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Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan. 31,1928 by Seth ^Vining
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1950)
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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Phone 859-9151
Vol. 64 - No.26
The weather Thursday: high
54, low 45, hum. 98 percent,
and by 7 a.m. Friday .20 inches
of rain had fallen. Il wasn't rain
up the mountain. Saluda had
snow on the ground, not the
roads, and further upland in
Asheville, they were recording
three inches of snow.
They'll be taking their Geom
etry Proof Tests today at Polk
Central and Tryon High
Schools. You remember
geometry, all of which springs
from Euclid's axiom that given
a line and a point not on that
line, there is only one line
which can travel through (hat
point and never intersect the
first line.
Of course, the axiom works
in the real world and geometry
has been quite useful. Nonethe
less, scholars have for decades
tried to formally prove the
axiom - not relying upon logic
alone - and they have been
unsuccessful because it deals
with infinity. In fact, a new,
"non-Euclidian" geometry was
the result of their efforts.
So, in other words, you can't
really prove geometry, guys.
Take the day off.
Tire eighth grade math and
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N C. 28782 MONDAY, MARCH 11.1991
Sports Banquet
The Polk County Schools'
winter sports banquet will be
held al Tryon Youth Center at
7 p.m. Wednesday night.
Participants in basketball,
wrestling, indoor track and
cheerleading will be recognized.
Columbus Considers
Hiring New Officer
Columbus, concerned about
recent break-ins at the Western
Steer Family Steakhouse and
other crimes, is considering
hiring another fulltime police
officer.
The town now employs two
officers, Chief Billy Stepp and
Officer Chris Abril.
At its meeting Thursday
night, the council instructed
Town Administrator Butch
Smith to determine the cost of
hiring an additional officer.
Smith will also explore ways of
paying that cost, either through
property tax increases, or
increases in water and sewer
fees.
In other business, the council:
* asked Smith to contact the
local delegation to the General
Assembly to determine whether
or not Columbus can begin a
hotel tax.
• decided to donate $50 to the
Veteran of Foreign Wars for a
local "welcome home" celebra
tion now being planned for
Desert Storm troops.
* decided to sell the old town
Christmas lights.
Bee Meeting
March 12th at 7:30 p.m. the
Foothills Bee Association will
hold its monthly meeting at the
Polk County Agricultural
Extension Office in Columbus.
These meetings are open to the
public who desire to know more
about our beautiful friends,
"The Honey Bec".
Les Spangler, one of our local
master bee keepers will demon
strate how he raises "Queen
Bees". A healthy and produc
tive hive needs a strong Queen.
Nature has its way of producing
a new queen when needed. A
bee keeper can assist this pro
cess by replacing the queen
every few years, thus keeping
production at a peak. All arc
welcome.
— Reporter
Community Band
Meets Tonight
The Community Band will
rehearse tonight (Monday) at 7
p.m. at the Tryon Elementary
room (on the hill behind Duke
Power).
Dr. McCormack To
Address Lions Club
S.L. McCormack, M.D. will
be the speaker at the Tryon
Lions Club meeting Tuesday
March 12 at 7 p.m. at the West
ern Steer Steakhouse in Colum
bus.
The Rev. J.J. Powell is in
charge of the program.
12 Pages Today
HOC Per Cops
" Roman Holiday "
On March 14 at 8 p.m.
"Roman Holiday" will be Ilie-
Tryon Film Club's presentation
at the Fine Arts Center.
Director, William Wyler.
Cast, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory
Peck, Eddie Albert. Hepburn
won an Oscar for her role as a
beautiful princess who becomes
bored with protocol and
etiquette and runs away to
spend a day on her own. She
meets a handsome American
Journalist (Peck) and, of course,
falls in love. Romantic
Comedy. Paramount Pictures,
1953.
— Reporter
Green Blades
Meet March 14
Members of the Green Blades
Garden Club will meet at the
home of Wayne McFarland on
Thursday, March 14 al 1:30
p.m. Evelyn Warrington will
serve as co-hostess.
Liz Norstrom will conduct a
workshop for the House and
Garden Tour, which is being
planned for the October leaf
season in Tryon.
Meets Tonight
Tire regular monthly meeting
of the Polk County Board o"f
Education will be held at 6:30
p.m. tonight (Monday), March
11 in Stearns Board Room
Columbus.
— Reporter