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• Vj UEStfcB 1* OOUKMAN, M.D.
t$ 1He For the Old: CARE
TWO ELDERLY mei
‘warm, gentle smiles
brought to my clinic
Both Were living in a
lng home. Toll Will, 1 ata
forgive me for bringing
the sad picture I saw..
tor undergoes emotion)
tress, too.
a*
Dr. Coleman
Tne first pa
tient was 79
years old and
was support
ing himself on
.a walker. He
weighed. 10T
lbs. and was
about S feet 4
inches tall.
His light
brown plaid
sports jacket
might easily
have lit a 6-toot, 170-pound
young1 football player. The
rest of bis clothing? Ill-fit
ting old family hand-me
downs. A pungent smell of
stale urine permeated the ex
amining room. I felt shame at
being part of a society that
has thrown this unfortunate
man Into life’s discard.
The second patient was a
keen-eyed gentleman of about
70. His frail body was fixed
In a wheel chair, Immobilized,
because both his legs had been
removed.
I asked how he had lost his
legs and he said, “I was pun
ished because X got drunk and
fell asleep in a snowdrift in
the park."
Then, in amoment, he added
a testimonial of man’s reserve
and courage, saying, "Maybe
this had tp happen to make
me stop drinking and realize
how lucky I am to he alive."
"Lucky to be alive" kept
ringing in my mind.
‘What gift have we doctors
and scientists really given the
elderly by adding 18 years to
their life span? Can the yean
be considered a gift when pee*
pie like these are destined to a
world of despair, without dig
nity, without the feeling that
they are wanted or resp'ectedt
Sure, they are given out
ward evidences of social bene
fits—a cot in a ward, nourish
ing if unpalatable and unat
tractive food, limitless time to
do nothing hut sit and con
template their loneliness.
Such neglect cannot possibly
he the reward of those who
have worked, contributed, and
hoped for the elusive dayB of
What they must once hava
thought of as “joyful retire*
tnent”. •
Their despair is not a fflffi
cult thing to remedy. The
dominant force is caring —*
caring with money, with prop
er clothes, dignified housing,
recreational facilities — and
sensitive 'jaring for the physi
cal and emotional needs
houned in those frail bodies.
The first step in our own
caring today was an organized
plan for doctors to examine
and treat handicapped elderly'
in their own quarters, sparing
them, the difficult burden of
being transported to our cli
nic.
Can you find a way to care
In your community? ,
Dr. Lester Coleman has pre
pared- a special booklet lor
readers of the column entitled,
“Pay Attention to Tour
Heart.” For your copy, send
25 cents in coin and a large,
self-addressed stamped enve
lope to Lester L. Coleman,
M.D., ]n care of this news
paper. Flea so mention the
booklet by title.
QPROTHY MANNERS'
» Hollywood
*-J-—
i HOLLY WOOD -**There
j should be s%tne sort of ste
: tuette to give to Skye Aubrey,
one of the few offspring of fa
mous parents who does not at
least impiy
that her child
hood was a
helluva strain
living under
the same roof
with Super
Star and how
much faster
her own ca
reer would
have taken off
if she had
heem unencum
bered by a fa
mous name.
Skye Aubrey
Not Skye. She’s third-gen
eration show business and
proud of it. Her grandmother
was Phyllis Schuyler, Shake
spearean actress; her mother
is Phyllis Thaxter; her father,
James Aubrey, head of MGM.
"I can't remember a mo
ment. of my childhood when
television sets weren’t turned
on in every room for my fa
ther, when my mother wasn’t
on a tear to get to a movie
set, when the place wasn’t
filled with directors, produ
cers, actors. And I loved every
crazy, exciting minute of "
says the blonde, blue-eyed,
26-year-old honey coming up
fast under Universal.
She’s even pleased that she
Inherited her father’s nature,
"emotional and fretful.” To
many who worked under Au
brey during his days as the
"Smiling Cobra” of CBS-TV,
this is the height of under
statement. But no matter.
She gets her looks from her
mother, who once made such
hit films as "Thirty Seconds
Over Tokyo,” "Blood on the
Moon,” and "Come Fill the
Cup.”
"We lived in Brentwood,”
says Skye, "and I went around
telling all the kids, ‘My moth
er is an actress, my mother is
an actress, and my father is
big, big, big in TV.’ With such
prestige they were duty-bound
to let me put on the plays in
tiie garage—and star myself.”
Her full name was Schuyler
S then and it wasn’t until years
later, when she took over the
comedienne lead in "Cactus
Flower,” that another show
business biggie, David Mer
rick, shortened it to Skye.
"The years between are a
montage of preparing myself
jfor a career," she tells you.
"While I was still in high
school in the Hast, where we
had moved with dad, I ap
peared in summer stock, and t ,
after high school I went to ■
London to study at the Royal '
Academy of Dramatie Arts.
Returning to New York I got ■
a good break replacing Brenda ;
Vaccaro in ‘Cactus Flower.’ ;
When this was over, I was :
brought back to Hollywood,
mostly for TV roles."
But If show business is her
life, it also is true that she
leads the least show-business j
life of any actress in Holly
wood. Skye loves the solitude 1
and privacy of her small'yel- !
low house in Westwood, where
she spends hours reading and
painting or packing for a1
quick trip to Maine to visit
her mother, who has lived)In
New England ever since giv
ing up her own career and di
vorcing Aubrey.
For a very pretty girl in her
mid-20s, Skye dates very sel
dom. “Most of the men who
take me out expect to spend
the night when they bring me
home,” she shrugs.
She spends a lot of time
with her father, now re-estab
lished on the West Coast as
head man at MGM.
Being seeped in the tradi
tions of show business as she
is, Skye is eager for more
meaningful roles than she gets i
in “Marcus Welby” or “Love,
American Style."
“I’ve accepted some roles I
didn’t particularly like because
I believe .an. actress getting
started in Hollywood these
bleak days needs a studio be
hind her. Why be an actress
if there’s nothing to act in?
“Recently, I’ve liked my as
signments more, particularly
the studib’s four-hour TV ver
sion of Fletcher Knebel’s 'best,
seller, ‘Vanished!’ and the full*
length film for ABC-TV, ‘The
City,’ with Anthony Quinn.
Also I have a good ‘Marcus
Phyllis
Thaxter
Welby, M.D.’
segment com
ing up, titled
‘A Yellow
Rose,' which'
I like very
much.”
Meanwhile,
this daiig&ter
of Show Busi
ness awaits
what will hap
pen in a little
yellow house
in Westwood,
contented with
the way hep career is going
and proud of being a child of
famous parents. Where is th» t
statuette ?
Distributed by Kin# Features Syndicate
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Betharty Bible Church Will
Have Historical Film Sunday
A film portraying the his
torical color drama of the be
ginnings of the Baptist church
in the United States is sche
duled to be shown at Bethany
Bible Church on Sunday, Aug
ust 15th, at 7:30 in the evening.
“Magnificent Heritage” tells
the story of John Leland’s
struggle for religious liberty in
the early days of American in
dependence.
This historical drama pre
sents the important role John
Leland played as “Baptists’
apostle of freedom” during the
colonial days in American his
tory. It tells how James Madi
son was led to write specific
safeguards for religious free
dom into the proposed federal
constitution —the First Amend,
ment of the Bill of Rights.
This is an entertaining, in
spiring and educational fea
ture - length (55 minutes)
film in beautiful color. The
church is located at 235 West
Main street, and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
The Manpower Administra
tion has shortened the name of
its Farm Labor and Rural Man
power Service to, simply, the
Rural Manpower Service. The
switch signals a new emphasis
on serving all rural people, not
mainly farmworkers.
Brevard
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nicholson
returned home Friday after
visiting their son and family,
Mr. and Mrs. James Nicholson,
Tommy and Kim in Del City,
Oklahoma.
Smoluf Saytt
When you think of prescrip
tions, think of VARNER’S, adv.
School Calendar For 1971-72
(9!4 Months)
August 23, 1971 _Orientation of New Teachers
August 24, 1971‘_First Teacher Day
August 25, 1971 _Pupil Assignment Day
August 26, 1971 _Beginning of 180-Day Term
May 24, 1972 _End of 180-Day Term
May 25-26, 1972_Extended Term for Teachers
HOLIDAYS:
September 6, 1971-Labor Day
October 5, 1971_Professional Meeting
November 25 - 26, 1971 -Thanksgiving
December 22 - 31, 1971 -Christmas
January 17, 1972 _Teachers Work Day
Pupil Holiday
March 31 - April 3, 1972 -Easter
SCHOOL MONTHS:
First Month_August 26 - September 23, 1971
Second Month__— Sept. 24 - Oct. 22, 1971
Third Month_Oct. 25 - November 19, 1971
Fourth Month_Nov. 22 - Dec. 21, 1971
Semester Examinations Are To Be
Scheduled Immediately Prior To
Christmas Holidays.
Fifth Month ____ January 3 - January 31, 1972
Sixth Month_February 1 - February 28, 1972
Seventh Month __ February 29 - March 27, 1972
Eighth Month _____ March 28 - April 26, 1972
Ninth Month___April 27 - May 24, 1972
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