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Vol. 64 - No. 69
TRYON. N. C 28782
MONDAY, MAY 13,1991
20? Per t ops
The weather Thursday: high
75, low 57, hum. 68 percent,
and by 7 a.m. Friday, .18 inches
of rain had fallen.
Here's some of what's up this
week:
The Tryon Community Cho
rus 1991 Spring Concert tickets
are on sale. Proceeds from the
three performances - Friday,
May 17, Saturday, May 18, and
Sunday, May 19 - go to the
Rotary Scholarship Fund.
The Tryon Town Council
meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
Town Hall. A crowd is
expected to turn out for a public
hearing on the proposed trash
collection fee schedule.
The Polk County Board of
Education meets tonight at 6:30
in the Stearns Board Room.
The Landrum Town Council
meets Tuesday, May 14 at 7:30
p.m. in the Town Hall.
The Tryon Thermal Belt
Chamber of Commerce Busi
ness After Hours will be held
Tuesday, May 14 at The Oaks
Bed and Breakfast Inn in Saluda
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The Thermal Belt Friendship
Council meets Thursday, May
16 at 7:30 p.m. at Roseland
Community Center.
The 19th Annual Tryon Pres-
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NC 74 Contract
To Be Awarded
Work may begin as soon as
May 27 on the final stretch of
N.C. 74, the planned Charlotte-
to-Asheville highway cutting
through the heart of Polk
County.
The N.C. Transportation
Board was meeting last week
and was expected to award the
contract for grading and struc
tures of a 6.35-mile section.
That section stretches from
Beulah, located southeast of
Mill Spring on Hwy. 9, to the
Broad River in Rutherford
County.
Bids were opened April 16,
and H.B. Rowe Construction
Co. of Mt. Airy, N.C. was the
low bidder at $13.8 million.
Division Construction Engi
neer Leon Price said Friday that
it would be very unusual for the
contract to be awarded to any
one other than the low bidder.
The contract calls for a
completion date of June 1,
1993. At that time. Price said a
paving contract will be let and
the road should be open for use
by the summer of 1995.
Paving is underway now on
the section of NC 74 from Mill
Spring to Beulah. That work is
projected for completion by the
summer of 1992.
Once the Beulah to Broad
River section is open in 1995,
NC 74 will be complete from
Asheville to Charlotte.
White Oak
Celebrates
National Nursing Home
Week began Mother's Day and
will be observed all week at
White Oak Terrace in Tryon.
White Oak residents began
their celebrations early by par
ticipating in the Golden Games
at Flat Rock Jr. High School.
Participants came from Autumn
Care of Saluda and six other
Henderson County nursing
homes.
Today, at White Oak, it is
Farmer's Day. At 9:30 a.m.
residents will be making bis
cuits and Edith Thompson will
be churning butter.
At 1:30 p.m., Jerry Atwood,
owner of Years Ago Antiques,
will be displaying antiques. At
2:30, the Crabgrass Band will
be playing country and gospel
music on the patio.
At 3 p.m.. Bill Davis will
bring cows for residents and
staff to milk.
Tuesday will be a Day of
Fantasy. Jack Roper of
WSPA-TV 7 will be perform
ing a magic show at 10 a.m.
From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Jackie
Kemp's Joy Unlimited Puppets
will be giving a puppet show.
Residents will dress in a
favorite costume.
White Oak activities director
Joyce Hipp invites the commu
nity to come join in the fun all
week long.
—Community Reporter
Bloodmobile
Over Goal
Sixty-seven people turned out
to donate 63 units of blood at
the Red Cross Bloodmobile
held May 6 at the Parish House
of Holy Cross Episcopal
Church in Tryon. The goal was
60 units of blood.
Jean Stratford, executive
director of the Polk County
chapter of the American Red
Cross reports that in the 33
hospitals served by the Ashev
ille Regional Blood Services, an
average of 200 units of blood
products are being used daily.
She thanked all who came to
donate blood at the May 6
Tryon Bloodmobile.
Community Reporter
Mize Brothers
Speak to Lions
The Mize Brothers, Joe and
John, are fast gaining recogni
tion as proprietors of one of the
largest and most successful
agricultural enterprises in Polk
County in recent years. This
venture will be the subject of
the program for the regular
meeting of the Tryon Lions
Club this Tuesday evening at 7
p.m. at the Western Steer in
Columbus. Their presentation
will include slides of this 50
acre tree farm with its tree
inventory in excess of 30,000
trees and its ystem of trickle
inigation.
Jim Bodie is in charge of the
program.
Community Reporter