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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ' Sunday. November 14. 1954 FLASH- CARDS Flash cards bring an ex citing game in the learning of new words for students in the ungraded class being con ducted at Phoenix Elementary school by Karl Hayes. On the easel at the left is a story written out from the experiences of members of the class. Music also is used to aid the class, and furnishes a popular portion of the curriculum. terials cannot always be used. Small Class Advantage "The secret of the success of the program," Hayes said, "is the opportunity the small class of 15 allows me to give individ ual attention to each pupil. Be- Educational Program for Retarded Children Reviewed for Observance of Special 'Week' Meeting Scheduled Wednesday; 'Pilot' Program Discussed Phoenix In observance of National Retarded Children's week, Nov. 14 to 20, as proclaim ed by President Eisenhower, a special program will be held at the Phoenix School gymnasium oh Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m., according to Mrs.- Robert Minear. Mrs. Minear, chairman . of a parent study group devoted to the problem of retarded chil dren, said the speaker will be Mason D. McQuiston, director of the Pilot Program for Retarded Children of the Oregon State De partment of Education, division of special education. McQuiston will talk on "Edu cation of the Retarded Child." Joint Sponsors The meeting will be sponsored jointly toy the Jackson County Public Health association study groups for parents of retarded children, and the International Council for Exceptional Chil dren. In his proclamation for Na tional Retarded Children's ' week, President Eisenhower de clared that the nation should be come increasingly aware of the need for training and caring for mentally-retarded children as a community problem. It has been estimated that in Oregon alone as many as 5,000 mental ly-retarded youngsters may be regularly enrolled in the 1 public school. "We recognize that mentally retarded youngsters may not adequately be handled in the regular classrooms. For that rea son special 'Pilot Study Pro grams' have been established in five localities throughout the state where low enrollment classes composed entirely of mental ly-retarded youngsters are held," McQuiston reports. Phoenix Class One such "Pilot Study Class" has been established and has been operating at the Phoenix Elementary school for over a year under the instruction and guidance of teacher Karl Hayes. The other pilot study pro grams are in schools of Spring field, Portland, Pendleton, and Salem. The local pilot study pro gram is conducted on a county- wide basis. Two other centers in the pilot study program, for gifted chil dren are at Corvallis and Eu gene. : . Pupils in the Phoenix pilot class have been drawn from sev e r a 1 communities throughout Jackson county. Administrators of the program must be satisfied that the youngsters admitted are those who may benefit from schooling experience, even though their mental develop ment may lag far behind other youngsters of their own age. Educability is the criteria, not any abitrary so-called Intelli gence Quotient or "IQ." Plan Advancement The age grouping of the class when it started was 8 to 12 and is now 9 to 13. The older stu dents in the class, it is hoped, can be advanced from primary to intermediate level, with the thought 4hat the state legisla ture would be encouraged to ex tend the pilot program and make it a regular part of educational facilities provided jointly by the. state and local school districts: Many of those in the local par ent study groups are working nrtivelv with Hplpsatee tn the state legislature, who will report on the success, of the project and who will urge its continuance. Hayes, teacher of the Phoenix class, described other qualifica- tions for students to be enrolled. Students are not accepted unless rthey are in good physical con dition. No students are accepted unless they qualify in terms of other mental, emotional, aca demic and social development ; standards. (Must Get Benefits " 'Mentally retarded children' means all children diagosed as . having low intelligence to such a i degree that they are unable- to ' profit sufficiently from the cur riculum of the public schools, under ordinary conditions in the regular classroom," Hayes said. "But they may be expected to ".benefit from special education facilities designed to make them socially adequate ana reason- ably competent to provide them- selves with a livelihood." Some of those special educa tion facilities will be shown at the meeting Wednesday. Hayes uses text material drawn from the experiences of the pupils themselves a trip to a farm, a chipmunk they keep in the class room, ; caterpillars they have captured and watch turn into butterflies, and the like. From ' these, reading and writing les . sons are built, art work is done, and other instructional aids are developed. The class is "un graded," that is the . students are not enrolled as first- or second-graders so "graded", ma- EXECUTIVE STATEMENT There are 6,000 junior citi-i sens of Oregon who need our help, understanding, and com passion. They are our men tally retarded children. To en courage frank public discus sion and penetrate the emo tional barriers which have pre vented widespread acceptance of this problem, I hereby desig nate November 14 to 23. 1954 as Mentally Retarded Chil dren's Week. The purpose of this Week is to give to Ameri cans; everywhere information about these less-fortunate fel low citizens; to replace stagna tion with strength, and futility with hope. With guidance, most of these retarded children can become at least parliially self-sufficient. They can be educated to varying degrees, and can attain an increased measure of ' happiness. Race, creed, color, intelligence, or economic or social standing of ihe parents of these children have no bear ing upon this problem. Noth ing guarantees immunity from mental retardation. Those groups and individuals employees of the State of Oregon, social agencies, parent associations who devote their time and effort to working for and with the mentally retard ed are. commended for their patient, unselfish contribution to a better society. I urge the people of Oregon to recognize the realities and humanities of this condition. I urge you to learn more, that you may understand more; to assist as individuals in doing whatever is within your power to lift unwarranted shadows' from young lives. Paul L. Patterson Governor yond. that the - situation is 1 a healthy one, too, in that each pupil is able to make a success in school. This would be denied to him if he were to attempt to keep up with a regular class room. Patience is required!" An untrained visitor to the class would not suspect that the class conducted by Hayes is any thing but an ordinary class in operation. Closer; attention to materials and methods used, however, shows that the work is tailored to the abilities of the students, and so is the level of expectation of the instructor. The pupils know that Hayes only asks one thing of them "That we try." The parent study groups also are a great help in the success of the program. By exchanging problems and discussing them, the parents are able to help their own youngsters more. The ad justment of the youngsters to their own homes as well as the school is improved. To Retain Features : Future pilot programs will in clude many of the features of the present one, if they are worked ito regular school curri culums. Referrals will ordinar ily be through regular classroom teachers who can recognize that mentally retarded youngsters are displaying a school achieve ment problem- of a severe na ture. Such potential pupils will be given individual examina tions to determine mental ability. Social and personality studies, an educational evalua tion, a compilation of a family case history, and a physical, ex amination also would be made. Plans Listed As advanced, intermediate classes are established, attention will be given to training for oc cupation. Such things as wood working tools, woodworking ma terials, cooking utensils, home making . equipment, ' sewing equipment, and arts and crafts equipment will be used. Insofar as possible, the goal of the pro gram would be to make the stu dents capable of earning a satis factory living. "But all of that is in the fu ture," Hayes explained, and de pends in large measure on the degree of understanding which the public has for the overall objectives. ; Continued expansion of the pioneering effort is in the hands of the legislature. . Funeral Services Planned Monday For Harry Hart Services for Harry H. Hart, 66, Cascade Gorge, who died Thursday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Monday at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. R. L. Greene, Episcopal church at Prospect, officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. . Mr. Hart was born Aug. 11, 1888, at Waitsburg, Wash. He served as Sgt. in the Quarter master Corp, U.S. Army, during World War I. On Aug. 11, 1926, at Coquille, Ore., he was mar ried to Ruth Woodford, who sur vives. He moved to Oregon 34 years ago and had owned and operated the store at Cascade Gorge for the past 15 years. He was a member of the American Legion. Honorary pallbearers will be Carroll L. Hays, Robert Skin ner, Charley Skeeters, Milt Ot toman, Dwight- Houghton and Eston Humphrey. Active bear ers are: Cole Holmes, Lou Jen kins, Lew Bates, D. M. Chand ler, Vic Chapman and Ray Pence. Surviving besides the widow is a daughter,' Mrs. Louise Rob bins and - two .grandchildren, Sharon and Jo Anne, all of Sac ramento, Calif. O DINE at - ... WORLD FAMOUS MflDM hdlesluri Dinners Served from 6 p.m. Till 11:30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays For Reservations Call Central Point 122 Oregon Plywood Firms Purchased In Separate Deals By UNITED PRESS Ownership of two Oregon ply wood operations changed hands triday in separate transactions. At New York, directors of As sociated Plywood Mills an nounced approval of sale of the firm's assets to United States Plywood Corp. through an ex change of stock. Gets Oregon Holdings U S. Plywood will acquire the "Oregon ODerations of th Associated company through an excnange of 62,804 shares pf new tvz per cent preierred stock and 276.000 shares of rommon Associated owns two dhufflas fir plywood plants in Oregon at Eugene and vyillamina with an annual capacity of 150.000.- 000 square feet. It also operates seven plywood distributing warehouses and a sawmill. Financial consideration was not revealed but sales of Associ ated have been as high as $15,000,000 to $18,000,000 an nually. The firm alsa owns timoer stands, estimated at 1,' 100,000,000 board feet. Peak Plywood Sold At Corvallis. T. J. Starkpr president of the Peak Plvwood company announced the sale of mat lir mto corvallis Plywood company m a transaction involv ing $5UU,UUU. The Peak firm, Benton coun ty's only green veneer nlant. will sunolv creen veneer used by. Corvallis Plywood. Al Over- gara, president of Corvallis Ply wood said acquisition of the veneer plant would boost his company's butput from 4,000,000 square feet ter month to 9.000.- 000 square feet. ' Name of the Peak operation will be changed to Mary's Peak Veneer, Inc. Services Monday For Rhea Hoover Services for Emma Rhea Hoover 60, who died Thursday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Monday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. George R. V. Bolster of St. Mark's Episcopal church officiat ing. Interment will be in Sis kiyou Memorial park. : Pallbearers will be Jim Perry, Mike Rossi, Earl Herendeen, John Miller, Earl Halgren, and Gene Moore. The deceased was born Nov. 13, 1893, in'Rohnerville, Calif., and had lived in Medford for the past 22 years. She was a member of the Eagles Auxiliary. On June 30, 1919, in Eureka, Calif., she was married to Earle Hoover who survives. Other survivors, include two brothers, Owen Leach, Selma, Calif., and Newell Leach, Fresno, calif. ' Unusual Profession Described By Local Medical Illustrator Herbert Hunter, 18 Elm stn is a medical illustrator. And what, it may be asked, is a medical illustrator? He is a man who, after years of train ing in both art and medicine, is equipped to make drawings of parts of the body as they ap pear before, during or after sur gery. It's a highly specialized -task and one not greatly in demand. At least Hunter'hasn't been able to find enough calls for his work to keep him steadily employed in Medford, and. is now stretch ing his artist's income with a job as a painter for Mid-Coast Paint ers. ' ' Chose Medford In. a big medical center, the story would be different, he says, .but he chose Medford to live in, and he isn't complain ing. He has picked up a few medical illustrating jobs from Medford physicians, and oc casionally receives orders from elsewhere. Hunter, easily identifiable as being of English birth by his ac cent, is proud of his skill, and thoroughly enjoys the work. His preparations included training in the fine arts before he came to America, long work with sur geons at the Universities of Il linois and Minnesota, ' time at the Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan, and experience with the medical corps while serving with the U. S. 3rd Army in Eu rope during World War II. Commended by General His Army work brought him a letter of commendation from Lt. Gen. George Patton, com mander of the 3rd Army. As a member of the 32nd medical depot company, his job was mak ing drawings of battle . wounds and their treatment, and he also put to good use his earlier oper ating room experiences in adapt ing captured enemy surgical in struments to American use. This chore came in handy later, too, when he was working ft the University of Minnesota hospital. Dr. O. H. Wagensteen, chief of surgery mere, encour aged Hunter in his art work, as well as making use of his talent for improvisation. According to a story in the Minneapolis Tribune, "When Dr. Wagensteen needed a certain type of tubing for an abdominal operation, Hunter adapted a por tion of an old trombone." Early training in England as a shipfitter probably helped on that one. Drawings in Textbooks Later, Hunter's drawings were used for many of the illustra tions in a textbook written by Dr. Wagensteen, and another by ur. Wallace P. Ritchie. For a time he was a staff artist for the magazine Modern Medicine, as well as doing free lance work. He moved to southern Cali fornia more recently, and last February, after a visit to his sister here, Mrs. Tom Merit of Springbrook rd., he decided to make Medford his home. Mrs, Merit should "be in the chamber of commerce here," he said about her fondness for Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have five children, the youngest an 8-year- old and the eldest, Donald, 18, a high school student and foot ball player. From time to time Hunter has been asked to speak to various groups about his specialty, he said, and he has developed "chalk talks" in which he il lustrates his remarks with sketches. He'd be willing to do some more of this if any organ izations are interested. ' . He thinks highly of medical illustration as a profession, and feels that the little-known skill is, and should be, of interest to everyone. It was a story about another medical illustrator in Chicago which appeared in The Mail Tribune, and which Hunter A 1 J 1 Ji inougnt -gave tne wrong im pression" of the work, that Drougnt nun to tne newspaper office. r - ' ' 1 . : - : MEDICAL ILLUSTRATOR'S ART The drawings above are a small sample of the type of work done by a medical illus trator, in this case Herbert Hunter, a resident of Medford for the past nine months. The sample shown- were made when he was serving with the medical corps in the 3rd U. S. Army ; during the war, sketching battle casualties. The pictures show the progress of surgery in the case of a face wound. Sprays that might speed the ripening of apples are bemg tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Valley of 10,000 Smokes in Alaska was formed by' the eruption of Mt. Katmai in about 1912. Fourteen Persons Escape Plane Crash Miami U.R) Eleven pas sengers and three crew members escaped injury Friday ' night when a National Airlines plane crash landed after its wheels buckled during a landing at Mi ami International airport. The twin-engine Key West-to-Miami plane's landing gear col lapsed when it was about a third of the way down the runway. The stewardess, Evelyn Gregory of Miami, hustled the passengers from the. plane into a driving rain without injury. The plane was piloted by Capt. S. P. Whittaker of Miami, who said he had no warning of the landing gear failure. He said he did not know what caus ed it. - Dairy Queen SPECIAL! HARD PACK QUARTS and PINTS Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Raspberry 2 Qts. $1.00 Dairy Queen 450 SOUTH CENTRAL Open Daily 12 to 8 P.M. Vancouver Auditorium Declared Fire Hazard Vancouver, Wash. flj.R) The auditorium of Vancouver high school has been ordered closed as a fire hazard by Feb. 1, 1955, unless an outside fire escape is built by that time, it was learned here Friday. City Fire Marshal M. Brown Friday released to the public a report which classed the balcony of the auditorium as a fire haz ard and also ordered hazardous conditions throughout the school system corrected. Brown also recommended that the main building of Clark col lege be replaced as soon as pos sible. His report pointed out vi olations of fire code in nearly all the 14 schools inspected in the city. , Sleep Well at the .... PLAZA HOTEL Broadway at Washington IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND OUT 11 EllY At Your Favorite Restaurant It's MORE FUN LESS BOTHER when you ear out . . . and a delightful way to treat your family ... to dine with friends. 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