Council and a Director of the Pisgah Chapter. He is a member and Elder of the Tryon Presbyterian Church, an officer of the Polk County G.O.P. Executive Committee and a Mason and a Shriner. The Second Wind Hall of Fame is most pleased to have Mr. Stirling as an Award Recipient, sponsored by the Tryon Boosters Cluo Doug has been interested in Continued On Back Page Oak HaU Wood Still Useful Gordon Gibbs, retired chief engineer of the N. C. State Highway Right of Way Dept., has taken some of the pine wood from Oak Hall hotel and made several mirrows with a picture of Oak Hall at the top of each one. He presented one of these to Miss Clara Edwards, who owned and managed Oak Hall for a number of years. Mr. Gibbs, a native of Mill Spring, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Gibbs. He is noted for his art work and beautiful pictures made with different kinds of wood. Since retirement he and his wife have travelled over much of the U. S. and Canada and have gathered in many places rare woods from which he has made pieces of art cabinets and other furniture. ’ Mr. Gibbs who is still interested in Polk County is a charter member of the Polk County Historical Association. Greens Celebrate 50th Anniversary The Marvin T. Greens Tranquility" on Peniel Rd celebrated their 50th Weddino Anniversary on Saturday even ne with a partv of vc ning Crest Inn. 5 friends at Pi ne Their daughter, Sallie Ruch more, of Tulsa Oku u Sh ’ son, Tom Green of Chir 3 ^ ^^ weekend guests for theX^
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