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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 (LISPS M) J60> 11
published daily except Sat. and Sun for 135 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St .P.O Box 190, Tryon. N C 2K7S2
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 65 - No. 10
Printed In the THERMAL BELT ot Western North Carolina
TRYON. N. C 28782
THURSDAY, FEB. 13,1992
18 Pages Today
20 Per Copy
The weather Tuesday: high
61, low 32, hum. 50 percent.
The Pine Crest Inn in Tryon
has put Polk County on the map
again. This time it is The Dis
cerning Traveler's map of
"Romantic Hideaways 1992."
The Pine Crest is featured in
the January/February 1992 edi
tion along with eleven other
inns in the east. Tlicre's Pro
spect Hill in Trcvilians, Va.:
Two Meeting Street, Charles
ton, S.C.; the Cliffside Inn,
Newport, R.I.; and the Inn at
Harbor Head, Cape Porpoise,
Maine, to mention a few.
This is fine company for a
fine inn, one of many fine inns
in the Thermal Belt area.
Wliat's happening:
The Columbus Merchants
Association will meet this eve
ning at 7 at McDonalds.
The commissioners of the
Foothills Fire Service Area will
meet tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in
the Tryon Town Hall. The
agenda will include the election
of officers and setting of objec
tives for the coming year.
Phil and Gaye Johnson will
host a "Harmony for Habitat"
benefit concert Saturday at the
Tryon Fine Arts Center. Call
the Habitat for Humanity office,
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Landrum Council
Kills Special
Election Ordinance
If the majority of the Landrum
Town Council members has its
way, no election will be held for
the two additional council
members approved by the vot
ers in November until single *
member districts are approved.
Landrum Town Council
Tuesday voted down 3-2 an
ordinance prepared by attorneys
Roger Couch and Tony Lister
which added the two additional
councilmen and provided for a
special election to be held dur
ing the primaries.
Mayor Robert Cogdcll, Hollis
Constance and Ray Mayfield
voted against a motion by Doug
Brannon and seconded by Fred
Williams to give first reading
approval to the ordinance pre
sented by the attorneys.
Mayor Cogdell directed the
attorneys to come back with an
ordinance which not only
changes the council member
ship from four to two, but
which also changes the voting
patterns to single member dis
tricts.
However, Lister warned, "If
you try to do both, you may tie
up the election another year."
The Justice Department has
already approved the addition
of two councilmen, but it has
not approved single member
districts. This department is
going to want maps, numbers
and other facts before approving
the move to single member
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Elizabeth Daniels Squire
Author To Speak
At County Library
The Polk County Public
Library and Friends of the
Library will present the talented
mystery writer, Elizabeth
Daniels Squire, at the next
meeting of the Friends organi
zation on Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2
p.m. at the library in Columbus.
Squire's first mystery novel,
Kill the Messenger, revolves
around a newspaper, natural for
her since she grew up in the
newspaper world. Her father,
Jonathan Daniels, and grandfa
ther, Josephus Daniels, were
outspoken editors of the Ral
eigh News and Observer.
A. reporter herself, she has
covered everything from mur
der trials to school board meet
ings. She has listened to
accused murderers defend
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State Requirements
To Graduate Change
New North Carolina gradua
tion requirements will not
change the number of units
required by the state to gradu
ate, but will raise Polk County's
graduation requirements to 23
units, the Polk County Board of
Education learned Monday.
Three major changes will go
into effect for next year’s 9th
graders, the class of 1996,
explained Supt. James Causby.
Beginning with the 1992-93
freshmen, three units of mathe
matics will be required, up from
the previous two. Polk County
already required three units of
mathematics. Dr. Causby
pointed out.
One of the three units must lie
Algebra I, the state now man
dates.
Required Social Studies units
have been raised from two to
three, one of which must be
government and economics, one
in United States History and
one in World Studies.
Required Science units have
been raised from two to three
one of which must be biology
and one a physical science.
To keep the number of units
required for graduation at '’()
the state has lowered the num
ber of electives from 9 to 6
However, local school boards
are given the option to add
requirements beyond the 70
units approved by the
Board of Education ’ C
This could have some major
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