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THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan. 31, 1928 by Seth M. Vining
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher
The Tryon Daily Bulletin (USPS 643-3601 is
published daily except Sal. and Sun. for $35 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulleiin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St.. P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 65 - No. 144
Printed In the THERMAL BELT ot Western North Carolina
TRYON. N. C. 28782 THURSDAY, AUGUST 29,1991
18 Pages Today
20f Per i op'
The weather Tuesday, high
87, low 67, hum. 68 percent,
and .15 inches of rain fell.
We bring you good news of
good men and women: The
Tryon Rotary Club members.
They deserve three cheers.
You may recall that an
outstanding Landrum High
School student, Devlin Scott
Pierce, was awarded a scholar
ship from Rotary to study pre
law this year. That was before
he got into some trouble, being
charged apparently with
accompanying some vandals on
a spree through a graveyard
near Glassy Mountain recently.
Well, the Rotary Club talked
about that scholarship and
decided a commitment had been
made, said committee chairman
Dave Allen. Pierce will still
receive the scholarship, and
more importantly, a demonstra
tion of support, even in disap
pointment.
The conventional wisdom is
that in our society it's one slip
and you're out. It's never been
true, but it's nice to see the
art of forgiveness and a sec
ond chance demonstrated in
concrete terms.
A quote for the day: "To the
press alone, chequered as it is
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FENCE Urges
Support For
Fall Steeplechase
The October 12 Tryon
Hounds Fall Steeplechase
should have broader spectator
support from the Upstate and
Western North Carolina, say
officials at FENCE (Foothills
Equestrian Nature Center),
Tryon.
"It's an event that's tremen
dously important to the econ
omy of the area and, of course,
to this center," said Gus Hoff
man, executive director of
FENCE. Like the Spring Block
House, the fall race is run on
the new steeplechase course
there. The equestrian portion of
FENCE also includes other fac
ilities for show, dressage, car
riage driving, cross country and
eventing.
"We have a major capital
investment in all this, including
the steeplechase course," Hoff
man said, noting that it is the
top-rated facility of its type in
the southeast.
"Two races double the poten
tial economic impact on area
business from gas stations, to
restaurants and caterers, to feed
stores and speciality shops," he
said.
"And we (FENCE) need the
income to support not only our
equestrian programs, but the
other half of this organization
which is the nature center and
210-acre nature preserve. It
would be a shame to see that
potential cut in half."
According to fall race chair-
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Welcoming the new Mill Spring Postmaster Kay Foster (center
right) Wednesday were, front row, (1. to r.): Al Brown, associate post
office coordinator; Margaret Greene, Foster’s mother, Kay, and her
husband R. Jay Foster. Back row: Peggy Constance, Tryon Post
master Bill Barham, and Leonard Greene, Foster's father.
Foster Welcomed To Mill Spring
Kay Foster was officially
welcomed as the new postmis
tress at Mill Spring Wednesday
morning.
Foster took the job June 2,
replacing Pat Kaneipp, who
was promoted to postmaster of
the Columbus Post Office.
Since her arrival, Foster has
renovated the box section of
the office installing new boxes
and adding 50 additional
boxes.
She is currently working on
increasing revenues at the Mill
Spring Post Office and is hop
ing to get the mail distributed
sooner. All mail is boxed by
9:30 a.m. now, and she said she
would like to move that up to 9
a.m.
Mill Spring Post Office hours
are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, and it
is one of only two offices in the
county which opens on Satur
day, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
Lynn Post Office also stays
open. Foster began her postal
career in 1982 as a Rural Relief
Carrier, and was promoted to
carrier/clerk in Tryon. She has
taken on extra duty assignments
as temporary officer-in-charge
at Edneyville, Tuxedo and
Skyland post offices, as well as
delivery supervisor at Biltmore
Station and London Road annex
in Asheville.
Last summer she served as
station manager in Downtown
Station in Asheville. She had to
report to work there everv
morning at 5:30 a.m. to super
vise 39 male carriers.
Foster and her husband Jav
have two daughters who are
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