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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
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Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
12 Pages T oday
Vol. 64 - No.9
The weekend weather: Friday,
high 55, low 43, hum. 65 per
cent; Saturday, high 69, low 39,
hum. 40 percent; Sunday, high
65, low 46, hum. 65 percent.
There will be school Friday in
Polk County. An optional
teacher workday had been
scheduled, but was dropped
after the schools took a snow
less snow day last month.
The Landrum Town Council
meets tonight at 7:30 at the
Town Hall.
First Union Corp, has been
the subject of some speculation
in the area since it announced
the withdrawal of its loan com
mitment for Tryon Estates.
The company, however,
reported an increase in net
income from $256 million last
year to $272 million this year, a
six percent increase.
"We arc encouraged by our
earnings results, especially in
view of the banking industry's
very difficult year," said
Edward E. Crutchfield Jr., First
Union Corp, chairman and chief
executive officer.
Ernest Kellog of Tryon
recently recalled an item we ran
about Marie Antoinette's
famous saying, "Let them eat
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TRYON. N. C. 28782
O.P. Earle PTA
Meets Tonight
Scott and Lisa Cooper and
"Johnny" (ventriloquists) will
present the program at O.P.
Earle Elementary School PTA
tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 12) at
7:30 pm in the school cafeteria.
Parents and grandparents,
please bring your children to
sec "Johnny".
Door prizes will also be given
away. - Reporter.
Called Into Service
Cpl. James M. Preston, 22,
has just been called back into
the service. He reports for duty
on February 20. He is the son of
Frances Lytle and step-son of
Bill Lytle.
Preston was a marine, dis
charged less than a year ago
after four years in the service.
He is currently attending
Brevard College at Melbourne,
FL. - Reporter.
M.S. Ruritans
Meet Tonight
The Mill Spring Ruritan Club
meets tonight (Tuesday, Feb.
12) at Mill Spring Elementary
School cafeteria.
A covered dish supper begins
at 6:30 pm with the meeting to
follow at 7. All Mill Spring
residents arc welcome to attend.
County Sports
J.V. men and women and
varsity men and women's bas
ketball teams will travel to
Edneyville tonight for games
TUESDAY, FEB. 12,1991
McDowell-Messer
Ms. Linda Fike of Columbus,
and the late Bobby McDowell
have announced the engage
ment of their daughter. Tiffany
Nicole McDowell to Phillip
Michael Messer of Landrum.
Ms. McDowell is the niece of
Jcarl and Sandra McDowell of
Columbus, and is a graduate of
Polk Central High School. She
is currently employed at JJ's
Restaurant in Landrum, and is a
student at Isothermal Commu
nity College in Columbus.
Mr. Messer, the son of Fred
and Leota Messer of Landrum,
is a graduate from Landrum
High School and is currently
employed with Denton Foy
Construction.
The couple will be married on
May 4 at the Mimosa Inn in
Tryon.
20C Per Cops
Estates Delayed
To January 1992
About 150 future residents of
Tryon Estates heard the news
from ACTS Inc. top corporate
officers in person Friday: the
project will go forward, but
likely will be delayed - again -
until January 1992.
Tire chairman of ACTS Inc.,
the Rev. Richard Coons, was
among a group of six corporate
officers who tried to assuage
the fears of future residents
during a two-hour meeting al
the Tryon Fine Arts Center
Friday morning.
Residents became concerned
recently after they saw con
struction halted and announce
ments were made that construc
tion financing arrangements
with First Union National Bank
had fallen through.
On Friday, they were told
that another financing
deal is nearly completed, and
that construction should begin
again in earnest by May 1.
"We arc well along in the
process of raising the money,"
W. Scott Warren, the managing
director of Philadelphia First
Group Inc. of Conshohocken,
Pa. told a reporter Monday.
Philadelphia First is an
investment banking firm hired
by ACTS as a financial advi
sor. Warren, who spoke to
residents Friday, is currently
negotiating with institutional
investors - insurance compa
nies, pension funds, and
municipal retirement funds -
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