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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
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages Todas
Vol. 63 — No. 142
TRYON, N.C. 28782
TUESDAY, AUGUST 21.1889
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The weekend weather: Friday,
high 89, low 66, hum. 65 percent;
Saturday, high 92, low 68, hum. 78
percent; Sunday high 94, low 67,
hum. 65 percent.
The Landrum Town Council
will meet to night at 7:30 p.m. at
Town Hall.
Tomorrow is your curbside
recycling day in Tryon if you live
on one of the following streets:
Academy, Cherry, Dogwood.
Doubleday, Embury, Forest,
Harrell, Hidden Hill, Hillside,
Hogback, Howard, Lanier,
Laurel (Avenue and Drive),
Lockhart, Lynn, Marion,
Melrose, Porter, Power, Rector,
School (Place and Street), Trade
Street North and Wilcox.
Elton Cochran, a Polk County
furniture maker, was quoted in
Sunday's Charlotte Observer
story about U. S. Senate
candidate Harvey Gantt’s trip
through western North Carolina.
Cochran predicted Gantt "has
a better chance than anybody
ever had” to beat incumbent Sen.
Jesse Helms.
Aides to President Bush were
complaining in news reports over
the weekend about the
appearance of the president
answering questions about
Americans held hostage in Iraq
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Tutoring Elementary
School Children
You probably read enough
about the school budget; this
letter is about education, not
money. This letter is about
volunteers as tutors.
Earlier this year, under the
auspices of the Thermal Belt
Friendship Council, a group of
dedicated volunteers started
tutoring some 20 students from
the Tryon Elementary school on
Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons at the Roseland
Community Center. The result
was a marked improvement in
scores and class work which was
very gratifying to the tutors, the
students and the teachers
Dr. Edward Lakey, the new
principal, is interested in
expanding our program and has
invited us to come into the school.
In this way the tutors will have
good facilities and and materials
and the benefit of being able to
consult with teachers about the
children’s special needs and the
work to be done. Children in the
first through fifth grades would
be available in the mornings and
sixth through eighth grades in the
afternoons.
If you are concerned with
education here is your chance to
do something about it. We could
use at least 20 more tutors who
would be prepared to give an
hour’s time twice a week to help
keep a child from failure and help
to develop her or his potiential.
For more information please
call me at 859-9819. — Peter Hahn
Polk County Teacher
Visits Soviet Union
“What was described to me as
an urban camping trip proved to
be much more,” said Nancy Z.
Wilson, 6th grade teacher at
Green Creek Elementary.
Nancy was selected to be part
of a team of teachers that
traveled to the Soviet Union in
July to help up-date the N.C.
school curriculum. “The changes
are happening so quickly, it has
made even our newest text
material out-dated,” Mrs. Wilson
stated.
The team of thirty began their
journey in Moscow, then traveled
to Tblisi, Georgia, Lenningrad,
and finally Tallinn, Estonia.
“One can see the housing
shortages at crisis porportions
especially in Moscow,” Nancy
said. “Everyone there is trying
to find a flat. The people are in a
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Prizes At Next
Bloodmobile
Jim Jackson, chairman of the
Polk County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, announced
that there will be a prize drawing
at the next Bloodmobile Monday,
August 27, at the Parish House of
the Holy Cross Episcopal Church
in Tryon. Bloodmobile hours are
2:30 p.m. to6p.m.
All blood donors will be entered
in the prize drawing. There will
be three prizes: Sunday lunch at
Lake Lanier Tea House; Dinner
at Caro-Mi Restaurant, and
Lunch at George’s Restaurant.
Jim Jackson said that the Red
Cross is very grateful to the three
restaurants for donating the
prizes. “The demand for blood is
greater during the summer
months," he said. “We hope that
the prizes will help attract a
record turnout for our
Bloodmobile on August. 27.”
Jean Stratford, executive
Director of the Polk County
chapter, pointed out that
residents of Polk County who use
blood in a hospital outside of Polk
County should contact the Polk
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross so that arrangements
can be made to replace the blood.
“In order to make these
replacements, we need lots of
donors at our Bloodmobiles” she
said.
Republicans are planning to
gather for their annual picnic
feast Saturday, Sept. 1st at
Harmon Field. For reservations,
call 859-9810.