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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. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 137
TRYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 13, 1980
Price 10c Per Cop.’
No official weather report for
Monday, but it was another sunny
and hot day. Early Tuesday
morning there was a delightful
cool breeze.
President Carter was guaran
teed renomination Monday night
in a quick and dramatic finish to
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s
challenge as the Democratic
convention voted to rule binding
delegates on the first ballot to the
candidate they were choosen to
back.
Polk County Superior Court is
being held this week at the
courthouse in Columbus.
Mrs. Herman Walker and
children, Miss Joyce Walker, age
16 and Brian, age 11, of 4
Northridge, California are visit- hold at t h e Fairview Mountain
ine Mr. Walker’s mother, Mrs.
Nannie Walker of Mill Spring.
Mr Walker will join them this
weekend. Mrs. Walker attended
her high school class reunion at
Mt Clemens, Michigan. Last
year they returned for Mr
Walker’s Mill Spring High School
Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. is the
reception for the new teachers
polk county Supt ; K y
Coble at the Polk County Library.
The Tryon Country Club course
jr^ etosed all day Thursday .n
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Pictures Taken
First Day of School
Students at Polk Central High
School, grades 7-11, will have
their school pictures made on the
1st day of school, which is
Thursday, Aug. 21st.
Landrum
Band Boosters
The Landrum Band Boosters
will meet Thursday, August 14th
at 7:30 p.m. in the LHS Band
Room. All parents and interested
persons are encouraged to
attend. On the agenda will be
plans for the “Second Annual
Harrison Elliott Tournament of
Bands” to be held in Landrum on
October 4th.
Lake Lure Lions
The Lake Lure Lions directors
meeting will be held at the Log
Shop Wednesday, Aug. 13th at
11:30 a.m. .
The Lions Club meeting will be
Club on Thursday, Aug. 14th at
7:30 p.m.
BIG TOMATOES
Eugene Smith of Butter Street,
Lake Lanier, was exhibiting
some big tomatoes Monday
morning in the Bulletin Office.
The largest of the tomatoes
weighed 2 lbs. 11 ozs. and he was
on his way to White Oak Terrace
to get his official taster, Charles
Otis Green, to try them.
Mr Smith said the tomatoes
were Beef Masters and were
grown from seed.
4-H Dairy
Show Winners
Twenty Polk County 4-H’ers
participated in the WNC Jr.
Dairy Show, winning many
ribbons for themselves and
recognition for Polk County 4-H.
Wendi Wolfe won Grand
Champion with her Guernsey
after having placed first with a
blue-purple ribbon in her class
and winning Guernsey Senior
Champion. The Jersey breed
Grand Champion was shown by
Robby Barber after having
placed first in his class and
winning Jersey Senior Champion.
Chauncey Barber won the
Jersey Junior Champion award
and Angela Pack won the
Guernsey Junior Champion.
Winning first in their respective
Guernsey classes with a blue
ribbon were Sarah Davis and
Charlie Peterson. Michelle Clary
won a blue ribbon, second place
in Guernsey showing.
Other placings in various
Jersey classes were: Kerri
Wolfe: blue ribbon, 4th place;
Katie Chesnutt, blue ribbon, first
place; and Thomas White, blue
ribbon, second place.
By far, the largest classes of
the day were in the Holstein
breed. Placings in the various
Holstein classes were: Terry
Parker, blue ribbon, 3rd place;
Linney Barber, blue ribbon, 7th
place; Dewitt Lemond, blue
ribbon, 7th place; Daniel Parker,
blue ribbon, Sth place; Teresa
Roberts, blue ribbon, sixth place,
and Amy Pack, blue ribbon.
Winning Red ribbons were
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No Insurance Fees
For Tryon Students
The Tryon Board of Education
met on 11 August, 1980 after a
summer break. Superintendent
Vernon Dusenbury announced
that the Southern Association of
Schools and Colleges gave the
Tryon schools the all clear status,
meaning accreditation for the
coming year, which is the tenth
year.
The revised bid on the heating
system of $30,480 was accepted:
the new system is expected to be
in before cold weather.
B. C. Corbett reported on
school insurance and recom
mended the Sentry Life Insur
ance Company, which for $2500
will cover all accidents to and
from school, all athletic and other
activities, hospitalization, etc. for
grades K-12, this was accepted
Biltmore Dairy was the only
one to submit a bid on milk for the
coming year, and a firm bid of
13c per carton was voted.
A budget resolution using local
monies only was approved
(State money will come later )
The school organization '
basically the same as last ye
with expansion of vocation
education in the high school and
in the middle school the sched i
changed into blocks of time k
teachers changing rooms in
middle of the blocks insto-> । e
the children. ( of
In the executive session
following personnel cha
were approved: Resignon" 868
Terry McEntire, 3rd gt . 0ns =
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