MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
TULSDAY, MAY 16, 1961
The Medical Roundup
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A Lonely Person with
Sotoi Arthiitii
It ij lad that severe ar
thritli - especially when it
attacks lomeone who Is old
and poor and living alone in
one or two rooms - is a di
sease that is very hard to
treat,
Alvaraa
Faced
with a prob
lem like
this, a con
s c i n tious
P h y s i cion
feels helpless;
he knows
there is so lit
tle he can do,
I have here
a letter which
tears at my heart. It is from
widow of 60 who says she
lives alone and doesn't know
which way to turn. She has
become crippled with a col
lapsed spine which causes
much pain; also she has sev
eral stiff and painful joints.
She gets terrible spasms in
her legs.
She has her1 small social
security check each month,
and a little widow's pension,
and she is proud of the fact
that, so far, she has been able
to pay her bills. Sometimes
she is in so much pain that
the can't get to the bathroom
or she can't get to the kit
chen. Naturally, often she can
. not get to the market to buy
food. She Is becoming almost
suicidal in her anxiety over
the future. What .on earth is
going to happen to herif she
gets a little worse so that she
never can get out of bed? Un
fortunately, she has no insur
ance that will enable her to
go to a hospital, and that is
where she probably now be
longs, or soon will belong.
Only in a hospital can she get
the 1 physiotherapy which
might help her.
She has become very resent
ful because doctors are re
luctant to come to see her,
and some just won't come. She
has developed a feeling of bit
terness against them. I can
sympathize with her, but I
can sympathize also with the
doctors. They hate to make
a call when there is so little
that they can do with just a
prescription. There are no
strong pain-relievers easily
4-H Club News
available which will not pro
duce habituation like that to
morphine, and there is no
drug which can be counted on
to cure the arthritis of the
aged. Cortisone and cortisone
like drugs will help in cases of
the rheumatoid, deforming
arthritis, but they do not cure,
and they must be given with
care and watchfulness.
If I were able to drop in
and see the woman, I do not
know what I could do to help
her, unless perhaps she lived
in a city in which there is a
fine nursing - service or a fine
group of hospital people.
I could ask them to see her.
Perhaps an expert on arthri
tis, an orthopedist and a physi
otherapist would drive out
every so often to try to help.
But these kind people can
hardly 'help a person who is
alone, because they work
largely by training some rel
ative to take good care of the
patient.
Obviously, if the woman
could go into a hospital, more
could be done for her. Per
haps, after a while, she could
get out of bed with less pain.
She could go to a dining room
for her meals, she could bathe
herself, and take full care of
herself. Perhaps in the hos
pital, a pain relieving drug
could be given at night, to
gether with a strong barbitu
rate so that she could get need-
ed sleep and rest. -
Experirranttert
The Experimenteers 4-H
club held a meeting May 6 at
the home of Mrs. Duggan, our
leader. The meeting was
called to order by our presl
d e n t, Marthanne Goodwin.
We welcomed a new member
into the club, Peppi Clark.
We discussed 4-H summer
school with those who are go
ing. They include Doreen Dug
gan, Roy Duggan, and Marga
ret Goodwin.
The meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting will be held
June 3 at the home of Mrs.
Duggan.
Margaret Goodwin,
Reporter
Senate Approves
Funds for Bombers
Washington -UPD- The Sen
ate disregarded the advice of
two presidents Monday and
voted to authorize $523 mil
lion to purchase more long-
range bombers for the Stra
tegic Air Command.
It took the action in passing
a $12.5 billion measure to
authorize more ships, planes
and missiles. The bill, ap
proved by voice vote, now
goes to the House. '
The action on manned
bombers was contrary to the
recommendations of President
Kennedy and former Presi
dent Dwlght D. Elsenhower,
Neither had sought the bomb
er funds.
Eagle Point Ranchers
The Eagle Point Ranchers
4-H club held a recent meeting
in the Eagle Point agricultu
ral building.
Roll call was answered by
naming parts of the sheep.
There were 20 members and
four visitors present.
Reports were given by Kay
Stephenson, history of Short-
h o r n; Lugueta Stephenson
Holstein cows; Nancy Carroll,
foot rot; Brenen Wilson, Char-
olais cows; and Graham Will-
son, different breeds of sheep.
On May 7 our rabbit mem
bers were guests of Sam
Thumblers 4-H club. It was
held in Phoenix. Their leader,
Sam James, instructed us on
how to show our rabbits. He
also told us about some dis
eases of rabbits and proper
feeding.
After the meeting was ad
journed, we had a movie on
entomology, 4-H clubs and a
film Strip on sheep judging,
Susan Harper,
Reporter
Bunny Hoppers
Members of the Eastslde
Bunny Hoppers 4-H club held
their last meeting at 5342
Gebhard rd. Marsha Bever,
junior leader, gave a demon
stration on how to show and
judge rabbits. Mrs. Bever ex
plained the records and story
sheets in our project books.
We discussed plans to give
a demonstration and rabbit
dinner for the Agate Home
Extension unit early in June.
Marsha and Richard Bever
gave a skit used in the Friend
ship follies for Central Point
Grange recently.
Richard Bever,.
Reporter
horn led the flag salutes. John
Fleischer is a new member.
Mrs. Anhorn told of her
trip to the "Parade of Gar
dens" in Gresham, reading a
poem, "My Garden," from one
of the gardens.
We discussed our trip to the
coast which we are planning
May 20. Judy Frink read an
invitation to Phoenix flower
show and one in Grants Pass.
We mentioned about growing
our sweet potatoes for a flow-
show in June. James show
ed his seed flat of test tomatoes.
Danny Hill gave us some
tips on garden safety. Carolyn
Sidener made an arrangement
of iris. Refreshments were
served by Elaine.
Cathy Anhorn,
Reporter
Antelope Sewing, Cooking
The last meeting of the An
telope Sewing and Cooking
H club was held at the home
of Elaine and Gloria Meyer.
In cooking, roll was an
swered with a recipe using
fruits or vegetables. The cook
ing club sold hot dogs and
cake at the Antelope Live
stock club tour. Georgia Hub
bard, Judy Hill and Jennifer
Nevin got the hot dogs for
the tour. The first year girls
baked brownies and the rest
of the club baked sheet cakes,
The tour was Saturday.
On June 11 there will be a
picnic at Woolfolk's lake. We
will go to church at the
Brownsboro. church. The 4-H
girls families are invited.
On June 26 there will be
the pref air. Donna Geren will
make arrangements for get
ting the home' economics
room at the Eagle Point High
school.
In sewing, roll was answer-
Daffy Dills
The Daffy Dills 4-H club
had their meeting at the home
of Mrs. Anhorn recently
Elaine Young called the meet
ing to order, and James An-
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Magazine Writers Won't Give Up
Literary Tries To Explain Texas
By DICK WEST
Washington-raw) - Every so
often some magazine writer
Will dip his quill in liquid
sup erlatives,
anoint himself
with the oil of
o m n 1 science
and undertake
to explain
Texas.
E x plaining
Texas, has, in
fact, become
a sort of ob
session among
literati. They
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the periodical
look upon it the way moun
tain climbers used to regard
Mt. Everest.
All of their efforts are, of
course, foredoomed. If the hu
man brain were capable of
explaining Texas, mankind
long ago would have unlock
ed the deepest mysteries of
the universe.
Nevertheless, magazine
writers have to do something
to keep themselves in tweed
jackets and as long as the
challenge Is there, I really
can't blame them for having
a go at it..
The latest scribe to take
the plunge is John Balnbridge,
author of a series of articles
that have been appearing for
the past month or so in the
New Yorker magazine.
N. Y. Holds Record
New York writers, by the
way, probably hold the na
tional record for the number
Ik
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LOOKING FOR HANDOUT "I'm hungry," Christopher,
a threc-month-old African lion cub seems to be telling Mrs,
Vada Stovall, wife of Phil Stovall, head keeper at the Port
land zoo. aa he Interrupts her reading. The picture was taken
Just before Christopher was returned to the zoo because he
was getting too rough. The Stovalls had raised him tor the
last two months since his mother abanaonea mm.
. . (UPI Telephoto)
of attempts to explain Texas,
It even surpasses the number
of attempts by Texas writers
to explain New York.
Balnbridge propounds the
interesting thesis' that traits
of character and behavior pat
terns which other countries
regard as peculiarly American
are magnified or intensified
in Texas.
Are Americans as a whole
excessively patriotic, prideful,
and clamorous for a fast buck,
while at the same time ex
ceedingly generous, friendly
and respectful of woman
hood?
If so, says Balnbridge, Tex
ts are that way, too, only
more so. Texas has become, in
his phrase, "the super-Amer
ican state.
This runs counter to the
concept advanced by previous
explainers, who took the tack
that Texas was "extra-Amer,
lean." or a thing apart from
the rest of the United States,
Being an old Texan myself,
I have always tended toward
the latter view, possibly be
cause I was indoctrinated into
this line of thinking by my
early environment.
There is something differ
ent about being a Texan," my
mater used to say, her eyes
transfixed by a daguerrotype
of the Alamo that hung above
the fireDlace.
I remember asking ner
once what it was wai was
different about US.
"Well, for one thing," she
said, "we don't live in OKia
homa." After reading Bain-
bridge's articles. I am now
inclined to think the "super
America" theory may be more
valid. But this explanation
also leaves me with some
thing less than a sense of ful
fillment.
Eventually, perhaps, some
writer will be transported in
to the realm of the occult and
thus find himself able to tx
nlaln the Inexplicable.
Such a breakthrough could
be a boon to all humanity. It
could mean that people every
where would be spared from
hearing any more Texas Jokes.
JACKIE'S FAVORITES
Ottawa. ITU-Art and horses,
two of Jacqueline Kennedy
favorite, Interests, play a ma
jor role In the separate intin
erary drawn up for the Presi
dent's wife. Wednesday Mrs,
Kennedy will visit the Nation
al Art Gallery and see an ab
breviated version of the fa
mous Royal Canadian Mount-
eaj Police musical ride.
Supreme Court
Backs Vermont in
Parochial Funds
Washington (UPO The Su
preme Court Monday let stand
decision prohibiting a Ver
mont school district from pay
ing tuition for children at
tending Roman Catholic high
schools.
The high tribunal did so by
declining to hear an appeal
from a state Supreme Court
decision. The Vermont court
held the payments violated
the constitutional separation
of church and state. Monday's
action was taken in a brief
unsigned order by the U.S.
Supreme Court. The tribunal
did not go Into its reasoning.
The action was expected to
figure in the controversy over
President Kennedy's aid-to-education
program which is
now being considered by Con
gress. Kennedy has declared
that in his opinion the feder
al government cannot provide
funds for nonpublic schools.
The Vermont Supreme
Court ruled that the tuition
payments for Catholic stu
dents were an unconstitution
al participation by the state
in religious matters.
FOURTH OFFICIAL VISIT
Ottawa - (UPD - President
Kennedy is the fourth U. S.
President to officially visit
Canada, the others being
Dwlght D. Eisenhower, Harry
S. Truman and Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Grange News
Phoenix Grange
The regular meeting of
Phoenix Grange recently op
ened with Master Lloyd Lacy
presiding.
Roscoe Roberts, county dep
uty of Roxy Ann Grange, was
escorted to the master's sta
tion. A new member, D. A. Pen
rod was initiated with the
first and second degrees by
Roberts.
Charles Johnson reported
about 20 to 25 per cent frost
damage to some fruit. He sug
gested some types of spray
ing be done at this time,
Charles Hockersmith stated
the current rains as being
beneficial to grain crops
Hockersmith reviewed the
history of how stock and feed
were moved over the country,
He also included the first
types of harvesting machinery
and its use.
An insurance report by
Roberts Included auto insur
ance refunds and that future
ed with an occasion and what
you would wear to it.
The mother's tea was held
May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Paul
ette Anderson's home.
Elaine Meyer,
Reporter
Medal for Dooley
Approved by House
WashIngton-(UPB-The House
Monday approved a.bill to au-
thorize a special gold medal
for the late Dr. Thomas A.
Dooley, who worked for seven
years to provide medical care
to Southeast Asian nations.
Dooley died of .cancer in
January. A former Navy doc
tor, he founded MEDICO, an
organization which supplied
hospital facilities to under
privileged natives In Laos
Viet Nam, Malaya, Cambodia
and elsewhere.
oldest mother attending, and ilies. Refreshments were terv
to those with the largest fam-I ed by the men.
refunds will be improved due
to a state sharing system. Also
mentioned were the low rates
for young drivers and fire in
surance on dwellings and con
tents.
Mrs. Johnson gave a read
ing titled, "What Matters,"
during the literary program.
Vaughn Quackenbush talked
on roses, their care and a his
tory of their beginning. He
stated they were one of the
oldest flowers and described
how they had been developed
through to the hybrid tea
roses of today. The Peace
Rose, considered one of the
most popular, had its start in
France and was introduced in
this country without the orig
inator's knowledge. Several
sprays for various purposes
were mentioned, and he sug
gested summer pruning to im
prove air circulation through
the bush.
In honor of Mother's Day
corsages were given to the
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