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Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan. 31.1928 by Seth M. Vining
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Jeffrey A. Byrd. Editor and Publisher
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
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
18 Pages Today
Vol. 62 — No 239
TRYON. N. C 28782
THURSDAY. JAN. 11,1990
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Weather Tuesday : high 59. low
29. hum 66% Wednesday was a
beautiful January day
Bells in 144 countries and the 50
United States will ring out
Monday to honor Martin Luther
King. Jr on what would have
been the slain civil rights leader's
61st birthday.
Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan
became the 20th and 21st players
elected to the Baseball Hall of
Fame in their first year of
eligibility
Boyce Carswell. Polk County
Sheriff has announced that he
will institute “selective
enforcement" at unannounced
points of time to apprehend
unlawful disposal of waste from
vehicles on county roads. This
includes the trash from
uncovered vehicles containing
trash and persons throwing trash
from vehicles. Violators will be
cited J
America’s two most admired
corporations arc its biggest
maker of pharmaceuticals and
its largest producer of cigarettes.
Fortune magazine said Tuesday
For Merck & Co. it was the
fourth consecutive year the drug
maker has topped the
magazine’s ranking of the most
Continued On Back Page
Special Meeting
For School Board
Polk County Board of
Education will interview
construction management firms
and handle any other business
which comes before the Board on
Tues.. Jan. 16 at 6:30 p m. in the
Stearns Board Room.
Polk Schools
Closed Monday
The Polk County Education
Center and all Polk County
Schools will be closed Mon.. Jan.
15. in observance of Martin
Luther King Day
Evangelist
To Speak
National Evangelist A A Led
ford of Cleveland. Tennessee will
be speaking at the Tryon Church
of God Jan. 10 through Jan 13 at 7
p m. and Sunday. Jan 14 at 11
a.m.
The author of numerous books,
articles and cassette albums on
prophetic themes. Reverend
Ledford is often featured on
television and radio programs
discussing last day events in the
light of the scriptures His ability
to communicate deep prophetic
truths in a manner easily under
stood by his listeners has made
him a favorite campmeeting
speaker.
The Tryon Church of God is
located on Highway 108 in Tryon
Pastor Bill McDonald invites
everyone to attend. — Reporter
Discovering Columbus
with Homar A Jones
"During my childhood." wrote
Ed. "most people were poor and
all lived simply and with
economy. There were few cook-
stoves. Often. I would go in the
late afternoon with my aunt
Lesley Rollins into the woods to
hunt her milk cow that ran at
large, and to get arm loads of
bark from dead oaks to burn in
the fireplace and to cook meals in
pots and pans." (Presumably
over the flames and coals from
the fireplace). "Matches were
first beginning to be used. They
were in wooded boxes about the
size of snuff boxes and cost ten
cents. That was too expensive, so
people covered fire coals, and
chunks of wood were covered in
fireplaces to save matches." The
first chore of newlyweds, when
they moved into a house of their
own, was the making of a fire,
and the fire was kept alive day
and night as long as they lived in
that house That was a matter of
necessity, but the next people to
occupy the house carefully
cleaned out the fireplace before
making a fire of their own. There
was a superstition that this rid
the house of all troubles,
misfortunes and illnesses
suffered by the previous
occupants.
"Eggs were four dozen for a
quarter, spring chickens, twenty-
five cents each, pullets thirty-five
cents, hens fifty cents, hen
turkeys.'seventy-five cents and
"gobblers" one dollar One
turkey might weigh fifteen
Continued On Back Page
Run-A-Thon
The Polk County Wolverine
Cross Country and track squad is
sponsoring a Run-A-Thon to help
raise money to provide the best
possible running programs for
the Wolverines. Track and cross
country are non-revenue-
generating sports. The budget,
therefore, is always tight. The
two track and cross country
coaches, Steve Aldred and Alan
Peoples are running 100 miles
each. If you would like to help the
Running Wolverines, choose a
coach to sponsor, or consider
sponsoring both Pledge a certain
amount for each mile the coach
completes in the Run-A-Thon All
of the money donated will be used
for the track and cross country
programs
Pledge should be paid by Feb
2nd.
Graduates
Appalachian State University
held its first December
commencement ceremony Dec.
loth and awarded degrees to 566
undergraduate and 56 graduate
students Among the graduates
were:
David Mark Hall of Columbus,
a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Criminal Justice with a major in
Criminal Justice.
Loretta Denis Hembree ol
Columbus, a cum laude graduate
with a Bachelor of Science
Degree with a major in Special
Education Mild-Moderate Handi
capped
Susan Cathey Dobbins of
Rutherfordton. Master of Arts
Degree with a major in Industrial
Technology