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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.
103 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(US PS 843-360) &
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 54 - No. 249
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON, N. C. 28782 MONDAY, JAN. 25,1982
10 Pages Today
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Weather Thursday: high 49,
low 39, hum. 82%. Friday at 7
a.m. there was .16 inch of rain —
and it rained and it rained. We
know that the moisture is needed,
but it would be nice to have a few
sunny days.
The U. S. Justice Department
rejected North Carolina's
reappointment plan for state
House seats Thursday, saying the
use of large, multiple member
districts reduced black voting
strength in some areas. The
decision marked the third time
Justice Department officials
have rejected a North Carolina
plan under the 1965 voting rights
act, which covers 40 of the state’s
100 counties.
Miss Kim Burrell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burrell of
Tryon served as a page in
Governor Jim Hunt’s office in
Raleigh the week of Jan. 18 — 21.
Kim is a junior at Tryon High
School.
The Health Fair Week in Polk
County will be held the week of
April 15 — 24.
Friday morning at the Polk
County Election Board’s office in
Columbus, Roy L. Morgan, of
Saluda, filed for Polk County
School Board. Filing for the
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FBI At Kiwanis
Tuesday At 12:45
The Tryon Kiwanis Club will
meet Tuesday at 12:45 p.m. at the
Pacolet River Plantation. John
M. Quigley, of Asheville, a
Special FBI agent will be the
guest speaker.
Odell Matthews is in charge of
the program.
Here Tonight
David Moore of Asheville will
speak to the Tryon-Polk County
Board of Realtors tonight at 7
p.m. at the NCNB Conference
Room. He will speak on
“Apprasials.”
Mr. Moore is an independent
fee apprasier and real estate
consultant. He has been actively
involved in appraising for the
past 12 years working throughout
southwest Virginia and western
North Carolina. Appraisal
assignments have involved
residential, commercial and
industrial real estate.
His professional memberships
include Member Apprasial
Institute, MAI, American
Institute of Real Estate
Appraisers and Realtor, North
Carolina Association of Realtors.
He is the current chapter
president of the Society of Real
Estate Appraisers in western
North Carolina. He has taught
seminars appraising.
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For Local News
Mann Is Polk
Chamber Speaker
John F. Mann
The Polk County Chamber of
Commerce will have a dinner
meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at
the Saluda Truck Stop. The guest
speaker will be John Mann, past
president of the Greenville
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Mann, a native of
Greenville, studied pre-law at
The Citadel and the University of
Alabama and graduated wtih
LLB from the University of S.
Carolina Law School in 1951. He is
a past president of the Greater
Greenville Chamber of
Commerce, past Zone Chairman
of Lions Club, served three terms
as a member of the Greenville
City Council and served as vice
president of Greenville Jaycees
and State Director.
Reservations must be made by
Tues., Jan. 26 by calling Cheryl
Shaffer at 894-8237 between 9 a.m.
and 5p.m.
Tryon Federal Has
Successful Year
The annual meeting of the
Tryon Federal Savings and Loan
Association Shareholders was
held Wed., Jan. 13th. At the
meeting the operation and
financial statements for 1981
were reviewed.
Considering the difficult
economic conditions affecting the
industry, the Directors were
pleased to present the statements
The Federal Home Loan Bank
Board showed that 70% of the
Associations across the country
as operating in the red. Tryon
Federal had the enviable position
of being in the top 30% of the
associations ending the year with
a profit.
Interest was paid to 5,600
members for a total just slightly
under $3,000,000. The savings
deposits were up $2,582,00o for a
total of $31,941,000. The loan
portfolio increased by $921,000. At
the end of the year total assets
were $34,870, a growth of
$650,000.
J. Russell Constance and Ray
J. Foster were re-elected to the
Board of Directors.
At the Directors meeting
following the annual meeting the
following officers were elected:
Thomas P. Johnson, Chairman of
the Board of Directors; W. L.
Hague, Vice chairman; Henry
Huntsinger, Vice Chairman; J.
Russell Constance, President and
Managing Officer; Ray J. Foster,
Vice President and Secretary-
Treasurer; Mrs. Brenda B.
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