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AUGUSTA AREA PLANNED >
PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION
LOOKING A YEAR BACK - MORE ON PLANNED
PARENTHOOD IN AFRICA
A year after the launching of the GHANA National Family
Planning Programme and two years after the publication of the
White Paper which made the Government of Ghana the first in
West Africa to adopt a population policy, Family Planning Week
took place in Accra in May and was established as an annual event
in the nation’s calendar. The Week’s activities were launched on
radio and television by Mrs. Naa Morkor Busia, Chairman of the
National Family Planning Council and wife of the Prime Minister.
The creation of regional family planning offices throughout the
country was set as a target for the next financial year. Ninety
outdoor billboards showing the red triangle, adopted as the
emblem of the National Council, were backed up by half and full
page advertisements in the national press. These urged men and
women in all walks of life to seek family planning advice and
listed clinics in over 80 places where assistance could be found.
Each advertisement carried the slogan “Family Planning-better
life. Ask about it. Think about it. Talk about it.”
Dr. Jones Ofori-Atta, of the Prime Minister’s office, paid
tribute in his opening speech to the Planned Parenthood
Association and the Christian Council which “attracted the
leadership of courageous and thoughtful men and women of this
country who strove to give a better chance in life to our people
through family planning”.
Dr. A.A. Armar, Executive Director of the National Family
Planning Programme, said that about 5,000 babies were born in
Ghana every week. The consequences of this phenomenon were
clear: they indicated that every week the nation had many more
mouths to feed, many more school places to find, many more
jobs to be found, many more hospital beds to provide, and many
more shelters to be provided. Unfortunately, the ability of the
nation to provide for these necessities of life did not correspond
proportionally to the nation’s birth rate. The rate of development
lagged behind population increases. This fact made it imperative
for conscious efforts to be made by everybody to supplement the
initiatives taken by the Government in the direction of family
planning.
Among other points which came up during the Week was the
revelation that in Ghana 4,000 mothers died in childbirth each
year, in most cases because of repeated pregnancies. At a
symposium - “Is there a need for sex education?” -a five-member
panel stressed the urgency of introducing it in Ghana. Sex
education would minimize the curiosity surrounding sex and
thereby pave the way for a better society. Mr. R.A. Banibensu,
Research Fellow of the Institute of Adult Education, University
of Ghana, Legon, said that parents should be fully prepared to
answer questions by their children about sex. Mr. Harry Falconer,
President of the Student Representative Council, University of
Ghana, said sex education should be taken seriously not only by
students but also by the rural population. He cautioned teachers
against intentional shelving of information about sex from
students.
INFORMATION AND EDUCATION
The National Family Planning Programme placed great
emphasis on its information voluntary organizations working
closely with the Information and Education Division of the
National Programme could contribute to the success of this
important aspect of the programme. “There is much work to be
done and many challenges to be met, but I am confident that the
Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana and the other
voluntary organizations which are considered as integral and vital
parts of the National Programme will rise to the occasion.”
The Ministry of Health had major responsibility for the
provision of contraceptive services, for patient education, and for
training of personnel for the programme. The Public Relations
Department had responsibility for mass information and
education, and the Department of Social Welfare and Community
Development would be involved in education and recruitment of
acceptors. It was, therefore, obvious that much of the success of
the programme would depend on the recognition and acceptance
by the participating Government organizations of the specific
roles assigned to them in the programme, Dr. Afori-Atta said.
Hank Ballard Signs
a New Contract
Hank Ballard, who along
with his Midnighters had a long
string of R&B hits in the fifties
and sixties, has revived his
relationship with James Brown'
Productions byway of an
exclusive contract with
Brown’s People Records
(distributed by Polydor).
Ballard’s initial release under
the new agreement, “Annie
Had A Baby”, was personally
produced by Brown and
arranged by Dave Mathews.
The song was one of Ballard’s
early hits in the fifties and the
new Mathews/Brown treatment
updates the song to relate with
today’s musical trends.
Brown, who is currently
represented on the charts with
‘l’m A Greedy Man” and
“Make It Funky” (Polydor),
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has also produced a recent hit
record for Bobby Byrd, “I’m
Coming, Coming, I’m Coming”
(Brownstone).
Also newly released are “I’ll
Work It Out” - Vicki Anderson
(Brownstone), “Stand Up And
Be Counted” - The Flames
(People) and “Gimme Some
More” - The J.B.’s (People).
New releases by Leon Austin
and songstress Lyn Collins are
expected before December Ist.
An all-out promotional push
is being organized for the new
releases by Brown’s promotion
staff, headed by Charles Bobbit
and Eugene “Speedy” Brown
in New York.
All James Brown Production
records on People and
Brownstone are distributed by
Polydor Inc. of New Yoik.
Black Ins. Exec.
Demands Changes
With a sense of urgency,
President Leroy R. Taylor
urged his fellow members of
the National Insurance
Association to make drastic
changes in procedures and
outlook in order to remain
viable examples of black
entrepeneurship.
During his keynote address
to delegates to the 51 st annual
convention which met at the
Detroit Hilton, July 26-29, he
emphasized repeatedly the
need for competitive products,
increased education and
training, and adequate
compensation for the
personnel of all the 43 member
black-owned life insurance
companies.
Taylor is associate actuary
of North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company of
Durham, N.C.
After recounting how black
life insurance companies came
into being under adverse
circumstances and stating that
vastly changed conditions
would no longer support
mediocrity of attitude or
performance, Taylor outlined
programs undertaken or
perpetuated during his
administration.
Chief among these was the
launching of NIA Corporation
last December, a corporate
vehicle designed to give'
financial relief to members of
NIA. H.A. Gilliam, Sr.,
chairman of the Task Force,
whose chief concern now is
with obtaining company and
individual pledges of financial
backing, delivered a report on
the status of the corporation
and called for across-the-board
r support. Gilliam is second vice
president-personnel
administrator of Universal Life
Insurance Co. of Memphis.
Clean Air
Committee
Workshop
Industrial representatives
from the Augusta area will hear
a more detailed explanation of
proposed new air standards for—
Georgia at a pre-hearing,
workshop on November 22.
Robert Collon, director of the
Air Quality Control Branch of
the Georgia Department of
Public Health, will be the main
speaker for the workshop,
which is being sponsored by
the Richmond County Citizens
Committee for Clean Air.
The workshop will be held
at the Georgia Railroad Bank
Building on Broad Street, in
the Civic Room, and will start
at 7 p.m., according to Dick
Ransom, Clean Air Committee
chairman. Ransom states that
the general public is also being
invited to attend the
workshop.
The Georgia Department of
Public Health has set
November 30 as the date for
the state-wide hearing required
by law before additional
ambient air and emission air
standards and requirements can
be implemented by the Air
Quality Control Branch. The
hearing will be held at the
Central Presbyterian Church,
201 Washington Street, S.W.,
which is across the street from
the State Capitol in Atlanta.
The hearing will start at 9:30
a.m. All segments of the
public will have an opportunity
to express their views, and the
pre-hearing workshop in
Augusta is designed to better
acquaint local industries and
the public with what is being
proposed for Georgia.
Anyone interested in
attending the workshop and
not receiving an invitation
should contact Mrs. Tom
McKee at 736-5844, says
Ransom.
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Other action taken during
Taylor’s administration
included support of federal
legislation proposed by the
Health Insurance Association
of America which would
provide expanded health care
for the nation’s population;
establishment of an agency
officer’s school for
combination companies,
through the cooperation of the
Life Insurance Agency
Management Assn., primarily
for non-member companies;
the continuation of the
Executive Seminar for chief
executive officers; and the
Joint Conference on Company
Problems, co-sponsored by the
American Life Convention and
the Institute of Life Insurance,
together with the NIA.
At the convention’s final
session Thursday, July 19,.
James H. Browne, executive
vice preside nt-marketing,
American Woodmen’s Life
Insurance Co. of Denver, was
sworn in as the forty-sixth
president of the association.
Browne began his career in
life insurance as an employee
of Atlanta Life Insurance Co.,
then founded Crusader Life
Insurance Co. of Kansas City,
Kans, of which he was
president at the time of its
merger with American
Woodmen’s Life in 1969.
Other officers elected were:
Ist Vice President, Gerald T.
Howell, vice president-agency
director, Universal Life; Vice
Babcock
Honors
Workers
Nearly 250 employees
representing about 8,000 years
of service will be honored
Monday night at the annual
20-Year Club banquet of
Babcock & Wilcox. All of these
have worked 20 or more years
for the company.
Celebrating significant
anniversaries this year are one
employee with 40 years of
service, 33 with 30 years and
22 with 20 years.
Among those receiving
certificates and pins will be: 40
years, Macon Hudson; 30
years, Lindsay Allen, William
H. Allen, Robert Bailey, Joe B.
Brinson, James T. Carter, Joe
Clanton, Sam Crawford, T.
James Davis, John F. Fritz,
Eddie R. Green, Jim Gross,
Frank Hughes, Willie Jenkins,
Artis Kelly, Burrus B. Krepps,
Jr., Robert Lawson, Bruce
Mack, Clinton H. Mason, M.D.
Miller, James Owens, Sanford
Owens, James Perkins, James
Pryor, Thaddeus Rogers,
Thomas Sharpton, James
Stanford, Willie Swint, Johnnie
Tarver, Issac Taylor, Francis
Timmerman, Luther
Weatherford, Willie Wells and
Ellis Williams.
Also, 20 years, James Allen,
Jr., Leonard M. Andrus,
George S. Berry, William S.
Blackstone, Frank L. Butler,
Eugene L. Curry, Tramel J.
Dailey, Robert Fitts, Jeff
Gigger, Matthew Hankerson,
James E. Harn, Earlie A.
Hickson, Albert G. James,
George W. James, Jr., Charles
C. Kelly, Thomas Kelly, Paul
R. McClafferty, Mrs. Dorothy
Masters, Julian Miller, Jimmie
L. Pugh, Arthur R. Reese and
Allen R. White.
Employees observing
anniversaries during 1971 will
be presented service certificates
and pins by R.P. Stuntz, vice
president.
“No company has more
loyal employes than B&W,”
says Stuntz. “We are extremely
proud of the unusually long
service record of our group in
Augusta and Hephzibah.”
■President-Agency Section,
Alonzo Gary, Jr., agency
director, Central Life Insurance
Co. of Tampa, Fla.; Vice
President-Home Office Section,
LH. Burney, 11, president,
Afro-American Life Insurance
Co. of Jacksonville, Fla.;
Secretary, Irving C. Gayle;
assistant secretary, Gertrude
Geddes, Willis Life Insurance
Co., of New Orleans; Treasurer,
C.O. Hollis, CLU, first vice
president-agency director,
Pilgrim Health and Life
Insurance Co., Augusta, Ga.
Also, Actuary, W.H.
Hornsby, 111, vice
president-actuary, Pilgrim
Health and Life; Gerald
Counsel, J. Mason Davis, vice
president-general counsel,
Protective Industrial Insurance
Co. of Birmingham.
Named to the board of
directors were Anderson M.
Schweich, president, Chicago
Metropolitan Mutual Assurance
Co.; Ivan J. Houston, FLMI,
president-chief executive
officer, Golden State Mutual
Life Insurance Co. of Los
Angeles; and W.H. Williams,
president, Security Life
Insurance Co. of Jackson, Miss.
The presidentelect is a
devotee of W. Clement Stone’s
“Positive Mental Attitude”
philosophy and is expected to
continue the programs
introduced by former president
Taylor, particularly NIA
Corporation, to which he has
pledged his wholehearted
support.
Browne aided in the
establishment of Douglass
State Bank in Kansas City,
Kans., where he makes his
home, in 1946, served as its
first vice president, and is now
chairman of the board. He is
on the national boards of
United Way of America and
the Small Business Association.
He is a director of the Board of
Public Utilities in his locale as
well as vice president of the
Chamber of Commerce which
chose him “Citizen of the
Year” in 1970.
Planned
Parenthood
Directors
Former U.S. Senator Joseph
D. Tydings, Mrs. Grace Gil
Olivarez, vice-chairman of the
Commission on Population
Growth and the American
Future, and television
personality Hugh Downs are
among 19 new members
elected to the National Board
of Planned Parenthood-World
Population, Father David C.
Streett, Director of Augusta
Planned Parenthood, reported
today upon his return from the
Jack Tar Hotel in San
Francisco. The new directors
are elected to serve until
October, 1974.
Sen. Tydings was sponsor of
the Family Planning Services
and Population Research Act
of 1970, and recipient of the
Planned Parenthood Margaret
Sanger Award for distinguished
service at last year’s annual
meeting. He is now active in a
Washington, D.C., law firm and
co-chairman, with Dr. Milton
Eisenhower, of the Coalition
for a National Population
Policy.
Mrs. Olivarez, first woman
graduate of Notre Dame Law
School, has served as a member
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