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Mcdiaon County Llbrtry Mershell, N . C. 28753 TO Volume 72. Marshall. N. C. Feb. 1, 1973 Number 3 FLOYD COFFEY played with tome of the beaglea keeps on a fenced-in lot in Mars Hill. Four of his field Coffey thinks they have been taken by a group of Madison County. By ERNEST MESSER REPRESENTATIVE North Carolina has a sur pkis; it has money in the bank It is solvent to the extent thai all its bills will be paid or. time, and there will be some money left for a rainy day People worry about this surplus. They think the General Assembly should have done a better job in appropriating money, ap propriating, at least, to the extent that all the money would be spent that there would be none left over Estimates indicate that, at the end of the 1971-73 bien nium, the surplus will be about 1300.000,000. The surplus is derived from two sources, both being the result of sound financial practices: ( 1 ) money that was appropriated but not spent and (2) taxes that produced more revenue than estimates Indicated they would produce. Under North Carolina budget practices, money is appropriated for a specific purpose: to employ a specified number of people, to pay for a named program, or to con struct a definite number of buildings. Sometimes a vacancy occurs in a depart Health Lawrence B. Burwell, MPH, Madison County Health Director, has announced the Health Department Clinic schedule for Febmay, 1973. Clinics listed an held at the Health Department unless -otherwise specified. Thursday, Feb. 1. General bnmunixation Clinic Mars Hill Town Hall 1-4 p jn. Thursday, Feb. 1 Nurse Screening Clinic-Mars Hill Ton Hall 1-4 pjn. by ap pointment only Friday. Feb. I -General Imrntmiiatkm Onic l:3HI NoonMpjn. Taasdsy, ' Fei. Eye Cfirtc -BY . APPOINTMENT ONLY- . Wednesday, Feb Tr-ChOd Health Sae rvlsory OWc-BY APPOINTMENT ONLY .-, : ''.'-: Friday, Feb. 1,-General ImmuntxatiM CUnic-4:30-13 Nom, Mpja, - Monday, Feb. U, General ImT.-'rstlon Clinic RudisiH C. sc l-l pa Raleigh Report ment and, even though money is available to pay a salary, the vacancy is not filled im mediately, and sometimes not at all. This unspent money reverts to the General Fund and becomes surplus The 1971 General Assembly appropriated money to em ploy doctors for our stale hospital To date, even though these doctors are needed, twenty-five of the authorized positions have not been filled; there are just not enough doctors available The unspent money that was appropriated to pay doctors salaries will revert to the General Fund and will become a part of the surplus Multiply this process by all state departments and a considerable amount of reverting money-surplus-is accumulated Department heads would like to use this unspent money for other purposes, to meet unmet needs, or to provide services that were not an ticipated when budget requests were made. If this procedure were permitted, there would be no reverting money, and the surplus would be much smaller. But the procedure is that a depart- Clinic Monday, Feb. 12,-Nurse Screening Clinic Rudisill Clinic 1-3 p.m. BY AP POINTMENT ONLY Tuesday, Feb. 13, Maternity Clinic 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18,-General fcnmunizaQon Clinic 1:30-12 Noonl-4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19,-Mental Health CIlnic-BY AP POINTMENT ONLY Friday, Feb. 23,-General tnmunisatton Clinic 8:30-12 Noon 14 pA Friday, Feb. U, Nurse Screening Clinic BY AP POINTMENT ONLY - Tuesday, Feb. 27, Family Planning Clinic BY AP POINTMENT ONLY' At all General tin snunUatton Clinics, protection is available against diphtheria, poliomyelitis, whooping cough,, tetanus (lockjaw), measles, rubella, and smsllpaBV Blood testing and tuberculin skia testing are aba available at the General - bnmunixation Clinics. ' . . . he uses for hunting and champions are missing. dog thieves working In ment head requests of the General Assembly an amount of money that will provide people, equipment, services, and buildings to adequately operate his department. And for these purposes only can the money be spent This is a sound financial procedure, but it does help to accumulate a surplus A second part of the surplus, the real surplus, consists of Lax revenues that exceed estimates If the estimates are less than the actual tax receipts, there is a surplus; if the estimates are greater than lax receipts, there is a deficit. The North Carolina Department of Kevenue maintains a current evaluation of economic conditions in North Carolina The revenue being produced from present taxes, past economic growth, and current ecommic conditions are used to predict future economic growth, and, consequently, the tax Lake, for the next biennium The General Assembly uses this tax estimate to measure the amount of money that will be available for appropriations In 1971. it was estimated that the economy would grow by eight per cent per year, but the economy has grown more than ten per cent, and this extra growth has produced a surplus If the economy had grown less than predicted, there would have been a shortage of money. This would have required that salaries and programs be reduced so that expenditures would equal revenue. If the Federal Government runs out of money, it simply borrows what it needs. The State of North Carolina cannot do this. The State Constitution requires that money for ex penditures be provided from tax revenues or from borrowed money that is authorised by a vote of the people. This system of operating with a balanced budget is Increasingly coming ander attack, but wee be ante aa wfaea the advocates of deficit spending prevail. , The only problem , ear system poses Is a surplus.' money la the bank at the end , ef s biennium. And one of the : major problems the 1171 General Assembly will have ; will be to avoid the lobbyists -whs viO be to Raleigh ta ' January bring to get most ef J tas surplus for their clients. Caution: Watch Out For Dog Rustlers ! BY CHRISTY McCARLEY Citizen Staff Writer Floyd Coffey is sniffing out trails hunting for hounds that used to hunt for rabbits in the Gables Creek section of Madison County Coffey has lost four beagles in one week He believes they were taken from the lot he keeps them on in Mars Hill by an organized crew of dog rustlers. "There are other people up there who have lost dogs like this too," he said. "They are definitely being stolen and we think by people in trucks." Coffey who lives on Sweeten Creek Road in Buncombe County, keeps his hunting dogs in a large fenced-in lot near a relative's home in Gables Creek. He has spent about $1,500 to $2,000 for "the best hunting dogs money can buy," and had accumulated 14 dogs. The four missing this week were field champions with registration papers, he said. If one more dog is lost, "I will post a $100 reward" for Information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible, he said. A spokesman with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department said canine thievery can be classified as larceny or petty theft, depending on the dog's worth. A mutt might be petty theft, but a registered dog might be Susan Frisby Installed I.O.R.G. Advisor J - 1 MM SUSAN FUSBY Miss Susan Friay, daughter of Mr and Mrs. F. Ray Frisby of Marshall, was installed as worthy advisor of Weavervllle Assembly No. 60 of the in ternational Order of Rainbow For Girls at 7:30 p.m. in a ceremony on January 27, 1973 at the Weavervllle Masonic Temple Miss Frisby is a senior at Marshall High School where she is a member of the Beta dub, French Club, FHA Club, Library Science Club, Monogram Club, and is secretary of the Debating Club She is assistant editor of the "Islander" annual, a basketball cheerleader and an active 4-H member. She is a member of Madison Seminary Baptist Church where she is a member of the Youth Choir. Other officers Installed were worthy associate advisor, Rhonda Burleson; Charity, Patricia Robinson; Hope, Sherry CoLHne, Faith, Beverly Waldrup; recorder, Karen Balrd; treasurer, Elaine Cheek; chaplain, Ada Tweed; drill leader, Naomi Jean ne ret; religion. Sue Cross; nature, Diana Holden; im mortality. Holly May; fidelity. Patsy Coates; patriotism. Jo Ana CoLUne; service, Cindy Brigmaa; confidential ob- V Lisa Sawyer; outer . Sbaryi Ptemmons; masiclaa, Paula Thomas choir director, Rosa Dean Frisby; Mother Advisor, Mrs. Ada K. Gibb:.aa4 flag bearer. Tent Williams. ' 1 Members of the choir an Diana Revis, - Debbie -Garrison, Gwea Jones, Kathy Jones, Kada Marines, GaJl Morgan, Debbie Chandler, ' Debbie Kens'ey, Ttrry '. Hendry, DrUt r. Gina . Biiiad, Karen Tit aid larceny. "If a valuable dog was stolen and disposed of, or taken out of the country , the case would be treated the same as larceny of a car and could result in a prison sen tence," the spokesman said Mrs. Edith Raber of Asheville, president of the N.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said dog thievery was common here about four years ago. "The people who steal dogs are called 'bunchers'." she said. "They will steal about 20 dogs and meet at a certain area, where they turn the dogs over to truckers coming from other states to buy them "Then the trucks carry the dogs to 'animal farms' where they would be sold from there to laboratories for research " Mrs. Raber said bunchers like to steal hounds "That is because those dogs don't have a lot of hair" for the con venience of the medical laboratories, "and they are not large, so they don't take up a lot of room in the trucks, and they are not so small that they would be classified in the 'toy' group and maybe not have the stamina to make the trip." She said the Animal Welfare Act of 1970 put the squeeze on illegal bunchers. "It has nearly all been stopped because the law specifies that the dog farms Shena Brown. The Installing Officer was Linda Stewart; Installing Marshal, Theola BaU; In stalling Chaplain, Teresa Crowder; Installing Recorder, Elaine Cheek; and Installing Musician, Paula Thomas Candle lighters were Franklin Frisby, brother of Susan; and Teddy Dill Suzanne DuVall and Patricia Fisher were pages; and Mrs Franklin Frisby kept the guest book Rosa Dean Frisby, sister of Susan, sang 'How Great Thou Art" and "Fill My Cup, Lord," accompanied at the piano by Nancy Gentry Miss Aldeen Waldrup, aunt of Susan, presented her niece with a gavel Lions To Play Cage Game The "game of games" will be played in the Hot Springs gymnasium this Saturday night beginning at 7:30 o'clock when members of the Mar shall Lions Club play mem bers of the Hot Springs Lions dub in a benefit basketball game Proceeds will be used for blind activities of the Hot Springs Lions Club. Many super stars of yesteryear will see action in a battle which offers plenty of excitement and laughter. Some of the Marshall start expected to see action Include Roy "Dynamite" Reeves, "Jumping Jack ' Cole, J. C. "Dribbler" Wallln, "Tum bling Tom" Wallln, Robert "Roughmeup" DerU, Jerry "Sink 'em" Plemmona, Ed "LUhtntns." Morton. Ed "Foul-out" Niles, Charles -awbinr Huey, Earle The Pearl" Wist, "Mighty Maurice" McAllister, "Weeping Wiley" DuValL "Rowdy Ratou" Rice, "Jolting Jobs - Fisher, "Steaming Steve" WalUa, Clever - CUve? - Whitt, J - Page1 Brkman . .- f ; Amanc tha Hot Burials Lkn csyectsd Is sea ecttom art "Pistol Baa" Brady, TtaM Toramr- Bailey. " BobbBng fries" Chandler, -Rawdy . RocU" Blake, "Sap Star". Akx Parkas, end mai e-ttsrv;, 1 have to be licensed and have to account for where every dog came from And the farms have to keep the dogs five days before they can be bought by laboratories," she said Bunchers also steal dogs to take to auctions where they can be sold to hunters," Mrs. Raber said "Good hunting dogs are always in demand." Mrs. Raber said persons with hunting dogs should be on the look-out for strange trucks in their neighborhoods and get license numbers Also, a good deterrent Lo a prospective thief is a distinctive tattoo on the dog's body, she said All of Coffey's missing dogs are between two and two and one-half years old They are Canadian and Southwood beagles. "This just cuts me up inside to see something torn down that's been so much work I've traveled miles to get those dogs, and you don't train them overnight. It takes tune and effort," he said. Coffey worries that his dogs have gone the route of other stolen canines. "They put them in boxes and ship them maybe over a two-day period The dogs get crowded in that box, and even though they may have water and food in the box, it just doesn't stay in there. The dogs get cramped and can't move and get around." Coffey's dogs had spring water to drink, fresh air and plenty of space to run. If his hengles are coopednip in a box somewhere, "it'll take them a long time to get over it," he said New Mars Hill Football Coacb Lions Land Gibson By JIM MAMER i ltuen-Times Sports Writer Willi iIi:;im'S like c have formed a w: h..ip ni.tr nage . m had done his home work b-'fore conui.g hi're and ' r had done our homework before wt i.ime to .in agresir.eM ' Mars HilJ College took another .-tip toward the "tug time' i:. Us new progressive .sports .rxiatn in day :ugl)t Cldurie Gibson, the former 33 year old 1u! a I'niw-: sit football c ach and Asheville native, signed a i-un'.r.ui as trie new loothall coach and athlete direcor at t.'if new CaitMiiiMS lV.f-rcit.-e School in Madison County After i-oniing to terms with Mars Hill s atueticall minded president, )r Kred Benilev following a twn-d.. visit to ne cair .us by the farmer Lee Kdwards High a: id North Carolina Mate football star. Gibion's appointim-::! was announced lo area news media at a press conference by IH Herrtley kVe were fcirtanale lo have Cocch Gibson in the aria at ihis time lo finalize things. ' said Bentley al the Down town UU Club meeting. 'Of 42 af:pJicants (or the )&b, we had narrowed our chor?e to five lo present to tie comntt tee Thursday wth one primary candidate I Gibson). We feel we have a happy marriage here,'' Bentley ccntinoed. "All the potential we perceived in his ability v' S . vv-r - . - V . CR.tnrn.iY (u, cssson 'MI mm m MRS. ALICE PROUGH teaches school in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Her students wanted to see real Fall leaves so their teacher asked the Girl Scouts of Fisgah Girl Scout Council to send them some. Among the Troops sending leaves were Brownie Troop 148, led by Betty Gehring of Mars Hill and the Girl Scout Troop of Marshall, led by Mrs. Hester Thorpe. A picture of the students playing in the leaves (above) and a letter of thanks was received from Mrs. Prough and students. Girl Scout Cookie Time In Progress Once again it is Girl Scout Cookie time The cookies this year are in bigger boxes for their customers convenience at an increased cost. Selling started Jan. 26 and will go thru Feb. 10. Delivery of these cookies will be in the first part of March As always, the money earned from the cookies will be used for maintenance of the Girl .Scout resident camp at Brevard and their day camps during the summer Anyone wanting to order ff'S V 5 ' cookies should contact any Brownies, Girl Scout or Mrs James O. Brown. Remember : Girl Scout cookies are "Good before, now, ever more." INew Program a new program, "The Pastor Calls," will begin next Monday afternoon over Mqrshsll Radio Station WMMH from 5 to 5:30 p.m. This will be a regular program every Monday, it was stated. and f jture, I think he perceived m ours while here. Our goal is to build a solid program. We want to be recognized and want to be a force m the Carolina Con ference as well as Hie area in the total excellence of our ent.re sports program as well as our excellence in aca Oem k? Codcti Gibson, I feel, is the man to do our job," Bentlev said Gibson, who was fired at Tulsa last fall after instant success and wir over such collegiate powers as Arkan sas for insubordination bv Tulsa officials, cited three ma jor cT4!eria in his acceptance of the Lions' dual Job, which was created by the resignation ol football coach Harold Taylor and the request for reassignment of duties by for mer athletic director Don Henderson recently: - Tie first thins I decided," said Gibson, "was that any iob 1 took would have to be a school with the right kind of association I turned downed good ions, such as Austin Peay and some great assistantsnips, because they weren't the right situation. I'm a great believer in the ideal that success starts a! the top and Dr. Bentley assured m 1 would have the complete support of th; administration." Gibson, also a standout pro defensive back in the old American Football Conference with San Diego and Oakland said the second factor was the combined post This position gives you the opportunity to control your destiny." said Gigson. "No coach Is a miracle worker, but having talked with the people here and feu mear stU itude commitment and co-operation, I feel we em acfcetva excellence in athletics as well as. academics. It doesn't do any good to get into any iob unless you can be a success," Gibson added. "I feel rtbuildjaf at overall excellent and winning athletic program is a rea sonable goal." Gibson's third motive for taking the Mars Hut Job was stnctlv selfish. "My wife loves the area. I lov the area." said Gibson. "It's a beautiful area and a beautiful . place to live. K'l home. Gibson it married to the former EtaeJes Fas, whs was a grdta of Reynolds High and ao Asheruie aative. The couple have three children, daughters Lynn, It; Kim, 7; and son Andy, 4. Gibson attributed Ms coaching talents ta a "good background from EarW Edwards at N. C Stat and -broad exposure as a player, assistant coach and toad coach.''' . i '.,. . - 1 . - . Gibson plant artoee his family to aa cainpui re sidence as soon as possiole and get te wart auickly. "I have talked with Bil Mitchell, who has remaiBad sad done a creditable iob wlht recruiting," said Gibson. "I bm asked that ha remaia as one of tbs assistants. I will select fere snore as sooa as possible for the coUega's approrsl" ' '. - Gibson's major cerccrs at first "is ta arganlss the entire athletic program, whku entails a (rest deal at work.". - , ' " - He listed Kama for immediate atuwuoe such t ra ting acquainted with the community. o3eeai dn;s far the returning football players, a studv of this penonneL - preparing tor spring practice and stoisow-aa recnijt- mg. . . Gibaon went rra!rH to ' six preo f & t trim ta!ent f.--i I - a. - Ke co:'.: i te r""' area. "Any a'Sool is verv c t;nrKrL I hr O-J- c- Ai '. .1 r"y to o.r 1 y- -1 c( C i - t e Basketball Tourney Dates Set The Madison County JV and Varsity basketball tour nament will begin in the Marshall gymnasium next Thursday night, Feb. 8. Play will continue on Friday and Sa turday nights, Feb. 9 and 10. The tourney will resume the following week with games on Friday and Saturday nights, Feb 16-17 Pairings have not been drawn so it is impossible to announce who will play who and when Huey In Top 10 Of V. D. s Charles Huey, of Marshall, lresident of Madison County Y D C , has been selected by the State Awards Committee as one of the State's Ten Most Outstanding Young Democrats. The award was presented last weekend in Raleigh at the State Madison County Y. D. C. Member to be selected. As President of the Madison Y D. C, Huey led the local club to one of the state's largest. He also serves on the Platform and Resolutions Committee and is currently the Chairman of the 11th District. To Begin It will include interviews with friends, variety of Christian Music, prayer requeqte, requests for various topics to be discussed. The Rev. George A. Moore will be moderator. ' -s we-kwd, in r"' - ,"i t '" : t '. r t t -