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The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 10

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The Index-Journal Page 10 June 2, 1979 Today's Living Pediatrician believes babies more susceptible to radiation Island T-shirts Thev also have a wonderlul marriage." although thev admit that it was once less than wonderlul. In (act. both agreed, over tea in the library, that they would probably be divorced today it it weren't for something called the Creative Initiatives Foundation. "It's become the prime locus of our lives over the last lew vears. even more so than the nukes.

said Dr. William Caldicott. a bearded and solt-spoken radiologist who seems equallv committed but is not presently active in the antinuclear cause because someone has to stav home and look alter the kids preventing the pollution of our environment, the destruction of our earth. We must be out there practicing the ultimate in preventive medicine." Doctors, young and old. stopped her.

praising and occasionally criticizing her speech. She was tired, she said, eager to get home "to the old--man and the kids." She pulled oil her cap and let fall a mass ol auburn hair. "Iet's shove otf and get some grub." she said. The Caldicotts live in the suburbs, in a huge Tudor house with a small turret on top. It reminds her of "Grimm Fairv Tales." They have three handsome children, aged 12 to 15.

all ol whom wear Three Mile labels on this? I'm a conservative, actually. I'm for conserving lives. As a physician, I'm trying to educate people about the carcinogenic and mutagenic effects of radiation. The cancer society says 80 percent ol cancers are caused by environmental pollutants. Why not stop the front end of the cancer cycle? That's real preventive medicine." She was walking across the campus ol Tufts University at the time, in academic cap and gown, having just addressed the medical school graduates.

"We cannot remain in our laboratories, our hospitals, our oltices any more." she had told them. "We must be out there belongs to old Future CLKMSON Once upon a time in America, young people were not fashionable unless they sported powdered wigs and wrinkled laces. That's not a fable. "In the 18th century in this country, being old was equated with being wise and having power and influence, says Carol Furry, a Clemson University psychology professor who has studied the aging process "The industrial revolution has changed that." says Furry, who lectured at Clemson annual College Week lor Senior Citizens which concluded Friday. "Children and old people can always do something on a farm, but they don't lit in very well in an industrial societv." she says.

hild labor laws, she adds, were based more on the admis "The elderlv vote more consistently than anv other group in our societv." she says. "By the year 2000 it is conservatively estimated that 30 percent ol our population will be over 65. We mav very well end up with a gerontocracy' in this country. Kurrv is a strong advocate ol doing awav with the distinction between age and competence, and she encourages senior citizens to "act on their environments It ou re the kind ol person who lets life happen to you rather than making lile happen the wav you want it. then you will be adversely affected by society's attitude toward aging Instructors give advice Laurie Miller (center), a student in Piedmont TEC's Practical Nursing program at Bailey Memorial Hospital in Clinton, gets some study tips from her instructors, Sandra Whiteside (left) and Helen Richards, during the quarter break.

Students will soon be bock in class for the summer session to complete the one-year program. Ms. Miller of Laurens is one of 1 5 students in TEC's Practical Nursing program. Eight ore expected to graduate in August and seven, who began the program last winter, ore scheduled to finish in February. Piedmont TEC trains licensed practical nurses By GEORGIA DUIXEA c.

1979 Y. Times News Service BOSTON She has long been regarded as ''the other pediatrician" in the antinuclear movement. With her lainous colleague. Dr. Benjamin Spock.

she marched in the recent Washington rally against nuclear power carrying a black col I in that was decked with papier-mache forms of infants and a sign saving: "Babies Die First." "Fetuses, babies and young children are 10 to 20 times more susceptible than adults to the ellects ol radiation." she later told the thousands massed at the steps of the Capitol. It was not a new message, not a new cause for Dr. Helen Caldicott. who has been concerned some sav consumed with the medical implications ol nuclear radiation on children lor most ot her 40 years. She remembers reading.

"On the a novel about nuclear holocaust set in her native Australia, at the age ol 12. "It frightened the hell of she says today. I'm still (Tightened. Until recently. Dr.

Caldicott reputation as an antinuclear activist had been largely confined to Australia, where she is credited with leading two successlul battles one to ban atmospheric bomb tests bv the French in the South I'acilic. another to ban the export of uranium bv Australia. Her involvement in the movement in this count rv began two years ago. when she and her husband moved here to accept appointments at Children's Hospital Medical Center and teaching jobs at Harvard Medical School Dr. Caldicott then began lecturing on college campuses, in church halls and in hospitals around the country She spoke not as nuclear scientist but "as a pediatrician, a mother and a world citizen." Before long, she was president ot a 500-member antinuclear group called Physicians lor Social Responsibility, the author of a polemical book entitled Nuclear Madness (Autumn Press i.

a minor but provocative figure in the movement Then came the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. The unt I inching lace and urgent voice ot Helen Caldicott was all over the television screen. Overnight she had become a symbol lor a diverse movement in which she. as opponent ol nuclear power and atomic weaponry in any form, tails in the extreme radical camp. Radical?" she said with a hall -smile.

"Whv must they put sion that children could not do the job in a factorv than on humanitarian grounds. Ironically, much that has been written about the "plight ol the elderly'" has formed negative stereotypes in the public mind, savs Furrv. "Aging has been given a bad name because todav there are a lot ot marginal elderly people who in earlier times would not have lived so long They're not reallv representative of the majority ol senior citizens." In recent years that majority has spawned suchsactivist movements as the Gray Panthers and the American Association ol Retired Persons, organizations that led the recent successlul lobbying eltort in Washington to raise mandatory retirement age Irom 65 to 70 Church, has been in continuous use since its formation and presently serves a congregation of 60. Mount Pisgah A.M.E. Church has been an important influence in the religious and educational life of the Greenwood black community.

The nomination of Mount Pisgah was prepared by the staff of the Historic Preservation Division of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, which administers the National Register program in the state; Mrs. L. Claretta Donaldson of the Mount Pisgah congregation and Ruth LaForge, historic preservation planner of the Upper Savannah Council of Governments. NEWS from jour P0AC3ACBT Mt. Pisgah nominated to National Register State Hospital and Whitten Village in Imton She s.nd nearlv all of the people who complete (he program continue to work in health-related jobs Ot the 107 people Irom the class who have taken the stale board examination to become 1 1 censed practical nurses, she said more than 97 percent have passed To enter the program, a person should be at least 18 by the time ot graduation and have a high sc hool diploma or Students attend a lull day ot classes, usualy from 7 a in to :10 lor one vear Training was once conducted entirely at Ha i lev Memorial but now involve Laurens District Hospital.

Whitten Village and the public health lacihties. Students gain a background in general health care with specific emphasis on such subjects as surgical, pediatric and clinical nursing, nutrition maternal and infant care, anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, a recent addition to the course schedule Students come Irom Clinton. Laurens. Newberry. Prosperity and other surrounding towns." Mrs Whiteside pointed out A typical student is a married woman who ha children and is A I ter one vear's training, graduates ol Piedmont TEC's Practical Nursing I program are readv to enter the health lield as para professionals in hospitals, nurs ing homes and phvsician of-I ices Although the program has been ollered at Bailev Memorial Hospital in Clinton lor the past 12 vears.

this year's graduating class will be the lirst to complete their training under TEC's sponsorship Previously, the program was ollered through the Laurens Sc hool District 56 Eight PN students are now enfenng their last quarter ol training in preparation lor graduation in August and seven others are working toward completing the program in Kebruarv. The demand lor practical nurses continues to grow in Piedmont TEC's seven-county service area and the college will ac ept 25 to 30 applicants lor a new class beginning in September, acc ording to PN instructors Helen Richards and Sandra Whiteside. Mrs. Richards said the two biggest demands lor practical nurses in South Carolina are the seeking a vocation, she said. The age ranges from 18 to early forties, although last year's class included a woman in her mid fifties We will accept males too." Mrs Richards noted But so lar.

no qualit ied male appli-ca nts have i nqu i red about enrolling Mrs Richards has been an instructor in the program since the first ear it was ollered at li a 1 1 Memorial She is originallv from the Clinton area and received her nursing training at York County Hospital in Hock Hill Her husband. Cheslev Richards, is assistant police clnel in Clinton Mrs Whiteside joined the taculU last vear She earned her bachelor ol science degree in nursing Irom William Carey ollcge in Hattiesburg. Miss She is married to Richard Whiteside who is assigned by the Arniv to Presbyterian College's HOTC program. Individuals interested in obtaining additional information about the Practical Nursing program mav contact Piedmont TEC at 223-8357 or call Mrs Richards or Whiteside at Railev Memorial at Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in Greenwood has been nominated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places by the South Carolina State Board of Review which met in Columbia May 23. The nomination will be forwarded to the Department of the Interior in Washington for final approval.

Mount Pisgah A.M.E. Church is believed to have been designed and constructed by members of the congregation in 1908. An eclectic structure, it is an example of the vernacular ecclesiastical architecture of the early 1880 and 1890 s. The church, which is an offshoot of Weston Chapel A.M.E. MRS.

WEHUNT Couple married Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church was the setting for Sunday's wedding of Peggy Victoria Langley and Lonnie Dean Wehunt. The Rev. Nickolos Imbastoro officiated at the 3 p.m. service. A reception followed in the church fellowship hall.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Foster G. "Bob" Langley of Route 3. Laurens. She graduated from Laurens High School and the University of South Carolina with a in nursing.

She is employed by Providence Hospital in Columbia. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wehunt of Clinton He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a A in journalism He is employed by Cosmos Broadcasting at WIS-TV in Columbia The couple will live in Irmo FAST, EFFECTIVE PRESCRIPTION SERVICE FREE DELIVERY Rental and Sale of Durable Medical Equipment Wheel Chairs Walkers Bedside Commodes Walking Canes HU PAMISH unr AMKK OSCAI PAMISH iour 9nvitatu ion Local CEC holds PARRISH PHARMACY tt Greenwood Medical Center 223-5021 Your physician may inform you that he is using terra my cin in the treatment of a disease. Just what is ter-ramycin? Simply, terra my cin is an antibiotic which is used in treatment of a wide variety of infections and diseases.

Terramycin is usually very effective in the treatment of certain virus infections, pneumonia, strep throat and many other infections. Terramycin is widely used because of the success of the drug and the fact that it very seldom causes any allergic reaction. Terramycin was developed after World War II by a team of American research scientists following a great deal of research in the antibiotic field. Terramycin is now considered as one of our older, tried and proven drugs. But, estensive research is going on daily throughout the world to develop new and better drugs for use in treating the diseases which plague mankind.

New drugs are thoroughly tested and approved before they reach the general public. And. it is the duty of your pharmacist to see that these drugs are properly dispensed to you. Next time let us fill your prescription. to a banquet state CEC convention in Columbia and the international CEC convention in Dallas.

Texas. Dr. B.J Dover is president of the local CEC; Ms. Breard-Young, vice president; Valery Smith, secretary; Jonathan Hayes, treasurer; and Mary Hester, membership chairman. The next general membership meeting will be in August.

Persons interested in joining may telephone Dr. Dover at 223-4348. TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS: AT SEA90ARO MAIN ST. AND GffEENWOOO PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER OPEN 7 TO 6 A One hour emotional. Local CEC vice president Nancy Breard-Young said "exceptional" includes the gifted or talented child.

Local chapter 868 was organized in November with the help of Dr. Robert Hall of Presbyterian College, state federation president. The local chapter has written a constitution and publishes a monthly newsletter. 'Special EDition." The local chapter also sent representatives to the GOfflE 'VYlemorabte uent Open House at my model home Sunday at 2 pm, June 3rd. Newly re-done decorated by select decorators using the nation's leading furniture manufacturer's top lines.

You may purchase any item you desire Also, All items at The Country Shop especially marked down for this event. Open every day of this week. THE COUNTRY SHOP LAURENS, S.C. The hom 15 acres also for sale. The Greenwood County chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) held its first annual banquet May 17 at Angelos'.

South Carolina Governor International Carol Fusco spoke. CEC is composed of parents, teachers, administrators and others interested in the development of exceptional children. An exceptional child is one with any handicapping condition, physical, mental or Announcing area births Self Memorial Hospital reports the following births: WORKMAN Mr. and Mrs. Landrum Darvin Workman, Route 3, Laurens, a daughter, Lori Lynn, May 23.

Mrs. Workman is the former Shelby Jean Pitts of Ware Shoals. QUARLES Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Randall Quarles.

Route 1, Donalds, a son, Randall Brent. May 24. Mrs. Quarles is the former Barbara Sue Ballard of Shoals Junction. LITTLETON Mr.

and Mrs. Arthur Dalton Littleton, Route 1 Troy, a daughter, Megan Elizabeth, May 25. Mrs. Littleton is the former Donna Elizabeth Ouzts of Greenwood. METTS Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Everrett Metts, New Haven Apartments, a son, Samuel Everrett Metts May 26. Mrs. Metts is the former Pamela Clyde Owings of Saluda. PARKS Mr.

and Mrs. Claude Workman Parks, Self Street, McCormick, a daughter, Mindy Alicia, May 26. Mrs. Parks is the former Deidre Zel-la Dukes of Greenwood. We New Hov A Complete Health Cor Department and rentals.

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