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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
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline
28 Pages Today
Vol. 63 — No. 124
TRYON. N. C. 28782
FRIDAY, JULY 27,1990
20C Per Copy
Polk County Democrat Men’s
Club will meet Saturday, July
28th at 8:30 a.m. for breakfast at
the Polk County Democrat
Headquarters.
Meet Saturday
The weather Wednesday: high
80, low 66, hum. 70 percent.
Another .2 inches of rain had
fallen by 7 a.m. Thursday.
There are two events planned
to honor two of Polk County's top
officials who have recently
resigned their positions and soon
will be on their way to new jobs.
One is a secret. O.K., we're
printing nearly 4,000 copies of
this and that's not exactly how
you go about keeping a secret,
but with your help we're going to
try.
Folks at the courthouse today
are going to snatch the Bulletin
before County Manager Steve
Wyatt and Solid Waste Manager
David Draughn have a chance to
see it.
Now here’s the secret we want
you to keep from them. There will
be a surprise drop-in reception
for Wyatt and Draughn today
from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the
commissioners meeting room.
Anyone wishing these two
departing county officials good
luck, are invited to stop by.
What isn’t a secret is a Dutch
Treat luncheon at the Western
Steer Family Steakhouse at noon
to honor Wyatt and Draughn. The
luncheon is open to the public and
anyone who would like to be a
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Buy House
Leslie and Doris Schleuter of
Barber Street, Columbus have
purchased the home of Ray and
Virginia Vanderberg on
Persimmon Hill Drive,
Columbus.
The transaction was handled
by Bettye Hawkins as Listing
Agent and Peggy Dedman as
selling agent, both of Coldwell
Banker, Town & Country
Realtors.
Marine Completes
Vehicle Course
Marine Pvt. Kevin D. Barwell,
a 1989 graduate of Polk Central
High School of Mill Spring,
recently completed the Motor
Vehicle Operator Course.
During the five-week course at
Marine Corps Service Support
Schools, Camp Lejeune, N.C.,
Barwell received classroom and
behind-the-wheel instruction on
the operation and capabilities of
MArine Corps vehicles, defensive
driving techniques, “rules of the
road” and user-level preventive
maintenance.
He joined the Marine Corps in
December 1989.
Germany Rotary
Exchange Youth
Arrives In Tryon
On July 26 Theda Knopfle, the
Exchange Youth representing
the Pirmasens, Germany Rotary
Club, arrived in Tryon
accompanied by Jennifer
Thompson who is returning from
a 5 week visit in Pirmasens.
Jennifer, who is sponsored by the
Tryon Rotary Club, has been the
Exchange guest of the German
Rotary Club and has made her
home with the Knopfle family.
The two girls, Theda (Tay da)
Knopfle (Nuff la) and Jennifer
flew to the States together from
Frankfurt. Theda will be a guest
in the Glenn 0. Thompson home
on River Road for the first
several weeks of her visit in the
Tryon area.
Theda is the 15th young person
to exchange with counterpart
young people from the Tryon
area under the sponsorship of the
two matching Rotary Clubs. Her
father, Arno, was instrumental in
establishing the Program on the
German end in 1975 and served as
Chairman of the Exchange
Committee for 12 years. Theda is
attending school in Saarbrucken,
Germany and will graduate next
year. Their school has 13 grades
and is equivalent to a junior
college. From there she will go
to the University and major in
biology. She is one of four
daughters, next to the youngest;
her activities include swimming,
skiing, “going out,” music,
shopping, and particularly while
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Sales And Use Tax
Polk County collected $91,927
from the local 2 percent sales and
use tax in June. Rutherford
County collected $489,238,
Henderson $766,528, and
Buncombe $2.7 million.
Buy Home
John and Carolyn Hulak of New
Jersey have purchased a home
in Landrum. The builder and
owner of the home was James
Christopher.
The Hulaks plan to move here
within the next year.
Rosie Barnett of Landrum Real
Estate and Lynn Ulrey of
Coldwell Banker Town and
Country Realtors handled the
transaction.
Special Meeting
The Tryon Board of
Commissioners will meet on
Monday, July 30,1990 at 7 p.m., at
the Town Hall, to hold an
executive session concerning
personnel.
One married couple in six
included a stepchild or adopted
child in 1980. By 1985, that
number had increased to one in
five.
During the 1980s the number of
unmarried women leading
households with children grew
almost twice as fast as all
families.