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BOV ^ X POLK X 04 VIA ‘co^’ " c ^EK ST’ 28122 2nd Class Postage at Tryon. North Carolina 28782 and additional post offices Postmaster: send address changes to The Tryon Daily Bulletin, PO. Box 790, Tn on, N. C. 28782 THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER Eounded Jan. 31, 1928 by Sclh 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 Sal. and Sun. lor $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 Phone 859-9151 Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina 36 Pages Today Vol. 65 - No. 202 The weather Wednesday, high 74, low 50, hum. 65 percent, and by 7 a.m. Thursday .08 inches of rain had fallen. Have you ever noticed that when the engine knocks, the used car salesman will try to divert your attention to the beautiful paint job? It was the same when the Surgeon General concluded that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer. The cigarette companies began arguing about smokers' "rights." Well, it would appear this switch-the-subject syndrome is rearing its head again. Some people are characterizing the debate over Polk County sign ordinance as a "them" versus "us" issue. This is just the unfortunate, latest example of this useless argument. Folks, there is no "them" and "us." It's all of "us" together in Polk County who must plot out a path to the future. If we're going to be at all successful in this new global economy, we must work at it together. Like it or not. The fact is, those who rely on this outdated, divisive "don't let 'them' tell 'us' what to do" ploy secretly must realize that there (Continued On Back Page) TRYON. N. C 28782 Attention: Horse Owners All horse owners and profes sional horsemen should be aware of a local horse testing positive for Equine Infectious Anemia. A special test, called the Coggins test, is the most accurate way to identify this equine disease. Equine Infectious Anemia, or EIA, is an infectious viral dis ease characterized by a variety of symptoms related to anemia. Horses, ponies, mules and don keys are the only known natural hosts. The disease is trans mitted by the injection of infected blood. This can be done by blood sucking insects, primary horseflies and deerflics, contaminated hypodermic needles, and occasionally by dental floats and bridle bits. Unfortunately there is no known cure for this equine dis ease. The local Cooperative Exten sion Staff, with the encourage ment of a few local horse own ers, contacted Dr. Tom McGinn and Dr. D. H. Craw ford, veterinarians with North Carolina Department of Agri culture. Dr. McGuinn suggests that all horse owners can put themselves at ease by giving each of their horse a Coggins test. "There may be some horses in the area that may have been exposed to EIA. It would be a good idea to have each of your horses tested," said Dr. Tom McGinn, state veterinarian for (Continued On Back Page) FRIDAY, NOV. 22,1991 PV2 Corley Shane Jackson Graduates PV2 Corley Shane Jackson has graduated as a Distin guished Honor Graduate at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He is presently completing AIT (Advanced Individual Training) at the Field Artillery Battery, Fort Sill. Shane is a 1990 graduate of Polk Centra] High School. He is the son of Benny G. Jackson of Green Creek and Mrs. Judy Peeler, also of Green Creek. —Community Reporter Football Tonight The Polk County Wolverines will host their last game at Harmon Field tonight at 7:30. The Wolverines will play Rob binsville in the second round of the play-offs. Special events are planned to honor the history and tradition of Harmon Field and the Eargle Stadium. 20C Per 1 ops Buys Hilltop Home Bob and Virginia Britt of Huntington Beach, California have purchased Paul Bristol's home on the edge of the Green ville Watershed in the Oak Grove Section. Virginia is a native bom South Carolinian who for a time as a young girl resided in Landrum. Robert Britt is the Manufacturing Manager of Gold Band Build ing Products in Long Beach. Upon his retirement, within the next few years, he plans to bring his wife back to her beginnings. Ilie sale of the property was handled by Glenn Otto Mittel- stadt of AM:Realty and it was listed by Janice Blackwell of ERA The Walker Agency and a Spartanburg area broker. —Community Reporter Poor Man's Supper The Baptist Women of Mid way Baptist Church, located on Hwy. 108, Columbus, are sponsoring a Poor Man's Supper and Singing, Sat., Nov. 23, at 6 p.m. The cost will be contribu tions only and the proceeds will 8 ° ( ° £ e .^e Moon Christ mas Offering. shw C?hi nu ^ bc Scans, Des^? t^ ^ ombrc ad and Dessert. The Baptist Men's Organization will do the des serts and have a "bake-off". The community is invited. Community Reporter
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