POL*
^^1
ST' •
caucus, 11 C
2nd Class Postage at Tryon. North Carolina 28782
and additional post offices. Postmaster: send
address changes to The Tryon Dully Bulletin. PO.
Dox 790, Tryon. N. C. 23782
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 643-360) is
published daily except Sal. and Sun. For S35 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St., P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Printed In ths THERMAL BELT ol Western North Carolina
36 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 45
The weather Wednesday, high
67, low 36, hum. 50percent.
Have you ever noticed how
once someone becomes famous
everyone wants to know them.
Take Susan Leonard of Tryon,
for instance. Ted Tally wins an
Oscar for best screenplay for his
work on Silence of the Lambs,
and she gets all excited like
she knew him when and all. I
mean, she's only his sister. Give
me a break.
The boys at the Associated
Press even jumped on the band-
wagon Wednesday releasing a
story about how Tally is a
"North Carolina native". They
interviewed his aunt Lura Tally,
a N.C. state senator from Cum
berland, near Fayetteville.
"He often visited here..." she
said. Yeah, sure.
Tally, 39, also received The
Writers Guild of America's best
screenplay award for Silence.
Tally attended the North
Carolina School of the Arts and
the University of North Caro
lina at Greensboro. He later
graduated from Yale Drama
School. He lives with his wife,
Melinda, and son, Austin, in
Buck's County, Pa.
Oh, yeah. Now I remember
him. We were sitting in the
(Continued On Back Page)
TRYON. N. C. 28782
M*A*S*H' On Stage
Tonight In Tryon
Tonight at 8 p.m. is the open
ing night for M*A*S*H, the
first production of the new Polk
County High Drama Club.
The play will be staged again
on Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Both performances will be in
the auditorium at Tryon Ele
mentary.
Featuring an all-star cast of
characters from the famous film
and TV series based on the
Korean conflict, the two-act
play promises to be a sell-out,
although tickets can still be
purchased at the door. Seats are
S3 for students and school per
sonnel and $4 to the public.
The part of "Henry Blake" is
played by Chris Gibbs from
Polk Central. "Hot Lips Houli
han" is Tonya Sain, from Tryon
High. "Duke Forrest" is played
by Mike Barnes from Polk
Central. And "Hawkeye Pierce"
is Jesse McMahon, a high
school student from ICC. The
Shas been in rehearsal since
i ary.
Formed at the beginning of
the 1991-92 school year, the
Polk County High Drama Club
meets once a month. Officers
are: Chris Gibbs, President;
Keshia Panis, Vice-President;
Kelly Sparks, Secretary; and
Rhonda Burnette, Treasurer.
Faculty advisors are Angela
Perry and Jennifer Bronzini.
It is always the secure who
are humble.
—G.K. Chesterton
FRIDAY, APRIL 3,1992
'Connie' Woodruff
Woodruff Joins
Steps To Hope
Conyers "Connie" Woodruff,
until recently Children Services
Social Worker at the Polk
County Department of Social
Services, has joined the staff of
Steps to Hope as Children's
Program Coordinator, it has
been announced by Rachel
Ramsey, director.
Ms. Woodruff, in her new
position, assumes responsibility
for developing and conducting
new programs to meet the needs
of children touched by family
violence. In nearly six years
with the DSS, she has worked
closely with school guidance
counselors and other faculty
members, and that experience
should be helpful in her new
position.
The Children's Program
Coordinator position was made
Eossible by grants from the
I.C. Dept, of Human Resources
(Continued On Back Page)
20t Per Copy’
Columbus' New Well
Brought In A Gusher
Crews for the Town of
Columbus were looking for new
water sources last spring, but
they never expected to find a
gusher.
Treating water from the
Pacolet is too expensive.
Town Administrator Butch
Smith said, and so the town
was hoping to tap into ground-
water.
This week the tap they found
went on line - a gusher.
It all began last March when
town workmen and private dril
ling crews were out punching
holes in the earth. They found
25 to 30 gallons per minute
(g.p.m.) in one spot, 15 g.p.m.
in another. No good, said Town
Administrator Butch Smith. The
town needed at least 100 g.p.m.
to make it worth the investment.
"Charlie Fcagan said he knew
where water was," Smith said.
The site Feagan knew was in
a forested section near Feagan's
The Woods subdivision.
Feagan had a 100 g.p.m. well
nearby, Smith said. Feagan
brought out a dowsing rod, and
traced out the water vein.
"He came to a spot and said
'Right here! Not there. Not
there. Here."
Smith, a skeptic about dows
ing, said he was amazed earlier
in the search when the men
gave him the dowsing rod to
try. It did nothing, then
inexplicably twisted in his grin
when dowser Walter Stott
touched his hands. With Stott's
(Continued On Back Page)