The Jackson progress-argus. (Jackson, Ga.) 1915-current, September 30, 1976, Image 16

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Newspaper Page TextWDM\M INTRUDER OF THE YE AR—ADJI Ralph R. Allen, right, and his wife, Bonny, proudly hold an engraved silver bowl and an A6 “Intruder”model recently presented to Petty Officer Allen as VA-42’s Intruder of the Year. VA-42 Commanding Officer CDR William H. Greene, right, announced the winner of the coveted award during the recent Intruder week at NAS Oceana, Virginia Beach, Va. Ralph Allen Wins Coveted Navy Award Attack Squadron FORTY TWO announced during the recent Intruder Week festivi ties that ADJI Ralph R. Allen, U. S. Navy, had won its 1976 Intruder of the Year competition. Attack Squad ron FORTY TWO presented the Intruder of the Year award to ADJI Allen, who, thru his personal efforts, most enhanced the squad ron’s ability to accomplish its assigned mission. ADJI Allen, in less than six months, and with no previous A6 experience, qualified to serve as Work Center Shift Supervisor, A6 Jet Engine Turn-Up Technician and Quality Assurance Collateral Duty Inspector. ADJI Allen’s exemplary performance, leadership and devotion to duty have earned him many favorable comments, both within and outside the command, as he has provid ed invaluable assistance to Attack Squadron FORTY TWO in attaining its required output of replacement pilots and bombardier navigators. ADJI Allen is from Jackson, Georgia, and has served in the U. S. Navy since September 1961, after graduating from Jackson High School. He is married to the former Bonny Postleth waite. Petty Officer and Mrs. Allen make their home in Virginia Beach and have two children, Ralph and Taren da. In his off duty hours. ADJI Allen’s involvement with the Cub Scouts has displayed the Navy spirit of promoting community in volvement. CDR William Greene, Jr., Attack Squadron FORTY TWO’s Commanding Officer, in presenting the Intruder of the Year award to ADJI Allen, commended him for his “outstanding perform ance ... and assistance in keeping the ‘Green Pawns’ a front runner in the Matwing ONE community.” GRIFFIN COURSE SET IN INTERIOR DECORATING A non-credit continuing education course in basic interior decorating will be sponsored by Gordon Junior College and the Flint River Regional Library in Griffin this fall. The class begins October 4th and meets each Monday from 7 until 9 p.m. for six weeks at the library in Griffin. The course fee is $25.00 per person. Course content includes space and equipment for home activi ties, design and color, major elements, furniture selection and arrangement, lighting, and finishing touches. To pre-register for the class, call the Office of Community Services at Gordon, 358-1700. Registration will be complete when the course fee is paid. Terry Holland, of Macon, an interior designer for Dunwoody and Company of Macon, will be the class instructor. PET Robert L. Stear. Manager. Veterinary Services. Norden Laboratories COMMUNITY HUMANE SHELTERS Owning a pet is one of the most enjoyable and reward ing experiences you can have. It’s also a great responsibility. Many vet erinarians and humane movement officials say there has been a decline in the sense of responsibility of some pet owners in recent years, which has contributed to the present pet animal population explosion. Across the country thousands of dogs and cats suffer need lessly each year because of the problems associated with pet overpopulation. Some strays roam city streets in constant danger of being injured or underfed. And they’re a public nuisance, besides. Responsibility for care of this ever-increasing number of stray animals rests, to a large extent, with the community’s humane society. To give these animals the best possible care, community humane organizations and their co operating veterinarians work closely together. This co operation results in a system for dealing with the total animal population that is practical and ethical as well as humane and medically sound. Since most of the pets in a humane shelter have an un known or incomplete health histon, the humane shelter veterinarian sees that incom ing animals are carefully Get That CUSTOM LOOK in Your Sewing Pr\ NEVER BUY ANOTHER PATTERN!!! A New Pattern Making, Fitting & Design Method a M Copy or Design Your Own Clothes!!! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY I: ‘Eliminate costly & >ns ‘Draft patterns to r ‘Complete a tors ‘Get a good fit Attend only one class before you leorn to sew. MINUTE LECTURE i iff e JL Wednesday, October 6 Classes at 10 am & 7:30 pm Admission THE CENTRAL GA. ELECTRIC $4.5(1 \J MEMBERSHIP CORP. wlihThkAd Auditorium Drafting materials 923 South Mulberry for sale at class. THE JACKSON PROCRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA examined for parasites, bodily defect.-, or signs of infectious disease. The pets are vaccinated to assure future protection against the major dog or cat diseases. All adoptable dcgs under one year of age are vaccinated for canine distemper, and all adoptable cats are vaccinat ed for feline distemper. In well-managed shelters, pets are fed a balanced diet, kept clean and comfortable and isolated until examined. The progressive shelter tries to avoid an “assembly line” approach to handling the pets. This helps both the medical and non-medical staff to recognize individual diseases, and minimizes the opportunity for an infected animal to leave the shelter undetected. Pets suitable for adoption are quickly identified and isolated from animals not ready for adoption. No sick dog or cat finds its way to the adoption ward. A healthy pet that develops signs of disease is promptly removed from the adoption ward to assure that the pet you bring home from the shelter will be a healthy one. Diseased and suffering dogs unable to enjoy life are peacefully and painlessly put to sleep. Since the American Hu mane Association maintains that surgical sterilization is the best solution to the pet overpopulation problem, many pets -“adopted out” from a humane shelter are spayed or neutered as a requirement for adoption. Post Office To Push Stamp Collecting Postmaster Tom Webb of Jackson announces the intro duction of anew postal program of interest to local citizen groups. The United States Postal Service is launching a campaign to encourage the institution of philatelic (stamp collecting) societies throughout the country, according to Postmaster Webb. The groups will operate under the name of the Benjamin Franklin Stamp Clubs. A postal representative will be available to assist any civic, social, or fraternal organization, school or church group that might wish to organize it own chapter. The hobby of stamp collecting has enjoyed enor mous growth, since the early 1960’5. It has been estimated recently that over 25 million Americans are stamp col lectors. President Franklin Roosevelt was an avid philatelist, as is Queen Elizabeth of England. “Stamps capture in minia ture the bold adventure that is America,” advises Post master Webb. Anyone interested in the program being offered local ly or in obtaining material aids available through the post office should contact Postmaster Tom Webb at 775-2449. For very young animals, there may be a waiting period of several weeks before the operation can be performed. The community humane shelter and the veterinarian share a common purpose in preserving the life, health, and general well-being of animals of all kinds. Each has his special task in the field of animal welfare: the veterinarian diagnosing and prescribing the treatment; the humane shelter working for the protection, relief and comfort of the animals. Kindness, benevolence and compassion are important aspects of the humane movement. But equally im portant are the animal health care aspects provided by the humane shelter veterinarian and his trained assistants. %SHOES fcllk # REPAIRED • REBUILT * RESTYLED m IS Cut Down On Shoe 8i115 ... Have your worn shoes repaired by our ex perts, at low cost. CITY SHOE SHOP , Herman Talmadge pM* REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE SECRETARY MATHEWS of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has asked for authorization to double the number of investigators to crack down on Medicaid and Medicare fraud. I support every effort to halt runaway abuse of these pro grams which are vital to the health and welfare of millions of aged and needy Americans. Medicare and Medicaid now cost the taxpayers about S3B billion a year, and it gets higher all the time. If these programs are to accomplish their desired goals and if they are to avoid bankruptcy, they must be tightened up administratively and there must be more adequate controls against abuse. Senate investigations have turned up cases of outrageous mis management and even scandalous stealing and fraud. Medicaid mills have developed in some of. our large metropolitan areas, such as New York City, that have unqualified people giving examinations that are not needed, prescribing unnecessary medicine, and generally ripping off the taxpayers in schemes that stagger the imagination. This is generally known to cost in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and it has been estimated that such fraud could run as high as $1.5 billion a year. We need to be more diligent in preventing and uncovering this fraud and in imposing severe penalties against people who blatantly line their pockets at the expense of the taxpayers and poor people. * * * MEDICARE AND MEDICAID fraud is presently classified as a misdemeanor. I intend to push for legislation, before this Congress is over, to make it a felony. Also, I would provide foi. an Inspector General, with an adequate staff, to ride herd on fraud and to prosecute as necessary to the fullest extent of the law. Unless we act quickly and strongly, public confidence in these programs will be destroyed, and runaway costs will drive them out of business. Earliqr this year, I introduced, as Chairman of the Subcom mittee on Health of the Finance Committee, comprehensive Medicare/Medicaid reform legislation. My bill is designed to streamline the programs, from top to bottom. Hearings on the legislation have been completed but I doubt Congress will have time to act before the scheduled adjourn ment early in October. Nonetheless, we do have time to amend a House-passed health care bill and to install fraud provisions such as I have outlined. We have got to declare war on health care fraud and I hope this Congress will do so. ****** Zt (not prepared or printed at government expense) IBM ' ZERO mcts our goal j Avondale people are recoAnized for the jr THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1976 Gordon Has Courses For Farm Owners Gordon Junior College is offering a short course in farm management, begin ning October sth at 7:00 p.m. The cost for the course is $9.00 per person. Enrollment is limited and registration will be held on the first night of class, October sth, from 6-7 p.m. in Alumni Memorial Hall. The class schedule in cludes a session on Home Freezer Economics, Tues day, October sth, from 7-9 p.m., a course on Framer Records and Management, Thursday, October 7th from 7-9 p.m. Estate Planning will be the topic for the Tuesday, October 12, meeting at 7-9 p.m. and the four-part course will end on Thursday, The Gordon Junior College Foundation presents THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in concert Robert Shaw, conductor Saturday, October 9, 1976 Alumni Memorial Hall Gordon Junior College Bamesville, Georgia 8:30 p.m. Adult tickets - $4.00 per person Student tickets - $2.00 per person Gordon students - free advance tickets Children's groups of 25 or more - SI.OO per person Tickets are on sale in the Dean of Students' Office at Gordon* October 14th, with a 7-9 p.m. session on Year-Round Ani mal Nutrition. An optional course on Houseplants and Gardening will be offered ladies as a substitute for one of the above. GET EXTRA BENEFITS WITH YOUR EXTRA JOB. If you’re willing to put in one weekend a month, you can have an extra salary, an extra pension, low-cost life insurance, and PX privi leges. Call us. THE ARMY RESERVE. The Army Reserve. It pays to go to meetings.