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ift vm Ricky Massey ...Top scout Scouting Stresses More Involvement By Dianne Simpson Poet Staff Writer A few black scouting troops of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County area sponsored a mu sical program recently featur ing the choirs from the spon soring churches. This pro gram was held at the Friend ship Baptist Church, and was conducted under the theme of “Black Scouts Aiming for The Future.” In opening the program, scouts from all the troops sang a song, then sponsored chur ch choirs rendered musical selections. Ricky Massey, who is presently involved in train ing and guiding den chiefs, was recognized by Rev. Paul W. Drummon of the St. Paul Baptist Church. Lonnie Gra ves, scoutmaster of Troop 25 from St. Paul Baptist Church, gave a speech on what scout ing is all about. In a later conversation with Graves he commented that the purpose of the church program and various other programs sponsored is to try to promote scouting in the community. He pointed out that there seems to be a lack of interest in scouting. Many scouting troops in the Char lotte-Mecklenburg County ar ea are no longer in existence and some are inactive. “Thus,” Graves states, “the troops that are very active in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg ar ea are Troops 25 of The St. Paul Baptist Church, 73-Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, 63-Friendship Bap tist Church, 71-Little Rock AME Zion Church, 127-Me morial United Presbyterian Church, 131-Rockwell AME Zion Church, 137-Greater Bet hel AME Church, 18»-Dalton Village Community and 62 First Baptist Church.” He pointed out that within the last 25 years the local troops have produced only 2 black Eagle Scouts, whereas he claims that 2 are produced almost every week by the whites. Thus he proudly ack nowledges Ricky Massey as being a black Eagle Scout. Massey, who has worked in the scouting area for 10 years first started out as a cub scout with Troop 25 where he recei ved the Arrow of Light Award, highest award achieved by cub scouts. After joining the boy scouts he became a senior patrol leader, junior assistant scoutmaster (where he re ceived 34 merit badges), and Den Chief of Cub scouts. He once served on the Brown Sea Double." Graves goes on to stress the need of funds for the scouts. According to Graves, “Funds help with the upgrading and advancement of the scouts.” He comments that troops need camping equipment and the need of funds vary according to the size of the troops. He affirms that every year for the past 3 years the active troops have sponsored toys for unfor-' tunate kids. In the past they have issued toys that had already been used, but now Graves hopes that the troops will issue new toys. Graves is asking that the public join in with the scouts and give support. Those wish ing to become scout patrons can contact Lonnie Graves at 374-0557- The Monthly NEWS LETTER will reveal the sco uts' patron list the latter part of December. The fund raising drive continues until Decem ber 23. “Operation Santa Claus” Scheduled l he Mental Health Associa tion of Mecklenburg County and The Mecklenburg Associ ation for Retarded Citizens are sponsoring a program called ' OPERATION SANTA CLAUS” for the 10th year, the project is designed to provide gifts for residents of mental health centers throughout the state. "OPERATION SANTA CLAUS" is a community pro ject involving churchs, mer chants, schools, civic groups, and individuals. Last year alone, more than 25,000 gifts were collected. Approximately 500 Meck lenburg residents are patients at North Carolina centers in cluding those at the Mental Health Hospital in Charlotte. Gifts of clothing, toys, person al items are all desperately needed to show these people that “somebody cares.” Gifts should be delivered to the United Community Ser vices Building, 301 S. Brevard Street, Room No. 124, anytime _hefore December is Subscribe To The Post For The Common Cold Health Convocation Discusses Folk Medicine In North Carolina ‘-'J V/MI II A Wl II vl Special To The Post CHAPEL HILL - John and Hattie Lee have little use for doctors and prescriptions -- they have their own under standing of sickness and their own medicines. In raising their 14 children, John and Hattie treated the common cold not with a dose of cherry-flavored cough sy rup, but mellein or pine needle broth. A cup of either, follow ed by sarsaparilla tea and a warm bed, is a sure cure for the common cold, says John Lee. One of a long line of herb healers in the Lee family of 'Moncure (Chatham County), J Lee’s knowledge of herbs, whi ch he shared with his wife, is typical of many ruraL North Carolinians who rely on home cures and handed-down reme dies instead of doctors and patented medicines. Recognizing the prevalence ofjrawtiona^j^ollwnedicine in the state, this year’s annual N.C. Health Convocation, be ing held this week, Dec. 5-6, in Greensboro, includes pro-and con-discussion on the role con sumers play in the health system. On the following day, Dec. 6, John and Hattie Lee will join Dr. John Stanley and Hawk Littlejohn in a presenta tion on herbs and healers in piedmont, coastal and moun tain North Carolina. Sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health's office of continuing education and the N.C. Health Council, the convocation is designed to bring together consumers and health professionals concern ed with bettering the effective ness of health systems within the state. The two-day meet ing is being held at the Greens boro Holiday Inn-Four Sea sons. In their presentation the Lees will discuss the ways they use herbs like hoarhound. nightshade, rats vein, boneset, dog nettle, rabbit tobacco and sassafras to cure ailments from headaches and rashe to impotency and rheumatism Dr. Stanely will discuss so me of the bad experiences he has had with patients who regularly use home remedies in the rural, black, eastern Carolina community where he has practiced family medicine for 20 years. Representing western Caro lina will be Littlejohn, a Che rokee Indian medicine man who works with the N.C. Area Health Education Centers pro gram. Following their presenta tions will be reactions from health providers Joe Graedon, a Durham pharmacist. Dr. Teresa Graedon, an anthropo logist, and Dr. Nancy Milio, associate dean of the UNC-CH School of Nursing. The Lees in an interview recently said they are strong believers in the curative pow ers of the herbs used for generations by the Lee family. They rely on their own teas, poultices, syrups and powders to fix what ails them. After rearing 14 children, only one of which was born in a hospi tal, Mrs. Lee is proud to say she’s seen a doctor only seven times, one of those times being when her youngest broke an arm. “I often wonder about how healthy my children were when they were growing up," she said, "and I believe the herbs had something to do with it.” Catnip was one of the most used herbs when the Lees' children were babies. “It was good for them," Lee said, "because it made them sleep well and kept them from having colic." He added that catnip also soothes hives and diaper rash. The tradition of herb healing in the Lee family goes back more than 100 years. Lee’s mother was midwife and heal er for both blacks and whites living between Sanford and Pittsboro. She taught John, her youngest child, all she had been taught by her mother about caring for people who had no doctors but great faith in herbs. "Everybody around here knows some herbs," Lee said, ‘‘but I don't know of any others who actually practice using herbs besides us. We use what we talk about. A lot of people know herbs and talk about them but what we know about we have used in our family." Many of the plants used by the Lees grow by the Deep and Rocky rivers located near their home. Two such plants, the most popular of the folk cure-all herbs, are sassafras and sarsaparilla. People still come to Lee for these roots, commonly taken in a tea-form for arthritis, diabetes, ane mia, skin rashes, aches and pains, and impotency Other herbs used by the Lees include: boneset for fev ers and colds, rabbit tobacco for asthma; dog nettle as a purgative; cherry root as a sedative; and polk berry for rheumatism. The juicy, purple berries of the ‘garden nightshade" pia nt which the Lees grow in their backyard and use to dry up poison ivy, is different from the poisonous “deadly night shade" plant. But, as Lee said. “If you know what you’re look ing for, you know what you re getting.” There are other more hazar dous aspects to folk medicine besides picking the wrong herb, according to Dr. Stan ley. The family practitioner has seen another side of the use of home remedies and herbs: the mental and physi cal side effects of what can be very powerful drugs. At Heur Original Every Dollar Spent On Your Hair Care Goes Toward The Purchase Of Your Cuddle Up to Those Savings! 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