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I MAIL TWBUNI, Medford, Or. A Sunday, Aprlt 3, 10 Fewer Cases Are Reported to Juvenile Department Last Year forty seven fewer cases were referred to the Jackson county juvenile court in 1959 compared to 1958, according to the department's report mad to the United States Children's bureau. This la the only agency compiling statistics for the na tion's juvenile courts, Mrs. Kay Crowell, county Juvenile director, explained Friday. "This was pleasant, but sur prising, news to the juvenile court and Its staff," Mrs. Crowell remarked. "It's dif ficult to trace the cause for this drop. However, parents' and their children who get Into trouble are learning we are handling all cases prompt ly and few if any escape us. Problem children are being straightened out by parents before they get to us." Mrs. Crowell also credited the work of other public agencies with considerable preventative work. The South ern Oregon Child Guidance clinic provides counseling and guidance for both parent and child before the case becomes one for the juvenile court. Referred From Department Of course, some are referred from the juvenile department, Mrs. Crowell pointed out. Visiting public health nurses are able to help correct un healthy home conditions which eventually contribute to delinquency. A family counseling program tied in with the child guidance clinic ' would also help considerably, she added. , Coupled with the factor of a decrease In referrals is the fact that more cases are being handled officially and fewer unofficially. An official case . Is one for which a petition is filed In juvenile court. The unofficial case requires in vestigation and follow up but . Is not necessarily brought to the juvenile court, Mrs. Crowell explained. In 1958, 379 cases were handled officially compared to 365 In 1968. Unofficial . cases numbered 370 in 1959 . compared to 431 in 1958. Mot Great Change ( "Although these changes ire not great in numbers, and , do not indicate a trend on the basis ot single year's count, the court is interested in an- . alyzlng possible lactors which ' are accountable for them," the juvenile department director . said ; "Evaluation of these figures .requires considerable re- sources available to the court -' and their use," the director continued. "Jackson county is - one of three counties in the state with a juvenile detention " home. In 1958, a total of 209 ; children were detained in the detention home. In 1959, 286 . children were held there. However, the average deten- tion period for a child In 1958 - was 15 days and In 1959 aver- age detention period per child was reduced to 11.2 days," r she said. - A counselor was added to the juvenile department in two men counselors were as signed to full time supervision of boys on probation, Mrs. Crowell pointed out. One woman counselor does part time supervision of girls on probation. This made it pos sible for the court counselors to increase their supervision of minors from 127 in 1958 to 210 In laSft. "You can sec from the 1959 statistical report that ade quate staff has resulted in greater amount of Juvenile court work being done at the official level," the juvenile department director pointed out. Increased Use "This means increased use of the detention facility and regular court hearings (395 in 1 959). Greater super vision has had a deterrent effect upon potential juvenile of fenders and caused parents to assume more responsibility to avoid Juvenile court contact. The court is not limited to soon-forgotten warnings with out being able to back up these warnings. This is the theory of professionals in the field of probation and delin quency control. These current Jackson county statistics would bear out that theory." The Juvenile court and de partment has received "excel lent cooperation" from social service agencies and law en forcement officers, Mrs. Crowell noted. There Is a determination in the commun ity to provide the required resources for the court's work, she added. Statistics for 1959 show that the greatest number of referrals have come from Med ford police, 176. Oregon state nolice rank second wiin tu and the Jackson county sher iff's office was third highest in number of referrals made with 73. Ashland police re ferred 45 cases and other po lice departments from one to three each. Growing Confidence Parents and relatives re ferred 60 cases to the court which indicates a growing confidence in the court and its personnel, by the public, it was pointed out. The jacK- son county public welfare de partment rererrea 3. Other referral sources in clude Marlon county, Coos county, Lane county, Benton county, Klamath county and Josephine county juvenile courts and Juvenile courts from California and Idaho. Many of these cases, 100 a year, consist or runaways, Mrs. Crowell explained. Jack son county ranks third In the state in number of runaways handled. Multnomah county ranks first and Lane county second. These referrals from outside the county also come from children moving in or are home Investigations requested. Public schools referred nine cases, probation officers 13, other social agencies 14 and all other sources 20. Cities and towns from which Medford, 337; Ashland, 90; Central Point, 43; Rogue Riv er, 21; Eagle Point, 18; Talent, 15; Jacksonville, 12; Gold Hill, 11; Phoenix, 9; Trail, 6; Shady Cove and Prospect, 5 each; and one each from Butte Falls and Applegate. Some Out of State A total of 100 members I from outside Jackson county were processed by the juve nile court. Fifty-five of these came from Oregon, 37 from California, 6 from Washington and one each from Minnesota and Idaho. Of the children's cases dis posed of during the year, the majority of delinquency cases were in the age range of 12 years to 17 years. Sixty-seven boys 16-years-old were nan' died as delinquents, the larg est number in any one age grouping. For the girls ages 14 through 18 years old had from 16 to 17 cases each Most of the dependency and neglect cases were In the 2 to 5 years old category - 18. The same bulge occurred in tne delinquency cases handled un officially. Of the 379 official and unofficial cases disposed of, 182 cases were placed un der probation officer's super vision. Most of the official cases involved running away, the major offense for both boys and girls, 49 for the boys and 25 for the girls. Other theft Involved 44, 39 boys and 5 girls. Burglary or unlawful entry cases totalled 32, 31 for the boys and one for the girls. Being beyond parental con trol brought 40 cases to the attention of the juvenile court, 17 of these boys and 23 girls. Other delinquency be havior numbered 42 cases, 30 for the boys and 12 for the girls. In unofficial rankings, gen eral theft cases had the high est numbers, 32 for the boys and 3 for the girls. Acts of carelessness and mischief totalled 41 for the boys and six for girls to rank this prob lem second in number of cases handled unofficially. Other delinquency behavior totalled 52, 39 for the boys and 13 for the girls. the 1959-60 budget year and 'juveniles were referred were Butte Falls Man Hurt in Accident Milton Dean Smith, 21, of box 80, Pitt Star route, Butte Falls, was Injured about noon Saturday on Butte Falls high way in a one-car accident, state police said. He was reported In fair condition Saturday at Med ford Osteopathic hospital where he was being treated for possible back Injuries, a hospital attendant said. He was taken there by the Med ford Ambulance Service. The car was travelling to ward Medford on the high way, about 11 miles from the Crater Lake highway when it went out of control, state police said, and hit a bank. Announcing . . . . NEW ITOUES Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. WWSSE f One Dozen Wa rner Glad Bulbs One Dozen Free Glad Bulbs to each person entering Our Store During This Saturday or Sunday -SPECIAL-ALUMINUM SCREEN DOORS 26-28-30 $ Includes Latch, Kickplate, Hinges I J r." I 'THE BUILDITORIUM" 765 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Phone SP 2-6211 J 1 RETIRES George R. Johnson, right, who retired from the Federal Aviation Agency after 30 years of federal service, was honored by fellow employees at Medford airport at a coffee hour Friday afternoon. Johnson was airport traffic controller in the combined station tower. He is shown talk ing with Richard T. Smith, Casper, Wyo., who will replace him here. Airport Official George R. Johnson Retires After 30 Years of Service Former Phoenix Student Chosen Karen Colding, former Phoenix High school student, has been chosen to represent Lincoln High school in Fort land at the city Panhellenic scholarship contest, Phoenix school officials learned this week. Karen moved to Portland at the beginning of the cur rent school year, it was ex plained. Miss Goldins will he competing with senior girls irom each of the Portland high schools for two substan tial college scholarships, it was explained. Selection Is based on scholarship, leader ship, character and integrity. In her Junior year at Phoe nix High school, Miss Gold ing ranked highest in her her Class in the Naitnnfll UTarit scholarship qualifying tests. one placed in the top 2 per cent of the nation In the sub ject areas covered by the test. George R. Johnson, Central Point, who began his career in the field of communications in 1927, serving with Pacific Air Transport (now United Airlines) in Medford, retired Friday after 30 years of fed eral service. Johnson was airport traffic controller at Medford airport. He was honored at a coffee at the CAA office at Medford airport by fellow employees Friday afternoon. After serving 22 years with PAT In the late 1920's, John son took a job with the light house service at the depart ment of commerce radio sta tion on the old Crater Lake highway north of Medford. He then transferred to Boise, Ida ho, for a short period before returning to Medford. In 1953 he transferred from commun ications to airport traffic con trol in the combined station tower. Johnson, who worked with aviation pioneers such as Bill Rosenbaum, Art Starbuck, Harry Crandall and Russ Cun ningham, when flying was an activity more suited to dare devils, said he remembers when Medford airport consist ed of a single dirt runway less than 2,000 feet long. In the early days it was located in the area across highway 99 from Kogap lumber com pany, south of Medford. Valley Woman Gets Sentence Imposition Mary Joanne Smith, 21, of Central Point, pleaded guilty in district court, and imposi tion of sentence was suspend ed Friday for one year on charges of making a false statement In writing to pro cure benefit. She was oharged with issu ing a bad check in Medford. Conditions of the suspend ed sentence are that restitu tion of all bad checks be made within a period deemed rea sonable by the parole officer, that she not open a checking account or draw any checks without permission of the parole officer, and that she pay $5 court costs. He said in spite of the crude open-cockpit aircraft, without radios and various safely de vices we have today, there was always a waiting list for passengers going to Portland and San Francisco. Many times, wearing goggles and helmet, the single passenger would have to sit on top of the mall sacks in the front cockpit. In those days there was no night flying at all, he said. Communications then con sisted of morse code messages sent by wireless, and Medford was one of only five coastal stations, along with Vancouv er, San Francisco, Bakersfield and Los Angeles. Since the planes had no radios, contact was from ground station to ground station only. Johnson said he is proud to have served In the field of communciations during this period for he has been able to watch it grow Into the mar velous setup it is today, and he added that he would do the same thing over again If he had the chance. . - Repair 'em? We've got enough parts to build 'em! 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