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Vol. 63 — No. 130
TRYON, N. C. 28782
MONDAY. AUGUST 6.1990
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The weather last Thursday:
high 83, low 67. hum. 70 percent.
By Friday at 7 a.m. .26 inches of
rain had fallen.
The deadline for applications
for the job of Polk County
Manager was Friday. Interim
manager Glenn Rhodes was
expected to update the Polk
County Board of Commissioners
on the application process tonight
when the board meets at 7:30.
The Spartanburg NAACP filed
a complaint Thursday with the
FBI in Washington, D. C.
condemning the handling of an
investigation into claims of
illegal wiretapping at the
Landrum Police Department.
The FBI concluded that no
federal law was violated in the
the wiretapping incident.
“We feel a thorough, unbiased,
professional FBI investigation
will reveal that Police Chief
Edwards and other policemen
had their conversations recorded
without their knowledge by an
electronic, hidden device, which
is illegal, and it is not being done
by other police departments in
our state under the guise of
monitoring emergency calls,"
said Roy Henderson, president of
the Spartanburg NAACP.
“(We) are appealing to the FBI
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Precincts Combined
The Polk County Board of
Elections has combined
Precincts No. 9 and No. 10.
Therefore a meeting of
Democratic precinct members is
necessary to discuss
reorganization of the new
combined precinct to be called
No. 9 Green Creek.
The Democrat Party meeting
will be held at Green Creek
School auditorium on August 7 at
7:30 p.m.
Kiwanis To Meet
The Kiwanis Club of Tryon will
meet at 12:30 Tuesday, August 7
at the Western Steer in
Columbus. For more information
call Odell Matthews at 704-625-
9191. The guest speaker is D. C.
Sawyers and he will be speaking
on “Emergency Heart Network”
at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Pace Reunion
Pace Reunion Sunday, Aug. 12,
Saluda with memories of
Harrison and Hattie Pace. Please
bring a lunch and attend at the
home of Jeanette P. Summey.
Polk Paddlers
August Meeting
The Polk Paddlers will meet
Auguste, at 7 p.m. in the Library
at the Tryon Congregational
Church, 328 Melrose Ave., Tryon.
Smith’s Soccer
A Smash Overseas
Kara Smith earned most
valuable honors in a soccer
tournament in Denmark. She is
the daughter of Steve and Susan
Smith and the granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Guynell Smith of
Tryon.
Smith's success wasn’t limited
to just making Team U.S.A. She
was voted most valuable player
by her teammates and a coach
offered her a chance to play
professional women’s soccer
when she graduates from college.
For now she is happy just
thinking about her recent
accomplishments and her 31 day
tour of Scandinavia. She
graduated from Dorman High
School and will play soccer at the
College of Charleston this year.
Smith tried out for Team U S.A
in Greenville.
Her competition came from
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Preview School
Schedule Aug. 9,10
Polk Central High School
students (grades 9-12 only) may
come to preview their class
schedule for the school year 1990-
91 on the following dates:
Thursday. August 9, 1990 from
1:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.; Friday.
August 10, 1990 from 9 a.m. to 12
noon., 1 p.m. to3 p.m.
David Riddle At
Thermal Belt Rotary
David Riddle, the Nature
Director at FENCE, will be the
guest speaker at the August 6th
meeting of the Thermal Belt
Rotary Club. Riddle will speak
about the many reptiles and other
“crawly creatures" of Polk
County. Since he is not adverse to
having these fellows around, he
might bring some of them along.
Thermal Belt Rotary meets at
the Western Steer in Columbus
The program will follow dinner at
6 p.m. and everyone is invited.
Western Carolina
Women’s Golf
On June 19th Anne McIntyre of
Red Fox won 2nd low gross in the
4th Flight at Green Valley
Country Club.
in the Western Carolinas
Tournament at Hendersonville
Country Club on July 17th Anne
McIntyre won 2nd low net in the
4th Flight.
Dee Griffith won the closest to
the pin prize.