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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON -WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1963 Women Prisoners Mould Useful Careers as Nursing Trainees I Bv ANN H. PF ARSON i n-u.. 1 By ANN H. PEARSON Salem - (IIP!) - "I came into the penitentiary without a fu ture, no interests, and I've found something very gratify ing and I'm building a life of it." The speaker was one of 11 women who don special uni forms in their prison cells each morning and drive off to put in a hard day's work in the State Mental hospital. They are taking part in a pioneer program believed the only one of its kind in the nation. Dr. Harry Cloyd and War den Clarence Gladden say the program has seemed to con. tnouie substantially to re habilitation. And, says Dr. Cloyd, the girls are helping to fill a need at the hospital. Without them, the work they perform just wouldn t be done. The women have commit ted crimes ranging from bad checks and thievery to mur der. They come into prison, say Cloyd and Gladden, ' loners, isolates. . . . with per sonality problems and no sense of living in society.' "In this program, for many of them, it's their first ex perience in working beside people who are living normal lives. "They see patients worse off and realize they are not so bad off. "The social and psycho logical training may be more valuable than the nursing training. "The ultimate test depends on whether they do a better job of living when they get out." The idea started two years ago in the mind of an inmate who belonged to Dr. Cloyd's therapy group. She suggested hospital training, and noted it would help inmates get jobs in hospitals and nursing homes after release. The doctor and the warden, working together, drew up the plan for giving the women training and work at the near by state hospital. Others in volved gave it their blessing. In December, 1961, the first class of carefully chosen prisoners began two months of training. Since then, 22 women have graduated and 11 now work at the hospital. Some have been released from prison and found similar jobs outside. The inmates are driven to the hospital at 8 a.m. after breakfast with other inmates at the over-crowded prison. They wear grey pinafores over white blouses, designed by an earlier class. During training, they learn how to apply dressings, turn patients, care for bed sores, handle supplies, make beds, take temperatures. Families are invited to special graduation c e r e m o- Family Council Fdltora Nce: The Family Coun cil consists of a judge, a osychia trlst, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a corner' 4 editor, and two writers Kacb article is a summary of an actual case history Tno Council reports on problems that ive been dealt with by respon sible agencies and counselors. (Copyright 1963 General Features Corp.) Sheila R. - How do you shake a man you're no longer interested in? Bill F. - She was plenty Interested in me when she had no one else. Sheila R. - I'm a widow, 40 years old. Last year I dated a man ten years my junior. We went out a few times, but I didn't enjoy his company. Foolishly I revealed a physi cal weakness. Now, for spite, he tells everyone he meets about it. He symbolizes the real cad. When I refuse to accept his invitations, he spreads false rumors to make sure I can't date anyone else. He should just bow out. Bill F. - If she didn't enjoy my company she sure put on a good act. She flattered me, told me I acted like a man of the world. Since her old friends have moved back into town she wants to drop me cold. My old bridges, how ever, are burned behind me. Sheila has some obligation to me. I'm not an old shoe she can put on and take off at will. That talk she blames me fnr isn't mv fault. She's told many other people about her condition. The Council: How many ways are there to sav r,ie End, Kaput, Finito? Tin Pan Alley does it with endless torch songs such as, "I used to love you but it's all over," or "Say it isn't so." And peo ple of few words mutter, "Get lost." . . . Call it an interlude. Bill, and chalk up another experience in understanding women. You're young and now you're a bit wiser, too. Go forward to new, more fruitful friendships. Spread ing unsavory tales about Sheila may well boomerage against you. Such talk reveals as much about the maligner as the maligned. Sheila is en tirely within her rights to cJiange her mind. Her feelings 17jve cooled and so must your heels. nies. me women receive shoulder emblems designating them as "nursing assistants." After graduation each train ed inmate is assigned to a I help with recreation and oc- they work in, but they can ward, usually containing bed- cupational therapy. move freely inside. They eat riaaen or eiaeriy patients. The women prisoners must lunch at the hospital and use They care for patients and remain inside the buildings ! the coffee shop. At 4 p.m., uicjr aic ii-iuniea to me meant. says one. prison. "It's given us great insight "We realize we're not as The girls themselves tell: into ourselves . . . and also bad off as we thought we best what the work has I into the problems of others," were," says another. A 3 Guatemala City - (UPD -Loyal troops battled Communist-led guerrillas in a num ber of minor clashes over the week end, the army announc ed Tuesday. There was no re port of casualties on either, side. : ! ZZ ! 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