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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1962
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Family
Council
Copyright, General Features Corp.
Editor's Note: The Family Coun
cil consists of a Judee. a psychia
trist, a women's editor, and two
writers. Each ankle is a summary
or an actual case history. The
Council reports on problems that
Y "n dealt with by respon
slble agencies and counselors.
if M . L. F. Spninr rlnhc
V aren't enough. I want a job.
; Mri. L. F. He turned down
a job. He's too fussy.
-
- Mr. L. F. I'm a retired
railroad worker, in good
i health, and I have at least 10
years' worth of good hard
work in me yet, even though
;3 I'm 66. My father kept going
. to 87 on his farm and, if I'd i
. been in busines for myself I !
wouldn't have kept track of
my birthdays at all. Senior I
- centers bore me to death. i
j; But when I start to look
, around, answering ads and j
asking my friends, I'm either j
2 offered something ridiculous '
j to do, like walking dogs or :
picketing a movie house, or '
I'm told that the unions and j
the bosses don't want such I
!? as me because of their pen
sion plans, the group insur-
ance arrangements and other
complex matters. I
My wife thinks I should
grab any job and shut up. I '
; think I can afford to be
- choosy. We're not broke yet.
;. ... j
'- Mrs. L. F. Len seems to
; have an idea that a new rail-
.; road may turn up, offering
' positions to retired passenger
'. agents like him. He turns
" down anything else he hears
'. of. .
;: I'm very sympathetic with
' his need for work. In addition
.' to being restless, he can use
. some extra money. Our chil
f. dren are married and have
, blessed us with six grandchil
'; dren. It's a great joy to be
liberal with gifts and treats
for them. And we'd like a few
': modest luxuries for ourselves
that the extra dollars would
pay for, like a concert sub-1
:; scription or a cabana at the I
ihore. I
But the way things are, Len !
" must be more adaptable. I'd
; like an outside job myself.
I'd register at an agency with
him if he he'll agree to take I
. what comes. I'll walk dogs if
that's what the call is for. j
The Council: Time was !
when medical journals were
', filled with esoteric papers on
I groups and surgical tech
t niques. But look, Ma! The
! doctors are now regarding us
. the community as medi
' cine, as a source of treatment
and healing. In fact, almost
every issue of the major pro
; fessional weeklies, monthlies
and quarterlies describe the
' fine results fellowmen can
f make possible for each other, j
In the American Geriatrics
: Society reports, for example, I
J we find a possible answer for J
Mr. F. I
: , Using a pair of spectacles
f as their trade-mark, a White
: Plains, N.Y. group of volun
; teers runs SPEC, standing for
; "Senior Personnel Errtploy-
ment Service." They match
'. up people like Mr. F. with
j the odd job, the part-time job,
- the seasonal job or the after
: hours job which is okay with
f the unions, jolly for the boss
I and gravy to the senior cit-'
lzen.
'. Instead of bucking the reg-
; ular agencies, Mr. and Mrs. I
' F. might write to this one, :
50 Quarropas St., White,
Plains, N.Y., for help in start-:
ing a SPEC in their own com-1
munity. the main work is
; usually done by volunteers,
retired workers themselves
including housewives who
lend sympathetic ears five
mornings a week to the over
; 65s who want positions.
What makes Mr. F.'s quest
j (and Mrs. F.'s, too) more like
' ly of success is that the ma-
jority of retired people are
not like him. Most studies re
; veal the demand for paid
work, for second careers, to
be slight. The average ex
'. worker is satisfied with sen-
ior centers, with continuing
' spare-time interests started
long before, with restful re
' laxation. Only about one in
: four is a job hunter, most of
them for the money, a few for
; the status and a few more for
: lack of other satisfactions.
; But Mrs. F. Points to the
essentia change at this stage
of employment adaptability.
The above-mentioned report
' tells of openings as compan-
ion to a grandpa, alone at
home during a family's vaca
' tion tour, as desk clerk in a
" funeral parlor, as an extra
hand to an accountant at tax
: due times. Let's hope the right
agency can show Mr. F. he's
: right for ntffire jobs than he
realizes.
i CETS U.S. AID
- Washington -JlTf- The State
:Depment has announced
the United States has pro-
- .vrdyd $250,000 to finance a
; new inter American police
: academv in the Panama Canal
; Zone. The academy will train
-...police officials from Latin
" American countries
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