The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
sunday, MARCH 80, 1s47
,rARLTON RHODES,
p.p.NEWS STAFF WRITER

mrs Helen Jones, the modest
ing woman who directs Girl
Oo,ting in the Wilmington area
progressed far in the field OF
a aasial science since her youth.
che was born On Washington's
,:sthday. of Hungarian-born par.
D in Toledo, Ohio, shortly after
sns' first world war. my father
wv an electrical engineer, she
va lain1ed, but 1 didn't inherit.
nj his tendencies of mechani.
al aptitudes"
Che attended St. Stevens Pa
.oohial Catholic School in Toledo.
~ a choir member there,
nd I always got the part of an
.nse1 in the school plays, b
.nnld never understand why, be.
..use I was more or less a tom.
wv, she says.
..vhsn I was eight, I started
,.t;ng music and played h e
s;sno" she continued.
When she entered the e eight
x..de she enrolled at Notre Dame
scsdemy, private school for girls,
sna continued through high school
mere.
Che continued the study oil
zvsic in the Conservatory OF
Mnsic, Il was pianist for the
t;sb school orchestra for four
sasrs and a member of the choir.
will never forget those good OLD
Avs, asserted Mrs. Jones.
She was also a member of the
.+hletic club and played forward
M The girls basketball team ane
,erved as captain for four years.
Thev always had the winning
,sam because, as she puts it.
.ue had some girls On our team
mat were really good" She
vas also president of the junior
class.
when | was in high school J
had the ambition to be a schoo.
teacher and concentrated on Eng
ish and Latin" She declared.
when ! attended Toledo teach
.r's College l took up progressive
.ducation, majoring in English
md Latin and mirroring in Soci.
elogy." she continued.
she then entered LaSales Col
,egs. where she received her A
r" While still in college she
became interested in Sociology
and even though she had her de-
cree in languages she decided te
take postgraduate work in socla.
sciences.
Mrs. Jones did graduate work
in social science in the Catholic
University of America where she
received h e r Master of Science
degree in social work.
She also received a diploma In
social work at the National Catho'
lie School Of Social Science ir
Washington, D. c. Where She die
graduate work for two years.
Not contented to have her
father pay all Of her expenses
through college, S h e worked for
the Toledo Recreation Depart.
nent in the summer and helped
paw for her college education.
Also contributing greatly to h e I
education was a scholarship pre-
sented to her by the N a o n a ]
Council Of Catholic Women f
her outstanding grades, which
we're all "a" while in high school.
Due to this high average she was
Valedictorium during t h e senior
class graduation.
While attending graduate school
The did research work for t
dean of the social science school
She says working through
school makes it hard, but gives
the student a perspective ano
greater appreciation for his edu
cation. y feel if you want any
thing bad enough you will try
very hard to get it." Mrs. Jones
says.
Not being contented to be q
school teacher she decided to &C
into social service work When
was taking sociology in college
one of the professors in tha'
department. was the head of the
social work agency in Toledo ane
his DESCRIPTION of various case:
and methods involved in treating
them. entreated me very much
l volunteered to do some
student work for him." she says
About that same time the U. S
0. was recruiting and assigning
personnel to carry on work II
military and industrial areas sc
che entered tn program to FUR
their her training in social WORK
This o eventually brought
her to Wilmington. After she flnl'
shed training in Washington she
was assigned by the USO to serve
in this city, and came to the
Community as assistant and pro
gram director of the USO a
oecond and Orange streets.
After being in Wilmington +
Zone time she m e t, and later
married, Benjamin M. Jones, Jr'
IN employee in the office OF the
President of the Atlantic c
Line Railroad.
Mrs. Jones has not only. travel