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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
The Bulletin la published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. O. Box 790
Tryon. N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
8 Pages Today
Vol 54 — No 78
TRYON. N. C. 28782
TUESDAY. MAY 20, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Friday: high 72. low
59. Saturday: high 64, low 53.
trace of precipitation; Sunday:
high 83, low 55. rain 3.20 inches
15 die in Miami. Fla in racial
violence as fires and looting
break out. By 5 p.m Sunday,
police had arrested 178 blacks
and 29 whites on riot-related
charges. The violence began
Saturday evening shortly after
news of the acquittals by an
all-white jury spread through the
black community.
Mount St Helens in Washing
ton erupted Sunday with a blast
fell 200 miles away, belching ash
and hot gas which blotted
out the sun for more than 100
miles and killed at least 7 people
according to reports
Negotiations in the stalemated
baseball contract talks abruptly
broke off Sunday, four days
before the May 22 strike deadline
Wofford College awarded 224
bachelor degrees and three
honorary doctorates during com
mencement Sunday. Recipients
of the Algernon Sidney and Mary
Mildred Sullivan awards also
were announced. They are
students Jesse Brinson of High
Point and Joyce Payne of Tryon.
Wofford trustee Ann Springs of
Fort Mill and President of
Continued On Back Page
Tryon Atheletes
Are Honored
The Tryon High School All-
Sports Banquet was held Friday-
night al the school gymnasium.
Wofford Football Coach Buddy-
Sasser was the guest speaker. A
special Second Wind Hall of
Fame Award was given to Doug
Stirling. Following the awarding
of letters the following were
given special recognition:
FOOTBALL
Most Valuable Lineman — Steve
Henson
Most Valuable Back — David
Mills
Most Valuable Player — Mark
Wilkins
Most Improved Letterman —
David Vining
Most Improved Non Letterman
— Robert Nelon
Mr Hard Nosed Football — Jeff
Clement
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Most Improved Player— Denise
Booker
Best Defensive Player — Tracy
Simpson
Sportsmanship Award — Cherlle
Booker
BOVS JV BASKETBALL
Most Valuable Player — Tommy-
Hill
BOYS BAKSETBALL
Most Valuable Player — Tony
Cunningham
Most Improved Player — Barry-
Skipper and Warfield Kuy
kendall
Best Defensive Player — Bruce
Buller
GOLF
Continued On Back Page
Elected Senator
Clark Moffit of Tryon, a rising
senior, was elected Senior
Senator of the Student Govern
ment Assoc, at Pembroke Slate
University, Pembroke. N. C. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Moffitt of Tryon.
Graduates
Degrees and diplomas will be
awarded to the largest gradua
ting class in the history of
Greenville Technical College
during commencement exercises
al 4 p m. on Sunday. May 25, at
Greenville Memorial Audito
rium Approximately 1400 gradu
ates will receive degrees and
diplomas from sixty programs of
study al Greenville TEC.
Graduates from the Tryon area
are Dental Hygiene Technology.
Deborah Jane Flynn; Respira
tory Therapy. Janet Lynn Smith.
A Graduate
GREENSBORO — David R
Stubbs of Tryon was among 1.917
persons to receive degrees from
the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro during the
institution's 88th annual com
mencement on Sunday. May 11,
in the Greensboro Coliseum.
Altogether, degrees were a-
warded to 1.361 undergraduates
and lo 556 graduate students. The
latter group included 54 students
who earned doctoral degrees.
Stubbs, a biology major, son of
Mr and Mrs. Irving R. Stubbs of
Route 2. Tryon, received a
bachelor of arts degree
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Jackson of
Mill Spring are parents of a
daughter, Kelley Michelle, born
May 15 at St. Luke's Hospital.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow Jackson of
Lumberton, N. C.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. John Jackson of Mill
Spring.
MEN’S GARDEN CLUB
MEETS THURSDAY
The Tryon Men’s Garden Club
will meet May 22. at 7:30 p.m. in
the NCNB Conference Room.
The speakers will be Ralph and
Dorothy Benedict. Their subject
will be the "Ancient Japanese Art
of Bonsai" which is the
miniturizing of trees and shrubs.
He is Professor Emeritis of the
University of Wisconsin and
ca ™ e 10 Tryon fr ° m Madison
They chose Tryon not only
because n is a great place to live
but also because it is a good
environment for Bonsai, which
has been their particular hobby
for more than 11 years y
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Boom -Verter' Confcrence
have Monroe
Salem where Dr ^. lnst0n ‘
attended the Sunday mex n p ro r
the American College o?n2 ^ ° f
The annual North et . nt ' sU
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