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Second Section . HEDFORD. OREpON,
HELP FOR THE
By Olive Starcher
Helping others is not only an American heri
tage and responsibility, it is a privilege granted
few people, Governor Douglas McKay declared
in proclaiming March 13 to April 13 as Easter
Seal month in Oregon. The annual seal sale is
carried on each year by Oregon Society for
Crippled Children and Adults and in the gov
ernor's statement he said our right to aid the
crippled is a privilege that should be "guarded
and exercised fully" through such means as the '
Easter Seal campaign.
Through the sale of the seals the society se
cures money to operate the Children's Hospital
school at Eugene, a rehabilitation center and the
Craft Shop of the Handicapped, Portland, and to
carry on other activities.
In Jackson county the campaign is sponsored
by Rotana club, classified service club for women
In business and the professions. Mrs. C. B.
Partch, Rotana member, is volunteer county
chairman. With the volunteer help of many in
dividuals and organizations in the county, mail
ing of the seals has been completed and other
phases of the campaign are being planned.
Volunteers who work for the cause of the
crippled are particularly proud of the Children's
Hospital school at Eugene. Opened in October,
1947, with a staff of two persons and nine
children enrolled, the institution has now grown
to where it provides services for a maximum
daily patient load of 45 children between the
ogesbf two and fifteen, and has a staff of 14
persons'." This includes a business manager, a
supervisor who is also physical therapist, three
physical therapists, three special education class
room teachers, which include instruction in crafts
and two speech instructors on an executive-professional
level.
According to Howard F. Feast, executive di
rector of the society, a national survey shows
that the Eugene school is in the top 10 facilities
of its kind in the United States today.
The Portland rehabilitation center provides
facilities to supplement medical and surgical
treatment of handicapped adults, aiming at the
restoration of such' individuals to physical, voca
tional and economic usefulness.
The society also sponsors the Craft Shop of
the Handicapped in Portland, which serves as
a retail outlet for goods produced by the home-
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HANDICAPPED
bound and other handicapped persons. About
360 individuals have been benefited through
the shop, and they represent 20 counties and
several public and private institutions.
In 1948 the society established Homebound
Industries, which has . as its goal the economic
restoration of the handicapped individual
through home training and treatment in crafts
and industrial work. Salable goods produced
by the individuals have been sold through the
Craft shop.
Another project of the society Is formation of
parents' councils which carry on a program of
education for the parents of handicapped
children.
Shown at upper, right is Irene Marilyn Greg
ory, 14, Phoenix, Ore., a victim of cerebral palsy
who was sent to the school last November in
order that she might be taught to walk and
speak. She is shown with Thomas Burtscher,
speech therapist, who is making a tape record
ing as a sample of speech work. The patient is
a daughter of Mrs. D'wildia Gregory, Phoenix.
Mrs. Gregory has been in Eugene recently with
her daughter, and the two will return home to
day for a brief vacation before Irene Marilyn re
sumes her training.
Dr. William J. Miller, (left center) Medford
pediatrician, is Jackson county's consultant for
cerebral palsy cases for the society. After his ap
pointment. Dr. Miller went to Chicago last sum
mer where he took intensive training in cerebral
palsy work
The high school girls shown at lower left will
conduct the annual Lily Day parade to further
increqse the fund. Working on the campaign will
be, (left to right) Miss Sylvia Tunned, Miss Kay
Durno, Mrs. John J. McCann, chairman of the
Lily Day parade. Miss Jackie Pond and Miss
Patsy Strader. Miss Tunnell and Miss Strader rep
resent Girls' league at Medford Senior High
school, and Miss Pond and Miss Durno represent
Medford Job's Daughters. 1
Medford Boy Scouts are aiding the Easter
Seal campaign by putting up posters. Troop
three scouts who aided the project are shown
at lower right and are (left to right) John Miller,
Star scout; Craig Philips, Eagle scout; John Van
Dyke, Star scout; Darrel Brown, Eagle scout and
Dan Christensen, first class scout.
(Shangle photos)