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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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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
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Vol. 63 — No. 2
TRYON, N. C. 28782
THURSDAY. Feb. 1.1990
20( Per Copy
Weather Tuesday: high 58. low
29. hum 70%.
In Spartanburg County
unemployment rate dropped
from 4.3 percent to 3.9 percent in
December.
The Tryon Fine Arts Center
presents Col. Norme Frost and a
premier showing of a VCR Tape
of the 1989 Massive “Fly-In" at
Oshkosh Wisconsin at 3 p m in
the Mural Room. All are
welcome.
The Columbus Town Council
meets tonight at 7:30 at the Town
Hall.
Today at 5 pm. the
Appalachian conference
wrestling tournament will be held
at the old gym at the Tryon
Elementary School This is
nothing like the wrestling you see
on TV It takes a lot of skill,
quickness and strength to be a
good wrestler
Sunday from 3 to 5 p m the
Tryon Painters & Sculptors
present Ann Vasilik Paintings in
Watercolor at the Tryon Fine
Arts Center Gallery This is the
opening reception, the showing
will be from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 p m.
daily until March 1st
Monday the Polk County
Commissioners meet at 7:30 p m
Continued On Back Page
Fall Sports Banquet
The Polk County Wolverines
held their first fall sports banquet
on Monday, January 29 The
banquet was hosted by the
Wolverine Booster Club and was
held at the facilities of the Tryon
Youth Center.
The coaching staff presented
the following special awards.
Junior Varsity Football
Coaches Award — Kip Stokes
Coaches Award — Jason Kilgore
Varsity Football
Outstanding Offensive Lineman
— Jeff Dimsdale
Outstanding Defensive Lineman
— Lamond Twitty
Outstanding Offensive Back —
Jason Cumbic
Outstanding Defensive Back —
Brian Wilson
Most Valuable Player — Kyle
Cunningham
Junior Varsity Volleyball
Most Valuable Player — Neysa
Callahan
Varsity Volleyball
Most Consistent Server —
Donna Dawson
Most Improved Player — Gippy
Hill
Most Improved Player — Nicole
Clary
Most Valuable Player —
Candace Barnette
Men’s Cross Country-
Most Improved Participant —
Chad Lanford
Most Valuable Participant —
Derrick Pack
Women’s Cross Country-
Most Improved Participant —
Jennifer McConnell
Most Valuable Participant —
Continued On Back Page
Infant Burned
Teresa Hall, who yvas born
January 18th. to Sherry and
Michael Hall, was burned by hot
water Tuesday afternoon at their
mobile home on Chesnee
Highway. Green Creek. She
received second degree burns on
the right arm. right side and foot.
According to Sheriff Boyce
Carswell she also had bruises on
one eye, both of her checks and
both of her buttocks.
A call came in for an
ambulance Tuesday afternoon
and after the first responders had
arrived they requested that an
officer also come to the scene.
The ambulance took the infant to
Spartanburg Regional Medical
Center where she was placed in
intensive care Sheriff Carswell
stated that the mother. Sherry
Hall, said the bath water was to
hot.
Sheriff Carswell said that no
charges had been filed but the
SBI and Social Services as well as
the Sheriff’s Department was
continuing the investigation
Polk Unemployment
Rate Stands At 2.3
Polk County registered only 2.3
percent unemployment during
the last month of the 1980’s
Analysts with the Employment
Security Commission regard five
percent as a near full-
employment situation
Still, Polk’s unemployment is
slightly higher than it was last
year at this time. December. 1988
showed Polk County with only 2.0
percent unemployment
A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick B.
McCool of Green Creek are
parents of a daughter. Morgan
Elizabeth born Jan 20 at Mary
Black Memorial Hospital She
weighed 8 lbs and7ozs
She has a sister, Meredith, yvho
is 20 months old.
Maternal grandparents arc Mr
and Mrs. Richard E. Alewine. Jr
Paternal grandparents arc Mr.
and Mrs. Gary L. McCool, all of
Tryon.
Maternal great-grandmother is
Mrs W. M. McCorry of Lynn.
Paternal great-grandfather.
William McCool of Miller, S D.
FISH Needs Help
After eight years of faithful
service as a telephone volunteer
with FISH. Don Creegan has
retired We appreciate his
service and we arc now looking
for a good man or woman to
replace Don. The job involves
three hours per month at the
FISH office, 500 Carolina Drive,
answering the telephone and
responding to appeals for help
from 9 a m to noon The work
fulfills a verious serious need in
this community and is often very
interesting You may have to
make tough decisions but your
fellow volunteers are always
there to consult.
If you are interested and want
to know more please call Peter
Hahn, 859-9819. — Reporter
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