SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16. I960
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He's Responsible
To the Editor: Some time
- ago, I wrote a letter to th
Mail Tribune about my first
inp inio me Trinity Alps, and
I said: "Aye fixed 2 dozen
fiat tires and pumped them
up wim a hand Dumn."
The other day, I got a let
ter, it says: "You vas a liar,
dere vasn't dot much, vind
in an uf California."
VELL! Aye didn't sav dere
; vas. Aye Used SMOG. Aye
use vol eier dere vas handy.
ioaay, somevun told me;
Dere vasn't any smoe in Pal.
ifornia ven you drove der
11Z Reo Into California.'
Maybe dere vasn't ven Aye
drove to California, but be-
- fore Aye got back dere vas.
Vun ting for sure, Aye sure
. smogged up der Siskiyous.
Everett Acklin,
Ashland, Ore.
Thanks - Special People
To the Editor: We would
like to use this method of
communication to say thank
you to some very special
1 people.
On Aug. 25, 1960 Mrs.
Hazel Mundlin was confined
to Sacred Heart hospital. On
Sept. 26 she was moved to a
nursing home where she re
mained until her death on
Oct. 9. '
We are most grateful for
. me excellent care sne was
given and our appreciation
' and thanks go out to many
people - o her doctors; to
the Sisters, nurses, and per
sonnel of Sacred Heart hos
pital; to the minister who was
so faithful in his visits to the
hospital; to the nurses and
personnel of . t h e nursing
home: an desDeciallv to a
group of licensed practical
nurses who gave their own
time to give special care to
Mrs. Mundlin day and night
during those first critical
weeks of her illness. You
have rendered unto us a
service we can never repay
but we will never forget.
We would also like to thank
all of our friends who at
tended the funeral on Wed
nesday, Oct. 12 - your pres
ence, your warm handshakes,
your words of comfort were
most appreciated. And we
, will always remember the
women in white who came to
pay their final tribute.
" , -mard W. Mundlin Sr.
6 Bennett st.
Medford
Phyllis (Mundlin)
Clawson
Medford, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Mundlin Jr.
Klamath Falls, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mundlin
Denver, Colo. i
Mr. and MrsRobert
Mundlin
Wichita Falls, Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Mundlin
Central Point, Ore.
Serious Mistake
To the Editor: Quite a num
ber of employees would like
to have money taken out of
their monthly checks to con
tribute toward a new hospital
run by the Sisters. And if it
were started, the employees
would be 100 per cent back
ers for the project. We all
know the Sisters' hearts are
all for the patients' welfare.
To them they are not a busi
ness proposition. No one is re
fused admittance because
they have no down payment.
All are given equal care even
though many are financial
risks. An employee is never
told to give a V.I.P. special
care, as is done elsewhere.
AS elsewhere, the number
of employees could be cut
down to give a boost for fi
nances. But then the patients
will not receive the tender
loving care that Sacred Heart
hospital is known for, never
see a nurse unless they re
ceive medication, and are
just lucky to get their lights
answered. Working a p.m. (3
11:30) shift, the patient load
here is eight patients for an
aide or practical nurse, and
in an emergency, where one
aide load is divided because
of illness or that she is spe
cialling a seriously ill patient,
it may be eleven patients. It
is unfair to the patient and
all concerned to share one
aid with twenty patients. The
R.N. is kept, busy with medi
cations and book work. She
doesn't have time to make
rounds.
A hospital run by a busi
ness administration that is
more concerned about the
office and maintenance than
i nursing staff is a cold place
for the patients, and quite a
number of nurses who are
just working because of the
need for nurses will refuse to
work in such an atmosphere.
Nurses have always been
taught that the patient's wel
fare comes first above all
things. .
At Sacred Heart hospital,
families are allowed to stay
with seriously ill and dying
patients. Is this allowed else
where? The Sisters go out of
their way with kindness and
understanding towards these
families. The people of this
vaney and from distant areas
will truly miss the Sisters. It
will be a serious mistake to
let them leave.
Carrol Costello
Route 1, Box 381
Gold Hill, Ore.
Unfair Practices
To the Editor: Some people
Dring up employment and un
employment as a political is
sue saying three million out
of work, etc.
Really that illustrates, as a
clear picture, one of the most
unbelievable miracles of our
day: Counting the few hun
dred thousand emigrants Der-
muted to enter the United
States by legal quota records
there is an estimated total of
six million people having en
tered as residents by various
methods of sponsorship, etc,
Then to that sum, add as
extra people the thousands
upon thousands that hold
more than'one job, plus all
other members of a household
that . also bring in wages.
There would be no need for
any unemployment or welfare
aid, were not these unfair
practices of greed and self sat
isfaction used.
But that would not fulfil
prophecy of what human an
imals will so do.
Amos Keeto
148 West 10th st.
Medford.
Thank You" To Sacred Heart
To the Editor: So the Rogue
Valley Memorial hospital won
out, and the Sacred Heart hos
pital is closing up, and the
Sisters leaving town.
I bet, in spite of money, the
Rogue Valley Memorial hos
pital won't be able to keep
going, cause there's lots of
people in this valley that don't
like that place and will go
out of town for hospitilzation.
You, just don't get the care,
attention or loving kindness
or consideration there that
you get at the Sacred Heart.
And believe me I ' know, as
I have been a patient at both
hospitals, in and out since
1921, and that takes in many
a year. -. ; ;
I had hopes of my great
grandchildren being born
there, as my husband, child
ren, and grandchildren also
have been patients there.
I wish I had a million dol
lars. I'd give it to Sister Mary
Norbert and Sister Peter Fran
cis. I am-no Catholic and not
much on prayers, but I know
that the Sisters at the Sacred
Heart have said prayers for
me and mine, and I'd like to
say "Thank You" to them
to the nurses, and aides and
everyone up there who all
work so very hard and put up
with so much sometimes
that I don't see how they can
take it and get so little for
it.
If I am ever sick again I'll
lie here at, home and die,
cause there won't be a hos
pital in this town that I'd
consider going to.-
Joyce Bailey '
813 South Peach St.
Medford.
In All Things, Charily
To the Editor: "In essentials
unity, in non-essentials liber
ty, in all things charity," is
a motto that graces every
Grange hall. It's a splendid
formula to live by but the
Grange seems not to think
that international justice and
peace are essential.
Religionists are practically
"in the same boat" although
their most revered leader has
placed considerable signifi
cance to peace-makers. I re
call also a passage which says
"Be not deceived: God is not
mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also
reap," and a command to love
our enemies.
Two churchmen are offer
ed us for leadership. They
are contesting over the means
to attain some rather non
essential things. Their only
disagreement on foreign
policy seems to be to make a
policy of conceit, fear, and
hatred a little more vicious
and deadly. The U2 incident
and the more, recent tragic
happenings in the Congo are
about as logical and charit
able as a person who would
set their house afire and then
curse the house for biyning.
However, we will settle for
Mr. Hammarskjold if he will
ban in this country from the
communications sources all
inflammatory utterances as he
did in the Congo. Some might
think this an infringement of
constitutional rights, but
after all, our supreme court
has decreed against crying
"fire" in a crowded theater.
We think a world about to
ignite to be quite comparable.
Anyway what is sauce for
the Congo should be good for
the United States. Besides it
would relieve us of the drivel
handed out by Frank J., Jo
seph A., Phil N., and other
columnists and commentators
too numerous to mention in
a 400 word communication.
As for loving our enemies,
I think that might be accom
plished. Already I discover
some dents in our unchristian
armor, for instance the love
shown Syngman Rhee, Chiang
Kai-shek, and Franco of
Spain, who have records
fully as black as the ones we
choose to call our enemies.
Surely we should go as far
as to grant to our enemies the
same privileges we are tak
ing, namely, to make friends
with whomever we can use
in our business of maintain
ing the idealism of our own
particular liking.
Bert Harr
Copper Road, Box 77
Jacksonville, Ore.
Contempt ,
To the Editor: How come
you failed to tell us that Cou
sin Castro visited Medford?
He didn't? Shucks, I was sure
that he did.
And what made me think
that? Well, I've received four
anti-Catholic pamphlets (un
signed naturally) in the past
month, and had they borne
a U.N. postmark, I would
have been sure Fidel sent
them, especially after read
ing where some chap , saw a
louse in his beard.
So when the fifth came to
day from a Ross Lane number
I was positive he'd been in
Medford.
My dictionary does not con
tain the word, or words, to
adequately express my con
tempt for anyone using such
methods, or any candidate
who condones their use.
History repeats itself, so
I've heard, and a friend who
lives at Whittier, Calif., tells
me that these tactics were
used, via phone, in Dick's
campaign against Helen
Douglas, branding her and
her folks as Commie lovers.
Should any of the good
folks on Ross Lane feel that
this places them behind the
8-ball, just say so and I'll
gladly give them the number.
Anyway, "Ole Leapin'
Lena" will continue to proud
ly carry my home made slo
gans of K and J all the Way"
and "NIX-on Dick, he don't
Click."
Claude M. Hall ,
2860 Hartley lane
Grants Pass, Ore.
Be Tolerant
To the Editor: When we
sing "land where my fathers
died, land of the Pilgrim's
pride," we sometimes forget
about the Catholic fathers
who founded St. Augustine,
Florida the oldest town in
the USA - some 40 years
before the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth Rock, and who
fought, bled and died along
with the other colonists so
that this country might have
religious freedom and separa
tion of church and state. '
When we say, "We Protes
tants are a missionary peo
ple," let us not forget the
Catholic fathers who' founded
the mission of '"Our Lady of
the Angels" around which the
city of Los Angeles gradually
sprang up and which is today
one of the most revered and
sacred shrines in the entire
city.
Let us not forget the mis
sion at San Diego, the one at
San Luis Obispo, the one at
San Juan Capistrano - where
the swallows return every
spring - the one at Carmel,
at Monterey, at Santa Bar
bara, at San Francisco, at
Lompoc and all the others.
While the colonists were
killing off the natives by the
thousands in the east, the
Catholic fathers were patient
ly and with great loving kind
ness gathering them into their
folds in the west,. and minis--tering
both to their physical
as well as to their spiritual
needs. By their patient en
durance and long suffering
they finally made the dessert
to blossom like the rose and
provided some of the greatest
attractions for the tourists
that our country has to offer.
When- we think about the
early explorers let us not for
get. Father Juanipero Sierra,
the story of whose life, jour
ney i n g s and ' explorations,
reads much like the storej of
St. Paul.
Also, when we feel inclined
to criticize the Belgians for
their not being able, in the
75 years they were in control
of the Congo, to prepare the
natives to assume control of
their independence, which
came too suddenly upon them,
let us not forget that we
Americans have never, in the
more than three centuries that
we have been in this country,
been able to, or even tried to,
teach the "natives ' to assume
control of this government.
Mildred EngmBn
1107 East Main
Medford.
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