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Officers Elected by Mental Health Association in County
The Rev. Frederick Rosa
Evans, pastor of the First
Christian church, Medford,
was elected president of the
Jackson County Mental
Health association at the an
null meeting recently at
Rogue Valley hospital.
Other officers elected arc
Mrs. Elvin Pesentl, vice pres
ident; Mrs. Robert Minear,
secretary; and Mrs. Chester
Guches, treasurer.
New board members elected
Include L. E. MacEachron,
Mrs. Henry Padgham, Mrs.
Steven Nye, Ted Thompson,
Dr. Thomas Rutter and Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Parlicr. Other
board members are Dr. Martin
Elle, Tom Glnn, The Rev.
John Ilg, DnnsH MacClarrin,
Dr. John McLaughlin, Dewey
Wilson, Lindsay Vinsel, Mrs.
Walter Inch, Mrs. Herb Gil
ford and Eugene Thomas.
A capacity audience of near
ly 100 people heard a panel
discussion on the new con
cepts of care for those with
mental and emotional illness,
explanation of the decentral
ization plan and what is ex
pected of the community in
helping with the recovery of
mentally ill patients.
Heading the panel was Dr.
John Rennebohm, psychiatrist
and director of Unit 6 at Ore-
gon State hospital. Others on
the panel included Dr. George
sakurai, psycniatrisi, Mrs.
Peggy Howe, social service
worker with Unit 6, and Mrs.
Noll, director of nurses at the
hospital. Dewey Wilson, pres
ident of the association, was
moderator.
Dr. Rennebohm traced the
history of psychiatry with the
concept that people who have
a mental illness are sick the
same as those with a physi
cal disability. He stated that
1959 was the peak year at Or
egon State hospital when
there were 3,600 people. With
new methods of treatment, he
stated, patients are to be re
leased sooner and now the hos-
Man and Space
Writer's Experience
In Weightlessness
Found Pleasant
By ALV1N B. WEBB JR.
Cape Canaveral, Fla.-IUPD-The
sleek, silvery F100F Jet
airplane streaked toward
space almost with the speed
of sound. Suddenly, in a
graceful bow, its nose dipped
back toward the fleecy white
clouds.
In that moment, I recalled
a scene from an old science
fiction movie and reached in
side my jacket. A slight bit
of misjudgment on the first
try sent my right hand against
the oxygen mask covering my
face.
Better luck the second time,
and I pulled a ball-point pen
from my sweater. Carefully,
I held the pen up - and let go.
The slender, black object
limply hung there.
A flick of the finger sent
It tumbling slowly to the left
aide of the cabin. I tapped
it with the left hand, and the
pen waltzed to the right in
a fascinating little dance
against the sky's blue back
ground. Up front, Capt. Ronald E.
Catton, solo pilot on the Air
Force's tamed Thunderbird
precision flying team, was
adroitly maneuvering us on
a brief trip through that eerie
domain of astronauts-weight
lessness.
Find It Pleasant
Astronaut John H. Glenn
Jr. described weightlessness-
or "zero-G, as the profes
sionals call It - "a pleasant
experience." Teammats M.
ScotV Carpenter said he was
"somewhat distracted Initial
ly" by it. Spaceman Alan B.
Shepard Jr. described it as
most analogous to floating.'
To a novice, all three de
scriptions come home true,
doubled and redoubled.
A taste of "zero-G" - the
one symptom of spaceflight
that cannot be duplicated on
the ground-was what we had
in mind when Catton and 1
roared away from Patrick Air
Force Base, Fla., and flashed
over the Atlantic Ocean atop
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nital has a population of 2,320
He stated that as an economic
measure budgets have been
cut at the hospital and there
is a shortage of 70 plus em
ployees Including 42 aides, 5
nurses and 2 doctors.
"However, we are still pro
viding an adequate level of
care," he stated in answer to
a question regarding recent
charges by a member of the
legislature that a cut-back in
funds had resulted in alarm
ing conditions.
Getting Good Care
"Though we are having a
harder time, we feel patients
are getting good care," he con
tinued. He pointed out that
with more help, the hospital
would be able to spot those
who are able to be returned
home sooner and that the
greatest majority of those who
have been returned have been
successful.
Under the decentralization
plan in which patients from
Jackson, Josephine, Douglas,
Coos and Curry counties are
cared for in a group, he stated
it is possible to have better
communication with the com
munity and to insure better
discharge planning.
There are about 45 people
per month who enter this unit,
he stated, with approximately
12 to 15 per month from Jack
son county. To maintain the
status quo at the hospital,
which is necessary under the
present budget, this means at
least this number must be dis
charged each month. He point
ed out that recent studies
show former patients of men
tal hospitals get into trouble
with law enforcement agen
cies only l12th as much as
docs the general public.
Happens To Patient
Dr. Sakurai explained wliat
happens to a patient when he
goes to the hospital. He stated
that about 90 per cent are
taken care of in the admission
unit with an average length of
stay of six weeks.
the 18,000 pound -thrust
"Thunderbird-6."
First come the breath-
crushing "G-forccs" as the jet
pulled out of its dive and
began climbing. My normal
weight, 130 pounds, soared
for a few seconds to around
450 pounds, or approximately
three "G's."
Astronauts have taken nine
"G's" or better on their rocket
flights into space and down
again. A 150-pound man fac
ing nine "G's" would appear
to weigh about 1,350 pounds.
We tipped over the invisi
ble hump and nosed down
ward. Cation's calm voice
came over the Intercom: "You
now weigh exactly nothing."
To someone who has never
weighed exactly nothing be
fore, it sound a bit unworld
ly - or other-worldly.
My legs, virtually riveted
to the floor by the "G's of
a few moments before, now
dangled in mid-air. My arms
and the pen I toyed with float
ed as on an invisible bed of
feathers. The heaviness of the
helmet lifted and tugged gent
ly at the straps under the
chin.
Everything goes lax. The
body presses lightly against
the parachute harness, and
there is a fleeting temptation
to loosen the annoying straps
and go floating merrily
around the cockpit.
Suddenly, in about seven
seconds, the reality of gravity
tugs at the scat of the trous
ers. The dive is over.
We ran through it again,
for a combined total of about
13 seconds in weightlessness.
It seemed like minutes - and
one is left wishing it could be
hours.
Children's Hospital
Canter Makes Study
Boston-dirn - Approximate
ly, 17 million American chil
dren between the ages of 1
and 21 will be Injured, malm
ed or killed In accidents in
1963.
The Children's Hospital
Medical center made this es
timate after a year-long study
of accidents involving chil
dren. The Center also found:
That about 13 million of
these accidents are avoidable.
That accidents, the No.
5 cause of death in children
In 1900, are now the No. 1
cause.
That accidents will hap
pen more often when children
are hungry or tired, when
mother Is 111 or pregnant,
when a child's environment
suddenly changes, and when
children are in the care of
people other than their par
ents.
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for a license to operate a ra
dio or television station.
About half the patients are
court committed, Dr. Sakurai
said, about one-third of the
admissions are psychotic to a
marked degree, Including the
depressive and suicidal, about
one-third are the elderly se
nile mostly from nursing
homes and one-third are what
are classified as problem chil
dren with behavior problems,
such as the alcoholic, the frus
trated, and even some with
severe marriage problems.
He stated that treatment
consists of a team approach
through group meetings and
attempts to help the patient
understand himself. Restraints
are seldom used and windows
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new drugs which produce a
degree of tranquility.
Eight Hospital Wards
Mrs. Noll stated that there
are eight wards at the hospital
staffed by seven registered
nurses and 62 aides. She stat
ed that nearly 27 per cent of
the patients are elderly, re
quiring considerable care. Be
cause of the low salary sched
ules, recruitment is difficult,
she added.
Mrs. Howe stated that her
Job is to set up the communi
cation lines between commun
ity facilities and the hospital.
She pointed out that the hos
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pital is no longer seen as a
place where people who have
problems can be left, but Is
viewed as a rehabilitation cen
ter. Jackson county has been a
pioneer in setting up dis
charge procedures with the
Jackson County Health de
partment as the clearing
house, Mrs. Howe noted.
Public health nurses pro
vide contact with the families.
Other members of the local
team include the Guidance
Clinic, the welfare depart
ment, the Juvenile office, vo
cational rehabilitation depart
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She pointed out that much
effort is made at Unit 6 to pro
vide vocational and personal
training so the patient's recov-
ery may be hastened and hejwi,jcn Ernest Hinkle is cub-
may be able to remain within
his own community.
Dr. Rennebohm added that
Oregon Slate hospital is only
one link in the chain of treat
ment and each community and
the family provides the addi
tional links.
Wilson called attention to
a new program of the Mental
Health association locally to
assist patients who are re
turned to the community from
the state hospital.
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Pack 8
Awards were made and
prizes presented at a icccnt
meeting of Cub Scout Pack 8
of the Jackson school, for
master. '
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selling the highest number of
tickets for the Scout circus
was Ritchie Emerson of Den
8. Others in the same den to
receive prizes were Bill Hu
son and Bruce Shaffer. Den
3 winners were Mike Knud
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ry Josephson.
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