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Governor’s Study Committee Finds Psychological Needs Are Not Met 1. The venereal disease rate among teenagers has increased greatly. Figures supplied by the Oregon State Board of Health show an incidence in 1950 of 40.3 cases of gonorrhea in all ages per 100,000 population and 48.6 for the 15-19 age group. While the all-age incidence per 100,000 po pulation increased to 53.1 in 1958, the teenage figures was a start ling 171 a 350 per cent increase against about 33 per cent for all ages. 2. The rate of births to mothers not married to the fathers of their children increased in Oregon from 18.5 per 1,000 live births in 1950 to 28.8 per 1,000 in 1957 for women of all ages; against this is set an increase of 50 per cent for girls under 20 and 52 per cent for the 20-30 age group. (The committee noted that it knew almost nothing about the abortion rate, especially among the teenagers in Oregon, and nothing about the amount of con traceptive information commonly shared among teenagers, or any thing definite about the relation- Priority need of Oregon child ren highlight a 125-page compre hensive report released recently by the Governor’s Committee on Children and Youth and Gover nor Mark Hatfield has recom mended it as good reading for all of Oregon’s thinking citizens. He also expressed his apprecia tion for the work of this com mittee during the past two years during which they gathered data for the report. The following is the first of a series of articles about the facts in the report which has been pre pared by a committee member, Ann Sullivan. Psychological needs of many Oregon children and youth are just not being met either by their own homes or the other institu tions which contribute to family life education. So relates the Governor’s Com mittee on Children and Youth which has culminated two years of work in a report for Oregon. What evidence brings the Com mittee to make such a flat state ment as above? Consider these: à HZHXHXHXHXHZHZHZHZHZHXH â BOB 4 GAS GAGS" UNION SERVICE H ood naes & BATTERs VERNONIA ORE. Z ^XHZHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXHXF XHXHXHXHIHXHIHXHIHIHIHIHI H H SAVE MONEY ON H lies to some extent are produced or influenced by the total culture of the nation or the community, and to some extent by economic • factors. “But ultimately good and bad ty, which influences so strongly the marital relations upon which the family is founded, is develop ed through learning.” The committee makes these re commendations, which in the re port carry considerable amplifica tion and explanation: 1 . A carefully planned research program should be set up, test ing among other things social and psychological causes for the phenomena, the weight of the drive for conformity among the young people, evaluation of teen- age marriages (good or bad), etc. 2 More family counseling ser vices throughout the state. families result from what the individuals in them have learned about family relationships from life in their own families in child hood. In a sense, even that hard- to-define thing called personali- There is almost total lack in Oregon of family counseling agencies where families with dif ficulties could turn for help There is no organized non-sec- tarian family agency except in the Portland area. There is only limited unorgan ized service, totally inadequate because it lacks community back ing and support. Children are directly affected by the tensions and turmoils of their parents. Many of them are deprived of one or both parents by separation or divorce, and the juvenile courts and other agencies “pick up the pieces” at great cost. 3. School counseling services under professionally trained per sonnel should be provided throughout the state . . . Class room teachers in Oregon are un able to get help in dealing with behavior problems because "coun selors" are either poorly trained or non-existent. 4. It is recommended that in stitutions of higher education pro vide more adequate teacher train ing programs in relation to family life and sex education. 5. It is recommended that more parent education programs be provided throughout the state with respect to family life, child rearing and sex. 6. It is recommended that re gional and local conferences and workshops promote more under standing and acceptance of the basic tenets reflected by this re port on the part of communities and school administrations. 7. It is recommended that com munities be led to recognize the need for better law enforcement, especially in connection with the rising rate of VD among teen- agers.” DERREL ROSE Former Resident Taken by Death Mrs. Maudie Lena Duncan, 2445 SE 76th Ave., a teacher in Vernonia and the Portland area for nearly a quarter of a century, died Saturday at Mt. Tabor Con valescent hospital. She had been ill for several months. Mrs. Ducan, 60, had been an eighth grade teacher at Powell Valley school for the past 12 years. A well-known outdoor en thusiast, she was also active throughout her career in PTA work. She was a member of Rose City Park Methodist church. Mrs. Duncan was born in Portland February 28, 1900. She lived in Vernonia 35 years and returned to Portland in 1941. Funeral was at 1 p.m. Monday at the Ross Hollywood Chapel. She is survived by the widow er, Ross W. Duncan; a son, Ross W. Duncan Jr., Portland; a daugh ter, Mrs. William Shea, San Fran cisco; her mother, Mrs. Hettie F. Raber, Portland; four sisters, Mrs. Gladys Moritz and Mrs. Frances Dorney, Portland; Mrs. Elma Spencer, Seattle and Mrs. Thelma Jackson, New York, and seven grandchildren. NOW ÄT YOUR f SERVICE WITH . . . Demonia Eagle 4 THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1960 PRICKETT'S MORTUARY UNION SERVICE ) Ao HA-9-3731 ship between teenage pregnancies and shotgun marriages.) 3. There is an increase in the rate of teenage marriages. Be tween 1950 and 1958 these mar riages in Oregon increased by one-third. The proportion of teenage brides increased from about 38 per cent of all brides in 1950 to 43 per cent in 1957. 4. There is an increase in the birth rates for teenage mothers From 1950 to 1957 the crude birth rate dropped from 23.7 to 21.8 per 1,000. Within the same period, births to girls in the 15-19 age group increased from 92.9 per 1,000 to 116.4, a percentage gain of 25.3. 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