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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 120
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Friday, July 20, 2012
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Green Creek fire to hold benefit for antique fire engine work by Ashley Brewington
The Green Creek Volunteer Fire Department (GCVFD) will hold a benefit hot dog supper Saturday, July 21 from 4-7 p.m. to raise money to restore its antique fire engine. GCVFD officials said they want to have the truck running by the annual Green Creek Heritage Day festival in September. Former fire chief William Page said, “I would love to drive it in the parade.” The is a 1942 Chevrolet fire engine - the first truck the department bought when it was founded in 1964. The department purchased the truck from a fire department in Crossnore, N.C. and used the engine until the 1980s. At that time the truck was retired and sold to Preston White. The antique fire engine has (Continued on page 3)
The 1942 fire engine the Green Creek Fire Department is raising funds to restore. This photo was taken when the fire engine was in regular service at the Green Creek Fire Department from 1964 until the 1980s. (photo submitted by the Green Creek Volunteer Fire Department)
“A Day to Remember,” a reunion for anyone who attended Tryon High, is planned for Sunday, July 22 at 3 p.m. at Harmon Field. Music will be provided by deejay Bob Followay (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and current music), and guests will share a potluck dinner. All who ever attended Tryon schools are invited to attend the reunion and bring a potluck dish.
Fox to spotlight Landrum Monday by Barbara Tilly
Landrum will be busy unusually early on Monday, July 23. From 5-9 a.m. on Monday, WHNS Channel 21, Fox News, will broadcast from Landrum as part of the channel’s “Celebrate the Carolinas” series. Morning news anchors Cody Alcorn and Margaret Burnquist with reporter Joe Gahnon will broadcast live from
the deck of Foothills Amish Furniture on the corner of Rutherford Street, near the railroad tracks. Business owners, churches, daycare centers and other residents have been invited to come out that morning carrying signs, wearing costumes and bringing coffee, cakes and anything else they
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