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Established January 31, 1928
COL'^^^ftl-D’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. O. Box 790
Tryon. N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS 643-360) *
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT ol Western North Carolina
Vol. 54 — No. 48
TRYON. N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, APR. 8,1981
12 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Copy
There is no official weather
report for Monday, but it was
sunny and cool. Tuesday was
more of the same
With the red buds, dogwoods,
azaleas and other flowering
plants in bloom, this area is
beautiful.
Former U. S Ambassador
Andrew Young announced
Monday he will be a candidate for
mayor of Atlanta.
Halting more than a decade of
increased auto regulations the
Reagan administration said
Monday it will relax or eliminate
34 pollution and safety rules to
help the troubled American auto
industry
Bob Terrell, Asheville Citizen
Columnist devoted much of his
column Tuesday to "Tryon Day”
— A Great Idea
Doug Rogers, the boys
basketball coach at Rosman High
School for the past three years
has been named the new
basketball mentor at Brevard
College
The Thermal Belt Health Fair
is Friday and Saturday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Episcopal
Church of Holy Cross
The Junior Horse Show is
Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Cotton
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Tryon Receives
$50,000 Grant
The Town of Tryon has
received approval from the
Appalachian Regional
Commission of a $50,000 grant to
be used with the Town’s HUD
Community Development
Project Grant Mayor Ken
Tucker stated that this grant
would be used to upgrade water
and fire protection along Peak
Street and Jackson Street
Extension, and also to provide for
the construction of new sewer
lines along Peak Street and
Jackson Street Extension. The
Grant will also include the
cleaning and dredging of the
creek along East Howard Street
from Oak Street to Vaughn
Street. This work should start in
mid-May Mayor Tucker
reported
Fire
The Tryon Volunteer Fire
Dept, was called out Monday
noon to a grass fire near the
Howard Street ball field. A pick-
up truck was reported stuck, and
in an effort to get out the exhaust
set the grass on fire.
“He Really Lives”
"He Really Lives”, a half-hour
color film, will be shown at 6
p m Saturday, April 11 in the
Tryon Seventh-day Adventist
Church. The story of Jesus’
passion and resurrection is told in
a unique way by the Sylwester
puppets
The public is invited.
Wanda Starling
Young Careerist
For District
Wanda J. Starling won the title
of Young Careerist for District I
at the annual meeting of the
Western N. C. BPW Clubs on
Sunday, April 5 in Franklin.
Wanda, who represented the
Thermal Belt BPW Club, was one
of nine young women competing
for this honor.
Wanda is a nurse in the
Progressive Cardiac Unit at
Spartanburg General Hospital.
She is also a full time student at
the University of S. C. at
Spartanburg. She is married to
Eugene D Starling, who is co-
owner of Starway Finance Co. in
Landrum
She will compete at the state
competition in June
Other members of the Thermal
Belt BPW Club attending this
meeting were Linda Marston,
Linda Haynes, Lynn Scoggins,
Mary Duncan, Sarah Edwards,
Judy Arledge and Myrtle
Littlefield.
Mrs Marston, president, gave
a speech on the accomplishments
of the Club during the past year.
Other speakers included Doris
Foster, District Director, who
presided over the meeting; Hazel
Andrews, who spoke on the
responsibilities of officers and
other members; Laura Williams,
former State Federation
President, who explained the
meaning of the BPW Emblem;
and Margaret Bisecker, State
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Jim C. Green
Is Honored
The Catawba Valley History
Association recently presented
its 8th annual Associate of the
Year award to Jim C. Green,
Hickory - area sales
representative, for Exeltor, a
Canadian based company and a
primary supplier of needles to the
hosiery industry. Mr Green has
been located in the Hickory area
for only one year and the award
had never before been received
by Exeltor. Several of the
company’s top executives flew in
to attend the awards ceremony
held at Lake Hickory Country
Club. In appreciation for winning
the award Jim and his wife have
been offered a two week tour of
Canada which they plan to enjoy
this summer.
Mr. Green formerly lived in
Landrum and Tryon and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John C.
Green of Landrum. He is married
to the former Vicka Bryant of
Spartanburg who is a Special
Education teacher in the Hickory
school system. They live on Lake
Hickory and are members of the
Lake Hickory Country Club
where Mr Green pursues his love
of golfing.
Mr. and Mrs. Toby Vosburgh
have returned to Charlotte after
spending the weekend with Mr.
Vosburgh’s mother, Mrs Ed
King and family Mr. Vosburgh is
with All State Insurance. Also
visiting with them was their
friend Larry Skipper of
Charlotte