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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. 63 — No 51
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N. C. 28782
THURSDAY, APRIL 12.1990
20 Pages Today
20C Per UP'
Columbus Merchants
Meet Tonight
The Columbus Merchants
Association regular meeting will
be tonight (Thurs.l at 8 p m at
the Western Steer Steakhouse.
Guest speakers will be George
Finney who had designed and
created a 3 ft. model of the
contemplated park at Stearns
School Those interested are
invited. — Reporter
See The Race
And Help Out
The Wolverine Booster Club
needs volunteers to cook
hamburgers and sell cold drinks
at the Block House Steeplechase
April 21
Club president Steven D Wyatt
said the volunteers will get in to
see the races without charge, but
will have to work for two hours
helping the club with this
important fundraiser
If you can volunteer, call Geoff
Tennant at 894 3051 If he is not
in. leave a message
Volunteers will meet at 9 a m.
Saturday. April 21 at Tryon
Elementary School.
Slater Interviews
On Friday
All interviews, with applicants
for the Slater Teacher Awards
will be tomorrow. Fri.. April 13 in
the Polk County Community
Foundation Office
Weather Wednesday: high 68.
low 43. hum. 75% At 7 a m
Wednesday the precipitation was
63 Winds of up to 90 miles per
hour lashed at the Upstate
Tuesday night, tipping over
mobile homes, uprooting trees
and ripping down power lines
The Holly Springs and Inman
areas of Spartanburg County
were the hardest hit
A defective valve in the
steering system of the space
shuttle Discovery halted the
countdown Tuesday within four
miniutes of the planned liftoff and
forced an indefinite
nostponement of the mission to
carry the Hubble Space
Telescope into orbit
The Libyan-backed Palestinian
group headed by Abu Nidal freed
a French woman, a Belgium man
and their young daughter
Tuesday after holding them for
nearly 2'2 years in Lebanon
Job stress can lead to high
blood pressure and cause
ootentially dangerous physical
changes in the heart, according
to a new study of male workers.
The findings are based on a study
of 215 men ages 30 to 60 at seven
work sites in New York City
Food Lion Inc announced
plans Tuesday to open up to 40
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Glory Days
Betty Brewer, shown in photo
above, directs a rehearsal of The
Glory Days of Broadway, the
Tryon Community Chorus pro
duction of the Spring Concerts
The concert will feature well-
loved selections from “Babes in
Toyland" and "Naughty
Marietta” by Victor Hubert,
"The Student Prince" by
Segmund Romberg and “The
Wizard of Oz by Harold Arlen.
A master of musical choice for
a mixed choral singing. Betty
Brewer is Music Director of the
Tryon Presbyterian Church
whose choir is both well known
and highly respected
Betty is from Cleveland. Ohio,
a former pre-med student at Case
Western Reserve where she
earned her Bachelor's degree.
She received her music training
at the Cleveland Institute of
Music where she studied piano
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Attorney Says TLC
Could Begin Work
TLC Chevrolet/GEO in Tryon
could begin building on its
property next to Beechwood
subdivision right now. even
though three residents of that
subdivision have filed an appeal
in their suit to block the rezoning
of that property.
That was the opinion ol
Columbus Town Attorney Chris
Callahan last week at the town
board meeting.
At that meeting was Jerry
Shannon, who brought the suit
along with Irwin C. Winter and
Virginia R. Dale He had asked
adamantly that the minutes of
the meeting reflect the fact that
Bill Wakefield, owner of TLC
Chevrolet/GEO. could not go
ahead with his building plans.
But Callahan said Shannon was
out of order, and nothing was
required in the minutes. Further
more. he said it was his opinion
that Wakefield could begin
building right away
"There is no stay order.”
Callahan said this week “There
is no reason he can't go ahead
and build "
TLC general manager Ron
Price said he also believes that is
the case
“It is my understanding that if
we went ahead and built now.
even if at some point in the future
they won their appeal, they could
only prevent someone else from
building.” Price said. "As it
stands now. that property is zon
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