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16 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 139
The weather Tuesday, high
84, low 66, hum. 58 percent.
Pcarlene Bell of Tryon
planted cucumber seeds and
grew instead an odd fruit that
not even County Extension
Director John Vining could
identify.
We gingerly held the stuff
here at The Bulletin office, and
Charles Barnett declared it a
cantaloupe. He said gardeners
warn people not to plant
cucumbers and cantaloupes too
near each other. They'll cross
pollinate, he said, and produce
seeds for a whole new fruit.
Just a theory, you understand.
We came across a clipping
from a June issue of the Bulle
tin recently announcing the
winners of the Tryon Rotary
Club scholarships. Devlin Scott
Pierce of Campobello won a
four-year scholarship and
announced plans to attend
Furman University to major in
pre-law. At Landrum High he
was president of the Interact
Club, a member of the Beta
Club and a member of the
newspaper staff.
Unfortunately for him, Devlin
was also one of the suspects
anested last week for vandaliz
ing the Mount Pleasant Baptist
(Continued On Back Page)
TRYON. N.C 28782
Marketing In
The Mountains
Many merchants in Polk
County are concerned because
of a decline in the number of
visitors this year. They arc not
alone in this. The Board of
Directors of Blue Ridge Moun
tain Hosts, of which this
chamber is a member, has been
working on "Marketing in the
Mountains."
Carolyn Ketchum, director
from Ashevile Chamber of
Commerce, expressed concern
over the slowdown in the
growth of tourism and even
decline in certain areas. She
said the convention business for
January to March in the region
appeared to be down about
12%; it was up by a 12.9% in
April: and was down again 3%
in May. She said the occupancy
rate of motels is high based on
data she had collected. Room
tax revenues were down indica
ting strong rate competition and
a reduced economic impact on
the area. She reported briefly on
a survey of other areas, Boone,
Charlotte, Pinehurst and Cher
okee. She then asked members
to report on travel and tourism
trends in their area. All of this
confirmed a general sluggish
ness except for a few areas and
attractions which have regis
tered increases.
In a comparison of inquiries
received by phone and mail
through the Tryon Thermal Belt
Chamber office in June and July
of 1990 versus 1991, records
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,1991
Happy Campers
These happy campers were
among the 61 enrolled in Tryon
First Baptist Church's Camp
Can Do Vacation Bible School.
Pictured are Meredith
McCallister, Stephen Pack, Carl
Pleasants and Carole Morton,
who were taught by Jerry Att
wood.
—Community Reporter
Parade! Parade!
Want to be in a parade? Lan
drum will have a Labor Day
Parade Sept. 2 at 10 a.m. The
theme will be "Anything on
Wheels You Can Ride, Push or
Pull." Anyone wishing to enter
a float, car, etc. may contact
Rosie Barnett at 457-4539.
There is no entry fee.
—Community Reporter
Tryon Elementary
School Pictures
Tryon Elementary and Middle
School children will have their
school pictures taken Tuesday,
August 27.
2(1? Per t op'
21 Pigs Stolen
Polk County Sheriffs deputies
put out a call to law enforce
ment officers for 50 miles after
21 pigs were stolen from a
Green Creek farm Tuesday
morning.
Officers were told to be on the
lookout for a truck carrying pigs
weighing between 70 and
180 pounds each.
The pigs, taken from the farm
of Luther Stott on Landrum
Road, were found missing after
he returned home from working
a third shift.
He discovered all but nine of
his pigs missing.
The N.C. Department of
Agriculture's most recent mar
ket bulletin quoted the price of
feeder pigs at $47.50 per 100
pounds.
At that price, Stott's loss
would be between $1,200 and
$1,500.
Civil War Film
To Be Shown
In 1862, during the Civil War,
a Union gunboat was sunk in
the Yazoo River near Vick
sburg, Miss. A film about the
attempted raising of the vessel
will be shown at the Polk Cam
pus of Isothermal Community
College on Monday, August 26,
at 10 a.m. This documentary
was prepared by Ed Bearss,
chief historian of the National’
Park Service and specialist in
Civil War history. You are
invited to see "The Raising of
the Cairo" free of charge.
—Community Reporter