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Show Millard County Chronicle GIVING OUR WORLD rice Progress In Mental Health Gradually, I was becoming fa-ware fa-ware that it was light, and I was in a strange place. My mind was not sufficiently alert to wonder a-bout a-bout the situation for the first while. I don't know how long it took for full consciousness to return? re-turn? although it couldn't have been very many minutes. I felt more dazed than afraid. I was in a rather large room, and t was alone there. I was lying flat on my back, on that stand, or table. I was fully dressed. There was a web belt across my middle, secured by a padlock. I could turn my head from side to side and look "around. There were some high, barred windows along one side of the room. Through, them I could see a concrete wall, somewhat weathered, weather-ed, nothing else. After while I commenced com-menced to realize how I had gotten got-ten there. I wasn't a prisoner in solitary, or a selectee being tested for ability to make a space flight. I was a patient in a private sanitarium, and had just taken my first electric elec-tric shock treatment. After a while, a nurse came in, removed the padlock, pad-lock, helped me down and took me to my room. That first awakening was a strange experience, indeed. After that, I knew what to expect, and there were no more surprises. I talked to other people there about it. One was a lineman who had soaked up too much juice on a power line. Strange that electric shock should serve as a cure for the effects of that, but it did. He said he couldn't stand the padlocked pad-locked belt, and had squirmed out of it. When his nurse came, he was standing up. He was slimmer than I. I couldn't squirm out, but didn't care much. Another was old Mr. Blank, in his eighties. He liked to talk to me, but conversation had a way of dying out. Shock treatment hadn't done him much good, if any. If I were to guess, I'd say he was suffering suf-fering senile dementia, the gradual grad-ual "going to sleep" process whicn afflicts some very old people. An other man had "cracked up" run ning a malt shop in Long Beacn. I could appreciate how the problems prob-lems of running a small business could lead to a nervous breakdown. It had been a contributing factor with me, along with a worrisome and expensive illness of one of our children, and the experience of trying try-ing to hold a business together under the conditions of wartime. Still another patient was a manufacturer, manu-facturer, from Denver, and then there was the sister of that 'famous 'fam-ous movie actress. Too much high life was her trouble, I guessed, perhaps unjustly. So, that summer of 1947, after my business had blown up in my face, and I had decided that a vacation in California, would make me feel better, and we had all gone down to Huntington Beach where the folks lived, and I had found that even the vacation didn't did-n't seem to get me out of that series of "up and down" feelings, and everybody, including the family fam-ily doctors there, had decided that treatment at the nearby private sanitarium was what I needed-there needed-there I was. The head doctor had said, "You are suffering from a minor depression. You will get over it in time without treatment, but the treatment will speed the process." pro-cess." So, I signed up. It was a pleasant place, not unlike a large guest ranch. It cost $15.00 a day for a room shared with one or two other patients, plus cost of treatment!, such as shock, physical therapy, and so on. The physical therapy consisted of steam baths, massages, massag-es, the "whirpooi" a tub of swift, churned water -and other things. It was quite enjoyable, always made me feel good. And the shock treatment was, well there was no fueling to it. Only the preliminaries were bad, the first time. I was told to climb up on that wheeled stand, the belt was fastened, a nurse gave me a soft wad to put between my teeth, the doctor dabbed both temples with liquid and put the electrodes on like a headset, another nurse gave me a shot which induced a soft "rolling" feeling, and gradually, grad-ually, I was becoming aware that it was light . . . Well, my point at the moment is that the experience was not ono to be ashamed of. Fact is, I'm rather pioud of it, and like to tell stories of some things that happened, hap-pened, like the time I mistook the nurse's assistant fur the nurse who was supposed to give me a shot one day, and but that is not for tiiis paper, though it was surely funny. Understanding and treatment of mental illness have come a long way since the days when super stitious people feared it as a vis itaiion of devils, and stoned such unfortunate sick people to death. Because it is now generally recognized rec-ognized that the brain is just as much subject to illness as any o-her r.rn, and that it responds o Thursday, Feb. 12, 1959 THE Over . . . By Dick Morrison to treatment like the others, the old stigma has been removed. And that is why I can write as I am writing, and as I wrote once before be-fore in the Chronicle of October 9, 1947, when I told the story in lighter light-er vein in an article, "My Six Weeks In A Sanitarium," which some of you may remember. The experience gave me something some-thing more than a layman's understanding under-standing of neurosis. To a degree, I know the helplessness of people who suffer a "nervous breakdown." I know that they need help, and that in some cases lack of understanding under-standing on the part of members of their families and associates can lead to tragedy. Too many people take the attitude, "Why, he, or she, is alright. All he needs to do is buck up and quit feeling sorry for himself." But the truth is, the victim of neurosis, though outward ly healthy, is quite unable to "get hold" of himself and face his problems prob-lems in a normal way. And, my own experience taught me the importance im-portance of proper facilities and treatment for the mentally ill, whether they be ill from the common com-mon "nervous 'breakdown," or neurosis, or some more serious affliction. af-fliction. They need help, and competent com-petent treatment. With it most of them can recover. Without it they are helpless. So, with all that in mindr-and this has been a rather long preliminary pre-liminary I went over the other day to talk to Betty N. Day. Betty has been devoting a great deal of her time to the cause of better treatment for the mentally disturbed. She, too, has known her term of hospitalization, and thru it she learned the need of this work, and she has gained the sympathetic sym-pathetic understanding and desire to help others which motivates the work of herself and her associates, Betty mentioned two associations in which she takes part. One is the New Horizons Club, which has chapters in Ogden, Salt Lake, and Provo, with the object of keeping the public Informed of the progress and needs of the work, and of assisting as-sisting In the post-hospitalizatlon adjustment of recovered patients. The membership of this club is made up of present and former patients of the Utah State Hospital, Hos-pital, and Staff Members. The other is the Utah Family Association As-sociation for Mental Health. This group, organized about 18 months ago, undertakes to advise families of patients of the proper attitudes and treatments needed to guard against relapse. Its program Is essentially es-sentially educational. Mental illness, like physical illness, ill-ness, manifests itself in various ways, with various degrees of seriousness. seri-ousness. There 'being no such thing as a completely "normal" or "perfect" "per-fect" human being, it is accurate to say that everyone is subject to both mental and physical disorders disord-ers in some degree. And, of 'course, the great majority of cases are curable; but at the other end rf the scale are found some personal tragedies in the incurable. The great need, in public institutions, is enough facilities and personnel to effect cures wherever possible, and ease the lives of the incurable. Fortunately, great progress has been made the past few years. But it is a blot on our vaunted civilization civiliz-ation that the matter was neglected neglect-ed as long as it was. Among the several documents Betty handed me for reference, is a booklet, "The Utah State HospitalA Hos-pitalA Study In The Care Of The Mentally 111," by Charles R. Mc-Kell, Mc-Kell, director of social service at the hospital. An interesting and in formative history of this work in Utah, it is too long to quote here, but worth while for students of the subject. It reveals that, at long last, the crude and cruel old methods meth-ods involving physical restraint-- once perhaps the only methods pos sible are now out of vogue. These were not only brutal, but also useless use-less as curatives. The mentally ill are now treated as human beings, and they respond accordingly, in most cases. Cure, rather than confinement, being the modern objective, it Is interesting to note that the average aver-age term of hospitalization, has been shortened, with the result that more patients may be treated and cured, in relation to existing facilities, than was possible when life-long confinement seemed the general prospect. However, there still exists a great need for more public hospital hos-pital facilities for the mentally ill. and a primary objective of the organizations or-ganizations mentioned is to win public opinion, the State Legislature, Legisla-ture, and the public officials con cerned over to the realization of these needs, and of the need for money to provide them. Here is a public responaibili'y which they, and I, critical though I am of wasteful and extravagant public spending, advocate as one of the greatest of humanitarian needs. Among the public educational projects of the groups is that of bringing about widespread unde , standing of the symptoms indi- Postmaster Black Alerts Public to Money Schemes Postmaster, June W. Black announced an-nounced today he has been advised that all United States Attorneys have been alerted to a growing number of schemes victimizing the public, and have been Instructed to press prosecutive action whenever when-ever violations of federal criminal statutes have been disclosed, In publicly disseminated statements, state-ments, Postmaster General, Arthur E. Summerfield and Attorney General, Gen-eral, William P. Rogers hve indicated indicat-ed concern with this problem, Mr. Black said, Mr. Black added that both the United States Attorneys and Postal eating need for psychiatric treatment, treat-ment, and of where to go for such treatment, or for aid in getting it, Without copying the whole list from Betty Day's notebook, I give these places available for people of this area: 1. The United Family Clinic, 74 West 2 South, Salt Lake. 2. Child Service Clinic, 2G2 3-100 3-100 East, Provo, 3. Salt Lake County General Hospital. 4. Utah State Hospital, Provo. One of the suggestion's is, "A- bide by family doctor's suggestion that you need psychiatric help." A fine bit of. advice, For additional information on where to get literature and advice, ad-vice, I suggest one call Betty Day herself, here in Delta. She has the data on these matters of Interest to such as may need it. The extent of need for proper facilities, service, and, of course, understanding, Is shown by the fact that mental and emotional disorders are suffered by some 6 of the whole population, or one person in each 16. Many could live much happier lives if symptoms were recognized and treatment given. giv-en. It is a worthwhile project. Footnotes Human nature being what it is, there can be no sharp line between the "sane" and the "insane." It is all a matter of degree. I trust It will not be considered Impertinent for me to make these few closing remarks. There is even a humor-ous humor-ous side to everything, Including this though one should certainly avoid crude humor here. Sometimes it is a question of who is saner, the doctor or the patient. There was the novel, "The Fifty Minute Hour," of which the setting was mostly the psychiatrist's psychia-trist's couch. In this, which is not recommended for youthful readers, the patient, on realizing that he had become cured, submitted to continued treatments ty his psychiatrist psy-chiatrist because he had come to realize that the latter needed to give them to him! And then there is the story of two psychiatrists meeting on the street. The first says, "Hello, Joe. You're fine today. How am I?" But this next Is not funny, and it is from my own experience. The doctor who administered shock treatments to me in California, was a likeable fellow. Both I and the aforementioned lineman to whom he also gave the shocks, liked him. We considered him the "friendly" doctor, as contrasted to the head doctor who was sharp spoken and rude, in our estimation. Well, some time after returning from California, Califor-nia, I picked up a copy of the L. A. Examiner, and saw in it a news report that this well-known doctor doc-tor had killed himself! He was the "friendly" doctor I had liked best of the two. He had gotten involved in a disgraceful, unconventional situation, engaged a hotel room in L. A., left a note saying he was taking a slug of whiskey to make it easier to do what had to be done, and shot himself. I'll always wonder if, had I known the situation, I might have given him a little advice or some thing that would have helped him. Which needed psychiatric help the more the doctor who gave me shock treatments, or I? After all, the "ornery" doctor had said I'd get over my neurosis without treatment treat-ment if I wanted to take it the slow way. But I still think that ornery doe-tor doe-tor was unnecessarily so. One day I was talking to him, either playing play-ing for sympathy or else trying to find out where I stood, and he looked at me coldly and said, "You are a type." Brother! Did that take the wind out of my sails. But his attitude left a question in my mind that still remains. Was h's rude, unsympathetic, abrupt manner of speaking a part of the treatment, designed to stiffen up our resolve nd keep us from giving giv-ing way to self pity, or was it Just pure orneriness? I'd still like to know. A- U udverlising 'works for you I Inspectors will cordinate their efforts ef-forts under the guidance of the Criminal Division of the Department Depart-ment of Justice. Malcolf Anderson, Assistant Attorney At-torney General in charge of the Criminal Division, has forwarded to all United States Attorneys a letter outlining the problem and suggested suggest-ed actions to be taken. In the letter, let-ter, Mr. Anderson said: United States Attorneys should consult freely with the Postal Inspectors In-spectors and the Fraud Section in the Criminal Division of the Department De-partment of Justice. "The increasing danger to the public from these fraudulent schemes demands the immediate attention of all United States Attorneys. At-torneys. In view of the concern of the Attorney General and the Postmaster Post-master General, the Criminal Division Div-ision should be kept promptly and fully advised of the status of all cases in this area which come t your attention." Among the schemes that may be of special interest to members of this community, as outlined by the head of the Criminal Division in the letter, according to the local postmasters, are these: Offers to act as Agents: Fraudulent Fraudu-lent obtaining of advance fees. The gist of these schemes is the swindler's offer to perform impressive impres-sive services in- negotiating a particular par-ticular transaction. Performance of the services is always contingent upon advance fee. Vending machines; Swindlers find it relatively easy to sell vending vend-ing machines by overexaggeratin the profits that pan be realized by the sale of candy, peanuts and similar items. Home Schemes: This scheme is particularly vicious because it 's most appealing to the aged and infirm. The victim is persuaded to purchase the machine by the swindler's swind-ler's assurances that he will purchase pur-chase and resell any goods produced. pro-duced. In reality, payment for the machine only assures the disappearance disap-pearance of the swindler. Easy-to-win Contests: The general gener-al format of these contests usually usual-ly consists of an open invitation to the public to w;in by the performance per-formance of a simple task. For example, an advertisement shows a woman attired in a polka dot dress; a cash prize is to be awarded to the person who correctly counts the dots, AH entrants are winners and upon trying to obtain his prize, he finds that U can only be obtained ob-tained by applying it against the purchase of merchandise sold by the advertiser. This scheme injures not only the gullible consumer but also reliable business men through loss of sales and injury to repu tation. LOOK IN YOUR ATTIC OR THE BASEMENT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS WORTHLESS WORTH-LESS TO YOU, BUT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. A 50c CLASSIFIED MAY KILL 2 BIRDS WITH ONE STONE . . . to ! i 5 X ! ! Youthful Vest Virginia Governor Will Speak at Utah's Lincoln Day Banquet With educational problems tak ing both the national and Utah spotlight, the selection of Gev. Cecil Ce-cil H. Underwood of West Virginia as Lincoln Day Banquet speaker for the Beehive State is especially timely, , Utah Republican leaders are pointing out. Gov. Underwood, slated to address the Friday, Feb. 13 dinner at the University of Utah Union Building, is a distinguished educator as well as one of the youngest chief executives in any of the forty-nine states. Gov. Underwood, who celebrated 1 Governor Underwood his 36th birthday last November, is a graduate of Salem College and West Virginia University. He became be-came a high school teacher in 1943 after two years of military service. ser-vice. Joining the staff of Marietta College in 1946, he served four years as an instructor and profes sor of Social Science, leaving to take a post as Vice President of Salem College, which he held from 1950 until elected Governor of the State of West Virginia on Nov, 6, ,1956, just one day after his 34th birthday. As an educator, legislator and chief executive in the "border state", Gov. Underwood has had wide experience In the problems of integration now vexing neighboring neigh-boring commonwealths and may touch upon that topic during his Utah visit. In addition to being one of the nation's youngest governors, Gov. Underwood was just 22 years old when elected to West Virginia's House of Delegates in 1944 barely old enough to vote. Re-elected in every election held in his state since 1946, he became Minority Floor Leader in 1949, serving four sessions in that post. A member of Exutive Committee of the National Governors Confer ence, he is chairman of the South ern Regional Education Board. Dilworth S. Wooley, chairman of I the Republican Party's traditional First Security Bank made loans totalling $3,385,969.15 in Delta and adjacent area in the past year The prosperity of this community and adjacent area is indirect relation to the degree in which money is kept at work in productive pro-ductive enterprises. We realize this and one of our primary functions is to put depositors' money to work locally. That's why we make so many loans here loans to buy automobiles, auto-mobiles, household appliances, for family and personal needs, for home modernization, home purchase, business, industry, livestock and farms. F.nt Scuritf Bark cf Utah, N A. Lincoln Day Banquet, today reported re-ported that Utah's Gov. George Dewey Clyde will introduce Gov. Underwood at the function. Adiel F. Stewart, Mayor of Salt Lake City, has been chosen to give the invocation. The dinner, a $6-per-plate affair, is being held for the first time at the handsome new Union Building of the University of Utah. Utah Secretary of State Lamont F. Toronto is vice chairman of the event. John J. Flynn heads the Finance and Tickets committee with Mrs. Haxel T. Chase in charge of seating and arrangments, and Mrs. D. Clark Williams as chairwoman chair-woman of the Decorations Com mittee. Tickets may be secured from Republican County Committee members or at County Republican headquarters. Two girls were walking along the street, followed closely by a lonely sailor. Finally one of the girls turned around angrily. "Now ,look here," she demanded, "you either quit following us or get another sailor!" Softre fo JUAB COUNTY . . . noted for turkeys, sheep, rh and mineral wealth Lrne, Now known as a prime livestock raising center famed for purebred Sufl'olks, and one of the largest turkey producing areas in the world, Juab County also remembers the day when untold wealth poured from the rich Tintic Mining District. Dry farming has long been important, too, with the county boasting the nation's first dry land field experiments. And with the establishment of a major l ubber fabricating plant, industry has begun its move into the area. In fast-changing Juab County, as elsewhere throughout Utah, the United States Brewers Foundation Foun-dation is constantly at work to assure the maintenance main-tenance of clean, wholesome gathering spots where beer and ale can be enjoyed. BEER and ALE . . . S? . -- III i r L' ii f m)3 Member Federal Depout Insurance Co'pcrot.on Hew Termination I Date for Flight Instructor Ratings Los Angeles Pilots who still hold "old style" flight insructor ratings now have until April 1, to convert such ratings to flight instructor in-structor certificates, without further fur-ther showing of competence, the Federal Aviation Agency has announced. an-nounced. The Civil Aeronautics Board on December 30, 1958( extended the original cut off date for this conversion con-version from July 1, 1958 to April 1, 1959. The exchange of flight instructor ratings for flight instructor certificates certi-ficates was among the provisions in the Part 20 of the Civil Air Regulations Regul-ations adopted August 23, 1956. Holders of flight instructor "ratings" "rat-ings" were afforded the opportunity opportun-ity to exchange them for the flight instructor certificates, before July 1, 1958, without further showing of competence. Postponement of the deadline to next April 1, provides those who did not convert their ratings may exchange them for a flight instructor certificate only upon up-on demonstrating continued competence compe-tence to give flight instruction. W Z 4 |