PTA Features
Open House
Open hoiuc wis the feature it
the Newport PTA meeting Tues
day night. All rooms were open
(or inspection sud parents were
invited to consult with the teach
er*.
Milton Warren presided at the
business meeting preceding open
house Ten first grade pupils un
der the direction of Mrs. Ruby
Woodruff, music supervisor, re
cited a psalm and sang a prayer
as the opening devotional.
The secretary's minutes were
read and the treasurer's report
was presented.
Introduced to the PTA were two
new teachers on the school staff,
Mrs. Betty Mlielle, who replaced
Mrs. Dorothy Heath in fifth grade
and Mrs. Meyrl Tyndall, who re
placed B. C. Cole, ninth grade.
Both new teachers are residents
of Newport and graduates of Wo
man's College, Greensboro.
Mrs. Mary Catherine Millis re- 1
ported on the progress of the re
cent Junior Red Cross campaign
Any donations over the quota set
by the Junior Red Cross are re
Insurance Man Locates
Client's Stolen Vehicle
Richmond, V*. (AP) ? W. A.
Wallace's car waa stolen and all
week he kepi in close touch with
his insurance agent. Finally the
abandoned car was spotted and a
policeman went to check it out.
By the time he got there it was
gone again -but the cop didn't
give up.
He kept checking and finally
ran it down, just in time to see
a young man jump out and run.
A resident of the area came out
to check the commotion in front
of his house.
It was Wallace's insurance man,
J. N. Trice. He promptly advised
his client.
tained in the school to purchase
first aid supplies.
Bulldozers have been working to
clear and level more playground
area which now covers three acres.
Further work of harrowing and
seeding the land will be done Sat
urday, according to the plans of
Dick Lockey, chairman of the PTA
land improvement committee.
This week Mrs. John B. Tom
ilson reclassified books in the
Newport School library.
Mr. Warren announced the mem
bership of the PTA now totals 310.
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Each dot on the above map represents a North Carolinian hospitalized in the state for tuberculosis
as of Sept. 3?, 1955.
Raleigh On Sept. 30, 1955 there
were 2,249 North Carolinians be
ing treated in hospitals for tuber
culosis.
"These are the cold facts," said
Dr. L. E. Williams of Kinston,
"but even cold facts have a hu
man story behind them."
Dr. Williams, a member of the
Lenoir County Tuberculosis Asso
ciation and president of the North
Carolina Tuberculosis Association,
is a leader in the voluntary fight
against TB.
The information on the number
of hospitalized patients was ob
tained by the NCTA from four
state sanatoriums, five county
sanatoriums, and three veteran's
administration hospitals.
"Each one of the 2,249 cases
are persons who will on the aver
age have to remain in a hospital
away from home, family and
friends for nine months.
"Each case of TB means a suf
fering human whose energy is
sapped by a chronic, debilitating
disease; a person who for a time
is forccd to give up his chosen
work.
Broken Homes
"It means broken homes, men
unable to support their families,
women who must relinquish the
carc of their families to others,
young people whose hopes for the
future may be blasted. It means
mental anguish for both the pa
tient and his family, the cost of
which cannot be counted," Dr.
Williams said in giving the human
side.
"Tuberculosis is indeed a prob
lem today," Dr. Williams stated,
"for what other disease do we
have so many people hospitalized
at one time with an average
length of stay of nine months?"
In poiating out the cxteo( that
hospitalized patients illustrate the
TB problem, he emphasized |
that the figure, 2,249, represents I
only the hospitalized cases in the
state and not the total number
of cases. There are other patients
being treated in the home, some
who refused hospitalization even
though it was available, some who
left the hospital against medical
advice, and others who have TB
but don't know that they do.
"In addition to its cost in lives
and human suffering," Dr. Wil
liams continued, "the cost of tu
berculosis in money is an impor
't?nt element in the economic life
of the country."
Whopping Bill
He said a very conservative es
timate of the TB bill for the entire
United States, not including the
cost of hospital construction and
training of professional personnel,
is 600 million dollars.
A rough estimate of the cost of
only one case of TB is $15,000.
This estimate includes the cost for
j medical care, compensation, pen
sions, relief payments and loss of
5-Year-Old Identifies
'Speaker of the House'
Council Bluffs, Iowa (AP) Pot
tawattamie County Treasurer Wal
ter Lehman, chatting with a 10
year-old boy and his 5-year-old sis
ter who were in his office with
their mother, asked the lad what
he wants to be when he grows up.
"I want to go into politics," the
boy answered.
"All right," Lehman said. "Let's
sec how smart you are. Who's
speaker of the House?"
The boy's 5-ycar-old sister piped
up before her brother could ans
wer.
4'I know. Mother is."
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wages. It does not include the po
tential loss in future earnings b>
the patient, according to Dr. Wil
liams.
"Most of the money for the T?
bill comes out of the taxpayer's
pocket," Dr. Williams said. "Th<
rest is borne by private agencies
individuals, and their families."
"The fight aganist TB must g<
on. The fact that an average 01
over 2.000 new cases of TB wer<
reported annually in North Caro
lina during the past five years in
dicates that the chain of tuber
culosis infection is not beinf
broken effectively.
"Only by breaking the chain o:
tuberculosis infection more fre
quently can an important declirn
be brought about in the cost 01
TB -both in terms of human suf
fering and money," Dr. William:
concluded.
lowan in Russia Give*
Liquid Gift to Embassy
Ellsworth, Iowa (AP) ? Ralph
Olsen of Elsworth, a member of
(he Iowa farm delefation that vla
ited Russia during the summer,
tells how delegation members used
a Russian gift to save American
taxpayers some money.
The Russians gave each mem
ber of the delegation a suitcase
full of champagne, but the coat
of shipping it home would have
been prohibitive, Olsen says.
So the Americans gave it away
to the United States Embassy
in Moscow.
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Norfolk, Va. (AP)? The Coast
Guard offers these safety tips for
fishermen: Before you depart tell
someone where you will fish and
what time you will return. Make
sure your boat Cuntains an ap
proved life preserver for each per
son on board, an adequate fire
extinguisher, oar? and a bailing
I device.
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HOWARD M. LUNDGAEN
Prssideat
Mr. Immiff. a native at
Omaha, was elected Presi
dent, October 13. succeeding
Farrar N?w berry, who retired.
As Investment Analyst. Vice
President for Investments and
a Director, he assisted in
making the Society the world's
financially strongest in the fra
ternal field. He ably served as
National Secretary the past
year.
President Lundgren, ardent
fraternalist. has held all local
Woodmen Camp offices, is a
past president of the Fraternal
Investment Association, and a
member of the National Fra
ternal Congress executive
committee.
J. ft. "WOT SIMS
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Mr. Smbs, a native orf T eras.
joined the Society In 1923. Mi
held fore* in 1932. He was
later District Manager at Houe
ton and State Manager d DM
nois. He returned to Te? cm
State Manager in 1936.
Becauoe oi his excellent abil
ity in enrolling members and
promoting fraternal activities,
he was promoted to Field
Manager in 1946. He has di
rected many national cam
paigns, adding thousands a i
members.
"Dick" Sims was named Vice
President in 1951, a Director
in 1953, and a National Audi
tor in 1954.
Undar lh? able direction o! th*M n?w officer* and
It* directors. th? Woodntn oi Um World looks to
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