Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1950 — Page 11
"The M Motre Parent: No. = Youth
Youth Is Ay Today, At the Expense of Maturity’
By HAROLD F. STRONG i AT THE HEART OF OUR PROBLEMS as parents today is the current tend-
ency to overrate youth and underrate maturity. When I hear young parénts tal Draudly of “thelr awn decisions, T often wortor If they nave given any real thought to what they are saying. The capacity to make a wise choice between two courses of action involves experience. Experience involves the time to acquire it, If children these in the same measure as adults,
training community for undis-
HERE'S the fourth of 10 ar ticles by the executive director of The Children’s Village, famed
relationships between the normal child and his normal par-
possessed my 6-year-old daughter would be writing these articles. * Oo &
EDDIE HAD ALWAYS kicked and screamed IL. he. was. denied what. he. thought. he. wanted... So he got it. He made all his own decisions. At 14, he broke into a store and stole money. His parents’ refusal to guide Eddie's decisions 2 had encouraged him to make bad ones. When children insist on misbehaving, their very insistence may be their way of asking us to take over and stop thém. All children want to be good. They are uneasy and uncomfortable when a momentary desire betrays them into defying us, Their real satisfaction is in pleasing us— their parents. They don’t realize this, because they are young. We should realize it—and be ready to apply the brakes when their impulse Yo do what displeases us is too strong for them.
As a small boy, pleased to find his tantrums got him what he wanted from day to day. He was too young to know how his success would affect his parents’ “relationship He had not Hved long-enough to: realize how an uncontrolled child can become a: cause for friction between a disheartened wife and a husband’ impatient with her incompetence. He was too inexperienced to foresees that his tantrums would cost him his home.
TOMORROW 1s it wrong to sometimes dis “like your own child?
Eddie was. undoubtedly
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BUT HIS PARENTS were old enough to know. To make decisions is to take responsibility. Respect your child's right to share in the responsibility for his own affairs—but don’t make him take it all to guide and counsel him.
Retain your own right
The Doctor Says—
State PTA To Meet
They'll Arrange 1952 Convention
The Indiana Parent-Teachers| Congress members will make ini-|
tial ‘plans for the convention of] the National PTA Congress May,| 1952, in Indianapolis at a summer) meeting here Monday and Tues-| day. They will meet in the World|
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Early Diagnosis Important .|If Polio Symptoms Appear
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D. HE FIRST STEP IN TREATMENT of poliomyelitis is to make the diagnosis as early as possible.
is not always easy because the disease really begins | {| several davs before there are any signs of paralysis.
This
Also the symptoms during this early stage are often like | those of an ordinary cold or mild infection,
At this point it
ought to be emphasized that a good many people have the early symptoms but never get any paralysis at all As soon as a definite case has been discovered,
the other
members of the family be examined. When the Fy
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Mrs. Nora E. Pritchard .
By AGNES H. OSTROM
A FRIENDLY,
[in 1923. Twenty-seven years and a bobbed h2ad of gray hairs later, Mrs. Nora E. Pritchard is still a patient's first contact with Long.
Center she's She believes “a smile and a kind word mean as much a= a wheel chair.” She's happiest when she's extending a hospitable welcome to patients or assuring « their families Dad or
siempaes Rrp Veoniage dU be She. frst ime A BX nt ASAI SI Si eng See i ds i toner a ics ‘in the Gr Ci articles giving All Fons “patie is, fritid
held in Indiana. my a will be made for the 1951 state con-| _.~ention Apr, 18-19 4, the Murat] Temple. physical therapy and other Mrs. Robert F. Slask. a nation-| treatments are readily avallal vice president, will hold a| able as they are in most hos-
school of instruction on Monday.| Pitals, < ¥ The patient with polio who
| develops trouble with breathing requires special treatment with a respirator or iron lung. Of course, this is a serious complication, but many recover
the best results are obtained
Board Appointees
New. members of the state] board will be introduced at this time. The new appointees include
when the medical care, nursing,
ies,
common sense advice about
he says, is unneeessary if polio should strike “your family. Read his stor-
on The Times Women's Pages.
appearing through Friday
When poliomyelitis strikes it
| Oakleys, "| seat for a panorama of life's
ing the out-patients and the
ambulance cases, are admitted polio: Hysteri+. 80d. discharged via her base: ment floor desk. It also serves | as an information booth for
virtually the entire campus. Sans any showmdan's Annie she has a ringside
{ joy and sorrows,
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Mrs. Ralph Coonfare, Hammond; completely, often without any g ymportant first that the pa- | Mrs. J. J. MeNeile, South Bend; Paralysis at all. tient be put to bed as soon as | possible. A person who has an Owl Mrs. Graydon Heuman, Eixhary; NO TWO CTE of polio are acute illness, especially at a | mA Mrs. Ernest R. Boller, Marion; exactly alike. Experience, judg- * time when poliomyelitis is | ee : Mrs. Carl Bogue, Princeton, and ment and skill are required to around, should be placed in bed | 1 Mrs. Ray Cunningham, Evans: | get ihe Dest results from treat- at snes, Ressrdiess of how triv- | H o : { ment. The physician, of course, ia é iliness may -appeat to Y ile Sstriet er Altre dl should be in general charge of be. { ew. chairmen . | th asures which are under- ; Johnson, = Princeton, histortan;| the me : Don't Tempt Fate Mrs. R. J. Rossow, Ewvansyille, t relaxation. and muscu: ; . i te parent education; Mrs, Walter W.| a later are ‘tmport- AN ATTACK of indigestion, | DePew, Greencastle, school lunch.| ,n Proper nursing care is in- a head cold, fever or headache | and C. E. Eash, citizenship, and! y;jughle as are measures to may mean that the disegse js Mrs. Walter I. Thoms, Indiana ¢ eveloping. People who have 20” combat the muscle spasm which 4 § ti al acti : Parent-Teacher promotion. | accompanies the early stages Pir fon ye hor ae We Indianapolis board members| of poliomyelitis. warning HT oll ace ot Suck | who will attend are Mesdames! For the latter purpose, the developing the disease in a more | . Basil Fischer, James L. Murray, - hot wet packs which have been go 0 000 : _Philip Reed, Bert C. McCammon| so: sucessfully employed and The treatment of carly potio=—! r black and Meredith Nicholson and Miss| publicized by Miss Elizabeth . ooitic hag already much imday Jeanette Riker. Mrs. John _B.| Kenny have ‘proved of great : { foldi | proved and will doubtless con- | on 5X Lewis, bookkeeper, and Mrs. Carl| benefit. They help to relieve the 40. + 40 50. To get the best | . * Schloesser, office director, will| pain and skin tenderness which Luts everyone should be on | a attend. . often accompanies s-the Siaean.... the--alert-for: early -symptoms-} 5 | and should get attention right | Profect Your Silver away if suspicious signs de- | -1 velop. | N While Away on Vacation M Raft ar arter | ® Prevent Tarnish y y | @® Keep silver in order To Be Wed and ready to use Miss Mary Alice Raftery and
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you return, | Williams Jr. will be married iat 7:30 p. m. July 8 in 8t. Mark's Catholic Church, The future bride {is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. {John Raftery, 1229 E. Thompson {Road. Mr. Williams, 1110 N, Glad|stone Ave. is the father of the | prospective bridegroom. § The bride-to-be is attending the |General Hospital Nursing Be hool.
Florida “Visitors
Meridian Hills
To Have Dance
‘Walked Floors
In the early days “Mom” walked the f1o6rs with anxious { fathers, rejoiced with them
| when mother and baby were { pronounced “okay.” Today she
helps patients up the steps,
| into the elevator, assists them
into wheel chairs, carries refreshing drinks of water to them and makes their numerous telephone calls. She's the first to assure them Long is
| interested in their welfare.
When tense, harrassed relatives arrive she calls the wards to check the condition of their loved ones. the rooms. cases is of
gency part
She directs them to |
Competent handling of emerthe |
daily routine. Not only does she |
ly confesses, lege to try to help humanity.” She admits she's given out more car fares and directions to the
count. “I just put myself in the place of the person concerned.
| It's just living by the Golden
Rule.” Glady Pinch Hits Her young staffers know
engagement at night or over the week-end. While. her
own son
The juniors in Meridian Hills
Country Club will have a Tropic Hop from 9 p.m June 30. Ralph Lillard's Orchestra will play.
to midnight
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{ she'll gladly pinch hit for them | | when they have an important
Mr. and. Mrs. Kenneth Nied-i~ Arlene Clifton and Jim a {hamer, 7605 E. 46th St., are enter- are chairmen of the event. Com {taining Mrs. Lee Applegate and mittee members include Virginia Practical and usable her daughter, Loraine, Miami Cady, Lynn Catterton, Anne chest holds 108 pieces of table Beach, Fla. formerly of India- Fritz, Carolyn Wilson, John| silver. Measures 18%x11x3 inches. Outside cover- napolis. They will. visit here for Rouse. Jim _ King, Bob Dyar and ing dork green simuloted leather. Zipper closing. several weeks. Jay Smith. : ;
position.
pretty young widow from Illinois accepted a “temporary” job on the Robert W. Long Hospital admitting desk
| To the hospital staff and the entire Indiana University Medical “Mom” Pritchard.
“daughter were e growing up her home was open day and night to the young medical students on the campus. Far.away from their own l.earths these struggling doctor tiga nurse trainees
found. Jel a
Apres Christmas
At time cards postmarked from everywhere find their way into her mailbox.
=Pethose ino need: she's: bee
friend in deed. In the fall of 1922 Mrs. Pritchard with her two youngsters moved here from Illinois. “1 always liked Indianapolis, and I knew the educational facilities were good.”
Favorite Hobby
When she was only 18 years old, the Oakland, Ill., native had married Grover C. Richardson, Jn 1913 he was killed in an elevator accident. A year later she ran for the township tax collector in her hometown. As far as she knows, she was the first . woman state to hold that four-year
. she lives by the Golden Rule,
he SADRAR RAR
ca Kap A
in the Prairie .
Afterward she managed the Coles County Telephone and Telegraph Co. in Oakland. Later she had charge of the Ashmore, Ill, exchange. Married eight years ago to Volney Pritchard, live in an apartment in 1040 N, Illinois St. Boys and girls are still “Mom's” favorite hobby. Much |! attention is showered on her own three grandchildren and | two great- grandchildren.
tion finance department. Her daughter, Mrs. Robert E. Gray, lives in 508 N. C
Mrs. Pritchard is Pi Omicron Sorority's Indianapolis Council treasurer and président of its Tota Gamma Chapter, She also is active in Eastern Star. the Rebekah Lodge and Auxillary
and the Roberts Park Meth-
odist Church. Sometime “Mom” would like to drive by automobile ‘cross country and visit some of the almost 3000 doctors and 2000 nurses, graduated during her “temporary” stay in Long, “Why if I hadn't worked with all those a he people, I'd S14 prop
Shin dl Aira amazing ey
po ler,
in the North Methodist Church.
On Saturday Mrs. Paul BE. Dorsey, 807 N. Ritter Ave, “a kitchen shower for the future bride. A luncheon and linen will be given by Mrs. Clare Cox, 582 N. Oxford 8t., on eo William Herman, 1326 Parker Ave. assisted by Mra. Stanley man, entertained with a miscellaneous shower last night,
. . . Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ecknor, He
the approaching 1 Eth son of Mr. and Mrs, The wedding will. be at 4:30 p.m., July 29
Heights Presbyterian Church. The prospective bridegroom attended Butler University.
Petro-Casler Nuptials Miss Bette Alice Casler and
[Cloyd A. Petro Jr. were married
at 2:30 p. m. Bunday in the Lawrence Methodist Church. The Rev, Maurice Eicholz officiated. THe bride ia cthe Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Casler, 4437 Franklin Road, and Mr, Petro is
| Mra.
{| Thompson, maid of honor;
{and Doris Pugh, bri | Miss Connte-Lynn Hinsch, flower here. {girl
|Church Reception she and her husband ! P | Attending the bridegroom were
Her: |
TOR TRE" i ATA The and ler Universities and is a Delta The is attending Butler
sriintversitys He ds &: member. of the
the son of Mr. and Mrs, Petro,
| Greentown,
The bride's attendants were) A. C, Demaree Jr, matron ‘of honor; Miss Shirley
Mrs,
Miss Virginia Eckior hs Betrothed | To Kenneth A. Schernekau
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Dr. -
Wins Honor AAUW Presents :
WASHINGTON, June 22--1950 achievement award of American Association of Univers (sity Women was presented last {night to Dr. Efizabeth C. Crosby, {University of Michigan Medical
Ann | School professor of anatomy.
The presentation was made at
|Ross Schreiner, Greentown, and a meeting of the AAUW State
{Misses Joan Casler, Doris Mavity | Presidents smaids, and AAUW headquarters
[Ronald Scott, best man, and oa {Schreiner, Archie Bagwell, Wil-
{Ham Smith and Joe Cheek, all of! {Greentown, and Robbie Robbin-
son, ushers, The Secaption was in tha church,
Gamma Sorérity member, bridegroom
Sigma Nu Fraternity,
Group Honors Knightstown Girl
Mrs. Virgil I. Vaughn, 1001 E. {54th St nd Mrs. Charles Haessig, {2128 Madison Ave. gave a birthday party last night for Judy Ellen Dixon, 7 years old. The party was in Mrs. Hassig's home, Also at the event was Sue Dixon, Judy's sister. The girls, who live in the Knightstown
Conference in the
This is the eighth year AAUW has presented the $2500 achieves ent award. It was established |by the Northwest Central Region of the association as an annual ‘award to a woman scholar in recognition of her contribution to {the advancement of learning to
vancement,
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achievements in the field of neuro-
chairman. 4 She pointed out Dr. Cried recent studies of the and cerebral cortex in the mates, including man, have for her an international reputation in her field. i le In ting the award Crosby y told the women the oo would be used for further. Ye. search. In 1930-40 she was called By the University of Aberdeen, Scot. land, to organize ihe. in histology and : there. In 1048 she was selected
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