Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 27, 1958, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2 MAIL TRIBUNf, Medford, Oregon. Wednesday, August 27, 1958 Hong Kong Chinese Meet Problems of Teenagers Br CLAIRE COX New York-WDA Chinese social worker says Americans should fight juvenile delin quency with togetherness -Oriental style. Miss Dorothy Lee, assistant director in charge of youth activities of the Hong Kong s o c i a 1 welfare department, disputes a widely held Ameri can theory that slums in themselves are crime breed ing grounds. She has issued an open in vitation for American social workers to go to Hong Kong and see for themselves that they are wrong. Hong Kong, she said, is one of the most crowded and poorly housed cities in thei world-and yet It can boast "no juvenile delinquents here." Chinese families manage to stick together , and maintain discipline through the worst of adversities, Miss Lee told United Press International. Answer Simplt Why? For Miss Lee, the an swer is simple. "Because of close family ties," she said. "Families live ss units. It is a tradition of the Chinese to have the fam ily together, to give the chil dren security, a feeling of piety, a respect for their el ders." Miss Lee, a Chinese edu cated in London; concluded after a tour of the U. S. that social workers should be much more concerned about breakdowns of families than about plumbing as a cause of juvenile delinquency. Hone Kong is a British crown colony with a residen- Specialist Advises Pets for Children Champaign, IU-lUPD-Mary's parents had the right idea when they gave her a little lamb, says Mrs. Millicent Martin. Mrs. Martin, a child devel opment specialist at the Uni versity of Illinois, suggests that other parents would be wise to let their children have pets, whether it's a kitten or a turtle. Animals help children ma ture and enrich their experi ences, Mrs. Martin said. The child's ; age usually should determine what kind of pet to get, she said. Figs and Win Enjoy a "figs and wine dip" for dessert. Combine equal parts California Port wine and honey. Serve in individu al small containers; surround with fresh figs. Dip figs in the wine-honey as you eat them. D.A.R. "Country Store" FEHL BUILDING NORTH IVY AUGUST 27 and 28 OPEN ALL DAY MANY ITEMS TO SELL wnnigs i Account i v b va j 9 4 r Ship'n Shore's famous Travelmate goes casually The wnderful blouse you'll wear everywhere, with elegant with long sleeves ... the collar opened or everything! Ship'n Shore's famous Travelmate , , -la-. .... . Wl,n convertible French collar, easy-mannered air. buttoned, as you w.sh. A ,oy to suds, ,t , qu.ck-dry too. jiffy., after sudsing . . . no pm; no fu, no shrink. No pill, no fuzz, no shrink! White, soft tints, 30 to 38. White, pale tints, brihts; sizes 30 to 38. ' See new no-iron Ship'n Shore Travelmates in patterns, too! Main and Bartlett Streets tial area of only 15 square miles. Yet it houses more than 2,500,000 persons, 700,000 of them refugees from Commun ist China. Whole families camp in Ieantos, on rooftops and shan ties on hills or sleep huddled on tenement stair landings. Jobs are scarce. At least 60, 000 Hong Kong children do not go to school because their families are too poor. And yet. Miss Lee is able to say, "There is no sign of juvenile delinquency in Hong Kong at all." Youth at Home While packs of truants have terrorized New York City streets with crimes ranging from theft to rape and mur der, underprivileged young sters of Hong Kong have stayed close to their families or have started to learn to be wage earners, v Miss Lee said her depart ment diverts children from possible thoughts of thievery by trying to help them make intelligent use of their hands in turning out brooms, cane chairs and other articles so they can contribute to their families' larders. "There is much the West could learn from the East, as far as techniques are concern ed," she said. "We are still down at our basic problems, while Americans have gone away from the basic problems by specializing in things such as psychiatric care. "Our problems are food, shelter and work. Yours are more specialized. You have gadgets that have eliminated house work. The house is be coming a machine, rather than a home. "You may have lost a lot of the atmosphere of the home of the past. There must be progress, but there can be too much of machines. Then the personal touch is lost. Quotes From By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL London-Symphony conductor Sir John Barbirolli. on the death of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams: . , "H was one of the most complete men that I have ever known. He loved work, he loved food, he loved drink and he loved good company and his fellow musicians." Buffalo, N.Y.-New York City Mayor Robert F. Waaner. on why he would not allow his the Democratic senatorial nomination: "I searched my soul and I could do, morally, was for me and one-half years I have yet lo Stockholm-Printer Ernst Ahlberg, on how the people of Greensboro, N.C., helped him after his daughter lost her arm when she was struck by a whirling airplane propeller: "They all did Iheir utmost don't know what we would have been up against if we had not received all this support." Ivybridge, England-The father of British naval officer Michael Coles, on his son's efforts to get out of the navy to marry American teacher Joan Collins of Cambridge, Mass.: "I'm all in favor of Ihe marriage. Of course, my boy has been in the navy since he left school. He's been trained for no other profession and I don't know wha he'll do when he leaves." New York-Horror comic artist Robert Wood, on turning himself in for the killing of Mrs. Violette "Phillips in their hotel room: "I killed a woman who was giving me m bad lime." mcoroRo s i i iiai vju no-iron Dacron-bima Ship'n Shore BLOUSES sizes . 30 to 38 The Perfect-Performance Dacron-Pima Blend! Open Every Monday Until 9 p.m. Dinner Honors Totman Family; Jacksonville-Mr. and Mrs. Carl Totman and their daugh ters, Cynthia and Kari, will leave Friday for Forest Grove, Ore., where the family will reside. Mr. Totman, who has been teaching science in Jacksonville High school, will enroll in Pacific university there for courses in optom etry. - The Totmans were honor ed at a farewell dinner given Thursday night in the yard of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Offord Jr., Old Stage road. The potluck dinner fol lowed swimming. . Present were the honored guests and Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Wendt, Mr. and Mrs. Wen dell Matheny, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kamberg, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Matheny, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Maroni, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Guidry and the Offords with their children, Lynn, Gene and Steve. Missionaries Guests in Valley Leaving Friday Dr. and Mrs. Marlow Schaffner, who spent the past five years in Africa as mis sionaries for the Seventh Day Adventist church, were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. For rest Biggers, 2871 Georgia street. Sunday night a group, of friends, including former classmates of the Schaffners at Columbia academy, Battle ground, Wash., gathered 'at the Biggers home to see pic tures taken by the visitors in Belgium, other Eu ropean countries and in Africa. They recently attended the world's fair in Brussels. Dr. Schaffner will take ad ditional studies in surgery this fall and winter in Los Angeles, and later the family will return to Africa. The couple has four children, Ron nie, Rita, Ricky and Roberta. the News name to be considered for felt that the only right thino I lo slay as mayor for the three serve." . to give us help and support. I iuur uacK-to-iacnooi iisri 9 8 Bureau Head Outlines Proxy Adoption Hazards Washington-More than half of the children adopted in other countries and brought to the United States in recent months were adopted by proxy, Mrs. Katherine B. Oet tinger, Chief of the Children's Bureau, reported today. "This means that these young children never even saw their adoptive parents until after the proceedings had been completed-and . in far too many cases, there have been tragic consequences for the children," she said. The proxy adoptions are handled by stand-ins who then arrange the transporta tion of the children to the United States. A total of 1,061 adoptions was completed abroad during the period from September 11, 1957, to June 30, 1958, Mrs. Oettinger said. Most of Good Nutritiori Family Function Says Scientist Washington -fljPD- One fam ily function is to teach good nutrition, and mother should be the chief instructor. Dr. Margaret Mead, famous author and anthropologist, in an address before a national food conference, declared that "the family is the crucial in stitution in a people's nutri tional well being." While cognizant of the im portance of the farmers, fish ermen, stockmen and retail ers who bring food into the home, Dr. Mead said that un less "families function prop erly" children will never learn "how and what, when and how much to eat. This learning is as essential as is learning to walk and talk . . . Whole peoples, said Dr Mead, are able to thrive on a basic diet such as rice, bread or yams for three and some times four meals a day. These diets have been worked out unconsciously by trial and er ror over the centuries. Therefore, it is those who frequently change their whole style of eating that are the noorest fed. And the safe guarding of styles of eating is the duty of the family. Mother must be "nutrition ally literate," said Dr. Mead. She is bombarded with heav ily-pressurized advertising on "what to buy, how to cook it, how to serve it," and "how to persuade her family to eat it," added Dr. Mead. The demands made on mothers today are greater in the field of nutrition than ever before. While our com plex economy provides a plentiful amount of food and the work of the homemaker is less physically exacting than in the past, she must plan and. choose, Qhoose and plan." Dr. Mead also made an ap peal to parents in this land of plenty to teach their children, as they sit at the dining table, that "Americans are respon sible to their brothers and sis ters throughout the world." "Unless this principle is taught along with the good rich food we feed them, moth ers and fathers will have fail ed in their mission to nourish them spiritually as. well as physically," she said. Phone SP 2-6428 the proxy adoptions during this period occurred in Greece and Korea. Mrs. Oettinger said that re ports continually reaching the Children's Bureau from State welfare agencies underline the hazards in proxy adop tions. The states have reported wide variations in the dan gers of this method of adop- tion, ranging from the ques-i tionable status of the adopted child's inheritance rights to whether these, adoptions con form to the laws of the states in which the adoptive par ents live. There is some reason to be lieve also, Mrs. Oettinger said, that the whole adoptive proc ess has sometimes been mis represented to the natural parents of the children in the countries of their origin, For example, a woman in Greece does not know where her child was taken. She has reported that she was prom ised, if she would release the child in Greek courts, she would receive $50 monthly pension and could eventually rejoin her child in the United States after the child had se cured an education here. She has asked for help in locat ing the child. "We cannot estimate the damage to the child when these adoptions do not turn out well," Mrs. Oettinger said. "We have heard of one foreign-born child adopted by proxy by parents who could not cope either with the lan guage problem he presented, or with his need for atten tion. They actually locked him out of the house. This child has since been removed from the home. "One couple adopted a Jap anese-American boy by proxy and decided they did not want him. They 'gave, him away' to another couple with out any clarification of his legal status. This boy is suf fering now from severe emo tional trauma. "We know also of cases where proxy adoptions were accomplished by couples who earlier had applied to licensed child-placing agencies for ' a child and had been refused because their home life was too unstable "However well-intentioned the individuals and agencies who are bringing these chil dren into the country in this way, we in the Children's Bu reau cannot help but feel that the protections we have built around the adoption proce dure for American children should be equally applied to children who are fo become American citizens Dy tnis method," Mrs. Oettinger con cluded. "Especially when lo cal, state and national agen cies, both public and voluir tary, stand ready to give adoption services." Information reaching the Bureau is corroborated by findings of a study of proxy adoptions which was jointly sponsored by. the Child Wel fare League of America and international Social Service, and released last month. Sour Sauce Spoon this creamy onion sauce over chilled asparagus, green beans or tomatoes. Try it on grilled fish or hamburg ers! Combine a tablespoon in stant "minced onion with Yz cup each sour cream and may onnaise. Add seasoned salt and let stand to blend. Stir in generous measure chopped parsley before serving. 000 GJDSD IN SALEM . Greater Oregon mm hur in Aug. 28 thru Ufecfs Grterferf M1DVAY 17 THRIU M5 BIG STAGE JIMMIE RODGERS Aug. 28 thru Sept. 2 SPORTSMEN QUARTET GARDEN & LOWER SHOW Vice-President Conducts Session Mrs. Donald Prior, vice president, presided for a meet ing of the Welcome Wagon club held Thursday at Girls Community club. Mrs. Walter Haring, Mrs. John Richardson and Mrs. Harold Ames were hostesses for the social hour which followed. The previous meeting, heid at Rogue Valley Country club, was attended by 24 women. Mrs. John C. Sellers pre sented the program for the evening which was a talk on "The Art of Seasoning With Spices and Herbs." Mrs. Sell ers gave a brief background on colorful history of spices, their present day uses, point ers on selecting spices and herbs and suggestions on how best to use them. She also mentioned the various forms of individual spices, recent de velopments in the field Of food seasoning and concluded her talk by presenting each woman with several pamph lets on seasonings and teas given by the Hawthorn Mar ket. All women who have lived in Medford for two years or less are welcome and invited to attend the Meetings and join the club. Phoenix School Busses fo Start Operating Sept. 1 Phoenix School busses in the Phoenix district will start operating on the first day of school, Sept. 11, E. R.' James, superintendent of schools, has announced. The same schedules and routes as last year will be followed, he said. Children in the first three grades are to report to the primary unit of the elemen tary school, and those enter ing grades four through eight are to' report to the grade school building. Parents first grade children are re minded to bring evidence of the child's birthday, and health certificate, James said New Students New Phoenix High school students are asked to register at the high school office the first week in September. The office will be open between and 9 p.m. Tuesday for those students who are working during the day, James said Former high school stu dents and those entering high school from the ninth, grade need not appear until Sept. 11 since they registered last spring. High school students will report to the high school gymnasium at 9 a.m. the opening day. School fees amounting to S12 will be payable upon reg istration. Students wishing a school yearbook may reserve a copy by paying an addition al $4 at time of registration Trailer Court Listed In Vacation Park Guide The Bel Air Trailer park, 3653 South Pacific highway, is one of 1,613 privately- owned travel trailer and mo bile home parks listed in a new Mobile1 Homes Manufac turers association travel and vacation trailer park guide, according to Fred J. Troxel. In addition to the private parks the guide lists 649 na tional and state parks, monu ments, and forests along with parking areas in Alaska, Mexico and Canada. 00 ffl Sept. 6 SHOVJ VAUGHAN MONROE Starting Sept. 3 Plus Other Spectacular Acts 'J$D 33010 'J 1 HE Strangs Return . From Trip South Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Strang have returned to their home, 540 Pennsylvania ave nue, after spending two weeks in California. The Strangs first visited in Po mona with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs William C. Strang and their ihree children, Billie, Bonnie Kay and Gregory. They made trips to Marineland and the Wayfarer's chapel, and spent a day at Disneyland. In Glendale Mr. and Mrs. Strang spent some time with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kent ner, former Medford resi dents. Mr. Strang and Mr. Kentner were members of the same Medford High school graduating class in 1908. The couple also visited Frank Jacobs, Los Angeles, a cousin of Mr. Strang. Return ing north, they spent some time in San Francisco and attended a band concert in Golden Gate park. Beatniks Said Not Representative Delaware, Ohio-IBPD-College student leaders agree that the Beat Generation is neither a growing movement in this country nor representative of current student thinking. Delegates to the United States National Student Asso ciation considered the mental makeup of the Beat Genera tion at a 10-day policy-forming conference here. The movement was describ ed as "a new name for an old feeling used by a few as a way of life," by S. John Byington, a Ferris Institute of Michigan student. "The desire to get away from it all is occasionally felt by most during one's life," he said, "yet it is completely suc cumbed to by Only a few." Half the students who ex pressed an opinion said the movement was a product of our society and would end in a few years. Others tsaid it would always recur in some form and under a different name. UCLA student Ed Baum called the attitude "imma ture" and a result of an "in ability to try to help solve some of the pressing problems faced by America today. "The Beatniks sound like immature cry-babies," said Kentuckian Tony Banet from Bellarmine College. "All they seem to do is gripe." f " r - ' " ' -o 1 ' : : . lj wwfeootM .,....m!iW hmhiii if tir ri mi 1 1 1 1 ij 1 1 n i nr ifomrt n n.i nr i u.ir- i mil , ... 4lf mmmmmmmmmmmm . - .Mil " V ' v ' '; 1 For the Sweetness you Remember! WHITE KING SOAP Remember the soft, sweet fragrance of your mother's linen cupboard? The heaping piles of fresh-smellinf, downy-soft towels. The cool, crisp stacks of snowy white sheets. To produce such wonders your mother used real soap. Probably White King Soap. Nothing else could make her wash so deep-clean... so light, bright and fragrant Real soap can do the same for you. Even take clothes dulled and stiffened by years of laundering in other products and restore their freshness. Next washday, try White King Soap. Make that sweetness you remember -yours! Evenjn hardest water You're Just 2 steps away from a better washdayl Kfan 1 WHITE KING WATER KJLCfJ I SOFTENER CONDITIONER Step 2 WHITE KING SOAP ". Luncheon Honors Miss Gay Jepson; Central Point-Mrs. Harry Tonn was hostess last 'Thurs day for a" luncheon which honored Miss Gay Jepson, Medford. Miss Jepson is the fiancee of Mrs. Tonn's son, Harvey, and the wedding is set for September 12 at First Presbyterian church in Med ford. The luncheon was given at the Tonn home, 130 Cedar street, and guests were family members. They included Miss Jepson's mother, Mrs. Dale Davis, Mrs. Dean Wilson, Elaine Wilson, Mrs. O. T. Wilson, Mrs. Richard Dunn, Mrs. Anna Tonn, all Central Point; Mrs. E. E. Meyer, Lake Creek, Mrs. Steve Wilson, Mrs. Larry Wilson and daugh ter, Barbara, White City, and Mrs. Lewis Dusenberry, Trail. Visitors Honored -Saturday Night Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Keener, 702 South Modoc avenue, en tertained Saturday night in honor of visitors who were their neighbors when the two families lived in Macedonia, Iowa. Honored were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Plummer, their sons, Paul and Phillip, and daughter, Nancy. Another son, Bernard Plummer, makes his home here with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Osier, 719 Palm street, and the three were also pres ent. .Additional guests were Mr. and Mrs. John W. Keener and Tonya, 217 Portland avenue. Mr. Keener served his guests vegetables and fruits from his own garden and, to prove that Oregon can grow it too, the golden sweet corn for which Iowa is famous. Since it was ihe birthday anniversary of Bernard Plum mer, Mrs. Keener served a birthday cake in his honor. It had been eight years since the families had been together. The Keeners lived in Macedonia for 20 years be fore coming to Medford. -f Books on all aspects of homemaking are available at the Medford public library. rims Repairing and Relining Cleaning and Glazing Restyling Frances9 Furs 610 Valley View SAME PHONE SP 2-6526 Mounted Dancers n li - . -; The mounted square dance team of Medford Trail Riders attended a horse show in Rese ll 1 1 .rf lnct Ci.nrJ-i.t .immJ performance for the audi ence. On September 7 the group plans a play day at the posse grounds. All riders are in vited to attend and enter the games. Ray Bernard is chairman of the play day and anyone wishing further information may call him at NOrmandy 4-1246. Planning to make your own homemade bread? Brush it with an egg-yolk-milk mix ture for a fresh and healthy glazed look. (i ua) Mat flpy ? IF ITS V01TI KEEPin it's worn Fusuia Witli a money-saving lewrtjr frame" Lit you can io your own professional framing in minuies without using tools or clamps everything you neJ is tncltvJeJ. pre-cut frame. Mitre-Tite fasteners and glue. hflTRE-TlTE mefol astmen r ihe secret of "beauty-frame," They secure the frame far glutnf , and re-enforce the comers ' do not snort; in Ine finished frame. Attractive decorators rlesignf la choose from. Finish natural, stato, v or paint to suit your decor. Kbeautyl 1 trame 1 vJ Bruce Bauer LUMBER CO. ! 'The Builditorium" ', . - 765 South Rivertid " PHONE SP 2-6211 IF THCRC'S A BABY . IN YOU F HOUSE .It's especially important to wash all of baby's things in White King Soap. White King keeps every thing that touches bis tender skin soft, safe, free from the irritants that lead to diaper rash and chaf ing. Kind to delicate colors, too.