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?EBHUAHV 13. 1931 MED1- O.iO TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. i " t,s , BIRTHDAY CAKE CARVED-The Duckworth twins, Sarah, left, and Mattie, right, cut their 9Sth birthday cake at Ven tura, Calif., as younger sister Jeanette, who is only 92, looks on. The twins celebrated their birthday with a family re union that included sons, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and sister Jeanette Gowdy. The twins were born on a farm at Mount Vernon, Ind. (UPI Telephoto) Signal Light Costs Would Be Divided Salem - (UPU - Railroads and political subdivisions would share the costs of putting up .signal lights and safety de vices at dangerous crossings, under a bill that passed the Oregon House Wednesday. There was virtually no op position to the measure, which now goes to the Senate. Welfare Prog ram in County Reviewed for Chamber Group The Jackson county public welfare program has a total annual budget of Wi mil lion, County Judge Earl Mil ler told the Medford Cham ber of Commerce committee on governmental operations yesterday. Of that total, the county will pay approximately $246, 000 during the current fiscal year, the state will contribute approximately $575,000, and the federal government the remainder. r Judge Miller cautioned against the county welfare commission becoming in volved in the current argu ments between the governor and the state welfare commis sion. He docs not think this should affect the local pro gram. The welfare program here, as a whole, is operating quite properly and without complications, he noted. Working Out Well The new welfare work pro gram is working out well, the county judge reported. One man has been on it since November, he noted. Miller said he did not think the president's food plan is needed in Jackson county. This program would involve problems of administration which the county would have to investigate, he said. Main areas which require improvement in the county welfare program involve aid to dependent children and care for illegitimate children. More restrictions should be imposed to make the fathers responsible in both cases, Mil ler suggested. Medical Care Problem Another big problem is medical care for welfare pa tients, Miller pointed out. Since costs of medical care have risen sharply welfare allocations are not sufficient to meet demands, he said. Besides the $246,000 which the county will contribute to the welfare program this year, it also maintains a indigent relief fund to help those peo ple who do not qualify for welfare and to aid the hos pitals with their poor non paying patients. The local welfare depart ment has a staff of 12 public assistance workers, three child welfare workers, and 10 clerks besides a supervisor, administrator and medical consultant. Old Age Assistance Cases Jackson county has approx imately 720 old age assistance cases currently, 200 aid to disabled cases,' 190 aid to de pendent children cases. About half of the latter are due to death or incapacity of father and the remaining one-half to desertion or divorce. The local department ac cumulates about 170 general assistance cases in midwinter and less than 20 per month in summer. The approximately 130 patients in' nursing homes and homes for aged are paid for- according to the amount of care received. Approxi mately 70 children are in lo cal foster homes, Miller told the committee. The work program started in October with an average of five men and the county now has an average of 14 men, Judge Miller reported. The turnover of men is high since most of them find pri vate employment. A few re fuse to work. General assistance to needy families with employable fa thers costs a total of $30,000 in 1959-60 and the cost for 1960-61 is estimated at SCO 000. The commission spends approximately $26,000 a month for medical care, the county judge said. Welfare Payment Money Recovered Salem - IUPD - The Oregon Justice Department's welfare recovery division c o 1 lected $27,912 in fraud and child support payments in January. The collections were made in 10 counties - Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Mar ion, Linn, Benton, Polk, Yam hill, Tillamook una Lincoln. OIL LEASE BILLS Salem - (UPD The State Land Board would be em powered to grant leases for oil exploration and. develop ment on Oregon s 600,000 acre offshore lands, under three bills introduced today in the House. iTyrtrvrirm M J - 4 J IHW,1IW fj - Look what you can do with Cling Peaches and Betty Crocker Pancake Mix! "Two Western favorites, pancakes and Cling Peaches, make a tasty team! Start with tender, delicious Betty Crocker Buttermilk Pancakes. Top 'em with luscious Cling Peach syrup. 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