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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 P^ ,l,hed
Dally except Sat. ’
106 N. Trade St., P. 0- BOX
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 54 — No. 13-1
Weather Thursday: high 91,
low 71, humidity 53%.
Labor analysts say President
Reagan's decision to fire all
12,000 striking air traffic
controllers and deny them
amnesty is the toughest action
ever taken by a U. S President
against striking federal
employees
Spartanburg attorney Clyde H.
Hamilton will be nominated by
President Reagan to be a U. S.
Federal District Judge for the
South Carolina District.
Hamilton, upon confirmation by
the Senate would succeed Judge
Robert F. Chapman of Camden,
who recently was appointed
judge on the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals.
Defense planners have forged
a record five-year budget
program totaling more than $1.6
trillion for fiscal years 1983
through 1987. At that rate, the
nation's security would cost close
to $4 per day for every man,
woman and child.
The Japanese marked the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima 36
years ago on Thursday
Greer defeated Easley 6-4 to
clinch the championship of the
Upper State American Legion
Continued From Page One
TRYON. N C. 28782
Election Officials
Are Named
The Polk County Board of
Elections has appointed the
following precinct election
officials to serve a two year
term:
Tryon Precinct 1: Florence
MacPhetridge, Registrar; Sadie
McKaig, Judge (D) and
Margaret T. Craig, Judge (R).
Tryon Precinct 2: Ruth
Lancaster, Registrar; Aileen
Page, Judge (D) and William
Martin, Judge (R).
Tryon Precinct 3: Demus
Chapman. Registrar; Ruth
Williams, Judge (D) and Philip
Jones, Judge (R).
Saluda Precinct 4: Sophie
Summer, Registrar: Mary
Phillips, Judge (D) and Rosa Lee
Johnson. Judge (R).
Cooper’s Gap Precinct 5:
Horace Elliott, Registrar;
Marjorie Womack. Judge (D)
and Dwight Lynch, Judge (Ri.
Mill Spring Precinct 6:
Jeanette Rickman, Registrar;
Yates Williams, Judge ID) and
Horace Culbreth, Judge IR).
Columbus Precinct 7:
Margaret Durham, Registrar;
Sellers Edwards, Judge ID) and
Dr. Vernon Beam, Judge (R).
Columbus Precinct 8: Grace
Walker, Registrar; Glenna
Pack, Judge ID) and Robert J.
Watson, Judge (Ri.
Green Creek Precinct 9: Jean
Gosnell, Registrar; Joe Miller.
Judge ID) and Joe Henderson,
Judge IR).
Green Creek Precinct 10:
Deborah Gregg, Registrar;
Lewis Williams, Judge ID) and
Homer Pittman, Judge IR).
MONDAY, AUGUST 10,1981
Engaged
Miss Rickie Green
Mr and Mrs. Clifford Green of
Route One, Tryon, have
announced the engagement of
their daughter, Rickie, to Charles
Randolph Ashley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Ashley, of Columbus.
Both are graduates of Polk
Central High School. Miss Green
graduated from Bomar Beauty
School in Forest City. She is
employed at The Petite
Parisienne Stylon in Tryon. Mr.
Ashley is the manager of
Ashley's Upholstery Co. in
Columbus.
An October 10th wedding is
planned.
To Participate In
Bele Chere Race
The Polk County Striders will
participate in the Bele Chere
Road Race in Asheville on August
15th Anyone needing a ride
should contact Alan Peoples or
Gary Taylor.
Price 10c Per Copy
Planning Board
Meets Thursday
The Polk County Planning &
Zoning Board will meet
Thursday, August 13, at the
Courthouse Annex. The meeting
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Golf Cancer Tourney
Winners Named
Twenty-six teams competed in
the Walter Hagen Cancer
Tournament for Men on August
3rd.
The Handicap Division was
won by the team of Bob Kinney,
Howard Carpenter, Ross Pierce
and Lou Hoskyns, III with a low
net score of 56. The teams of Fred
Roper, Ed Rousey, Jeff Rousey,
J. Foster; Ray Foster, Bill
McFarland, Dee Preston and
Lloyd McKaig tied for 2nd with 57
totals.
The scratch division was won
by Cecil Turner, Fred Edwards,
Jerry Burns and Fred Edwards^
Jr. on the third extra hole in a
playoff with David Foster, Kris
Weaver, Rick Murray and Gary
Bridges. Both teams tied at 62
gross after 18 holes.
All proceeds ($2600) go to the
American Cancer Society. Lunch
and refreshments were donated
V 3 "'^ Grocer y and Jake’s
Party Shop. Team sponsors
were: Tryon Federal Savings &
Book' N°^ h Carolina National
Bank. Northwestern Bank, Tryon
AU a°M P Y tS ' Precis >on Bearing
and Machine, Olney Paint Co.