The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1962-06-22
|ABC OFFICERS
NOTE PROBLEMS
OF ALCOHOLISM
Threat Of Prohibition May
Lineer Century Conference

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the annual conference of the
North Carolina Association OF
ABC Boards this week at the
Carolinian, Mays Head.
The. sessions opened Sunday
and closed Tuesday night with
a banquet addressed by Wade
Mari of Elizabeth City. New
officers elected at the final bust
ness meeting Tuesday were:
Remus Smith of Hillsboro,
president; E. w. Summerell of
Craven County, vice president;
D. r.. Clark of Edgecombe Coun-
ty, secretary-treasurer, and Al
bert Bass of Clinton, supervisor.
The threat of prohibition is
likely to remain another CEN
fury, the conference was told by
DR.. John A. Ewing, director of
alcoholic rehabilitation at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill, in an address Tues
day morning.
$4,000 Alcoholics
"The distiller is not causing
alcoholism" DIR. Ewing said.
"The problem drinker drinks be-
cause he has problems, and thus
creates new problems" He said
there were about $4,000 alcoho-
lies in North Carolina, with
resultant trail of wrecked mar
riages and broken lives.
The speaker pointed out that
thousands had been treated,
many successfully, under the
States alcoholic rehabilitation
program instituted in 1851.
Drinker No Sinner
eve must not look upon the
alcoholic as a sinner and a no
good bum," he emphasized. ale
is usually in his mid-30's when
he shows his disability. He seeks
to run away from his problems.
He begins to have blackouts and
develop alibis, and needs help
long before he is in the hands
of a doctor. Theree is no one
cause of his trouble"
DR.. Ewing said it was impera-
tive to learn more about the
causes of alcoholism, and es-
pecially why certain countries
such as England and the United
States find it serious problem
while Others, among them Italy,
do not have the problem.
Danger Signal
He said the behavior of the
alcoholic was released by his
drinking, not put there by it.
alcoholism, like fever, is a
symptom, a danger sign that
something else is going on" he
continued. Something is wrong
with the person. There are null
tiple causes; and while heredity
may be part of the picture, it
is never the whole story"
The problem drinker some
times finds alternatives to alco-
hol, such as over-eating, he said.
"Where is the answer"
"We really don't know yet.
Maybe family attitudes are i'm
portant. Perhaps instead of rigid
views we need a relaxation. /
don't advocate giving hard
liquor to kids, but maybe if
wine or beer were made reason
ably available, the attraction OF
something secret might BIT lost"
Can Get Help
! In conclusion, DR.. Ewing
pointed out that any alcoholic
who wants help can get it.
North Cardinals rapid indus
trial growth was depicted by the
days opening speaker, Thomas
A. Ballentine, vice president of
! the Glenmore Distillers Co. He
said that North Carolina ABC
control officers were largely
responsible for this in helping to
create an attractive image of the
State. He urged that the liquor
industry lend its support to
good government and contribute
to the creation of better living
conditions for all.
Delegates to the conference
registered Sunday afternoon.
and social hour followed. Bust
ness sessions began Monday
morning, with Presidet Sam D
Lovelace of Wilson presiding
The address of welcome was
given by Mayor Julian Oneto OF
NaSS f1edu.
Alcohol Not Problem
! Highlight of the session was
an address by the Rev. Charlie
Hubbard, pastor of the Metho'
dist Church in Chapel Hill. He
made the point that alcohol it.
self it not the problem, but the
man who uses it, and that al
cohol can be beneficial when us
ed temporarily.
Many of the delegates went
fishing in the afternoon and en-
joyed dancing and other enter
tainment at the Dare Shrine
Club Monday night.
Tuesdays program included
bingo for the ladies in the morn