15 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dforrf, Or.gon. Tutiday, April 8, 1958
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PROTEST ATOMIC TESTS Members of the "Walkers
for Peace" movement are shown as they marched through
Times Square in New York, en route to United Nations
headquarters to demonstrate for ban against further,
atomic tests. The group of more than 200 persons in
cluded pacifists from five states who walked to the city
to take part in the demonstration.
PROSPECT
Trees Fall On Two Homes
Br MICKIE LARSON
Prospect High winds that
roared through the timbered
country around Prospect re
cently caused two families to
abandon their homes after the
buildings were badly dam
aged by falling trees. No in
juries were reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Young
have moved into a house on
Red Blanket road owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bliss and
the Bill McElmury family has
moved into the old Smith
home near Ross mill. The Mc
Elmury home was so badly
damaged that the structure
will have to be torn down.
The Prospect Lion's club
held their regular meeting at
Beckie's cafe at Union Creek
April 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Williams
from Rogue River visited at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Ells April 3.
Lola De Rosier was hostess
to a bridge club meeting re
cently. Those present were
Mrs. Jack Ells. Velma Chap
man, Clara Snider Delores
Bray, Ila Chapman, Jo Ann
Rienks, and Glee Bean. A des
sert luncheon was served by
the hostess.
Adding Two Decades to Average Life Span
Presents Nation With New Set of Problems
Mrs. Steve Larson enter
tained her bridge club April
1. Those attending were Mrs
Rex Resseler, Mrs. Arnie
Kettlestead, Mrs. Don Mc
Clusky, Mrs. Everett Shafer,
Mrs. Earl . Ulrich and Mrs.
Lee Carson.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewy J. Wor
thy and family moved to
Happy Camp, Calif., Friday,
April 4.
Ronald Bastiani visited four
days during spring vacation,
at the home of his grandmoth
er, Mrs. Stennet.
Prospect schools were out
Thursday and Friday, April
3 and 4, for spring vacation.
John Phipps and his moth
er, Elsa Phipps, left last week
for a vacation in the southern
states. They plan to stop at
Grand Canyon in Arizona.
The Prospect Home Exten
sion Unit meeting will be held
Wednesday, April 9 at the
Community hall. The project
will be "skin care," demon
strated by Mrs. Bruce Mat
thiesen and Mrs. Archie Mc
Killop. This is to be a potluck
meeting.
Susan Rogers visited Med
ford High school while visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. John C.
Smith, of Medford. ,
Mrs. John Haakcnys and
son, Arthur, visited Mrs. Bre
ta Nystrom and son, Ronald,
in Klamath Falls Sunday,
March 30.
Mrs. Nick Freed-is in the
Secred Heart hospital with
pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Artmire and children, Frank
and Frances, left Saturday,
April 5, to attend a wedding
at Hood River. Frank was an
usher at the wedding. They
returned Sunday evening.
Combined Easter Sunrise
service for Prospect churches
was held at 6:15 a.m. Sunday
near the Rogue river bridge.
The sermon .was given by
The Rev. Dailan Wood of the
Church of Christ. A breakfast
at the Community hall fol
lowed the service.
Mrs. Lewis Love was hon
ored when several friends
dropped in on her birthday,
March 3. Calling on Mrs. ove
were Mrs. D. Moore, Mrs. H.
Smeader and Mrs. R. Artmire.
Editor's note: Following Is the
first of three articles on problems
of the aeed. written by United
Press Correspondent Louis Cassels.
In todays article, he brines out
the problem of reduced income
brought about by retirement.
By LOUIS CASSELS .
United Press Correspondent
Washington Hfv Since the
turn of the century, medical
science had added two full
decades to the averge span of
life.
While nearly everyone
agrees that this is a blessing,
it has confronted this youth
worshipping nation with a
new- set of problems the
problems of an aging popu
lation. In 1900, it was quite a feat
to live to the age of 65. Only
3 million men and women
then alive had managed it.
Today there are 15 million
Americans over 65, and 5 mil
lion of them are over 75.
Futhermore, the number of
"senior citizens" is still grow
ing, much more rapidly than
the general population. By
1975, one person out of every
10 will belong to the over-65
age group, compared to one
out. of 25 in 1900.
The significance of these
statistics is not widely ap
preciated, according to G.
Warfield Hobbs, chairman of
the National Committee on
the Aging. He says the chief
reason is that "we have cre
ated a myth about the 'gold
en years.' "
This myth depicts old age as
a time when white-haired cou
ples enjoy a life of well-earned
leisure. You see them play
ing shuffle-board with the
neighbors in a Florida retire
ment village, or mailing post
cards to the grandchildren
from a long-planned tour of
the West.
For a fortunate few, this
may be an accurate picture of
life after 65. But where do
you find room in this picture
for the 400,000 lonely oldsters
who spend their lives staring
at the ceiling in nursing
homes? Or for the 3 million
who live with their married
children or other relatives be
cause they are unable fin
ancially or physically to
maintain a home of their own?
And what of the 7 million
who try to get along on in
comes of less than $80 a
month?
These are some of the peo
ple that Hobbs and other auth
orities have in mind when
they say that it is time for
Americans to quit kidding
themselves about the prob
lems of aging.
One of the most severe
problems is maintaining an
adequate income.
Most 65-year-olds feel, quite
properly, that they are still
a long way from old age. They
have an average life expect
ancy of 13 more years. But a
custom which dates back to
the era when 65 was an ad
vanced age holds that this is
the time when men and wom
en should retire from produc
tive work. In an increasing
number of business and pro
fessional jobs, retirement at
65 was an advanced age holds
that this is the time when
men and women should retire
tfrom productive work. In an(
I increasing numoer 01 Dusiness
and professional and profes
sional jobs, retirement at 65
is not merely customary but
compulsory.
Social security and private
pension programs have help
ed to cushion the financial
shock of retirement. But near
ly everyone still undergoes a
drastic reduction of income
when he stops drawing a sal
ary check.
Government surveys show
that the income of men over
65 averages about 40 per cent
of those of men in the 55-64
age group.
The median income of the
over-65' age goup at the time
of the last census was about
S960 a year. This means that
half of the people were living
on less than S80 a month.
Officials estimate that about
one-quarter of the people over
65 have no income of their
own and are entirely depend
ent on relatives cr public as
sistance.
Wasn't social security sup
posed to take care of this
problem? To some extent, yes.
But millions of today's old
folks are not covered. And in
flation has reduced the pur
chasing power of pension
dollars for those who are cov
ered.
About 9 million people are
currently drawing monthly
old age insurance checks from
the social security administra
tion.- The payments average
$74 a month for retired work-
I ers with no eligible depend
ents, $68 for aged widows, and
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. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Robert
son were guests at the home
of their daughter and son-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lacy
of Eagle Point Easter Sunday.
Also visiting at the Lacy's
will be Mr. and Mrs". Darrel
Stone of Langlois, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill McCracken and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Da
mon and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Denny and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Nel
son, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
White, also from Langlois.-
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnson
and children are once again
residents of Prospect. They
are living at Skeeters camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur An
drews from Spokane, Wash.,
are visiting a few days at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Larson. Mrs. Andrews is a !
cousin of Mrs. Larson. j
Mrs. John L. Moore is a pa-j
tient at the Sacred Heart!
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Bedding
field were visitors in Salem
for Easter weekend at the
home of Mr. Beddingfeld's sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dun
can. Don Vaughn, former princi
pal at " Prospect school, and
hs wife, were visitors here
over the Easter week. Vaughn
now teaches math at Nampa,
Idaho, junior high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siming
ton and children, former resi
dents of Prospect and who
now live in Yreka, Calif., vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Artmires and other friends
this past week.
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the home of Mrs. Earl Ulrich
April 2. Those present were
Helen Huffman, Helen Hub
bard, Mary Boothby, Alta Jo
sephson, Glee Bean, Lorraine
Lorry and Hattie Salter.
; A light luncheon was
served by the hostess, Mrs.
Hazel Ulrich.
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S126 for a retired couple.
The Social Security Act al
so authorized federal grants
to states for public "assist
ance" payments to needy aged
who are not eligible for re
tirement benefits. Payment
range is from a low of S28 to
a high of $91 a month, with a
national average of S54.47.
Social security checks are
supplemented, for some re
tired people, y annuities and
private pension programs. But
the growth of these programs
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Portland 0PI Whole
sale and retail butter prices
were cut one-cent a pound
Monday, reflecting last week's
two-cent per pound decline in
government support prices of
butter, cheese, and powdered
milk.
Some brands of processed
cheese sold two cents a pound
lower. Most creameries also
lowered producer paying pric-
is postwar phenomenon, and
relatively few of those who
retired before 1950 are get
ting such pensions.
es for various grades of but
terfat by two cents a pound.
The drop in butter prices
brought retail levels within
a 69 to 73 cent per pound
range for AA and A grade
prints. Retail processed Am
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were around 39 to 42 cents a
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