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FOLK LIBRARY 11 nov 91 k'r. 204 WALKER ST. COLUKBUS, ii C 28722 2nd Clan Postage al Tryon. North Carolina 28782 and additional post offices. Postmaster: send address changes to The Tryon Dally Bulletin. PO. Boa 790. Tryon. N. C. 28782 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 Bullettn (USPS 643-3601 ts published datls eacepl Sal. and Sun tor SJ5 per year by the Trson Daily Bulletin Inc 106 N. Trade St.. P > Bos 790. Tryon. N.C. 2^H2 The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859-9151 Vol. 64 - No. 62 The weather Tuesday: high 76, low 64, hum. 52 percent and 1.08 inches of rain fell. Alto gether, 8.18 inches of rain fell in April, well over the average of 5.31 inches. So far this year 24.98 inches of rain has fallen, a surplus of 1.69 inches over the average. Last year was far wetter, how ever, with a surplus of 6.9 inches through April. Dr. Terry Staggs of upper Greenville County near Lan drum was featured in the Spar tanburg-Herald Journal Monday. Staggs was complain ing that his portion of Green ville County is overtaxed. Some northeastern Greenville County residents pay 43 percent more school tax than their neighbors to the south because they are included in the Spar tanburg County Schools District 1. They want the district lines redrawn so that Greenville chil dren are taken back into Green ville schools. About 134 upper Greenville County students attend Spar tanburg District 1 schools. The district lines were drawn in 1952, at a time when the area was "backwoodsy," Staggs said. "We realize county and school (Continued On Back Page) Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline TRYON. N.C. 28782 New Arrival Herbert and Theresc Twitty of Tryon are parents of a son, Jimmy Tyrone born April 12 at Rutherford Hospital. He weighed 8 lbs. 15 ozs.. His brother Ryan Herbert is 20 months old. Paternal grandmother is Mrs. Vera Twitty of Tryon. Maternal grandparents are Rev. and Mrs. James Lowrance of Green Creek. Great- grandmother is Mrs. Irene Twitty. —Community Reporter Green Blades Meet The luncheon meeting of the Green Blades Garden Club will be on Thursday, May 9, at 12 noon at the home of Mrs. Gor don Arey, 221 Marion Street. The chairmen's annual reports are due at this meeting. Members are requested to car pool from the Congregational Church Parking lot. —Community Reporter TRYON CRAFTS Tryon Crafts regrets that the bus trip to Schiele Musem on May 7 has been cancelled. —Community Reporter THURSDAY, MAY 2,1991 (Photo by Robert F. Hunter) Spring Concert by Eileen White When the Tryon Community Chorus presents its Spring Concert on May 17, 18, and 19, Roxanna Headlee, pictured above, will follow the Kyrie sections of the first movement of the Mass in G by Johannes Brahms with the soprano solo of the central Christe with its choral extension. The Mass in G is simple and tuneful, much to the taste of Antonio Salieri, the Emperor's music director. Roxanna Head- lee is a North Carolinian who studied voice performance at Montreat-Anderson College. She has sung Oratorios and chorus as a soloist and an ensemble singer. Currently, she sings in the choir at the Church of the Holy Cross in Tryon, as well as the Community Chorus. 16 Pages Today 20C Per t op\ S&P Gives Polk A' Standard & Poor's bond rating agency gave Polk County an 'A’ credit rating, it was announced late Tuesday. That makes it all A's. County officials learned Monday that Moody's had given Polk County an 'A.' John Boyle, of Raymond James & Associates Inc. in Tryon, said 'A' is "a great rat ing." He said he believes Polk might have been rated even higher, AA or AAA, if the county were not making its first application for credit He said the highest rating, AAA, is usually only given for insured bonds. Had Polk gotten an AAA rating, its inter est rate on the $14 million bond issue might have been a quarter of a point less, Boyle said. As it is, the 'A' rating will save the county hundreds of thousands of dollars over the interest expense which might have been incurred had the county's rating been lower. A quarter of a point drop in the interest rate will save the county roughly $540,000 over the 20-year life of the bonds. Bids for the Polk County school bonds are scheduled to be opened May 7. County offi cials are anticipating bids of interest rates in the mid-6s. Boyle said his company may submit a bid for the bonds. He said he has checked with area clients and found "fairly good interest" in purchasing Polk's (Continued On Buck Page)
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