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THE
LUCKNOW SENT
Photo by Ontario Dept. of Health.
Mental 'Health. Week held each' May affords an
opportunity fo :.; ozena to visit. Ontario Hospitals
On- tl ' en House" days.
Dritona Disco es Health in Ontario
Mnta1:Health. Week
' Matthew B..Dyrnond, MD; CM.
`Ontario Minister, of Health
There are,: patients in .Ontario:.
mental " hospitals; patients attend-
lag' mental .health clinics,' patients
in.• psychiatric ., wards .'. of general
hospitals;: and patients . visiting
their own psychiatrist or physi-
cian,, :all with some emotional . or
mental problem.. This is going on.
'fifty-two weeks of: the year..But.
for one Of those weeks 'attention
its .focused on • the problems., of
mental health and Of mental ill
mess.:This is Mental Health Week
and it is' now " being observed
'.for the' seventh year all across
Canada; The emphasis is not .only
on Mental illness, and.' people' sick:
• in: mental Hospitals, but also on
Ike, promotion' and \safegnardinig
of good mental health in the com-'
muntty
•Are ' yea: 'eurion$: about• ;.what
i
goes on ;' in a . menial•- Hospital?;
Have You ever.'thonght about •the
men :and-'womeen who are patients
there? Have you ever wondered`'
about the life they lead?' the kind'
of •treatment used to 'help them?
the •number of years. they' have
beep there and, : how soon they
will .recover?•Have you ever cont.
:sidered a .career irr meatal :health,
. as a ,psychiatrist, an attendant, a,
nurse or social .works ? .
Mental Health Week::iaa time.
:whenyou . can very easily find out
about Some of these things. Men
tai hospitals and mental health
clinics `all 'hold ; open' house dur.
lag the. week and tldnring guided
tours yon.have an 'opportunity to.
chat . inf orinally with patients and
Hospital staff.: Perhaps:. ,yon have
•
already loured. the hospital or
clinic in your community. Doubt-
less there Will be other ways, in. b.
which, you can participate in Men.
'tail' Health. Week. Film : festivals,
public ':meetings, workshops and:
other "come.. see,'• come learn"
.activities will;.be: sponsored by
local voluntary organizations, and
they: deserve your. attention, and
support. . °
There will be some Who: feel
that not only . Mental Health
Week, :but ever" mental health
problems rare of no significance.. •
`to them. To the contrary, this is'
everybody's business, "and all of
us in: the community.' have an:im-
.portant role to: play„ to remove
the stigma; the element of hushed •
secrecy from.,those afflicted 'with
some mental. illness .and' to he
aware' • of the, '.need : for projects
that pre m o t e positive ' 'mental
health.
For .some their, involvet/ent' 'is
very :. active.: Far''.. example, . those. •
who work in ` the :mental health
'field; dealing directly with'pa-
tients as part of. a 'medical team;
or those• who visit patients
:mental ;hospitals as' volunteers.
For others,, participation is more
passive, 'by being ,••informed lay-
men 'through reading. and being:.
generally alert to the problem
Comlmunity' attitudes .have a • sig-
nificant- bearing • in -matters of ,
mental . health. Daring . Mental
.Health Week'.your. Ontario .De- •
partnient Il`f Health urges you to •
learn more about these. matters
in .order to have • better under-
standing the other .fifty-one weeks'
of :the year. r
29/4/63'.
Any questions= to the work of the.Department of Health .in this
field, or suggested topics .for these columns, liould be' sent to the'
,e Director o/ Information ' and Publicity, Orawio
Depwarient' .of .
Health, Queen's'Park, Toronto.
ZION
The' Christening" of . Greggory
Douglas, son of Mr. and .Mrs.
• Bill Gibson . and Marian Eliza-
beth,, daughter of ' and .Mr.
• ,Bruce Raynard tack dace. on
.Sunday. •
'.Mr. Donald Kirkland spent.
.the weekend with his' parents,
Mr: and Mrs. Gordon Kirkland.
Lane Gardner. returned home°
Sunday , after . his, °operatioi in.
'Victoria Hospital
Mr, : orad Mrs. George •Hunter
a• and 1Vlarlene visited Sunday
with' Mr, and Mrs..Bill 'Hunter.
Mr. and Mrs,.D. A. • Hackett.
Visited recently width. Mr.: and'
Mrs, Ken Petrie of Kincardine.
Mr, 'and Mrs. Jack McLean
and ' family' visited with. Mr;
Mrs Harvey Ritchie on Sunday.
Mr.' and Mrs. Fred Anderson
Spent Sunday with. Mr. 'and Mrs:
Charlie Anderson,
.Sunday ',school will 'he at 10
as• it is Anniversary at Hacketts.
•
1s Four Bubscriptio • e i•ew4d?
ASHFIELD •
Miss ' .Mabel .. MacDonald of
Wi'ndso'r spent . the week -end
with''". her mother,, Mrs,. • Alex
MacDonald
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ENLUCKNOW, ONTAA1O. , '
Mr;. and lira. Gordon Fair,
Bervie Visited Mr. and Mrs.
Donald .Mackay. • '
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Need-
ham, Mr. and Mirs. Allan Mac .
Intyre were Sunday guests of
r, and Mrs;, Victor Gawley.,
Miss . Marlene. Gawley and
M'is ,Mary, Anne McCosh, Tor-
onto 'spent the week -end, 'at• their
homes,
Mrs; Bob Fair • visited her, -fa-
ther, Mr, Meyer in :a London
hospital; . .
Mrs. Claude . Dore arnd Mrs.
Frank ,Dore visited Mr. and Ma's,t\W\NA
Melvin Orr,. Chesle y. •
, Mrs. Gordon MacDonald' was.
hostess. to • the ' 'Presbyterian
W.M.S. • of Kinlough on' Wed
ne':sday afternoon. '
M,r, ._ and, • .. Mrs. Claude Dore
spent Wednesday. in London.
Kenneth. ' returned ' Home with
them .
Mrs, Prank Dore was hostess
to the ladies of Bernie L United
Church, Unit Vwo On Wednesday
evening.
•Mr.•. and Mrs. Gordon Mac-
Donald: were' Sunday. guests of
PURPLE GROVE
Miss Rocs'alyn Swann ,graduat-'
ed from Si. Joseph's, Hospital,
London on Thursday. Those at-
tending from here were Mr.•and-
Mrs. ll`rancis Boyle, Mrs, A,u.rel
,Artflstrong, Mr,. and ,Mus',; Peter
Leeson, Mrs, Victoria Smith, Mr.
Murray' Campbell, Mr, and Mrs.
,Howard Thotnpson. Miss Mazy
Anne McCosh,. ,Mr, and 1VIrs;
Victor'• Gawley, - Marlene • and
Gladys, Mr.' and Mrs; ,Don: Chad-
bourne, Mr. Nioryal .Stanley, Mrs.
Helen. ,Swann ` and Mr, Milton
Stanley and Mrs, .Donald Mc-
Cosh, ••
Mr.. and: Mrs. Hugh Jansen
boys moved into the house .that
'was vacant, 'since ' Mr. .and, Mrs,
Claude ;Dore moved ,to the 4th'
Concession. . •
Mr, and Mrs, M drew' Patter-
son. Were Sunday guests. of Mr.
and :Mrs. Burton Collins. '
Mrs. • `rankDore; Nancy,' Ron-
nie and:. `Diae were Sunday
guests of1VIr: and. Mrs. ' Law-'
reuse :Ery'."
WEDNESDAY, MAX btu,
I tr. end Mrs,' Bob' Gilchrist.
Donald McC
were Sun
ohn.. Colwe
M
1 ip1eP United Cl .urch• . Worn(
rnet at Mrs. -Andrew Patterson
on* Tuesday evenings,
Mr,• • . E4 ' Johnson' of the E a
Coast is employed at '1VIr. M •,
ford Mackay's farm.'
Mrs. Donald. McCosh ' spen. t
couple' of :days in' Toronto wi
Miss'" Mary 'Anne.. M'cCosh;
John, -Sandra and Margie
lins visited Jimmie and Ca
Dore: Mrs. Claude Dore • visi
Miss Geraldine :Emerson.
and Mrs.
and Mary Aalne :•
gusts of . • Mrs. J e:.
Kinlou gh.
Mr, and Mrs. Goldie tc
were Wednesday guests. of ...i
Margaret Rabertson.
Gladys: "Which is more' s
isfied, a anan with a.milli.
dollars or 'a -man with six ohil
ren?"
Ethel: "A man: with. six ' tri
Gladys: "Can you prove..' it
'Ethel: "Why,, a• .man with•
million dollars ;, wants more."
Guests with: Jack MacKenzie
on • Sunday' were ,Mr. and Mrs.
George MacGregor of Hamiltons
and Mrs, Neil. J.' MacKenzie of
Lucknow". ' ' :
Mrs, :McCreath with her little
daughters' of. ' Kincardine, visited
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hector MacLean on Sunday.
• Mr: and "Mrs,.. Sandy Macflon-
aid attended' the ;graduation, ex=
ereises at St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, where Miss Betty Ann
Parrish was one of the graduat-
ing nurses. " .A•
Gordon MacGregor of /London
visited recently with relatives
here. ...
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