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About Griffin daily news. (Griffin, Ga.) 1924-current | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1977)
Happy Birthday! Jamie Bell Jamie Bell celebrated his first birthday with a party at his home. Cake, ice cream and soft drinks were served to the guests. Attending were: Sherwin Burford, Chip Crawley, Amy Crawley, Buffy Bell (sister), Lara Festerman, Coleman Festerman, Craig Garwin, Lisa Garwin, DeDe Gaston, Patricia Lewis, Tony Lewis, Paul Miss Howard attending meet Sandra Kay Howard of Hampton, is one of two Clayton Junior College students who left on July 5 for Denver, Colo., to attend the 26th annual Future Business Leaders of America • Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Howard, Jr. of Hampton and recently won first place in statewide “Executive Secretary” competition and is representing Georgia in national competition at the National Planning Conference in Denver. Live theatre at Jekyll Island The Jekyll Island Music Theatre is presenting three different shows on successive evenings every night except Mondays through Labor Day. The shows are “Dames at Sea,” “Your’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and “Godspell.” The shows are performed by professional companies on a rotating repertory schedule. Curtain time is at 8:30 p.m. and tickets are available at the box Sgt. A.L. Beverage is honored Staff Sergeant April L. Beverage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.F. Beverage of Route 4, Griffin, is now wearing a distinctive service ribbon as a member of an organization which recently received the U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Griffinites take part in program Twelve Griffin students participated in Exploration *77 at Shorter College in Rome. They include Hester Smith, Penny Smith, Courtney Reynolds, Kimberley Knight, Jimmy Stewart, Lloyd Farr, Paul Farr, Andrew Blake, Theron Corse, Rob Shapard, Chris Hammock, and Robert Smalley. Exploration ’77 is an intense educational program for youngsters who will be in the fifth through eighth grades in the fall and who are enrolled in Miss Walker wins school honor Margaret J. Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Walker, 111, 930 Mockingbird lane, Griffin, has won the Provost’s Com mendation for spring semester at Eckerd College, St. Peters burg, Fla., where she is a junior. Eckerd students who receive the Provost’s Commendation C.J. Ahrano is promoted Cary J. Ahrano of McDonough has been promoted to manager of design engineering and substations of Southern States, Inc., a Gulton Industries subsidiary in Hampton, Ga. Ahrano joined Southern States in 1970 and has held numerous engineering positions and headed several large testing projects. Prior to his promotion, he was manager of the company’s testing Lewis, Holly Lewis, Scott Roland, Brad Roland, Neil Smith, Jennifer Smith. Mrs. Margaret Burford (grandmother), Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crawley, Jr., Elaine Festerman, Mrs. Faye Garwin, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Lewis, Mrs. Kaye Henson, Mrs. Brenda Smith, Walter Festerman (grandfather) and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bell and the honoree. During the convention, the girls are attending workshops, rap sessions, and voting as delegates for the election of national officers. Approximately 1,000 students and advisors were expected at this year’s conference. Miss Howard, an honor graduate at Henry County High School, will graduate from Clayton Junior College at the end of the summer quarter. She is secretary and a member of the First Baptist Church of Hampton. office. The Jekyll Island Music Theatre is a not-for-profit, professional, summer repertory funded through the cooperation of the Jekyll Island State Park Authority and the Florida State University School of Theatre. In the event of rain, the show is transferred to the Hartley Auditorium at the Convention Center. Sergeant Beverage is an air operations supervisor at Peterson AFB, Colo., with the 46th Flying Training Squadron that earned the award for meritorious service from October 14, 1974 to February 29, 1976. classes for gifted children, or have higher-than-average grades. It is designed to provide intellectual, creative, recreational and social ex periences. The program is divided into three 2-week sessions. Shorter College, now in its 104th year, is a co-educational, liberal arts school, offering the bachelor’s degree in arts, science, music, and education. Shorter is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. must earn at least three A’s in the four courses taken during a semester. Eckerd College, ranked nationally in the top 9 per cent of U.S. colleges and univer sities, has won recognition for innovative programs and for emphasis on academic ex cellence. laboratory. A native of Gainesville, Fla., Ahrano has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and has done graduate work at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi Honorary Fraternities, and a member of American Society of Metals and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. By Dick Kleiner LOS ANGELES - (NEA) — Suddenly, 1 was alone. For hours, there had been people around me — efficient nurses, businesslike doctor, worried wife. But now they were all gone and 1 found myself lying there and, for the first time, the enormity and severity of what had happened struck me. I had had a heart attack. Never-sick-a- day -in- my-life, Me! And here I was, in the in tensive care unit of a hospital. This couldn’t have happened to me. But it had happened. I had all the proof I needed. Wires connected me to a heart monitor. An intra-venous (IV) bottle hung suspended over my left arm, dripping a sugary fluid into my vein. An oxygen tube was in my nostrils. A nurses' call button was draped over the side of my bed, in case I needed it. There were 12 rooms in the CCU, or Cardiac Care Unit, at Midway Hospital, arranged in a semi-circle around the nurses’ station. I was in Room 7. Most of the time the door was open so the nurses on duty could see in, watch you, rush OPEN DAILY 10-10; SUNDAY 1-6 WED., THORS., FRI., SAT. rjdßlCkiOr"* v> / jpi Bl alk 'g ggBaBBgBBBBB B •fW S. PLYWOOD PAKELsWSfc-Ml fill E/OO” Bl Peel-Resistant : I UN u/uz LAUAN PANELS r | fdhg Our Reg. 7.97 I “ F JfV d|UL - 4 4 Days Only I __C‘Z I- m 1 ’ KvSB/j h Jnr;-wh — Uw I fiwShfS X Kfey z.: Ulis' I ALUMINUM PATIO COVER I Our Reg. 262.88 $ W Redecorate or finish new rooms with attractive I With 4 Posts g paneling of simulated wood Stvftrfn easv I White interlocking roof panels. Built-in gutter, lauan panels. Maintenance-free beauty that s easy I Ou( , Reg 185 J 8 16x8 . 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Fiberglass W 18” 77.? -.s- 1” s 3” . / E“.= Keeps attics and garages Nylon shag pile, foam rub- Plastic asbestos cement for s-Ft. iron Railing 5% I 1 -.■ 32x80 " and 36x80 ”. cooler. No operating cost. ber self-cling back. Save. roof repairs. Save. Regs 98 I 1 ~ H«rdw.r« included E Heart attack: the warning was ignored to your side if the heart monitor indicated any dis tress. This meant I could watch them, too. And it also meant that the room was never dark. Sleep, as a consequence, was fitful at best. Night was as bright as day. There was always activity outside the door. It gave you plenty of time to think. This was Sunday. Thinking back, I realized there had been several months before, signs I ignored, signs I figured were passing and unimportant things. Pains in my chest, in my left arm. Not severe pains. Not like Oskar Werner in “Ship of Fools.” I hadn’t doubled up, clutching my chest and grimacing. These had been dull, achy affairs, more like a little indigestion, only in my chest, not my stomach. They had come and gone, often lasting merely a few seconds, sometimes five minutes or so. I thought it was a muscle strain. But they con tinued, over those few months. And, even though I won’t ad mit it, they grew more fre quent and lasted longer. Once or twice they lasted 15 minutes and I'd have to sit down until they went away. But, always, thtey went away finally. And, always, I Page 17 rationalized that this time they were gone for good. The day before, Saturday, I had been doing a lot of — Griffin Daily News Wednesday, July 6,1977 strenuous work. We had mov ed to a new house. I spent the day juggling furniture, flower pots, cartons of books and records. The pains in my chest were there most of the day. This time, they didn't go away. After dinner, I decided to lie down. I told my wife I must have pulled something in my back. I guess I knew what was happening, but I was too stupid to admit it. I slept poorly. Yet in the morning, the pains were gone again. But I was exhausted. Every movement was an ef fort. I tried to help my wife unpack a barrel of china, but it was too much for me. Reluctantly, I told her about those pains. She immediately called the doctor. I had never been a complainer, so she reasoned that if I was complaining, there must be something real ly wrong. The doctor brought a por table electrocardiograph machine with him. He hooked me up and gave me the EKG test. I had been to the doctor, faithfully, every year for a complete physical. It had been about 10 months since my last one. On that visit, my EKG had been normal. “It may have been normal on your last test,” he said, “but it isn’t normal now. I’m putting you in the hospital.” He made the calls. He in sisted on an ambulance to take me. They carried me downstairs on a stretcher, put me in the ambulance, gave me oxygen. I said I didn’t want any sirens. They said no, no sirens. - My wife followed the am bulance to the hospital. While she signed the papers in the admitting office, they wheel ed me into the elevator and then through the corridors to the unit. Then the efficient system took over. The nurses took off my clothes, deftly put a hospital gown on. They hooked up the monitor, attached to four points on my body. They set up the oxygen tube. They shaved my arm, fitted the IV bottle, taped up the connec ting tubing. They put some tight, calf-length white socks on my feet — to help my cir culation, they said. They took my blood pressure, my temperature, my pulse. They gave me some pills. They took a blood sam ple. The doctor came, smiled cheerfully, made sure that everything had been done that should have been done. My wife came for a few minutes, trying to hold back the tears. She took my clothing home with her. And then, suddenly, I was alone.
