El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 13

El Paso Herald -Post Section Monday May 28 1962 Page B-l Women's News Inez Robb Remarks on Old People Written in Satirical Vein CYO Camp at Ruidoso Offers Log Cabins Modern Facilities By INEZ ROBB NEW YORK If a fortnight ago a passerby had asked me what the great dean Jonathan Swift the supreme satirist in the English language and I shared in common stark honesty and modesty would have forced me to say "nothing absoultelv Doctor Joins Staff Of Hospital Ship Dr Merle Thomas El Paso anesthesiologist has left for Lima Peru to join the rotating medical staff of the Hope It was announced by Dr William Walsh president of Project Hope Dr Thomas who has offices at the Medical Center at 1 JOi Arizona avenue has volunteered for two months duty aboard the 15000- ton hospital ship bound for Tru- jillo where the project will co- I ordinate a complete third-y ear medical course at the University of Trujillo open schools in both hospital administration and nurs- ing and launch mobile teams on'! inland missions from the ship's logistic base Served in War Dr Thomas was born in Se-wal Iowa received a degree from the University of Missouri his doctorate of medicine from Northwestern University interned at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and spent a two-year residency in anesthesiology at the Evanston Hospital in Evanston III He served in the Armed Forces in both World War II and the Korean Conflict In 1950 he came to El Paso to practice He has ear served as president of the Texas Asia- State Anesthesiology Assn and' 1IK 7' is president-elect of the South-three children Rare western Medical Assn (Michael and Mark kve at 7908 Get No Salary lBlg-B Project Hope is a privately sponsored program designed to TlOniGm3kinQ share our modern medical knowl-1 edge and skills with newly de-OasSe? GOfltlllUe i veloping nations like Dr Thomas leave their families asses homata" Jor homes practices and incomes to June spend time teaching as well oo Homematang Cen-leaming aboard the Hope at lOM No El Paso street Mrs Elizabeth Hall teaches Memorial Day Observances Scheduled Veterans Groups Unite Display Of Flaq Urged Memorial Day will be observed Wednesday by all veterans and patriotic organizations in El Paso Gilberto Molinar general chairman of Memorial Day services for the United American Veterans Organizations reminded El Pasoans that the Flag Code urges display of the American flag on that day Disabled American Veterans will have individual services at City Hall Park at 9 a To Raise Flag Willie Barraza Post will start the day by raising the flag on top of Mt Cristo Rey followed by Mass at San Jose de Cristo Rey After breakfast members will proceed to the National Cemetery at Ft Bliss where they will have services Yucca and Davis-Seamon posts will hold services at Restiawn Memorial Cemetery at 10 a Combined services by all vet-ierans organizations will be held at the Ft Bliss National Cemetery at 11:20 a Services will end at 12 noon with raising of the flag to full mast To Lay Wreath Military and civilian digni taries will attend the services Presentation of colors will be made by the Loyola Legion of Ysleta Laying of a wreath at the grave of a fallen soldier will be by Mrs Helfon Marcus mother of CpI Clement Marcus who was killed in action on Luzon Island on March 30 1943 while serving with the 161st Infantry The memorial address will be delivered by Gus Blanche public is invited to attend these services and pay tribute to all our departed comrades that made the supreme sacrifice to those who left widows orphans and lone mothers and sweethearts waiting" Chairman Molinar said Free Army bus tanspnrtation will be available from the Armijo Park on Seventh avenue and from the west side of the City-County Building The buses will return passengers to the same pickup stations after the services Villa Madonna Opens June 1 1 Summer camp for Catholic boys and girls from ages 9-15 will be conducted again this year at Camp Villa Madonna under the direction of the Catholic Youth Organization it was announced today by the Rev James Madden camp director The camp is located in the beautiful Lincoln National Forest 15 miles north of Ruidoso in a wooded area -about 8500 feet in elevation Log cabins housing six to eight campers and one counselor are used for shelter They have enclosed showers with hot and cdd running water The camp is located at the foot of Mon Jeau Peak in the shadow of or White Mountain providing a picturesque background of rugged beauty for campers The camp also has an area where tents may be pitched The usual camp activities athletics hikes crafts camp fire sessions and riding are featured In addition the camp program includes daily Mass and receipt of the sacraments Father Madden will be in camp at all times Nuns from the El Paso diocese will supervise the program Seminarians will help with the boys program First session of the camp will be for girls June 11-15 The next session will be for boys June 18-22 and alternately thereafter for eight weeks camp has a modem kitchen with good facilities expert camp cooks using balanced menus to provide meals of home cooked quality and flavor" Father Madden said registered nurse will be on hand daily to supervise a modem A hospital and resident physician and surgeon are located in nearby Ruidoso The camp fee is $15 a week which includes food and its preparation lodging accident and health insurance and adult supervision but does not include transportation to the camp Camp applications may be made at the Catholic Youth Organization office at 514 North Stanton street KE 3-1467 quire) may flay the carcass' the skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for fine gentlemen" Even though Swift was an acknowledged master of satire when he wrote modest in 1729 there were earnest humorless readers who took him at his word They were incapable of grasping his anguished and bitter irony and his rage at the plight of the destitute Irish And in one way or other they were all for eating the Dean Dander Up Although as a satirist I cannot touch the hem of Dean robe nonetheless a good many readers have been roasting and eating me since I wrote my modest proposal for solving the medical problems of our senior citizens of whom I shall eventually be one My modest proposal was that we dispose of all oldsters in a modern and humane counterpart of the old Eskimo custom of driving tribal elders who could no longer hunt and help support the tribe out on an ice floe to die That solution as I pointed out would not only do away with the need for Medicare or any other medical program for the aged but would also make social security unnecessary I wrote that column after my dander had gone into orbit when I read that 200 New Jersey doctors had pledged themselves not to care for okl people under the King-Anderson bill if it is passed I'm not certain the King-Anderson bill is the plan the country needs but the idea that doctors would strike against old men and women sick and in need of care outraged me Well sir a good many readers are furious because they didn't grasp the satire and took me seriously But come what may including another ton of sir: you letters I suppose I shall someday get mad enough to try satire again Even with the Irish in full cry on his trail the Dean cure himself of the habit and I'm afraid I either Two hundred and thirty years ago Dean Swift enraged a sector of his reading public with an essay entitled Modest Proposal" This essay long since of the most famous in the language had a much longer subtitle to wit: "For preventing the children of poor parents in Ireland from be-i a burden to their parents or country: and for making them beneficial to the public" What follows was and still is one of the most deadly satires ever written The dean was enraged by the terrible poverty suffering unemployment and general misery among large segments of the Irish His "modest" proposal to alleviate these conditions follows in part: "I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young healthy child well-nursl is at a year old a most-delicious nqurishtng and wholesome food whether stewed roasted baked or boiled: and I have no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasse or Master of Satire Swift therefore proposed that annually 100000 infants of the destitute and unemployed "at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality and fortune through the kingdom always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month so as to render them plump and fat for a good table A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends and when the family dines alone the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish and seasoned with a little pepper and salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day especially in winter "I have reckoned" searing essay continued a child Just born will weigh 12 pounds and in a solar year if tolerably nursed increateh to 28 pounds "Those who are more thrifty (as I must eonfess the times re CAMP SCENERY A view of the scenery from Villa Madonna camp near Ruidoso for Catholic boys and girls from the El Paso area The camp is about 8500 feet in elevation at the foot of Mon Jeau Peak salary There is also a permanent medical staff aboard and more than 3000 medical people have applied for assignment abord the Hope Dr Thomas is the first El Paso physician to take part in this program Hope is essentially a teach- basic sewing at I a Tuesdays and Thursdays and fitting problems at 9 a Wednesdays Her class at 6 Thursdays continues in June Mrs Pearle Gehl teaches china painting for home beautification at 9 a Mondays and Wednes- ing program although there is days and continues her regular class at 6 Mondays Interested adults may register treatment involved American members of the staff work in small teams with their local coun- by attending class terparts and pass along modern techniques and the latest in med- Credit Men Slate ical knowledge under actual work-1 Annual Meeting 1 7 -4 LOG Loq cabins a Gamp Villa Madonna conducted by the Catholic Youth Organization of El Paso house six to eight campers end one counselor The camp is nesled among the pines 15 miles north of Ruidoso ing conditions Go Where Asked Members at Tri-State Credit The Hope visits onlyjAssn of El Paso will hold their those countries where the medi-i annual meeting at the Hotel Paso cal profession has asked for as- del Norte tomorrow starting at 12 noon Outgoing President (Bill) Byers will preside over the meeting Representatives of the 250 member firms will be given the annual reports and alao the selection of officers far 1962-63 jsistance The project has been (endorsed by the American Medical Assn the American Dental Assn and others and has the personal backing of former President Eisenhower This will be the second mercy voyage for the floating hospital Packmaster Named White employe of the El Paso Natural Gas Go is the new Packmaster for Cub Scout Pack 223 White succeeds Dar rell Paulson who has been the 223 Packmaster since the inception over two years ago Mr and Mrs White live at 5852 Teal and have two daughters who are active in Girl Scouts Let Money Slip Through Your Fingers Happy El Paso Save some regularly and watch it GROW open a savings account today EL PASO NATIONAL BANK at the MEMBER OF FDIC now at Texas Stanton islt mb PARK FREE an aur awn lot at Tmi and Campbell are member af Downtown Park and Shop Whan.