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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. O. Box 790
Tryon, N. C 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Vol 62 — No. 2-18
TRYON. N C. 28782
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 24.1990
2W Per Copy
Weather Monday: high 64, low
38, hum. 76%. This has to be one
of the nicest Januarys we have
had The weather has been
delightful
Stock prices nosedived Monday
to their lowest levels since last
autumn The Dow Jones average
of 30 industrial fell Tl 45 to
2,600 45, for its largest one-day
point loss since it took a 190 point
drop last Oct. 13.
Up to 2 million wailing,
blackclad Azerbaijanis marched
through Baku on Monday to
mourn those killed when Soviet
troops put down a nationalist
revolt, and the republic’s
legislature threatened secession
if Moscow did not pull out its
soldiers.
A defendant in a criminal case
has no constitutional right to trial
by a jurv that represents a cross
section of the community, the
Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday
The justices declared that the
Sixth Amendment right to “be
tried by a representative cross
section of the community"
applies only to jury pools, not to
the juries chosen from those
pools
President Bush has pulled the
rug on Nancy Reagan, replacing
a $49,625 floor covering that she
Continued tin Back Page
Supt. Causby Honored
On December 12th. Polk
County Schools Superintendent
James F. Causby was honored by
the National Indian Impacted
Schools (NIIS) Assn for his
contributions on national level to
the Association and for his
efforts, while Superintendent in
Swain County, to improve
education for native American
students.
Dr. Causby was a member of
the original board of directors of
the National Indian Impacted
Schools Association. During his
last two years on the board he
served as national treasurer.
The NIIS is composed of school
districts throughout the United
States which receive federal
impact funds because of the
presence of native American
students.
Robert and Sherry Carney.
Jack and Charlene Key and
James Edney of Diversified
Home Buildings have recently
returned from Atlanta where
they attended the 46th Annual
National Home Builders
Convention. One of the highlights
of their trip was being able to
attend the grand opening
ceremonies on Friday. President
George Bush was guest speaker.
He is the first president to
address the National Home
Builders Association.
Red Fox Couples Bridge will
meet Wed., Feb. 7th at 4 p m
with dinner following. Members
call the Club for reservations
Tryon High’s
Teacher Of The Year
Amanda Murphy
photo by Joan Nash
In her second year of teaching
English at Tryon High. Amanda
Murphy has been named
“Teacher of the Year" at her
school The selection was made
by her colleagues on the faculty.
Miss Murphy was born in Long
Island. New York, and lived there
until the age of sixteen. She
attended high school for a year in
Manchester. England, and then
enrolled at Mary Washington
College in Virginia, where she
earned a B A. degree in music.
As a member of the Peace
Corps, she taught English for a
year in Zaire
Next, she moved to Washing
ton. D.C. where she taught
English at the Lado Institute and
worked as a catalogist for a
Washington. D.C. auction house
Continued On Back Page
Polk Central
Junior High Girls
Are Undefeated
The Polk Central Junior High
girls basketball team defeated
Campobello-Gramling 42-18
Monday at Campobello This is
the second year in a row that the
Polk Central Junior High girls
basketball team under Coach
Cynthia Terrell has been
undefeated. In the Foothills
Conference Tournament at
Campobello, they received a first
round bye and will play Thursday
at 6:30 p.m.
In the game Monday the
scoring for Polk Central was:
Blythe Edwards 10. Tamckia
Gray 8. Melissa Byars 6. Ginger
Levister 6 High scorers for
Campobello-Gramling were
Taneaka Lyles 6. Holly Weaver 5.
Rosa Villegas 5.
On Dean’s List
Gary Steven Greene of
Columbus has been named to the
Dean’s List at Wake Forest
University for fall semester A
junior, he is a Political Science
and Communications major.
Gary serves as vice-president of
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, is
co-chairman of the University
Model United Nations, and a
member of the Wake Forest
Rugby Football Club He is a 1987
graduate of Tryon High School
and the son of Mr. and Mrs E.
Steven Greene