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Since Wednesday was Potpourri's "day off from the
office, we sat at home and watched the Tournament of Roses
parade on television. Even in black and white on a small
screen, it was an impressive sight. The floats were large
and cleverly decorated and the bands smartly equipped and
well trained. The mounted groups were impressive, too, with
dozens of handsome horses, some decked out with trappings
worth hundreds of dollars.
Yet the whole effect was spoiled for us, all because of
an article which we read the day before. It was a report of
the nation's underprivileged children which is appearing in
the current issue of Parents' magazine. The article said that
over 2.3 million children in the United States are attending
school in over-crowded classrooms or in basements, convert
ed garages or other makeshift classrooms. Approximately
840,000 are attending only part time in schools operated on
double or even triple shifts.
Between 56,000 and 65,000 new classrooms will be needed
each year to take care of the increased enrollment in the
nation's schools, the report on underprivileged children
states.
About 1,800,000 orphaned or partially orphaned children
are receiving help from their states through the federal
state aid for Dependent Children program, the report states.
Yet this aid is as low as $7.50 a month per child in at least
one state. The report says that probably the most neglected
children in the land are the 600,000 or more who are the
sons and daughters of migrant workers. Because these fami
lies have no homes, belong to no community, never stay very
long in one place, their children are almost completely un
educated. In 1955, the last year for which figures were available
to the committee which made this study, 9.1 million chil
dren lived in families where the entire income was less
than $40 a week, in spite of the fact that essential expendi
tures for a family of four in that year cost from $75 to
$83 a week, depending upon the section in which the family
lived.
The report covers dozens of other points infant mortal- j
ity rates, the black market in adoptions, the foster home
problem, lack of adequate child welfare services (half of
the counties in the U. S. have no full-time public welfare
workers), juvenile delinquency, the mentally ill children,
(there are half a million of these in this country) the physi
cally handicapped (over 17,000 children are totally blind and
another 70,000 have only partial sight).
This is a grim picture, says the committee. As the result
of these conditions, the United States is short of engineers,
scientists, doctors, research specialists and social workers.
A third of our most gifted children do not go on to college,
and more than a million children have dropped out of
school.
And the reason for this? The committee says that "we
are not willing to pay the price." Yet someone was willing
to pay the price of sending a high school band all the way
from Florida to Pasadena, Calif., to march in the Tourna
ment of Roses, and other high school and college bands
went from states in many parts of the nation. Some one was
willing to pay to have 22,000 orchids sent to Pasadena to
decorate a single float; other floats were equally lavish. We
have money for spectacular festivals, games and parades,
but not enough for schools, hospitals, welfare agencies and
proper help for the underprivileged child.
And a costly spectacle like the Rose Bowl-game and the
Tournament of Roses is relatively insignificant. The Parents'
magazine report has even more grim figures this nation
spends only ZV2 per cent of our gross national income on
public education; we spend over 4 per cent on recreation and
3 per cent on alcoholic beverages. We spend more for comic
books than for all textbooks used in our elementary and
high schools.
Money, alone, of course, will not solve any of the prob
lems touched on in the Parents' report. Because of recent
international events, the eyes of the entire U. S. have been
focused on the educational system and the news is full of
ideas, plans, reports and surveys. The Associated Press ask
ed three of the country' top educators Henry Heald,. presi-1
dent of the Ford Foundation, Lawrence Derthick, commis
sioner of education for the nation and Howard Bevis, chair
man of President Eisenhower's commission on scientists and
engineers, to state their opinions on how education could
meet the challenge posed by Russia's scientific advances
Answering the first set of questions the three men agreed
substantially that American education needs to be strength
ened generally, as well as in the fields of science and mathe
matics; that the status and respect accorded to teachers in
Russia might very well be emulated in America; that gifted
youngsters need more attention. Dr. Heald stated on this
last point that it has been relatively easy to secure extra
appropriations for the physically and mentally handicapped.
but very hard to find extra money for the brilliant. Bevis
commented that "It is unfortunate that over one - third of
the boys and over half of the girls do not go beyond high
school."
During dinner at the Jerry Smith home we asked the
Smiths if they knew any photogenic children. Mrs. S. and
daughter, Sydney, immediately nominated "Tippy" Quinow
ski. It was Miss Smith, close friend of the Quinowskis, who
gave Tippy the football helmet and jersey which he wears
in today's picture.
Banker Elwood Hedberg was extremely puzzled by a
letter which he received not long ago and in which a woman
apologized for parking in the First National's customer lot
The woman explained in considerable detail that she took
a little extra time to run down the street and do an errand
or two and she hadn't been gone long, etc., etc. Later a phone
call from the embarrassed client explained the letter. Seems
the woman found a note in her car, supposedly initialed by
Mr. H.,,and saying shame on you for taking up our parking
space while you shop. The note had been written by a friend
who thought the entire matter was a huge joke until she
heard that her fun message had been taken for real.
Opera Star Blanche Thebom, who sang to standing room
only audiences on a recent Russian tour, believes that "art
can do so much for mutual understanding." Miss Thebom,
who startled the Russians by singing an aria from "Carmen"
with her hair down (it drags on the floor) also remarked "Do
you know, our country is the only leading power which is
without a ministry or cabinet of culture. It's scandalous."
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Guest of Club
Mrs. H. O. Smith, Cave
Junction, past president of the
Oregon Federation of Garden
clubs, was a guest of Med
ford Garden club for a meet
ing at the courthouse auditor
ium Thursday.
Mrs. John Mansfield, pro
gram chairman, introduced
Mrs. Smith who held a panel
discussion on horticulture
problems taken from the ques
tion box. She was assisted by
Mrs. J. Edwin Harper and
Mrs. C. C. Stearns.
Other guests introduced
were Mrs. Norma J. Brad
fish and Mrs. Dayton Depue.
Prizes were won by Mrs.
O. W. Larson and Mrs. I. D.
Fitzgerald.
The tea hour was in charge
of Mrs. Leland Knox, Mrs. I.
D. Fitzgerald, Mrs. LeRoy
Cline, Mrs. Tom Ginn and
Mrs. L. L. Meadows. The tea
table was decorated by Mrs.
Tom Ginn with a floral ar
rangement of blue Dutch iris
and rose colored French hea
ther and blue candles.
Mrs. Gerald VonTing and
Mrs. John Mansfield poured.
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One-Man Show
At Piano House
The first one-man art show
of 19588 is being shown at
Purucker Piano House in
Medford. It was arranged by
Clifford Platz and includes
14 water colors painted by
Mrs. Mildred Ruhndorf of
Eugene.
Mrs.. Ruhndorf has studied
at Portland Art Museum art
school, and at the University
of Oregon. She is a member
of the Eugene Art Center soc
iety. Other artists from Eugene
and other parts of the state
will be exhibiting at Puruck
ers during the spring and sum
mer according to Mr, Platz.
It is planned to have local art
ists exhibit from time to time
during the year with a juried
show for artists in Southern
Oregon.
OSC Sets Date
Of Dads7 Event
Corvallis Fathers of Ore
gon State college students will
be honored on campus Febru
ary 1 at the annual Dads
weekend. A record 1,800 Dads
are expected to attend this
year and participate in cam
pus tours, classroom visits and
special events.
A giant box luncheon for
students and their fathers is
scheduled in the coliseum Sat
urday as the highlight of this
year's program. Various mus
ical groups on campus will
entertain at the special lunch
eon program.
Visits to Saturday classes
are planned along with an
electronics display in the
school of engineering, basket
ball game with Stanford uni
versity, living group dinners
and firesides, and other sports
and social programs.
Al Trimble, Portland, pres
ident of the OSC Dads club,
will "conduct the annual busi
ness meeting of the group.
This year, the Dads club
awarded eight full-tuition and
36 partial-tuition scholarships.
Rank Conferred
On Three Pages
The rank of esquire was
conferred upon three pages
at the Monday meeting of
Talisman lodge, Knights of
Pythias. The rank of knight
will be exemplified at the
Monday, January 6, meeting
at 8 p.m. with members from
Grants Pass and Yreka par
ticipating. Following the last meeting
a chili supper was served by
George Fisk and Baker Yar
brough. The joint public installa
tion of officers of the Knights
of Pythias and Pythian Sis
ters will be held Monday,
January 13, in the Pythian
building, at 8 p.m. A rehear
sal and drill practice is
scheduled for Sunday, Jan
uary 12, at 3 p.m. Several
high-ranking officers from !
both orders are expected to
attend, according to Past
Chancellor Joe W. Fritsch.
Surprise Program
Planned for Club
A surprise program is sched
uled by Mrs. Herbert Seitz
for a meeting of Medford
Lady Lions at the home of
Mrs. Elwood Hedberg, 1206
East Main street, Tuesday,
January 7, at 7:30.
Guests at the meeting will
be the wives of the Jackson
ville Lions club members.
Mesdames Robert Harland,
Kenneth Matland, James Bay
liss, E. E. Setzler and Ken
neth Campbell will assist the
hostess.
Lady Elks
Lady Elks will meet Tues
day, January 7, at 1 p.m. for
salad luncehon and after
Parents Magazine Reveals
Unpleasant Facts in Report
Chicago The findings of
the first report on the state
of the nation's underprivil
edged children, compiled by
George J. Hecht, publisher of
Parents' Magazine, and Ada
Bennettt Stough, executive di
rector of the American Par
ents' committee, were re
leased today. The report re
veals that:
More than 100,000 children
in legal jams are put in adult
jails to await court action be
cause of the lack of juvenile
detention facilities, and half
the counties of the country
Gold Hill Couple
Hosts to Guests
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wilson,
7 Chestnut avenue, were
guests at the home of their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Norman Gail, at
Gold Hill New Year's day.
Home for the holidays at
the Gail residence were their
two daughters, Miss Mildred
Gail, student at the University
of Washington, Seattle, Miss
Grace Gail, student at Ore
gon State college, Corvallis.
A guest in the Gail home
from the University of Wash
ing was Andhi P. Isarankura,
junior, who is studying fish
eries. He is from Bangkok,
Thailand, and is an exchange
student.
Following dinner the group
viewed the Rose Bowl game
on television and the evening
was spent with musical en
tertainment. The students returned to
school this week end.
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Officers Named
For Social Club
Mrs. Allen Curry was elect
ed president of Electa Social
club at a meeting December
27 in the Girls Community
club.
Also elected were Mrs. Car
rie Walters, vice-president;
Mrs. Clara Franklin, secretary-treasurer;
Mrs. L. D.
Hodgekins, musician, and
Mrs. D. W. Bowers, publicity
chairman.
Visitors for the dessert
luncheon and Christmas party
were Mrs. Helen Ford, Tac
oma, Wash., and Mrs. Hazel
Harrison, Seattle.
The next meeting of the
group will be January 24
when a potluck dinne- will be
held and officers will be in
stalled. Mrs. Frank Root will
be installing officer. Mrs.
Roy Miller, Mrs. Esther Cole
man and Mrs. Laura Aldredge
will be in charge of the next
meeting.
Mrs. Mark Goldy
To Be Cufc Hostess
Women of Rotary will meet
at the home of Mrs. Mark
Goldy, 35 South Berkeley
way, at 12:30 o'clock Wednes
day, January 8. Members are
requested to bring table
service. -
Assisting hostesses will be
Mrs. Robert E. Mclntyre, Mrs.
Edmund E. Hass and Mrs.
Orrin L. Brown.
have no juvenile probation
services.
Approximately 600,000 mi
grant children are almost un
educated because they recsive
few actual days of schooling
and have little continuity in
their school work as they
move from state to state with
their parents, following the
crops.
According to the last avail
able figures, more than 9 mil
lion children live in families
where the total income is un
der $40 a week, far less than
the minimum standard. This
accounts for many school
dropouts.
Half a million children are
so emotionally disturbed they
may be considered mentally
ill. School and clinical facil
ities are lacking for them, as
well as for mentally retarded
chidren and physically handi
capped children.
About 1,800,000 orphaned
or partially orphaned children
are receiving help through the
Federal-State Aid for Depend
ent Children program. Such
help averages as high as $43.28
a month per child in a state
like Connecticut but as low as
$7.50 a month in Mississippi.
Over 2.3 million children
are attending school in over
crowded classrooms or in base
ments, converted garages, or
other makeshift classrooms.
Approximately 840,000 are
going only part-time to schools
operated on a double or triple
shift basis.
When school opened last
fall, it was estimated that 135,-
000 classrooms had no quali
fied teachers in charge. Three-
quarters of a million teachers
will be needed in the next
three years to meet" the de
mand. Since only about 100,-
000 trained teachers are being
graduated each year and only
70 per cent of these go into
teaching, there is little pros
pect for improvement.
More money is spent, for
comic books than for all text
books used in elementary and
high schools in the United
States.
Less than three and a half
per cent of our gross national
income is spent on public edu
cation, but over four per cent
on recreation and three per
cent on alcoholic beverages,
according to the report.
Because educational spend
ing is not keeping pace with
the growing school popula
tion, the nation faces a serious
shortage of brainpower, warn
the authors of the report,
which will be nublished in
the January issue of Parents'
Magazine.
The report urges increased
appropriations on federal,
state and local levels to pro
vide the educational, health
and welfare services needed
by the current child popula
tion of 60 million, increasing
at the rate of a million a year.
"Expenditures on behalf of
children should be considered
an investment in the future
of the nation," it states.
"Money spent to improve the
health, education . and well
being of children is an invest
ment in priceless human resources."
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Beauty to Wed
New York Actor
San Francisco (IP) Beau
tiful Lee Ann Meriwether, 22,
Miss America of 1955, will be
married next summer to a
Broadway actor, her mother
disclosed today.
- Mrs. Ethel Meriwether, San
Francisco, said her daughter
and Frank Alatter, 31, vho is
in the play "The Bells are
Ringing," became engaged in
New York New Year's eve.
The former beauty titlist
now lives in New York where
she is studying acting and
dancing. She was a drama
student at City College of San
Francisco when she won the
award at Atlantic City in
1954.
The wedding will be here,
Sunday, January 5, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Eskimo Pears
Wash, cut in half, and core
4 fresh Anjou or Bosc years.
Place cut side down in bak
ing dish. Place M cup tart
jelly (crab apple, currant, or
apple) in saucepan with 2
tablespoons water and heat to
dissolve; pour over pear
halves. Sprinkle with nut
meg. Bake at 350 degrees for
20-30 minutes, basting fre
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vanilla ice cream. Serves 8.
probably in July, Mrs. Meri
wether said.
Alatter, native of Long Is
land and a Korean War vet
eran, gave Miss Meriwether
a one-carat diamond ring to
seal the engagement, her
mother said.
Announce Talk
By Thomas Goff
Griffin Creek Thomas
Goff of Southern Oregon
Child Guidance Clinic will
speak to members of the Grif
fin Creek School Mother's
club Wednesday, January 8,
at 1:30 p.m. in the school
cafeteria. He will speak on
"Discipline."
Refreshments will be served
by mothers of seventh-grade
students. Mrs. LeRoy Sander
will be in charge. Baby sit
ting services will be provided.
Olive Rebekah Lodge
Announces Meeting
Olive Rebekah lodge will
meet Monday, January 6, at
8 p.m. at the Odd Fellows
hall. Hostesses for the even
ing will be Mrs. William Rob
erts, Mrs. Esther Coleman,
Mrs. Harriet Sheares, and
Mrs. Kenneth Stockhoffc
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