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UNION RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., SEPTEMBER 20, 1928
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GEORGIA LOSES SIXTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS
Federal Law Repealed.
With the closing of the fiscal year
Georgia will lose the aid given us for
the pant five yearn Irom the tadcral
fund* known as the Sheppard-Towucr
fund for aid to maternity and infancy.
Georgia has been using tnls fund since
It became aval'able in the Division of
Child Hygiene. After being matched
It amounts in round numbers to sixty
thousand dollars annually.
The State has never appropriated
more than five thousand dollars for
this purpose. The remainder of the
twenty odd thousand has been secured
from various sources. A large per
cent of the money has been spent In
education along many lines. The work
has been done largely through local
organizations. At present there are
on the pay roll of the Georgia State
Hoard of Health twenty-two nurses,
many of whom have been permanent
ly in the counties for several years.
There are six nurses and one physi
cian who travel from county to county,
spending from two to four weeks In
a county. Before winter comes the
Healthmoblle will have been la every
county In Georgia since It was pre
sented to the State Hoard of Health
by the Phi Mu Sorority. This unit
has always been most popular, and bus
done untold good. It la a doctor*
office on wheels, as well as a moving
educational unit. The dally routine
is to hold clinks at 2:00 p. m. and
put on health pictures at dusk. This
,1s done for both while und black. Hun
dreds of people have for tho first time
seen a movie that wus put on by thi*
uniL Thousands of babies have been
given a complete physical examina
tion and proper advice has been given
the purents. ^lany conferences have
been held and thousands of our dtl-
xenB told about the prevention of dis
eases. One truck has been coxdplot-
ly worn out, but our Good Samaritan,
the Phi Mu. bought a new one. The
new one has been overhauled and 1*
bow badly worn.
The Shc-ppard-Towner fund ho*
been used to manufacture tho solution
of silver nitrate for babies' eyes to
prevent blindness. Some thirty thou
sand umpoules have been znanntac-
tured and distributed annually. All
midwifo Instruction has been carried
on by this money; almost five thou
sand midwives have been givon In
struction. About fifteen hundred have
been compelled to discontinue practico
because they were absolutely unfit.
This work Is done under a resolution
adopted by_ the State Med'cal .£yso-
When It Is remembered that
about twenty-two thousand babies are
annually attended by midwives, the
importance of this work can be visu
alized. especialy when It, !■ coupled
with the fart that Georgia stands next
to the bottom of all the states lu the
deaths of mothers In childbed. In
round numbers two mothers die In
Georgia every day that their babies
may be born This loss of life at this
particular time is appalling and com
mands the absolute attention of every
student of the conservation of human
life. Murh has been done, but much
remains to be done.
The conditions ns they exist in our
state should enlist the aid of «Tery
loyal citizen of Georgia. The thing
that Is worrying the State Board of
Health and all health workers is what
they are going to do after June 30th.
What Is Georgia going to do? The
funds are all withdrawn with the ex
ception of five thousand, and even this
small amount depends upon the con
struction of the slate law tanking the
appropriation; It may not be availa
ble. H Is not conceivable that we are
to discontinue our aid to mothers and
babies; we must take care of them;
they deserve all and more than we can
ever do for them. It seems that now
is a very good time for us to consider
this question at home with our com
ing legislators and senators. If Geor
gia is not to slip back, funds muBt bo
found and an ndequato appropriation
made for tho continuance of this
branch of tho Stato Board of Health.
Every county in our state should re
ceive tho benefit of this work, espe
cially our county, Bbould have a nurso
full time f«r the future; no better re
turns on Investment could be made.
J. E. HYMAN NAMED SENATOR |
The twentieth M?netorial distreit is
composed of the counties of Baldwin
Hancock and Washington Counties,
under the rotation system it is Wash
ington county’s time to name the
Senator, and the voters of tha. coun
ty in the primary Wednesday, the
12th, named Hon J. E. Hyman for
the .office. Mr. Hyman is an ex
perienced legislator, having ri-pre-
sented Washington county si the
A CARD OF THANKS
We
express our s-incerest
appreciation and thanks to our
neighbors and friends, who were so
kind to our loved one (Mrs. Julian
Wilson) at :he time of the automo
bile accident, and during the days
of her suffering, and have extended
us their assistance and sympathy 'af
ter her death. We will always re
member them, and our prayer will be
that when sorrow comes to them
they will have as faithful friends as
they were to us.
MR. AND MRS. J. A. COLLINS
FAMILY, AND JULIAN WILSON.
Rev. H. M. Sippel, who has been
pat/tor of the Oxford Memorial
Christian church at Hardwick, for the
past two years, left several days ago
to do post graduate work in one of
the universities of the Christian
church.
While in our midst he labored earn
estly with his congregation in doing
his Master’s work, not only did he
make many warm friends among his
congregation, but where ever be
went, who regrets very much to give
him up.
Rev. Milton Sipple is also a gratlu- j
ate of Mercer University, having re-1
ceived his A. B. degree at the Bap-|
tist Institution in June. He has!
gone to the University at DesMoines I
Iowa, to continue work on his master
of arts degree, and aa he enters into
his new field of work, may God's
richset blessings rest upon him al
ways.
Rev. Sippel’s home is in Rochester,
N. Y.
I hereby announce my candidacy
for trustee of the Union Foint School
District subject to the rules and reg
ulations of the election called by the
Board of Education on Friday, Sept.
28, 1928.
I am running-for the Long Term
to succeed T. E. Pugh.
If I am elected, I will do my best
to make our school a success.
II. G. POSEY.
Whit
Nai
Bulbs
FIVE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES
Tho first of the month the nursos’ ser
vice of tho Stato Board of Health was
expanded by the employment of five
new nurses, two of them traveling
through northeast Georgia doing edu
cational work, the others being per
manently located In counties.
This type of work la financed by co
operation with the Federal Bureau of
Child Hygiene In tho Department of
l^ibor. This also reminds us that the
law under which this work is being
carried on has been repealed, and is
to remain In force only until July 1,
1929. What then?
Arrangements ha.e been mndo by
our State Board of Health to securo
600 doses of toxin-antitoxin f for
children under seven years of age.
We should see to It thut the clinics
ure formed and this remedy adminis
tered. Our county should get busy
am! not ney’.ect this opportunity.
IT PAYS TO ACT QUICK
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TO THE VOTERS OF THE UNION TO THE VOTERS OF rue. ^
POINT SCHOOL DISTRICT point school district' 0 *
I hereby announce caIwill
for trortee of the Union p“?
School District subject to the rul
end regulations of the election c.ll.j
by the Board of Education on F
day, Sept. 28, 1928.
I am running for the Short Tei
to succeed E. W. Torrance.
If I am elected, I jvill do my h
to make our school a success.
W. E. HODGES.
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