Show i 12B Standard-Examin- Hansen Dirks Saturday Sept 18 1982 er attend DDO anniversary DEFENSE DEPOT OGDEN — Hundreds of Defense Depot Ogden employees applauded Congressman James Hansen Friday as he thanked them “from the bottom of his heart” for helping “to keep this nation safe” Also addressing those gathered for the depot’s 41st anniversary celebration after rain forced the cancellation of scheduled outdoor activities was Hansen’s opponent for the First District Congressional seat Ogden Mayor A Stephen Dirks Dirks noting that it had also rained on President Reagan’s appearance at a Republican picnic in Hooper quipped about the “nonpartisan nature of the weather Daniel Long long trail trip by covered wagon to California Louisiana and back to Canada The left Montreal on May 17 1981 Quebec plods along near Willard Utah on the opening leg of their umbeir ©IF Standard-Examin- F TRENTELMAN Staff er Members of the audience were asked to list changes they’ve seen in families women and lifestyles in the last 15 years but they missed the big one Those attending the annual ‘‘Families Alive” conference at Weber State College came up with the expected answers: more responsibilities job opportunities and freedon for women and increasing family problems Then the speaker Dr Matti of Temple University told them the big change that they had missed: Women around the age of 35 are losing their sanity at an Ger-shenfe- ld alarming rate And this she said was despite an increased sharply and more couples are complaining that they find sex “boring” For women in particular she said researchers are finding that women smoke more try suicide eight times as often as men are in therapy more often than ever before and have shown a 500 percent increase in alcoholism “Eighty percent of women complain of depression” she said “Valium has superseded aspirin as the most-use- d drug in America” So the situation she said is that women in America today have more of the things that a person would commonly expect to make them happy “We’ve always assumed that if women had all these choices women would be America today?” In a study of the question she said she found that the problems women face today don’t have anything to do with whether they work days or nights in the city the suburbs or a small town The problem she said is that women between ages 35 and 50 may have all those freedoms everyone talks about but they don’t know how to use them In fact many were brought up to think those very freedoms were bad They have already made their decisions on what their lives will be Ms Gershenfeld said But they made those decisions in a world completely different from today’s world Many of them with their children grown suddenly find themself living in a new world with ideals and goals from another age At the turn of the century she said “women spent their lives having children died at 50 and became menopausal at 47” Now the researcher said “by the time she’s 44 she has no more children at home If we think that today the typical woman is going to live to be 81 what is she going to do between the time she’s 44 and 81?” The solution she said is for women to realize that their lives don’t stop changing when they reach age 21 or even 30 They need to plan ahead she said and the most im Health department shows off By NOLAN CRABB r Staff n District Health DepartThe ment building has been completely remodeled in recent months and health department employees showed the facility to hundreds of Northern Utahns at an open house Friday Dr Mark Nichols director of the health agency noted that the building at 2570 Grant boasts a new reception center and refurbished offices as well as a fresh coat of paint and new' carpeting “The building is in a good location” he said “but until we had it remodeled there was a lot of wasted space it wasn’t very functional” He said overcrowding and noise were problems in the environmental health and nursing areas and there was no privacy or waiting room for patients with sexually transmitted diseases “The old waiting area was set up so that anyone off the street could look in and see who Weber-Morga- and hope to return home in about a year from now October 1983 j portant plan they can make is to choose a career and go after it Staying at home all the time jbst doesn’t work anymore Ms Gershenfeld said in a culture where there is no longer family at home to take care of “She’s got to have career goals” she said “something beyond her family” a O re W©0‘B‘i!©Ifil abundance of the very things that psychologically healthier” That they aren’t she said is should be making those women evidenced by the increased smokhappy Ms Gershenfeld was one of the ing the depression the therapy keynote speakers at the confer- the higher divorce rate and so on ence which pulls together speak- “And the question we have to raise ers and workshops on all aspects of is if it’s so good so terrific how come by every criterion of mental American family life The state of the art in family illness women are sicker?” And which women have the most studies often is surprising as in Ms Gershenfeld’s talk on “transiproblems? They are usually white tion stages for women middle or upper class married She told the conference audience with two children and around 35 that researchers such as herself years old she said “She’s the woman who ought to have noticed a number of strange phenomena among women and have everything going for her” families: Divorce among people Ms Gershenfeld said “How come married for 15 years or longer has - she’s the woman who’s sickest in Standard-Examine- r DDO employees The Marcel Robert family of Montreal By CHARLES PriceStandard-Examine- He closed his remarks with a resolution of appreciation from the Ogden City Council and citizens to on Capt Jerry B Douglass who recently took command of the depot invited the crowd to join him in shouting “happy birthday” and commented on the timeliness of the anniversary celebration which coincided with Citizenship Day “The DDO can become a very active citizen of the city county With the women she’s worked with she said she has found that and state” he said “a good teaching them to look for their own neighbor” goals in life and teaching them to Referring to the threat of closure work with their husbands on it has that DDO survived several years improved their own outlooks a ago Douglass said “Here we are great deal and added to not taken two years later alive and kicking away from the happiness of their and business is better than ever” families Layton plans cat show Oct:' 2 j “That Dam Cat” is the theme of the second annual mixed-breecat show on Oct 2 at the Layton Armory 34 Golden Ave from 10 am M d to 4 I EARLY CHRISTMAS rw pm it TOY & The show is limited to 'T4 felines and all household cat owners are invited to participate Kittens must be 4 months old and cats should be 8 months old III and must be neuteredspayed All cats must be vaccinated against feline rhinotracheitis cal-iand distemper viruses and Utah law recommends a rabies SEE PAGE vaccination IN TODAY'S PAPER Entries should be registered by entries alDon't miss it! 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