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10 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 126
The weather Thursday: high
85, low 67, hum. 66 percent,
and by Friday at 7 a.m. .35
inches of rain had fallen.
No day of torrential rainfall,
like the one we had last week,
likely passes without a twinge
through the spines of Pacolet
Valley residents.
Shirley J. Nisbet of the Paco
let Valley called last week after
we ran a picture of a tree
which had washed down river
and wedged itself underneath
the Howes Bridge.
Cornelia McLean pointed out
that it was a blockage like that
contributed to the 1977 flood in
the valley. But Mrs. Nisbet
wanted to be sure that those of
us who weren't here then
understand that the 1977 flood
was caused by more than a
back-up.
"We had four or five days of
rain," she recalled. "The ground
was saturated. Then there was a
terrible storm."
Checking back in The Bulletin
from that time, we sec it is so.
It rained .17 inches Friday, Oct.
28, 1977, then let up for a few
days. Tuesday, Nov. 1 it started
again, with .01 inches of rain;
Wednesday, .20, Thursday, .20,
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TRYON, N C 28782
Coopers Gap, Saluda
Separated From Polk
In House District
The redistricting plan
approved by the North Carolina
House during the recent legis
lative session drops Coopers
Gap and Saluda from House
District 48.
Coopers Gap and Saluda
township voters will now be a
part of District 50, which
includes Henderson County.
The remaining Polk County
townships - Columbus, Green
Creek, Tryon and White Oak -
will remain in District 48.
District 48 will now include
parts of Gaston County, all of
Cleveland County and all of
Rutherford County.
Toastmasters
Discuss 'Pride'
"Pride" will be the theme of
the August 7 Talk of the Town
Toastmasters Club. Toastmas
ters take great pride in their
improvement in speech making
ability as a result of belonging
to a Toastmasters Club.
Dan Marley will serve as
Toastmaster for the evening.
Julie Davis will be in charge of
Table Topics. Virginia Meader,
Mike Osteen and Steve Strick
land will be the speakers. The
General Evaluator will be Baiba
Bourbeau.
The public is invited to attend
Wednesday, August 7, 7:00
p.m. at the Western Steer,
Columbus.
—Community Reporter
MONDAY, AUGUST 5,1991
J. Jackson, C. Rigsby
Red Cross
Annual Meeting
Tlie 74th Annual Meeting of
the Polk County Chapter of the
American Red Cross was held
July 26 at the Western Steer
restaurant in Columbus.
A highlight of the meeting
was a ceremony in which
Catherine Rigsby of Saluda,
shown in the photo, was made
an Honorary Director. Shown
with her is chapter chairman,
Jim Jackson, who presented
Mrs. Rigsby with a special Red
Cross pin.
Officers elected at the meeting
were Jim Jackson, chairman;
Porter Morgan, vice chairman;
Bill Bley, treasurer; Muriel
Nash, secretary; John Kuekes,
public relations and Jean Strat
ford, executive director.
Newly elected directors are
Jeff Byrd, Ann Jones, Carrie
Massey, Roger Traxler and
Connie Glassman. Other direc
tors elected to serve a three-
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Barry Flood
To Speak
The Thermal Belt Rotary
Club announces that Barry
Flood will be the speaker at
their August 5 meeting (today).
In addition to teaching at the
Spartanburg Day School, Barry
is the present owner of the
Tryon Theater. The theater is a
hometown business that has
maintained its character and
survived the modernization of
the industry.
Barry will give his insight
about the rewards and tribula
tions of the theater business and
why they have been successful
when other have failed.
The Thermal Belt Rotary
Club invites anyone interested
in this unique local business to
attend. The meeting time is 6:30
p.m. at the Western Steer in
Columbus.
New Arrival
Rick and Melanic Campbell
of Columbus announced the
birth of a daughter, Anna
Brooke, born July 26th at Mary
Black Memorial Hospital. Anna
has a sister, Lindsey, who is 3
1/2.
Maternal grandparents are
Dean and Gwen Butler of
Tryon. Maternal great-
grandfather is Robert Butler of
Tryon.
Paternal grandparents are
Carroll and Betty Jean Camp
bell of Campobello. Paternal
great-grandmother is Lorraine
Reid, also of Campobello.
—Community Reporter