Casa Grande Dispatch from Casa Grande, Arizona • Page 5

Sorority Sisters Have Fun At Traditional Yule Party OPENING GIFTS from ttwlr "tfrten" are, from left, Carts Nelson, Wllma Scott, Helen Aullck, Pat Isom and Gloria Jordan. Jane Norrts. foreground, watches the holi- dayhappemng. (S t.ffPhotos, Firemen Give Commentary Alpha Epsilon Views Fire Dept. Rescue Truck Casa Ariz YOUR COMPLETE MI The Artist' Creative Stitchery Picture An on the spol inspection of the Casa Grande Fire Department's new rescue truck highlighted ihe meeting Dec IS of Alpha Epsikm Chapter.

Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority The meeting was heW at the Mrs Chuck Johnson, MO St Larry Boland and Steve Schroder of the CG Fire Dept gave a detailed commentary on the use of the equipment carried in the truck, 'They reported most of the equipment bad been donated organizations and individuals or made by the firemen since they have an extremely limited budget The men assigned to the rescue truck are trained to give basic emergency treatment They are in the procest of receiving federal for training for intermediary emergency treatment. They are in the process of receiving federal grants for training for intermediary emergency treatment According to the speakers, the Fire Dept responded to more than CM emergency calls during the year The Rescue unit can be contacted by calling OJ-5I55 Menlyn Don cocr duuied the program Alter the business session conducted by Dana Robsoo. president, the traditional gift exchange was held. Secret sisters were revealed lUlhe Elbott and Jane Norm Some 50 members and guests attended the Omctmas dumer- danee held Dec at the Arizona City Country dub. Dance music was pronded by Ray and Cartwngnt Frances Stein and the social committee were in charge of arrangements Some members and guests attended the Cfcrictmas dianer- dance held Dec tat the Araona aty OdQBtry Ctab Dance music was pnrrtded by Bay and Joyce Cartwright.

Frances Stem and the social were in charge of arrangements Casa Grande Dispatch Women and Living BTDORCHESCOI.UV I hav a Mmjt irt w. in a friend orie he to thfe fjictun- for a It perfect for a famii) or a Jiu-t be to a real!) (jay frame painted uf the brijrht in tflr tmbroatery. is stamps) homojim to fit a by IS inch frame no frame i kit): Kit i chart ar color ai-" A I.a.-ta anjte. thre A Kite. rr.arm'i cr in or price mi each In Mexico Pinata Adds Color To Holiday Season I Mail your order and NBDUWOK KIT SBMCE I Box NIC.

Dept- Dispatch Teaoeek. W.J. i In Mexico, tht celebra- lion of the holiday season Ix-Rias in earnest before Chrutmav this time the posadas are observed. Celebrants form a pro- tessiori behind figure? representing Mary and Joseph, and go about from house to house, asking for potadaat lodging. Inside the homes, other celebrants enact the role of the innkeepers who refused Man- and Joseph lodging in Bethlehem.

the denoted youngsters. The tradition of the PWM- ta was actually brought to Mexico during the Ifllh century by Europeans. is Send I 831A "The Artist" Creative Stitchery Picture I Krt(s) at $7.00 each kit. I Heart Attack Patients First Aid by Trained Passerby Increases Survival Chances Your chances ofleaving the immediate resuscitation at- alive after a heart tempts were not dramatically attack that occurred outside affected by BVCPR. In those patients who lived until they could be hospitalized, howev- slgnlflcant beneficial receive BYCPR A recent Gallup poll estimates that 12 million Ameri- cans have taken C'PR courses and as many as 51 million others would like to being told that there is "no room at the I he celebrants are at last admitted to one of the homes, and the fiesta begimi.

The highlight of this celebration is Ihe smashing of the pawta by youngsters. A clay pot, filled with nuts and candies and other trinkets, and imaginatively decoriited with paper-ina- che, is strung up on a rope; each youngster is blindfolded in turn and allowed to take a swing at the pinata with a Since -the rope can be pulled each time a youngster siwings at it, many Mows are usually required, with much shouting on the part of onlookers, before the pinata is finally broken and.goodies cascade upon of the hospital are twice as good if you hadreceived first aid on the spot by a tramed passerby than If you had to wail for help from an emergency unit. So says a report presented to the scientific sessions of the American Heart Association by scientists from the University of Washington and team. er, a effect of BYCPR was demonstrated: Only (24) of 109 patients who received BYCPR died after being taken to a hospital compared to (83) of the 207 patients who had to wall for the rescue Harbor-view Medical Center, Seattle, they studied the life saving value of so-called BYCPR. Bystander-Initiated Cardlopiilmonary Resuscitation.

CPR is first aid for a heart attack and can be learned by almost any layman If consls ts of procedures', to clear the airway, breath for the pa- llent, and compress the chest to squmo.blond out of the heart and Into the circulation CPR nuiRl begin within four rmnutes aftw a heart attack. Otherwise, im-versi hie brain damage occurs Robert ft Thompson, 1), Alfred Hallstrorn, 0 and Leonard A Ml), compiled data nn several nun attark victims who suffered a cardiac arrest mil side of Uw hospital MyKtand ers summoned" care in evrrv case, but many pallents received The beneficial effects of BYCPR on other aspects of the hospital course of the victims were perhaps even more striking than the Improved survival rates. Dr. Thompson and his associates reported dramatic differences In the rapidity with which eon- sclousness was regained and in the incidence of severe coma and persistent brain damage They salrt. "A detailed annl of the post resuscitation course of put lent substnn Hated the lower mortality and demonstrated that consciousness returned on the first hospital day In 22 of with BVO'K.

but In only 7 of patients not receiving BYCI'R Without BYfl'R, patients re- malnert comatose until death or discharge compared to 7 of those rwlvlntf HYCI'K Of Ti pntienK who many from bystanders prior to regained consciousness, pro the attempt trained Interns si-nl In 21 of 4H pwlients i tmtflv the trsparrtwrN said, not receivltm IIYCI'K com the o( s.irvh 1he fftn-'i to 1 of who BECiUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSE, WE NAVE A NEW SHIPMENT 6 Poinsettios In A Basket With A Christmas Bow or 6" House Plant With Christmas Bow Large Selection To Choose From 1156 LFIonnct Blvd. Cw Grande, Arizona $099 Now Jusf ifi time for Chrisfmos Orders Being Token for 1977 Associated Press News Annual "The World 1977," compendium of news etents of the year from The Associated Preai, the world's largest news agency, it being offered to readers of this newspaper at a cost of only $7.95. Filled with dnunatk photographs ta color and black-and- white, the volume coven the news events of the world in the calendar year, recounting the happiness and the horrors, the sensations and the sadness, all the events that shaped and illuminated our existence. It is written and photographed by the staff of The Associated Press, the ntcording eyewitnesses to our history. The 14th in the series of The news annuals, "The World in 1977" includes stories in the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter and the execution of Gary Gilmore; a record cold winter and a summer wave' of heat and drought; the New York City blackout and the Johnstown, flood resignation of Bert Lance and the retirement of Pele; the death of Elvis Presley and the capture of "Son of Sim." On the other side of the oceans, major events included England's Jubilee celebration, the ouster of Indira Gandhi, continuing Middle East troubles and the Dutch-Motile- can kidnappings.

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