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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.
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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.
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