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H comes from the beyond of quiet
and
you might try to perform a ritual scherzo
in honor of all that you can't say
there
So dance for us all
especially
for the backstage dancer
encased in dressingroom security
for
beyond that lies the stage
disassociated
glowering with the performance of a single
syllable
duet
to this day I forget how it happened
1 only remember falling into you
plunging heartfirst into the ocean of your
beckon
like the unborn I swam naturally
in saline comfort
I forget just how
we came together
in the damp naked kiss of bodies
until remembering how is lost
in the howl of now
Patti Hay
Abraxas
I am into a storm
heavy naked earth
pulls the fire into it
hiding
from the smoky eye
that watches
I am fire
I am wind
ruffling the dead
covering
I am earth
bearing the dome
and the dead
Rebecca McConnaughey
Night Pond
Slithering
Into the water of evening
A sound dives under
The foggy ripples.
Remote in darkness
The frog
Nudges the silence to noise
With a splashy shove.
Volume Lll Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., Friday, November 13, 1970
Together House - Help For
Everyone Who Needs It
By Cathy Boyce
Mary Pickens
The Together Organization began
about one year ago as a group of
young people, banded together by
the Together Newspaper. The main
purpose of the newspaper was to
communicate with youths. After
printing four issues the newspaper
went bankrupt. Afterwards, Bart
Charlow kept the spirit of the or
ganization alive by talking to young
people. This spirit is togetherness.
Bart realized the need for a drug
clinic to help prevent drug abuse.
Don Hallenbeck joined Bart in
planning such a clinic while they
were employed as Technical Con
sultants by the Youth Service
Bureau. With the aid of Bill Lof-
quist, director of Y.S.B., they made
contacts with strategic people and
achieved a compromise with the
police department. Also they re
ceived a planning grant from the
Mary Reynolds Babcock Founda
tion. Part of this money was used
to send Bart and Don to an inter
national conference in Los Angeles
for “Hotlines,” aid clinics, etc. Hav
ing gotten good ideas there, they
came back to Winston and received
a second grant from the Winston-
Salem Foundation. With this grant
and additional funds from churches.
Bell Telephone, and private do
nations, they founded a crisis inter
vention center at 503 High Street
on June 18, 1970.
The main purpose of the To
gether House is combating abuse
and misuse of drugs among people.
However, the House, mainly by the
use of the telephone (723-0307),
tries to help with the particular
problems anyone may face; They
have helped a twelve-year-old child
as well as adults. If a member of
the staff has no immediate answer,
he refers the individual to another
source.
In the week of October 18-24 the
Together House received 81 calls,
most wanting information. Thirty-
nine, nonetheless, had problems
which needed to be coped with by
the staff. The phone calls have
steadily increased to 67% above the
number of June 18.
The staff consists of three direc
tors, John Robbins, Bart Charlow,
and Don Hallenbeck, seven crew-
chiefs and many volunteers. These
work twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week offering their
services, their time, and their ex
perience.
The Together Organization has
its base at the House, but does not
confine its services there. They
sponsored an OverDose Tent at
Love Valley during the Rock Fes
tival held in North Carolina this
past summer. They were so busy
that no one had time to count those
they helped.
Since there are no doctors in
Love Valley, volunteers from the
House are there now, treating colds,
the flu, and other mild medical
problems free of charge. For
patients needing better medical
care, they provide free transporta
tion to a hospital.
When asked if he thought that
Together House was a success, Don
Hallenbeck said, “We’ve helped at
least one person — I hope we’ve
helped more—but as long as we’ve
helped at least one, I think we are
successful.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: TOGETHER
HOUSE IS A BUDGET-OP
ERATED ORGANIZATION, AND
NEEDS ANY CONTRIBUTIONS
THE PUBLIC CAN MAKE. ALL
DONATIONS ARE GLADLY AP
PRECIATED, ESPECIALLY
LAMPSHADES, PAINT, FOOD,
AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES.
Volunteers Needed To
Bring Bloodmobile
By Chris Moran
The American Red Cross Blood-
mobile will come to Salem College
in late February but only with the
cooperation of Salem students. The
Legislative Board of the Student
Government was asked to appoint
a representative from Salem to the
Winston-Salem Chapter of the
American Red Cross. Marily
Saacke volunteered to work as
chairman for the Salem College
bloodmoble drive in cooperation
with the chairman of the Winston-
Salem Blood Program, Miss Mabe.
One hundred donors must be avail
able to make the program worth
while so the bloodmobile will be
open to the public as well as Salem
students. Donors over twenty-one
may give blood without permission,
but those under twenty-one are re
quired to have parental consent.
Each student will be given a con
sent and release form and ample
time to receive parental permission.
Those who do not wish to donate
blood are encouraged to volunteer
to serve cookies and orange juice
or do other jobs stipulated by the
chairman of the program. As the
bloodmobile is almost entirely run
by the students themselves, volun
teers for service of any kind will
be in great demand. Those hesi
tant to donate blood may be en
couraged by this guarantee of the
American Red Cross: “Each do
nation of one pint of blood entitles
the donor and his dependents
(parents and grandparents) to re
ceive blood as needed in any hos
pital participating in the Red Cross
Blood Program or in any hospital
which will order blood from the
Regional Center ....
Perform a great service to your
self and to your community—sign
up for the Salem College Blood
mobile Program now!