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Tryon, North Carolina, 28782
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
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859 9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Vol. 5-t — No. 77 TRYON, N.C. 28782 WEDNESDAY, MAY 20,1981 Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Monday: high 82. low
53 Tuesday at 7 a.m. there had
been .13 inches of rain. Some
more rain fell after that.
The prime lending rate hit 20
percent Monday.
Between 50 and 60 people
attended the Annexation hearing
Monday night at the Tryon Town
Hall WLOS-TV was also present
and representing them was
Sherrill Barber who was
returning home He is the son of
Mrs. Minter Barber of Tryon.
Mayor Ken Tucker presided at
the hearing and stated that the
Annexation study had been
underway for more than 12
months and the area being
considered had a taxable
valuation of $14,000,000 and about
one-third of this was commercial
It involved 281 parcels of land and
375 people, or counting the school
population about 500 people He
stated that the hearings would
give the commissioners an input,
from which they will make a
report and have another hearing
at a later date.
Most of the people present were
opposed to being taken in by the
town and most were from areas
being considered for annexation,
although there were a few town
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Commissioners Meet
Friday At Noon
The Polk County Commission
ers will have a special meeting
Friday at 12 noon in the
courthouse annex conference
room. Item on the agenda will be
Emergency Management Slash
Flood Plan for Lake Lanier and
Lake Adger.
Tim Ross And
Lou Hoskyns
Shot78’s
In the Western Sectional Golf
Tournament at Maggie Valley
Country Club, Tryon High's Tim
Ross and Lou Hoskyns shot 78s.
The top individuals who shot 77
and under qualified for the state
prep tournament May 27-28 at
Finley GC in Chapel Hill. The
three top teams (Tuscola,
Hendersonville and East
Rutherford) also qualified for
state play.
The top individual score was a
76 by Robbie Bright of Erwin
Four players had 77s
Homecoming Sunday
Sunday, May 24th will be
Homecoming at Blue Ridge
Freewell Baptist Church. The
singers will include The
Redeemed Quartet of Maggie
Valley and The Holcombe Family
of Cowpens. Rev. Robert Price is
the pastor.
Revival begins Monday, May
25th at 7 o'clock each evening.
Friday Is
Test Score Day
Friday, May 22nd will be Test
Score Day in Tryon City Schools.
All students in grade 1-12 will
receive test score reports to be
taken home to their parents.
These scores will be the results
of the State's annual testing
program in grades 1, 2, 3,6 and 9,
plus local testing in all other
grades.
Parents with questions can call
the school principal with any
question in regards of these
reports.
Mrs. Elvira W. Taylor and son,
Ken, have returned to Tryon
from Chapel Hill where they
attended the graduation of her
son, Gordon Taylor, who received,
a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Mr. and Mrs Fred L Seely, Jr.
have returned from a weekend at
Chapel Hill, N. C., where their
son. Tom, received his medical
degree from the University of
North Carolina School of
Medicine. He will begin his four
year residency at Chapel Hill
July 1st. Another son, Kent, also
visited with his parents and his
brother from his home in Ohio.
A Graduate
Miss Christy Ramsey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Ramsey of Columbus was a
recent graduate of UNC at
Chapel Hill. She received an A B
in Political Science and
Sociology.
Ask More Money
For Schools
The Tryon Schools' PTA
representatives took up the
greater part of the Polk County
Commissioners meeting on May
18.
The first Commission business
included recommending Landfill
and Levi Roads to be put on the
State system; the County's
athletic director's report on the
successful Tee Ball program;
reports from VA, Recreation,
Health, Mental Health and
consideration of the parking
problem around the library.
Green River Cove Manage
ment Board was discussed in
terms of the need to advertise for
members; Secretary Lee's
suggested figure of 5 from Polk
and 4 from Henderson; and the
plan to meet very soon with
Henderson’s Commissioners
Polk’s Commissioner Butler
expressed his desire to be a
member of the Management
Board, since he had for some
time "followed the subject of the
Green River Cove.”
When the more than half a
dozen Tryon PTA members had
all arrived — and Green Creek
was also represented — The
Commission heard and
responded to the several
speakers who asked for
additional funds from the County
via an increased local tax.
Dr. Mark McCall, PTA Board
Chairman from Tryon, asked
that the "budget requests from
our schools be supported by
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