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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
(USPS643-360)
Printed In the THERMAL BELT ol Western North Caroline
Phone 859 9151
12 Pages Today
Vol. 54 - No. 51
Weather Thursday: high 71.
low 59. rain .32. Friday morning
was a perfect spring day. If we
will just open our eyes and see the
dogwoods, azaleas, etc. in bloom,
we won’t see anything any
lovelier.
The Columbia space shuttle
blast off was postponed Friday
morning due to a computer
failure. The next attempt was
scheduled for Sunday morning at
Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Friday the response to the
Health Fair was overwhelming.
All the parking spaces in the
Episcopal Church area were
filled and there was a small
traffic jam on Melrose Ave. Lots
of planning and volunteer work
went into the Health Fair to make
it such a success.
This is being written before
Tryon Day on Saturday, but
every indication pointed to a
successful event.
A news release from N. C. State
University reported that
shortstop Mike Sprouse of Tryon
was batting .241 in 29 games. He
had been at bat 87 times, scored
26 runs, had 21 hits and driven in 8
RBIs. He had 5 doubles, 1 triple
and had 2 stolen bases in 3
attempts. Mike was an
outstanding athlete at Tryon
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TRYON. N. C. 28782
Special Meeting
Today For
Commissioners
The Polk County Commission
ers will hold a special meeting
today at 12 noon in the Com
missioners Meeting Room in the
courthouse annex. Two items on
the agenda are: 1. Community
Development Resolution and 2.
Approve bills.
Wreck Thursday
A 2-car accident took place
Thursday at 4:50 p.m. at the
junction of Hwy. 176 and McCown
St. in Tryon. Mrs. Nancy Trask,
driving a 1981 Ford was heading
south on Hwy. 176 and Mrs.
Eugenia Walcott driving a 1974
Chevrolet was heading north on
Hwy. 176. Tryon Police Officer
Billy Steppe stated that Mrs.
Walcott’s car turned into the path
of Mrs. Trask’s vehicle.
Officer Steppe said that Mrs.
Trask had two passengers in her
car, but that no one was seriously
injured The new Ford was
totaled and about $300 damage
was done to the 1974 Chevrolet
according to Officer Steppe.
Cross Lighting
The Cross on Tryon Peak will
be lighted at 8 p.m. Tuesday,
April 14.
The Lions Club of Columbus
invites everyone to pause for
prayer at 8 p.m. Tuesday to call
attention to the lighted Cross —
that symbolizes hope for the
world.
MONDAY, APRIL 13,1981
To Speak Here
Author Doris Betts
Response to the announcement
of author Doris Betts' visit to
Polk County on April 14 and 15
has been enthusiastic, reports
Polk County Superintendent of
Schools, Larry Coble.
Two area residents in
particular "enjoyed every
minute" of the weekend they
spent in Chapel Hill last fall
listening to Professor Betts.
Enrolled in a special humanities
series at UNC were Ruth
McIlwain and Marian Fischer of
Columbus, who say they could
have "sat and listened to Doris
Belts for another two days” as
she told about her own writing
and teaching experiences and
talked about the literary of work
of other writers as well as her
own.
"She’s the kind of person who
can get a point across," says
Mrs. McIlwain. “She's both easy-
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BPW Paper Drive
Next Week
The Thermal Belt Business and
Professional Women's Club
reminds all residents of their
paper drive being held next week,
April 21 through April 26. A
trailer will be parked in the
Community Cash parking lot in
Landrum for the collection of
newspapers, magazines, brown
paper bags, cardboard, catalogs,
books and corrugated boxes.
(Books must have covers
removed; corrugated boxes must
be knocked down, and
newspapers must be tied together
with no other items included or
placed in brown paper bags.
Plastic or waxed papers as well
as absorbent papers cannot be
accepted.) Residents are asked
to place thier items for collection
in the trailer which will be open
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Anyone unable to carry items to
the trailer is asked to contact
Linda Marston at 457-3113 as club
members will pick up items from
shut-ins on Saturday, April 18
Wins First Place
Sean McGuinn, 7th grader at
Tryon Elementary School, won
1st award at the Science Fair in
the Elementary Division at
Isothermal Community College
and also $50.
The project was on Biology and
the effect of the sun on
germination of plants.
Sean is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
Terry McGuinn.