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THURSDAY. MARCH 28, 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
The Medical Roundup
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Emeritus Consultant la Medicln
Mayo Clinic
Emeritus Prof e nor of Medicln
Mayo Clinic
(Rt liter and Tribune Syndicate.
1963)
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Alvarez
once did;
PeopU Who HaU To Go
"On the ShoII"
A mother has written me
as many do-to tell me that
she fells terribly distressed
i because her
children have
I grown up into
ado lesccncc,
I and in a way,
lhave left her
4 -mentally and
Is p i r i tually
f I They no long-
er depend on
her and need
her as they
instead, they are
finding their own friends and
their own interests; so now
she is left feeling lonely and
lost. She says, "My babies
are gone!"
She admits that this sounds
silly-she knows that children
must grow up; if they didn't,
it would be a tragedy. But
she asks, "What will I do
when they have really left
me?" She says she hag a fine
husband whom she loves de-
votcdly, so she will not be
left entirely alone. She al
ready has found some outside
interests; she is teaching
part-lime, which is very good
but she still feels the need for
something to keep her busy
and to keep her from think-inn.
She wonders if she should
have another child. I think
this would be unwise. The
time to have children is when
a woman is young, and can
easily stand the loss of sleep
and the constant strain of
watchfulness that is needed.
The woman wisely says
that she hopes she won't now
"over-protect" her children in
an effort to hold them for a
while longer. She feels a
nervous breakdown coming
and she wonders where she
has gone wrong.
1 think this woman needs
to learn to accept the "stcp
duwns" lliul come with the
years; she must accept them,
and must quietly face the fact
that such changes come to all
of us. Also, there are com
pensations. 1 was just talking to a wom
an whose children are now
all married and in their own
homes. She says she enjoys
the peace thai has come to
her after SO years of hard
work well done every day.
She enjoys the privilege of
some limes sleeping a little
later in the morning, and she
enjoys the quiet in her home.
She has been wise enough
to go out and help others.
For years she has been a
volunteer assistant in a hos
pital; and now, while she is
still a fast and accurate typ
ist, she is working as part
time secretary to the pastor
'of her church.
Aging mm also greatly need
to learn to "step down" grace
fully and without painful
emotion. A man who perhaps
for years was president of a
bank can now, after several
years of retirement, go into
his old place and be almost
unnoticed. This hurts him. He,
who was once one of the offi
cers of a Bankers Association,
can now go to a meeting of
this group and no one will
ask his opinion about any
thing; the chairman will not
ask him to "say a few words."
This will, of course, hurl
him, but he must say to him
self, "That is the way life is.
so why fuss. The younger
men arc now fighting their
way to the lop-as I once did
1 am glad 1 don I have to
miike that fight any longer.'
A while ago I was talking
lo a man of 60 who in his
youth was his college cam
pus's greatest hcro-lhcir All
American "end" and pass re
ceiver. Ho said, "Isn't it
strange? Now when I go to
the campus, only the head
coach knows me, and remem
bers who I once was. Only he
pays me a little respect. Luck
ily, it docs not hurt mo any
more, like it used to."
One of the hardest things
that comes to many a man is
retirement at 65. He is wise
then if he goes right out and
finds himself a job; or better
yet, four or five jobs, as I
did 12 years ago when I "re
tired." Because of the joy
these jobs have given me, I
have had more fun than I
ever had before in my life.
Retirement is all right if men
and women will only accept
the steppings-down from po
sitions of power and respect,
and will then fill their days
with useful work.
Porphyria
I suggest that the people
who ask me for information
about the rare disease porphy
ria watch for the book writ
ten by my good friend Dr.
Geoffrey Dean of South Af
rica. It will probably be out
in about six months and will
be published by Lippincolt
and Co., of Philadelphia.
In the meantime, the es
sential thing for people with
porphyria to remember is to
keep away from barbiturates,
and especially the barbiturate
that is given as an anesthetic
in brief operations. Some per
sons with porphyria and an
extremely sensitive skin, must
keep out of strong sunlight.
There is yet no known drug
that cures the disease. People
with it should tell their rela-1
tives that all of them should i
be on the watch for the typ- j
leal symptoms-great nervous-;
ness ollen wun aoauniiiiai j
pain. j
Disease of the gallbladder
is seen 3 or 4 times as oiien
in women as in men. If you
want to know about this dis
ease, send for Dr. Alvarez'
booklet, "Gallstones and Gall
bladder Disease.' Address
your request, enclosing io
cents, to Dr. Walter C. Al
varez, Dept. MMT, Box 957,
Des Moines 4, Iowa.
hree Accidents Are
Reported in City
Three automobile accidents
were investigated by Medford
police Tuesday.
Treated at Sacred Heart
hospital for injuries suffered
about 1 p.m. in a automobile
accident at the intersection
of Eighth and Fir sts., was
Maxene Freda Dungey, 42, of
255'8 Table Rock rd. She was
treated and released, it was
reported.
According to police, the
Dungey vehicle was involved
In an accident with a car op
erated by Asa Lee Lewis Jr.,
27, of Glendale, Ore. Maxene
Dungey was cited by police
for failing to yield the right
of way, and Lewis for not
having an operator's license.
Cited for improper lane
usage following an accident
on South Grape st. between
12th and Monroe sts., about
3:45 p.m. was Theodore Gun
erens Thompson, 76, of 26
Newtown st. Operator of the
other vehicle was Lyle Gar
vin Mann, 43, of route 1, box
217. Medford.
The other accident investi
gated occurred about 9:40
a.m. and Involved cars op
erated by Howard W. Pin
nock, 56, of route 3, box 222A,
Medford, and William Docly
Liltlefield, 27, of Eagle Point
rural route, Shady Cove, ac
cording to police.
Springfield Man Held
On Weapons Count
Gerald Thomas Pcclz, 20.
of Springfield, Ore., was ar
rested by Medford police
early yesterday after it was
discovered he was carrying a
loaded revolver without a per
mit. Police questioned the man
after a Trailways Bus com
pany hostess told officers a
man on the bus (old her he
was a detective with a Cali
fornia police department and
had showed her the rcvolOer.
Morris Returns from
Reserve Training
First Lt. Brad Morris, U. S.
Army Reserve, recently re
turned from two weeks of ac
tive duty at Ft. Lewis, Wash.,
where in addition to his other
duties as a quartermaster
officer he taught a class on
the threat of Communism to
the members of the Strategic
Army command unit.
He was attached to the
114th Quartermaster Com
pany, a unit assigned to the
Sixth Army.
Morris is battalion supply
officer for the local Second
Battalion, 414th regiment,
(BCT) headquartered at 701
North Columbus ave.
Record High Use Of Electricity Is Noted by Company
Portland, Oregon - Record
high use of electricity by cus
tomers of Pacific Power and
Light company and comple
tion of major power transmis
sion interconnections for de
livery of new power supplies
to its service areas marked
progress of the company dur
ing 1962, stock holders were
told Thursday.
In the year's annual report
to shareholders, Pdul B. Mc
Kee, chairman of the board of
directors, said PP&L's 396,466
electric customers used 7,371,
407,000 kilowatt-hours of elec
tricity, a gain of 5.4 per cent
over power use in the year
previous.
The record use also pushed
the one-day peak load on the
system to a new high of
1,684,000 kilowatts, more than
100.000 kilowatts above the
peak of the previous winter.
Residential Consumers
Residential consumers used
an average of 9,111 kilowatts
hours, a gain of 325 KWH
over 1961, and a total that is
more than double the nation
al average household use. In
most Oregon and Washington
districts the average use ex
ceeds 10,000 kilowatt hours
annually, the company noted.
Supplying electric and oth
er utility services to 240 west
tern communities and neigh
boring agricultural areas re
sulted in total operating rev
enues of $100,158,000, an in
crease of 5.1 per cent. The
earnings of the company, after
provisions for the preferred
share dividends, amounted to
$18,296,000 compared to $15,
530,000 in 1961.
Completed In 1362
The earnings were equiva
lent to $1.28 per share on the
14,276,325 shares of common
outstanding at the end of the
year compared with $1.15 per
share on the 13,445,978 shares
outstanding at the end of
1961. Four quarterly divi
dends of 24 cents a common
share were declared.
Completed during 1962 for
the transmission network
were a 230,000-volt capacity
interconnection near Walla
Walla, Wash., and similar ca
pacity lines between Medford
and Roseburg and Roseburg
and Albany, Ore., and in cen
tral Wyoming. PP&L started
service to U. S. Steel's big iron
ore mining and milling oper
ation, one of the largest new
industries in the West.
It also finished a hydroelec
tric plant of 18,000-kiIowatU
capacity on the Klamath river
and started work on a 200,000
kilowatt steam-electric addi
tion to its big generating plant
serving Wyoming.
The new unit will double
the size of the plant, which is
located near the company's
Glenrock coal field.
Speaker Noted for Clinic Meeting
Dr. Joseph H. Trevleaven,
state administrator of the
mental health division, will
speak at the 10th annual
meeting of the Family and
Child Guidance Clinic
Wednesday, April 17.
The dinner meeting starts
at 7 p.m. at the Rogue Valley
Country club.
Edward Collins president
of the clinic board noted the
clinic is now in its 10th year
of operation.
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