Brookings-Harbor pilot., February 18, 1954, Page 7, Image 7

heart association debunks
myths about heart disease
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THURSDAY. FEB. 18. 1954
For Quilt Display
20 Year Members
The O regon H e a rt association
T w e n ty -y ear m em bership b u t­ , Mrs. Alvina Eickhoff, ch airm an and th e ju d ging will be done by
today asked every citizen to adopt pains and p alp itatio n s a re su re
signs of h e a rt tro u b le .” C o u n te r­ tons w ere presented to George ot the G range q u ilt displav com ­ 1:30 w hen the public is invited in.
this N ew Y ear’s re so lu tio n :
ing fancy w ith fact, th e h e a rt a s ­ N elsen and A rth u r O. B ollinger, m ittee, announced th is week the I he q u ilts a re to be picked up a t
“Resolved. I w ill be guided by sociation points out th a t these
and a fiftee n -y ea r b u tto n to P aul judges for th e quilt display p la n ­ 9:30 by the ow ners, and it is
facts about h ea rt disease, r a th e r sym ptom s” do not necessarily in ­
W h irry at last W ednesday n ig h t’s ned for F e b ru a ry 20 at the prom ised th at th e re will be som e­
than fears and p h o b ias.”
dicate h e a rt tro u b le —th a t only
tw en tieth birth d ay observance of G range hall. The ju d g es will be one in the hall at all tim es w hen
As a prelude to th e 1954 H e a rt your d o cto r can tell.
the local V.F.W. post. The p re sen ­ M rs. S ylvia Lee, hom e d em o n stm - the q u ilts are th ere.
F und cam paign, w hich Is being
Is it tru e th a t w om en w ith tatio n w as m ade by John Schum . d o n ag en t for C u rry co u n ty ; Mrs.
There is no ch arg e to see th è
conducted in O regon th ro u g h o u t h e a rt disease should not have fo rm e r s ta te com m ander, before E dith Ackley, hom e econom ics display and it is ex p ected th a t th is
F e b ru a ry in a re a s w here th e a s ­ ch ild re n ? T he oldw ives’ tale says a crow d of ap proxim ately 100 post co m m ittee ch airm an for the C u rrv will be very in te re stin g ami a t ­
sociation is not affiliated w ith | th a t it is. Yet th a t is wrong.
and au x iliary m em bers.
O th e r co u n ty Pom ona G range, and a ti act a larg e crow d both in the
C om m unity C hests, th e associa­
“W ith p roper m edical c a re .” re ­ 20-year b u tto n s will be forw arded th ird w om an th at Mrs. Lee will aftern o o n and evening.
tion issued a sta te m e n t d irectin g ports th e association, “m ost w om ­ to Sidney W alk er of Pistol River, bring w ith her.
Lots of in tere st has been shown
atfi'iition to five of th e m ost com ­ en w ith h e a rt disease can bear and C harles Metz, of Chinook.
over
the com ing quilt display as
mon
m isconceptions
concerned children safely."
W ash., and a 15-year to M ilton
w ith diseases of th e h e a rt and
F in a lly th e association debunks Foster. H arbor, tvho w ere unable alm ost everyone has a cherished
blood vessels.
quilt o r tw o w hich they would lik?
one of th e m ost p e rsiste n t and to atten d .
H eading the list is th e o ften - widely held m isconceptions of all.
to have th e ir neighbors see, and
T he local branches of th e n a ­ they a re in tere ste d in seeing th e | SAND AND GRAVEL
heard fallacy th a t “n othing can nam ely, th a t “you c a n ’t w ork if
tional organization felt highly q u ilts of th eir neighbors.
be done ab o u t h e a rt d isease.”
you have h ea rt disease.” H ere is
honored because Schum . s ta te
TOP SOIL AND FILL DIRT
I he q u ilts are to be bro u g n t
This is c o n tra ry to fact, says the an sw e r:
V.F.W. service officer; G. O. Pike, to the G range hall betw een 9:00
the Oregon H e art association, a d d ­
“Most can still ea rn th e ir liv­
ing “som e form s of h e a rt disease ing o fte n w ith o u t changing jobs.” and Mrs. Cecile H afer, s ta te p re s i­ and 11:00 a m. on F e b ru a ry 20.
Phone 2057 or 2341
dent of the A uxiliary, m ade th e
can be prevented, som e can be
W ith diseases of th e h e a rt and
cured. Y our d o cto r can help a l ­ circu latio n responsible for m ore special round trip from P o rtlan d
m ost all cases, especially if d ia g ­ th an 750,000 d ea th s yearly, or to atten d . S ta te C haplain and
Mrs. S h erm an W ilson of N orth
nosed ea rly .”
m ore th a n all o th e r diseases com ­
Bend
also cam e, as did D istrict
A nother boner w hich th e h e a rt bined, th e A m erican H e a rt asso­
C
om
m
ander and Mrs. Ken O liver
association would lik e to see elim ­ ciation explained th a t it doesn’t
inated is th e notion th a t “m ost lor one m om ent m inim ize th e se­ of S hady Grove, and Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs.
heart a tta c k s a re fa ta l.” U n tru e riousness of th e h e a rt disease H a rry B irch of M edford.
Birch
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hospital
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of
the
1 he association has th is to say :
problem .
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“After a heart attack, the ma­
“On th e o th e r han d ,” th e s ta te ­
jority recover to lead productive m ent continues, “ th e outlook w a r­ E. S eegar, C u rry county v eteran s
service officer of Gold Beach also
lives.”
ra n ts hope and optim ism .
CHINESE COMBINATION DINNERS
atten d ed .
Then th e re is th e long -p ro p a­
“It is o u r hope th a t th e people
A
new
program
of
positive
a
p
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g ated m yth th a t “m u rm u rs, chest of O regon will put aside th e g lar-
and
proach to A m ericanism by the
V.F.W . was the principal topic of
C hinese S p ecials Any S ty le
th e s ta te officers. T hey said, as
a re su lt of an rrg u m e n t initiate»!
C O F F E IS UP
in a sm all O regon post, th e n a­
W E GO DOW N
tional body is pursu in g a program
em phasizing th a t o u rs is the best
NEW HOURS
co u n try in th e world, in all things,
despite those who think th e C om ­
Open 11 :oo a.in. to i :oo a.in. through the week
m unist w orld m ore a ttra c tiv e ; I
th a t C om m unism can best be com ­
FRIDAYS
— 11 :oo a.in. to 3 :oo a.in.
b atted by overw helm ing those
SATURDAYS
11 :oo a.in. to 4 :oo a.in.
who advocate it w ith evidence on
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P u rc h a se rs of n atio n al forest
tim b e r in the P acific N orthw est
region c o n tra cted for m ore th an
87 m illion w orth of stu m p ag e d u r­
ing the last th re e m onths of 1953.
Regional
F o re s te r J. H erb ert
S to n e an n o u n ced today.
A to tal of 554,408.000 board
feet w as sold at 944 sales in
W ashington and O regon. E ighrv
p er cent of the sales w ere for
$500 o r less.
C om parison w ith th e O ctober-
D ecem ber period in 1952 reveals
an increase in volum e sold of 77
m illion hoard feet w hile receipts
to taled $619,061 less.
In O regon $5,062,250 w as bid
for 359,067.000 board feet at 532
sales. N ational fo rests in W ash­
ington sold 195,341,000 hoard feet
for $1,997.147 at 412 sales. S even­ J screened and w eighed to give full
ty-seven p e r cent of O regon sab s 0 m easu re and p ro p er proportions
and 83 p e r cent of W ashington
F ol a g g reg ate, to in su re q u alilv )
sales w ere for $500 o r less.
Included in the sales w ere 21
in Siskiyou N ational F o rest, to ­
talin g 22.630,000 board feet and
$272,928.
READY MIX
CONCRETE
FOR
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S E R V IC E
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C H IC K THE
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D IM a O H
BEFORE
ASKING
"INFORMATION
FOR A NUMB SR
e (««mi
j¡ Crushed (navel
ing m isconceptions th a t have been
handed down from g en eratio n to
generation. T hese u n tru th s have
fostered u n w a rra n te d fears, p re ­
vented h e a rt su ffe re rs from ob­
tain in g th e atte n tio n th ey require,
and in g eneral have been harm ful
to progress.
“O ur chief hope is th a t research
supported by the H e a rt F und
will prov ide th e know ledge need­
ed to bring u n d er control this n a ­
tio n ’s leading h ea lth m enace. T his
hope underscores and gives m ean-
i ir g to th e H e a rt F und slogan
H elp Y our H e art Fund H elp
* Your H e a r t’.”
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