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100,OOOTarHeeb Have High Blood
Pressure, Says Heart Association
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t CItED FOR 25 YEARS OF SERV-
tCS»>Honor»cl f for more than 25-
y«^g of Mrvica as liischert ol
- vocational arlcultura in North
, Carolina were, from left to right;
Rleh|^rii A. .Broadnax, Wiiliami-
ton; J. B. Brown, Tsbor City; R.
A. Lewis, Oxford; J. L. Faulcon,
Ahosliie, and M. L. Campbell,
Kings Mountain.
The awards were presented at the
annual Conrsrence of North Car
olina Teachers of Agriculture held
last week at A.'and T. College.
CHAPEL HILL—Four and a half
millioa Tar Heels have blood
pressure (we all have It) but 100,-
000 persons in the state have high
blood pressure, the North Carolina
Heart Association estimates.
Almost everyone, at one time or
another, has played with a gar
den hose. When you turn the noz
zle wide open, the water sprayj
broadly and close by; screw down
the nozzle and you can hit a far
off target with a great deal of
forcc. The smaller the nozzh open
ing, the higher the pressure ol
the - .ater in the hose. This same
piinciple is at work in high blooci
prc';surc, according to the Heart
Association.
volved in high blood pressure. P’or
various reasons, arterioles may be
come constricted or narrowed, and,
as happens in the hose when the
nozzle is screwed down, the pre&;
pmitire (We all liave H)^ t)u 100,*
Regular phyilcal examinations
are the best way to check on your
blood pressure. A visit to the doc
tor is important because many
people with hypertension do not
have any symptoms and some
times the symptoms that do ap
pear are similar to those found in
other conditions. Regular check
ups also enable your doctor to de-
sure behind them—in the arteries . cide whether a rise in blood pres
goes up. When this increased sure is persistent or temporary
— tHE CAftOLl M A T I M
SATURDAY, JULY 25. 1964 . DURH,
rwvTvmy
pressure persists, the condition if
called high blood pressure or hy-
perten.sion. An estimated 5,000,-
000 Americans suffer from some
degree of hypertension, according
to the North Carolina Heart Asso
ciation.
In the garden hose, the in
creased pressure is unimportant
The water is forced out the open
end and the pressure is relieveti.
But your circulatory system is a
and whether treatment is neces I
pary to lower the pressure before ^
serious harm is done. The state
heart group points out that in i
the past ten years or so, many i
new aids have been developed to
help the physician diagnose and
treat hypertension, including i .
wide variety- of new drugs, Foi
More information about the con
dition and the progress which is.
being made against it, write the
Educators from Across the
Led on Lengthy Holy Land lour
WASHINGTON D. C. Marion Swftzejrlaift »tiy .
H. Jackson, Director of Tour Duritig the' ZQ-iSsv-toul',
Program, National Council of I women will s^e sigMs cjf imyM
Negro Women, Inc. lead a group j ruins that will add a ho'ly
of Educators from across the ' sphere to the trip. The lotir
nation on a tour of the Holy ] follow the now famous routf
Land, making a departure from the pilgrinnage of the Pope. * •*
Blood pressure is the force of i closed circuit, and persistent hifh ,\orth Carolina Heart Association
Population Warned to Maintain
Proper Immunization for Smallpox
RALEIGH—The fact that small
poll has been rare in the United
States for some time has led to
nejlect of vaccination in many
iiittances. It is estimated that at
iBMt three-fourths of our popula-
tJbn do not have adequate pro-
tMtion against the disease.
According to Dr. J. W. R. Nor-
‘on, State Health Director, there
vere 3845 cases of smallpox in j
.Vorth Carolina in 1924. Xhe dis-j
ease disappeared from t.ii- olait
in tiie i»4u’3. ihe last outbicali i
NAACP Youth
Group Launches
'Membership Drive
The Durham Youth and Col
lege Cnapters of tne NaAc*
in.vd luaiiciiL'd i City-«.
intmbei'snip Drive. The D^lvt
promises to be the largest Snu
(.oiiceiuralea ever conUud-
cu oy tiie group.
: ll; Zion Holds
Womsn's Dsy
^t^KY MOUNT—Annual Wom-
„,i, anil Day was observed Sunday,
July 12 in the Mount Zion First
B^tist Church, Rocky Mount,
I where the Rev. George W. Dudley
.-tfjpaaror.
-At the morning worship service
Jc, tlVS- Wonian’s Day address was de-
ID liVjpred by Dr. Lynete Saine,. Pro-
femor in Jhe School of Education,
University; Coordlnator^i^f
^tlanta Center Reading Pra-
and Director of the Youth
itflmcnt of the New Era Mjs-
y Baptist Convention of Ga.
kin," on the theme: “The
of Christian Women for
[jd Peace," Dr, Saine urged the
ation that ',vhile we face
ajor political conventions in
icountry this year, to attain
;^jnner peace that will, spread
fWorld peace, each of us
have a little convention
to prepare ourselves for a
Ion that will establish a plat-
firmly committed to Christ
omen of the church crtn
the entire worship service
Mrs. Lucy Fennell, General
man presiding,
ageant entitled; “Ruth, the
d Woman” was presented
' evening worship service
Mr.s. Corrie Kras' .ell, Asso-
Chairman, presiding. The
fliftncial phase of the day’s ob
il^ance was carried out with
nilich success by the members and
^ii^ds through 50 states headed
K^ISO women of the church who
Bfrved as Governors. Mrs. Erm?
'A' Dludley, wife of our pastor rep-
Sll^ing the District of Columbia,
leir iSie reporting and was crown-
‘Queen Mount Zion."
/cception climaxed the occa
deaths. This outbreak,
in New York, was introuuced from
Alexico.
- -.--r- 'l^he ivIe.T.K-'i-
for the’..hole ol tne unitea ibtai.es •'
, . ,1. . slip Commiitee, wnich is coni-
was in the late 1940 s with t»vo . . . , n,
cente e representative from the
Durham Youth Crusaders, ivcr**
Carolina College and Uui'iam
Business College, have dividet.
Effective prevention of smallpox tue city inio tive areas and plan
jy vaccination was discovered lo syaiematically cover each
.iiure taan a tcnlu.y a.iu a nail aiea aioiougniy. In add lion
ago. Yet to^ay a.inost church youih groups wiri be
ca.'cs ui th.s global disease are coniactoa. The present goal is to
reported annually to the World add an additional l,TroO member
Hcaltn Organization. 'T-'uriiicr-1 snips tu its rolls witnin a thirty-
more, it appears to be afflicting | day pyr.od. A meeting for
increasing numbers of people,’ “Membership” Progress Reports
Dr. Norton emphasized. Nearly was held on Sunday After-
iwice as many pejple died from noon, July 19, at 4 o’clock at
the disease in 19B3 as in 1962, Up St. Joseph's AME Church
to November 29, 1963, more tlianj
;i3,000 deaths' were reported
around the world, compared with
approximately 14,000 during all
of 1902.
the blood against the artery walls
This force is generated by the
hearts as it pumps or be«ts. II
keeps the blood moving through
the arteries, the vessels that car
ry blood from the heart to all
parts of the body.
Arteries come in various sizes.
Think of the largest one, the aorta,
IS a tree trunk. The main arterie?
jranch out from the trunk into
;ma!Ier and smaller ones that end
n microscopic twigs called "arte-
ioles.”
These tiny arterioles *re in-
vised booklet, "High Blood Pres
sure,” Address: 1 Heart Circle,
Chapel Hill,
blood pressure uncontrolled over, far a free copy of a recently le-
a period of time can have serious
results. I
One reason is that hypertension
adds to the work of the heart, i
When arterioles tighten, the heart i
as to pump harder to force blood i
through the narrowed pa.ssages. |
After long periods bf this over- j
work, the heart may betonie en-1
largod and incapable of perform |
in; at normal capacity. The arle- i
riei, too, may be damanged by j
years of the 'Acar and tear pro-]
dueed by high blood pressure. '
The following Births were rc-
portec^ to ~ the Durham County
HealUi Department during t h e
week of July 13 through 18.
Richard .and Gertrude Mijrphy.
!)cy; Andrew and Dorothy Thomp
I'n, boy; Wilbert and Doris Mon-
New York, July 19. j
The tour will start at Tel'
Aviv, Israel and continue with
stops in Nazareth and T beria.";.
Beirut, Lebanon, Jerusalem,
Jordan, Rome, Italy, Florence,
Italy, Venice, Italy, Lucvrne,
roe, boy; Charles and C(]i;stanct
Williams, boy; Jame.s and I’atrieii
Rogers, buy; James and Kvelyr
Gilchrist, girl; Lonuie an.i Kininet
Holloway, girl; Jame,s and Mar\
Pointer, girl; Alexaniler ajui Ell.
Robertson, girl; John and Dorothy
McDonald, boy; Osborn and CUau
dctte lii'idgcfcrd, girl; WilKan:
and Estelle Metihce, girl; Frank
and Dorothy Harrington, girl; I’aui
and Mar'^aret Harrison, girl; James
and Patricia Holcman, g rl; Johr
and Clara Thompson, g'r!; WiP.ic
and Pamela Parksr. g'rl; Calvir.
ind Leth'a Jenn-'tte. girl.
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^flOOf • 100% UAJIt NiinMllPIIITS
Although most cases of tliis
highly contagious disease are now
located in countries south of the
.quator, the frequency and speed
jf international travel have in
creased the risk to northern coun
tries, including the United States,
An ever-present problem is that
the virus can be transmitted from
an infected individual to others
before any signs of the disease
appear. As an official of the
American Medical Association re
cently '.varned, “The danger that
smallpox will be brough in by
an international traveler is ever
present. One infected person could
touch off a hundred cases before
it’s even known the disease is in
the country”
Serious outbreaks of the dis
ease have recently occurred in
Sweden and England as a result
of infected persons entering these
countries and spreading the in
fection among su.sccptible people.
In New York City, a boy who ar
rived on a plane from overseas
stopped over on his way to Can
ada. Later it was found that he
had become infected with small
pox shortly before departure from
abroad, though he had shown nc
signs of the disease on arrival at
the John F. Kennedy International
Airport. Quick action by Public
Health Service Officers prevented
what might have been a serious
outbreak of the-disease here. This
action involved a rapid, widespread
investigation of hundreds of peo
ple '.iho were possibly exposed to
the infection, as well as numerous
vaccinations of those found sus
ceptible to the disease.
This year and next, many wel-
' come visitors from abroad will
attend the World’s Fair, mingling
with other visitors from all parts
of the United States. Despite the
constant vigilance of health offi
cers, it is possible for recently in
fected per;sons from overseas to
infect susceptible individuals here,
nternational Vaccination Certifi
cates are required of all persons
entering the United States, but
these are not aways valid.
Physicians recommend that chil
dren be vaccinated during their
first year of life. In addition,
many states require that children
be vaccinated before entering kin
dergarten or first grade. Further,
because the individual duration of
protection varies, it is recom
mended that revaecination b e
done at least every five years.
Don’t run the risk of having
this preventable disease strike
you and your family. Keep a re
cord d£ all vaccinations and con-
■Vlt your doctor.
Thousands of
Flags Issued to
Drape Caskets
WASHINGTON, D. C. — More
than 164,000 American flags used
to drape the caskets of deceasci
veterans were issued in 1963, the
Veterans Administration said last
■v'eek. That was about 11,000 more
than in the previous year when
153,183 were given out.
These flags are used to drape
the caskets of veterans with war
time service who were discharged
under conditions other than dis-
honrable, or who served at least
;ne enlistment during peacetime,
unless discharged or released from
luty for disability in line of serv
ice.
Customarily these flags are giv
en to next of kin, closo friends or
associates of the veterans at the
conclusion of the services.
Flags may be obtained from VA
offices and at some 15,400 post
offices in this country as well as
embassies, consulates, legations
and missions overseas through ar-
ran,gements made with the State
Department,
During t\e past 13 yews the
number of flags issued has in
creased from 81,000 annually to
the more than 164,000 figure.
NCC Awarded
Nursing tyrant
North Carolina College has been
awarded a U. S. Public Health
Service grant of $10,300 for ad-
m’nlstration of trainee-ships by
the college’s Department of Nurs
ing next year.
The announcement '*fas made
recently l?y Pfesident Samuel P
Massie, who indicated that train-
eeships will be awarded to pro
fessional nurses who meet criteria
of the Public Health Service and
the college’s Nursing Department
The grants' will include tuition
and fees, travel to the college,
dependency allowances, and mon
thly stipends of $200 for main
tenance,
Mrs. Helen S. Miller, chairman
of the Department of Nursing,
said the grants would extend from
September, 1964, through the 1965
summer .session. ■ ■
"We are more than pleased that
our program and college are a
part of this nationwide effort to
prepare qualified nurses for com-
■ munity health services,’’ she ‘laid.
The group will be entert>Ml^
through a series of receptibpl'i
seminars and meetings -with
world famous peraonaUt^
wljich w.ll Include a
audience with his Holinesa
VI. ■ !
Among the Educators
Mrs. Alice P. Allen, Britiili^
ham, Alabama; Mrs. Ethel -1*^
Bane, Nashville, TeilHeisfei
Dr. Ruth Allen Fouche, Chl^S^i
Illinois; Mrs. Olyve M.
son, New York; Mrs. Ruth (B8t-
ton Mueller, Los Angeles, c4|l'
I fornia; Mrs. Evelyn M. Samvel*,
j Brooklyn, New York;
i lab Carr, Winter Haveni’
j da; Mrs. Pearl M.' Fifehei^,
^ lyn, New York and Mis(i;^e;rt*
1 Major, Johnson Puhl!,oati*’^-
i Miss Major will cover th* t®**
j for Jet-Ebony MagazlneSi ■ .r^-
Ann wmcM iDCNTirr cntr tw| •» TMt IU> lM
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Coca-Cola in the 16-ounce size. Pick up a carton or two today!
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^with
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