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?0^ - A ^ co^^ 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 0. Box 790 Tryon, N C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin * (USPS 643-360) * Phone 859-9151 Vol. G3 — No. 23 Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina 16 Pages Today TRYON. N. C. 28782 MONDAY. MARCH 5,1990 W Per Copy Weather Thursday: high 64. low 44. hum. 83% and at 7 a.m. Friday the precipitation was .01 and it continued to rain. Dozens of aftershocks continued to rattle Southern California on Thursday, the day after a strong earthquake jolted the region, causing more than $12.7 million in damages. The first practice of the Spring Community Chorus is tonight at 7 o'clock at the Congregational Church. All singers are invited. Tonight the Polk County School Board meets in executive session at 6:30 pm with the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tonight at 7:30 the Polk County Commissioners meet at the commissioners room in the courthouse annex. Thursday at 7:30 p.m the Tryon Elementary School will present an Historical Pageant Tuesday Judy Gosser (Mrs Charles)' will give a slide presentation entitled "Reflections of the Past” at the polk County Historical Association meeting at 2:30 p m in Stearns Educational Center auditorium in Columbus. The Tulsa Ballet performing at the Tryon Fine Arts Center on Continued On Back Page New Arrival James Christopher and Martha Brown of Green Creek are parents of a son. James Theodore Brown, born March 1 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. He weighed 5 lbs. 14 ozs. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bruton of Winnabow, N.C. and Theodore Cope of Landrum. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jim Helms of Landrum and Mr and Mrs. James Brown of Greenville. S.C. Great- grandmother is Mrs. Mary Brown of Saluda. N.C. Basketball Playoff The Polk County girls will play Hayesville Tuesday at 3:30 p.m at Tuscola gymnasium. The Polk County boys will play either Tues, or Wed. depending on how the game came out with Hendersonville Friday night Foothills Music Club The Foothills Music Club will meet Thursday, March 8th at the home of Kathleen Erwin on River Road. Tryon at 3:30. Allen Youngblood, visiting artist at Isothermal Community College, will present the program at 4 o'clock. — Reporter VNA Meeting The VNA will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday. March 8 at 10 a.m at the NCNB Bank in Tryon If you are unable to attend please contact Terry Merriman. — Reporter Rotary Exchange Youth Selected To Visit Germany For the past 15 years the Tryon Rotary Club has conducted a summer Youth Exchange Program with the Rotary Club of Pirmasens. West Germany In some past years the sons or daughters of Tryon Rotarians have had priority Recently the program has been expanded to include members of the Polk Central Interact Club as well as the Landrum High School Interact Club This year. Tryon Rotary President Hughes Zweig invited the newly organized Thermal Belt Rotary Club to participate. As a result, the following nomin ations were submitted by these 3 organizations: Polk Central Interact nominated Jeffrey T. Dimsdale, Landrum High Interact nominated Martha L. Continued On Back Page Bolling Proposes Sign Ordinance The Columbus Town Board of Commissioners has a sign ordinance to consider once again. Another ordinance was proposed years ago and never acted upon. On Thursday, however, newly-elected commissioner Dr Thomas V. Bolling put another on the table. Bolling said his proposed ordinance was based on another adopted by the town of Raeford He said he planned to ask the board members and town businessmen in Columbus to review the ordinance in the next few weeks. Review copies will also be available to the public in Town Hall. Town Attorney Chris Callahan said he believes the Raeford sign ordinance offers the best model for Columbus to follow. However. Callahan told the board members that they need to review the particular requirements of the proposed ordinance to be sure it fits Columbus' needs. Some excerpts from Bolling's proposal: • limit businesses in the "highway commercial district” to one freestanding sign for each public street road frontage. The sign could not be taller than 30 feet. The businesses would be permitted two square feet of signage for every two lineal feet of building wall facing a public Continued On Back Page
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