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.
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