Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 26, 1958, Image 19

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Newspaper Page Texto Serf; Toward! IM agitata Ds Imports MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, June 26, 1958 3A ait iujt'g Oil Many Changes in Fana Annex Made To lielp Prisoner Editor's note: This Is the last in a series of four articles on the ( Oregon State penitentiary. Ponitentiarv BUTTE FALLS School Program Held By DICK HUMPHREY United Press International Salem (UPI) The road through Oregon state peniten tiary need not lead to the seg regation and isolation block. For the great majorify it doesn't nd certainly it is the controlling idea of Warden Clarence Gladden and his staff to do all they can to re habilitate e man and prepare him for freedom. w i When i man comes to OSP he must be confined, but there Bgjeaf Itcope grom Stmtm Prison &V4Jdty 3, 713 , tf I (U1I) The big gie escape from Oregon Qgtt aaftaileniiar occurred a&t . IM trhen the war al two officers vere tgix eat Kelt knife yputtt. 4cftf a guar! Jo ogm fat. ourla out ef about 51 lo p inmates involve in Ihg) eacg got out but three of thm Vere killeA by (Arcfe) ftnt four vounded. memorable escape oc curred in 1802 hen the hndife Harry Tracy and David Hrrill killed three girds ? ilk rifles that had somehof been smuggled to them. Th escape touched off lh$) biggest manhunt ia Northwest history. men alo escaped in X$?9 is f flot which also resulted im the death of lhsa fujrts. 3fhe fiat been no aa,cp oi inside the (91 tie past five are Squl responsibilities to cladifj trat and rehabili tate him. These job are being done effectively by men of good will, but there Ae good spots and ba sots in every insti tution. One of the bright areas is the farm annex for minimum security prisoners where there have been extensive changes during th Gladden adminis tration. 3fR Arm, with 1,200 acres ($li4t cultivation, produces ($& W jork the prison needs, ra&ovtt 13 of the beef and 3A e tit vegetables in season. dairy, one of the top in (SJitutional dairies in the coun try, produces 700 gallons of milk every 24 hours and 2,500 laying hens supply the state hospital and prison Pool grid Television Life is t littie easier, too. The 158 men sleep in dorms, play cards and pool, watch television and have their own swimming hole. Not so good is the psychi atric help Gavailable for in mates. A psychiatrist visits the prison just one afternoon a week and is forced to con sider only extreme cases. Most men see the prison psychologist only once for their initial testing'. Some times, if thy run into trouble, thr comae back for testing of a more diagnostic order. From time to time, the psychologist a is able to organize group ther- Q?y sessions. Many inmates would ad- mit they were a little "psy- chf? up" or they wouldn't be in prison. They need profes sional help to solve both the problems they brought with them and the ones arising from their adjustment to rigid prison life. Some of the pressure may be taken off next spring when the new intermediate penal institution opens to take care of younger and more readily rehabilitated men. There is talk, too, on the board of control about a hospital-type institution that would be about half-way in function between the state hospital and the prison. It would be staffed by hospital psychiatrists and would take care of the criminally insane from q the hospital and also give nelp to more troubled penitentiary inmates. Some Bad Problems There are some real prob lems in the prison. Take for instance the man who has no conception of the strict moral values of the court that sen tenced him. They are simply not his values. How absurd life must seem to him behind bars and how strange the talk of rehabilitation. His contacts with religion, if any, probably ended dur ing adolescence as studies by prison chaplains show. - . . He is a man iS revolt an8 it is a real task to try to reach him and change the energy of thls revolt into areas more creative than crime. For some, a fifth grade edu cation and a couple of years By MARY JO HARRIS Butte Falls The Vacation Bible school program was held Sunday evening, June 22, at the Community Bible church. The beginners class theme was "Creation" and their part in the program consisted of songs and verses. The primary class had made jackets and wore them to represent their theme "Be longing and Living in God's Family." The junior boys and girls sang songs and told flan nel board stories concerning their theme "God's Time and God's World." Due to a lightning storm, the program was put on with out the benefit of lights. The program progressed rapidly and only had to be cut short at the end when the pianist could no longer read the music. The Bible school had an enrollment of 80 children with the primary class lead ing with 33 enrolled. During the two-week period there were many absences due to mumps and measles. Teachers , were the Rev. Howard Simmonds junior boys; Mrs. Duane Burton, jun ior girls; Mrs. Louis Cram mer, beginners; MrS. Roger Harris, primary. Mrs. How ard Simmonds was the pianist. Helpers were Mrs. Gordon Walker, Mrs. Charles Fergu son, the Misses Virginia Mc- Alister, Darlene Edmondson, Martha Dalton. D e 1 o r i s Brown, Edith Wright, Judy Burg and Larry Cavin. Phil lip Crammer and Tommy Wright were in charge of playground activities. The Grange will sponsor an Open House Sunday, June 29, at the ' Community Bible church for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Green in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. Every one is invited to attend be tween 2 and 4 p.m. The Greens are expecting their daughter, Mrs. Robert Peckner from Turkey this week. Members of the Mt. Pitt club, families and guests at tended a potluck picnic Fri day evening, June 20, at Wil low Creek dam. Activities for the evening included swimming. in the mattress factory of a tough but fair prison just won't accomplish this change. They may be back. For others, discipline, edu cation, work and wise coun seling do make a real differ ence. Here and there in the pris on can be seen a dirty foot mark stomped onto a newly painted wall by a frustrated and angry man. But look around and there goes a young inmate to his job in the industries. His brass belt buc kle is so highly polished you can see your face in it. You can almost read his mind: He's not coming back. The old city hall is being torn down at the present time and plans for the new build ing have been made. The new building will be 24 feet wide and 40 feet long. The front part of the building will be divided into two parts; one side for the fire hall and the other for the library. The rear part of the new building will be partitioned for the city council chambers. This new structure should be complet ed in about three months. The library has been moved to the old barber shop and will remain there until the new building is ready for use. Butte Falls has suffered the weather changes along with the rest of Oregon. The past few weeks have- found soaring temperatures dropped by rapidly rising winds, thun der and lightning and hail storms. Members of the Mt Pitt club acted as hostess at a personal shower held in honor of Mrs. Lee Jolliffe recently at the home of Mrs. Randall Perkins. Those attending were Mrs Don Jolliffe, Mrs. Charles (Red) TCapello, Mrs. Don (Porky) Smith, Mrs. Don Dil lard, Mrs. William Lytle, Mrs Duane Smeltzer, Mrs. Ed Malloy, Mrs. Jim Arnold, Mrs. Charles Ferguson, Miss Jean ette Capello, Miss Juanita Sheppard, Mrs. Buster Bush, Mrs. Gene Henshaw, Mrs. William Edmondson, Mrs. Rayetta Ownby, Mrs. Virgil Conley, Mrs. Ralph Wiese, Mrs. Roger Harris, Mrs. Alva Webster, Mrs. Henry Tygart, Mrs. Randall Perkins and Mrs. Finch and children. Vacation week for Medco men will begin June 28 until July 6. Many families have made plans for this week. State Lions convention was held at Eugene June 19, 20 and 21: Those attending the convention from the Butte Falls Lions club and auxiliary were Bruce Pingle, F. E. (Mannie) Poole. Andy Ham- stra, Mrs. Glen Cathey, Mrs. Mannie Poole and Mrs. Wil liam Harris. The annual guard training school was held June 18, 19 and 20 at Camp 2 for Rogue River National forest person nel. Approximately 90 trainees attended. 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