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Vol. 63 — No. 127
TRYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1,1990
2IIC Per  opx
The weather Monday: high 92,
low 67, hum. 67 percent.
Unfortunately, Polk County
now has lost a third key public
administrator. Tryon Town
Manager Barry G. Richards
resigned Monday night during a
Board of Commissioners'
executive session called to air
employee grievances.
Richards is the third key
manager in the county to leave
this summer. Polk County
Manager Steven D. Wyatt
resigned to take a position with
Catawba County, and Polk
County Solid Waste Manager
David Draughn resigned to take a
position as Belhaven Town
Manager in Beaufort County.
Columbus Town Administrator
Butch Smith is now the senior
tenured manager in the county.
The Steps to Hope benefit
concert, to be given by pianist
Hugh McGinnis this Saturday
night, continues to draw a lot of
excitement. The box office is
open from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Tryon
Fine Arts Center. If you prefer,
you can call for tickets at 894-2845
or 894-2741.
George Steinbrenner is out.
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Donations Sought
For Fire Victims
The family of Charles and Gail
Halford of Lynn lost everything
in a house fire July 30.
If anyone would like to donate
anything to this family, items
may be left at the Columbus Fire
Department in the name of
Charles Halford.
Charles’ shirt size is extra
large, jeans of slacks size 44,
waist, 29 inseam, shoes 11' 2 . Gail
wears size 12 slacks, size 10-12
dresses and blouses, size 7 shoes,
The Halford’s college-bound
son also lost all his clothes.
Ministerial Alliance
Pastors in the greater
Landrum area are invited to a
meeting of the Ministeral
Alliance Thursday, Aug. 2, at 8
a.m. at Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church, 120 Hwy. 14
West.
The Rev. Larry Fleming,
executive director of the Greater
Spartanburg Ministries, will be
the speaker.
Homecoming
Homecoming services will be
observed at Mill Creek Church of
the Brethren, Green Creek
Community, Sunday, August 5.
Rev. Charles Rinehart is the
pastor. Sunday school and
morning worship are at 10 and 11
respectively. A carry-in lunch
will be immediately following the
morning worship. The public is
invited at attend.
Miller Studies
French Horn
Jessica Miller of Tryon, North
Carolina is a student in the
Advanced Division at Brevard
Music Center this summer. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Miller and will be a sophomore at
Brevard College in the fall.
Jessica is studying French
horn, participating in performing
ensembles, and also attending
classes and seminars during the
seven-week festival. Jessica was
an All-State band member for six
consecutive years and is
presently studying with Kristen
Kelly. — Reporter
Mrs. Timothy L. Wright, the
former Cami Corryn, has left
Tryon to join her husband in San
Diego, California where he is
going to Radioman-Telecommun
ications School for the U. S.
Navy. Cami and Timmy will
return to Tryon the end of Sept.
1990, before proceeding to their
duty station.
Richards Resigns,
Henson To Fill In
After a six-hour executive
session to discuss personnel
matters, the Tryon Town Board
of Commissioners Monday night
accepted the resignation of Town
Manager Barry G. Richards
Mayor Robert M. Neely said
Tuesday morning that the council
had met until nearly 1 a.m. After
accepting Richards’ resignation,
he said the board voted to name
Clarence Henson as interim town
manager.
Neely said he would begin the
process of finding a new mar ager
right away.
“The town has gone through
changes in town management
before,” he said. “A transition
will require the support and
cooperation of town employees as
well as the citizens of Tryon I
think we will have that support .”
Neely had no comment as to
why Richards' resignation was
accepted.
Richards, who came to work in
Tryon Sept. 21, 1988, said he had
no other job lined up yet. but
expects to find another with
another town or county.
"I’m not pleased,” he said
“It’s just unfortunate. I hate it
didn't work out. It all had to do
with problems between some of
the town employees and me.
Basically, there was a lack of
trust."
Richards said public adminis
tration is one of the few jobs in
which an administrator can leave
one job under some duress and
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