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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1960)
PAGE 2 B HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Ore. Thursday, November 24, 1960 Former Ensign Saves Children America Forgot When Joe Phclan was a 20-yea old ensign aboard a minesweeper during World War II, he disco '.' ered something that led him into : saving thousands of "the children ", America forgot." ; His job: sailing into live mine--. fields to clear them out. It was dangerous work, and despite every ; precaution, one or more ol tne minesweepers was sometimes blown up. Joe Phelan observed mat, as the ship entered the minefields, '. many of the crew thought less ' clearly; some even seemed to lose : all power to act. "I saw what happens to people when fear closes in on them," he says. "When the world is too men' acine and terrible, they become lost." , Today, as the 36-year-old head of Children's Village in Dobbs : Ferry, New York, Joseph F. Phe- lan Jr. is pioneering in saving children whose whole life has been one long trip through terrifying ', minefields of shattered families, : slums, neefcet, street gangs, vio lence, and crime. The wreckage: the "hard-core' Juvenile delinquents who arc America's disgrace and shame! Many social scientists have, thought Ihis group beyond help. But Joe Phelan, now gray-haired despite his youth, is winning vic tories that are causing the whole country to take notice.- Four out of five boys sent to Children' Village by Juvenile Courts, often for multiple offenses, never get Into trouble again! Joe Phelan can't save them all hard as he tries. Ve are on the frontier," he says. "We are learning, just like the boys them selves." Of one thing, however, tills vigorous young leader is dead certain: Pessimism, ,he says "is a waste of time." . Joe Phelan was brought up near Dobbs Ferry, and remembers the Village from his boyhood. "I was afraid of the place," he smiles. "It was isolated, like a jail. I thought only bad boys went there Now I'm here myself." His long road hack to Children's Village began aboard, the mine sweeper. 'After the war, and a master's degree In social work, he took his first jobs with wel ; fare agencies helping slum fami ' lies of Baltimore and New York.i . His reputation grew rapidly, andi when he was only 29 be was in vited to become executive direc tor ot Children s Village. . man it was a big decision. Ambitious job. people in social worn ouen avoia institutions. And the Village, with Its .Isolation which he remem bered so well from his childhood, . 1 HOLIDAY NUT BREAD 2'i cups sifted all-purpose flour . 4 teaspoons baking powder teaspoon salt , , ' cup chopped Brazil nuts , Hi cups mixed candied fruits 1-S cup raisins .. t & cup shortening ' .' H cup sugar . ' ; , 3 eggs '" , H cup mashed banana . H clip orange juice Sift together flour, baking pow der and salt. Stir in chopped nuts, candied fruits and raisins, Cream shortening. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Combine mashed banana and orange juice,- add to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with dry Ingredients. Turn Into a waxed paper lined and greased x S x 3-inch loaf pan. Bake In moderate oven (330 degrees). 1 seemed a "quarantine area" for getting boys out of society in stead of bring them back to so ciety. But the Village also offered a great chance to try his own ideas. It was the largest and oldest in stitution of its kind in the coun try, and he was the youngest ing. I accepted hesitantly. Thenisolve. I met the child a boy of 12, full He abandoned the old theory of fear, who couldn't read as well .that merely putting "bad boys" to as my six-year-old daughter. My heart melted for the first time I really understood what Joe Phe lan was talking about. "As I helped the boy to learn, work in "healthy activities" would turn them into "good boys." The junior-sized products of violence and suffering that arrived at the Village needed something deeper I saw the barriers of fear slowly before they could respond. Joe Phelan proposed handling each '. a. rf vaef JLmIiii m 111 1 iAt&mJi,ilammmmm ; TEAMWORK with model planes is part of the fun. MX awrnejnr r V Jti ,JOI PHCLAN helps a boy aim for hit target. to be offered such a big. hour. Cool 20 to SO minutes be fore turning out on cake rack. Yield: 1 loaf. The custom of hanging t h mistletoe comes from the Druids. incy regarded in plant as a symbol of hope and peace; when ever enemies met under the mis. tletoe they would drop their we pons and embrace. For his first step, he launched1 a one-man effort to unite the Vil lage and the community. Ho spoke to civic groups, club gatherings, became president, of the local Ro tary. "These kids -are our re sponsibility," he repeated again and again. "If we turn our backs on them, they are lost, The Vil lage arid the community must be on the same side )( we are going to save them,". " , "I was determined lo get the Village put of this area," said one housewife, "until I was Invit ed to neip cmid witn nis road-M ! ROCKET HEATING 4 come down." The housewife Is one of 340 volunteers who are helping "Village boys in many activities from Sunday worship to scout ing. But Joe Phclan's "open fron tier" experiment was seeking nolh ing less than a dramatic break through In a problem that Amor-, ica had simply been unable to one with a team of specialists a psyohiatrist, a teacher, a social worker, chaplain and "cottage par ents tne couple wno act as mother and father to each cottage full of boys. Every member gives his views' from his own specialty and his observation of the boy. The team then decides together the general lines of the boy's guidance what to try, what to avoid, which ac tivities the boy can and cannot use. - In addition to the team ap proach during the two years or so a boy is at the Village, Joe Phe lan initiated an extensive pro gram to help him after he leaves. Home problems, work problems, school problems, personal prob- lems no matter what, the boy still has Village partners and al lies as he takes initial steps on his own. The Village now works almost as extensively with boys' parents as with the boys themselves! Most of the youngsters are ob viously suffering from what miyht be called the "family curse."' The parents have inherited problems of fear, rage, hatred and insecur ity that they, in turn, pass along to their children. "Our job," says Joe Phelan, "is to try to break the chains and it end the curse." lit As the months pass, the boy it at Children's Village begins to re- alize that the "mines" have bcen'S swept clear nothing is going to explode under him, and he can put away his defenses and reach out to others for help. The same thing happens to his parents. All this, of course, is costly. America hasn't yet fully faced the fact that slums and poverty are the nation's most expensive luxury. It costs $6,200 to provide a year's treatment for a boy at Children's Village a lot more than it would cost to send him to college. But each year, 300 Village boys A go through the experience of suf-Jfl tcring, struggle, and a linal dawn ing of understanding. U.S. Attor ney General William P. Rogers recently said. "If. rim-ins Hip last hundred years, there had been a;$ Presents Certain To Brighten Her Domain Newspaper Enterprise Assn. 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For the homemaker who likes the cheery old-fashioned look of the Colonial kitchen, new hand- finished pine accessories from Vermont provide quaint holders lor modern necessities, -inciuaea are paper napkin holders, bulletin boards, paper dispensers, match holders and a variety of catch all containers. Our enthusiastic adoption of for eign foods and recipes has pushed the demand for special utensils and pots to cook them in. Long handled forks to poke into highly polished copper fondue pots are examples. A new appliance will be on the most-wanted list for many home- Advice On Keeping Holiday Holy WASHINGTON (UPI) can an ordinary American family do to "Keep Christ in Christmas"? Here are eight simple, practical suggestions from the Methodist, Magazine Together: Attend the services in your church. Give gifts to those outside' your circle ol family and lo friends who cannot repay you in kind. Break the habit of gift swapping. Write a note of appreciation to someone who, during the year, did some outstanding public work in an unselfish manner, or whose What , words or deeds were an inspira tion to you. Written words are es pecially appreciated. Phone or call on some lonely person and wish him a Merry Christmas. You may be his only caller the whole season. Send a cash gift through a church or charitable channel to needy people overseas. You will be helping people who will never know their benefactor. Remember, when you give alms, give them in secret, and "your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Invite someone to eat Christ mas dinner with you a foreign student, perhaps, who cannot re pay you in kind. Provide your minister with a cash gift for someone in need, specifying that he not reveal your name. 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