Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 59, No. 134, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 18, 1973 Page: 3 of 22
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Sapulpa (OkU.) Herald, Sunday. February II, 1972—PAGE THREE
Volunteers, Age 15 To 86, Assist Hissom
By Dune Du Bolt
People who sew hospital bed
Jackets and people who play in
rock musical bands whether
they be IS or 86 are very
talented, so far as Hissom
Memorial Center volunteer
coordinator Norma Vincent is
concerned.
Between 100 to 250 persons
work as Hissom volunteers each
"with in varied capacities to
LUBBOCK, Tex. (UPI) - The
Nixon administration is trying to
take control of the news media,
Sen Sam J. Ervin Jr., D-N.C.,
said Friday.
Ervin was at Texas Tech
University to receive the
Thomas Jefferson award from
Texas journalists. The award is
to be made annually to a public
offtical who best defends
freedom of the press
Reporters are now on the
horns of a dilemma/' Ervin
said. "If they refuse to reveal a
source they are held in contempt
and thrown in jail. If they agree sources," he said. "These are its
to reveal it. they lose their in- tools. Take them away and the
tegrity as investigative repor- press j* free mainly to publish
ters, their sources and their official news releases.'
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nelp MO mentally and physically
handicapped children ranging in
chronological ages six to IS.
Sewing Helps Watkins from the Red Cross, children here are just like any
"She never comes into spent over 60 hours last other in that they enjoy dancing,
contact with the children but in December making dolls for the dressing up and meeting other
Slate-operated Hissom ^ way ^ helping Hissom children, she said. people their age."
Memorial tenter for han- them,” Mias Vincent said, also According to Her schell Daney, Activities like dances and
dicapped children is located 25 referring to 14 other women who Hissom director of adjunctive birthday parties aid in the
" ~ also sew for the children. therapy, rock bands contribute children’s social development,
Another volunteer, Mildred to the children's morale. “The be added
BLANCHE STIPP, 79, devotes five hours a week to sewing
clothing for the residents of Hissom Memorial Center
Media Control Sought 'i
stories.
"It is a dilemma that may
frequently be resolved by the
reporter's deciding it isn't worth
the risk. In this case, the public
is the loser."
Ervm said the issue was not
simply whether the reporters
can be counted on to shield their
sources, but whether the press
can' continue to function in its
role as a conveyor of meaningful
information to the public.
"A free press depends upon
access to information and the
ability to protect confidential
miles northwest of Sapulpa on
Highway SI.
Seventy-nine year-old Blanche
Stipp, retired special education
teacher with 35 years' active
teaching, spends approximately
five hours a week sewing bed
jackets for the children.
Oklahoma
Districts
Are Cited
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI)— A
federal court order to the De-
partment of Health. Education
and Welfare seeking to enforce
compliance with Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 speci-
fically included six secondary
and elementary school districts
in Oklahoma, as well as the
state's system of colleges and
universities.
Judge John H. Pratt said in his
order to HEW that Oklahoma
was among five states that had
disregarded instruction to pre-
sent plans for voluntary
desegregation at the higher
education level.
Dr. E. T. Dunlap, chancellor of
state regents for higher edu-
cation, said he informed HEW
about four years ago that Ok-
lahoma colleges and universities
are open to anyone and that
there was no way of compelling T.. 1 f ..i„
anyone to attend any institution. * lllStl VFG1.0
Dunlap said the state was not
directed to submit any plan for t' ¥■? i I M '1II
integrating its colleges. K 14111
State human rights director TULSA I UPI)-An eight-point
William Y. Rose, however, said plan for improving relations
HKW had directed Oklahoma to between the peace department
come up with an affirmative and black community was pre-
action plan for compliance with sented to the Tulsa City Com-
the Civil Rights Act. He said the mission Friday by the Commu-
state had failed to produce such nity Relations Commission.
a P**n The CHC, which began its
Rose said the state would not work on the recommendations
have to force anyone to attend after an incident at the Gallery
Iangston University, but it could Club last Aug. 26 in which a
encourage attendance of all rac- number of prominent blacks
es by changing the types of complained of police harrass-
courses offered at I^ngston and ment and brutality, first stated
other institutions. the results of its investigation
Oklahoma probably was into that incident,
mentioned in the order, which The thick report called for the
derived from a decision last discharge of two of the poiice-
Nov. 16 in a class action lawsuit men involved, demotion of the
by the NAACP, because corporal in charge of the offi-
Langston is "almost totally eers, additional training for one
Teens Volunteer
“Some of the prettiest teenage
and working girls volunteer for
us." Miss Vincent smiled "We
need more boys and men, as well
as girls."
Miss Vincent also mentioned
orinentation program leading to
the approval of volunteers. “We
look for different qualities in
different people, because no two
people have the exact same
talents," Miss Vincent said.
Most Accepted
She added that most people
who complete the volunteer
application through her office on
the Hissom campus are ac-
cepted and placed in the type of
work best suiting their abilities.
“To locate a volunteer where
he is best suited sometimes
Volunteers are also instructed Borren summed up the volu/v
in communicating with retarded **er program "Without the
children and in being a team cooperation of northeastern
member as well as how to handle Oklahoma through contributions
confidential information and *"<1 volunteer work. Hiaaom
ethics. could exist, but would lack much
The next orientation program °f ^ pridr and spirit it has
will be scheduled either the last today "
of March or early April, ac- “The whole community has
cording to Miss Vincent. Hissom the success it Is,"
Hissom superintendent James h* sa*d
church groups from the Tulsa requires two or more interviews
area that, before their own I don't get a complete picture of
church meets on Sunday mor- the applicant in one interview."
nings, escort children to the She also looks at the ap-
worship service area on the plicant's background experience
Hissom grounds. which might include anything
Other services carried out by from a chauffeur's driving
volunteers, following their one license to swimming or work
eight-hour Saturday orientation with boy and girl scouts,
session, include escorting A doctor's signed statement
children from cottages where confirming the applicant's good
the children live on the Hissom health and a chest x-ray ac-
grounds to various activities and company each application,
classes and directing them in Civic groups along with area
HISSOM VOLUNTEER Mrs. Etta Jean Dale (right, seated),
Tulsa, discusses class plans with special education teachers
Mrs Juliette Updike (standing) and Mrs. Bemadine Harrison,
both of Sapulpa. Mrs. Dale plans to show a class slides and
native dress of European countries she has visited.
recreation.
Summer Camp
Volunteers also supervise
summer camp and aid in
classroom and craft instruction.
“We strive to help the children
develop to their fullest physical
potential. Miss Vincent said
pointing out that the better their
coordination, the better they
handle working conditions.
“Volunteers qualified to guide
them in sports like swimming
and basketball are a tremendous
help," Daney added
Both Daney and Miss Vincent
emphasized the interviews and
churches have contributed time
and money in aiding the older
Hissom residents adjust to life
outside the campus.
These Tulsa-Sand Springs and
Stillwater area organizations
often provide tickets to ballets,
wrestling matches, circuses and
fairs for the Hissom residents
On such trips, volunteers ac-
company the children, Miss
Vincent said.
One- Day Orientation
During the one-day orientation
program, volunteers are in-
structed by a psychologist and a
staff physician on handling
unusual medical situations.
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420 S. Main
black” and a black-white im-
balance exists in several other
colleges, he said.
Judge Pratt also ordered HEW
to communicate with four
districts in Oklahoma, asking
them to explain “the substantial
racial disproportion in one or
more of the districts' schools."
officer and dismissal of a fifth
officer if all of the charges
against him proved to be cor-
rect.
CRC board chairman Ray
Feldman then listed the eight
major recommendations for im-
provement of relations between
blacks and the police.
WHEN IT RAINS. .
Sometimes It Floods!
FLOOD INSURANCE IS
NOW AVAILABLE FOR THOSE
WHO QUALIFY.
The Sapulpa aTea has been designated as a
flood area by the Corps of Engineers.
Therefore, the people of Sapulpa who live in
areas so certified are now eligible to buy
flood insurance thru the National Flood
Insurance Program.
For flood insurance, or any other insurance
need, always call McMasters Insurance.
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Livermore, Edward K. Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 59, No. 134, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 18, 1973, newspaper, February 18, 1973; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1495887/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.