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Vol. 65-No. 21 TRYON. N. C. 28782 MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1992 2X Per Copy
The weather Thursday: high
61, low 37, hum. 50 percent.
What's happening:
The box office is open for
Tryon Little Theater's upcom
ing production of Come Blow
Your Horn. The play takes the
stage Thursday through Sunday.
The Tryon Painters and
Sculptors will host a slide show
and lecture on The Age of the
Marvelous today at 2 p.m. in
the Mural Room of the Fine
Arts Center.
There will be training classes
held for new school bus drivers
tomorrow, Wednesday and
Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. at Steams Education
Center in Columbus, Room
201.
The Concert Choir of Gard
ner-Webb College will perform
at the Pea Ridge Baptist Church
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Steve
Hardin Jr. of Pea Ridge and
Tina Greene of Columbus are
among the students in the choir.
A World Day of Prayer will
be held Friday, March 6th and
will be observed locally with a
service al Holy Cross Episcopal
Church at 9:30 a.m.
The Lake Lure Republican
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Dagget To Speak
At EPIC Meeting
EPIC (Education in Polk
County is Crucial) wishes to
invite all parents and interested
persons to attend an open meet
ing on Fri., Mar. 6, from 3:15 to
4 p.m. with Dr. Willard Dagget
to discuss the changes which
will be made in grading and
assessment of student progress
as the Polk County schools
move toward an outcome-based
education. The meeting will be
held in the Tryon Higli Cafete
ria.
Also, on Sat., Mar. 14, the
public is invited to join EPIC
members for a guided tour of
the new high school facility.
Anyone wishing to attend
should meet at Steams Educa
tion Center at 3 p.m.
It would be helpful in plan
ning this tour if those wishing
to participate would call Stearns
Center, 894-3051 prior to Mar.
14. In case of heavy rain, this
tour will be rescheduled.
-Community Reporter
Clarification
An important point was
left out of a report of St. Luke's
Hospital Auxiliary's recent
board meeting. St. Luke's Hos
pital is now classified as an
"assigned hospital" which
means that no patient is ever
charged for blood while in St.
Luke's, only for processing.
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White Oak Terrace
Resident Is 100
Suzie Vaughm bom March 2,
1892 in Clinton, S.C. daughter
of Mattie Davidson and Thomas
Richard Owens. Suzie was
married to Claude Lawrence
Vaughm in June 1917, in Clin
ton, S.C. Her children are: C. L.
Vaughm Jr. of Stewart, Fla.;
Mrs. Dorothy Clary of Tryon;
Mrs. Martha Milsap of Inglew
ood, Fla. and Thomas Owens
Vaughm of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Mrs. Vaughm enjoys visits
and cards from her 7 grandchil
dren and 8 great-grandchildren.
She has always had a great love
for children and for several
years operated her own kinder
garten.
She has previously taught
music and elementary school.
When asked how she felt about
being 100 she stated that she
never thought she would make
it.
Mrs. Vaughm has been active
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Slater Award
Requests Are In
Teachers in schools in Polk
County and Landrum have sub
mitted their applications for the
Priscilla and Ellis D. Slater
Awards to Promote Excellence
in Teaching. Fund requests for
teachers' projects total $30,825.
Twenty-seven teachers from
eight schools are taking advan
tage of this opportunity to try
for a grant to carry through
some action plan to improve
their classroom teaching.
All applicants will be inter
viewed Mar. 12 and 13 by the
full Slater Award Committee,
co-chairmen Lib Correll and
John Lewis.
Polk County Community
Foundation administers the
Slater Awards program and
disburses the funds.
-Community Reporter
High School
Senior Call
Applications for more than 30
scholarships to institutions of
higher learning are due at the
Polk County Community Foun
dation by Mon., Mar. 9.
High school seniors in Lan
drum and Polk County are eli
gible.
- Community Reporter
There will be an organiza
tional meeting for the Stearns
Music in the Park series
tomorrow evening at Isothermal
Community College Polk Cam
pus.