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12A MAIL TRIBUNf, Medford, Of, Tturdiy, Aff 10, 1S Active Older People Enjoy Better Health, Intensive Medical Research Discloses Editor' nntr: Following i th last of thre dispatches on prob lems of the aed. Today's In stallment, written by United Presm Correspondent Louis Cas sels. points up the need for elderly people to keep active. 'By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Correspondent Washington HP): Inten sive medical research on. the aging process has been under way only a few years. But it has already yielded one lm Dortant discovery: Old people who' keep active, in spite of their infir mities, enjoy much better health than those who give up the strucgle and "take life easy." Well - meaning relatives often assume that an ailing oldster should be put to bed and spared exertion and re sponsibility. But medical stud ies show this about the worst possible thing. Unduly pro longed bed rest saps an old person's strength, leads to loss of mobility and even to loss of kidney and bowel control, In time he becomes a help less invalid simply from staying in bed. Inactivity is as catastrophic for the mental health of the aged as it is for their physical health. Retain Interests , Dr. Robert H. Felix, dir ector of the National Institute of Mental Health, says peo ple who "retain a place in life, who have interests, activities and responsibilities," tend to show relatively few signs of senility as they grow old. But those "who step aside or are pushed aside, who lose their place in affairs," tend to become senile quickly. Keeping active is a simple enough prescription for the old person whose disability is heart trouble, high blood pre sure or a touch of arthritis. But what about the aged pat ient who has been paralyzed by a stroke, or who has broken a hip in a fall? Leading geriatric hospitals, like the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews in New York, have demonstrated in the past few years that "active ther- 6S 317- ARS 0Ld lift PU2KEB apy" can greatly reduce the helplessness of such patients. Even those who are badly crippled can be rehabilitated at least to the point where they can get around in wheel chairs, dress, bathe and feed themselves. Each action which they are enabled to perform without help how- Quotes From the News By united press Lajes, Air Force Base, Azores Brig. Gen. William E. Eubank Jr., who landed his Air Force Stratotanker here "Tuesday after a record non-stop flight from Tokyo on which he had hoped to reach Madrid: - "We might hare Juit made it to the Portuguese coast if we had carried on flying, but it was loo marginal." Cranford, N. J. Joseph Welch, whose 15-year-old son found in the family attic a letter which experts believe bears the authentic signature of George Washington: "The letter was in such good shape that I didn't think it was more than 10 or IS years old." ever trivial it may seem gives an enormous lift to their morale. When an old person re quires a great deal of care, isn't he better off in a nurs ing home? This question inevitably arises in family discussions when an elderly relative be comes feeble. The nursing home is a re latively new phenomenon in American life. Within . the past decade, their number has grown from virtually none to more than 25,000. They have a total capacity of 450,000 beds. Most are filled and have long waiting lists. New ones are springing up daily. Geared to Invalidism Perhaps the greatest short coming of the average nurs ing home, according to Sur geon General Leroy H. Bur ney, is that it is geared to in validism rather than rehabili tation. "The conscientious nursing home staff often waits on pat ients hand and foot, antici pates every need, and dis courages every attempt by their patients at self-care," Burney said. With the active encourage ment of the U. S. Public Health Service, some of the better nursing homes lately have begun to offer rehabilita tion services. They are learn ing, Burney says, that "many of the techniques are remark able and can be applied with inexpensive materials by properly trained nursing aides and orderlies." - Despite this and other ef forts to life standards, the Public Health Service reports that nursing homes offering good care at moderate cost are still "few and far between." A small gas turbine, ?peo ially for one-man helicopters, weighs only 50 pounds, but delivers 55 shaft horsepower plus a 12-pound thrust. HELP US! We Need Clothing, Shoes, Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 Slabs and Rough Blox Green Dries Fast 12 or 16 Inch Big Double Loads Summer Prices MEDFORD FUEL CO. Telephone SP 2-2111 Court & McAndrews Madison, Wis. Dr. K. C. Atwood III of the Oak Ridge, Tenn., atomic laboratories, on a new drug which may im prove man s resistance to radiation: "It may be possible to develop resistance to radiation up to perhaps five times the normal tolerance of a human.' HILTS Girl Scouts Have Party By MRS. M. T. CAVIN Girl Scout Troop 224 cele brated their first anniversary of the Rogue Valley Council on April 4 A party was held at the Scout hall in the Community Center building. A hat contest was held for the best self designed hat. Jan Smith won first prize and Gayel Ward second. Refreshments of birthday cake, ice cream and punch were served to Mrs. Frank Benson, leader; Mrs. Don Ward, assistant leader, and Scouts, Jan Smith, Gayel Ward, Janet Benson, Karen Bryan, Judith Rife, Pat Fox, Pamela Mendes, and Marsha Simmens. Mrs. Rodney Eastman and Mrs. R. M. Cavin attended the Easter bonnet tea given by the Women's Society of the Methodist church in Horn brook, Thursday, March 27. Marcia Cavin and Janet Ben son played accordion selec tions and Paula Eastman play ed a piano solo during the program. All are students of Mrs. Paul Green of Horn- brook. Straight BOURBON 05 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mc- Ferrin of Redding were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Spannous. Their son, Terry, had been a guest of his grandparents for the week previous to the Easter week end. Guests at the Victor Vande Weghe home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stickney of Medford and Mr. and Mrs, Florin Vande Weghe and Mrs. Agnes Hill and son of Horn- brook. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Sief drove to Mt. Shasta recently, where Mrs. Sief attended the Merchants fashion show. Her granddaughter, Linda Lind ner, modeled a dress from Pat's Apparel, a dress shop owned by her mother, Mrs. J. Lindner. Mr. and Mrs.JfcA. McCul lough and Mrs. Robert De Voe and sons of Medford, visited Saturday at the Don Ward home. Mr. and Mrs. James Cain and family and Mr. and.Mrs. Vic Vande Weghe and family took a complete dinner and birthday cake to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Oakley on Scenic drive in Ashland on Sunday, March 30. The oc casion was to celebrate the birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley. Home for Easter vacation were Robert Black from Ore gon State college and Cheryl Smith and Johnny Fogiato from Chico State college. Mike Numes, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Numes, left by bus Wednesday from Med ford for Ft. Carson, Colo., where he will be stationed with the Army. loWSA i mm i I T45 Qt. I Code No. 145-B ? I $260 I Is sUB r- . V I Pint ; Y Code N(- 145"c & p OLD A jCHJAKER. f?BOURBOHX J P OLD pil QUAKER 11? II BOURBON- j Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dett- mor returned Friday from a two weeks' ' vacation visiting in Reno and Carson City, Nev., and towns in Califor nia. Guests at their home re cently were their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Covert of Burney.. Attending the training ses sion at the Girl Scout head quarters in Medford for "day camp" March 27 were Mrs. Frank Benson and Mrs. Wil liam Wiley. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brooks and son, Gregory, of Vallejo were week end guests of Jerry's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Sief. This is the first time the Sief's have met their great grandson. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs.. Kelly Brooks of Med ford, Jerry's father and step mother,' and Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lindner of Mt. Shasta, Jerry's mother and step father. On Sunday Mrs. Sief suf fered a fall at her home while removing dishes from a cup board. She received a badly sprained ankle and some cracked ribs. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wil liams and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Williams were business vis itors in Yreka Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gano and son of Corning visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ward and fam ily. Mrs. Gano and Mrs. Ward are sisters. A dinner honoring the birthday of Mrs. Vern Burns was given recently by Mrs. J. R. Burns and Mrs. Harry Burns at the home of L. Burns. Yellow daffodils and lav ender candles decorated the table. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burns and daughter, Kathy, and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Burns and children, Danny and Donna. The regular meeting of the Hilts Community Canasta club was held Thursday, March 27, at the club room in the Community Center build ing. The Easter motif was car ried out in a molded salad. napkins and score cards by J hostess Mrs. Frank Ayris. Prizes were won by Mrs. Joe Caston, who had high for tables of four, and Mrs. Fred Haynes, who had high for tables of three and Mrs. Art Blanchard low. Others present were ' Mrs. Don Ward, Mrs. Gilbert Lu per, Mrs. Orval Rife, Mrs. Frank Graves, Mrs. Art Hart- man, Mrs. M. G. King and Mrs. Ozzie Bjernheisel. Mr. and Mrs. William Ray- bould, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hootenpyle and daughter, Na omi, of Cloverdale, visited several days at the home of Mrs. William Fraley. They re turned to their home Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Graves drove to Redding to attend the baptismal services at the Methodist church held on Palm Sunday, at which time the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jorgensen of Willows and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip York were baptised. Mrs. H. G. Thompson and daughter, Marilyn, visited several days in Medford re cently. I PILOT LANDS SAFELY Shannon, Ireland (W Max Conrad, 55-year-old Atlantic , solo flyer, landed safely at ; Shannon airport Wednesday ' night while 20 planes were t searching for him. He said the radio gave out on the Piper Apache he was flying from Gander, Newfoundland, to Shannon. SIUitrtT 60US20N WHISKEY - li HOOF 010 QUAKER DISTILLING CO.. UWUNCEBURG. IN 3. The high -protein pet food gsgfr in 1 if PURCHASE tJU '"515!? ( GUARANTEED l10MWi! 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