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2nd Class Postage Paid At
Tryon, North Carolina, 28782
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
* (USPS 643-360) *
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 53 —No. 224 TRYON, N.C. 28782 FRIDAY, DEC. 19,1980
16 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Cop;
Weather Wednesday: high 53,
low 37. Thursday was another
nice day.
Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee
lacocca said Wednesday the
survival of his company is at
stake and the United Auto
Workers must agree to a wage
freeze or loose thier jobs.
We were watching the Tryon
fireman doing their job at the
forest fire on the mountain
Wednesday night and thought
how fortunate all of us in this
area are to have men dedicated
to saving the lives and property
of others. Not only the Tryon
firemen, but those in Landrum,
Columbus, Green Creek, Mill
Spring, Sunny View and Saluda.
None of them receive any money,
but all of them receive
satisfaction in helping their
fellow man. They respond to fire
alarms all hours, day or night.
Many good clothes have been
ruined and sleep lost when called
out in the middle of the night.
Valhalla Hand Weavers and the
Lawrences have an ad in the
paper today thanking the fire
fighters. Often we don’t think of
them until they are needed. They
do such a good job, they are just
taken for granted
Saturday at 10 a.m. is the
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NCNB Employees
Service Awards
Service awards have been
presented to the following
employees of the North Carolina
National Bank:
Joseph G. Claud, 25 years;
Horace A. Smith 25 years;
Evelyn B. Flynn, 15years; Judith
A. Williams 10 years; Kenneth L.
Tucker 10 years; Frances B
Collins, 5 years.
Shoots Self
Michael Ruff, 21, of Henderson
ville was found in his car
Thursday morning about 6:15 in
a private drive near the Tryon
Church of God on Hwy. 108 Tryon
Police Chief Jerry Ross said that
Ruff had apparently shot himself
with a .22 pistol in the chest.
Mr Ruff was rushed to St.
Luke's Hospital where his
condition was reported as fair
Thursday morning.
Forest Fire
The Tryon Volunteer Fire
Department was called to a
forest fire late Wednesday
afternoon on the mountain near
Valhalla Handweavers
The fire burned the dead kudzu
and spread up the mountain The
Columbus Volunteer Fire
Department was called to assist
and the County Forest Ranger
and his men also fought the fire.
Mr and Mrs. Henry Holste of
Lake Forest, III. are spending the
holidays in Tryon.
Playing Tonight
The Music Makers are playing
tonight at the Sheraton in Spar
tanburg for Milliken
Chemical Co. Christmas Party
and Dance.
Candlelight Service
At Midway Baptist
The Midway Baptist Church
will present a Candlelight
Christmas service Wednesday,
Dec. 24that7 p.m.
Bob Ernst, Jr. of Chicago. Ill.
will arrive Christmas Eve to visit
his parents, Mr and Mrs. Bob
Ernst of Red Fox and his sisters,
Mrs. John Lankford and Mrs.
Jeff Scoggins and their families.
Dame Elizabeth Hill of
Cambridge, England is visiting
her niece and nephew, Mr. and
Mrs. Shaw Pettigrew in Tryon.
Andy Bayard, student at N. C.
State University is spending the
Christmas holidays with his
parents. Dr and Mrs. Walter
Bayard of Tryon.
Tim Corbett, student at UNC at
Chapel Hill is spending the
Christmas holidays with his
parents, Mr and Mrs. B C
Corbett of Tryon.
Miss Jennifer Gaut, student at
Appalachian State University, is
spending the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard E. Gaut of Tryon.
The Cosmic Reporter
“Christmas"
by Tim Linder
This year, as for the past five
years at Christmas, instead of
writing about the stars I am
going to tell you the story of why
we celebrate Christmas. The best
explanation of Christmas is found
in the Bible in the book of Luke:
Luke 2:8-20: And there were in
the same country shepherds
abiding in the field keeping watch
over their flock by night.
And Io, the angel of the Lord
came upon them and the glory of
the Lord shown round about them
and they were sore afraid. And
the angel said unto them, Fear
not: for behold, I bring you good
tidings of great job, which shall
be to all people For unto you is
born this day in the city of David
a Savior which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you:
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger
And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God and
saying, Glory to God in the
highest and on Earth peace, good
will toward men
And it came to pass as the
angels were gone away f rom
them into heaven, the shepherds
said one to another. Let us now go
even unto Bethlehem and see this
thing which is come to pass which
the Lord hath made known unto
us.
And they came with haste, and
found Mary and Joseph and th
babe lying in the manger. And
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