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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 95
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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PCHS grads celebrate Many of you replied about the operation dates of the old Butler’s Dairy, but Kenneth Walker of Spartanburg offered quite a bit of information. Walker worked there as a teenager from 1952-1954. He said, “Butler’s Dairy operated in Tryon in the 1930s, 1940s and closed in the 1950s. My father (George Walker) worked there after he returned from the army in 1945. I also worked there… and was still working there when they sold to Carolina Diary of Shelby in 1954. It was operated by Nora Butler and was located on the hill between the RR and A&P store, where a bank is presently located. The Butlers lived about five houses from the dairy.”
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 (Continued on page 2)
Polk County HIgh School’s class of 2011 throws confetti, streamers and hats in the air to celebrate after graduation ceremonies Friday, June 10. The school had 162 graduates this year, plus 13 graduates from the virtual early college program. Flynn Chapman was valedictorian, while Thomas Edward Couch III was salutatorian. (photo by Leah Justice)
Mixed reactions at Polk budget hearing by Leah Justice
Polk County commissioners heard opinions for and against the county’s proposed budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year during a public hearing held Monday, June 13. Although more than 50 people attended the meeting, only seven residents spoke. Some residents said a tax decrease proposed
by commissioner Tom Pack is significant and urged commissioners to adopt Pack’s budget, while other speakers said commissioners should stay on their current track and keep the county in the black. Keith Holbert asked what commissioners’ definition of fiscal responsibility is, asking if it
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
means reducing debt, eliminating debt, keeping unemployment and inflation under control or balancing the budget, among other definitions. He said $10 per taxpayer may be described as insignificant when speaking of a tax cut, but taxes are typically raised (Continued on page 7)