nov 0^ .. tT3H^ ST- p ° L \ b 2.04 ilM "'“ 20 7as coi^^ 3 ’ 2nd Class Postage Paid At Tryon, North Carolina, 28782 Established January 31, 1928 THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER Member: North Carolina Press Asan. (Consolidated with the Polk County Nawa 1955) Seth M. Vining, Jr., Editor and Manager The Bulletin Is published Dally except Sat. and Sun. 106 N. Trade St., P. O. Box 790 Tryon, N. C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin V (USPS643-380) * Prlntedln the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina Phone 859-9151 Vol. 55 - No. 19 TRYON. N.C. 28782 THURS , FEB. 25,1982 16 Pages Today Price 10c Per Copy Weather Tuesday: high 75, low 42, hum. 28%. Wednesday was another spring-like day. The Polk County Committee of North Carolina 2000 met Monday night at the Mill Spring School. Carl Meroney and Glen Rhodes are the chairmen of committee. Its goals are to have citizens and leaders make responsible decisions. Glenn Rhodes gave a review of the trends, forecasts and history of the organization. Other speakers were: Paul Culberson, environment and natural resources; Holland Brady, Community Development; Ken Tucker, Economy; Mrs. Fred Rhodes, People and Elderly; Dr. James Benfield, Education; Opal Sauve. County; Karen Rindge and Beverly Stott on Youth. Those present were given a booklet on N. C 2000 and a questionaire on "What do you want North Carolina to be like in the year 2000?“ Layoffs, bad weather and sluggish markets sent North Carolina's jobless rate to 9.1% in January, the highest since the recession of 1975. In human terms, the 9.1% rate meant 263,000 of the state’s 2.9 million Continued On Back Page Dale McEntire’s Paintings At Fine Art Center The Tryon Painters & Sculptors Inc. are opening a new exhibit of paintings by local artist Dale Lee McEntire of Green Creek. His one man show will be in the Gallery of the Art Center for the month of March. Dale is a graduate of Polk Central High School and an art major of 214 years at Mercer University in Macon, Ga. Due to financial problems — a common factor these days — Dale had to continue his art education at Gaston Community College plus 3'4 years of private study with Karl Lohse in Tryon. Besides his painting, Dale has worked at carpentry, been Art Director in the news dept, of a Macon Ga. TV station and is at present associated with J.C. Penny Co. For the past 3 years he has held the position of Advertising Supervisor and Visual Merchandiser with this company. In a Polk County Art Show at Columbus, juried by the Charlotte Mint Museum, one of his paintings titled, "Miss Martin" received honorable mention, a proud achievement for any artist. Dale is a jogger, enjoys backpacking and has a great interest in the History of the American Indian. His work reflects all of these hobbies and are a refreshing change of pace Continued On Back Page Organizes Top NOW Campaign Dallas Hutcheson First State Savings and Loan Association, Spartanburg, S.C., received a national award for excellence in marketing from the Savings Institutions Marketing Society of America (SIMSA). First State Savings and Loan received a second place award among all savings institutions with assets less than $150 million for its marketing campaign introducing NOW accounts. The campaign, called Check Club, was organized by Marketing Director, Dallas Hutcheson, Vice President of First State “High quality advertising and marketing programs have become more important now that competition among financial institutions has intensified said W. Cleve Brown, SIMSA chairman. , SIMSA’s 15th annual awards competition attracted 947 entries. SIMSA is the national Continued On Back Page Woods Fire The Tryon Volunteer Fire Department was called to a woods fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sayre on Warrior Drive Monday afternoon. Meet Monday The Polk Central Athletic Boosters Club will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at the school. Alan Peoples Wins Event On Sunday, Feb. 21 in Concord, at the Sunday Sprints, Road Races, Alan Peoples, of the Polk County Striders, ran the mile. Alan's time was 5.20 and he won the event There were 70 runners To join the Striders call Alan at 894-8904. or 859-6270; Tom Foster at 859-9471; or Garry Taylor at 863-2787. Singing Saturday There will be a singing Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Free Will Baptist Church Special singers will be the Cherokee Indian Singers from Cherokee, The Justice Fa^ from Hendersonville and Redeemed Quartet from M a ± Valley. Robert Price ¥ pastor. the TryonSchoolBd Meets Monday The Tryon School meet Monday at 7-30 will high school. k®- At the

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