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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 Ie P^ 1 ^
Dally except Sat.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. 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
Vol. 53 — No. 80
TRYON, N.C. 28782 THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1980
16 Pages Today
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Weather Tuesday: high 73, low
60, rain .05; rain at 6 a.m.
Wednesday was 1.96 inches.
Wednesday morning was perfect.
The air was cool and clean, and
the sun was shining brightly.
Geologists warned 50,000 resi
dents of two small cities in
Washington Tuesday, that a lake
created by mud and debris from
erupting Mount St. Helens could
go cascading down the mountain
at any time.
Volcanic ash from Mount St.
Helens could plunder America’s
bread and fruit baskets. The
geologists told Agriculture Secre
tary Bob Bergland that 2 inches
of dust already cover the wheat
fields of Washington, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming and part of
North Dakota. Four to 5 inches,
they speculated, would destroy
the wheat crops in those states
and damage the Canadian
breakfast provinces of Manitoba
and Saskatchewan Also immedi
ate concern was the fruit trees
in the Pacific Northwest, covered
with 2 to 3 inches of volcanic dust.
A light rain would create sulfuric
acid from the dust and the acid
would destroy this year’s fruit
crop and many trees.
Quebec voters decided Tuesday
that they didn't want to move
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Youth Center
To Present
“Bye, Bye, Birdie”
The Tryon Youth Center Board
of Directors has announced that
Debbie Goode will direct the
Tryon Youth summer play, "Bye
Bye, Birdie" which will be
presented July 17, 18, 19 at the
Fine Arts Center Pam McNeil
will be the musical director.
Tryout- dates and location will be
announced later. The eligible age
for participation will be seventh
grade through graduating high
school seniors.
Polk Central
Sports Banquet
The Polk Central Winter and
Spring Sports Banquet will be
held Friday at 6:30 p m at the
school cafeteria.
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
SPARTANBURG, S. C. -
Joyce Ann Payne of Tryon was
among a graduating class of 224
seniors at Wofford College who
were awarded bachelor degrees
by the college during com
mencement ceremonies Sunday,
May 18.
She received a B. A. degree in
economics (Summa Cum Laude).
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Payne.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Among those on the Dean’s List
at Pembroke State University
during the spring semester was
Julian Clark Moffitt, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Moffitt of Tryon.
Promoted
Kaye A. Williams
David L. Phillips, Jr., Vice
President and City Executive
Officer of the Northwestern
Bank. Tryon, has announced the
promotion of Kaye A. Williams to
Assistant Branch Executive
Officer. Prior to her promotion,
Mrs. Williams was Marketing
and Business Development Offi
cer for the bank. She joined
Northwestern in 1977 as Adminis
trative Secretary after working
with First National Bank of S.
C. for 12 years.
Mrs. Williams has recently
completed requirements and
received her BA degree in
Finance and Business Adminis
tration from Limestone College.
She also was awarded an
Advanced certificate, the highest
certificate given, by the Ameri
can Institute of Banking in May
of this year.
She has served as the Charter
President of the Thermal Belt
Business and Professional Wo
men's Club formed in 1978 and is
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Activity Day
Summer Fun In
Landrum Area
The Landrum Area Parks and
Recreation Department has a full
schedule of Summer Fun for
youths and adults. There will be
three two-week summer sessions,
beginning June 16.
Registration will be held
Monday from 3 to 6 p.m. at New
Prospect Elementary School-
Tuesday, May 27th from 3 to 6
p.m. at Campobello-Gramling
Elementary School; Monday
June 2 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at a
, Earle Elementary in
Landrum. Registration for any
activity can be made at aU thr^
registration locations.
Dan Young is the Parks r
Recreation Co ordinator-
pool director is Dart ul - he
tennis dir run. . Januhs;
youth baseball, h^p^® 1
gymnastics, Judy Hefner ?"'
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