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WHAT IS YOUR STRESS LEVEL?
Women tend to feel more stress
than men.
Professionals and managers report
less stress than blue-collar workers.
The more educated people are, the
less stress they report.
White people report less stress than
blacks.
People who are married and living
with a mate and those whose spouse
died are less stressed than those who
are single, divorced or separated.
The more stress, the more symp
toms of illness, visits to the doctor
and smoking.
Married people tend to be healthier
than non-married people.
HOW MATURED ARE YOU?
A dictionary defines maturity as a
state of perfect or complete develop
ment. Various authors have laid
stress upon separate virtues included
in the maturity of a human being:
responsibility, independence,
generosity, cooperativeness, good
will, integrity, adaptability, and skill
in separating fact and fancy.
Whatever trait is emphasized, the
mature person will show skill in
handling the events and tests of life in
such a way as to produce the greatest
possible amount of happiness with the
smallest possible amount of stress.
The mature person Ii”es
significantly for himself and for
mankind. He rejects the temptation
to be always neutral or safe, to be a
mere invalid or a minor in a pro
tected corner. He is too busy with
gratifying work to engage in trifling
things, and too well balanced to pay
attention to miracle workers and jug
glers!
That is not a lazy life. The mature
person is not passively receiving but
is creatively acting. He has a sense of
relative values and a feeling for con
sequences. He confronts life with
some boldness.
One principle that marks maturity
in any walk of life—business, in
private life or in national affairs—is
this: the determining element is not
so much what happens to a person but
the way he takes it. The responses to
life of a mature person are of good
quality and can be counted on.
The contrary state, immaturity, is
marked by adult infantilism, in which
a person has reached maturity of
physical development, but remains
an invant in his response to the pro
blems and obligations of life.
What are mature actions? The
mature person tends not to be clumsy
in his association with other people.
He thinks about how the thing he pro
poses to do will affect his neighbors'
lives. He seeks to give other people
room so that they, too. may mature.
He has learned the important lesson
that he who walks in crowds must
step aside, keep his elbows in. step
back or sidewise, even detour from
the straight way, according to what
he encounters.
It is all very well to try, once in a
while, to think strictly personal
thoughts, but we quickly come to see
that we live in relationships. Family
life helps our children to grow' from
stage of confidence, skill, respon
sibility and understanding. Our
homes prepare people for the larger
and more exacting relationships of a
world where social and political sense
have not progressed as far as have
scientific and technical skills.
The mature person has graduated
from home and school with some
awareness of the requirements of
society. He wants to share in the
human enterprise of getting out of the
jungle frame of mind, of building a
community wherein he may grow. He
develops from the stage of thinking:
“Please help me," through "I can
take care of myself,” to “Please let
me help you.”
Sharing is a vital part of maturing.
Most of the significance we attain
grows out of our contribution to the
lives of others. The person in an ex
ecutive position, from the president
of a great company down to the
foreman of a small gang, puts his im
print on history through the people
under his direction. He builds their
struggles and reduces their limita
tions. He gives them opportunities to
become their own most mature
selves. This can be, as Stephen Vin
cent Benet remarked in one of his
essays, the most conspicuous enter
prise of the human being.
Qualities of character: some cer
tain basic values and virtues include
these—justice and truth, responsibili
ty (the man of mature character is a
man who can be relied upon). His
qualities are predictable. He is a good
securityrisk for himself, his family,
his employer and his neighbors. Self
deception cannot be tolerated in
maturity. We see men who will not
look at things as they are. but as they
wish them to be. and are ruined. Self
control. Tolstoy wrote: "There never
has been, and cannot be. a good life
without self-control." More recently.
Lord Beaverbrook said that a man
"can only keep his judgment intact,
his nerves sound and his mind sec
cure by the process of
self-discipline."
Self-control in the mature person
means abandonment of the childlike
immaturities shown in anger, hate,
cruelty and belligerency. Blustering
and weight-throwing are not signs of
maturity. It. is not mature to push a
situation to the point where it can no
longer hold, but has to give way under
the pressure we inflict on it. Self
control is a factor in self-confidence,
one of the points by which we judge
maturity. The backbone of con
fidence is one's faith in the validity of
one s judgment.
Education plays its big part in
preparing us for maturity, but educa
tion is not a thing to have and to be
finished with. At whatever stage of
life we may be. it is wholesome to
say, "I am a student."
Open-mindedness is another mark
of maturity. No one has the right to
say he is mature who cannot listen to
both sides of an argument. The
mature person will show gentleness
toward error, based upon his capaci
ty to admit his own shortcomings. He
will try to see another person s good
qualities before denouncing his bad.
He will try to understand other peo
ple's beliefs without necessarily shar
ing or accepting them.
Some people confuse principles
with rules. A principle is something
inside one. a rule is an outward
restriction. To obey a principle you
have to use your mental and moral
powers; to obey a rule you have only
to do what the rule says. Dr. Frank
Crane pointed the difference out neat
ly: "A rule supports us by the arm
pits over life's mountain passes: a
principle makes us sure-footed."
And now, do we wish to face the
thought of being mature? There can
be a certain loneliness in maturity.
We have to give up much to which we
have become accustomed—some
idiosyncrasies, some peccadilloes,
some illogicalities. We may have to
give up trivialities that kept us amus
ed hitherto. We will become aware
early in our efforts of a central max
im of maturity: that every mortal be
ing is under bond to do his best.
Mature living carries in it the
capacity to accept illness, disappoint
ment, and all that is largely beyond
our control; to accept ourselves and
others; to keep our balance through
success and failure. It gives us a cer
tain ability to roll with the punches, to
pick up the pieces and start over.
We don't have to become mature all
at once. We advance toward it little
by little, always leaning toward our
development as persons and as
citizens. Maturity helps us to find
ourselves with a new experience and
expertise in handling life, a new in
terest in people, and a new ex
perience to meet exasperating in
cidents. How mature are vou?
Rhamkatte
BY LUCILLE ALSTON
RHAMKATTE—Church School
began at 9:45 a.m. with all classes
reporting. The subject of the lesson
was "Deliverance and
Disobedience," Judges 2:11-19. Bro.
Otho Kearney was superintendent.
Thomas Burt was the adult class
teacher. All classes had a 45-minute
study period. The lesson was review
ed by Bro. Kearney. After the report
from Secretary Barbara Burt, the
class closed.
At 11 a m., Rev. E.C. Hughes spoke
from John 11:44 on the topic; "Living
Among the Dead." Music was fur
nished by the Senior Choir, with
Hazel Hughes at the piano. Morning
prayer came from Thomas Burt. An
nouncements were made by Phyliss
Burt. Mini-church was led by Lee
Nipper. Altar call was made by Bro.
Brazil.
Rev. Hughes spoke spiritually on
what it means to live among the dead.
Jesus was sent to heal the broken
hearted. We serve a living God. We
should act like we do, rejoice. You
closed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible study is held every Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m.
The flowers on Sunday were
donated by Ms. Hazel Hughes in
memory of her mother, Ms. Fiora
Grant.
Family Day will be observed July
16. Everyone is asked to do: heir pari.
On the sick list are Lola McClain,
George Tucker, Mary Utley, Bertha
Pierce, Paul Alston, John Singletary.
Margaret Kearney, Ella Fletcher.
Raymond Burt, Garland Kearney,
and Dennis Williams. Let us keep
praying for the sick everywhere. God
is still in the healing business.
The YWCA Golden Oaks met June
28. Rev. McCarter of Rocky Mount
was the guest speaker for the service.
He spoke from Acts 12:»-18. Sister
Laura Manuel led the group in prayer
and then sang "This Little light oi
Mine." Rev. McCarter explained the
lesson, saying the church must pray
lor the people. Prayer changes
things You must not let the devil
rule. God will deliver you every time
Prayer was followed by closing Ex
creise class was followed bv lunch
SPORTS AUCTION—From left. Eugene Kitt, Executive
Director of The Upwerd Fund, end Willie Fry, Jr., an
Upward Fund Board member and former Pittsburgh Steeler,
pose with special guests at the program’s first Celebrity
Sports Auction. Inspecting the rod, convertible BMW, o top
10 auction Item, are Sheldon White, MY Giants Defensive
Back, Len Fontes, former Giants Defensive Backfield
Coach, and Mike Perei, a Giants Quarterback.
alter which the group adjourned.
The Rhamkatte community is in
sympathy with Mary Strickland and
Louise Wilson in the loss of their
father. George Bland of Bolton, who
died June 27. Funeral services were
held July 2. We say to the family that
God knows what's best. God never
makes a mistake. God still sits on the
throne and He does lake care of His
own
ON THE HILL
(Continued from page 11)
justice We must accept the
challenge, not just to dream, but to
scheme in order to finish this dream.
We must not be satisfied with just be
ing a new generation, we must fight
to be a great generation. Our
challenge is to finish the dream
Schwerner. Goodman and Chaney
fought for the right to vote. We must
fight for the ability to vote. We must
remove all barriers to voters as
I spelled out I in the I Michigan Kep.
John I Conyers bill." He told the
young people to "stop complaining
about what you ain't got. Use what
you've got" to help register people to
vote
Typical of some of the many young
people attending the rally were:
Kelli A. Lewis, an 18-year-old stu
dent at Lincoln University. Pa., a
native of Little Rock. When the
Freedom Caravan was addressed in
Little Rock, the mayor attempted to
paint a glowing picture of race
adavancement and relations in the ci
ty. Ms. Lewis publicly disputed him
She is one of a growing number of
politically aw are young blacks in the
United States.
Her sisters, Joyce, 21, a treshman
at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill Medical School; and
Sherri, 20, a pre-med senior at
Howard University; and brother,
Thomas, 18, a second-year Lincoln
University student majoring in
English, are also pursuing college
educations, and becoming critically
and politically aware of the need to
shore up the vote Their father. Dr.
Robert Lewis, is chief of
rheumatology at Little Rock's
Veterans Hospital, while their
mother, Joyce, is manager of Case
Management, New Futures for Little
Rock Youth
Derek Wingate, 23, of Manhattan,
N.Y.. Youth Action Program. He is a
pre-med student at St. Johns Univer
sity. Shawn Wingate, 22 (NNPA is
uncertain if they are kin), also of the
Manhattan Youth Action Program, is
a psychology major at Morehouse
University Belinda P. Harris, 17, isa
senior at Douglass High School,
Oklahoma City, Ok. She has not
decided yet what college she will at
tend but emphatically knows she will
w ork to secure a stronger vote for the
voleless in the United States.
Then there were the young blacks
of the All African Peoples Revolu
tionary Party, at the University of
California at Davidson. Their
political outlook was much more
fiercely focused and radical. They
said there is no way they can reform
the present political system. It's rot
ten to the core. "We must overthrow
it, violently if necessary." And they
are prepared lo lose their lives in the
cause, if necessary, they told NNPA.
They felt "this voter registration
thing is nothing." But if the revolu
tion is income, "we must accept peo
ple where they are now, and then try
lo lake them to a higher level. We
don't expect to win in our lifetime.
But one must belong to an organiza
tion if you want to accomplish
anything thence, their reason for
traveling to Washington to attend the
ceremonies i. There are many of us
everywhere, here in the United States
and the world," they told NNPA.
Deadlocked or wearing African
fezes, they were attractive, tough
minded and energetic. They are
working quietly but with a grim
determination to change the world.
They asked that their names not be
used
• • •
Tost* is the mark of edu
cation, imagination tht
sign of production, and
emotional balance the sign
of maturity.
SOCIAL SCENE
(Continued from page 13)
Canada with members of First Baptist Church of Apex. Ritter has just retired
from her work as a cosmetologist. I promised her that I would not say how
long. She will be missed from her shop on West South Street.
Mr and Mrs. Milford Taylor were hosts to Group 6 members of Martin
Street Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 27, at 7 p.m. Many members com
mented on the celebration of the 28th anniversary on Sunday, June 25, during
the 11 a m worship service, and on the special dinner held at the Hickory
House on Hwy. 70, Garner.
The meeting was the last one planned for the summer, and it was devoted
to listening to final reports. Ms. Mamie Reddick was in charge once Ms.
Glodene Taylor led the group in devotions. The following were present: Rev.
David C. Forbes, pastor; Eva Fields, Lillie Freeman, Geneva Highsmith,
Esther Holloway, Julia Jackson, Henrietta Kay, Madeline Keith, Janie Mack,
Classie Moore. Della Perry, Joella Perry, Allie M. Peebles, Mamie Reddick,
Lizzie Ritter, Carolyn Rogers, and Blonnie Williams.
Don’t forget to buy your tickets early for the 1990 CIAA tournament to be
held at the Norfolk Scope.
Coach Harvey Heartley always thinks about the CIAA. He made it known
this week when he signed papers to bring aboard a new recruit, former
Broughton High School star Gary Mattison. At Broughton, Mattison scored 22
points a game his senior year. At Chowan College last year, he averaged 21
points a game. Heartley is really anxious to bring the basketball champion
ship to St. Aug.’s.
About 165 or more descendants of Eddie and Nixie Peebles of Wake Coun
ty converged on lovely Atlanta on Friday, June 30, for the Peebles’ 20th fami
ly reunion. The headquarters was the Pierremont Plaza Hotel. A chartered
bus and many cars left Crabtree Valley about 8 a.m. and returned on Sunday,
July 2, about 10:30 p.m. They came from Virginia, Washington, D.C.,
Maryland, Delaware, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Baltimore, New Jersey, New
York, Durham, Toledo and Winston-Salem.
Among the activities enjoyed were a 24-hour Georgia railroad train trip
from Atlanta to Stone Mountain, Ga. in an old-fashioned restored locomotive
and passenger cars, a city tour to the Martin Luther King Center and Atlanta
University, and a dinner dance on Saturday, July 1, at the Georgia Depot. At
the dinner, the group received greetings from a representative of the gover
nor’s office, Mr. Beavers. Rev. Beavers is Gov. Harris’ executive assistant.
John F. Leak of Atlanta introduced the guest speaker, the Hon. William
"Bill" Campbell of the Atlanta City Council, who brought a warm welcome.
Bill read the proclamation from the Atlanta City Council proclaiming Satur
day, July 1, the "Peebles Family Reunion Day” in their city. The dinner at
the Georgia Depot was held adjacent to Underground Atlanta.
Adults .who hosted the 20th Peebles family reunion were Elaine Peebles
Brown, James Harold and Gloria Fort, John Leak and Claudette Fort Leak,
Nettine Peebles Patterson, and attorney Pickens Patterson, all of Atlanta.
Millard Peebles, Jr. coordinated the Raleigh trip.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to
harm us.
State Project
Helps Long-Term
Care For Elderly
The General Assembly has created
a special statewide advocate pro
gram for patients of long-term care to
help the frail and elderly resolve
complaints or disputes about their
care.
The new Office of Long-Term Care
Ombudsman in the state Division of
Aging will also promote community
involvement and voluntarism in long
term care facilities and educate the
public about the long-term care
system.
The recently passed law
establishes in statute one state and 18
regional ombudsmen, one in each of
the Area Agencies on Aging, and
defines their functions and duties as
required by the federal Older
Americans Act.
The state has tested an ombudsman
program since 1978. The 1987 General
Assembly mandated study of that
program and the 1989 Legislature
acted on that study’s recommenda
tions by formalizing the program.
In addition to supervising the long
term care program, the state om
budsman will certify and train
regional ombudsmen, establish pro
cedures for access to facilities and
patients, resolve complaints, and
analyze and report on complaints and
facility conditions.
The regional ombudsman program
will work with nursing and rest home
community advisory committees to
help each county develop its own pa
tient programs, as well as help
resolve residents’ complaints at the
local level. Each nursing and rest
home in the state is required to have
such an advisory committee.
The new law gives ombudsmen the
authority to enter any level care
facility to gain access to any resident
there. In addition, they may have ac
cess to financial and medical records,
with patients’ permission. Om
budsmen are granted immunity for
good faith performance of their of
ficial duties. Complaints to an om
budsman are considered confidential
and may be disclosed only with the
express permission of the person
making the complaint. Retaliation
against residents or their guardians,
employees or anyone else involved in
a complaint is prohibited.
The long-term care ombudsman
program was one of a number of
recommendations made by the
legislative study of care levels pro
vided to the elderly in North Carolina.
Other recommendations included a
nurses’ aides registry and the pa
tients' rights of notification if their
facility’s license has been revoked or
made provisional. All three laws have
passed the 1989 session.
Simply defined, a nursing home is a
facility for persons who are ill. Two
levels of nursing care may be provid
ed: intermediate and skilled. A rest
home is a facility for persons needing
assistance with the activities of daily
living.
AUTHORS
(Continued from page 13)
one time writing poetry in my mind
was no more than a means of comfor
ting myself. Over the years I have
come to find my work just as comfor
ting to others as it is to me."
The public is invited to visit the
Afro-American Cultural Center and
have their already purchased copies
personally autographed or to pick up
copies, meet and share a literary ex
perience with black writers. This
reception is being made possible by
(he Afro-American Cultural Center
and IBWC. For more information,
contact the Afro Center at (704)
372-1565.
Twenty-two Named
Outstanding By
IPS In Raleigh
The Institute for paralegal Studies
(IPS) in Raleigh has announced the
names of 22 students who have
achieved outstanding academic
performance for this quarter.
According to IPS School Director Roy
da Roza.
IPS students must maintain a 3.5
grade point average to qualify for this
academic award. The mereitorious
career trainees are listed as follows -
Kimberly Aman, Nancy Branscomb,
Kristin Cournoyer, Susan Dart,
Suzanne Darwin, Donna Fryar, Leigh
Griffin, Brenda Hall, Laura Hall,
Danelle Hickman, Portia Ingram,
Delinda Johnson, Joan Karch,
Elizabeth Lindwey, Tamara Moses,
Patricia Moss, Anne Rickter, Alycia
Roberts, Pamela Sosa, Susan
Sypniewski, Diane Vancil, and
Yvonne Whitley.
The Institute for Paralegal Studies
specializes in providing short,
concentrated “hands-on" training.
Located at 4020 West Chase
Boulevard In Raleigh. IPS offers
post-secondary career programs in
the following fields: Paralegal, Law
Office Assistant.
The tviiool prides itself in
preparing. "aduates for employment
within a specific occupation thus
endorsing its important role ip “hire"
cdiicolion w ii'iin the community
Louis Sullivan Names
Key Liaison Assistant
HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan
has announced the appointment of
Stephanie Ann McCreary-Lynch of
Arlington, Va., as a special assistant
to the secretary in the Department of
Health and Human Services.
Ms. McCreary-Lynch, 34, will be
the key liaison person in the Office of
the Secretary facilitating com
munication between the secretary
and other high-level officials both in
and out of government. Specifically,
she will be the secretary’s liaison to
the Office of Civil Eights, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Personnel
Administration and the Office of Con
sumer Affairs.
Before coming to HHS she worked
at the Department of Housing and Ur
ban Development as special assistant
(White House liaison) to the
secretary from February 1967 to
March 1969. She was special assistant
to the HUD deputy assistant
secretary for program policy
development and evaluation from
February 1966 to February 1967.
Her federal career started in April
1964 with the Small Business Ad
ministration where she served until
joining HUD as special assistant to
the associate administrator for
minority small business and capital
ownership development.
Between May 1978 and April 1984,
Ms. McCreary-Lynch was in state
government as a research specialist
and procurement specialist for the
Ohio Department of Development
and as a publication specialist for the
Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensa
tion.
She was born in Tokyo, Japan,
where her father, Lt. Col. (USAF
Retired) Walter L. McCreary, then a
pilot, was stationed. She received a
bachelor’s degree in organizational
communications from Ohio State
University in 1977.
At HUD, Ms. McCreary-Lynch
received cash awards for outstanding
achievement from 1985 through 1988
and was presented the Secretary’s
Award of Excellence in 1988.
Her husband, David H. Lynch, is
political director for the National
Association of Realtors in
Washington. D.C.
Top Jazx Stars To Play
in N.Y. Benefit Concert
A oenem concert featuring some ot
today's top jazz stars will take place
July 20 at Manhattan's Beacon
Theater, 74th Street and Broadway,
to benefit City Harvest, an organiza
tion dedicated to feeding the hungry
and homeless.
Jointly sponsored by radio station
CD 101.9, Columbia Records and Sony
Corp., this Jazz All Stars Show will
feature Columbia recording artists
Grover Washington, Jr., Ramsey
Lewis, Hubert Laws, Kirk Whalum,
Richard Tee, Steven Gadd, Eddie
Gomez and Cornell Dupree, who will
introduce stars of the future. Joey
DeFrancesco, Takeshi Itoh. Monle
Croft, Ross Train and Anders
Bnstrum.
A specially priced CD and cassette
sampler teaturing most of the above
named artists will be released com
mercially in early July. There will be
giveaways ol me sampler to lucky CD
101 9 listeners.
“I’m proud that Columbia, Sony
and CD 101.9 have banded together in
this joint venture for a very worthy
cause,” said Ruben Rodriguez, senior
vice president, Columbia Records.
"I’m equally delighted that so many
artists were willing to donate their
time and talent to help alleviate some
of the suffering in this great city of
ours.” *
City Harvest is a non-profit
organization which delivers about
6,000 means to the hungry and
homeless each day. Depending upon
food donations from hotels,
restaurants and cafeterias of large
corporations. City Harvest
distributes this surplus food to
shelters and soup kitchens
throughout New York City. It is
estimated that by 1992. City Hardest
will be serving more than 20,000
meals per day.