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along with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Creel and Mrs. Maude Miller ol Boston were Sunday dinnei guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Creel in Culpeper.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wood on Sunday were Dr Carroll Quaintance, the Missee Janet and Jean Payne and Carol Lee Quaintance of Arlington who came Thursday to visit her aunt Mrs. Wood.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wood, Jr. and son Henry B. and Aylette Buckner, III visited Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hildrup and family in Spotsylvania County, and called on Robert Estes who is a patient in the Culpepei Memorial Hospital.
Drownings Claim
221 Virginia Lives
Drownings claimed the lives of 221 Virginians in 1968. Of this number 124 persons drowned while swimming in a public place and an additional 61 persons drowned as a result of boating mishaps.
These figures, from the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Virginia State Department of Health, represent an increase in the number of drownings in 1966 (172) and 1967 (162. Six Virginians drowned at home, in the bathtub or pool; eleven drowned on the farm, three in quarries; one in an industrial place and fifteen were unspecified.
“Swimming and boating are among the most healthful forms of recreation and exercise I know.” said Dr. Mack I. Shanholtz, Commissioner of the Virginia State Department of Health, “But the hazards are of concern'to Virginia public health officials and the public should be aware of them,” he added.
Dr. Shanholtz said that inability to swim, inexperience, carelessness, poor judgement, or lack of supervision are important factors in most water accidents.
Three basic water-safety rules are: never swim alone, don’t swim out too far and never dive without checking for underwater hazards.
Dr. Shanholtz urges everyone to be familiar with artificial respiration techniques with the observation that, “More drowning victims could be saved if someone could administer artificial respiration in time.”
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