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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
Vol 53 — No. 103
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
1G Pages Today
TRYON. N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1980
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Monday: high 83, low
61. at 7 a.m. Tuesday the rain was
1.12 and then it rained and it
rained.
At the Red Cross Bloodmobile
visit Monday, 131 persons
donated 101 pints of blood.
The Tryon Youth Center
production “Bye Bye Birdie"
needs some clothes of the 1950s. If
you have any clothes in the closet
from this period call Julie
Wheeler at 859-5571 They
especially need Taffeta dresses.
They also need children’s
Princess style telephones.
A vacancy now exists in the
office of Superior Court Judge of
the 29th Judicial District (in
cludes Polk County). Any
qualified person desiring to be
considered for nomination, or
any person desiring to recom
mend a qualified person to be
considered for nomination, may
do so by writing the Executive
Secretary, Judicial Nominating
Committee, Office of the Gover
nor, Raleigh. N. C. in time to
reach the Executive Secretary on
or before July 8th. The vacancy
arises upon the retirement of
Superior Court Judge J. W.
Jackson.
This Saturday and Sunday the
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Columbus Lions
Receive Awards
The Columbus Lions Club
received a Second Place award in
the District 31A Governor’s Point
Contest at the Annual District
Awards Dinner held at the Elida
Home in Asheville on June 21st.
Governor’s points are awarded to
each club for attendance at the
various Lions Clubs functions, for
new members, for submitting
reports on time, for communmity
service projects, such as the
lighted cross, for selling blind
made products, for working with
the Eye Van, White Cane,
Marjorie McCune Home for the
Handicapped, Boys and Girls
Scholarships, collecting eye wills
and glasses, and other projects to
aid the handicapped. The East
Flat Rock Lions Club received
First Place in the Division I
competition (clubs with up to 20
members), in which the Colum
bus Lions also compete The
Columbus Club is one of the
smallest in the district with nine
members while East Flat Rock
has twenty. There are 17 Lions
Clubs in Division I
Also receiving awards were
Bill Livingston, who served as the
club’s President during the past
year and Bill Robfogel, the club’s
secretary-treasurer. Lion Liv
ingston award was “In recogni
tion of outstanding leadership
and dedicated service in Lionism
as District 31A Camp Dogwood
Chairman.” He received a plaque
and a certificate of Appreciation
from District Governor Johnnie
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Tryon Tax Rate
Is Up 3c
The Board of Commissioners of
the Town of Tryon will hold a
Public Hearing on the FY 1980-81
Town Budget at 7:00 p.m. in
Town Hall on Monday, June 30,
1980. The public is invited to
attend. The total General Fund
portion of the Budget is
$430,378.00 or an approximate 7
percent increase from the
previous fiscal year. The total
Water and Sewer Fund portion of
the Budget is $262,315.00 or an
approximate 6 percent increase
from the previous fiscal year
The proposed Tax Rate for the
Town of Tryon would be $ 40 per
$100.00 of assessed value The
present Tax Rate is $.37 per
$100.00 of assessed value. There
w ill be no changes to the present
Water and Sewer Rate Charges
In other portions of the Town
Budget for FY 1980-81 the Town
will pay bonded indebtedness of
$62,315.00 for the combined cost
to finance the construction of the
Sewer Plant in 1969 and the Water
Improvements Project of 1975.
The Town Budget will reserve
$121,708.00 for capital improve
ments to the Sewer System upon
completion of the present
engineering study by Lockwood-
Greene Engineers and approval
for Federal and State grants by
EPA. The Town will appropriate
from the General Revenue
Sharing Fund approximately
$24,515.00 for capital outlay and
equipment. This item includes
new and replacement of equip
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Polk Co. Jaycees
Antique Car Show
The 6th annual Polk County
Jaycees Antique Car Show
was held Sunday afternoon at
Harmon Field. There were 141
cars on exhibit and the event had
the largest number of spectators
in its six year history. Sammy
Davis of Landrum was chairman
of the show. The winners were as
follows:
Class 1 — 1st, Donald Fisher,
Mill Spring, 1927 Ford-T-Model
Class 2 — 1st, J L. Seay,
Wellford. S. C., 1929 Essex; 2nd’
Bill Hines. Inman, S. C., 1926
Studebaker.
Class 3 — 1st.. Perry Burnette
Asheville. N. C., 1929, Ford-A’
Model.
A ? ass .. 4 “ Isl ’ Harold Meadows
Asheville. N. C., 1931
Model; 2nd, Sonny
Maryville, Tenn., 1931
Model, (tie) 2nd. Allen
Spartanburg, S. C 1931
Model.
Ford-A-
Davis,
Ford-A-
Wilson,
Ford-A-
Class 5 — 1st. Sam
Gaffney, S. C.? 1936 Ford^'
Rick Crane, Franklin. N. C.. ^
Class 6 — 1st, j R R
^Zf"’ S , P’ 1940 FoS
Class 7 — 1st, David 1
Hickory N. C., 1940 Bufck
Leroy Beach, Franklin 2 d ’
1937 Pontiac. k ’ N - C.,
Class 8 —
Clinton, s. C., p^age.
2nd , Bobby Joe Stott c'^^th;
N. C. 1941 Chevrolet C lun>b us,
Class 9 — 1st, B
Spartanburg, s r ' ^wter,
2nd. V. W. KenerL For ^
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