Rotary Updated
On State’s Care
Of Mentally III
Rotary members who attende<
the meeting of the group Tuesda;
noon in the 49 Room were update<
on the State’s mental health pro
gram, by Miss Millicent Tscepe
an official from Anchorage who i
assisting in the administration o
the program. Miss Tscepe is at
tached to the state hospital for
two weeks’ training as a Naval Re
serve Officer.
The speaker told her Rotarian
audience that 64 per cent of the
cases of mentally retarded in Alas
ka are men. Seventy-five per cent
l of the cases are Indians and Es
r kimos. At the end of last year,
[ she said, there were 450 patients
. on the''books.
, Miss Tscepe pointed out, how
> ever, that statistics don’t always
E tell the true picture. The high
- rate of men, she said, is due to
FIGHT
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Dr. William R. Wood (left) accepts the Sword of Hope of the
American Cancer Society from Mrs. John Young, Fairbanks, and
James D. Lanham, Anchorage, member and chairman of the Alaska
Division Crusade Committee. Dr. Wood will serve as the 1962
State Crusade Chairman.
The Alaska Division “bettered its best” last year when $68,399.86
was given to support the Research, Education and Service program
of the Society.
Dr. Wood said that each community will conduct its own educa
tional-fund-raising program between April, Cancer Control Month,
and August. The goal for 1962 is $70,000. The Key Word of the
Crusade is “To Cure More, Give More.”
the fact that there are a great pre
ponderance of men in Alaska. The
incidence of mentally ill in Alaska
is lower than in other states, she
pointed out.
The speaker had high praise for
the manner in which the State is
grappling with the problem, which
she said is a serious one. Follow
ing statehood, provision is being
made to care for the mentally ill,
offering better methods of handl
ing cases, and providing facilities
within the state where they can
be cared for without sending them
“outside.”
Prior to this, all patients were
sent to Portland. Some are still
there. A new facility is now being
completed in Anchorage where
most of the patients will be cared
for. The patients from the Port
land hospital will be transferred
on a gradual basis, with 12 a
month entered following opening
of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute
at Anchorage next July. She an
ticipated an increase of patients
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from Alaska following opening of
the facility.
Fifty eight of the patients from
Alaska in the Portland Institute
were transferred to Valdez, she
said, with good results.
The speaker touched on the
various methods used in caring for
patients, such as outpatient clinics,
patient care under contractual
agreements, interstate compacts
where a patient is sent to a state
institution from his state of or
igin, and other means.
Guests at the meeting included
two naval station hospital nurses,
Lt. Anne O’Leary and Lt. wares,
Major Lloyd Mapes, Juel Hart
man, Dr. Milo Fritz, John Spahn,
Ivor N. Best, M/S Isenlest, and
Lonnie Gerald.
A businessman in McAlester,
Oklahoma, J. W. Aldridge, has a
cheek he can’t cash. Aldridge
says he can’t read the signature
and he can’t for the life of him,
remember who gave him the
check.
Read the classifieds for profit,
use them for results.
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KEA Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting ef the
KODIAK ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION
WILL BE HELD MONDAY, MARCH 9th, 9:00 P.M. AT THE
EIKS HALL, for ...
* Report Last Year’s Business
9 Election of Nine Directors
9 Entertainment - Movies
9 Lunch & Refreshments
9 Prizes - for Attendance
PROXY VOTE — ANNUAL MEETING — MEMBERS OF KEA
To: A. M. Given, Secty. Mon. March 5th, 1962
The undersigned hereby authorizes_
Name of Member
to vote by Proxy at the Annual Meeting of the Kodiak Electric Ass’n on March
5th, 1962, Elks Hall, Kodiak, Alaska. _ _
Signature
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proxy. The proxy must be handed (not mailed) to the Secty. on or before the
Annual Meeting date. Only members are entitled to vote.
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(Not to be Used for Voting)
ELECTION OF NINE DIRECTORS
□ BELCHER, CECIL
□ BELL, HERBERT
□ BENSEN, BEN
□ BROOKS, ART
□ DAWSON, BOB
□ DUROS, JAMES
□ FELTON, HARRY
□ FIELDS, D. W.
□ GAROUTTE, JAMES
□ GERIENE, VERLYN
□ JENSEN, GORDON
□ MELARVIE, K. W.
□ MAGNUSEN, GEORGE
□ MULLER, WALT
□ NAUGHTON, ED
□ POWELL, CHUCK
□ RAMAG'LIA, PETE
□ RODLI, CARL
□ ROOT, V. W.
□ SLONIGER, HOWARD
□ SUNDBERG, GENE
D VEERMAN, LOU
□ LAWHEAD, DON
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