t The Statesman, Salem. Oregon, Wednesday, April 21, 1948
Kellogg Grant Ready to Build
County Health Unit; Action of
Public and Court Held Vital
By Dr. Frank Slsler
City-CoBty Health Officer
(Salem and Marion County)
In 1924 a "not of sold" fell on Marion county when it wu
elected by the Commonwealth fund as ja county, for child health
demonstration. Now, 24 years later, another such event may occur.
Twenty-five years ago the public health organization in Marion
county and in Salem was rudimentary, indeed. There were a part
time county health officer, a part-time ischool physician, a Salem
school nurse and a county nurse paid by the Tuberculosis association.
In addition, there was a sanitary inspector in Salem. That very
small group of people was respon
sible for the public health needs
of nearly 50,000 people. Despite
that state of affairs, the Marion
county voters in 1924 turned down
the proposal to pay the salary of
county nurse.
Then, late in 1924, the Common
wealth fund came along and of
fered to pay, for a limited term
of years, the greater part of pro
viding a public health staff which,
cooperating with physicians, den
tists, schools, and other communi
ty agents, would build up a sound
working public health organiza
tion. The emphasis was to be
placed on child health work in
the county.
Local leadership responded
eagerly to this offer of the Com
monwealth fund. The Salem
Chamber of Commerce rallied
public and private agencies, in
cluding many community clubs,
in a joint application for this aid.
Marion county was finally select
ed over many other competing
counties to receive the grant.
Fine Unit Established
Early in 1925 a staff was organ
ized and the Marion county child
health demonstration was begun.
(A book, "Children of the Cov
ered Wagon," was written about
this.) By the time the demonstra
tion period was over, in 1930, a
fine public health organization had
been established, including a full
time health officer, a full-time as
sistant health officer, a half-time
dentist, a public health nursing
aupervisor and seven public health
nurses. In addition, there was a
dairy inspector, a sanitary inspec
tor for the county, and two clerks
besides the sanitary inspector for
Salem. The county population in
1930 was around 50,000
course; that thousands of people
are not receiving the public health
service they deserve and need.
The demands imposed upon its
health; department by the large
population of Marion county are
met as well as they are only be
cause jthe staff expends time and
effort far above that which is rea
sonably expected of a public health
organization.
Since 1930, community need,
community population, and the as
sessed valuations of the communi
ty have all risen at a rate greatly
in excess of the slow increase in
the budget alloted to the health
department.
Another Chance Here
But : today, through the gener
osity o the W. K. Kellogg foun
dation; and the help of the United
States public health service and the
Oregon state board of health it be
comes possible once again for Mar
ion county to strengthen its public
health department in a manner
that would not be possible under
the limitations of its small annual
budgef increases from lgcal
sources. Through these agencies, a
large grant has been made avail
able, with no strings attached,
whereby the Marion county de
partment of health may provide
for the salaries, expenses, and ma
terials of such additional person
nel as may be necessary to raise
this local unit closer to the mini
mum standards of the American
Health association, U. S. public
health service and the state board
of health.
In return for this magnificent
grant,; the donors would expect
very little. Indeed.
Training Center Sou ht
The agencies contributing would
Today. 18 years after the close like to see Marion county health
of that demonstration period, the j department grow towards the min
ce m bin ed city-county health de
partment is very little larger than
the one set up in 1930. The only
additional personnel now are two
more clerks, one more nurse, one
more sanitarium and a health edu
cator. Yet, the county population
today is nearly twice as great as
In 1930.
Tar Too Few' Nurses
A public health organization is
based primarily upon its public
health nurse. Marion county has
far too few. A public health nurse
should serve a population no great
er than 5,000. However, in this
county, each staff nurse now car
ries a population-load of 17 to 18
imal standard, and then to estab
lish itself as a field training cen
ter fpr health officers, public
health nurses, sanitarians, health
educators, and others who need or
would like field training in a more
nearly Ideal health organization.
The establishment of such a field
training center here would cost the
community nothing extra, but on
the other hand would contribute
greatly to the prestige and renown
of the county and its health de
partment. At its second quarterly meeting
for 1948 in Medford, the state
board of health approved the es
tablishment in Oregon of two
Artist Draws Proposed Champoeg Memorial
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The proposed memorial and museum st Champoeg state park, birthplace of Oregen provisional govern
ment, would look like this, according to plans viewed this week by the state highway commission.
The $125,oM structure wonld be east of the present pavilion on the river's bank in the park, which
la in northern Marion county. S. H. Board man. state parka director, was directed to confer with offi
cers of the Oregon Historical society on the building, for which funds have been included In the
state parks budget.
personnel, and plans were laid to
help establish these centers in co
operation with the county boards
of health of Marion and Jackson
counties. This plan was immedi
ately approved by the health de
partments of both counties. The
community and the county court
of Jackson county promptly sub
mitted a request for the grant
Up to People, Court
It remains now for the people
and the county court of Marion
county to approve a request for
such a grant for this county.
The Children of the Covered
Wagon, those thousands- of chil
dren who benefitted by the Marion
county health department expan
sion in 1925 through the aid of
the Commonwealth fund, are now
the adult population of Marion
county. These people, and all oth
ers here who have seen the bene
fits of their public' health depart
ment's efforts, will welcome now,
as they did in 1924, the pot of gold
which is now being offered.
Moose Plan
Installation
Installation of new officers will
be conducted by Salem lodge 144,
Loyal Order of Moose, at a meet
ing Thursday night st Moose hall,
12th and Leslie streets. Cliff R.
Ellis will be installed as govern
or, succeeding Matt Sherfield.
Other new officers are Mel v in
Govig, junior governor; O. A.
Chastain, prelate; Elmer Hedine,
secretary; Roy Downing, treas
urer; J. Oscar Cooter, trustee;
Orval Prunk and Carl O. Sim
mons, sergeants-at-arms and as
sistant; R. B. Danielson, inner
guard; Wilbur Good a 11, outer
guard. Installing officer will be
Harvey Schuebel, past governor.
The lodge is planning to spon
sor a quadrille set for the old
time fiddlers' contest Friday
night.
thousand people! That means, of training centers for public health
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LESLIE JUNIOR HIGH ICHOOL
HI h Honors Awarded
Thirty-one Leslie junior high
school students made the high
honor list by having not more
than two Bs as grades for sub
jects and in citizenship and all
other grades of A for the last
nine weeks. Eight of the high
honor students received straight
As. They were: seventh graders
Barbara Klunder and Barbara
Bonesteele, eighth grader Helen
Booth, and ninth graders Louise
Matter, Doreen Cavender, Mar
celene Smith, Judy Wood and
Virginia Bickell.
Other high honor students were:
9th grade Arnold Evans, Bruce
Goldblatt, Irma Lockard, Mar
garet Miller, Marilyn Foxley,
Lois Roseler and Jim Verdieck;
8th grade Wallace Carson,
Michael Deeney, Carolyn Seay,
Shirley Brockart, Roselle How
land, Barbara Wagness, Emily
Hubbard, Beverly Kayser and
Janie Lambert; 7th grade
Glenna Allmer, Patricia Deeney,
Arda Lien, Gloria Wood, Diane
Burkland, Sidney Kromer and
Donald Agnew.
Honor Students Named
One hundred forty-five honor
students having a B average in
both citizenship and scholarship
were named at Leslie for the past
nine weeks period. Receiving hon
ors from the ninth grade were:
Robert Bruce, Roger Emmons,
Norma Hamilton, Shirley Kenyon,
Norman Lee, Patsy Sayles, John
Templeton, Shirley Dixon, Va-
lorie Dunn, Roxann Hussey, Rob
ert Luther, Shirley Newberry,
Donna Nothelfer, Lois Reeves,
Elizabeth, Williams, Sharon
Brown, Iven Gartner, Bonnie
Hagen, Reva Jones, Carolyn Par
ker, Walton Reeve, Patsy Walt
ers, Eileen Anderson, Harland
Brock, George Carlisle, Ramona
Green, Mary Lou Hatch, Barry
King, Shirley Kimple, Marie
Marquardt, Lawrence Ostren,
Leona Strode, Joyce Wood, Ber
nice DaMoud, Florence Ingram,
Harold Nichols, Marilyn Penhor-
wood, Rosemary Starr, Dick
Adams, Richard Adams, Jean
Brown, Jerry Brown, Joy Davis,
Venetta Gaylor, Bob Holden,
Marilyn Blakley, Hertha Long,
Pat McGuire, Agnes Smith, Mar
gie Atwood, Victor Johns, Mar
ion Putnam, Waldo Willecke,
Marie Rogers, Beverly Nunn,
Gary Bourgeois, John Lesher, Ar
nold Manke, Larry Martin, Max
Morris and Marlin Nelson.
Eighth graders receiving hon
ors were: Shirley Bingenheimer,
Hjalmar Davis, Gaylord Hall,
ella Carlisle, Maureen Gustafson,
Verna Long, Todd Salisbury,
Doris Spaulding. Roberta Boyer,
Hazel Eyler, Nadine Gilman,
Larry Paulus, Carolyn Real, Jerry
Agnew, Cecil Weaver, Lynn Da
vis, Darlene Johnson. Steve Mer
chant. Jeff Walton, Elmer Wine
gar, Greta Ann Schrecengost, Pat
Rath, Mariorie Little. Sharon
j Laverty, Norma Baker, Marilyn
Goodrich, Ottie Grieve, Clarine
Woolery, Lloyd Bonenko, Milton
Bishop, Gordon Juve, Norman
Cocking, Roberta Neuenschwan
der, Donald Perllch and Joyce
Younger.
Seventh grade honor students
were: John Neal, Margaret See-
ger, Phyllis Shrake, Loretta Stew
ard, Patty Sunderlin, Curtiss Ad
?itt. Tom Hunt, Peter Loder,
Dorothy Dixon, Delores Eggleston,
Wanda Mayden, Beverly Roy,
Margaret Baker, Elaine Beier,
Jim Folston, Laurel Herr, Robert
Barnes, Carol Lee, Marilyn Olson,
Judy Shmele, Carol Schmidt,
Patsy Snider, Betty Barnwell,
Betty Carda, Merle Griebenow,
George Meyers, Ruth Pankey,
Alfred Blake, Dale Borcher, Al
vin Friesen, Bill Ringnalda, Luan
Chandler, Glenn Hall, Barbara
Franz wa, Justine Lewis, Betty
Lund, Lynn Minifie, Richard
Morris, Darlene Radke, Jack
Schroder, Patricia Adams, Sharon
Collins, Gail DeBow, Mary Har
ger, Marcia Maple and Julie
Miller.
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For Rummage Sale
AUBURN Sixteen members of
Auburn Mothers club were at Mrs.
Loren Richeys Thursday. Rum
mage has been collected for the
sale Friday and Saturday, April
23 and 24 over Greenba urn's store
in Salem. Articles were sorted and
priced. Officers for the new year
will be elected in May and on
the nominating committee are
Mrs. Arlo McLain and Mrs. E. C.
Sunderlin.
Plans were made for the sale
by the club members of pie, pop
and cake at the open house meet
ing for the school May 4.
Jaycees Mcct'
New Officers
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce officially "met" their offi
cers for the coining year st the
club's regular luncheon Tuesday
at the Marion hotel.
Outgoing President Al Schaefer
introduced the officers including
Gordon Keith, president; Robert
Gormsen, first vice president;
James Buchanan, second vice
president; Paul Lippold, secre
tary, ond Dennis Hiennor, treas
urer. . I
Air show chalrraah 'Dick
Schmidt eaplained features of the
June 1 event to club members.
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