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MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Or.
A Friday, Aug. 14, 1959
Mistreatment of
Nursing Home
Patients Charged
Evansville, Ind. -(CPD- Crimi
nal affidavits were being pre
pared today against attend
ants of an unlicensed nursing
home who were accused by a
grand jury of torturing elder
ly patients in punishment for
their senile transgressions.
The grand jury's four-page
report charged that patients
were -struck, left under re
straint in chairs for as long as
eight hours at a time, doused
with burning antiseptic for in
continence, inadequately fed
and in constant danger of
being trapped by fire.
The jury said it had heard
evidence that "toenails were
pulled from patients feet , as
punishment for their alleged
misconduct."
Many Had No Visitors
"Many of the problems of
improper care of patients
could have been eliminated,
the jury's report said, "if the
family and friends of patients
had been interested and con
cerned enough. Many of the
patients had no visitors for
months at a time.
It also blamed state and lo
cal health departments and
fire " and safety departments
for an "appalling lack of coor
dination in the supervision of
nursing homes and laws, and
regulations govermng them
Mrs. Viola Barnes, who
operates the Comfort Nursing
Home with her husband,
Harold, flatly denied the
jury's charges.
"I'm going to prove that re
port was false, Mrs. Barnes
said. I can prove it. was a
lie from beginning to end.
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Brings Prison Term
Corvallis -DPft- Wayne Bodi,
20-year-old polio-crippled car
penter, has been sentenced to
10 years in the State Peni
tentiary for the death of a
four-month-old girl. '
Bodi was convicted last
week of having struck the in
fant, Peggy Susan Smith,
Smith, daughter of Clara
Smith, 32-year-old mother of
10. The state contended the
blow caused the baby's death.
Arthur Biggs, attorney for
Bodi, said he did not know
whether the involuntary man
slaughter conviction would be
appealed.
Theyll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
WHEN! VAXNE WAS RECUPERATIS'& AT
HOME, SHE FOUND THAT SOME OF HER
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WEST VIRGINIA
Senator Corbeif
Attacks Hatfield
Corvallis - (UPD - Democratic
State Sen. Alfred H. Corbett,
Portland, took a poke at Gov.
Mark Hatfield during a talk
Wednesday night to the Ben
ton County Democratic Cen
tral Committee here.
Corbett, speaking mainly on
the accomplishments of the
1959 Legislature, took time
out to answer Hatfield s criti
cism of a proposal by the
Ways and Means Committee
that rentals charged state
agencies in state-owned build
ings be boosted.
Corbett, chairman of the
committee, said the governor's
comments were an "unneces
sary and unjustified attack
. . . a typical Hatfield tech
nique of using a blunderbuss
to cover his own blunders."
The senator said more than
$100,000 in general fund sav
ings were involved.
He said his committee had
to "dig out the facts that
Oregon was not charging rent
als sufficient to cover full cost
of maintenance in addition to
interest and principal pay-outs
on the current basis."
He charged that Hatfield
slipped up while secretary of
state by not suggesting the
needed increase himself.
APPLEGATE VALLEY
Farewell Parties Given
Pendleton-flJPD-Local 900 of
the Teamsters union will
seek a 19-cent hourly wage
increase from local dairy
firms.
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley Prior to
leaving for their new home
near Oregon City, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Sorber were hon
ored with two farewell events
here. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Webb were hosts at a potluck.
dinner attended by about 25
of the Star Ranger district
personnel and families Aug. 1
The dinner -was an outdoor
evening event, and music was
played by Vohn Steel and Pete
Gregory.
Mrs. Sober was honored
with a handkerchief shower
by ladies of the community at
McKee Park Aug. 4. She also
was presented with a cake
baked by Mrs. Harry Davis.
Sorber, who had been in
charge of timber sales in the
Applegate ranger district, was
promoted to the position of
forest ranger in .the Lakes dis
trict of Mt. Hood national for
est. His . place as Centennial
chairman for the Applegate
valley is being filled by Boyd
Gibson. Mrs. Jjorber was ac
tive in, community events dur
ing their six years residence
here.
Summertime has brought its
share of visitors to the valley
who have been guests of
friends or relatives. Mr. and
Mrs. James Reynolds and chil
dren of Portland are spending
a week here as guests of Mr,
and Mrs. Russell Planalp of
Lower Applegate. Mrs. May
Pope of Rancho Cordova,
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Calif., also was a recent guest
at" the Planalp home.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Munson
of Elkton, Ore., were recent
guests of Mrs. Elkton's cousin,
Mrs. Lyle Hard.
Miss Sandra Liand of Pico
Rivera, Calif., has spent a
month here with her aunt,
Mrs. Ben Twiss. Mrs. Armin
Richter has had as guests her
nephew, Brian Palmer and
Frank Malis, of Santa Monica,
Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Whitney
of Wichita, Kan., were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Wilson. ,
Polio Believed
Cause of Death
Portland (UPD A man was
reported to have died of polio
in a local hospital Wednesday
as fears mounted here that in
cidence of the disease would
increase. '
The coroner's office said
Atillo Dare, 33, Newberg, be
lieved to have been a polio
victim, died Wednesday about
four hours after being admit
ted to a hospital here. An au
topsy was planned. He was re
ported to have been ill only a
short time.
Dr. Harold Erickson, state
health officer, said there was
a big concern over the lack of
Salk vaccine. He said reasons
for the shortage were that sup
pliers had sent the output to
heavily-hit polio areas and
that manufacturers had cut
back production after over
production last year.
Dr. Erickson said, however,
that the Public Health Service
had promised "all possible
help."
Multnomah county outside
of Portland was declared a
polio epidemic area earlier
this week. "
Prisoner Escapes
At Multnomah Hospital
Portland -(UPD Walter Olie
Norlander, 33, "facing check
and burglary charges, appar
ently broke or filed apart a
shackle and escaped from the
Multnomah county hospital
Thursday, the sheriff's office
reported.
Pendleton-IUPB-John F. Kil
kenny will be sworn in here
Saturday as a federal district
judge for Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Rohert Car
michael and daughter, Robin,
of Tujunga, Calif., were week
end guests of Carmichael's
aunt, Mrs. Forbes Brown. Ad
ditional guests on Sunday
were Mrs. Brown's brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Carmichael, Talent.
after which the two families
had a picnic at Wrangle Gap.
Faye Paine, in the midst of
household duties and jobs at
the Oregon Trader store in
Jacksonville, was thoroughly
searching the . neighborhood
for a banty hen that might
Lmother the crippled young
quail that couldn t quite keep
up with the rest of the flock
around the Paine residence
here.
Mrs. Mamie Krouse has re
turned to Nebraska after
spending a week; here with
her daughter, Mrs. Don Hack
ett.' - : :
Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Hess
and family have returned to
Long Beach after spending a
week with Hess's sister, Mrs.
Charles Williams, and moth
er, Mrs. Hess. Additional
guests of the Williams' were
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fisher
of Long Beach.
Mrs. Inez Kell and son, Dav
id, have returned to Corvallis
after visiting at the home of
Mrs. Kell's sister, Mrs. Robert
Dowell, at Sturges Guard sta
tion. Guests from Jacksonville
at the Dowell home have been
Misses Vivian and Virginia
Dunnington.
Fred Strauk was,a National
Guardsman called to the Ash
land fire Saturday as a truck
driver for transporting men.
Harley Hall, employed in
logging at Squaw Lake has
been off work for several days
owing to an infected hand.
Mr. and Mrs. Lpuis Straube
and son, Robert, made a busi
ness trip to Salem recently.
A group of local people vis
iting Crater lake recently
were Mr. and Mrs. William
Dyrdahl, Mr. and Mrs. K. C.
Duncan, and Miss Terry Pos-
tero.
Grange Nates
Greenhorn Grange
Yreka - The Greenhorn
Grange met Saturday, Aug. 8,
in their hall with Master Ken
neth Bley, presiding.
In the absence of the ladies
degree team, the first and
second degree obligations
were given by Past : Master
Vayne Ralston, to Nancy and
Donna Nichols, Mr. and Mrs.
Cannon, Myrtle Malone and
Marino Rizzardo.
A committee report was
made by Mrs. Burgess on the
Home Economics group meet
ing and the fair booth pro
gress. Fire protection of the
Grange hall was discussed.
Ray Wheeler, fire insurance
agent, told members to be
careful because of the great
fire danger. Lou Cole was ap
pointed to repair the Grange
hall front door.
The new members "lead the
refreshment line of cookies,
ice cream, ice tea, and coffee.
The next meeting of Green
horn Grange will be Aug. 29.
Mid-Columbia Home
Superintendent Picked
Salem-flJPD-The State Board
of Control has announced se
lection of Glenn Howell as su
perintendent of the Mid-Columbia
home at The Dalles.
Stockholm, Sweden - (UPD -Doctors
said today that Swed
ish opera singer Jussi Bjoer
ling, who suffered a minor
heart attack Tuesday will be
fit again after a little rest.
Bjoerling, 48, was reported at
his summer residence on Sin
goe Island in the Stockholm
Archipelago.
End Nearer for
Civil War Veteran
Houston, Tex.-(UPD-The end
drew nearer for "Old Reb"
Walter Williams today as the
116-year-old Confederate vet
eran's heart beat became
weaker and his respiration
slower.
The condition of the last
survivor of the Civil War was
described as unchanged. His
daughter, Mrs. Willie May
Bowles, said "he just keeps
going down and a little every
day."
She said it is difficult to
tell when he is conscious. He
is being fed a mixture of raw
eggs, milk and water with an
eyedropper, but his physician
said he is taking less food
each day and his death is
"only a matter of days" away.
When "Colonel" Williams
dies, the Stars and Stripes he
once fought against will e
lowered in his honor.
A resolution instructing
President Eisenhower to issue
a proclamation ordering, that
the flag be flown at half staff
for Williams has been passed
by both houses of Congress.
... AND A SMELLY JOB
Miami -(UPD- As they say on
television, it's a tough job,
and sometimes a dirty job, but
a necessary job, being a
United State marshal. Deputy
Marshal Guy Hixon was or?
dered by a court Wednesday
tc destroy 19,900 pounds of
rotten eggs, seized for viola
tion of interstate commerce
regulations.
LAST REBEL Confederate
Army veteran Walter Wil
liams, 116, lies near death in
Houston, Texas. His physi
cian states that the end is
"only a matter of days"
away from the sole survivor
of the Civil War.
CUBANS ON TOUR
Belgarde, Yugoslavia -(UPD-A.
six-member Cuban Relega
tion on an around-the-world
good will tour began a six-day
visit in Yugoslavia today. The
party, headed by Maj. Ernesto
Guevara, was invited by the
Federal Executive Council in
return for a visit to Cuba by
a Yugoslav delegation last
month.
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Miss Janet Hawkins is
spending several weeks at Ely,
Nev., as a guest of her uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Duval.
Mr. 'and Mrs. W. E. Kam
merer of Beaver Creek have
returned from Empire, Ore.,
where they visited their three
daughters.
Francis (Pete) Gregory, fore
man of the fire suppression
crew at Star Ranger station,
entered the Veterans' hospital
in Portland last week, - and
will undergo surgery Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Mar
tin of San Francisco are camp
ing at McKee forest park. This
is their eighth season to vaca
tion there.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kenyon
of Medford who recently pur
chased the Otto Layton prop
erty on Upper Applegate as a
week end recreation spot, are
having a well drilled on the
property.
Mr. and Mrs. George Red
head recently made a two
weeks vacation trip to Daw
son Creek, Canada. They also
visited Vancouver Island, re
turning by way of Montana
and Idaho.
Rural Reflections: Folks
and their relationships to the
wild creatures sometimes are
interesting. Men have bitten
dogs, but this time a' fish bit
a man twice on the heel. This
was the experience of Paul
Norris of Medford as he had
a before-breakfast-swim at the
W. D. Pearson hole recently,
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in a test of repeated stops from
highway speeds.
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