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rtiursday, January 9, 1969 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. D STAFF DEEDS Womerts Health stood, nccopted, and apnliwl, it. I vould spell tho “birth of a HCt# fiet'dom for mankind and 1‘iCLilai iy lor vvoinaiiKJnC.' BEATIN'G COLD'S wont out on obstetrical service is tiie over-population oC tho: • • • INROAD^ ON SKIN in the slums of Boston. I would world we live in. Stockholm, Sweden (WMNS)-* (Nows items this week from According to Mrs. Mollve IT. liomes from factory rejects. for women are desirnble and flat-' Chicago, III. tW MNS) —Com-’there .see large families living in "It is very clear," he said,’Beware the combination ot ex« Roh(*son. Surry, Durham and Briley, home economies Kxten- In addition, .\L. Walters has terlng, they create problems in bine the low temperatures out-of-.great poverty, with the mother “that unless we do something a- (‘ossive noise and alcohol (haz- Uidimond counties.) i sion agent, ‘'Mrs. Walters set a- improved her oah familv income, clothing com%truction. doors with the overheated, dry-joften sickly from (‘xcessive child- bout population increase dre.ss and She sells dollies and household .... . , ness indoors and what do you bearing, and children born in world is goin^ to face disaster, .neiiue.s, among omer places*. BCTTKU DRP:.;SKD improving the Members of low-income fami- pt'rsonal appearance of low-in- items she ha smade or lies in the Fairmont Community,* ^'nnie family members aft^^r at- e.i. Robeson County are Ix'tter dress- an Extension dothing, (UTRV^Y FKIURES ed a’lnvp Mrs. Tenilha Walters of , workshop last spring." CRKATK BROHI.I'TM.S the Happy Hill Extension Home-; As an important part of lior E.xtension Home our ards often encountered in disco- ^ ... chikli<‘n enoval- shap<* there is to Vj,|y often, dry, flaky, ilvhy poor health. I canu to realizf* This country will no longer be Together, they can seriously dam- huiUt in the garment, the longer ggjn. * Ihen that birdi c‘f)ntnd was a ‘Amcuica tli(‘ Beautiful’ in the aa<» the inner ear. This waminy jit tak(‘s to make, ('arolyn B.vnl, problem, real need, and lliat ii would on- year 2.(MM). Our restiurces will (-omes from the Karolinska In I assistant home (*conomic.s Exlf*n- Twlay's Health, and kt'ep hant*^* the level of family life." long since have lieen (vxhausied.i siiiuto in Stockholm. ‘ , 'sion agent, relates. EconomicSj " makers Club lemnej to use re- plan, slu* taught five homemak- Clul) members, attending a tail- fused and unfinished garments’ers to sew for their families and oriiig workshop in Surry Coun- from local industries. to make useful articles for tlieir ty, agree that while curvy figures Rh Vaccine Prevents Birth Defects^ Infant Deaths, Says March of Dimes Turning points have a way of slipping by un noticed. Their signilicance is often apparent only after years have passed. But in 1968, a major turning point in modern medicine was immediately recognized when a vaccine to prevent “Rh dis ease” was approved by the Federal Government. For the first time in history, doctors have the means to pre vent a major cause of birth defects. The remarkably effec tive Rh vaccine, called “Rho- GAM,” promises to eradicate a condition which each year threatens an estimated 40,000 babies with death or damage before or soon after birth. “The Rh vaccine is so im portant to potential parents and to the health of so many future children, no one can afford to overlook its avail ability,” says Dr. Virginia Ap- gar, vice president for medical affairs for The National Foun dation-March of Dimes. The voluntary health or ganization, which initiated a national campaign . against birth defects ten years ago after the conquest of polio was assured, has undertaken an aggressive education pro gram to inform the public about the new preventive for Rh disease. Through radio, TV, magazines, newspapers and leaflets distributed at mar riage license bureaus and other outlets, young people are urged to have a doctor or clinic check their blood for Rh factor identification. The Rh factor is a part of the blood which is found in about 85 per cent of the popu lation. Those who have it are called Rh positive; those who don’t are Rh negative. Whether an individual has the Rh fac tor or not makes no difference to his or her own health. But it can cause serious Rh disease in children if a mother is Rh negative and the father Rh positive. In such a case, if the imborn child inherits the father’s blood type, the mother's sys^ tern may react against the child she is carrying. This rarely occurs in a first preg- l)c<-n yuiir skin baby .soft is to use lo- (Today tiioto ai(‘ an ('slimatrd Wc aiv running short now of wiirn tho alcohol content in lions and cmpllioni creams every 4..">()d,0d() poor and near-poor water in many parts of tlie coun- ihe blood reaihes 0.1 percent the (lay. The.se rolarcl evaporalion exf womcm who live in circumstances try. The open spaces—our forests noi.se level can begin to do its in moisture from the skin surface, like those desiribed above, and and meadow.s will disappeni'. sidious work. A recent discu.ssion on the ^yoid excessive u.se of soaps and for whom subsidi/.<‘d birth con- America will boconu* a vast ur- Drinkers who work (or play) "Now Morality” has made some aetergents, and avoid too-frequent nol is still unavailable.) sprawl." in noisy surroundings, lake hoed. Durham County Extension Home- i^aihinlj in hot water. Bath oils The other imperative for birth The Senator concluded that if Cut down on drink or remove makers Club members take a luhiicato the skin, as doe.s control, according to the .Senalot, birth control were widely under- yourself from the cacjophony. at taeliCS used in annlled after showerin*?. NEW MORALm" recent discu.ssion seccjnd look solving today’s l(‘ms. pre.s.sing prob- lotion applied after showering. Foundation cream worn under makeup helps protect the face To combat previous beliefs f'""! the effects of cold. Crc.am * ... makeup i.s less drying than face that the now morality meant no; unusually morality, Mrs. Mary VVhltmore, 5r\’, alternate soap-and • water assistant home (‘conomics Exten cleansing with cleansing cr‘*om. sion agent, pointed out that the |j helps. n(Hv morality teach(‘S decisions « « * concerning family problems Anchorage, Alaska (WMNSi should be made on the .spot foi To explain why he has been anj the good of the i)eoplo involved advocate of biith control sinc(‘; and n*d mwssarily by a set of the l)eginning of this ceniujy, ('siahlished rules and regulations, conducted the Senate* hear ings on the population, Al-ask.ini .Senator Einest Giuening, M. D., told his state’s medical associa tion. ‘T fir.st became interested in j the neiHl for i>irth control as an " undereradua.e in Hnrvnrd Meli- Mrs. Sallie Davis of the Brag- town Exlcmsion Homemakers Cl;, b expiessed the reaction of , many membejs when she pointed i out, “For too long, vve have de-: PREVENTIVE VACCINES for certain birth defects bring a turning* point in modern medicine. Vaccine against Rh diseose is now avail* oble. A forthcoming German measles vaccine will protect futura children from multiple defects like these affecting this little bey. nancy, but the danger rises in subsequent pregnancies with the result that a child may die in the wolrib or be bom severely anemic and jaundiced due to “erythroblastosis fet alis,” the medical term for Rh disease. An injection of the new vac cine, given to an Rh negative mother within 72 hours after the birth of each Rh positive baby, prevents an adverse re action in the mother’s blood which can endanger future offspring. For those women who have already been sensitized by previous births, the Rh vac cine is ineffective. But new techniques of giving blood transfusions to unborn babies can save many Rh babies who might otherwise be stillborn. And exchange transfusions immediately after birth protect 95 per cent of the babies bom alive with Rh disease. Effective as these corrective m^ures are. The National Foundation-March of Dimes considers prevention of birth defects through universal use of the vaccine far more de sirable. For the same reason, March of Dimes volunteers are al ready preparing for another turning point in medicine, hopefully within the next few months, when Federal approval is given to a vaccine to pre vent German measles. This deceptively mild infec tion, also known as rubella, can cause serious birth defects of the heart, eyes, ears and other organs when an expec tant mother contracts it during the early months of pregnancy. More than 20,000 damaged ba bies were born to mothers who had the virus infection during the epidemic which swept the United States in 1964-65. German measles vaccines are now being tested. As soon as a safe and effective one is licensed, March of Dimes vol unteers will spearhead efforts to make sure that every po tential mother is protected against the disease, thus chalk- up another advance in their unrelenting campaign to pre vent birth defects. i)oiipfits that arc available iliniugh our modern !iom(‘s for 1 the aging, because we still as.so-1 •ialo these place.s with ‘homos for tho poor'.’’ | As our number of ag(\l persons continues to gnjw, we are going i lo have to cope with this prob lem fcy (loin the best for those, con(X‘rnecl. "This in most in* ^ stances,” sh(? believes, "is letting ■ (hem receive the proper attention they should in our modern homes for tho age;!.’’ | LOVELY BATH TOWELS i I^ovely bath towels, that look (‘XiMmsivo, need not wre.k the 1 budget, if the homemaker use.-j her talents to create her own personalized ones, observes Mm . 'In B. Thompson, home econom- ! ics F^xtension agent, Richmond , County. I You cm buy colorful towels by 'he pound at mill-outlet stores at great savings, tho agent notes. Use an eaede eyr» to find tho^so lengths that need hemming only, she advises. \ Then, if you w'sh. decorate I these towels by applicreing bold monograms of cotton sateen on | ■ them or by stitching hands of washable braid or embroidery \ trim on them. Your towel may not be a stand- ! ' ard size, but who cares, so long ; i as it serves the purpose and Is | pretty to look at, the agent says.' cal School. In oi:r third year we Huge Hailstone Largest officially recorded hailstone to fall in the United States measured 17 inches around and weighed V2 pounds. It fell near Potter, Neb., on July 6, 1928, with others only slightly smaller. Hissing as they fell, the huge chunks struck with such im pact that they burrowed deeply into the ground. White House Wedding President Grover Cleve land, the only chief executive ever to serve two Jioncon- secutive terms to office, was the first U.S. president to be m a r r i e d in the White House. Cavernous Caves The deepest and largest caves yet explored by man are in the Swiss and French Alps. The longest of the.se is more than 37 miles and the deepest is 3,68Q feet. Kingly Decrees King Charles V of France once forbade the use of long- pointed shoes, and King Ed ward HI of England ruled that certain servants, merch ants and artisans could eat only one meal of meat or fish a day, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. FIRM...nol/ianl/ "" COMFORTABLE... nof soft! '.-ft rt». •If- 40^- 4! Sealy Posturepeditf Cm/// I-'inn . . . lint luird; roniforlnhh’ . . . lU)! soft! Dcsi^mMi in c.oopjTiilion with tirtlioju'dic surgtMins for cumfortahly lirni support. No morning bijf.kiu he from slenjiing on a too- soft niaUo'ss, l.io diAMi. Vho rest comes easy'. Easy Terms re $196,89153 Dividends Paid In 1968 TO OUR CROWING FAMILY OF SHAREHOLDERS lOIN US IN 1969 - EARN 5% ON RONUS Savings Certificates ($5,000 Initial Investment, Increments of $1,000); Earn 4y2% On Full Paid Stock ($100 Increments); Earn 4y2% Compounded On Optional Savings (Accounts Opened For $1 Up). i?i d Mountain Savings & Loan Association
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