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Tryon, North Carolina, 28782
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
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. O. 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
Vol. 63 - No. 140
The weather Wednesday: high
92, low 66, hum. 68 percent.
The Tryon Youth Center dance
is tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. at the
center in the Pacolet Valley. All
area seventh through ninth
graders are invited.
Work is coming alone nicely on
the new Tri-County Heating and
Air Conditioning building in
Landrum. That’s the new
building going up which shares
common walls with the new
Williamson’s Paint Center and
the old Williamson’s Paint Center
buildings on North Trade Street
in Landrum.
There will be a ribbon cutting
for the new Skyuka ACE
Hardware store in Lynn Monday
morning at 9:30 a.m.
A reception will be held
Saturday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at
The Lanier Library to honor
Barbara Stroup, author, and
John Steinke, illustrator, of the
library’s 100th Anniversary
Book.
Henderson County residents
living along U.S. 74 say tractor-
trailer traffic on the windy
mountain road is dangerous and
must stop.
The Hickory Nut Gorge
Highway Safety Committee
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TRYON, N. C. 28782
First Day
Tryon High
You have to get up a bit earlier
this year to attend Tryon High
School. School starts at 8 a m.,
this year, six minutes earlier
than last year. The doors open at
7:30a.m.
On the first day, students
should first check the homeroom
roster posted in the cafeteria
and then report to their
homeroom.
Principal Johnnie Summers
will call students from each
grade out of class in turn during
the first period for information
and orientation sessions.
An estimated 150-155 students
will be attending Tryon High this
fall, said Sandy Paff. Any new
students who are not already
registered are encouraged to
register today, but may register
Monday as well.
School buses will run on the
same routes as last year. If you
are unsure where to meet your
bus, call the school at 859-6636.
Two new teachers are now on
the Tryon High school faculty:
Loretta Hembree, special
education; and Carmen Byrd,
math.
High School
Groundbreaking
The groundbreaking ceremony
for the new Polk Consolidated
High school will take place
Monday, Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at
the new high school site on Hwy
108 just east of Columbus.
Everyone is invited
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17,1990
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Barham Foster
Thomson, Jr. celebrated their
fifieth wedding anniversary
August 1st.
They were honored on August
12th with a reception at FENCE,
hosted by their children, Foster
Thomson of Burke, Virginia,
Susan Slu of Davidson, N.C., and
Linda Williams of Landrum.
Also present were their seven
grandchildren and many
relatives and friends, some from
California and other distant
places. Mrs. Cleo Bradey, Mrs.
Madeline Thomson, Mrs. Estelle
Broome and Mrs. Grace
Broome assisted with the
reception. Mrs. Thompson is the
former Delphene Broome of
Landrum.
The windiest city in the US is Great
Falls, Montana, where the average
wind speed is 13.1 mph Chicago,
the notorious "windy city," actually
ranks only 16th among the windiest
cities in the US.
32 Pages Today
20C Per Coin
Retiree Life
New Column Looks
At Reitree Life
This column is required
reading for that privileged and
growing class of fortunate people
who no longer have to get up and
go to work every day.
I am speaking here about
Retirees.
By definition, a Retiree (Mr
Editor, please always make that
upper case), is someone who has
quit his lifetime of work —
whatever that might have been —
and is not looking for a new job.
Further, a Retiree is someone
who is starting life all over again
In many cases, this is in an
entirely new community without
family, friends or connections.
It is important for you to fully
appreciate that a Retiree has
achieved a unique and exalted
status. He is the ultimate
survivor who has triumphed
against insurmountable odds Be
truthful now, back in the old days
(that’s pre-retirement) did you
really ever think you would make
it through to retirement?
The best thing about being a
Retiree is that you no longer have
to do anything you don’t want to
do. There are no demands other
than those you put on yourself.
But at the same time,
retirement is not all peaches and
cream. Ask me, I know I have
been a full, card-carrying Retiree
for just over two years now. and 1
am still a long way from having
my new life down pat And I find
that most of my friends are in the
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