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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. O. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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10 Pages Today
Vol. 53 — No. 2-19
TRYON. N. C. 28782
TUESDAY, JAN. 27,1981
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Weather Friday: high 53, low
36; Saturday: high 62, low 31;
Sunday: high 65, low 25. The
weather has been too nice, we
need some rainy days
The 52 hostages came home
Sunday. Their route to West
Point. N. Y. from Stewart Airport
was lined by thousands of people
who welcomed them home.
The Thanksgiving Services in
the Farwell Garden gave an
indication how the people of this
community are thankful for the
hostages’ release. Tryon Mayor
Ken Tucker arranged the service
andothers pitched in to help make
it a successful occasion.
The Oakland Raiders defeated
the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10
Sunday in the Super Bowl.
Quarterback Jim Plunkett was
voted the Most Valuable Player
Saluda which is celebrating its
100th Birthday Sunday has been
getting some favorable publicity
in the metropolitan papers Last
Thursday Kays Gary devoted a
portion of his column in the
Charlotte Observer to Saluda and
the Sunday's Spartanburg Herald
had a feature article on Saluda.
Col. Paul Cullen. Ret., had his
picture on the front page of the
Friday. Jan. 23rd Waynesville
“The Mountaineer." He spoke to
Continued On Back Page
Junior High
Basketball
The Campobello-Gramling
Invitational Basketball Games
are being held January 28th and
29th at the Campobello-Gramling
Schools.
Schools participating are
Landrum Jr. High, Polk Central
Jr. High. Campobello-Gramling
Jr. High and Tryon Jr. High.
The games will be played at
3:30,5:00,6:30 and 8:00.
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ford of
Campobello are parents of a
daughter. Rochelle Rae, born
Jan. 21st at St Luke's Hospital
Paternal grandparents are Mr
and Mrs. Arthur Ford of
Campobello. The maternal
grandmother is Mrs. Gloria
Balge of Michigan
Featured
One of our readers sent us a
clipping from the Citrus Times
(Fla I newspaper which had a
picture of Jack and Methellean
Gosnell and their restaurant
“The Lil Abner" at 114 NE U. S.
19 which specializes in serving
country ham from North
Carolina. Mr. Gosnell formerly
owned the Lil Abner and The
Willows restaurants in Tryon.
According to the article, the
restaurant which opened August
4th, has parking on both sides and
in the back. It seats 75 persons
and has a staff of 13 employees.
The restaurant opens daily at
5:30 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m.
Thanksgiving Service
The Community Service of
Thanksgiving for the release of
the hostages was held Saturday
at 2 p m. in the Farwell Gardens
at the rear of the Fine Arts
Center. Approximately 300
people attended the short service
The Community Choir sang "God
of Our Fathers"; Invocation by
the Rev. Richard Jackson;
Presentation of Flag by Polk
County American Legion Post;
the National Anthem with Mrs
Emma Mackay as soloist; The
Pledge of Allegiance led by Boy
Scout Andy Voso; Scripture
Reading by Dr Darryl Maxwell;
"We Gather To Gather to Ask the
Lord's Blessing" by Community
Choir; Prayer of Thanksgiving
by the Rev. James Johnson;
Mayor's Resolution by the Hon.
Ken Tucker; Moment of Silent
Meditation; “My Country, 'Tis of
Thee” by everyone; Benediction
by Dr. Robert E. Lair, Jr.
A copy of the Mayor's
Proclomation will be sent to each
of the 52 hostages and a tape
recording of the service will be
sent to the State Department
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. James Hyder of
Landrum are parents of a son.
James Alonzo Hyder, Jr., born
Jan. 22nd at St Luke’s Hospital
The maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Otis Powell of
Landrum and the paternal
grandparents are the late Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Hyder of
Landrum.
Citizenship Week
The Tryon Junor Beta Club is
having "Citizenship Week”
Citizenship is being stressed and
speakers are scheduled to talk on
citizenship. Today at 9 a m. Mrs
Carol Lawrence will be the
speaker; Wed. at 10 a m . Joe
Claud; Thurs at 11:30, Holland
Brady, Jr.; Friday at 10:45 a m
John G Landrum. Jr
Meets Wednesday
The Tryon Mayor's Advisory
Committee will meet Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall.
Meets Monday
The Tryon Central Business
District Committee will meet
Monday, Feb 2nd, at 7:30 p m at
the Town Hall
Forest Fire
A woods fire burned on the
former John Fisher place in the
Dug Hill section near the North
Carolina-South Carolina line
early Sunday morning The first
call came in around 5 a m The
Greenville County Forest Service
brought in a bulldozer and cut a
fire break around the fire The
Tryon Volunteer Fire
Department was on a standby
basis in the event the fire spread
toward any of the homes in the
area
Mrs. Earl Carter and Ken
Carter have returned from Hazel
Green, Ky where they enrolled
William Carter in Hazel Green
Academy