The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 27, 1965, Image 7
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1965
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE SEVEIT
Quacks Extort Millions With Phony
Cure-alls and Gadgets, Says AMA
Today there are thousands of
quacks promising quick cures for
every disease known. They ex
tort millions of dollars annually
from their gullible patients.
Yet, the quack's promises,
cure-alls and gadgets are as
phony as a fixed gambling wheel
or a "con man’s” schemes, said
F. J. L. Blasingame, M.D., ex
ecutive vice president of the
American Medical Association.
“Healthy people usually laugh at
or ignore the quack,” he said,
“but sick people may grasp at
anything that offers a quick cure.
Indeed, almost anyone can be
fooled unless he knows how
quacks operate.”
Machines can be a blessing or
a curse to medicine. In the hands
of a skilled physician, certain
machines are useful in arriving
at a diagnosis or charting a
method of treatment.
But some machines are a
threat to your health. Any quack
who passes off his device or gad
get or “system” as a cure-all is
cashing in on your limited knowl
edge of science.
Doctors of medicine are trained
for years in reputable schools and
hospitals. They are licensed only
after they meet high medical
standards. The legitimate doctor
does not limit himself to a device
or instrument or to any one
“system.” He does not limit
himself to manipulations or
adjustments.
Not so with the quacks.
The quack pretends to medi
cal skill. He invents a machine,
device or scheme to defraud the
public. He advertises that he has
the one and only “cure.” He may
even purchase a phony medical
diploma. All the quack needs is
someone to believe him. And
some sick people are easily
impressed.
One alleged “doctor” testified
he received four degrees from a
“drugless practitioners college”
he said he had attended for one
year. He claimed to be a doctor
of chiropractic, naturopathy,
herbal materia medica and elec
tro-therapeutics.
Another “practitioner,” who
came here from India, advertised
that he has at least 15 degrees,
including an “honorary M.D.”.
He started the Spectro-Chrome
Institute about 1920 and did a
flourishing business until the
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1947 for repeated violation of the
federal food and drug law. At the
trial it came out that the founder
of the institute had told an
elderly diabetic to stop taking
insulin—that Spectro-Chrome
was all he needed. The diabetic
took the advice, and soon after
ward went into a coma and died.
Also at the trial an epileptic,
testifying that the same device
had benefited him, collapsed on
the witness stand—from an epi
leptic fit.
A $20,000 fine was levied
against the institute and its
director, who escaped a prison
sentence only because of his age
(he was 75). He was put on five
year’s probation. However, when
the term ended he was reported
to be working again.
Some quacks are also licensed
to practice a “healing art.” Some
cultist groups lobby powerfully
for license recognition in various
states. Well-meaning citizens
often help to pass laws permit
ting limited practice, but this
does not protect the public.
A woman chiropractor in Los
Angeles was given a chance to
demonstrate her alleged ability
during tests made at the Uni
versity of Chicago. According to
the university’s official report,
she claimed she could diagnose
illness from a drop of blood of a
person who wasn’t there. She
“diagnosed” that the person had
cancer, abnormal blood pressure
and a very poor chance to re
cover. The spot of blood, the uni
versity reports, was taken from
one of its staff physicians in the
best of health.
Fantastic? Not at all. Each
year thousands are fooled by
quacks using phony machines.
“The American Medical
Association,” explained Dr.
Blasingame, “does not bring
charges against these quacks, nor
prosecute them. Such action is
the responsibility of law enforce
ment agencies.”
You can best protect your
health, he advised, by avoiding
devices like the ones pictured
here and, even more important,
by relying on the advice of your
family doctor.
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Know your Teachers
Students in the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades at Silverstreet
School have the pleasure of be
ing taught by Mrs. Lazelle F.
Werts, whose heavy schedule in
cludes teaching sixth grade read
ing, social studies, and science;
7th grade science, and eighth
grade literature and science.
To keep up her proficiency to
teach these subjects, Mrs. Werts
has attended numerous summer
schools, the last being at Columbia
College in 1963. She has done post
graduate work from North Caro
lina State College and the Univer
sity of North Carolina and has
studied at Newberry College since
receiving the Bachelor of Science
degree at Winthrop College. Mrs.
Werts has also taken an education
al study tour of New England and
Canada.
•Born and reared at the family
home near Silverstreet, Mrs.
Werts is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry T. Fellers Sr. After
her graduation from Winthrop,
she taught in the schools of Kan
napolis, N. C. until she returned
to Silverstreet eight years ago.
She is married to James D.
Werts, who is shop foreman for
an International Harvester deal
er.
Mrs. Werts holds a permanent
professional teacher’s certificate
in elementary education.
Outside her profession, Mrs.
Werts takes an active interest in
community and civic affairs. She
is a member of the Newberry
County Historical Society, of Cal
vin Crozier Chapter, U.D.C., Sil
verstreet Home Demonstration
Club. She belongs to the Silver-.
Like most teachers at Silver-
street School, Mrs. Marguerite H.
Havird teaches a split grade: full
fourth grade and three third
grade subjects—-enough to keep
any teacher on the go, keeping up
with lesson preparation.
But Mrs. Havird is well quali
fied for the position she holds. She
is a graduate of Lander College,
from which she received the Bach
elor of Arts degree. She has at
tended summer schools and work
shops at Columbia College, New
berry College and the University
of South Carolina, and holds a per
manent professional teacher’s cer
tificate in social studies, as well
as in elementary education.
Mrs. Havird was born near
Cross Anchor, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Huckaby. She is
married to Jerome F. Havird Sr. f
merchant and farmer. The Hav-
irds make their home at Silver-
street, and are parents of one son,
Jerry, 18 years of age.
Mrs. Havird is an active member
of Silverstreet Lutheran Church,
where she belongs to the Lutheran
Church Women and helps with the
church choir. She serves as vice
president of the Silverstreet Home
Demonstration Club, and is a
member of the Newberry County,
South Carolina and National Edu
cation Associations.
street Lutheran Church and the
Lutheran Church Women. She is
a member of the local, state and
national education associations and
the Newberry County Department
of Classroom Teachers.
When time permits, Mrs. Werts
enjoys working with flowers and
shrubbery.
Even In the small bathroom,
there can be a place for every
th inf. Wall or door-mounted
modulars (shown) can be used in
countless combinations.
Dressing rooms, walk-in closets,
guest rooms and dens are addi
tional areas which can become
more efficient and useful through
use of these modulars, which can
hold necessaries as well as col
lector’s items, bric-a-brac, etc.
Grouping by design and/or col
or can produce very striking ef
fects. The housewife can instantly
visualize her own decorating ef
fects by arranging contrasting
colors.
Spring thaws expose fresh breaks in concrete and masonry
that result from winter’s ravaging temperature changes. This
means a repair job has to be done, and like most maintenance
tasks, the sooner done the better.
. If you have been putting off just such a chore, take heart. It
isn’t so difficult to do now, for a new Dry-Latex Concrete has
just been introduced. You simply mix the powdered compound
with tap water and apply it. It’s as easy as that! No chipping
or gouging to widen the breaks, mid no roughing or priming to
assure a lasting bond. The latex mix bonds immediately when
applied directly on damp or dry surfaces, indoor and outdoors.
It is durable, too, for it will not crumb’s or powder, nor is it
affected by weather.
Some of the suggested uses are repairing concrete walks, drive
ways, broken step edges, floors, garden pools, fountains, cracks
in inside and outside walls, tuckpointing . . . wherever concrete
or cement is used around the home, farm or in commercial or
industrial buildings.
In addition to its use for patching breaks, the material may
be used for topping. It can be applied as thin as of an inch
and will form a smooth and lasting surface.
BY HELEN HALE
Main Dish Magic
A wonderful casserole for casu
al entertaining uses cooked rice
with cooked chicken or turkey,
chicken broth, sliced celery and
mushrooms. Color note can be
added with chopped piroiento.
Bake and heat in a moderate oven
for 40 minutes.
Toast bread, spread with deviled
ham and top with a poached egg
and cheese sauce. That’s a presto-
quick main dish.
Tuna Souffle takes on speed if
you use heated cream of celery
soup with a can of flaked tuna and
fold 4 beaten egg yolks, then the
stiffly beaten whites. Bake 50 to
60 minutes in a slow (300°F.)
oven. , .
How about a three-in-one salad
for a hot day? Three lettuce cups
on a plate will hold shrimp salad,
cottage cheese with plum toma
toes and orange sections with rosy
strawberries. . •- .T
Macaroni is a favorite salad
ingredient. Try one of the new
, shapes and blend with salmon,
cucumber, green pepper, parsley
and mayonnaise.
Drained kidney beans and
i cooked Hinas are delicious with
• a hot bacon dressing. Surround
; the plate with sliced thuringer
sausage.
Helen’s Favorite:
Creamy Orange Dressing
..(For Fruit Salads)
3 ounce package cream cheese
% teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
S tablesnoons orange luico
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Blend all ingredients to
gether. Chill and serve on fruit
or berry salads.
Building Permits
Erection of an apartment build
ing on Nance Street, at the site
of the old Wicker home, account
ed for most of the $86,306 issued
in building permits by the city
during the past week. The permit
was issued to Cannon Construc
tion Company.
Other permits issued were to:
Miss Claire Henry, 2406 Main
St, addition to dwelling; Roberta
Slyigh, 1826 Floyd St., ., C. -E.
Laird, 2419 Highland Drive, Dave
Hayes, 1119 Harrington St., r Fred
Henderson, 826 Bess St.; Henry
Williams, Caldwell St.; Charlie
Hondrix, 1300 Drayton St; Sam
my Bouknight, 827 Bess St.; Mrs.
Lula M. Bedenbaugh, 936 Fair
St, repairs to dwelling; Tabor L.
Hill, 1310 Crenshaw St, erect
By Mary Whitman
Scrapbooks seem to have a
hundred uses as children grow
up. .
You can index a scrapbook and
it’s & perfect holder for paper-
doll clothes. Just add tabs indi
cating where dresses, coats, hats
and such are kept. The doll
clothes stay flat and available
when needed by a paper doll
family.
Scrapbooks are ideal for
mounting report cards and
school mementos — prize essays,
gold-starred arithmetic exer
cises, drawings, or programs of
school plays. t ,
A scrapbook Is a fine photo al
bum too. A set of five scrapbooks
marked by years or months can
hold a wealth of pictures.
t Scrapbooks are good for
mounting pressed flowers, col
lecting plant specimens, keep
ing seeds In packets — for 4-H,
hobby work or school projects.
44 A scrapbook may also serve
as a sketch book." points out
Dorothy Jbslyn of Whitman Pub.
UriUn* Companjr <*
cousin. •'When a child wants te
draw he may use bit crgyqns
paints directly on the scrapbook
page. Thus his drawings are not
scattered around and are aU kept
safely in one place. Also, he may
like to make a berM ofdrawings
that will tell’a story.
Kindergarteners like scrap
books to paste up special proj
ects. of any kind, using bright
pictures cut from a magazine.
Any child likes to make a gar
den page, or a page of boats, or
pictures of toys, or pictures of
food. Often these serve as story
books, and plots can be made up
to connect the pictures. Paste-
• work on a rainy day keeps pre
schoolers absorbed and happy.
A boy may be Interested in
skin-diving, or in firemen. For
months he may paste up pictures
connected with his interest, then
switch tore new hobby. He gains
knowledge as be plays. Girls
often like to paste up pictures of
houses and furniture or. In gram
mar school years, collect simple
recipes.
Scrapbooks also make good
friendship books. A youngster
can paste up his valentines, his
birthday greetings and letters!
he receives. Years later he’ll
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building; John Norris, Calhonm
S.t, repairs to porch.
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