Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Page 4 CtEMSON miu _jB| fSi^I ' 4V IP wm ^<rSm John W. Samples (center), Assis received his 25-year service award A dent Bob Hooks and Plant Manage - ijjK Russell lusti (center) completed March 14. Russell received his "O Littlefield and Plant Manager Joe I I Bailey Plant Weaving Superintenc 25-year service award March 24. F r |p' m II sHH|j1 ' ?? | 'fSjCiigj A Aw? M tant Plant No. 2 Carding Superintendent, ipril 22. Samples is shown with Superintended Davenport. L" I ki jk. ' * y^M a quarter century of service to the company Id Timers" watch from Superintendent Joe Melson. t 0 Aw 'JL i T lent George Grant presented Prue Waters his t< *rue is a Bailey Plant Weaver. d V<JI ^ A^#p> fW ???_ |v9*| J ;h ?A s'Ht| t?? hi mi n\< ;;; ? ?,,r H l|| Hliiii uX1* . Ruth Bragg No. 2 Weaving Clinton Mills Recognizes Additions To HIH TimAP^ VIU I IIII^IO Group P% Beware < Spring and summer months bring with hem the danger of becoming infected with ick fever. While you are enjoying the beautiul world and out-of-door activities, beware f the lowly tick. He can make you and yours ery sick! The best prevention for tick fever is to heck for ticks frequently, every three to four lours, especially on children and pets. The anger the tick stays on the body, the greater he risk of the fever being transmitted. Early symptoms of spotted fever are simiar to the flu ? fever, headaches, chills and nuscular pains. The characteristic rash is imilar in appearance to measles. It will ippear later. The rash starts on the hands ind feet and spreads over the rest of the >ody in two to three aays. So you can see how difficult it may be to liagnose this disease. It can be mistaken for he flu or measles in children. Too late you nay remember, "Oh, doctor, we found a tick n little Johnny two or three weeks ago." Be ure to mark the date on your calendar when ou remove a tick from any family member, hen you will remember readily when symp oms occur in three to 10 days and tell the loctor right away, saving precious time and jet mm ' / ^^'W / Hr Jimmy Braswell Maintenance tWm Thurman Ray Shealy Lydia Carding Df Ticks perhaps the life of that precious child. Remember ? mark it down when ticks are removed. There are some very good preventive measures that can be followed to reduce the possibilities of contracting the disease. 1. Avoid tick-infested areas such as tall, uncut grass and woodlands. 2. Remove ticks promptly and carefully without crushing them. 3. Wear insect repellants on the body and clothing when camping or playing out of doors. 4. At the end of the day. always inspect clothinp anrl hnrlv/ ocnorlallw 0 www;! v^^wVIUM^ UiUUIIU IIIC head and neck or any hairy place that they can hide in. Check children very carefully. One of the safest ways to remove a tick is to coat it with vaseline or thick grease of any kind or coat with fingernail polish to smother it by clogging its breathing pores. Wait 20 minutes, then gently remove with tweezers. Usually cleaning the area well with alcohol is all that is needed after the tick is removed but watch for skin infection. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Summertime is time for fun, not fever.