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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. 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 Carolina
12 Pages Today
Vol. 63 — No. 136
TRYON, N.C. 28782 MONDAY, AUGUST 13,1990
200 Per Copv
The weather Thursday: high
85, low 68, hum. 65 percent. By
Friday at 7 a.m., .13 inches of
rain had fallen.
The Polk County tax collectors
are waiting for the supplemental
tax bill forms to arrive before
they send out this year’s second
tax notices.
You may recall that the Board
of Education took the Board of
Commissioners to court citing a
lack of adequate funding. A jury
of 12 Polk taxpayers agreed with
the school board.
That’s why county taxpayers
will be receiving a second tax bill
this year.
And on it will be printed: “1990
Supplemental Tax Bill, as
mandated by the Superior
Court.’’ That message was
decided upon last week on a
motion by commissioner Henry
Huntsinger, supported by Rachel
Ramsey and Ken Faulkner. They
want to be sure everyone knows
that they didn’t support the tax
increase for schools.
Board members Jeannie
Martin and John Edwards voted
against adding the message to
the tax bills. However, during the
budget process they didn’t
necessarily suport tax increases,
either. They argued that the
Continued On Back Pace
Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Gosnell
of Thompson Rd., Saluda,
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Teresa Lynn
Gosnell to Roger Wayne Roberts
of Bill Collins Rd., Mill Spring.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roger B. Roberts of Bill Collins
Rd. in Mill Spring.
The bride-elect was graduated
from East Henderson High
School in 1985 and is employed at
Autumn Care of Saluda as a
C.N.A.
The bridegroom-elect is also
employed at Autumn Care of
Saluda in Housekeeping.
The wedding will be held
September 8, 1990 at 4 p.m. at
Autumn Care of Saluda, Eseola
Circle in Saluda.
Meet Tuesday
The Tryon Lions Club will meet
Tuesday, August 14 at 7 p.m. at
the Western Steer. District
Governor Bill Terrell, 31A will
visit.
Compete At
National Rifle Matches
Robin McCall and Brent
Edwards have returned from
Camp Perry, Ohio where they
competed in the 1990 National
Rifle Marches.
Robin fired the individual high
score in the Whistler Boy Match
pitting 2-shooter teams from
around the country. As well as
shooting with Robin on the North
Carolina Whistler Boy Team.
Brent shot consistently high
scores all week, bringing home a
considerable number of National
Rifle Association award points.
Robin and Brent are members
of the Polk County Junior Gun
Club. Brent is a rising senior at
Tryon High School and Robin will
be a freshman at Ohio State
University.
Jennifer Thompson
At Thermal Belt Rotary
Jennifer Thompson will be the
guest speaker at the August 13th
meeting of the Thermal Belt
Rotary Club. Ms. Thompson
recently returned from a five
week trip to Pirmasens,
Germany as a Rotary Exchange
Student. She will share with the
group some of her wonderful
experiences there.
Thermal Belt Rotary meets at
the Western Steer in Columbus.
The program will follow dinner at
6 p.m. and everyone is invited. —
Reporter
Engaged
Jerry and Mohna Huffman of
Colorado Springs, Colorado
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Gayle Marie, to
Barry Dean Bowyer, son of Finch
Bowyer, Jr. of Colorado Springs
and Marlene Bowyer of Tryon.
A December 29 wedding at
Redeemer Lutheran Church in
Colorado Springs is planned
The bride-elect graduated from
Colorado Springs Christian
School. She attends the
University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs where she is
pursuing her degree in
Psychology. She is employed by
Redeemer Lutheran Child Care
Center.
the bridegroom-elect
graduated from Falcon High
School (Colorado Springs),
served in the United States
Marine Corps, and attends the
University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs where he is
pursuing a Bachelors degree in
Sociology. He is employed by the
UCCS Department of Public
Safety.