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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
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 79C
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 63 — No. 120
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY, JULY 23,1990
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Weather Thursday: high 88,
low 65, hum. 85%. Friday at 7
a.m. the precipitation was 1.73
and it continued to rain off and
on.
It is reported that FBI agents
photographed and recorded
South Carolina lawmakers
accepting money from a lobbyist
in one of the Justice
Department’s top white-collar
crime investigations this year.
Pete Rose, a baseball idol to
millions and now a convicted
felon, will end in federal prison.
He was sentenced Thursday to
five months in jail for failing to
pay taxes on his take from illegal
gambling and the sale of
treasurered baseball
memorabilia. He will perform
1,000 hours of community service
and pay a $50,000 fine.
This area goes by for weeks
without major accidents.
Everyone is still trying to recover
from the two that happened here
last week. On Wednesday a train
hit a tractor-trailer on the main
railroad crossing in Landrum
and Thursday the accident at
George’s Restaurant which
involved a runaway car. We don't
appreciate our emergency people
until something like this happens.
The EMS, doctors, nurses, rescue
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Car Hits George’s;
Two Seriously Injured
Two people were seriously
injured Thursday evening when
an automobile hit the entrance
to George’s Restaurant in Tryon.
Mrs. Charles (Alice) Cecil and
LaRhett (Sandy) Stuart, both of
Tryon were taken to St. Luke’s
Hospital and transferred to
Spartanburg Regional Medical
Center. Treated at St. Luke's
Hospital and released were
Helen Stuart. Alice Kerhulas,
Sarah Reid, Aaron and Ashton
Giese. Aaron and Aston are
grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. Theo
Kerhulas.
It was raining at the time of the
accident which was
approximately 7:30 p.m Mr.
Cecil was driving the automobile
which hit the entrance to
George's. He apparently was
going to pick up his wife and Mr.
and Mrs. Stuart at the door of the
restaurant. His car was parked
directly in front of the door.
According to eye witnesses the
car sounded as if the accelerator
stuck and plowed into the
restaurant. Mr. Cecil got out of
his car, got back into his vehicle
and put it into reverse. Again the
car sounded as if the accelerator
was stuck. The car lurched
backward, hit a car owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Theo Kerhulas which
was parked directly behind him
This knocked the Kerhulas car
into the side of the Tryon Auto
Parts building. This caused a gas
line to break and gas went into
the Car Parts building and into
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Leave For
Junior Olympics
Seth Peoples of Tryon leaves
today for the University of
Nebraska at Lincoln, where he
will participate in the National
Junior Olympics. He qualified for
the national finals in Raleigh on
June 30 and July 1 when he
competed against runners from
Georgia, North Carolina, the
Potomac Valley, South Carolina
and Virginia.
In the 3,000 meter run, Seth
took third place with a time of
9:58.5 which qualified him for the
finals. HE runs under the
Henderson County Track Club
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Alan Peoples.
If anyone would like to helo
with expenses for the trip they
may send a contribution to Tryon
High School and mark it for
Junior Olympics expenses.
Cub Scout
Day Camp
The Cub Scout Day Camp will
be held July 30 — August 1st at
FENCE from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Scouts and non-scouts are
welcome. For more information
contact Alan Herrick at 704-245-
9116.
Meet Tuesday
The Tryon Lions Club will meet
Tuesday. July 24 at Western
Steer Steak House in Columbus
at 7 p.m. Glenn Morgan will be in
charge of the program.
F.O.P. Members
Meet Tonight
The July meeting for FOP.
members will be tonight at 7
o'clock at the Polk County
Sheriff’s Department. Elections
will be held.
Buys Home
D & M Corporation has bought
the Nancy and Harrison
Bridgeman home at 200 Grady
Ave. in Tryon. The plans call for
remodeling the home.
Myrna Viehman of First Real
Estate was listing and selling
agent.
Soccer Meeting
There will be soccer meeting
for all coaches and other
interested persons on Tuesday,
July 24 at St. Luke’s Hospital at 7
p.m.
Coaches will be assigned their
teams.
Children of all ages should
register before July 27 Call Dr
Ken Curl's office 894-3016
Bible School At
New Hope Methodist
New Hope Methodist Church in
Green Creek is holding its Bible
School July 23 — 27 from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p m. The theme is
“Island of the Son." All ages are
invited. For more information
call 863-4488 or 863-2150