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PREGNANCY PLANNING
©AND HEALTH
Mrs. Gloria Riggsbee
Dear Mrs. Riggsbee:
I read your column every
time it is in the newspaper
and enjoy it. I have learned a
lot because people seem to ask
the same questions I have on
my mind.
I would like to ask a favor
of you. I am doing a term
paper on birth control. Could
you help me by sending some
literature on birth control? I
would certainly appreciate it.
While I am writing to you,
would you explain "douching*
and how it ts done? AI9O
how often it should be done.
Is it necessary? Thank you for
your answer and for any help
you can give me.
Miss L.
Dear Miss L.:
Thank you for your nice
remarks about the column. I
am afraid that I don't have
any literature suitable for a
term paper on birth control.
The booklets 1 offer readers
contain simply written expla
nations of the various methods
of birth control, such as the
pill, the IUD, diaphragm, etc.
For a term paper, I should
imagine that you need more
detailed information than this,
such as materials on the back
ground and development of
birth control methods. If you
are writing about birth con
trol and the population pro
blem in the United States, I
suggest you write your con
gressman for a copy of the
Public Law 91-752, 91st Con
gress, S. 108. This is the bill
passed by Congress on Decem
ber 24, 1970 to t>tafnote pub
lic health and welfare by ex
panding, improving and better
coordinating the family plan
ning services and population
research activities of the Feder
al Government.
Regarding your question
about douching - this is sim
ply a method ot washing
out the birth canal or vagina.
Most women douche to cleanse
and deodorize the vaginal area.
Unless a douche is prescribed
by a doctor, however, it really
is not necessary. The vagina
secretes fluids which help to
keep it clean and moist.
Douching can wash these
natural fluids and even irri
tate the sensitive walls of the
vagina.
So, under normal condi
tions, douching is not neces
sary. Some women do prefer
to cleanse themselves im
mediately after a period is
over. If this is done, it should
be done only once after each
period. Only lukewarm water
WALKER BIBLE CLASS IN MONTHLY
MEET WITH MRS. SADIE CHAMBERS
The E. W. Walker Bible
Class of the First Calvary
Baptist Church held its mon
thly meeting at the home of
Mrs. Sadie Chambers, 2721
Owens Street Sunday, Febru
ary 28, at 4:00 o'clock.
The meeting was opened
by Mrs. Beatrice Lister con
ducting a brief devotion. Hie
business session was presided
by the president, Mrs. Belvin
Mitchell, the minutes of the
last meeting was read by the
secretary, Miss Hat tie White.
Various reports were made.
Final plans were discussed
concerning the class' twenty
fourth anniversary to be held
Sunday at 3:00 o'clock.
Reverend W. M. Butler, pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church
will be guest speaker. The
Gospel Chorus will furnirti the
music.
Mr. Willie Bullock gave
words of encouragement to
the class. The hostess served
a delicious buffett repast to
(be following members and,
guests: Mesdames Nellie
Hayes, Addie Langley, Rosa
Grafton, Catherine Shaw,
Effie Young, Rebecca Haskins,
Elizabeth Bullock, Josephine
Wataon, Sumega Solomon,
Willie Bullock and David
Young. She was assisted by
her husband, Miss June Bagley
and Patricia Best.
Mrs. Ceiestine Cunningham
thanked the hostess. The next
or water with 2 tablespoon* of
vinegar should be used. This
means you are only douching
about once a month and that
riiould not be harmful.
Dear Mrs. Riggsbee:
I wonder if you could give
me some advice on how to
contract and shrink my mus
cles in the vaginal area. I am
34 years old and married and I
do not enjoy intercourse like
I want to. Can you advise me
on something to do? I sure
would appreciate it.
I would also like to have a
copy of your free booklet,
"The Right Way to Birth Con
trol."
Mrs. S.
1
Dear Mrs. S.:
I suggest you buy a copy
of an exercise book written
by Bonnie Pruden, entitled
"How to Keep Slender and
Fit After Thirty." The author
devotes an entire chapter to
exercises to strengthen and
tighten the muscles in the va
ginal area.
Try the exercises for several
months and see if they help.
If, after several months of
faithful exercises, you still'
think the vaginal area is too
slack, you might want to check
with a gynecologist. In very
severe cases, there is an opera
tion which can be performed
to reinforce and tighten the
vagina. Unless your problem is
extremely severe, however, I
doubt that you would want
to consider surgery as a solu
tion.
I am sending you a copy
of the free booklet (available
to all my readers) called "The
Right Way to Birth Control."
Family planning clinics are
held at the Durham County
Health Department, 300 E.
Main St., Durham on the fol
lowing days: the second, third,
fourth and fifth Tuesday of
each month at 12:30 p.m. (for
new patients); the first Tues
day of the month at 12:30
p.m. (return patients only).
A nurse is on duty for giving
advice and providing supplies
Monday through Friday from
8:15 - 12:00 noon and 1:00
- 5:00 p.m. For a clinic ap
pointment, call 682-8176, ex
tension 42.
Address letters or requests
for a free booklet on birth
control methods to: Mrs.
Gloria Riggsbee, 214 Cameron
Ave., Chapel Hill, N. C. 27514.
meeting will be Mrs. Nellie
Hayes, 1004 Willowdale Drive.
Catholic Human
Relations Drive
Nets $8.4 Mil.
WASHINGTON - The
1970 Campaign for Human
Development raised over $8.4
million for a new national as
sault by the Catholic Church
in the United States on the
causes of domestic poverty.
Bishop Michael R. Dempsey
of Chicago, National Director
of the Campaign, told a news
conference last week that the
$8,428,847.92 collected in the
1970 Campaign is the largest
total ever obtained in a single
national Catholic collection.
The money was contributed
by Roman Catholics in their
parish ed on a single day ••
Sunday, November 22.
It will be used to fund pro
jects - not necessary under
church sponsorship - intended
to help attack the causes of
poverty in this country, in
cluding inferior housing, in
adequate education and job
training, and the lack of legal
services and health care. The
deadline for funding applica
tions in April 30. The first
grants will be made by July 1.
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nue, Durham, during this Len
ten season, commencing Mon
day, April 5, 1971 at 7:30 P.
M. through April 9,1971. The
public is cordially invited to
hear this young dynamic mes
senger of God.
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nister, was born in Alabama
and reared in Evansville, Indi
ana, where he obtained his
early formal education. His
call to the ministry came in
1958, the same year of his
graduation from high school.
Since that time he has matric
ulated at several top Theologi
cal Schools and Seminaries.
Reverend Hoyt has varied and
wide experience in his relative
ly short time in the Ministry.
His educational background is
wry impressive, including A.
B. Degree from Lane College,
Jackson, Tennessee, Magna
Cum Laude, B. D. degree - In
terdenominational Theological
Center, Master of Sacred Theo
logy degree from Union Theo
logical Seminary, New York
City, and presently a candidate
for the Ph. D. from Duke Uni
versity Divinity School.
Rev. Hoyt has most recent
ly Pastored the St. Joseph's C.
M. E. Church at Chapel Hill
and before coming to Chapel
Hill he pastored Jefferson Park
Methodist Church, East Har
lem, New York. He is married
and is the father of one child.
Fraternal affiliation* include
membenhlp in the Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity and the The
Mutual Savings & Loan Association
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ta M Phi Honor Society. Rev.
Hoyt was alao selected in
"Who's Who in Colleges and
Universities" and alio selected
as a Rockefeller Fellow three
times.
President Dwifht Kiaaa.
bower said, "In the final
choice, a soldier's pack la sot
so heavy a burden as a pria
oner's chains."