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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 Sal. 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 ol Western North Caroline
Vol 62 — No 250
TRYON, N. C. 28782 FRIDAY. JAN. 26. 1990
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Weather Wednesday: high 58.
low 45. hum. 85% At 7 a m
Thurs the rain was 1.75 inches
President Bush is preparing to
propose an aid program for
Panama totaling more than $1
billion to help the country re
cover from recent warfare and
long years of corrupt military
rule, a U.S. official said
Wednesday night.
Iran-Contra arms middleman
Richard Secord was placed on
probation for two years
Wednesday for falsely telling
congressional investigators he
was unaware any money in the
affair had benefited Oliver L
North After his sentencing, the
retired Air Force major general
said "I think former President
Reagan has been hiding out; I
think it's cowardly." when asked
about Reagan's role in the affair
The Spartanburg County
Council had to scramble
Wednesday to block the purchase
of a $370 000 downtown office
building that had not been
discussed or voted on publicly
Mr and Mrs Guy Alling,
missionaries, will give an
illustrated lecture-slide program
Saturday at 7 pm at the
Congregational Church in Tryon.
Long-Range
Beautification Plan
Unveiled At
Tryon Country Club
Shown for the first time at the
annual meeting held at the
Vineyard on Tuesday. Jan 16.
was a 4'x6' model of the country
club complete with contemplated
beautification plans.
The long-rang beautification
plan was developed by Mary and
Robert Gibbs and the model was
built by George Finnie.
Planning park-like settings is
not new to the Gibbs Mary has
planned most of the flower beds
and shrubbed areas around the
Fine Arts Center and Farwell
Gardens and Bob. retired from
the National Park Service laid
out most of the trails at FENCE.
TCC is fortunate to have the
services of these two talented
people
Frank Waldenfels, chairman of
the memorial and beautification
committee reports that work has
already begun in clearing under-
brush and undersirable growth to
bring out the natural beauty with
which this famous local golf
course is blessed
Working to the plan, additional
dogwoods, azaleas and other
trees and shrubs, as well as
permanent bridges over creeks,
will be added as time permits. —
Reporter
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Rick Hutcherson
Is Missing
Richard “Rick" Hutcherson of
Austin. Texas has been reported
as missing since Tuesday at 4:45
p m. Mr. Hutcherson was flying a
helicopter for an oil company and
disappeared A large air search
is being conducted to locate his
plane
Mr. Hutcherson flew a
helicopter in Vietnman and has
been with the oil company for
nine years according to his
father, Grover Hutcherson of
Columbus. He is also the son of
Mrs. Ellen Hutcherson of
Columbus
State Wrestling
To Be Held Here
Coach Larry Foster said that
Polk County will host the State
Wrestling Playoffs the week of
Feb 19th
Democrat Women
To Hear Plexico
The regular monthly meeting
of the Polk County Democrat
Women will be held Mon., Jan 29
at 7:30 p m in the Democratic
Headquarters, Columbus
J Clark Plexico, who has filed
for N.C Senator for the 29th
District (Western N.C.) will be
the speaker Glenn Dedmondt,
Polk County school teacher and
musician will also present a
musical program
All women are invited.
“Jump Rope For Heart”
To Be Feb. in Tryon
The “Jump Rope for Heart"
competition at the Tryon
Elementary School will be held
from 3:15-5 p.m on Thursday,
Feb. 15. not Feb 8. as previously
announced, according to Mrs.
Lee Mueller. American Heart
Assn director and chairman of
the event.
On Feb. 15. the public is invited
to watch kindergarten through
4th grade students jump rope in
the “MAP area" of the school
enclave or observe the Sth
through 8th graders' competition
in the gymnasium
"We'll have a briefing meeting
with the kids on Tuesday
morning. Feb 6th," Mrs Mueller
noted "They'll get their rules,
prize lists and envelopes to sign
up sponsor-contributors then So.
with their parents' written
permission, they'll be out
soliciting friends and neighbors
to sponsor their rope-jumping
activities from Feb 6th through
the 14th." she explained.
Funds raised by the heart-
healthy annual rope jump fete go
to the Polk County Chapter of the
American Heart Association to
help in its annual campaign to
raise more than $20,000 for
research and public education on
cardiovascular disease. —
Reporter
Cantaloupe, honeydew, casaba, Per
sian and Odessa are all varieties ol
the muskmelon. Their differences
are the result ol cultivation in differ
ent regions of the world.