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DOINGS in DENTON
May, 1961
DOINGS IN DENTON
The Magazine of Goodwill
Non-Political Non-Denominational
E. J. HEADLEE, Editor and Publisher
P. O. Box 638
Denton, Texas
Printed by Terrill Wheeler Printing Company
This publication began as a family newsletter twenty-ifive years ago
and has been published continuously since that time.
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR
MAY, 1961
COSTING MORE
The Doings is costing more, and it’s costing more to
mail it. Two years ago the rate was 11/2 cents, now it
is 2 1/2 cents per copy for postage- alone. If you have
been saving some money to help keep the little paper
coming out, don’t keep it any longer. Send it to us.
DOINGS SHOULD BE CONTINUED
Mr. Joe L. Banks, pastor of the Welch Street Church
of Christ, talking to a group at Tobin Drug, said: “Some-
one should volunteer to continue publishing The Doings
when the present editor gets too old to carry on. It is a
good thing for the town. We enjoy every issue.”
We think something we said may have elicited the
above comment. We have given a lot of thought to the
idea; but it is a difficult matter to find someone who is
capable of doing the job, and who can give the necessary
time to it. It takes a man’s full time.
The manager of a large Denton store said to several
people around a table at the B&PW dinner at Pat
Boone’s: “The best way to get any fact over to Denton
is to put it in The Doings. It is the least-expensive ad-
vertising medium I know about.”
PEARL STREET CHURCH
Jack W. White, minister of
the Pearl St. Church of Christ,
asks:
‘‘Have you ever thought of
compiling a scrap book? During
the many yfcars of a life time,
you come in contact with many
good and timely articles, quota-
tions and poems, etc. Most ev-
ery day you read a number of
things that you would do well
to put away, then after a while,
one rainy day, fill your room
with .a bit of sunshine by read-
ing and putting all these choiee
sayings in a book. It will be a
treasure to you and yours
through the years.
‘‘If you have such, and don’t
care to begin .a scrap book, why
don’t you just pass the material
along to one who does. Don’t
let good and timely sayings die
with you. Make them a part of
your life, then pass them on to
others.”
Thoughts similar to these
were in the mind of the Doings
editor when he started the file
which has grown to be one of
the largest collections of infor-
mation about people anywhere.
MRS. HARRIS BITTEN
Mrs. Leon F. Harris was bit-
ten by a rattlesnake while on an
outing at Madina Lake. It was
about 4:30 p.m. April 30th, and
the hospital was 45 miles away.
Leon drove the distance in 45
minutes through rather heavy
traffic. A matter of 15 minutes
more would have meant death
to Irma.
She was in the hospital seven
days and is now at home, 534
Greer St., San Antonio. She is
a nice lady and we hope she will
fully recover.
Leon is a former Denton man,
a brother of J. A. Harris, Boli-
var St., and Mrs. Dick McClen-
don, N. Locust St. Also a neph-
ew of Mrs. E. J. Headlee. Old-
time golfers here will remember
Leon. We believe he has quit
playing now.
OVER $2,000,000
The official estimate of the
damage from the recent storm
is two million dollars. If you
count the loss of trees and
everything, it is much more
than that sum.
DR. ROBERT K. BASS
In last Sunday’s Times-Herald
was a fine article by Dr. Robert
K. Bass on the subject of De-
generative Diseases Linked
With the Aged. Dr. Bass is a
Denton boy, son of Bill and
Velma Bass, and known to
hundreds of Denton people.
There are several paragraphs
that are of great interest to
older people. Here it is in part:
Many Factors
To a great extent the medical
problems after 65 are predeter-
mined by a number of factors:
(1) the care of the individual
before the age, (2) attention to
infections, (3) mental cultiva-
tion and relaxation, (4) physical
fitness and exercise, (5) per-
sonal habits, i.e., smoking, al-
cohol, foods, and (6) weight
control.
Of course, there are other fac-
tors of stress and strain, injury,
exposure and hereditary causes
of disease that are beyond the
control of the individual.
Unfortunately, life beyond 65
will not be a nirvana for mil-
lions for it will often be lived
with difficulty and in poor
health. The American Heart As-
sociation estimates that there
are over 10 million persons dis-
abled from heart and blood ves-
sel diseases, 12 million disabled
as a result of arthritis and an-
other 20 million handicapped by
mental and emotional disease.
The course of these illnesses
is frequently without symp-
toms, is prolonged, but persis-
tant and progressive. Often the
existence of one disorder tends
to provoke and aggravate an-
other ailment.
LANE'S FREEZER FRESH
ICE CREAM, 108 Congress
Dial 382-2934
These diseases are largely par-
allel to the problems of ag^ML
However, to age is to ch^^B
and aging is but a part of li^Bg
that begins at birth. There is no
hope of arresting aging. It may
be modified or retarded but not
arrested.
More Aged
Longevity is with us. By
1975 in the United States there
will be 22 million people over
most of whom will suffer fr^H}
one of the degenerative diseases:
The main help medicine has
to offer today centers around
a periodic health inventory of
the individual with a high index
of suspicion for various pre-
dominant ailments.
With this periodic screening
procedure it is possible to ob-
tain early detection and then
render more effective therapy
for relatively asymptomatic,
chronic, progressive disease
states.
Most of the advances made in
the fields of improvement in the
aging processes and in the dis-
eases that go with it depend
upon early detection.
We have four prime objectives
—prevention, cure, palliation
and control. When these are
focused upon the disease^fcf
the aged the ultimate
will be greater health.
Too often people accept va-
rious infirmities thinking them
a part of aging, but nowhere
can more gratifying results be
achieved than when vigorous
medical attention and close
supervision are given to the
chronically ill aged patient.
Here is where the most vigorous
attempts in medical manage-
ment are needed because of the
medical complexities of ad-
vanced age.
Longevity is with us but not
with full health and continued
accomplishment.
PROF. R. C. PATTERSON
Prof. Patterson was a guest
at the Denton Rotary Club. He
was superintendent of Dent|^^
Schools 1936-1946. He was ^^B
International Harvester deale^
at Whitesboro until 1953. Since
they retired they are living at
Grapevine. He looks fine as
usual. When asked about Mrs.
Patterson’s health, he said:
‘‘Fine, the Lord -has been good
to us.”_____
FIRST COLLEGE
The first college in this coun-
try was Harvard College, now
Harvard University. Established
in' Cambridge, Mass., in 1636.
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