FOLK LIBRARY u nov 91 F.i. - , LUx HALXER ST. COLUMBUS, 11 C 28722 2nd Class Postage at Tryon. North Carolina 28782 and additional post offices. Postmaster: send address changes In The Iryon Daily Bulletin, PO. Boa 790, Tryon, N. C. 2878 2 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 (DSPS 643-360) is published daily except Sal. and Sun. for 535 per year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Inc. 106 N. Trade St . P.O. Box 790. Tryon, N.C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859-9151 Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline 12 Pages Today Vol. 65 - No. 150 TRYON. N C 28782 MONDAY, SEPT. 9,1991 2hC Per 1 ops The weather Thursday, high 87, low 63, hum. 70percent. Better buy your tickets right away for Tryon Little Theater's production of Fiddler on the Roof. We understand the show is almost sold out just with early orders taken from TLT members. For the first time ever, a second weekend of shows is being considered. iryon Town Manager Mat thew Dolge was married Sat urday and is on his honeymoon now. May the blue bird of hap piness descend upon the new couple and keep them united. Do you own a top hat? If so call James Payne. He needs one to complete a costume for the upcoming Arthur Farwell Day parade in Tryon. News flash just in from Reuters: The United States Post Office will withstand the media stampede - Freedom of Infor mation requests and all! Columbus Postmaster Pat Kaneipp said Friday that the law will not allow him to reveal H!~. name °f Me owner of Post B° X 1124, the one sup posedly owned by "I R Thompson", the pen name of ACTS worst critic. We wrote about IR's (Continued On Back Page) ’ Two Accidents Investigated Odd circumstances caused two accidents last Thursday in Tryon. No one was injured, and no charges were brought. Sterling Peoples turned over his 1987 Plymouth after skid ding and sliding on Jackson Street Thursday at 3:07 p.m. Police Chief Nathan Shields said Peoples lost control of his car when he reached to the floor boards for a burning cigarette he had dropped. Officer Mike Lawing inves tigated. Rose P. White's 1981 Chev rolet collided with a parked car owned by Norman Lovell on Melrose Avenue Tliursday at 1:15 P.m. The accident was caused when her front right tire blew out, Shields said. He was the investigating officer. Tryon Lions Cookout The Tryon Lions will meet Tues., Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Harmon Field Shed for their annual steak cook-out. The wives are invited and always look forward to it as the men prepare the meal. ~Community Reporter To Meet Tuesday The Saluda Woman's Club will meet Tues., Sept. 10, at 3 ’V^ Activili es Building of the Episcopal Church of the transfiguration in Saluda. Community Reporter Columbus Annexes And Rezones Searcy Property The Columbus Town Council upped its tax revenue Thursday by just over $220 annually after annexing and rezoning property owned by Sam Searcy. One third of the 7.13-acre Searcy tract is already inside the town borders. The tract is located across from the Polk County Campus of ICC on Highway 108 and bordered on the Columbus side by property owned by J. Wakefield. The annexation brings the entire tract into Columbus, and there fore, makes it subject to all town ordinances. The Columbus Town Council voted unanimously to rezone the property Highway Com mercial (HC) 400 feet back from Highway 108 and to leave the back side of the pro- erty zoned R-2, residential. The only change is that the county had the back Highway Commercial, town attorney Chris Callahan said. The town told Searcy he will have to remove the sign adver tising Columbus Health Call Pharmacy and Kelly's Gift Shop. When asked if he still wanted the property annexed if he had to move the sign, Searcy said that he hated to be made to do anything, but if he had a certain amount of time, he would remove the sign. A brick house within (he (Continued On Back Page) Supt. Causby Wins Athletics Honor Dr. Janies F. Causby, Super intendent of Polk County Schools, has been named by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association as the Region 8 Superintendent who has contributed the most to high school athletics. The selection was made by a vote of Region 8 superinten dents, athletic directors, high school principals, and coaches. The six superintendents who were selected statewide for this honor will be recognized at regional meetings during the fall. Dr. Causby's award will be presented by the N.C. High School Athletic Association at a meeting on September 17 at Lake Junaluska. Foothills Bridge Results of the Foothills Duplicate Bridge played Thurs., Sept. 5 at the Tryon Youth Center arc: 1st, Lou Pettit and Dick Long; 2nd, Dol Paulsell and Sally Jo Carter; 3rd, Ed Delehanty and Andrew Leslie. New Arrival Phillip and Kimberly Pierce of Tryon are parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Brooke 8 lbs., 4 ozs. and 21 inches long She was bom Sept. 5, 1991 She has a brother,'Benjamin 2 years old. —Community Reporter

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