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THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 218
The weekend weather:
Friday, high 66, low 49, hum.
63 percent; Saturday, high 67,
low 56, hum. 36 percent and .17
inches of rain fell; Sunday, high
56, low 31, hum. 45 percent and
.01 inches of rain fell.
"Lake Lanier residents are not
poverty stricken and could well
afford to pay" some $3,000 a
year to send their children to
Polk County Schools if state
legislators force a tuition upon
these neighbors. How’s that for
a huge generalization based on
a complete lack of knowledge?
Some Lake Lanier residents
were just a bit put off by this
statement when we printed it
last week.
But the anonymous com
munication writer who penned
this was just following in a
hallowed tradition - that of
seeing the other guy’s grass as
greener (anonymously, of
course).
Working people sometimes
look at the retirees as landed
gentry, living comfortably off
investments which they manage
from the back nine. Retirees on
fixed incomes see working
people at the height of their
earning power.
The other guy is obviously
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TRYON. N. C 28782
Sign Ordinance
Passes Three To One
The Polk County Board of
Commissioners enacted a sign
ordinance for the county Mon
day afternoon by a three to one
vote.
The fifth commissioner, John
Edwards, was in the hospital for
tests Monday and was not in
attendance.
Commissioner Tim McCor
mack made the motion to pass
the ordinance. It was seconded
by Sue Cochran, and passed
with board chairman Jeannie
Martin, Cochran and McCor
mack voting in favor.
Commissioner Carson Deck
voted against passage of the
sign ordinance.
Before the vote was taken,
Vivian Searcy was recognized
to hand in petitions opposing
the ordinance.
The ordinance purpose clause
begins, "Polk County wishes to
regulate signs...," she pointed
out. "That means all the
people," Searcy said. "A lot of
people are not in favor of this
sign ordinance."
Commissioners Martin and
Cochran also made statements
before the vote.
Martin said she had studied
and prayed about the sign
ordinance and found it to be one
of the hardest issues she’s had to
grapple with as a commissioner.
"A lot of people who have
opposed this ordinance are not
interested in what is and isn’t in
the ordinance. They object to
some of their rights being taken
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TUESDAY, DEC.17,1991
Died Friday, Dec. 13
Elizabeth Howland Webster,
born in Chicago, Ill., daughter
of the late Grace Howland and
Frank Sherman Webster died
Friday, Dec. 13th, at St. Luke's
Hospital, at age 102.
She is survived by five cous
ins, Charles D. Webster of Islip,
Long Island, New York; Mrs.
H.M. Mitchell of Port Orange,
Fla.; and Mrs. Eliot Buffinton
of New York City, Mrs. Parker
Wyman of Chevy Chase, Md.
and Robert Lower of Atlanta,
Ga.
Miss Webster was a graduate
of Smith College with a B.A.
degree, and had a certificate of
the Chicago School of Civics
and Philanthropy. She was chief
of the Women s Division of the
Employment Dept, of Webster
Electric Company's Hawthorne
plant and during the period
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2UC Per 1 ops
Accident Reported
At 1-74 Work Site
The Polk County Sheriffs
Department reported an acci
dent occurred Monday morning
at the 1-74 bridge being built
over John Sheehan Road in Mill
Spring.
Kenneth Walker, crew
chief with the Polk County
EMS crew responding, said
an 800 to 1,000-pound wood
en barrier fell on workers.
Polk County First Responders
and the Polk County Rescue
Squad also responded.
St. Luke's Hospital president
Tom Bradshaw said three men
were treated at the hospital. One
was to be admitted in stable
condition, having suffered sev
eral fractures. The other two
were being kept for observation,
but were believed to have suf
fered only bruises and bumps,
Bradshaw said.
The identities of the victims
could not be released by the
hospital.
Boyle Earns Award
For Superior Service
Cynthia M. Boyle, senior vice
president of investments at the
Tryon office of Raymond James
& Associates, Inc., has earned
membership on the 1992 Chair-
man s Council, the highest
award Account Executives at
the firm can achieve.
Mrs. Boyle has more than 13
years of experience.
—Community Reporter