Toomey J Gazette (Vol. 6, No. 1, 1963) - Polio Place
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<strong>Vol</strong>.VI, <strong>No</strong>.1 Spring-Smer, <strong>1963</strong> Horizontal Eiitora: Sue h'illiams<br />
Editorial Office: Sox lL9, Chagrin veils. Ohjo, U.S.A.<br />
Ida Brink, Jme Cornstack, Barbara Cory, Ruth Davis, Don<br />
Kollw, Marperet Borris<br />
The TOOMEY j GAZETTE is published twice a year by a Managing sitor: Gini Laurie<br />
volunteer staff of severely discbled (Horizontals) and Vertical Filitors: Connie Winslow, Jean Frazier, Naney Martt.<br />
their nor-disabled friends (Verticals). It is a non- Brooke Ouens, Maribei '(eynolds, Naney Sarpnt, Melda Smith<br />
"rofit, tax-deductible organination incorporated as: Circulation: Frieda Hutchins, R.E., Billie )!hitlinger<br />
Iror; Lung . <strong>Polio</strong>s. Ine.<br />
Addressers: Ruth Adans, Louise Bartholomew, Barbara English<br />
Market <strong>Place</strong>: Mickie McCrav<br />
FREE to respos, other quads and all seversly disabled. Business Managers: >!aney Hoover, Mary Lynch<br />
Horizontal Medical Mitor: Duncan 6.. Holhert, M.D.<br />
QUaS are auadriple~ics--those whose four limbs are<br />
paralyzed or useless because of disease Ho~isontal Correspondents: Ann idama, Margaret E~nderson,<br />
Susan Armbreeht, Jecob H. Blitzer, Jr., Brjeid Boardman,<br />
RE'OS are respiratory polio$-----those who reouire John Lyle Bromlee, Darlene Cal~sert, Merle Chishclm,<br />
mechanical breathing aids, such as iron lungs, etc. Doris Coutant, Maq- 'Ellen Davis, Mary Jane Faull, Jack<br />
(Professionals - minimum cortrihition of 51 per cooy) Fuller, Join" Godin, Kathy Harrigan, Paul Hibbard, Ira<br />
Holland, Vince La Mielle, Charles Lyser, Jean Mead.<br />
Imo~ene Priehard, Juanita Pusatwi, irene Ridgeway, Dana<br />
@. g< &L<br />
Stanton, Betty Weisensel, Naney Westman, Diana Wilkins,<br />
L. Clyndwr Williams<br />
TjG ILIM: To reach, to inform, and to dipify all Horizontal Foreign Correspondents: See below<br />
respiratory polios, and all other severely disabled Promotional Mitors: Bea Shmock, Jan Service, Pearl Essert<br />
young adults, throughout the world.<br />
Technical Mviser: Junius Eddy<br />
Writers: Our vriters are the readers<br />
Argentina: llonica Le I.!onnier, Rdripuez Pena 3L, auenos Aires<br />
Australia: tiax Rawson, Uard 12, Fa3rfield Hospital, ?airfield, Victoria<br />
Canada: Bob Cordon, Pearson polio Pavilion, 700 W. 57th Ave., Vancouver 11, B.C.<br />
Horizontal England: Kenneth KcDonald, 3, llaoles Ave., Burnlev, Lane.<br />
Foreign France: Michel Le Saw, L 11 A, Hopital R. Pcincare. Carches, S et 0<br />
Correspondents Cernary: Jurean Erbsleben, Hanburg Gsdorf, Blomkamg 90d<br />
Ireland: Ethna OqDaud, Ward 7, Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10<br />
. E!ev Zealand: ?!paire Pascee, Lincoln Pd., lassey, Hen3erson<br />
Suitzerlacd: Charles 'raelicher, Steinofhalde 16. Luzern
<strong>Vol</strong>.VI <strong>No</strong>.1 (Sixth Year) Chagrin Falls, Spring-Swnmer, <strong>1963</strong> Circulation: 5,012<br />
TWO SPECIAL FEATURES:<br />
QUADS AT HOME - FAMILY LIFE AND FUN<br />
HOUSING FOR HOMELESS QUADS<br />
4 It 1 s Great to he Home, Joe Cardy 25 Introduction - b'here will I ~o:<br />
7 Consider Adoption!, Grace Sadness and Lowell C,'eissert 20 The Cheshire Homes in England<br />
8 Everybody in the Act, Mary .inn Hamilton and Ruth Davis 29 iustralia, Ireland and Finland<br />
10 Vive la difference!<br />
12 <strong>Vol</strong>unteers Give Valued Service<br />
SPORTS AND VACATI0E:S<br />
30 A Danish Experiment, Euger.ie<br />
heberg<br />
35 Housine in the U.S.A.<br />
41 h'otes from Hell or a <strong>Polio</strong>'s<br />
15 I. Fishing - With Rod and Wheel, Don W. Smith Derditior, E. 3. Rector<br />
16 It's <strong>No</strong> Fish Story, Roy kbell<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
18 11. Swimming - That's Revolutionary, Tusan krmbrecht<br />
20 111. Camping - ii Wonderful Experience!, Betty Mielke<br />
21 IV. Vacation Directory<br />
Joe Cardy and two of his post-polio,<br />
"wonders of God" babies. See "age 4<br />
22 Bulletin Board<br />
42 Equipent<br />
48 >brket <strong>Place</strong><br />
51 hual Report<br />
52 Sponsors
it's Great to Be Home<br />
by -930 Cdy<br />
12, Wykeham Rd., Ir'rittle,<br />
Nr. Chelmsford, Essex, mgland<br />
On<br />
Friday the thirteenth in 1957 I became a polio suspect. I was soon on my way to<br />
the isolation hospital, which uss right apposite the London Road firm vith whom I had<br />
been eqloyed as an industrial engineer. When my breathing veahened rapidly, the diagnosis<br />
of polio ves confirmed.<br />
I vas then smartly vhisked was to the nearest respiratory polio unit, Rush Green [<br />
Hoqital, Romford, and peped into an iron lung. Time \rent @ and, after six months ,<br />
in the lung, things looked pretty permanent. lher I learned frog-breathing. It was<br />
the hardest work I had ever done, but it meant some freedom from the lung.<br />
I still had to have mechanicel aid to breathe throughout the night and most of the<br />
day, but it was in the form of the Tunnicliffe brenthine jacket that alloved me to<br />
sit up in a normal bed. Being a very practical man I soon began to make us? of the<br />
only moving part left, my head, I mean the outside of my head as well as the inside.<br />
I dressed up in an ear, nose and throat specialist's headband, vith a sixteen-inch<br />
metal r d orojecting fonrd like a unicorn's horn,to which I attached paint brushes.<br />
Propned up in bed vith an easel in front of me and with some paints vithin reach,I<br />
once more made my mark in the world. hd so it vent for another year, painting a lot<br />
of pictures and havinc them noticed.<br />
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I had come to terms with the neb, rorld in uhich I lived. I csll the police or fire-brigade for more batteries. A phone<br />
was not ill any more but I was still helnl~ss. The challenge was rigpd for emergencies. A hone help whs hired to help my<br />
had begun. I had been ~iven life apilin and I uas going to wife, who already had to look after our two small children,<br />
live it. Being just 25, I still had a lot of thin~s to do. Leonard and Joseohine. The district nurse arranged to call<br />
I was now able to stay out of my breathin5 device for two on me each mornins. The date was set, and home I came. That<br />
and a half hours, and had been in hosmital eighteen months. whs in December 1958.<br />
For a patient vhoss breathoflife depended on a machine, Some called me brave and some mad, to take such a risk. But<br />
the dream of going home uhs as hopeful as a dream of winning after a time things worked out and I got to know the outside<br />
the pools. The risk was too big with electric power cuts and world again. Then nature had its way and my wife became preca<br />
host of other hazards to be faced. nant. Ye had a beautiful baby girl, of whom I am very proud<br />
But my wife, Doreen, is bath devoted to me and has a prae- indeed - Shirley Jane.<br />
tical tum of rnind, so she and I ttlllred it over. Then we Two of my first interests after the illness were the teletalked<br />
to my doctor on the uard vho in turn discussed it uith vision and the radio. I must say they still are. I have to<br />
the superintendent who decided to give it a trial. A fifteen- keep up to dhte with the cowboys and Huckleberry Hound, who<br />
amp socket was installed into vhich my machine cculd be plug- are great favourites uith my children as well as with me. I<br />
ged. I also got batteries to drive a small D.C. electric mo- enjoy reading, with my son turning the pages for me, ard I<br />
tor vhich would run my machine for five hcurs, then we could like music - anything jazzy like rock 'n' roll.<br />
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Mr latest an6 prized oossessior is an electric typewriter.<br />
I :ype 'y using the painting headband and a rubber cork on<br />
the end of the wand with which to press the kel-s. As for my<br />
naintin~s, I now use oils, and paint on cr,vas. It was by<br />
selling them that I was able to buy my typewriter. Secordhand,<br />
of course, but ouite seruicehble. >:ow that I can vrite<br />
under my oun stem, I would like to find Den friends. I am<br />
sure I car find nlentj. to talk about as my i~terests are wide.<br />
Last fall I started takin~ 3glish 1essor.s four afternoons<br />
a week. It is being oaid for @ the loci1 Cocnt:; Ccuncil uho<br />
have said that a home .tezcher ma? call on me as long ashe<br />
thinks necessary. The teacher is a rstired ma. sho has taught<br />
for 50 years in a ~ocd school and he is sc very interesting.<br />
'he hoed-for outcome is that I shall be able to write short<br />
stories far children's magazines. I have already written two<br />
and we are hcoefully nlu~~icp them with the publishers.<br />
We moved into a larger house that has more graurd - floor<br />
space and a mch better view from my window bec&use in iiugust<br />
1961 we had another ba-, or rather my uor.derfu1 wife, Doreen,<br />
did. It was another girl - Janet Dam. I went baek to the<br />
olio centre for the month of August, and I saw all my old<br />
friends uhile Doreel: had the babe. I often look upon our two<br />
post-polio babies as wonders of God worked through science,<br />
and joke to my friends that they were born on borrowed time.<br />
Tuo of tte pictures are of Doreen and the children dawn at<br />
the coast. The children are real water babies. hey love to<br />
stand and let the waves kLock them over. Doreen rents a bungalow<br />
an the seafront every year for a week, while I go back<br />
to the hospital. Then, I hear the works vhec they get baek.<br />
I have been home over five and a half years nau and, with<br />
the help of my fmily, and many pod friends and the grace<br />
...<br />
of<br />
Ccd, I am living a useful life in my home with my wife and<br />
~hildren. 3oreen's constant attention an2 the joy I get from<br />
watching the children at play m&e life worth living.
war. 1, r mvo. an ut*rt.<br />
dP.i,**, or patin$ c8da -<br />
(''Grace Hates"!, oal~tlng ulth<br />
. m0"t'istlcX. see eat Pollo<br />
in 1950, rhllr at coliap. She<br />
met her busbud, a=**, throu*<br />
hu r.di.. mar mrrica<br />
Ln 1928. She cortlnued roilcge<br />
work bg corraapondence. Both<br />
rara,..a dabmas at *a U. of<br />
rorr - D.Sld a. R.*. i. *ha&<br />
Illtatio. Cmvllellng ud Cr.ca<br />
a B.A. in Beild. Dare ia nor<br />
91dr Plg*lloqiai in the Pahabillimtfon<br />
Onlt d 01. 0. of<br />
CONSIDER ADOPTION!<br />
by Crsee Layton Sandness<br />
3506-7th Ave I.. Grad Fcrks. 1r.D.<br />
About<br />
four years ago we first learne6<br />
*bout the H~rry Halt Adoption Plan<br />
(CrphanSs idoptior. Fund, Inc.). Mr.<br />
and Mrs. Holt "ere tree farmers at<br />
Cresuell, Oregon, who became interested<br />
-~ in Korean-American Crnhans. le~ally<br />
adopted eight of their own, and then<br />
set up their own ornhana~e in Korea.<br />
k'e did not ap~ly for a child in this country, since ve hew<br />
ezough about state agencies to realize that ue vould not have<br />
a chance. Our fa-1 apnlicetian through the Holt Plan was<br />
made in December, 1962. Since ue knev of a specific child we<br />
wished, the process vent faster fcr us thar ordinarily.<br />
After ap~lying, our home was investigated bp ar irdenendent<br />
home std~ agencj. We were asked to suhmit letters of recow<br />
mendatior, pictures, and so forth. Ve next co~leted many<br />
le@ papers pertaining to the adoption in Kore&. Cynthia Lea<br />
was subsecuently adopted to us in the Korean courts vith the<br />
understandin6 that, after she had been vith us six mmths, we<br />
uould rendopt her in ow state ccurts.<br />
The next steo was to apoly to the U.S. Immigratior Service<br />
far a visa for cindx. %is ertailed more home inv~stipitien,<br />
esoeciall~ of a finareial nature, finger nrints, ete.<br />
rit last ve received the final aooroval, and CCirdy was flown<br />
to us - arrivine in Chicapo on !.:a7 5, three days after her<br />
5th birthday. t!~ husband met her a d ri~ht now ve are adjustins<br />
to each other and learcing how to camuricate.<br />
;Je feel th~t, in our situation, an older child will be much<br />
easier to care for thar. a baby vould heve beer.. I havs three<br />
reoole,tuc of them collere ~irls, who vcrk at different times<br />
during the day. They will be able to do the material things<br />
for Cindy while cq hushand is at work. Hmever, we don't have<br />
someone living with us all the time, so it shouldn't be had<br />
for the three of us to become h real family.<br />
We certainly feel that we can give Cindg a goad home, full<br />
of the love she needs so much. Since I won't be out gadding<br />
around as much as same mothers do, I will be able to wend h<br />
lot of time with her, heloinp her to learn English, etc.<br />
You can imagine how thrilled ue are to have her. She is<br />
chattering and sinsing all the time and thrilled vith every<br />
neu discovery. It will take a lot of adjusting far all of us,<br />
...<br />
but we are sure it is all going to work out. We can hardly<br />
believe that she is finally ours.<br />
decided to smnort a Korear. bay because 1<br />
saw so manu little homeless children on<br />
those dirty streets that I felt I should<br />
1: . I wrote to the Everett Svanson &ang. Assoc.<br />
Iis., -771 i.. Irvine Park W., Chicapo 3L, 111. Mr. %ansar.<br />
sent me information which included the ace of children,<br />
country they are from, and their rules. For a smrll<br />
mount yearly, I found that I could support an orphan.<br />
!.:in rung, the little Korean boy I decided to help, has<br />
been a blessing to !re. He is now 11 years old and writes<br />
.nice letters which he dictates. He is studying English<br />
this year, so I hope he will soon be vriting his own.<br />
Since I arn unmarried, this eqerienee has been a, real<br />
satisfaction to me. These children show their apnreciation<br />
so much. Here is the closing paragraoh from Min's<br />
last letter: "In all, everything is fine with us, dear<br />
Dad, and ue are living hamy life in your loving care. I<br />
just wanted to say that I do love you and pray ffo you<br />
alvays.. ..your beloved son."
everybody in the act<br />
scene 1: Mary Ann Hamilton and Family<br />
scene 2: Ruth Davis and Family<br />
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1<br />
4. 1-2 -<br />
scene 1<br />
y name is Mary Ann Hamilton. I am an up-side-down<br />
polio alumna of the 195L cmaign. I am the mother<br />
of four -elaus children, and one stupendous (that<br />
is quality, not quantity) husband who calls me his<br />
wife. Lady luck dropped on my shoulder vhen polio bug 54 came<br />
visiting in Denver. I am able to valk anprhere I please,<br />
vithin the capacity of a L50 V.C. I find that I have a small<br />
problem, though - vhat to do vhen I get there.<br />
My ams are about as much use to me as an ostrich<br />
3 wings are to him. Just something to carry around,<br />
which 1 do, naturally. hlt my "uings" do not fold up<br />
so my aunt dreamed up a brainstom for me. I wear a<br />
stole around my neck: it reaches about my vaist length in the<br />
front. There is a packet in each end in vhich my hands fit.<br />
These stoles are mads of fairly heav broadcloth and I have<br />
them in many.colars including orange. For dressy occasions I<br />
felt and trimmed vith shoulder pins.<br />
at the thought of a schedule. I haven%<br />
thought much about being on one. I just accept each<br />
day as a gift and gratefully open each one to see<br />
vhat it will bring.<br />
Our day begins uith thirteen year old Patty<br />
crawling out of bed at 6:L5 to pack lunches<br />
for fourteen year old Dmny and herself. Theg<br />
attend Junior High School. The rest of my<br />
gang - Danny, Mike, twelve; Jan, ten; and WE KASTER OF OUR<br />
HOVE, Ed, all take turns banging on the bathroom door.<br />
Bert, our housekeeper, arrives at 7:15, accompanied<br />
by her assistant, Pammy, age three.<br />
Bert has been vith us for three years, which,<br />
in this house, is a record. After tvo years we a v d the Valor<br />
in Action Medal, hut after three years - The Purple Heart!<br />
Pmmy has been coming with her mother since she was only five<br />
months old. This vas the first time ve had tried a housekeeper<br />
vith a child and it has varked out beautifully.<br />
+> At about 8:30 it's my turn to rise and shine. Out of<br />
the shell, up and dressed. Then Bert, Pmmy and I err<br />
6 joy breakfast together. I usually read or type 'ti1<br />
the noon time msh vhen my elementary school erev comes home<br />
for lunch.<br />
I sit am) rest for a couple of hours in the afternoon<br />
g ,in the shell or vith positive pressure(playi'u1ly !mown<br />
as the opium pipe). I like to stay up late so I take<br />
a breather in the afternoon. I use a magic vand (mouthstick)<br />
to type, made of plastic and cut to fit the bite of my teeth.<br />
Typing this uay,thers is a slight resemblance to a wood-pecker<br />
beating on the bark of a tree.<br />
Around 3:30 ve organize the supner and start anything that<br />
can be cooked that early. My vonderful daughters are taking<br />
over the cooking more and more, vhich makes us dl feel terribly<br />
independent. My marvelous husband does all of the shopping<br />
and sometimes, depending on the weather, I trail along.<br />
As long as ve aren't out to break the qeed test, I can valk<br />
all over our large grocery stores. fiery evening is filled<br />
vithfour sets of homework, which hasn't taught me a thing a-<br />
bout spelling.<br />
Bert leaves at four and the children take turns staying<br />
vith me until their daddy comes home..me most wonderful part<br />
of the dav!
scene 2<br />
My name is Fath Davis. I'm another up-side-dower, polio vintage of 1953, and one of the horizontal<br />
editors of TjG. Mary Ann's description of her family bestirs me to write of the Davis menage...<br />
Mi<br />
One more week until school is out. I doc't know if I should yell for joy or scream far heln.<br />
b:ith school out, I should be able tc elimicate sme cf mg shouting. I seem te be the ~nlg<br />
one in the family that can xake up in the morcinp. Each evenicg, my husband and<br />
our three "monsters" tell me what time they & be uo. Cones 6::O, the first call.<br />
3ells ring. Husic plhys. hot a soul stirs. I frop m a big B?LLCI.I.<br />
!!w there's a slight movement. The yelling contirues to E:lP<br />
j!$<br />
when the last bus leaves. Then I turn up the motor for a ccunle<br />
of stiff breathes and lay back to recuperate.<br />
p<br />
In the meantime,<br />
brhen Mary arrives, breakfast shouldn't be far behicd.<br />
R.,.',? (fl my husband, David, has been<br />
But I have to fipht the eats for first serving.<br />
.I awake several times, but never<br />
the four eats rubbing around her ankles, and their<br />
enoueh tt rise out of bed. The<br />
rneoocuing, my yelling has no effect.<br />
bell that does that is the<br />
Conseouently they win.<br />
"money bell" - the business phone.<br />
Good tbicg I like toast and orange Juice and<br />
+lienever the phone rings, the business day<br />
not cereal and milk or there might be an all<br />
begins and Daddy is off and running. ?he<br />
our war. Incidentally, that isn't the only<br />
business is next door but, contrary to what<br />
place the cats have won orecedence aver me.<br />
people think. I never knov where my husband is.<br />
I was known around the neighborhood as<br />
'!hen the big trucks come, he is out.<br />
the lady with the bed in the living roon.<br />
When the telenhone rincs, he is in.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w we're known as<br />
Cur television isn't vorkinp. It keeps makinp designs<br />
the house of the cats.<br />
instead of pictures - orabably influenced by mdsrn art.<br />
(KO variations<br />
Consequently, it's cuiet around here 50 I've been making telephone<br />
on that theme,<br />
calls for our minister and for the Bay Scouts' Court of Honor.<br />
please. )<br />
In fact, I've talked so much I've a blister on roy big toe.<br />
3:iO o.m. and the elementary school bus arrives<br />
and Nancy and Bob have found their way back once more. .. .<br />
"Hey, Mom - ,If "Let me tell her" '?..!hots cornin' over?" "tiAI.'??!CY."<br />
"Can I have sone of these nuts without you yellin' at me?"<br />
"Can I go to Southland?" "Me, tco!" "<strong>No</strong>t with me, ya brat."<br />
'Tley, Mom - - ," "Ah, now you for& me what I wanted to tell Mom, ya stupe."<br />
One more to come home. Mary to leave.<br />
And after next week these conversations can go on all day.<br />
I've just decided to scream.<br />
HULL?? !
O<br />
day-tc-day life because we are firm believers in making every- T HE Rcdolfos are another of<br />
thing as easy as possible. Because of this, I really don't the many hanoy couples vho<br />
think taking cam of a handicapped person is as hard as it u- have pooled their abilities<br />
sually sounds and I ought to know. Bob and I live alone and I in marriage. dioooy and Fay<br />
have his complete care except for the 7 hours a day I vork. were patients at the Massa-<br />
"Here are some ideas that Bob and I had that might be of chusetts Hospital School in<br />
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help to others: Canton when they met. In iu-<br />
@st, 1953, Fay was stricken<br />
Ihs couple should live by themselves with polio, which paralyzed<br />
Privacy is important to everyone. Our apartment isn't the her from the vaist down. In<br />
greatest, but it is convenient to my work,stores, our church, July of the same year,Jimmy dove ix:c z5ill~; ;i:er -.d 5rcke<br />
etc. since ~ o does b not get out in the winter, the fact that his neck, resulting in paralysis frcm the neck CIOLT.<br />
. .<br />
our place is easy to reach, means ve have a lot more company. In '54 both entered the hospital school for rehabilitation<br />
and academic studies. Fay took a secretarid course. J-<br />
Make evsry effort to travel and ms*e social contacts learned to paint with a brush held between his teeth.<br />
It is worth the effort and, after the first time, it mnvt They returned to their families in 1956. Fay worked as a<br />
be so much effort. We take vacation trips by ourselves and secretary at the local YMCA. Jimmy continued with his art<br />
we have always enjoyed them. In the summer we go out about lessons. Meanwhile, they saw each other on weekends once or<br />
three evenings a week. twice a month. They were married in October, 1957.<br />
Row they live with his parents and have a large roam equip-<br />
. It ia important to contribute something to others . ped for their wheelchairs. One section of the room is his art<br />
We must a lot of help from others for many things, studio; the other is her sewing area. Fay is an enthusiastic<br />
but, to maintain self-respect, we mst also give something. seamstress and an excellent cook. She does all the varnishing<br />
Even though we have received financial aid from various and framing of his paintings and "sets him up" for his vork.<br />
sources, we tithe what money we have. We teach a Sunday Jimmy devotes most of his day to his art work. He has de-<br />
School class and serve on various church committees, Bob has siped and sold greeting cuds and his paintings have been<br />
done a lot of typing for both the church and the National show throu~hout this country and Europe. He works fluently<br />
Foundation. When places to stay are needed for out of town in oils, watercolor and casein. In August 1962, he becme<br />
groups, we always volunteer and we have met some interesting one of the first U.S. artists to be selected as a member of<br />
people. We have a special interest in a man about Bob's age the Association of Handicapned Artists and receives a regular<br />
who is in a nursing home.<br />
income from them.<br />
They have mmF friends and a gay social life. Uith a group<br />
. Involve your families in the marriage of their friends,they have costume parties every three months,<br />
It seems natural for a family to have difficulty accepting such as a luau, a roaring ZO's, a Western, or a Near East<br />
this type of marriage but, since our marriage, lqv family has party. They enjoy many activities: drive-ins, out riding,<br />
come to love Bob very much and our relationship with them has visiting, record collecting, shopoing through<br />
been as wonderful as always.<br />
year they spend one week at a Naine resort.<br />
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VOLUNTEERS GIVE VALUED SERVICE<br />
Three new officers of the Kenny Rehabilitation inrfif~ts ouiili~q chot with Dr.<br />
Fmnk H. KW.", pre.idant of the Sister Elizabeth found.tion and dirscto.<br />
of the institute Fmm lafl on MR. Roben Chirholm of St. Paul, executive committ.e<br />
member; MR. Paul D. Andemon of 342 Lafoysne, Excelsior, president; ond Mr..<br />
Ern& Skrmm~t~d of Wnodsid.. Llcal%ior, "ice<br />
&ads fulfill their need<br />
to be needed through volunteering<br />
In Ninnsanolis, a blonde, vivaeiovs young won;= named Marcaret<br />
raderson was recently elected the first "resident of<br />
the Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Auxiliary. Margaret, a 35<br />
year old \life and mother, was a natient in the Institute for<br />
11 mcnths, but is now home "here, nh:-sically, she is confined<br />
to a vh~elchair and a chestpiece. In no other way is she restricted,<br />
however, for her idezs and mapetie enthusiasm are<br />
charging uo the ladies in the Twin Cities like a "aver plant.<br />
Elar:a~.et's roommate at the Institute in 1953, Herle (Mrs.<br />
Robert) Chisholm, was also instrunental in forming the Awiliary<br />
and is a member of the executive board. Both are resilos<br />
and artists (wielding their brushes with their teeth). hv?other<br />
Auxiliary member was their third roomate, Susanne (Krs.<br />
Yillim) Sum~ers. The three women made a pact ten years ago<br />
that they would somehow repay the Institute far its wonderful<br />
care. Margaret sooke for all three "hen she said, "Levre so<br />
hapoy - we've finally dons it."<br />
me Auxiliary was founded a year ago uith 50 members, of<br />
which 8 are forner patients. Its main puvase is to educate<br />
the on the increasing need far uell-eauinped and uellstafred<br />
rehabilitation centers throughout the country.
The xuxiliary is organizing a Second International<br />
Art Contest and Fhhibit for<br />
Handican~ed Artists, con ti nu in^ the oattern<br />
of'the first s"ch show initiated by<br />
TOOMET j GAZETTE in Chagrin Falls in ;960.<br />
Deadline for entries is September 1, <strong>1963</strong>. The show<br />
vill be held at the Kenny Institute in 0ctobA. For<br />
details, writs to Margaret at 0 2 Lafayette Avenue,<br />
Excelsior, Minnesota.<br />
This fall, they will have brochures of the Christmas<br />
cards by 12 different handieapoed tlrtists, which they<br />
have had printed and will sell for the benefit of the<br />
Auxiliary and the artists. The cards vill be done in<br />
black and white and the price is tentativelp set at<br />
53.50 for 25. To receive a brochure, send your name<br />
and address to Margaret.<br />
Connie Brown of Phoenix is one of the most notable<br />
examples of immobility taking a back seat to an active<br />
mind. Connie has been a respa for nearly 18 of her 35<br />
years. Gay, articulate and responsive, she has filled<br />
her life with treasured friendships and her work with<br />
handicapped children through the Iddoor Sports Club,<br />
an international organization of clubs for the physically<br />
handicapped.<br />
When the Indoor Soorts held their national cornention<br />
in Phoenix last year, she semed efficiently as<br />
their publicity chairman. In a newspaper interview at<br />
the time of the convention, Connie was quoted as saying:<br />
"You keep going and growing as long as you keep<br />
trying. . . . Physically, you're down the tubes. But<br />
spiritually, intellectually, emotionally - in so many<br />
ways your growth and development go on."<br />
Catinued
I3a ?'.rinkma. (aSrre) of Uillowick, Ohio, the mother<br />
of three children ard a respo for 10 years, was nominated<br />
far the Welfare Federation of Cleveland's "<strong>Vol</strong>unteer<br />
of the Year" award in 1962 for her work with caw^<br />
Fire Girls. In addition to leading weekly meetings of<br />
a Blue Bird group of C- Fire Girls, Ida helps vith<br />
Little Leape and PTA activities,rnostly by teleohoning<br />
and typing. Ida is also one of TjC's horizontal editors<br />
and its authority on mouthstick tyoing.<br />
Ken Kingery is know as the "Can-Do" man in his part of Wisconsin.<br />
In his home town of Stoufhton, he is an adult advisor at the Teen<br />
Canteen and Youth Center and a director of the District School Board.<br />
Ken, a respo since 1952,uas selected as Wisconsin's Hanlicapred Person<br />
of the Year in 1961. Another resno, Californian Foster Grundy,<br />
arranges tape exehan~es between American pung people and those of<br />
India and Japan tc promote friendships. Foster also helps a blind<br />
friend edit h taped journal for the blind.<br />
Roger Winter of Indiana, a reqo, teaches a Young Adult Sunday<br />
School class and Serves on a number of committees, such as sports,<br />
by-laws and evanpelism. He is an enthusiastic coach of church softball<br />
and basketball teams. k wheelchaired lawyer in Kansas, Laurence<br />
b.'agner, supplies free legal advice to churches, nonprofit organizations<br />
and indicent individuals.<br />
Scout activities,?TA and church work seem to have the most universal<br />
anneal for horizontal volunteers. Almost everyone who volunteers<br />
for community projects, assists with the different health and United<br />
Fund drives. Many find oolitical party activities stimulating.<br />
Many readers find satisfaction in working with other handicanoed<br />
persons, such as reading to the blind, tutoring children who are unable<br />
to attend school, and coach in^ wheelchair snorts. A paralyzed<br />
insurance agent trains other handicapped oeople in the insurance<br />
business. One reader makes repdular phone calls to aged shut-ins.<br />
Hospitalized respos volunteer too. Ethna O'Davd, of the Cherry Orchard<br />
Hosoital in Dublin, has some use of her hands so she writes<br />
letters for her friends in iron lungs and teaches crafts and minting<br />
to her fellow patients.<br />
Utilizing their special talents, interests and skills, ouads enjag<br />
a variety of volunteering orojeets: proofreading, correcting papers,<br />
teaching and tutoring, translating, writing and poster msking. Many<br />
mothers and fathers have expandable families as their friends add a<br />
child or two for them to "bab-sit" with their own. Amateur radio<br />
operators are always available to help in emergencies.<br />
Througih their many and varied volunteer services, quads have taken<br />
a big step out into their communities and found it to be a rewarding<br />
experience - a fulfillment of the need to be needed. ...
SPORT AND VACATIONS<br />
I. Fishing<br />
With Rod and Wheel<br />
by Don W. Smith, Route2, Guthrie, Minnesota<br />
aiace early ohildhod, I have enjoyed fishing more than any other sport. However, in 1952,<br />
a- the epe of 13, polio struck and, apparently, out an end to my fishinp. It left me<br />
totally paralyzed from the waist down, with about fifty-five ~ereent of normal muscle function<br />
abaue, and a weak left am and hand. \%en I returned home from the hosgital ir! the summer of<br />
1954, my father took me fishing vith him. I became very discouraged because I found it too<br />
difficult to keen my balance while sittin5 in the conventional boat seats;<br />
After unsuccessfully trying various types of boat seats, I struck upon the idea of ~utting<br />
my vheelchhir directly in the boat, "laced crosswise between the seats. It fits well in<br />
most of the nodern round bottom boats: but I prefer the new fiberglass boats as they are .<br />
~enerally wider and nore stable. Of course, I always take along a life jacket.<br />
Thus, having defeated the problem of a seat, I set about finding a rcd and reel I could<br />
handle. I foiind that a spinning outfit consisting of a 7' hallow fiberglass rod and an openfaced<br />
spinning reel, vith right hand retrieve, suited me best. h'ith this eauipment, I can<br />
cast, troll, or still fish. I have been able to hardle all but one fish I have hooked. 'his<br />
ues a huge muskie in the 35 to LO lb. clh55. I battled it for ten minutes or nore and became<br />
tired. Ky father uillin61~ took the rd and continued the battle fcr nearly hn hour; however,<br />
mls<br />
. fish proved to be too much for my light teckle, and ue parted comnan:~. I can sag- now<br />
that just seeing this fish was the greatest thrill of nq: life.<br />
Ih recent years, I have discovered I can even enjcy strem fishing for trout. Freouently,<br />
where a stream crosses a road, there vill be a pool in the downstresm side washed out by hi&<br />
water in the spring. These pools are often easily acce5sible, and, while sitting in my<br />
wheelchair on the banks of such pools, I have caught some really fine trout. i am especially<br />
=mud of two - one a 1%" arockie (see ~hoto), and the other, a lL? arom.<br />
The winters are very long in the northern part of >:innesoth. This meant that from the<br />
...<br />
first of Xovember, until the last of aril, fishing was pretts much'at a standstill for me:<br />
so, this year, I had a fish house built. It is eouioped with a small oil stave so I am<br />
assured of reasonable comfort on the coldest days and very rlehsunt fishing.
' It's <strong>No</strong><br />
Fish<br />
Story<br />
~ ~<br />
Keroper,<br />
fisherman,<br />
contest<br />
winner,<br />
and avid<br />
sports buff
-<br />
Luts of ~emle vent fishing at Fort f lk<br />
I:yers, Florida, in June, and Robert<br />
Kenper vas among them. Fishing is<br />
his favorite snort, and one ni~ht<br />
he caught 20 fish. That may sound<br />
like ~ r d i n fishinn. ~ r ~ -~~". hut there is nathin~ -<br />
~~~~<br />
x:ay Rcbert fish~s.<br />
, ne was 13, he was the victim<br />
, ia and has been paralyzed<br />
from the neck down ever since.<br />
Robert's father, Judge Kernper, cam u?<br />
vith a unicue invention that made it<br />
possible for him to fish once more. He<br />
lies flat on an mbulanee-type stretcher in<br />
the stern cockpit of a boht (or on a pier)<br />
and a bcrrrd is secured to the frame across<br />
his legs. The fishing rod butt fits into<br />
a socket at his chest. Then the apparatus<br />
is hooked up to his dad's invention. A<br />
spiming reel is mounted on the board across<br />
his legs beside a vindshield wiper motor.<br />
The motor is connected to a 12-volt<br />
battery placed at the end of the stretcher.<br />
H starting witch is based an the butt<br />
of the rod.<br />
His father casts, then Robert takes over.<br />
keepinp a keen eye on the line, vith a<br />
string in his teeth, the string being<br />
attached to the starting switch. When a<br />
fish takes the bait, Robert starts the<br />
witch with a jerk 0:' his head and the<br />
motor reels the fish in.<br />
Cne of his snecialiti~s is mullet<br />
fishing, usin: red vigrlers, in the Pt.<br />
Jahrs in his netive Georcia. On this trio<br />
to Fort IKyers, he landed fish erery<br />
night, including several tvo znd three<br />
nound trout.<br />
One day the Xemoers vent out<br />
on a 29 ft. boat, and here iie'll , 'I e<br />
ruote Robert: "It vas kinda<br />
rau~h, about like a racking bed.<br />
big yare hit the boat and<br />
turnei the stretcher over on its<br />
side. Ny head and shoulders were on<br />
the floor, but it didn't hurt me any.<br />
'!e had an umbrella to keep the sun<br />
off me, but the wind tore it to<br />
pieces. I nearly got blistered,<br />
but I didn't."<br />
""4<br />
nnd concerning his necessary<br />
breathing equipment, "halfway<br />
to Florida we discovered we had<br />
forgotten my chestshell, so I used the<br />
vacuum in the daytime and slept in the<br />
iron lung at night." He no longer uses<br />
the shell, just the lung at night.<br />
One of these fishine trips,Fobert hooes to land a tarpon.<br />
It wouldn't surprise his friends one bit to see a mounted<br />
"silver king" in the Kemper house in Jonesboro. ...<br />
- Excemted from TiE ROCK .U!D POLL,<br />
oublieation of the Cnnth~astern Resniratory Center<br />
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11. Swimming<br />
by Susan Armbreeht,<br />
"Head" Svimninp Coach, respo, age 24<br />
3uimminF to increase stren~th and mobility in the partially paralyzed is cust~rnary. Eut<br />
''suimmin~" by the totally -d permarpntly paralyzed for pure pleasore - that's revolutionarp.<br />
5jnce I was piralyzed 1F years aco, ncthjng has ~iven me such a tremendous feeling of real<br />
freedom as floatirg sererely md DT,FFEIDEI:TLY ir. a oaol: no mattress a~zinst back; no<br />
nressure on m?. tail-bone or heels; nore of my usual dead-veipht feeling; my smallest movement.<br />
maFjfied ten times ten to a flowing sweer, of metion. The). call me "Unsinkable Susan." I'm<br />
prirarteed to float. This is amazing - almost ridiculous. Paralysis causes buoxancy - the<br />
more paralyzed, the more extremely buoyant. Here's an Olymic which quads cm win.<br />
Let me tell you of m)- first darinf summer in a pool. Fear was my peatest obstacle. The<br />
little rjpnles in the water created by other nea~le were terrifyin&. Beins able to more all<br />
of a sudden was frighterin~. But, gradually, I gained ccnfidence as I realized that I could<br />
not sink. A whole new world opened up to me. I felt I cculd "suim" the English Channel -<br />
if it were as pleashntly heated as the pool (80C to 9W).<br />
First, I tried floating on a rubber raft to get the feel of the rater's matirn. When I<br />
felt nore secure, I dargled ny fert in the water, then the lover hhlf of my bdy. Eventually,<br />
onl;. my head was an the raft. The next ste~ was to have ny head held securely around the<br />
jaxbore while my body floated. Then this was too tane - just being held up and slovly moved.<br />
So ue put music on the outdoor spesker and started "darcinf." I.,'E gently "cracked the whip" -<br />
by rhyihmiehlly moving m;. head. >
111. Camping<br />
A Wonderful Experience<br />
by Betty Mielke,<br />
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin<br />
1 first foucd out about CT l.sxbeek fro- ~ o ~ l:lvestad,<br />
n n<br />
vho had been to Camp the sm.er before a d had a marvelous<br />
time. I believe it is the only camp in the United States<br />
where an alult handicapped person can stay without an ilttendant<br />
Tor a tx~~xe~k "eriod. It is not a family affair. only<br />
the handicapped, betveer the ages of 8 and l: car attend.<br />
Half of the cost of ehch camper's stay is chid by the Kircocsir<br />
Easter Seal Society, which owns and onerater it, and the<br />
remaining $60 is "aid bs the c-er himself or sox snonsorin^<br />
organization.<br />
Fach cmcr has a counselcr to help hir vith ?relyt!liz.g he<br />
reeds heln vith and to sct as a comar:cn. b!ost of the ceurselcrs<br />
are vaeatioc5ng collere students who are ~lannirg to<br />
be nurses or dactcrs. They have cne roct;rf bed +,hich Jokr<br />
and I use at different tvo-vect oerids. ~'..:rsicims are cn<br />
call and a re~ist~red nurse is at cam at all times.<br />
Th~re are so many thicgs to 20 throughout the day that it<br />
would be imossible for a persoa not tc ficd somethirg that<br />
would be interesting. There is xheelchair bowlirp, card<br />
~ames, wheelchair bell Emes, nature-rork, handicrafts, krittirg,<br />
conferences and lectures on thine.? that are teirg dorm<br />
m.d should be done for the handicapped. If you can't bat a<br />
ball or hold 6 hand of cards, a counselor is alvhys there to<br />
help. Soti just tell him what to do.<br />
I think the very hig~est attractien is the big heated swimming<br />
pool. One of the mast exciting things tc do is to ride<br />
the big trailer, pulled by a traetcr, that enkblrs about 25<br />
e+ers, in their wheelchairs, to go far triil rides in the<br />
woods. It is so beautiful - especially at sundown. The woods<br />
seen so peaceful. The pine trees smell sc good. You can see<br />
so ma11 dlff-rent birc;s an3 hear them sirlging.<br />
Bett:.<br />
certer: ?&~Led fcr .i castule bal:<br />
At niiht therr is alr-ass one big activit:., to get ereq-one<br />
t~~ethe?, snch as a czq fire sing, or local entertaifiers, or<br />
a costume narty, or a vhrelchair Zance. It is a real dance:<br />
a theme is nicked for the d~caraticns, a kirp ant1 cueer. and<br />
court are selected, and a live orchestra plays the msic. .At<br />
the en? of our camirg vacirticn, s talent show is nut on by<br />
?he staff and cam-rs.<br />
I look forwar3 all year to my two-week canning vacaticn,nat<br />
orly for the good times, but to seeinp my alrl friends and to<br />
makin? neu ones. Every year I hava learned a new craft vhich<br />
I can rake durin~ the winter and market ~rofitiibly. Goink to<br />
camp is a wonderful eqerience! The C m is aoen only to i!jscocsin<br />
residents. I wish eVe.T state h ~d ;l a~amoHavbeek. ...
."WINGS ON WHEELS" - TOURS FOR mE HANOICmPID<br />
Evergreen Travel Service specializes in travel tours for<br />
the handicaooed, comlete with nursinc care, personal aides,<br />
and two tour escorts. Last January, eighteen disabled nersons<br />
from the Seattle area enjoyed a 10-day trip to Hawaii. Fcllovinp<br />
are tyoic-1 scheduled tours: 21 days in Eura~e starting<br />
Seotember 29. <strong>No</strong>vember 1 - 10 to Mexico City, Taco s.d<br />
Acapulco. January 6 - 16, lY6l to Hawaii. Prices include jet<br />
air fare, transfers, sightseeing, bagpee handling and hotel<br />
rooms and meals. Send for brochures: Betty J. Hoffman, Ever-<br />
DIRECTDAY OF U.S. CAWS FOR lRE HANDICAPDDI . .<br />
green Travel Service, Box 583, Security Bank Building, Lynnwood,<br />
Washington.<br />
This directory, revised reylarly, lists emps uhieh are MEXICAN RISOFX HOME FOR QUADS AND PliRAS<br />
organized and adapted for the handicapped. The majority are Open year round. Individual rooms, attendant care, good<br />
pelred far children only, but several dosen welcome handieap- food, companionship and interesting sightseeing. Cuads - $180<br />
ped adultsar the parents and families of handicapned children. a month. Paras - 8120. Males only. Altitude too high for a<br />
Many of the csmps are devoted to a specific disorder, such as respiratory polio. lirite to: George E. Ray, Cubilete 1L7,<br />
diabetes, blindness, cerebral palsy: others have a more prier- Cal. Chanalita, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.<br />
a1 service to orthopedic and neuro-muscular handicaos. Price<br />
50s. Order from National Society for Cripoled Children and . .<br />
PILGRlXAGE FOR lRE HANJICAPPD TO LOUOWES ANO PARIS<br />
Adults, Inc., 2023 West Ogder. Aue., Chicaeo 12, Illinois. A11 inclusive rate of F59S includes air transportation from<br />
Nsx, York. hotels and meals. Dates: October 1-9. <strong>1963</strong>. For<br />
. .<br />
DIPECTOAY OF HOLIDAYS FOR ME HANDICAPPID IN BRITAIN details, write to: Catholic Travel Office, Dupant Circle<br />
.<br />
This exciting booklet lists the Organisation, Holiday C-s, Building, Yashington 6,<br />
.<br />
D.C.<br />
Hotels, Cuest Houses, Private Homss and Cheshire Homes which<br />
offer special holiday facilities for the disabled. Detailed WHEFLCHAIR TRBVEL Gum=<br />
infomtion is included as to facilities and care available. "\here lrninp Wheels Stop." Paralyzed Veterans of America,<br />
types of disabilities which can be accommodated (from special 7521 Roslyn St., Swissvale, Pittsburgh 18, Pennsylvania.<br />
diets to respiratory polios), ape groups, nrices (average a-<br />
bout 6 pounds per week or S17), and the entertainments ar.d "Along the Wayside." A1 Cahee, 27 K.63rd St., Philadelphia<br />
special features of the nearby areas.<br />
39, Pennsylvania. 15#<br />
IV. Vacation<br />
Directory<br />
The pmphlet was oublished jointly by ?he Central Council<br />
for the Cara of Cripoles and the British Red Cross Society.<br />
It may be ordered from the latter at lL, Grosvenor Crescent,<br />
London, S.W.1 for only 2/6 (3U) olus postape.<br />
"New York with Ease." Compiled by a respo, Sandra Sehnur.<br />
Published by: Association far Crippled Children and Adults of<br />
New York State, 239 Park Ave. S., New York 3, N.Y. $1. ...
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HOUSING FOR HOMELESS QUADS<br />
if I outlive my parants?<br />
WHERE WILL I GO if ~omething happens to my wife?<br />
when q children us ready to marry?<br />
Handicapped young adults are haunted by these ever-present fears.<br />
In the past, the few extremely disabled who lived and survived beyond their families,<br />
were consieed to a living burial in a County Home for the senile.<br />
The present has little more to offer although, in the last two decades, antibiotics<br />
and other medical discoveries have created a new and svsr-growing population of able-minded<br />
young people who live on, healthfully, in spite of extreme physical limitations.<br />
Obviously, their accomplishments shov clearly that, with their ow determination and some<br />
commonsense assistance, they can be successfully and economically employed, can raise<br />
their families and serve their communities.<br />
But assistance is essential to their livinf and productivity.<br />
<strong>No</strong>w, before their present<br />
assistants are eone, their 'Where will I go?" must be answered.<br />
wara ally, institutionalizing young people with so many potentialities for service is wrong.<br />
One answer lies in small co-operative residence homes in which the residents have<br />
freedom and privacy to live - not merely exist.<br />
Because each handica~oed individual is uniaue, the problem is a local one.<br />
His needs can best be accommodated in or near his ohm cammunjty. The nature of the oroblem<br />
suggests that local community action and active leadership by the major voluntary health<br />
concerned would evolve answers to this chronic and grow in^ oroblem.<br />
Examples of various types of residence homes throughout the world, already in aoeration<br />
or nlanned, are presented on the follouing fifteen pages. It is our hope that these<br />
examnles will be folloved by similar voluntaly ur.dert&ings in many communities<br />
to prevent these iwortant human beings frcm beecming superfluous oeople,<br />
in the worst sense of the ward.<br />
- The Editors
THE Cheshire Homes were started in 19L8 %hen Croup Ca~tain<br />
Leonard Cheshire toot one sick and homeless old man into his<br />
own home. Others in similar circumstances followed, and were<br />
admitted on the sole grounds of there being nowhere else to<br />
go. Some were old and helpless, others young and still semiambulant<br />
but suffering fron propessive nuscular diseases.<br />
Within a year, he had collected some twenty severely disjbled<br />
people, caring for them,and running his family hone,Le Court,<br />
on purely voluntary resources, the disabled residents helping<br />
as much as possible.<br />
From this small beginning, there has developed a whole<br />
chain of Cheshire Foundaticns throughout the uorld. In Brit6in,<br />
where there are at present, thirty-nine Homes, there 16<br />
a central Trust, known as The Cheshire Foundation Homes far<br />
the Chronic Sick. The Homes are privately owned and run, having<br />
no capital behind them and being largely dependent on "01-<br />
untary help and subscriptions. The Trust presides over the<br />
Hones, ovns all the pro~erty and is a registered charity.<br />
Similar Trusts have been established to control the Homes in<br />
India, Afifrica, i!alaya and Jor3an.<br />
Each !%one is autononausly managed by a cornittee, representative<br />
of the local community, vhich decides all matters of<br />
~Aicy, admits ~atients, an~oints staff and raises the nscessay<br />
money. In tiis way, the Hones fit naturally into their<br />
surroundings, and the patients have a sense of belonging to
the community. There is a volunteer medical officer who visits<br />
at regular intervals and is available on call and who is<br />
helped bg mecialist consultants. The larger Homes have a<br />
resident warden in charee, but most of them are run by a<br />
Nursing Sister, who has a nucleus of tralned ayd semi-trained<br />
nurses and other permanent staff.<br />
Hel" is given by the patients who are encouraped to take<br />
part in the running of the Home, and vho are resnonsible for<br />
the Patient's Welfare Fund. Local people helo by orranizing<br />
money raising events, collecting furniture, books, and eouipment,<br />
visiting and entertaining patients, arranging lessons<br />
by local artists or musicims, and assisting uith avocations<br />
such as amateur radio.<br />
The Homes have develooed as onrartunity or need has presented<br />
itself, and very often in premises for vhieh no one else<br />
could find a use. Some of the Homes were acquired by war of<br />
a gift, others by purchase.<br />
The majority of the Homes admit only the younger generation<br />
of the disabled, betveen the ages of l? and LO, who have a<br />
lone orognosis. However, the residents, as they grow older,<br />
are never discharged far that reason. A bdance is preserved<br />
between those who, with the soecial facilities orovided, can<br />
achieve a real degree of nersonal independence, and those uha<br />
reoresent a heav nursing work-load. llarried eoqles, the<br />
aged, and the mentallg retarded are not included, but have a<br />
few Hones for their own separate proups.<br />
Members of the disabled family heln vith the laundry, cl~ar<br />
and wash un after meals, po or errands in their invalid tricycles.<br />
Same heln uith the house sew in^, as well as execute<br />
nrivate orders. One young girl weaves ?came5 with her feet.<br />
i young naa has set im a small orintins bcsiness of his own.<br />
.acther aaints with a brush held between his teeth. Same do<br />
~acka~ine for local manufacturing firms. hather does develo-iicp,<br />
nrinting and enihr.sing. Shoe repairs &re carried out<br />
by one. ;. ereat variety of handmide pift items are nroduced<br />
for sale. Others are writers, salesnen, accountants, etc.<br />
The mnning cost of the Homes has been kept lou by thp use<br />
of voluntary helners and by the oatients taking anactive<br />
part in the running of the Hones. Thus, in Eng1-d the rreckly<br />
bpd-cost in 1960 was as low as $18 to 5ZC in the Fomes, canpared<br />
cith S6L in a National Health Service Eosnital with<br />
chronic sick facilities. Pitients pay none, art or all of<br />
their costs, denending on their ability to pay. In some instances,<br />
the various service cl~~bs or ;issaeiaticns to which<br />
the patients may belong pw all or part of the costs and some<br />
have small per capita Couty Grants.<br />
?he Ymes re m as homes rather than hosnitals and they<br />
aim to offer the affection and freedom of famil:. life. They<br />
average about LO patients per iione, in eaual numbers o: men<br />
and women, and with a carefully balanced selection of various
tmes of disorders - nultiple sclerosis, Parkinson's,cerehral<br />
palsy, re-iratory polio, traumatic ~idriple~ia, etc. 1<br />
In addition to the permarLent residents ir ehch iicne, tvo or<br />
. -<br />
three beds are reserved for disabled visitors to sta; for a k '.-.:<br />
..K . . ,<br />
short time. These may cone from their own faxilies who are 1'11t: .57i11 IKI:SIIII:\~I<<br />
( 1 1 1.r: c,>t~!t~<br />
canseauer.tly enabled to have a holiday; from ot!!er Cheshire<br />
Eames, thus pravidinE an exchan~e of ideas; or as an annli- krovledge that we can do useful, bezxtiful ar~d constructive<br />
cant on nrobatian, which builds a realistic vaiting list. thin~s ."<br />
"The Cheshire Smile ," The Homes are evolving and responsive to new ideas. The<br />
the semi-official orFan latest, fiaphhel, *.as started ir kcenher, 1962, when a shipof<br />
the F o d a t i is c& pins millionaire handed over the deeds of a lGacre nrcrerty<br />
ited, nanaged and nub- at Eydon Beath, near Cdalming. This Hone uill oroside selflished<br />
cuarterly by a ccrtained units of accon~cdntioc, bath for disabled married<br />
grouo of residents at ecu~les and for single peonle uho reauire nursing. They uill,<br />
Le Court. The cireula- as far as ~~SSible, be able to live their 0i.n lives, although<br />
tien has aaased the com~.mal facilities will be available.<br />
7,000 nark wider the *ether innovation,a Service Corps, emhracirp nurses, cooks,<br />
editorship of Frarjr domestic helners.occunatiora1 theranists,etc.,r.ill be trained<br />
Soath (left), who has here. This will be a "Sneciul %ties Corns," comased of oeobeen<br />
disabled by rheuma nle who feel they *act to ~ive st least part of their lives<br />
toid arthritis sirce to the service of the disktled, uithozt rcauiric~ in return<br />
his teens.<br />
the full vaee that they co1:ld otherwise earn. S1~1.11 salaries<br />
Frank wrote, "It is will be paid according to icdividuhl needs and reauirenents.<br />
not sumrising that we<br />
are strengthened by the<br />
...<br />
.i -ersion scheme is brine initiated so that those who retire<br />
will hare security for their future.
More Projects Abroad<br />
Eneland: EAT1CI.L FIPTJ. IL:.T1?IIi CCITRE, Stoke Mandeville<br />
Xosnital. Dr. L. Gutt.nann, Director, re-arted the fclloving<br />
statistics ir July, 1962 to the European Seminc at Cmhrid~e<br />
University:<br />
Durinp Korld k!ar I1 this Centre rare a lead to the world by<br />
.. -<br />
a nei! !re:;cll ard ~sychala~ical amroach to the oaralyaed. Of<br />
the 2,500 natients treated sicce then: 1,622 are livin at<br />
home: 233 in saecial settlenents, hos'els and hones; 21L arestill<br />
under treatment a d ?71 died.<br />
Those who were resettled at home were assisted in ajjustjnc<br />
their - hnmes<br />
~~~<br />
to uheelchair living ;ird ii securing e.mlo3ment.<br />
Several hostels ir Erpland and one ir Ccotlind for EX-service<br />
uen have bern set up fcr those ;.ho c a ~o out to work% their<br />
motorised tricycles or where they can work in sheltered workshops.<br />
;s ria~e-earners, they hale to oay income tax and also<br />
for their boar3 and ldging ir the hostels. Of the 1,7i0 tra*<br />
matic pkraplegics and quadri;ile~ies aviilahle for eml~yment,<br />
E.5: *re gainfully eml~yed.<br />
England: BRITISH POLIO FZLLOXS31P3S RTSID1:TLS. H m has<br />
been in operation nearly six years. Know as "Silveruaod," it<br />
I<br />
is located in Cabham, Surrey. It is the oermanent home for<br />
18 severely handieapned polios. The Matron and her husband<br />
are both trained nurses and they run it as a large "family"<br />
! without rules or replations.<br />
The house is a oleasant old one which has been redeco:ated<br />
and adanted to wheelchair living. It has soacious lounge<br />
rooms, a libraly and a large meeting room. Provisions are<br />
I<br />
made for hobbies, such as phota~ranhy and oainting.and local<br />
Friends are recruited to assist with the hobbies and to take<br />
the residents on outings. Some of the residents assist uith<br />
the bookkeeoing, others sell Christmas cards, ete.<br />
There are three shared rooms - two for tuo ~eonle each, one<br />
for three, all the rest being siaples. P:ewcosers start by<br />
sharing, and move irto their om rooms as the7 become vacant.<br />
Members of the local Fellovshi~ maintain a continuing interest<br />
and assist with fund-raishg throush an annual Fete.<br />
l',!r,3~l;g,c<br />
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The 13-rrorey block oj liOPari, I4 bein? reirrvsd jor riipiroiory potir,rri and iiir.ii/a,nil~e~. ~Vurring nnnexe is on topfloor<br />
Family flats with a nursing annexe<br />
A Danish experiment for the disabled<br />
Deseaed by Eugenie Engberg. X.Econ.<br />
Copenhagen, M.Sc. Columbia;<br />
Deputy Divisional Chief, Danish Ministry of<br />
Social Affairs, Copenhagen
IN MOST COUNTRIES hospital beds are expensive and scarce,<br />
vet manv of them are filled by patients who need only care<br />
Hnd attehtion. ~nfortunatelii; seems likely that the number<br />
of these long-stay invalids will increase. We are likely<br />
to have more old people, and, with modern therapeutic<br />
methods and drugs, many people survive formerly fatal illnesses<br />
but have to live with a disability. War, traffic, and<br />
industry each claim their own casualties, and too many of<br />
these are young people.<br />
At present completely helpless patients usually have to<br />
be in some form of institution, but in Copenhagen we have<br />
Lately built an experimental block of flats with some bospital<br />
facilities on the top floor, where it is hoped they will<br />
be able to live with their families and yet not become too<br />
great a burden on their healthy relatives.<br />
Background to experiment<br />
In 1952 there was an epidemic of poliomyelitis in Denmark,<br />
and for the &st time a considerable number of<br />
patients survived though with respiratory paralysis. They<br />
have now been in hospital for 8 years and this has had<br />
serious consequences both for them and for their families.<br />
The young patients have lost their ties with their siblings,<br />
and some of the very young cannot remember anything<br />
except life in a hospital bed. Spouses have become<br />
estranged and some marriages have ended in divorce.<br />
There seemed to be no future for these patients other than<br />
a continuing hospital life with increasing deterioration of<br />
family ties.<br />
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However, a new venture changed the outlook for them.<br />
In 1956, as a pilot project, a few respiratory patients were<br />
discharged and placed in their own homes, with the result<br />
that the physical and emotional well-being af some of them<br />
improved. Even if a father breathes only through a respirator,<br />
he will want to play his part in the daily Life of<br />
the family, helping to bring up the children, visit relatives<br />
and friends, and share in community life. Similarly, a<br />
paralysed child needs the love and care of his parent and<br />
siblings, and he too wants to follow the happenings in his<br />
family. Likewise the single adult, who used to have rooms<br />
of his own, usually wants to get away from a hospital life<br />
with its rigid time-table and changing nurses.<br />
In 1959 the National Foundation against <strong>Polio</strong>myelitis<br />
gave 1 million Danish kroner (about £50,000)* to the<br />
Ministry of Social Akiairs to provide accommodation for<br />
these patients outside hospital.<br />
As a start all the patients and their families were interviewed<br />
by a social worker and asked to say how they<br />
thought their future should he arranged. Their wishes<br />
had to be considered against the family background, and<br />
the difficulties caused by the long separation had to be<br />
faced. Some marriages had broken up, and some were<br />
only formally still in existence. Where the patient was a<br />
child, two or three more babies had been born into the<br />
family, with whom the patient had not established any<br />
ties. The wishes of the relatives as well as the patients<br />
bad to be taken into account, for we recognised that the<br />
experiment would fail unless there was honesty on both<br />
sides.<br />
l krone = 1 shilling.
According to what was said in these interviews, the<br />
patients could be grouped as follows:-<br />
(a) Patients who wanted to live alone with their family in<br />
a specially designed and equipped individual home (12<br />
patients).<br />
(b) Single patients, who for various reasonbsuch as<br />
divorce or death of a relative-wanted to live alone wirh a<br />
housekeeper-nurse in a suitable apartment (2).<br />
(c) Patients who had to be placed in an institution because<br />
their relatives felt they could not accept responsibility (6).<br />
(d) Patients who wanted to live with their families in<br />
private flats, but at the same time have the help of an institution<br />
(6).<br />
Parolyred poliomyelirir porient wirh inside respirator, in his pivote<br />
room rjping vith the aid of o stick gripped in his movfh<br />
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Family life and medical and nursing care<br />
The wishes of the first three groups could be met by<br />
orthodox solutions, but the groping wishes of the last<br />
group contained an idea for a new form of care. They<br />
wanted the privacy of family life in a setting which would<br />
provide a regular medical service, professional nurses,<br />
reserve respiratorv . eaui~ment. .. and accommodation where<br />
the patients could sleep under professional supervision.<br />
As one of the parents put it, they needed o combinotion of<br />
family and institutional care.<br />
In response to these suggestions an experimental block<br />
of flats with some medical facilities was opened in Copenhagen<br />
in 1960. A semi-public organisation representing<br />
the Ministry of Social Atfairs, the National Foundation<br />
against <strong>Polio</strong>myelitis, and the Society and Home for the
Crippled, has been made responsible for the management.<br />
The project is housed in a new 13-storey black containing<br />
170 flats and such communal services as doorman,<br />
switchboard, and restaurant. It is owned by a non-profit<br />
housing association. Fourteen flats are reserved for respiratory<br />
patients and their families, and the organisation pays the<br />
housing association a monthly rent of 425-800 kr. far each<br />
flat.<br />
Each family has its awn flat with bathroom, and kitchen.<br />
The flat is designid, and equipped with extra electrical<br />
equipment and safety installations, to accommodate respiratory<br />
patients.<br />
On the top floor of the building there is a nursing<br />
annexe with professional staff and emergency equipment.<br />
It contains cubicles where patients can sleep under professional<br />
supervision at night, when they are ill, or when<br />
their families are on holiday. In an emergency a patient<br />
can be wheeled in his bed or wheelchair to an elevator and<br />
within minutes he under professional care on the top floor.<br />
The annexe also has living-rooms, a classroom for education<br />
and entertainment, and roof gardens. There are some<br />
private rooms in the institution for those few patients who<br />
do not have families and who must be classified as full-time<br />
institutional patients.<br />
In our experience a member of the family is able to look<br />
after these patients with some help from the nurses and<br />
doctors of the annexe. A mother, a wife, a sister, or a<br />
full-time housekeeper is employed by the Government to<br />
take on this responsibility after some hospital training in<br />
the use of respiratory equipment. The principle of paying<br />
a member of a family to look after a relative has never been
~<br />
used in Danish social welfare before. But if a relative becomes<br />
a full-time paid attendant she cannot take on another<br />
job, and more chan half of all married women in Copenhagen<br />
are employed outside their own home. From the point of<br />
view of the Government she replaces a nurse who would<br />
have to be oaid anvwav.<br />
> ., since the exoenses for the care of<br />
~<br />
the severely handicapped is a State responsibility.<br />
The benefit normally paid under the Danish disablement<br />
insurance scheme does-nit nearly cover the care of a patient<br />
with respiratory poliomyelitis and must be supplemented<br />
by the Government. Financial needs vary from family to<br />
family, and no flat-rate salary for taking care of a relative<br />
or flac-rate subsidy is recognised; hut eachcase is considered<br />
individually.<br />
In a family consisting of a sick child and her widowed<br />
mother, who after a training period in the hospital is responsible<br />
for the care of her daughter, the flat is regarded as an<br />
official flat as long as the mother takes care of the patient.<br />
Besides the rent, a monthly allowance of 700 kr. is paid to<br />
cover other expenses.<br />
Another family consists of a father, mother, and paralysed<br />
child. The father has a job, the mother takes care of the<br />
child, and besides the rent the family is paid an allowance of<br />
150 kr.<br />
Single adult patients have a full-time housekeeper/nurse<br />
who gets full board and lodging in the patients' flat and a<br />
salary of 450 kr. a month. The patient gets rhe rent for the<br />
flat, and 350 kr. to cover his own expenses.<br />
The institutional services (medical care, sleeping cubicles,<br />
nursing care, education, entertainment) are free of charge.<br />
It was expected that some patients and their families<br />
would meet difficulties in rhis new way of life. Some<br />
families had to move from the country to a big city. Sometimes<br />
the wage-earner had to get a new jab, and the children<br />
had to move to new schools and find new friends. Accordingly<br />
a trained social worker, who can work intensively with<br />
the patients and with their families, is considered essential<br />
to success.<br />
Conclusions<br />
Though it is much too early to evaluate the results of<br />
this project, some preliminiary conclusions might be drawn<br />
as to the wide application of this type of service:<br />
1. A new type of service has been designed in an attempt<br />
to meet the growing number of patients who are severely<br />
handicapped not only by the after-effects of poliomyelitis<br />
but also by such conditions as multiple sclerosis, debilitating<br />
diseases, or old age.<br />
2. Severely handicapped patients and their families have<br />
been enabled to function as a family unit in spite of the<br />
handicap.<br />
3. Badly needed hospital beds and personnel have been<br />
released for other purposes.<br />
4. Public funds have been saved, since rhe cost of maintaining<br />
a patient in his own home is less by a third than<br />
the cost of maintaining him in hospital.<br />
5. For the first time the Government has employed a<br />
member of a family to look after a sick relative.<br />
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HOUSING FOR HO>lELESS QUADS (Continued)<br />
FREEDOM GARDENS<br />
for the Handicaooed. Inc.<br />
, s -<br />
.ne Main House<br />
Freedom Carde~s for the Handicapned, Inr. is a oioneer in<br />
the United States in the establishment of a self-supoartin&<br />
home for nh3-sically handieap~ed persons.<br />
This nor-profit npency was founded by Kiss Lillian Fetock,<br />
who is afflicted vith muscular dystrmhy. The proup includes<br />
members oe-ently disabled by remiratory polio, arthritis,<br />
and cerebral palsy.<br />
Since 195s they have been telerrhorin~ friends and neiphbors<br />
ir b.'estchester County askine for discarded clothing anti household<br />
materials to be re~aired and sold to helo suo-ort their<br />
prcjeet of ewloying the handieaoned and setting a.cide a fwd<br />
to establish a home.<br />
Sy 1962 they had raised enough money to nurrhase a bungalou<br />
colony on rolling land, vith a swimmin~ pool and a brook.<br />
They ho~ed to move into their new home in the sorin~. of <strong>1963</strong>.<br />
However, their olans were halted uhen the Yorktown Zor;i*<br />
Soard of Anneals tur.ned dawn their reouest for a soecial use<br />
oermi t .<br />
Victoly was realized in E!ay, <strong>1963</strong>, after 11 morths and a<br />
Sunreme Court rulinp. The points to be ecmlied with were:<br />
. that it be ooerated far the ournaae of or or id in^ individual<br />
residence aeconmodations far the nhysically haodic&nned;<br />
. that it shall ~ravide inlividual "homes" for individual<br />
persons, and not accorrmcdations for nursing, convalescent or<br />
.<br />
boarding care, vith each family or sin~le persor. having a<br />
separate apartment with kitchen facilities;<br />
that<br />
each family "ill pay its prooortionate share of the<br />
.<br />
cperating costs of the total project similar to that of a cooperative<br />
apartment project;<br />
that no handicapoed person shall occupy the second floor<br />
.<br />
of any buildinp unless oraper exit facilities are orovided;<br />
that all structures shall canoly vith the aoolicable<br />
loch1 and state codes relating to multiole type residerees.<br />
The nire-building proup is located at the intersection of<br />
Strawberry iiill hoad and Foothill Street in Shrub Oak, Neu<br />
Ycrk. The potential occupancy will include about 10 to 50<br />
persons. Residents will cone from hospitals and faster homes<br />
where tkey are oresently being cared for. Final closine of<br />
the pronerty "ill be in October <strong>1963</strong>. Meanwhile, the grouo<br />
is raising funds to adapt the property to wheelchair living<br />
and to mzke other needed imrovenents, such as better heetin~<br />
souipment.<br />
Far further information, write to: Lillian Detock,<br />
Executive Director, 9 Joan Drive, Yonkers 1, K.Y.
In 1955, in the New Britain Mernorid Hospital, a handful of<br />
severely handiea~ned patients decided to do something about<br />
the drab, uninteresting lives they were livin~ and were perhaps<br />
destined to keep on living. They formed an organization<br />
knoxn as "?!ex. Horizons."<br />
Joan Hermm, the organization's spearhead ard the editor of<br />
their quarterly oublieation, was "mowed down" by respiratory<br />
oolio just after she finished high school acd was preparin~<br />
to enter ~lellssley College. Since then, she has spent 17<br />
years in hospitals. inother organiaer, Jmes Dunigan, who had<br />
occupied e bed in the same room for 30 years, isolated by<br />
rheumatic fever, arthritis and antiauated ideas, acts as secretary<br />
of the group. Other officers are quads or C.P.'s.<br />
. Immediate objective Obtain q l e acreage in Connecticut,<br />
uithin convenient distance of an urban center and establish<br />
.<br />
residence for betveer. 30 and 60 ohysically handicapned persons,<br />
with perhaps 20 resident staff members.<br />
Long-term development . Establish a productive workshop -<br />
t&ing on subcontracts frcm factories. It is hoped further<br />
development vill also see the eorstruction of ranch-style<br />
hones, arourd the first laree residence,for families with one<br />
or two severely handieaoned members; the building of e gift<br />
shoo; the raising of a modest auditorium; the eocstructian of<br />
. .<br />
a cha~el; the developing of a ~icnic area and swimming pool;<br />
the creation of a school for higher learning.<br />
Environment The residents would have the ri&t to determine<br />
their oun lives. Though the home would ororide adeamk<br />
orderly and nursing help, as well as medical care, the emphasis<br />
.<br />
would be on<br />
.<br />
homelike, productive living. There vould be<br />
a living room, dining room, library, rooms for crafts, music<br />
and study.<br />
Management Each resident would have the opoortunity to<br />
participate in the management. The administrator woad be<br />
chosen by the eacutive Board,many of whom uould be residents.<br />
.<br />
They would elect a Representative Council which would draw up<br />
recommendations to guide the ruraing of the hwe.<br />
Struoture Everything planned would hsve the wheelchair<br />
person in mind: all on one floor, ramps, wide doorways, etc.<br />
Jedraams would be for one, two or four persons, having wallpaper,<br />
curtains, according to the individud's preference.<br />
. Finances Local comities have cooperated enthusiastically<br />
with many fund-raising projects to produce a sizeable<br />
start an the Building Fund. New Horizons hopes for large corr<br />
tributior.~ from individuals and foundations, as well as from<br />
interested groups. B growing circle of friends who give small<br />
contributions each year vill always be an imortant source of<br />
funds. Federal grants may be available throu~h the Hill-<br />
Burton Bill and the Community Health Facilities and Services<br />
Act of 1961. All such aid would subsidiae the cost of per<br />
diem care for each resident, in some cases provided by State<br />
Welfare, or individual families, or the resident himself<br />
through his own or grow work.<br />
This dynaie croup of able-minded adults aptly ouotes Helen<br />
Keller in their prososctus: "A person who is severely im<br />
paired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is<br />
trested like a nor& human being and encouraged to shape his<br />
own life ."<br />
For further information, write to: John Heman,<br />
New Horizons, Inc., New Britain, Connecticut.
More Projects in U. S. A.<br />
CHRISTIAN<br />
LEAGUE FOR lNE HANDICkPPED, located ir Waluorth,<br />
Wisconsin, has been working to raise the money for a home for<br />
many years, through pledges from its chapters throughout the<br />
country.Their dream will be realized this sunmer when thehone<br />
is comleted. Funds were raised either by outri&t gifts, or<br />
Tmst Agreement loans,on a non-interest basis or on the basis<br />
of receiving 58 interest semi-annually. future plans include<br />
a gift shop buildin~,cooperative apartments and facilitiesfor<br />
individuals who reauire comlete nursin~ care. For further information,<br />
write to Mr. Charles E. Pedersen, General Director,<br />
and editor of their monthly "Bulletin."<br />
PRIVATELY OWhT HOME FOR PRYSICALLY RANOICAPPED is now being<br />
started in Cloouet, Minnesota by Joyce Okerstrom. A farmer<br />
nurse, who has taken care of many who are severely disabled,<br />
she pat the idea from seeing the unhanoiness of young adults<br />
among the aged and senile in nursing homes.<br />
lhe home will be financed by a Federal loan and about 4%<br />
by private funds. Monthly costs vill be in accordance with<br />
County and State Nursing Home rates, and vill be paid by the<br />
patients, most of whom receive their supnort from County Welfare.<br />
<strong>No</strong> soecial ~rovision vill he made for the patients to<br />
earn money in the home.<br />
Construction started h June <strong>1963</strong> with space for 16 patients<br />
and plans for future expansion. She plans to have bothmm<br />
and women, with two patients to a room, and to limit the ages<br />
to those between 18 and 50.<br />
Plans call for a basement and ground floor,with an elevator<br />
between the floors. The basement will include a recreation<br />
room and craft shop. The ground level vill contain the family<br />
SmmE HANJICAPPD CENTER, with a members hi^ of 200, is the<br />
~nly large center in the country run exclusivel:: by the hardieapoed.<br />
Its director, Ida Dal?, eriooled @; muscular dystr3rhy<br />
sirce childhood, has been workinp to ~ e the t Seattle<br />
Housing Authority to build a Residence Ho~e for the Handicanped<br />
unaer Pu5lic fausinp. The Center would dairister all activities<br />
ad the dining fscility. Public Housing, under new room. , bedrooms and dining room.<br />
laws, can build auxiiiary recreaticnnl facilities for ~eneral<br />
handicapoed use (suinming aoal, wasium snd ~uditcriun ccnbined<br />
and meeting rooms) ir. conjunction vith a housinp prcject.<br />
Plans have been formulated rouchi:: for 125 units which<br />
would include living roon, b~draom and bathrcom. It wculd<br />
house the handica~oed reouiring all degrees cf care fron nbximum<br />
to none. In cases where an able-Sc3ied parect or helnmate<br />
would share a unit with the hanriicbnnrd indirij~ahl, he or she<br />
would helo in returr; for rouF and bcir5. Ir other cases,<br />
keln could be emected frcn each oihrl. T!~oueh may nro';lena<br />
remain to be cleared, their Residence Hcne Comttee is both ty will be accepted.<br />
active and optimistic. Fcr more information, mite to I.!rs.<br />
For further information, write to:<br />
Daly at 252: SO. Hill Street, Seattle U., liashinctan.<br />
Joyce Okerstrom, Cloauet, Minnesota<br />
Miss Okerstrom's main Eonceri is that this home be like a<br />
home not a hospital or institution. With this in mind, she<br />
is choosing draperies, bedspreads and colors which will orovide<br />
the warmth of a home. Provision will be made for day and<br />
evening snacks. The home will be surrounded by 10 acres of<br />
land and many outdoor activities such as barbecues and oicnits<br />
will he arranged for the residents.<br />
So far, those uhho have emressed interest in living in the<br />
home include victims of cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis,<br />
oolio and rheumatoid arthritis. .Any type of fhysical disabili-
FTX VACATIOI I
. . . . Suggested Reading<br />
HONEMAKING iP0 HOUSIRG FOR RF DISABLED IN lllE UNITEC<br />
STATES OF AMERICA. Rehabilitaticn i.:onoyr;l-h 17.. Zl.<br />
order from: 6eu Tork I'niuersity Iledical Center, Institute<br />
of Ph:rsicvl !!eoicine and liehahilitatiar, LOO<br />
Ehst fLth St., li'eu verk 16, liev Yark.<br />
LA vIsTfi cLua - i HaIc;ID-Ifi -ZIn cO-c? co:.n-m(In ir<br />
l i in '~hich they have cc:?lired their ibilities to<br />
b:;ld a "::iri,tu:e cit:" or tnpir cwc. Ii i::c;udes stores<br />
b.!~ich sell hhc5icrLts and ce~;nics, red estiie and irsiir-<br />
;r.ce. Cti~pr builciri-s in the ca:vcnjt:, ;re h social hall, i<br />
:coJ-i:crkiri. si!o-. ar.i; four-unit ai,;.rtments. The:; ha.:e orran-<br />
. .<br />
~ZEC a Y Z ~ ~ p?-5~ri~1,<br />
C a d ~i. orrh~stri to ria:. at their darrcr,<br />
a:$ collrcte; a 1ibr;r:: of record? a d kooks ir Jraill~.<br />
;.r "rils ~3 en-!si' stox in da%ntai:r. tmth 2;rb;ra b r i ~ ir ~ s<br />
-.cat of the curmnrit::'~ ir.coce, slipolelrcted b) icneravs dcr<br />
rztiens b.: iile citizens of Slrta jhrbira of .?one::, lahor, material~<br />
and i?iicsrortaticn.<br />
UNITEC CERFBRAL PALSY OF PEh'SYLVANIA ard the Denartment of<br />
Welfare ~ l a n a two-year study of the 33,000 Dersons with cerebral<br />
~alsy living ir Pennsylvania to evaluate the needs of<br />
cerebral palsied adults anmarine to need resident care a d<br />
to demonstrate the use of comity facilities for lonp term<br />
care. For information, write to: 12r. Leslie Park, Zxecutive<br />
Director, 1719 1:orth Front St., Harrisburg, ?ennsylvania.<br />
FOSTER<br />
HOMES FOR HkNIICkD~m ADULTS have solved livin~ nrablems<br />
for some hosnitdl-bound throughsot the countn. :I New<br />
York aeency is one source for such olacenerit. Hovever, it<br />
limits its services to those betueen the ages of 1E and LO<br />
and those who need minimal assistance in eating and dressing<br />
and have total indenendence in toilet and bathing. For information,<br />
vrite to: New York Service for the Orthopedically<br />
Handieapoed, 853 Broadway, New York 5 , N.Y.<br />
881e ('OSDAESS<br />
1sTszssros H. R. 740<br />
A BILL<br />
This Bill uas introduced<br />
by Representa-<br />
To nonend tille 11 of the Housiup .\cc of 1950 L.<br />
lo extel,ct the profcLlll of I~;,,,~ for ~ , l=~' ~ of Ohio. ~ ~ i ~<br />
for the elrlrrly so 21s to inclnde hourinp for<br />
Ihnadio~pped fnmilies :lad permns, nurl to<br />
If XoU feel H.R. 740<br />
el,;lble oert1p:t,~c~ of sllcl, hoasiug hy fl8e V~Uld help to solve<br />
handicapped .t lel,~:l~s tllpy cnn .rol.d I,?. YO"' problems, write<br />
:L,~~I,o~.~z~,I~<br />
prillltS to nlililltnill its so~relacx to YO=- Senators and<br />
,rl~ere rentals are md~~ced for !his purpose. Representative indicating<br />
ycur support<br />
By Mr. 2Ls,rl.zr<br />
of this measure.<br />
Jmolar 9.1981<br />
nererma to the mmmitle on Ranking snd curnocy
CO-~ER~T~E<br />
HOME (KESID~T CARE CENTER) FOR ALERT H ~ICAP-<br />
PED ADULTS is being planned in Florida @ a private group of<br />
the severely handicapoed. Their pwpase is twofold: (1) Tc<br />
provide maxim opoortunity for handicapped persons to partieipate<br />
in the management of their own affairs, and (2) to provide<br />
a background for disabled persons to participate (mare<br />
flillg) in the community's social, cultural and economic life.<br />
Their plans now envision small units. Eventudly, they hope<br />
far more centers, vhich would be scattered but cooperating,<br />
with one or tvo close to a college campus so that they could<br />
avail themselves of student hel~ and telenhone hook-ups for<br />
eon ti nu in^ education. There uocld be both sir~le and family<br />
units. Patients of varied disabilities would heln each other<br />
and all would share housekceoers, nurses and stenopanhers.<br />
Acca-modations would be included for vachtionin~ disabled on<br />
a short term basis. For more information, urite to: Margaret<br />
Xorris, V.d. Hospital, Yard 22-1-N, Bay Pines, Florida.<br />
'<br />
& El;;<br />
:?H SFRIICES fin FACILITIES ACT<br />
?d the Surgeon General of the<br />
"hljc Health Service to make nroject prants to<br />
nublic or "on-nrofit apccies or orfanieations<br />
fn. :he develonment of outside-the-hosnital health semices,<br />
nartieularlg for the chronicallp ill and aged.<br />
This Act eccourages emerirnental projects and neu anhes,<br />
at the camnit? level, to semie* as such as<br />
r;~ hone anti hone nursinc chre, honemaker services,<br />
1 services, etc. For more detailed in1 'ormati on,<br />
It :,our Public Heal:h Sen-ice Re~iocal Off 'ice.<br />
RANCHO<br />
HOME CnRE FLU!, based at 3ar.cho Lo5 &gcs i!osnital lifts, etc. Kcrlprs from the mechanical de~~rtmert visit<br />
in Dalme?, Chlifornia, makes it possible for aboit 200 res- monthlg to service rauipment and nravide emerpencp cal-prsFe<br />
pirator patients in Lcs .in~eles Coontg to live at home. ?if- ZL hcilrs a day.<br />
teer vithout homes are carrie6 as home care patients ir cor- Before the patiect Foes hcme, thp medical social vorker<br />
tract sanitaiums, vhich are also used for short-term "lace- corferr iith hi- md his fanil- freroentl?. She helrrr salve<br />
ment when families need rest perids or go on vucatioc. financial nroblens and emlore: community resources. Fsgmihe<br />
Courty plan, started in 1953, is an extersior. cf the cholo~ical and vocational courseling are a~~;iil~ble in the<br />
hospital into the home. me patient remains a ahtient of the hosnital and on an a~t~atiert ba~is.<br />
hospital vith the Home Care Departmerit providingm arranginr ~uthorizatien for attendant-housekeenin6 hein is based on<br />
for services a d ecuipmert. Private in the na- the needs of tie ptient md his fmil?. Feccnmen6atiors of<br />
tients' ccmqurities care for them at home -5 are given liait- varims tiepartnerts are considered befcre tie service is ~ u-<br />
eC ~ r i v i l e an~~intrnents<br />
~ ~ to the medical staff of t!,r hasoi- thorized. The County pa~~s<br />
all or r*rt of the sdaq. Th.<br />
tnl, renortin6 rerularl:~ on the nedical status of their n s family hnd the attendant-housekeeper receive ir:structions at<br />
tients. Specialized medical services, laboratory tests . the hosrritai in the care of the patient end his eruionent.<br />
medicines are supplied or. an outnhticnt bcsis.<br />
For nore infor:>atiso, mite to Mrs. %id 8. Cillahan, Home<br />
The hosoital provides resoirators, ~m~ratars, hydraulic Care Coor:inator, 3ar.cho Los ..mifcs Eosilithl, DO?PE", Calif.
Warning to Others : A Letter to Ponder<br />
T<br />
NOTES FROM HELL OR A POLIO'S PERDWON<br />
by former K.B.<br />
(human being) E. S. Rector<br />
I n World i!ar I the expression "Going West1' meant to stumble<br />
into a sir by three hole and stay there. Well, let me tell<br />
you whet "Going Scuth" meant to this nolio and what kind of a<br />
hole I am in. . .<br />
i HAD my halcyon days at heme vith the sliding glass doors<br />
everreedy to unfold me to the kindly ministrations of the sun,<br />
as vith Hands of Praise. . . "he storemen knew my wheelchair;<br />
twice I went to church.<br />
rind, then amongst these parts of<br />
Paradise, black lightning struck. . .<br />
Xy attendact had to go to Ninnesota on family business and<br />
thus beger a flight amorgst those darlings fate sends to<br />
soueeze shut the eyelids of those the bus has sucked. I mean<br />
the attenjsnts YOU get when you put an ad in the oaoer. I<br />
have read enough from others to eschew the nursuit of such<br />
delicacy, n'est-ce oasl<br />
next that shield of my ipony and despair, the WID,<br />
metmomhosed into that Dragon with Tail RSiess, the N.F.<br />
and I was struck dour: a la mg attendant (meaning without one)<br />
so that the perversity of fate has planted me here.<br />
sleep, but when they suggested I go the weekend the same way<br />
I BLEW MY STACK. Result - a truck arrived vith my bsd just<br />
as I turned black from cursing and blue from C02. . .<br />
It uas soon evident to me that I was considered something<br />
which ought to have been dumped on somebody else. me baby<br />
watchers had no men to help them get me up or down and it was<br />
here I began to meditate how to strangle myself with the hair<br />
of the next inbound beauty (if she ever came). Have you ever<br />
lhid on your back, unable to move, for seven hours, without<br />
seeing even an Mtation of a hman soul? Go ahead, RING<br />
your button. Or have you ever sat in (you name it) for the<br />
same length of time and then have the red rash hastily<br />
diagnosed and rushed to the lab?<br />
Out of that room and into another ward, twenty old and dying<br />
men, vith three more wards like same or vorse, making eighty,<br />
and two male attendants on at ni~hto heln a nurse and her<br />
aide feed and t&e care of them, including twenty incontinent*.<br />
In such a place it uas days before anybody realized big, fat,<br />
husky, normal me had any needs at all . . . I vrote to the<br />
County Supervisors. I wrote good old friends . . . and<br />
so comicstion was established - Just the facts, ma'm -<br />
Tday I have my first shamooo since July . . six weeks for<br />
a haircut . . I wrote a friend who "as coming to see me hnd<br />
said, Stag Home. But I won't do that apain and if any of you<br />
vant to come to visit me, you mag (Purgatory notwithstanding).<br />
DITOR'S liOTE: The preceding letter was dictated by our<br />
friend, Elbridge Rector (now deceased). It was received a<br />
few weeks before he passed away. ..It seems noor management<br />
on the part of society to spend thousands of dollars getting<br />
a man vith a fine education and talents through a polio crisis<br />
and dropping hi? to be institutionalized at irdigect level...<br />
I arrived at this County Hospital attended only by those<br />
looks ~eanle give cows balancing on thistles. I passed the<br />
first ni~ht on positive pressure tube without sleep (where<br />
uas my rocking bed?) and the second night on tcbe without<br />
Elbridge's letter and the Mitor's <strong>No</strong>te are excemted<br />
from THE SOOEE3W, <strong>No</strong>vember 1900, the Newsletter of<br />
the Bay Counties Post-<strong>Polio</strong> Association.
. 9:i?Cf!:p ':".-J"?-~....... .., . :iF:nPrsi,.e<br />
irest?-cperzted , ark1 breather.<br />
Csff~l ia h;ve ir car in case of an '"""'"""~<br />
accident, or during a power failure,<br />
or for pencral emergency use.<br />
Victim's lungs are inflated when<br />
rescuer blows into mouthoiece. He ons.wa,<br />
breathes out thrcugh the exhaust<br />
side-vents and no? into the rescuer's<br />
mouth. Prjce: $1.95. Venti-Breather<br />
Sales, Inc., 72542th St., B.1.'.<br />
1.!ashicgtcn 5, D.C.<br />
.. . .<br />
. : . ... . :<br />
?.., _ ..(,.', . ..<br />
.. , r
I<br />
5-foot rise four-uav elevator with three ~osts<br />
afoot rise elevator<br />
Vince La Mielle, "olio '0, a creative inventor, has<br />
organized a machine shop to enpineer his designs at<br />
minimum prices.<br />
Each<br />
.<br />
elevator is individually desiped and<br />
for the particular handicap and home:<br />
Attendant-mperated or self-operated, by either<br />
hand, with micro-switch.<br />
Sized to wheelchair or ambulance cot.<br />
.<br />
Outside from porch to ground level.<br />
Inside from first to basement or to second floor.<br />
Entrance and exit, from side, back or front.<br />
Typical<br />
rise heights and prices: 3' rise ($200);<br />
5' rise ($225); 8' rise (9300 to $350). 1U1<br />
prices f.0.b. Bad Axe, Michigm. Since all units<br />
are mstoncmhde, remittance in full must<br />
accompany order.<br />
Shipped in a husw wooden crate; can be handled<br />
by motor freight.<br />
.<br />
Inconspicuous and compact; easy to install or<br />
relocate; simple to maintain.<br />
Rueeedlg built of steel. Operated by a 1/3 to<br />
314 H .P., 110 volt motor - in relation to<br />
height and personal need.<br />
Send for more complete infomation. With your initial<br />
inquiry: (1) specify height of rise desired; (2) send<br />
a photograph or sketch of location; (3) detail your<br />
oroblems. Write to: V. La Mielle 8; Co., East City<br />
Limits, Bad Axe, Michigan
Readl- :o leave for ul Australii; "roo shoot"<br />
PORTABLE FIBRE GLASS LD?!C This lightweight respirator<br />
"as desi~ed for eighteen-pear old <strong>No</strong>elene Heley to use ht<br />
night on camping trios with her family an their kangaroo<br />
hunts and fishing trips.<br />
It was develo~ed and produced by Dr. Peter Colville of<br />
the Health Department with technicians and ohysiotheranists<br />
Victoria, Australia.
-<br />
ine lur,~, vtich lcaks like a wsce cmsuie,<br />
is really a "tank" tailored to size and shaos.<br />
It uei~hs only 51 lhs. olus a L" foam rubber<br />
mattress. A stmdard s~iral twist tyoe of<br />
collar is nrovided .<br />
.4 mould was made to the reouired dimensjans,<br />
the fibre glass anolied, and the mould<br />
dismantled throueh the collar hole. The lid<br />
was then saxm out of the resultant barrel<br />
shaped shell and ~rorided vith aluminium<br />
clips for repositionint.<br />
The seal is orobhbly urioue: simly a sheet<br />
of Plastic on Terylene laid over the shell -<br />
!he suction creatine a "en. good seal betx-een<br />
the smooth sheet and the smooth shell; this<br />
sheet is positioned by several ~ieces of<br />
Velcro fastener.<br />
A standart' hospital tyoe helious is used.<br />
It is ~auered by a light vacuum cleaner motor<br />
or, uhen thep leave the =over lines, by a<br />
znall petrol driven engine. The latter is<br />
used vith about 30 feet of air hose an5 a<br />
large ex3aust ~ioe submerged in water, so that<br />
the noise is subdued to tolerable levela.<br />
I<br />
(TjG<br />
has been furcished comlete ifistructions and bluenrints<br />
that we vill send to an>-one whc warts to duplicate Poelene's<br />
Colville Pesoiratar.)<br />
,liar Lightweight motor and bellows I
. . . SELF-mn7L'CTABLE BEE it the tocch<br />
of a button the bed becomes a mobile<br />
chair. It eives a ranee of ~ositions<br />
between lying and sitting and includes<br />
extra fittin~s to orovido far postural<br />
drainage, for leg raising and for .<br />
hesd-down tilt. Sides and adjustable 5;1..~. L:--J~~~<br />
foot-rest are removable. k!idth: 3' or<br />
2'6". Length: 6'6" or 7'. For more<br />
information, write to the Sales<br />
Representative (a respo): Mr. Paul<br />
Bates, Egerton Fhgineering Co., Tower<br />
Hill, !iorsham, Sussex, Weland.<br />
.,__.=<br />
- ..,_ti<br />
ELECTRONIC N!LTI-COETROLLEB .<br />
(See TjC, Fall-l'inter 1962,<br />
pages 32 and 33)<br />
I.:=. W. H. Short, inventor of the<br />
Selectascan, has developed a<br />
tyoewriter connected to a taoe<br />
recorder.<br />
His wife, %t, in an iron lung,<br />
now has a job tming and editing<br />
tanes for the a.0.C.<br />
\!rite: Ihe Avondale h~ineering<br />
Go., 22 .ivondale W., Farnworth,<br />
aolton, Lanc., hgland.<br />
I.!=. Herbert S. Ferrill, resoo,<br />
an electronics design engineer,<br />
has developed an %raved and<br />
less emensive model of his<br />
Suitch-O-Matic - especially<br />
designed for other quads.<br />
Send for his neu brochures:<br />
Down East E1ec:ronics IYg. Co.,<br />
93 Depot Rd., Falmauth, Maine.<br />
Consult him for solutions to gaur<br />
individual problsms. For example,<br />
he can furnish a voice controlled<br />
unit for some dictating machines<br />
for :30 to ELO.
DOL-LE<br />
for tvin girl resnos<br />
FITTm TO ;i RII:G. Srealjert ?ri.;;li- >.:acspvelt<br />
"resented this chdir tc i:icf Iln sku? of
to all Your Wants and needs.<br />
" uith herbert merrill'sswitch-o-msii<br />
.earn far yourself with grace and irenels lovely<br />
pBpeF... stand up for "ourself with kendell's elevating se<br />
... these and manvother exciting values are to be found in the market place<br />
lllv L-Y~~~IL??<br />
tired of luqain~ your lapboaxl<br />
PLACZ - ell edvertisers<br />
are respaa and o the?<br />
wheelchairs, lirt; ... camto<br />
every party? get one of<br />
babbp's unioue terre-cotta<br />
severelv handicapped .. modes... polyfasm, foem rubfree<br />
space write to mic<br />
ber ... write for catalome<br />
caasters...ties onto arm of<br />
our cbair...alezed in mette<br />
chsqrin falls, ohio.<br />
street ... senta cruz.cslif.<br />
(not shiny) white only. ..$l.CO<br />
each...write to bsrbara cory ststione 8$ x 11 inch sheet the country school mn bp jern<br />
h5t ereenw~od.. .alencoe,ill. + th nen sketch of hnrseTs rvan (see tjq, vol V, na.2)..<br />
heed OF country church scene wonfisrful outlet ?or your<br />
hand-made baskets and purses<br />
... 15 sheets plus envelopes - s~eciel craPt...donlt pass up<br />
... suhscriptians ts "readem<br />
41.25. ..contact jane comstock this opnortunity...send on<br />
divest". .. write lenora cleek<br />
... the comstock lode...aparka, consi~nment to jean ryants<br />
... h77 vinsns ... akron.ohio.<br />
oklshama.<br />
qift shon for the handicapped<br />
... rts.Z...dundee, illinois.<br />
cilstom built, outdoors,elee- "your work merits our metitrio<br />
elevators...see special culous attention". ..typing- businecs orinting-cards...<br />
equipment section of this tjg man~lscript.legal.etc...cor - letterheads ... statements...<br />
... vince la mielle...bad axe. reottona if desired...steneil edvertizinq novelties-book<br />
mcsraw C/O tjg...box 14 ... specialty aids...439 locus?<br />
michi~en. tvoinp: - tming for photo re- matehes...psns...ealendars...<br />
orldnction...mimeographing - maqezinea...write tomy sexweddine<br />
invitations and at- booklets, proqrams.forms,let- ton...1723 evansdale...toledo<br />
tendants $irts...discounts ters,bulletins,postca~ds, 7, ohlo.<br />
to all...urite or phone... nricelists, etc...estimates m<br />
also handle avon and stanley recuest...contact entep bookkee~inx and tex service..<br />
oroducts...jo an" goodin... nrisas.. .ginny pau* contact mary w. an~el ... 8<br />
19602 helen...detroit 34, mard.. .766 st. johns eve. asnsavoort street ... bath,<br />
michiaan. lima, ohio. ~ew york.<br />
L8
~~~<br />
"we clear nsxezines for agents david tawuater...insurance<br />
... over 3.000 domestic and<br />
secret en pal club - join tb<br />
eaency...bookkeeping-tax serv.<br />
foreign ~eriodicals in our<br />
?un...have a secret pel...<br />
... contact him at 303 moffett<br />
cstslogue...many of the more write a letter telling about<br />
atr~et...richardson, texas. roueself - hobbies, interests<br />
po~ular magazines carry 50%<br />
ape, sex, ete...send infoma-<br />
comission"...for latest cat* hanlicsna, inc...hand driving<br />
l o ~ write e ad rosenwasser...<br />
tion with a self-addressed,<br />
control. ..also very much int- stamped envelope to joycs<br />
msnezino subscription service erested in findine people to walker. ..20304 dresdsn...det-<br />
... p.o. box 3062...cor~ua act as local agents for prod- roit 5, miehiean.<br />
christi, texas.<br />
ucts. ..wonderful opportunitg<br />
contact bandieaps, ine... kno3 handle rubber stamp - 1<br />
s~ent in switzerland and Oths 4345 south sante fe...en%le -,<br />
ellropean countries for "thom~<br />
line .75 ... 2 lines $1.00...<br />
wood, colorado.<br />
son respiration products". . 7 lines *1.50...4 lines $1.75<br />
incormation and catalogues on<br />
... 5 lines $2.00.. . also 1000<br />
earn UP to 5.45 pzr box... name and add~sss<br />
reouest...ehsrles froelicher sell "=race notes - charcoal<br />
labels - 3<br />
... steinhofhalde 18...lucern%<br />
lines only ... $1.00... hand<br />
sketched note paper and gresb<br />
switzerlend.<br />
leeorated stationery - $1.25<br />
in6 cards made by one of the ... jewel =ole ... 9h w.moun-<br />
RanR...for further infomat- tsin street...fayettevills ,<br />
hart's soeeialties...adver-<br />
ion write to race nates<br />
arkansas.<br />
tizing ... imn~ints...n~veltiss 3506 7th a v a . b i n i<br />
... qreeting cards...magazlne fo-ks, nnrth dakota. the rock sho ... tourist insubscriptions...hlaina<br />
hart formation an novelties ...<br />
... rd *j...fairvieu "seconds sanctified" - a bi- lspida~g jewel~y...c=nadian<br />
ealsm, ohio. monthlp publication especially souvenisra...alan and berniee<br />
'OF 8hut-ins written by shut- kay...highway 16 wsst...ed-<br />
1000 personal address labels ins ... correspond with people monton...alberta...ean~da.<br />
- 31.00 ... 4 lines neatly all ooe~<br />
the world...only $la:<br />
orintsd in black on white... DPT pear...more information rehab aids announces spring<br />
marion sampra ... 2501 north nn request...write msrian release or '63-164 rehabilimaade<br />
ave...ehicago 39, ill. ricker. .. rldtl. ..mar~us,iowa. tation mail order catslo,qm.<br />
..wonderful opportunity -<br />
set or 24 postcards - reprod- erofusely illustrated...msny<br />
mouthstick christmas cards... uetions of paintings by mouth new items ... only $.50...slao<br />
w~ite far complete brochure ... $l.n0 plus $.lo postage... available -"easier living" -<br />
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californie.<br />
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Statement for<br />
Balance on hand January 1, 14<br />
Cheekine " Balance<br />
(Including $150 girslr rl<br />
Cash<br />
: (Gifts f~ -am . 129 fri ends)<br />
~ .--* .- Donations n"..+ ". tine atteni<br />
"Sales" < ,f <strong>Gazette</strong>s<br />
TjG is proud to announce that mong the<br />
"Gifts from 129 friends" listed in our<br />
1962 Year End Statement, are donations<br />
from the following Foundations:<br />
The Harry K. Fox and Ema R. Fox<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
#l,OOO<br />
Il- Imarges<br />
Books and Pericdicr rls<br />
C.0.P.H.f Dues and Meeting<br />
Office Supplies<br />
Part-tim s Attendant<br />
Postage<br />
Printing the TOOMFI ! j GAZETTE<br />
Prines<br />
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3n hana Jar lUary L, LY<br />
Balance<br />
lioally Handicapped<br />
$5,065.@<br />
The Cleveland Foundation from the<br />
David C. Wright Memorial h d<br />
$l.OW<br />
The Charles H. Giles and Fannie M. Giles<br />
Memorial Foundation<br />
8300<br />
If you wish to help with a<br />
tax-deductible contribution.<br />
make check to:<br />
IRON LUNG POLIOS, INC.<br />
Box 149, Chagrin Falls, Ohio<br />
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thds our good friends, listed below, for their generous gifts<br />
I.30 which helped nay for the printing and mailing of this issue:<br />
California<br />
Mrs Madeline Alverson<br />
Mr & Mr9 H J Barnesm Jr<br />
Michael J Callahan<br />
Marilyn V Card<br />
Mrs Hollis Caswell<br />
In memory of Johnny Denton<br />
Carolyn DeVaney<br />
Ralph 0 Dosch<br />
Alta E Dubois<br />
Rev & M?s F Harold Eesert<br />
Mrs &tin L Greiffenberg<br />
Linda L H-ey<br />
The Lerner Foundation<br />
Janet A McDonald<br />
Mr & Mrs Seymour Rosenberg<br />
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Mrs Carltm L Shock<br />
In memory of Mrs Louis J Smith<br />
Deanna Tovnsend<br />
Ben Woodcock<br />
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Mr John Burke & Sons<br />
Virginia T Smith<br />
Dana Stanton<br />
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Harris A Thompson<br />
Connecticut<br />
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In memory of Dr Burton H Fern<br />
Patricia Gagner<br />
Mr & Mrs William F Otterstrom<br />
Mr Harry A Doll Sr<br />
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Chris W Ford<br />
Margaret <strong>No</strong>rria<br />
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Gene Marks<br />
Illfnoia<br />
Jean &an<br />
Cinny Simens<br />
Beulah B Snell<br />
Thomas Howard Taylor<br />
Indiana<br />
Merlin L H-an<br />
Jim Tnampson<br />
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Mr & Mr6 L'ilb~ hold<br />
Mrs Nah Sahner<br />
Louisiana<br />
Anonymous<br />
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Massachussetts<br />
Mary T Chiavarini<br />
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J o b Goodin<br />
Minnesota<br />
Paul M Ellwood Jr MD<br />
.EIIssouII<br />
David Beatty<br />
Mrs Wilson Carr<br />
Robert V Fellhauer<br />
Mr & Mrs Ernest Kirschten<br />
.Nebraska<br />
Lois Krautkremar<br />
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Anonymous<br />
Mrs Charles W Baat<br />
Richard J Bauer<br />
John Lyle Brovnlee<br />
Mr & Mrs Martin Eaton<br />
Robert D Eckhouse<br />
Dr and Mrs Paul L Essert<br />
Rev Francis F Fisher<br />
Edvd J Klanit<br />
Mrs Maurice K Stern<br />
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<strong>No</strong>rth Dakota<br />
Grace Sandness<br />
Lenore Cleek<br />
E ~ C J Dobler<br />
Mrs R J Edvds<br />
The Harry K Fox & h a R Fox<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
In memory of Mrs Eldy Gross<br />
Albert Holloway<br />
James W Hooper<br />
Miss Ceeile Hush<br />
Ealon Lamphier<br />
Roger Liephart<br />
Mrs Robert A Little<br />
Rose Marqud<br />
Mrs Arthur A Mathson<br />
Donna McGwinn<br />
Edward J Moriarty<br />
Imogene Prichard<br />
Mrs Jack Rodgers<br />
Solon Women's Service Club<br />
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Mrs Shirley Wolf<br />
Ohio. Chagrin Falls<br />
Mrs Allan M Cleaveland<br />
Mr & Mrs William A Harshau I1<br />
Mr & Mrs Bill F Hutchins<br />
J S Laurie<br />
Dr Tom D Rose<br />
Willard C Stoner Jr MD<br />
fi6 Arthur Win.910"<br />
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Bobbie Slattsn<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Ann Alderfer<br />
Mrs George C Crovder<br />
Mr & Mrs W H M~CUllough<br />
South Carolina<br />
Catherine D Tarpley<br />
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Rev Skardon DIAubert<br />
Jeanne Drake<br />
Highland Baptist Church<br />
Louella Long<br />
Ben A Rosamond<br />
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Mrs Cornelia Lightner<br />
Thetford Ladies'<br />
Senemlent Society<br />
Virpinia<br />
Cassie M Gunn<br />
Washinetan<br />
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Kenneth C hderson<br />
West Vireinia<br />
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Fairy Gdmother<br />
Wisconsin<br />
Marie C. Hoyer<br />
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Dr & Mrs Neil Campton<br />
In memory of<br />
William Fraser Maeklaier<br />
Clifford MeIntosh<br />
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Ds H B C Sandiford<br />
Janet<br />
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Sandif ord<br />
Hans Nuck<br />
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Dr Ruth M Myers<br />
Philli~ines<br />
Fe Isaac-S&<br />
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