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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
(USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
24 Pages T oday
Vol. 63 — No. 143
TRYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22,1990
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Weather Monday: high 95, low
68, hum. 65 percent.
Attorney General Lacy
Thornburg and his wife will be
guests at the Polk County
Democatic Party “elephant
roast’’ Sept. 8 at6:30 p.m. at Polk
Central High School.
Thornburg will be the main
speaker.
St. Luke’s Hospital in
Columbus has recently adopted a
budget which allows for $2.6
million in losses due to Medicare
supplements which do not pay the
full cost of the services delivered
to Medicare patients.
In North Carolina, according to
a survey by the state hospital
association, hospital
administrators predicted that the
number of hospitals would drop
from 120 to 100 within the next
ten years.
In Warren County, health
officials believe they have the
plan for the future of the state's
rural hospitals. Working with the
state Office of Rural Health, they
are gutting the former Warren
General Hospital, which has been
closed for five years, and
spending $1.2 million to
transform the facility.
It will now be a health center
offering easy access to routine
Continued On Back Page
Father Traenkle
Installation Sunday
Father Mark Traenkle will be
formally installed as pastor of St.
John’s Catholic Church, Tryon.
August 26 at 11 a.m. Mass.
The Mass will be celebrated by
Fr. Joseph Kelleher, Vicar of
Asheville Vicariate.
A reception with light
refreshments will follow
immediately int he church hall.
The public is invited.
Father Traenkle, a native of
New Jersey, attended the
Novitiate of Graymoor Friars of
Saranac Lake, N.Y. and studied
philosophy at Catholic University
in Washington, D.C. Following
four years of theological studies
in Rome, he was ordained there
in 1956.
Father Traenkle spent 13 years
teaching at St. John’s Atonement
Seminary in Montour Falls, N.Y.
He then became a parish priest in
Invermere, B.C. in the Canadian
Rockies. He remained in Canada
13 years.
He came to High Point, N.C. in
1988 as pastor of Christ the King
Church and on August 1, 1990
began his new pastorate at St.
John’s Catholic Church in Tryon.
He succeeds Fr. Guy E. Morse,
who is convalescing from a
stroke. — Reporter
Flower Walk
The Flower Walk with Phil
Nisbet at FENCE will be held at
10 a.m. Today (Wednesday,
August 22). Meet at the trail
shelter.
Summer Fun Davs
“Let's Pretend” held July 30 to
August 3 was the grand finale for
Discovery House of the Arts
"Summer Fun Days." Pretend
ing and preparing to be a Mail
man. going on a Safari and
planning a music concert were
some of the great events. Under
the instruction of Annette Smith
were: Drew Perraut. Toby
Pettigrew. Cole Boyle. Joseph
Henderson. Katherine Schulman,
Spencer Perraut, Mary Boyle,
Ryan Wall. Rebecca Horne,
Shawn Olsen and Ashley Horne.
Note: A “Get Well” wish to
Patrick Gentry! We all hope
you’re feeling better! — Reporter
Plans Luau
Polk County Senior Center.
"The Meeting Place II” in the
Melvin Hill section of Green
Creek is having their annual
Hawaiian Luau at 11:45 a.m.
Thursday, August 23rd.
Everyone is invited to come
join in the festivities. Call 863-
2795 for reservations by 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday. August 21st — Aloha
Labor Day
Festival In Landrum
The 3rd Annual Hogback
Mountain Labor Day Festival
will be held September 3 on the
grounds of Landrum High School.
A parade down Trade Street and
Rutherford Road will begin our
Festival at 10a.m.
During the day there will be
displays, entertainment, games,
team competitions, good music,
dancing and other concessions.
This event is sponsored by the
Landrum Chamber of
Commerce.
For further information and a
schedule of events contact Jim
Ashmore at 803-457-4246.
Reporter
Secret Is Out
President William Friday of
the University of N.C.
came to Polk County at the
invitation of the Polk County
Community Foundation, to speak
at our Annual Meeting.
Before he flew back to Chapel
Hill, he pronounced the
Foundation, "the best kept secret
in Western North Carolina."
The last thing The Foundation
wants is to keep its operation and
grants a secret.
Watch your mail this week for
ao "broadside” just published
Citizens not on the mailing list
are urged to call The Foundation
with name and address to receive
it. Telephone 859-5313
Reporter