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Vol. 54 - No. 46
TRYON. N C 28782
MONDAY, APRILS. 1981
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Planning Dinner
The Hickory Grove-Pacolet
Hill Community Club is planning
a barbeque chicken dinner on
Saturday evening. May 2nd
Weather Thursday: high 83,
low 50. Friday was another
beautiful spring day. Everything
is getting pretty now. When the
dogwoods and azaleas reach their
peak it will be like fairylar.d.
John Hinckley, Jr. charged in
last Monday's assassination
attempt on President Reagan,
was deemed mentally competent
Thursday to stand trial, but was
sent to the Federal Correctional
Facility in Butner, N. C. for
further sanity tests.
The bank along Trade Street is
beginning to look good with the
azaleas blooming.
The Polk County Commission
ers meet today at 3 p.m. in the
Commissioners Meeting Room.
The Harmon Field Commission
meets at 7 p.m. in the Tryon ABC
office. The Tryon School Board
meets tonight at 7:30 in the
Supt.’s office at the high school.
Tomorrow the voters of School
District I go to the polls to elect
two members of the School
Board
Fred Seely, Jr. will talk on
“Old Inns in Western North
Carolina” tomorrow at 2:30 p.m.
at the Polk County Library.
The Thermal Belt Health Fair
is Friday and Saturday from 10
a.m. to 2 p m. at the Episcopal
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VFW Meets Tuesday
To Elect Officers
The VFW Post 9116 will meet
Tuesday, April 7th at 7:30 p m. in
the Columbus Town Hall.
Election of officers for 1981-82
will be held. The Ladies Auxiliary
will meet at the same time and
place.
Green Creek PTA
Meets Thursday
The Green Creek PTA will
meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the
school. Mrs. Zmick’s 2nd and 3rd
grade class will present the
program.
Mill Spring 4-H Club
Organizational Meeting
There will be an organizational
meeting of the Mill Spring 4-H
Club Tuesday, April 7th at 6:30
p.m. at the Wheat Creek Church
on Pea Ridge Road, Anyone ages
9 — 19 may join.
Golf
Monday
Tryon in 5 team match at
Maggie Valley (2 p.m.)
Thursday
Polk Central is host to Tryon and
Christ School at Lake Lure
(1:30)
Warren Carson
Named Dean
Warren Carson. Jr.
Effective Spring Quarter, 1981,
Warren Carson, Jr. has been
named to the position of
Academic Dean at Rutledge
College in Spartanburg.
Carson joined the Rutledge
College faculty in July, 1980, and
orior to this appointment he
served as Head of the English
Department. Included in his new
duties as Dean are the Academic
programs at the college and
faculty supervisor. Dean Carson
assumed his new duties on April
1.
He is a native of Tryon, a
graduate of Tryon High School,
UNC-Chapel Hill, and Atlanta
University. He resides in Tryon
where he is active in numerous
community, church, and civic
affairs.
Girls Track
Wednesday
Tryon and Polk Central in Con
ference meet at Edneyville
To Visit N. C. School of
Science and Mathematics
Carole Michele Marsh of Tryon
High School has been selected to
visit the campus of the North
Carolina School of Science and
Mathematics in early April. She
is one of the three hundred high
school sophomores who were
selected by the School’s
Admission Committee from
almost seven hundred nominees.
From this group of three
hundred, one-hundred fifty boys
and girls will be selected for
admission to the School in
September as juniors.
The purpose of the campus visit
is to allow prospective students
and parents to meet and talk with
the School’s faculty, to tour the
facilities, and to get acquainted
with the Durham community.
Each nominee will be given a 30
minute interview as part of the
selection process.
The North Carolina School of
Science and Mathematics is a
state-wide state supported, resi
dential high school for students
gifted and talented in science and
mathematics.
Ladies Blue Ridge
Golf Association
Dot Girardaeu, Margaret
Hannon, Lucille Housh and
Phyllis Prout attended the
opening meeting of the Blue
Ridge Golf Association at Glen
Cannon in Brevard
Following the meeting golf was
enjoyed. Margaret Hannon won
low gross for 18 holes.