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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
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. O. Box 790
Tryon, N. C 28782
The Tryon Daily Biilletiii
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Phone 859-9151
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16 Pages Today
Vol. 63 — No. 171
TRYON, N. C. 28782 TUESDAY. OCTOBER 2.1990
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The weekend weather: Friday,
high 80, low 51, hum 76 percent;
Saturday, high 79, low 57. hum. 73
percent; Sunday, high 82, low 56,
hum. 65 percent.
Tryon’s official weather
recorder, Robert Dedmondt,
reports the rainfall in September
was just 1.43 inches, down from
the average of 5.56 inches.
Nonetheless, the area's rainfall
so far this year remains 4.42
inches above average, at 54.82
inches.
It's flu season, and while it is
not dangerous for healthy people,
the disease can be deadly for
elderly and those with health
problems.
Flu vaccines are available
from area doctors, and from the
Polk County Health Department
for county citizens 65 and older.
Immunization clinics arc being
held at the department each
Friday from 9-11 a m. and 1 to 4
p.m.
The Columbus Town Council
meets Thursday night at 7:30
p.m. at the Town Hall.
Jim Jackson, fife master
bridge player, was featured in
Dick Kaplan's bridge column in
the Asheville Citizen-Times
Sunday. Jackson and life master
Jeff Zeimer of Greenville. S.C.
Continued tin Back Page
New Arrival
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Douglas (Dawn Breakiron) of
Sylva, N. C. are parents of a son,
Benjamin Palmer. Douglas, born
Sept. 28, 1990 He weighed 9 lbs 7
ozs. and was 21 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are
Ret. Col and Mrs. R. C.
Breakiron of Myrtle Beach. S. C.
Paternal grandparents are
Mrs. Mary Palmer Douglas and
the late Benjamin Henry Douglas
of Tryon. N. C.
Tryon Little Theater
To Hold Auditions
Tryon Little Theater will hold
auditions for "Steel Magnolias."
by Robert Harling. Monday and
Tuesday. Oct 8 and 9. at 7:30
p.m. in the auditorium of Tryon
Fine Arts Center Ed Glenn, who
will conduct the auditions, will be
the director of the play.
Performance dates are Nov. 29,
30, Dec. I and 2.
The setting of the play is a
beauty shop in a small town in
Louisiana. The play chronicles
the lives of 6 women over a two-
year period, capturing the joy
and sorrow, poignancy and
drama of everyday life. It also
deals with problems the women
must overcome. Those include
their men, but the men do not
appear in the play.
The cast is composed of six
women, ranging in age from late
teens to sixtyish. Scripts may be
checked out at the Book Shelf. —
Reporter
Fairey Joins
Sheltered Workshop
The Board of Directors of the
Polk County Sheltered Workshop
has announced that Marion C.
Fairey Sr. of Statesville, N.C. has
become executive director of that
facility. He replaces J. Rick
McCallister who recently
resigned.
Mr. Fairey comes to his new
position from Iredell Vocational
Workshop in Troutman, N.C.
where he has been executive
director since 1977. The Iredell
program has been extremely
successful under his direction
and the Polk County Sheltered
Workshop will benefit from his
experience
Mr Fairey has been very
active in professional
organizations related to
rehabilitation work He was
recently elected state vice
president of the North Carolina
Association of Rehabilitation
Facilities composed of all
statewide workshop directors. He
Continued On Back Page
Wolverines Beat
Charlotte Latin
They had to travel a few hours
to do it, but the Polk County
Wolverines put it all together —
offense and defense, running and
passing — Friday night.
Polk beat previously
undefeated Charlotte Latin High
School 39-6.
“This was the best game we
played all year," Coach Dennis
Stokes said Monday. "We scored
when we got the ball. We only
punted a few times. They didn’t
score until the fourth quarter."
Stokes said the entire team was
still celebrating Monday,
particularly Sean Cunningham
who rushed for 209 yards on just
13 carries
Polk county, now 4-1, shot out to
a 26-point lead at the half as Neal
Petty scored on a 5-yard run and
Kelly Ruff fired a 33-yard pass to
Travis Dotson in the first
quarter Cunningham added a 34
yard run and Ruff teamed up
with Dotson again on a 55-yard
pass for a touchdown
Cunningham added another
touchdown in the second half on a
12-yard run and Derrick Twitty
scored on a 1-yard run
Polk County faces Rosman
Friday night at 8 p m for
Homecoming Coach Stokes said
he recalls it taking two overtime
periods to beat Rosman last year,
and since this is a conference
game, he expects it to be a tough
match up again this year.