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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
Lafayette News
MRS. DONALD CLAIR
PHONE 806-W2

Week end guests at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. William Turner and
son, were Mrs. Turner's parents
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Whisman and Sue of Cincinnati.
Miss Irene Shipley of London
spent Tuesday with her cousin,
Mrs. John Harper and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo Rector and
daughters, Hedy and Marilyn, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Moore and family
and Mr.. & Mrs Donald Claar and
son took a picnic dinner to Memoir
ial Park in Mechanicsburg last
Sunday.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
of the Lafayette Charge met al
the church Sunday afternoon for
a picnic. Approximately thirty
folks attended with Rev. and Mrs.
William Turner, Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Nixon and Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Collier as the chaperones. Follow
ing the bountiful dinner, the busi-
ness meeting was called to order.
George Burke was elected to fill
the vacancy of the vice president
and he presided at the meeting in
the absence of the president. A pa
per drive will be held on Monday
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
Farewell Party
For The Porters

A farewell party was held at the
high school cafeteria room, Satur-
day evening. 1t was given by the
school faculty, employees n d
school board for Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
Porter.
There were about seventy pres
ent; the guests included the wives
and husbands of the school person.
mel and board
Miss Mary Mooney and Mr.. Paul
Cochran headed the committee in
charge. Games were played and a
social time enjoyed.
Mr.. Cochran, school principal,
presented Mr.. Porter with lovely
gift, a self-winding Elgin wrist
watch, in behalf of the group, and
remarked they were sorry to have
the PorterS leave the community
but realized itwas the right thing
for Mr.. Porter to take advantage
of the opportunity for advance
ment.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13

Mrs. Ova McBrayer, Mrs. Char
les LutZ and Mrs. Harry Shaffer
attended a 4-day outing for the
Home Demonstration Club at Clif-
ton last week.
Mrs. c. c. owand and
Miss Margaret Davis spent sever
al days visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Beardsley and family at
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mrs. Or
pha Pleasant returned home after
several weeks visit in the Boards
ley home.
Miss Ann Gordin and Jack Knis-
ley will repeat nuptials Sunday,
July Is in the Church of Christ
in Christian Union, South Solon.
The double ring ceremony will be
performed at 2:30 PM. by Rev.
Maynard Mcpherson, pastor of the
church. Miss Gordin is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cor
din, Sedalia. Mr.. Knisley is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. David Knis-
ley, South Solon. The bride-elect
will be given in marriage by her
father. Miss Carolyn Gordin, sis
ter of the bride-to-be, will serve
as maid of honor. Mr.. KniSley will
be attended by Don Murry and
Howard Marsh. Bridesmaid will be
Miss Blanche Lutz of Circleville.
Sandra Dorm of Sedalia is to be
flower girl and Gregory Knisley,
Urbana, is to be ringbearer. A pre-
lude of nuptial music will be pre-
sented by Mrs. Theodore Conaway,
vocalist, Columbus and Mrs. Rog-
er Knisley, pianist, AWHILE, Pa.
Seating the guests will be Mr.. Nor
man Dorm and Mr.. Sonny Sollars
of Sedalia. Following the cere-
mony, a reception will be held in
the community building with Mrs.
Norman Dorm, Sedalia the Misses
Joyce Roscup and Marcel Krof of
Columbus, hoSteSseS. Miss Gordin
is a graduate of Sedalia High
School and employed with the Ma
tionwide Insurance Company in
Columbus. Mr.. Knisley is grad
uate of Stokes Township High
School and is stationed in the serv-
ice at Fort Leonard Wood Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Gibbs and
Jack of West Palm Beach, Florida,
were guests for several days of
Mr. and Mrs. James Haller and
family.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
South SolOn
MRS. RUTH DIFFENDAL
PHONE 327f

Mrs. Donna Cooper spent sever.
al days with friends in Springfield
and Donnelsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Rapp anc
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Daniels, have
returned home from a vacation
trip through the west.
Mrs. Don Womacks and Mrs
Howard Murry attended a miss
ionary Meeting, Wednesday at An
tioch Church, near Wilmington
where Mrs. Womacks presented
slides of her stay in Male, Haw-
all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ovens an
ounce the marriage of the daugh-
ter. Pat, to Denver Ison of Mt.
Sterling. The marriage was peri
orrned June 30th at Richmond, In
diana. The new Mrs. Ison is a gra-
duate of Stokes Township High
school and is employed with the
Opekasit Center Grain Company,
South Solon. Mr.. Ison resided with
MIR and Mrs. Clyde Borror where
he is engaged in farming. He is a
graduate of Mt. Sterling High
School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ellars and
daughter Judy returned home Sun
day after visit with 1t. and Mrs.
Fred Moore Evelyn Ellars) at FIT.
Mcclellan, Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Knisley and
Miss Ann Gordin spent the week
end with Pvt. Jack Knisley at Ft.
Leonard Wood, Mo. Jack, who has
completed training, returned with
them for a furlough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hammerstein
and family of Fort Wayne, Indi-
ana, were week end guests of Mrs
Sadie Hammerstein.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Knisley of
AWHILE, Pa, will arrive here Fri
day for visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Theobald and Mr.. and Mrs.
David Knisley and to attend the
marriage of Miss Ann Gordin and
Jack Knisley, July Is.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
Several Folks On
4-H cincy Tour

Members of the 4-H Clubs from
West Jefferson and community
who were among the large group
who went on the excursion tour
Friday, July 6, were: Sue Reuter-,
Mary Ann Hollabaugh, Linda Ken
nedy, Sharon HALEY, Darlene Pat
terson, Kay Howard, Sidney Mer-
rick, Nancy Lewis, Sue Kessler,
Betty Kessler, Rosemary Myers,
Linda Landlord, Shirley Collins,
Hazel Forrest, Linda Dietsch, DON
ma Fisher, Helen Sue Elliott, Car
olyn Elliott, Doris Bradley, Caro-
lyn Peterman, Judy, Peggy and Di-
ane Truitt, Ronnie Forrest, Roger
Siebold, Lloyd Rebel, Kenny Rie-
bel, Leonard Denbeski, Ronald
Howard, Tom and John Clark.
Adults who accompanied them
are Mrs. Francis Blauser, Mrs.
Merrill Howard, Mrs. Harold Sic
bold, Mrs. Freeman Bower, Mrs,
Winfred Truitt, Mrs. Donald FL
lott, Mrs. Francis Olney, Mrs.
Spencer Hockenbery, Mrs. Donald
Bradley, Mrs. Henry Geyer, Mrs
Betty Geyer, Stephen Geyer, Miss
Catherine Patterson, Mrs. Raymon
Deacon and children, Linda and
Donnie.
All enjoyed the bus ride to Gin
cinnati and the two hour steamboat
ride on the Ohio River, which took
them to Coney Island.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
lOOF And Rebekahs
Enjoy Picnic Dinner

On Sunday, July 8, the Rebekahs
and Odd Fellows of West Jeffer-
son, with their families, held a pic
mic dinner at noon at the Odd Fell
lows Home in Springfield. During
the afternoon a tour was made
through the building to observe the
many new Improvements, such as
the elevator, new equipment for
the laundry and a new wing added
to the hospital
At the present time, one of West
Jefferson's fifty-year-members of
the Coral Rebekah Lodge 222, Jen-
ME Baker, is residing at the home,
and the Rebekahs presented her
with fruit and wool stole.
The following folks enjoyed the
visit and the picnic dinner: Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Siebold and family of
Chillicothe; Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Littler and daughters of Ashville;
Miss Ellen Traftzer, Lincoln Viii
lage; Miss Gladys Traftzer, Spring
field; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Phillips,
Marysville; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hanscel, Mrs. Lucy Hopper, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Thomas, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Blouser, Mr.. and Mrs.
Otto Dietsch, Mrs. Viola Murray,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt Graves, Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Gene Graves and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Marshal, Mr..
and Mrs. Mervin Bidwell and Ron
ME, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Pelfrey and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Col
Inns and family. Mrs. Bryson Ev-
ans, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Siebold,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Coe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Welcome Siebold, Mrs. Rich
ord Brunney, Mrs. Evans Elliott,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Peterman and
Carolyn, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sie-
bold and Roger, Mr.. Lincoln Sie-
bold, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hook
enberry and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Phillips, all of
West Jefferson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Columbus. Ohio, June 20, 1859
NVHNEHtt SHFtB NEBWH OUpy NO uU-FON
UNIT PRICE CONTRACT



UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
S-I42 (4
Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the State Highway
Director of Ohio at Columbus, Ohio.
until 1000 AM, Ohio (Eastern)
Standard Time. Tuesday. July "a.
1866, for improvements in: Madison
14.9l, State Route No. 56 in Oak Run
Township, by grading, draining. and
paving with asphaltic concrete on
crushed aggregate base and by con-
structing a large pipe culvert.
Width. Pavement 20 feet, Road
way 80 feet.
Length 400 feet or 0.075 mile.
The date set for completion OF
this work shall be as set forth I'm
the bidding proposal"
The minimum wage to be paid to
all labor employed on this contract
shall be in accordance with the
Schedule of Prevailing II urly
Wage Rates Ascertaired and Deter
mined by the Department OF Indus
trial Relations applicable to State
Highway Department improvements
In aeeordance with Sections 4ll5.03
Q7-3), 4115.04 (17-4), 4115.05 Q7-4a)
41i506 (17-5), and 4115.07 C7-5a) of
the Revised Code of Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his
bid a certified check In the amount
of 100000.
Plans and specifications are on
file In the department OF highways
and the office OF the division deputy
director.
The director reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
s. o. LINZELL +
State Highway Director
July 6 3 13 l6
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13

The local All Members, leaders,
parents and friends enjoyed a trip
on Friday to Cincinnati. The ex-
,cursion included the trip on a
Greyhound bus to the Ohio River
where a u hour steam boat ride
and several hours at Coney Island
provided amusement. The group
included: Mrs. Hugh Anderson,
Elizabeth and Trecia; Mrs. Henry
Klever, Kay and Karen; Misses
Barbara Davis, Marlene Roddy,
Pamela Miller, Carolyn Rothe,
Jane Davidson, Lynda Bennett,
Nancy Stewart, Marlene Crum,
Janet Cline, Janet Butcher, Carol
Sue Clemans, Rosalee Lowery,
Mrs. Stanley Marsh and Viola,
Mrs. Dana Porter, Mrs. Lewis
Pierce and Roger, Mrs. Paul Hy-
er and Phillip, Mrs. Odell Jackson
and Evelyn, Mrs. Bea OFT and Bon
ME and 10 OFT.
Mrs. H. r. Long is a patient at
Memorial Hospital, Washington,
G.. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sexton Wis
tied on Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sexton near Mt. Sterling.
Miss Kippen Hargee of Portland,
Michigan, is visiting with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Bennett.
The Annual Firemen's Picnic
was held Sunday at the Columbus
Zoo with approximately so in at
tendance. The children in the
group were treated to free rides in
the amusement park. The follow
ing attended: Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Daugherty and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Baughn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Keith Rowand, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
Ian Riegel and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Daniels and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Stewart
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Anderson and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger German. and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Mace and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Murry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marion Knisley and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bennett and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ban
ion and family, Mr.. and Mrs. STAN
ley Marsh and Viola, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Marsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Ever
EFT Greer, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Zoltz and Judy, Mrs. Jessie Clark
and Champ, Mrs. Mary Blake,
Mrs. Martha Crum and Marlene,
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Womacks, Miss
es Ruth Duff, Janet Butcher, Mar
ilyn Schillings, Marva Greer, Jun
ior Shaffer, Max Duff, Bud Duff,
Frank Nixon, Ova McBrayer and
Mac Hutchinson, Mrs. Raymond
O'Brien and jeanette KniSley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Womacks, Mr..
and Mrs. Don Murry and Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Murry were Sunday
evening guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jimmy Murry, Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Killings and
family moved to South Charleston.
Mrs. John E. Diffendal and Lin
da visited on Tuesday with Mrs.
William Long in Columbus.
The Golden Rule Glass of the
Methodist Church met Friday eve
ming at the church. Host and host
esses were Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
jerks and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Devoe. Plans are underway for the
annual fish fry set for August 81.
Present at the meeting were: Mr.
and Mrs. Thurman Bentley and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Spears,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Crabbe and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kle-
n,,l NJ, ok,I NH~c
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
Ray Shannon Family
Is Visiting Here

Mrs. Ray Shannon and her three
children of Lincoln, Nebraska, are
visiting in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade Shannon, Chester ST.
Ray Shannon, master sergeant in
the U.S.AF., has been stationed at
Lincoln for the past year and a
half. He has been transferred to
duty in Germany. Ray is serving
his seventeenth year in the service.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
DINNER HoNoRs SISTER
Crompton Rites
Held In Columbus

The funeral of Thomas L..
Crompton, aged 50 years, of Hub
bard Road, was held Monday am,
at the Harvey Davis Funeral Home
in Columbus, with Rev William
George officiating.
Interment was in Sunset Gene
terry.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, two sons, his mother,
Mrs. Mary Ann Crompton and four
grandchildren.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
Family Dinner
At Thomas Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Thomas enter
tanned with a family dinner last
Sunday. Those present were: Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Rice and family;
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Peterson and
children; Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Thom-
as and family; Mr.. and Mrs. James
OHarra and daughter; Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Thomas; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles O'Harra and family;
Mrs. Maude OHarra, Mr.. Donald
Thomas, Miss Betty Greenwall and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Thomas and fam
lily.
DINNER HoNoRs SISTER
Last Friday evening, Mrs. George
Stephenson entertained with a
birthday dinner honoring her sister,
Mrs. James Timmons. Others pres
ent were, Mr.. Timmons, Mrs. Ruth
Campbell and Mr.. Stephenson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13
WEST JEFFERSON NEWS

Mrs. Porter was also presented
with personal gift.
The Porter family expect to
move soon, near Dover where he
has accepted the position as super
intendent of a consolidated school
system in TuScarawas County
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-07-13

din Knisley and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marlin Gordin, Mr.. and Mrs. DON
aid Mace and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Billy jerks, Mrs. Franklin Pickens,
Mrs. Rhoda Butler and Mrs Char
les Lutz and Sonny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

CHANGE: Early in his career.
when he was struggling for rec
ognition, Composer Igor Stravin-
sky met a friend who had earned
a fortune by writing popular
tunes.
Its melody that people
want" insisted the friend, and
can pick the melodies out of
my sleeves, Why don't you
change your style?"
I'll do better than that" re-
piled Stravinsky. I'LL change
my tailor
DIGESTION: With his first
success as humorist, viii
Rogers found himself more and
more in demand as an after
dinner speaker. Several times
a week he hit the banquet trail.
1t was lucrative, but the meals
upset his digestion. After a
while Rogers found 1t impossible
to look a chicken in the eye.
fried or fricaseed, dead or alive.
He was about ready TO call it
quits when he came up with a
happy solution. Whenever he
was to attend a banquet. he
would stop for a bowl Of chill,
his favorite dish. This would
hold him through the banquet
and until he came home TO his
wife's cooking. It also improved
his health and the quality Of his
speeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
LAW IN THE NEWS
BY PHIL YEAGER ana
JOHN STARK

Pets have been getting their
owners into legal jams for many
years. And so long as human
beings want pets. this situation
is not likely to change.
A striking addition to the
lengthy roster of pet-owners-
come -to-grief are Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Perry of BeltSville. Md
Their margay "a type Of wildcaD
mutiliated their 7-week- old baby
at time when they were absent
and the baby left in the care of
a hired helper.
The Perrys have been SEN
fenced to 10 days in jail for neg
lecting their child. The caretaker
drew a similar sentence for fail
ing to give the child proper care
Appeals were noted in all three
cases in Hyattsville Magistrates
Court. The Perrys contended
they thought their pet was an
ocelot and not the more fierce
margay.
Common Law Principle
Most wild animal cases involve
liability for damages. They go
back to the old common law
principle that owners Of wild
beasts shall be held strictly to
account for any damages caused
to others. It is a principle that
has been extended to wild ami
mails which presumably have
been trained and or tanned.
One OF the most spectacular
cases on record in this area of
the law occurred in England in
1890. During a cirucs perform
ance. a normally docile elephant
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THE DETAILS

NE lie Ais
Steve-Our third child is men
tally subnormal and conspicu-
ously SO. while the two older
children are unusually bright
and attractive. AS result OF
this child's condition, / feel the
future of our other children is
threatened. l hate to have M
pany home because I feel ter
rlbly self-conscious about this
child. who manages ALWAYS to
get great deal Of attention
am afraid my older children
are going to feel cut off from
all friends and will try to leave
home at the first opportunity
OF course. / want to do all
can for this boy. But I cannot
see how he is better of living
with us than he would be in an
institution. where they would
be better equipped to take care
Of him. My wife refuses to be
reasonable about this. although
she shares my fears for the fu.
ture.
Margaret am heartsick over
this problem, but I am a mother
and could not allow myself to
place my own child in an insti-
tuition.
His condition has cost us a
great deal Of anguish and sup
pose the other children may grow
up blaming us for confronting
them with this problem. ! hate
to think they will suffer. but !
can't abandon my helpless child
on that account.
1t makes my own tragedy that
much more difficult to think nv
children are also afflicted by it,
but this is family tragedy and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06

ATTEND to, you know I'd gladly
be with her during the day. I've
been especially worried lately be-
cause she has been talking about
ending it all
Il know she should see a pSy-
chiatriSt, but she refuses. She
says there's nothing wrong with
her mind. She resents any I'M
Iplication that she is a mental
case I know I should do some
thing more for her, but I don't
know what"
Psychiatric Help Vital
Here was a man living from
day to day with a feeling that
something terrible might happen
to his wife and family. At last
he admitted his fear that his
wife might commit suicide.
Briefly. here is the advice
gave him. Patients who are in
deep depression should not be
consulted about the type of
therapy that is best for them.
They are as helpless as a drown
ing person. The one going down
for the third time isn't con-
suited about the latest life
saving device. 1t is the rescuer'S
job to use the swimming stroke
that will quickly bring him to
safety.
Likewise in involutional mel
ancholia. If estrogens have not
helped-either by injection or by
mouth-then psychiatric help is
urgently needed. Especially when
the patient has mentioned sui
eide.
These poor souls feel as if
they have been cut off from all
human aid. Therefore this help
must be brought to them,
whether they will it or not. Most
OF these patients are relieved by
modern psychiatry. Electro
shock therapy transforms most
OF them into normal. secure
people.
1t is one thing to have a
blue day" occasionally. 1t is
something else to be in a "black
depression that hangs on re-
lentlessly. This calls for i'm
mediate action by the family
In fact, right now is the time
for psychiatric help if there is
potential suicide in the offing
Better be too early than too late.
Released by The Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
LAW IN THE NEWS
II omed' Wild Animals
Get Owners in Jams

named Daisy took a sudden dis
like to spectator standing
nearby. She picked up the man
with her trunk and lobbed him
into the grandstand for no APP
parent reason. In any event,
Daisy's impulse cost her owners
5000 pounds.
Another case reported from
Manitoba in 1910 involved a
tame raccoon which got loose
from its owner in a hotel lobby
The subsequent chase to round
up the coon resulted in half a
dozen of the hotels patrons get
ring deep gashes on their hands
and arms. This episode cost both
the hotel and the raccoon owner
Wolf HamStrings Man
In Alabama, a farmer captured
a young wolf and proceeded to-
tame" 1t Eventually the farmer
took his priced pet into thu
small town of Alfalfa where he
held forth at some length to an
admiring village-green audience
about the VOLTS civilized habits
A curious bystander decided toI
tease the wolf. however, and
went 10 the hospital hamstrung
in one leg. Even in this case.
where the injured party deliber-
ately provoked the animals at
tack, the pet owner was found
liable.
So far as the law is con-
cerned, no wild animal can be
tanned to the point where its
owner is immune for damage it
may cause.
The next article in this Senes will
appear Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-06
FEATURE Rcz
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
MeIonchoIio Is Dangerous
By DR.. PETER J. sTeINcRoHN

You can't escape it; you are a
creature of moods. You are at
the mercy of your glands, your
heredity and the factors in your
environment.
I have been in the company
OF a friend these past few days
who is in low mood. Usually he
has been bubbling over with
quips and stories. Lately he is
worried and laconic. I can't even
get him to smile.
What's bothering him is his
wife's health.
Whereas his is a normal blue"
feeling that all of us get at times
when disturbed. his wife'S condi-
ton is an abnormal depression.
He tells me she has been to doc
tors who have diagnosed her ILL
ness as involutional melancholia
May Accompany Menopause
In some women-rarely. I am
happy to say-thiS complication
accompanies the change" or
menopause. Most women have no
symptoms associated with their
middle-year adjustments. 9th
ers complain of hot flashes and
a feeling of inner tension and ir-
rltability. The few, like my
friends wife. have repercuSsions
that are potentially dangerous.
Not only do they sorely try their
husbands and children; they go
into deep depression that may
occasionally endanger their very
existence.
Hear my friend tell it: I'm
worried. She has been this way
for about six months-and is
getting worse. At one time she
was an extremely capable busi-
ness woman. Now she has lost
all her confidence.
She has an unexplainable
inferiority feeling. She shuns
her best friends because she
thinks she looks frowsy. She
also says she is unable to hold
up her end of a conversation.
She cries when l leave in the
morning because she is afraid
to be home alone. Our three
children are away to school. She
wants to take them out to be
with her.
Nothing seems to matter to
her except having the family
with her constantly. If I did
not have my law practice to