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HONORED MEMBERS OF SILVER MOUNT
^ith Rev. William l^ee Jr. (centeredI
A^ Recognition Dinner
Silver Mount Church Cites
Outstanding Contributors
Hundreds of Silver Mount
Baptist Church members and
special guests assembled at
Greenville Neighborhood Cen
ter recently for the ‘ Annual
Fellowship and Recognition
Dinner - 77.” Awards were
given for long service to the
church and for outstanding
service in various areas.
These members were hono
red for length of service: Mrs.
Viola Pettus - 74 years; Mrs.
Emma Commodone - 65; Mrs.
Blanche Dixon - 64; Deacon
A.H. Holloway Sr. - 61; Roose
velt Dixon - 60; Arthur Hollo
way Sr. - 60; Mrs. Pearlie Kirk
- 59; Deacon Joseph Cunning
ham - 55; Mrs. Willie Mae
Dixon - 50; Mrs. Hannah Wil
son - 54; Mrs. Hannah Gilliam
- 50; and Mrs. Georgia Gilliam
- 50.
Deacon T.R. Leak - 49; Mrs.
Rachel Potts - 48; Mrs. Geor
ginna Dixon - 48; Mrs. Martha
Murphey - 47; Deacon Roose
velt Cherry - 46; Mrs. Maggie
Daniels - 46; Mrs. Isabella
Leak - 45; Mrs. Rosa Jones -
45; Mrs. Carrie Sanders - 42;
Mrs. Cleo Holloway - 40; Mrs.
Ada Guy - 40; Mrs. Rosa
Jacobs - 40; and Mrs. Daisy
Austin - 40.
Mrs. Amanda Cherry - 38;
Mrs. Ethel Stinson - 37; Will
Hood - 35; Deacon James
Dixon - 35; Mrs. Emily Mur
phy - 34; Mrs. Mary Green -
33; Charles Adams Sir. - 27;
and Jesse Murphy - 25.
The following persons were
chosen by secret ballot to
receive the Most Outstanding
Service Awards: Deacon Bo
ard - T.R. Leak and A.H.
Holloway; Senior Usher Bo
ard - Henry Young; Trustee
Board - Leroy Holloway; Dea
coness Board - Mrs. Ella
Dixon; Mothers Board - Mrs.
Willie Dixon. Young Adult
Ushers - Mrs. Ruby Bennett,
Senior Mission Department -
Mrs. Janie B. Crosby; Mission
Group No. 1 - Mrs Cleo
Holloway ; Mission Group No.
2 - Mp. Rosa Jacobs; Young
Adifjfc • Mrs. Hattie Ladson;
YoiAh Department - Cynthia
Williams; Cradle Roll - Mrs.
Arlene Dixon; Sunday School
Department - Deacon R.L.
Holloway; Young Men's Bible
Club - Hazel Potts.
Music Department - Mrs.
Birdie Owens; Children's Cho
ir - Carolina Leak; Junior
Musical Choir - Brenda Ervin;
Vocal Choir - Deacon Edward
Dixon; Usher’s Chorus - Mrs
Isabella Leak; Junior Hymn
Choir - Larry Cunningham;
Hymn Choir No. 1 - Mrs.
Emily Murphy; and Hymn
Choir No. 2 - Mrs. Blanche
Dixon. Mrs Betty C. Potts
received the Outstanding Se
cretary award.
Mrs Sarah Lee, wife of the
pastor, was presented a dozen
roses by Mrs. Isabella Leak on
behalf of the church.
The final presentation of the
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evening was made to the
pastor, Rev. William Lee Jr.,
by Deacon T.R. Leak. The
award, for outstanding ser
vice, was in the form of a
plaque and a 1977 copy of
“Who's Who In Religion In
America,” in which Rev.
Lee’s name appears.
Special guests were Rev.
I
P M. Young and wife. Rev.
Jan.i~ F. Palmer, Rev. F.G.
Lowry, Rev. Robert Miller.
Rev. J.W. Walker, Rev. Frank
Murphy, Rev. W.M. Alexan
der and Rev. Robert Leak.
Music was by "The Glimpse
Of Hope Radio Choir."
Rev. William Lee Jr. served
as Master of Ceremonies.
Happiness Through Health
Study Critical Of Health Care
By Otto McClarrin
Special To The Post
The nation's medical sys
tem still furnishes better heal
th care to whites than to
non-whites, despite "impor
tant gains" by non-whites over
the past 20 years, the Congres
sional Budget Office has
found.
In a recent report, it listed
four main reasons: high costs
combined with low incomes,
non-financial barriers such as
discrimination or localized
shortages of doctors, lack of
follow-up care, and "too little
emphasis on some conditions
affecting non-whites."
Health care for non-whites
could be improved by "more
vigorous';' affirmative-action
programs in medical schools,
among other things, the report
stated.
One suggested remedy wou
ld be for the government to
supply health care directly
where the private sector falls
short. Statistics cited by the
report to illustrate the dispari
ty was illustrated by such
statistics as a 70 percent high
er infant mortality rate for
non-whites. 30 percent more
bed disability days, a life
expectancy six years shorter,
and a greater chance of suffer
ing from specific ailments
that proper health care would
improve.
The report said non-whites
are four times likelier than
whites to die of heart disease
and chronic kidney failures,
three times likelier to die of
high blood pressure, and five
times likelier to die of tubercu
losis. Non-whites chances of
death from diabetes are twice
that of w hites, the report said
It added that non-whites are
seven times more likely to be
victims of homicide
Black women are live times
more likely to die of complica
tions in childbirth than w hites
Combined with the higher in
fant mortality rate of blacks,
this "suggests a continuing
lack of prenatal care, the
report continued
It cited ''discrimination' in
the Medicaid program, the
main provider of health care
for the poor In 1969. it said,
Medicaid paid an average of
$213 in health-care costs for
each non-white beneficiary,
compared to $375 for each
white beneficiary. 75 percent
more.
Physicians in inner-city ar
eas are most likely to refuse to
serve Medicaid patients, the
report said. And it noted that
the southern states, which
tend to have lower Medicaid
benefits, also have a high
proportion of poor non-whites
The report also said there is
documented discrimination in
nursing homes.
MORE CELL DAMAGE
REPORTED WITH HEART
X-RAY CHEMICAL
Evidence that the chemical
used to enhance the X-ray
image of the heart and blood
vessels during examinations
for heart disease results in a
tenfold increase in radiation
damage to cells has been
reported by two University of -
California at Los Angeles me
dical school researchers.
The chemical, known as a
contrast medium, is used dur
ing a common diagnostic pro
cedure called angiocardio
graphy It is injected into the
patient's bloodstream so that
heart structures and blood
vessels are clearly visible on
film or-on a screen
Whether the cell damage
beyond that which would oc
cur with radiation alone has
significant effects on health is
not known, say Dr Forrest
Adams and Dr Amos Nor
man. w ho reported their preli
minary findings to a meeting
of the American Academy of
Pediatrics. _ 1
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