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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 (LISPS 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
L® Tryon ^s^. '^ ' or
Phone 859-9151
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28 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 116
The weather Monday, high
96, low 69, hum. 55 percent.
The memories of Tryon linger
in the minds of those who are
long gone. Yesterday we
printed one man's recollection
of a summer in Tryon decades
ago, when Thousand Pines Inn
was in its heyday.
Today, we bring you news of
another day dreamer. Sara
Goodyear Lanford of Charlotte
saw a story about Mrs. B. King
Couper the other day and that
spurred memories of a portrait
that famous Tryon artist
painted.
Mrs. Lanford wrote the Bul
letin this week, hoping to find
out the whereabouts of the por
trait. Perhaps you remember it.
It was a portrait of her mother,
Josephine Lyles Goodyear, and
it hung in the sun room at the
Oak Hall Hotel for many years.
If you have any information,
contact the Bulletin, and we will
forward it along to Mrs. Lan
ford.
What's happening:
The Tryon Fine Arts Center
box office is open from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. through Friday to sell
tickets for this week's opening
of Guys and Dolls. The Tryon
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TRYON, N.C. 28782
Van, Truck Collide
On Hwy. 108 Monday
A 1992 Ford van driven
by Sandra Ward of Mill Spring
crossed the center line on Hwy.
108 Monday afternoon at 2:20
and collided with a dump truck
headed east.
N.C. Highway Patrol officer
Butch Kennedy reported that
Ward was charged with driving
left of center. He said she com
plained that the van's steering
system had begun to fail, caus
ing the accident.
Ward and the driver of the
pick-up, Charlie Mathis of
Spindale, were taken by ambu
lance to St. Luke's Hospital and
treated.
Kennedy said the van was
totaled and the left front of the
dump truck was damaged from
the collision.
Remember When?
Tliere were six players on a
girls basketball team?
The football field at Harmon
Field ran East-West instead of
North-South?
The school and all the stores
in town closed on Horse Show
Day?
A senior privilege allowed
seniors to march out of Chapel
or Assembly first?
There was a play each Friday
in the auditorium?
Tlie ball went back to a center
jump after each score in basket-
ball?
Plan to be at "The Last Hur-
^ h ,' 0n Au S- 15 at Harmon
Field!
- Community Reporter
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15,1992
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Thousands of dollars worth of harvested bean sprouts were
dumped by unhappy growers at the doors of Ameri-Sprout on Hwy.
14 in Landrum Monday.
Ameri-Sprout Closes, Some Fear Swindle
Optimistic bean sprout grow
ers with thousands of dollars
invested in the Ameri-Sprout
Co. were crestfallen Monday
when they arrived at the com
pany's offices on Hwy. 14 to
make one of their bi-weekly
deliveries.
Warehouse and office doors
were locked and a mysterious
sign on the door read: "Tempo
rary (sic) Closed Due To Les
Campbell."
Tons of mung bean sprouts
worth thousands of dollars were
piled high in plastic bags next
to the warehouse doors where
the disgruntled growers had
dumped them. The sprouts were
rotting in the blistering sun.
Despite the stench and flies,
groups of growers gathered in
knots to speculate on what
might have caused the Lan
drum company to close.
By Tuesday, one grower
reported that curious people had
broken into the Ameri-Sprout
building and were rifling desks
hoping to find the payments due
them. Spartanburg sheriff's
deputies were called to the
scene to secure the building.
Area residents who had gotten
involved with the company
were clearly worried that they
had been taken.
Here was the deal: For an
investment of $3,500 each
growers had bought mung
beans from Ameri-Sprouts at a
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