pOVK 20^ BA COLUUBUS, « c 11 n° v 287S 2 90 2nd Class Postage Paid At Tryon, North Carolina. 28782 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 * (USPS 843-360) * 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

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