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— Griffin Daily News Tuesday, April 16,1974
Eckerd Drugs to open at Northgate
Eckerd Drugs, Inc., will open
a self-service drug store
tomorrow in the Northgate
shopping center on the North
Expressway at Mclntosh road.
It will be the third but largest
business to locate in the new
shopping complex. A clothing
store and a flower shop already
have located there.
A. L. (Al) Turner, a native of
Concord, Ga., in Pike County
will be the general manager. He
is a retired Army man and has
more than 10 years experience
in the chain drug business.
The new store will have more
than one and a half miles of
shelves from which customers
may choose from more than
25,000 items. The facility will
have more than 10,000 square
feet of floor space in which to
display its goods.
Turner who spent part of his
career in the Army at Ft.
Benning near Columbus, Ga.,
has put together a staff of
people who will be able to serve
the customers of this area.
Wayne Olson and Charles
Wynn will serve the store as
pharmacists. They’ll be able to
fill any type order for drugs
from doctors in this area, ac
cording to Turner.
Olson is a native of Griffin,
son of Mrs. L. C. Olson and the
late Dr. Olson of Griffin. Mr.
Olson’s father was a scientist at
the Georgia Experiment Station
in Griffin before his death. His
mother has taught University of
Georgia Extension courses in
Griffin and served as librarian
at the Experiment Station.
Olson, the pharmacist,
graduated from Griffin High
with honors and graduated from
the University of Georgia in
1969.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church of Griffin.
Professionally he is a
member of the Pharmaceutical
Association and the American
Society of Hospital Phar
macists.
Wynn, a native of Canton,
Ga., graduated from Cherokee
High School in 1963 and from the
University of Georgia in
pharmacy in 1968.
He has worked with drug
firms in Canton and in Griffin
for three years. He will transfer
to Eckerd’s from Neel’s
Pharmacy in the East Solomon
street shopping center.
Wynn is married and he and
his wife, Sherryl, have a
daughter, Andrea, who is a year
old. The Wynns make their
home at 108 Bobolink drive,
Griffin.
The Wynns are members of
the First United Methodist
Church, Griffin.
Cashier for Eckerd in Griffin
will be Betty Hayes. She and her
husband, Bobby, make their
home at 104 Banks road. They
have three children, David,
Danny and Darrin.
They are members of the
East Griffin Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hayes is a native of
Griffin and graduated from
Griffin High School.
Cosmetician for the drug
store will be Helen Huff.
A native of Greensboro, Ga.,
she has lived in Griffin for the
past year.
She and her husband, Harold
Huff, make their home at 217
Laramie road. Mr. Huff is
Dr. Lawrence E. Lamb
Extra rib isn’t a rare problem
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB - My
son was in the Air Force in
Vietnam tor approximately
one year. At the end of this
time he became sick and was
sent to a hospital in Japan.
He had some kind of infection
in the lymph glands which
was cleared up. but the main
problem was with his left
arm which kept going to
sleep when held in a certain
position. After many, many
tests it was diagnosed as
“Thoracic Outlet Syn
dromebilateral.” He was sent
back to the States to a medi
cal center where he went all
through the same tests again.
He was told there that his
top rib was very high and a
vein was being pinched bet
ween his collarbone and top
rib. interfering with the cir
culation. One doctor told him
he should have it removed
(the top rib), and another told
him it was something he
could live with and he was
sent back to duty. He is now
in the National Guard.
This condition still bothers
him. and I think he is worried
that he has something more
than he was told. 1 would
really appreciate your opi
nion on this matter.
DEAR READER - It
sounds to me as if your son
retired from the U. S. Army.
They have four children. They
are Connie, a senior in high
school; Cindy, a ninth grader;
Tim, an eighth grader; son,
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are (1-r) Charles Wynn, Paula Kelley, Wayne Olson, John
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Charles Wynn (1) and Wayne Olson will be the
pharmacists for Eckerd Drugs in Griffin.
has had some pretty smart
doctors. Your description of
the problem is a fairly typical
one. Sometimes a person has
an extra rib. off the last neck
vertebrae (a cervical rib)
that acts this way. Soldiers
were noted to have this prob
lem when carrying a back
pack. The straps around the
shoulders to the pack would
pull the shoulders back under
the weight of the pack. This
would pull the collarbone
back compressing the ar
teries and sometimes the
veins and nerves in this area.
Another way this can hap
pen is for certain muscles in
the neck to be pulled taut
over an artery or nerve and
cause problems in the arm.
Some people have obstruc
tive compression from mus
cles or tendons in the arm.
The only way to define the
problem and what is causing
the obstruction is by careful
examinations.
When the symptoms are
marked or mere are prob
lems in the function of the
hand or arm. the obstruction
can be relieved. This elimi
nates the problem. If the
obstruction is not severe and
the symptoms are not all that
troublesome, then one can ig
nore the problem without
surgery. Incidentally, the
Tom, is married and living in
California.
Mrs. Huff is licensed in
cosmetology in Georgia as well
as Texas.
surgery isn’t all that difficult
or dangerous. It is a fairly
simple procedure.
I'm inclined to think, from
the complete description you
have made and what your son
has been told, that neither he
nor you have anything to wo
rry about. I’m confident he
has been told a fairly com
plete story regarding his
health.
Dr Lamb welcomes ques
tions from his readers, but be
cause of the volume of mail he
cannot answer personally.
Questions of general interest
will be discussed in future
columns Write to Dr Lamb in
care of this newspaper. P O
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To push plan
NEW YORK (UPI) - Mayor
Abraham Beame Monday
launched “Operation Arm
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It’s an effort by the city
administration to push a plan
through the legislature to raise
New York City’s sales tax from
7 per cent to 8 per cent.
The Huffs are members of the
Catholic faith and Mrs. Huff is
interested in painting and other
crafts.
Another member of the staff
Manders, Helen Huff, A. L. Turner, Betty Hayes, and
Terry Hurley.
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A. L. (Al) Turner, a native of Concord, will be the
manager of the new Eckerd Drugs in Griffin.
The iforne Qardener
Flowers
smell
good again
By Sheila and Allan Swenson
NEA Garden Columnists
For a while, many new
flower introductions were
more beautiful in color,
grand in flowering profusion
and resistant to disease prob
lems. That was well and
good. But they just didn’t
have the old perfume.
Finally, plant breeders are
putting fragrance back into
new introductions. That's
welcome news.
This year, plant breeders
have put it all together in the
top award-winning roses.
They have hardiness, profu
sion and that old sweet smell.
Perfume Delight, a 1974 All
America Rose selection, is
appropriately named. It
possesses grand fragrance,
attractive color and large,
shapely flowers. This rich,
deep-pink hybrid has a spicy,
tea-rose aroma. According to
its breeder, 0. L. Weeks of
California, Perfume Delight
has fragrant parents too;
among them Charlotte
Armstrong, Mirandy. Madam
Butterfly. Rome Glory and
Joanna Hill.
Long, pointed, deep-pink
buds open into large, high
center blossoms. Leaves are
will be Mrs. Robert M. Kelley.
She will handle the cash
register at the front of the store.
She and her husband make
their home at 1314 Ruth street.
disease resistant and the
variety stands up well
against summer heat and
winter cold. Strong, long
stems make cutting easy.
Bon Bon, another new win
ner is a floribunda, densely
covered with masses of large,
showy, deep rose and white
bi-color blooms from spring
to fall.
It is low growing, compact
and suited for landscape use
or mass color displays in gar
dens, parks, business areas.
Generally blackspot and
mildew resistant. Bon Bon
offers three-inch blooms on
plants maturing tw'o-and-a
half feet tall.
One of the finest floribun
das ever tested, according to
flower judges, Bahia also
won top honors in All
America Rose Selections.
This coral-orange rose has
double blooms, three to four
inches in diameter in
clusters. Its spicy citrus
fragrance, large flowers, tall
growth habit recommend this
variety for center plantings,
tall border use, even hedge
plantings.
New hybird roses are
easier to grow than ever with
their disease-resistant at
tributes. If you would enjoy a
free folder about roses, how
to select varieties, plant,
grow and care for them, drop
us a note at Windrows Farm,
Basking Ridge, N.J. 07920.
They have a daughter, Amy,
who is four.
A native of Warner Robins,
Ga., Mrs. Kelley earned her
high school diploma there.
Her husband is a graduate of
the University of Georgia and is
employed with the Health
Department here.
They have been living in
Griffin 10 months.
Terry Hurley of 306 Elizabeth
lane will be one of the stock
people. He is a student at
Spalding Junior High and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Hurley, 306 Elizabeth lane.
John Manders will be a stock
person, too. He is a Pike High
School student, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. R. Manders of Means
ville.
Mr. Turner, Eckerd
manager, and his wife, Joyce,
are the parents of five children,
three of them living at home.
Mr. Turner was an honor
graduate of Concord High
School and is a retired Army
career man. He is an elder in
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the Friendship Presbyterian
Church at Pedenville, Ga. in
Pike County.
Mr. Turner invited Griffinites
Nixon winds
up holiday
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (UPI)
— President Nixon winds up his
Easter vacation at his bayside
villa here today and heads back
to Washington where he has
scheduled an appearance this
week before the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
A White House spokesman
said Nixon will address the
DAR’s 83rd Continental Con
gress at Constitution Hall
Thursday morning.
Wednesday evening, the
President will give a dinner at
the White House in honor of the
ambassadors to the Organiza
tion of American States. He is
expected to speak to the
to visit Eckerd Drugs at the
Northgate center this week
during the grand opening to see
how well equipped it is to handle
drug and related needs.
ambassadors of his goals for
improving United States-Latin
American relations in the
seventies.
The Chief Executive re
mained out of the spotlight
during his Florida stay, making
only one public appearance to
attend Easter Sunday church
services with his family. Aides
said that he has been engulfed
with paperwork and has kept in
touch with Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger on the recent
Middle East flareups. But he
also has taken time out for a
daily swim and relaxation on
the beach during the past four
warm, sunny days.
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