The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 25 July 1973 — Page 7

Little thought given to the significance of blood program

There are few families in Kosciusko county who have not, at some time, faced the problem of supplying blood for one of its members due to an accident, impending surgery, or serious illness. Often, until this need arises, little thought is given to the significance of the blood program promoted by the American National Red Cross. Because of the long-standing and successful program of blood collected by the Kosciusko county chapter, no resident of the county has to pay for blood used in local or area hospitals, nor in hospitals in other parts of the country where an emergency may place him. There is, indeed, a charge made to the hospital by the regional blood center for collection, processing and laboratory costs, which is, in turn, included in the hospital’s charge to the patient for tests and the administration of the blood. However, there is no charge fer the blood, itself. This is a savings, on the average, of $45 per unit. In addition to whole blood, other transfusable units available include red cells, cryoprecipitates, fresh frozen plasma, platelet rich plasma, platelets, as well as gamma globulin. The blood program is estimated to save county residents approximately $40,000 annually. Actual cost this past year to the chapter to administer the program was $1,701 regional pro rata share, plus SSOO canteen expense, exclusive of the costs of mailing, telephone, and general administration. Blood needs are automatically taken care of when blood is administered in hospitals served by the Northern Indiana Division Blood Center, which includes most hospitals in northern Indiana with the exception of Elkhart and South Bend, which are in anotlier division. However, when a replacement donation is required (which is a donation made to replace blood used by a

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resident of the county who received blood outside the area) the recipient or the family must make application to the chapter office for replacement. The chapter is frequently asked by residents of the county to be permitted to make donations for persons residing outside the area. County residents may give blood for relatives or friends living outside the area, who have urgent blood needs, but should make arrangements with the chapter office before the donation is made. Last year, 716 donors in the county gave more than 1106 units, which was 204 units short of our quota. We added 256 new names to our list of donors. At Milford The program for the new year will begin with the visit of the blood mobile to Milford on Tuesday, July 31, from 12 noon to 6 p.m., at the fellowship hall of the Apostolic Christian church, secured by Maurice Beer, a church member and seven-gallon blood donor. Mrs. Herbert Baumgartner of Milford, Van Buren township chairman, will serve as chairman of the day. Tom List of North Webster and Charles Taylor of Syracuse, membes of Knights of

Urgent need for 'o' negative blood

Mrs. Herbert (Edith) Baumgartner, Milford, Red Cross volunteer in charge of the bloodmobile visit scheduled for the Milford area on July 31 has been advised of the emergency need for 10 additional “O” negative donors to enable an area resident to have heart surgery. The Red Cross Regional Blood Center, Fort Wayne, has asked

Columbus are assisting with telephone recruitment. Others assisting in the area include Miss Irene Abts and Sam Eby, Syracuse; Mrs. Royce Biller and Mrs. Joy Rumfelt of Jefferson township; Mrs. Elinor Enyart and Mrs. Margaret Teghtmeyer of North Webster; Mrs. Paul Schermerhorn of Leesburg; and Mrs. Buell Hoffer of Scott township. Mrs. Michael Zimmerman of Milford is in charge of recruitment of nurses for the visit. Blood mobile visits for the rest of the year are scheduled as follows: September 27, Atwood community building; October 11, Grace college gym; December 10, First Presbyterian church, Warsaw; January 28, Pierceton community building; February 28, Shrine building, Warsaw; March 26, Mentone school gym; May 2, Grace college; June 17, Shrine building, Warsaw. The blood program of the Kosciusko county chapter American Red Cross, a United Fund participating agency, is the largest optional program of the chapter. Steve Devenney, Warsaw, has been appointed by the executive board to be blood program chairman for the fifth year.

the Kosciusko county chapter secure 154 donors. Needed are 36 A positive, 34 O positive, 8 B positive, 3 AB positive, 6 A negative, 16 O negative, 2 B negative and 1 AB negative. Twenty-four new donors are requested. “O” negative donors are requested to call the Red Cross office in Warsaw collect. Donors between the ages of 18 and 66, who are in general good health, weighing at least 110 pounds (130 for males) will be welcomed. If, however, area residents have received blood, plasma, serum or have been tattooed in the past six months; or have a past history of hepatitis; have had a tooth extracted within the last 72 hours; have ever had malaria, or are suffering from allergy, asthma or hay fever on the day of the visit they will not be able to give. Medications intended for serious conditions, such as digitalis preparations, nitroglycerine, dilantin, etc. are usually disqualifying. Also women are ineligible to give during pregnancy and for six months after delivery, abortion or miscarriage. Donors may give blood every eight weeks, but no more than five times a year. The bloodmobile unit will be at the Apostolic Christian church fellowship hall, Milford, from noon until 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. For appointment the donor may call the Red Cross chapter house or area recruiters: Tom List of North Webster and Charles Taylor of Syracuse; Miss Irene Abts and Sam Eby, Syracuse; Mrs. Royce Biller and Mrs. Joy Rumfelt of Jefferson township; Mrs. Elinor Enyeart and Mrs. Margaret Teghtmeyer of North Webster; Mrs. Paul Schermerhorn of Leesburg and Mrs. Buell Hoffer of Scott township. Walk-ins are always welcome.

'Camelot' is Enchanted Hills best effort to date

Don’t let it be forgot That once there was a spot For one brief shining moment That was known as Camelot By BILL SPURGEON That “fleeting wisp of glory known as Camelot,” a frame of mind every bit as much as it is a, musical play, opened last week at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse in the barn theater east of Wawasee. And because the magic of the story seems to have been transfixed to the entire production company, “Camelot” can be

Keep cool, relax in hot weather

By IRWIN J. POLK, M.D. Copley News Service Heat waves make hard work for doctors. Hot spells wear down the old folks, irritate the young, aggravate everybody. Tempers flare, accidents mount, injuries abound. For health-care people the good ol’ summertime often isn’t that good and gets old very quickly. Hie body likes a normal temperature, a reading of about 98.6 degrees taken by mouth. Keeping the temperature stable is work for the body. In hot weather, heat must be released to keep things cool. The body has several ways of cooling itself. Some of the cooling is done by using the arms and legs as radiators. To do this, blood vessels in the skin of the arms and legs open, increasing the flow of blood through the skin.- This lets the hot blood from deep inside the body pass up near the surface where heat can escape to the outside air. At the same time, cooling is aided by sweating. In this process, the body pours water out upon the surface of the skin from where the water can leave by evaporation. As the sweat evaporates, additional cooling takes place. Os course, with sweating, the body loses much water and also some salt. Cooling the body in this fashion takes energy and work. The increase in circulation to the skin means that the heart must work harder and faster to move the blood to the surface of the body. For a healthy person this is no problem, but for a patient with a weak heart, the added effort needed to cool the body can sometimes be enough to cause heart failure. So patients with weak or ailing hearts are well advised to keep physical activity down to a minimum and stay where it’s cool in a heat spell. Salt loss is another important problem in summer. As noted above, sweat is used to cool the body. Sweating means loss of water and some salt. So in hot weather when sweating increases, everyone needs more water. Many people need salt, too. This is especially important at the beginning of the warm weather when salt losses tend to be greatest. The water and salt which leave the body during the process of sweating come from the bloodstream. So sweating can be enough to reduce the volume of circulating blood. This, of course, makes cooling the body more difficult, since there is less blood to circulate

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remembered as Enchanted Hills’ best effort to date. It clicked — from the sounding of the horns from atop the barn, parapets before the first curtain, until the final dramatic scene where Douglas Stark, as credible a King Arthur as there ever could be, admonishes a youth to remember what Camelot was. Certainly there were minor technical bobbles in the second night production viewed by this writer, but they went unnoticed: for the production in its entirety, the impact was there, and you got the feeling that there wasn’t a soul on stage or backstage — or in the audience — who didn’t really believe he was, indeed, in Camelot. Although a new generation has come along that may not recall, a person who sees “Camelot” as it

out in the skin of the arms and legs where the cooling takes place. When there is not enough blood to go around; unusual things happen. Dizziness, light-headedness, even fainting can occur if the brain is robbed of circulation. Nausea and vomiting happen when the stomach and intestines, don’t get enough blood. Muscles cramps and weakness are a sign that there is not enough blood circulating to the muscles. So in summer, headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain and muscles weakness and cramps may mean lack of salt and water. Such a condition is called heat exhaustion. Heat exhaustion is most common in patients who lose salt and water abnormally in hot weather. So it may be a sign of chronic kidney disease in the older age group or of cystic fibrosis at any age. Patients with kidney disease and with cystic fibrosis - have defects which cause them to lose usual amounts of water or salt even in normal weather. So they do very badly in long heat spells. The treatment for heat exhaustion is usually to increase the amount of salt and water that is taken in, up to a point where the amount lost is replaced and stays even. But while patients with heat exhaustion need salt, those with heart failure must use salt and water carefully. The salt-and-water situation is yet another seemingly obvious medical problem in which medical judgment must be exercise. For healthy people, a little extra salt and water is a good idea in the first hot days of summer. For people „ with heart disease and other conditions, a doctor’s advice may be needed. For anyone, regardless of age or state of health, here’s the simplest rule: stay in the coolest place you can find and do the least physical exertion you can get by with. Syracuse driver clips parked car A Syracuse man, Orval L. Lockwood, 63, r 1, clipped a 1967 Ford with his 1967 Dodge van truck last Thursday at 1:57 p.m. while driving from a parking place in Goshen. The accident occurred on Main street, south of Washington. The Ford was owned by Jack D. Boyer of North Webster. According to patrolman Bobbie McGill the damage was minor. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neibert of r 1 North Webster were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nyce and Vicki of r 1 Milford.

is produced at Enchanted Hills can understand what Jaqueline Kennedy meant when she referred to the time she and her late husband spent in the White House as Camelot. The Enchanted Hills cast? Douglas Stark, in his eighth year of summer stock and his second as artistic director of Enchanted Hills, is a thoroughly believable Arthur, and for “Camelot” to succeed, Arthur must be believed. In addition, Stark is able to inject whimsy when needed, and be serious when it is called for, and he compliments an easy stage presence with an excellent singing voice. Cheryl Wilson of Fort Wayne is certainly a beautiful and wistful Guenevere, and she has the type of voice and appearance that can

Small families: cutting your food costs A national study has some discouraging news for homemakers who feed only one or two people. The study shows that small families pay higher prices on food items than do larger, six-person families. The research found that food prices were 11 per cent higher for one person households and seven per cent higher for two person households than the prices paid by families of six! But Dr. Jan Armstrong, extension consumer marketing specialist at Purdue university, says small families shouldn’t despair. In fact, if homemakers with small families shop carefully, they will be able to take advantage of many of the price benefits large families enjoy. “One of the reasons small families pay high prices for food,” Dr. Armstrong explains, “is that they can’t use economysized packages as efficiently as large families can.” However, she adds, if people with small families utilize their freezers and other storage facilities, they might take better advantage of less costly, large packages and containers. Os course, large families may still have the price advantage on some highly perishable foods that simply can’t be stored. Dr. Armstrong points out that small families may have to continue to pay slightly more for these foods than do large families. Another reason large families pay lower prices for food, the specialist continues, is that they tend to buy lower grades or less expensive varieties of foods. A small-family homemaker could do likewise, learning to fix less expensive foods to help stretch the food budget. The differences in large and small family buying may become less significant as all families begin to take advantage of unit pricing, Dr. Armstrong notes. “Unit pricing,” she explains, “will help families of all sizes compare prices by the ounce, pound, or quart. Thus, families can find the least expensive package size, brand, or grade.” The differences may also be reduced, she says, as times change. “New ideas in foods and packaging — and changes in life styles — may help reduce the gap between what small and large families pay for their food items.” Wins tennis match at Manchester college Ron Clase of Warsaw and Joe Beeson of Goshen won the doubles in the tennis invitational match at Manchester college, North Manchester, for the fourth consecutive year. Mr. Clase is a teacher at Leesburg school, tennis coach at Warsaw high school, freshman coach and teaches tennis at the park during summer months. Mr. Beeson is tennis coach at Goshen They were awarded a trophy.

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give you goosepimples even on a hot, muggy night. David Shaff of Logansport is a real winner as Lancelot. The young man who handles this part ‘ must be able to sing, act and look like Lancelot —and Shaff fills the bill. Mike McVey of The Enchanted Hills Band is a thoroughly lovable Pellinore, unafraid to play for laughs and pleased when they come. The same can be said for Joe Yoder, a Merlin without peer. < Mark Carmicael made his mark as a believable evil Modred, and Deborah Brower was well cast as Morgan Le Fey. No version of “Camelot” would be a success without music (the small pit orchestra was capable of keeping up with a difficult and strenuous score without a bobble) and color (presented on a rather

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NEW BOARD MEMBERS — Charles Haffner, left, and Carl Myrick, right, were appointed last Tuesday night to the board of trustees of the town of Syracuse. Haffner, 36, was named to replace Noble Blocker in ward 2. He is principal at the Syracuse junior high school and is a native of Syracuse. He and his wife reside at 206 East Carroll street with their three children — John, 12; Jane, 11; and Mary Lou, two. Haffner is also a member of the Syracuse Lions club’s board of directors. Myrick, 46, has been appointed to replace L. M. Kuilema in ward 3. He is a tool and dye maker at the Weatherhead Company. He has resided in Syracuse for the past 22 years. He and his wife reside at 418 South Harrison street and are the parents of three daughters — Amy, 20; Sarah, 16; and Cynthia, nine. He is a member of the Syracuse Masonic lodge 454 and has been on the Syracuse fire department for 15 years, serving as assistant chief for eight years. Both Blocker and Kuilema resigned.

Start is arrested on kidnap charge David S. Start, 38, 207 West Brooklyn street, Syracuse, was arrested and taken into custody by Elkhart county sheriff’s, detectives Sgts. M. Jay Shaffer and Steve Fervida. Start’s bond has been set at $50,000, he will be arraigned in Elkhart circuit court. On February 3,1973, Jeanie Y. Kerr was abducted in her own car at the Concord Mall and later returned to the mall. Start has been charged with kidnapping. Other charges are pending. Elkhart county officers along with officers from Goshen and Elkhart city departments conducted the investigation.

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stark set, the show gets plenty of color from the bright, Simple costumes and the people that sang and danced in them so enthusiastically.) Shows like this don’t just fall together, and it’s obvious that director Bob Zehr, orchestral director Jack Titcomb and choreographer Cynthia Goodale have had some long hours on the job. “Camelot,” in which Alan Jay Lerner’s book and Frederick Loewe’s music bring the joy of King Arthur’s times to Kosciusko county, is standing-applause-at-curtain-call theater. It runs for three more nights : Thursday and Friday at 8 and Saturday at 8:30. Seats will likely be scarce, but even in the ones where the view is limited you can hear the words and music.. H

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Price named ass't mgr. at Brammers Glen Price, Jr., has been named assistant manager at Brammer’s Furniture store, located half mile south of Syracuse on road 13, Betty Brammer, owner of the store, announced last week. Price, who resides in Van Buren township, is a 1966 graduate of Milford high school. He is married to the former Sandra Huber of Francisville and they are parents of 18-month-old twin girls, Krista and Kristeen. Mr. Price plans to attend a carpeting and furniture finishing school as background training for his new job.

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