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HEA L T H
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HEALTH CARE AND
ITS DELIVERY...
by Willis J. Walker, Jr.
SEX! SEX?
It is obvious that we as a nation are increasingly re-evaluating
the fact that we are perhaps on a collision course between
dwindling resources and expanding population. This concern has
been necessarily felt and seen in our re-evaluation of values, a
reconstruction of mores, a reformation of theory and practice. In
an article, Jerome E. Groopman has noted that with the
liberalization of sexual attitudes there has been concurrently a
liberalization of the sexual act to the extent that it has become
more pleasure oriented and is no longer a vehicle to timelessness,
that is, the way to see bits and pieces of the self continued in
future generations.
Sex is said to be less conjugal and reproductive, less predicated
on love and emotions than it was in the past. Whether this is good
or bad is not known when one attempts to advance the future
and what today’s realism is all about. It is known, however, that
there are many outcries for help in controlling population or as
some would put it “population pollution.” Attention is most
often drawn to the countries of the East. Abortion and
population control are not new phenomena, but are becoming of
greater importance in our civil and private lives here in America.
It has almost become so common-place amid our discussions until
the Puritans among us have ceased to wince.
This week’s subject, or sub-subject (Birth Control) is of interest
to note in this column because recently an Ob/Gyn class headed
by Drs. Edward Bronstein and Virginia McNamara and Miss
Valerie King at the Medical College of Georgia joined hands in
efforts with Mr. J.C. Taylor, head of the dramatics department at
Paine College, and have maybe come up with a refreshing unique
technique in teaching for the two schools. The result was a first in
aplannedseriesof“situationdramas”. The one presented during a
recent class session involved two of Paine College’s drama
students, Miss Melinda Jones and Mr. Lonnie Napier, who acted
out a confrontation between a physician and his patient in
discussion and advising in the use of oral contraceptives. The
students, without a doubt, did a fine job with the acting and in
the handling of the technical materials used in the skit. They and
the two institutions are to be congratulated first for their effort
at becoming more involved with each other. If nothing else can be
enumerated, the following three points are to be mentioned: 1.)
The event has gotten the two schools, located immediately across
from each other, involved at a student level - in this case, a class
of medical students, drama students and a class of speech
students from Paine. 2.) It has given the medical students an
opportunity to witness a possible type of confrontation which he
or she might experience once he is out in the real world - text
books and lectures cannot teach that. Further, it has given Paine
students an opportunity to practice their skills. 3.) It further
points up the fact that a real concern is ripening in this country
and even this community for more and more effective means of
informing the general citizenry of a dilemma which is felt by
some to be solvable through population planning and
contraception. Although this columnist has mixed emotions
about the possible ramifications of wrongly used population
control, he does note that the above mentioned attempt may well
be encouragement that more and more of us will become more
involved in health care and its delivery. Simply putting it, if we
don’t, what the future has to reveal to us might well be
threatened life for all forms of life (maybe, except the insects),
and the ills and afflictions of some will necessarily become the
ills, afflictions and troubles of all.
A WINNER!
Keith Andre Beauchamp,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Beauchamp, was first place
winner of the Baby Contest
Sunday, October 17, 1971 at
the First Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church.
The First Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church was the scene of a
.. unique fashion review for
“Tots and Teens.” Fashions of
various catagories were
exhibited, and models ranged
from 18 months to 16 years of
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Watkins, Gaylord Jenkins; and
Sandra Jenkins, all are students
at Glenn Hills High School.
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DECADE’S FIRST - Benjamin Jaudon (R), a senior
student at Albany State College accepts a scholarship
grant to the Medical College of Georgia for entrance
into the 1972 School of Medicine class. The scholarship
was made available by the Georgia State Medical
Association and is being presented by James Walker, Jr.,
assistant director of Minority Affairs at MCG. Professor
David Robinson (L), pre-medical advisor to Jaudon,
said, “He is the first student in this decade to graduate
from Albany State College and enter a school of
medicine. He is only the third student at Albany State
to ever enter a medical or dental school and is the first
ever to go from Albany to MCG.”
$70,000 grant
Mr. Charles F. Smith,
Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the CSRA
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
AUTHORITY, INC. and Dr.
Neil McFadyen, Chief of Staff
VA Hospital and President of
the AUgusta-Richmond
County Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse Council, jointly released
a statement this morning that
an Alcoholism Grant in the
amount of $70,000 has been
signed by Mr. Roy BatcM or >
Director oT the South East
Regional Office of Economic
Opportunity in Atlanta.
The grant, pending approval
by Governor Jimmy Carter, is
being made to the local
Community Action Agency,
the sponsoring agency for the
Augusta-Richmond County
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Council, who serve as a
Delegate Agency.
Charles A. Barreras,
Executive Director of the
CSRA ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY
AUTHORITY, INC. indicated
that this official action will
enable the Community Action
Agency to advance funds,
probably in the amount of
$5,000 to the council pending
receipt of funds.
Mr. Henry Erion, Director of
the Fashion Review the Baby
Contest was held during which
the winning baby was crowned
and received a $25.00 U.S.
Savings Bond. The winning
baby is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Beauchamp of Harmony
Way in Augusta, Georgia. The
program was sponsored by the
Deaconess Board of the
Church.
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that the council had been
surviving since August 31,
1971 on donations from the
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wish to express their thanks
and appreciation to the
community for their support.
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The program gave Brown the
opportunity to display more
than his musical ability to
viewers. Brown says, “It was a
lot of fun taping this show
because it’s so different from
other variety shows on
television. It was only Dinah
and I, no other guests, and the
show has to relate to a
housewife audience. I even
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Weed PTA Looks
At First Year
On Tuesday, November 9,
the Weed PTA presented a
discussion on “Integration:
One Year Later.”
Moderator, Robert Hainy
said that at the time the Weed
and William Robinson
elementary schools were
paired, many white parents
withdrew their children and
enrolled them in private
institutions.
Mrs. Daisy Williams,
president of Weed PTA, said
that many white parents
hesitate to send their children
to schools in the Black
community because of the
1970 riot and the rumor of
another riot. “Whites also
hesitate to send their children
because of the condition of the
schools.” Mrs. Williams said.
It was pointed out that
before the Board of Education
considered pairing Weed with
Robinson, Weed used a coal
heating system which was
changed to gas heat year before
last.
According to Mrs. Juanita
White, “The school (Weed) had
not been painted in eight
years,” but was also painted at
the time of the heating change.
“The playground was in
terrible condition.... covered
with small rocks and coal
scattered over the yard. Now
the yard is being repaired, and
the size is also being increased.
Black parents had been
working for these and other
changes for over nine years,
but they were given because
Weed was going to be paired
with Robinson and the Board
of Education wanted the
school to be of adequate
standards,” Mrs. White said.
Weed has a 70% black and
30% white student ratio. One
teacher said, “It’s good to let
the Blacks experience the
majority for a change.” Other
teachers said that an equal
ratio was needed in order for
the operation to be a success.”
Mrs. Williams said that the
major handicap has been
“communication.” She said
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recipe part of the show.”
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that the anti-black ideals that
the white children have “come
from someplace else.”
Several teachers felt that
these and many differences in
the attitudes of Blacks and
white students. One teacher,
Mrs. Marlow, said Black
students even approach games
and lessons in a different
manner from whites.
“Blacks approach games
with a serious approach of
winning, while white students
approach games for pleasure,”
explained Mrs. Marlow.
One panel member
concluded that the students
adjusted “quite well.” But
added that “the operation in
Richmond County can be
much better if the County
Board of Education would put
forth some dedication.” The
teachers and parents are
willing, he said.
The panel suggested that
Weed could be used as an
example that integration can
work.
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