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8 C LU yli a.--? I ' ' j Washington Mil. Lyndon d Siaioi vice-preiident, il ihown talking on the telephone in the library o( her home. Her secretary. Mill Bell Abel standi ready to make notai. (UPI) Vice-President's Wife Has Warm, Human Touch By HELEN THOMAS United Pren International Washington - (l)P0 - Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, wife of the Vice President, is setting a pace for herself reminiscent in some ways of the late be loved Eleanor Roosevelt. In the days ahead, for ex ample, she will visit depress ed area projects in West Vir ginia, speak to numerous wo. men's groups, and go politick ing wilh her husband. In elite and affluent Wash ington circles, official wives ore apt to forget the less for tunate people in other areas. But Lady Bird Johnson re membered them Friday when the visited projects at Charleston, W. Va., to retrain Jnhlcss coal miners and help bolscr the stale's economy. She has brought a warm and human touch to the Ken nedy new frontier. Though her knees knock with stage fright at times, she forces herself to accept many of the speaking invitations that pour in oh her. "I don't think of myself as a speaker," she told United Press International In an ex clusive interview. "And as soon as they hear me," she quipped, "they don't think so either." Her philosophy Is that "for 25 or 26 years I've been on the other end asking people (mostly voters) to do tilings lor Lyndon and the party." "Now," she explained, "I feci I have an obligation to them." Gels Prettier Lady Birds srems to get prettier every day. Her black liair is always smartly coif lured. Her clothes have a simple elegance. She keeps trim and still speaks with a charming Texas drawl. And when President and Srnora Ilomulo Bctancourt of Vene zuela vlsilcd the Prsldent re cently, she addressed them in Spanish. She had to set her own pat tern as the No. 2 woman In lie land. As a senator's wife, she had known her predeces sor, Mrs. Richard Nixon, very veil, and Mrs. Nixon prom ised to give her some painters on the role. But they never managed to get together. The demands on her lime sre heavy. She Is often a pinchhittcr for the President's wife at While House ceremo nies. And the slate depart ment prntocnl office Is counting on her more and more as a key hostess for the wives of visiting heads of stale. I.ady Bird has traveled twice around the world wilh the Vice President, making official slops in 13 countries mid enrolling thousands nf friends for the United Stales. On Tuesdays, In her Red C niss uniform, she grls lo- pelher wilh Semite wives nn Capitol Hill lo roll br.ndagrs, knit, and gossip. Now 49, she has the energy snd youth to keep studying Finnish and to go dancing with her husband. She also confesses that she likes to play hookey. Recently she took her two daughters, Lyn da Bird, 18, a freshman at the University of Texas, and l.uty Balnes, 13, to New York for theater-going and Shopping. What she misses most in all Hie official hubbub Is "a little qtiirl lime for thinking." Mrs. Johnson has kept her naturalness and friendliness in the limelight. People stop S- SUNDAY. MARCH 3. 1963 B. Johnion, wife of the Unit her on the street and say, "Aren't you Lady Bird?" She also meets up with Texans in remote parts of the world. Her French chateau-style home once belonged to host ess wilh the mostest, Pcrle Mesta, a close friend. But Lady Bird has added some western ranch style touches that remind all comers that Texans live there. Her first act on moving into the lavish home wilh a swimming pool was to change the name from "Les Ormes" lo "The Elms." Three women give Mrs. Johnson the helping hand she needs lo keep up with her strenuous schedule. Thev are Elizabeth Carpenter, a dyna mic assistant; her personal secretary, Bess Abcll, and her Negro cook, Zephyr, whose okra pickles, spicy cheese rounds and other good ies are renowned among the Johnson guests. . . and tlon'i IfRTTTTPTTnTTP WTTTr!T WaMn X) UiflnFneiliiecril JJJbFesidJ 'k M4MM7M :IS?- ?&fk X BECKS NEW BUTTER-NUT BREAD is a SPUN LOAF vhich means fiSMM&Tf M - I . L - new, tender texture, new tender crust, new FRESHNESS and ' fj?Xi rt& "4 I f' A GOODNESS to the last crumb! It's ENRICHED to make it GOOD TO jp 'f'"i- Ht' l-M , EAT as well as a PLEASURE TO TASTE. If you want a real TREAT, f - "''J-U y f just try Beck's new BUTTER-NUT bread TOASTED you'll agree! fi V-,. V&- u ' 3 I W? It' REAL EATINGI gigg&l ' y X Fresh! . 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The sneaker said that au thorities say that a typical community needs at least one psychiatric social worker for each lu.OUO persons in resi dence; for Jackson county this would mean a staff of eight persons. President Quoted The speaker opened her talk by noting that President Kennedy has said m nis re cent message to the Congress that the nation's most urgent nrerf in the area of health im provement is in the field of mental health. He noted that the public understanding, treatment and prevention of mental disabilities have not made comparable progress with other illnesses, yet men tal illness and mental retarda tion arc among the nation's most critical problems. "They occur more frequent ly, affect more people, require more prolonged treatment, cause more suffering by the families of the afflicted, waste more of our human resources and constitute more financial drain on both the public treas ury and private resources than any other illness," Miss Shumway stressed. The lag in coping witn tnis problem is due to the fact that manv DeoDle. including physicians, finJ it hard to rec ognize psychological illness as illnesses, she declared, bhe pointed out that society in general tends to reject the menially ill person, instead of seeing that he has proper treatment. She said that friends and family feel sorry for a physically ill person, and arc eager to help, but that the acutely ill psychotic docs not appear to want help, or accept help, and is apt to believe that he is not sick and may interpret help as harm. Up to Stalei She said thai In the past (he federal government has largely left this problem up MEDFORD to the slates, and the states have depended upon custodial staffed, overcrowded, un hospitals and homes; "these I pleasant institutions from Today: 10 a.m. - Townsend Fourth district council, home of Mrs. Ida Kelly, 16 Quince st. Monday: 11:30 a.m. - Reames Past Matrons club, home of Mrs. E. G. Randolph, 1316 Siski you blvd. 11:45 a.m. - Degree of Hon or executive, home of Mrs. Al Carrara, 537 Mary st. 7:15 p.m. - Warren Assem bly, International Order of Rainbow for Girls, Jackson ville Masonic hall. 7:30 p.m. - Parents Without Partners, basement of First Christian church. 7:30 p.m. - Westminster guild of First Presbyterian church, fireplace room at church. 8 p.m. - Crater Lions aux iliary, home of Mrs. Jack In gram, 914 Queen Anne avc. 8 p.m. - International Rela tions group of Medford branch, AAUW, home of Mrs. Ray Casterline, 45 South Mo doc ave. 8 p.m. - Olive Rebckah lodge, IOOF hall. Tuesday: 10 a.m. - Relief society of Second ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 648 South Ivy st. 10 a m. - Women's fellow ship, First Christian church. 12 noon - Ladies of Elks, downstairs lounge. 1 p.m. - Gold Hill Health unit, with Mrs. Melvin Bur nett, Upper River rd. 1 p.m. - Medford chapter, Gold Star Mothers, county courthouse. 6:30 p.m. - Talisman tem ple, Pythian Sisters, at Jack son house. 7 p.m. - Rogue River Val ley Knife and Fork club, club, Rogue Valley Country 7:30 p.m. - Chapter BE of PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. Arnel Butler, 28 North Barne burg rd. 7:30 p.m. - Medford Par ents Extension unit, home of Mrs. H e l b Gilford, 2336 Table Rock rd. 8 p.m. - Degree of Honor Past Presidents, home of Mrs. Al Boswcll, 832 West 12lh st. 8 p.m. - Pythian Sisters, Pythian building. Wednesday: In am. - Relief socicly of First ward. Church of Jesus Christ of Latler-day Saints, 648 South Ivy st. 10:30 a.m. - Griffin Creek Home Extension unit, Grange hall. forget MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON I have been shamefully under- 10:30 a.m. - Lake Creek Extension unit, home of Mrs. Edmund Armitage, Browns- 10:30 a.m. - Upper Apple- gate Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Rolland Smith. 11 a.m. - Security Benefit club, Knights of Pythian hall. 12 noon - Great Decisions discussion group, Wesley hall at First Methodist church, 12:30 p.m. - Chapter CG of PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. S. R. Moshcr, 2208 Oakwood dr. 12:30 p.m. - Chapter CP of PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs. Edwin S. Strother, 1059 Mor roow rd. 1:30 p.m. - Central Point Garden club, home of Mrs. W. C. Higinbotham, 248 Old Stage rd., Central Point. 2 p.m. - Wednesday Study club, home of Mrs. L. V. Wat kins, 1024 Queen Anne ave. 7:30 p.m. - Bethel 14, In ternational Order of Job's Daughters, Medford Masonic temple. 8 p.m. - Medford branch, AAUW, Red Cross building. 8 p.m. - National Ladies Auxiliary of the Letter Car riers association, with Mrs. Steven Dodge, 907 South Holly st. 8:15 p.m. - Tudor guild, Gresham room, Ashland pub lic library. Thursday: 10 a.m. - Reese Creek Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. W. E. Hammel, Hammel rd. 10:30 a.m. - Westsidc Home Extension unit, with Mrs. Robert Langhoff, 3495 New Ray rd., Central Point. 1:30 p.m. - Medford Gar den club, county courthouse. 6:15 p.m. - Christian Busi ness and Professional Wom en's Council, Rogue Valley Country club. 7:30 p.m. - Winchester Ex tension unit, with Mrs. Don ald Coltrane, 1116 Winchester avc. 8 p.m. - Adarel chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Jack sonville Masonic temple. 8 p.m. - Neigh bors of Woodcraft of Phoenix, Phoe nix Community hall. Friday: 11 a.m. - St. Elizabeths guild of St. Mark's Episcopal church, at church. 1:30 p.m. - Past Presidents of Eagles auxiliary, with Mrs. Floyd E. Lewis, 710 Sherman st. 2:30 p.m. - Oak Grove School PTA, school cafeteria. BECK'S . . . which the only release was death." Miss Shumway pointed out that it is now believed that the major share of these per sons can be helped by a com munity endeavor, and that many cases improve faster if kept in a familiar environ ment. She said the situation calls for a "broad, new men tal health program . . . where the mentally ill can be helped to remain in their own homes without hardship to them selves or their families. All but a small proportion can be restored to useful lives." She explained O r e g o n's new program for community clinics, and said 17 are now in operation in the state. Cases arc referred to these doctors, ministers, teachers, social workers and various' of ficials as well as family mem bers and friends. The clin ics provide family and mar riage counseling, aid to men tally and emotionally disturb ed children, alcoholics and mentally retarded persons. Miss Shumway stressed that the needs of children nre urgent, since proper treat ment and counseling when they are young may prevent them growing into problem children unable to live nor mal, useful lives. Miss Shumway said that the local clinic is meeting all the requirements laid down by the state. Czechoslovakia To Be Subject Religious and native cus toms of Czechoslovakia will be the topic for Miss Jane Hundley when she speaks to Westminster guild of First Presbyterian church Monday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m., in the Fireplace room. Costumes of the country will be shown. Miss Lucille Lenox is pro gram chairman for the meet ing. Devotions will be led by Mrs. Robert Brewer and Mrs. Rowena Coleman, Miss Mary Ellen Bell and Miss Elizabeth McGalliard make up the so cial committee. Pythian Officer Will Visit Here Mrs. Ivy Herchenhein, Manzanita, Ore., newly-elected grand chief of the Pythian Sisters, will make her official visit to the Talisman temple in Medford, Tuesday, March 5 at 8 p.m. A dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Jackson house, for members and their families will pre cede the meeting. Saturday: 2 p.m. - College Women's club, First Methodist church, Ashland. Master Point Game Slated A master point game will be played Tuesday, March 5 by Medford Duplicate club members. All interested dup licate players in the area are invited to this or any of the Tuesday night games which open at 7:45 p.m., in the Girls Community club. A number of local bridge players were in Portland last w;ek for a regional tourna ment. Several received red uptog. blouses smart . . . blouses made to H Ship'n Shore' indispensable shirt Great fashion favorite, with taper collar, roll-up sleeves . . . no-iron. White and every new color. Sizes 28 to 38. . , . Convenient parking makes it 10 easy to visit Robinson Bros., Pick's and other down town Medford stores and shops. USE THEM . . . they're FREE when you shop DOWNTOWN IN MEDFORD. points toward a master's rat ing: these are given only at regional or national tourna ments. During the regular session February 26 guest players were Larry Bell, Portland, and Mel Schmidt, Seattle. Winning first in the north south position were Chester Reavis and Leland Clark. Their score was 202 points. Mrs. Frank Baker and Robert (Lte blouses pretty . go everywhere! 198 ' f i , V R. Dickey were second, with 187 points; Mrs. Glen Harri son and Mrs. Sam Van Dyke, were third, with 177' points, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Crews were fourth with 174 points. The cast-west winners were Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Sander son, first, 185; George Brat ton and George F. Rode, sec ond, 181; Mrs. Hugh Collins and Mrs. J. J. Finegan, third, 176'.2, and Mrs. Maude Cod ding and Berg Marten, fourth, hi tiA : . x i ' Pi the blouse with embroidered applique Simptc blouse. Only one adorn ment. That's the beauty of re straint. Easy care. White, gay hues. Sizes 30 lo 40. If your CREDIT is GOOD . . . It's GOOD at PICK'S! t. tar t i .. . -a? i 112 EAST MAIN STREET Next Door to Robinson Bros.
