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Tryon Daily Bulletin
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
Vol. 83 / No. 120
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Landrum First Citizens Bank robbed by Leah Justice
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. to noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian Club Meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m. bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Medication Assistance Program, 9 a.m. to noon. 828894-0001. Saluda Senior Center, Wednesday activities, Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m., gentle Yin yoga 12:30 p.m. Movie Matinee, 2 p.m. 828749-9245. Landrum Farmer’s Market every Wednesday, 10 a.m. to noon, Trade Avenue across from Hare and Hound. Tryon Little Theater/Tryon Youth Center box office for “Charlotte’s Web” open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the TLT workshop, 516 S. Trade St. Performances at TFAC, July 29-30, 8 p.m., July 31-August 1, 3 p.m. 828859-2466. Tryon Kiwanis Club meets (Continued on page 2)
Landrum police are searching for a man who robbed the First Citizens Bank and Trust Monday afternoon. Around12:23 p.m. Monday, a black male with light skin, standing between 5’ 8” and 5’ 10” tall with a medium build, entered the bank through the front door and handed a clerk a note, according to Landrum Police Chief Bruce Shelnut. The suspect took an undis-
closed amount of money and left through the back door, officials said. According to reports, City of Landrum employees spotted the suspect in a late 1980s/early 1990s model Ford F250 pick up truck, green and silver with the (Continued on page 3)
Right: Surveillance video image from a robbery at the Landrum First Citizens Bank and Trust Monday afternoon. (photo submitted)
The Toy House (above left), built in 1923 as a showroom for the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers, will open Sept. 4 as the Toy Makers' House Museum. It is located on Howard St. in Tryon, opposite Stott's Ford. (photo by Erika Goss) Tryon Toy-Makers created the Tryon Horse (above right) in 1928 for the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club.
Museum seeking people to loan, donate original Tryon Toy Makers toys, furniture Opening set for September 4, during Tryon's 125th festival
With the Toy Makers' House Museum's grand opening approaching on September 4-5,
museum organizers are asking anyone who owns original Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers toys or furniture to lend or donate them to the museum. Your name will be become a part of the museum and will be displayed in the museum if you wish.
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
The Toy Makers' House Museum will educate all to the memories, history, art and knowledge that were and still are the "toy house." The museum's motto is "Keeping creativity alive at the (Continued on page 5)