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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 (DSPS 643-360) is
published daily except Sat. and Sun. for $35 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St., P.O. Box 790. Tryon, N.C. 2S782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
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Vol. oS - No. SO
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Weotorn North Carolina
40 Pages Today
TRYON. N. C. 28782 FRIDAY. APRIL 10,1992 20 Per Copy’
The weather Wednesday, high
78, low 44, hum. 40 percent.
The rest of the story: We
printed a communication
Thursday from Benson Hodge
critical of the county building
inspection department. Today,
in a story by Reen Smith,
"Turnover In Building Inspec
tion Office Worries Some", the
county offers its response.
I hear you knocking: Workers
with Angel Marketing and
Advertising of Norcross, Ga.
are nearly finished going door-
to-door to homes in Tryon
raising money for the Tryon
Fire Department.
Assistant fire chief Billy Wall
said Thursday that the company
had reported a 60 percent
success rate and should have
over $1,000 for the department.
The company offers an 8x10
family portrait for a $20 dona
tion, $10 of which goes to the
fire department, Wall said.
Purchases of additional prints
are offered, but do not raise
additional money for the fire
department.
Although a fire tax pays
most expenses, the firemen
wanted additional money both
for the auxiliary, and to reno-
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Bulletin To Cost
25 Cents On Stand
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
newsstand price will increase
from 20 cents to 25 cents next
Wednesday, April 15.
The extra nickel per copy will
be used to help pay editorial
costs, said Jeff Byrd, editor.
"In the last six months, sev
eral area writers have become
strong contributors to the Bul
letin," he said. "This small
increase will ensure that wc can
continue to bring you the sports
coverage of Patty Aldred, and
the news and feature reporting
of Claire Wharton, Reen Smith,
Ceri Dando and others."
The Bulletin is available for
home delivery for $35 a year,
and single copies are available
each day on 30 newsstands
located throughout Tryon, Lan
drum, Columbus, Mill Spring,
Pea Ridge, Green Creek, Saluda
and Lynn.
Inside Today
With lots of turnover, and
at least one disastrous con
struction situation, people are
concerned about the Polk
County Building Inspection
Office. Inside today, Reporter
Reen Smith asks county offi
cials and builders about those
concerns.
Cutting Her 90th Birthday Cake
Dorothy Zoulek of Green Creek was the guest of honor April
4th at a celebration of her 90th birthday at the Mill Creek Church
*u the Brethren. Zoulek is founder of Green Creek Organic Farms
Khd 50 Pcrsons showed u P ‘° wish her good cheer on her
Old Melrose Lodge, Restaurant Opening
Melrose Lodge has been pur
chased by Carolyn Wells of
Hendersonville. Ms. Wells
plans a June 1 opening of the
restaurant as a first phase in
returning the lodge to its place
in Tryon as a lovely, historic
country inn.
Carolyn Wells has 25 years
experience in operating restau
rants in Detroit, MI, and Bra
denton, FL. She came to the
mountains in 1973 and since
has busied herself with restau
rants and land development
She has also written cookbooks
given classes in food prepara
tion and found time to raise four
children.
Melrose Lodge was listed by
Cathryn Lennon and sold by
Jerrie Beresford, both of Tryon
Properties. 7
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