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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 (USPS 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. 287 82
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
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12 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 91
TRYON, N.C. 28782
TUESDAY, JUNE 9,1992
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The weekend weather:
Friday, high 81, low 58, hum.
60 percent, and .43 inches of
rain; Saturday, high 87, low
58, hum. 48 percent; Sunday,
high 88, low 61, hum.
55 percent.
When you have pre-teen
children of roughly the same
age, one of the things you find
yourself arguing about
frequently is "fairness.''
"It’s not fair!" you are told,
and you spend a year or two,
depending upon your patience,
trying to explain the subtleties
of the fairness issue. Eventu
ally, you give up and shout
back, "Nothing's 'fair'! Now be
quiet. I don't want to hear about
'fairness' anymore."
Children just don't have the
capacity to see the bigger pic
ture. Sure, perhaps today one
got to go on an outing and the
other had to clean his room. But
tomorrow, the tables will turn.
And there's lots of reasons why
things work the way they do
that don't relate to quid pro quo
'fairness' doctrines.
Much of the argument for
booting out our South Carolina
friends from our schools is
spoken of in similar terms of
'fairness.'
"South Carolina charges
(Continued On Back Page)
Tryon Council May
Hold Referendum On
Town Drinking Laws
The Tryon Town Council,
after meeting with citizens
recently to discuss crime issues,
is considering holding a refer
endum in the fall on the town's
drinking laws.
During the town meeting on
crime, Tryon officials and citi
zens discussed the fact that
many of Tryon's problems seem
to stem from the bars up and
down Trade Street. Cheap
drinks and the availability of
drugs make Tryon a gathering
spot for persons from surround
ing areas, town police said.
Seth Vining Jr. said at the
time that the town should con
sider holding a referendum to
change the town's drinking
laws.
Right now Tryon allows on-
premises and off-premises sales
of beer, wine and mixed drinks.
The council, however, focused
its discussion last week during a
budget work session on the laws
regarding malt beverages
(beers).
"Our trouble spots are those
places which sell beer and
mixed drinks and no significant
amount of food," Mayor Bob
Neely said.
Neely suggested that Tryon
voters could opt for the ABC
law which would permit the on
premises sale of malt beverages
by Class A hotels, motels and
restaurants only. Class A estab
lishments sell at least 50 percent
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Lutz Foundation
Scholarship Winners
The 14th annual Lutz Foun
dation Awards Luncheon was
held May 21st at North Lake
Country in Shelby, N.C. Petro
leum World, Inc. sponsored the
luncheon where 12 students
were honored. This years stu
dents from Polk County are:
Angela Rogers from Polk
(on left) and Leah Justice from
Tryon High.
-Community Reporter
Summer Story time
At P. C. Library
Polk County Public Library's
Summer Storytime series, The
Whole World in a Book, will
begin June 18. Programs will be
offered each Thursday at 10:30
a.m. from June 18 through
August 13.
Join us as we begin our jour
ney into the "Whole World”
with traditional American tales
of nature and folk heroes.
All children ages 3 and over
are invited. No registration
required.
Teenager Drowns
In Sunny View Pond
Justin Grant Metcalf, 15, of
Rutherfordton drowned in a
swimming accident Sunday
night in the Sunny View section
of Polk County.
Metcalf was swimming with
two other teenagers in a private
pond off Edgerton Road.
The Polk County Sheriffs
Department was notified at 7:50
p.m. Sunday night of a possible
drowning. When officers
arrived, the two teenagers told
them a friend had gone under
water about 40 feet from the
bank and had not surfaced
again.
Polk County Rescue Squad
personnel began dragging the
pond and located Metcalf's
body around 9 p.m.
Buy Land
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Camp
bell have purchased six acres of
land in the Foxwood Hills sub
division of Columbus.
Bobby and Susan are cur
rently living in Forest City, but
are planning to build a home on
their new property and move
here in the near future.
The property was owned and
listed by Vernon Horne of
Horne Realty. Frances Lytle of
ERA/The Walker Agency was
the sales agent in this transac
tion.
- Community Reporter
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