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8 THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., MAY 18, 1976 INFOGRAf.lS By Mary J. Wkihnorc, Hone Economist HABITS OF , ' - 1! FACTORS AFFECTING EATING OLDER PEOPLE May is Senior Citizens Month. Throughout this month many programs have focused on helping the elderly to continue leading meaningful and fulfilling lives. To most of us, eating is an important part of our lives. This is not always true of the elderly - especially of those living alone. Eating habits often deteriorate as people grow older even though the individuals may have good knowledge of nutritional needs. Some of the factors which affect eating habits during later years are as follows: Income - In this current inflationary period many people on fixed incomes do not have money to meet needs. Many are too proud to ask for assistance. The food budget is cut in order to purchase other necessities. Too, low incomes also cause people to turn to living quarters which may have inadequate facilities for preparation and storage of food. Transportation - Tied closely to the problem of income is that of iransportation. If money is limited, the elderly person may not be able to get to the store to buy the variety of foods needed for an adquate diet. Even if the corner grocery is relied upon, the older person may not have the physical strength to carry food in sufficient quantities to meet needs; variety is limited: cost is high. Energy - Some of the elderly, though not ill, often have too little energy to prepare adequate meals. This is particularly true on days when housework, for example, is done. Lack of energy leads to the "tea and toast" habit, which may set up a vicious cycle since poor diets can contribute to the lack of energy. Teeth - A lack of teeth or poor fitting dentures makes eating difficult. This leads people to the soft foods, often high in carbohydrate. The meats and raw fruits and vegetables are neglected. Estimates run as high as 45 50 of adults have lost their teeth by age 65 years, so this is an extremely important factor in relation to food habits. Digestion Though Swedish research indicates that digestive distress usually comes prior to old age, it may be accentuated in old age. Food may be digested more slowly due to a reduction in digestive secretions. Too, lack of exercise, low liquid intake, and low roughage intake help contribute to con stipation problems, a compalint of many older people. Senses - Both the sense of smell and taste decline with' age. There are fewer taste buds, for example, so food doesn't taste as good as it once did. Waning eyesight too, may play a role in poor food habits if it makes shopping and food preparation difficult. Loneliness - Many old people are lonely. If they live alone and eat alone day after day, there is little incentive to prepare a well-balanced, attractive meal. Some social interaction at meal times can improve the appetite. Without it, the individual often turns to something easy - just to get a mealtime behind him. Illness - The fact that chronic illnesses are common in olu aee has alreadv been mentioned Whpn i1W rollc f!rr Hrocti change in food habits, it may precipitate a crisis for the older ?atl0"aln Dea" of Sp,nSrS person. The fear of being unable to continue living independ- oT1 Jeta Chapters (un?r ently may affect eating habits as much as the change called for radu?te) 01 V f m by the illness. Sorority, Inc., visited the cam pus of North Carolina Central Because of factors such as these, meal programs for the University recently to confer elderly can be a real Denetit to a community, unrortunateiy, wjtn Beta members enrolled there are too few such programs. Those in operation seldom, if m tne Department of Nursing. ever, begin to meet the needs ot all the elderly in an area, ex pansion of both conjugate feeding sites and home delivered meals is seen as a challenge which must be dealt with in many comm unities in North Carolina. Private citizens can help by contributing many volunteer services and time toward under standing, companionship, transportation, and encouragement for senior citizens. Do you know of someone you can help? NOAH H. BENNETT, JR. BEPETT ADDRESSES FLORIDA ASM SEMINAR Meeting Noah H. Bennett, Jr., senior vice president-chief actuary of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. delivered one of the key addresses at the Bicentennial Spring Seminars at Florida A & M University in Talla hassee May 4. . Bennett's address, "The Corporate Impact on the Quality of Life in the Metro polis," was one in a series of speeches and position papers delivered at the three day affair that was devoted to defining some of the key issues affecting the lives of black and minority in the latter years of this century. The theme of the semi nar was "Bicentennial to the 21st Century - Outlook for the Future in the United States." Bennett, a FAMU rad- uate, is also a member of the NCM Board of Directors. National Officer, Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., Visits NCCU Mrs. Janice Crouch, Hioh School Continued from Page 1 with Illinois Congressman Phil Crane. New York Times reporter Nancy Hicks represented the press to the North Carolinians, and Assistant U. S. Attorney Henry Gill led a discussion of the judiciary. The Washington week was key noted by Tom Hender schott, a professional staff member of the House Ways and Means Committee. CLOSE UP is a non profit, non-partisan educational foundation that uses Washington as an open classroom for teaching government. High school students and teachers are given first-hand contact with influential members of the federal government during i the week-long study program in the Captial City. Ralei gh Durh am CLOSE UP group also heard a State Department panel discuss "Food, Fuel, and Resources: Economic Forces Shaping Foreign Policy of the 1970'$", as well as a White House aide and a corporate lobbyist. More leisurely activities undertaken by the Tar Heel contingent were day and evening tours of Washington, a pizza party, an afternoon at the Smithsonian Institution, and a live theater performance of "FrontPage" at Washing ton's Arena Stage on the waterfront. RaleighDurham partici pants were the second North Carolina group to visit and study in Washington under CLOSE UPs auspices. The first group attended in 1975. Anofoximatclv 40 of the RaleighDurham CLOSE UP delegation attended the program on full fellowship. They were recipients of the Allen J. Ellender fellowship program, which was passed by Congress in 1972. Ellender fellowships are earmarked for low-income and disadvantaged students who otherwise would not be able to attend the program. Ellender fellowships - help insure that a socio-economic cross-section . of the greater RaleighDurham " area can attend CLOSE UP. Local CLOSE UP student and teacher participants are from Hillside: June Steel, Cathy Vaughan, Lee Chestnut, Avon Ruffin, Charles E. Jordan: J. Willie Barnes, Edith Annette Brodie, Andrea Fulton, Northern: Yvonne Wilkins, Phyllis Barnette. Official hostess for the occasion was Mrs. Helen S. Miller, Chairman, Department of Nursing and national board member of the organization. After a closed conference with the members, Mrs. Crouch was presented a NCCU cup and was given a tour of the campus. In addition to the chapter at NCCU, other student chapters on college campuses are located at Howard Univer sity, Federal City College, Dillard University, Tuskegee Institute, N. C. A & T University, Prairie View A & M College, Wayne State University, Indiana University, University of Michigan and Hampton Institute. Students attending the conference were: Cathy Badgett, Maglon Bell, Patricia Burnett, Brenda Fisher, Linda Fisher, Elaine Gilmer, Lauretta Hayes, Glen Esther Howell, Pearl McGill, Ella Rease, Gloria Williams, Maude Williams and Wilma Yellock. Durham City Board Of Education Has Mooffafl The Durham City Board of Education held it regular semi-monthly meeting May 10. The board focused its attention to the 1976-77 school year calendar. A mo tion to accept a proposal which would call for a nine (9) week grading report and Drown Continued from Page 1 whpm I respect and admire anda man who I believe will offer a great deal to this country." Dymally has already begun campaigning out-of-state for Governor Brown. "I will be going on the road again and doing a lot of work in California with the Mayor," Dymally said. "Wherever I have the strength, I'm going to use that for Brown." . the institution of a "check list" type of grading report of the students, as opposed to the standard numerical pro cess was accepted by unani mous ayes from the board. The new system will differ depending on grade level. The Professional Cooper ation Committee, an arm of the DCAE, met with, and proposed to the Board, a package of reccomendations that included the Board ing on public record that it supported a sixteen per cent increase, of state employees salaries. In addition to the salary increase, next year's PCC president, John Deeds, also elaborated on about twenty-five recommendations which the members felt would strengthen the school system. Among them were: Continued on Page 111 DH. VERt.'O.'J CLArJ IS : PANELIST AT SHAW UNIV. fjJ60WtOS0e. JJPMftaOGWW' i Dr. Vernon Clark, associate professor of biology at North Carolina Ceintral University, served a a panelist (May 10th) in a program concerned with increasing the number' of minority students in health professions through Career counseling. The program was sponsored byy ;The Health Manpower Develop ment Corporation, Health Careers Information System, Washington, D. C. Shaw University was the host institution. The area discussed by 40th AHE Zion Hoof Opons In, Chicago CHICAGO - More than 500 delegates, coming from the 48 domestic conferences of the United States, Islands, South America, Vir gin Islands, London, Africa and Alaska, registered at the McCorndck Inn, Wednesday for the opening of the 40th Quadrennial session of the General Conference, A. M. E. 7ion Church. The opening session feat ured the serving o" the Holy Sacrement of the Lord's Sur per, at Greater Walters Church, 8422 South Damen St., with the senior prelate, Bishop H. B. Shaw, Wil mington,, presiding. He was assisted bv the other bishops, William M. Smith, Mobile, Ala., W. A. Hilliard, Detroit, M'ck.; A. G. Dunstor., Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.; C. H. Fog gie, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J. C. Hogcard, Indianapolis, Ind.; J. W. Wi-ctor, Favetteville; C. R. Coleman, Baltimore, Md.; Arthur Marshall, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.; John II. Miller, Delia's, Texas; J. Leake, Charlotte, and R. L. Speaks, Roosevelt, N.Y. Bishop W. A. Hilliard, host-bishep, deliveted the communion serrlon. Me made a blistering attack upon the evils that attend the world. He called upon the denomination to become more vocal about sin and said that we do net talk about sin as an abstraction. V'c know however, sin as a concrete realization. SEARS RECEIVES PEACEMAKER AWARD By Earl Gill GREENSBORO - Stan Davis, General Manager of the Carolina Peacemaker announced in a letter to R. O. Luter, Advertising Manager, Sears, that Sears has been selected as one of the six companies to receive the first annual Peacemaker Supporter Award. The award was presented to Sears during the Peacemaker's ninth anniversary Awards banquet held at the Cosmos Club in Greensboro recently. The speaker for the momentous occasion was Rev. Jesse Jackson, National Director of Operation PUSH, Chicago, Illinois. Davis-stated that "through Sears financial support in the for , of advertising dollars, the Peacemaker has been able to consistently increase its service to the total community .The selection committee and staff of the Peacemaker salute you (Mr. Luter) and Sears' for recognizing the credibility of the black press, the Carolina Peacemaker. "We also extend to you our sincere appreciation for your past and present The Carolina Peacemaker Ninth Anniversary Awards Banquet was a most successful even. Black Business Awareness would also "like to thank the Carolina Peacemaker to include Dr. J.M.K ilimanj aro, Publisher and Stan .Davis, General Manager, for the? out standing service the peace maker renders to theVtotal community." Dr. Clark was "Application Processes". One of the items stressed by the NCCU biolo gist was that it is imperative that predominant black schools strengthen their aca demic structure if their gra duates are to compete ' successfully in the future job market, and in being accepted into graduate and professional schools. He stated that the day of receiving special considera tion because of having been deprived and disadvantaged has just about run its course. He further said that predo minantly black higher education must meet this challenge if it is to be true in its commitment to pre pare our youth to become successful participants in a rapidly changing national and world society. Workshop participants received certificates at the conclusion of the activity. An answer-question session was held, and those attend ing were able to submit written evaluation of the proceedings. . , , , . J : . f '"" " """"1 I k-T If IJKCK it President Ran Few of the Durham Kiwanis Club presents plaques of recognition and apprecia tion to the Teachers of the Year. For their outstanding contributions to the lives of youth of Durham and Durham County, special recognition was given by the Durham Kiwanis Club at a luncheon at the Downtowner Motor Inn. In center is Mrs. Thelma Tuck Carrington, an English teacher at the Brogden Junior High School, who was chosen Teacher of the Year for the city. Mrs. Carrington has spent 30 years in the classroom helping to mold the minds of youth. At right, is Mrs. Rosa Small, a teacher at Lowes Grove School who was named Teacher of the Year for Durham County. Mrs. Small has been a teacher for 16 years. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY HERE'S ALL YOU DO! IT'S FUN! IT'S EASY! Simply pick up a free game ticket each time you visit a Big Star Food Store in this area. No purchase required. A NEW GAME EVERY WEEK Each game ticket is numbered and color-coded for that week's race only. The more tickets you have, the' greater your chances to win. Get new tickets each week!' FIVE CHANCES TO WIN ON EACH TICKET Each ticket has five horse numbers . . . one horse for each of the five races shown on the weekly television show. If the horse number on your ticket corresponds with the first place horse in the proper race, you are a winner. PROGRAM DATA $265,000 prize money available during 13 week program. 67.300 total winning game pieces during program. 1 in 150 tickets are winning game pieces. Number of outlets - 54 Program scheduled through July 5, 1976 Area covered by program -Big Star Food Stores in North Carolina from Winston-Salem east to the Atlantic coast; and Lynchburg, South Boston, Danville and Mar tinsville, Virginia. Program may be renewed for aiiother 1 3 weeks PRIZE DETAILS FOR EACH WEEK OF PROGRAM WINNING POttlfMLmiS k WINNING POMIWimit U 1 lii 1P1 I I A ' 1 vi(K t uon vim no. or 1 1 V fji 1 J VJ4 A ! AWARD PwWMk PwWMk W1NNIM. 11 f N M L If 4 A i.00 ; tkllH IklM t 4.M8 il'vJ. 1 .Yt ' W i loo im 1.000 inijoo m Am n ""nV Vv ' t WOO Ho 1,000 MniMO iU XI " 4 J VI I 4 t 1 00.00 1 in (1.700 1 1n M.MS IS . If . Vl 11.000.00 1in1M.30t 1ln77.S4 t Yfc. , 9 . II . , 1 U. S. CHOICE BEEF BLADE CM YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ANY CASH PRIZE IS 1 150 OUR PRIDE LB. (A FARM CHARM lco Milk or Shcrbot HALF GALLON VS)(o SANDWICH LOAF 22) CALIFORNIA " WML QUART (o)(o)
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