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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 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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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Phone 859-9151
8 Pages Today
Vol. 54 - No. 149 TRYON. N C 28782 MONDAY, AUG. 31,1981 Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Thursday high 86.
low 62, humidity 37%.
Those who live in South
Carolina should (ill their gas tank
up today On Tuesday the state
adds 2 cents to the price of a
gallon of gasoline. This boosts the
state s 11-cent gas tax to 13 cents.
Drought has forced restrictions
on water use in the parched
western North Carolina
mountains and dropped some
rivers to their lowest level in
memory.
Mrs Cleo Geer of Columbus
attended the Western District of
N. C. Association of Agricultural
Extension Secretaries in Sylva
and was elected Secretary-
Treasurer for the coming year
She and her husband, Trent will
attend the State meeting in
Blowing Rock Sept 3 and 4.
Workers compensation
insurance rates will increase
an average of 12.2 percent on Jan
1 under a request filed Thursday
by the North Carolina Rate
Bureau
James Larkin Pearson, North
Carolina’s poet laureate for
more than 28 years, died
Thursday morning at the age of
101 in a Wilke's County hospital
The Polk Central Patriot Band
Continued On Back Page
Tryon Town Hall
Closed Labor Day
Tryon Town Hall w ill be closed
Monday, September 7th for
Labor Day There will be regular
garbage collection on Saturday,
September 5th and Monday,
September 7th
Notice
There will be no Social Security
Representative at the Tryon town
Hall. Thursday. Sept. 3rd
Elwood Martin
Has 65th Birthday;
To Retire Thurs.
Elwood Martin will be retiring^
from the Town of Tryon on
September 3rd after over 21
years of employment service
Mr. Martin most recently
served for many years as_the
Superintendent of the Water and
Sewer Plant. He celebrates his
65th birthday today, August 31st.
He is a member of the Tryon
Presbyterian Church, a Third
Degree Mason at the Jeff L
Nelson Lodge and also current
Vice Commander and past
Commander of the American
Legion Post 250 Mr. Martin and
his wife. Mary, reside at 215
Whitney Avenue in Tryon. They
have three grown children.
Mr Martin was a member of
the Western Section of the North
Carolina Waterworks Operators
Association
Planning Board
To Review
Townhouse Plans
The Town of Tryon Planning
and Zoning Board will meet
Wednesday, September 2nd at
2:00 p m. at Town Hall to review
and comment upon preliminary
drawings for a proposed 28 unit
townhouse development located
on approximately 7.04 acres of
property formerly referred to as
the Dr. Jervey house (behind the
TMA Building on South Trade
Street). The owner of the
property, Bernie DeBord, and
architect. Holland Brady will be
present to discuss the proposal
Lowry Re-Appointed
To Indians Affairs
Jim R Lowry of Columbus was
sworn in Thursday as a member
of the North Carolina
Commission of Indian Affairs.
Secretary of State Thad Eure
swore in one new member and
four others who had been re-
elected by local Indian
organizations.
Installed in a brief ceremony
were new member James
Sampson. Jr of Fairmont, Tom
N. Carter of Clinton, Perlie
Simmons Jackobs of Bolton, W.
Lonnie Revels of Greensboro in
addition to Lowry.
Mr Lowry is chairman of the
commission, which consists of
several government officials and
15 representatives from the
Indian community who serve
three-year terms.
Destroy Still
A 16 barrel! underground
distillery was destroyed
Thursday afternoon by
Greenville County Deputies and
ABC officers. The ‘still was found
on Butter Street. Rt. 1. Landrum.
Deputy Dean Hamrick stated
that there was a trap door leading
down into the still and that only a
small section of stove pipe was
showing He stated that vou could
walk across the still and not know
that it was underground
Boyd Rtdings, Jr. was charged
with possesston of ii| egal
distillery equipment.
Tryon Hounds
Horse Show And
Country Fair
Fair will be held Sept n » U " lry
Harmon Field, Tryon v 1’ 13 at
judges will be Mr and’M ’ C ' The
Mutch of Weston rS R W -
Webster of Landis e e0r 8e
officiate as Steward 5 C will
Acker Sil *" d Mrs.
Members of th Mana ger
Association o f * Sa luda
Craftsmen will partin' ' Sts and
Country c 'Pate i n the
woodworking _ Baturin
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