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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
Pit Tryon Duly Bulletin tUSPS 641-360) a
publithed daily except Sat. and Sun. for SJ5 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 the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
18 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 72
TRYON, N.C. 28782
TUESDAY, MAY 12,1992
25C Per Copy
The weekend weather: Friday,
high 51, low 43, hum. 69 per
cent, and 2.3 inches of rain;
Saturday, high 69, low 38, hum.
60 percent and .41 inches of
rain; and Sunday, high 83, low
46, hum. 40 percent and the
rain stopped for Mother's Day.
Before it did, however, a total
of 4.17 inches had fallen.
One of the rules of reporting
is never trust any report which
says something is, was or will
be a "first." Invariably, you will
receive a phone call soon after
your publication hits the streets
pointing out the error.
. Columbus was not the first
white man to discover America.
The upcoming Trial by Jury
Discovery House production
will not be the first play to use
the Polk County Courthouse for
its stage. Tammy Wynette is not
the first woman ever to stand by
her man... You get the picture.
Well, here’s another not-first:
Karen Godlock was not the first
person from Polk County to win
an award at the Western North
Carolina Sports Awards
Banquet. Our error here was to
miss a subtlety in the facts as
they were given us. When she
won the Apple Tree Honda
Award for a female minor sport
athlete May 3, Karen became
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Citizens Sue
Landrum Council
To Force Election
A civil suit filed in Spartan
burg County Friday seeks to
force a general "at large" elec
tion of two additional Landrum
Council members.
The suit, if successful, also
would prevent the creation of
single-member districts without
a referendum.
Twenty-four Landrum citi
zens are suing Mayor Robert
Cogdell and councilmen Hollis
Constance and Ray Mayfield
for refusing to implement the
results of the referendum of
Nov. 5, 1991 which called for
two additional council mem
bers. The suit also faults these
three for trying to enact a sin
gle-member district ordinance
without a public vote.
"We felt like we had to go
ahead and file suit because they
(Cogdell, Constance, Mayfield)
are not fulfilling the voters'
wishes in the referendum and
because they are tying the elec
tion to something else," said
John J. Carruth III. "We did not
want to file this suit. We've
given them ample opportunity
to respond."
The suit contends:
* A petition signed by more
than 15% of the registered vot
ers calling for the addition of
two council members read as
follows: "Shall the makeup of
the city council for the City of
Landrum be changed so as to
increase the number of repre-
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Tryon P.O. Salutes
USA Olympic Team
This week the Tryon Post
Office salutes the Olympic
Team. For a $1 donation you
can sign a giant post card that
will be sent to the Olympic
celebration in Washington, D.C.
this summer. You also receive
two commemorative postcards
that you can send the team. Just
stop by the Tryon Post Office
and we will gladly help you
May 11-17.
-Community Reporter
McCall Qualified
For State Contest
In the Western 2-A/1-A
Regionals last week played at
Links O' Tryon, Benji McCall
tied for third place individual
honors and qualified for the
state golf championships being
played in Chapel Hill today.
McCall shot an 81, and tied
with Stephen Holland of Chase
High School. Steve Absher of
Bessemer City, and Jamie
Cook of Murphy finished with
an 80 each.
Overall, Polk County golfers
finished twelfth with a team
score of 400. Murphy finished
first with a team score of 345.
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Tryon Lions
Meet Tonight
Peter Hahn will be the guest
speaker at the Tryon Lions
meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at
the Western Steer Steakhouse in
Columbus.
His topic will be the Senior
Health Insurance Information
Program, (SHIIP) which is run
by the N.C. State Commission
of Insurance. The Commission
has trained volunteers in Polk
and other counties to assist
people with Medicare and Sup
plement Insurance and those
who have problems with bills
and claims or questions about
their insurance coverage.
To get this help, all Margareta
Greene at the Meeting Place,
859-9707.
The public and anyone inter
ested in this program is invited
to attend.
Bill Murphy is in charge of
the program.
- Community Reporter
Communication
Dear Jeff:
On May 3 a letter that I wrote
appeared in The Tryon Daily
Bulletin which supported Jean
nie Martin, Sue Cochran, and
John Edwards. That letter was
signed Bob Neely, Mayor of
Tryon. The letter represented
my personal views and should
have been signed Bob Neely,
Citizen.
My apologies to the people of
Tryon and to the employees and
elected officials of Tryon.
Bob Neely