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POLK LIBRARY --• '!, 204 WALKS;: ST. COLUMBUS, N c 28722 2nd C lass Postage al Trvon. North Carolina 2X7X2 and additional post of live*. Poummler: send address changes Io the Irjon Dail? Bulletin, PO. Box 790. I non. VC. 2X7X2 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 Try™ Daily Uulteiin li st's M’ ’«» published daily cuepl Sal. and Sun lor 5" is' year by the 1 iyon Daily Bulletin. Hr Ws hade St..l’.(>. Hoy 790. Iryon. N .WK- The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859-9151 © Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina 16 Pages Today Vol. 65 - No. 4 The weather Monday: high 70, low 41, hum. 40percent. A long time ago, when there were just 13 colonies, a wealthy man in the New World might write a contract for the services a poor man from the European slums. He would agree to pay the man's passage to America, and in return the poor man agreed to work for him for an agreed to period of time. The poor man, once his pas sage had been paid, was obli gated. If he found he had made a bad bargain, had an ogre for a master, or saw the opportunities of the Wild West slipping by while he slaved away in Boston - tough. If he bolted anyway, he could be arrested. It was a system called inden tured servitude, and it was out lawed long ago. We still have employers writing contracts for the services of employees, but these are entirely one sided. They bind the employer, but cannot bind the employee. Ask any attorney who has worked with these sorts of con tracts. Employment contracts are written to induce an employee to come to work for you, to sweeten the deal, to give the employee security in poten- (Continued On Back Page) TRYON. N C 28782 Lady Tigers End Season The Tryon Junior High girls' basketball team ended their season with a loss in the first round of the Foothills Confer ence Tournament against the Campobello-Gramling Wild cats last Wednesday. Tryon had defeated them in their two pre vious meetings during the regu lar season, but were unable to stop the Wildcat's offense or penetrate their defense in the final game. Tryon's record for the year was 6 wins against 9 loses, fin ishing fourth in conference play. The Tiger's were led in scoring by Alex Rutledge and Sekina Tyson. Kristi Bond played excellent defense all season, as did Kristie Johnson. Stephanie Hudson, who was named to the all-conference team, worked extremely hard in the variety of positions that she was asked to play. Other team members were Allison Bums, Katrina Wilkins, Carole Morton, Dawn New- some, Sherry Smith and Nicole Makins. Coach Gary Gibbs praised the effort and determination that the girls demonstrated throughout the year. "They worked hard in practice, played the games in a tough, competitive manner and improved from week to week. They can be proud of the way they represented themselves and their school." —Community Reporter WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5,1992 Herbert Michener (Photo by Bob Hunter) To Address Auxiliary Herbert Michener, Chairman of the Medical Alert Commit tee, will present at the February 12 meeting of St. Luke's Auxil iary, an updated report on the service of this 10-member team. Serving St. Luke's with the installation and maintenance of the Emergency Response System, the team has increased then number of units from 60 to 91 and transformed most of the units to the better-performing, friendly "pendant" type while maintaining service on earlier installations. Scheduled visits for installation and maintenance are by appointment. Mr. Michener, retired from Scott Paper Company and the U.S. Postal Service, began his volunteer service as a Courier al St. Luke's Hospital in 1983, joined the Medical Alert Team in 1989 and became chairman in 1990, and has served nearly 2,000 hours as a member of St. Luke's Hospital Auxiliary. 2UC PIT I ops Sign Rights'ers Upset 'About Things Not Even In Ordinance' Some people in Polk County arc attempting to stir a ground swell of anger over the county's new sign ordinance, Jeannie Martin said Monday night. Martin, chairman of the Polk County Board of Commission ers, told the other board mem bers she had heard people expressing anger "about things that are not even in the sign ordinance." "They arc concerned about home and farm signs. They think they can't put up a sign for a garage sale or a car for sale. They're worried about severe setback requirements. These are , things we intentionally took out of the ordinance," Martin said. Commissioner Sue Cochran said she believes some peo ple are more interested in stir ring up sentiments than with dealing in facts. "Some people are out saying you can't do this or that who know better," she "They are intentionally trying to stir things up," Martin said. The commissioners asked County Manager John Lewis to undertake some public relations ^fo^ 5 .'2 bcttcr info rm the pub ic of the actual provisions of the countys new sign ordi nance.
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