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W. Va. Society For Crippled Children And Adults

Vol. 11, No.4 Published Quarterly December, 1962

CAMILLETTI ELECTED PRESIDENT At the Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Society for

Crippled Children and Adults in Parkersburg, October 5-7, D. Paul Camilletti, attorney, from Wheeling was elected president of the state society.

New officers of the West Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Mrs. Joe Zak, Weirton, secretary; C. B. Shingleton, Clarksburg; 1 sf vice president; Dr. J. Martin Taylor, Fairmont, past-president; Harley B. Reger, ,executive director; D. Paul Camilletti, Wheeling, president; John B. Garden" Wheeling, 2nd vice-president; and Alvin D. Puth, Washington, D. C., Assistant Director of the National Rehabilitation Association, speaker. Mrs. Glenn Olds, Buckhannon, treasurer, was absent.

Mr. C. B. Shingleton, president of the Shingleton Bros. Whole­sale Products Co., Clarksburg, 1st Vice-President; John Garden, attorney, of Wheeling, 2nd Vice­President; Mrs. Joe Zak, Weirton, re-elected Secretary, and Mrs. Glenn Olds, Buckhannon, re-elect­ed Treasurer.

New members on the Board of Trustees are: Three Year Term­Mrs. John Deeds, Jr., Hinton; Roger P. E 1 s e r, Charleston; Thorold S. Funk, Bristol; Mrs. George Judy, Romney; J. Bert Schroeder, Huntington; Dr. Wil­liam Swearingen, Parkersburg; Dr. J. Martin Taylor, Fairmont; and D. Banks Wilburn, Hunting­ton. Two Year Term-Mrs. Walter W. Brewer, Omar. One Year Term -Richard Sepkowski, Beckley.

The state meeting was well re­presented by many county Society and Committee members. Brooke County had the largest delegation with 16 members attending.

Two representatives from the National Society-Eleanor Bader, Program ConSUltant, and Herbert

Stevens, Assistant Comptroller, helped with the conference pro­gram.

Dr. D. P. Rogers, Clinical Psy­chologist and Adminisitrator, Charleston Guidance Clinic, spoke on "Psychological Effects of Handicapped Children on Family Members", after a tour of the Wood County Rehibilitation Cen­ter.

Mr. Alvin D. Puth, Assistant Director, National Rehabilitation Association, Washington, D. C., was the featured speaker at the Saturday evening President's Dinner.

Dr. J. Martin Taylor, Fairmont, is the past-president.

1963 EASTER

SEAL CAMPAIGN

MARCH 7 -

APRIL 14

w. Va. Council For The Elimination Of Architectural Barriers Formed

The West Virginia Council for the Elimination of Arch­itectural Bar rier s was organized at a luncheon meeting October 17 in Charleston.

J. W. Thompson, Administrator, Vocational Rehibilita­tion, is Chairman; G. Cameron Hunter, President of the West Virginia Chapter of Architects, is Vice-Chairman; Dr. Harrison Ferrell, Dean of West Virginia State College at Institute is Secretary; and Mrs. Jean Harper, Field Representative of the West Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults is Corresponding Secretary.

MR. NUGENT

Timothy Nugent, professor and director of Rehabilitation Services at the University of Illinois, was the speaker. Mr. Nugent also spoke and showed slides at a pub­lic meeting at the United Fuel Auditorium on the evening of the 17th. "A little coordinated plan­ning can open up many new worlds to millions of physically handi­capped people. We are wasting shameful amounts of money and human resources because we have overlooked some relatively simple things. We must make buildings and facilities accessible and usable to the physically disabled. This is a challange to architects, engi­neers, builders, manufacturers, and to all professional and lay people.

The severly, permanently, phy­sically disabled can be accomo-

dated in all buildings and facilities used by the public: (1) independ­ently and without distinction, (2) without loss of space or function to the general public, (3) without significant extra cost. All stand­ards which are recommended to facilitate the permanently, phy­sically disabled will be of benefit to everyone. American Standards Specifications for Making Build­ings and Facilities Accessible to and Usa b 1 e by the Physically Handicapped can be incorporated in any type of building regardless of the basic architectural con­cept," said Mr. Nugent.

The West Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults and the Presidents Committee for Em­ployment of the Handicapped are co-sponsors of the West Virginia Council for the Elimination of Architectural Barriers.

The National Society has made available a great deal of free material. Write to your state office for this material.

It is the hope of this Council that each county and community in West Virginia will become in­terested in this problem and will organize a committee to help Eliminate Architectural Barriers.

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CONVENTION AWARDS

At the State Society's Annual Meeting in Parkersburg in October, four Long Time Service Awards were presented by Mrs. Walter Bre<wer, Omar.

Mrs. Walter W . Brewer, Omar, presenting a Long Time Service Award to Mrs. Edward MacKenzie of the Hancock County Society.

Only one of the recipients, Mrs.

Edward MacKenzie, was able to

attend the meeting and receive

the award in person. Mrs. Mac­

Kenzie has been a member of the

Hancock County Society for 18 years. She is 3rd vice-president

at the present time, co-chairman

of Lily Parade and co-chairman of

Hospitality. She has been Equip­ment Chairman for 10 years and on the Counting Board 2 years. Mrs. MacKenzie has been active in all the work of the Society, both service program and Easter Seal Campaign.

Mrs. J. L. Patterson, Hunting­ton, has been active in the Cabell County Society for Crippled Child­ren for over thirty-three years . She has been president, vice pres­ident and case committee chair­man, the latter of which she feels, in her own words, is the most satisfactory of all offices . She thinks everyone should have the opportunity of serving on the Case Committee.

Miss Kathryn Henderson grad­uated from the Ohio Valley Gen­eral School of Nursing in Wheel­ing. She took Orthopedic Nursing at New York University and Pub­lic Health Nursing at Richmond Professional Institute. Kathryn joined the State Crippled Child­ren's staff of the Department of Welfare May 1, 1934. She became

Nursing Supervisor June 1, 1947.

She is a charter member of the

Wheeling Cleft Palate Rehabilita­

tion Society and served as secre­

tary for four years. She has been instrumental in referring children

for therapy for t he Cleft Palate Camp and Camp Horseshoe for the

camping program. She is a mem­

ber and chairman of t he camping

committee of the Kanawha County

Easter Seal Committee.

Dr. Justus C. Pickett is an out­

standing orthopedist in the Mo­

nongalia County area. H e serves

children of five counties at the

monthly clinic (Department of

Welfare Crippled Children's Di­

vision). In his contact with par­ents and children his attit ude is most helpful and sympathetic. He gives diagnostic service to the Monongalia County Society with­out charge. He has been most helpful to the Society in a consul­tative capacity for many, many years. Also examines between 35-40 children each summer to medically approve them for Camp Horseshoe. They come not only from Monongalia County bu t from several other counties as well . No charge is made for this service . Dr. Pickett was recommended for this special Long Time Service Award by the Monongalia County Society.

Ned Crews, 15 year old 1962 Easter Seal Campaign Chairman, Pineville, receiving the Step Ladder for Wyoming County from John Garden, Fund Raising Awards chairman. Wyoming County, under Ned's chairmanship, had an 84 % gain, which was the high,est per cent increase of any county. Mr. Robert Kuhn is president of the Wyoming County Society.

Mrs. Joyce Eastman, Ravenswood. president of the Jackson County Society, received the bucket from John Gard.en to carry the money that was raised during the 1962 campaign. Jackson County raised 19.4 cents per person, which was the highest cents per person in the state.

WHEELING PHYSICAL THERAPIST lVlrs . Leonard J. Trost is the new registered P hysical

Therapist at the Clinic of the Wheeling Society for Crippled Childrert . She is a graduate of West Virginia Univers jty and received her professional training in physical t herapy at the D. T. Watson School of Physiatrics in Pittsburgh. In order to gain fUTther exper ience and understanding of her work, 111"s. Trost worked on the staff at Watson for two additional years.

Mrs. Trost IT akes her horre in Weirton with her husband and lO-month-old son, Leonard Trost, III. She works at the Clinic three days each week.

Should We Give To Private Charities?

A reprint from the September, 1962 issue of Good Housekeeping, The Magazine America Lives By, by Arthur S. Fie min g, contributing editor, former $ecretary of Health, Education and Welfare.

The next time there's a knOock Oon y Oour dOoOor and a neighbOor asks yOoU tOo give tOo a drive against cal'lcer, heart disease, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrOophy or some other catastrophic illness, what will you do?

Many people are not quite sure hOoW they should respond to such appeals.

My advice is to give-all that you can possibly afford.

There are, I think, sound rea­sons for this decision.

One, your contributions to private health agencies will help maintain a sound balance between private and public support for medical research.

Two, this research is what ulti­mately leads tOo majOor break­throughs in our never-ending bat­tles against various diseases.

But from time to time we hear charges made against these volun­tary health organizations. We are told that they-

- spend too much money on their financial campaigns and for the salaries of their staffs.

-operate their organizations in an inefficient manner

-refuse tOo give the public an un­derstandable accounting of how they spend the money they raise. -duplicate the work done by other public and private organiza­tions

- search for new things to do once their mission has been ac­complished, instead of disband­ing.

These are real issues. They are issues that must be faced.

I say this as a result of the ex­perience I had serving as a mem­ber of an Ad Hoc Citizens COom­mittee which was set up by the Rockefeller Foundation tOo reas­sess the functioning of voluntary health and welfare agencies in the United States.

I am more convinced than ever that our vOoluntary health agencies are a part of the genius of Amer­ica. I believe they are a "must" in this nation's fight a g a ins t diseases that cripple and kill. I believe that their programs should be expanded, not curtailed. I

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ANDY SOUTHERN

Andy Southern Enters Hospital

Andy SOouthern, 13, sOon of Mrs. Juanita SOouthern of Bluefield, left last month for the Shriner's Crippled Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The trip was made possible by the Mercer COounty Society for Crippled Child­ren and Adults.

Andy has been partially para­lyzed since a fall from an apple tree in August, 1961. He has suf­fered from paraplegia-motor and sensory paralysis of the lower half of the body. He has endured intense p a i n and boredom but never complains.

The Mercer County Soc i e t y hopes that a stay in the Shriner's Hospital, which has dOone so much for crippled children in past years, will Oopen up a bright, new future for Andy. Diligent work by sOociety members and local Shriner's re­sulted in the youth's acceptance in the hospital for an indefinite period during which he will re­ceive physical therapy and treat­ment.

Since his accident, Andy has made numerous trips to Bluefield Sanitarium for treatment. He has been under constant medication and has required many pieces of special ,equipment which were provided by the Society.

believe their virtues far outweigh any faults they may have.

That is why I want tOo see us come to grips with the issues that you and other donors have identi­fied. If we do not, confidence will be lost and support will decline ...

Until we have evidence that shows conclusively that a vOolun­tary health agency has refused to disclose informatiOon about its financial status, is being operated

Monro,e County had the Best First Campaign. In the absence of Mrs. Leonard Houchins, president of the Monroe County Committee, Mrs. A. A. McLaughlin, Alderson, receives the Bunny as the award from John Garden.

Some of the convention del,egates attending the Saturday morning ses­sion of th,e State Society's Annual Meeting at the Wood County Treatment Center in Parkersburg. '

in an inefficient manner, is spend­ing a large per centage of its funds to raise money, is deliberately duplicating the work done by other public or private organiza­tions or is trying tOo perpetuate its existence long after its pri­mary task has been accomplished, we should cOontinue tOo give.

The record Oof services com­piled by the voluntary health agencies is certainly outstanding. This record, plus an increasing, pressing need for their services, should make it easy for us to give as generously as we can when the knock comes on our dOOor.

Happy New Year

Little Sierita Albright, 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Al­bright of Verdunville, was home for a short vacation recently. She is a patient of the Children's Rehabilita­tion Institute at Reistertown, Maryland. Th,e Logan County Society helped sponsor Sierita at this Institute. She was their 1962 Easter Seal Child.

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Mr. Peter Hansen Koblegard, philanthropist and businessman of Clarks burg, West Virginia, is shown receiving the National Society Outstanding Service Award, highest award for volunteers. Mr. Koblegard has given major support to the Harrison County Society for many years through gifts for training, scholarships, camping and recreational programs, and an annual Christmas party for all children served through their Easter Seal Treatment

Center.

He is pictured with Harley B. Reger, Executive Director, W. Va. Society; Wilson Harris, Executive Director, George W. McQuain, Vice-President; and C. B. Shingleton, President, of the Harrison County Society for Crippled Chil­dren and Adults, at the time the presentation was made.

SPEECH THERAPIST MARRIES An announcement was made by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy

Cagle of the marriage of their daughter, Faye, to Mr. Jack Misenholder on October 6, at Decatur, Alabama. Mrs. Misenholder is a speech therapist at the Speech and Hearing Clinic of the Wheeling Society for Crippled Children.

You can give a living memorial West Virginia Society to a departed loved one through a contribution in his name to the For Crippled Children service program of the Society for And Adults, Inc. Crippled Children and Adults.

Clip and send the form below 612 Virginia St., E. with your contribution to your .lo-cal Society or to the state offIce. Charleston 1, West Virginia The local organization receives the contribution and sends a suitable card to the family.

Please add my contribution of

$ _________________ in memory of

____________________________ to

your funds for program services. Send card to:

Name _______________________ _

Address ----------------------

Your Name

Address _____________________ _

In And Out With The Executive Director

Activities since our new year began September 1, show many meetings and considerable travel is required to represent the W. Va. Society and all of you both within and outside the state.

Beginning September 8, in Clarksburg with a meeting of the Officers and Board of Directors of the W. Va. Rehabilitation As­sociation and ending at press time with a conference in Char­lottesville, Virginia, on November 15, with Public Health Officials concerning our planning for a special program for the Chroni­cally III and Aged.

During the eight week pp.riod between these meetings, National Society staff members Herbert J. Stevens, William Russell and El­eanor J. Bader have visited and worked in our State Office and two returned, Mr. Stevens and Miss Bader, to attend our Annual Meet­ing in Parkersburg.

W. Va. Rehabilitation Advisory Committee meeting on September 14 and annual meeting of the W. Va. Mental Health Association in Charleston the following day. During the next week attended Annual Meetings in Lewis, Har­rison, and Randolph Counties and visited members in Barbour and Tucker Counties.

September ended with a trip to our N orthern Panhandle-Wetzel, Marshall, Brooke and Wheeling Societies to Governor's Commis­sion for the Handicapped in Ogle­by Park, September 27-28.

Annual State Meeting in Park­ersburg, October 5-7, with more than 200 in attendance represent­ing 26 societies and committees as well as the Ohio Society and

DISTINGU ISH ED SERVICE A W A RD

Harley B. Reger, executive di­rector of the vVest Virginia Soc­iety for Crippled Children and Adults, was presented the Dis­tinguished Services Award of the National Rehabilitation Counsel­ing Division at their national con­ference in Detroit, Michigan, Oct­ober 23, 1962.

The award was presented for major achievements and contri­butions of national significance in the field of rehabilitation counsel­ing for the handicapped and for leadership efforts in the forma­tion, growth and development of the Rehabilitation Counseling Di­vision as a national professional organization.

Mr. Reger, for twelve years a well known counselor in both the general and specialized mental hospital rehabilitation programs of the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, was a founding member of the Rehabili­tation Counseling Division, the professional organization of the National Rehabili tion Association. He was a member of their first board of directors.

our own National Office. Confer­ences with Dr. Dyer, Director, State Department of Health, on planned program for the aged, meetings with the Lewis County Societ y in Weston, Health Section of W. Va., vVelfare Council and W. Va. Committee for National Health Agencies in Charleston, return visit to the Parkersburg Rehabilitation Center and the N a­tiona I Rehabilitation Association Conference in Detroit, October 22-24.

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