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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
» (USPS 643-360) *
Phone 859-9151
Vol 63 — No 24
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Hi Pages Today
TRYON, N.C. 28782 TUESDAY, MARCH 6.1990
Appointed To
Hospital Board
Weather Friday: high 45, low
40. hum. 92%, precipitation .01;
Saturday: high 64, low 40, hum.
50%, precipitation 2 14; Sunday-
high 63, low 42. hum. 80%.
Space shuttle Atlantis landed
safely on a California desert
runway Sunday, completing a
secret military mission that
included the launch of a $500
million spy satellite.
Voters in the Slavic heartland
of Die Soviet Union went to the
polls Sunday in an exercise of
limited democracy that pitted an
array of grass roots challengers
against the vast Communist
Party patronage network.
Akeem Olajuwon has the third
quadruple-double in National
Basketball Association history
Saturday as he scored 29 points,
had 18 rebounds. 11 blocked shots
and 10 assists as Houston
defeated Golden State 129-120
The March 1st issue of the
Charlotte Observer had an article
about the Duke Power executives
who are studying Japanese life
ethic and are in Japan to study
Kaizen and other philosophies of
management and service that
have elevated Japan's products
and services from post-war scorn
— “Cheap Japanese junk" — to
Continued On Back Page
All-Conference
Wrestling Team
The following were named to
the Appalachian All Conference
Wrestling Team: 103-T J.
Russell. Edneyville
112 - Ricky Miller — Polk
County.
119 — Matt Strawbridge — Polk
County-
125 — Derrick Pack — Polk
County.
130 — Sandon Brackett —
Edneyville.
135 — Jamie Jackson — Polk
County, Mike Galloway —
Rosman
140 — Chad Raburn — Polk
County.
145 — Randy Rollins —
Hendersonville.
152 — Jason Cumbie — Polk
County.
160 — Scott Snyder — Rosman
171 — Matt Davis — Polk
County.
189 — Eric Waddell — Polk
County.
Hwt. — Keith Painter — Polk
County.
VFW Meets Tonight
The Polk County Memorial
V.F.W. Post No. 9116 will have
their regular meeting Tuesday,
March 6. at 7:30 p m. at the Tryon
Federal Savings & Loan in
Columbus.
Tryon Hounds
Wednesday
8:30 — Hooper Creek Farm
Saturday
8:30 — Glenn Wenger's
Larry Heath
Larry Heath has been
appointed to St. Luke's Hospital
Board of Trustees. Heath, a
native of Long Island, N.Y..
moved to this area in 1985 upon
retirement from Citibank.
In addition to his appointment
on the hospital board, he serves
as the president of Hospice,
treasurer of the Polk Chapter of
the American Heart Association,
and is a member of the finance
committee for Polk County
Community Foundation. He also
helps with set construction for
Tryon Little Theater.
Heath, and his wife. Betsy,
have four grown sons. —
Reporter
$80,653.26 To Polk
Wins Duke Scholarship
Fifteen recipients of
prestigious B. N. Duke
Leadership Award have been
chosen, according to an
announcement from Duke
University officials. Top high
school scholars and leaders from
North and South Carolina were
at Duke February 22-24
interviewing for the award.
Seventy-eight finalists were
chosen from a pool of over 1.000
candidates. The 15 recipients
were chosen from those finalists.
The winner from Tryon is
Chadwick Loy (Chad) Lowry, son
fo Jimmie R. Lowry and Mrs.
Phyllis Lowry of Tryon. He is a
senior at Tryon High School.
The finalists participated in a
three-day program that included
scholarship interviews and
special programs with
distinguished members of the
Duke Community: University
President H. Keith H. Brodie.
Trustee Emeritus Mary Duke
Biddle Trent Semans. professors
Norman Christensen, Albert
Eldridge and Patricia Wright and
head basketball coach Mike
Krzyzewski. The keynote speaker
at Friday's dinner was Judy
Woodruff. Duke alumna and chief
Washington correspondent for
the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour.
The four-year scholarhsip.
worth more than $40,000, is
awarded annually to students
from the Carolinas The program
was begun with the support of
The Duke Endowment and is
named for Benjamin Newton
Duke, brother of University
benefactor James B Duke.
Polk County received $80,653.26
for January (or the local 2% Sales
and Use Taxes.