ir 30, 1965 9 Thursday, December 30, 1965 HMHBVVMAie i S-amJ) mjM SAV»)IG3 S LD VIPS HtOHCK VALUe GOLD STAMPS I) tvujui SAVIN08 LD VIPS HiaHCR V*tul gold STAMPS •Av»«ry »LD MPS HIOHtMtVALt* ->LD tamps IVbmen’s Health Mother in room helps hospitalized child London, England (WMNS) — For the past two years a hospi tal in Scotland has permitted mothers to stay with their ill children round-the-clock lor the duration of their youngsters' hospital stay. How has this un usual arrangement worked out? Splendidly, according to parents, children and physicians. "It meant a'osolute peace of mind for my wife and myself," commenteKl one satisfied father. “It was of great value to my j child, as she talks of what she did in the hospital, and seems to have forgotten everything she suffered,” reports another par ent. The physicians found that chil dren adjusted to hospital rou tines more readily and that "treatment of the patients was no more difficult and was in some cases easier.” The system reportedly reduces the sometimes severe and prolonged psychologi cal damage young children suf fer because they cannot under- ^itand the reason for the separ- ^Bion from their mothers. Chlidren with serious illnesses, such as meningitis and respira- toiy infections, and even those undergoing major surgery, were treated with their mothers at their side. The only time a moth er was not permitted to remain with her child was when she her self was ill or when she was In the early stages of pregnancy. « * * Rx TOR HAPPIER WOMEN Belfast, Northern Ireland (W- MNS) — Commenting on a five- year study of 3,000 British wom en who have been taking “the pill,” Dr. Aviva Wiseman told a Mrs. Helms' Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Nancy Jane Helms, 86, were held Thurs day at 4 p.m. at Oak View Bap tist church with the Rev. C. C. Bundy officiating at the final riles and interment following in the church cemetery. A native of Union county, she vvas the wife of the late R. A. Helms, and the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Sis- tare. Survivors include several nieces and nephew... including • Mrs. Fn-d Wells, with whom she made her home. medical conference here she is convinced that “from the view point of a woman's happiness, ■the pill' is the greatest medical breakthrough of all tLiie." The mother of five children. Dr. Wiseman heads a family planning Albert Einstein College of -Medi cine, in New York City, who dir ected a study of 55,000 men be tween the ages of 25 and 64, ex plained that the leisure activities of men, as well as the kind of work they do, ' were graded. “With reduction in work hours and increase in leisure and vaca tion time,” the doctor said, "off- job activities are becoming an increasingly important fraction of the total life pattern." Automation, the automobile, power tools, elevators, even elec tric tooth brushes all conspire to physical activity, KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Nazarenes Look At Year 196S P«f«3 clinic at Slough, In England, She and her colleagues 1 cut down on believe that the “tangible advan-1 says the physician, and "the tages for women taking oral' resultant physical inactivity may contraceptives far outweigh the be a significant factor in the hypothetical side effects of the! currently high incidence of and pill " I death rate from heart attack.” Dr. Wiseman reported tliat I • » » there had been no deaths, no cases of cancer, heart disease or liver conditions attributable to "the pIlT’ in the 3,000 women in the Slough study. ; SAFETY OF 'PILL' j PROVED AGAIN Galveston, Tex. (WMNS) — Scientists continue to give high marks to the birth control pill VITAMIN OVERDOSE i effectiveness and safe- DANGERS Three researchers affiliated Washington. D. C. (WMNS)—University of Texas It is not necessarily true that the' Branch in Galveston re- more vitamins you take, the bet- i * study of 16 women ter. This comment oame from P*** ” Dr. Jean R. Weston, secretary of' j (months, they could the American Medical Associa- j eyideiice that it causes tion's Drug Council, who notes J Ibcombphlebitis (inflamation of that “supplemental Vitamin D,r,**® veins). Neither for instance, is not necessary fori*^??® contraceptive “sig- healthy adults, except during l*>(f‘cantly alter the coagulation pregnancy and lactation. And we | blood or its rate do have evidence that too much . j . of the vitamin can be harmful." j , study appeared in the Some physicians, believing that Amencan Journal of Obstetrics an excess of Vitamin D can i “"‘1 Gynecology^ ^ cause mental retardation in in* \ fants, limit its prescription to 1 PARENTS FAIL AS those pregnant women who re- TEACHERS OF SEX quire it. Similarly, large amounts of Vitamin A taken for prolonged periods of time “may cause Vita min A toxicity,” warns Dr. Rob ert S. Goodhart, president and Manchester, England (WM.NS) —Evidence is mounting that par ents on both sides of the Atlan tic do an inadequate job of edu cating their sons and daughters Gains in stewardship and mem bership and the construction of a general hospital in New Guin ea were highlights recorded in j 1965 by the Church of the Naza- j renc with world offices in Kan- ! sas City, Mo. | Per capita was a record $16S — J an increase of $7.62 over the pre vious high mark in 1964. Giving for all purposes reached $59,600,- 000-an increase of $4,138,000 over the preceding year. The cliurch had a net gain of 6,554 members last year to bring the national membership to 355,- S24. Nazarenes in churches over seas increased to a total of 68,- 694 to bring the world member ship to 424,518. The annual statistical report by Dr. B. Edgar Johnson, gen eral secretary, also showed that Nazarenes opened one new church a week in 1965. The 52 new churches organized brought the total number of churches to 4,887. The stewardship gain apparent ly assures the Nazarene church of remaining in first place in the nation in per capita giving a- mong all major denominations with 100,000 or more members. In the “march to a million” Sunday school enrollment cam paign launched in the fall of 1964, the church has reached a total of 899,000 persons. In the U..S., church«>s last year gained 46,381 in Sunday school enroll ment to reach a national tol 776,992. Overseas Sunday schools added about 122,000 more per- scientific director of the National ■about the facts of life. According Vitamin Foundation in New i