a-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT. MARCH 31. 1979
Caneor Pcltlont Sings
Praisos of Lord
BY MICHAELLE F.
ROBERTSON
DURHAM, N.C. - With
hands clapping, feet
stomping and eyes raised to
heaven, the young gospel
snger began to lead
the faithful in singing the
praises of the Lord.
"It's a highway to
heaven; none can walk there
but the pure at heart;
It's a highway to heaven
an I'm waking up the King's
highway."
Ignited by her enthus
iam, the congregation
joined in. Soon everyone
was up dancing, clapping
and singing his way through
the aisles of the church.
To hear Barbara Rodgers
belting out her favorite
gospel tuns, and see her
body stirrring to the music,
you would never suspect
she was anyting but the
picture of health.
But since August, 1972,
. ms. Rodgers had been
battling for her life
against a rare form of
cancer of the eye, adenoid
cystic carcinoma of
the orbit.
"I don't feel bad about
it," the singer said. "It (the
cancer) has taken in a new
direction in my life."
"The Lord spared by
life," she continued, "So
I decided to dedicate what
little talent I have to Him."
Ms Rodgers has been
singing since her grandmother
put in the church choir
at age 14. But only since
her cancer was discovered
has she struck out on her
own. Accompanied by the
piano by Onession Brooks
and with Helen Peterson as
back-up vocalist, the
singer entertains primarly at
churches, convalescent
homes and hospitals in the
Greenville, N.C. area.
In the last few years,
however, her reputation has
spread. Now the career of
the 26-yar-old Greenville
native has reached new
heights. She has recieved
and accepted-invitations to
to sing in churches in
Washington, D.C. and New
Jersey.
"I use my. tinging to
encourage people to go on,"
Ms. Rodgers aaid.
Recently the singer's
doctors found that her
cancer had spead to her
lungs. For one week
every month, Ms. Rodgers
travels to Duke University
Comprehensive Cancer
Center for chemotherapy
(drug) treatments.
There she continues to
spead her gospel of faith
and love through song.' Ac
companied by Oren Marsh,
coordinator for employee
activities for the medical
center, Ms. Rogers has twice
sung to capacity crowds of
patients and staff in the
cancer center's facilty for
hospitalized cancer patients.
"When the that ol'
doctor shakes his head,
turn away from your bed,"
she sang, 'Try Jesus."
Barbara Rodgers' smile is
infectious, her faith and
courage inspiring, her
singing beautiful. She
speaks of voices and dreams.
One of those dreams is one
day to cut her own records.
At home in Greenville
where she lives with her
mother and six-year-old son,
RaShaan, Ms. Rodgers
poke of the many friend
ships she has made during
this battle against cancer,
including that of Shirley
Ceasar, grammy award win
ning evangelist and Durham
native. Long her idol, Ms.
Ceasar and her mother,
Hallie, have befriended the
enttire Rodgers family.
At home, too, are the
brightly colored paintings
she does as a hobby. Unable
to hold down a full-time
job and burdened with high
medical bills, Ms Rodgers
uses whatever materials he
has available to do her,
paintings.
One canvas, done with
bright blue and orange
model paint and silver stars
is a self portrait picturing
the singer rising out of the
clouds toward heaven. It
was inspired, she said, by a
dream.
Ms. Rodgers is
undaunted by the news that
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SCOUTS RECEIVE EAGLE AWARD - The Eagle Scout Award was presented to Ralph Vaughan, Jr., and Clark Eger
ton, III, members of Exploer Post No. 65 of the White Rock Baptist Church, Durham at a recent Sunday morning service.
The presentation was made by Prof. Frank Howard Alston, assistant prjncipal, Hillside High School (far right). Ralph
Vaughan, Jr., (center), sort of Ralph Vaughan and the late Mrs. Vaughan, has his Award pinned on by Mrs. Rosetta W.
Southerland and his father looks on, while Clark Egerton III, has his award pinned on by his mother and his father, also
an Eagle Scout, admires the proceedings. J.W. Carrington (far left) is Explorer advisor.
REV. C.R. STONE (inset), pastor of First Ledge Rock Baptist Church. A week of dedicatory services will be held
April 9-13.
Coronary Bypass Surgery Can Safely
Eliminate The Use of A Blood Donor
CLEVELAND, OHIO -A
patient's own blood, care
fully conserved during and
immediately following cor
onary - bypass surgery,
can safely .eliminate 'the use
of donor blood, a Cleve
land Clinic surgical team
reports.
The team said that in
50 consecutive patients
undergoing non-emregency
coronary bypass surgery
47, or 94 per cent, re
quired no donor blood or
blood products during their
her cancer has spead: "When
they told me, a sweet peace
came over me," she said.
"There was no sadness or
anger.
"The Lord spared my life
twice," she told the congre
gation, "And now I've got a
race to run." The good
money's on Barbara. ,
entire hospital stay. "Three
patients did receive donor
blood or blood pro
ducts but in a period more
than 24 hours after sur
gery. Dr. Delois M. Cosgrove,
one of the team members,
said using the patient's own
blood eliminates the dan
ger of hepatitis, a common
complication resulting from
donor blood, the risk of
other infectious diseases,
fevers and blood incom
patibility. Dr. Cosgrove and his col-,
leagues said that the blood
conservation techniques
used are a combination of
those used elsewhere.
Just after the induction
of anesthesia, blood , was '
drawn from each of the
SO patients and stored in
a solution for later trans-
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fusicm. Bloodless solutions
were infused into each
patient to maintain the
proper volume. The patients
ranged in age from 33 to
75 years.
"We also used various
other methods to conserve
blood," said Dr. Cosgrove.
"Blood that was shed from
the chest duirng surgery
was recovered by suction
and routed through a col
lecting and processing
system and saved for later
transfusion."
Cleveland Clinic heart
surgeons said that since
1975 the use of donor
blood among the average
cardiovascular patient at the
Clinic has dropped from 7.5
pints to approximately two
pints.
"In homologous (or
(or donor) blood transfu
sions it is generally accepted
that there is one .death per
1 ,000. units, ot blood, one,
cask,!cY;.('ctociaf:;ht
per tOO'uhitsj and one cause
os suspicious abnormal liver
function for each 10 uhits,"
'said Dr. Cosgrove. "When
blood is transfused in large
amounts, the risk increase."
In addition to patient
safety, the blood conserva:
tion appraoch. which is also
in use in orthopaedic and
vascular ' surgery at the
Clinic, helps ease the de
mands on blood ranks.
The Clinic team pre
sented its findings at the
annual meeting of the So
ciety of Thoracic Surgeons
in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Cleveland Clinic
Foundation is one of the
world's largest privately
funded medical centers. Its
group practice staff of
nearly 300 physicians and
scientists provides specialty
care for more than 2,500
patients each day. The in
stitution has a 1008-bed
hospital, extensive out
patient facilities, a division
of research and an institute
for postgraduate and contin
uing medical education that
serves approximately 2,500
physicians annually.
The lilac, a native of the
Orient, was not introduced
into Europe until the 16th
century.
DURHAM - Life
situations peculiar to people
who are single again as a
. result of death of, or di
vorce from, a spouse will be
dealt with at a retreat for
single again persons on April
20-22. The weekend event is
sponsored by the Council
for . Adult and Family
Ministries of the Durham
District, NC Conference
of the United Methodist
Church. It is open to all
who qualify for single
again status.
Both ministers and lay
people will have a
leadership role in the meet
ting which will be at Crane
Crest Lodge at Camp
Chestnut Rudge near
Efland. A registration fee
of $17.50 will cover lod
ging and : meals from Fri
day evening through Sun
day noon. Participants are
asked to register in advance,
and to bring bedding for,
camp cots.
Interest areas for small
and large discussion groups
will include a session on the
grief process for those still
dealing with this aspect of
loss, to be led by the Rev.
Paul Mickey of Duke
Divintiy School: a session
on dreams and fantasies,
to be led by Anne Brown,
a Durham counselor; Christ
ian assertiveness, which the
Rev. Edgar Schambach of
Grace Lutheran Church;
parent-child issues, with Dr.
Sally Feather of the
Durham County Commun
ity Mental Health Center;
and a session on "fear of
aging: myths and facts,"
led by Dr. Alan Whanger of
the Duke Center for the
Study of Aging.
The Rev. Julie For
ringer is chair for the event,
and reservations chair is Ms.
Harriet Lyon, 83-D Colonial
Apts., Durham, NC. Re-
quests for information, and
or registration and fees
should be sent to Mi. Lyon
by April 15,
The speakers bring
varied backgrounds to
their topics. Dr. Mickey has
worked with singly again
groups for several years. A
gradifi!? of Harvard, he
,recijdw)hjbgraduate degree
at Princeton Theologicai
Seminary. He joined the
Duke faculty in 1970 and is
now associate professor of
pastoral theology, and is
widely published in his
field. Mickey also serves as
chairman of the board of
Good News.
Brown, a counselor and
training consultant in pri
vate practice in the Triangle
area, will lead a work
shop In which participants
. will discuss how to remem
ber dreams; explore their
meanings and learn to in
tegrate dream messages with
one's waking life. She has
done a great deal of work
with both in-and out-patient
groups.
The Rev. Mr. Schambach
is a recent graduate of
Christ Seminary-Seminex in
St. Louis and serves as
assistant pastor at Grace
Lutheran Chruch. He has
special training in
developing lay caring mini
stries of which one emphasis
is Christian assertive
behavior, which is his work
shop area for the retreat.
Dr. Feather,
pyschological services
director for the Durham
Mental Health Center and
visiting lecturer at Duke,
was one of the early mem
bers who organized Solo
Parents in Durham, and in
the subsequent Parents
Without Partners chapter
she serves as psychological
adviser. In her present pos
ition, she is involved in
marital and divorce coun
seling, often involving
the whole family; and she
has led two "beyond
divorce" groups. .
A graduate , of Duke
University and its
Medical School, Dr.
Whanger is senior fellow at
the Duke Center for the
Study of Aging and an
associate professor psychia
try. He has written exten
sively on the subject, as
will as served as workshop
leader on problems in aging.
He will help single again
people explore their fears
of facing old age alone.
The retreat will begin at
6:30 p.m. on Friday with
registration, a fellowship
' period and small group dis
cussion. The Saturday
workshops will alternate
with small group discussions
and recreations. On
Sunday morning, there will
be a final discussion period
and a closing worship ser
vice before lunch. i '
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