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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOR; OBJEOOT FRIDAY. AUGUST 24. 1962 Dennis the Menace ' j1 I WISH WU'D QUIT LOOXlN' FDR SHARKS, JOEY j The Medseal Roundup by (Register Consultant tn Mayo Cltntc Professor of Mayo Clinic and Tribune ! 1062) brJ A Hiatus Hernia at 77 A 77-year-old man writes to say that sometimes he has a little pain in his chest. X-ray studies hia've shown that II he lies down and s t r a ilns hard, an inch of the top of h i s stomach will slip up alongside o f his gullet. It will do this in Alvaru thousands of people who were born with a larger than normal opening in the midriff where the gullet goes through. Almost all of these people lived all their lives without being bothered by their little peculiarity, and they never even knew of it. Why they should now be oper ated on for it I do not know. The old man who writes me says his surgeon insists on performing the big and dan gerous operation - required to tighten the hole; but he, the patient, does not want the operation, and wonders what I think about it. He says his good old family doctor is much against the idea. In the first place, the family doctor is not sure that the "hernia" is producing the occasional slight pain the man has in his chest; second, the pain is easily bearable; and third, the operation could easily be fol lowed by a fatal result. I am all in favor of the advice given by the old doc tor; I agree heartily with him. As he says, in his long life time he has seen many an operation performed to re move some little defect which wasn't causing symptoms; also there was no certainty that after the surgery the patient would be any better off. I always admire greatly the eminent surgeons like Dr. Isi dor Ravdin or Dr. John Cline or Dr. Norman Miller, who will get up in a big meeting, and say "Let's cut down on the amount of operating that is of questionable urgency." Many Girls Sad I get many sad letters from girls in high school who say that they are much distressed with constant teasing because of a squinting eye, or droop ing upper eyelids, or an ugly or overly large nose, or flar ing ears, or a mouse or Andy Gump type of lower jaw, or breasts that are much too small or much too large. These youngsters tell me that they are very unhappy and highly desirous of having the defect corrected by a plas tic surgeon, but their family only jeers at the idea, or they say "you have no money," and this is a most unkind thing for them to do. If I had a child with some facial de formity, I would have it cor rected as quickly as possible, even if I had to work over time every day in order to get the money. I wish I could talk to the parents of these young people to convince them that it is tremendously important psy chologically to have a defect corrected. Women with an ugly defect have told me that because their overly religious fathers refused to let them have the much needed oper ation, they grew up unloved, unmarried, bitter, and angry with the whole world. The women's lives were ruined, and made most unhappy be cause of the parents' lack of u n d e r s t anding. sympathy, kindne", and good sense. One difficulty, of course, is that plastic surgery usually costs money, but I have known some kindly surgeons who would charge a youngster little for a much-needed oper ation. What I say to all of these youngsters who write me is, "Do not let your family talk you out of it, or jeer you out of it. Work hard, evenings if necessary; save all you can, and then try to find a kindly plastic surgeon who will cor rect the defect." Although every patient would not be able to have it, there is an operation for Parkinson's disease and Dr. Alvarez tells you about it in his new booklet, "Parkinson's Disease or 'Shaking Palsy'." To obtain it, send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Register and Trib une Syndicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. Mailing Mistake May Cost Job for Ceylonese Envoy United Nations, N.Y. -IUPD-A secretarial slip-up in hand ling diplomatic mail may have wrecked the Ceylonese ambassador's chances of win ning the 1962-63 presidency of the General Assembly. Diplomatic sources indica ted Wednesday night that a document reported to have been written by Ambassador Gunapala Piyasena Malalase kera has raised some eye brows among the delegations of the Western powers. The document, intended for Ceylon's Foreign Ministry as inside information on United Nations affairs, was sent by mistake to eight foreign em bassies in Ottawa, the sources said. Touring South America Malalasekera currently is touring South America to pro mote his candidacy. He was not available for comment on the situation. The errant diplomatic sec retary telephoned Canadian officials and asked that the Activity Starts in Huckleberry City; Roads Said Good Huckleberry city started to bustle with activity during the week as the huckleberry crop started to ripen, accord ing to the weekly recreation report from Rogue River Na tional forest officials. Roads throughout most of the forest are in good condi tion, but motorists and other recreationists using the forest have been asked to use fire with care since the fire dan ger is again high. The recreation report by district: Applegale district: All roads are in excellent condition, but the last two weeks of hot, dry weather has made the heavily used roads dusty. All trails, except the Stur- gis Fork trail, are open. Log ging is in progress below Big elow Cabins and the trail has been obliterated through the unit, but will be restored as soon as logging is completed. All campgrounds are open and receiving heavy use. Many lost items have been turned into the Ranger Sta tion; they can be claimed with proper identification. No reports have been re ceived on fishing. The station is open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., seven days a week, and any information regarding a specific road or trail can be obtained at the station. Athlnd dstrict: Stream fish ing in the Dead Indian area is reported good. Fish lake was stocked with legal size fish recently. Construction work on the highway in the vicinity of Fish lake has progressed to the extent that travel conai tions are improving. Portions of the new construction have been cindered. The Mt. Ashland Loop road and Mt. Ashland Itself are still fresh and inviting for a senlc outing. The public is welcome to visit the districts two look outs. Both are manned seven days a week. Robinson Butte lookout is accessible by road, just two miles off the Big Elk rd. The view from this lookout in cludes Fish lake, Mt. Mc Loughlin, Brown Mountain, and the canyons of the North and South Forks of Little Butte creek. Wagner Butte lookout is ac cessible by a one hour trail hike. Directions for getting to Wagner Butte may be ob tained from the Forest Service office in Ashland (telephone 482-3333). The new lookout building was airlifted to Wag ner Butte by helicopter last year. The view from Wagner Butte is majestic and well worth the hike to the moun tain top. The Ashland Water shed, the Siskiyou Mountains, Bear Creek Valley, Table Rocks and the Cascade Range are all spread before the view er in a sweeping panorama.", Berry pickers have been moderately successful in the vicinity of Robinson Butte and the North Fork campground. Bulla Falls dislrict: Huck leberries are starting to ripen at the higher elevations. Both Blue Rock and Rustler Peaks should have good picking if the scattered patches having berries can be located. Most of the district camp grounds have received new entrance signs. Road work has started on Whiskey Springs, Fourbit and Snowshoe camp grounds. The new facilities at Fourbit and Snowshoe camp grounds will be ready for the hunting season this fall. The district office at Butte Falls is open weekends from 1 8 a.m. to S p.m. and direc tions to the various recreation facilities can be obtained. Maps of the district also are available. All district roads are dry and in good condition. Heavy logging traffic may be en countered on the Lodgepole road week days. Prospect district: Tempera tures have been 80 to 90 de grees during the day with cool evenings. Fishing continuing to be good in the upper branches of the Rogue due to recent rains. Good catches of 8 to 10-inch rainbows in the mornings to evenings on flies have been reported. Huckleberries are now ripe in Huckleberry Gap and should be plentiful fjr the next two weeks. All roads to the huckleberry patches are open and in good condition. Union Creek district: There is a hint of fall in the air and the leaves on the vine maple and dogwood are just begin ning to color. All campgrounds, roads and trails are open except there are broken bridges over wet areas on the River trail. There is danger of horses breaking legs if ridden on this trail. The trail is posted "Closed" where the danger exists. The days are warm and sunny but the nights are cool this time of the year. Huckleberry city is bustling with activity as the huckle berry crop is beginning to ripen. The huckleberries are plentiful this year and larger than usual due to the mid August rain. There are ripe blackberries in the clearcuts. There is heavy logging traffic on the Mill Creek rd approach to Huckleberry city. The Grouse Creek rd. is safer. The fire danger Is again high and visitors are urged to use every precaution to pro tect our forests. COURSE FOR MEN Louth, England-OT-A new course at Louth Evening In stitute is called "survival for men." It deals with cooking, laundry and mending. THE BIBLE Q SPEAKS TO YOU Sunday, 9:00 a.m. K-SHA-860kc This Hflefc'i Chritliitn Scienct program "Maintaining a Happy Marriage" SECRET BALLOT Sydney - The Australian ballot system of secret voting was originated in Australia in 1856. It was later adopted by the U.S. and the first state to use it was Massachusetts in 1888. AUSTRALIA STATUS Melbourne - Australia was once known as New Holland. 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