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Sunday, July 8, 1973-The Greenbille Netos-13C Nun Composes Songs As Aid To Teaching MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) Sister Roberta McGrath believes strongly that music can teach. And to prove her point, she began writing her own songs to use in the classroom. Now, after three years of songwriting, she has made two recordings and, published a book of her songs, which have sold a total of 4,000 copies in the United States and Canada. The subjects of her simple, instructional songs range from the Bible to every day experiences.

"My whole reason for writing songs is to show you can sing about God as well as talk about him," she said of during an interview. Earl 31 Sister Roberta plays a 12- of string guitar which is almost Bruce half her size. On the first S.C., recording, "A Brand New Mrs. Day," she, student Judy Smith of and the Rev. Stephen Raughter sing her comagainst a choral Edsel background.

Ave. Her singing voice and songwriting talent prompt many to call her the "singing nun," she noted, but she doesn't like the nickname because of its commercial connotion. Sister Roberta receives no money from her recordings or songbooks. Proceeds go to the Hartford archdiocese's Office of Communications in East Hartford and her order, the Sisters of Mercy, where she lives. MRS.

GARY MRS. BLAKE MRS. DICKARD MRS. CLANTON MRS. SUDDUTH MRS.

FAUGHT Receptions Follow Church Nuptial Ceremonies 'Warehousing' Of Aged Called Costly, Absurd By THEODOR SCHUCHAT WASHINGTON During a study of Florida nursing homes, doctors estimated that 20 per cent of the patients didn't really belong there. FULMER-GARY East Park Baptist Church provided the setting Saturday the wedding of Miss Barbara Jean Fulmer and Jordan Chick Gary. The Rev. H. McCarson heard the vows at 4 p.m.

A reception followed in the church social hall. The bride teaches piano Dallas Independent Schools in Dallas, Tex. She is a graduate of Furman University with a B.A. degree and of Southern Methodist University with an M.M. degree.

Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Roscoe Fuller of 19 Brunson St. A student at the Perkins School of Theology, the groom is an ordained minister. He received a B.S.

degree from Texas A and University. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Creighton Gary live at 6048 Alpha Road, Dallas. Miss Linda Diane Fulmer of Wilmington, N.C., was maid of honor.

Bridesmaids were Mrs. Jeff Cary Garrett of Simpsonville and Miss Louann Gary of Dallas. Mr. Gary Jr. was best man.

Ushers were Jeff Cary Garrett of Simpsonville, Rollin Fitch Gary and Creighton Wayne Gary of Dallas. After a honeymoon in Mexico, the couple will live at Martin Hall on the SMU campus in Dallas. THOMPSON-BLAKE Miss Sarah Elizabeth Thompson and Eric DeBrady Blake exchanged wedding vows Saturday at the Fourth Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Thomas C.

Butler of Bruton Temple Baptist Church officiated. A reception followed in the church social hall. The bride, a graduate of Registered nurses at the institutions throught the situation was even worse. They said fully 30 per cent of nursing home patients should be either in their own homes or apartments or else living friends or relatives. Sen.

Alan Cranston, cited these figures in the course of Senate subcommittee hearings be held recently in California on "meaningful alternatives to the institutionalization of older people." "I am struck by the sheer absurdity of the monetary as well as the human cost of unnecessary institutionalization," Sen. Cranston said. It's been estimated that even if one patient in 20 could have his hospital stay shortened by a single day, the public would save $100 million a year in hospital expenses." He is a formr comptroller of the state of California. "We are, in the words of one doctor, 'warehousing thousands of functioning human beings," Sen. Cranston continued.

"Psychologicaly and socially, they are still fully functioning, potentially creative people. "But because they can't change their own bed linen or carry wash the groceries hair upstairs or may need little help getting in and out of the bathtub, we put them away in institutions where they lose their right to a fuller life, and we lose the benefits of all their accumulated wisdom and experience," he added. This is a nationwide A native of Waterbury, Sister Roberta has taught 10 years at Mercy High School and now is the school's music director. Next fall she will teach exclusively in the primary grades at St. Patrick's Cathedral School in Norwich.

Westminster Choir College in Princeton, N.J., is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lee Thompson of 431 Rutherford Road. Having received a bachelor's degree in has taught in the East Windsor and Lakewood school in New Jersey. A son of Mr.

and Mrs. Julius Rochelle Blake of 455 Palm New Smyrna Beach, the groom is an electrical engineer with Southern Bell Telephone in Daytona Beach, Fla. Miss Barbara Fettis of Philadelphia was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Peggy Skroupsky of East Brunswick, N.J., and the bride's sister, Mrs. Hattye Boyd.

Charles Woodard of New Smyrna Beach served as best man. Ushers were William Brockman and Hugh V. Duck Jr. Following a wedding trip, the couple will live near Daytona Beach. SANDERS-DICKARD EASLEY Wayne David Dickard, Anita and his bride, Sanders, the are traveling the coast Faye, following their marriage Saturday.

The 8 p.m. rites at Geer Memorial Baptist Church were followed by a reception in the church fellowship hall. The bride is a teller at the Home Building and Loan Association. She is a senior majoring in home economics at Winthrop College. She is daughter of Mrs.

Gene Albert Cook Concord Apartments, Anderson, and John Felix Sanders Jr. of Columbia. A management trainee with Winn-Dixie, the groom is a student at Anderson College. problem, no question about it. From 1963 to 1969, the number of persons over 65 in nursing and personal care homes went up 47 per cent while the total population of that age increased only nine per cent.

An estimated quartermillion to a half- million persons become full -time residents in institutions each year for reasons other than Retirement Report their medical condition. Nearly a third of the multibillion dollar Medicaid program alone goes to financing institutional care of aged patients. Accordingly, for financial and humanitarian reasons, the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has made improvement of long-term care and reduction of overdependency, on institutions one its major priorities.

Ways of cutting the need for institutional care of older people are being sought in five projects, including a "day hospital," three "therapeutic day care centers," and a "home care unit." The feasibility of "day hospital" care as an alternative to care of the elderly in nursing homes is being tested at the Burke Rehabilitation Center, White Plains, N.Y. The center will try to determine whether a "day hospital" can meet as well and at less cost the medical, psychological and social needs of aged patients while they continue living at home. Services to be provided include medical care, physical His parents are Mrs. Judson Charles Dickard of Highway 8 and the late Mr. Dickard.

Given in marriage by her stepfather, the bride chose Miss Debra Sue Tye of Charleston as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Kathy Johnson of Sardinia and Miss Margaret Elizabeth Ramsing of Blair. Miss Vicki Lynn Dickard, niece of the groom, was flower girl. Best man was the groom's brother, Charles Dickard. Ushers were Samuel Gene Cook of Anderson, the groom's stepbrother; Steven Bruce Henderson and John W.

Kelly Jr. The couple will live at 605 W. Main Apt. 2. HUDSON-CLANTON DARLINGTON Larry Donald Clanton 1 of Greenville claimed Miss Sylvia Ann Hudson as his wife in a ceremony Saturday at Faith Baptist Church.

The Rev. Paul Runion Hudson officiated at the 4 p.m. rites, assisted by the Rev. Thomas Alston DeVenny. Following a reception in the church social hall, the couple left for a honeymoon in North Carolina.

They will live in Louisville, where he will be attending Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The bride will be employed with Jefferson County Schools. They are graduates of Furman University. A daughter of the Rev. and Mrs.

Paul Runion Hudson of Highway 151, the bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. Robert Daniel Adams of Columbia. Bridesmaids were Miss Cebillia Der da Shelley of Nichols and Miss Teresa Ruth Huggins. Flower girl was Miss Chesnee Elaine Adams of Columbia, the brides's neice. therapy, occupational therapy, speech, hearing and psychological services, personal counseling, recreation and meals.

The experiment will cost nearly $300,000. The three "therapeutic day care centers" being supported experimentally are in San Francisco, Baltimore and New York City. In San Francisco, a "day care center" is to serve older Chinese, Italians and Filipinos, offering evaluation, medical followup, various therapies, meals and health services for those living, at home and others housed by the Salvation Army. In Baltimore, the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital will test the feasibility of using its geriatric day care center as a model for other centers elsewhere. In New York City, a day care center for the elderly is being tried out under auspices of 1 the Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center.

Trials in these three cities will cost nearly $365,000 altogether. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs is getting almost $200,000 from the HEW Department to develop a "home care unit" in Worcester as an alternative to institutional care. This project also will see whether costs of full-range of in-home services can be financed through Medicaid. Costs of the services rendered at home will be compared with institutional expenses. The Worcester project will be a model for others to be set up through Massachusetts.

If successful, these projects could suggest changes in the Medicaid and Medicare laws, which now authorize payment for health care mainly in institutions on a 24-hour basis. The groom is a son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Henry Clanton of 21 Kensington Road, Greenville. Dr.

Clanton served as best man. Ushers were Robert Daniel Adams of Columbia and the groom's brothers, Robert Alan Clanton and James Harold Clanton of Greenville. Ring bearer was Robert Kevin Adams of Columbia, the bride's nephew. LOVELACE-SUDDUTH GREER The Rev. Hollis Elias Lovelace officiated Saturday at the wedding of his daughter, Mary Anne, Larry Lamar Sudduth.

and. The 4 p.m. ceremony was at Washington Baptist Church. Following a reception in the church social hall, the couple left for a trip to Gatlinburg, They will wedding, live in Middleton Apartments. A data processing employe at Fiber Industries, the bride attended Cecil's Business College.

Her parents live at Country Club Estates. Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Odell Sudduth of 108 W. Bearden St.

are parents of groom, a graduate of Greenville Technical Education Center. He is with the engineering department at General Electric. Miss Nancy Lovelace of Greenville and Mrs. Paul Flynn of Lyman were their sister's honor attendants. Bridesmaids were Miss Mary Jackson and Miss Dianne Bailey of Hilton He ad Island.

Best man was the groom's father. Ushers were Frank Baker of Piedmont, Hubert Moon and Jack Breeback. BARBREY-FAUGHT DECATUR, Ala. Miss Donna Gail Barbrey and David Edsel Faught exchanged nuptial vows Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Flint Baptist Church.

The Rev. John Hamilton officiated at the ceremony, which was followed by a reception. The bride, a daughter Mr. and Mrs. Curran Barbrey of 2509 Highway South, is a granddaughter Mr.

and Mrs. James Barbrey of Simpsonville, the late Mr. and John Henry Lancaster Fountain Inn. She is employed at Security Mutual. A son of Mr.

and Mrs. Faught of 1009 Eighth S.W., the groom attended Auburn University Calhoun Junior College. is employed with Davis Constructors. Maid of honor was Connie Hightower. Miss Barbrey was her sistr's bridesmaid.

Miss Kristi Berry was flower girl. Best man was the father of the groom. Ushers Randall Barbrey and Barbrey, brothers of the and Kermit Orlin Faught. Ring bearer was Christopher Lane Eddy. Following a wedding the couple will live Decatur.

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