Show Dispelling Despondency Now lifes life's Endeavor The following Interesting write write-up appeared in Mondays Monday's Salt Lake Tele- Tele Telegram Telegram gram and Is republished as Mr Mc- Mc McGowan Gowan his accident was a popular popular Mc-I Mc lar young man ot of our city He spent sometime in the Miners Miners' hospital here after atter the accident being taken to Salt Lake City There just Isn't any use In looking for tor the black side of me life when that bright one Is always there waiting to be tapped said the tho No 1 morale builder I ot of Holy Cross hospital Monday as he he grinned and spun his wheelchair around a corridor on his way to a fellow tellow patient who was reeling sort of low after aner an operation Generally G referred to by ho hospital at- at attaches attaches I as the most cheerful happiest pa lent in the institution Leonard Mc- Mc McGowan McGowan Gowan 43 formerly ot of Park City has 14 years of wheelchair life lite in the hos- hos hospital pital l behind him and before him the prospect of spending the remainder of his life at Holy Cross and 1 if you think hed he'd b bb the ono one who needed cheering up you'd be much mistaken U If youre you're going to feel teel sorry for your your- yourself self youre you're not worth it and you Cant can't do a bit of good Mr McGowan said Tho thing to do is be happy and try to make others feel teel the same I 1 dont don't pity myself and I 1 get what I can from and life I get quite a lot Taken to the hospital in 41 1930 after atter a amine amine mine cave In burled buried him under rock and timbers at Park permanently City paralyzing his legs McGowan has been In his wheelchair since Of course It was a hard blow to take at first Id I'd been an active man a motorman in mines and I 1 was used to getting around But after atter I 1 realized what the tho real situation was that there was no hope of regaining us use ot of my legs I decided I could either be a chronic complainer making myself a bore to everybody or I could be happy with what I did have left and build my lIto on that It worked You know no matter how bad things are how hopeleSs they seem you can al always ay look about you and see folks who tire are worse oU off and who'd be glad to trade places with you Always what I saw saw men hurt as badly as I was maybe worse and hay hay- haying families depending upon them I had ho responsibilities like that Mae Mati as tho nurses and officials at the hospital call him has that ability rare among rarer persons still with handicapped ones ones-of bringing cheer to others He even eyen makes us feel better I laughed Miss Phyllis Reva Iteva hospital nurse when she made a routine check ot of Mr McGowans McGowan's pulse and tempera tempera- temperature turo ture Monday Wed miss Mac around here because hes he's one of the days day's bright bright- brightest est spots to us all Mr McGowan makes his own daily I rounds at the hospital almo almost t as regu- regu ans many times Umes ac- ac according according cording to officials ls doing wonders where medicine tailed failed I |