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apßHbM!^lice^^kE4©r^P V0L.35.N0.2 CO Yancey And Mitcheii Countians Respond; Over S4OOO Contributed To Aid Family By Carolyn Vuziuk The citizens of Yancey and Mitchell Counties listened with their hearts to the awful story Heart Sound Screening Program Termed Successful, Testing Scheduled For Completion Here In February The School Heart Sound Screening Program,started in the Fall of 1969 and sponsored by the North Carolina Heart Association, has been comple ted in Mitchell and W a tauga Counties with apparent success Screening is scheduled for com pletion in Yancey County in February and Avery County in May, 1971. Dr. David L» Phil lips, who specializes in cardio vascular diseases, is Medical Director and Dr. Thomas No len of Greensboro is the Pedia tric Cardiologist. Volunteers, who do the initial screening, are trained by a Registered Nurse, Mrs. Annetta Buchanan Mrs. Mary Wilson is the Pro - ject Coordinator. The screening procedure is done in the following steps: 1. After receiving parental per mission the initial screening is performed by volunteer techni cians in each public school us ing a newly-developed heart sound screening machine call ed a Phonocardioscan. The §|g M@;j^.Mßmaapiw. •% f - ppP^^' Volunteers Give Heart Screening Test To Young Student of a fire in Newdale which de molished a home and decima ted a family, and responded in their own wonderful and gpn machine consists of small mi crophones attached to the chest which "listen to" the heart sounds, and is so computed - zed that it can recognize ab normal heart sounds and indi cate any possible abnormality 2. All students who show a possible abnormality or unsa tisfactory testing or who have a history of a heart murmur *e then examined at the school by the physician director by regu lar stethoscope examination. 3. Students who still seem to have an abnormality are examined by a well-trained Pediatric Car diologist, Dr. Thomas Nolan. This is done at the school. Then, 4. Students who still demon - strate evidence of a possible ab normality are referred to the Pediatric Cardiology Clinic at North Carolina Baptist Hospial in Winston-Salem, where fur ther examinations, including x-rays and electrocardiograms are done and the final diagno - sis and recommended treatment are established. The entire THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1971 erous manner. A raging fire took the lives of three children and destroy - ed the home of Charles Bailey above procedure is accomplish ed without cost to the child or parents. If further heart surjpy or other expensive procedures are necessary, funds can usual ly be provided from the Crip pled Children's Fund. So far, 3000 students in Mitchell and 4200 students in Watauga County have been screened. Eleven in Mitchell and thirteen in Watauga were diagnosed as abnormal and all have been referred to Baptist Hospital. Sixteen of these examinations have been com pleted , demonstrating signifi cant abnormalities in all six teen cases. Three of these cases have undergone success ful heart operations, with ano ther scheduled in the next two weeks. The remaining eight cases are being processed thru the necessary channels. The same procedures will be carried out for Yancey aid Av ery Counties as soon as the heart screening is completed. This is a pilot project fun Jr. last Friday at 5:30 in the morning. All of the children were under five years of age. Bailey managed to save one ded by the North Carolina Re gional Medical Program and is limited to Avery, Mitchell,Win cey and Watauga Counties with a similar program in Mecklen burg County. It includes spe cifically all children in the public schools from the first through twelfth grades and has also been extended to some pre school Headstart programs. Pre school children may have a heart problem and, if you are suspicious of an abnormality have your child checked by your doctor who will send him the necessary channels. If an operation is and you need financial assistance gcv ; n touch with your County Heart Fund President and secure an application for financial aid. It will be filed through the Heart Association at Ch a pel Hill where help can be obtain ed through the Crippled Child rens' Fund. We will keep you informed as the Heart Screening Ffogram proceeds. Boy Scout Parent Night On January 19 at 7:30 p. m. Boy Scout Troop No. 502 will have parents night and an in vestiture ceremony in the Hoop Room at Higgins Memorial Me thodist Church. Scouts who have passed their T enderfoot requirements will receive pat ches of rank and neckerchiefs. The mother of each new T en derfoot will receive a pin. An_American flag which has been flown over the White House will be presented to the newly organized Troop, cour tesy of Congressman Roy A. T aylor. The Scouts will also have displays and will demonstrate the various skills they have learned. All parents andfrfends are invited to attend. child, 5-year-old Sanfordßai ley, but both he and his son were severely burned. The father was taken to the Sprum Pine Community Hospital in critical condition and Sanford was reported in poor condition at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville. At this time Bailey is con sidered to be holding his own, although besides being badly burned he also suffered from smoke inhalation. Sanford is still in the Intensive Care facility at the Asheville hospi tal. Mrs. Bailey was treated for bums at the Asheville hos pital last Friday and released. A call went out from the Yancey County Department of Social Services for money, fur niture, clothing and anythiig else that would help the fami ly reestablish itself. In less than 5 days, more than $4,000 has been received by the So cial Service Department to aid the Bailey family. Accor ding to Randall Peacock,head 01 Hie Yancey Social Services, the mon~, h as come mostly from individual ations many from people who v, ve had trouble themselves and who know the value of a hel ping hand. Several stores in Ya ncey and Mitchell Counties have given substantial contribution and the employees at the Pam Manufacturing Company, both in Micaville and Spruce Pine, deserve special mention as they collected several hund red dollars among themselves. 'Enough furniture has been donated to furnish several hou ses, " said Peacock, "and one man in Spruce Pine offered to furnish an entire house hi m self. No one was reluctant or even hesitant. Everyone seemed genuinely concerned about the family and wanted to do all they could to h e lp" We are hoping to establish a kind of Emergency Furniture Supply for use in cases where people lose everything aid need help to tide them over such as in this instance,Peacock actied. Money and items for the Bailey family may be sent to the Department of Social Ser vices at Yancey County, or to Parsley's Grocery on U.S. 19 (Route 2,Burnsville). 10<
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