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Thanksgiving Reverie / Dear Father when we break Thy bread today, In this fair land where such abundance lies, ' Grant that we shall remember as we pray ' Those other lands where little children's eyes In mute and awful condemnation gaze Upon a world where faith and hope lie dead, Where fear and disillusionment's dark maze Are offered in the place of daily bread; And then, dear God, lest we should eat our fill And rise unmindful of another's need, Disturb our dreams and stir our hearts until We change THY WILL BE DONE from words to deeds. \ % By Viney Endicott

The Will to Live Nobody noticed it was I who would die; They didn't care. No one even batted an eye. An Antique bulk resting in a nursing home bed Automatically giving Me up for dead. But that little girl up in room 238, They say she needs that kidney much more than me. She could become a poet or maybe president. That's an attitude I have come to resent. I used to be a draftsman, helped design the city hall, Four sons and so many grandkids you couldn't count them all. Today the sun is shining my body, though it's bent, With that kidney could keep going. I too could be president. This poem by > Gail Milgram Beitman of Marmora, was used recently in a seminar at Bur dette Tomlin Memorial Hospital on cancer care and ethics. It is based on a real incident in which Beitman, a social worker, counseled a patient not accepted for a kidney transplant. He has since died.

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In the end, no one wanted it. No one. It had had a useful » life giving comfort; it had held babies, lovers, playthings. It had been a place to snuggle on; it had seen its share of sickness, TV snacks and bedtime stories. Now it was worn and faded, with stuffing coming out of an arm but it was hard for us to accept it was headed for the trash heap. . For 12 years we had all lived with Gold Sofa. It was the first place everyone headed when they came into the house. It was the first thing anyone talked to when they came into the house. ; "What a lousy day I've had," it heard countless times over the years. Once in a while, someone would tell it, "I had a good day." IT WAS THE PLACE to toss school books; it was the place to curl up on to watch TV. It was the place to bury wrappers from candy and cupcakes; it was the place to wedge little toys under the cushions. When the new sofa arrived, I uncovered Gold Sofa's secrets, still buried under the arms and deep down near the springs. Secrets like old G.I. Joe Clothes from back when #1 had egged his G.I. Joe's on into one adventure after another. There were tiny, tiny little toy figures asleep under the arms, left behind years ago when #2 used to play with those little guys. I found a scribbled note from so long ago it all came back to me — the process children go through learning to write legibly. First you creep; then you crawl. THERE WERE THINGS that got lost years ago. Things we tore apart the house to try to find and never did — until now. Old homework, some coins, a house key. Some mail from people we had long ago lost contact with. ** Gold Sofa had gotten pretty shabby as the years had passed. We had brought a slip cover to cover the spots, the place where someone accidentally left a marker uncapped once. The slipcover got torn; it finally faded so much we took it off altogether, but I save it. It went outside with Gqld Sofa, destined for the same trash heap. WE DID TRY to locate new home for Gold Sofa. We put ads in the paper ; we asked people if they wanted it. We put up a sign at the curb, hoping someone would come along and take it. But in the end, no one wanted it. No one. "I felt sad when the trash man took it away," #2 said. "He had to kind of crush it to get it on the truck. It made me feel bad when he did that. I loved that old sofa." It'll take a while before the new sofa gets talked to. Before it takes on our contours and shares our secrets. Before it gets the stuffing knocked out of it.

Rx : I Health Watrh = by Dr. Robert G. Beitman

Bladder infection is today's topic in our continuing series on the urinary tract. These infections can be tremendously painful, particularly for women, in whoin they are most common. One of my patients described it this way: "I had a terrific and sudden urge to urinate. When I did, it felt like someone was stabbing me in the bladder with red hot spikes. Once I left the bathroom, there was no relief despite the fact I had emptied all the urine. I felt there had to be another drop to get out, but nothing would come." This patient described the classic symptoms of a bladder infection, Frequency, the continued urge to urinate, combined with burning and stabbing pain. BLADDER infections can go on to become devastating infections, involving the kidneys in particular. Prompt treatment by one's physician should be sought immediately

„.when these symptons are present. When a patient describes a certain sensation under the lower back rite, like a dull ache, I know they've let the infection go untreated far too long. Probably their kidneys have become infected. The medical term for bladder infection, is "cystitis." This occurs most frequently in females because the entrance to the bowel and to the bladder are so close together that it is easy for bacteria from the rectum to get into the urethra (entrance to urinary tract). The body keeps the urine at a warm temperature, so once bacteria get in the i bladder they find it a i delightful environment in which to multiply like < crazy. ( Next week we will i discuss causes of and i prevention of urinary tract < infection? | Health WaUfa is a public education I project of the Cape May County Unit . of the American Cancer Society. Dr. Beitman is president-elect. ^ 1

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In 1837 while making his appointed rounds, a British postman delivered a letter to a maid working at a local inn. Seeing that the letter was sent collect, the damsel returned it to the mailman "You will just have to destroy it," she said. "I can't pay the postage." ^ Sir Rowland Hill, an English schoolmaster who was staying at the inn, overhead the conversation. Sympathizing with the maid, be gallantly paid the charge. The postman Iteft "I'M. SORRY you did that," the maid said. "My sweebeart and I have adopted the plan of putting our messages on the outside of letters. We read those messages and then turn the letter back. In that way it doesn't cost us anything to exchange messages." The maid's scheme made Sir Rowland think about the English post office department and how it operated Hill began examining the postal system, which was complicated and generally inefficient. Many of his observations and proposals were later adopted. FOR EXAMPLE, he proposed that all mail be prepaid and that postage stamps be used to indicate payment by the sender. In 1840, the "Penny Black" stamp appeared in Britain. Hie issue, showing the profile of young Queen Victoria, became the world's first adhesive postage stamp. Seven years later, the United States adopted adhesive stamps for use as prepayment of postage. The first American stamps were issued July 1, 1847, featuring a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on a fivecenter and one of George Washington on a 10 cent stamp. Since those first two postage stamps were issued, Franklin and Washington have appeared on more U.S4 stamps than any other persons. BUT POSTAGE stamps so more than show that someone has paid to mail a letter or card. They are individual story books which record the aspirations and accomplishments of humanity. The postage 1 stamps of the United States form a miniature art gallery of uniquely American images. Stamp* provide a rich source of reflection for 5 Americans by depicting the ' nation's famous in- 1 di vidua Is, great moments and natural wonders. Call- I ed "miniature messengers | of goodwill" by Postmaster < General William F. Bolger, i stamps do carry a sense of who we are as Americans < from coast to coast, border f border and to foreign 1 nations. 3 THE CHRONOLOGY of * the building of America < and the rich cultural 1

heritage of its many peoples are both illuminated on stamps. The Great American Series, for example, honors many Americans who have changed the world and helped to improve the lives of others. This series of stamps ineludes such luminaries as Dr. Charles Drew, a Black American who devised the technique for preserving blood plasma and Carl Schurz, air immigrant from Germany who as a statesman of remarkable ability helped to direct the course of America's development during the middle of the 19th century. This is just one example of significant stamps which help make stamp collecting the world's favorite hobby More than 22 million Americans collect stamps. TRIVIA BUFFS will find some real gems in postal history. In 1916, 40 Jons of ' bricks were shipped from Salt Lake City to Vernal, Utah, via Parcel Post, for construction of a bank. It . was cheaper than wagon freight ! The post office promptly rewrote its regulations to prohibit mailing buildings. Camels and reindeer once carried mail in North America. The camels were tried in the South during the Civil War. They did not work out because they stampeded wheAthey came into contact With horses or mules and often bit their drivers. The reindeer night work for Santa Claus at Christmas, but were too hard to train when they were tested in Alaska. What public office did Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman hold? All were postmasters. The Cape May County Library has, in addition to Scott's postage stamp catalog, books that assist in setting up and organizing your collection, a guide to the persons, objects, topics, and themes on U.S. stamps, and books on rare stamps. Check us out! Walnuts as Gifts and Decorations r. Gently crack an English walnut shell so that its two halves remain unbroken. Remove the nut kernels the shell. Put a small gift, some folded money, or a special note inside the shell. c Insert a tiny piece of doubled ribbon into the shell, leaving half of it out so that when glue the shell together again it may be hung to the tree by the ribloop!

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