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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
Daily 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
Vol. 5-1 - No. 15
Weather Wednesday: high 56,
low 50, rain at 7 a m. Thursday
vas 1.20 inches, and it continued
to rain Thursday morning
President Reagan addressed
the nation Wednesday night and
told of his plans to cut Federal
spending and to cut taxes. He
delivered his economic message
to a joint session of Congress. All
of us will favor the spending cuts
except those that affect us
The Appalachian Conference
Basketball Tournament will
continue tonight and Saturday.
Semi-final games are tonight and
the championship games
Saturday. The JV games are at 5
pm., girls games at 6:30 and
boys games at 8 p.m. All games
are in the Landrum gym.
The Carolina Cloggers of
Canton will be at the Stearns gym
in Columbus Saturday at 7:30
p.m.
The Sunny View Ruritan Club
is sponsoring a Gospel Singing
tonight at 7:30 at the Mill Spring
School. Proceeds will go toward
an outdoor gym for the Sunny
View School. Groups to be
present are: Lamar Sego Family
of Macon, Ga.; the RuppeSingers
of Landrum and the Cooper's Gap
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT ol Western North Carolina
TRYON, N. C. 28782
County Accepts
High Bid
The County Commissioners
held a special meeting
Wednesday noon. Feb. 18,1981, to
open and discuss bids for the new-
emergency commission console
to be set up in the county jail. Two
bids were presented, one from
General Electric for $8,559, and
one from Motorola for $11,885
Gentlemen representing all
companies involved were also
present.
Commissioner Butler reported
on a meeting he had with the
Tryon Mayor, town manager,
and one councilman. The total
emergency equipment operated
by the Tryon Police Department,
used by the county departments,
is worth $107,200, including the
land, tower, and building on
Tryon Peak. Tryon is willing to
give the equipment to the county
He moved to reject all bids until a
feasibility study is made to
determine if the Tryon
equipment can be moved to the
jail, and can hook up with new
equipment. Butler voted for,
Arledge and Sauve voted against.
There was discussion on the
condition of the Tryon
equipment, whether it could be
hooked in with the new console
which has arrived. Marvin
Arledge gave a review of the
Emergency Medical Service
equipment since 1974 and the
experience they had in tying up
with the Tryon PD.
Sauve moved to accept Tryon's
equipment with no strings
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1981
Lankford Named
Fireman Of Year
The Tryon Volunteer Firemen,
their wives and guests, met
Wednesday night at Caro-Mi for
their annual recognition dinner.
Jimmy Lankford was named 1980
Fireman of the Year and the
award was presented by John
Lawrence, editor of the News-
Leader.
Mr. Lankford is a native of
Tryon and was a member of the
Tryon High School Class of 1969,
where he participated in basket-
ball and football. He joined the
Town of Tryon in 1970 and is
foreman of the Street
Department. He is an active
member of the Polk County
Jaycees. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Lankford.
Service Awards were
presented to Roger Edwards and
Rick Covil by Mayor Ken Tucker.
Jack Ford, a retired charter
member of the Fire Department,
who had 48 years services when
he retired presented 25 year pins
to Roy Williams, Robert Earl
Arledge, Jim Cowan and Carroll
Scoggins.
Fire Chief Clarence Scoggins
was Master of Ceremonies and
stated that members of the
department served all the people
— rich and poor He stated that
when the fire alarm came in the
firemen went, no matter what
they were doing or what the hour
was. He stated that the men in the
Tryon Fire Department were
dedicated and he felt that they
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Community Watch
For Gowensville
There will be a Community
Watch meeting March 6th at 7:30
p.m in the Gowensville
Community Club. A11 residents of
the area are invited.
Joins Firm
Timothy Goodman has joined
Thompson & Daughter
Landscape Service in Tryon as
Sales Representative and
Landscape Designer
Mr. and Mrs Goodman and
daughter have moved to this
area from North Tonawanda, N.
Y. in 1973 and since that time Mr.
Goodman has worked for several
landscape firms in sales and
design. He has a degree in
horticulture and landscape
design.
Mr and Mrs. Goodman make
their home in New Prospect, S. C
Democratic Women
Meet Monday
The Polk County Democratic
Women’s Club will meet at 7:30
p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 at the
Courthouse in Columbus.
Special guest will be Jeannie
Martin, Polk County's new
Recreation Director will speak.
Polk Commissioners
Meet Monday
The Polk County Commission
ers will meet Monday at 7 p.m at
Sunny View School