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CHARLES SHULLICK The 20-year fight against tuberculosis and emphysema waged by Norwalk resident Charles M. Shullick will be the topic of the Huron County Tuberculosis and Health Association Tuesday evening. The association will hold its annual meeting in the auditorium of Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital at 8 p.m. Shullick, who moved to Norwalk in 1967, was a parts manager for auto supply houses and built racing cars for national competition before his bout with emphysema ended almost all physical activity. Although Shullick was cured of tuberculosis after two serious attacks and several operations to remove deceased lung tissue, he discovered he had emphysema in 1968. “I bounced back after the tuberculosis,’’ explained Shullick, ‘‘and I thought I could after emphysema. I keep trying, perhaps more than I should, and it comes back on me every time.” Shullick explained that emphysema, a disease in which the lung tissue loses it’s ability to expand and take in air, deprives the blood of fresh oxygen. The victim, having expended the air in the lungs, is unable to replace it at a normal rate. ‘I still try to do too much and I wind up back in the doctor’s office,’’ said Shullick. ‘‘I have a breathing machine at home which helps me when I need more oxygen, but just the slightest exertion can be bad.”’ Shullick is receiving Social Security disability compensation and his wife has occasional jobs. The Shullick children understand their father’s illness. ‘‘My family has been wonderful all through the illness,’’ said Shullick, ‘‘and that was a good part of the battle. There are so many adjustments a family has to make with emphysema, and they’ve helped so much.”’ There is no cure for emphysema, now, Shullick explained, but intense research is under way to discover the major causes and perhaps a way to cure, or at least, turn back, the progress of the disease. “It’s just something you must learn to live with,”’ says Shullick, ‘‘and I’m learning. I’ve got to.”’ Dedicate New WR Building COLLINS — There will be a combination PTA meeting and dedication of the new middle school at Western Reserve School at 6:30 tonight at the middle school. Dedication will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the multi purpose room. Election and installation of officers will be held at 8 p.m. The Western Reserve home economics department will present a style show following the election. There will be an address by former Huron County School Superintendent Ralph Brown. There will also be the presentation of a gold key to Ellis Dunmyer, Western Reserve school district superintendent, and the board of education by the architectural firm of Barber, Norman and Associates. Removing Parking Meters The city has removed a dozen parking meters in the business district and plans to remove more of them along narrow streets to help clear up traffic bottlenecks. Service Director William V. Mount this morning said there have been seven removed from Monroe Street and five from Linwood Avenue. Those taken off Monroe Street are three east of Hester Street and four west of Linwood Avenue. Linwood Avenue meters removed are three south of Monroe Street and two south of Main Street.
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Norwalk Reflector
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Mon, May 11, 1970
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