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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. 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
20 Pages Today-
Vol. 63 — No. 208
TRYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28,1990
20 Per Copy
The weather report was
unavailable again Tuesday, but
the weather reporter is back
home. Mrs. Robert Dedmondt
called today to say that Robert is
home from the hospital after
quadruple by-pass heart surgery.
He is still weak, and cannot take
visitors, she said, but seems to be
on the mend.
The new street signs are going
up all over Polk County. Signs
have already been erected for all
the streets in White Oak, Green
Creek and Cooper's Gap
townships. Coming soon to a
street corner near you!
Gift certificates are available
now for the Tryon Thermal Belt
Chamber of Commerce’s
pictorial history of Polk County.
This 128-page book, to be
published next fall, will bring
together hundreds of
photographs portraying the way
of life in Polk County as it was,
and as it still is today.
The books are being sold for
$29.95 now, but after Jan. 31, the
price will rise to $45.
Gift certificates for the
pictorial history are available in
Columbus at The Flower Cottage,
NCNB and Tryon Federal; in
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Annual Christmas
Toy Auction
It’s time again! Just as Santa is
preparing for his big night, so we
at The Upstairs Art Gallery are
preparing for our third annual
Toy Auction. Response has been
wonderful in the past, and this
year promises to be even more
fun.
Here’s what’s in store for you
on Friday, Dec. 7: 6-7 p.m.,
cocktails and delicious dinner
buffet, complete with beef
tenderloin. At this time, you may
view the 20 or so pieces of
donated artwork, all by local
artists. At 7 p.m., there will be
entertainment by Jeff Sumerel,
followed by the actual auction. It
will be a gala evening.
Food preparations are by
Pamela Derrick of “Raspberries
and Thyme" catering, and Mr.
Dee Miner. Area artists are: Ann
McCown, Nancy Herron, Paul
Pourbaix, Jeanne Parker,
Charlotte Fowler, Patti Palmer,
Elaine Kerby, Philip Dusenbury,
Joe Bruneau, Ann Gleason, Dave
Newlin, Amy Rice, Jeff Sumerel,
Claude and Elaine Graves, Susan
Leonard, Mary Schweder, Connie
Glassman, and Kimberly Wilcox.
Auctioneers will be Joe Claud and
Dewitt Miner, Sr.
Be sure to make your plans now
to attend on Dec. 7 — it’s the best
party in town. Admission is $20
per person and includes all
drinks, dinner, entertainment
and auction. — Reporter.
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Named PAC
Executive Director
Melissa Warren has been named
Executive Director of the Pacolet
Area Conservancy according to
an announcement by Allen
“Bud" Slater, president. She will
begin work on December 1st.
Mrs. Warren is a graduate of
UNC at Chapel Hill and has
completed work at Cape Fear
Technical College, UNC at
Wilmington and Cataba Valley
Community College. Her
expertise is in land use planning,
grantsmanship, marketing and
public relations. In January she
will undergo intensive training in
environmental institute
management at the University of
Delaware Garduate School.
Melissa says her first love is
working with the environment
and she looks forward to working
with the Pacolet Area
Conservancy (PAC).
She and her husband, David,
make their home at 1257 E. Shore
Drive on Lake Lanier. Melissa
will sing the role of Mary, mother
of Jesus, in the Christmas
Concert at the Fine Arts Center
Dec. 14,15 and 16.
Tryon Kiwanis Supports
Major Emphasis Project
Each
year, Kiwanis
International adopts a major
emphasis project theme for clubs
to recognize and contribute.
Setting a precedent this year’s
theme, Young Children: Priority
One, will run for three years.
Like Terrific Kids, the Tryon club
intends to be very active, county-
wide, with this extended term
project.
Young Children: Priority One
addresses the needs of children,
prenatal through age 5. Statistics
show that this age group has
serious problems. Each year,
thousands of babies are born so
small that they have a very poor
chance of survival. Those that do
survive often have a mental or
physical handicap. As many as a
third of the children eligible to
enter kindergarten are not ready
to do so. If present trends are left
unchanged, more than 100 million
children will die during the 1990s
Every day the tragedy of our
children worsens.
There are solutions to these
problems and Kiwanis
International’s Young Children:
Priority One project wants to
assist. There are ways to heln
young children. The best way to
prevent infant mortality is to
ensure adequate prenatal care
f t r i£ eg ^ ant women - An early
childhood program stressing
developmental learning and
social growth will help a
disadvantaged child succeed in
school. Parent educat^^
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