FRIDAY. MAY 19. 1961
B 5
Family
Council
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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.
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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
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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
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jfofT In cooperation with
OO The Advertising Council and
The National Safety Council
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