HEALTH EDUCATION is carried on constantly by staff mem- j
tiers of the Haywood County Health Department. Here Mrs. Kubye
Boson, public health nurse (right), checks a slide projector, while
Mrs. Vergie Robinson looks over literature distributed by the de
partment, (Mountaineer Photo).
Health Department Nurses j
Well Trained, Experienced
Because of the fact that public
health nurse* wear blue ingtead of
. the tradional white, some people
confuse nurses at the Haywood
County Health Department with
practical nurses.
However, public health nurses
are registered and, in addition, are
graduates of special courses in
public health.
Haywood County has tbret pub
lic health nurses?Mrs. Ruhye Bry
son and Mrs. Fannye Mae Martin,
who work from the health center,
and Mrs. Jeanette Abbott, who
rnnkea her headquarters at the
Canton office of the health depart
ment.
Mrs. Bryson took her nurses
training at Nashville General Hos
pital and then one year of post
graduate work in public health at
William and Mary College in Vir
ginia. <
Mrs. Martin is a graduate of the
Mobile Infirmary nursing school
in Alabama and did postgraduate
work at Peabody College, Nash- I
vllle. v
Mrs. Abbott completed the *
nurse's course at Memorial Mis- c
sion Hospital, Asheville, and then r
took a public health course at the j
University of North Carolina. r
Haywood County's public health f
nurses have a variety of duties,
but appromiyately two-thirds of n
their time is spent in working q
with school children at ditferent li
tlnlcs conducted during the year, a
Nurses visit schools to examine u
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A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE used in immunization clinics at the
Haywood County Health Department is tilled by Mrs. Jeanette
Abbott, public health nurse in the department's Canton office,
located oyer the Canton Town Hail. (Mountianeer Photo).
sanitarian
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.unchrooms and school plants as a
vhole, however, are in good shape,
le pointed out.
Another problem, the sanitarian
ommented, is garbage disposal,
omplicated by persons ? mostly
n the "fringe" areas ? throwing
ubbish over road banks and in
ields.
Thia can be corrected, Mr. Mil
ler said, by providing more ade
[uate garbage disposal facilities?
ncluding the use of sanitary fills
nd the extension of garbage pick
ip service.
Mr. Milner Is a graduate of
Vaynesviile Township High School
nd Duke University.
re-school children, and students
n the third grade and ninth grade
o detect and correct, if possible,
ny physical deficiencies.
At the health center nurses con
luct general, immunization, well
laby and eye clinics on a regular
chedule.
Visits are also made- to homes
or such reasons as (1) to impose
quarantine when an occupant
ontracts a contagious disease, (2t
o give assistance in pre-natal
uses, and (3) to help diabetic pa
ients in taking insulin and work
ng out a proper diet.
As part of their health educatior
vork, nurses teach classes at
ichools and also address adult
(roups on health matters when re
luested.
Like doctors, public health
turses "never get through goinj
o school," but must attend con
itant refresher courses on the new
Mr phases of public health.
The water ouzel or dipper haf
the unusual custom of winking
one eye.
Miss Rhinehart
Is Aliens Creek
Queen Candidate
By BLANCHE FRANKLIN
Community Reporter
Dorcas Rhinehart, daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Rhinehart
of Rocky Branch, has been elected
. to represent the Aliens Creek Com
. munity as a candidate for Tobac
co Queen for the 1955 Tobacco
; Festival. Miss Rhinehart was nam
ed at a meeting of the Aliens Creek
Community Development Program
Monday night.
Plans were also made at the
meeting for a Halloween Carnival
to be held at the Aliens Creek
i School Friday night. A prize will
' be given to the best dressed
i couple.?Gome9-wRl be played and
a cake walk held. Everyone is in
vited.
Mrs. Frank Wood is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Harold Keener, in
; California.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rhinehart and
family of Gastonia visited the Rev.
and Mrs. W. G. Rhineharf on Sun
day.
.? ?
The Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Allen,
i Mr. and Mrs. Wid Wyatt and
t daughter, Delores, Mr. and Mrs.
t Harry Middleton and children at
- tended a birthday dinner for Mrs.
W. E. Crawford in Cullowhee.
i
! Mrs. Harriett Smathers has been
- visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oxner.
Attending funeral services for
Glenn Farmer in Elizabethton,
; Tenn., were Mr. and Mrs. Fred
: Farmer and children. Mr. and Mrs.
Moody Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. Grady
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CONGRATULATIONS
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HAYWOOD
? :
ON THE OPENING OF YOUR NEW
HEALTH CENTER
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE
SHARED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION ?
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ASHEVILLE
ELECTRIC COMPANY
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
COLD STORAGE ROOMS and refrigerators ye inspected regu
larly by Mr. MUner to insure cleanliness of equipment at county
food stores. The sanitarian is pictured here checking a side of beef
at the A&P Store in Waj nesville. (Mountaineer Photo).
Rev. Paul Mull
Named Pastor At
Barberville
The Rev. Paul Mull of Warsaw
has been elected pastor of the Bar
berville Baptist Church and will
begin his pastoral work of the
Fines Creek School
To Have Carnival
A Halloween Carnival will be
held al the Fines Creek School Fri
day night at 7:30 o'clock'.
The public is invited.
church this weekend.
Mr. Mull comes to this Haywood
County church from Warsaw,
where he served as pastor of two
rural churches during the past six
years. While in the association at
Warsaw he served as moderator
and clerk of the association and
took an active part in all phases
of the Baptist Associational work
there. ??
He is a native of Asheville, a
graduate of a Baptist Junior Col
lege and studied at Wake Forest
College.
Mr. Mull as full time minister,
succeeds the Rev. Jarvis Brock
who resigned August 21 to enroll
in Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Wake Forest.
Mr. Mull and his wife, the form
er Miss Holland of Warsaw, will
move to their home on Lee Street
around November 15.
Bethel Methodist
"Bethel on the Pigeon"
Dr. L. B. Hayes, Minister
Sgig
Church School at 10 o'clock.
M. C. Nix is* the general supt.
There are classes for all age
groups, you are invited to the
group of your interest.
11:00?Morning worship. Ser
mon by the pastor.
Youth Fellowship meets each
Sunday night with Margaret Sher
rill, president, in charge.
Farmer .and children, Jack Mc
Cracken, and Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
McCracken.
Guy Davis and Mrs. J. C. Crayne
are on the sick list this week.
There are 391 schools for prac
tical nurses in the United States.
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?OPEN WIDE PLEASE' says Mrs. Fannye Viae Mart*,
health nurse at the new health center on Highway 19A-!J|
WaynesvUle and Lake Junaluska. The "patient" here
Rebekah Murray, bacteriologist at the health departme^
WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE PLAYED A PARI
IN BUILDING THE NEW
HEALTH CENTEI
AND WE CONGRATULATE
HAYWOOD COUNTY FOR ITS DECISION
TO BUILD IT.
WE AlSO CONGRATTTIATE
MR. C. M. MORRISON, GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
^ FOR HIS FINE WORK.
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FABRICATORS OF STRUCTURAL STEEL
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CONGRATULATION
TO THE PEOPLE OF HAYWOOD COUNTY
t
ON THE OPENING OF YOUR NEW
HEALTH CENTEI
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HAD
A PART IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THIS MODERN BUJWMNG.
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MORRISON
CONSTRUCTION CO.
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SHELBY, N. C.