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Glendora Putnam .Barber-Scotla graduate Glendora Putnam Elected National President Of YWCA Glendora M. Putnam of Boston, a graduate of Barber-Scotia College and currently the chairperson of the board of trustees of Barber-Scotia College, has been elected president of the National Board of the . Young Women's Christian Associa tion of the U.S.A. A member of the YWCA’s national governing body since 1172, she was elected to a three-year term of office at the 30th trennial YWCA National Conven tion held in San Jose, California. A graduate of Boston University Law School, Ms. Putnam works as equal opportunity officer for the Massachusetts Housing -Finance Agency in Boston. As president of the YWCA of the U.S.A., she pre sides over a governing group of 76 national board members from across the nation who plan and oversee programs and objectives of the 126 year old women’s social service organization. Ms. Putnam has long been re cognized for her work as a civil rights attorney. A member of the State Advisory Committee to the. U.S. Civil Rights Commission, she fs past chairman of the Massachu setts Commission Against Discri mination, a former deputy assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity with the U.S. De partment of Housing and Urban De velopment, and a former assist ant attorney general and chief of the Division of Civil Rights and Li berties, Commonwealth of Massa chusetts. Ms. Putnam is a member of the UWCA and of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and a trustee of the Boston Conserva tory of Music. / Harding High Celebrates 50 ! '• Years Of Service A red-letter day for the Harding High School family was held re cently. The school celebrated its 50th year of service. The program featured the present and the school’s four former prin cipals, each giving a short sum mary of the school’s growth during their principalships. Guests included School Board Chair Carrie Winter and Council man Ron Leeper, who presented the sitting principal, Joe Peel, with a proclamation from the City of Char lotte. Presented also was a letter from Lucia Harding, the scbooT" namesake’s daughter and telegrams from Governor Jim Martin, Con gressman Alex McMillan and a three-page telegram from President Reagan. Anniversary chairman, Lloyd Davis, declared that the event was a great success with over 500 of the school’s alumni returning to com memorate the event. Plato Price Reirirj All graduates and former students of Plato Price High School are urged to attend an important school reunion meeting Saturday, May 4, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at Amay James Presbyterian Church, 2400 West Blvd. The date set for the reunion is July 5-0 at the Adam's Mark Hotel. For further information, call D. L. 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As a result of the technique, some children are taking that hurdle with flying colors, and its effective ness may ultimately encourage more to complete the often rigorous course of therapy they must under go to beat cancer. The relaxation technique under study at Duke is a form of self hypnosis that has been proven ef fective in helping adult cancer pa tients cope with chemotherapy. But only recently has it been tried with children. Pat H. Cotanch, R.N., Ph D., and co-investigator Marilyn Hocken berry, R.N., M.S.N., P.N.P., de scribed a pilot study involving chil dren In a recent issue of the jour nal “Nursing Clinics of North America.” "Many forms of childhood can cer have become highly curable, but the increased survival rate is largely due to aggressive drug dose and drug combination chemothe rapy,” according to Cotanch, as sociate professor of nursing at Duke. The anti-cancer drugs are usually given intravenously. “Some children and adolescents view the side-effects of their the rapy as being worse than the dis ease and stop coming for treat ment,” she said “We're optimistic the technique we’re using will help more of them get through chemo therapy.” . Relaxation training enlists the imagination to distract the patient. The therapist helps the patient As part of the study, they will chart the mental and emotional de . veiopment of children during che motherapy and six months later. They will also follow their pro • .. ; •* . ML f grass in school and ask parents and teachers to make observations, r'.? “We re optimistic that early in- t tervention with relaxation train ing wfll decrease the trauma and * stress of therapy, allowing the chil- ! dren to continue to develop normal ly even though they have cancer.’* 1-2 Million North Carolinians Victims Of Silent Killer Special To The Post . .Raleigh - An estimated 1.2 million North Carolinians are victims of a silent killer, better known as hy pertension or high blood pressure, and about 60 percent of them do not have the disease under adequate control. May has been proclaimed as Na tional High Blood Pressure Month, to inform citizens about the dan gers of high blood pressure and proper methods of control. “Hypertension is called the silent killer because there are no early warning signs for the disease,” Dr. Raphael DiNapoli, deputy state health director, emphasized. DiNapoli said hypertension is the leading cause of heart disease and stroke. In 1963, 23,356 people died from heart disease and stroke. which are the first and third lead ing causes of death in North Carolina. More than 6,000 of these people did not live past 65 years of age and therefore, by definitions, died prematurely. He pointed out that no one really , knows what causes high blood pres sure, but there are some contribut ing factors such as family history, obesity, high sodium (salt) and cholesterol diets, smoking, exposure to constant stress, and the pre sence of other chronic diseases such as diabetes. "Hypertension is treatable through diet, exercise, and medica tion prescribed by a physician," DiNapoli stated. “Untreated, it can lead to heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure, and all of these are potentially fatal.” While most local health depart ments in North Carolina screen for high blood pressure, the Division of Health Services’ Hypertension Pro gram funds 35 counties to provide additional detection, education, and counseling. The project works closely with private physicians, churches, industries, and other lo cal agencies to provide these ser . vices. In fiscal year 1984, these 35 pro jects provided screening and re ferral for 122.860 persons, diagnosed 12,752 as having hypertension, and counseled 15,340 in the control of their disease. “Most people will not take time off from work to have their blood pres sure checked, so special screen ing clinics are offered at work sites and churches to help reach people.’’ DiNapoli said. “We also have health education and promotion programs designed to reach sped- > fie high-risk groups such as blacks who are more susceptible to high blood pressure.” DiNapoli said that people with normal blood pressure should have it checked at least once a year, and those with an elevated blood pres sure shopld be checked as often as their physician recommends. 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