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Thursday, May 15, 1969
Mental Health Work Here
Involves A Lot Os People
“You certainly spend an awful
lot of time talking about mental
health,” emphasized a family me
mber as another rushed off to a
meeting of the Newton County
Mental Health Association.
“And we ought to do a lot
more talking and doing, too,”
echoed from the carport.
Mental Health is important be
cause it affects everybody every
day! It has to do with (1) how
you feel about yourself; (2) how
you feel about other people; (3)
how you are able to meet the de
mands of life.
During the month of May, which
has been designated as National
Mental Health Month in America,
the local MHA is sharing with
Newton Countians the facts and
figures about its activities for
all citizens.
This week, it spotlights the
Mental Health Clinics whose
committee chairman is Mrs. R.
M. Paty. Working with her are
Mrs. Helen Dickinson, Mrs. Mort
Ewing, Miss Mae Hardman, Do
nald Stephenson, Jerry Bray, and
James Bohannon.
For two years, a Psychiatric
Clinic for returnees from Cen
tral State Hospital has been seek
ing to meet the needs of Newton
Countians.
Dr. Robert McDonald, psy
chiatrist, is in the clinic at the
Health Center on Highway 278
every second and fourth Monday
each month.
When a patient returns home
from Central, the local Depart
ment of Public Health is notified
in order to assist with rehabili
tation as needed. Interviews
with the psychiatrist are sche
duled by the Staff of the Health
Center, under the supervision
of Dr. C. B. Teal, Medical Dir
ector.
This clinic, initiated by the
MHA with the cooperation of the
Board of Health, has operated
continuously since March 1967,
with its financial support pro
vided by federal, state, and county
governments and the Covington-
Newton County United Funds, Inc.,
of which the MHA is a participat
ing agency.
On November 4, 1967, a second
vital clinic, the Clara Mae Hays
Guidance Clinic, opened with Dr.
John B. Griffin, psychiatrist, and
Mrs. Betty Bellairs, Social Wor
ker, comprising the staff at first.
Right from the first session, the
services of Dr. Lavinia Wood,
Education Specialist, and James
Bohannon, Visiting Teacher for
Newton County Schools, have been
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immeasurable.
Dr. Tom McConnell, psycho
logist, joined the staff in April
1968. When Mrs. Bellairs resig
ned late in the year, Miss Jane
Price accepted the position of
Social Worker. Mrs. Theodore
Davis is the clinic’s part time
secretary.
It was in August 1968 that Dr.
Teal secured approval from the
Board of Health to extend the ser
vices of the psychiatrist to eight
additional hours or a total of two
full days each month. With sup
plementary funds from the United
Funds, clinic services were furt
her extended: psychologist for
one-half day four times monthly;
social worker for two full days
monthly simultaneous with the
psychiatrist’s visits. In
addition, Mrs. R. M. Paty has
given numerous hours of
volunteer service, along with
members of the Church of the
Good Shepherd, which provides
the facilities of their Parish Ho
use for the clinic.
After fifteen months of oper
ation, it was learned that the
clinic had been open for forty
different days with a total of
412 man hours utilized for ser
vices. A total of 87 families
Inner City Minister
To Speak Sunday
Frederick Gilbert, minister to
the inner city population in Pro
vidence, Rhode Island, will be
the guest speaker at the Covington
Christian Church this Sunday
evening at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Gilbert
is a graduate of Atlanta Christian
College, and the son of Professor
and Mrs. V. G, Gilbert of the
same college.
Mr. Gilbert’s work in the inner
city is a part of the efforts of
the New England Christian Evan
gelizing Mission in bringing New
Testament Christianity to the less
advantaged area of greater New
England. Mr. Gilbert’s current
objective is to establish a self
supporting Christian Church
among the residents of the inner
city. Plans also call for estab
lishing a “Half-way” house to aid
the disadvantaged youth of the in
ner-city.
The Covington Christian Ch
urch meets in the Community
Room of the First Citizens Bank
on the four-lane. The public is
invited to hear Mr. Gilbert and
attend all services.
had been served with 145 persons
interviewed for clinical service.
Five hundred and thirty-five
interviews were scheduled with
488 completed.
At first, referrals were made
exclusively by the Visiting Tea
cher with Dr. Wood and school
personnel advising. However,
with the extension of clinic hours
three counseling ministers, Rev.
Kent Anglin, Rev. Owen Kellum,
and Rev. George Home, were
granted permission to schedule
appointments, along with all local
physicians.
It was reported that 50% of
referrals were by the school;
50% came from the other ap
proved sources.
During the past year, the Nat
ional Foundation provided a
much-needed dictaphone which is
proving invaluable. A type-
Armed Forces Day Air
Show Features Acrobats
ROBINS AFB—Tiny vintage ac
robats will share the spotlight
with giant B-52s in the Armed
Forces Day air show at Robins
AFB May 17-18.
Beverly (Bevo) Howard, Char
leston, S. C., and Wayne Flick
inger, Osceola, Wise., will fly
their tiny bi-planes before one of
the largest crowds in the South.
Neither aircraft is capable of
more than 130 knots per hour in
level flight.
Howard, who flies the 1936-
vintage “Jungmeister” bi-plane,
is reminiscent of “Those Mag
nificent Men and Their Flying
Machines,” and the “Blue Max”
as he pilots his 185-horsepower
aircraft. The German-built air
craft was used to train pilots,
and was brought to the U. S.
aboard the dirigible Von Hinden
burg.
Flickinger, whose more mod
ern Champion aircraft is designed
expressly for stunting, is consid
ered one of the most artful acro
bats in the business.
Both appeared last year before
the record Armed Forces Day
crowd of more than 200,000. The
dauntless duo took to the air fol
lowing such acts an an eight-jet
Stratofortress being refueled in
flight by a KC-135 jet tanker.
“I guess people still like to see
genuine acts of deering-do,”said
base commander, Colonel Andrew
writer was purchased by the As
sociation.
writer was purchased by the As
sociation.
Local members of the MHA
remember a challenge issued
some years ago by Eugene Ober
dorfer H speaking at a State
Convention in Atlanta. Using an
acrostic to present his message,
Mr. Oberdorfer said: “A
- the challenge and respon
sibility in your community; C
contribute on the local level; T
thank God you have the privilege
of helping rather than needing
help yourself.”
The mental health clinics in
Newton County are successful
because of the many thousands
of people contributing to their
perpetuation through monetary
gifts and volunteer hours of ser
vice. This fact sets them apart
as unique.
A. Chaffin. Himself a former
bomber pilot, Colonel Chaffin
confessed that he thoroughly en
joyed the exhibitions of the pro
fessional stunters. “I’ll be right
there May 17-18, watching these
two do their thing!” he laughed.
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