CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 4, 1961

CASTLEGAR NEWS

,

dred and Forty- “Seven

It is Time for Concern

‘It is an amazing ‘commentary “ ‘on our
sensitivities that the. Canadian Mental
Health Association finds it necessary to

proclaim another Mental Health Week.

One would think the mere facts about
mental illness would keep us so :concern-

- ed that we would be continuously waging
a struggle against a scourage so ‘wide-
spread.

However Mental Health’ Week is upon
us and local churchés, contacted ‘by Trail
Branch of .The Canadian Mental Health

iation, will be tion of
Men Health Weel from the pulpits
this Sunday. -

‘Right now, ‘more’ ‘than 70 thousand

Canadians are under; care and treatment:

ina mental hospital. This is about equal
to the population of important cities like
Saskatoon or St.. Catherines. It is twice
the Population 0 of Morton. zx means that

~ Kindness
-|s the. Word

poETRY ‘DEPT.: The “following poem,
by John Boyle O'Reilly, -is entitled ‘Kind-
ness is the World’ and it carries quite a.
message:

“What is the real good?”

I.asked in a musing. niood.

“Order,” said the court;

“Knowledge” said the school;

“Truth” said the wise man,

“Pleasure” said :the fool;

“Love,” said the maiden,

“Beauty” said the page;

“Freedom,” said. the dreamer,

“Home,” said the sage; ©

“Fame,” said the soldier, z

“Equity,” “said the seer.

Spake my_ heart: fully,

“The answer is not here.”

Then within, my..bosom.

Softly this I heard:

‘Each heart holds the secret,

Kindness is the word.” a

one family in five has a relative disabled
by this sickness. .

Were these : many people stricken |
with some physical ailment - say paraly-
sis, as in the Moroccan tragedy - the
world would be stirred to compassion and
help. Certainly the nation would be mob-
ilizing every available: financial’and med-
ical resource. Yet.a mentally ill person is
just as Sick, just ‘as crippled as one who
is physical incapacitated.

So why the relative unconcern? Per-
haps it is because something lingers of

‘old attitudes that suggest, mental illness ©

isn't,a “respectable” ailment. If so, by
refusing to. “see” it we delude ourselves
into thinking it- doesn’t exist. Hence we™
fee] it won’t happen to us. But mental ill...

ness is no respecter of persons. The Can? .

adian Mental Health Association’s surveys
show that it strikes equally across the
whole strata of society. .

But we think the apparent unconcern
is because people aren’t convinced that
anything can be done, ‘about it. In ne
avernee man’s mind,, it: seems, there is

of li and h
eae about its victims.

The Canadian Mental Health ‘Associa- ..
tion points out that. the. same attitude
once prevailed about typhoid. diphtheria,
polio, cholera, tuberculosis and ¢ahcer.
Nobady holds them any. longer because of
the progress science has made against

~ them.

The Association holds that ‘mental
illness can be fought the same way as
the other dread diseases: by medical :
science, studying causes, finding treat-
ment and prevention. This is why the’
Association is ‘appealing for funds to step
up its r “When
its most recent research. ‘appointment to:
Dr. McGeer of Vancouver, the Association *
had to” announce regretfully . that’ other
pr °C ists were worthy
of. similar appointments but money just
wasn’t ‘available. :

We believe it is time to become ‘con-
cerned. We believe the appeal of the
Canadian Mental Health Association com-
mends itself to all thoughtful people.

Is State Medicine : Good?

Considerable cogitation and. specu-
lation should be, given by the People| of
this over the d
o£ having State Medicine.. Socialists, ina
-vain attempt to succour the votes of lab-
our and the aged. paint great pictures of
perpetual manna through the local doctor
under state medicine.

“Those who wish to retain a modicum
of. privacy and ‘liberty of decision would
rather not have socialized medication.

And then there is the great majority
of citizens who. do not know much about
it, anyway.

First of aul, ‘state medicine means the

4

of ical-care by the

state’ or government on a compulsory ba-”

sis. The doctor is paid by the government
by available money and the patients, pay
for their care through t taxation. .The~ Na-
tional Health Scheme in’ the British Isles
is an example of this type of provision
where everyone, including visitors». are
covered. .

How does it “work in England? Is it :
_true that Old Country doctors are becom-..

ing merely dispensers of pills, cough ‘sy-
rups, bunyon ‘pads and wort removers? Is
it true _that''the.doctor’s time is used’ by

hypochondriacs, job shirkers, seroungers? -.

People, recently from England, | claim

it is difficult. to mas appointments with‘
doctors,or secure hospitalization. Patients
are: practicing “wolf, wolf” tactics’ and: hn
doctors are dropping house «calls; with’
the result that in order to get speedy at.
tention. and ‘proper care, a patient i ig prac:

17 HAPPENED |

IN CANADA

ENTIRELY OF
TULIP BED, °

A WELL

n.Leouc, ALeeata, THEY
FOUND THE SOIL». f
CONSISTED ALMOST
/ ONE LADY DUG A

’ SHE ENDED UP WITH ‘

By Mal
Campbell

Ol,

, Eastern ‘Star

Holds Tea

‘And Successful : Bake Sale

‘The members of Minto Chapter
No, 72. Order of the Dastern Star
held a very ‘successful “daffodil tea
and bake sale on Saturday. after-
noon in the Twin Rivers hall. Miss
McKenzie declared the sale open
and explained to the guests that
all the proceeds of the tea and
bake ‘sale are: for cancer research
and asked those present to look
at the display. of’ cancer dressings
‘which. have, been made by. the
members for anyone in the District
“who need them at any: time.
‘The hall was tastefully decora.

were Mrs, D. Askew and Mrs. E,
Caskey.: Tea tables Mrs. L. Fergu-
son who also kept the tea pots full,
Mrs. J. Raine, Mrs, H. Haines, Mrs,
M, Stolberg, Mrs..A:. Andrew’ and
Mrs, H. Pitts, Decorating committee
Mrs, H. Adie. and Mrs... Fergus
son. Kitchen. committee. Mra. N.
Oswald, ‘Mrs; E, Sherbiko, Mrs. L.
‘Westgate,’ Mrs. Ed Johnson and
Mrs.,.R.. Defoe.

Pouring’ during the afternoon
were, Mrs. ©, Saunders, Mrs. H.
Adie, Mrs..B.-Donnian, Mrs. J, Por-
ter, Mrs. I. McNeill and Mrs, G10;

Mrs. H:

ted with low baskets of
and greeenry. The serving table
«was covered with a lace cloth and
centered with a basket of daffo-
dis, each ‘tea table was centered
with ® small vase of daffodils.

Tn ,chargé. of the bake table

You Gan Prevent
Traffic Accidents

“Only one person in all the
world can prevent a traffic accl-
dent,” claims ‘the Canadian Figh-
way Safety Council.

“You!”

Contrary to some popular be-
Uef, says the Council, it is not the
“other fellow” who is at fault when’
a highway, accldent occurs..Some
individual is responsible, some one

person who either..did what. he
should not do, or did not'do some-
thing he should, This, the: Council
declares, pertains to discovering and
porreeng unsafe vehicles and
Parts.

‘tically forced to pay fal
“What does the local doctor think of
it?. This was answered ° recently in’ an

; after a winter of
nara driving, every driver | should
have his vehicle carefully ard thor-
oughly. and worn -parts

address by Dr. E. C. McCoy, president.of
the B.O. Medical Association. <..-°

“The true measure of Health“ is re
in the number ‘of services ‘supplied : or
even in the percentage of hospital. beds
occupied, or. in the gallons of medicine.
dispensed. The: ‘only ultimate values lie
in the’preservation of high personal stand-
ards, ‘the maintenance of:a. proper doctor-
Patient. relationship, and all those other
qualities which are neither enforceable by
ministerial edict nor ‘susceptible to any
valid ‘statistical study.” He

# you are in favour-- of. socialized

- gavernment, then you may ‘like State Med-

icine (which would eventually include den-
tal work),:but'if you are against and feel it
would. bring ‘us more quantity. and less.

quality, then you must get behind those
who are Sighting any system of State Med-
icine that’ is poorly .conceived. — Lion’s
Gate: Times, West Vancouver

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replaced. He shouldbe sure his car
is in safe condition for spring and
summer driving ahead. -” oy

‘The Council, through jts Ve-
hicle Safety Committee, annually
sponsors the May-long drive to pro-
mote car-check and vehicle safety.
Its slogan this year ‘will be, “Bafety’
is in your hands.”

BOY OH BOY

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was
in’ charge of‘the cancer, Uressing
display table, Tea. tickets Mra. H.
Johnson, Raffle tickets Mrs,”, Bg
Burroughs. The door prize’ was won
by Mrs. Bey Strelicff and the plan-
ter’ was won by Mrs. H. Grummett,

| Residents of Woodland Park: are-to-~ |

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