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Prlntod.ln the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 55 — No. 10
TRYON, N. C. 28782
FRIDAY, FEB. 12,1982
16 Pages Today
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Weather Wednesday: high 55,
low 30, hum. 30%. Thursday
morning was sunny and much
warmer.
Sen. Ernest Hollings of S. C.
took President Reagan up on his
“put up or shut up" on his budget
and proposed putting a freeze on
most federal spending and
scrubbing a 10 percent drop in
income tax withholding
scheduled to take effect in July.
Two items omitted from
Columbus Pharmacy ad
Thursday were: G. E.
MagiCubes, pkg. of 3, $1.89 and
C135.24 or C11D.24 Film $2.68.
There was a large hearing at
the Town of Tryon Annexation
Hearing Wednesday night at the
Tryon School Cafeteria. No one
likes to pay more taxes and no
one likes to be annexed without a
vote. We believe that the Town
Council is doing something that
should have been done many
years ago. Especially the land
between the present town limits
and the South Carolina line. The
Town has been patroling this
area and other areas for a
number of years to give it police
protection. They also answer the
calls for police to these areas.
The Tryon Fire Department has
been providing fire protection for
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Baptist Women
To Lead Service
Baptist Women will lead the 11
a.m. service on Sunday, Feb.
24th, at Tryon First Baptist
Church. Participants include
Alice Tennant and Sadie McKaig,
Responsive Reading; Kathleen
Kimbrell, Moments for Missions;
Louise Powell, soloist; Polly
Scruggs, Offertory Prayer.
Kathleen Kimbrell and Jessie
Bishop are church greeters. Ruth
Ann Arledge, Elizabeth Burrell,
Elaine Jennings, and Georgia
Pack are usherettes. The public
is invited.
Conference
Tournament
The Appalachian Conference
Basketball Tournament will be
slightly different this year. The
semi-finals and finals will be
played in Cherokee and the first
round games will be played
Monday and Tuesday nights at
the higher ranked team’s gym.
The time of the games will be
announced by the host teams.
Many of the standings in the
conference won’t be decided until
tonights’s games are played.
On Monday, Feb. 15th the No. 5
JV team will play at No. 4 and the
No. 6 JV team will play at No. 3.
The No. 5 girls team will play at
No. 4 and the No. 6 girls team will
play at No. 3.
On Tues., Feb. 16th the No. 5
boys team will play at No. 4 and
the No. 6 boys team will play at
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Bids Submitted On
Welcome Center
Wednesday's Asheville Citizen
reported that bids had been
receive on the welcome center
building on Interstate 26 near
Columbus.
Powers Construction Co. Inc. of
Spartanburg, S. C. submitted an
apparent low bid of $159,400 to
contract a welcome center
building on I-26 approximately
three miles north of the South
Carolina state line.
The firm’s bid, one of five
submitted was 13.4 percent below
the estimated cost of $184,132.37.
The project will be available to
the contractor March 22, and the
final completion date is Dec. 1st.
Commissioners
Meet Monday
The Polk County
Commissioners will meet
Monday, Feb. 15th at 7 p.m. at the
Saluda School.
Valentine
Scavenger Hunt
Lynn First Baptist Church has
organized a Youth Counci
consisting of four youth leaders
and four adult leaders to pa
activities for the youth of Polk
County and surrounding areas.
To begin activities, the churc ^‘
aaving a Valentine Scavenger
Hunt on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 6
to 9 p.m. All youth are invited.
Refreshments will be served.
Post Office
Closed Monday
The Tryon Post Office will be
closed Monday, Feb. 15th for
President’s Day. No mail will be
delivered on the routes; however
mail will be placed in the Post
Office Boxes.
Large Crowd At
Annexation Hearing
Approximately 100 people
attended the Town of Tryon
Annexation Hearing Wednesday
night at the Tryon Elementary
School.
Mayor Ken Tucker presided
and told of the purpose of the
meeting and gave the options the
Town Council had following the
hearing. The options were: annex
all the proposed land; annex part
of the pronosed land; do nothing-
no annexation and cutting off
some services supplied by the
town. He then set down the rules
that any speaker must be
recognized by him, state his or
her name and live in the proposed
annexation area or in the Town of
Tryon. He also stated that
everyone would get a chance to
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