| Show health department visitors discuss mental health Problem sf community com love is as essential to a child as vitamins and emotional guidance is an important community problem to prove this and to gain the the interest and support of the parents patents teachers and citizens of the community a mental hygiene committee has been organized as part of the new youth guidance council in aln tah county A public awareness program got ll 11 underway last week when gi this committee invited two mental health authorities from the utah state department of health to hold a series of four meetings in vernal arch thurman mental health division director for forthe the health department and eva hancock mental health consultant spoke before the vernal junior chain cham her ber of Cor comerce nerce and the federated women clubs in vernal wednesday evening met with the local loca mental Hygiene Corn cittee I 1 thursday morning at the school board office and then held a round table to which continued on page 8 HEALTH department i arun P 1 were invited civic soc ocil and atrid professional lonal group members of vernal at the central school thursday evening mr thurman pointed out that mental health will be a major concern of iho the utah state health department during 1935 1955 he ile and miss hancock hope to enlist the interest and I 1 ration of groups in communities muni ties throughout the state in their public awareness pro gram very few persona realize the large field which mental health covers said mr thurman ni urman many of the ills of the modern world can be te traced directly to emo 1 problems and they can be olvid only by the teamwork of a community for mental health lis I 1 is a community problem miss hancock explained that a child needs love security control guidance protection faith independence and acceptance as much ashe as he needs food and shelter she pointed out the amany many helpful books films and other services that are being made available to aid parents teachers and the community in solving their mental health problems reed hansen is chairman of the mental hygiene committee serving with him are dr bruce christian mrs william P F wallis A A call glen freeman Fr efman the rev H B gordon beatrice dale allred allred and helen stevens present at thursdays thurida s meeting in n the central school f were mr hansen mr freeman rev gordon mr call miss stevens steven 1 dr christian C jessie eller june une stewart mr and mrs don richardson mr and mrs laurence C cooper mr and mrs G E t ter mann alta alla rust lavar moffitt moti fitt itt mr and mrs bus bus johnson R rev ev and mrs dick lundberg leora jacobe verda hammond mrs rex gardner mrs bob morrison and dr dan Q price |
