91
1’0^ ^
COl^^ 5 '
AbKER ST-
c 28722
>1
:1
d
r,
y
d
1.
2nd Class Postage at Tryon, North Carolina 2S782
and additional post offices. Postmaster: send
address shanks to The Tryon Daily Bulletin, PO.
Box 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. Bvrd, Editor and Publisher
The Tryon Daily Bulletin (USPS 643-3601 is
published daily except Sat and Sun. for $35 per
year by the Try >n Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N Trade
St.. P.O Box 790. Tryon. N.( 28782
S
n
n
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
v
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Wontorn North Carolina
TRYON. N C 28782
16 Pages Today
tuc Per 1 rrps
tc
Id
•n
s.
Vol. 65 - No. 118
The weather Monday: high
94, low 72, hum. 58 percent,
trace of precipitation.
Joseph F. Hughes of Morgan
Chapel Village in Columbus
wrote to us recently after read
ing the Associated Press story
about The Bulletin in the Hen
dersonville Times-News
recently.
That story, by the way, has
run in 14 cities in six states -
that we know of so far. Clip
pings have been sent to us from
New Orleans, La. to Norfolk,
Va.... to Charleston, S.C., Pen
sacola, Fla. and Chapel Hill,
N.C.
Mr. Hughes writes:
You have stamped your char
acter on the TDB in the begin
ning paragraphs of the Curb
Reporter, before you get to
'What's Happening.'
If you wish to diminish your
urge to redesign the newspaper,
you may want to consider
redesigning the logo for the
Curb Reporter.
When was the last time you
saw a policeman wear a hat like
that? If ever! Or speak such
words, especially when the
reporter has a press card in the
hat band of his fedora?
With all the amateur, profes-
(Continucd On Back Page)
Landrum Storyhour
Summer is vacation time. If
you could go anywhere you
wanted to on your vacation,
where would you choose to go?
The Landrum Branch Storyhour
will feature books on vacation
time on Thursday, July 25, at 10
a.m. We will enjoy together, I
Spy On Vacation by Roffey,
Now We Can Go by Rockwell,
and Alexander and the Magic
Boat by Holabird.
Summer Storyhour for ages
seven and under begin at 10
a.m. on Tliursday. Come tell us
about our vacation. Bring a
souvenir from your vacation if
you would like to share it with
us.
—Community Reporter
Summer Reading Club
The winner of the book Scary
Stories To Tell In Hie Dark was
Jamie Taylor of Landrum.
Next Friday, July 26 the book
to be given away is Corduroy.
Reading Club members are
reminded they must read at least
one new book a week to be
eligible for (he drawing.
-Community Reporter
Notch Baby
Meeting
The Notch Babies Meeting
will be July 30, at 2 p.m. at the
Beacon Drive In in Spartan
burg. This is an important
meeting. No charge.
—Community Reporter
WEDNESDAY. JULY 24,1991
Academy Of Hospice
Physicians Meets In D.C.
Dr. Stephen Aldrich, Medical
Director of Hospice of Polk
County, attended and partici
pated in the Third Annual Con
ference of the Academy of
Hospice Physicians, of which
he is a member. The confer
ence, held in Washington, D.C.
July 10-14, was co-sponsored
by the International Hospice
Institute. The symposium
focused on developments in
pain control, current research
world wide, and ethical consid
erations of increasing national
concern. Dr, Aldrich partici
pated in the conference as a
leader of small group discus
sions.
Dr. Louis Sullivan, U.S. Sec
retary of Health and Human
Services, hosted a reception for
more than a hundred physicians
in the Benjamin Franklin Room
of the State Department. "Dr.
Sullivan expressed his strong
support of the Hospice move
ment," said Dr. Aldrich, report
ing back to his associates in
Hospice of Polk County.
—Community Reporter
Read The Bulletin
For Local News
Lankford Honored
The log house at Harmon
Field has been named the
Lankford Log House in mem
ory of Charles W. Lankford.
Mr. Lankford was instrumental
in building the facility. He
served as a member or as chair
man of the Harmon Field Com
mission from 1961 to 1990. The
Harmon Field Commission has
placed a plaque at the front door
of the house w ith the following
inscription: "Lankford Log
House - in memory of Charles
W. Lankford for his many years
of service as chairman and
member of the Harmon Field
Commission - 1961-1990"
In addition to serving on the
Harmon Field Commission Mr.
Lankford served 28 years as a
member of the Tryon town
council and as mayor. He did
not seek re-election and retired
from the council on December
14, 1981. He also retired from
his contracting business al the
same time.
Seth M. Vining, Jr., chairman
of the Harmon Field Commis
sion said that Mr. Lankford had
given of his time and devoted
29 years to make Harmon Field
an outstanding playground and
recreational area. According to
Mr. Vining, he and the other
members of the Commission,
Ray Foster and Harold Taylor,
felt that naming the log house’
after Mr. Lankford was an
opportunity to honor Mr.
Lankford.
-Community Reporter
id
1),
J,
5,
0.
S,
nt
ill
ik
V
If
c
1
I*
ar
1c
c.