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Tuesday, November 1, 1955
4-H Club
Help from Public (
Backs Aid Society
Adoption Program
(Editor's note: This is IStioth
er in a series of articles about
agencies which benefit from
the fund drive of the United
Medford Crusade, now under
way. Material is furnished by
the agencies themselves.)
Not all the babies that find
homes with the help of The Boys
and Girls Aid Sogiety of Ore
gon each year are as healthy and
happy as those appearing in
magazine ads. Many have spe
cial problems that would have
been considered insurmountable
a generation ago problems of
health and inheritant that used
to loom so largesin the ptalic
mind as to deny the benefits of
adoption by loving parents &:
far too many children.
Today ma of these children
are growing up to lively and
hopeful childhood in homes that
surround them with intelligent,
loving car.
Needs Similar
Take Roger, for instance.
Though not 'from this commu
nity, his needs were similar to
those of Medford children who
have been helped by the Society.
Roger came to the Society wfaen
he was a year old. His mother
had been committed to the state
hospital for the mentally ill
shortly after his birth; his father
was unknown, his maternal
grandfather in the penitentiary.
Roger was a sad little boy.
Before coming to the Society he
had been in four different
homes, with very indifferent
care. He was pale and sickly,
had occasional convulsions and
was in every way below .aver
age in development. His pros
pects looked far from bright.
Today, at seven years of age,
Roger is a delightful, handsome,
active child, deeply loved by
his adoptive parents, who say
with great feeling that they
don't know how they were so
lucky as to have been given this
opportunity. He gives every
promise of living a completely
normal life. He is both loved
and loving.
How did this come af)out?
Plan Outlined
First, the Society found a good
foster boarding family who
would give the baby warm and
affectionate care. With them he
improved so much that soon
plans for adoption could be corf
sidered. (Last year the Society
had 274 children in 105 such
carefully supervised foster
homes.)
Then just the right adoptive
family had to be found. They
turned out to be a couple who
were a bit older than most who
came to apply, and they had
asked for a child "who needs us
more than the average child."
Theywere not afraid of Roger's
backfround, accepting it along
with his physical condition as a
challenge. They helped him to
grow in health, security and self
confidence. Now he is active in
the wonderful and complex ex
perience of school, with the
strength of normal family life
to give him assurance.
Here, then, is a child who not
many years ago would probably
have become a permanent ward
of the state or community, cost
ing the taxpayers thousands of
dollars, who is now, through an
informed and modern adoption
Ways To Ease Chores
Of President Expected
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower's heart attack
pgpbably will set off a congres
sional study next year of ways
to relieve the chief executive of
some of his bigrdens, an authori
tative source said today.
This informant, a congression
al leader who asked not to be
identified, said there also may
be a study of ways to clarify 4he
constitutional provision unHer
which presidential powers are
transferred to the vice-president.
No Injuries Listed
In Four Automobile
Accidents in City
Four auto accidents, in which
no one was injured, took place
in Medford, Sunday and Mon
day, according to city police.
s At about 2 asn. Sunday, a
car operated by "Janus Douglajs
Vernon, 804 Beekman ave., col
lided with an auto being towed
by Lloyd Vernon Pierce, Port
land, at the corner of North
Central ave. and East Sixth st.
Pierce was cited by city police
for not having an operator's
license. ! (
Driver Cited
Cars driven by Blair Donivan
Crosby, 512 South Holly, and
Olaf Johnson, 1306 Brookdale
rd., were involved in an acci
dent at the corner of West Fifth
and Worth Holly sts., Monday.
Johnson was cited for failure
to yield the right of way.
Lawrence Neil White, 443
Haven st.,. and William George
Werner, 8140 Stewart ave., were
the drivers of cars which col
lided in an alley connecting
East Fourth and Fifth sts., be
tween Bartlett st. and North
Central ave., Sunday.
In a fourth accident, an Ever
green bus operated by Lawrence
Ray Pilcher, 529 Slidway rd.,
struck a parked auto owned by
Cleve Charles Ferris, 526 Palm
st., acdording to a city police
report.
Portland State Professor
Heads Affairs Council
Portland (UUP.) Dr. Dean
Anderson, associate professor of
education at Portland State Col
lege, was named president of the
World Affairs council of Port
land at the group's annual meet
ing last night.
He succeeds Dr. Fraak Munk
of Reed college who had declin
ed to seek a fourth one-year term
as president of the organization.
service, accepted as a normal
human being. v
Major physical handicaps, such
as severe loss of eyesight or se
rious heart condition, mixed ra
cial backgrounds, family groups
of 2, 3, or 4 who want to stay
together none of these prob
lems is proving too serious as
obstacles to adoption today at
The Boys and Girls Aid Society
of Oregon, a United Medford
Crusade and Oregon Chest
agency whose functions are
three-fold: adoption placement
for babies and children "(a total
of 163 last year) confidential
maternity services efor unwed
mothers, and temporary foster
care of children denied their
own homes.
The Society has a branch of
fice in the Leverette building
serving Medford and southern
Oregon.
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A GREYHOUND ASENT-NEAR-YOU
Margaret bailed by Tritons as Martyred Heroine
sLondon kUR) Prime Min
ister Sir Anthony Eden an
nounced today he is consider
ing moves to alter the ancient
Royal Marriage Act so that
future .royal lovers would be
free of the marital obstacles
that confronted Princess Margaret.
London OI.R) Britons hailed
Princess Margaret today as a
martyred heroine, and their run
a w"a y emotions (threatened
trouble for those who wrecked
her romance.
was the first target of the ro
manticists who had hoped for
her marriage to Group Captain
Peter Townsend.SThe Duke of
Edinburg drew fire, too.
The Princess, who announced
on Monday she would not marry
Townsend, was reported deter
mined to rebound swiftly from
heartbreak by seeing her old
faithful escorts and perhaps to
seek happiness in a trip to the
United States.
There was solid speculation
that within the next few months
The Archbishop of Canterbury
she would announce her accep
tance of Mayor Robert F. Wag
ner's invitation to visit New
York. The royal family now
would give her almost anything
she wants.
Time Seen Needed
The Duke of Ebenburg remark
ed when he was last in Ottawa
that Margaret "is always com
plaining she has never been over
here yet and I think she means
to remedy that just as soon as
she can."
Friends close to Margaret said
the hurt of her unfulfilled love
will take time to'dull but that
she was shunning serious
thoughts of sacrificial spinster
hood and probably would seek
the help of her past escorts, Billy
Wallace and Lord Wilton.
But the rejected Townsend,
who was unecceptable because
he is divorced, the .future may
prove more difficult. He was be
lieved preparing to resign from
his job as air attache at Brussels
and enter private business in Bri
tain, possibly with the aviation
section of Rolls-Royce.
May Issue Statement
A belief grew that Townsend
himself might issue a statement
today after sleeping off the
night's heartache at the country
estate at Uckfield where he and
Margaret spent their last week
end together.
Pride and respect for the prin
cess and the royal family were
the first feelings of Britons when
the news was thundered in great
back broadsides across the pages
of the nation's press. &
The second feeling ranged
from worried uncertainty to out
right anger.
Lord Beaverbrook's Daily Ex
press openly questioned the ac
tions of the Archbishop of Can
terbury who in one week "twice
chose to make public affirma
tions of his uncompromising
viewpoint on divorce." ri
"Then it is argued that the
rumored opposition of the Duke
of Edinburgh to the wedding
will be revived and that he will
become a figure of public con
troversy," the Express said.
Decision Regarded Unnecessary
The influential Manchester
Guardian said "her decision
which has plainly been come to
after subtle pressure will be're
garded by the great masses of
the people as unnecessary and
perhaps as a great waste.
"In the long run it will not re
bound to the credit or influence
of those who have been most
persistent in denying the prin
cess the same liberty that is en
joyed by the rest of her fellow
citizens. . . ."
Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, the arch
bishop of-Canterbury, remained
silent. But the fullest glare of
love's champions fixed on him as
the main destroyer of Margaret's
dream.
He had only upheld the doc
trine of the Angelican church
but an upshot of Margaret's
sacrifice was expected to be
stormy agitation for revision of
the doctrine on divorce or
even, as the London newspaper,
the Star, began demanding, dis
establishment of the state
church.
Engagements Not Cancelled
Margaret has made it clear
immediately that she is shunj
ning the old-maid weeds;
Grieved as she admittedly is by
loss of the man she loves, sbe
plunges tomorrow into an al
most daily series of public en
gagements with no thought of
cancellation.
Friends look for the princess
to bounce back into the night
club set in the arms of another
partner. Two old faithfuls re
main Billy Wallace, a tall and
understanding type, and the
rugged Earl of Wilson.
The royal family, delighted by
Margaret's devotion to duty, is
believed offering her any get-away-from-it-all
trip she wants.
And Margaret's wants have long
lain in the direction of North
America.
Central Point Pig Club
The Central Point Pig club
met at the C. W. Anhorn home
on Freeman rd., Oct. 24. Each
of the members told of his ex
periences last year. One of our
new members, David Foote, told
about the fair at Redmond. For
next meeting each of the mem-'
bers is to tell about a hog dis
ease. Next meeting will be at
Willie Debrick's home, Nov. 28.
Russell Frink,
Reporter
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Ex-County Teacher
Succumbs in Seattle
Funeral services for Marytf
Maude O'Brien, 69formercoun
ty school teacher who died in
Seattle on Oct. 29, will) be held
in St. James ' Cathedral there
on Thursday, Nov. 3. Remains
will be returned to Medford for
interment.
The deceased was born at
Applegate on Feb. 26, 1886, and
was a graduate of Medford high
school. She had been employed
in Seattle for the past 30 years.
Sirrvivors include a brother,
James A. O'Brien, Applegate,
and two sisters, Mrs. Rose Bald
win and Mrs. Anne D. O'Brien,
both of Ashland. Q
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