TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Speech Clinic for Retarded
Children is Pioneer in Field
By VIVIAN SANDE
United Press Correspondent
New York TP) Silence isn't
always golden.
In a small room of a New York
hospital clinic, a little boy looks
at a picture mounted on a piece
of cardboard. A pretty girl asks
him what that picture shows,
and he opens his lips and tries to
speak the word "apple."
Tuesday, young Tommy said
the word "kitten," and it was a
triumph. Eut today, the sound
that comes from his lips is gar
bled and unrecognizable, little
more than a grunt. The grey
eyed girl takes his hand gently
and blows on it so he can feel
her breath as she says the word.
Then she puts Tommy's. hand in
front of his mouth, and Tommy
tries again. This time - - falter
ingly . . . the word comes out.
Tommy has said "apple," and he
laughs out loud, and says the
word "apple" again.
Laborious Training
This laborious procedure is
part of months, sometimes years
of training that many boys and
girls go through when they do
not learn to speak as other chil
dren do.
Across the corridor, dark
haired Doris Trepel Leberfeld,
head of the first speech clinic
for mentally retarded children
in New York, looks through a
file of case histories and says,
"Every speech case is a dramatic
case."
The clinic opened in Septem
ber, 1950, at the Lower Fifth
Avenue hospital. It was the first
of its kind in New York, and has
grown in size and techniques and
served as a guide for similar
clinics throughout the country.
Some 1,000 children with
speech problems have been di
agnosed at the clinic, and about
500 have received therapy.
Success Comes Slowly
If after a year or two of work
the instructors can teach a child
to say evn a few sentences, they
feel they have accomplished one
of the most important things in
the child's life.
"Speech and language are the
basic means of communication,"
said Dr. Leberfeld. "We would
not be able to get along in 'the
world as well as the next fel
low unless we could talk."
Dr. Leberfeld, who is mar
ried to an actor, knows what it
means to strive for normalcy
under a handicap though she
never had any trouble with her
own power over words. She was
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a victim of a bad case of polio
when she was five. It kept her
bedridden for a year, and left
her with one immobilized leg.
Now, Dr. Leberfeld combines
teaching speech at Hunter col
lege with her work at the clinic.
Start talking Early
She advises mothers to start
talking to their babies as soon
as they bring them home from
the hospital no baby talk, please,
and eventually, she says, the
child will do some talking him
self. However, she said, if a child
of 32 months has not used some
words his parents should seek
the help of a speech therapist.
"We cannot always cure a
child's speech defects entirely,
but our measure of success with
improvement is greater than we
dared hope in the beginning,"
said the teacher of talk.
She added, "And we do know
that the longer speech therapy
is delayed, the harder it is to
teach the child to speak . . . and
the longer the child has to live
in a world he can't communicate
with."
Sams Valley PTA
To Hold Coffee
Gold Hill Sams Valley Par
ent-Teacher association made
plans at a meeting last Thurs
day evening in the school audi
torium to sponsor a coffee.
Mrs. Edgar Pleasant, presi
dent of the unit presided at the
business session. Arrangements
were made to hold the coffee
at the home of Mrs. Gilbert
Mack Saturday, October 19 be
tween 1 and 4 p.m. All interest
ed persons are invited to attend.
Proceeds will go toward proj
ects for the school, one of which
is to provide gymnasium suits
for all girls in the fifth through
the eighth grades. Several moth
ers have volunteered to donate
their time for sewing the shorts:
blouses will be purchased ready
made. . William Brewster's room won
the treat for having the most
parents in attendance. The room
winning the treat the most times
during the school year will re
ceive a worthwhile gift.
The membership drive is now
on and will continue through
the month of October.
Principal William Brewster
stated that one fourth of the
school's enrollment, which is 83,
is absent because of the flu.
Following the meeting par
ents and teachers were served
refreshments in the school cafe
teria by the staff. Open discus
sion was held on the value of
films shown to students, and the
instructional technique gained.
The consensus was that young
sters can learn much through
films that otherwise might be
missed.
October Meeting
Planned by PTA
The October meeting of Jack
son Parent-Teacher association
will be held Friday, October 18
at 2:30 p.m. in the school gym
nasium. The program will be a
panel discussion with a erouD
of foreign exchange students
irom Southern Oregon college
and members will be given an
opportunity to ask the students
questions pertaining to their
native country.
Camp Fire girls will present
the flag ceremony, and mothers
of children in the sixth grade
are m charge of refreshments.
A nursery will be provided
lor small children.
Tax Relief for
Center Possible
Cave Junction At a spec
ial meeting of the Illinois Val
ley Medical Center board of di
rectors this week, a letter from
B. K. Herndon company. Grants
Pass, indicated the possibility of
relief from a large portion of
about $5,000 federal income tax
debt allegedly owed by the cen
ter. Herndon, who was retained by
the Center to check up on the
case, said, "In my opinion there
is a fair chance of securing ex
emption." He added, however,
that while the back taxes and
penalties for 1949-51 might be
exempted, taxes on rentals from
1954 through 1956 amounting to
$438.89 plus interest, would
probably have to be paid.
Because the request for ex
emption must be referred to
Washington, and will take some
time to be investigated by the
Bureau of . internal revenue,
Herndon said, has given the
Center two alternatives: That
they send the bureau a trust
deed on the building, dated to
expire Nov. 1, 1958, or that the
Bureau file a lien against the
property.
The Center's board of direc
tors voted in favor of the trust
deed. This will give them a year
in which to get a ruling from
Washington. At the end of that
time, if the bureau still rules
back taxes are due, a loan can
be secured.
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Thursday, October 17. 1957
McLoughlin
PTA Unit
Will Meet
"Problems and Understanding
of Sub-teens" will be discussed
by a panel of professional peo
ple at a meeting of McLoughlin
Parent-Teacher association set
for tonight at 7:30 o'clock in
the girls' gymnasium of Mc
Loughlin Junior High school.
The entrance is off Holly street.
Participating on the panel will
be Dr. William Miller, pediatric
ian, who will discuss "Emotion
al Development;" the Rev. Rich
ard Jones, Eastwood Baptist
church, who will talk on "Our
Children Still Need Guidance;"
Mrs. Martha Donahue, school
nurse, who will explain "Growth
Patterns and Health." Mrs. Vir
ginia Wait, supervisor of the
school lunch program will speak
on "How to Satisfy Those Rav
enous Appetites." Ben Schmidt,
youth counselor, will be moder
ator. Parents will have an op
portunity to ask questions.
Leonard Mayfield, Medford
school superintendent, and Otto
Ewaldsen, school board member,
will speak on the proposed buil
ding program for the district.
Mrs. John Schroeder, unit
president, will preside and will
introduce officers and commit
tee chairmen. Glenn Linn, school
principal, will introduce the fac
ulty. Couple Honored
On Anniversary
Cave Junction Bowls of gold
colored flowers set the theme for
the golden wedding anniversary
open house which honored Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Hutchison Sun
day at their home in Holland.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison, who
were married October 9, 1907
in Seattle, Wash., have lived in
the Holland and Althouse dist
rict for 20 years.
Before he was injured in a
fall five years ago, Mr. Hutchi
son worked as a road and airport
building contractor. The couple
also operated a mine on Alt
house creek.
Assisting at the . open house
was their only daughter, Mrs.
T. E. Ranes, Grants Pass. Re
freshments were served to the
many friends who called with
gifts and to offer congratula
tions during the afternoon. A
hand-embroidered table cloth
covered the serving table.
Mrs. Hutchison wore a new
diamond ring, a gift from her
husband, and a gardenia corsage,
presented to her by her son-in-law.
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Health Association
To Hear Physician
Dr. J. McAllister, staff physi
cian of the Oregon Tuberculosis
hospital, will be featured speak
er the bi-monthly meeting of
Jackson County Public Health
association Friday, October 18,
at 1:30 p.m.
The public is invited to at
tend the meeting, which will be
held at the new Red Cross build
ing on Hawthorne street.
Pocahontas Lodge
To Meet Friday
Pocahontas lodge will meet in
Redman hall on Apple street
Friday, October 18 at 8 p.m.
Members are asked i to take a
"white elephant" to the meeting.
Porler Assures Wafer
Group of His Support
Cave Junction Charles O.
Porter, representative for the
fourth district in Congress, as
sured members of the Illinois
Valley Water Resources group
Tuesday that he would support
the proposed Sucker Creek ir
rigation dam project when it is
approved by voters of the dis
trict. Porter pointed out that re
sponse of the people is the cru
cial thing in a project of this
nature, and that Congressional
approval often hinged on the
full backing of persons in the
area affected.
After a field trip to the Suck
er Creek dam site, Porter ex
pressed himself as being impres
sed with the plan which will
bring water to a great part of
the Illinois Valley.
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These three department officers of the American Legion
auxiliary will be in Ashland Friday. October 18, for a district
session of the Legion and auxiliary. Attending will be (stand
ing, left to right) Mrs. Don Acton, Portland, department vice
president; Mrs. Anson Ingels, Salem, department president;
and Mrs. Grover Francis, Portland, secretary. Members of
both organizations will attend a dinner al the Ashland Elks'
club at 6:30 p.m. with meetings to follow; the Legion will meet
at the club and the auxiliary in the Legion hall.
Family Program
To Be Friday
At Medford Y ,
A familv nroeram at the Med
ford YMCA Friday, October 18,
will begin the season of "family
nights" which are intended to
bring the family "closer together
in a harmonious relationship
around recreation," the Y an
nounces. Activities will begin at 7 p.m.
with a series of progressive
games which are played in the
Y Social hall while families are
gathering. This phase of program
is in charge of Mrs. Charles
Thompson.
The period of singing which
follows will be led by the Rev.
Kenneth Korby. Highlight of the
evening will be stunts depicting
some of the amusing incidents of
family life.
Refreshments will be served
by the Curt Butterfield family.
Mrs. Owen Kunkel is general
chairman of family program at
the YMCA and has issued an in
vitation to all families in the
valley interested in such a pro
gram to attend this event. It will
be repeated each month on the
third Friday.
Gymnasium games and swim
ming in the heated pool from 7
to 9:30 p.m. will be a part of the
evening program.
Phoenix Man Buys
Business From Pree
Jim Pree, owner of Jim's Tune
Up and Repair, Sixth and Grape
sts., Medford, has sold the busi
ness to Fred Wilcox, Camp Baker
rd., Phoenix, Pree announced to
day. Included in the transaction Is
the Signal Service station, Avis
Rent-A-Car and the Beehive
Truck Rental services, all of
which are conducted from the
Sixth st. address. They will be
operated under the name Wilcox
Beehive Truck and Car Rentals,
Wilcox said.
No immediate change in per
sonnel or services are anticipat
ed, Wilcox said.
Wilcox has been active in man
aging the A. H. Dudley Trucking
firm in Phoenix for several
years.
Pree said he sold the business
because of ill health. He and his
wife, Bert Pree, a prominent
businesswoman here, plan to
travel in the southwest before re
turning to the Rogue valley.
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of Operations, began talks today
with officials of the Republic
of Korea and the United Nations
command. Burke arrived at Kim
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met by Gen., George H. Decker,
commander of the UN command
and high Korean officials.
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Local Auxiliary
Mrsr Lois O'Neal, Empire,
Ore., state president for the
Council of Carpenters' auxiliar
ies, will be guest speaker for a
meeting of the Medford auxili
ary Friday, October 18.
A potluck supper at 6:30 p.m.
at Carpenters' hall, 123 Vz West
Main street, will precede the 8
p.m. meeting. The supper is for
auxiliary memDers and their
families.
Phoenix Organization
Postpones Meeting
Phoenix Phoenix Neighbors
of Woodcraft announced this
morning that the meeting
planned for tonight as been
postponed one week because of
illness among members of the
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Memorial contributions to the
Oregon Heart association fund
from Jackson county increased
$213.35 during the period July 1
through Sept. 30, compared to
contributions during the same
period last year, according to
County Chairman Mrs. Murray
G. Gardiner.
Contributions this year totaled
S481, Mrs. Gardiner noted, and
those last year for the same per
iod were $213.65. State-wide,
contributions showed an increase
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year, Mrs. Gardiner said.
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ed to $15,610.09 for the same
period last year.
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being used for research in pro
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Dr. Oscar T. Heyerman pi Med
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Hollywood (IP) Actor
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today that his 81-year-old divorc
ed wife, actress Blanche Ring
was alive and collecting his ali
mony payments.
The elderly actor appeared in
court Wednesday to ask that his
alimony payments be reduced
from $175 to $50 weekly.
"Why I'm not even sure if
Blanche is still alive," he said.
Superior Judge Wallace Ware
banged his gavel, continued the
case and said:
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