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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Phone 859 9151
Vol. 65 - No. 243
The Weather Thursday: high
59, low 43, hum. 70 percent, at
7 a.m. Friday .50 inches of rain
had fallen.
Tired of watching unreal sit
coms on television? If you want
to sec your real government in
action instead, you shouldn't
miss tonight's session of the
Polk County Board of Educa
tion at 7 p.m. at Stearns School.
The board meets to decide
whether to encourage or dis
courage Supt. James F. Causby
to stay and finish the good work
he has begun in Polk County
Schools. He might soon have
another job offer, and some
members of the board say the
matter is in his, not their hands.
But clearly it is in their power
to keep Dr. Causby, and in
many ways the future of the
schools hangs in the balance.
Tune in.
What's happening:
The Tryon Town Council
meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Town Hall.
The Tryon Fine Arts Center
will hold a "Night on the Town"
Jan. 28, featuring a buffet din
ner and viewing of The Horse's
Mouth with Alec Guinness. For
more information, call
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TH YON. N C 28782
Radio Club
The Thermal Belt Amateur
Radio Club will meet at noon
on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at the
Western Steer on Hwy. 108 in
Columbus. All members and
aficionados arc encouraged to
attend.
The TBARC Net is held on
Mondays starting at 7:30 p.m.
using the new NOSARG
repeater on 145.150 MHz.
Licensed Hams in the area arc
asked to participate in this vital
and important emergency com
munications program.
—Community Reporter
Democrats Pay Tribute
The Democratic Executive
Committee of Polk County met
Monday, Jan. 20th al 7:30 p.m.,
at Democratic Headquarters.
After a tribute to Ray Reid of
Saluda, there was a lengthy and
spirited discussion of the
upcoming elections - local,
state and national.
Attending the meeting were
Judy Arlcdgc, Harold Burrell,
Elton Cochran (Chair), Boyd
and Virginia Correll, Carson
Deck, Charlie and Catherine
Feagan, Annabelle Gilbert,
Hoyt and Jean Gosnell, Bill
Holcomb, Wilma Jolley, Hoyt
Pack, Don Pittman, and Keith
Ritchie.
Democrats are reminded that
Precinct meetings and elections
will be held Tliursday, March
Sth. The next meeting of the
Executive Committee will be
Monday, Feb. 17th.
—Community Reporter.
MONDAY, JAN. 27,1992
Landrum Water Works
Separate from City
Operations, Spending
Freeze Not Pertinent
Landrum Mayor Robert Cog-
dell Thursday denied that the
water department disregarded a
spending freeze because the
Landrum Water Works is a
separate entity from the city
operations.
"To me, it wasn't enacted for
the water department," Mayor
Cogdell said of a resolution
passed in November enacting a
spending freeze and requiring
that all non-emcrgency pur
chase orders over $500 be
approved by the council.
"The water department is self
sufficient and operates solely
out of its own revenue,"
explained water superintendent
Eric Klerk.
The resolution was introduced
by the mayor after the town had
to borrow $50,000 from SCNB
to finish out the year in the
city's daily operations because
county tax notices were late.
But the tax short fall had
nothing to do with the Landrum
Water Works, which supports
itself with monthly charges to
its customers, he explained. At
the January council meeting,
councilman Doug Brannon
contended that the spending
freeze was disregarded when
$13,000 worth of inventory
parts were purchased by the
Landrum Water Department.
Brannon also maintained that
there was no broken main or
other emergency to warrant the
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Buy Philo Higley
Summer Residence
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford Sperry
have recently purchased and
moved into their home in Gil
lette Woods, Tryon, located on
Greenstrokc Loop. The house
had once been the summer resi
dence of the Philo Higley fam
ily, a New York playwright, and
was then purchased and com
pletely renovated by Mimi
Colby and Betty Daugherty of
the Foxtrot Inn.
Dr. Sperry had a dental prac
tice in Normal, III. A graduate
of the University of Illinois in
Chicago, he was originally from
the very small town of West
Salem, IL. A member of Rotary
for about 34 years, he has been
a volunteer tutor in a literary
program, enjoys reading and
painting, and plays the recorder.
His wife, Jo, a former R.N
from Presbyterian Hospital in
Chicago, was also an English
teacher at Illinois Slate and Illi
nois Wesleyan. Her hobby of
herb gardening turned into a
small business in their home in
Normal, IL. with her own herbs
and special recipes under the
label "Blue Mound". Jo also
plays the recorder.
Ellie Roemer, of Coldwell
Banker, Town & Country,
Realtors was both listing and
sales agent in this transaction
-Community Reporter
The first in the Tryon Kiwanis
Club travelogue film series a
film on Italy, will be shown
Sunday, Feb. 9. For ticket
information, call 859-9016