WOMAN OF THE YEAR
.wrv oiancne cassiay was recenUy named
•••' the 1977-78 "Woman of the Year” at First
Baptist Church. She received the honor for
her fund-raising efforts on behalf of the
church and is seen on the left, above,
receiving a plaque from Mrs. F.lla Yarbo
rougn, wno won last year. Mrs. Cassidy is the
wife of William Cassidy and they have three
children. She is a teacher at East Mecklen
burg High School. Rev. J.B. Humphrey is the
pastor at First Baptist, 1801 Oaklawn Ave.
Mrs'. Christine Chisholm is seen above
crowning Mrs. Stella Staton “1977 Fashion
220 Cosmetics Hostess.” The occasion was
an Appreciation Dinner at Mrs. Chis
holms home for all the hostesses. Ac
cording to Mrs. Chisholm the award is
given annually to the hostess who brings in
the most orders and added that this is the only
fair way to select th« "Hostess of the Year.”
The prize was Fashion 220 products and all
the hostesses present received a gift. Mrs.
Chisholm owns Fashion 220 Cosmetics at 2204
Beatties Ford Road.
i*ovemment Announces Uinstmas Holiday schedule
Mecklenburg County Gov
ernment agencies and offices
will observe the following
schedule for the Christmas
and New Year’s holidays:
County offices will be closed
Monday and Tuesday, Decem
ber 26 and 27, for Christmas
holidays and Monday, Janua
ry 2, for New Year’s Day. This
includes the Tax Collector’s
Office, the Food Stamp Office,
the Register of Deeds Office
and all units of the Health
- Department.
Da> Care Centers operated
by the Department'of Social
Services will be closed the
enure wees alter Christmas,
December 26 - 30, and will
re-open Monday, January 2.
The County’s two landfills,
Harrisburg Park and Hol
brooks Road, will be closed
Monday, December 26, and
Monday, January 2, but open
as usual on Saturday, Decem
ber 24, and Saturday, Decem
ber 31, at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The County Animal Shelter
will remain open on Christmas
Eve - Saturday, December 24
- until 4 p.m. for the conveni
ence of persons who want to
buy a puppy for Christmas.
The Shelter will be closed
Sunday, Monday and Tues
day, December 25, 26, and 27
and Sunday and Monday, Jan
uary 1 and 2, and the County
Police will accept emergency
calls for the shelter. The num
ber to call is 374-2391.
The Sheriff’s Office will be
closed Friday, December 23,
and Monday, December 26,
and will re-open Tuesday, De
cember 27. The office will be
closed Monday, January 2.
All branches of the Public
Library will be closed Friday,
December 23 and Monday,
December 26. They will also
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Children's Holiday Fashions:
A Fairy Tale Come True for Them—and You
Dues your favorite little
girl b< lirve petticoats are
something munchkins have
for lunch'’ Chances .are
she's lieen into jeans and
T-shirts ever since she
wore iiiit the feet on her
lirst pair of Dr. Denton’s.
This holiday season, in
troduce your young one to
the new fairv-tale fun in
dress-up fashion. Twirling
in her first prettily-embroi
dered dress, she'll be thrill
ed to, discover she more
closely resembles Snow
White than one of the Seven
Dwarfs.
' Soft and lanciful, these
fashions have been influ
enced by the popular "peas
ant look" first created for
women by top designer Yves
St. Laurent.
Many of the best styles
are made in New York,
where fashion experts from
the United Infants and Chil
dren's Wear Association re
port. "Young girls and their
mothers are expressing
great enthusiasm for these
new. more feminine holiday
styles. They're both func
tional and fun, iust what
fashion for children was
always meant to be."
What's more, these fash
ions require minimal care.
Karh of the dresses shown
lion is positively washable
and wrinkle-free. (Trans
lation for kids "Seold
pf’oL ')
And while the garments
may look like they'll re
quire a course in coordina
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At right, a pleated one-piece
“jumper dress” with white lace
yoke. In red or turquoise,
sizes 4-6X, by l.il-Airess, div.
of Jack I.. Ilonig, Inc. At left,
.mother jumper dress, multi
print on black with white yoke
and sleeves. Sizes 7-14, by
| Jack L. Ilonig. Inc. Bodice
is elasticized.
At right, a 100C, cotton red
and white quilted one-piece
“jumper dress” with dottec
swiss blouse, by Youngland
sizes 7-14. At left a soft super
suede jumper, with patch pock
ets in beige, mauve or powdei
blue. Blouse in cream tone
satin. Both by Bugaboo Girl
sizes 8-14.
ting separates for the "lay
ered look," each is actually
an all-in-one wardrobe won
der. Ties are attached to
eyelet blouses arc attached
to pleated jumpers-and on
and on. That means a major
reduction in trauma and
tears when it's time to
dress for the big partv.
Shopping has never been
such fun, and the new va
riety of easy-care fabrics
includes print challis, dot
ted swiss, shimmering satir
and soft super-suede. Dec
orative treatments lend i
festive flair, with ruffles
patch pockets, soft ties ant
shawls.
This year, it's out of thi
mud puddle and into th<
parlor for today's luck,
little ladies'
March Of Dimes Chapters To Improve Health Care
March of Dimes chapters
throughout the United States
stepped up their efforts this
past year to determine how
the quality of local maternal
and infant health care servic
es can be improved The 1977
Annual Report of The National
Foundation-March of Dimes
examines these programs and
their involvement of other
community agengies and lea
ders in perinatal health in
fulfilling the Foundation’s
goal of preventing birth de
fects through protection of the
unborn and the newborn.
When in December 1976, the
Foundation held its fifth Vol
unteer Leadership Conference
in New Orleans, more than
1,200 chapter representatives
joined the officers of 50 major
lay organizations and profes
sional agencies to evaluate the
ever-growing capacity to ach
ieve such protection of the
unborn and the newborn from
birth defects.
■'.We united in commitment
to increase that capacity in
direct, urgent response to the
critical need,” says Harry E.
Green, board chairman of The
National Foundation. "The
goal of assuring a healthy
birth for all babies is central
to our whole society. Especial
ly in the year covered by this
report, we have seen our
mandate woven through the
fabric of daily life - social,
educational, political, econo
mic and cultural."
More than a quarter-million
infants are born every year
with birth defects. This figure
includes some 80,000 babies
whose markedly low birth
weight (4 lbs. 6 oz., or less)
places them in peril of a
healthy survival. Through
programs of research, medi
cal service, and education, the
March of Dimes works nation
wide to overcome the chal
lenge of America's most seri
ous child health problem.
The American people last
year endorsed this goal by
supporting 230 Medical Ser
vice Program grants for deli
very of perinatal services to
pregnant women and new
borns. The National Founda
tion also continues to be the
major source of support for
genetic medicine. These ser
vices are being extended into
local areas from major medi
cal centers around the coun
try. Other agencies, public
and private, restrict their sup
port primarily to genetic re
search.
During the period covered
by this report, The Apgar
Center opened at Columbia
University in New York City.
Officially named "The March
of Dimes Center for Genetics,
Nutrition and Human Deve
lopment in honor of Dr. Virgi
nia Apgar," it was created
through a three-year $900,000
grant from The National
Foundation. Dr. Apgar was
senior vice president for medi
cal affairs of the Foundation
at the time of her death in
1974.
The March of Dimes also
reports establishing a new
category of research in the
Social and Behavorial Scien
ces. The focus of this program
is on he cognitive development
of low-birthweight babies.
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