Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1941 — Page 23

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 1941 |

\ URGES SAFEGUARD A OF WATER SUPPLY

Special Sc

Talents Shown In Exhibit at

Noted Engineer Tells Indiana Utility Executives to Take Roberts Unit

Precautions Now Against Possible Damage; Suggests Survey of Facilities.

By SAM TYNDALL Water utility executives—both public and private—were urged today by William W. Brush, nationally recognized water engineer, to take precautions now to safeguard Amer-| ica’s vast public water supplies should this country become involved in war. Mr. Brush, who recently re-|

tired as chief engineer of “DEMANDS SLASH New York City Department| | of Public Water Supply and is | editor of Water Engineering || LOCAL COSTS

and treasurer of the Amer-

ican Water Works Associa- ; tion, is attending the annual Indiana Taxpayers Group

convention of the Indiana Sec- Says Load Will Become

tion of the A. W. W. A. ; Mr. Brush said that as result of} Unbearable, Otherwise. |

dies of the problems of water| , vigorous campaign to reduce] Ipply in Great Britain which have | jaca) governmental costs to compenome with incessant bombing. the gate for sharply increased Federal Association 1s attempting 10 "arouse | taxation was being mapped by the

water works executives in the coun-| indiana Taxpavers Association tory to take precautionary measures. ga.

At its annual meeting yesterday, | Water executives should thor-|the Association's board of directors | oughly survey all water works fa-|adopted a resolution setting out| cilities in the plants in which they that unless such steps are taken,| are administrators,” Mr. Brush said. | the tax load will become “unbear-| They should check anew the de-| able on both home and farm own-| pendability of the plant's power set- | ership.” to provide for auxiliary power| The Board declared a reduction in| facilities and to canvass for possi-| the poor relief load should be posbie additional sources of water sup-|sible because of increased payroils| pi) in defense industries, and urged! “Superintendents should make a steps to learn which persons on| relief can get along without help.|

Urges Thorough Survey

study to determine how the local ater supply could most easily be Most Budgets in Good Shape contaminated and to take NECesSATy| apoct of the budgets throughout precautions, and to bring water |, To Je in good shape this main distribution records up to date |... hut there are quite a few that| SO al Dydrant ooauons Can be show increased spending, Harry A Yetermined by TELSTenCe | Miesse, executive secretary, said. HE a ain He told the group that the Asso“Stems also should be taken toward | ciation plans to increase its work | SLES also Shou’ be taken OWard |, the field sharply this year, add-| providing auxiliary water tanks. ",..c field men in an effort]

vailable for distribution to areas os A A To i ® te a to uncover and expose needless ex-| wner mains mignt 1¢ a 3 a ii penditures

Officers Re-elected

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t of bombing

Mains Severed Easily In its election, the board re-elect- : ed all officers for two-year terms.| show that the modern high explo- hey are Albert H. Cole, Peru, sive bomb can sever water mains| president; Raymond C. Morgan. | within a distance of 30 to 40 feet of | Knightstown, first vice president; | Charles S. Rauh. Indianapolis, sec-| |ond vice president; John A. Brook-| The British have organized 2 pank Indianapolis, treasurer, and| system of emergency water tanks,|Mr. Miesse. water mains and outlets when the| The executive committee includes regular mains are hit and dam-|the officers, H. C. Atkins, W. R. aged.” | Sinclair and Fred A. Sims, InOne of the chief precautionary|dianapolis, and J. L. Davis, Seysteps, Mr. Brush said, is a “thor-|mour. ough check” on the loyalty and| Also named were 66 vice presi-| capability of the water works em- | dents-at-large, including four from | ployes—principally the loyalty. | Indianapolis. They are Volney M. Thus far, Mr. Brush said, bomb- | Brown, James A. Gloin, Charles J. | ng of England has not damaged wa- | Lynn and Paul Robertsor. ter supplies to the extent that the|

fet adequate arming water. |JUGOSLAV NATIVE, WAR VETERAN, DIES

Zivke Jake Petkovich, a native of |

Reports coming from England

1e site of the first impact.

Urges Emergency Crews But, he added, there has as yet been no concerted effort aimed di- : ; rectly at the English water supplies, |Jugoslavia and a resident of Indifor instance, by any pollution. anapolis since 1911, died WednesMr. Brush also said that American (day in the U. 8. Veterans’ Hospital. water superintendents might well] Mr. Petkovich, who operated a give some thought to training emer- tavern here, had been admitted to gency crews to quickly repair a the hospital a week before his] aged mains. Such crews have been | . ok { Nk 2 was 54 ¢ served in the| operating in England since the be- death. He wa 4 and served . | ginning of the war U. 8. Army during the last World The Indiana water industry repre- | War. : sentatives also heard a talk today| Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. along the same lines by Norman | tomorrow at the Rumanian OrthJ. Howard, Toronto, Can., president |odox Church and burial will be mn of the A. W. W. A, who spoke on |Floral Park Cemetery. Mr, Petko-| “Fire and Water Service in Time of vich is survived by his wife, Mrs. | War.” The two-day session is to Rada Petkovich. They lived at the close today following election of of- Jugoslavian National Home, 3626 ficers W. 16th St.

By RICHARD LEWIS

“I LIVE on the continent of North America. The country in which 1 live is the United States. My home state is Indiana and

Indianapolis is the capital.” That sums it up nicely. But there was something the youngster forgot. She might have added, in that large, careful handwriting of hers: “I am the future.” You won't see her at the exhibit of the Public Schools Department of Special Education. But you can see what she wrote on display at the James E. Roberts Sehool for Crippled Children. It's part of a scrapbook on In-

| diana, made by youngsters in the

City Schools Special Education classes. The work of all the classes is being displayed this week at the Roberts School.

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Infirm Made Firm

WHEN YOU see it for the first

| time, you get an idea of the in-

domitable faith of children . . handicapped children. Handicapped? They don’t think So, even if you do. Handicapped is what handicapped doesnt do. And they do everything, except play baseball or things like that. They do some things well. That's what schools, like the Roberts School are for, They take the weak and infirm and develop what is strong and firm in them. You can see this in the exhibit. You can see it in the children, too, who are making an adjustment to a physical handicap so that it becomes only incidental in their lives. Before 1925, the vear that the idea of working with physically ana mentally backward children started in one room at 612 W. Washington St, the handicapped child was society's loss. Now, this has happened: An extremely backward girl is becoming a fine painter. Academically, she was a failure, never could have pulled through the av-

| erage grade school.

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Drawings Are Excellent

ARTISTICALLY, she was tempered like a fine, steel spring. The Roberts School merely found the spring and released it. They think she has great possibilities. In the main floor exhibit at the School, there are excellent drawings. It is hard to believe children did them. There is proportion and symmetry, well executed. These are the work of grade school pupils who can’t grasp reading, writing and arithmetic as well as the average child but who can draw infinitely better. There will be a place for them in the world. They are developing a skill. Are they handicapped? Take the little fellow who made a shoebox out of an orange crate. Sawed it, planed it, painted it. He's going to be a carpenter, that one. Perhaps he can’t do other things so well as most children, but he’s a better carpenter.

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Imagination Strong

“IT SEEMS strange,” the youngster wrote, “to see the children working in the fields. Chinese farms are very important. Many people live on these very, small farms.” The child has imagination. She never has seen a Chinese farm, of course. Yet she can picture how it would be and it would be strange to see. All of the 200 children at the Roberts School and at other School City institutions for han-

This is the house that health built.

dicapped children are developing special potentialities. In addition, theyre getting the same education the average child is getting in the average public school. They're getting rest and sunshine, physical therapy treatments and guidance of patient, understanding teachers. Miss Jeanette Riker is the Supervisor of Special Education in the School System. She is immensely proud of what the work is doing and she keeps in touch with those who leave the school.

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Get Daily Treatments

IN THE MODERNISTIC brick building, with pastel interior and wide, curved windows, is a complete physical therapy room. In-fra-red ray treatments, water treatments, baths and massage are given daily. Miss Ethel Scofield is one of the physiotherapists. She's busy most of the day teaching children to use new muscles to compensate for the ones damaged by infantile paralysis and other diseases. It's a slow tedious process, but Miss Scofield and the children play it like a game. There are lip reading classes for the hard of hearing and sight conversation classes. Each year, a lip reading contest is held by the League for the Hard of Hearing and the winner gets a cup for his school. In sight conservation work, the child learns the typewriter from the fourth grade on. The youngster doesn’t have to look at what

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ools Build Skill of Handicapped

he is composing that way. He learns the touch system. Some of them are very fast. At Roberts School and the other special schools like the Potter Fresh Air School, the emphasis is not on sympathy but hope. And after a while, the child comes to learn that he is not handicapped at all, And then he is ready for the future.

FOUR VETERINARIANS HELP PLAN MEETING

Four Indianapolis veterinarians have been named members of the local arrangements committee for the 78th annual convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association here Aug. 11-15 at the Murat Theater and Shrine Temple. They are Dr. C. H. Herrold, educational exhibits committee; Dr. A. A. Johnson, banquet and dance and poultry clinic committees; Dr. P. T. White, small animal clinic and parking committees, and Dr. F. R. Bartlow, small animal clinic committee.

Dr. J. L. Axby, general chairman of the arrangement committee, has been named a member of the ladies entertainment committee, Others who will serve on Dr. Axby's committee are Drs. Frank H. Brown, Robert J. Hoskins, Walter K. York, J. L. Kixmiller, W. A. Sullivan, C. C. Donelson and J. C. Schoenlaub and Mrs. Schoenlaub, all of Indianapolis.

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Exchange Learns Light System—| Grotto Post Gives Party—Sahara Ross Brown, of the Indianapolis|Grotto Post 264, American Legion, Power & Light Co. commercial de-|will sponsor a card party at the partment, was to speak on “The|post’s headquarters, 13th St. and Why and Wherefore of Fluorescent| Park Ave, at 8 p. m. today. Mr. and

| Lighting” at a meeting of the Ex-|Mrs. Ralph Johns are in charge of

change Club today noon in the Hotel arrangements. Clarence L. Scott is Severin. He was to explain the new | commander. ‘a SYS highuing and give 5. dum» 0. E. 8S. Card Party—The ways and means committee of Englewood Club to See Movie—The Scientech|Auxiliary, Eastern Star, will sponsor Club will meet Monday noon in the & card party ge 8 p. n gg n " : amilton Hall, Hamilton Ave. an Board of Trade Bldg. A motion Washington St. picture, “General Motors in Avia-

tion,” will be shown and will include| State Parley set—The Indiana

pictures of the Allison engine and|Division of the Service Star its development. Legion will meet in the World War

Mrs. Phyllis Sommer, a teacher at the Roberts School for Crippled Children, shows how it was done to Robert Book, a visitor from School 72. roof and the lattice work is made of raisins. Potter Fresh Air School in the Special Education Display at the Robert School this week.

There are figs on the

Corn flakes form the “stucco.” The house is exhibited by the

Memorial May 7 and 8 for a State | Megrew Auxiliary Meets — Maj.| Conference. The Hamilton - Berry |Harold C. Megrew Auxiliary 3,| Chapter of Indianapolis will be | United Spanish War Veterans, will] host for the assembly. meet at 8 p. m. Monday in Ft.| |Friendly, 512 N. Illinois St. Mrs. Monument Chapter Meets—Monu= | Alice M. Goodnight, president, will ment Chapter 549, O. E. S., will meet | preside. ’ at the Masonic Temple Monday at 8 p. m. Mrs. Dora Tavel is worthy | Neighbors Hold Card Party—Cen- matron and Morris Tavel is worthy [ter Camp 1397, Royal Neighbors of | patron. | America, will hold a card party at 18:15 p. m. Wednesday at 512 N. Illi-, Service Club Debate Convoy—The [nois St. Chairmen are Mrs. Mar-|Service Club of Indianapolis will guerite Kellion and Mrs. Matilda [sponsor a debate on “The Use of Martin. They will be assisted by|Convoys” at their Monday luncheon Mesdames Clara Wilson, Mary Ben- |at the Claypool Hotel. Robert Arms ‘edict, Annabel Daily, Mrs. Lula Dun- strong is captain of the affirmative ning and Anna Cornwell and Miss [team and Daniel Flickinger is cap= Almira Zaun. tain of negative team.

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