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TRANSYLVANIA'S
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
By - Dr. Joanna Byers
Consulting Psychologist
ONE MORE WORD ABOUT DRUGS A THEN
WE MOVE ON TO OTHER ISSUES
In the time we have been writing about
the use and misuse of drugs, our emphasis has
been on the misuse rather than on the use of
drugs.
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The same drugs which are being misused (
or abused have been used for many years by re
ligious cults and mystics for development of re- |
legious fervor; and by physicians to ease pain.
Used in moderation and when needed they are I
a boon to mankind, not a scourge. ^
Recently I have been ill with an inflamed |
nerve tract. During that illness the use of
drugs for control of the pain was most wel
come. As the illness grew less the use of
simple pain killers has also been welcome. I *
now look forward to the day or night that I i
will no longer need any kind of relief from ,
pain. But during the illness I had to say
“Thank God for the drugs.” 1
This is my experience. It has been the ^
experience of many people who have had brok- {
en boneA surgery, cancer and other painful ill
nesses. The use of drugs has permitted physi- 1
cians and surgeons to help people with all kinds i
of physical disorders. Reduction of the shock ‘
due to pain in the body has saved many lives. j
Alleviation of pain has helped many people to
live their lives with calmness rather than bit- (
temess and anger. So before we close out this ,
forum on Drugs Their Use and Abuse, let us not \
forget that the proper use of drugs when needed i
is a help to mankind. "
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We shall continue to push for education
about drugs and alcohol. We shall continue to !
try to help parents rear their children so they i
will not have to depend on drugs or alcohol. '
We shall continue to offer help to those who j
are already having a problem with drugs and
alcohol. But for now we would like to turn {
to some of the areas that we as a community ,
need to think about in our efforts to make !
this one more healthy. j
In our modern world which runs on wheels |
instead of by foot we leave our homes get into
cars, whiz by our neighbors homes to the down 1
: town area or the job and then back again.
Many days go by during which one neighbor
might not see or spealo to another. Some of us
have very little time to stop and chat. When
we do talk together it is about those things
which are superficial and have little meaning
to us. I am often amazed at how shocked some
people are at a real show of emotion about
some issue. On the other hand there are some
corners of the town or country where people are
living so closely together that there is no sense
of privacy. In these areas very often discord
and ill feelings are aroused because everybody
knows everybody’s business.
Still other people who are unmarried,
widowed or divorced and who are living in a i
room or small apartment, feel that it is very dif
ficult to make friends, to feel a part of a group
and to have a purpose in living.
AH of these conditions are a oart of life i
today. During the next few weeks suppose
we think together about how we in the com
munity can live together as a community giv
ing support to each other, working together
for a more healhv attitude about ourselves
and each other, and getting to know each
other, as neighbors and friends. For example,
how can the communitv be helpful over the
long haul to a family who is having a succes
sion of bad times. How can we learn to accept
the person who is a little different from us?
How can we make the person who is return
ing to the community after illness, a stretch
in the service, or in prison to feel welcome
and that he has a place? This is what com
munity mental health is all about.
Gillespie Rites Held Saturday
Leander Gillespie, age 76, of
route 1, died in an Asheville
hospital last Thursday morning
after a short illness. He was a
retired farmer and a lifelong
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“WONDERFUL
PISGAH
resident of Transylvania Coun
ty.
He is survived by the wife,
Mrs. Annie Jordan Gillespie of
the home; three daughters,
Mrs. Lila Stafford of Haw
thorne, Cal., Mrs. Frances Wal
drop of Brevard, and Mrs.
Grace Leonard of Burlington;
six sons, Alfred of San Rose,
Cal., Edward, Jason, Robert,
Hugh and Lester Gillespie, all
of Brevard; one brother, Euge
Gillespie of Pisgah Forest; one
sister, Mrs. Azalec Seals of
Mountain Home; 14 grandchil
dren; and three - greatgrand
children.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday at Cherryfield
Baptist Church of which he was
a member. Rev. James Parham
and Rev. Jessie Meece officiat
ed and burial was in Mt. Mo
riah Cemetery.
Deacons of the church serv
ed as pallbearers.
Moore Funeral Home wu in
charge of arrangements.
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