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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
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Vol. 63 — No. 36
TRYON, N. C. 28782
THURSDAY. MARCH 22.1990
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Weather Tuesday: high 66. low
32, hum. 55%.
The Labor Department’s
Consumer Price Index was about
twice what had been anticipated
as the largst surge in clothing
costs in 43 years helped retail
prices rise a brisk 0.5 percent in
February even as fuel oil bills
plummeted, the government said
Tuesday. Taken together, the
first two months of the year
represent an annual inflation rate
of 9.9%. compared with 4.6% for
all of last year.
S. C. Gov. Carroll Campbell
removed Jerre Dixon as the
mayor of Blacksburg Tuesday, a
day after the Attorney General’s
Office ruled that her recent shop-
lifting conviction constitutes a
crime of moral turpitude.
Namibia became the world's
newest nation Wednesday as
Africa’s last colony celebrated
the end of 75 years of South
African rule with traditional
tribal dances and choirs singing
liberation songs.
Western North Carolina
inventor and businessmen Carrol
Buckner, who designed the pio
neering wood-burning Buck Stove
15 years ago, has filed for
bankruptcy over a metal
fabrication plant in Henderson
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$2,488 To St. Luke’s
The Duke Endowment has
awarded grant totaling $3,261,631
to 177 hospitals and 45 children’s
homes in North and South
Carolina. The grants are
awarded for days of care for
indigent patients. St. Luke's
Hospital in Columbus was
awarded $2,488.
Senior League
Baseball Sign-up
Tryon Senior League Baseball
will hold signups Sat., March 24.
10 a.m.-12 noon at Harmon Field.
All 13-15 yr. old boys are welcome
and urged to sign-up at this time.
Registration fee is $20.
BPW Scholarships
The Thermal Belt Business and
Professional Women’s
Organization has placed
scholarship applications in the
Landrum, Polk Central and
Tryon High Schools. They are
also available at the Polk County
Library and the Polk County
Campus of Isothermal
Community College. These
applications are available for
high school students who are
planning to go to college or
working women wishing to
continue their education.
Applications must be returned
to Judy P Arledge, 362 Silver
Creek Road, Mill Spring, N.C.
28756 by April 15, 1990. For
further information, please
contact Mrs. Arledge at 894-8139.
— Reporter
Crowned Polk County
Child Development
King and Queen
On March 7, 1990, 3 year old
Olivia Shehan, daughter of Mrs.
Cynthia Shehan was crowned
Little Miss Polk County Child
Development. 3 year old Darren
Martin, son of Mrs. Frances
Miller was crowned Little Master
Polk County Child Development.
Both children were given a
trophy. These children sold the
most votes at one dollar each.
Proceeds go into the special
center fund to purchase
educational materials for the
center.
The King and Queen accepted
the celebration quite well. —
Reporter
Green Blades
Garden Club
The Executive Committee of
the Green Blades will meet at 10
a.m. in the Mural Room of the
Tryon Fine Arts Center,
Thursday, March 29.
May Primary
Voting Underway
Absentee voting began Monday
in the May Sth primary which
likely will decide Polk County’s
next sheriff.
The deadline to register and
still be eligible to vote in the
primary is April 9th.
Registered Democrats on May
Sth will have the opportunity to
choose:
* between two candidates in the
Polk County sheriff's race.
Running for sheriff are Boyce
Carswell, sheriff since 1974. and
Don Splawn, formerly the
department’s chief jailer from
1982-88. Splawn is now employed
with Freeman-Wood
Construction of Greenville.
There is no Republican
candidate for sheriff, so the
Democratic primary winner will
run unopposed in November.
* between three candidates for
two superior court judgeships in
the 29th Judicial District, Loto J.
Greenlee, Zoro J. Guice, Jr., and
Hollis M. Owens, Jr.
* between six candidates for
District 48’s three seats in the
N.C. House. District 48 includes
Cleveland, Polk and Rutherford
counties.
The candidates are incumbents
Dr. John J. “Jack” Hunt,-a
dentist from Cleveland County
who has served in the house since
1973, and Edith Lutz, an apple
grower from Cleveland County
who was first electedin 1976
New candidates are Rick
Gilbert, the director of the
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