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VOL. 2 No. 4 7"""-'·· )INITED STATES PEACE CORPS KOREA DECEMBER 1967
ccc.·~-.,, .. =-s.·~=== First lle;alth PUV' s Arrive
Justice for New
Health Program
Dr. James Justice, a ma_n
impressively qual~fied for his
position, has arr_iv_e~. to :s­sume
his respornnb1llt.1es as a
technical ,t<lvi sor for Hw
health progr:1 tn. Having ar:­rived
on Uw 7th , he mid lt1~:
family will soon mov<' nil.o
tlH.\il' 'i101111• i11 S<:011I.
~in1·t• \!l :,H, l>r . .J,dil'1 ' Ii:_,::
b<'<'ll i11volvl'd i11 p1ilil1c
health uctivitics. A.fl.ct· coiu­pleting
his intern shh~ at S_aJl
Fr:-tn('isco, in ('onncct.1011 with
1,lw Sl.nnf.,1 ·d J>l'l>f(l'atn, he
traveled to Aluska where he
spent most of the next seven
years. His work with !he
Aleuts, Eskimos, and Thl~n­gets
was i.n both preventive
and clinical health. He spe-?-t
one year on Pribilof Islan~ m
the Bering Sea, 300 miles
from the mainland, where
most of his supplies had to be
dropped from an airplane.
He was located in the
southeast region of Alaska
for a couple of years where
he was responsible for the
health of 16,000 Indians. It
was during this time that he
developed a tr aining course
for the purpose of using lay
Indians as public health
viorkers. As a result of his
success, the Division of the
PHS has now trained over 55
Indians throughout the U.S. to
serve as health aids. Another
of his accomplishments was
encouraging the Indians to
contribute money for the
health services, thus over­coming
some of their depen­dence
on the Federal govern­ment.
Desiring more experience
in field research, he then
spent a year in Arizona doing
a study of d iabetes among the
Pima and Maricopa tribes.
Using the t echniques in CP
he had developed in Alaska,
he was able within two
months to get even the most
apathetic Indians involoved
in the research project.
After deciding to specialize
in preventive 111.edicine and,
'IS:01·t •:, l I :tnL1 EI will l1:1v<.·
depos il.1·d i11 t heir b:11il, .,,, ·
eounl ;in 1•xt.r;1 sum 1.o ,·., v,·r
round 1.l'ip t.1·:msporLil i,11, I."
Seou] 1'01· jll(' worksh"I' l.o I><·
held l'rnn1 .1:muary 1: ,1.1, to
271.lt . 'l'ltos,· frnm Kor,·:, I 1.11:d
will :if 1.,, 1,cl t 1"' KL! l:111/'.11 :11•:"
work:-:lt,,p 111:1 .v reqw•::I 1·, ,i 1,1 ..
i>lll'::,•1n, •11t :,flt~r arrivi111·. i11
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.1nu11 !.l i.:·: 11!' F t ·~>1· ua·. y, r:/1 ;\ n .:h,
:-ind .,~p.ril Ju r__.111.itt\-:d to
th c1 1· RD',; by ,January 1st.
... The University L an­guage
Laboratory Association
of }Corea has invited all uni­versitv
PCV's io their con­feren;,
e at Taeg11 on Decem-­ber
27 through 2!lth. The re­presentativ
es of 2!5 universi­ties
are interestt,d in hearing
the Volunteers' suggestions
for and criticisni~ of English
teaching in Kore:1 .. . SIDE­LIGHTS:
One 11"wly-arrived
Volunteer r ece11 i I .v r eceived a
nackage indud in": a bunch of
U.S. aer ogram~; from his
mother . . .. An"l.h er Volun­ter's
mother :fin:1 (:a lled Peace
Corps/\:Vashingf.1•n and then
asked Kevin 011 the phone
(while he was 111 the States)
about the best v.' ay to send
her son smne money.
spending a y ear ;;s part of the
residency p r ogram at the
University of Oklahoma, the
J ustices planned to return to
Alaska to make their home.
The Peace Corps, however,
approached Jim and he sub­sequently
travel('d to Korea
for a tvm-week survey for
the purpose of de,;igning a
training prognnn (Korea IV)
in public health.
He n1et and married his
wife in Alaska. Ann is a
speech and drarn.atics teacher
cind has don~, some work with
theatre guilds. 'The Justices'
four children, who only re­cently
got over a bo1.,t with
chicken pox, are with them
here in K.orea,
.Ku,,ea XJ{;.'-- -Sarnh Mcfo­tosh
Mi:rter
Babes Born
Two females have been
added to this male-dominated
society, but it won't hold
·either of them back because
they have plenty of spunk.
These two females are Sarah
Mdn1osh Mixter and Hilary
Tate Cox,
Sarah McIntosh spoiled
Terry and Meg's plans for a
weekend at Walker Hill. She
was born at 6:25 a.m. on No­vember
20th at Severance.
Terry was looking sleepy for
a,vhile as his 6 lbs. 10 oz.
bundle saved her periods of
rage for him when_ he ca~e
home in the evenmg. Hes
looking more relaxed now­is
it fatigue, Doctor?
On November 28th, "Casual
Loren" took Keith to the hos­pital
at 10:30 in the evening
and then went home for a
n ight's sleep. He returned to
Che-il Hospit al at 7 :45 a.m.
to watch Hilary Tate being
born. She let out with a howl
upon seeing him, and he's
been proud of her since.
Late News
The Ministry of Edu.ca­tion
has requested a high.,.
lv-select group of Peace
Corps Volunteers to teach
the methodology of teach­ing
at university level.
This group, preferably
comnosed of Master's de­gree's'
Volunteers, would
begin its assignment next
fall..
!i!l I'< '.V /RHA ( n.11rnl b(! indirectly involved in
lfr.illl, /\11 x iliary) aniv,·d :ii Kon'a's family planning pro­F,
i111po /\iqmrt on D,·c·,·11tlH·r p·r:,m. The Volunteers' in-
1 '/llt. 'l'IH · :;o males, :! I r .. 111 - ~"lv"ment will consist large­:
il< •:,, :11HI 4 married 1•011pl<'s ly of lhe.ir maternal and
l'i1ii :-:lll'd Llwir thirte!'11 - w<·<·I, c:liild health activities. It is
11·:1i11i1,1'. :ii. Ghost H.:,1wli, :,:,sumcd that if a mother
/\l>iq11i11, N,·w Mexico 011 I>, · .. !mows her child will live
<'1·1nl11·1· I :\!It. Under Uw di- then she will be more recep­l'l'<'
I irn, 111' t Ile United SI.al.l's t.ivc to ideas about birth
I '11li\i,· I k:ill.h Servi,·1·, l.lw l'onl.rol.
11:1111111!': ,·11111bined fi<·ld <' X·· Vo lunteers will not be di­p•
·ri, ·111 ·1•:: with mon• 11::11:il 1.,·,'.I\V .involved in promoting
1'111111:: .. r t1·:1ining. I.Ii<· ic1,,,1 of birth control for
l>111·i111'. the tw<)1i\._v riv,· 1.w11 rc ~;tsons. First, Korea's
d:1 _1· 11 r i, ,1if :ilion in Seotll , l.lw r:, 111 iJ .v ph,nning program, in
1 •c 'V ':: will ,il,serve tlw op,•1·:1 - wl,i, ·11 USOM is involved, has
lio11 ,ii' lw:llth cent.NS for ah'cady been rather Sl\Ccess­fo1.
JT days ar,.·~ , .. '""<>.rn of the ful, in fact one of the most
::ictivities o~ · :inter:natj·qnal i:,uccessfnl ir+ the world. Con­health
~r~amzations in Korea ,;equently there is fear that
in add1t10n to the norm_al people might react up.favora­briefings.
The group will bly l.o i!.(noi·:in1. f'nr·Piμ:rn~l's
study Korean nt the K.L.I. telling t.1w 111 wli:,t. to do, and
from the 2nd to the l~th of so might react unfavorably to
,January . They are staying at fan.ily planning. Secondly, to
the Central omcials Training i:,uccessfully encourage people
Ihstitute near Tongguk Uni- to · ~ti.ange ~trong traditional
versity, cμstoms requires <\n intimat¢
Korea IV will depart on knowledge of the lang,ua&e
January 11th for a two-day and the traditional culture,
briefing at their respective which Peace Corps Volunteers
provinces. Then, following a do not possess.
two-week orientation at the The Volunteers will be
qun hea_lth centers, the men:- working with family plan­b_
ers will proceed to their ning workers who have been
sites. . . . . , working in myun offices. In a
~ost o~ th1~. group 1s _bemg few cases ther~ will _ also be
assigned m e1t.her Kangwon- a nurse midwife. Whetti.er
do ,, ·orf tKhyoCnhgsalln~ PKμkdeo VorI there is a nurse or not, Vol-on
_ o e o. as. or a
will work almost strictly in unteers will not, as some
Chungchong Namdo. h.ave wondered, give hypo-
These health workers will dermic shots.
Director Back At Offioe
Kevin r eturned to Korea on Volunteers, Kevin does not
Tuesday, the 12th, after a think that the travel allow­month's
travel in the States. ance will be changed in the
In addition to visiting near future. The East Asia
Washington, he also spent and Pacihc Region, particul_;
some time at each of the three arly Korea, is the onJy one
training sites. He comm:ent- presently pressing for a
ed. "Each of the groups I vi- change.
sited looked good, Korea IV at On another item, he found
Ghost Ranch, the .next group that Peace Corps rules include
to come, are a grand gang- one that states: ex-Volun­real
swingers. I think all of teers can't serve in the in­them
have guitars. There will telligence branch of ar).Y of
only be about 70 instead of the military services for fot1:r
100. This, in itself, is an in- years from their terminatio.ri.
dication of the tough t r ai:n- But there se.ems to be no such
ing program they have un- rule that prevents e:i:c-PCV's
dertaken." from serving in the army iμ
In spite of considerable the countiry in w~ich they
pressure from the staff and served as PCV's.