VAVS Will Mark 5th
Year of Work in VA
Rehabilitation Job
Camp White Five yean of I
effort in aiding war veterans to
return to community life will be
reviewed at the meeting Wednes
day, May 21, in the Elks temple,
Medford, of the Veterans Admin
istration Volunteer Service or
ganization, in a national VAVS
ceremony.
More than 60 groups and indi
viduals in this region are identi
fied with the work in programs
nd contacts with the Camp
White domiciliary. They will re
ceive the 1952 certificates of
recognition at this gathering. The
event Is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Mayor To Speak
Mayor Diamond F 1 y n n Is
scheduled to deliver an address,
and Manager Paul A. Hatton will
welcome the group. Marvin R.
Kahn, chief of special services
and chairman of Camp White
VAVS advisory committee, will
discuss the progress that has
been made.
A report covering the scope
of this part of the VA program
sets forth the major objectives.
"The voluntary service pro
gram in VA hospitals presup
poses that these stations are an
Integral part of the community
in which they are located, and
that patient personnel, as mem
bers of that community are the
responsibility of the entire citi-
ren body, the report stated.
Association Desired
"It is desired that a healthful
association of patient personnel
with members of the local com
munity be maintained in order
that the patient may restore con
fidence in himself through this
normal association. To obtain
this association, it is desired that
community life be brought to the
VA hospitals and the domiciliary
centers and that VA patients ana
members be brought to the com
munity life.
"The objective of the VAVS
plan is to provide a coordinated
and integrated volunteer pro
gram designed to assist VA per
sonnel, charged with the respon
sibility of caring for the welfare
of veteran patients in aiding and
motivating the patients to early
recovery and purposeful living.
Starts In 1946
Although volunteers have
been assisting in the VA pro
gram for veteran patients and
Home members since World War
I, it was not until April, 1946,
that a concerted move was start
ed, following the successful ar
rangement in operation during
World War II to coordinate the
effort in a national organization,
functioning under advisory committees.
On Feb. 12, 1947, the scope of
the VAVS plan was widened to
Include coordination of volun
teer aid in all appropriate phases
of the VA hospital program, it is
pointed out.
The program for Wednesday
evening is as follows:
Invocation, Chaplain Henry
Sunday. May 19"
Lengthy Schedule of Work
Keeps Young Couple Busy jHof Summer Foretold By Bug Barometer
Tupelo, Miss. (U.R) We're I schedule leaves him i hours a i " s"'"s
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
W. Anderson; welcome, Paul A.
Hatton, manager; transcribed
messages, Gen. Carl. R. Gray Jr.,
administrator of veterans affairs,
and Gen. F. R. Kerr, chairman,
VAVS national advisory commit
tee; special re-broadcast, Presi
dent Truman; address, Diamond
Flynn, mayor of Medford; re
marks, Marvin R. Kahn, chair
man, Camp White VAVS advi
sory committee; presentation of
1952 VAVS organizational cer
tificates of recognition, Paul A.
Hatton, Marvin R. Kahn; movie,
"Within the Town," a special
premier showing; and Benedic
tion, Chaplain John Cummisky.
Ore Pockets Claimed
In Southeastern U.S.
Cleveland, O. (U.R) If Jack
Heller's advice is ever taken
seriously it might start a gold
rush to the southeast.
The 54-year-old ex-prospector
said he's too old to work the
mines he knows about, but "I
cant stand seeing high-grade ore
pockets go undeveloped."
Heller has great faith in the
southeastern part of the United
States as a regular cornucopia of
metals just begging to be
emptied.
One possible source of silver
is in Cherokee county, S.C.,
where there's a abandoned lead
mine. It was used to supply am
munition for Confederate rifles
during the Civil War," he claim
ed. ". . , the lead ore had so
much silver in it, oldtimers used
to say the Yankee soldiers were
really shot with silver bullets.
In nearby York county, S. C,
Heller said he worked a "sluice
box" there and averaged $2.50 a
square yard in his quest for gold.
A deserted mine near Gaffney,
S.C., occupied him for a time
last summer and he said he
found gold nuggets in the
"throwaways."
Pearly Clothes Worn
By British Tourists
Washington U.R) The pearly
king and queen of London's cos
termongers (street hawkers) vis
ited Washington arrayed in their
dress outfits .of 60,000 pearl but
tons.
The "Royal" couple, Bert and
Rebecca Matthews, are making
an 8,000-mile goodwill tour of
the United States with a group
sponsored by the British Travel
association. They travel in three
London buses.
The "queen" made and repairs
their button-covered clothes. She
said it's lucky she brought an
extra supply of buttons to Amer
ica because the "king" keeps los
ing them off his knees and el
bows when he climbs in and out
of airplanes, taxis, and buses.
doing it because we want to live
rather than exist, these two say.
That is the answer given by
one of Tupelo's busiest young
couples when their fantastically
long and complicated work
schedule is reviewed.
To begin with, Ralph Knight
is taking 17 semester hours of
pre-medical work at Itawamba
Junior college, has five after
noon labs a week, is taking
night classes in addition, plays
in two orchestras, baby sits and
cleans house on Saturday.
Wife is Secretary
Meanwhile, his wife. Dot, is
secretary to Ruff Motors, keeps
house, raises a six-year-old son,
takes typing and accounting in
night school, and is studying
medicine on her own.
"After all," she said, "if my
husband is going to be a doctor,
I should know as much about it
as possible. If I'm going to sup
port the family more or . less
during the next few years while
he goes to medical school, I
want to be prepared as much as
possible."
It's A Long Struggle
It was a long struggle for the
Knights, because they had so
far to go. "We've still got a
long way ahead of us," he add
ed, "but we're going, all the
same."
Neither had yet finished high
school when Ralph went into
the Army during World War II.
"After I got out of the Army, I
decided I wanted to be a doc
tor," Ralph said. "We both set
about finding a way."
As far as the Knights are con
cerned, the way was hard work.
Dot went to work and Ralph en
tered Itawamba High school to
finish up two years ago. He
hopes to be graduated from Ita
wamba Junior college in June
with scholastic honors, counting
the night courses he is taking.
Then he hopes to enter medical
school.
The couple is making its own
way through Ralph's schooling
for the present, saving his GI
benefits until he enters medical
school. A lot of his extra cash
comes from playing in two dance
orchestras every Saturday night
Sleep No Problem
Ralph says he figures his
week to sleeg. He goes to bed
at 1 a. m. and is up at 6 a. m.
"I'm getting fat on it, though,"
he said.
"No, we don't have any time
for much else. We don't even
have time to read magazines,
except medical journals.
"It seems sometimes that we
never even get around to speak
ing to each other," Dot said.
"He always has his nose buried
in a book, even when he's shav
ing. He's going to be a doctor
someday, though.
Maybe Girl's Presence
Confused This Driver
Omaha (U.R) The young
man helped his girl Into the car
and stepped on the starter.
When nothing happened, he
rolled it down a hill. A passing
car gave him a push. Still no
luck. A passing taxi stopped to
help out, to no avail.
Then the young man recheck-
ed, grinned shamefacedly as he
turned the ignition key and
drove off.
Chicago (U.R) Chicago has
ruled parked cars off busy
streets at night. Many other big
cities have taken similar action.
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to be a scorching summer this!
year.
That's the word from Miss Eu
nice Merton, well-known in the
northern Ohio region for her an
nual weather predictions based
on what she calls the "Bang's
Corners Bug Barometer."
This year Miss Merton fore
sees a sweltering summer for a
variety of reasons.
the groundhog, she said, was
"whistling for his lady"; chip
munks began de-hibernating
ewes were birthing twins. Miss
Merton also noted that cellar
stored potatoes had six-inch
sprouts on them.
All those signs and portents,
she said, foretell a hot summer.
More than 40,000 boys be
tween 11 to 15 years old com
pete in the annual Soap Box
derby at Akron, Ohio.
Fuel for diesel engines is in
jected into the cylinders through
holes as small as 5,000ths of an
inch.
THEY COLLABORATE
Somervllle, Tenn. (U.R)
Louis Oliver has a sow and a
bird dog, a setter, who figure
turn about is fair play. Each has
a litter and the dog and sow
leach nurse the other's offspring
early; cats were sharpening their as well as their own.
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