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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. O. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Weetern North Carolina
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 63 - No. 222
TRYON. N. C. 28782 TUESDAY, DEC. 18,1990
16 Pages Today
20« Per Copy
The weekend weather: Friday,
high 64, low 43, hum. 73 %, and .24
inches of rain fell ; Saturday, high
59, low 38, hum. 80% and .05
inches of rain fell; Sunday, high
61, low 44, hum. 60% and by 7
a.m. Monday another trace of
precipitation was recorded.
The Discovery House of the
Arts Christmas Expo '90 will be
held tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the
Tryon Fine Arts Center
auditorium. There will be a
recital by music students, a
display of students' art work, and
demonstrations by dance and
drama students. Admission is
free and the public is invited.
The FENCE “Home for the
Holidays" celebration and
concert is Friday and Saturday
from 6 to 8 p.m. Tickets are on
sale at FENCE. Carole’s Shoes,
NCNB, My Favorite Shoppe, and
HealthCall Pharmacy.
Jack Holmes, groggy from yet
another Monday morning without
sleep due to wee hours
firefighting, described a bit of
last week's fire fight on Hogback
Mountain. He said the fire was
fought about 800 ft. off the road,
where no trucks could deliver
water.
So the firemen waded down into
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Bulletin Closed
Christmas Eve
The Tryon Daily Bulletin will
not be published Christmas Eve,
Dec. 24th, and the office will be
closed so that the staff may enjoy
their family gatherings.
There will be no Bulletin
Christmas, or New Year's Day.
Polk Central
Jr. High Girls
Dec. 6 vs. Pacolet, Polk won 22-
10. Top scorer for Polk was
Taneika Gray 8, high for Pacolet
was Lady Porter. 3.
Dec. 10 vs. Tryon at Polk. Score
40-8 Polk, high for Polk were
Errica Jackson 14, Jennifer Ogle
8, Susan Breedlove 6. High for
Tryon, Tracy Cunningham 4.
Dec. 13 vs. Campobello-
Gramling at Campobello. Polk
won 52-8. High for Tryon were
Amanda McCallister 10, Jennifer
Ogle 10. High for C-G was LaRee
with 4.
Next game Dec. 19 at home
versus Edneyville. The following
game scheduled with Landrum
has been rescheduled for Jan 14,
1991.— Reporter.
Library Holiday
Closing Dates
The Polk County Public
Library will be closed Tuesday,
Dec. 25 and Wednesday, Dec. 26
for Christmas holidays, and
January 1 for New Year’s Day.
Vollmer’s Statuary Burns Monday Morning
The storage and office building
for John Vollmer's Statuary in
the Pacolet Valley was burned
beyond repair early Monday
morning. Vollmer's workroom
and all his molds were lost.
The Tryon Fire Dept, received
a call at 3:21 am and arrived with
Engine 3 and a water tanker to
find the building fully involved,
said fireman Jack Holmes.
The fireman called on the
Columbus Fire Dept, for aid in
hauling water to the site, where
there are no fire hydrants.
"We arrived and quickly
dumped 2,000 gallons and were
out,” Holmes said. “I’ll bet we
used 11,000 gallons before it was
over. I don't know how many
trips (with the tankers) we
made.”
At 7 am Monday, there were
still some hot spots and Fire
Chief Jimmy Lankford stayed
behind with a few others to be
sure the fire did not flare up
again.
Holmes said firemen believe
the cause may have been
electrical. It began at the same
end of the building where the
power lines fed in.
Margaret Vollmer said she
discovered the fire when her dog
woke her up to go out in the
middle of the night.
“We won’t be out of business,”
she said. “Most of the work is
done outside. We’ll build it back
and the business will go on " —
Reporter.
Lady Wolverines
Track News
The Polk County Lady
Wolverine Track Team
participated in the UNC
Invitational Indoor Track Meet
held Dec. 14 and 15 at UNC-
Chapel Hill. The following girls
prticipated:
300 yd dash—Tina Waddell
53.0, Natalie Jackson 48.93.
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