High Honors
Payne Wins
FRANK M. PAYNE
Frank M. Payne, general agent
(or Security Life and Trust company
of Winston-Salem, has just
received a certificate of membership
in the 1098-57 President's
Club, which is the highest honor
award in the company's sales organization.
Robert G. Blair, vice-president
and agency manager, commented in
connection with the presentation
of the certificate:
"We are proud of you and your
fine record. Through your splendid'production
and excellent persistency
of 93%, you have set an
outstanding example for others to
follow. You have demonstrated
that conscientious service to policy-owners
is the answer to the
persistency of business. We Congratulate
you on the achievement
of these twin objectives.
"You will be presented with an
'extra special' gift at the convention.
It will serve as a small token
of our appreciation for a job well
done.
"We are confident you will continue
your splendid production, excellent
service to policyholders and
worthwhile contributions to the
company and the industry."
Dr. Dugger Is Given |
$31,000 Cancer Grant
By ROBERT H. BARTHOLOMEW
Chapel Hill.—A (rant of *31,000
from the U. S. Public Health!
Service hai been nude to Or.
Gordon Dugger of the University
of North Carolina School of ModI
icine.
The grant waa made to Dr. DugI
iter, who ia an aaaiatant professor
1 of surgery, following a aeries of
operations he performed, the first
of their kind that have been done,
for the treatment of certain types
of cancer at N. C. Memorial Hospital
at UNC.
The three-year grant of $10,390
a year will be used for the study
of the effects of pituitary gland
operations on patients with cancer.
Associated with Dr. Dugger in the
research are Drs. James Newsome
and Judson Van Wyk, both of the
UNC School of Medicine.
The results of the operations
have been described aa favorable.
The operations consisted of making
functionless the pituitary
gland. Operations have been performed
in the past to remove such
glands, but this series has been
the first ever attempted to destroy
the function of the gland
without removing it from the patient's
head.
Dr. Dugger said such operations
may bring relief to patients suffering
from certain types of cancer
of the breast, prostate and thyroid.
The growth of these three types
of cancer depends on the hormones
in the body, the professor said. By
changing the hormone environment
of the body, a change in the
growth of cancer may be effected,
according to Dr. Dugger.
In the past it has been a prac
Payne earned a double membership
to the Security Club. He
and Mrs. Payne and sons, Frank,
Jr., and John, are attending the
convention this week at the Ogelthorpe
Hotel on Wilmington Island,
Savannah, Ga.
tire to change the hormone environment
of the body by the removal
of the gonads or the adrenal
gland*. More recently It has been
discovered that the removal of
the pituitary gland would bring
about the same results.
In the operations performed by
Dr. Dugger, the pituitary gland
was not removed, but was made
fuoctionless by severing it from
the brain. A disc was then placed
between the brain and the gland
to prevent regrowth of the blood
vessels connecting the two organs.
According to Dr. Dugger, this is
less dangerous snd entails fewer
failures than removing the gland.
Dr. Dugger said this operation
was not s cure for cancer. He explained,
however, that by destroying
the pituitary gland some of
the patients life would be prolonged
and that such an operation
would bring comfort to the patient
Dr. Dugger is a native of Boone.
He was graduated from the University
of North Carolina in 1941
and received his medical degree
from John Hopkins in 1049. He
was trained in neurosurgery at the
Montreal Neurological Institute of
Montreal, Canada. He is the son
of John and Ruth Dugger of Boone.
SMALL BUSINESS
"The number of business concerns
ten years old and over which
failed last year was- double the
number failing in that age bracket
in 1S47," according to Senator
John Sparkman (D.-Ala.), chairman
of the Senate Small Business
Committee. He listed as major
threats to the existence of small
business: "The Federal Corporate
income tax structure; the scarcity
and high cost, when found, of
credit; and the rate at which more
and more power is being concentrated
in the hands of fewer and
fewer large corporations."
DEMOCRAT ADS PAY
Doctorate Is
Given Blanton
V- x-JMWi'i—IMW
DR. BLANTON
Roy Russell Blanton, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Blanton, Sr.,
of Forest City, has Just received
the Doctor of Education degree
from Indiana University.
Blanton is a member oI the
education department at Appalachian
State Teachers College, and is
supervisor of off-campus student
teaching.
His father is an attorney at
law in Forest City, and his mother
is the former Hiss Margaret Flack.
Dr. Blanton received his education
at Forest City Elementary
School and Cool Springs High
School in Forest City. He attended
Furman University, and received
his B. S. and M. A. degrees from
Appalachian State Teachers College.
He was director of instrumental
music in the Canton City
Schools for one year, served in
the United States Navy for four
years during World War U, was
director of instrumental music in
the Hendersonville City Schools
for two years, and came to Appalachian
in IMS. He directed the
ASTC band from 1048 to 1980, became
director of instrumental
music at the Appalachian demonstration
schools in 1980, and served
in this capacity until his appointment
to the education faculty
at the college in 1980.
Blanton wrote his doctoral dissertation
at Indiana University on
"An Analysis of the Full-Time OffCampus
Student Teaching Program
in the Secondary Schools at Appalachian
State Teachers College."
As an indication of his professional
interests, Blanton is a member
of the Phi Delta Kappa, the
National Education Association,
the North Carolina Education Association,
the Association for Student
Teaching, the Southern Council
on Teacher Education, and the
National Society for the Study of
Education.
Pre-Festival
Gathering Goes
Well, In Rain
In ipite of rain telling exactly at
opening time, laat Saturday's final
pre-festival gathering went well—
under umbrellas, raincoats, and an
improvised shelter. Mrs. Fletcher
Nelson and Nancy Lou Jones from
Lees-McRae College at Banner Elk,
Alan Jones from the Town and
Country Church at Merom, Indiana.
Ed Lewis and Dave Kearley
of the Rural Church Institute at
Valle Crucis, were among, those
present.
John Putnam of Paabody Col
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Great Historical Outdoor Drama Opening
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Its 6th Straight Season
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8:15 P. M.
FRIDAY. JUNE 28
AT THE DANIEL BOONE OUTDOOR THEATRE
Fanners Hardware and Supply Co.
1()2 West King Street, Boone, N. C. Illi/1 111 Ph°ue AMhernt 4-8801
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leg*, and Ladle SkMoi of Bar**
College sang with guitar and dulcimer.
and many songi ware sung
by the whole group.
Edd Preanell, craftsman from
Beeeh Mountain, brought sample*
of his hand-made hardwood bowls
:
udoMofkii finely finished dulcinxn.
Just before the shower, tlx
sword dance team rehearsed vigorously
to music on harmonica and
drum, and sereral country dances
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Exports at farm surpluies lor
foreign currency (dded $778,000.000
to Americin farm income la
the 1MXV07 crop ymr. according
to figure* released by the Agriculture
Department. The roport
indicated that export. under Out
crop wheat price* nine cent* a
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