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That We Might Enjoy Liberty (ED. NOTE: Following is the text of a Memorial Day address given by Luretta (Mrs. James ) Dramis at services at the Cape May County Veterans Cemetery May 28.) We are gathered here today to pay honor and tribute to those who once had the privilege to serve their country in its hour of need. Some survived battle action and lived out a normal life. Some however, fhade the supreme sacrifice in laying down their lives for the honor and privilege of being an American. It is about these brave heroes that I shall address my few remarks. In particular — one of them — Lance Corporal George L. Dramis, my son — who was killed action in Lebanon. In all of his letters home, my George was fully in support of our government's actions in Lebanon. He wrote and I quote, "If the American people could see what we see here in Lebanon, they would fully support our President and our government's policy in this Lebanese action." He further wrote, that when he came home on leave he would spend his leave telling anyone who would listen how important it was to support our military buildup to provide our fighting men with the best and most modem equipment, the tools to do their job effectively and efficiently no matter what the assignment. He had no sympathy for those who would cripple our country and endanger our service people by cutting back on military appropriations — thereby giving our enemies an^dvantage over our America^ Armed Forced. HISTORY TEACHES us that only the strong survive. The price of freedom is very high. These silent dead , whom we here today honor, have paid their share and more, that we and our children might enjoy our present precious liberty. We cannot break faith with them or with their present comrades in arms now serving worldwide. I, therefore, as the mother of one of those we here today honor, urge you to write to your Congressmen and Senators and let them know the defense budget cannot be cut for the benefit of social programs, for without defense there would be no social programs. They are unheard of in Moscow. / I beg you, please keep faith with those who lie here so they should not have died in vain purchasing with their lives YOUR right to call yourself a free American. tookin' and Lis tenia'

Plaid Pants? By DOROTHY D. FREAS He is tall, slim and handsome. According to recent fashion news, he wears the latest. With abundant silvery hair, his solid color jackets are becoming to him, while various color combinations in checks or plaids of the slacks repeat" the predominant color of the coat. Being a bachelor, a small restaurant also popular with his friends was a good meeting-place at dinner-time. But this night he had missed seeing the regular group for he and his mother entertained a favorite aunt at dinner and went to a theatre afterward. Leaving the theatre together near midnight, our well-dressed friend proposed having a snack at the little restaurant. It was near closing time, and their order was quickly filled, after which (with no other customers) the cook, his helper, and the young waiter, all on this late shift, came from the kitchen to sit at a table in the back of the dining room to relax. ALL THREE YOUNG MEN were Chinese, 'and their conversation livened as they laughed together. Glancing at the other three occupants of the dining room, a few Chinese words were followed by bursts of laughter. Our well-dressed friend looked at the young men at the other table, excused himself, after a wink to his mother, and walked over the the table at the rear. There he smiled and spoke a few sentences in Chinese to the now openmouthed young men. An English translation of his words would be: "When you men decide to comment on colorful clothing or plaid pants, be sure that the man wearing them and in ear-shot is not a missionary's son who grew up in jrour part of China."

Cape Attractions Often Overlooked J J

By DAVID F. MOORE Executive director, N.J. Conservation Foundation I've noticed that our state's official outdoor recreation magazine has been taking on a new look lately, and you will want to look atit, too. New Jersey Outdoors is published by the Department of Environmental Protection

(DEP), and lately it has been full of great recreation ideas. The Garden State certainly has a lot going for it. So few of us who live here have had the opportunity to explore its natural areas and parks, its historic sites and wildlife management lands. Even fewer out-of-state folks know about places like High Point State Park and Island Beach. In the May-June issue, which I've just received, a pair of bicyclists described their trip from Cape Mgy to High point, from the 4tate park below the MasonDixon line to the highest elevation in the state. That's a trip worth doing, even if you have to drive instead of pedal. AND. IN ABOUT the middle of that trip, you'd cross the Delaware and Raritan Canal. It's the state's largest state park (at least the longest) and a great canoeing experience in almost any part of its 60-mile length. I say almost, because you'd have to canoe through a pipe in parts of Trenton. But a series of articles in this issue tells its story, both historical and contemporary. One of the reasons for doing so is to let us know that there will be lots going on in June to celebrate the canal's birthday. The canal was officially opened by Governor Peter Vroom June 25, 1834. It is now being dredged out so it can better perform its key job of transferring up to 100 million gallons per day of Delaware River water to the central New Jersey area around New Brunswick. New Jersey's coastline, beaches, boardwalks and amusement areas are known to many, but its oceanfront wild places remain to be discovered. Island Beach is one of them; North Brigantine is another. Both are described in this issue of New Jersey Outdoors. Two more locations of ocean and bayfront not often visited are Cape May Point State Park and Higbee Beach, both at the southernmost tip of this state we're in. CAPE MAY Point State Park is joined on the east by an area known as Cape May Meadows, owned by The Nature Conservancy. It's one of the most popular birding places in the world during spring and fall migrations. Higbee Beach is managed J>y the State division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, and is the only high dune area on the Delaware Bay shore. If nothing else turns you on about Cape May, look down on the beach for some of the famous "Cape May diamonds" which abound there. Actually, they are small, smooth bits of quartz which wash ashore from a formation beneath Delaware Bay. It's not hard to get information about these and lots of other places. You just have to contact New Jersey Outdoors, CN-402, Trenton, N.J. 08625, and ask for a subscription blank. It costs only $6.50 a year to learn some good things about New Jersey you probably never heard of before.

, Health Watch _ nv Dr Rnhfsrt C. Rpitman

Last week we covered the fact that some 20 perycent of cases of senility are potentially reversible. Today. continuing with our review of the highlights of the conference on • geriatric medicine" given by New York University Medical School, we will discuss current medical thinking abfut the 80 per cent of senile dementias which are not yet reversible. Alzheimer's disease is the name given to senile dementia which accounts for 60 to 70 percent of the irreversible type. Despite a great deal of r Stent attention in the meala, the cause of this widespread disease is still unknown. No treatment has yet proven successful. 20 to 25 percent of cases of irreversible senility are caused by multiple small strokes. In rare cases dementia can be caused by Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, and a number of other unusual diseases. IN NORMAL aging one may forget someone's name temporarily. The person usually knows he* or she has a tendency to forget things and may become concerned about this. However, in true senile dementia, pieces of knowledge become lost forever and the memory loss is usually recognized by the family rather tihan the patient. Its development is usually slow, except in stroke cases. Patients tend to neglect

their appearance, wearing soijed clothes, allowing underwear to show and neglecting to wash at i times. Their personality seems to' change with characteristics becoming exaggerated. Judgment eventually becomes impaired and they can become a danger to themselves and others. They may attempt to drive i a car when unable to do so responsibly, leave On the cooking gas, not lock doors, smoke in bed, etc. FORGETFULNESS usually starts with loss of the day of the week, then the month, then the year and even the season. Relatives and friends will find they are being confused, or being called the names of deceased i persons. Interestingly, the senile person does not tend to forget his or her own name and identity. Also, intellectual ability is progressively lost. New phone numbers, names of caretakers or , new grandchildren are not remdrhbered. i Irreversible senility in i the case of strokes (called "multiple infarct dementia") can often be controlled so that the senility will not greatly worsen. This is done with various medications that attempt to prevent strokes. There is not too much that can be done to help those who apparently have Alzheimer's. If the person « becomes too agitated or ' violent, some physicians t will prescribe mild seda- ' tives or anti-anxiety drugs '

feel 4a t senile dementia neecY to be checked for possible reversibility, a numjBr of basic tests will be ottered in addition to a Phy'Mpl exam and evaluation^ mental performatve. Medications will be cqrJWly reviewed to make stugHftne could be causing theaEnented state. TWTS MAY include thoflKto see how concentrafl certain medicines haraBbecome in the blood strflA. Basic blood tests (orBmcr, kidney, heart. bl(S^ clotting and thyroid fuiftion, B12 and folate are ^ among those that can be * j helpful. In certain areas Jr heavy metals or other toxinsJmay cause dementia an#can be checked, as well as a number of other blood test| for rare diseases like Msl electrocardiogram dAAe double checked: a X-ray can prove iljHul. as can a CT < called wff-Vscan, EEG (eleotrMteephalogram, showltfrVe electrical activity of tfwp*£in>, hearing and visiM£ tests, and possibly a spiral I tap. »' Since the only way to definitely diagnose Alzheimer's is on brain biopsy at autopsy, it is a diagnosis of exclusion and last resort. The course of this disease (or this category for many years as yet unknown diseases) is difficult to predict. In equal thirds patients will either worsen rapidly, stay the . same, or slowly experience increasing dementia over the subsequent years. Health Watch is a public education project of the Cape May County Unit of the American Cancer Society of which Dr Beit man is co-chairman.

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