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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Seth M. Vining, Jr., Editor and Manager
The Bulletin Is published
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Tryon. N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Cerollno
Vol. 54 — No. 24
TRYON, N.C. 28782 THURSDAY, MARCH 5,1981
16 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Cop;
Weather Tuesday: high 62, low
34. Wednesday morning was
cloudy with a good chance of
rain.
Prince Charles and Lady Diana
Spencer will marry on July 29 in a
world televised ceremony that, in
a break with royal tradition, will
take place in St. Paul’s Cathedral
instead of Westminster Abbey.
President Reagan said
Tuesday he does not foresee
sending U. S. combat troops to El
Salvador.
The Tryon Police Department
requests that people not call the
Department to ask where the fire
is when the fire siren goes off.
The dispatchers have their hands
full at that time and don't need to
answer the phone except for
police and fire business.
The Lanier Library had two
copies of "The Importance of
Being Earnest." The books are to
read in the reading room only.
Our congratulations to the Polk
Central girls and the Tryon boys
and Landrum boys basketball
teams. The Polk Central girls
advanced to the District Finals
before losing to Hiwassee Dam.
The Landrum boys won their first
round playoff game and play in
the quarter-finals Friday against
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Address Changes
On March 21st
The U. S. Postal Service will be
re-aligning territory effective
March 21st. This will affect all
residents who currently live in
North Carolina, but receive mail
with a South Carolina address.
This change is a nationwide
effort.
Those Polk County residents
who currently receive mail from
Landrum and Campobello will
receive mail on Rt. 2, Columbus
except for a few who will receive
mail from Rt. 1, Tryon. Those on
Rt. 1, Chesnee will have a
Rutherfordton Rt. 4 address.
A few on Rt. 1, Tryon (Dug Hill
Road, Lake Lanier Drive, etc.)
will have the same address, but it
will be on Rt. 1, Landrum.
AFS Program
At Rotary Friday
The Tryon Rotary Club will
meet Friday at 12:45 p.m. at the
Pacolet River Plantation. Mrs.
Shaw Pettigrew and Mrs. Carroll
Brady will present a program-
about the AFS program in Polk
County. Mrs. Pettigrew and Mrs.
Brady are co-presidents of Polk
County Chapter of AFS.
The foreign students currently
going to school in Polk County are
Jama Sorsa of Finland, Rosita
Molina of Mexico. Chico Vasquez
of Costa Rica, Dugald Ross of
South Africa. They will present a
slide presentation and a short
talk on their native country.
Landrum Boys Beat
Jonesville 80-67
Playing one of their better
basketball games of the year, the
Landrum Cardinal boys defeated
Jonesville 80 to 67 Tuesday night
at Landrum. Landrum, now 21-6
will meet the winner of the Clio-
Lamar game Friday night at 7:30
at Lugoff-Elgin High School.
Jonesville finished the season at
20-7.
Jonesville held a four point lead
in the second quarter but
Landrum used a half-court trap
and Kelly Cash came up with two
key steals that were converted
into points. Al halftime Landrum
led 33-27 and then put the game
out of reach in the third quarter
as they went out front 56 to 38.
Leading the Landrum charge
was Ricky McDowell who had 27
points and 18 rebounds as well as
a number of blocked shots. Greg
Ruff had 17 points, Jeff Pace 14
points and Todd Hardin 12 points.
Coach Ron Hicks was pleased
with the play of his team and felt
that the Cardinal defensive play
was the key to their win.
Jonesville was lead by Donald
Addis and Randy Nash who had
18 points each.
BOYS GAME
JONESVILLE (67) — Addis 18,
R. Nash 18, Means 8, Batchelor 8,
Eison 7, Glenn 6. Hayes 2.
LANDRUM (80) — McDowell
26, Ruff 17, Pace 14, Hardin 12,
Cash 6, Bruce 5.
Halftime: 33-27, Landrum.
Tryon Boys Win;
In State Finals
The Tryon boys basketball
team defeated Hiwassee Dam 76-
55 Tuesday night at Tuscola High
School, winning the District 4 1-A
Title and advancing to the State
Finals on Friday, March 20th at 7
p.m. in the Greensboro Coliseum
The 2-A finals will be played at
8:30. This is the first time a Tryon
basketball team has reached the
State finals. Two years ago they
reached the semi-finals at
Garner near Raleigh and lost to
John Wilkinson High School.
Athletic Director Geoffery
Tennant stated that tlie District 4-
A winner got a bye into the finals
and would have to meet the East
Regional winner which will be
determined next week.
Back to the game! The Tigers
started out cold as their shots
wouldn't fall and they found
themselves behind 4-0, before
Darrell Counts hit a jumper. Sam
Miller hit a free throw and then
Lindsey Miller connected to give
the Tigers a 5-4 lead and they
were on their way. By the end of
the first quarter the Tigers pulled
out front 19-11. The second
quarter found the Tigers out front
by 14 points, but sloppy ball
handing dissipated their lead to 6
points by halftime and the score
was 32-26.
Tryon jumped out to a fast start
in the second half and by the end
of the third period led 56-40. At
one time the Tigers led by 24
points (72-48) before settling for a
76-55 margin. The last part of the
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