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The / SCENE \ H E A LT H I we speak. .. wfc—iHßr ir HEALTH CARE AND ITS DELIVERY... by Willis J. Walker, Jr. ONE IN SIX HIGH SCHOOLERS USE DRUGS; ONE IN THREE ALCOHOL, SURVEY SAYS One student in six in Georgia high schools admits to drug usage and one in three reports using alcohol, according to a five-county cooperative State and Local Health Department survey made earlier this year and just released by the Department’s division of mental health after weeks of study and analysis. The survey report, based on information supplied by 84,400 junior and senior high school students in Fulton, Bibb, Houston, Muscogee and Chatham counties, covers the age group 12 through 18. An analysis of average student use over this seven-year age span revealed just under one out of six (15.5 per cent) reporting drug usage and slightly more than one out of three (36.5 percent) reporting contact with alcohol. However, the study determined that both drug and alcohol usage rose sharply as the student’s age increased; among 18-year-olds use of drugs was reported by 26 per cent of the students and alcohol consumption by 55.4 per cent. The drug most frequently reported by the students was marijuana (8.8 per cent); glue or gasoline sniffing ranked second (5.6 per cent) while a variety of tranquilizing drugs was third in usage at 4.9 per cent. Amphetamines, with 4.1 per cent reported usage, ranked just below the tranquilizing group. The so-called “hard drugs” were at the bottom of the list in averaged totals of the five counties surveyed: narcotics other than heroin (morphine, and other less common opium derivatives) affected only 2.3 per cent of the students; cocaine, 1.9 per cent; and heroin, 1.3 per cent. Again, hard drug usage increased with the age of the students responding. Results of the study -- which began in Bibb county in January and ended in Fulton county in April - were announced simultaneously Friday by health officals in the five participating counties and by state mental health director Dr. Addison M. Duval at a news conference in Atlanta. Dr. Duval stated that the student sampling guaranteed anonymity to those participating. He said also that the effort had the “full cooperation” of the State ' Department of Education and the additional support of the five involved county boards of education. “We chose the counties to survey,” explained the health 1 official, “ quite frankly, because these areas had shown ’ a lot of interest in the drug 1 abuse problem, and the people there already had some 1 expertise.” < By working with the counties chosen, said Dr. £ “THE COMPANY THAT CARES" WE TRY A LITTLE HARDER— -BECAUSE WE ARE BLACK !!! 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Dr. Hodges cautioned against reading too much into the drug report. “It is a study only,” he said, “and while the data will be immensely helpful, it should not be considered as either complete or as completely accurate.” He added, “Because of the time factor, we were unable to survey a truly rural area, and we have also been unable to really check the accuracy of what the students told us.” The inability to poll school drop-outs must also be weighed, cautioned the sociologist. The survey was administered during regular class periods in 125 schools by health department program representatives. The questionnaire upon which the study was based was originated by a committee of health department staff members assisted by consulting experts from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Dr. Duval indicated that details of the data compiled would play a significant role in charting by the Health Department’s evolving drug abuse control program across the state. Rev. Roundtree’s Appreciation Day On Sunday September 19, at three o’clock, the pastor, officers, and members of Thankful Baptist Church will honor their pastor, Rev. William Roundtree. He has been a member of Thankful for over seventy years; the entire Rountree family holds membership at Thankful and for many years; the assistant pastor’s late wife, Mrs. Nellie Rountree, was the teacher of the Cradle Roll Class. Rev. Roundtree’s daughter, Mrs. Emma Tolbert and her family reside in Chicago, Illinois; his son, Ernest, and family reside in New York City. All friends are urged to attend. Chaplain Says Young People Are Turning To God Jesus Freaks, Jesus-Rock and a dislike fpr organized religion have become trademarks of a youthful revival in Christianity. Down-home religion has a new, young face, in events ranging 1 from mass baptism in California to Jesus communes 1 in the wilderness. And chaplains at Fort Gordon are 1 working to keep up-to-date. Lt. Col. John P. Kirkland, center chaplain, said: “We feel that if it (the Jesus Movement) is of the Lord, you can’t stop it. More power to it. Young people in the last several years have been looking for something. They haven’t found it in drugs, alcohol or all the ways of the world. They have found it in Jesus.” Emphasis is placed on reaching the men on a person-to-person ba-’S and leaving off the fancy trappings sometimes associated with organized churches. Rap sessions -free-wheeling discussions without ground rules--are held; guitars and modern music have replaced traditional hymns at some services, and the 4th Advanced Individual Training Brigade (Military Police) is building a chapel-in-the-round with rough-hewn beams and few decorations. Chaplain Kirkland said: ‘We are taking the tools the young people are interested in and using them. We are not changing the message, because I think the true message is what they’re looking for.” Capt. J. Franklin Pierce, the young Protestant chaplain of the 4th AIT Bde., tries to be both visible and accessible. He follows the MP trainees through their busy day to be with the men. “I’m trying to aim more toward the individual and make a larger commitment on a personal basis,” he said. Chaplain Pierce tries to show the men that there is a living and personal God. He said: “I v try to preach that men must be saved for today and not only some time after death. For a soldier., especially in Vietnam, what is there besides today? I want the men to see that Christ is a living part of their everyday lives.” Just returned from Vietnam, Chaplain Pirece said he learned I that men “need the faith to get them through each night.” Capt. R. George Plummer, Protestant chaplain of the sth and 6th battalions at the Southeastern Signal School, also stresses the personal God. He said young people are searching for the historical Jesus that lived and worked among men, not some “Superman way out in space.” Failure to find a close personal identification with God is the reason young people • are leaving some churches, the chaplains said. “Some churches have become more of an organization than a living organism,” Chaplain Kirkland said. “The church should be a • living thing.” He said the fi chaplains are trying to < re-establish the close J communication found in the e . early Christian church. t> The non-denominational 0 approach favored by the young doesn’t worry Chaplain Pierce. ANDERSON BAR IK 1441 12th ST. uM OPEN FROM to 2 T j "Dot" "Hattie" phone 722-7896 "We ore happy to serve you” No Worries Come enjoy our pleasant IAS ■ J. J U ■ and linger WO WCI Sil AllOWed Here. With your favorite brew —IB A B and good companions. ■ WIIWKS “What difference does it make,” he said. “The denomination doesn’t matter, Christ matters.’’ Churches, however, still have a place in religion, the chaplain said. But, they said the church must become more involved with people if it is to attract the young. “The churches must become more actively engaged in the day-to-day lives of people,” Chaplain Kirkland said. “It’s going to take a revival in the minds of church people.” Chaplain Pierce said: “The church is vitally important as an institution of the Holy Spirit, but the Holy Spirit must be the guiding influence, not men. The church must become a dynamic force in the world.” The ability to establish dialogue with the men is important in all the plans being made by the chaplains. They said they didn’t think their rank inhibited the communication with enlisted trainees and men. “We are not looked upon as part of the establishment as much as a minister on the outside,” Chaplain Kirkland said. “The men relate more to us as someone they can talk to.” A chaplain’s rank can also help the soldier, he said. “The rank lets us step into the establishment and get things done,” according to Chaplain Kirkland. “If the rank does inhibit anyone., it’s the chaplain’s fault,” Kirkland said. “It depends which side of his collar he shows: If the rank shows instead of the cross, he isn’t doing his job.” Lt. Col. William A. Foley, deputy center chaplain, agrees. “Anytime a chaplain becomes just an officer, he should get out,” he said. Chaplain Foley, who will retire soon after 20 years in the Chaplain’s Corps as a Catholic chaplain also believes that Now You Can Buy With Confidence We Are Licensed in Augusta Don't Be Misled By Imitators We Are The Original. 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MOOL 724-7581 Towers Motor Hotel Room 121 444 Broad St at Expressway This Week At The Library NOONDAY FILM PROGRAM On Tuesday, September 21, the films, “True Story of the Civil War” and “Abraham Lincoln: Background Study”, will be shown at the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library’s weekly series of film programs “The World in Films.” The films will be shown in the library’s Auditorium at 12:10 only. The film “True Story of the Civil War” is the winner of an Academy Award for the best documentary. This film is the actual record of the crucial Civil War period in our nation’s past. It is made up mostly of Matthew Brady’s original wet plate photographs. In the films “Abraham Lincoln: Background Study” Lincoln is studied in relation to the historical period in which he lived by presenting his life, writings, and speeches against the background of the Kentucky hills, Indiana backwoods, and Illinois prarie country. There is no charge. The public is invited. LIBRARY STORY HOURS Children of the area are invited to attend the weekly Story Hours conducted by the Augusta Library. They are held at the Main Library on Tuesdays; at the Wallace chaplains do not always have to agree with Army policy. He said: “The fact that he is in the service doesn’t mean he agrees with everything that is done. He may or he may not. Perhaps by working here he can bring about changes that wouldn’t be solved by his leaving.” Chaplain Kirkland said he has never found any conflict in being a minister and being in the Army. “My primary allegiance is to God,” he said. “If I find that the Army ever stands in the way of my ministry, I will clear out.” Chaplains volunteer for service in the military through their denominations After serving for an initial three years, they can notify then churches and leave active duty. While in the service, they have all the rights and privileges of an officer. All of the chaplains interviewed said they found deep satisfaction preaching in the Army. Chaplain Kirkland said he feels he has more freedom in the Army than in a church outside. “I have never been told what to preach or how to conduct my services,” he said. “On the outside, you sometimes feel you must preach what you think the congregation wants to hear.” Chaplain Pierce said he appreciates the attitude the Army has toward chaplains. See CHAPLAIN Page 4 WANTED NEWS BOYS WANTED! 100 News Boys Good Pay CALL ' News—Review Office 930 Gwinnett St. 722-4555 Branch Library on Wednesdays and at the Appleby Branch Library on Thursdays. All programs begin at 4:00 p.m. This week “The Golden Goose” will be told at the Main Library on Tuesday; “The Wicked Kings of Bloom” at the Wallace Branch on Wednesday; and “Mr. Honey Mouth” at the Appleby Branch on Thursday. The film, “Little Animals”, showing a variety of small animals feeling, moving and eating, will be shown at the Main Library and Wallace Branch. Books will be reviewed for various ages and interests. PROGRAMS FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN The Library announces its picture book programs which are planned for pre-school children who are old enough to enjoy books. The “Picture Book Half Hour” program at the Main Library at 902 Greene Street is held on Thursday at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. are MORRIS CAFE 1812 Milledgeville Rd. Open 7 a.m. ll p.m. Serving breakfast & dinner 6 days per week Mr. & Mrs. Morris, Prop. Please come to see us. II p ll y I 1 <jt>ivln£ r li I oX < x r ■VI o x 1 < Bi ■ I tfw I I \ ' A I I J ■ The world’s number one entertainer | Prescient of t JAMES BROWN, I ENTERPRISES | | which includes f 4 WRDW Radio, Ltd. of Augusta, | |the home of the RAW SOUL D. J.’st ! ■* | F on your dial ? 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