Dance studio, online store open for business in area, 'Market Place,' page 3
Tryon Daily Bulletin
The Worldโs Smallest Daily Newspaper
Vol. 83 / No. 133
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, August 9, 2010
Only 50 cents
Menโs haircut 65 cents Hereโs a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. to noon. Tryon Youth Center Car Raffle has been delayed until August 14. The minimum number of 500 tickets has not been sold. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Monday activities include senior fitness, 11 a.m., Bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Christian Fellowship Luncheon, TJโs Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon to 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenominational. 859-5051. Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, LaurelHurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336. Male Anger Management Intervention/Education Program, Mondays, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 8942340. Gibson Park Pool, Lifeguards for Shade, light-hearted beauty pageant featuring the lifeguards, to raise money for (Continued on page 2)
Pete Gibson: Columbus barber for 63 years by 'Red' Owens
How many of you men can remember getting a hair cut for 65 cents, a shave for 20 cents and a shoe shine for 10 cents? Those were the prices when Mr. Pete Gibson starting cutting hair around the first of 1947. Pete Gibson gives Fred Foy a haircut. (photo submitted) This story is about a legend as far as barbers go. After 63 years of cutting hair, on March 13, 2010, Pete decided to hang up Columbus. In 1943 he received 35 cents for each his clippers and quietly ride off in his little white haircut and with these earnings he supported a truck to Holly Hill to spend more time with his family of seven. One of the reasons to include John in this story about Pete is that he was a legfamily and Myrtle, his bride of 55 years. To tell this story accurately it is necessary to end in his lifetime just as Pete became. One of my earliest memories as a small lad begin before the year 1947 and tell you a little bit about Peteโs Dad. John was a lifetime barber in (Continued on page 4)
Overall crime down, burglaries up in Polk Crime in Polk County was down overall from 2008 to 2009, following a statewide trend, although burglaries increased. Crime in North Carolina dropped to its lowest level in 25 years last year, State Attorney General Roy Cooper announced recently. The overall crime rate dropped 8.8 percent, while violent crime across the state was down 12.5 percent. Statistics are compiled by the
N.C. Uniform Crime Reporting Program, part of a national effort at gathering statistics administered by the FBI. Reports from Polk County law enforcement agencies, including the sheriff as well as Tryon and Columbus police departments, showed a drop from 400 to 377 reported crimes, a 5.75 percent decline. Statistics are kept on murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and mo-
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
tor vehicle theft. The Saluda Police Department does not participate in the program. The number of violent crimes in Polk County over the past two years remained the same at 29. The number of rapes increased from one in 2008 to four in 2009, three handled by the Polk County Sheriffโs Office and one by the Columbus Police Department. (Continued on page 9)