https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/f1c52886d3984c44fce55c3a81ed2f3c.pdf 75c73ac26143c360d6362b3eced51e67 PDF Text Text c ) u'"' Thc COUNCILLOR Memphis Council of Social Asencies 526 Goodwln Institute Building N{ENIPHIS 3, TENNESSEE VoI,. APRIL, I *** No. 2 A GOOD SCOLIT *** The best Iloy Girl Scc.rut in Memphis is Edr'vin Dalstrorn! His good dereds are rnal'n, and clail,v. His comrnunitv scrvice includes not only active 1-larticipation in both Cirl and Boy Scout (louncils but also generous giving of his tirnc, his r.vork and his judement to numerous other cor)munal projects. lle serves the Council of I9'15 Social Agencies as an active, interested board member and as chairman of its Social Needs Committee. The so-called Character building agencies are his particular pets. It is his earnest conviction that thev should bc supported in prosl)erous times and that it is evcn morc ilnportant that they be given adequate budgets in tirncs of stress. He is rcadv to fight for this belief-ancl has. His "hobby" is the eiving of the opportunitv to belong to such groups to negroes in our city. Big, affable, kindly, tilelcss, earnest Ecl Dalsuom rvas born in Stockholm, Sweden, rvherc hc r,r,-as early exposccl to advanced social thinkine. For 38 years he has been one of Memphis' most useful and active citizens. He loves his adoptecl land and his home city. "If democrac,v is to rvork, the citizens nust accept their responsibilities. If they fail to do so, the so\,ernment will have to take over the job and we rvill have a totalitarian country," he says. Ed DaIstroln accepts his responsibilities as a br,rsiness rnan, a church r,vorker ancl a civic and comrnunity welfare leader. In 1921 Mr. I)alstrorn tolerantly allo'rved his boys to join Scout troops and resolved to look a little deeper into their nelr, interest. Sincc then he has served as Troop Cornrnitteman, Scoutrlaster, rnember of the Executive Roard and Vice-President of the Chickasan, Council, is a member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America and recipient' +********** of the Silver Beaver for outstanclins services to boyhood. Eclually interested in Girl Scouting, he is treasurer of the Girl Scout Council ancl chairman of its Finance Committee. He is a member of the Girl Scout Inter-Racial committee and a rccipient o,f the Thanks Badge of the Cirl Scouts. Through the years he has r.vorked on the Community Fund Drivcs as team captain and chairman of general solicitation. He has served as a Community Fund Board rnember and is now a member of its Budget Comrnittee. Inter-racial lvork in Ntlemphis has no finer worker. He was one of the organizers of the Community \{relfare League (non, the Memphis Urban League), served as its first treasurer and has continuously served on its board of directors. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Le Moyne College and Vice-President and sponsor o{ the Negro Division of the N{emphis Youth Service Council. He was recently awarded a plaque for his work in the fielcl of intertacial relations and communitl, service by the Negro Chamber of Commerce. In addition to all this, Ed Dalstrom was past l)r-esiclent and past chairman of the Lions' Sight Conservation Committee, president of the Mid-South Conservation Association, member and former president of thc Trustee Iloard of the First Unitarian'Church, rrrember of the Shelby Forest Carnp Council, member of the Memphis Elks Lodge, and is a Scottish Rite N{ason and a Shriner. Whewll He came to Memphis in 1908, and established a division for the Graham Paper Co. here in 1927. He has been with the firm continuously since. Ed Dalstrom has a philosophy of life and practices rvhat he preaches. He says: "I believe that service to his fellowman is man's justification of living. His life is only worth r,r,hile if he leaves thinss a little better than he found them. The onl,v tvay he can accomplish tiris is by joining orsanizations -and working with them. No man can play an effective lone hand." \\rhat a Good Scout! �THE Pagc 2 Published Nlrs. Eclr,r'ina Harrell Stellu Loeueltslein Srerr 'I. Sect'etar Excctttii'te King, H. '- Fiiter, Assistattt L'xecrt'tiue Secretary Ruth Bluthenthal, Statistician Tuberculosis in IndustrY Onc of the rnost iurport:an-t- lunctiot' qf ilie-M-s: ii o-p-erated jointl,v ol 'l: til"'?n;r"u"ii'*l,liti Hcalth P"P"ll"tl: ",?1 Cotrnty slrelbr irrtl Nlcmlrlri: rn rrlc Slrclby Countl Tuberculosis Soctctv rs tls use lvorkers' of industrial *,,trer "-'t;;;.Josis in industry runs true to its picture of.' the in rhe cornrrtunit1 ; it is a' discase primarily from rates <leath the at A glance Iorv income g.o,p'' ocguplcd, ;;;;;;;;',t i.,beiculosii amons T:1":^': men' lgdO wltl'bcar out this statemerlt: -Profcssronal clerks 43'2; o{ficials a-1$ manage-rs p.oprietors, iO-Z; foreand kindied- \\'orkers 65'8; skilled rvorkers and unskilled and 102'l r'r'orkers ,",riotilt"A ,rr." i:.r' 1y61'ksls I 8J.9. That tullerculosis can be Iound early-and in many e thet"c arc rny s)lnPtoms'.bv uslng tne ol X-lt ay. i. a rvcll cstalrlishcd fact' Bustness llrms of offer the accepted 1ln.'.-.,'th"iasticall,v l,i"-pirit this sen,ice. To date 13 firmi rvitb 2'152 'emplovees 14 hal'c receiv"d chertl X-Ra-vs anrl in this group unsuspccted' them of cases of u.ri.'. t.rb.,culosis"most \{ere dir.n','..".1. t2 n-Iore inclustries are already How does N{ernphis colr}Pare . r'r'ith other cities rn nlonerv sPent for health and 'r'velfare? these Does N{enrphis follo'lv the national trends in Iicldsi rvill be anslvered in the Ivlemphis 1944 no'lv being .made by the tor fV.fior. f ti.;.rrrory Rcsearch l)epartment of the Council r'r''ith the .",rr..nrio" r.,i ali the loczrl and statc agencies' Factual i,,f ,j,,r.'i., * itt t,. rrtrtle rrvailable :o tlrat comrnunitlT'hese qLreslions ,,ir,-,r-tirn maY bc basetl on knowlcdge of cxisting loc-al l-;;ii,i.;r ri a o c,rntparison rvith national trcnrls' i';;'.ah. past 15 years thc Children's Bureau of the of Labor has conducted a social collects data from rtrban areas ploject'rvhich statistics for health and ;;;h;; in"l'.*p.r"tAit,re ancl receiptsvolume of such thb show to ancl in,clfu.e activitibs \'aIuf,bie to *nii :.to".-frwiil be -irneresdn$ -and ,,Ir-r,.,r.. thc Nlemphis findings with ihose of other complrrlble cities in these sludies' Thc most recent publication oI SOCIAL STATISTICS, covcrins the jreliod. 19+0 1942' tlle transltlon and varied frorl peace to war, re flccts the neu'the shortage .trainsl the increased national income, agencies relief In private ;f ;;;p;"'"r and ilraterials' asfinancial oI adount the in a decrease thcre r,i,as the n'elfare familv of ;irr;;.;, in fact in tl're fietd an chanses were sleatest. Health activities shorved a decrease i"ii"lt" in hospital in-patient servicc and in other tvp., oI health services' Group 'lvork agencies ,o"r. lrnn*" striving to meet the needs of their com- II. Horv rvill MemPhis "stack uP?" The F. J. W. A's. Battle of MemPhis "safeguarding the Family in \{rar Time" is the title o[ the booklet describing its vear's work' distri- schecluled. In Tul full ' schedule. The Mobile Unit was put into operation in NIay n(' Itl 12. lr rtes built b1 the Healrh DeParlr)lcnt: 'l c.qliPlent; X-Ray rhe Tubct ctrlosi5 S,cicl1 lurnislring -l'hc Socictr prrs the salarr o[ tlte ntttsc ancl clcrk and 'expinse is bolne the Health lepart the other -hv ancl *,.t*ottt is carriecl on under the Division mcnt :I,.,lr"r.rlosis Controi of the Health f)ePartment' of- S. Department munities. carcs be[ot adclition to the indtlstial plants the nursing Gaston Hosur.J rur-professional employees.of^John "Dcpat'trnent and r,ital. Gailol Ci*it. thc Hcalth . \trr(]cnts llave been Lnitc,rirl oI Tcnnesste Metlicrl ut i-ii"ye4'eld !!9 st!"49n1 n-11s91 q9 Baptist [o11 rrital lre t, tccFirc tltis setvtcc' t"'tr*-ii"triie u"lt has a regular schedule of service to the City ani to"t1 ' It is' stationed at the South \lcrrrplris Clinic tor ithitc .!'col)l:.,:Y"'i [".1l3,i:, fromtne to four P' NI' It is at f)ave \Vells Llommunrty e;;;.;;;v-Fridav morning for white ,pTP1: -f"'?1'] lor 9 to ll A. N'f. It is at \A/ellington Health Centcrto 5' I from airernoon 1\esroes every \\'ednesclay Pcriodit slol)s are at Mana(sas School' P()t'{':',.t:lfl N{ullo'y, Arlington' Bai-tlett' Colhen rlle' Florida ^rr.l nrif1i"gto", o"r.-"iiit, Whltehaven and the Shelby Those interested -,1I :11 il: a;;,;l Penal Farm' or the Heaith Departmcnt tor crcr-rlosis Societ-v 1945 We Take Stock b1t N,IEN{PI{IS COUNCIL OF SOCIAL AGENCIES Bryan \{rilson, President PurrrcrrY Colt'vr.r.rua I,{r's. Neuton Stern, ,Editor' Don \nderson 'Irs. Leora Conner Rr-rth 1,. April, COUNCII-LOR . buted at the annual meeting of the Federation of held at Lowenstein's on .|clvish \A/elfare Agencies, March 2lst- Some- o[ tl.r'c problems about rvhich troublecl people came to the Federation during the y"o, *"..' anii-social behavior, adiustment to old age confiict between the youne and the old' illness' alien status, migration, domestic discord, locating relatives' financial neecl, problems of rnen and women in the An averarmed" forces ancl admissions to institutions' asc of 104 farnilies a month consulted the Federation' Of these an average of only 12 families a month required Iinancial aisistance reflecting better employmellt with increasecl need of trained help in meeting thc clif{iculties of war time life' f'he Federation's "Woman of the Years" NIrs' N{. If. Roscnthal, r'vho has given generousl;' of her tine ancl hcrlvork throughout the existence of the life' agency, lvas elected Honorary Vice-President for RosenWilliam her' for especially ni, ofii." created fielcl was re-clected President' �-E April, THE 1945 COUNCILLOR Assignment Home 3 Social Service Exchange Back to ciwies, N,Iain St. and shell eggs. T,he transition is not aln,ays a simple one lvhen the boys come homc. The Council of Social Agencies, ar the request oI thc Vereran's Advisory Committee, has aerced to participatc in the services to veterans at the One ,Stop Service Center by furnishing a rrained case r,r,orker for counsclling with men and women r,r,ho have personal problcrns. The worker is also to rcfrl sur ir tlorrblcd veterans to r he lrplrropriatc private agencies in case fur-thcr services aie needed. At the One Stop Service Cenrer, 122 Union Ave., cstablished last August under the sponsorship of the X{emphis and Shelby County Veterans Advisory Comnrittec, \,etcr:rns havc been i-eceiving r.ocaticlnal guidance, training ancl emplovrlenr thrcnrgh thc United States Employrnent Sen,ice, the U. S. Civit Sen,ice, the Selective Service and the Tennessee Vocatiorrztl RchaLiiitafiotr Dcirari-rlelL. Aii oi iircsc L:ri,e intervieu,ers at the center. The absencc of a counselor rvho can acllisc on personal pi.oblems ancl rtho knows the rcsour(cs of the local agencies, has been recognized as a. lack _plevenring the Cenrer frorn being fuily effcctivc. The Center- rvas sct up as a central infoimation bureau to lvhich tire veteian can go for information about anr/ rype of problem to receil,e the needed service there or to be referred directlv bv appointment to the agency r,vhich can sivc the hetp^he or she necds. Speed and efficiency in securin,g immediate serr.ice for the veteran is the goal of the Center. Our Day The annual meeting of the Nlernphis Council of Social Agencies will be held on Thuisday, June Tth, at the Hotel Peabody. Luncheon will be "scrved at 12:15 p. m. Lieut. Col. Samuel paster, Chief of the Neuropsvchiatric Service, Kennedv General Hospital, will speak on this occasion. Eiection of officers will take place. Suggesrions of narres for Boar<l members and officers may be sent by delesates of the Council to the charrman or any rlember of the nominating committee which is lonstituterl as follows: Mrs. E. \A/. Hale, chairman, Mrs. Snowden N,k+. I{++gh ,F,{ai4en=Mr, Robelt X4cl{.ee, Miss ^--Bo,vJe, N,ermeyer, NIrs. Joseph orgi]l, [r., and Mr. Ilh"l \\'. \. \\'ooLen. Council Publications f-he_Jirst copy sold of the Nlinimum Page Aclequrre Family Iluclger wenr ro Nliss .fessie Nrlahan, counJcllor at the Chickasaw OrdnancC \,\/orks. Sam Darden, lettcr carrier purchased rhe second ,qroul) of lour ancl sent them to the National Associatibn oI Letter Carriers Branch 3856, Nlenrphis, the Local Trades ancl Labor: Clouncil and the National Association of Lctter Carriers, A. F. of L. Thcse purchases sive an interestine eiirnpse of the pctssible usefulness-ancl valuc oI the str.rdv. 'Ihe ne.r,r, Social Sen,ice Directory of Memphis, compiled. and published bv the Council is nor,v ready for disuibution. Both parnphlets are ar,.ailable ro rhe general public at the office for 25 cents cach. The rvork of the Menrphis Social Ser.r,ice Exchange, a department of the Council, continucs to incrcise each year. The Exchange, a confidential index o{ families and individuals -kno.n'n to social and hcalth agencies in Nlemphis aud Shelby Counry, handted 38.092 clt,alantt,s irr lg4 I as comparcd wirlr 34.74 I in 1943. Immediate service was given by the Exchange on 12,187 telephone calls. This fr-urction saved tfre agencies,much duplication as shown by the fact that aSL ot these cases werc identified as knorvn pre.i,iously to one or more agencies. Exchange was uscd by 64 agencies who sent . The in 9684 cases to be registered indiiating that they had 'rvritten material in rheir files of significance to an in_quirine agenc\. Further duplication of r,r,ork n';rs clinrinarctl anrl coopelation bcil.cen rlrc agcncies assured in 36fl of these cases, as 3465 nere preiiously krr,,nrr iu,,il,cr,gtltir". _ Names of I 1,303 relatives of clients ancl patients of agencies .lr,ere also- cleared through the Eichange rvlrorn 22oi. had had previous Iontact u,ith the Iocal agencies. 2745 notifications \,vere senr out on currentlv resistered cirscs to a.qencies prer.iously reg_ istcrecl on those cases. Agencies cancelled 2197 old of cases on niIicarrce. r,r..hich therc rvas no longer material of sig- Annual Meeting Family Welfare Agency In confidcnce and privacy the Family \Velfare clurins the last vear heiped a rotal of 1750 families o]]rry.T (luesrions irnporranr ro rheir. happiness 1.9. "Sha,ll I lear,'e rn,v hr-rsband?," "\.Vhat nakes .Ji"r*1, act the r\ia,v he does?," "FIou, can I enter a sanaiarium zis thc doctor orders r,r,hen I have a familv and houschold to care lor?" Shown clifferent aspects of the problents rhe indi.".idual was helpccl to work ox.t _his or her problem. T'his mieht be toierancc, chiid guidance, health educarion or financial help to break thc vicious circle ol poor housing, bah zr health, jangted nervcs ancl loss of'hope. -924 families r.r,ere hclPed throush special scrl,ices at outl)osts in the cornmunity, 53 social srudies wcre lrade for Draft Boards .)r ()ut of tolr.n agencies. At \,\/cst f'cnlressee I,Ierlical Ccnter, ,,,orrr.r- and sirls lver^c olfcrecl uncierstandin^g ancl guiclance and irelp itl rnaking a nC\,\/ start. 63- mothc"rs or yo,,,e rvit-cs we_re given counselilrs service before goiirg t,! 345 rvomcn r.vere intcl^vicr,r.ecl ar their"placi of ":n.k. train_ ing lol rr'ar rrolk. 'Ilrese are among the highligirts of the Aeency,s lurrrrral rt.lrort lrr.cscrrtt,rl nl ils annunl mreting "n l'ebruary 26th at H,rtcl Clariclee, Joirn S. Oiilara rvas re-electcd presiclent [or- the-v.l,ii to come. Cita_ tions of honor for lor.rg and vah.iable sen,ice to thc and to thc r;orrrllrnitl rlere urvar-cled to a,-,q:":), J. A. lliechrnan, .|une t{udisill, Jim Rarviincs, N,I. S."Bin_ \\f;ills.ct.. and \lrs. R. Brirrklt,l Srrorvdcrr. Coming Up J'he annual meering of the.'Iravelers Aid Society 'lvill be hcld \Vednesday, April lSth at 12:00 nooir at the Hotel Ga_voso. f'he guest speaker wilt be Mr. Chas. T. Evansl public Relations Director of the Arkansas Pou,er and Light Co., Little Rock, Arkansas. �TFIE COUNCILLOI{ PaEe 4 Delegate Meeting Miss Lora Lee Pederson, Director of the NashSchool of Social \Arork, will speak on "The Importance of Preparation for Social \Mork," before the meeting of the Delegate Body of the Council, on Thursday, April 5th at 1l a. m. in Room 200, Peabody Hotel. Miss Pederson is an informative and delightful speaker and her talk will be of great interest to the many representatives of the organizations who form our delegate body. She is a member of the executive committee of the Nashville Council of Social Agencies, and has had long years of training and experience in social work. Before assumins her present post she was Associate Professor of Social Case \Vork at Scarrit College, Nashville. She is chairman of the sub-committee on Training for Social Work of the Nashyille Chamber of Commerce Post\\rar Planning Committee, Personnel Adviser, Office ancl stafi Cbrnrhrtrbc of tAC r'iashr-rlie lr ville Opportunity for Training Frerluently wc overlorik the advantages rve have in our midst, looking for "gr:eener srass in the next pasture." So it is with the Nashville School of Social Work, of u,hich Nliss Lora Lee Pederson, our speaker at the delcgate meetins, is director. Nestled among the imposing builclines of Vandcrbilt University, Scarritt Coliege, and Peabody College, the School forms a geographical hub for the three camPuses. Operated as a joint enterpr:ise of Nashville's three sreat cdr-rcational institutions, thc School of Social \\rork offers an extensive course of study in the fields of social case work, child welfare and public and private'nelfare administration. The legal aspects of social wo'k, re scarch, history of philanthropy, sroup'l,l.ork, and community orsanization are also offered by the School to berrer prepare students for the performance of a professional job in the recognized areas o[ social .r,velfarc. Across the sueet from the school is the Joint Univcrsitv Library, another cooperativc r.cnture of Ilrrpnrs CouNcrr, or Socrer, AcnNcrns 526 Goodrvyn Inst. BIdg. MENIPHIS 3, TENN. April, 1945 Something Brand New For the first tirne N{emphis rvill have a one day National Con{erence of Social Work on Monday, NIay 28th. Acceding to thc O. D. T. request the National Conferencc which r,r,as scheduled to mect in NIihr.aukec, N{ay 27th, has been cancelled. In its place rrrany cities r.vill hold one day prc-,grams based on papers being prel>arecl b,v national authorities on topics of national and local interest. N4iss Edrrina Ford r'r,ill serve as gcncral chairrnan of the Nlemphis "conference." There rvill be a meetine open to thc general public as well as rneetings for mernbers onl1,. Any person interested in social lvork mav become a member of the National Conference of Social \,\rork by the payment o[ member- ship dues. YMCA Banquet Leisrrre irours are important in the lifc of every ),()uth, and it is these hours rvhich the YN{CA is strivins to make constructive for the bovs of N{emphis- At the annual banquet held on March 2nd at Hotel Pcabodrr, Dr. .|ames Lee Ellcnrvood, YNICA exccutive secrctary for Ner,v York, said: "The YNIICA should rt,ork in conjunction r,vith the school, church, home and his leisure time alrd create a program in which he can do and learn rvhat he should." Highliehting the activities of the past year were the establishment of tr,r,o branch "Y's" and fr,rrther: development of the negro "Y." the three schools. The library, with plant and book of $3,000,000 is the focal point of the institutional cooperation and is an integral part of the School of Social \Arork's educational facilities. Graduates of the School of Social Work carry with them NI. S. degrees in Social Work, acceptable to the American Association o{ Schools of Social \A/ork. Scholarships are available for those who need financial resources asslstance. Sec. 562 P.L.& R. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chickasaw Council Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous publications and papers by and about the Chickasaw Council. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Thc COUNCILLOR Memphis Council of Social Asencies 526 Goodwln Institute Building N{ENIPHIS 3, TENNESSEE VoI,. I APRIL, I9'15 No. 2 *** A GOOD SCOLIT *** The best Iloy Girl Scc.rut in Memphis is Edr'vin Dalstrorn! His good dereds are rnal'n, and clail,v. His comrnunitv scrvice includes not only active 1-larticipa- tion in both Cirl and Boy Scout (louncils but also generous giving of his tirnc, his r.vork and his judement to numerous other cor)- munal projects. lle serves the Council of Social Agencies as an active, interested board member and as chairman of its Social Needs Committee. The so-called Character building agencies are his particular pets. It is his earnest conviction that thev should bc supported in prosl)erous times and that it is evcn morc ilnportant that they be given adequate budgets in tirncs of stress. He is rcadv to fight for this belief-ancl has. His "hobby" is the eiving of the opportunitv to belong to such groups to negroes in our city. Big, affable, kindly, tilelcss, earnest Ecl Dalsuom rvas born in Stockholm, Sweden, rvherc hc r,r,-as early exposccl to advanced social thinkine. For 38 years he has been one of Memphis' most useful and active citizens. He loves his adoptecl land and his home city. "If democrac,v is to rvork, the citizens nust accept their responsibilities. If they fail to do so, the so\,ernment will have to take over the job and we rvill have a totalitarian country," he says. Ed DaIstroln accepts his responsibilities as a br,rsiness rnan, a church r,vorker ancl a civic and comrnunity welfare leader. In 1921 Mr. I)alstrorn tolerantly allo'rved his boys to join Scout troops and resolved to look a little deeper into their nelr, interest. Sincc then he has served as Troop Cornrnitteman, Scoutrlaster, rnember of the Executive Roard and Vice-President of the Chickasan, Council, is a member of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America and recipient' of the Silver Beaver for outstanclins services to boyhood. Eclually interested in Girl Scouting, he is treasurer of the Girl Scout Council ancl chairman of its Finance Committee. He is a member of the Girl Scout Inter-Racial committee and a rccipient o,f the Thanks Badge of the Cirl Scouts. Through the years he has r.vorked on the Community Fund Drivcs as team captain and chairman of general solicitation. He has served as a Community Fund Board rnember and is now a member of its Budget Comrnittee. Inter-racial lvork in Ntlemphis has no finer worker. He was one of the organizers of the Community \{relfare League (non, the Memphis Urban League), served as its first treasurer and has continuously served on its board of directors. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Le Moyne College and Vice-President and sponsor o{ the Negro Division of the N{emphis Youth Service Council. He was recently awarded a plaque for his work in the fielcl of intertacial relations and communitl, service by the Negro Chamber of Commerce. In addition to all this, Ed Dalstrom was past l)r-esiclent and past chairman of the Lions' Sight Conservation Committee, president of the Mid-South Conservation Association, member and former president of thc Trustee Iloard of the First Unitarian'Church, rrrember of the Shelby Forest Carnp Council, member of the Memphis Elks Lodge, and is a Scottish Rite N{ason and a Shriner. Whewll He came to Memphis in 1908, and established a division for the Graham Paper Co. here in 1927. He has been with the firm continuously since. Ed Dalstrom has a philosophy of life and practices rvhat he preaches. He says: "I believe that service to his fellowman is man's justification of living. His life is only worth r,r,hile if he leaves thinss a little better than he found them. The onl,v tvay he can accomplish tiris is by joining orsanizations -and working with them. No man can play an effective lone hand." \\rhat a Good Scout! +********** c ) u'"' THE COUNCII-LOR April, 1945 Pagc 2 We Take Stock Tuberculosis in IndustrY Onc of the rnost iurport:an-t- lunctiot' qf ilie-M-s: - til"'?n;r"u"ii'*l,liti ii o-p-erated jointl,v ol 'l: Nlcmlrlri: irrtl slrelbr Cotrnty Hcalth P"P"ll"tl: ",?1 Slrclby Countl Tuberculosis Soctctv rs tls use rn rrlc "*-,,'tt;r;e;.rJ oofs iinsd ustrial lvorkers' in industry runs true to its picture in rhe cornrrtunit1 ; it is a' discase primarily of.' the Iorv income g.o,p'' A glance at the <leath rates from ;;;;;;;;',t i.,beiculosii amons ocguplcd, T:1":^': lgdO wltl'bcar out this statemerlt: -Profcssronal men' iO-Z; p.oprietors, manage-rs a-1$ o{ficials 43'2; clerks and kindied- \\'orkers 65'8; skilled rvorkers and fore- ,rr." i:.r' ,",riotilt"A r'r'orkers 102'l and unskilled 1y61'ksls I 8J.9. That tullerculosis can be Iound early-and in many carcs be[ot e thet"c arc rny s)lnPtoms'.bv uslng tne X-lt ay. i. a rvcll cstalrlishcd fact' Bustness llrms ol l,i"-pirit 1ln.'.-.,'th"iasticall,v accepted the offer of this sen,ice. To date 13 firmi rvitb 2'152 'emplovees hal'c receiv"d chertl X-Ra-vs anrl in this group 14 cases of u.ri.'. t.rb.,culosis"most of them unsuspccted' \{ere dir.n','..".1. - t2 n-Iore inclustries are already schecluled. In adclition to the indtlstial plants the nursing ur.J rur-professional employees.of^John Gaston Hosr, ital. Gailol Ci*it. thc Hcalth "Dcpat'trnent . and Lnitc,rirl oI Tcnnesste Metlicrl \trr(]cnts llave been i-ii"ye4'eld !!9 st!"49n1 n-11s91 ut q9 Baptist [o11 trr"i'ttarl* l-riei" ttr,i ietc cFirc tltis setvtcc' u"lt has a regular schedule of service to the City ani to"t1 ' It is' stationed at the South \lcrrrplris Clinic tor ithitc .!'col)l:.,:Y"'i [".1l3,i:, fromtne to four P' NI' It is at f)ave \Vells Llommunrty e;;;.;;;v-Fridav morning for white ,pTP1: -f"'?1'] 9 to ll A. N'f. It is at \A/ellington Health Centcr lor 1\esroes every \\'ednesclay airernoon from I to 5' Pcriodit slol)s are at Mana(sas School' P()t'{':',.t:lfl Florida ^rr.l N{ullo'y, Arlington' Bai-tlett' Colhen rlle' nrif1i"gto", o"r.-"iiit, Whltehaven and the Shelby a;;,;l Penal Farm' Those interested -,1I :11 il: Tul crcr-rlosis Societ-v or the Heaith Departmcnt tor full schedule. The Mobile Unit was put into operation in NIay Itl 12. lr rtes built b1 the Healrh DeParlr)lcnt: 'l n(' Tubct ctrlosi5 S,cicl1 lurnislring rhe X-Ray c.qliPlent; -l'hc Socictr prrs the salarr o[ tlte ntttsc ancl clcrk and ' the other 'expinse is bolne -hv the Health lepart mcnt ancl *,.t*ottt is carriecl on under the Division of- :I,.,lr"r.rlosis Controi of the Health f)ePartment' Published b1t N,IEN{PI{IS COUNCIL OF SOCIAL AGENCIES Bryan \{rilson, President PurrrcrrY Colt'vr.r.rua I,{r's. Neuton Stern, ,Editor' Don \nderson 'Irs. Leora Conner Nlrs. Eclr,r'ina Harrell Stellu Loeueltslein Srerr H. 'I. King, Excctttii'te Sect'etar '- Rr-rth 1,. Fiiter, Assistattt L'xecrt'tiue Secretary Ruth Bluthenthal, Statistician How does N{ernphis colr}Pare . r'r'ith other cities rn nlonerv sPent for health and 'r'velfare? Does N{enrphis follo'lv the national trends in these Iicldsi T'hese qLreslions rvill be anslvered in the Ivlemphis fV.fior. f ti.;.rrrory tor 1944 no'lv being .made by the Rcsearch l)epartment of the Council r'r''ith the .",rr..nrio" r.,i ali the loczrl and statc agencies' Factual i,,f ,j,,r.'i., * itt t,. rrtrtle rrvailable :o tlrat comrnunitl- ,,ir,-,r-tirn maY bc basetl on knowlcdge of cxisting loc-al l-;;ii,i.;r ri a o c,rntparison rvith national trcnrls' i';;'.ah. past 15 years thc Children's Bureau of the II. S. Department of Labor has conducted a social statistics ploject'rvhich collects data from rtrban areas ;;;h;; in"l'.*p.r"tAit,re ancl receipts for health and in,clfu.e activitibs ancl to show thb volume of such *nii :.to".-frwiil be -irneresdn$ -and \'aIuf,bie to ,,Ir-r,.,r.. thc Nlemphis findings with ihose of other complrrlble cities in these sludies' Thc most recent publication oI SOCIAL STATISTICS, covcrins the jreliod. 19+0 1942' tlle transltlon frorl peace to war, re flccts the neu' and varied .trainsl the increased national income, the shortage ;f ;;;p;"'"r and ilraterials' In private relief agencies thcre r,i,as a decrease in the adount oI financial as- ;irr;;.;, in fact in tl're fietd of familv n'elfare the chanses were sleatest. Health activities shorved an i"ii"lt" in hospital in-patient servicc and a decrease in other tvp., oI health services' Group 'lvork agencies ,o"r. lrnn*" striving to meet the needs of their communities. Horv rvill MemPhis "stack uP?" The F. J. W. A's. Battle of MemPhis "safeguarding the Family in \{rar Time" is the title o[ the booklet describing its vear's work' distributed at the annual meeting of the Federation of .|clvish \A/elfare Agencies, held at Lowenstein's on . March 2lst- Some- o[ tl.r'c problems about rvhich troublecl people came to the Federation during the y"o, *"..' anii-social behavior, adiustment to old age confiict between the youne and the old' illness' alien status, migration, domestic discord, locating relatives' financial neecl, problems of rnen and women in the armed" forces ancl admissions to institutions' An averasc of 104 farnilies a month consulted the Federation' Of these an average of only 12 families a month required Iinancial aisistance reflecting better employmellt with increasecl need of trained help in meeting thc clif{iculties of war time life' f'he Federation's "Woman of the Years" NIrs' N{. If. Roscnthal, r'vho has given generousl;' of her tine ancl hcrlvork throughout the existence of the agency, lvas elected Honorary Vice-President for life' ni, ofii." created especially for her' William Rosenfielcl was re-clected President' -E April, 1945 THE COUNCILLOR Page 3 Assignment Home Back to ciwies, N,Iain St. and shell eggs. T,he transition is not aln,ays a simple one lvhen the boys come homc. The Council of Social Agencies, ar the request oI thc Vereran's Advisory Committee, has aerced to participatc in the services to veterans at the One ,Stop Service Center by furnishing a rrained case r,r,orker for counsclling with men and women r,r,ho have personal problcrns. The worker is also to rcfrl sur ir tlorrblcd veterans to r he lrplrropriatc private agencies in case fur-thcr services aie needed. - At the One Stop Service Cenrer, 122 Union Ave., cstablished last August under the sponsorship of the X{emphis and Shelby County Veterans Advisory Comnrittec, \,etcr:rns havc been i-eceiving r.ocaticlnal guidance, training ancl emplovrlenr thrcnrgh thc United States Employrnent Sen,ice, the U. S. Civit Sen,ice, the Selective Service and the Tennessee Vocatiorrztl RchaLiiitafiotr Dcirari-rlelL. Aii oi iircsc L:ri,e intervieu,ers at the center. The absencc of a counselor rvho can acllisc on personal pi.oblems ancl rtho knows the rcsour(cs of the local agencies, has been recognized as a. lack _plevenring the Cenrer frorn being fuily effcctivc. The Center- rvas sct up as a central infoimation bureau to lvhich tire veteian can go for information about anr/ rype of problem to receil,e the needed service there or to be referred directlv bv appointment to the agency r,vhich can sivc the hetp^he or she necds. Speed and efficiency in securin,g immediate serr.ice for the veteran is the goal of the Center. Social Service Exchange The rvork of the Menrphis Social Ser.r,ice Exchange, a department of the Council, continucs to incrcise each year. The Exchange, a confidential index o{ families and individuals -kno.n'n to social and hcalth agencies in Nlemphis aud Shelby Counry, handted 38.092 clt,alantt,s irr lg4 I as comparcd wirlr 34.74 I in 1943. Immediate service was given by the Exchange on 12,187 telephone calls. This fr-urction saved tfre agencies,much duplication as shown by the fact that aSL ot these cases werc identified as knorvn pre.i,iously to one or more agencies. . The Exchange was uscd by 64 agencies who sent in 9684 cases to be registered indiiating that they had 'rvritten material in rheir files of significance to an in_quirine agenc\. Further duplication of r,r,ork n';rs clinrinarctl anrl coopelation bcil.cen rlrc agcncies assured in 36fl of these cases, as 3465 nere preiiously krr,,nrr iu,,il,cr,gtltir". _ Names of I 1,303 relatives of clients ancl patients of agencies .lr,ere also- cleared through the Eichange of rvlrorn 22oi. had had previous Iontact u,ith the Iocal agencies. 2745 notifications \,vere senr out on currentlv resistered cirscs to a.qencies prer.iously reg_ istcrecl on those cases. Agencies cancelled 2197 old cases on r,r..hich therc rvas no longer material of signiIicarrce. Annual Meeting Family Welfare Agency In confidcnce and privacy the Family \Velfare clurins the last vear heiped a rotal of 1750 families 1.9. o]]rry.T (luesrions irnporranr ro rheir. happiness "Sha,ll I lear,'e rn,v hr-rsband?," "\.Vhat nakes act the .Ji"r*1, r\ia,v he does?," "FIou, can I enter a sanaiarium zis thc doctor orders r,r,hen I have a familv and zr houschold to care lor?" Shown clifferent aspects of the problents rhe indi.".idual was helpccl to work ox.t _his or her problem. T'his mieht be toierancc, chiid guidance, health educarion or financial help to break thc vicious circle ol poor housing, bah health, jangted nervcs ancl loss of'hope. -924 families r.r,ere hclPed throush special scrl,ices at outl)osts in the cornmunity, 53 social srudies wcre lrade for Draft Boards .)r ()ut of tolr.n agencies. At \,\/cst f'cnlressee I,Ierlical Ccnter, ,,,orrr.r- and sirls lver^c olfcrecl uncierstandin^g ancl guiclance and irelp itl rnaking a nC\,\/ start. 63- mothc"rs or yo,,,e rvit-cs we_re given counselilrs service before goiirg t,! 345 rvomcn r.vere intcl^vicr,r.ecl ar their"placi of "tr:ani.nk_. ing lol rr'ar rrolk. 'Ilrese are among the highligirts of the Aeency,s lurrrrral rt.lrort lrr.cscrrtt,rl nl ils annunl mreting l'ebruary 26th at H,rtcl Clariclee, Joirn S. Oiila"ran rvas re-electcd presiclent [or- the-v.l,ii to come. Cita_ tions of honor for lor.rg and vah.iable sen,ice to thc a,-,q:":), and to thc r;orrrllrnitl rlere urvar-cled to J. A. lliechrnan, .|une t{udisill, Jim Rarviincs, N,I. S."Bin_ \\f;ills.ct.. and \lrs. R. Brirrklt,l Srrorvdcrr. Coming Up J'he annual meering of the.'Iravelers Aid Society 'lvill be hcld \Vednesday, April lSth at 12:00 nooir at the Hotel Ga_voso. f'he guest speaker wilt be Mr. Chas. T. Evansl public Relations Director of the Arkansas Pou,er and Light Co., Little Rock, Arkansas. Our Day The annual meeting of the Nlernphis Council of Social Agencies will be held on Thuisday, June Tth, at the Hotel Peabody. Luncheon will be "scrved at 12:15 p. m. Lieut. Col. Samuel paster, Chief of the Neuropsvchiatric Service, Kennedv General Hospital, will speak on this occasion. Eiection of officers will take place. Suggesrions of narres for Boar<l members and officers may be sent by delesates of the Council to the charrman or any rlember of the nominating committee which is lonstituterl as follows: Mrs. E. \A/. Hale, chairman, Mrs. Snowden --Bo,vJe, N,k+. I{++gh ,F,{ai4en=Mr, Robelt X4cl{.ee, Miss ^ Ilh"l N,ermeyer, NIrs. Joseph orgi]l, [r., and Mr. \\'. \. \\'ooLen. Council Publications f-he_Jirst copy sold of the Nlinimum Aclequrre Family Iluclger wenr ro Nliss .fessie Nrlahan, counJcllor at the Chickasaw OrdnancC \,\/orks. Sam Darden, lettcr carrier purchased rhe second ,qroul) of lour ancl sent them to the National Associatibn oI Letter Carriers Branch 3856, Nlenrphis, the Local Trades ancl Labor: Clouncil and the National Association of Lctter Carriers, A. F. of L. Thcse purchases sive an interestine eiirnpse of the pctssible usefulness-ancl valuc oI the str.rdv. 'Ihe ne.r,r, Social Sen,ice Directory of Memphis, compiled. and published bv the Council is nor,v ready for disuibution. Both parnphlets are ar,.ailable ro rhe general public at the office for 25 cents cach. PaEe 4 TFIE COUNCILLOI{ April, 1945 \\rar Planning Committee, Personnel ancl stafi Cbrnrhrtrbc of tAC r'iashr-rlie Delegate Meeting Miss Lora Lee Pederson, Director of the Nashville School of Social \Arork, will speak on "The Importance of Preparation for Social \Mork," before the meeting of the Delegate Body of the Council, on Thursday, April 5th at 1l a. m. in Room 200, Peabody Hotel. Miss Pederson is an informative and delightful speaker and her talk will be of great interest to the many representatives of the organizations who form our delegate body. She is a member of the executive committee of the Nashville Council of Social Agencies, and has had long years of training and experience in social work. Before assumins her present post she was Associate Professor of Social Case \Vork at Scarrit College, Nashville. She is chairman of the sub-committee on Training for Social Work of the Nashyille Chamber of Commerce Post- Something Brand New For the first tirne N{emphis rvill have a one day National Con{erence of Social Work on Monday, NIay 28th. Acceding to thc O. D. T. request the National Conferencc which r,r,as scheduled to mect in NIihr.aukec, N{ay 27th, has been cancelled. In its place rrrany cities r.vill hold one day prc-,grams based on papers being prel>arecl b,v national authorities on topics of national and local interest. N4iss Edrrina Ford r'r,ill serve as gcncral chairrnan of the Nlemphis "conference." There rvill be a meetine open to thc general public as well as rneetings for mernbers onl1,. Any person interested in social lvork mav become a member of the National Conference of Social \,\rork by the payment o[ membership dues. YMCA Banquet Leisrrre irours are important in the lifc of every ),()uth, and it is these hours rvhich the YN{CA is strivins to make constructive for the bovs of N{emphis- At the annual banquet held on March 2nd at Hotel Pcabodrr, Dr. .|ames Lee Ellcnrvood, YNICA exccutive secrctary for Ner,v York, said: "The YNIICA should rt,ork in conjunction r,vith the school, church, home and his leisure time alrd create a program in which he can do and learn rvhat he should." Highliehting the activities of the past year were the establishment of tr,r,o branch "Y's" and fr,rrther: development of the negro "Y." the three schools. The library, with plant and book resources of $3,000,000 is the focal point of the institutional cooperation and is an integral part of the School of Social \Arork's educational facilities. Graduates of the School of Social Work carry with them NI. S. degrees in Social Work, acceptable to the American Association o{ Schools of Social \A/ork. Scholarships are available for those who need financial asslstance. Adviser, Office lr Opportunity for Training Frerluently wc overlorik the advantages rve have in our midst, looking for "gr:eener srass in the next pasture." So it is with the Nashville School of Social Work, of u,hich Nliss Lora Lee Pederson, our speaker at the delcgate meetins, is director. Nestled among the imposing builclines of Vandcrbilt University, Scarritt Coliege, and Peabody College, the School forms a geographical hub for the three camPuses. Operated as a joint enterpr:ise of Nashville's three sreat cdr-rcational institutions, thc School of Social \\rork offers an extensive course of study in the fields of social case work, child welfare and public and private'nelfare administration. The legal aspects of social wo'k, re scarch, history of philanthropy, sroup'l,l.ork, and community orsanization are also offered by the School to berrer prepare students for the performance of a professional job in the recognized areas o[ social .r,velfarc. Across the sueet from the school is the Joint Univcrsitv Library, another cooperativc r.cnture of Ilrrpnrs CouNcrr, or Socrer, AcnNcrns 526 Goodrvyn Inst. BIdg. MENIPHIS 3, TENN. Sec. 562 P.L.& R. Note Note for historical disclaimer <small><i>Please note that these documents are presented as they existed in their original form for historical accuracy. This document may contain racial or culturally insensitive language. 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