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VOL. 9 NO. 5 Thursday, December 26, 1974 10 cents per copy
"I PROMISE" - Incoming Vice Presidents of the Council of Cerebral
Palsy Auxiliaries, (1-r) Public Relations Vice President Dorothy
Ames of Plainview, Membership Vice President Reta Wall, Fund-
Raising Vice President Phyllis Monchik, and Center Services Vice
President Peggy Heilbrunn, were installed recently at ceremonies
held at the Cerebral Palsy Center for Living. Doing the honors is
Council past-President Judy Earle.
THAT'S A LOT OF BREAD.
Over $11,000 has already come into March of Dimes
Headquarters from trie Comity-wide Bread Sale
launched this past weekend, in some 40 participating
towns in Nassau County.
Hundreds of volunteers visited neighbors in their
towns offering loaves of bread for Thanksgiving
stuffing and a Family Medical Record in exchange for
donations to the March of Dimes.
Loaves sold, "bread" counted, some 300 volunteers
celebrated a successful 74 Bread Sale at the Ice
Cream Jamboree at Nassau Community College.
Chairmen and their top volunteers were rewarded
Sunday night at the Jamboree. Treated to folk rock
music of "Friends," all the ice cream they could eat,
donated by Friendly's, volunteers were able to hear
their towns' returns as they came in, announced over
WGBB radio by Gil David, reporting from the scene of
the Jamboree.
All that bread really raised a lot of dough for the
March of Dimes in its' fight against birth defects.
Bethpage Chairmen Colleen and Lauretta Farrell;
Island Trees Rep Trinda Marks; and their volunteers
raised some $470.
C.W. Post
1975 American Theatre Festival
Susan B Anthony's lifelong
struggle tor the cause of women's
suffrage, as depicted in the play
"The Mother of Us All" by
Gertrude Stein, has been chosen
to serve as the thematic fulcrum
of the eighth Annual American
Theatre Festival at C. W. Post
Center of Long Island t'niversit>
Attempting to demonstrate
some aspect of this country's
cultural history, the festival
focuses each year on one play
from America's past and
surrounds the production with a
series of performances and
related exhibitions which com­bine
to provide a rich sense ol
heritage in addition to excellent
entertainment.
The mammoth task of coor­dinating
this year's Festival has
been given to Ms. Marie Borrie, a
Brookville resident and volunteer
Festival worker since the event's
beginning in 1968. The Festival
itself is run run under the
auspices of the School of the Arts.
Dr. Julian Mates, Dean of that
school, has been the creative
force behind the American
Theatre Festival since its in­ception
at C. W. Post.
According to Ms. Borrie, the
featured play for this year's
Festival, originally written as an
opera in 1947, was the result of
collaboration between Ms. Stein
and Virgil Thompson. "In the
play, historical characters ap­pear
side by side with imagined
personages who become symbols
of certain aspects of American
History," explained Ms. Borrie.
'"The struggle for women's
suffrage and the consequent
changes in relations between the
sexes make the drama sound as
fresh and timely today as when
that historic battle was first
Your Health
Arthritis--The Kid Disease?
Arthritis is the old-age disease
that 250,000 kids have-and The
Arthritis Foundation is doing
something about it.
Here in New York the New
York Chapter of The Arthritis
Foundation helps support
juvenile arthritis clinics in The
Hospital for Special Surgery-
Cornell University, Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center,
New York University Medical
Center and Downstate Medical
Center.
Every week they treat children
like Greg Martin who arrives for
his regular appointment. And like
Greg Martin's mother and father,
most of the parents of these
youngsters had no idea that the
crippling of arthritis could strike
a child-until it came into their
home.
"Greg's first symptoms were
pains in his knees and a low grade
fever when he was two-and-a-haif
years old," remembers his
mother. He developed
progressive arthritis in the joints
of his hips, wrists, elbows and
shoulders.
When Greg's turn comes, a
volunteer takes him to see three
physicians-a rheumatologist, a
pediatrician and an orthopedic
consultant. Team care is an
essential part of the treatment of
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
since the disease makes a child
sick all over.
The doctors have no cure to
offer ' Greg and all the other
children who suffer from the
disease. They don't know what
causes arthritis nor why many
children simply outgrow the
disease during puberty. But they
can offer Greg and the others a
program of care to help alleviate
pain and prevent permanent
crippling.
The program starts with
medication. The child watches
grimly as he receives his weekly
gold shot. At home, he takes daily
high doses of aspirin to reduce
pain and inflammation.
Exercise is also important.
Greg looks forward to his
physical therapy sessions in the
hospital. His father also helps the
boy with exercises at home every
night.
But rest is vital too. Even the
braces on his legs are a form of
rest, serving to support his knee
joints and limit his activity.
Outside the clinic, Greg often
tries to keep up with his class
mates. Because arthritis is a
disease that comes and goes, his
activity depends on what is
happening inside his body that
being waged."
Carrying out the overall
Festival theme honoring Ger­trude
Stein, the C. W. Post Center
Art Gallery will present an
exhibition entitled "Gertrude and
her Friends." On display will be
photographs, paintings and
memorabilia reflecting the Stein
day.
"We try to encourage him to
act just as normal as possible,"
says his father. "He's in quite a
bit of pain sometimes, but when
he's feeling good, he acts pretty
normal. But on the bad days,
Greg has trouble getting up in the
morning. Sometimes he's pretty
stiff and can hardly walk."
The Martins know that
everything that can be done for
their boy is being done. They
don't know whether Greg will be
one of the lucky ones who will
outgrow the disease. Mrs. Martin
says, "All we can do is wait."
But The Arthritis Foundation is
not content to wait. In addition to
the four juvenile arthritis clinics
here in New York, it supports 38
clinical research centers and
many juvenile arthritis clinics
across the country where team
care and the newest treatment
techniques are available.
At the same time, the Foun­dation
supports the work of
researchers who are slowly but
surely fitting the missing pieces
into the arthritis puzzle. These
programs of patient service and
research bring help to arthritis
patients today and great hope for
the future.
Looking at arthritis from a
child's point of view, help and
hope are the best things Greg has
going for him.
The New York Chapter of The
Arthritis Foundation maintains
three offices to serve arthritis
sufferers. If you need in­formation
about arthritis or are
in need of their services call or
write them at 221 Park Avenue
South, New York, New York
10003, (212) 677-5790; 200 Garden
City Plaza, Garden City, New
York 11530, (516) 747-1811 or 190
East Post Road, White Plains,
New York 10601, (914) 946-4900.
family's long and devoted
patronage of the arts. The Post
Library Gallery will also feature
books, posters, slides and blow­ups
of Gertrude Stein and her
famous circle of friends, as well
as an audio-visual presentation.
The Post Theatre Company's
production of "The Mother of Us
All" as well as the other Festival
activities will run from Friday,
May 2, through Sunday, May 11.
1975. Friday and Saturday night
performances of the play will be
accompanied by a special
American Theatre Festival
Dinner. For tickets and in­formation,
call (516) 299-2395.