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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 Bullatln 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 Western North Carolina
16 Paces Today
Vol. 54 - No. 227
TRYON. N. C. 28782
TUESDAY. DEC. 22.1981
Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Friday: high 44, low
26, hum. 37%; Sat., high 32, low
18, hum. 32%; Sun., high 39, low
17, hum. 23%. Monday was also
cold.
Poland’s U. S. Ambassador,
Romuald Spasowski, declared
Sunday he is defecting to the
United Stales because a "state of
war has been imposed upon
Poland" and I cannot be silent.”
A blast of arctic air shocked the
Southeast Sunday, plunging
temperatues to record lows in
Florida, Tennessee, South
Carolina and Georgia.
Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin lashed out at
the Reagan administration
Sunday, accusing it of anti-
Semitism, breaking its word and
treating Israel like a "vassal
state."
George Rogers, former
University of South Carolina
Heisman Trophy winner set a
rushing record for rookie running
backs and the NFL rushing title
Sunday as he gained 107 yards
rushing, giving him a total of
1,674 for the year.
Everyone is so busy this time of
year, that many of us don’t get
into the spirit of Christmas.
If anyone wants a Christmas
greeting in the Christmas edition
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Fire
A house owned by Edward
Fowler on Pea Ridge caught on
fire Sunday about 10:45 a m. The
Ifire. which damaged the ceiling
and the roof of the house, was put
out by the Mill Spring and
Columbus Fire Departments.
Move Here
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Trucks of
Baldwin, Michigan have moved
to their winter home on S.
Blanton St. in Columbus. Mrs.
Trucks is the former Mary Pattie
who lived in Columbus when she
was in school and is a graduate of
Stearns High School. Her father,
the late D D Pattie, built the
Pattie building in Columbus and
opearated a drug store there. A
pharmacist, Mrs. Trucks owned
and operated two drug stores in
Michigan before she retired.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Placak of
Skyuka Rd., will have as guests
for the Christmas holidays their
daughter. Mrs. Carolyn Nemrow,
and grandchildren. Greg, Kim
and Clay, all of Boston, Mass
Bryan Corpening, student at
Western Carolina University, is
spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gay
Corpening of Tryon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kerby of East
Sandwich, Mass, are spending
the Christmas holidays with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kerby
at Red Fox.
Emergency M.D.’s
At St. Luke’s
Doctors will bed down right in
St Luke’s Hospital on weekends,
beginning less than two weeks
from now, to be ready for any
patients coming to the
Emergency Room
They will be fully licensed
physicians from the Family
Practice Center in Asheville The
Center is part of the Residency
Program sponsored by UNC at
Chapel Hill
One of the Asheville M.D.’s will
be here from Friday night to
Monday morning During the
week, physicians on St. Luke’s
Medial Staff will continue their
coverage of the Emergency
Room.
At their December meeting.
Trustees elected Joseph G.
Claud, senior vice-president of
NCNB, to a three year term on
the Governing Board, to succeed
Horace Smith, whose term has
expired.
Also elected to a three year
term was R. Anderson Haynes,
attorney He has been filling the
unexpired term of Dr. A. T.
Pagter, Jr.
James Stott has been appointed
by Polk County Commissioners to
a three year term on the Board of
Trustees
Officers of the Medical Staff for
the coming year are Dr Roy
Morgan, Chief; Dr. George
Hartman, Vice-Chief; Dr. A. T.
Pagter, Jr., Secretary, with Dr.
Theodore Rozema and Dr
Continued On Back Page
Excise Tax
To Be Reduced
The two percent federal excise
tax on your telephone bill will be
reduced to one percent effective
Jan. 1,1982.
Mid Carolina Telephone Co
said the tax, which was imposed
during World War I, has been
steadily declining in recent years
from a high of 25 percent of the
telephone bill The tax will be
eliminated entirely from your bill
by Jan 1,1985
Declares Dividend
The Board of Directors of First
Bankshares Corp of S C., whose
major subsidiary is First
National Bank of South Carolina,
today declared a dividend of 35
cents per share, totaling
approximately $884,000
Payable February 1, 1982, to
shareholders of record January
15, 1982, this is the 154th
consecutive dividend paid by
First Bankshares Corp of S. C.
and its predecessor. First
National Bank of South Carolina
A federal jury found former
state AFL-CIO president Wilbur
Hobby and business associate
Mort Levi guilty Saturday of
illegally obtaining and misusing
job training funds
Keith MacVean, student at N.
C. State University is spending
the holidays with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Adrian MacVean of
Tryon.