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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 (USES 643-360) is
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year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St., P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782
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16 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 86
The weekend weather: Friday,
high 59, low 51, hum. 75 per
cent, and .52 inches of rain;
Saturday, high 66, low 51,
hum. 72 percent and .94 inches
of rain; Sunday, high 77, low
56, hum. 40 percent and .01
inches of rain.
The high temperature for the
month of May was 89 degrees,
reached on May 23, and the
low was 38 degrees, recorded
on May 9. The final rainy week
of the month pushed the total
rainfall over the average by .99
inches. Total rainfall was 6.85
inches for the month. So far this
year, 28.05 inches of rain has
fallen, 1.07 inches more than
average.
The Census Bureau has just
released the median household
income, education and poverty
figures from the 1990 census.
Polk County heads the list of
North Carolina's 17 western
counties when it comes to
household income.
Polk County has a median
household income of $26,967,
sliglitly above the state average
of $26,647. The national aver
age is $30,056.
Trailing Polk are Henderson
($26,801), Buncombe ($25,847)
and Transylvania ($25,179).
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TRYON, N.C. 28782
Studies Group To
Hold 1st Workshop
Carolina Backcountry Studies
Group First Annual Workshop
at Isothermal Community Col
lege, Spindale, in the Library
Auditorium, on Sat., June 6,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lectures, slides, exhibits and
discussions of two major topics
focusing on the often-neglected
Piedmont-to-Mountain region
of North and South Carolina:
Early Native American Occu
pation of the Carolina Back-
country and Facts and Talcs of
the 18th and 19th Centuries’
Iron Industry.
General registration is $15 at
the door. For information, call
Gerard Davisdon,
704-657-6965 or Augusta
Hyde at 704-286-3636.
- Community Reporter
Rescue Diver
Certification
A series of classes will begin
Fri., June 26, at Isothermal
Community College leading up
to the Rescue Diver Certifica
tion. These emergency response
oriented classes will consist of:
Open Water Diving: June 26,
6 to 10 p.m.; June 27-28, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Advanced Open Water: Aug.
8-9, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rescue Diver: Aug. 22-23,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Aug. 29-30,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Call for detailed information
and to pre-register. Donna L.
Wylie, 704-286-3636, Ext. 343
or 344.
TUESDAY. JUNE 2,1992
Eagle Scout Joey Couch presents
his mother, Myra, with the Eagle
Mother's Pin.
Couch First Eagle
For Troop 150 In
Last Three Years
Seventccn-year-old Walter
Joe (Joey) Couch received his
Eagle badge on May 19th in an
Eagle Court of Honor at the
Congregational Church in
Tryon.
Couch is the first member of
Scout Troop 150 to achieve the
rank of Eagle in three years.
For his Eagle project, Couch
spent a year studying city maps
in order to locate all working
fire hydrants in Tryon. Once
these hydrants were pinpointed,
he worked with other scouts in
painting the "H" symbol on
roadways to aid the fire depart
ment in locating hydrants in
time of need.
Scoutmaster Mike Smith read
an essay entitled "One Hundred
Scouts", which examined the
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TCC Men's
Golf Results
The Men's Spring Handicap at
the Tryon Country Club, a
36-hole event, at Medal Play
with full handicaps, was com
pleted on Sun., May 17, after a
few rain delays.
This was the first important
men's tournament of the season
at the club and was played in
four flights. The 1st flight win
ner was Jackie McFalls, with
Dick Sikes the runner up.
The 2nd flight was won by
Bob Hastings, club president,
with a tie for 2nd between Tom
Burrell and Dutch Zandbergen.
The 3rd flight was won by
Bob Hunter with Bob Widdi-
combe and Walt Flaschar tied
for 2nd.
In the 4th flight there was a tie
for 1st place between Jay Foster
and Seth Davis.
- Community Reporter
Play Reading Group
Ilie TLT Oral Play Reading
Group meets Wed., June 3, at
7:30 p.m. in the Mural Room.
Jane Albrecht will be taking
from Bill Holcomb as chairper
son. All those interested in
reading aloud are invited to
come and help up formulate
plans for future meetings of the
group.
For more information call
859-9003.
- Community Reporter
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