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THE WORLD S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan. 31. 1928 by Seth M. Vining
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 19551
Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher
The Tryon Daily Bulletin (USPS 643-360) is
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year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Inc 106 N. Trade
St . P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 65 - No. 104
The weather Monday: high
94, low 69, hum. 65 percent.
Tomorrow Dr. Rick Gentry
will sing on the courthouse
steps about the purple moun
tains' majesty.
That's fine, but as a relative
newcomer here, I just have one
question - which purple moun
tain arc you old timers talking
about?
Though Mildred Rippy has
pointed it out repeatedly to a
slow student, I am still in search
of Piney. That's not to mention
Skyuka, Little Warrior, Bird,
Wanior, Chocolate Drop, Fox,
and the rest.
I believe I've picked out
White Oak, but I'm not sure
how it distinguishes itself from
Tryon Peak. I know when I'm
on Melrose, but from below I
can only see Rocky Spur and
Hogback.
Good old Hogback. Now
there's a mountain whose
majesty a person can plainly
see.
We at the Bulletin wish you a
safe and enjoyable Fourth of
July.
What's happening:
There will be an open house
held at area post offices today
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N C 28782 WEDNESDAY, JULY 3,1991
SBI Investigates
Cause Of House Fire
Tryon Fire Chief Jimmy
Lankford and State Bureau of
Investigation officers were sif
ting through the cinders of a
house fire Tuesday morning.
The Tryon Fire Department
responded to a fire on Flat Rock
Road in Lynn Monday evening
just after dark, according to
Tryon Police Chief Nathan
Shields.
The house, owned by Vernon
Walker, was completely
engulfed when the firemen
arrived, Shields said.
He said there is a question as
to the origin of the fire, and
state arson investigators were
called to the scene.
Lucy Cate
Memorial Fund
The three sons of Lucille
Cate, following memorial ser
vices at the Congregational
Church on Sunday, June 23,
have set up a memorial fund to
commemorate her many years
of service to the Tryon Craft
Center. John R. "Jack",
Charles Hearn, and Henry R.
"Pete" Hoke want to ensure that
the needs of the weavers in
Cate-Hall can be funded when
needed.
Checks may out to Tryon
Crafts, Inc., Lucy Cate Memo
rial Fund can be sent to Tryon
Crafts, c/o Jan Ashmore, secre
tary, Box 1245, Tryon, North
Carolina 28782
—Community Reporter
Saluda Shuns Noise
Ordinance For 'Good
Neighbor' Approach
Depending upon where you
live in Saluda, excessive noise
can be a problem.
Local residents and visitors
become aggravated when others
run chain saws and mowers
early Sunday mornings and late
evenings.
Rather than adopt a "noise
ordinance," Mayor Nolan Pace
and members of the council at
their meeting July 1st recom
mended the town try to adopt a
"good neighbor" approach.
Some residents also have
complained about vehicles,
often with noisy exhaust sys
tems, being driven at high speed
through the city.
It was the consensus of the
council that the offending
vehicles and drivers should be
reported to Police Chief Ron
Hershberger.
In other business:
* Mayor Pace reported to the
council that the N.C. League of
Municipalities is recommending
that municipalities adopt a
six-week interim budget while
waiting for state budget makers
to finish their work.
* It was reported that Duke
Power will replace a power line
pole in time to hang flags and
bunting for Coon Dog Day. The
pole was damaged by a Norfolk
& Southern railroad operation.
* It was announced that can
didates for the two council seats
up for election in November
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28 Pages Today
20rPert op'
EMS Catches Flak
For Ending Service
On Monday, July 1, a Polk
County budget cut came home
to area medical care providers.
Polk County EMS ambulance
crews will no longer transport
non-emergcncy patients.
Prior to July 1, the transport
service was offered to anyone
requesting it, even if just for a
ride to the doctor's office for a
blood pressure check.
The commissioners, however,
saw too much red ink in the
service during the county's first
year of operating the EMS.
"It couldn't continue the way
it was," said commissioner Sue
Cochran. "(Calling EMS) just
became the easiest, quickest
way to arrange transportation
for people, even those who had
friends or relatives who could
take them."
The county charged an aver
age of $130 for each transport,
but collections have been very
poor.
Last year the county wrote off
$16,047 in Medicaid claims and
another $4,426 in Medicare
claims.
The total amount of bad debt
from the service is still
unknown because the county
has not decided to write off
individual claims. Some
people are still receiving bills
for services rendered nearly a
year ago. 7
"It was a losing proposition to
say the least," said County
Manager John Lewis 7
Revenues for all of EMS > S
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