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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 is published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 53 — No. 84
TRYON. N.C. 28782 THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1980
16 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Copy
No official weather report for
Tuesday, but it was a great day.
Wednesday was more of the
same.
The Bloodmobile visit in
Landrum Tuesday afternoon
collected 23 pints of blood as 24
donors offered their blood. There
were six first time donors.
President Carter won the
Democratic presidential primar
ies in Kentucky and Arkansas
Tuesday. Carter now has 1,514
delegates and he needs 1,666 for
renomination. Kennedy has 829
delegates.
Wednesday’s Charlotte Obser
ver reported that a team of
doctors in Louisville, Ky. has
reattached the left thumb of
prominent Charlotte surgeon, Dr
Don Roberson. The thumb was
almost severed by a rope
Roberson was holding while
unloading a horse Friday about
5:30 p.m. at the Tryon Horse
Show. The horse bolted, jerking
the rope According to the report,
when the physician was examin
ed at the emergency room at St.
Luke’s Hospital, only one nerve
and one tendon were still
attached. An ambulance rook
Roberson to Presbyterian Hospi
tal in Charlotte, arriving at 7:15
p.m. His hand was packed in ice
Continued On Back Page
Homemade
Ice Cream
The Polk County Rescue Squad
Ladies Auxiliary will be offering
homemade ice cream beginning
Sunday at 2 p.m. at Lynn Body
Shop. The ladies are helping to
pay for a new ambulance for the
Rescue Squad.
McSwain-Searcy
Mr and Mrs. Dufay McSwain
of Green Creek announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Marla Lorraine, to Steven Ben
Searcy, son of Mr and Mrs.
Walter B. Searcy of Mill Spring.
Miss McSwain is a graduate of
Polk Central High School,
Spartanburg Technical College,
USC-S and is a Registered Nurse
al Camp Haven Nursing Home in
Inman.
Mr. Searcy is a graduate of
Polk Central High School,
Isothermal Community College,
and is a paramedic with St.
Luke's Hospital in Columbus.
The wedding is planned for 8
p m. on June 13, at Green Creek
First Baptist Church. Everyone
is invited
Landrum Class of ’75
To Have Reunion
The Landrum High School
Class of 1975 will hold its Sth
Reunion June 21st at 2 p.m. at
Bristol's Farm at Landrum.
If you plan to attend contact
Glenda Turner at 457-3990 or Mr.
and Mrs. Beaver Wood at 457-2641
as soon as possible.
Community Wide
Bible School
At First Baptist
The Community wide Vacation
Bible School will be held this year
al the Tryon First Baptist Church
June 9 — 13 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
All children from age four
through the sixth grade are
encouraged to attend.
Anyone willing to help in any
area from leaching lo refresh
ments is welcome.
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Searcy of
Mill Spring will be honored on
Sunday, June 1 at their home with
a 50th Wedding Anniversary
reception. All friends and
relatives are invited to attend
from 2 30 — 5 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Searcy have been
life long residents of Rutherford
and Polk County. They have eight
children, 18 grandchildren and
one great-grandson. — Ruther
ford County News
Vacation Bible School
The Vacation Bible School al
the Hickory Grove Baptist
Church will be held June 2 — 5
and 9 — 12 from 6:30 to 8.30 p.m.
All age groups will be meeting.
Mr. and Mrs John North and
five year old daughter, Jennifer
from Saudi Arabia are visiting
Mrs. North’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Nash of Tryon.
Washington Report
By Congressman Lamar Gudger
Eleventh Dist., N. C.
The wisdom of the aged was
prevalent about the halls of
Congress recently as two
Western North Carolina senior
citizens joined about 300 contem
poraries for a two-week stint in
Washington.
x« Mr u’n LuicIIe Burn «tte of
Marshall, a retired schoolteacher
™ d ^ llswo 7 h Rathburn of
Columbus, a former aluminum-
company official, represented
he 11th Congressional District in
the Senior Citizen Intern
gram. Both are chairmen of their
county s Council on Aging and
they represented plannin/’J^
cil regions B and C 8 Un ’
The intern program proved
be a great success find; to
make our sponsored We pton to
Citizen Interns . ? P 0 Senior
Next year Regions A nua l afta ir.
select interns tn A an ^ D *lU
Lucille and Ell^orth 1 '^? 41 ®-
relating their u th wil l be
ience to
groups in the district Cllizens ’
ne f few months ^e
welcome inquiries n ^ toey
cd persons about anni m ,nler est-
of toe internship tor one
Luc ‘Ue Burnettn
contacted by w r tin ma y be
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