Show A Y YA Yew ew TS r 1 t t t r 4 t s t ti f U J ALCOHOL INSTITUTE Planning Committee of the day day- daylong daylong long program shown here are Delbert C Purnell left rear Director of the Uintah Basin Center for Continuing Education Judge Henry Ft Dr Lynn Church Ft Duchesne Clarence Moat Duchesne and Bert L 1 Angus Vernal Shown front left are Russell Squier Katherine Mason both bothof of Vernal Mayor Ralph Shields and Don Hicken of Roosevelt Those not shown Include Maude Fairbanks Salt Lake E Max Hartman Altamont and Francis ft Duchesne Staff photo Movement Growing for Basin Alcoholism Center Momentum is gathering for treatment of alcoholism in the Uintah Basin Dasin as a dis disease ase In lieu of simply jailing the drunks following the ce cc of af persons at the alcohol institute held in Roosevelt over the weekend DONALD Hicken of the soc sec fat services department Duchesne chairman of tho in- in institute institute said I hope this his is the beginning of a treatment cen- cen center center ter in the Basin Dasin Clyde Gooderham executive director Utah Committee on Alcoholism stressed during the long day meeting that we should not hide alcoholism but we the community should bring it out into the open and learn to understand it it THE THE DIRECTOR who pointed to five treatment centers now existing in Utah made possible by a Utah churches foundation also said Because of the In- In Interest interest terest shown I will present a request to my hoard board that be brought brough broughto to the Uintah Basin asin The matter of an alcoholism rehabilitation center for Uintah County was discussed again on Tuesday In meeting of the county county commission commis on when Dee an and Joe Hatch presented the matter THE MEN explained that thai five centers financed by utah churches and state directed Ire are arenow now treating th the pro slam m of al alcoholism A luncheon is sched sched- scheduled by county comity and city leaders for Monday when the matter will be discussed further and amI anda amIa a committee named to study the proposal Delbert C Purnell or of the Uintah Basin Center for Continuing I Education one of the sponsors of the Institute said this was th the largest rural alcohol institute to be held In Inthe inthe the state More than per per- persons sons were ill in attendance and 62 others were taking the institute for college credit This is ismore Ismore more than most of the institutes es nave have had attend their pro gram he said ONE OUT of every 13 people will become an alcoholic and this s about twenty other I persons around each of those in Mr Gooderham saki Before long he noted drink people will not be hauled off to jail Acrid ml locked up any anymore anymore more than a person would be If he had diabetes OTHER recommendations to coiro from flom the Institute in lion t to the treatment center a re recognized p ed for pro treatment of If alcohol alcohol- lea Ics a program to reduce the availability of alcohol to teen teen- teenagers agers n a need of educatIon alcohol about in public and to In school t tooms and Ii a peed leed Mr r facilities to occupy occupy teens duro dur- log ing th ir leisure time ting Vernal at the in in held at Roosevelt junior un or High school were persons from the Vernal City office the sheriffs sheriff's s sand and the police pollee departments nt security office office N New w Life Training C Center Wel- Wel on page 6 r l f fw a THREE HUNDRED persons registered Saturday at the Roosevelt Junior High School for a orr Alcohol Institute Institute held there the entire day One of those registering is Fenton Moss Moss second from left glasses panel moderator moderato r from the University of Utah Social Studies department Staff photo Alcohol Center Continued from page 1 fare department county nurses office Indian mission 10 local cal churches county juvenile court the Vernal Express and others ROOSEVELT Mayor W Ralph Shields welcomed those attending and commented that of out of 40 local arrests made last month 26 were for drunk drunk- eness Dr Jennings Olson PhD from Utah State State University at at- at attacked tacked three misconceptions of alcoholism Alcoholism is not inherited he said Alcoholism is not net gained by drinking certain types of alcoholic drinks such as wino wine and there is no such thing as an alcoholic person person- personality or any particular type of personality linked with the dis ease NON DRINKING teenagers get along better at home and have better grades Drinking teenagers can make friends more easily and religion be comes less important to them These remarks made by Dr Dale O 0 Nelson PhD paned his comment that teens associate drinking with fun times not what It will do to people afterwards Teens drink alcohol at home in cars and at friends homes after it was gotten from a friend their parents or from an older person who could buy it Dr Nelson also pointed out that 29 per cent of teenage girls take their first drink with a boyfriend more than half of all teenagers drink beer and andover andover over three quarters of today today's teens have cars A PANEL discussion was held f following the individual speak speak- speakers speakers ers with Fenton Moss sity of Utah as moderator Panel members included Phil Phil- Philip ip Washburn MD M D psychiatrist at utah State Hospital Gary Jorgensen PhD University of utah Douglas Carpenter utah Alcoholism Foundation John 0 Grimmett PhD VA Hospit Hospit- Hospital al and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous Following the panel discus discus- discussion sion group sessions were held and l reports e port s of these were given during the evening program Subjects discussed were education and prevention of alcoholism Indian pro pro- programs grams professional treatment community action and teenage drinking The teenage group noted It is seeking more information on the problem An alcoholics anonymous meeting was held following ev ev- ev evening ening reports |