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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 Bulletin Is published
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Vol. 55 - No. 9,1982 TRYON, N. C. 28782 THURSDAY, FEB. 11,1982 Price 10c Per Copy
Weather Tuesday: high 55, low
43, hum. 78%. At 7 a.m.
Wednesday there had been .60
inch of rain. Wednesday was a
sunny and cool day.
President Reagan declared
Tuesday he had yet to witness a
better budget offered by critics
who should “put up or shut up.”
A major storm spread snow
and ice from the Texas
Panhandle to Boston on Tuesday,
dealing another staggering blow
to the eastern United States
where property damage this
winter has reached more than 343
million. Snow falling at the rate
of an inch an hour in places
Tuesday brought the total on the
ground to more than 2 feet in
some locales as the third
snowstorm in 10 days swept
across the Midwest.
Phil and Gaye Johnson will be
at The Upstairs Friday night at 8
o’clock to play new original
works and to talk about
songwriting.
From 2 to 4 p.m. 'Friday the
White Oak Terrace Nursing
Home will have its 1982 Rock ‘n'
Roll Jamboree. All donations go
to the Polk County Heart
Association.
Word has been received in
Tryon of the death of Mrs.
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Committee Eyes
Retirement Center
A retirement complex in the
vicinity of St. Luke’s hospital, if
ever actually constructed, is not
planned for the immediate
future, according to Ad Hoc
Committee Chairman Richard
M. Palmer, Trustee of St. Luke’s.
“Our committee’s assigned
duties are to accumulate data on
census and demographic figures,
site suitability, potential
demand, and eventaully legal
and financial aspects
culminating in a professional!)
prepared feasibility study. We
will then make a report to St.
Luke’s Board of Trustees”.
Board Chairman, 0. O.
Paulsell appointed the Ad. Hoc
Committee. Serving in addition to
the chairman are Bertha
Blomfield-Brown, Paul
Culberson, John G. Landrum,
Jr., the Rev. John D. Smith
Henry W. Welch, Mr. Paulseli
and Administrator Henry
Swicegood are ex officio
members.
All hospital trustees report
great interest in the possibility of
a retirement complex with some
relationship to the hospital, and
Chairman Palmer says he will
keep the public informed on any
pertinent information or
developments.
Remarks from interested
suggestions, etc.
should be addressed to Mr’
Palmer at the hospital.
To Head
Red Cross Drive
Joseph G. Thurber
Joseph G. Thurber has been
named chairman of the 1982 fund
drive for the Polk County Chapter
of American Red Cross, Chapter
Chairman Porter Morgan
announced. He also said that Jim
Kirk would serve as vice
chairman.
Thurber was a resident of
Chicago, Ill. before his move to
Tryon in 1977. He retired from
Peoples Gas Company, a Chicago
utility in 1970 as a Supervisory
Accountant, but continued
working as Sheltered Workshop
Supervisor with West Suburban
School for Retarded in Lombard,
Ill., until his move to Tryon.
He earned a BSA degree from
Walton School of Commerce,
supplemented by Management
Development studies at the
University of Chicago. Through
company participation in fund
drives, Thurber was a Loaned
Executive assigned to The
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Valentine Dance
There will be a Valentine
Dance Saturday from 8 to 11 p.m.
at the Stearns gymnasium in
Columbus. The music will be by
the Polk County Bluegrass band.
There is no admission.
Women’s Fellowship
Meets Monday
The Women’s Fellowship of the
Congregational Church will meet
for a catered lunch on Monday,
Feb. 22nd. Mrs. Betty Boas^
program chairman stated that
the program would be given by
Duncan Scott.
Landrum Lions
Meet Tuesday
The Landrum Lions Club will
meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the
Landrum Civic Center.
To Visit County
A representative
Congressman Bill Henal.
District Office will be in 5
^^y- ^ruary 19th at ^ o n
a.m. in the Town Hall Buildin- 00
Representatives
Hendon’s office are meetin„ r ° m
constituents in each cminK W1U ’
nth Congressional D^ 0f ^e
hear their views and co Ct 1 °
as well as any problems l^^^ts
be having involving th,, p y ^ay
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