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THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
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(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 Cerollna
Vol. 53 - No. 202
TRYON. N C. 28782 TUESDAY, NOV. 18,1980
8 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Cop;
Weather Friday: high 71, low
37; Saturday: high 65, low 56;
Sunday: high 56, low 51, rain .48;
at 7 a.m. Monday the rain was
08. It continued to rain Monday
and got colder as the day went on.
This is a small world Monday's
Greenville News had an article
about the President's Church
offering condolences Sunday on
his defeat. In a Bible class before
worship service, the resolution
was read aloud and presented to
the president In the sermon,
preached by Claude Broach, a
retired minister from Tryon,
zealous religious organizations
who seek power came under
attack Broach, in apparent
reference to the Moral Majority,
said it was wrong to "make a hit
list of all those who do not
conform” to their view, but
added. "We are not dealing with
evil men but with good men
whose zeal has led them down a
strange and dangerous path."
A news release from the
Tarheel Kitchen, stated that Seth
Davis of Mill Spring won fourth
place, in the N. C. Pork Cook-Out
Champ contest with a Super Loin
recipe.
If you don't like to walk, Syd
Nisbet of Tryon, would certainly
make you tired He recently
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Arrives Safe
After Boat Trip
Philip Borden and his wife.
Jean, set sail in October 1979
from Los Angeles and arrived
safely in Key West, Fla last
Saturday. The Bordens had a 44
ft. sail boat and went down the
west coast of South America
through the Panama Canal to the
San Blas Islands, to Yucatan.
Mexico and then to Key West
through Hurricane Jean
Philip Borden is the son of Mr
and Mrs. Arthur Borden of
Tryon. Another son, Chris, will
return to Tryon later this year for
a travelogue
Stolen Van
Is Located
Allen Rickman of the Polk
County Sheriff's Dept located a
1973 Dodge Van Sunday about 2
p.m. off of Howard Gap Road and
down the mountain A check of
the serial number and tag showed
that the vehicle had been stolen
on July 28th in Greenville, S C.
The wheels had been removed
from the van.
Shoots Self
Miss Jean Gibbs, 21, of Rt 1
Columbus was shot Friday night
between 8 and 8:30 and taken to
St Luke’s Hospital were her
condition was reported as stable
Allen Rickman of the Polk
County Sheriff’s Department
stated that no foul play was
suspected and that the wound
was apparently self inflicted The
case is still under investigation
Martin Hired As
Recreation Director
On November 14th at the Sunny
View School the County
Commissioners held their last
meeting before the new Board
takes over on December 1st. A
resolution was passed in
approval of Industrial Bonds to
be issued towards enabling the
Messinger Manufacturing
Company to follow through with
its plans for moving to Polk
County Tabled until December
1st was the question of appointing
an interim County Manager, as
well as other new business
concerning a case of foreclosure,
and a salary adjustment in the
office of the Register of Deeds.
Jeanie Martin of Columbus is to
be hired as the County’s
Recreation Director. She is one of
seven applicants, all of whom
were highly qualified Her own
qualifications include a college
degree and experience for six
years as a Basketball official.
Commissioner Sauve’ will be in
contact with the North Carolina
Department of Human Resources
on the subject of a medical plan
for the county jail; while Gary
Durham is still expected to
discuss the matter and attendant
problems, with the Board.
There was some discussion of
the Isothermal College’s plans
for expansion of its facilities at
the Jervey-Palmer Building.
Friday, November 21st, at one
o’clock, was the time set for
meeting with the College
officials, at the Building, about a
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Banquet For Youth
Football Players
The Landrum Youth Sports
Association will sponsor a hotdog
supper and banquet Monday,
Nov 24 at 7 p.m. at the 0. P'
Earle School cafeteria in
Landrum The event is for the
boys who participated in football
in grades 4, 5, 6, and their
parents The guest speaker will
be Steve Coley, coach of the
Landrum High School Football
team.
For more information contact
your son's coach.
Class Of 1973
The Tryon High School Class of
1973 will have a meX
Saturday, Nov. 29th at Trv„
Congregational Church at 2
to organize a class reunion. m
For more information
Linda Butler Wahnon, K-J c^g
Final Deadline
For Basketball
The final deadline for
the Green Creek Ruritan Pi, " 8
Basketball League
Saturday, Nov 22nd. For f be
information call r ^^r
Randolph 863-2340 or 3 !' 6111 '
Clary 863-2250. All i n t rnold
churchesareinvited Ieres led
On Sunday, Nov. 23 f
pm the “"^1
Thanksgiving will be , '“llal
at the Schiele Muse^cted
Cab.n Site in Gastons ^
admission On ta.