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Vol. 54 — No. 131
TRYON. N.C 28782
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5.1981
16 Pages Today
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Monday high 89, low
67, humidity 47%
Air traffic controllers illegally
walked off their jobs Monday and
crippled commercial fights in the
first nationwide strike of federal
workers in history. President
Reagan called them lawbreakers
and a federal judge imposed
accelerating fines that would
reach $1 million a day by
Thursday. President Reagan said
any striking controller who
refused to resume work within 48
hours would be fired.
The Green Creek Church
Softball Tournament is in
progress this week. The
tournament is sponsored by the
Green Creek Ruritan Club
The City of Saluda is making
big plans for its 100th birthday
this weekend.
Tuesday at 2 p.m. there will be
a public meeting between the
Polk County Board of
Commissioners, Board of
Transportation Member and
representatives of the N. C
Division of Highways to discuss
the 1981-83 Secondary
Construction Program for Polk
County. The meeting will be held
in the Agricultural Conference
Room at the courthouse annex. A
map is posted in the courthouse
Continued On Back Page
Communication
July 31,1981
To The Polk County Board of
Elections and anyone else it may
concern:
With this letter we resign as
voting machine custodians for
Polk County, but we would like to
address the lies and half-truths
that have been published recently
about us. O'Neal stated that we
receive $30 each plus expenses.
NOT TRUE. We each receive
5300, period For this money we
program 20 voting machines that
are scattered all over Polk
County. There are 10 precincts
with 2 machines in each precinct
Precincts are located in Green
Creek (2), White Oak (1),
Cooper's Gap (1), Saluda (1),
Tryon (3) and Columbus (2). We
furnish our own transportation.
We attend a meeting of
Registrars, Judges and Machine
Operators on the Friday night
before the election to show them
.he set-up. We are on call election
day from 6 a m. until all machine
keys are returned to the Election
Board Office by the Registrars.
We see that all keys are properly
returned to the safe before we
leave. Last election we left after
midnight. We probably work an
average of 8 hours on election day
plus being on call the rest of the
day. It takes about 2 hours per
machine to program them which
is 40 hours (20 hours each). Now
take that 20 hours, add to that the
meeting time, the election day
time, the travel time, and see if
that adds up to $20 to $30 an hour
Continuea On Back Page
Elected Principal
Dr. Donald C. Jones
The Tryon School Board
elected Dr. Donald Collins Jones
as principal of the Tryon
Elementary School Monday
night.
A native of Carroll County,
Georgia, he is a 1961 graduate of
Wofford College with a double
major in sociology and
psychology and education. In
March 1961 he entered the U. S.
Army as a Second Lieutenant and
served two years as an artillery
officer and athletic and
recreation officer at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma
From 1963 to 1966 he taught
school and coached in Liberty, S.
3. and Charlotte County, Va. In
the fall of 1966 he returned to
school to complete his Master of
Science degree in physical
education at the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville and
graduated in 1967
In July of 1967 he was appointed
Continued On Back Page
Tryon School Board
Accepts Resignation;
Hires Principal,
Teacher
During their regular meeting
Monday, 3 August, 1981, the
Tryon School Board accepted two
resignations and hired three new
teachers. Phillip Pleasants
resigned from teaching
woodworking and Debra Clark
resigned from teaching 4th
grade. Dr. Donald Jones is the
new principal of the elementary
school, Garland Rice is the new
woodworking instructor, and
Patsy Jones is the new 4th grade
teacher. Elmo Neal was
transfered to varsity football,
drivers’ ed., and biology.
Plans for the auditorium
rejuvenation have been approved
in Raleigh, and bids will be
opened 12 August. State testing
summaries for grades 1, 2, 3, 6
and 9 were presented, and grade
9 results are impressive.
Mr. Stafford will drop lit
positions from the fooa service.
The lunch prices will be 60c for
grade K-4,75c for grades 5-12 and
$1. for teachers. Biltmore Dairy
submitted the low bid for milk A
firm price of 12.85c per half pint
Ih 0 ^' ° n 1116 condition
that the delivery time be checked
into.
The Policy Committee’s
recommendations for reduction
c'isibiity for rank in
-lass were accepted. - League of
Women Voters Observer