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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
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT at Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Vol. 54 - No. 33
Change In Time
For Spelling Bee
The Spelling Bee Thursday at
Tryon School has been changed to
10:00a.m.
Weather Monday: high 56, low
39, rain 06. The March Lion
really roared Monday. Most of us
are ready for the lamb to show up
now.
The strongwinds have made
the leaves and dead grass very
dry. All of us should be extremely
careful of our cigarettes and how
we dispose of them All outside
burning has been banned.
Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p m. is
the Lamb or Chicken Dinner at
St. Luke's C.M.E. Church.
The Spelling Bee is Thursday at
10 a m. at the Tryon Elementary
School auditorium.
Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. is
the Spaghetti Supper at Polk
Central High School.
Friday at 7 p.m. the Tryon
Tigers play Pantego in the
Greensboro Colesium.
Saturday is Super Saturday.
The Children's Theater Festival
begins Friday at 8:30 with Robin
Hood.
The Polk County Republican
Convention is Saturday at 10 a m.
at the courthouse in Columbus.
Sunday the annual Greenville
County Hounds Hunter Pace will
be held at 1:30 p.m. at Wright
Way Farms in Gowensville.
TRYON, N. C. 28782 WED., MAR. 18.1981
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Big Wind
The area was hit by a fierce
March wind as it roared through
Monday. The upper shed at
Harmon Field lost the roof over
about 26 horse stalls. Duke Power
reported that about 500 homes
were without electricity as trees
went down over lines and over the
area. Some homes were without
electricity from about 3 p m.
Monday to 6 a m. Tuesday. The
Duke Power crews were out all
night repairing lines.
A tree went down on Elbert
Carpenter’s house on
Meadowlark Drive and knocked
several holes in the roof.
There were a number of
instances of minor damages to
signs, roof, etc.
Change In Place
For Saluda Precinct
John Rhodes, chairman of the
Saluda Democratic Precinct
Committee reports that the
Precinct Meeting will be held
March 26th at 8 p.m at the
Saluda City Hall instead of the
Polling Place. Mr. Rhodes said
that new officers and delegates to
the County Convention would be
elected at this time.
Fire
The Columbus Volunteer Fire
Department was called to a grass
fire Monday about 10:30 a.m.
near the home of Mrs. Pat Lyons
on Fox Mtn. Road.
Fires
The Tryon Volunteer Fire
Department was called out three
times Monday during the wind
storm. They were called to a
woods fire at Hillswick and
Carolina Drive where a tree went
across a power line and the hot
line caught the leaves on fire
They were called to a chimney
fire at Mrs. Gladys Peak's house
and then to a chimney fire at
Elmo Neal’s house.
Going To Game?
Tryon High fans will be leaving
Friday for the Greensboro
Colesium to see Tryon play
Pantego in the State Class 1-A
finals at 7 p.m. Athletic Director
Geoffrey Tennant recommends
this route to the game:
Take N. C. 108 to U. S. 64 in
Rutherfordton. Take U. S. 64 East
from Rutherfordton to
Morganton. Take 1-40 East from
Morganton to Greensboro. There
will be signs directing you where
to exit for the Greensboro
Coliseum — You can take Exit
271A which will take you to High
Point Road You will have to
J? 055 High Point Road and go to
the Four Seasons Mall turn
3™ . and 8° back to the traffic
>ceed up
to the
iignt and turn right. I
High Point Road
Greensboro Coliseum
“Egyptian Trip”
At Rotary-Friday
The Tryon Rotary Club will
present at its Friday. March 20th
meeting a program by Dave
Kirby. He will present a movie he
took of his Egyptian Trip Kirby
is from Tryon. This program will
be presented in 2 parts. 1st part,
March 20th and conclusion on
Friday, March 27. The Tryon
Rotary Club meets on Fridays at
12:30 at the Pacolet River
Plantation.
Landrum Blasts
Patriots 11-1
The Landrum Cardinals
opened their baseball season
Monday with an 11-1 win over the
Polk Central Patriots at
Landrum. Jimmy Pruitt banged
out three hits, including a solo
home run and Gary Tucker added
two more hits. Todd Hardin was
the winning pitcher and allowed
Polk Central only one hit in five
innings, Keith Rhymer was the
losing pitcher
Forest Fire
A forest fire was being battled
Monday by the Greenville County
Forest Service in the gap area
between Hogback Mtn. and
Rocky Spur. Tuesday it appeared
that the fire had been brought
under control
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