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Our Health By C. H. Tracy. M.D. l*Uny yearn ago. my mother con ml led a dermatologist about a case of psoriasis. He gave her a prescription for a lotion which seemed to help her a great deal. Now, I And that I am developing a series of scaly patches, with dryness and liakiness op my elbows and down the underside of my forearm. While It does not have the redness that my moth er's condition had. I am won dering if this is a forerunner ot psoriasis. Also. Is psoriasis inherited? The chances are your moth er's condition has no bearing on your own, ■ although there is a hereditary factor in about one third of the oases Psoriasis Kp-' ''"'tEß ls characterized jyL. **by circum J scribed red plaques co v - 2jL ered with white scales. Your l)r. Tracy condition sounds like a problem which Is faced by many women who wash dishes and clothes by hand Always careful to wear rubber gloves, these women protect their hands, but neg lect their forearms and el bows thus they avoid deter gent hands, but end up with "dishpan elbows." Often, the suds a woman works with will dribble down her arm, leaving harsh chemi cal deposits on her skin. The result is as you describe: dry ness, scaly patches, flaking skin, and sometimes Itchiness, which of course, aggravates I the flakiness through scratch I ing I Usually, the condition can be I cleared up by a combination I of two things: 1) avoidance I of the type of soap she is us I mg (since It may simply be too | bars!) for her skin) and more I careful rinsing and drying of I the urea involved; and 2) use of I a soothing, therapeutic lotion which will ease the dryness I and (Inkiness and relieve the itching as well Keri Lotion I has these antipruritic prop •‘rlies to curtail Itching and will cover the urea with sooth ing, healing dim until it has I cleared up. I Is diabetes the only oondi- I Hon associated with the blood sugar determination? No. "functional" hypoglyce- I miu. a condition newly recog I nized by Ihe medical proses ? sion, is associated with low f bloiai sugar, which is just the | opposite of the high blood I -sugar in diabetic cases. "Pune J lional" hypoglycemia can be i diagnosed through a five hour I test called Glucose Tolerance I Test, and is treated primarily I through diet, I Letter To I The Editor I Dear Hobby, 8 This is a belated “Conntabulations” to you and your staff for winning 2nd place in the State of I Georgia for local sports coverage, weekly t newspapers. Your paper has certainty been a boost to our recreation efforts in Perry. I know tliat with the increased activities in recreation here, together with your fine job of reporting same, Ist place is just iiround the corner. I I Again, congradulation for a job well done. Fred Thomas Perry. Ga. I Perry an I Attends Meeting * Jack Kelly of Perry, was in the group of twelve Marketing students who took I I a field trip to Atlanta for the IS annual American Marketing I I Association meeting. They ( I were accompanied by 1 I Professor Jerry Rowland, I I instructor, and Mr. Charles I I Shih of the Middle Flint I I Planning Commission. I * The luncheon speaker was Mr. V. Stuart Ward. Jr„ Director of the Planning for I i the Cushman Corporation. | | He presented the “Colony [ | Square Marketing Story” as I | it has developed as a "micropolis.” In the afternoon the I I students went to the Atlanta | | Merchandise Mart to see the I V "Furniture Show" in I prepress July 111-22. SSAVE THE WIN LOW,LOW DISCOUNT PRICES | /m ■■jUft fIC -ffljr PRICES GOOD THURSDAY JULY 27 THRU SUNDAY AfcffimlTvy# (I|[||iFooD STAMPS grant* ♦ COUPONS [SO white hit plain or seif-risihg /mm iA authorized COUNTIES IP - Br JP'-I ILUfj fl 3 BAG BB Hi ILIMIT 1 BAG OF YOURII DEEP SOUTH CREAMY, SMOOTH ImOr'e^O^Seß^ 00 °j~ MAYONNAISE THRIFTY MWD.PLA.N OR SELF-R,SING^fI esa stro#Q FLOUR MORE ORDER f ««•» srooth >| ,m. 0. toun.™ BLUE PLATE ADD AW JAYONHABE JSSSSIr ‘mu •"mm Oh VOUhI " CHOICE WITH $5.00 ( V All PURPOSE I 10( OFF LABEL CRISCO TIDE r 7 ETEROEMT SHORTENING a 4o‘ uiv " Ul 5 48 - !!!? ■ ■ WMI COLONIAL FINE GRANULATED dR SUGAR sa. flx LIMIT one or more order jp| 1 GRACKIN GOOD REGULAR or DIP WHITE. COLOR OR DECORATOR A |A|| POTATO 9-oz Scottowol 3 miOf TW,N £R chek assorted flavors so ft drinks or CHIPS pack 40 Chek Colo 100I 00 "EF-A-..N0 CHEK SOFT DrZ™ 1 NESCAFE g| CHEK COLA I INSTANT COFFEE 1” Eflf I Tm* ■dS JhJk WITH THIS COUPON I tiSl M ip n 7 iSSB WI R IfcEjfjf iSSHJJISvA?? E I |on Deodorant 2- s l°* -- # m UE ANTI-PERSPIRANT SPRAY Hair Spray & s ] o9 Secret asr ts 49'