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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
Dally 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 Woetom North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 54— 90
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, JUNE 8,1981
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Thursday: high 83,
low 66.
James Earl Ray, serving a 99
year prison term for
assassinating Martin Luther
King, Jr., was stabbed 22 times
Thursday at Brushy Mountain
Penitentiary in Tennessee. Four
fellow inmates were held in the
attack.
The proposed Polk County
Budget calls for a 13.7 cents tax
rate increase; the Tryon City
Schools is asking for a 3c increase
and Harmon Field a >jc increase.
A public hearing on the proposed
1981-82 county budget will be held
Friday, June 12th in the
Commissioner’s Conference
Room.
The Polk County School Board
meets at 7:30 p m. tonight in the
Extension Conference Room in
the courthouse annex.
The Tryon Town Council meets
tonight at 7:30 p m in the
Commissioners Room in the
Tryon Town Hall.
Late registration for the
Spartanburg County Summer
Recreation Program will be held
today from 1 to 6 p.m. at 0. P.
Earle School in Landrum.
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. tryouts
for the Tryon Youth Summer
Continued On Back Page
Saluda Artists And
Craftsmen To Hold
Open House
Members of the Saluda
Association of Artists and
Craftsmen will hold their Second
Annual "Celebrate Saluda" Day
on Saturday, June 20, 10 a.m.
until 4 p.m. Seven Shops and
Studios will be open, with eleven
additional members of the
Association exhibiting their work
in the City Park Pavilion The
shops and Studios include The
Whistle Stop. Snaggy Hollow
Crafts, Dukes Pottery,
McCreery's Woodshop, David
Yaghjian Artist; Saluda
Mountain Crafts, Grandma's
Attic and Saluda Mountain Toys
and Wood Turnings. Those
exhibiting in the Pavilion will
include Mildred “T" Haywood.
Ceramics; Cary Pace, Whittier;
Max Kline. Wood Turning; Jack
Morse, Woodworker, Nana
Nelson, Decorative Painting,
Gordon Johansen, Painter; Clara
Sutherland. Sketching; and
Eunice Skinner, Woodcarver.
For the convenience of visitors,
an Information Booth will be in
the City Park. Brochures, with a
map, will direct visitors to the
various locations, indeniified by
flags. A part of the day will
include prizes, the work of the
artists and craftsmen, to be given
away at the end of the day.
Registration for these prizes will
be at the Information Booth
A picnic lunch will be sold in
the Park Shelter from 11:30 a m.
Continued On Back Page
German Student
In Tryon
Christian Wadle
The Rotary Club of Tryon,
under its very active Youth
Exchange Program, will be host
to Christian Wadle, age 19, from
Pirmasens, West Germany, from
June 8 to July 6. Christian will be
met at the airport by Sharon
Marlowe, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Marlowe of Columbus.
The next day, Sharon will depart
for West Germany to be the guest
of her pen-pal, Regine Gautsche,
and of the Rotary Club of
Pirmasens. Thus, she and
Christian are continuing the one-
for-one exchange of students
between Pirmasens and Tryon
during the last six years.
Christian Wadle's father is a
shoe manufacturer and manges
the Westland Shoe Co. in
Muenchweiler. Christian has a
brother and two sisters. His
interests include photography
(he develops his own films),
reading, especially history which
may be the reason he likes
classical as well as modern
music. His sports are soccer,
Continued On Back Page
Report Cards
Ready Wednesday
Report cards will be ready to
be picked up Wednesday, June
10th at Polk Central High School.
Driver Ed
Starts Today
The Tryon High School Driver
Education began today at 7 a.m
John Amen
Named Editor
John Amen, grandson of Mrs.
W. E. Sassoon of Tryon, has been
named editor of the literary
magazine at Christ School,
Arden "The Struan 1981" had
this to say: "John Amen, from
Tryon, has proven himself to be
one of the most talented
perceptive writers whose works
have appeared in "Struan" John
will be the editor of next year's
magazine, and he promises to
find some interesting ideas
during his summer in England.”
Kiwanis Tuesday
The Tryon Kiwanis Club will
meet Tuesday at 12:45 p.m at the
Pacolet River Plantation.
Honored at the meeting will be
Tryon Coach Mike Pearson,
Tryon Key Club advisor Barry
Flood, Polk Central Key Club
advisor Eddie Roberts and Tryon
Keywantte advisor Nina Morley.
Col. S. L. Houser is in charge of
the program