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16 WHITE ROCK SUN

What a cifizen can do
about the mentally ill

by way to become informed about

Mathew Ross, MD., Director mental illness and how to fight
B.C, Columbia Survey on Mental it most effectively, is to par-
Health Resources and Needs ticipate in the work of local

mental health associations, If
Dr. Mathew Ross is Medical there is not such an association

Director of the American Psy- jn one's community, a person
veal oe ae a might take initiative in Toran
beta one. OF at least, one might
survey of mental health resoure- read the literature on the sub-
ind needs in British Colum- ject published by tho mental
bia‘at the request of the Pro- jeaith association, or perhaps
vincial Government. A. P. A., 4 phasic book such as “The Hu-
Moto pune on man Mind,” by Dr. Karl A, Men-
ihe eM UN LEN ~ ninger.
fey for peyehiatrists in North Aside from mental health as-
Fe eee ns a candor eh sociations, there are many other
De Ro, eee ea tativer of civic groups whose members |
Gin /cemedian stents Health and resources can contribute
sociation and its British Coluny. ‘® ‘he fight against mental ill-
bia Division; the Canadian Med. NCSs. | These Include oe
ical and Psychiatric Associa. SCTViCe Broups, parent teachers |
Hohe: the Department of Nation. associations, ladies’ and men’s}
Viktealsh and! Welfare: the Pro- fraternal groups, and others, I
Sindal Department of Mental A&W of one hospital in Provid- |
HenthtSereicai= the Depart-| once; Rhode Island, which has |
ment of Psychiatry of the Uni-
yersity of British Columbia
Medical School; and over 200
expert consultants drawn from ©
APA. Committee Members and |”
University Departments
Psychiatry throughout Canada
and the U.S
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1959

local Boy Scouts.

grounds in
hey police the

underbrush and waste

see
tance of s mental

hasces are there is an oppor.

For most people thinking
about mental illness is
thinking about juvenile delitr|that hospital
quency, international
ments, and crime. The prob-
lems involyed are so complex, it |. nq training

They may

uM: : y ) take| holding. 1
is/hard to know what a person patients for a ride or to the | —s—

can do about it theatre, read to |

Yet, mentally ill people can|ihem a skill, or just be a good}
be touched by almost everyone, | friend. One never knows what
directly or indirectly, and it is| sscmingly inconsequential touch
iow citizens 'of human kindness may bring a|
be of help ly every- Withdrawn mental patient cut
has known! @ person who icf his shell. There are thous-|
mentally ill— or will some- ands of patients in our public |
— and has been or wiil ntal hospitals who haven't
'& position to lend a neip- had a personal visit from any-||
E hand ote Fikes one for years |
or ol
Tine can do ee ae _Oneof the-sreat needs of the}
ligent interest in the struggle “Me is to find jabs for ex-}

mental patients. Tremendous

effort has heen put into re-|
| habilitating the physically hand
icapped, but most employers
shy away from employin

them, teach |

ist mental illness
analysis it is the
t foots most of the
for mental illness.
ford to be indifferen

Paiinps, the es exmental’ patient. Just
physically handicapped people |
ean be carefully screened to
discover their potentials as

workers, so can former mental
patients, It is to be hoped tliat
ore businessmen and indust-
s will take an interest in|
at potential that exists
t utilizng this untappéd man-}
power resource,

All of the things which I have |
outlined as coming under the}
heading of “citizen participa:
tion” are almost humble in their
simplicity; for some persons
and so simple that they will he

M4
r these suggestions are so obyious
FLOW ERS overlooked since many people
. have the idea that efforts made

Say it Best

to solve a social problem must
For Weddi-’,s, Anniversaries, |be dramatic to be effective
Funerals, etc., 500

In this field, at least, | am
convinced that “slow and

RUTH JOHNSON’S steady" does it. What the ae
tally ill] need, what we profes
See Rock sionals who are working with

|the mentally ill need, is not the
on-again-off-again efforts of a|

House of Flowers few citizens, but the steady in-

15227 Pacific Avenue formed understanding of the|

many. And this is acquired, |
Phone WI. 8-9700

year by year, as more and more
DAY AND NIGHT service |People do simple things they

would not do if they did pot
feel concern for and inte:
in the mentally ill

School District No. '36, Surrey

Tenders

aled tenders will be received by the Board of
School Trustees for a firm bid General Contract including
all trades for the construction of a four classroom addi
tion to Prince Charles Elementary School and finishing
of a classroom to the Johnston Heights Elementary School

5

Plans of specifications, forms of tender and instru
{ions to bidders may be obtained from the office of the
Architects, Toby and Russell, 2256 West 12th Avenut
Vancouver 9, B.C. on the deposit of $25.00 on or after
Monday, 3ist August, 1059,

A bid bond In the amount of $5,000.00 shall acca
pany each tender and shall be in the hands of the &
retaryTreasurer, $.D, Mo. 48. Surrey Contre, IC. on or
before & pm. Monday, September 14, 1958

C, D CHRISTIAN,
Secretary Treasurer,

Board of School Trustees,
Cloverdal

a standing agreement with the | its class in Canada -
The Scouts | li
are allowed to camp out on the | British model; Switzerland, Nor-
return for which | Way
grounds once | and Portugal |
a week, taking away all trash,| AWAY AHEAD

On a more personal level, if) meteoric success story. The| Wins by default
Jone lives within striking dis-! Victor was desi
hospital, | standard of roominess, comfort, | Watch against

safety and performance in re-| fault Saturday
like (unity to do volunteer work in|Jation to. ite modest cost. It

There is almost] pioneered panora visi lay, Sept.
panies A : Orr LE panoramic vision in| \tday, Sep!
disg: no limit to what a volunteer | Britain, established new criteria |Scheduled to meet
can do, depending on aptitude | of steering, handling and road-

Victors lead exports to
Canada and United States

More Vauxhall Victors have unique So was its triumph in
been exported this year than|cxport markets.
any other British model. The) Export orders passed eight
ear which became Britain's aum-| million pounds with a month of
ber one export within less than |the Victor's appearance. Within
a year of its introduction in| three months, export output had
March 1957, is hitting higher |to be rationed, even though pro-
and higher sales figures abroad | duction had soared from 100 to
in 1958. 300 a day, and reached 400 a

ae months of 1958,) month later.
Vauxhall car exports were Up} py August last year double
G5% over the first quarter of | snitt production of 17 houira a
1957, with the United States the | day preceded the appeatance of
biggest buyer, taking 4,660 Vic-|ihe Victor in America. In Sep-
tors. ; tember, this was scheduled for

At the year’s halfway murk 1,000 cars a month. Within
24,700 Victors had gone abroad | weeks, exports to North Amer-|
in six months - nearly six times] joa wore running at the rate of
the number of 4 cylinder Vaux! over 50 million dollars a year
halls sold overseas in the first} tn Canada, where both Vic.

bil of 1056, and current six-cylinder |
Vauxhall Victors topped the halls are sold, one in three

export figures for any British |o¢ ail British Care sold in the
car in their first production | first half o fthe year was a

year: In August this year, the | Vauxhall. - compared with one|
Victor was the top selling Brit- in eight in the first half of
ish car in the United States,| i957 — |
Belgium, Holland and Luxem-| ‘The Vauxhall Victors present

burg; the leading British car in
60 percent |
than any other

ly hold second place in Canad
n car sales. Chevrolet is first
uxhall second, Ford third!
d Volkeswagen ninth

her sales

2,000 A.A, delegates
to meet September 46
Two thousand members of Al-
coholics Anonymous - delegates
from every town in British Col-
umbia, Washington and Oregon
are expected to meet in New
Westminster Vincent Massey
High School, Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday, September 4, 5, und

6 at their 15th annual Pacific
North West Conference,

To the general public and es-
pecially welfare and social
workers, ministers and law en-
forcement officers and families
with a drinking problem are
cordially invited to attend the
public meet, Sunday, September
6 at 3:45 pm. at the Vincent
Massey High School.

Denmark, Sweden, Austria

4 |Surrey Cricket Club |
This is the latest chapter in
Club won its |
outh Hill by de-|

Surrey Cric

ed for a new

Next game will be held §:
5 when Surrey is
Vancouver
uniors at Bear Creek Park at

pm,

design was

bral

~ Hotel Leopold

BELLINGHAM

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In the latest bulletins issued
in automotive sales in Can-
ada, Vauxhall has climbed
from fifth place to second
. . . topped only by Chev-
rolet in popularity, and far

exceeding any other make
of small car,

For the best of everything
... it all adds up to a

VAUXHALL

Phenomenal roadholding
Panoramic vision

Advanced styling
Finger-light steering
Alleynchromesh gearbox
Smooth long-life engine
Powerful brakes

Roomy comfortable interior
Extra large boot

Delightful new cofors

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MANY NEW DIFFERENT
MODELS ON DISPLAY

) MIDWAY MOTORS

Ltd,
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1549 Johnston Road
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Phones WI 8-5051; WI 8-9195

Scribblers

We carry a complete
line of school needs

5c - 25

seleaf Binders

95 - $10.50

Dictionaries - Lunch Kits
Thermos Bottles, etc.

Shrine Circus Tickets

available at both stores

Prescription Pharmacy

OPEN 9 A.M to 9 P.M.

Washington Avenue and

Vidal Street

WI. 89710

Hilltop Pharmacy

Johnston Road

Vauxhall © Vauxhall ¢ Yauxhall

Now Second Place in Sales in Canada

WI. 8-9494

...joute seeing them everywhere!

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