Friday, July 19, 1963
A FAMILY AFFAIR—The Thompson family has a largo part
in the epic story of the Cherokee Nation "Unto These Hilis."
Three generations of the family have important roies in the
drama/ which plays nightly except Mondays at Mountainside
Theatre/ and two of them have appeared in the show since
it opened. Arsen Thompson (center) has fiiled the role of Elias
Boudinot since 1950. His son, Jeff (left) has portrayed "White
'”?• Arsene's grandson, Robert, joined the cast in
1953 and has the part of "Tsaii's second son." He is also a
dancer in the weii-known "Eagle Dance," a highlight of the
show. Arsene's daughter and granddaughter, too, appear in
several scenes of the Cherokee Drama, along with 45 other
members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Director
Harry Davis states that the veteran Cherokee actors are very
capable and do much "to bring the play together" quickly dur
ing the short rehearsal time which they have each June. They
are descendants of the Indians who actualy lived the tragic
'Trail of Tears," and their realistic performance instills in our
newer actors the basic emotion of this page of American History.
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The health and pocketbook of
the American public are being
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modern-day medicine man--the
self-styled nutritionist and the
quack.
“The age of the medicine
man is not behind us, but it
is still with us.’’ said Mrs.
Elizabeth D. Whitlock, consum
er consultant with the Food and
Drug Administration.
“The American public is
wasting at least $1 million a
year on falsely promoted,
worthless or dangerous pro
ducts or methods of treatment
of disease,’’ she told a group
of women attending Home
maker’s Week at North Carolina
State.
Mrs. Whitlock observed that
Americans constantly are bom
barded with hypnotic spiels on
radio, television, newspapers,
magazines and from door-to-
door salesmen.
These spiels are directed at
the attentive years of Amer
icans who have become “health
conscious, diet conscious,
weight conscious, vitamin con
scious, mineral conscious, fat
conscious and protein con
scious,’’
“Yet, the consumer doesn’t
have sufficient knowledge to
dlstlnqulsh between sound
medical and nutritional advice
and the false and misleading
claims of the promoter or ad
vertising expert,’’ she added.
Special foods and food sup
plements are being used by
many healthy, well-fed Ameri
cans who actually have no need
for them. Many times they aban
don a sound nutritional diet
when they succumb to the false
claims, Mrs. Whitlock as
serted.
“If people consume a variety
of foods, there is ordinarily
no special need for extra vita
mins, minerals, proteins,
polyunsaturates, llpotorplc
factors, amino acids, etc., and,
as is generally true, overeat
ing is likely to be more of a
problem among those past 65,
than undereatlng,” to whom
much of the nutritional non
sense is directed.
Mrs. Whitlock urged that
consumers be on guard against
the four common myths of nutri
tion, described as the hallmarks
of modern food quackery. These
four are:
“I, All diseases are due to
faulty diet. This is a false
proposition.
2. Our foods are nutrition
ally inferior because our soils
have become impoverished
through long use and because
chemical fertilizers have
‘poisoned’ the land. This like
wise is a false proposition that
has been scientifically dis
proved.
“3, Commercial food pro
cesses destroy the nutritional
value of foods. The truth is that
while processing reduces the
nutritional value of some foods,
it preserves nutritional values
and adds to it in other foods.
4. Most Americans suffer
from nutritional deficlences
that effect human beings. This,
too, is medical nonsense.’’
Mrs. Whitlock suggested that
the consumer become suspi
cious that quackery is Involved
when she is told by a pitch-
More Food Money
Go for Fresh
Fruits, Produce
Are you a shrewd shopper of
perishable fruits and vege
tables? Do you plan for the use
of these foods quickly to get
the most food value, fresh flavor
taste and money value?
Mrs. Ruby P. Uzzle, con
sumer marketing sqeclallst for
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice at N. C. State, says fresh
fruits and vegetables will soon
be taking a larger portion of
our food dollar. Many people
throw away nickels and dimes
each week in the fotm of
fruits and vegetables.
If you want to save money,
you will need to plan for the
use of available fruits and bege-
tables in menu plans. Buy in
amounts that will be used with
in a week. You will need to
man the medical profession or
nutritionist Is “against me’’;
or when testimonials are of
fered as part of the spiel.
Homogenized milk was first
sold successfully in 1919.
consider your storage facili
ties.
If you want to save on your
food bill, expeclally on fruits
and vegetables which we need
dally in our diets, then follow
these tips which Mrs. Uzzle
lists;
1. Make your own selec
tion of perishables. 2. Do
not handle fruits and vege
tables unnecessarily. 3. Re
member the largest Is not al
ways the best. 4. Avoid com
modities that show decay. 5.
Do not buy merely because the
price is low. 6. Consider the
fruits and vegetables In season
in the nearest production area,
7. See that containers hold
full measure, 8. Study the
market Information regarding
the current market trend.
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