Report on December Flood Given at Red Cross Board of Directors Meeting
Reports of the Dec. 2 flood
ind i review of how the Red
Cross goes into action during
a natural disaster were pre
sented at a meeting of the
Red Cross board of directors
here last week.
Reuel Rians Jr., disaster
chairman, pointed out that
a disaster exists any time five
or more families are involved.
The disaster relief program
of the Red Cross is designed
to mitigate and alleviate suf
fering caused by disaster im
mediately upon its occurrence
by providing food, clothing,
shelter, and medical and nurs
ing or hospital care on the
basis of evident need.
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MEDFORDtlTRIBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1963
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ELECTED PRESIDENT Dr. M. Donald McGeary was rec
ently elected president of the medical staff of the Rogue
Valley hospital for 1963. Dr. McGeary joined the staff in
1954 and conducts an office practice in Phoenix. He is a
graduate of the University of Minnesota medical school and
is a member of the American Medical association and the
American Academy of General Practice. Other officers elect
ed are Dr. John Weisel, presidentelect; Dr. Robert Riechers,
secretary; and Dr. Ralph Hibbs, liaison committee to the
board of directors.
The objective of disaster re
habilitation is to assist an in
dividual or a family in re
establishing Its capacity to
provide those basic needs re
quired to reach and maintain
its predisaster standard of liv
ing, Rians noted.
The Red Cross is primarily
concerned with the adequacy
or inadequacy of a family's
resources to meet disaster
caused problems.
Promptness is the key to
successful assistance. Author
ity vested in the Red Cross
by Congress makes unneces
sary the issuance of special
permission or license by state
or local government for the
Red Cross to activate and car
ry out its disaster relief pro
gram. It has both a legal and
a moral obligation to provide
assistance, Rians said.
Rians reported that be
tween 350 and 400 individuals
have received help of some
kind as a resul of the Dec.
2 flood. Sixty-nine families
made formal application for
assistance and have been
taken care of, with a total
monthly outlay of funds in
the amount of $13,826.
A few requests for assist
ance are still coming into the
office so this is not a final
figure, Rians noted.
A special guest at the meet
ing was Mrs. Evelyn Connor,
disaster representative from
the Pacific Area office, San
Girl Slightly Hurt
In Medford Mishap
Pamela Ann Lane, 6, of 215
Cottage st., was slightly in
jured about 2:45 p.m. Thurs
day when she was struck by
a car at East Main st. and
Crater Lake ave., according
to Medford police.
Driver of the car was Ting
ner Tackmar Ahlstrom, 72,
of Rogue Valley Manor. No
citations were issued.
Officers said the mishap oc
curred as the girl was attempt
ing to cross East Main st. Re
ports noted that the traffic
signal favored the Ahlstrom
vehicle, but that Pamela Lane
had started to cross the inter
section on a "Walk" signal.
Francisco. She commented
that she had been active in
disaster work since 1996, and
had never before gone into
an area where there was such
outstanding cooperation be
tween the office of civil de
fense and Red Cross.
The two groups worked as
a team and she said their
efficiency in handling the dis
aster was exceptional.
As a result of the joint
headquarters established in
the Chapter house during the
flood, Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks,
director of Jackson county
civil defense, reported that tions. in the chapter and proposed chapter, concluded the meet- and civil defense, who had
two radio antennas had been Mrs. O. A. Eden, chairman plans to meet this need. ing after acknowledging the participated in operations de
installed on the building to of volunteers, discussed the Dr. Elmo Stevenson, chair- work of the more than 200 ing the disaster and expressed
better facilitate future opera- balance of financial need with- man of the Jackson county volunteers, both Red Cross the appreciation of the board.
Claims Checked
On Public Lands
Portland-The bureau of
land management has released
results of the survey of the
utilization of mining claims
located on public lands in
Josephine and Malheur
counties.
In Josephine county, ac
cording to Russell E. Getty,
the bureau sampled about one
third of the claims under its
jurisdiction on which assess
ment work had been done in
the past year.
The sampling contained 156
unpatened mining claims of
which 11 are producing ore,
56 are undergoing explora
tion or development, and 11
are being used for other than
mining purposes.
The bureau checked 31
patented mining claims form
ally passed from public to
private ownership under the
U. S. mining laws of which
one is presently producing;
nine are undergoing explora
tion or development and one
is being used for other than
mining purposes.
In Malheur county the BLM
survey revealed a total of 197
unpatented mining claims of
which seven are presently
producing ore.
Getty said county records
in Oregon estimate that there
have been 120,000 mining
claims located on public lands
in the state since 1872 when
the mining laws were enacted.
About 430 have been patented
since that time.
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