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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 643-360) is
published daily except Sat. and Sun. for $35 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St.. P.O. Box 790, Tryon, N.C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Printed In the THERMAL BELT ot Western North Caroline
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 65 - No. 156
The weekend weather: Friday,
high 88, low 63, hum. 62 per
cent; Saturday, high 95, low 68,
hum. 58 percent, and .02 inches
of rain; Sunday, high 95, low
67, hum. 60percent.
Polk County recreation direc
tor Joann Skipper needs
coaches for the basketball pro
gram coming up this winter.
Coaches are needed for boys
and girls' 4th, 5th, and 6th grade
teams. Play will be in Decem
ber, January and February.
If you can volunteer to coach
youth basketball, call Joann at
894-8199.
Quote for the day: "Remem
ber, many are cod, but few are
frozen." motto for Catfish
Society of David Holt's River
Walk public radio show.
What's happening:
The Polk County Jaycees will
be visited tonight by N.C.
Jaycees state management
development vice president Jim
Pritchett. The general member
ship meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m.
The Tryon Elementary School
PTA will meet Thursday eve
ning, starting with an open
house at 6:30 for parents to visit
their child's classroom. A gen
eral meeting will be held in the
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TRYON. N C 28782
Cars Collide Near
A&P On Hwy. 176
Tryon Police Office Gail
Nonamaker investigated an
accident near the Tryon A&P
grocery story Friday at 4:53
p.m.
According to the police
report, Bonita Baker Peterson
was driving a 1968 Mercury out
of the A&P parking lot when
she struck the 1983 Toyota
driven by Johnny Bell Mullins
of Landrum.
Peterson apparently pulled out
before Mullins had completed
his turn into the parking lot,
causing the collision.
Peterson was charged with a
safe movement violation.
Landrum Test Scores
Go Home Wed.
Landrum High School will be
sending BSAP and Exit Exam
score reports home on Wed.,
Sept. 18. Parents with questions
concerning the test reports
should contact the school and
set up a conference time.
—Community Reporter
Foothills Bridge
Results of Foothills Duplicate
Bridge played on Thurs., Sept.
12 at The Tryon Youth Center
are: 1, Dick Long and Joe Doti,
2, Jean Stratford and Katherine
Glunz, 3, Julia Davis and
Andrew Leslie.
—Community Reporter
TUESDAY, SEPT. 17,1991
George Finnie
Designs Sets
For 'Fiddler'
George Finnie, well known
here as a set designer and artist,
is designing the sets for Fiddler
on the Roof, the musical that
Tryon Little Theater will pre
sent at the Fine Arts Center
September 26-29.
The action in the play takes
place in Anatevka, a fictitious
little village in Russia around
1905, on the eve of the revolu
tionary period. Finnie's scenic
design has been compared
favorably with that of the pictu
resque styles of the tiny Russian
villages made famous in the
paintings of Marc Chagall.
Commenting on the sets being
constructed on stage, Finnic
says, "I continue to be amazed
at the ingenuity of the set con
struction crew headed by John
Young, including Bob Thomas,
Bob Beam, Fred Minard, Mark
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12 Pages Today
20C Per ops
Godlock Sets
New Record
The Polk County Lady
Wolverines Cross Country
Track Team traveled to Boone
Sat., Sept. 14 to take part in the
ASLI Cross Country Carnival.
Out of 8 teams. PC placed 2nd.
In Flight 1, Karen Godlock
finished first with a time of
11:37.14 which set a new
course record. Rhonda Burnett
also participated, 17:29.
Flight 2, Jenny McGrane, 3rd,
13:40; Jennifer McConnell
16:26.
Flight 3, Pat McEntyrc, 4th,
14:15; Jennifer Owens, 18:10.
Flight 4, Sarah Fitzsimmons,
4th, 14:43.
Flight 5, Natalie Jackson, 4th,
14:50- Carey Metcalf 18:06,
Marta Burnett 18:26.
PC also finished 2nd overall
in a 2 mile relay race. The team
members were Karen Godlock,
Pat MCEntyre, Sarah Fitzsim
mons and Natalie Jackson.
—Community Reporter
Pea Ridge CC
Meets Thursday
The Pea Ridge Community
Club will meet Thurs., Sept.
19, at 7:30 p.m. at the club
house.
—Community Reporter
Culbreth Reunion
The Culbreth family reunion
will be held Sun., Sept. 22 at 1
p.m. at the Morgan Chapel
Church Fellowship Hall.