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Vol. 65 - No. 204
Ilie weekend weather Friday,
high 72, low 56, hum.
60 percent, and .47 inches of
rain fell; Saturday, high 68,
low 39, hum. 60 percent, and
.10 inches of rain; Sunday,
high 58, low 38, hum. 60 per
cent.
If you follow pro football, you
know that Washington and
Dallas have a pretty good riva
lry going. Something on the
order of Alabama and Auburn,
or Ohio State and Michigan.
So wouldn't you know it had
to be Dallas to end the
Redskins' winning streak. Dal
las! Alas, take heart, it will not
be Dallas in the Super Bowl.
The Redskins will see to that.
All in good time.
What's happening:
Tuesday School will hold a
Thanksgiving bake sale
tomorrow from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
in front of The Book Shelf on
Pacolet Street in Tryon.
The Tryon Hounds will meet
at 10 Thanksgiving morning at
Caroland Farm, and again Sat
urday the 30th at McSwain
Orchard.
Emme Pebler and Joan
Schairer are preparing a
Thanksgiving meal for people
who would otherwise eat alone,
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TRYON. N C 28782
Loss of Doctors
Felt in Patient Volume
St. Luke's Hospital in-patient
volumes were down 31% for
October, and the hospital presi
dent attributes at least some of
these low numbers to the loss of
two medical staff doctors.
Dr. Andrew Rogers, surgeon,
and Dr. Kenneth Curl, inter-
nist/pediatrician, having gone
has had some impact on
decreased admissions, St.
Luke's president Tom Bradshaw
told the hospital board of trust
ees Thursday.
In addition, at least eight phy
sicians have seen a decrease in
admissions compared to (he
same period last year, while
other physicians have seen an
increase in admissions, Brad
shaw said. Most of the decrease
is in surgery, he added.
The monthly report also
shows a $13,000 excess of the
budget, Bradshaw reported.-
Out-patient revenues were right
on budget, he said.
However, operating expenses
are $114,000 under budget,
Bradshaw said. Operating
expenses were under budget in
almost all categories, he pointed
out.
Trustee Ted Owens asked if
hospital admissions are usually
down in December.
"Yes, surgery should go
down, but the flu epidemic may
pick up," Bradshaw answered.
"The trend of not going to the
hospital unless you absolutely
have to shows in the month of
October," said trustee chainnan
Joe Claud.
—C. Wharton
TUESDAY, NOV. 26,1991
Gus Hoffman
Receives
Governor's Award
At the Nov. board meeting of
FENCE, the Foothills Eques
trian Nature Center, board
chairman Gustav A. Hoffman
was inducted into The Order of
the Long Leaf Pine. This rec
ognition is granted only by the
Governor and is considered the
most prestigious of the several
categories of awards presented
by the state of North Carolina.
Guidelines by which reci
pients are chosen include com
munity achievement which
embodies extra effort plus lon
gevity and consistency of ser
vice. Presented on be half of
Governor James G. Martin, the
award honors Hoffman for his
achievements at FENCE, the
Foothills Equestrian Nature
Center.
A found director of FENCE,
Hoffman has served as Board
Chairman, President and CEO.
He and his wife Jeanne moved
to Tryon in 1976. Prior to his
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McFalls Body Found
In Green Creek,
Landrum Woman
Missing Since Oct.
Polk County Chief Deputy
Calvin Atkins received a report
Monday from the Chief Medi
cal Examiner's that a woman's
body found Friday evening in
the woods off East Green Creek
Drive was that of Angelia
Brown McFalls.
McFalls, 20, of Landrum, has
been missing since Oct. 17.
The identification was made
using chest X-rays of McFalls
taken after an auto accident.
Atkins said Monday that he
was still awaiting the medical
examiner's report on the cause
of death.
When Polk County officers
found it, Atkins said the body
was badly decomposed. He
estimated it had been laying in
the woods four to five weeks.
Landrum Police Chief Gary
Laughter said his department
also is "working furiouslv
around the clock on the case."
Atkins said he and several
other officers were following up
a complaint Friday night at
about 9:15. They walked into
the woods looking for a camp
site, Atkins said, when they
caught the odor of decomposi
tion.
Not far away, the officers
found the body covered with
sticks and leaves and an old
otten stump. Atkins said the
area was roped off and guarded
overnight and officers returned
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