2nd Class Postage Paid At
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
Vol. 64 - No.12
TRYON. N. C. 28782
FRIDAY. FEB. 15, 1991
24 Pages Today
20f Per Copy
The weather Wednesday: high
55, low 36, hum. 95 percent,
and by Thursday at 7 a.m.
Robert Dedmondt had .75
inches of rain in his gages.
Snow was in the air Thursday
and fingers were crossed.
The February meeting of the
Foothills Humane Society
Board of Directors will be held
Monday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. in
the NCNB meeting room.
The Tryon Hounds will meet
Saturday at 9 a.m. at Iron
Bridge.
Waynesville Mountaineer
writer Ken Morrison offered "A
Rose to Polk County," in his
column Monday.
"Many states have a Polk
County, but the one I am prais
ing is here in North Carolina.
Its county commission voted
unanimously to place a one-
year moratorium on billboards
while a new sign ordinance is
drafted. Many more counties
should take similar action
before visual pollution is in
such an advanced state that it
will be too costly to deal with."
The Polk County Planning and
Zoning Board deserves much of
that praise, along with both the
county commissioners presently
serving and those who recently
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Subscription Rates
Hiked For Postage
Due to the recent increase in
second class postal rates, which
arc now nearly 20 percent
higher than before, the Tryon
Daily Bulletin subscription rates
have been increased, editor and
publisher Jeffrey A. Byrd
announced today.
A yearly subscription will
now cost $35, up from $30.
The increase represents 42
cents a month.
A six-month subscription will
now cost $19.25, a three-month
subscription $11, and a one-
month subscription, $4.50.
"We will continue to do our
best to assemble the wealth of
news and advertising informa
tion that you find in the Bulletin
each day," said Byrd, "So that
the extra few cents each month
for your subscription will be
returned to you in value, several
times over."
Rock 'N' Roll Analyzed
Parents - concerned about the
music your children listen to?
Need help? Join us Feb. 16 at
10 a.m. at the Tryon Church of
God as we present the video
Hell's Bells - The Dangers of
Rock 'n' Roll. Lunch will be
provided free of charge. For
more information call
859-6319.
Office Closed
Polk County Veteran Service
and Emergency Management
office will be closed Feb
18-24.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe N. Williams
of Landrum announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Susanne Annette, to Joe Perry
Johnson III.
Johnson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Perry Johnson of
Inman. He is a graduate of
Soiling Springs High School
and Wofford College, where he
earned a Bachelor's in Business
Economics. He is employed as
vice-president of High Tech
Heat Inc.
Susanne is a graduate of Lan
drum High School and the Uni
versity of South Carolina at
Columbia, where she earned a
Bachelor's in Psychology. She
is now employed by Greenville
Memorial Hospital.
Tlie wedding will take place
April 27 at Landrum First
Baptist Church.
Vining To Gather
Farming History
Polk County Extension
Director John Vining is gather
ing photographs of Polk's agri
cultural heritage.
Vining has agreed to serve on
a committee of Tryon-Thermal
Belt Chamber of Commerce
members who arc publishing a
pictorial history of the area.
Anyone with photographs of
farming, logging, and other
agricultural pursuits, from times
past up until the present, should
call John at the extension office,
894-8218, or drop them by the
office at the courthouse com
plex.
John is being assisted by for
mer county director Paul Cul
berson.
"A Sense of Heritage: A Pic
torial History of the Thermal
Belt Area," will be published in
the fall. You can reserve a copy
now at the pro-publication
price of $29.95 by contacting
the chamber office at
859-6236. The price for the
book will rise to $45 after
March 31.
Foothills Bridge
Results of the Foothills
Duplicate Bridge played Tues
day, Feb. 12 at the Tryon Youth
Center, with six tables in play,
were: 1st - Pat Lehner and
Virginia Davis (67 percent
game); 2nd - Dot Paulsell and
Evelyn Warrington; 3rd - Eva
Barker and Elinor Tomlinson.
- Reporter.