3 Mrs. Martha Mitchell U talking with M*. *J Anne Miller, Presbyterian Inpatient tur gery supervisor, at Mrs. Mitchelf’s re cent retirement party. i Retiree Martha Mitchell years of service. •: “Mrs. Mitchell’s sense of '■ ] humor and ability to laugh made working with her a ? Trout Lilies iLovetiest Of -Jt 'Early Flowers 'N.C Botanical Garden" WpeelnlTaiViPft 2 ■-One of the loveliest of our 2 early wild flowers is easy • to miss. 2 There may still be traces 2 of snow on the ground, and 2 you aren't really tMnking - of spring wild flowers, but 2 a close look in the moist 'woodlands may surprise ■ you. 2 The trout lilies may be ; there, spread like a yellow CVP« through the winter’s 2 underbrush. They’re only 7about six inches tall, per • haps explaining why they -don’t suffer when a late 2 spring night (Bps below 'freezing. - The leaves are blade 2 shaped with speckled 'brown spots, resembling - the brown trout’s skin. This 2 plant, Erythronium ame 'ricanum, has other cotn 'mon names: dog-tooth 2 violet and adder’s tongue, 2*l*o descriptive of Its ap 'paarance. 2 Each plant has a single 2stem and a single nesting, - bell-shaped flower. The 1 yellow petals curve beck to 2 show the reddish, poBen - bearing stamens. - einc* this Is about the Jflrst of the spring ephe - morale - the flowers that *eome and go quickly - the 'pollinators of the season anger to begin their - Jkork. The honeybee seems j start its busy poUin jation schedule with trout * Miles. A green-bodied bee, " much smaller than the 'honeybee, crawls among - the stamens and comes up ; covered with die reddish --w — « »« - - - l a-a_ „ poiicn, wniw tmaii oiacs - ants also are doing thetr ‘ part in pollinating the trout : lily * Gardeners interested in j this plant should ha aware that growing it from seeds ; is a slow process. It may - take as long as eight years / for seedlings to mature to - blooming sise. ^ s-sa— - — * iNurmf?ry grown mjina art ' apt to bo more emeses -> ful. Since the plants .go ' dormant right after bloom ' lng, wild flower gardeners - often Interplent other I species that don’t lose j their leaves right away for * a batter appearance. : Trout liliea like light, J open shade and can tole - rate heavy soil. * 'Tho trout HJy is pretty, Z maybe especially to since "If is among the first flowers of spring. special treat,” says Nancy Soapp, senior vice presi dent and director of nurs ing. “She would retell things that happened during the night, which would make a hectic night seem fun. We are surely going to miss her,” Mrs. Snapp says. _It tolrwi a uptv'inl pffnrt to learn how to laugh, but Mrs. Mitchell credits her experiences in Africa in World War II with teaching her that valuable lesson. “I was a volunteer nurse in a medical unit from Charlotte, and we set up eur hospital in a wheat Odd in Africa on November 8. We had winds that blew our tents down, and around the first of December, it started to rain. It must have rained for 40 days and 40 nights. son came, and it was so very hot. Sleep was virtual-' -ly impossible. We had good times and hard times, but I couldn’t complain because everyone , was going through what 1 was. That’s where I got my survival attitude,” says Mrs. Mit chell. —Reticles learning to sur vive, Mrs. Mitchell posed for a portrait that ap peared on the cover of the December 27,1943, issue of “Life” magazine. “The Army was between pushes, and 1 was outside my tent when a doctor asked^ me if I wanted to sketched the portrait and then painted it back in the states. “I didn’t even know it was on the cover of the magazine until I came home in February. 1944, and noticed that my., mother bad bought up all the copies,” Mrs. Mitchell says. “It was something that Just happened. It wasn’t because I deserved special recognition.” Almost 40 years later, Mrs. Mitchell’s co-workers thought she deserved cial recognition and re cently honored her with a nursing staff gave Mrs. Mitchell a Wring of pearls, and the grateful laugh ter of a woman who knew how to survive was heard around the room. Affs. Le' V * . _____ _ __ __ _ . __ . A By Lori Grier V Post Staff Writer ..Mrs. Elisabeth Dargan, •oror of the Alpha Lambda Omega Chapter and prin cipal of BilHngsvUle Ele mentary School, was re ■ cently the Founders Day speaker far the Eta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Rock Hill, S.C. Hef charge -to the chapter on their momen tous occasion was “Facets of Dynamic Power, a key element in the sorority’s national vein for continuous productivity. According to Dargan, we have come a long way. When she thinks or our being in this place at this time, she thinks of the man whose house was on fire. Frantic, he picked up the telephone, dialed the fire department and said, “Hurry, come quickly, my house is on fire.” The dispatcher asked, “Where do you live?” The man quickly replied, “422 Clark son, you know, in the black community just be fore you reach the shop ping difitrict.-Notieeable cooler, the dispatcher said, “I’m afraid we don’t know how to get there."' Ex asperated and watching his —heme go up in smoke, the man asked, “Have you still got that red fire truck?" “Of course," said the dis patcher. “Weil* come in that.” one tora the sorora that they are on fire with ideas, goals, burning issues,-de sires and dreams, but —there’s always a dispatcher who throws you a curve unless you are quick to rebound and beat-him at his own game. “We know that in this game aClife there are many four kills and few homeruns, but that doesn't mean that we lay down the hat and slink Into the dugout.:.li Just means that those who stay on the team have to jjractice harder, take mor^wings at the ball and take full advantage of the opitortun ity when we get a hit,” she explained: 7 v ■——— Because of the facets of dynamic power-from a handful of women in 1908 to 80,000 in 1984, we are ce lebrating fi notable accom plishment-one of enduring worthiness; one o< dyna - mic leadership, one of de dicated members, and one Who do you miss who’s 50 miles away! Isn’t that someone special who seems too close to call and too far to visit, really worth a surprise chat now and then? Well, remember with Southern Bell, 50 miles is only a short long distance call away. In North Carolina, a 15-minute call this weekend within 50 miles, dialed direct without the operator, costs no more than $2.34 till 5 p.m. Sunday. At that rate, you can visit long and warm. And often. Make a short long distance call today. Southern Bed A — I fCt/TH Ccrrpun/ OWStaboo(i♦)chargatapply Thaaaehargaadonolapptytopar»on4o-Dar»on com hot*. card. pa^cafl* charged to anoth* numb* or to tima and ch*ga ca*a For d> net dial rataa to Alaafca and Hawaii, chock your op*ator. Rata* subjact to changa. Mr*. Elizabeth Dargan .CMS principal of diversities resources that have been united to impact the quality of life and improve the status of the race. Even though we can look back with satisfaction and with pride, she con tinued, as we celebrate, we must sharpen our focus on the future through a major effort to identify both the problems and the opportun ities embodied in our National Thrust for Power. We must gain new i— 1 -■ insights to improve the status of the race, and then translate these* insights Aecordiflig to Dargan, if we as a people perceive era have power, we do, and If we do not perceive we have -power, we do not. ’“The importance of self-image is one facet that cannot be overstated. The image of power must be projected before it can be discerned by others. Power is abun dant, comes from many sources, has many farms and the wise organization build* as large a stockpile as possible. The key tn successful use of power is understanding its limits in a given situation, combined with a willingness to take calculated risks.” Finally, Dargan empha sized that power cor responds to the human ability not Just to act but to act in concert. “Alpha Kappa Alpha’s thrust for power must be the common goal sought by every seg ment of the membership and each component of the M i* order to form ■ collective group that sees itself and is seen by others as a symbol of power. We need to create a positive and forceful image internally as Wall as ex ternally,” challenged Mrs. Elisabeth Oargan^ •COUNSELING • CONSULTATION •TRAINING ji , \ . “ Marriage & Family Counseling Consultation, Staff Development and Training for Business and Human Services Agencies ' Ricks Resources .j Carole B. Ricks, A.C.S.W. 909 East Boulevard, Suite 5 (between Dilworth Rd. W. and Park Rd.) 9a.m. -5 p.m. (alsoby appt.) 333-0140 IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE CHARLOTTE POST Call Today.. 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