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2nd Class Postage Paid At Tryon, North Carolina. 28782 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. 106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790 Tryon, N. C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin * (USPS 643-360) * Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina Phone859 9151 16 Pages Today Vol.55 —No. 20 TRYON. N. C. 28782 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1982 Price 10c Per Copy Weather Wednesday: high 82, low 48, hum. 20%. That’s high for February. Thursday morning was nice but cooler. Lawrence Welk has televised his last television show. Welk and his musical family first took to the airwaves in 1951. A Henderson County man, Shahram Irani Ruff, 25, freed on bond in the Jan. 1 shooting of his stepfather was arrested early Wednesday on a charge of first- degree murder in the ax slaying of his mother. His mother last month had pleaded with court olficials to release her son from jail according to authorities. Interior Secretary James G. Watt improperly used government funds to throw two Christmas receptions and must reimburse the government at least $4,300, federal auditors have ruled. The auditor’s opinion involved a Dec. 14 breakfast and Dec. 17 cocktail party held at Arlington House, known as the Custis-Lee Mansion, Figures released by the N. C. Employment Security Commission Wednesday show that Polk County has unemployment rate of 10.9%. The highest in Western North Continued On Back Page Scott Arledge Makes WCU Team Scott Arledge, a 1981 graduate of Polk Central High School, has made the Western Carolina University football team as a split end. A walk-on, Scott went out for the team during spring practice. At Polk Central, Scott made the 1980 Appalachian All Conference as a tight end. He also kicked extra points and field goals. He was named his team's Most Valuable Player his senior yeai and while at Polk Central was Player of the Week four times. Scott was a 3 letterman his junior and senior years. In addition to football he lettered in basketball and track. He also played Junior Varsity baseball. His senior year he won the Leadership Award. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Arledge of Rt. 1, Mill Spring. Won’t Meet Tonight The Polk Baptist Associational Home Mission Study, “Challenge of the Cities" will not be taught tonight. The speaker is in the hospital. The study will be rescheduled later. Polk Commissioners Meet Monday The Polk County Commissioners will meet Monday at 3 p.m. at the courthouse in Columbus. Appointed To NCNB Board Jim R. Lowry Jim R. Lowry has been appointed to the City Board for North Carolina National Bank, according to NCNB City Executive Joseph G. Claud Lowry, president of Lowry Chevrolet in Tryon, is area chairman of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association and Chairman of the North Carolina and Virginia Chevrolet Dealers Analysis Group. He earned a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering with honors from C. State University and was an aircraft research engineer with Lockhead Aircraft in Manetta, Ga. for three years. Lowry was also formerly with the General Electric Computer Division, serving in a number ot different positions, me “d branch manager of F Continued On Back Page Grant Vosburgh Wins Award Grant Vosburgh was awarded First Place in the N. C. State Newspaper Association Contest in the Sports Category for 1981. His prize winning piece was a sports feature "Blackboard Fever: ACC Refs Must Survive Close Calls.” Mr. Vosburgh spent the evening with a referee of a N.C. State-Virginia basketball game. He attended a pre-game conference, followed the refs every move during the game and then he attended a post-game conference to gather material for his story. Mr. Vosburgh was working for the Fayetteville Times, who entered the feature to compete in the category of 15 non to 35,000 circulation in the Dadv Division. He is now employed by the Camden Chronicle Camden, S.C. E 10 A graduate of Tryon Hiak School and the UNC J?,? , gh School at Chapel HiU ^J" son of Mrs. Ed King and George Vosburgh both 0 f T?J 0 J r ’ Fires The Landrum Volume Department has been F ‘re three fires. Wednesd^v ^ l ° p m. they wereea® « 2:15 aid fire on Hwy niu tual Gowensville. *est Wednesday they were Pm. grass fire on Turner a’ 6 ’ 1 to a theSprucePine Ap St-' °PP0sit e Thursday at n a^^ts, called to a grass hr?' ^ Wem of Mr. and Mrs «the intheFairviewCo^C
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