Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1979 Page: 4 of 14
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Pa** 4 PONTIAMB* MfWS, Ttortoby, Jmw 11, 1979
Extension Service Offers Weight Control Assist
L SENIOR CITIZEN S CORNER
H HtlPfUl IDEAS FOR SUCCESSFUL RETIREMENT
Many met) and women in San
Patricio and Aransas Counties
over 10 are overweight
This means they are 10 per
cent or more above .'deal
poundage for their height, body
UtsW and age.
Even more alaiming SO
million Americans are
overweight and 15 million
Americans are obene to u
degree that actually shorten*
their lives
There is significant
correlation between obesity
and ill health including
cardiovascular disease.
hypertension, diabetes and
arthritis
Nutrition Today Weight
Control Tomorrow n the title of
an information letter senes to
be conducted by Kaye
Woodward. County Extension
Agent The purpose of the
senes is to help people analyte
Help Eliminate Mosquitoes
With recent rains, water may
be standing in some locations
on your premises
Such standing water makes
an excellent place for raising
mosquitoes, points out Ccumy
Extension Agent D P Pas lik
Mosqt-iioes lay eggs
whereve- water will collect
and stand for a week or longer
Young mosquitoes develop
only in water and prefer
polluted water for breeding
If standing water on your
premises cannot be ebmimeted.
check it weekly for mosquito
larvae If any are found, apply
an insecticide spray A spray
containing 0.5 per cent lindane
or 0.1 per cent malathion may
be used as well as kerosene or
fuel oil.
To prepare your own spray,
mix 34 teaspoons of s SO to 57
per cent malathion
emulsifiable concentrate to
enough water, kerosene or fuel
oil to make one pint of spray
Or mix 14 teaspoons of 20 per
cent lindane emulsifiable
concentrate to make on* pint of
•prey. _
Spray one ounce (two
tablespoons) of one of these
mixtures to each too square
f««t of water surface
For kerosene or fuel oil at
full strength, use two to four
ounces to each 100 square feet
of surface Do not use kerosene
or fuel oil on water containing
emergent vegetation
To keep annoyances from
meequitoes at a minimum this
summer take measures now to
destroy breeding places
•heir rating behavior, learn
how to determine overweight,
normal and underweight,
learn how to plan nutritionally
adequate meals with !ow
calorie* and learn why people
overeat and how to change
rating behavior to lose weight
and maintain normal weight
There is no charge for the
letter senes
‘Too many people are
turning to fad diets, ptlls and
gadgets in an effort to iake off
unwanted pounds. Mrs
Woodward declares These
often lead to poor nutrition,
economic loss and bad health"
it takes a steady balanced
diet and regular exercise to
take weight off and keep it off,
she adds
To enroll in the Nutrition
Today Weight Control
Tomorrow letter series contact
Mrs Kaye Woodward at F O.
Drawer 1340. Sinton 78387,
telephone number 364-233
KEEPING HEALTHY
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEING
OVERWE IGHT, BUT WHAT ABOUT
UflOf NWEIGHTf A CR0NIC UNDER-
WEIGHT CONDITION OR SUDDEN LOSS
OF WEGHT IS AN INDICATION Cf
KjOR HE ALTH. IT COULD SfGMAJ,
FOR EXAMPLE,WASETES - A CR0NIC
INFECTION, AND especially in
SMALL CHILDREN,
NTESTlNAL 'WORMS
ITIS*XJR
( N RESPONSIBILITY m
\/ry to watch C ty
YOU* WEIGHT
L, U ANDttXJR
( I J\ CHILDREN'S,AND
IMm) TO SEEK NEDCAL
g9p AtMCE WHEN
TVCRF IS AN
ABNORMAL IT Y
fluenre your decision So would
mgle your ability to continue working
then and your '-.rn financial situation.
It s difficult to provide a sii
answer to the question
should I retire’" Each person s among others
situation is different Social If you haven't applied before,
security retirement benefits ran be sure to apply two or three
be paid as early as age 62 But. if months before you reach 65 so
viur benefits start before 65 the that you will have full Medicare
amount of your checks will be protection the month you reach
i to take account of the 65 If you wait until the month
you should be you arc 65 or later, your Medi
c are medical insurance cover-
Jesse Howard Dies
Mrs Jesse M Howard. 83.
123 Marlin Drive, Gregory,
died at 715 a m Tuesday.
June 12. in a Taft hospital after
a short illness
She was a native of Iowa and
Rodriquez
Honored
Two students from Sou their
Texas have been named as
honor students for thr just-
completed spring trimester at
Oklahoma State Tech.
Okmulgee. Oka
Each earned a 3.0 or better
grade point average on a 4.0
system throughout the 15-week
spring trimester Most
students attended 30 hours ef
classes per week
Grade point average* are
computed on the student's
grade in his major area of
study and ha reialed general
education subject!
Tech the residential,
technical branch of Oklahoma
State University, is the largest
college of its type in the nation
More then 2.600 full-time
students were enrolled for the
Spring trtmeste*
Local honor students, and
their program of study,
include Rebecca Rodriguez,
printing. Gregory
White Receives
BBA Degree
North Texas State University
awarded bachelor's degrees to
640 students this spring in
fields including business,
education, music the sciences,
social sciences. English and
the arts
Among those receiving
bachelor's degrees was
Margaret White
Miss White, daughter of Mr
and Mrs William E White HI.
1403 Austin St. received the
bachelor of business
administration degree in
banking and finance
12 Named
To Honor Roll
(orpus Christi State
University has named 111
students to its spring 1779
Dean's List, an honor roll for
academic excellence
The Dean's List recognizes
students who are registered for
12 semester hours or more and
who complete all work
undertaken with a grade point
average of 3 65 or above
TheOCSU spring 1979 Dean's
List includes 12 Portland
residents They are Orpha H
Barrera. Nancy Sue Bohannon.
Marget Anne Bonnie. Janet
McClendon Curtis Tracy Ann
Fester. Johnasan M Gregory.
Jenneth Kathleen Loesch.
Elizabeth V Phillips. Deborah
I. Schooler, Janet M Smerke.
Stanley C Stnngham and
Geraldine Wehman
services were
had been a resident of Gregory
since 1961 She was preceded in
death by her husband Fred
Howard
Funeral
1 3 p.l
June 15. in the Maxwell P
Dunne Funeral Chapel Burial
was in Fort Sam Houston
National Cemetery at San
Antonio
She is survived by one
daughter. Mrs Leota Salmon.
Opalocka. Fla . one
granddaughter four
grandsons and 14 great-
grandchildren
reduced I
longer period
getting them
The amount of the redaction age will be delayed at least one
cej>ends on the number of months month
you receive benefit;* before you You may want to get in touch
become 66 with vour insurance agent -r the
There are probably other fac- office where you pay health in-
tors involved in your decision suranre premiums to discuss
tfbout retiring A company pen- your health insurance needs in
sion. for instance, would in relation to Medicare protection
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Leveen, Paul D. Portland News (Portland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 21, 1979, newspaper, June 21, 1979; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871510/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bell/Whittington Public Library.