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Visiting English Girl Describes Impressions Of U.S. for Kiwanians The enterprise and ideas of the American people and their courage in carrying out their ideas have most impressed a young English woman, Miss Dorothy Phillips, who has vis ited in Grants Pass and Medford this week. Miss Phillips, addressing Med ford Kiwanis club at its lunch eon meeting yesterday, told of her impressions of this country and made comparisons between life and conditions in England and the United States. Cites 'Restrictions' The 30-year-old secretary, a resident of Friern Barnet, a Lon don suburb, observed that Amer icans don't let anything stop them in carrying out their ideas. In contrast in England there are "so many restrictions," she pointed out. "I wish more English people could come to America," Miss Phillips remarked. "They are very different from what we thought they were." She spoke of the tendency of her country men to judge people of other na tions by their servicemen. Miss Phillips, whose trip to American was arranged with the help of a Crescent City "pen friend," reported on the other hand that television films con cerning England she has seen in Crescent City have been old and have not depicted her country. Differences, Similarities Working conditions in this country and in England are similar, the English woman re ported. However, there is more class consciousness in England. American employers are more friendly toward their employees, she said. She said that one ad vantage of Americans is that they can get part-time work in addition to their regular jobs. Part-time jobs in England are hard to get, are highly taxed and are discouraged, she informed Kiwanians. Secretary to the chairman of the town council at Friern Bar net, Miss Phillips expressed the opinion that municipal govern ments of the United States are basicilly the same. She attended a council session hore Tuesday night and mentioned to Kiwan ians that the city attorney seemed to conduct the meeting, whereas in England the town clerk conducts the sessions. Housing Needs She reported that all over England, councils administer municipal housing. She men tioned the critical nature of housing in her country and ex pressed surprise that so many people in the United States build their own homes. New town de velopments, laid out according to prescribed plans and includ ing factories, help the housing situation, Miss Phillips stated. Asked concerning the signifi cance of the recent British elec tion. Miss Phillips said the out come showed that most English men were pleased with the Conservatives and did not de sire socialist management.- She said she though some denation alization will start soon. Reciprocation Waited For Release of Fliers Tokyo (U.P.)- Radio Peiping indicated today that Communist China is waiting for the United States to reciprocate for the Reds' release of four American airmen from prison. The official voice ' of Red China noted in a broadcast heard here that President Eisen hower described the release as a "token" on the part of the Reds The broadcast said Mr. Eisen hower "did not say what mea sures the United States would take to ease tension in the Far East, particularly in the Taiwan (Formosa) area." The socialized medicine sys tem is "working better" now and is "quite a good thing," the English woman declared. Con tributions in the plan are high at 60 cents per week, she re ported, since average wages are S20 to $25 per week. Plans To Return Miss Phillips was asked whether she would return to England or try to stay in this country. She said that she would return to her job which is being held for her. Stating that she is not' homesick for her country, she ventured that she may, how ever, be homesick for America after she returns to England. She has visited in Grants Pass as well as Medford and Crescent City and will complete about a two-month stay on June 22. Attending the Kiwanis lunch eon at Rogue Valley Country club with Miss Phillips were John Snider, Medford city coun cil chairman; Don McNeil, secretary-manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. W. H. Fischer, secre tary to McNeil. State Gl Loans in Jackson County Total $2,323,650 Since 1945, Official Says Edward Branchfield, local attorney and chairman of the advisory committee to the de parent of Veterans' Affairs, re ported today that a total of 431 veterans of World War II and Korea in Jackson county have borrowed $2,323,650 under the Crater High School Graduation Friday Central Point Sixty-seven Crater High school seniors will receive diplomas in commence ment exercises at 8 p.m. Friday in the high school gymnasium. Speakers and their subjects are Mildren Gail, "Your Respon sibility;" Donn Johnson, "Mea sure of Success;" and Verity Day, "The Shiny Apples." They will be introduced by H. P. J e w e 1 1, superintendent o f schools. Principal Arthur L. Straus will announce awards, and Dale Collins, chairman of the school board, will present diplomas. The Rev. Don Whitney will read the invocation and benediction. Don von Buskirk, student body president, will be present ed a special award. Von Bus kirk also is salutatorian. Verity Day is valedictorian. Mercedes, Tex. fU.R) Texas highway patrolman M. W. Crig ler reported today that the elopment of Zeferino Mendoza, 20, of Weslaco, Tex., and his fu ture bride was only slightly de layed when their automobile ran off a 15-foot embankment. Oregon state veterans 4 per cent home and farm loan pro gram since 1945. Of the total, Branchfield said, 406 of the loans were for the purchase refinancing or con struction of homes to the value of $2,171,150. The remaining 25 loans were for the acquisition of farms amounting to $152,500. The money is loaned by the state veterans' department direct to the veteran. The department reported that 7.3 per cent of Jackson county's estimated 5,860 World War II and Korean veterans have taken advantage of the state loan benefit. Veterans interested in the state loan should either contact Charles Holbrook, Jackson coun ty service officer in the court house, or write direct to the De partment of Veterans' Affairs, State Finance building, Salem. The loans are closed locally by the department's fee attor neys in Jackson county. These are Russell W. DeForest, 223 Franklin building, Medford, and Ben T. Lombard, Ashland. Up to 75 Per Cent The state loan act permits a veteran to borrow up to 75 per cent of the appraised value of the property, to a maximum of S9,000 for a home or $15,000 for a farm. To be entitled, he must have served either during World War II or the Korean emergency, and have resided in Oregon either prior to his service or for two years following discharge. The World War II veteran's post-war residence must have been prior to December 31, 1950. Thursday, June 2. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNEMINE Visual Defects May Often Be Cause of Handicaps in Children By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York (U.R) Against a background of nation-wjde con cern over juvenile delinquency, the National Association For Mental Health has projected the experiences of a teaching super visor of mentally retarded chil dren. His experiences have been that (1) the tests in common use in schools do not always detect vision defects in children, (2) teachers have an arbitrary but unjustified faith in these tests, and (3) defects in vision slow up the development of a child's mentality, give him an I. Q. which is below his actual ment al capacities, and often make him a juvenile delinquent. Frederick W. Brown, who is in charge of "special classes" at a Floral Park, JJ.Y., high school, said 30 or more of his mentally retarded children had been classified by school tests as hav ing "perfect vision" yet had been struggling since birth against the crippling handicap of poor vision. Teachers had beleved the tests, not the chil dren. Convinced They Are Dumb All the children had low re corded I. Qs. Their school rec ords were of "non-cooperation and aggressive misbehavior," he said. "They are convinced that they cannot learn from books because they are 'dumb' and are actively hostile towards educa tion in general and teachers in particular. "Most of these children, after the defects have been corrected by glasses, increase their read ing ability to nearly normal for their grade level within a year or two, enter regular classes Trumans Will Ride In Festival Parade Portland (U.R) Ex-President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman will ride in the Rose Festival parade June 11, the Democratic national committee announced yesterday. The former president already had accepted an invitation to speak at the Jefferson-Jackson day dinner here where he will be introduced by Oregon Sen. Wayne Morse. Other speakers will be Paul M. Butler, chairman of the Dem ocratic national committee; Mrs. Katie Louchheim, director of women's activities for the na tional committee and Sen. War ren Magnuson of Washington. and graduate. The most exten sive improvement was shown by a girl whose reading level rose from 4th to 11th grade in one year, whose I: Q. changed from 72 to 115, and who was on the honor role during her last two years in high schol. Brown's report was made to a meeting of psychiatrists more than a year ago. Juvenile de linquency wasn't a top subject then and no one noticed. But it's a top subject now and for that reason the National Association For Mental Health revived it HEADS JERSEY CLUB Salem (U.R) D T. Simons of Fort Worth, Tex., was unan imously reelected president of the American Jersey Cattle club here last night as the group con cluded its 87th annual conven tion. The club decided to hold its next meeting in Springflied, Mo. in June of 1956. There were 12 per cent fewer forest fires in U.S. national for ests in 1954 than in 1953. VENETIAN BLIND LAUNDRY Rug & Furniture Cleaning Walls Woodwork Windows Floors Phone 3-4069 Randy's Cleaning Service IF YOUTH: NOT TRADING AT THE GROCETERIA YOU'RE PAYING TOO DM! BIG FREE PARKING LOTS Ask About Extended Free Parking for Other , Downtown Shopping SIXTH AND GRAPE STREETS OPEN 7 DAYS A (5) WEEK UNTIL P.M. THE HOUSEWIFE IS EMPLOYED - FOR WHO More Time for Restful Relaxation.:.' Good Food With Surprising Economy Working all day and doing the housework doesn't leave much time for leisure. 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