POLK LIBRARY 11 nov 91 RT, '.i , 204 WALKER ST. COLUMBUS, N C 28722 ’nd Clan Pcnuje a: Toon. North Carolina 28782 and addnional pou offices Postmaster: send address changes to The leson flails Bulletin. PO. Bol 700. Trion. N.C. 28782 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 Sat. and Sun for $35 per year by the!non Daily Bulletin, Inc I06N. Trade Si., P.O. Box 790. Tryon, N.C . 28782 The Tryeie Oehy IBhleho Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina Phone859-9151 20 Pages loday 65 - No. 215 TRYON. N. C 28782 THURSDAY, DEC.12,1991 __Jhh^. The weather Tuesday, high 64, low 47, hum. 58 percent. Wliat's happening: The Columbus Merchants Association will meet tonight at 7 at the Columbus Town Hall. The local chapter of the Siena Club, the Pinnacle Group, will hear Sen. Clark Plexico describe the environmental issues facing the N.C. General Assembly when it meets tonight at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the community room of First Citizens Bank, off 5th Avenue in Hendersonville. For more information, call (704) 697-6025. The Tryon Thermal Belt Chamber of Commerce will hold its Business After Hours social at The Fox Horn in Tryon from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. The Saluda State Co. will present Cinderella Dec. 13, 14, 15 and 22 at the Saluda School. Tickets are available at Saluda City Hall, from Link Medical Inc. in Lynn, The Book Shelf in Tryon, and HealthCall Phar macy in Columbus. The Columbus Christmas Parade will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. Santa will be available in the gazebo for pictures with (Continued On Back Page) Landrum Residents Can Dial 911 Now The Landrum Town Council voted to change the Landrum Police dispatching system to the emergency 911 dispatching system of Spartanburg County. "Illis is going to be a blessing in disguise," said Landrum police Lt. Terry Ducker. Dialing 911 will not only speed response to emergencies by the police, fire and rescue departments, but this will pro vide more confidentiality for callers giving tips or confessing to crimes, Lt. Ducker explained. Presently all calls made to the 457-3762 police number arc aired on the police radios and privately owned scanners. Ilie result has been hindrance in investigations, such as the recent missing persons/murder case of Angelia Brown, Ducker said. The new system will allow citizens to contact the police confidentially and just as quickly without interrupting on-going work, he explained. Landrum residents already pay for the Spartanburg County 911 system on phone bills. Now they need to be educated to dial 911 for the police. C. Wharton Red Fox Bridge Results of the Red Fox Ladies Bridge played Tuesday were: 1st Eloise Harris, 2nd Trudy Kohlbry, 3rd Agatha Crawford, 4th Jean Masologites. —Community Reporter 1 Polk Central Bus In Head-On Collision Tuesday afternoon around 3:30 a Polk Central High School bus was involved in a head-on collision with a care on Hwy. #9. According to eyewitnesses on bus #57, the bus driver, Coach Larry Foster took his eyes off the road after making the turn from Turner Road onto Hwy. 9, just north of Peniel Road. He then crossed the center line and collided with a Dodge Colt, causing the bus to swerve off the road and come to rest in a ditch. At press time, The Bulletin has been unable to learn the identify of the driver and his passenger, who were both taken to St. Luke's Hospital for treat ment of injuries. Rescue Squad personnel on the scene reported that the two men were wearing seat belts, which probably saved them from more serious inju ries. Marcie Chaffin, who lives near the accident scene, said she heard a loud noise just as she was leaving the house to meet her son Andy, who was on the bus. When she reached the end of her driveway, she saw the bus in the ditch and the students exiting with the help of PE teacher Cynthia Terrell, who had come upon the accident, and Coach Foster. By the time Ms. Chaffin reached the bus, the students were gathering in a nearby field. She reported that they were shook up, but non appeared to be seriously injured. Her son, Andy said, "I was sitting on the bus talking to my friends when I heard a big boom and felt a jolt. 1 look out the front windshield of the bus and saw the bus driver swerv ing. I thought he'd blown a tire or something, but he'd hit a car (Continued On Back Page)

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