A detailed descriptive directory of public and private agency services and facilities available to older persons in the St. Louis area has been printed by the Health and Welfare Council of Metropolitan St. Louis, 417 N. 10th St., St. Louis 1, Mo.: "Guide to Services for the Aging." (April 1959). 32 pages; 25¢, or 15¢ for 100 or more. The Information Bureau of the Community Council of Greater New York, 345 E. 45th St., New York 17, has published the Fourth Edition of its "Directory of Recreation Facilities for Older People", available at $1.25. This volume, dated April 1959, with excellent cross-indexes, lists 146 centers and clubs in all five NYC boroughs as a guide to individuals and agencies. For each center or club, full information includes address, telephone, person in charge, group served, fees, times of meeting, how much stair-climbi to get in, description of program, and specia services. A limited number of free copies of San Fran cisco Senior Center's Annual Report, 1958-195 are available from Executive Director Florence E. Vickery at the Center, Aquatic Park, Foot d Polk St., San Francisco 9: Objectives, prograr and operations of a fine center (which train staff and helps develop other centers) with ex ceptionally wide community support. "Growing Older", a booklist from Baltimore: Public Library, describes nearly 20 titles under the headings of "Preparing for the Future" and "Retirement." The list is available (send 5 in coin or stamps) from: Publications, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore 1. Md. Quantity prices are 75¢ for 25 copies, $1.50 for 50, $2.50 for 100, and $10.00 for 500. An 11-page annotated bibliography on "The Aging and the Aged" is available at 25¢ per copy (stamps or coin) from the American Labor Education Service, Inc., 1776 Broadway, New York 19. Although designed primarily for use in labor education work, this bibliography will be useful for many people in the field of aging because it lists and describes several other bibliographies as well as periodicals, films and recordings. Headings within this bibliography include: "Background of the Problem and Philosophy of Approach" "Trade Union Policy and Programs" "Community Programs, Recreation, Day Centers and Clubs" "Employment and Retirement, Preparation for Re- "Health, Housing, Living Arrangements" GPO 943296 National Leadership Training Institute Emphasizes Preparations With 720 registrants from all parts of the United States, the June 24-26 Institute brought ogether representatives from nearly all interests n the field of aging and symbolized for many, as had been hoped, the second big step (after the Advisory Committee meetings June 9-10) in the work and preparation plans for the White House Conference on Aging, January 9-12, 1961. The Institute was conducted by the Special Staff on Aging at Ann Arbor, Michigan, immediately following the University of Michigan's 12th Annual Conference on Aging. Participants learned of the importance of organizing efforts within the States, beginning with applications for State grants under Public Law 85-908. These applications must be accompanied by suitable plans for State action. Full information on grants is now available in the nine regional offices of the Department of HEW. Announcement of the appointment of specialists on aging in almost all regional offices has been made in the meantime, to help individual States set up their Conference preparations, and to expedite the processing of applications. After initial organization (already well established in many States), most States will be undertaking self-surveys in the areas of need and action to be discussed at the White House Conference. A "Guide for State Surveys on Aging" was one of the basic documents discussed and distributed at the Institute. Reprints of the "Guide" are being made available by the Special Staff on Aging through the regional representatives so that all concerned State officials will have copies. Results of these surveys, in turn, will be the basis for reports within each State on facts and recommendations concerning programs for aging. State conferences, supported by P. L. 85-908 grants, are the next step in the development of formal reports of State recommendations (from all States and Territories) to be submitted to the Secretary of HEW. A memorandum will be sent to all States, for distribution through DHEW regional offices, explaining the report requirements. States are being asked to hold their conferences early in 1960 and to submit their reports by June 30. States which hold their conferences later must submit their recommendations by October 5, 1960. Concurrently with these developments of preparations within the States, the White House Conference on Aging Staff is developing materials with reference to each of the 20 subject-matter categories to be considered at the Conference. Advisory Committee members are being assigned to 20 subject-matter Planning Committees which will supervise preparation of papers. Situation papers in each one of these subject-matter areas will describe broadly the needs, resources, trends, and existing gaps in programs. These situation papers, however, are not intended to offer recommendations. The Planning Committees will be augmented by special consultants. A preliminary draft of a "Handbook" listing the interests and activities in the field of aging by national voluntary organizations was also distributed at the Institute. This "Handbook" will be available for Conference preparation work. Supplements will be issued periodically. The program of the National Leadership Training Institute, in addition to general sessions, formal addresses, a film showing, and an evening panel discussion on achieving effective public relations, was divided into three series of working sessions, at each of which participants divided into small conference groups. The first of these series split into nine identical work groups to consider the State surveys and reports; the sec ond, into four functional groups to consider different aspects of Conference preparation: (1) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES IN AGING, (2) THE CONTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE, (3) THE ROLE OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, and (4) LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; the final series of sessions split into nine geographical groups to consider resources for action and Conference planning in each one of the DHEW regions. Over 150 participants had direct responsibility in different parts of the Institute Program. The objectives of the Institute were to stimulate a total national effort in meeting the needs of our older citizens through the White House Conference on Aging, and to offer direction to those who will assume Conference leadership responsibilities in their States, communities, and organizations. Major addresses were given by Under Secretary of HEW Bertha S. Adkins and White House Conference Advisory Committee Chairman Robert W. Kean. Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan gave a welcoming address at the opening session. Regional Representatives for Aging Appointment of Regional Representatives for the White House Conference on Aging was made during June and July to offer help to States and communities with preparations for the Conference. Regional Office representatives of constituent organizations within DHEW, as well as central office program personnel, will be available for consultation in their areas of specialization. In addition, representatives of the Department of Labor, the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and other Federal departments and agencies, are being alerted by their agencies to offer assistance. An orientation meeting for DHEW Regional Representatives was held in Washington July 15 and 16. As of July 24, appointees in Dallas and Denver had not yet been designated. The following listing of their names, and Regional Office addresses, is given as a ready refer Full title identification as "Regional Representative, White House Conference on Aging", and complete DHEW designation with number of The Region will expedite receipt of requests for information and assistance: Region : Mr. James C. Hunt 120 Boylston St, Boston 16, Mass. Phone: Ubbard -0550 CONN, MAINE, MASS., N.H., R.I., VT. Region : ME Edmond J. Sabatini Room 1200, 48 Broadway, New York 4, N.Y. Phone: Whitehall & 44 PENNY PANNA. Region III: Mr. H. Burton Aycock 700 E. Jefferson St., Charlottesville, Va. Phone: CHarlottesville 3-5181 D.C., KY., MD., N.C., VA., W.VA., P.R., V.I. Region IV: Mr. Cecil Simpson 50 Seventh St., N.E., Atlanta 23, Ga. Phone: TRinity 6-3311 ALA., FLA., GA., MISS., S.C., TENN. Region V: Miss Verna Due Room 712 New Post Office Building 433 W. Van Buren St., Chicago 7, Ill. Phone: WAbash 2-8550 ILL., IND., MICH., OHIO, WISC. Region VI: Miss Amelia Wahl 2305 Federal Office Building 911 Walnut St., Kansas City 6, Mo. Phone: BAltimore 1-7000 IOWA, KANS., MINN., MO., NEBR., N.D., S.D. ARK., LA., N.M., OKLA., TEXAS COLO., IDAHO, MONT., UTAH, WYO. 447 Federal Office Building Civic Center, San Francisco 2, Calif. Phone: KLondike 2-2350 Stressing the positive approach of enrichment of the later years as well as the contribution and responsibility of the individual for his own preretirement planning and preparation-as summarized in the theme, "Aging With a Future"the Chautauqua Institution and DHEW's Staff on Aging jointly presented a full-week program at Chautauqua, N. Y., July 6-11. Professor Leo W. Simmons of Yale University's Department of Sociology opened the lecture series with a discussion of "Meaningful Roles for Older People." The Tuesday morning lecture, "Health Added Years - Man's Priceless Heritage", was presented by Dr. Edward L. Bortz, Chief of Medical Service at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and former President of the American Medical Association. Dr. John W. McConnell, Dean of Cornell University's Graduate School, covered "Aging and the Economy" on Wednesday, and Walter K. Vivrett, Professor of Architecture at the University of Minnesota, spoke on "Housing and the New Patterns of Living and Aging" on Thursday morning. Friday morning was devoted to a symposium on the plans for the White House Conference on Aging with HEW Under Secretary Bertha S. Adkins, Advisory Committee Chairman Robert W. Kean, and Conference Staff Director William C. Fitch. The week's program was climaxed by an all-day Senior Citizen's Day celebration in which thousands of senior citizen club members From a 100-mile radius participated. Among the special features during the week were the presentation of a play, "The Room Upstairs", dramatizing the relationships between an elderly widow and her daughter and son-in-law with whom she lives, and a film, "Such a Busy Day Tomorrow", about the return to active living by a lonely old man through the efforts of a senior citizen activity center (the Hodson Center in New York City). On Thursday evening, Mr. Kean delivered an address on "Inflation and Retirement." Friday afternoon, Miss Adkins spoke on "No Time for Lavender and Old Lace" to an overflow audience at an open meeting of the Chautauqua Women's Club. Simultaneously, a number of regular programs were conducted each day. The Special Staff on Aging presented the White House Conference on Aging Exhibit, and manned a special centrally located information booth. Two workshops, one on "Community Opportunities for Service for Older People," conducted by Mrs. Lucia Bing (Cleveland), the other on "Constructive Leadership with Older People," conducted by Dr. Harry Levine (New York City), were presented each day. In addition, each afternoon Miss Esther Stamats, of the White House Conference Staff, conducted a discussion of that morning's lecture, and each evening there was a showing of selected films on various aspects of aging. To supplement the information, suggestions, points of view, and recommendations collected by the four members of the Special Staff on Aging in their participation in the lectures, discussions, and workshops, Miss Stamats conducted a schedule of interviews with older persons who were willing to act as "consultants" and/or were able to contribute valuable information about their successful adjustment to retirement. Miss Stamats stayed on for an additional two weeks to continue these interviews both at Chautauqua and in nearby communities. In evaluating the special week's program, the Chautauqua Institution reported that thousands of participants had gained valuable information and insight, both as individuals and as community leaders, and that large numbers of middle-aged and older persons who were in attendance indicated significant and socially desirable changes in attitude. The Special Staff on Aging, in addition to having the opportunity for widespread grass roots participation in the preparations for the White House Conference on Aging, derived special benefit from direct contact with such large numbers of older people themselves. Institute in Social Gerontology Forty winners of faculty fellowships ($500 plus travel and living expenses) for the 1959 Summer Institute in Social Gerontology are attending sessions August 3-28 at the University of California in Berkeley. The Institute, established in 1957 through grants totalling $300,000 from the U. S. Public Health Service (NIH), is conducted by a 16-member Inter-University Council headquartered at The University of Michigan. Its aim is to increase the number of faculty members in the psychological and social sciences and in applied fields who can offer instruction and carry on research dealing with phenomena of aging in American society. Dr. Wilma Donahue, Chairman of The University of Michigan's Division of Gerontology, is director of the Institute. There were 254 applicants for fellowships. The fellowship winners, representing 40 different universities and colleges in 28 States from all regions of the U. S., are listed alphabetically by State: Ralph R. Ireland, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson. Ralph Goldman, Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles. Douglas A. Michel, Department of Psychology, Sacramento State College, California. G. Gorham Lane, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark. Samuel Gertman, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Fla. John D. Reid, Department of Sociology, Atlanta University, Georgia. Eloise C. Snyder, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Charles T. O'Reilly, School of Social Work, Loyola University, Chicago. Allan Rechtschaffen, Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago Medical Center. Queenie B. Mills, Division of Child Development and Family Relations, University of Illinois, Urbana. John T. Liell, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington. Leonard Z. Breen, Department of Sociology, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. John J. Kane, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Ind. Don C. Charles, Department of Psychology, Iowa State College, Ames. Donald O. Cowgill, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Wichita, Kansas. E. Jerry Phares, Department of Psychology, Kansas State College, Manhattan (Kans.). Margaret T. Cussler, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park. Katherine R. Reebel, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Kenneth R. Wurtz, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Edward H. Hobbs, Department of Research in Business and Public Administration, University of Mississippi, University. Albert F. Wessen, Department of Sociology and Psychiatry, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Bert R. Sappenfield, Department of Psychology, Montana State University, Missoula. J. Joel Moss, Department of Home Economics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. John A. Menge, Department of Economics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. Ruth H. Thomas, Department of Child Development and Family Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. E. Virginia Stone, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Juanita M. Kreps, Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, N. C. Robert Rosenthal, Department of Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. Irving Rosow, Department of Sociology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Marvin R. Koller, Department of Sociology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. Clarence J. Leuba, Department of Psychology, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Roy B. Helfgott, Department of Economics, Pennsylvania Monte H. Koppel, Department of Sociology and Social Laurie M. Gunter, School of Nursing, Meharry Medical Robert L. Skrabanek, Department of Agriculture Economics and Sociology, Texas A&M College, College Station. Max L. Carruth, Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Alfred Kadushin, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Frank J. Atelsek, Department of Sociology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisc. Philip H. Lohman, Department of Commerce and Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE ARTHUR S. FLEMMING, Secretary Published to share and exchange information about programs, activities, and publications among interested individuals, agencies, and organizations, under approval of the Bureau of the Budget dated August 22, 1957. Subscriptions ($1.00 for 12 issues, 50¢ additional for foreign mailing, or 10¢ for single copies) should be addressed to Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. All other communications may be sent directly to Editor of Aging, Special Staff on Aging, U. S. Department of Security's Bureau of Public Assistance, Mr. Ro has wide experience in county and State welfar in departments, and in public and voluntary soch Yo service agencies. The American Public Welfar co Association is at 1313 E. 60th St., Chicago 37. pr The Flagg Opportunity Center of Houst Texas, has placed about one-third of some 300 plicants during its first two years of operation Established "to help the mature woman find be rightful place in the business and industria world," this unique employment placement service! offers counselling, points on personal grooming placement and, sometimes, financial assistanc All expenses are borne by a special Service Ch of career women all of whom have been feature. subjects of reporter Maydel Flagg's Housty Post articles. For more information: Mrs. C. J. Woods, Executive Director, 3304 Milam St., Houston 6. The Portland Visitation, organized to plan visits to convalescent homes, is the outgrowth of an Institute for the Aging held under the auspices of the Portland Federation of Women's Organizations, and supported by the United Church Women of Portland, Portland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women, Portland Council of Churches, Bureau of Parks, Deanery of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, St. Johns Study Club, Women's Fellowship of Pilgrim Congregational Church, Shovel and Hoe Garden Club, Woman's Club, Tabor Rose Garden Club, and Girl Scout Troop No. 559. Almost 1000 guests in nursing homes were visited at Easter. For further information: Mrs. Vern Van Horn, Council of Social Agencies, 204 Terminal Sales Bldg., Port fa |