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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.
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Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline
12 Pages Today-
Vol. 54 — No. 43
TRYON. N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1,1981
Price 10c Per Cop;
Weather Monday: high 80, low
55, rain .86. The total rainfall was
2.07 inches, a much needed rain.
Monday it cleared up and was a
beautiful spring day.
The nation was shocked
Monday afternoon as it learned of
the attempted assassination of
President Reagan. President
Reagan, who had been speaking
to a labor group inside, was shot
in the left side with the .22 bullet
penetrating his lung. The
President, who walked into the
hospital, never lost his sense of
humor. He underwent surgery at
George Washington University
Hospital and was reported in
excellent condition Tuesday
morning.
Others shot were White House
Press Secretary James S. Brady
who is in critical condition;
Timothy McCarthy, a Secret
Service Agent and Distict of
Columbia police officer Thomas
Delahanty. Brady was shot in the
head, McCarthy in the chest and
Delahanty in the neck.
Arrested was John Warnock
Hinckley, Jr., 25, from
Evergreen, Colorado.
After almost postponing the
NCAA basketball finals in
Philadelphia due to the shooting
(Continued On Back Page)
Precinct 8
Meets Thursday
The Democrats of Columbus
Precinct 8 will meet Thursday at
8 p.m. in the hall way at the
courthouse in Columbus.
Softball Tournament
The Polk Central High School
Boosters Club will sponsor a
softball tournament for men and
women April 13 through April 18.
It will be held at the Green
Creek Ruritan Ballfield in Green
Creek
Any team wishing to enter the
tournament may contact Coach
Ken Brumley at the following
numbers: from 8:00 a m to 3:30
p.m. at Area Code 704-894-3969 or
704-894-8233, after 5:00 p.m. at
704-894-3729.
Entry fee for the tournament is
$50. Trophies will be awarded to
the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams.
Only sixteen (16) teams will be
accepted for the tournament.
There will be a meeting of the
team managers and the
tournament director at the Green
Creek Ballfield on Saturday,
April 11, at 5:00 p m. Entry fee
must be paid at this time.
Interagency
Council
The Interagency Council will
meet Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at
The Meeting Place The primary
topic will be planning approaches
to parking and heating problems
of the Jervey-Palmer Building.
Early Bird
Tournament
The Tri-County Softball League
will sponsor the 4th Annual Early
Bird Tournament April 10,11 and
12 at Harmon Field. The first
twenty (20) teams, men or
women to enter will be accepted.
This will be a double elimination
tournament under the direction
of Dean Smith. Trophies will be
awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd
place. Individual trophies for 1st
place teams and lead home run
hitter. Entry fee will be sixty-five
(65) dollars. Fee must be paid
before a team is entered in
pairings. A manager’s meeting is
scheduled for Sunday, April 5 at 5
p.m. at the Round House at
Harmon Field. To enter or for
more information contact League
Secretary, Joyce Hipp, at 704-859-
6481 or 859-6919 or Tournament
Director at 704-894-8402.
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Guice of
Saluda are parents of a daughter,
Amy Jean, born March 30th at St'
Luke’s Hospital
The maternal grandparents
are Mr and Mrs. Tommy Smith
of Rt. 1, Saluda and the paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs
Horace Guice.
Visiting Mrs. Ernst Mahler at
Chln quapi n Farms this weekend
will be her grandsons, Gary
Mahler of Maryville, Tenn, and
Ernie Mahler of Bradenton
Beach, Fla.
Balloons Launched
At Saluda School
Students at Saluda School
launched two hundred fifty
helium-filled ballons on Friday.
March 27 as part of the
nationwide Writing Pals Balloon
Contest sponsored by Weekly
Reader, the classroom
newspaper.
A message attached to each
balloon explains the project and
asks that the finder return it to
Saluda School. Weekly Reader
will present a $500 prize to the
school that gets back the
message that has traveled the
farthest distance. In addition, 100
runner-up prizes will be awarded.
Since the annual balloon launch
began, Weekly Reader has
furnished more than a million
free balloons to schools
participating in the Weekly
Reader Writing Pals program a
pen pal program in which Weekly
Reader pairs classes across the
country. The balloon launch is the
climax of Saluda School's
yearlong participation in Weekly
Reader Writing Pals. The goal of
the program is to motivate
children to write to, and to
become familiar with, students in
other parts of the country
Saluda School pupils will write
to every person who sends back a
message card from the balloons.
F K McFarland, III is a patient
at Duke University Hospital. His
address is Duke University
Medical Center, Room 2809,
Jordan Wing, Durham, N C
27705