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Vol. 55 - No. 21
Weather Thursday: high 77,
low 42, hum. 42%. Friday
morning it began snowing and by
noon the ground and tops of
automobiles were covered. It was
supposed to turn to rain later in
the day, but at 12:15 p.m. it was
28 degrees outside.
The U. S. Justice Dept.
Thursday rejects S. C.'s
reapportionment plans again for
the 124 House districts.
A worsening recession held
inflation to a 3.5% annual rate in
January, the lowest pace since
the nation was in the thores of its
last recession 18 months ago,
according to government figures
released Thursday.
Jane and Paul Culberson of
Columbus attended the Western
North Carolina Tomorrow board
of directors meeting Feb. 19th at
Mars Hill College. Mrs.
Culberson serves on the
Education Committee and Mr.
Culberson is Vice-Chairman of
the Committee on Natural
Resources.
The Spartanburg City/County
Parks and Recreation
Department is sponsoring its
second annual Star Party
Tuesday from 7 to 10:30 p.m. at
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TRYON. N. C. 28782
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Elder of
Columbus are parents of a son,
Aaron Lee, born February 18th at
the Rutherford County Hospital.
The paternal grandnarents are
Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Elder of
Columbus and the maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Wallace, also of
Columbus.
“Earthquakes” At
Kiwanis Tuesday
The Tryon Kiwanis Club will
meet Tuesday at 12:45 p.m. at the
Pacolet River Plantation. The
guest speaker will be Prof.
Willard Parsons who will talk on
“Plate Tectonics and the Origin
of the Appalachians.” The
speaker was Professor and
Chairman of the Geology
Department at Wayne State
University in Detroit for 30 years
before moving to Tryon where he
presently teaches part-time at
Polk County Campus of
Isothermal Community College.
His main interest in the later
year of his professional life was a
study of volcanoes and volcanic
rocks in many parts of the world.
ALANON Meeting
The ALANON evening gorup
will meet Monday (tonight) at 7
p.m. at the Tryon Presbyterian
Church. The ALANON afternoon
group will meet Tuesday at 2
p.m. at the Tryon Presbyterian
Church.
MONDAY, MARCH 1,1982
Tryon Girls And
Boys In
District Finals
The Tryon girls and boys
basketball teams are in the
District Finals and both
teams will play Edneyville. The
girls game is Tuesday at 6:30
p.m and the boys game is at 8
p.m. The games will be played at
West Henderson High School.
During the regular season the
Edneyville girls beat the Tryon
girls twice and then beat them in
the conference tournament. The
two boys teams split regular
season games and didn't meet in
the conference tournament
because Edneyville was upset by
Cherokee in the semi-finals.
All four teams will go to the
Regionals which will be held in
the Swain County gym at Bryson
City The No. 1 teams from this
conference (Appalachian) will
play the No. 2 teams in the Smoky
Mtn. Conference and the No. 2
teams from this conference will
play the No. 1 teams from the
Smoky Mtn. Conference.
The girls will play Thurs ,
March 11th at Bryson City and
the boys will play Friday, March
12th at Bryson City. The finals
will be Saturday, March 13th. The
winner will go to the State
Finals.
Meets Tonight
The Central Business District
Committee will meet at 7 p.m.
Monday, March 1st at Town Hall
to discuss the plans for Tryon
Day on April 10th
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Going To Fair?
The Thermal Belt Business and
Professional Women’s Club will
sponsor a bus trip to the World s
Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, on
Saturday, May 22, 1982. The cost
per person will be $30.00 which
includes transportation to and
from the World’s Fair as well as a
one-day admission ticket.
Preliminary plans will be for one
to three buses to leave Landrum,
South Carolina at 7 a.m. arriving
approximately 10 a.m. (opening
time) and leaving at 10 p.m.
(closing time) with arrival back
in Landrum around 1 a.m.
If you are interested in more
information, call Karen Carruth
at 457-2242 or Linda Marston at
457-3113. Reservations will be
made on a first-come, first-serve
basis. It is hoped to run three
buses which will accommodate
138 people. Reservations will be
accepted up through April 15.
In Atlanta
Joan Nash, Polk County
Community Schools Director
was a featured speaker last
weekend in Atlanta, at the
National Workshop of the
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