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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 30, 1969 Truesdell to be president of IB group Four new members were elec ted to the board of directors of the Tuberculosis and Health Association of Area Six at the annual meeting Monday night at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood. Those joining the 41-member board are Mrs. F. E. Timmerman of Edgefield, Mrs. C. L. Ellis of Ware Shoals, Mrs. James H. Abrams of Whitmire and Mrs. George Z. Dunn Jr. of McCormick. Directors who were re-elect ed for a 3-year term include: Rev. J. Hilton Hoof, Prosper ity. Rev. Frank L. Roof, Green wood, was elected to succeed Dr. Neil E. Truesdell of New berry as president-elect on April 1 when Dr. Truesdell aut omatically becomes president of the 7-county association. Other officers are Harold W. McClin- tock of Laurens, treasurer and Mrs. Jerry E. Rowe of Saluda, secretary. The nominations were presented by L. B. Ad ams of Greenwood who serves as chairman of the Nominating Committee. The president, Richard W. Stowe of Greenwood, said that approximately 100 members and guests attended the meet ing. r pecial guests included facu 1 > advisors and staff mem bers of high school newspapers and representatives from area newspapers and radio stations. Mr. Stowe pointed out that membership has reached a to tal of 195. The association was organized on May 16, 1967 to include Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCor mick, Newberry and Saluda counties. Dangers of Tetanus on increase Two South Carolinians died from lockjaw in 1968 according to figures released by the state Board of Health today. There were four reported cases of the disease in the state during the year. None of the four residents who contracted the disease had his tetanus or lockjaw immuni zations up-to-date. Dr. E. Kenneth Aycock, state health officer, commenting on the trafic occurences, said, “Immunization is our only pro tection. The problem is that many have the mistaken idea that one tetanus shot protects them throughout life. “A dangerously large num ber of people are living with the constant threat of tetanus. Until each unprotected individ ual gets immunized against tetanus, such tragedies will continue." Two c the 1968 cases were persons over 50 years old. An other was a five year old child who was hospitalized for 29 days. The child had never re ceived the combination dipth- eria, whooping cough, and tet anus series ordinarily given in fants at 2, 3, and 4 months of age with boosters required at 18 months and 3 years of age. The fourth case was an 18- year old who had completed the initial series. He received his last booster before starting to school. All four persons were hospitalized after contracting the disease. Dr. R. Wilson Ball, director of the Board’s Division of Disease Control, emphasized the need for adults to continue getting tetanus boosters at least every 10 years after they complete the initial series. “We encourage industries to require their employees to visit their doctors or health departments for tetanus boosters. “Among the high risk groups in our population are military service veterans. There are hundreds or possibly thousands of WW2 veterans who haven’t received a booster since the war,” Dr. Ball said. Tetanus germs thrive in deep puncture wounds where there is no air and little bleeding. They can also enter the body through wounds as small and painless as a scratch. National statistics indicates that increasing numbers of tet anus cases are occurring among the elderly. Home accidents ac count for two out of four tet anus cases. Normally two out of three victims die from tet anus. City Building Permits The following building per mits were issued by the City last week: Locate Trailer: Keitt Pur cell, Benedict St.; Addition, James H. Dodgen, 1105 Hill- crest Rd. Repairs: Roy Warren, 822 O’Neal St.; Rufus Boozer, 526 Boundary St.; Willie Kelly, 721 James St.; J. W. Thompson, 1400 Main St.; Howard Turner, 1241 Hunt St.; Price K. Har mon, 1928 Johnstone St.; B. Meredith Harmon, 1523 Clark son St.; N. K. Williamson. 1734 Boundary St,; S. F. Phillips, 1311 Third St.; J. Herman Ed dy, 1160 Purcell St.; Ralph Ba ker, 1309 Hunt St. Total construction value was $24,433. WITH MEN IN THE SERVICES SAN ANTONIO — Airman James A. Glymph, grandson of Frank Glymph of Route two Pomaria, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex He has been assigned to Cha- nute AFB, 111., for training ir the aircraft equipment main tenance field. Airman Glymph is a 1967 graduate of Gallman High school. The Fire Report Most accidental fires can be avoided with a little care. Fire men have a saying that “a clean building seldom burns.” This means that the majority of all fires start in trash piles, rubbish, or stored odds and ends that accumulate around the house. Closets, attics, and cellars are the main source of home fires, and plain ordinary good housekeeping is the first line of defense against these fires. Fire hazards have never beer known to right themselves Check your closets, attics, anc basements for castoff articles that would burn easily. The> include such things as curtains drapes, bedclothes, lamp shades coats, suits, dresses, wickei and wooden furniture, rags anc linoleum. Clean out your storage places. You will be surprised at how many burnable odds and ends are really useless to you. Don’t let them make your home a fire hazard. Get rid of them. Don’t stop when you’ve clear ed out the inside of your house, go after the rubbish in your yard and by all means don’t forget to remove the burnable material that you may have stored under the house. We can not guarantee that removing these articles and cleaning up your property will keep you from having a fire today, tomorrow, or possibly next week; but we can assure you that by removing these items, you have removed a great fire hazard. Please re member “A CLEAN BUILD ING SELDOM BURNS.” Jan. 15: The City Fire De partment answered an alarm to the home of Willie Hawkins on Deloache Ave. Electric stove fire. $50 damage to the stove. An undetermined amounts of smoke damage was done to the house. Jan. 16: The Prosperity Fire Dept, answered a call to a grass fire on Hwy. 76 near Colony church. Minor damage. Jan. 17: The City Fire Dept, answered a call to a tractor fire on the property of Carol Hipp on Main street. Ford Farm Type Tractor. $150 damage. Jan. 18: Pomaria Fire Dept, answered a call to the Pomaria Jan. 18: Chappells Fire Dept, answered a call to a car fire on Hwy. 56 near Chappells. 1965 Chevrolet. Owner not known at this time. Total loss. Gin Co. Minor damage, $25. Jan. 19: Whitmire Fire Dept, answered a call to a woods and grass fire 2 miles out of Whit mire. Minor damage, 2 acres burned. INCOME TAX RETURNS Federal & All States JAMES L. KOON PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Rt. 3 Phone 276.1862 Assisi OF YOUR SAVINGS INSURED UP TO $15,000 cost? The Highest Legal Rate ... 5 V4% (On Savings Certificates) We are paying- the highest legal rate we are per mitted to pay on Savings Certificates - These certificates are Insured to the full legal lim it of $15,000, are redeemable at any time and are au tomatically renewed. Why not put your money to work and have a steady income coming in from your dividends. Thousands have put Millions in these certificates with us. 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