The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 17, 1970, Image 3
The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C. Thursday, Sept. 17, 1970—PAGE 3
Summer-Huggins House Be on Tour
This house was built about
1826 by John Adam Summer,
great-grandfather of the present
owner, Mrs. Marie S. Huggins,
and it is the third family re
sidence erected on the site. It
is located just south of the town
of Pomaria. in what is called
the “Dutch Fork" section of the
county, near both the Broad and
Saluda Rivers. Legend says that
General Sherman's men set fire
to the house, but a faithful
house servant extinguished the
blaze. William Summer, a son
of the builder, was a horticul
turist, and operated an exten
sive nursery. He named the lo
cation ‘Pomaria’’, Latin for
“fruit gardens’’..and thus the
little post office, still standing
nearby, and eventually the town
got its name. The house is large,
two-story, English in style. Mrs.
Huggins has retained much of
the old appointments including
furniture, silver, and books. In
the old family cemetery, there
lie buried, besides members of
the family, “two strangers from
a stagecoach accident’’.
Home care is
provided in
all counties
Every fifteen minutes a South
Carolinian enters a hospital for
treatment. But what happens
to all the sick people not ill
enough to go to a hospital?
They can have home care by
a registered nurse from the
county health department if
their doctor recommends it ac
cording to Assistant State
Health Officer Dr. Malcolm U.
Dantzler. “More than 5,000
South Carolinians received in
termittent nursing care at home
last year," Dr. Dantzler said.
“The health departments have
been providing home care on a
limited basis for about 35 years,
said Dr. Dantzler, “but our or
ganized program began in 1966.”
With the recent addition of
Clarendon, Williamsburg,
Georgetown, and Horry, Home
Health Services are now avail
able in all 46 counties.
Dr. Dantzler said that after
a physician recommends a pa
tient, the nurse reviews the
home situation. If the patient is
accepted, the nurse visits the
home to provide the services
prescribed by the doctor.
“Our nurses can tube feed a
child, dress a surgical wound,
prepare an asthma victim to
take' oxygen, or help a stroke
patient with range of motion
exercises."
The health officer cautioned
that not all sick people are eli
gible for Home Health Services.
“The patient must be essentially
homebound and must have a
family member or close friend
in the home who can take care
of him between visits by the
nurse,' said Dr. Dantzler.
Another requirement is that
the physical environment be
suitable and the necessary fa
cilities available.
A person can be “turned
down" because the county does
not have a large enough staff.
For example, two nurses could
not serve 500 patients in one
month.
“Although most home care pa
tients are over 65 years old and
have at least one serious chro
nic disease, the program is not
restricted to senior citizens,”
Dr. Dantzler commented. ‘At
present, 27 percent of the per
sons served are under age 65
and a number of them are chil
dren.
“More have heart disease than
any other condition. Cancer,
stroke, diabetes, and fractures
are the other leading categories
and some patients have mental
illness or pneumonia.”
Dr. Dantzler said that not all
patients require home care for
a long time. “The average
length of service for patients
discharged from the program
in 1969 was seventeen weeks."
Each of the 46 Home Health
units in the state offers nursing
care and at least one additional
service such as physical therapy
occupational therapy, speech
therapy, medical social service,
or home health aide service.
“The program releases a num
ber of hospital beds to people
who need full time care and it
gives relief to our doctors who
are in short supply,” Dr. Dantz
ler said.
“Of course, the most impor
tant advantage of the program
is that it brings longer and more
comfortable life to a large num
ber of South Carolinians with
chronic diseases.”
Four years ago only 631 per
sons were served through the
Home Health Services program.
Last year 95,274 home visits
were made to provide services
for 5,060 patients.
VISITS HERE
Miss Mabel V. Conn of De
troit, Michigan recently visited
in the home of Prof, and Mrs.
F. Scott Elliott, Sr. and F.
Scott Elliott, Jr. She and Mrs.
Elliott are sisters. She is an
associate Professor of account
ing at Detroit College of Bu
siness.
Bennie Williams
died Tuesday
Bennie Eleazer Williams, 71,
of 2332 Cottage Ave., died Tues
day.
Born in Lexington County, son
of the late Pritchard C. and
Mary Jane Rister Williams, he
was a retired employe of New
berry Mills and attended Pen
tecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Fairbelle Proctor Williams;
three sons, Bennie L. Williams
of Newberry, John Williams of
Greer and Troy Williams of
Pomaria; three daughters, Mrs.
Joel Bowers of Prosperity, Mrs.
David Slice of Piedmont and
Mrs. James Shealy of Monks
Corner; a sister, Mrs. Minnie
Davenport of Prosperity; two
brothers, Henry and Earl
Williams of Prosperity; and 14
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by McSwain Funeral
Home.
GARY T. PADGETT
DIES IN EDGEFIELD
Gary Thomas Padgett, 85, of
Edgefield, died Sunday a t
Greenwood.
He was a brother of Mrs.
Cecil Merchant of Newberry.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at Edgefield.
Mother of local
women succumbs
Mrs. Pearl P. Helms, 60, wi
dow of Leroy Helms, of Fort
Mill, died Wednesday.
Mrs. Helms was born in Union
County, N. C., the daughter of
Mrs. Fannie Martin Pressley of
Lancaster and the late Sanford
J. Pressley. She was an em
ployee of Springs Mills and a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Fort Mill.
Besides her mother, she is
survived by one son, Kenneth
C. Helms of Fort Mill; two
daughters, Mrs. William D.
(Kay) Kibler and Mrs. Lewis
(Helen) Ringer, both of New
berry; one sister, Mrs. Georgia
Pressley of Monroe, N. C.; one
step-brother, Joe Pressley of
Lancaster; and four grand
children.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 5 p.m. Friday at the
First Baptist Church in Fort Mill
by Dr. Ralph Lattimore. Inter
ment was in Unity Memorial
Cemetery.
L Lee Shealy
died Sunday
L. Lee Shealy, 71, of Green
ville, died Sunday.
A native of Little Mountain,
son of the late Luther W. and
Georgann Bowers Shealy, he
had lived in Greenville 45
years. He was in the grocery
business until he retired 20
years ago. He was a member
of First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Green Shealy; a sister,
Mrs. Mary Barnes of Colum
bia; and a brother, Jack Shealy
of Little Mountain.
Funeral services were Tues
day at 3:30 p. m. at The Mackey
Mortuary. Burial was in White
Oak Baptist Church cemetery.
MOTHER OF LOCAL
MAN SUCCUMBS
Mrs. Emma Jane Price of
Columbia, widow of William
Price, died Friday. Among her
survivors is a son, James S.
Price of Newberry.
Funeral services were held
Sunday in Columbia.
COUNTY NATIVE
DIES IN ATLANTA
Ralph Vaughn of Atlanta died
suddenly at his home last Thurs
day.
A native of Newberry, he was
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Vaughn. Among his
survivors is an aunt, Mrs. H.
O. Swittenburg of Newberry.
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