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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
20 Pages Today
Vol. 63 — No. 152
TRYON. N. C.28782
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5,1990
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The Labor Day weekend
weather: Friday, high 78, low 64,
hum. 64 percent, precipitation
4.93 inches; Saturday, high 86,
low 64, hum. 82 percent,
precipitation .04 inches; Sunday,
high 90, low 64, hum. 76 percent;
Monday, high 90, low 70, hum. 80
percent.
By Tuesday at 7 a.m., another
.09 inches of rain had fallen.
You might have guessed that
the amount of rainfall in August
(7.55 inches) was above average
for the end-of-summer month —
2.32 inches above average.
So far in 1990, 53.39 inches of
rain has fallen. That’s 8.42 inches
more than the average.
The Landrum man who was
killed last week in an accident
along Hwy. 176 near Campobello
was William David Tant, Jr., 38.
His car ran off the road and hit a
tree at about 10:45 p.m. last
Wednesday and he died later of
head injuries.
A passenger in the car was
taken to Spartanburg Regional
Medical Center. He was
unidentified at the time, and the
S.C. Highway Patrol office still
could not identify the passenger
at presstime Tuesday.
The trooper who investigates
Contionued On Back Page
Despite Win
Coach Unhappy
“We didn’t play good,” said
Polk County football coach
Dennis Stokes. Though his team
won its match-up with the
Landrum Cardinals Friday, 15-6,
and now stands at 2-0, Stokes was
not pleased.
The reason: six fumbles and
170 yards of penalties.
“We turned the ball over too
many times,” Stokes said. “The
more you get into the schedule,
when you turn the ball over like
that you’re going to lose.”
Stokes credited his defense
with keeping Landrum
immobilized. The Cardinals one
score came when Tony
Whitesides took the second half
kick-off and ran 90 yards.
“And they didn’t block us,”
Stokes said. Shane Foy did block
Landrum’s extra point attempt.
Stokes said the score easily
could have been 23 to nothing.
The Wolverines had one
touchdown called back and
missed an easy two-point
conversion attempt.
The Wolverines’ first score
came four minutes before the
halftime on a 19-yard pass from
Kelly Ruff to Kelly Dotson.
Lamond Twitty added the extra
point.
Twitty ran the ball 24 yards at
the opening of the fourth quarter
for another touchdown, and the
conversion attempt failed. Polk’s
final two points came on a safety
following a bad snap on a
Continued On Back Page
Thirteen Is
His Lucky Number
by Harriet Byars Peoples
The road to Nebraska is a long
one. Just ask Seth People. He ran
all the way.
His journey began in
Hendersonville in early June at
the first qualifying meet for the
Junior Olympics. There he vied
with over 9-18 year olds for the
opportunity to enter the state
compeition in Raleigh — and to
pursue his dream of becoming a
Junior Olympic runner. He
cleared his first hurdle by taking
first place honors in both of his
events: the 1,500-meter run and
the 3,000-meter run.
In just two weeks he was racing
again, this time in Raleigh
against toughter competitors
from throughout North Carolina.
There he won the state champion
ship in both of his events — and
moved closer still to Nebraska.
The regional competition lay
between Seth and his goal. His
rivals were the toughest in five
states. He trained with
persistence in June temperatures
so hot that a neighbor feared he
“would melt.”
The heat raged, too, in Raleigh
and took its toll on the
determined runners. Seth placed
third in the 3000-meter run on
Saturday night, but on a Sunday
morning bout with dehydration
considerably slowed his pace in
the 1500-meter run. He was out of
contention in the 1500, but the top
three finishers in each event
Continued On Back Page
Education Support
Group Forming Here
A new group called E.P.I.C.
(Education in Polk County Is
Crucial) is being formed in
support of quality education in
Polk County.
The initial membership
meeting will be held on Monday,
Sept. 10th at 7 p.m. in the
Lecture Room of Isothermal
Community College - Polk
Campus -on Hwy. 108.
If you want to be a part of
building a community of support
for quality education in the Polk
County Schools, please come to
this very important first meeting.
If you have questions, call
Emily Rogers at 859-5910 or Mrs.
Bill (Rennie) Horne at 859-5849
4-H Brochure —
Regional Winner
The 1989-90 Polk promotional 4-
H brochure, “4-H is an
Experience that lasts a Lifetime”
was named the State and
Southern Regional
Communication winner. This
announcement was made at the
North Carolina Assn, of
Extension 4-H Agents annual
conference in Durham. The 4-H
brochure has been sent for
competition at the national level.
George Finnie, President of the
Polk County 4-H & Youth
Foundation, designed the layout
of this promotional brochure.