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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
(USPS 643-360)
Phone 859 9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Vol .4— No .VI
TRYON, N C 28782
WEDNESDAY. APR 15,1981
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Eriday: high 82. low
49; Saturday: high 82. low 56;
Sunday: high85. low 56; Monday:
high 88, low 58 Rain at 7 a m.
Tuesday was .09. Cool weather
came after the showers
The Charlotte Observer won
the 1981 Pulitzer Prize on Monday
for meritorious public service for
its series "Brown Lung: A Case
of Deadly Neglect." In Febniary
1980. The Observer published 22
articles and 8 editorials detailing
the failure of public officials,
businesses and doctors to deal
with brown lung
Worried that support for the
president's economic program
may be falling apart. White
House officials and
administration loyalists have
launched a massive publicity
campaign aimed at winning over
Congress.
The American diplomats
formerly held hostage in Iran
were cited Monday for
exceptional bravery as they were
presented the State
Department's Award for Valor
by Secretary of State Alexander
M. Haig, Jr
The Polk County Animal
Protection Society invites
members and potential members
to a meeting Friday at 3 p.m.
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Commissioners
Meet Tuesday
The Polk County
Commissioners will meet
Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the
Columbus Town Hall due to
Monday being a holiday.
Columbus
Presbyterian
The Columbus Presbyterian
Church will have a Maundy
Thursday service at 7:30 p.m.
The Choir shall lead with special
music and the minister, the Rev
R. D Bradham will lead in a
meditation. "The Confidence of
Christ.” The public is invited
AARP Meets
Tues., April 21
The Polk County Chapter No
21821NRTA-AARP) will meet
Tuesday, April 21st at 2 p m at
the Meeting Place.
The guest speaker will be Mrs.
J Frank Mitchell of Landrum
Mrs. Mitchell, a retired
missionary, spent 37 years in
Chile teaching in the Baptist
School as well as working in
various parts of the country.
Refreshments will be served in
the dining room after the
meeting.
Guests and visitors are
welcome.
Gaut-Pruette Associates and
Town & Country -Knoblock were
the Realtors that sold the Charles
Green house to the Bruce
Palmers
Town of Tryon
Considering
Annexation
Monday night at the Town of
Tryon meeting, the Board of
Commissioners approved a
resolution stating intent of the
Town of Tryon to consider
annexation The areas under
question are the following: 1.
South to the State line; 2. Gillette
Woods area; 3. Country Club
Heights area; 4 to Pacolet River
including Harmon Field, Tryon
High School to the Lynn bridge;
5. Out Wilderness Road area; 6.
Out New Market Road to Ridge
Road
Each property owner under
consideration will be notified by
mail of this intent. There is a map
on file at the Town Hall
describing these areas under
consideration There will be a
series of public hearings which
will be held May 18-22. The public
hearings will be held section by
section. The Board will then take
action within 60 days of the
hearings by local ordinance.
There are some 225 parcels of
land in the area with an estimat
ed property value of $11,000,000
and an estimated 500 people. It is
estimated that lower insurance,
lower water rates and city
services would more than offset
city taxes.
In other action the Council
presented certificates to Tryon
High School Boys Varsity
Basketball Team for their 21-4
record and finishing 2nd in the
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Closed Monday
The Tryon Tryon Hall will be
closed Monday, but there WILL
be garbage collection as usual.
Student Art
Competition
The Hendersonville Art
Museum Group is sponsoring its
Second Annual High School
Student Art Competition
commencing April 15 through
April 30. The show is being
judged by Ed Ritts, new Director
of the Asheville Art Museum,
with achievement awards and
cash prizes, to be awarded at the
reception for the exhibit on April
15, 1981 at 7:30 in the Henderson
County Public Library. The
exhibit will be in the auditorium
room of the Henderson County
Public Library during normal
library hours and the public is
invited to review the exhibit and
attend the reception.
Spartanburg Beats
Landrum 16-8
Spartanburg baseball team
defeated Landrum 16 to 8 Monday
at Landrum. Spartanburg took
the lead in the 4th with a 5 run
rally.
Spartanburg 201 051 0 6 - 16
Landrum 002 311 - 1 - 8
Stewart, Sellars and Hood;
Pruitt and Tucker.
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