Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 287, Greencastle, Putnam County, 14 July 1986 — Page 4

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THE BANNERGRAPHIC, July 14.1966

Calendar of events Tuesday The Putnam County Unit of the American Cancer Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at First Citizens Bank in Greencastle. Those attending are asked to use the parking lot entrance. The Over 50 Club will have its monthly meeting and a pitch-in dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at the VFW Post in Greencastle. Entertainment will follow. Everyone 50 and older is welcome. Wednesday Temple Lodge 47, F & AM, will have a stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 16. Refreshments will be served and visitors are welcome. Thursday R. & S.M. Council 107 of Cryptic Masons will have a called assembly at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17. The Royal and Select Masters Degrees will be conferred. Refreshments and a social hour will follow. ' Larrabee Lodge 131, F & AM, Stilesville, will have a called meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 17. Work will be in the F.C. degree. Refreshments will follow. All visiting brethren are welcome. Friday Union Chapel United Methodist Church, located one mile west of Morton on U.S. 36, will have a fish fry Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. each day, rain or shine. The Putnam County Chapter of American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) will have a picnic at 5 p.m. Friday, July 18, at Shelter House No. 2 in Robe-Ann Park, Greencastle. Those attending are asked to bring a friend, a covered dish ajnd their own table service. Meat and drinks will be furnished. Saturday Seventh District Republican Women will meet 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Windy Hill Country Club. All interested persons are invited to attend. For reservations or transportation, call Betty Waldron, 653-6141. Sunday The Kersey reunion will be Sunday, July 20, at the shelter house on the lawn of First Baptist Church in Greencastle. Dinner will begin about 12:30 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring a well filled basket and lawn chairs. The Arnold reunion will be Sunday, July 20, at Robe-Ann Park in Greencastle. The site will be near Anderson Street west of the tennis courts. Dinner will begin about 12:30 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring well filled baskets and lawn chairs.

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Godwins to celebrate golden anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Godwin, Greencastle, will mark their 50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. Mr. Godwin and the former Marguerite Probst were married July 15, 1936, at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Probst, in Terre Haute. The groom’s father, Rev. J.S. Godwin, officiated. A graduate of DePauw University, Mr. Godwin taught physics at Thornton Community College, Harvey, 111., for many years. Mrs. Godwin, a graduate of Indiana State University, taught English at Thornton

Third death within family spurs call for MADD chapter

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) The third drunk driving-related death in her family has Jeanne Swinehart calling for the restart of the Fort Wayne chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers. Swinehart has lost a son, daughter and niece in separate traffic accidents. Each death involved people who were charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. John L. Swinehart, 19, died Wednesday in Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital after his bicycle was struck by a pickup Tuesday night. Police charged Allen T. Wonderly, 39, Fort Wayne, with driving under

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Township High School in Harvey before retiring to Greencastle in 1971. The couple will be honored at a reception for invited relatives and friends Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Turkey Run Inn. Hosts for the celebration will be the couple’s two sons, Dr. Robert P. Godwin, Los Alamos, N.M., and John P. Godwin, Los Angeles, Calif., and their families. Mr. and Mrs. Godwin also have five grandchildren.

the influence after he refused a breath analysis test. “He (Wonderly) called us, and he wanted sympathy,” Mrs. Swinehart said. “He begged us not to prosecute the case. He said he had a family. I said I had sympathy for his family, but I didn’t for him.” Mrs. Swinehart, who has five surviving children, hopes her son’s death will renew interest in a Fort Wayne MADD chapter. Mrs. Swinehart’s 16-year-old daughter, Charlene Sarasien, was killed in a 1982 accident, and her niece, Marie F. Compton of Indianapolis, died in 1980.

Dear Abby

Actor shares knowledge of nursing homes

DEAR ABBY: I read with interest the letter from “Helpless,” who said she couldn’t send gifts to her mother in a nursing home because they would be stolen. The management claimed that this was beyond their control and they could not be responsible for it, since it was “standard.” This is a lie. Theft is not a normal part of the aging process. The trauma for anyone to have a wedding ring stolen can be considerable. For an elderly widow or widower, it can be devastating. Unfortunately, theft is the least of the abuses that occur in nursing

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Low-cholesterol diet meant for adults may harm children

NEW YORK (AP) Some wellmeaning parents are inadvertently stunting the growth of infants and toddlers by feeding them low-fat, low-cholesterol diets like those recommended for adults, a pediatric expert says. Even by banning snacks between meals, parents can withhold from growing children the calories they need to grow normally, said Dr. Fima Lifshitz, associate director of the department of pediatrics at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. In the past year, the hospital has treated seven children between the ages of about 6 months and 2 years whose slow growth came from misguided diets imposed by parents, he said. “Even good recommendations, when taken to an extreme, could result in bad consequences,” Lifshitz said Thursday. Pediatric and nutrition experts said Thursday that special restrictions on fat and cholesterol are not recommended for healthy children below age 2. Lifshitz said the parents of the seven children had experienced problems with high cholesterol and obesity. High cholesterol levels in the blood are associated with heightened risk of heart attacks. In one case, parents watered down formula. Parents also served their children skim milk and lean meat, and “were very careful not to allow the children to get extra snacks,” he said. But about a third of a child’s calories come from snacks, he said, and “if they don’t get that, they won’t make it as far as appropriate

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homes. Once you accept theft as “normal,” it is easier to accept bedsores, rapes and broken bones from beatings as “normal.” I learned a great deal about nursing homes while doing research for “Amos,” a television movie. I was horrified at the real-life abuses I discovered and spoke up. I received a flood of letters from the nursing home industry, vilifying me personally and telling me that I didn’t know what I was talking about. I also received hundreds of heartbreaking letters from people who had had hideous experiences with nursing homes. I turned some of these letters over to the authorities, and one a murder to the police. Answering all that mail was difficult. It was like writing hundreds of condolence letters. I got a small taste of what it must be like

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growth and development.” “They need extra snacks, more caloric intake. As long as the diet is well-balanced over 24 hours or a month, that’s what’s important, not just one snack that was not considered appropriate,” he said. Lifshitz said some parents decided on their own to impose the diets, but others were following physicians’ advice. “It’s not the parents making up the diets, but maybe enforcing the dietary recommendations for adults in babies,” he said. Dietary recomendations from the American Heart Association for controlling fat and cholesterol “are good for young adults and adults, not for babies.” The heart association’s nutrition guidelines for children state that they do not apply to children younger than 2 years, said Dr. Peter Kwiterovich, professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-author of the guidelines. No recommendation has been made for younger children because “we didn’t feel there was sufficient data in the literature,” he said. Linda Van Horn, assistant professor of preventive medicine and community health at Northwestern University Medical School, said that as far as dietary restrictions go, “below the age of 2, children should be pretty much left alone and provided with the type of nutrients necessary to ... maintain and enhance their growth and development.” Only after age 2 should parents start introducing prudent measures for developing long-term eating patterns, she said.

to be Dear Abby. I respect your stamina. “Helpless” said that her mother was “attached” to some of the staff. Of course she was attached to them; she’s dependent on them. But they are stealing from her. Over an 11-year period, a trusted woman employee embezzled $173,000 from 32 elderly servicemen living at the U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home in Washington, D.C. Of course there are some good nursing homes. My mother, at her own request, spent her last seven years in one, and she was very wellcared for. But you don’t have to be related to a movie star to be wellcared for. The non-profit nursing home where we filmed “Amos” had an excellent reputation, but it also had a three-year waiting list. I am sure those who operate good nursing homes are not happy about those in their profession who break the law and pass it off as standard industry practice. Making the public aware of a bad situation is the only way to change it. Thank you, Abby, for bringing this hidden horror to light. You may use my name. KIRK DOUGLAS DEAR MR. DOUGLAS: Thank you for an excellent, informative letter and kudos for caring enough to write.