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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 (USPS 643-380) 11
published daily except Sat. and Sun for $35 per
year by the Tryon Dailv Bulletin, Inc. 106 N. Trade
St.. P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28 7 8 2
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT at Western North Carolina
Vol. 65 - No. 26
The weather Thursday, high
67, low 51, hurn. 70 percent,
and by Friday at 7 a.m. .96
inches of rain had fallen.
What's happening:
A driver is urgently needed
for the Wednesday Home
Delivered Meal Program's
10-homc route. Call Margareta
Green, 859-9707, or Jane Long,
894-3425, if you can help out.
Raffle tickets arc on sale for a
handmade quilt crafted by Lynn
Carlson of Lake Lanier large
enough for a twin-size bed. The
51 tickets can be purchased
from any Tuesday School par
ent.
Auditions will be held for
Tryon Little Theater's upcom
ing production of The Diary of
Anne Frank tonight, Tuesday
and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the
Tryon Fine Arts Center.
The Carolines will be singing
at the Tryon Meeting Place
tomorrow. The community is
invited.
The Polk County Extension
Homemakers will sponsor a
seminar on making your home
more saleable Thursday at 2
p.m. at the 4-H and 'Youth
Center in Columbus. To regis
ter, call 894-8218.
The Columbus Merchants
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TRYON. N C. 28782
Unique Artwork
On Display At
Landrum Library
On display al the Landrum
Branch Library is a collection
of unique artwork by students
of Sherri Hoover, art teacher at
0. P. Earle Elementary School.
Mrs. Bosc's fourth grade class
combined their language art,
writing and their handmade
paper art process to create
handmade books which will be
sent, as gifts, to their pen pals in
North Dakota at the close of the
school year.
The third grade Mosaic, artis
tically gifted and talented, class
created 'Winter Bouquets' by
combining the handmade paper
process with the dried treasures
of winter.
Students arc Kacey Ayers,
Adam Bennett, David Caldwell,
Jessica Foy, Steven Gilmore,
Sam Harris, Nicholas Hatchette,
Sarah Hyder, Kimberly How
ard, Steven Loneworth, Megan
Loftis, Laura Williams.
The public is invited to view
their superior art work by tal
ented young people during nor
mal operating hours
-Community Reporter
Tryon Lions Meet
Tryon Lions Club will meet at
the Western Steer Steakhouse
Tuesday, March 10 at 7 p.m.
John Clark will be in charge
of the program.
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For Local News
MONDAY, MARCH 9,1992
Overcrowding at Tryon Elementary (K-8) and projected over
crowding at the new Polk Central School (K-8) when it opens next
„ ProroP 1 " 1 ‘he Polk County Board of Education to convert Tryon
. Sch ool 10 a . middle school for next year and redraw school
attendance lines. The eastern boundary of thc Tryon school district
was pushed further east from Columbus toward Mill Spring and
Green Creek much the same area as was redistricted when Stearns
School was closed the summer of 1988. The redistricted area (out
lined above) includes all or portions of Houston, Hwy. 108 Fox
Mountain, Smith Dairy. Red Fox. Peniel, Little Mountain. Hw^ 14
r V? ur ^ ; and Phillips roads. Applications for transfers were due
■ri ^' r 1 a J , > ukhough it was unclear whether any would be approved.
I he school board planned to discuss school attendance line's at its
meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Stearns Education Center.
Train Will Make Trip
Citizens will have a chance to
ride the steepest main line rail
road grade in the country Sat.,
Mar. 21, when a passenger train
makes a trip from Spartanburg,
to Asheville.
The four-car train will climb
Saluda's famed 4.8 percent
grade during the six-hour trip.
The train will leave the
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Amtrak Norfolk Southern sta
tion in Spartanburg at 10 a.m.,
stop for photo opportunities and’
lunch, and arrive in Asheville at
4 p.m. Cost is 5195.
To order tickets, send check
payable to Rail Services, 1422
Delane Ave., Suite 2. Charlotte"
N.C. 28211. For more informa
tion call 1-704-364-6471.