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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 150
TRYON, N. C. 28782
THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1980
Price 10c Per Cop:
Weather Friday: high 87, low
58; Sat., high 88, low 59; Sun.:
high87, low61; Mon.: high87,low
61; Tues.: high 88, low 63. Rain at
7 a.m. Wednesday was .83. The
rainfall for August was 1.68
inches, the average is 5.81 inches.
The total to date is 48.11 inches
and the average to date is 42.59,
leaving us a surplus of 5.52 inches
even though August was one of
the driest on record.
Lax accounting procedures
pervade the federal government
and contribute to the loss of
billions of dollars a year through
fraud, waste and abuse,
congressional auditors said
Tuesday.
Syria agreed Tuesday to
another experiment with Arab
unity — this time with the oil-rich
North African nation of Libya
Sunday the Tryon Painters &
Sculptors, Inc. will have an
opening reception Sunday from 3
to 5 for David Yaghjian of Saluda
at the Fine Arts Center His
acrylics will be on exhibit during
September.
There will be singing Sunday at
2:30 p.m. at the New Hope
Baptist Church in Landrum
Present will be The Country
Church Singers of Spartanburg
and The Standards of Columbus
White Resigns
As Principal At
Green Creek School
Ronnie White has submitted his
lesignation as principal at Green
Creek School effective
September 7th. Mr. White has
served two years as Green Creek
Principal and taught at Polk
Central for 10 years prior to that
Mr. WHite stated that he hated
to leave Green Creek,, but that he
had an opportunity to enter
private business which he
couldn’t pass up. (Mr. White is
going into the nursery business
with a brother and two cousins in
the Sunny View area). He stated
that he was extremely lucky to be
placed in Green Creek as
principal and if he had remained
in education he would have liked
to have stayed at Green Creek.
Mr. White said that the coopera
tion he received from the
students, parents, teachers,
secretary, lunch room workers,
janitor, Superintendent and
School Board had been excellent.
Mr. White is a graduate of
Georgia Southern University and
received his masters from
Appalachian State University He
is married to the former Joyce
Woodard of Waycross, Ga an
they have two children, Cindy,
age 12 and Chris, age 10.
Polk doggers
The Polk County Cloggers will
be dancing Saturday beginning
8 p.m. at the Landrum
Emergency Services Day
Palmetto Field in Landrum.
Variety, General
Merchandise Store
Planned For
Landrum
A 40,000 square-foot variety
and general merchandise store is
planned to open in the Landrum
area in March of 1981.
T G.&Y. Stores, based in
Oklahoma and operating more
than 900 outlets coast to coast,
will operate the family
merchandise center on the north
side of U. S. Highway 176 about
3/10 of a mile north of Landrum.
The developer, Lat Purser &
Associates, also announces plans
for a supermarket on the site.
The T.G.&Y. store is expected
to employ some 40 local people.
J. M. Newgent, president of the
company says, “We have been
aware of the outstanding market
opportunities in Landrum- Tryon
for several years and have been
working to complete plans for
this project for a year and a
half."
T.G.&Y. operates three classes
of stores. The one here will be the
largest of the three groups. —
Spartanburg Herald
Homecoming
Is Sept. 26th
The Tryon High School
Homecoming game is Sept. 26th
when the Tigers play Rosman.
Band Parents night will be the
Cherokee game on Sept. 19th and
Football and Cheerleaders
Parents Night will be the
Landrum game on Oct. 3rd.
Girl Injured In
Fall of 100 Ft.
At Big Bradley Falls
The Polk County Rescue Squad
was called to Big Bradley Falls,
Holbert Cove Monday afternoon
about 5:45. Wendy Boone, age 16,
of Spartanburg was standing
near the top of the falls when she
slid on some slick rocks and
plunged about 100 feet. The
accident happened about 4:30
but it took over and hour for
X h 3 Phone for help.
She had fallen in rough terrain
Saluda Fire “n^ the help 0t the
P ° lk Coum Par ment and
Department ^ ahl Sheriff's
her to the road Thp b 6 t0 m ° Ve
3 relay brigade men forrne d
ones carried her fo^ 6 dlfferent
Passed her on 3 Whlle and
wh ° took over som eone else
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^^ County
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Saluda p that in add C ( tUred lung
Polk 1Fe Depa? dltl on to the
the TryoS .sheriff?;? and the
radi0 '°^Dis^Pt. that
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