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Show Mental Health Programs Given To 1009 It is estimated that more than lOOOO people attended meetings in one community or another during the past few weeks concerning mental health, when an extensive program was carried on in Duchesne Du-chesne County. Miss Eva Hancock and Arch Thurman, mental health consultants consul-tants from the State Department of Health, were in the county from Monday to Sunday, and appeared ap-peared at programs in Duchesne, Myton, Roosevelt, Neola and Alta-mont. Alta-mont. The program has been carried car-ried on in connection with the decision de-cision of the Duchesne P-TA coun-citl coun-citl to make mental health the major ma-jor project of their organizations for this year. The visiting speakers pointed out to their audiences that mental health is just as important to a child or parent as good physical health, and that good mental health is feeling good about one's self and about others. To portray various phases of the program, several excellent films were shown and then discussed by the groups. The meetings were arranged by two P-TA council vice-presidents, Supt. Rowan C. Stutz and Rex Curry, who will continue as co-chairmen co-chairmen for this area in furthering further-ing similar activity. A summarization meeting held by the P-TA council restulted in the decision to organize a county committee, made up of representatives represen-tatives from every county orgin-azition, orgin-azition, with the aid of the medical medi-cal profession, health nurse, police officers and others. In addition to Supt. Stutz and Mr. Curry, the following committee commit-tee members aided in the planning of the recent program: Mrs. Jesse Allen, council president; Mrs. C. E. Memmott, P-TA regional director; direc-tor; Mrs. Alva Snow, council parent-education chairman; Mrs. D. G. Mantyla, publicity chairman; Reed Hansen, Vernal, child welfare wel-fare director; and Glen Freeman, Vernal, juvenile coordinator. |