Smyrna times., 1953-12-03
COMMISSION ON CHILDREN
Delaware Commission on Children
and Youth To Be Held December

and Youth To Be Held December 5
Youth takes the spotlight and
the responsibility for the third an
nual conference of the Delaware
Commission on Children and
Youth to be held on Saturday, De-
cember 5th at P. S. Dupont High
School, Wilmington. Theme of
the conference is Delaware Youth
Look at Their Community" and a
planning committee of thirty
young people have been developing
the facts. State and local agenc-
les are being interviewed by men,
bers of the committee. The infor-
nation will be gathered into re-
ports covering five different areas
of child welfare and the reports
presented by young men and wom-
en- at the morning general ses-
sion of the conference. The five
areas being explored and the nam
es of the persons reporting to the
general session are as follows:
Family Living, Miss Sally Breslin,
Wilmington; Responsible Com
munity Living, John E. Owens,
Wilmington; Physical and Mental
Health, Richard Coombs, Whining
ton; Education, Grover Biddle, Do
yer; and Profitable Use of Leisure
Time, Harold v. Semling, Jr., Do
yer. Registration will begin at
900 o'clock on the morning of De-
cember 5th in the lobby of P. S.
DUPONT High School. The open
ing general session will start at
$3.50, with Mr.. Thomas w. Null
rooney, Chairman of the Commits
sion, presiding. Very Rev. DR.. I.
A. Lawless, Principal of Salesian-
UNI School, will give the invocation
and Governor ]. Caleb Boggs will
welcome the assembly. DR.. Hen
Try H. Welch, Secretary Of the
Commission, and chairman of this
years conference, will speak on
the plan of the conference and will
be followed by brief reports from
the members of the Youth Com
lmittee in their respective areas.
At 11:15 the assembly will break
up into sectional work group meet
ings to discuss the problems and
needs of children and youth in
each of the five areas of their daily
living under consideration. The
discussion leaders and panel men,
bers of these work group meetings
will be members of the Youth
Committee, as follows: Family
Living; -Chairmen, David Jew
lett and Earl Patterson. Panel:
miss Sally Breslin, Richard ID.
Cook, and James G. Maloney, Jr.
Irresponsible Community Living:
Chairmen; John E. Owens. Panel:
Frank Garosi, Miss Janet Holmes,
Daniel Kristol, William L. Lord,
Jr., Sydney Ezrailson. Physical
and Mental Health; Chairman,
Richard Coombs; Panel: Miss 10
Ann Chandlee, Miss Norma Klein
er, Miss Kathy Schulz, Miss Betty
! Woods, Jack Webber. Education:
Cox Chairmen, Grover Biddle, Miss
Rosanna Fortunate, William j
Hopkins, Jr; Panel: Miss Lois
Alava, Miss Isabelle Haupt, Will
liam Oliver. Profitable Use Of
Leisure Times IChairmen: Johr
Gibson, Harold v. Semling, Jr.;
Panel, Miss Miriam Kennedy, Hen.
ry Matuszewski, Donald Moore
Miss Gail O'Hearn, Miss Waldo
Lou Reed, Miss Harriet Walker
Luncheon will be served at 12:3(
in the cafeteria to those having
luncheon reservations. At 1:4t
sectional work group meetings
will be resumed until $3.50 to dis
cuss ways of meeting the needs
uncovered in the morning session
At $40 a general session will bt
resumed for the purpose of pre-
senting the recommendations de
veloped in the work group meet
ings to the Commission. AS tht
final feature of the day, Rabb
Herbert e. Drooz, of Temple Betl
Emeth, will deliver short address
Challenge to Delaware" and a
five o'clock the benediction will b'
pronounced py Rev. Charles r
Leech, Education Director, Episco
pal Diocese of Delaware. TIL,
public is invited to attend the con
ference and luncheon reservation
may be made by calling Mrs. Heller
Won Dreele, executive secretary
Wilmington 4-3181.