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POLK LIBRARY 11 noy 91 R1. 204 TALKER ST. COLUMBUS, N C 28722 The Tryon Da.lv Bulletin (USPS M3-360) published daily except Sat. and Sun. for 535 per year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade St., P.O. Box 790. Tryon. N.I. 28782 THI 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 2nd Class Postage at Tryon. North Carolina 2*782 and additional post offices. Postmaster: send address changes to The Tryon Daily Bulletin, PO. Box 7 9 0. Tryon, N. C. 28 7 8 2 The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859-9151 Printed In the THERMAL BELT ot Western North Caroline 20 Pages Today Vol. 65 - No. 90 The weather Friday: high 78, low 49, hum. 65 percent The Tryon-Thermal Belt Chamber of Commerce has mailed receipts to those lucky persons who've already ordered their copies of /! Sense of Heri tage: A Pictorial History of the Thennal Belt. But some folks are mistakenly assuming that this means the book is off the press and ready to be picked up. The pictorial history will not be ready for pick-up until November (in plenty of time for Christmas!). Nearly two-thirds of the 1,000 copies to be printed have already been sold in pre publication. If you would like to buy a copy before they are all sold out, pick up an order form at the chamber office, or call Kathy Woody at 859-6236. Chris Bartol, who has agreed to serve as photo editor for the book, says the photographs submitted by over 100 area residents are outstanding. In addition, Chris has found among his family's collections some wonderful photographs of Polk County people and events taken in the 1930s by a Life magazine photographer Hansel Mieth. Chris is very excited (Continued On Dack Page) TRYON, N C 28782 Elementary Schools To Grow 40% Here Polk County Schools will see a 40.2% increase in K through 6 grade students by the year 2000 and the Board of Education is preparing now. "I've been telling you for some time that we (Polk County Schools) have been growing faster than they said," Supt. James F. Causby told the school board Monday. "We probably need to establish a special board meeting to look at future plan ning," he added. A report prepared by the state Division of Planning and Research projects an overall 7.3% increase of Polk County students in grades K-12 by 1995. But in the five years after that, the total Polk County student population increase will have climbed to 26.3%, mainly due to growth in grades K-6, the researchers estimate. These totals equate to an addition of 547-550 students between now and 2000, Dr. Causby told the board. Polk County Schools saw a 2.7% decrease in student popu lation from 1986 to 1990. But that trend is changing, Dr. Causby said. Most of that growth is in the younger ages, he pointed out. This represents not so much an influx of people, as the birth rate is going up, Dr. Causby said. The report shows a 7.8% decrease in students in grades (Continued On Back Page) THURSDAY, JUNE 13,1991 Tamara Rhymer Rhymer Receives Forbes Scholarship Miss Tamara Rhymer of Landrum High School is the recipient of the Stuart Forbes Scholarship presented through the Polk County Community Foundation. Tamara is the daughter of Mrs. Elaine Condrey of Lan drum. Tamara has been active in Senior Beta Club, cheerlead ing, was feature editor of the student newspaper, Junior Marshall, and frequently on the Principal's Honor Roll. Tamara will be entering col lege in the fall to follow a course in pre-law. —Community Reporter The first practical phonograph was Invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. jue Per t ops Outstanding Students Two Polk County residents were among the 12 Isothermal Community College students receiving Outstanding Student Awards for 191. They arc Lily Dobbyn Banfalvy and Marilyn Whitmire Hudson. Banfalvy, a resident of Tryon, received an A.S. degree in the pre-medical program on May 28. She applied to UNC- Chapel Hilfs physical therapy program, one of more than 300 applicants and has been selected as one of the 26 students to enter the program this fall. The wife of a serviceman and mother of two children, Lily has maintained a 3.9 grade point average in her college studies, is a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and has served as a PTK officer. Hudson, a Mill Spring resi dent, is a business computer programing major. She has been named to the Dean's List five times and has maintained a 3.91 GPA in 76 hours of college studies. Married and the mother of two children, she finds time to serve as a Little League volun teer and as a team mother for tee ball. She also is active in her church, Pea Ridge Baptist, where she is junior choir leader, a member of the adult choir, a Bible School worker and pre pares the church bulletin. Read The Bulletin For Local News
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