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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)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 53 — No. 2-10
TRYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 14, 1981
16 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Cop;
Weather Monday: high 31, low
11. Tuesday was another cold
day
Temperatures plunge as arctic
air covers the east Natural gas
started running out in parts of
Massachusetts and citrus
growers in Florida spent the
night in their groves, burning
fires to save the tender fruit
Schools and industries were
closed in many areas.
Leftwing terrorists seeking
Puerto Rican independence from
the United States claimed
responsibility for a string of pre
dawn bomb blasts Monday that
destroyed at least eight planes at
a U. S. Air National Guard base
at San Juan.
James B Edwards. President-
elect Ronald Reagan's nominee
to become secreLary of energy,
said Monday he is inclined to
recommend that Reagan
deregulate oil and gasoline prices
as soon as possible after taking
office.
Natural gas rates will go up
about $1.42 a month for average
residential customers of Public
Service Co of North Carolina.
The N. C. Utilities Commission
approved the rate increase
Monday. Public Services sells
gas to about 134,000 customers
Continued On Back Page
Request Denied
The Tryon Planning and Zoning
Board studied the proposed town
house development of A. M. Stone
for several weeks. The first
request was for GO townhouses on
the 8.05 acres, then 48 and
finally 35 units. The land is zoned
III (single family residential).
The Planning and Zoning Board
stated that the maximum
number of Town House Units
permitted on this property would
be 17 as long as it is zoned R-1.
Parent-Teacher
Conferences
If you are the parent of one of
Tryon City School’s students you
are asked to meet with your
child’s teacher on Jan. 15 or 16 for
a conference.
Jan. 15 and 16 are holidays for
Tryon students and work days for
the teachers. Teachers will be on
duty from 8 a m. to 4 p.m. The
Parent-Teacher conferences
generally last about 15 minutes.
This is an opportunity to find out
how well your child is doing and
what areas he needs
improvement.
Another attractive addition to
Trade Street is the remodeling
that is taking place at Cowan's
Hardware and Farm Supply.
This isn't very good weather for
it, but when it is completed it will
be a credit to the community.
Read The Bulletin
For Local News
Quit Joggin’
Start Cloggin’
Clogging enthusiasts who saw
the Carolina doggers from
Canton perform in Tryon last
April won't want to miss the
chance to learn clog dancing
from this famous group, coming
to Stearns School gym in
Columbus beginning Tuesday.
January 20.
Headed by Red Ivester, the
organizer of numerous clogging
classes at the Canton “Y”, the
group will begin teaching Polk
County adults at 7:30 p.m. until
approximately 9:30. Depending
on popular demand, the group
will appear the following
Tuesday or Wednesday for
several weeks. As a measure of
their generosity and interest in
clog dancing, a type of square
dancing characteristic of the
mountain region, they will
receive no recompense for their
efforts. This is a Polk County
Community Schools project, open
to all Polk citizens at a ($1 per
person). Music will be provided,
either by tape or live, and
spectators will not be
discouraged.
For further information, call
894-3905, Community Schools
Office. — Reporter
Thursday at 10 a.m. Professor
James H. Horton, a plant
taxonomist at Western Carolina
University will give a slide-talk
on "The Natural Heritage of
Western North Carolina" in the
Fellowship Hall of the Tryon
United Methodist Church.
Moves Here
Mrs. Jane Carney, formerly of
Hobe Sound, Fla. has moved to
Tryon and is making her home
with Mrs. W. M. Mebane of
Hogback Mtn Rd. Mrs. Carney is
a medical statistical technician.
A native of New Florence, Pa.
her hobbies are flying, piano and
ice skating. She learned of Tryon
from her brother-in-law who is a
forester at Shelby.
She has six children; James of
Sacramento.; Joan Reidell and
Janet Carney both of Indiana,
Penna.. Jean and John Carney,
both of Hobe Sound, Fla. and Joel
of Freeport. Fla. She also has
four grandchildren.
Mrs. Carney is attending the
Congregational Church
Selina Lewis
Is Rotary Speaker
The Tryon Rotary Club will
meet Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the
Pacolet River Plantation. Miss
Lewis will present the “History of
Thousand Pines Inn and Tryon”.
She operated Thousand Pines Inn
from 1929 to 1964 with her sister
and then on her own until 1976.
Thousand Pines Inn was noted for
its good food and Southern
hospitality and people returned
year after year. She has written a
cook book with some of the
recipes used at the Inn.
Dr. Richard B. Todd will not be
in his Tryon office Thursday due
to illness. The office will be open
on Thurs. the 22nd