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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 643 160) i,
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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 65 -No. 111
TRYON. N C 28782
MONDAY, JULY 15,1991
12 Pages Today
20C Per 3 op>
The weather Thursday: high
92, low 71, hum. 55 percent.
Was your favorite store
Tryon, Columbus, Saluda open
Saturday afternoon at 4:35?
Was the store next to it open?
Could you start out the door at
any given odd hour on any day
and be sure you'll be able to
find the goods and services you
need available in the Thermal
Belt?
If you're not sure, might you
not just stop at a mall instead?
Not sure? Well, the board of
directors of the Tryon Thermal
Belt Chamber of Commerce
isn't sure either. And its mem
bers have begun discussing
ways to establish some sort of
standard hours for local busi
nesses to adhere to, so that con
sumers can know when they'll
be welcome.
The chamber board last
Wednesday discussed plans to
ask area merchants to adopt
standard hours just for a pro
motional week or two, and then
promoting the Thermal Belt
businesses as a group with
advertisements in Greenville
and Spartanburg.
"Come to the mountains," the
ads might say. "You'll find our
doors open and the friendliest
merchants available from xx to
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Reading Club Guest
Tuesday, July 16 at 1 p.m. for
the last program for the Sum
mer Reading Club at the Lan
drum Branch Library, the spe
cial guest will be Pam Thomp
son. The children will sing
songs old and new and have a
celebration of reading and the
summer.
The Reading Club will con
tinue until July 31 so if anyone
wants to sign there is still time.
—Community Reporter
Polk Wins State
1A Wachovia Cup
The Polk County high school
Wolverines mounted the best
overall athletic program in the
state 1A division last year.
For that effort, Polk County
will be awarded the Wachovia
Cup during N.C. High School
Athletic Association Day Nov.
16 at the University of North
Carolina at Chape’ Hill.
Polk County had already won
the Wachovia Trophy as the
best athletic program in the
conference.
Peter (Pedro) Widdicombe,
son of Dittie and Bob Widdi
combe is visiting his parents in
Tryon. Peter has lived in Jara-
bacoa, Dominican Republic for
20 years. He teaches English to
young adults at his own school.
Peter also teaches piano and his
hobbies include painting, scul
pting, furniture making and
ceramics.
Saluda School Bids
A Bit High In Total
The bids for renovation and
new construction at Saluda
Schoo] opened Thursday were a
bit higher than expected, Supt.
James F. Causby said.
The low base bid for "build
ing and finishes" was right on
target at $516,350. That bid
came from Cooper Construction
Co. of Hendersonville.
However, the bids for three
additional projects - building
canopies and walkway covers,
landscaping, and renovating the
gymnasium - came in higher
than expected.
With all three "alternate" pro
jects included, the lowest total
bid, $610,955, came from
Laughridge Construction Co. of
Marion, N.C.
Causby said that when the
Board of Education meets
Tuesday to review the bids, it
may choose to eliminate
the landscaping and construc
tion of canopies and walkway
covers.
The county's construction
management firm, GMK Asso
ciates, was negotiating with
contractors over the weekend to
see if the alternate bids might
be reduced.
GMK and the project archi
tects were also looking for ways
to slim down the main project.
Causby said he believes the
board will award contracts
Tuesday.
"We had a very good turnout
(of bidders)," he said. " It is not
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Homar Jones At
Thermal Belt Rotary
Homar Jones of Columbus,
will be the guest speaker at
tonight's meeting of the Ther
mal Belt Rotary Club. Her pro
gram will be on Polk County
history.
Mrs. Jones, a native of South
Carolina, attended Stearns High
School and Gardner-Webb
College. She returned to
Columbus in 1981 and since
that time has been active in
many local organizations
including: Director and Secre
tary of the Polk county Cham
ber of commerce, Program
Chairman and President of the
Polk County Historical
Association and guide at the
museum, lobby hostess at The
Meeting Place, President of the
Polk County Democratic
Women's Club, and Chairman
of the Fabulous Fourth. In
addition, she is co-author of the
current Town of Columbus
brochure, author of Discovering
Columbus, a volunteer at the
Polk County Library and a
member of the Stearns Park
Committee. She also helped
compile the Polk County His
tory book and is currently
working with the committee
that is putting together the Pic
torial History Book.
Thermal Belt Rotary meets at
the Western Steer in Columbus
The program will follow dinner
at 6 p.m. and everyone is
invited.
-Community Reporter
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