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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1961)
FRIDAY. MAY 19. 1961 B 5 Family Council fwws;,.. ,...... - u Editor! Note: The Family Cuua til contliu of a Judge, a psychia trist, threo clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and twe writers. Each article Is a summary of an actual ease history. The Council reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON gevcie ana counselors. Alfred B. - I never get any new clothes. , Mm. P. B. - Our budget requires the hand-me-down lystem. , Alfred B. - I'm 9 years old and I have a brother, Joe, who's 10. 1 have a kid brother, too, but now I want to tell you about me and Joe. "I He gets everything new and I have to wear his old stuff. Even his Cub Scout uniform gets passed down to me. Next week Mom's taking him into town for a yellow raincoat. That means I'll get his old black one. I hope I grow taller than he is. Then, even if he's older he'll have to take my old clothes. But I'd like one new thing now. Mrs. P. B. - Our boys are "stepladder" kids, 7, 9 and 10, and all growing fast. We can't afford to outfit eacn one eacn Aasrtn frnm hearl to toe. So we had to decide whether to get each a few cheap things frequently or to buy expen sive top-quality garments for Joe and then Dass them along. It's not as bad as Alfie says, although I admit he hain't pvpr had a new flannel suit. But he gets his own shoes, of course. And once in while he selects his own necktie and hat. I wish clothes weren't so Important to him. -i The Council: It may not be "clothes" of his own tnat Al fred is steamed up about so much as an identity. He finds it hard to play Alfie in Joe's nariimp. . On the other hand, we can tinriemranri Mrs. Tt.'s Droblem nri enhmlt a few suggestions for solving it in ways. less painful to Alfie's ego: TTnu. ahnnt father-and-son match-mates? When hand-me-. down time rolls 'round for Aifio ' nari'g loud Hawaiian ! sport' shirt can match his (ex- , Joe's though it is), uaa, we .'. assume, has stopped growing .Ai-4tnallv nnvwav. An Alfie has the prestige of a me-'n-' Dad outfit. .- . , - iTmrn nnnihir mother we ' learn the trick of labelling clothes by milestones reached, ! rather than by the name of their first wearer. Thus she " painted the words: "Kinder- rfarion Palnmat" across the back of a slicker, and as each kid reached Kindergarten age, tia urn a nrnilrl to don it. Mrs. B. might refer to the irio.fnrt Bathrobe" Instead of "Joe's old bathrobe," and hold it in reserve for whoever ' reaches 5 feet next. Then there are garments of a "fits all sizes" nature, such e aonrvM. knit caps and socks. Here Mrs. B. might roairo a nnlnt of buying the new ones for Alfie and having ; him hand-me-up a few for Joe, to vary things. ' Finally, by showing Alfie that the savings made possi ble by the share-the-wear cam paign In the B. family can pay ' for a few new things for him In the non-apparel line-books, games, goldfish, etc. - Mrs. B. can assure him of his first run status in the family de spite his second-run appear ance. ; , . ' ' Clothes don't make the man, or boy. But they can make him unhappy when they make him invisible. Oregon Fish on Standard Time Portland - tOPD - Lots of people in Oregon are confused about the time these days but not the fish. The fish are on standard time. The Oregon Fish Commis sion says so. The commission said com oi fishprmen and law enforcement officers have had some differences oi opmiun .... ho mattpr recently. Harry Smith, commission ii.-. -,A nil limn referred auuuui, ooi - to in commercial fishing reg ulations issued by tne com mission are Pacifie standard time. , Typhoon Sweeps Throuah Hong Kong Hong Kong - (UPD - Typhoon ..I ..... thrnnch Hon I Alice """vu ' " , Kong with 100-mile an hour winds today and slammed into famine - plagued Communist China. .-. ..nnfii n rt three oer sons died in Hong Kong and . - .1.1 illHoH In the har- two smya m.. - ... J.m.. ran tA bor, rroperiy ; - tens of thousands of dollars. All public transportation was suspended and schools " . 4 ' """ V " n I Wmm till 'and 'm0iimm --xm p mm m Pneumonia, cancer, polio -we're doihg something to fight these child killers. Now let's start fighting the worst child killer of all-traffic accidents. Yes, drivers kill and cripple' more children aged 1 to 14 than any disease. What can you do to curb careless drivers? You can stand up and be counted. You can write your local enforcement officials and say: "I Support Strict Law Enforcement!" Let your police and courts know you're behind their efforts to protect your children. For where traffic laws are strictly enforced and obeyed, deaths go down! Hundreds of com munities have proved it. Every community can do better than it is doing!. Published to save lives by MEDFORD Tribune jfofT In cooperation with OO The Advertising Council and The National Safety Council SUPPORT YOUR HOll. LOCAL SAFETY SSBA 7 ORGANIZATION tirf were ciosea.
