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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
Daily 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
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON, N. C. 28782
FRIDAY, JUNE 22,1990
32 Pages Today
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Vol. 63 — No. 101
Retired School
Personnel Meet
National Award Winner
The weather Wednesday: high
90, low 59, hum. 75%.
A note from the Curb Reporter:
When I first moved to Tryon to
take over this grand old
newspaper, many people asked
me to begin to take stands on
issues.
I was reluctant, and did not
plan to do so until much later in
my tenure here.
I don t think I would have even
on the school budget issues if it
had been presented outright as
the major cut in local school
funding that it was.
If the board of commissioners
had said, “We’re singling the
schools out for significant cuts,”
and explained clearly why, there
would have been no need to do
anything but report the facts.
But the facts were obscured in
talk of “an increase,” and the
situation cried out for a more
honest interpretation — call it
comment or opinion.
I shared my opinions on the
school budget six times, twice
before the public hearing, three
times up until the budget vote,
and once after.
It will be a long time before I’ll
have another say about this
matter or anything else. A long
Continued On Back Page
The Executive Council of
District II of the N.C. Retired
School Personnel met at Allen’s
Cafeteria in Forest City June 13.
Representatives from six
counties attended.
President Dorothy Baldwin
announced that a summer
workship will be held at the
Holiday Inn in Hendersonville
July 10 at 9 a.m. The annual fall
district meeting will be held Oct.
4 at 11:30 a.m. at the First United
Methodist Church in Marion.
Penny Kessler,
First Merge
Penny Kessler Realty of Tryon
announces the merger of her
office with First Real Estate of
Columbus.
By combining our businesses
we will be better able to serve our
clients, customers and the
community,” states Kessler.
Penny started Kessler Realty
in 1982 after working for four
years with another Tryon real
estate firm. She has held the
offices of president and secretary
the , Tr y on - Polk County Board
Rotors in past years and is
active on various committees for
the board.
Penny and her family came to
Tryon in 1977 from the Chicago
area where she grew up. She
^ B A fr ° m Kn °x
College in Illinois,
Penny and her husband, Chip
ond operate Mill Farm Inn
bed and breakfast and L’Auberge
of Tryon. 6
The United States Achieve
ment Academy announced
recently that Angela Frazier has
been named an All-American
Scholar.
Angela, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Frazier of
Landrum, attended Converse
College. Her name will appear in
the All-AmericanScholar
directory, which is published
nationally.
TWGA
The event Tuesday, June 19th
was low gross in flights. Winners
were: Margaret Hannon 1st
flight; Janet Mayberry 2nd
flight; Margaret Paxton 3rd
flight; Sally Jo Carter 4th flight;
Catherine Helmstetter Sth flight.
There will be a shotgun wing
ding at 9 a.m. Tuesday the 26th
followed by luncheon.
Sundae Sunday At
Tryon Youth Center
On Sunday, June 24th from 3 to
6 p.m., there will be a special
event at the Tryon Youth Center.
Anyone in grades 7 to 12 is
invited to come enjoy the fun. It
will be a day of outdoor fun and
activities with a volleyball
championship and other fun
events.
To top off the day, there will be
a “make your own sundae” bar
set up to cool all appetites.
Grades 7 to 12 are encouraged to
come out and see your friends
and enjoy the day.
Singing Sunday
At Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Free Will
Baptist Church, Lynn, will have
an afternoon singing Sunday,
June 24 at 2:30 p.m. Guests will
be the Heavenaires from
Cowpens.
Rev. Jerry Pierce, pastor and
congregation invite everyone to
come.
Democrat Women
Polk County Democratic
Women monthly meeting
Monday night on June 25, 8 p m
It will be held at the Democratic
Headquarters in Columbus.
Simon Thompson will be the
speaker and he will give a slide
presentation regarding his trip to
Kenya, Africa.