ii\ Church Services
r Throughout
Transylvania County
(Editor’s note: Officials of all the churches
In Brevard and Transylvania county are requested
to check the information below and bring any cor
rections to The Times office in order that the
directory might be brought up-to-date. It is the
hope of the staff to have all churches in the town
and county in the church directory, which will be
published from time to time during the year).
CHERRYFIELD
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. ALEX BOOTH, In
terim pastor. Sunday School
at 9:45 a.m. Hubert Batson,
superintendent. Morning ser
vices at 11:00 a.m. Evening
service at 7:30 p.m., each Sun
day. Church Training at 6:30
p.m. Mrs. O. E. Matthews, di
rector. Wednesday nifcht
youth organizations 6:30
prayer meeting at 7:30 and
adult choir at 8:15.
BREVARD FAITH
ASSEMBLY
REV. JACK C. WATERS,
Sr., the pastor. Sunday school
at 10:00 a.m., Jack Honeycutt.
Sunday school superinten
dent Morning worship ser
vices at 11:00 a. m. Evange
listic services at 7:00 pjn
Sunday, Jr. and Sr. CA’s 6:30
p.m. Prayer service Wednes
day night 7:30.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REV. HARRY W. PHIL
LIPS, pastor. Church school
classes (all ages) 9:45 a.m.
Morning worship services at
11:00 a.m. Wednesday 7:00
p.m. Fellowship of Prayer,
GOOD SHEPHERD
LUTHERAN CHURCH
808 North Broad Street
REV. J. LEWIS THORN
BURG, DD., Vice - Pastor;
Fred Corson, superintendent;
Kenneth Cohee, assistant
superintendent; Phillip Bayne,
secretary; Shirley Woody,
assistant secretary. Sunday
School for all age groups,
9:45; Morning Worship, 11:00.
The Sacrament of:the lord’s
Supper is administered on the
ffast Sunday of each month.
Jlrordial welcome to every
one; especially those who
have no church home.
BETHEL CHURCH
Mills Avenue
REV. C. E. RUSTTN, pastor;
R. F. Kilgore, Clerk; Sunday
School, 9:45; Morning wor
ship, 10:45; BTU 5:00 pm.
Evening worship, 6:00.
THE ENGLISH CHAPEL
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
REV. HENRY M. KING,
pastor. T. H .Houck, church
school superintendent. Wor.
ship services at 9 a. m. (July
September). Church school
hour at 10 a. m. The FOURTH
Sunday of each month, fel
lowship supper, at the
church, at 6:30 p. m. The
public is cordially invited.
TURKEY CREEK BAPTIST
REV. Z. D. BAKER,
pastor. Worship services at
10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. each
Sunday. Sunday school at
9:45 a.m., Ralph Mann, super
intendent. Training union
Sunday 6:30 p.m., Ed Law
rence. director. Wednesday
night prayer service at 7:30
pjn.
MIDWAY BIBLE BAPTIST
REV. R. A. WHITE, pastor,
Sunday school at 10:00 a.m.,
Ray Aiken, Sunday school su
perintendent. Morning wor
ship at 11:00 a.m. Evening
service at 7:00 p.m. Wednes
day night service at 7:00 pm.
SHOAL CREEK BAPTIST
Balsam Grove
REV. TRUETT OWEN,
pastor. Sunday school at 10:00
am. Elzie McCall, supt
Preaching, first end third Sun
days. 11:00 a.m. Sunday school
10:00 am Choir practice at
7:30 o’clock.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH
DWIGHT P. HERBERT pas
tor. Sabbath school at 9:30 a.
m. Morning worship 11 am
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
ORION N. HUTCHINSON,
JR., pastor, Church School at
9:30 a.m. Morning worship
services at 8:45 and 11:00
a.m. UMYF at 6:00 p.m. Chan
cel Choir rehearsal Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m.
SELICA CHURCH OF GOD
REV. TROY STAMEY, pas
tor. Sunday School at 10:00
a. m. Preaching service at
11:00 a. m. Evangelistic ser
vice at 7:00 p.m. Prayer meet
ing Thursday night at 7:00.
Randy Stamey, Sunday school
Superintendent
TEMPLE BAPTIST
REV. SHANNON RHODES,
pastor. Sunday school: 9:45
a. m. with Richard McKinney,
superintendent; morning wor
ship - 11:00 a. m.; B. T. U.:
Doyle Enloe, director, 6:00
p. m. Evening worship 8:00
p. m.; Wed. prayer service
7:30 p. m.
ROCKY HILL, BAPTIST
Cedar Mountain
REV. M. L. ROSS, pastor.
Services Sunday morning
11:00. Sunday school at 10:00
a.m. Alvin Jones, superinten
dent Training Union at 6:00
p. m. Joe Pace, director.
DUNN’S CREEK BAPTIST
CHURCH
EVERTTE B. PATTER
SON, pastor. Sunday
school 10:00 a. m. Wor
ship service 11:00 a.m. Sun
day night service 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday night prayer ser
vice 7:30 p.m. Gospel singing
each second Friday night
7:30 p.m.
THE SELICA UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
REV. HENRY M. KING,
Pastor. Oscar Harbin, church
school superintendent Wor
ship service at 10 a. m. The
Sunday school hour at 11 ajn.
LITTLE COVE CHAPEL
of First Baptist Church
REV. ED. JOHNSON, pas
tor. Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Harold Norwood Supt. Morn
ing worship 11:00 a. m. Train
ing Union 5:45 p.m. Evening
worship 6:45 p. m. Wednes
day prayer service 7:00 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
JAMES A. DAVIS, Minis
ter. Sunday school at 10:00
ajn. Morning worship and
communion at 11:00 a.m.
Evening worship at 7:00 p.m.,
Sundays and Wednesdays.
Phone 877-4553. The Brevard
Church of Christ is located
on US Highway 64, East.
BOYLSTON BAPTIST
REV. JOE MEDFORD, pas
tor. Sunday school 10:00 a.m.t
superintendent Russel Young.
Preaching every Sunday at
11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Training Union director Jim
Shipman.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST
CHURCH
®REV. W. 6. SIZEMORE,
road. 10:00 a.m. Sunday
School, Sunday School Supt
William Dalton, 11:00 a. m.
Worship service. Evening
services at 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day prayer meeting 7:30 pjn.
MIDDLE FORK
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. JESSIE MEECE, pas
tor. Sunday School 10:00 am
Huston Crowe, superin
tendent; preaching service
11:00 a. m. Sunday night ser
vice and Wednesday prayer
service at 7.30 p. m.
CHURCH
REV. J. W. JACK
tor. Worship eerv
Sunday morning at
BREVARD WE8LEYAN
CHURCH
REV. EUGENE H. GEN*
TRY, pastor. Sunday school at
9:46 a.m. Sunday morning
services at 11:00 a.m. Wes
leyan Youth Service at 7:00
p. m. Sunday evening ter*
vices at 7:30 Wednesday eve
ning prayer meeting at 7:30
o’clock.
LITTLE RIVER BAPTIST
REV. JESSE BAILEY, pas
tor. Sunday school services
9:45 a.m: Sunday morning
preaching at 11:00. BTU at
8.30 Sunday evening ser
vice at 8:00, Wednesday eve
ning, prayer meeting at 7:00
p.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
MR. RUSSELL L. WILLIS,
pastor. Sunday school 9:45
a.m., Marion O. Eikeland.
Supt Morning worship at
11:00 a.m. Sunday night 5:00
Youth Choir, 6:00 Youth Sup
per, 6:30 Youth Reach-Out,
7:30 Evening Worship. Fam
ily night supper each Wed
nesday 6:00 p.m. and Prayer
Fellowship 7:00 p.m.
WOODS MEMORIAL
BAPTIST
REV. F. A. RAINES,
pastor. Preaching each Sun
day at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.
m. Sunday school at 10:00 a.
m. Dwight Owen, superinten
dent. Prayer meeting each
Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
BETHEL “A” BAPTIST
CHURCH
REV. F. H. GOLDSMITH,
pastor. Sunday school 9:45,
Cornelius Hunt, supt. Morning
worship 11:00 ajn. BTU 5:00
pja. Evening worship 6:00 p.
m. Teacher’s meeting and
prayer meeting Wednesday
7:00 pan.
BLANTYRE BAPTIST
CHURCH
REV, MICHAEL RECTOR,
pastor, Sunday school at 10:00
a.m., worship service at 11:00
an., BTU at 6:30 p.m., eve
ning worship at 7:00 pm.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at
7:30 p. m.
DUNN'S ROCK
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. KADEZ WILDE, pas
tor, Gertha Landreth Sunday
School superintendent Sun
day School 10:00 a.m. Wor
ship service every Sunday
11:00 a.m. and every 2nd. and
4th. Sunday evening 7:90.
.Wednesday evening prayer
service 7:30.
NORTH TOXAWAY
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. THOMAS Pi OWEN,
pastor. Serviced every Sunday
at 11:00 a. m. Sunday School
each Sunday at 10:00 a. m.
Jack Hall, superintendent
Training Union Sunday 7:00
p. m., J. B. Hall director.
Evening service at 8:00 p. m.
BLUE RIDGE BAPTIST
CHURCH
REV. CHAS. PIERSON, pas
tor. Sunday school eafch Sun
day, 10:15 ajn. Douglas Corn,
superintendent. Worship ser
vice each Sunday at il:00 a.m.
CARR’S HILL BAPTIST
CHURCH
REV. R. P. HAMBY, Inter
im pastor. Sunday school at
10:00 a.m. Howard Hyatt,
superintendent. Morning wor
ship service at 11:00 ajn.
BTU at 7:00 pjn. Kent Snead,
director. Evening worship at
8:00 p.m.
LAKE TOXAWAY
METHODIST CHURCH
Church School HfcOO a.m. each
Sunday. Worship servica 7:30
p m- each Sunday.
THE R08MAN UNWED
METHODIST CHURCH
REV. HENRY M. KING,
Pastor. Mrs. Addison Bruner,
Church school superintendent
Church school hour, at 10 a.
m. Worship service, at 11:18
a.m. The SECOND Sunday of
each month, fellowship sup
per at the church, at
The public is cordlallj
ed.
SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC CHURCH
REV. EDWARD J. SHERI
DAN, pastor. Sunday Masses,
10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Con
fessions, prior to Mass on
Sunday. Religion classes,
kindergarten through fourth
grade, Sun. 8:00 a.m-0:48.
Fifth Grade through twelfth,
11:00 - noon Sunday. Daily
Mass. Call rectory for times.
321 S. Caldwell St. Telephone
883-9572.
BETHANY BIBLE CHURCH
Old Hendersonville Highway
at Osborne Road
JACK FINNAMORE, pastor.
Gil Johnson, Sunday School
superintendent Sunday
school 8:45 a.m. A class for
every age. Morning worship
11:00 a.m. Young people’s,
6:00 p.m. Seventh grade on
up. Evening service 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday evening prayer
meeting 7:00 p.m. Telephone
883-4881.
ST. PHILIP’S EPISCOPAL
REV. PHILLIP THOMAS
Sunday: 8:00 a.m. Holy Eu
charist; 8:45 a.m. Church
School; 11:00 a.m. Morning
Prayer (Eucharist on first
Sunday). Eucharist on Wed
nesdays at 10;30 a.m. And on
Holy Days at 5:15 p.m. Holy
Unction every third Wednes
day.
FAITH BAPTIST
Lake Taxaway
REV. JACK D. PLEMMONS,
pastor. Sunday school 10:50;
worship, 11:30; BTU ,7:00;
preaching, 8:00.
COMMUNITY BAPTIST
CHURCH
REV. L. B. VAUGHN, pas
tor. Sunday school at 10:00
a. m. Gaston McCall, superin
tendent. Preaching ait 11:00
a. m. Sunday evening service
at 7:00 p. m. Wednesday pray
er service at 7:30 p. m.
LAKE TOXAWAY BAPTIST
REV. TOMMY GOLDSMITH,
pastor. Walter McNeely Sun
day school superintendent
Sunday school at 10:00 ajn.
Church services at 11:00 un.
MACEDONIA BAPTIST
REV. GENE MOORE, pas
tor. Sunday school at 10:00
a.m. Vess McCall superinten
dent Second and fourth Sun
day morning service! at 11:00
ajn.
CHURCH OP GOD
In Roman
REV. CHARLES R. MIL
LARD, pastor. Sunday school
at 10 o’clock. Church Evange
listic services every Sunday
evening at 7:00 o’clock. Pray
er meeting Wednesday eve
ning 7:00. Y.P.E. Saturday
nights, 7:00.
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. AFTON LINGER, In
terim Pastor. Sunday school
10:00 a.m., Jackie Newman,
superintendent Morning wor
ship 11 a.m., everiing worship
7:30 p.m. Training Union
6:30 p.m* Je«se Gillespie, II
RBV. HERMIT REESE,
pastor. Sunday school 10:00
ajn. Tommy Passmore, super
intendent. pratship servica
11:00 a.m. and 7:30 pjn. Pray
PISGAfl FOREST
CHURCH OF GOD
REV. BERT DODSON, pas
tor. Sunday school 10:00 a. m.
Worship service 11:00 a. m.
Sunday night 7:00 p. m. Wed
nesday service 7:00 p. m.
KINGDOM HALL ef
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Bible study on Tuesday at
8:00 p. u». Theocratic ministry
school and service meeting on
Thursdays at 7:80 pmu Public
Talks on Sundays at HkOO a m.
P1BGAH
W5V.
terim pastor. Sunday School
at 9:49 a.m., Claude OoUins,
Director. Morning Worship at
6:18 iS Saiteeae, OSac
ton Eventog Worahlp at 7:30
p.m. Mission. organisations
meet Wednesday at 7:00 js».
followed by Prayer Service at
7:48 p.m. ' „ ■ •*.,*
SmoTtmy Sttytt
Remember—Only
BREVARD NAZARENE
REV. R. C. TEMPLETON
pastor. Sunday school at 10:00
a.m. Wesley H. Young, super
intendent Morning worship
11:00 a.m. Evangelistic ser
vice 7:80 p.m. Prayer and
Praise, Wednesdays at 7:30
pjn.
CATHEY’S CREEK BAPTIST
REV. K. E. BRAGG, pastor.
Sunday School at 10:00
a.m. every Sunday-, Clark Gris
som, superintendent Ser
vices at 11:00 ajn. every
Sunday. Evening services at
7:30 p.m. every Sunday.
Prayer services each Wednes
day night
HT. MORIAH CALVERT
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. ALBERT BISHOP Pas
tor. Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Eugene King, Sr., superin
tendent Morning worship at
1^:00 a. m. BTU at 6:00 p.
m. Walter Baxter, direc
tor. Evening worship at
8:00 p.m. Adult choirs at
8:00 p. m. Wednesday night
prayer service at 8:00 p. m.
THE CHURCH OF GW
OF PROPHECY
The Church of God of Prop
hecy, Penrose, Rev. Charles
King, pastor. Sunday school
at 10:00 a. m. Church
services at 111:00 a. m. and
7:00 p. m. Midweek services,
Thursday night, at 7:00 p. m.
CHURCH OF GOD
Brevard
REV. JOSEPH E. HAYES,
pastor. Sunday school at 10:00
a.m. Church services at 11:00
o’clock. Evangelistic service
Sunday evening at 7:00
o’clock, Prayer meeting ev
ery Wednesday. Young peo
ple meet
MORNINGS ID
REV. J. Wi SEARCY,
pastor. Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. with Truman Rogers,
superintendent Sunday morn
ing worship 11:00 a. m. Eve
‘ l *orship 7:80 p. m. B.
i:80 p. nt, James Whit
etor. Wednesday eve
irer meeting 6:45 p.
m. Choir practice 8:00 p. m.
Family: night each fourth
Wednesday. Woman’s Miss
ionary Society meeting, every
second Tuesday 7:00 P. M.
Brotherhood meeting, every
second Saturday 7:00 P. M.
ZION BAPTIST
REV. J. K. PRESSLEY
pastor. Sunday school at 10:00
a.m-, Elmo Crowe, superin
tendent Morning worship ser
vice. 11:00 a.m. Sunday eve
ning preaching 7:30 p.m. Wed
nesday evening prayer serv
ice 8:00 p.m.
CARSON’S CREEK
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV. BEAUFOitD HARDIN,
pastor. Sunday school, 10:00
a.m. Wm. B. Hardin, Jr., su
perintendent Morning service,
11:00 a. m. Evening service
7:50 p. m.
MT. UNDERWOOD
BAPTIST CHURCH
REV- HOWARD CLAYTON,
pastor. Sunday school at 10:00
am, Richard Norris, super
intendent Preaching 11:00
ajn. every Sunday and Wed
nesday night at 7:30 pjn.
CALVARY BAPTIST
CHURCH
REV. N. W. FORD, Pastor.
W. R. Ragland. Sunday school
superintendent. Sunday
school at B:45 a.m.; preaching
at 11:Q0 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.,
every Sunday. BTU 6:00 p.m.
WHITEWATER BAPTIST
REV. R. L, LANDRETH,
pastdr, Ray Beddingfield su
perintendent Sunday school
at 10:30 a. m. Service each
Sunday at 11:13 a. m.
. TIMOTHY UNITED
ETHODIST CHURCH
Asheville Highway
RLE N. YOUNG, pastor,
ay School at 9:43 a.m.
ing Worship 11:00 a.m.
Odist Youth Fellowship
Congressman Roy Taylor
Announces For Re-Election
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
of Black Mountain Tuesday an
nounced his candidacy for re
election as Representative of
the 11th Congressional District
in Congress. He has forwarded
his filing fee to the State Board
of Elections in Raleigh.
Mr. Taylor, 61, has repre
sented the 11th District in Con
gress since 1960 and will be
seeking election to his eighth
term in the House. If reelected
in November, he will be second
from the top in seniority among
North Carolina’s 11 House
members—ranking next to the
dean of the delegation. Rep. L.
H. Fountain. (Reps. Alton Len
non and Charles R. Jonas, both
senior to Taylor, are not seek
ing reelection.)
Congressman Taylor now sits
four seats from the Chairman
ship of the full House Interior
Committee. He would move up
one position next January since
one Committee member senior
to him is not seeking reelection
to the House. He is also a mem
ber of the House Foreign Af
fairs Committee.
During the past five years,
Rep. Taylor has moved into a
national leadership position as
Chairman of the Interior Com
mittee’s Subcommittee on Na
tional Parks and Recreation.
The 25-member Subcommit
tee is chiefly concerned with
conservation of 'the nation’s
scenic and historic resources
and exercises direct jurisdiction
REP. ROY A. TAYLOR
over legislation affecting fed
eral outdoor recreation areas,
national parks, monuments,
historic sites, military parks
and battlefields. During Tay
lor’s five years as Chairman of
the Subcommittee, 25 new
areas have been added to the
National Park system, consist
ing of more than 1.5 million
acres.
Approved Western North
Carolina projects which origi
nated in Taylor’s Subcommit
tee include a 180-mile extension
of the Blue Ridge Parkway to
Atlanta; an almost-completed
nine-mile access road from 1-40
in Haywood County into the
C’ataloochee section of the
Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park; and purchase and
development of the Carl Sand
burg Historic Site at Flat Rock.
National legislation wrich
originated in the Subcommittee
directly affecting Western
North Carolina includes the
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act,
under which plans are moving
forward to add a portion of the
Chattooga River in Jackson and
Macon Counties to the National
Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
and the National Trailways
Act, which Tavlor introduced,
giving recognition and protec
tion to the Appalachian Trail
and other trails across the
United States.
The Land and Water Conser
vation Fund, which makes
matching funds for outdoor
recreation available to states,
counties and cities (including
several Western North Carolina
grants), originated in Taylor’s
Subcommittee.
He has supported the Appa
lachian Development Program
from its inception and last year
played a key role in a success
ful effort to extend the pro
gram four years. He has also
been working closely with the
Veterans Administration to ex
pand the bed capacity of Ward
E at Oteen Veterans Adminis
tration Hospital—where he was
instrumental in securing a new
500-bed hospital a few years
ago.
Blantyre News
Is Reported
By - Mrs. Ada Reed
BLANTYRE — We are sorry
to report quite a bit of illness
in this section. We are glad to
hear Mrs. Loretta Recter who
has been ill is much better.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reed
of Charleston recently visited
his parents here. With them
was Jim Oglesby and sister
Dell.
Joey and Denice Pritchett of
Meretta, South Carolina, spent
last weekend with their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Nesbit here.
Earl Gray of Etowah visited
Condition Satisfactory
Worker Suffers High Voltage
Shock On Hospital Project
William Osborne, who was
the victim of a freak accident
while working on the new Tran
sylvania Community hospital on
his Aunt, Mrs. Daniel Justus
here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Reed visit
ed his sisters, Misses Fanney
and Susie Reed at East Flat
Rock recently.
Arnold Brown of Turkey
Creek visited relatives here
recently.
the Four-lane highway on Mon
day, is reported to be in a satis
factory condition in the Pardee
hospital in Hendersonville.
Mr. Osborne, who resides in
Hendersonville, accidentally
suffered a high voltage shock
while doing plumbing work
near a group of four welders.
He was rushed to Pardee hos
pital, and his condition Wed
nesday morning was reported
by hospital authorities as being
satisfactory.
Family Medical Record Offers
Important Health Guidance
By EVE WENGLER
Ever wish that you had a
family health record, easy to
read and complete with the
facts you should have on hand ?
The National Foundation
March of Dimes, in conjunction
with the American Medical
Association and Woman’s Day
magazine, has devised an im
portant new tool to make
keeping track of a family’s
medical history simple and
clear. It is a four-page form
called the Family Medical
Record and, when kept up to
date, it becomes a valuable
document upon which both the
family and physician will de
pend. It provides a quick, com
prehensive profile of each
family member’s health status
as well as a record of possible
contributing factors in certain
conditions.
The Record, accompanied by
an article by Dr. Virginia Ap
gar, the Foundation’s vice
president for medical affairs,
appears in the January issue of
woman’s Day, currently avail
able.
Ideally, the Medical Record
should be started before a
couple marries, so that when
the woman becomes pregnant
—or even before—her doctor
will already have information
about her health history and
background and that of her
husband, and their parents,
sisters and brothers.
Family Data
Since mam conditions may
follow a definite genetic flat
ten), awareness of a disease in
one member of the family may
alert a doctor to early symp
toms in time to avert advanced
disease or disability. The age
at the family member when
the disease first appeared is
relevant to the type or severity
of some disorders and should
be recorded.
So should his or her line of
work, since some occupations
expose workers to environ
mental factors which affect
health. For example, a brother
in-law’s chronic lung condition
might be related to asbestos
inhaled in his work at construc
tion sites; a sister’s miscarriages
might be related to her work
involving anesthetics.
But ttls not just poor health
or disease that should be re
corded on the form. Informa
tion about good health also
One woman to another: Dr. Virginia Apgar shows Karen Sinclair how
the Medical Record will help her keep track ol her family's health.
communicates pertinent infor
mation to a doctor.
Child Health
Details of each child’s birth
should be carefully noted as
should incomplete pregnancies
brought about by miscarriage,
abortion, or stillbirth. The
form has instructions about
when children should be vac
cinated for rubella (German
measles), diphtheria, tetanus,
whooping cough, polio, regular
measles, smallpox, and all the
various boosters. It provides
space for an immunization
record; periodic physical ex
aminations; medications; aller
gies; and a record of family
illnesses.
“The importance of a Family
Medical Record cannot be em
phasized enough,” says Dr. Ap
gar. “With it a family and its
various doctors are in a much
better position to maintain
good health and plan for better
medical care. A record of the
health of the family as a whole
demonstrates responsibility,
and being responsible is an
important part in the battle
against congenital disease,
periodic illness and birth de
fects.”
Diagnostic Tool
Dr. Apgar developed the
widely used Apgar score,
which rates newborn babies*
respiration, muscle tone, re
flexes, heart rate and color. It
is a quick check, one minute
after birth, to determine
whether the baby needs special
attention in the delivery room.
Sometimes this score also will
provide a clue to some diffi
culty the child may have later
in life. For that reason, it
should be included in the
Medical Record.
“If the Medical Record is
faithfully kept, it can help
with school, travel or insur
ance requirements and routine
medical consultations, and also
can be an invaluable diagnos
tic tool for the family physi
cian,” says Dr. Apgar. “Doctors
have less and less time to delve
into a person’s health back
ground, and many people don’t
remember or are riot equipped
to answer some of the ques
tions the doctor does ask.
“The Medical Record is also
valuable because it prompts
a person to think about his
family history, and to do his
own detective work, rather
than putting that burden on
the physician who simply can
not be expected to know all
the details.”
A free copy of the Family
Medical Record can be obtained
by writing—together with a
stamped, self-addressed enve
lope—to Family Medical Rec
ord, The National Foundation
March of Dimes, Box 2000,
White Plain* Near York 10802.