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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
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SUNDAY. MARCH 3. 1963
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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.
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Social Worker Notes Heavy Clinic Caseload
The great need for the serv
ices performed by the Jack
son County Family Counsel
ing and Child Guidance clinic
was stressed by Miss Ethel
Shumway when she spoke at
the annual Woman of the
Year dinner given Thursday
night at the Medford hotel.
Miss Shumway is a psychi
atric social worker for the
clinic.
Miss Shumway admitted
that the clinic is about a year
behind in its case load, ex
cept for cases of an urgent
nature. The clinic staff was
recently increased to three
full-time psychiatric social
workers, one half-time psychi
atric social worker, and a
psychiatrist and psychologist
available for special cases, re.
viewing and advice with the
workers.
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.
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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
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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,
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