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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Vol.55-No. 31
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TRYON, N. C. 28782 Monday, March 15,1982
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Weather Thursday: high 69,
low 36, hum. 47%. Friday was like
a spring day.
Harrison A. Williams, Jr.,
resigned Thursday after 23 years
in the U. S. Senate, vowing that
“history and Almighty God will
vindicate me” even as his
colleagues were poised to cast
him out in the first expulsion
since the Civil War.
The Polk County Commission
ers meet tonight at 7 o’clock at
the Sunny View School.
Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. there will
be an orientation meeting of
those who desire garden sites at
the Tryon High School. The
meeting will be in the Tryon High
School Library.
Wednesday at 8 a.m. is the
Men’s Prayer Breakfast at the
Tryon Congregational Church.
The breakfast is sponsored by the
Tryon Kiwanis Club. For
reservations call 859-9414 or 457-
4251.
Friday there will be a Fried
Chicken Supper from 5 to 8 p.m.
at the Sunny View School.
Softball
Wednesday
R.S. Central at Polk Central
Board Members
To Meet Tues.
The Board Members of the
Polk County Unit of the American
Cancer Society will meet
Tuesday, March 16 at 7:30 in the
classroom at St. Luke’s Hospital.
New Residents
Among new residents in the
area are Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Gregory of Peniel Road,
Columbus. Jerry and Beverly are
from Union, S. C. Beverly is a
math teacher in Spartanburg
District Five Schools and Jerry is
the owner of Lyman Custom
Frames, Inc., formerly located in
Lyman, S. C.
The Gregorys made the
decision to move here so that
Jerry could merge his custom
framing business with Ironhorse
Guild in Tryon. Mr. Gregory said
that we have had a working
relationship with Mrs. Wanda
Durham, owner of Ironhorse
Guild, for some time now, and
are really looking forward to
joining forces with her on a full
time basis.”
Dogwood Club
Meets Wednesday
The Dogwood Garden Club of
Columbus will meet on
Wednesday, March 17 at 1 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. John Moran,
Mountain Shadows, with Mrs.
William Hann as co-hostess. The
program will be “What Spring
Means to Me" with readings by
Club members.
Young Girl
Seriously Injured
Michelle Blackwell, 13 year old
daughter of Donald Dean
Blackwell of Rt. 2, Mill Spring
was seriously burned and injured
Thursday afternoon by a 44,000
on
volt transmission line
A native of Georgia, Mrs.
Hamby holds a PhD in English
from Emory University and is
listed in “Who’s Who in American
Colleges and Universities ”
She worked for five years as a
Southeastern . or 53
correspondent in the Allan! 3
Bureau for the prest
“Women’s Wear Daily ” M° US
Hamby is a former memi? 1 ^’
the Board of Govern^"^ ° f
Atlanta Press Cluh* f ° r 1116
member of the Sigma D a
society fo r 3 Delta Chi
journalists. As a f es81 0nal
writer, she has publiJ^’nee
in “Cosmopolitan” artic les
“Playboy” and ’ B aygirl”
Magazine.” ne Atlanta
A member of
Directors for Board of
Division of the Am - Georpi,
Society , Mrs 3
Blackwell Road, Rt. 2, Mill
s P rin e . ,
According to reports, the
Blackwell girl and a boy were
daring each other to climb the
Duke Power Transmission
Tower. Michelle climbed about 46
feet up the tower to the insulator
At this point she was knocked off
the tower by the voltage and
seriously burned. Either thet ftre
from her clothing or F s from
the power line started a grass
fi q e he was taken to St. Luke’s
Hospital where she was tae^jn
and transfer N. C. Baptist
Hospual 1 inJ^criS
coSioTrnday morning-
Meet Tonight demand as a s^ is
Commission- past two years k er '
The Polk a t 7 o’clock nation in this ca^ S ^VelM 6
.. v.ewbcn American Can V
proud to pres ent C . er S oci ° f the
the beginning of ? Uli y is
and is cordially^ 19 82 at
to hear her on ev^
program, led n March
PTS
at the Sunny View
Landrum Lions
Meet Tuesd ^ * »“
The wh^^p.m. al the
meet Tuesday at ^ f
Civic Center ^ jscuss family
Tryon will situations,
counselling * stress
Judy Hamby
To Speak
Outstanding is the word for
Judy Hamby, a recent beauty
queen who will speak at the Mill
Spring School on Friday evening
on behalf of the American Cancer
Soceity.