FRIDAY. AUGUST 24. 19Si
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. Ml DFOBD, OREGON
PTA Organizations
Said Valuable to
Education Process
By DAVID NYDICK
UPI Education Specialist
The Parent-Teacher associ
ation (PTA) is an important
part of the school organiza
tion. Many PTAs are extreme
ly active and valuable to the
educational process.
The basic part of any PTA
is its membership. Interested
and cooperative parents com
bined with good leadership
usually will lead to the type
of PTA which is most desir
able. A most important factor
is the philosophy within which
the organization operates.
Working Relationship
PTA activities should be ed
ucationally sound. Teachers
should be represented on the
executive board. A close work
ing relationship between the
school and parents is the be
ginning of the kind of organ
ization which is an asset.
A great deal of caution must
be practiced. Political activity
might cause a split in the
membership which could lead
to a lessening of its effective
ness as an educational group.
As in most organizations,
the more each member con
tributes to the well being of
the group the more value each
individual member will re
reive in return.
Willing To Help
There are many educational
organizations which will be
pleased to forward informa
tion of help to PTAs. The two
major groups are the National
Education Association (NEA)
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are located at 1201 Sixteenth
St., NW, Washington, D. C.
They offer consultant services
in addition to many publica
tions.
Neighboring PTAs and lo
cal school officials also can
be helpful. The PTA will be
most pleased to have volun'
teer workers. Contact the
school principal, who can di
rect you to the PTA president
Nudist Colony
Visit Embarrassing
Torquay, England -(UPD- Of
ficials said it was "all in the
line of duty" when three un
suspecting firemen were dis
patched to a local nudist colony.
The firemen, sent to the
Holiday Camp to fill a swim-
ming pool, realized it was a
naturalist retreat when they
were admitted by an lncloth
ed woman.
The men set to work, but.
faced a crisis at lunchtime
when they had to line up
with the carefree sun wor
shippers at a cafeteria-style
counter.
"If you are embarrassed at
being the odd ones you are
quite free to disrobe," sug
gested one woman.
The firemen reported they
declined the offer an-" decid
ed to go without lunch.
YOUNGSTER SIGNED
Los Angeles -(UPD- A four-year-old
boy was signed to a
$100,-a-week television con
tract Thursday. James Brad
ley Jr., who plays the drums,
will receive his $100 salary
for 26 weeks with ten 13
week options at salaries up
to $200 a week. The three
year contract with Para
mount Television Productions
made the boy the youngest
performer ever signed to a
long-term television pact.
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BUILDING DEMOLISHED This was a solid fuel curing
building at the Hercules Powder Company in Bacchus,
Utah, before it was demolished by an explosion Thursday.
The violent blast left three men missing and presumed
dead and three injured. (UPI)
Prisoners of Pathet Lao Tell
Stories of Brutal Treatment
Washington - IW - Two
Americans, released last
week, had been subjected to
brutal treatment while they
were prisoners of the Commu
nist Pathet Lao in Laos, the
Army said today.
The Army said one of the
men was kept in pitch dark
solitary confinement for a
full year. The other was led
like an animal with a rope
around his neck.
The two were identified as
Maj. Lawrence R. Bailey, 39,
Laurel, Md and Sgl. Orville
R. Ballenger, 28, Spring Lake,
N.C.
The Army revealed the bru
tality in an announcement
lhat the men were being
flown home and would arrive
al Andrews Air Force Base,
Md., today.
Due Hospital Treatment
Both will be treated al
Army hospitals in the east.
The Army said neither will
be available for press inter
views until they have recov
ered from the effects of their
imprisonment.
Bailey, who fell into the
hands of I he Communist
Pathet Lao in March, 1961,
when he parachuted from a
C47 transport disabled by
ground fire, was subjected to
the "black box" solitary con
finement. Both he and Bal
lenger resisted all efforts to
break their will and turn
them against the United
Stales.
"Major Bailey, suffering
from malnutrition, lnlestinal
parasites and malaria, told
Army authorities of spending
a full year Imprisoned in a
pitch blark room under heavy
guard." the Army said.
Saw No Light
"At no time during this
period of black box incar
ceration was natural or arti
ficial light permitted to enter
his room."
The Army said his guards
allowed Bailey outdoors only
at night. He usually was
taken outside four time3
nightly for periods of from
one to three minutes each
time.
"Thus for a full year Bailey
spent but a few minutes out
of every 24 hours away from
the total darkness imposed on
him by his captors," the Army
said.
It said Ballenger "received
equally brutal treatment,
though of a different type."
Though suffering from ma
laria, parasites, a bone dis
ease and malnutrition, Bal
lenger resisted repeated at
tempts to get him to compose
Medford Man Found
Guilty in Court
Ira Herschel Imhausen, 22,
of 911 Beatty si., Medford,
was found guilty this week by
a Jackson county district
court jury of failure to remain
at the scene of an accident.
Imhausen is scheduled to be
sentenced on the misdemeanor
charge Sept. 4,' in district
court. The charge resulted
from an accident July 8 on
Table Rock rd., Medford.
District Court Judge L. L.
Sawyer found Laura Settell,
205 West Ninth St., guilty of
drawing a bank check with
insufficient funds to pay in
full. Imposition of sentence
was suspended for 12 months
on condition she make restitu
tion and not open a checking
account for one year. She
made restitution.
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statements condemning U.S.
support of the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization, the
Army said.
Like Animal on Leash
Captured in April, 1961,
Ballenger was stripped of his
personal effects, tied with his
upper arms close to his body
and led "as though he were
an animal on a leash" with a
length of rope looped around
his neck until he reached his
place of confinement, the
Army said.
"En route to his place of
confinement, he was paraded
through several villages
where he was held up to
public scorn," the Army said.
"On one occasion during this
march, a iTuard sent a rifle
bullet crashing past Ballen
ger's ear as a gesture of de
rision." Later, Ballenger was held
in a room with other Ameri
can prisoners where sanitary
facilities were "abysmal" and
"filth and stench sickened the
prisoners," the Army said.
They had their feet locked
in stocks while lying on their
backs and were forced to re
main in this immobile position
for 12 to 14 hours daily," the
announcement said.
Accidents Checked
By Medford Police
Two accidents were invest!
gated by Medford police
Wednesday; No citations were
issued, police said.
A car operated by Blanche
Olive Moulton, 64. of 101
West Clark St., struck a park
ed truck registered to Burnath
Maurice Morgan, 609 Dakota
St., about 7:22 a.m. on Cedar
st. between Clark and Bliss
sts.
Laura Barbara Wicker, 809
Adams lane, reported to city
police that an unknown truck
had struck and damaged
about eight mail boxes near
her home sometime before
noon Tuesday. The driver fail
ed to leave information al the
scene of the accident.
Farm Marketing Receipts Figured At $17.4 Billion
Washington -(UPD- The Agri
culture Department estimates
cash receipts from all farm
marketings during the first
seven months of 1962 at $17.4
billion, up 1 per cent from
the January-July period of
1961.
Crop receipts accounted for
nearly all of the increase, the
department said in a review
of the demand and price situ
ation. Farm output in 1962 is ex
pected to be down 1 per cent
from 1961. While livestock
production is expected to be
about the same as for 1961,
crop production is expected
to be less.
Expenditures Figured
Consumer expenditures for
food in the first half of 1962
were 3 to 4 per cent greater
than in the first six months
of 1961. This was a continua
tion of the trend for consu
mers to use higher priced
foods and foods with more
packaging and services. Con
sequently, they have '-o pay
a higher marketing bill.
While consumer expendi
tures were up, the farm value
of the food apparently was
about the same as for the
first half of 1961.
The per capita consumption
of food so far this year wai
about the same as a year
earlier. Unit prices at retail
also are about the same.
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