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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 la published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT at Western North Carolina
Vol. 55 — No. 35
Weather Friday: high 79, low
50, hum. 53%; Saturday: high 82,
low 51, hum. 67%; Sunday: high
79. low 50. hum. 50%. rain by 7
a m. Monday was .01
Monday morning was sunny
and warm. It s been delightful
weather.
Top ranked and top-seeded
North Carolina along with
Houston, Louisville and
Georgetown made the final four
of the NCAA Basketball
tournament. The Tar Heels
defeated Villanova 70-60.
Columbia s third and most
ambitious voyage into space took
place Monday morning at Cape
Canaveral, Fla. Gordon Fuller
ton and Jack Lousma were the
shuttle astronauts. The ship is
carrying honeybees, Chinese
beans and an electron gun
subjects of experiments that will
demonstrate the ship’s
usefullness as an orbiting
labortory.
General Motors Corp, and the
United Auto Workers reached
tentative agreement Sunday on a
concessions contract intended to
save the nation’s No. 1
automaker billions of dollars and
protect the jobs of thousands of
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TRYON, N. C. 28782
Wilkinson Wins
State Crown
Beats Tryon 52-40
John D. Wilkinson High School
of Belhaven beat Tryon 52-40
Friday night in the Greensboro
Coliseum to take the North
Carolina 1-A Basketball Title.
Wilkinson's big front line was
too much for the Tigers as they
outmuscled the smaller Tigers
Ervin Harris, a 6-6, 210 forward
paced the Bulldogs with 18 points
and 7 rebounds. He was named
the game’s Most Valuable
Player. Wilkinson's William
Jeannette a 6-6,250 lb. center had
He has signed 10 Play
ootball with East Carolina)
Harry Burrus, a 6-3, 185 lb
sophomore reserve scored 10
points and had 7 rebounds. Bruce
t 2 senior guard ' wh ° had
was hewT in ? corin 8 all season
Cunningham. P 0 '^ by T ° ny
The game was won from the
20V£7 “V 5 W ' lk ' ns °n hit
sh0?60?9 ows and Tryon
both e i« me started slow| ywith
le ! a 7 s 0 “We cold. The
Tigers led twice — once at 4-3
when Robert Nelon hit a jumped
bucket™ 7 “^ fo " owcd wit * a
oucket They also led at 6-5 on
Tme^ cr 80al by Nelon The
igers went scoreless the rest of
^ a ^ rand Bailed 11 to6
2nd quarter^Th^h “d disastrous
turnovers and wT^
extended i . Wilkinson
extended their lead to 32-14. At
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TUESDAY, MARCH 23,1982
To Give Lecture
Robert W. Jeffery
In his forthcoming lecture to be
given here on Sunday, March 28,
Christian Scientist Robert W.
Jeffery keys his discussion to the
practical healing power of “true
brotherliness, charitableness and
forgiveness” that Christ Jesus so
masterfully demonstrated
“ ’Love one another a
Practical, Healing Power” is the
title of this public lecture to be
held at the Tryon Fine Arts
Center at 3 p.m.
The great works demonstrated
by Jesus “weren’t the result of
any personal power or technique
of the human mind." states the
lecturer, but rather an
"awareness of the love that God
is pouring forth.”
During his hour-long lecture,
Mr. Jeffery explains his ow " de ;P
love of the Bible and pomtsto
Scripture as providing the best
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Hospice Elects
Directors And
Officers
The board of directors of-
Hospice of Polk County at their
second annual meeting on
Tuesday, March 16th elected the
following new directors: Mrs
Virginia Banning, Mrs. Elizabeth
Correll, James Cowan and
Joseph Claud replacing director
The d ™ ? f office has Spired
The directors also elected the
following officers for
President, Kenneth Selbw
President. Generali,., 6
Evans; Secretary, Mre
2;^^ tea
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director, informed ? Xecut ‘ v e
Hospice is cur^n v ^ rd tha ‘
with fourteen family Work mg
Wreck
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turning left off Hwy ^ yn n Was
Park-ng Lot andW 6 ^to the
Littlejohn was e- tors,
parking lot, Th^” 8 0ut of the
fenders hit a ^ e,r left ,
Officer Raphae^V^^ing "o
damage was don^’ ab °ut
car and minor da„! 016 Flyer,.
tOMrs LitHejojSSg wa s don:
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