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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 Bv»d Editor and Publisher
The Bulletin is published
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
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Tryon. N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Vol 63 — No. 48
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N C. 28782
MONDAY. APRIL9.1990
20 Pages Today
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Weather Thursday: high 77.
low 38. hum. 50%.
President Bush and Soviet
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev
will meet for a superpower
summit in the United States
beginning May 10. U.S and
Soviet officials said Thursday
More than a third of South
Carolinians who have auto
insurance are likely to get a
break soon on their premiums
due to the state's attempts at
insurance reform, officials said
Thursday.
The Town of Tryon and Linger
felt's Landscaping are going to
build a small rock wall and build
a small area for Morris (the
Riding & Hunt Club's wooden
horsei to be exhibited He will be
turned slightly different and have
flowers and shrubs planted
around him Mitzi Lindsey of the
Tryon Riding & Hunt Club said
that Morris gave his approval
A pick-up truck pulling a
camper flipped over Thursday
about 5:30 p.m. on 1-26 in South
Carolina near the N.C. state line
Reports indicated that the
camper began to sway back and
forth causing the pickup and the
camper to overturn Bruce
Cogdell of the Landrum Rescue
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Lady Wolverines
Get Big Win
The Polk County Lady Wolver
ine track team won the Candler
Lions Club Invitational track
meet at Enka High School
Thursday with 74 points. Other
schools scores were: 2nd.
Murphy 69. 3 Pisgah 68: 4
Reynolds 56; 5. Enka 49: 6
Shelby 43: 7. (tie) Asheville and
Roberson 42: 9 (tie) East
Henderson and Hendersonville
18: 11 (tie) Franklin and Tuscola
16: 13. Swain 10: 14 Brevard 4;
15 West Henderson 2
Jaycees Cleanup
Tuesday. April 10at6p m Polk
County Jaycees will participate
in their Adopt-A-Highway
Cleanup program in conjunction
with Tryon’s Beautification
Week
Tryon Lions
Meet Tuesday
Tryon Lions Club will meet
Tuesday. April 10. at 7 p m at
Western Steer in Columbus
Col Jack Torbet will be the
speaker John Vollmer is in
charge of the program
Boys Track
Monday
Landrum at Blue Ridge
Friday
Polk County in WHKP Relays at
Hendersonville
Engaged
Dr and Mrs. Edgar Smith
Douglas, junior, of Greenville.
North Carolina, announce the
engagement of their daughter.
Nancy Randolph Douglas, to
Stephen Hamrick Brady, son of
Mr and Mrs. Stephen Carroll
Brady of Tryon. The wedding is
planned for June 30.
Landrum Cardinals
Win 10-0
The Landrum Cardinals
baseball team defeated
Tamassee-Salem 10 to 0
Thursday afternoon at
Tamassee-Salem Brian Gosnell
struck out 12 and walked four as
he limited Tamassee-Salem to
two hits. Jason Ayers drove in
four runs with a double and single
and Billy Littlefield had a triple
and a single Landrum is now 7-7
overall and 4-3 in conference.
Officials, Residents
Clash Over Sign Law
There will be no sign ordinance
in Columbus for at least another
six months
That was the majority decision
of the Columbus Town Board of
Commissioners Thursday night,
and it was an unpopular one with
the 15 people in attendance at
their meeting.
Although the area residents in
attendance complained
vehemently, the board members
were unswayed
"Town officials were elected to
do that job. and it should be left
up to them," Grover Hutcherson
said.
After the meeting, Mayor Paul
Smith said. "Jesus Christ didn't
please everybody and I'm not
going to try.”
The newest member of the
board. Dr Thomas Bolling, had
drawn up an ordinance and
wanted the council to bring it to a
public hearing in May.
"You aksed me and Butch
(Smith, town administrator) to
draw up an ordinance," Bolling
said. “We have done that It
deserves to be discussed and then
either voted up or down, not to be
tabled forever and ever until it
just dies, if that's what people
have in mind.”
The mayor called for a vote on
Bolling's motion, and Ormand
and Hutcherson voted it down. 2-
1
Ormand then made a motion
asking Smith to draw up his own
version of a sign ordinance for
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