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Heart Disease Discussed for
Public Health Association
Dr. R. E. Hibbs spoke on the
relationship between obesity and
heart disease before members of
the Jackson County Public
Health association at a bi-month
ly meeting in St. Mark's Guild
hall January 19. More than 60
members attended the afternoon
w session.
The physician pointed out that
one of the prime factors of heart
disease is overweight and that
this fact is borne out by statistics
compiled by insurance compan
ies which indicate that persons
who are overweight are poor
risks for insurance.
He also said that the causes
for obesity are both psychologi
cal and physiological. For this
reason ritany persons find it
easier to reduce when they are
On a group with other persons
who have the same problems.
The doctor also discussed the
frequency of hardening of the
arteries in persons of all ages
and stated that it was not neces
sarily a condition of old age but
often begins in early life.
O Because of the relationship of
obesity t heart disease, the Ore
gon Heart association is sponsor
ing a weight-reduction program
in Jackson county. This program
was described by Henry Keneal
ly, program director of the Ore
gon Heart association. Mr. Ken
really, stated this program is a
free public service. However,
participants must be referred by
private physicians for admission.
The film "The Doctor Exam
ines Your Heart" was shown,
and it was pointed out that this
film is available to local groups
planning health programs, and
some local physicians have of
fered to spealfi Any group desir
ing to schedule such a program
may call the County Health De
partment, 2-7159.
Mrs. Henry Padgham, presi
dent of the association, presided
at the business meeting follow
ing the program. She introduced
Mrs. Stanley Berger, new di
rector of women's work for the
YMCA, who described the new
program there.
The group voted to change the
by laws of the constitution, and
have the annual meeting in
March rather than in May so
that the newly elected officers
can attend the annual meeting
of the Oregon Tuberculosis and
Health association.
Mrs. M. O. Grove announced
that the Christmas Seal Sale re
turns were about $200 ahead of
last year at this time, but urged
everyone to send in their checks
for, the seal3 if they have not
already done so.
Mrs. Chester Guches said the
x-ray clinic is open every Thurs
day from 2 to 5 p.m., at Sacred
Heart hospital, and announced
that very shortly the unit would
be open one evening a month in
order io accomodate those who
could not come during .the after
non for chest x-rays.
The family life chairman an
nounced that an all-day leader
ship training meeting will be
held January 31, from 9:30 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at First Methodist
church in Medford.
Refreshments were furnished
by Gold Hill Health unit. The
lace-covered table was centered
with a brown bowl of Hawaiian
woodroses and grasses, with or
ange painted pampas, sent by
Mrs. M. Schoenemann.
Aid Association
To Hold Meeting
At Local Church
A quarterly business meeting
of the local unit of the Aid As
sociation for Lutherans will be
held at St. Peters Lutheran
church, 1024 East Main street,
at 8 p.m., Friday, January 27.
Officers will be installed.
Homer Pleyer is to take the
office of president; Hugh Hunt
ley, vice-president, and Miss
Ruby Mack, secretary-treasurer.
Retiring officers are Harvey
Brandau, president; Herman
Mack, 'vice-president, and Mrs.
Brandau, secretary-treasurer.
Congregation members and
visitors are invited.
The average household should
be equipped with six or eight
sheets per bed.
Ground Observor
Puts in 13,000
Hours for Corps
Bullingham, Wash. U.R
Mrs. Margaret Lucille Nixon has
put in more than 13,000 hours in
the defense of her country.
The patriotic housewife said
she has spent that much time
working for the Ground Observ
er corps because "it is something
I must do."
Mrs. Nixon, one of the nation's
most active observers, stepped
forward five years ago when the
Air Force called for volunteers
to organize the GOC. Since then,
she has stood watches at the Bel-
lingham skywatch station, has
spent other hours in co-ordina
tion and supervision of GOC
work, and has at times been call
ed from her bed for night-time
alerts.
Believes in Work
"It's part of my life," said the
small, gray-haired Mrs. Nixon. "I
believe in it. I wonder why it
takes something like a Pearl
Harbor to make people realize
how vital this work is."
The Air Force honored her re
cently with an awards ceremony
at the Seattle field center.
The volunteer worker says she
and her husband have no chil
dren of their own, but "I've rais
ed a million in the neighbor
hood."
Even if there were children,
she still would be an observer.
Says Mrs. Nixon "Of course
I would. We have one watcher
with six."
IPoitpoirairiri
Chapter to Hold
Pledge Training
A pledge training meeting is
planned by Beta Upsilon chapter
of Beta ' Sigma Phi sorority,
Tuesday, January 31. The ses
sion will be held at 7:30 p.m.,
in the home of Mrs. Roy Stein,
518 Barnes street. Refreshments
will be served by the hostess.
At a chapter meeting Tues
day evening at the H. K. Hamil
ton home, 2199 Crestbrook road,
the group planned to conduct a
rummage sale in February. Mrs.
Paul Morris, president, presided
for the meeting.
Mrs. ,M. H. Parsons gave the
cultural program with the title,
"Your Poise and Charm." - "
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"Do Americans believe in missionaries?" The story of how a
Hindu priest asked this question of an American editor is carried
in a recent issue of the Saturday Review. And before you take
it for granted that the Hindu was talking about American mis
sionaries to his land, we want to add that he wasn't this Hindu
priest wants to become a missionary from his people to Christ
ians in the United States.
What is even more interesting, this Hindu priest, according
to Norman Cousins, doesn't want to convert anyone in the U.S
to his religion he believes they should be converted to the
Christian religion. Mr. Cousins relates how he met the priest,
Satis Prasad, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Satis Prasad explained that
"there are no basic differences in the moral substance of Hinduism
and Christianity," and that "in moral teachings they have far
more in common than most people realize. He added "I would
like to concentrate on making Americans aware of the need to
believe in these moral teachings, by whatever name they go. The
important thing is not what I call it, but the teachings themselves."
...
Satis Prasad explained to the American editor that he had
made a study of the similarities of the two religions, comparing
quotations from the Old and New Testament of the Bible with
passages from the Mahabbarata, the epic poem of the Hindu
religion. One was this: From the Mahabbarata "Treat others as
thou wouldst thyself be treated;" from the Bible, "Whatsoever ye
would that men do to you, do ye even so to them." Or this: "Man
obtains a proper rule of action by looking on his neighbor as him
self" from the Mahabbarata, and "Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as theyself," from the Bible.
Another example was "Overcome evil with good," from St.
Paul's Epistle to the Romans and "Overcome the evil man by
goodness," from Mahabbarata; still another "Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does cor
rupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up
for yourself treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
does corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal,"
from St. Matthew, as compared to "Lay up the only treasure; do
good deeds; practice sobriety and self-control; Amass that wealth
which thieves cannot abstract; Nor tyrants seize, which follows
thee at death, Which never wastes away nor is corrupted," from
Mahabbarata.
There were others, and the Hindu declared that his study
of comparisons filled many pages.
.
The priest told Mr. Cousins "Christianity cannot survive in the
abstract. It needs not membership, but believers. The people
of your country may claim they believe in Christianity, but from
what I read at this distance, Christianity is more a custom than
anything else."
Satis Prasad had much more to say, as reported by Mr. Cousins.
He spoke of the two atom bombs dropped on Japan adding
"When you kill without meaning, you go beyond war." Your very
way of life, your whole economy, your foreign policy, your'values
surely you must see the great inconsistency between' them and
the teachings of Jesus. Christianity is a religion of humility, of
renunciation, of sacrifice, of moral purity. It is not a power doc
trine for a nation or an individual. Yet even as you flout Christ's
will, you call yourself Christians ..."
"I would ask that you either accept the teachings of Jesus
in your everyday lives and in your affairs as a nation, or stop in
voking his name as sanction for everything you do."
So, how about it, do Americans believe in missionaries? Would
they like to have Satis Prasad preach in the churches of America?
Dr. Elmo Stevenson was startled Thursday night. When he
found out that two of his dinner companions, Potpourri and
Voda Brower, remembered what he said in a speech to BPWC
members 10 years ago, he expressed concern. President Steven
son delivers many, many speeches, and if his audience remembers
them for 10 years back, the SOC head began to wonder if his
supply of topics and information would hold out for another 10
years.
It may be a woman who will pilot the first rocket ship to the
moon. In a speech which Charles J. Lowen, administrator of Civil
Aeronautics, U. S. Department of Commerce, made for the Wo
men's National Aeronautic association a few days ago, he re
peated this statement.
Mr. Lowen said that a woman may be selected because of
her physical ability better, to withstand the special stresses and
strains of such a trip and her usually smaller size and then said
"I suppose it should be added her superior photogenic qualities
for the takeoff ceremonies and the honor banquet.
Add interesting coincidences: There are two father-daughter
attorney teams in Oregon, Edward C. Kelly and daughter, Nor-
een. Medford, and B. A. Khks and daughter, Dorothy, Portland
Mr. Kliks' son. Bernard, is also a member of the firm and Mr.
Kelley's son, also named Bernard, was formerly associated with
his father and will be so again when he completes his army ser
vice. ,
Bernard Kelly is now stationed at Ft. Jackson, near Columbia
South Carolina, and is serving with a legal assistant's detachment.
The Kiplinger letter says that there are 21 million, women
with paying jobs in America today. Before the war, only 27 per
cent worked at jobs outside of their home, but in iboo, sb per
cent did. Of the married women, 30 per cent are employed, and
the number is increasing. On the national average, the pay for
women's jobs has. risen less than men's. g
West Berlin has its first milk bar, "The Multi-colored Cow,'
according to the Berlin Tourist office. The milk bar operates in
comnetition with sidewalk cafes, wine-shops and beer-stuDen
Located near the theater district of the Kurfuerstendamm, the
milk-bar offers 85 different milk drinks, 21. different ice-cream
concoctions and a variety of snacks from 7 a.m. until midnight.
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If a housewife doesn't like clothespins, . she can now buy a
zipper clothesline. A recent article from New York says that a
rh "hae a mnvintf slider which
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