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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) Child Guidance Clinic Important in Southern Three small simply-furnished rood's in a Medford office build ing are the headquarters for one of this area's most important or ganizations Southern Oregon Cii'd Guidance Clinic associa tion. Organized three years ago, the association is evidence of the current effort in this coun try to hflp solve the emotional problems of children and aid these children in adjusting to the world about them. These three rooms give little indication of how widespread is the work and influence of this association, and the child guid ance clinic which it operates. The results of an organization and a clinic such as these cannot always be measured in one-two-three terms, but are nonetheless important and real. Direct service to the children of southern Oregon is one phase of the association's program. If eight-year-old Johnny is in trou ble at school, is a bully and spends most of his time fighting with other boys his age, his parents end his teacher may seek aid at the clinic. Or per haps it is little Susie small and painfully shy who never has any friends and who is never invited to play games with the other children or go to parties. Susie's parents and teachers are free to seek aid at the clinic in an effort to help her. Miss Mary Vandenberg, the clinic's psychiatric social work er, will first be told about the trouble, and the clinic's wheels will be sent in motion. Inter views will be arranged,, possibly psychological tests will be given, and if the problem of warrants, eventually Johnny or Susie will be seen by Dr. John Waterman, clinic psychiatrist. Dr. Water man, director of the mental health section of Oregon State Board of Health, comes to Med ford two days a month. Three Service Phases But the so-called "direct serv ice" is only a small part of the clinic's program. Teachers, pub lic health nurses, public wel fare workers and others seek ad vice on problems which they find in their daily work and wch they cannot solve alone. Such aid "filters" back through schools and community groups, often with far-reaching results. Still a third phase of the asso ciation's work is education of the entire community. Miss Van denberg, Dr. Waterman and the officers of the association meet with committees and organiza tions to explain the work of the clinic, they lead study groups P 4 rkxvimn cont. TO ORDER BT MAIL TRAVELER" EAU DE I LANVIN Omb. I . McLain $, Name I ARPEGE s:.so Address City MY SFN 12.00 Charge Phone 2-7113 Free Delivery mm lAKVljj j f PRLKTjOi ( oBcn DRUG CENTRE J MAIL TRIBUNE and forums for parent-teacher and similar organizations. A valuable phase of this pro- I gram has been the short plays ' given throughout the county by Footlighters, Medford little thea ter group. This year's play, "Random Target" has been given a score or more times, each presentation being followed by discussion and a question period from the audience. All thiee phases, direct serv ice, consultation and education, have the same aim prevention of more serious trouble which may come to the emotionally disturbed child if the years go by and he is not helped. To day's sullen, over-shy or overly aggressive child may be tomor row's bad mother or father, common law-breaker or harden ed criminal. Children Helped No one should believe that the clinic strives to make the chil dren brought under its influ ence into "conformists." Neither does the clinic boast that all disturbed children are "cured." But it is believed that the clinic can help almost every child to some degree,, help them to ad just to the world in which they must live and earn a living, and help them tovhappiness and use fulness, even though sometimes on a limited scale. The clinic's financial support comes from various sources. These are memberships and con tributions, membership in the United Medford crusade, funds from the Oregon State Board of Health, and from fees paid by those who can afford to do so. Other means of support are be ing explored. The association holds an an nual membership drive, and this is to begin in the near future. Association heads stress that such memberships serve a dou ble purpose they augment the money needed for the clinic and what is actually more impor tant, they serve as a means of increasing interest in and know ledge of the clinic and the pur pose it serves in this area. 800 Members Last year the clinic associa tion had about 8CP members and it is pointed out that these members are bound together by the "Three C's," the child, the clinic ana the community. Mem berships are from all over south ern Oregon, assuring a represen tative group tov guide the associ ation's progress. The annual meeting of the as sociation will be held soon. Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter, Medford, has , , . always the perfect companion! "TRAVELER" EAU DE LANVIN ARPEGE 2.50 MY SIN 2.00 1 ozs. 'plus las USE THIS COUPON . .. . I 8 N. Central, Medford, Ore. ' I I Zone State Check Cash CO.D. jl -I We Give NORTHERN STAMPS Double Stamps on Prescriptions OPEN WEEKDAYS 8:30 a.m. to 1 1 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday, March 25, 1956 ' Influence Oregon served as president this past '. year, and Glenn Hale, Eagle j Point, as vice-president. Mrs. Charles Crary, Medford, is sec retary and Francis Cheney, Medford, treasurer. On the board of directors are Kent Blackhurst, Dr. June By ers, John Graff, Mrs. Dwight Houghton, Robert Minear, Mrs. Henry Padgham, Mrs. A. N. Pot ter, Mrs Frank-Van Dyke and Mrs. Carl Wimberly Jr.," all Med ford; Mrs. Phil Engle, Rogue River; the Rev. Robert Greene, Prospect; Dr. Aubrey Hill, the Rev. Ross Knotts, John McAuly, Winston Marks and Mrs. Harvey Woods, all Ashland; Carl Hover, Central Point. The clinic is administered by Dr. A. E. Merkel of the Jackson County Public Health depart ment, and the 21-member board. In addition to Dr. Waterman and Miss Vandenberg, Mrs. Min nie Waterman, psychiatric social work consultant, is here for two days each month and in recent months Dr. Norman Sundberg, clinica' psychologist from the University of Oregon, has been available for projective person ality testing. Southern Oregon college faculty members handle psychometric intelligence tests for the clinic. O.S. Visitations Made By Lodge Head; Dinner Planned Mrs. Harry Bryant, grand chief of Pythian Sisters for Ore gon, has made several official visitations recently, having been at Elgin, La Grande, B a k e r, Condon, Pendleton. Next week she will visit Milton-Freewater and Scio. She makes her official visit to Medford April 3. Final plans for her visit were made at the last meeting of the local temple. A dinner is plan ned at the Wooden Shoe. The finance committee an nounced a rummage sale' to be held April 20 at the Fehl build ing. Miss Florence Bain was elect ed representative to the district convention planned in Roseburg April 14, with Mrs. George Thomas alternate. It was announced the Knights of Pythias will hold a social evening Monday with a box social, cake walk and other ac tivities planned. Mrs. Carl Fich tner, Mrs. Morley Lamp and Mrs. Ed Bostwick were appoint ed to meet with the Knights and cooperate in fund-raising efforts for the home fund. A prize was won by Mrs. Joe Cook, he refreshment committee for the evening was Mrs. Ed Bostwick and Mrs. Lucille Brock. Staff members are reminded there will be no meeting of Pythian club this week. Past. Chiefs' club met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Delia Watkins for a covered dish luncheon. The next meeting will be held April 4 at the home of Mrs. Emilie Conrad at 8 p.m. . Townsend Auxiliary Announces Meetings Townsend Harmony auxiliary club women will meet Thurs day, March 29, at the Arnold home at 116 South Ivy street for a work session of sewing. Next regular meeting of the Town send club will be held the day previous at 12:30 p.m., at 123V. West Main street. Announcements of the two sessions were made at a meeting Wednesday of the auxiliary group. Luncheon was served. Visitors are invited to the meet ings. At the recent meeting those who took part in the program were Ernest Wolters and Mrs Maud Arnold, vice president, who played several piano num bers. HERB BUTTER New York (U.R) When fresh asparagus arrives this spring, try serving it with basil flavored butter for variety. Just add Vi teaspoon of crumbled whole basil leaves to 2 table spoons of butter or margarine, melted. Pour over 6 portions of cooked asparagus. SONOTONE All-Transistor HEARING AID WHAT IS IT? In simple terms the Sonotone transistor Hearing Aid is a very small perfectly engineered in strument. It is most economical to operate and easy to wear. The only thing that your friends could possibly notice about it is the marvelous change in your hearing and your entire personality. C. 839 East 18 Years with Sonotone Hedrick PTA Unit Elects Hedrick Parent-Teacher as sociation members elected new officers for the coming year at a meeting Monday night, March 19. Elected were Wayne Safly, president; Mrs. Frank Preston, vice-president; Mrs. George Slon iger, secretary and Fred Morlan, treasurer. The slate, which was unan imously accepted, was presented by a nominating committee con sisting of Aetna Carr, Ward Smith and Mrs. Ed. Kliever. Dr. Lee Mellish, retiring president, announced that Mr. Safly will attend the State PTA conven tion in Eugene April 17, 18, and 19, as delegate from Hedrick PTA. In the absence of the treas urer, Wayne Jaminson, Dr. Mel lish reported that the budget is balanced. About S36 was cleared through a fund-raising project, a box social. There are 460 students in the school, and 280 PTA members. Vincent Bevis, principal, spoke to the parents, asking them to realize that children are living differently now than they did 25 years ago, and that they need to be allowed to make mistakes. He encouraged parents to seek individual help as needed from their children's teachers. There has been an increasing interest in extra - curricular activities such as band, shop, chorus sports etc., Mr. Bevis stated. Mr. Carr, program chairman, introduced Dr. Clifford Miller, Assistant Professor of social sciences at Southern Oregon col lege, who was main speaker for the evening. Dr. Miller was on a mission station in Africa for one year teaching young African students of the Kukuyu tribe. He was located near the modern city of Nairobi, Kenya Colony, which is the center of much unrest, as the Blacks feel that the whites, or Europeans, have usurped their land. Since the last war there has been a tremendous increase in interest in education, according to Dr. Miller. He said that ref ugee girls, dissatisfied with their old tribual customs, flock to the mission station for a home and an education. The government gives its support to the mis sionary work, both educational and medical. Dr. Miller said that of about 2,000,000 school age children, 200,000 are actually at tending school. Board and room may be had for 40 shillings per team, but this is more then most black families can afford. He pointed out that most of the students can speak in three languages Kukuyu, Swahili, the general dialect of the city, and English. A junior high school graduate will find good jobs open to him, while a high school graduate will probably become a teacher, said Dr. Mil ler. Since the outbreak of the Mau Mau, whose members' are from the Kukuyu tribe, church attendance has increased rapidly, he said, as the line of demarca tion between Christian and non Christian becomes more clear. The Blacks are crying for jus tice, political, economical and social, Dr. Miller said, adding that he sees even greater trouble ahead with the Mau Maus. Dr. Miller's next four years were spent teaching white stu dents at the Riff Valley academy, attended by children of mis sionaries, government officials etc., who come from all over the continent. With a lack of TV en tertainment as we know it here, the students rely on sports and other recreational activities, such as picincs, hunting, etc. for their enjoyment. They have sev eral hours of supervised study each evening, said Dr. Miller. Dr. Mellish expressed his thanks to Dr. Miller for coming to speak, and the gueste were than served refreshments by eighth grade room mothers. VEGETABLE VARIATIONS New York (U.R) Use a crisp corn-meal coating to dress up vegetable dishes. Just peel either carrots or parsnips and cut in half lengthwise. Boil for about 15 minutes, or until they're ten der. Then dip the cooked vege table in melted butter or mar garine and roll in enriched corn meal. Saute until golden brown and serve immediately. New Hampshire's state flower is the purple lilac. Medford's Oldest Hearing Aid Institution R. ADAMSON DISTRICT MANAGER Jackson Phone 2-5904 -SSi--., - . m ' ' 1 : Lfi Unique New Yo Work of Handy By ELIZABETH TOOMEY Uniied Press Correspondent New York (U.R) A husband who can double as a handy-man around the house is valued as highly in Manhattan as in Minne sota, a young wife who has lived both places commented as she showed off her husband's amaz ing do-it-yourself projects in their Park avenue home. She pointed out electric light cords taped to the bottom of chests, a heavy draw curtain over the nursery door for sound proofing, a simple metal light socket and reflector on the floor behind the couch, and a grey gauze hung over a mirror in the living room. Then she touched her toe to a button to an electric cord run ning along the floor. The floor light went out. "He just put in . these foot switches last night," she said proudly. "He's always doing something." The pretty brunette was Mrs. Viola Loewy, who grew up in Moorhead, Minn., and came to New York City to get a job, like thousands of other girls. A few years later she married Raymond Loewy, one of the na tion's outstanding industrial de signers. Now they have a 2-year-old daughter, Laurence, and one of the most remarkable apart ments in town. "It is baby proof and guest proof," Mrs. Loewy explained. "The baby rides her tricycle in the living room and even built a snowman on the floor the oth er day." Brass Rings As you enter the front door of the apartment you pass a foyer wall decorated with two rows of brass rings. Mr. Loewy hangs his gloves and mufflers in the rings. The entire apartment has a beige vinyl tile flooring with a grey and black spatter de sign. Occasional small rugs are anchored firmly to the floor with a rubberized backing. Electric light cords are kept out of sight either by stapling them to the baseboard or, in the case of a lamp atop a chest, by pulling them snugly over the back of the chest and taping them to the bottom so no extra cord hangs along the floor. The apartment, seen on tele vision Friday night when the Loewy's were visited by "Person To Person" CBS cameras, is lighted in every possible corner by concealed fixtures, often on THREE PAIR m PAIR At this LOW PRICE . . . the MORE you BUY, the MORE you SAVE. These pylons that win in the S-T-R-E-T-C-H! They're first for fit, because they stretch to just the right size. 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This explains the sheer draw curtain that covers a floor-to-ceiling mirror in the living room. It gives a wonderful misty effect. "Raymond thought of that when I complained that the mir ror was too severe," she said. "It is softer this way." Parents to Hear Superintendent Leonard Mayf ield, superin tendent of Medford schools, will speak regarding the school tax situation at the McLoughlin Jun ior High Parent-Teacher meet ing Thursday evening, March 29. Counselors from Medford Sen ior High school will be present to discuss subjects and courses of study suggested for students who will be entering the ninth and tenth grades next fall. An invitation is also extended to parents of sixth grade stu dents in Lincoln, Washington and Jackson schools in order that they may become acquaint ed with junior high school pro cedure. This information will be given by Glenn Linn, principal, and will be of interest to all par ents having children who will enter junior high next year. This meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the boys' gymnasium. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria by mothers of stu dents in Mrs. Taylor's seventh grade room. Approximately one-third of all the steel supply of the United States comes from the Pennsyl vania area. "A'n rrvr-v -w Prdgrarn Planned For Crater PTA Central Point Future Farm ers of America and speech de- j partment members at Crater j High school will furnish the pro-1 gram for Crater High Parent- j Teacher association members j Monday, March 26. The meeting j will be held at 8 p.m., in the i school cafetorium. Leonard Kunzman and his FFA students will have charge of one part of the programvhich will deal with FFA work at the school. " Donald Lacy will be in charge of the speech department section? Members of the Crater debate team won the district champion ship in debate this year and will enter a state contest from this district. An annual talent night show will be conducted by the Crater PTA. Mrs. C. B. 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