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cloths of lavender and char
treuse.
DROP-IN
On June 11, Mrs. Julian Cox,
Mrs. Bruce Davis, and Mrs.
Larry Hammond were hostess
es . for a drop-in at the Cox
home on the Pageland Highway
honoring Miss Gail Small.
Upon arrival, Miss Small was
presented a corsage of pink
roses. Her gifts from the hos
tesses were wooden sconces and
a lace trimmed handkerchief to
be carried by the bride on her
wedding day.
Receiving with the bride were
Mrs. Max Small, the bride’s
mother, and Mrs. John Epps,
her fiance’s mother.
The refreshment table was
covered wih a lace cloth cent
ered with an arrangement of
mums and roses in four branch
ed candelabrum. Silver trays
held refreshments of party sand
wiches, chicken salad tarts,
cheese rings, cake balls, black-
eyed susans, imitation straw
berries and punch.
Assisting the hostesses in the
dining room were Misses Debbie
and Julie Cox.
Between 35 and 40 guests call
ed during the afternoon.
REHEARSAL PARTY
Immediately after the rehear
sal of their wedding on June
17, Miss Gail Small and Char
lie Epps were guests of honor
for a party given by Mr. Epps’
mother. Mrs. John Law Epps,
Sr., his brother and sister-in-
law, Dr. and Mrs. John Law
Epps, Jr. of Chicago, 111.
Approximately 75 attended the
event which was held at The
Balcony. Refreshments were
served from a long table cover
ed with a white lace cloth and
decorated with a lighted foun
tain decked in white flowers.
Punch was served from a sil
ver punch bowl encircled with
flowers.
The bridegroom chose this
time to present gifts to his at
tendants.
BRIDESMAIDS LUNCHEON
On June 17, Mrs. Lewis Ply-
ler, Mrs. Harvey Stewart, Mrs.
Charles Taylor, and Mrs. War
ren McDow entertained with a
luncheon at The Wagon Wheel
honoring Miss Gail Small.
From the hostesses, Miss
Small received a yellow orchid
corsage and a gift of a gravy
ladle in her chosen silver pat
tern.
Covers were laid for 20 and a
three course luncheon was serv
ed. The table was covered with
a green cloth centered with an
arrangement of varigated flow
ers. The place cards were made
of clusters of wedding bells tied
together with blue ribbon.
The bride chose this time to
give gifts to her attendants
They were engraved silver
Juliet cups.
State receives
planning grant
A program to provide family
planning for 36,000 men and
women in nine of South Caro
lina’s 13 districts was announc
ed Saturday by the State Board
of Health.
Dr. J. E. Padgett Jr., chief
of the Bureau of Maternal and
Child Care, said the Board has
received a $1,506,925 grant from
the Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare for the 1972-
73 fiscal year. Matching funds
were provided by the state le
gislature.
The grant covers Appalachia
District II which encompass
es Greenville and Pickens Coun
ties; Appalachia III—Spartan
burg, Cherokee, and Union; Ca
tawba—Chester, Lancaster, and
York; Pee Dee—Florence, Dil
lon, Marlboro, Darlington, Ches
terfield, and Marion; Central
Midlands—Richland, Lexington,
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Newberry, and Fairfield.
Also, Waccamaw—Horry, Wil
liamsburg, and Georgetown;
Wateree—Sumter, Lee, Kershaw
and Clarendon; Lower Savannah
I—Aiken, Barnwell, and Allen
dale; and Lower Savannah II—
Bamberg, Calhoun, and Orange
burg.
“For several years all of the
county health departments have
operated at least one family
planning clinic per month,” Dr.
Padgett said. ‘‘Under the Board
of Health’s state project exten
sive services were offered in
five districts last year. Now
nine districts including 31 coun
ties will be able to hold even
more clinics.”
More nurses, clerks, aides,
and social workers will be hir
ed in the nine districts, and
additional local physicians will
be employed part-time.
Dr. Padgett said he is espe
cially pleased with the commu
nity health aides. “Not only will
they perform some clinic duties
normally reserved for nurses,
but they will also visit people
in their homes and tell them
about family planning. In ad
dition, they will provide follow
up for families who fail to keep
their appointment at the cli
nics.”
Although aides will work pri
marily with family planning,
they will, when necessary, tell
people about other services of
the health department and re
fer them to other agencies. For
example, they will tell famines
about home health services,
child health conferences, and
immunizations. They will also
refer families in financial need
to the welfare department and
tell them how to get food
stamps.
Men and women who attend
the clinics receive information
about several different contra
ceptives. They learn exactly
how a woman becomes pregnant
and how she can prevent preg
nancy.
Before any woman receives
contraceptives, she is given a
physical examination including
a hemoglobin test and a pap
smear (for cancer). The doc
tor then recommends the me
thod he thinks will best suit
the particular woman, but both
the doctor and patient make the
final decision.
The health department clinics
are open to all who are not
being served by a private phy
sician. According to Dr. Pad
gett, people interested in family
planning information should con
tact their county health depart
ment for an appointment.
South Carolina has the third
highest rate of infant deaths in
the United States, and only
Mississippi has a higher rate
of maternal (mother at birth)
deaths.
“Many of these deaths can
be prevented if mothers and
fathers will attend our clinics
and learn to practice child
spacing,” the physician explain
ed. “Far too many die because
the mothers are having children
too often. They are not healthy
enough to endure the burden of
an additional pregnancy. And a
high percentage of the babies
who live suffer as a result of
being unwanted or from being
born into an unsuitable environ
ment. Many times the mothers
are not physically able to take
care of all the children.
“Not only should every child
be wanted, but each one is also
entitled to good health, a pro
per education, a safe environ
ment, and love,” he concluded.
Head Start gets
suppiemen
Governor John C. West an
nounced Monday that he has
approved and forwarded to the
Regional Headquarters of the
Office of Economic Opportunity
a $10,000 supplementary grant
for the Full Year Head Start
Program in Lexington, New
berry, and Richland Counties.
If funded, the grant will pro
vide for renovation of fifteen
offices in the old Columbia
Hospital. Upon completion of
the renovation, the administra
tive operations of the area Head
Start Program will relocate in
this office space. The Federal
funds sought are being match
ed by the in-kind contribution
of space in the Hospital by the
Richland County Council.
Coordinated through the State
Office of Economic Opportunity
in the Division of Administra
tion of the Governor’s Office,
the program will be monitored
locally by the Midlands Com
munity Action Agency.
Mrs. Vernon Shealy
Mrs. Nannie Elizabeth Har
mon Shealy, 65, of 2106 Ade
laide St., wife of Vernon F.
Shealy, died Monday in Colum
bia.
A native of Newberry, daugh
ter of the late J. Lee and Clau
dia Hendrix Harmon, she was
a member of Summer Memo
rial Lutheran Church.
Surviving also are a daugh
ter, Mrs. J. L. Boozer of New
berry; four brothers, DuPree,
J. O. Hodges and Marvin Har
mon of Newberry; two sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Price of Newberry
and Mrs. Curtis Shipman of
Union; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were Wed
nesday at 11 a.m. at Summer
Memorial Lutheran Church,
with burial in Baxter Memorial
Cemetery.
Dr. John D. Wicker
Dr. John Keifer Wicker, 82,
died Monday in Augusta.
Born in Newberry, son of the
late John Henry and Mary Pay-
singer Wicker, he was a general
practitioner, a graduate of New
berry College and a Tulane Me
dical School. He did postgra
duate work at Johns Hopkins
University and was a member
of Central United Methodist
Church.
Surviving are a brother, Wil
liam H. Wicker of Spokane,
Wash.; and two sisters, Mrs.
Joe L. Feagler and Mrs. O. M.
Cobb of Newberry.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Whit
aker Funeral Home, with bu
rial in Rosemont Cemetery.
OFFICERS INSTALLED-American Legion Post No. 24 installed officers for the ensuring year at their
meeting at the Legion home Tuesday night. From left are: Bennie Sprouse, Adjutant; Ray Schumpert,
Executive Committeeman; Ray Hunter, 1st Vice Commander; Carroll Looney, retiring post commander;
Fred Schumpert, Finance Officer; Pete Parrott, incoming post commander; Carroll Eargle, 2nd vice
commander; James Dawkins, Executive Committeeman, and Dale Eargle, Sergeant-at-Arms. Officers not
present are Grady Graham, Service Officer and J. W. Fuller, Executive Committeeman. (Sunphoto)
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