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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 53 — No. 94
TRYON, N. C. 28782
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1980
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No official weather report for
Tuesday, but it was a delightful
day. Wednesday morning was
nice, but not as cool as Tuesday
and Monday. The gardens need
rain, but the weatherman doesn’t
predict it before next week.
The U. S. House of Repre
sentatives censured Rep. Charles
H. Wilson making the California
Democrat only the third member
of Congress to be so chastized this
century. He was punished for
violating House rules by con
verting campaign funds to his
own use and for accepting money
from a man with a direct interest
in legislation before Congress.
President Carter said Tuesday
that former Attorney General
Ramsey Clark so damaged the
nation’s foreign policy by
traveling to Iran, that “my
inclination is within the bounds of
the law,” to order him
prosecuted.
An Oklahoma pastor consider
ed a rigorous conservative about
the Bible, the Rev. Bailey E.
Smith, on Tuesday was elected
president of the Southern Baptist
Convention in St. Louis.
Richard Pryor, comedian and
writer, was in critical condition
Tuesday, badly burned over the
upper half of his body. Police
Continued On Back Page
Amy Burns And
Jimmy Littlefield
Win Titles
The Little Miss Landrum and
Little Mr. Landrum pageant
was held Saturday night at the
Landrum gym by the Landrum
Band Boosters. Crowned Little
Miss Landrum was Amy Michele
Burns, 5-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bobby Burns. Named
Little Mr. Landrum was Jimmy
Littlefield, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Marion Littlefield.
In the Little Miss Landrum
contest Darlene Back, daughter
of Mrs. Lorena Back was named
1st runner-up and Amy Gosnell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Gosnell was 2nd runner-up.
Named 1st runner-up in the
Little Mr. Landrum event was
Sean Gosnell, son of Mrs. Ravan
Gosnell and 2nd runner-up was
Eric Larson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Brownie Larson.
Named Mr. and Miss Ticket
were Darrell Painter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Painter and Anita
Bradley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Bradley.
HOLE-IN-ONE
Tommy Radford of Tryon shot
a hole-in-one on Sunday, June 1st
at Meadowbrook Gold Course. He
used a 6-iron on the 165 yd. No. 6.
He was playing with Todd
Constance. Joey Hedrick and
Jimmy Newman, all of Tryon
Mr. and Mrs John C. Green
have returned to their home in
Landrum after a tour of Virginia.
Washington. D C . Pennsylvania
and Mass
Lions President
Ellis M. Fincher
Ellis M. Fincher has been
installed as President of the
Tryon Lions Club. Other officers
are Charles Smith, 1st Vice
Pres.; Richard Radford, 2nd.
Vice Pres.; G. L. Pace, Jr., 3rd
Vice Pres.; James Cowan, Sec.;
John Vollmer, Treas.; Glenn
Morgan and Harold Taylor, Tail
Twisters; Bill Hooker and Bill
Sherlin, Lion Tamers. Elected
Director for 1 year: Jack Ford, J.
L Taylor and James Bodie;
Director for 2 years: Stanley
Hooker, Dr. Earl Brendall. The
program chairman is Marion
Brock.
Mr Fincher is a native of
Union. S. C. He graduated from
the University of South Carolina
receiving a B. S. Degree in
Pharmacy He is married to the
former Ann Washburn of Shelby.
They have three married
children and two grandsons.
Before coming to Tryon in 1966.
Continued On Back Page
GOP Fund Raising
Event Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Lingerfelt
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinney
are hosting a $50 a ticket fund
raising event Friday from 5 to 7
p.m. at Many Levels in the
Hunting Country. Attending the
event will be the Honorable John
Rhodes of Arizona, Minority
Leader of the U. S. House of
Representatives and Bill Hendon,
Republican Candidate for the
House of Representatives from
the 11th Congressional District.
Those interested in attending
should contact the Lingerfelts or
the Kinneys.
Car Downs Fence
At Tryon Depot
^sW^ Ms.
fence, hit the railroad s ^ rail
attempted to come h J 8 and
through another secti^^ 0ut
fence. The car was S ° f the
the tracks by JackS^ fror n
Service. S ° n S Wrecker
Tryon Policeman R. u
investigated the a . Pha el Fov
charged Ms stt c fr ldent and
destruction of ff ° r d with
Driving While Lie* Whence-’
^o Insurance- c” 86 Revoked!
Dri^g Careless