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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1959)
Jt llr 4$ ' iluC Mr. and Mrs. John J. Shaughnessy welcome their son and his children to their new home in Carey Courts. a p I ace to cal I ho me A new development Waltham, Mass., is pointing the way to decent housing for : our senior citizens. in 11 .Oi 1 ? -UM (ft t?T! .. X 1,. ... II II f r l ! I ivr i I vir i . - - . ... r r' l L . J -lJ-- b bar for tub makes bathroom sarer. uirecror snows now pantry aoor suae. by James Ncvin Miller Long a neglected aspect of the nation's building activity, decent hous ing for older people at rents they can afford is now becoming a fact in a number of places. Waltham, Mass., is the first city in the country with a public housing project for its older citizens. Waltham's project, called Carey Courts, is a pleasant one on a quiet street five minutes from downtown. There are 24 units in two two story brick buildings facing each other across an attractive mall. Each apartment has many features for safety as well as comfort There are nonskid floors, a safety bar next to the bathtub, and buzzers in the bedroom and living room for admitting mailmen, doctors, or visitors. - Amply large, the apartments ' have picture windows, a gar bage disposal unit, refrigerator, electric range, and a double sink. Closets and storage spaces have sliding doors. The bed rooms have overhead lights, plus wall plugs, and the tiled bathrooms have a shower as well as a tub. Rent, including heat and hot water, is $41.50 for single occu pants and $43 for couples. Typical early occupants of the apartments include five married couples, a retired woman Salvation Army officer, a Spanish-American War wid ow, and 13 single women. Average age of the residents is 74; a woman, 68 is the youngest, and a man, 88, the oldest Charles A. Lawless, executive director of the project, believes that Waltham's development is showing the way to other communities across the country, being neither a welfare project nor a rest home. Though three of the married folks have disabilities that normally would require care in a rest home, their spouses are able to care for them comfortably in Carey Courts. HAWAIIAN FRUIT HAWAIIAN TREAT '"f, 1- From Hawaii to you ... the lavish gift of real fruit punch. Pineapple, guava, papaya and passio.ifruit lend their special enchantment to this fruit punch of the Islands. Let your children help themselves to whole some Hawaiian Punch. It gratifies their taste for fruit and their desire for refreshment. Serve your guests tall glassfuls . . . Hawaiian Punch is famous as the "Let's-Have-A-Party" drink. Bring the lively hospitality of Hawaii right into your home with delicious, real-fruit Hawaiian Punch. Now on your grocer's shelf and in his FREEZER, tOO ! 199 Hiwaittn Punch. Inc. HILO, HAWAII f9 2: 6orq E. Joseph. rq 4: till Raider. tqm II: Ward of Wobvm. P9 IS: Wid World. Family WttMy. May 24. 1J5S It
