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POLK LIBRARY 11 nov 91 Ei. 4, 204 TALKER ST. COLUMBUS, N C 23722 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 Vol. 64 - No.13 The weekend weather: Thursday, high 59, low 45, hum. 68 percent, and by 7 a.m. Robert Dedmondt had meas ured a half an inch of snow on Trade Street; Friday, high 50, low 19, hum. 68 percent; Sat urday, high 37, low 10, hum. 30 percent; and Sunday, high 44, low 23, hum. 87 percent. The Tryon Town Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. to set goals for the next fiscal year's budget. The meeting was post poned from Monday night. The Tryon Hounds will meet tomorrow morning at 9 at McSwain's Orchard. Chester Willard of Landrum was perusing through old docu ments recently when he came upon an 1896 edition of he Outlook. In includes in its travel section a couple classified ads for Tryon: "on the Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad in the Blue Ridge Thermal Belt. Delightful winter climate; unexcelled for healthfulness and grand mountain scenery. Pine woods. Good board in a beauti ful location." Placed by a Mrs. Cannon. The next ad was for Oakdene. Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline TRYON. N. C. 28782 Operation Desert Prayer Every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. the Church of the Holy Cross will hold a brief service of support for our troops in the Middle East. The focus of these services will be prayers for peace and intercessions for our service men and women. A uniformed officer will read the names of all service men and women currently deployed to the Persian Gulf. If you would like a name included in this prayer list, please call the church office at 859-9741 Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dr. Dudley Stroup, Rector, invites the ministers of all area churches to take part in this special community service. Those who attend arc invited to bring a sandwich. Coffee and tea will be provided in the parish hall. Science Fair Opens Tryon Elementary School's Mrs. Lynette Willis's 6th, 7th and 8th grade scicnceclasscs will be busy tomorrow setting up their science projects in the baskeball gym. The Science Fair will be available for viewing by parents and other enterested science buffs after the Storytelling Hour at Tliursday's PTA Meeting. Outside judges will choose a first, second and third place in each of the three categories Life, Earth and Physical Science. These winners will go on to compete at Western Carolina in TUESDAY, FEB. 19,1991 Planners Approve Zoning District The Polk County Board of Commissioners were to be pre sented two new proposed ordi nances Monday. The Polk County Planning and Zoning Board on Thursday approved a new zoning district, the "neighborhood commercial district." The board was expected to ask the commis sioners Monday to begin the process of adding the new dis trict to the county's zoning ordinance. The planners also were to present the commissioners with a rough draft of the proposed county sign ordinance. Tie "neighborhood commer cial district," if passed by the commissioners, would be used to limit commercial business and service activities along major roads which are in close proximity to residential neigh borhoods. The types of uses allowed residential character of the area, and not to encourage extensive strip development, but rather to provide concentrations of gen- c r a ] commercial and business amities." the proposal states. The planners also decided Ihursday to begin working on a landscaping ordinance to define more clearly the "green space" requirements of the county’s zoning ordinance. The first successful electric elevator was installed in the Cn™n r T889 U " din9 in "” y ° rk 16 Pages Today 20c Per Copy Polk Fifth In Regional Wrestling Polk County finished in fifth place among the twelve wrest ling teams competing in the Western 2-A/1-A Regional matches Saturday at Cherokee. Polk had a team score of 103 1/2, while the top score, 168, was registered by Avery. In the heavyweight class, Keith Painter of Polk County was the champion, defeating Jerry Early of Chase. Ricky Miller of Polk County won the 112-pound class, pin ning T.J. Russell of Edneyville. Also in the finals were Mark Schulman, runner-up in the 130-pound class, and Eric Waddell, runner-up in the 171-pound class. All finalists advance to this weekend's state championships at the Greensboro Coliseum. Dug Hill Road Residents to Meet The residents along Dug Hill Road will have a meeting at the Rock Springs Baptist Church on Dug Hill Road, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. to discuss the Fire Protec tion situation confronting them. North-South Bridge The results of the North south Bridge played Monday, Feb. 11 at the home of Stan Fiol were: 1st - Bandler and Barker; 2nd - Webb and Bonham; 3rd - Fiol and Davis.
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