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Vol. 6S - No. 57
TRYON, N.C. 28782
TUESDAY, APRIL 21,1992
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The weekend weather: Friday,
high 84, low 55, hum. 42
percent; Saturday, high 82, low
58, hum. 40 percent; Sunday,
high 79, low 59, hum. 65 per
cent, and by 7 a.m. Monday .28
inches of rain had fallen.
It was another beautiful, hot
spring day for the 46th Block
House Steeplechase Saturday.
And except for the last race,
when several riders took a spill,
the event seemed to be free of
any mishaps.
Also of note: Joyce Jones
marks her years as one of the
key people running the Bulletin
by counting the Block House
Steeplechases. She started
working at the Bulletin just
before the 29th running of the
races, 17 years ago.
What's happening:
The Carolina Foothills chapter
of the World Federalist Asso
ciation will host a flag raising
ceremony this morning at 10 at
Isothermal Community College.
The Tryon Merchants Asso
ciation will meet today at 5 p.m.
at The Village Restaurant. The
members will finalize plans for
the May Fest '92. Interested
merchants are invited to join
The Pacolet Area Conser
vancy will hold its second
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A Spring Picnic
At Greene Corner
You are invited to a "Picnic In
The Park" at 12:30 Tuesday,
April 28th at Greene Corner.
Bring your lunch, something
to sit on and while you eat you
will be leisure entertained by
music and readings, all in the
spirit of spring and to welcome
the exciting burst of colorful
blossoms on Melrose Ave.
The informal program will
begin at 12:45 with a welcome
by Jean Pettigrew. Claude
Broach will read James Weldon
Johnson's "The Creator" and
"Judgment Day". Debbie Goode
will interpret some of Thurber's
humor as only she can, and Rita
Drummond will read a few of
Robert Burns' spring and coun
try poems. Jean Pettigrew will
do bits of Frost and Words
worth while the background
music of Leslie Oakes and
Kathleen Erwin hovers in the
background.
The Lanier Library is spon
soring this spring picnic and
invited you all to come. It will
be something to long remem
ber!
-Community Reporter
Meet Tonight
pIPp" f ity A t odge N °- 518
; • f A M - wi ll meet
u 1 ^ 11 (Tues) at 8 P™- Asking
all Master Masons to please be
present. Robert Fox W M
George R. Fant, Sec.
-Community Reporter
Greg Cogdell
Receives National
Merit Scholarship
Greg Cogdell has been
selected by the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation as a
winner of a Merit Scholarship
that may be renewed to cover
up to 4 years of college under
graduate study within the range
of $500-$2000 per year. The
competition for merit scholar
ships is extremely rigorous
because the number of awards
available each year is limited.
From more than one million
students who entered the 1992
merit program, only about
15,000 were named semi-
finalists. From the semi-
finalists some 6,300 merit
scholarships were chosen from
a field of finalists.
Op^g '. S 3 senior at Landrum
High School and is the son of
Bruce and Lou Cogdell of Lan
drum.
-Community Reporter
Exhibition Of
Couper Paintings
From April 24 to August 23,
the Museum of Arts and
Sciences in Macon, Ga. will
hold an exhibition of the art
works of the late Josephine
Sibley Couper (Mrs. B. King
Couper) whose Rock House Art
Gallery is at the corner of
Chestnut and Pacolet Streets in
Tryon.
The formal reception will be
from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., on Sun
day, April 26 at the Museum,
4182 Forsyth Road, Macon,
Ga., 31210. A description of
Mrs. Couper and her Tryon
home-art gallery is given on
page 163 of the "Polk County
North Carolina History" pub
lished by the Polk County His
torical Association.
Concert In Memory
Of Gordon Foote
A concert of negro spirituals
attended by 3,500 people was
recently given in Cincinnati in
memory of Gordon Foote.
During the intermission a
screen was lowered over the
proscenium with Mr. Foote's
picture, and a concurrent talk
related his work for the inner
city while he resided there
before his move to Tryon.
He was a founding member
and the first president of both
the Human Involvement Project
and the Home Health Aid board
as well a
member
for the
Southern
is a steering committee
on institutional racism
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio.