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Own Corporation Boosts Minority Businessmen Many Symptoms Indicate Sickle Cell Disorder Last in a Series The symptoms for sickle cell anemia range from swollen joints to con vulsions. Although hereditary, this disease is not apparent at birth. Symptoms us ually appear only later on during a child’s second to fourth year. Children with the disease, which is a deficiency of the blood, show loss of appetite, colic, repeated fever, vom iting, slow weight gain, pale com plexion and jaundice. Some children have a painful swell ing of both hands or feet, along with fever and irritability. In older chil dren, these symptoms are more readily noticed than in infants. Frequently, an infection such as a sore throat or cold precedes or accompanies a crisis. Between crisis stages, a child may complain of weakness and may tire very easily. When a crisis occurs, he may carry the above symptoms, as well as swollen joints and glands, re sembling rheumatic fever. Headache, drowsiness, convulsions, stiff neck, in ability to speak, nosebleed, bloody urine and shock are also sometimes seen. On physical examination, an en larged heart with a murmur may be found, among other disorders. As a rule, children with sickle cell anemia weigh less and are of thinner body build than normal children. A compli cation involving the brain may even cause mental retardation. Because sickle cell anemia is a dis ease of the blood, any part of the body may be affected. Almost any organ can be involved, and the course of the disorder takes a different course from person to person. The disease appears to be more se vere in childhood than in later life, according to the studies done on tlie subject. In adults, women may be un able to have children, while both men and women may have frequent infec tions, especially of the respiratory tract. This infection has been known to lead to death. Other leading causes of death due to sickle cell anemia are failure of the heart, kidneys, involvement of other vital organs and shock. Since this disease is hereditary, the only method of prevention known is to avoid marriage between two per sons with the severe form, or with the sickle cell trait. A doctor familiar with the family history of both persons can help determine whether the disease is likely to occur among offspring. In the care of patients with sickle cell anemia, the best care — until a cure is found — is proper diet, good medical and dental care, avoiding ex posure to infections, and prompt atten tion by a doctor when a crisis takes place. Increased fluids and aspirin may help during a painful crisis period. More information on the detection, care and treatment of sickle cell anemia may be obtained at the Con solidated Health Clinic, 508 Elizabeth Street, in the Model Neighborhood. The High Point Business Develop ment Corporation is doing a whole lot of work and not much crowing. Keeping their operations low-key for the time being, the HPBDC is set up to stimulate small businesses, especi ally those of minority men in the com munity. In the meantime, the corporation Model Cities Radio Spots Now Broadcast Model Cities has taken to the air. Beginning last week, public service announcements about the Model Cities process are being broadcast on all three of High Points radio stations. Rotating spots can be heard daily on WNOS and WHPE, while a five- minute show is scheduled weekly at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday on WMFR. To kick off the series of Model Cities shows. Mayor Bill Bencini and Model City Commission chairman Dr. Otis E. Tillman were featured on the broad casts. After two wedcs, other men and women affiliated with Model Cities and its programs will be taped and run indefinitely. WNOS is located at 1600 on the AM dial and 100.3 on FM; WHPE is at 1070 on AM and at 95.5 on FM; and WMFR is at 1230 on AM and 99.5 on FM. hopes to benefit businessmen specifi cally in the Model Neighborhood. Funded entirely by the Model City Commission, the High Point Business Development Corporation was estab lished in August and opened its oflBces October 1. Its director is Tom Robin son, who acts as a planner and pro ducer of the corporation’s proposals. At the head of the corporation, which is made up of approximately 35 small businessmen, is an 11-member board of directors. This board acts as a policy-making body for the group. Most of the member businessmen are from the Washington Street area within the Model Neighborhood. It was they who approached the Model Cities Employment and Economic De velopment task force with a proposal for an agency such as HPBDC. Robinson, as director, provides tech nical assistance which ranges from bookkeeping pointers to marketing in formation to all current and potential businessmen who request it. He is also involved with businesses which must be relocated as a result of government action, such as Urban Renewal. SHOPPING CENTER The largest single goal at present, however, is the building of a shopping center in the Farmington Forest hous ing development off Brentwood Street. HPBDC, with the help of the Foundation for Community Develop ment, a local bank and Model Cities, purchased in November a 6^^-acre tract of land from the Westminster (Continued on page 4) For Low-Income Families Farmington Homes Nearing Completion One of the largest construction pro jects in High Point’s history is now in its first stages of completion. The Farmington siibdivision, a low- income housing development on Brent wood Street, has a proposed 90 homes and 272 apartments to be occupied eventually through Federal Hpusing Administration loans and subsidies. Nineteen of the 90 homes are now completed and have been sold. An additional 15 are already under con struction. Half of the 272 apartment units are also under way. The Farmington project is a private venture by the Westminster Corpora tion, who developed the land with the approval of the Federal Housing Ad ministration (FHA). Local realtors Craven-Johnson-Pollock manage the rental and sales of the housing units. Harold Craven of Craven-Johnson- Pollock described the building project as “just like any other building pro gram but with FHA subsidy.” Craven’s firm, located at 521 N. Main Street, takes applications for homes on a first-come, first-served basis. Families involved in relocation are given a priority. The local Redevelopment Commis sion makes a credit report on the ap plicant, and helps him work out any problems he may have in obtaining FHA funds for his purchase. The fed eral agency has established guidelines he must meet before qualifying for the subsidy. FACTORS INVOLVED . Many factors are involved in decid ing who is eligible for an FHA loan. Besides income, there are family size, age of children, and number of per sons in the home who work which must be taken into account. After an application is approved, an average down payment of $250 is made. However, this figure too varies according to the family’s financial status. The Farmington project was de signed for those who have had money management problems, and have been unable to buy or rent suitable hous ing in the past. Homes and apart ments there are available for families who have had credit diflBculties and who have low to moderate incomes. The federal government does not fully pay for the homes. Rather, under the Title 235 program, it guarantees payment in case a man cannot pay, and keeps monthly installments within reach of a family’s income by supple menting the payments. Under the Title 236 program, FHA supplements monthly rent payments according to the ability of a family to pay a part of the rent. All of the homes in the Farmington project are single-story, three- or four- bedroom units. The apartments in the first phase, when built, will consist of 16 single-bedroom units, 88 two-bed room units, and 32 three-bedroom units. Craven said the first 136 apartments are expected to be completed by March at the earliest. Construction, he said, was naturally subject to bad weather. APPLICATIONS Formal applications for the Farm ington apartments should be taken within the next two or three weeks by the Craven-Johnson-Pollock company. Those who wish to have their names on a waiting list may stop by their office before that time. Applications are now being accepted for the home-ownership units. Craven pointed out that when a family buys a house on this FHA-approved plan, they buy the land it stands on, as well. An average lot is 65 feet by 150 feet. Those who are interested in these low- and moderate-income housing units should contact the project man ager, Craven-Johnson-Pollock, or the Redevelopment Commission. The Cen tral Relocation Agency in City Hall can also help those who have priority due to government action. Consumer Credit Counseling, 142 Church Avenue, also offers free advice and information to those who would like to buy or rent these new homes. WHATS HAPPENING is published bimonthly by the Model Cities Com mission of High Point, North Carolina, William S. Bencini, Mayor; Dr. Otis E. Tillman, Commission Chairman; Don J. Forney, Director; Cecil A. Brown, Information and Evaluation Specialist. OflBces of the agency are located at 609 S. Main St., High Point, N. C. 27260. Telephone 885-9081. The preparation of this magazine and its free distribution were financially aided and made possible through a federal grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under Title I of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Act of 1966. Editor Eimily Hedrick
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