Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday January 26 1914- -9 AARP Association offers continuing opportunity to serve society By Dr Clayton Clark The American Association of Retired Persons was founded in list by Dr Ethel Percy Andrus to assist retired people to continue to use their talents to serve humanity and thereby to maintain their personal competence dignity and sense of self worth She served as the first president and founded the magaiine of the association “Modern Maturity” Eleven years earlier shortly after her retirement she had founded the National Retired Teachers Association AARP and NRTA have a joint national headquarters and cooperate nationally in many programs Ethel Percy Andrus founded these and several other organ- isations and publications beneficial to retired people after she had retired from 40 years of service as a high school teacher and principal Her guiding principle was to do everything possible to help retired persons to realise that they still had much to contribute and it was their duty to society and to themselves to keep active She said: “If you legislative committees and groups interested in the welfare of all citisens of the nation and the preservation of freedom and our American way of life The magasine “Modern Maturity" has valuable articles to help readers with the problems that rider people encounter as well as entertaining information The Logan-Cach- e chapter officers include Monna Judah and Frank Roskelley vice presidents: Helen Clark secretary: Ross Nyman treasurer and Anna Erickson past president We meet each month at 2 pm on the first Thursday at the Senior Citisens Center-2- 36 North 1st East Logan-excfor occasional tours The Herald Journal has kindly announced our meetings in the “About Dr Clayton Clark is presiCache” column dent of the Logan-Cach- e Programs are arranged to serve the needs of the group on chapter of the American Association of Retired problems of health insurance Persons security economics marketing and other topics suggested by the members The meetings don’t use your talents you will provide an opportunity for social interaction where the lose them” The AARP now has 10 milkm members enjoy each other’s members and a national orga- company and have musical and nisation dedicated to the service other entertainment numbers of senior citisens with as well as educational topics ept The group has other activities a few times each year In the summer there is a canyon party in the fall a bus trip to see the colors of nature and sometimes other trips Last September we had a delightful dinner at Carol Draper’s summer home at Sweetwater above Bear Lake Anyone of age 35 and rider is invited to join the national AARP and to affiliate with the local group Under the founding philosophy of both AARP and NRTA all activities are intended to physical challenge should be encountered each day Likewise with mental health we must make an effort each day to learn something new to communicate verbally and in writing with someone to listen to someone and understand their comments with sensitivi- - ty Sara Sinclair the excellent of Sunshine Terrace says it well when she insists that rid age is a state of administrator mind and will not occur until we give up the challenge and let it happen build the members’ faith in themselves and their stature in the community The experience and competence possessed by the large body of retired persons in the nation is much too valuable to waste Retirees will not be useful to themselves or to the community unless they keep active and maintain their skills and their mental and physical health Paramount in maintaining physical health is daily physical activity appropriate for one’s age and condition but some Social Security appeals can be made People getting Social Security checks who want to appeal a decision should be aware of the time limits within which they must take action a Social Security spokesperson said A person who fails to request action before the appropriate time limit ends may lose his or tier right to that action and may not be permitted to go on to the next step in the review process Preventing and Reversing Senility By just learned six good reasons to invest my money through Edward D Jones & Co ” 120§ & L Invulmnl Sr idi CepeXi Bsndi & MA m4 KEOGH RsUrsHMl 900 David L Stephenson Fedml Iksm Munidpl 905 Tu-Fi- tank Flint 1265 1310 i hum Ransom DC cholesterol" ill Bwsrsoisl BwrwUrt Imfc I Frtfirrid Uicki 2 Fitfsril IncwM Tu-FMuaicwil Imtfi F "I don't think that senility is an inevitable part of aging" says Dr Abram Hoffer author of the new book Nutrients To Age Without Senility" “I believe if wo could have an entire population follow sound nutritional principles the incidence of senility would go way down perhaps even disappear” Foiling memory absentmindedness a tendency to repeat yourself or tell the same stories over and over ore first identifiable symptoms of senility Dr Hoffer explains "Above all we have to keep the blood circulation to our brains normal" he says so anything we can do to prevent hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis) is very important in preventing and treating senility Both Dr Hoffer and Dr Michael Lesser author of Nutrition and Vitamin Thorapy contend the dietary culprit in heart disease such as hardening of the arteries is the use of processed and adultoreated foods "A highly processed diet" Dr Lesser says "is deficient in the B vitamins vitamin C vitamin E lecithin magnesium manganese and line all of which are needed to metabolize “I I Jamws "You can lake advantage of today's high yields by investing your money wltcre it will help you fight inflation and taxes" Please call me or drop by for more information The primary regimen researchers recommend for preventing and reversing senility includes eliminating foods with sugars and additives and eating whole natural foods with adequate fiber: and adding a B complex vitamin supplement vitamins C and E a chelated mineral supplement and lecithin to the daily diet The B vitamins niacin (B3) and pyridoxina (B6) are particularly valuable in floating senility An amino acid substance L glutamine - 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