Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-11
5GrOups 10 Be Set Up
Within UCS 10 Attack
Problems Of Aging


to alleviate them were discussed
last night by the United Com
munity Services Committee on
the Aging, during a meeting in
the board room Of the American
Security and Trust Co. Building.
Mrs. Albert w. Atwood, re-
Gently named chairman of the
committee. was among As Dis
trict residents attending. All
have accepted membership on
the committee, which has been
set up to study the problems of
the oldsters.
It is estimated that there are
$500 persons in Washington
who are over so years of age.
Five subcommittee.
An agreement to set up five
subcommittee on housing, health
problems, education, recreation
and economic and employment
problems, was reached.
The names and duties of these
groups were outlined as follows:
Subcommittee on Economic
and Employment Problems: Oc-
cupational counseling, survey of
Government openings for the
aged, investigation of fringe"
and peak-time occupation for
the aging, employment place
ment service for this age group,
with or without remuneration,
stimulation of new placement
centers, knowledge of what the
AFL and CIO are doing for their
aging, and radio programs fea-
turing interviews with oldsterS
with jobs, those seeking posi-
tionS, and offering advice on how
to apply for jobs.
Subcommittee on Housing:
Survey of shelter homes for the
aged, survey of small rooming
and boarding houses for those
more than 10 years old; survey
of family placement opportuni-
ties for elderly people and pos
Sible stimulation of a volunteer
committee to undertake the
same; the establishment of a
Day Center and regional club
rooms. and cooperation with
builders and construction plan
ners. In this respect, it was
pointed out that Connecticut has
cottage-type homes for the aged
in public building programs, and
that the cities of Denver and
Chicago have set aside especial
ly-designed apartments for the
elderly.
Health Problems.
Subcommittee on Health Prob
lens: Survey of hospitals and
nursing homes, facilities, number
OF beds, vacancies and waiting
lists; stimulation of morale
building programs and occupa-
tional therapy in hospitals and
nursing homes; survey of and
stimulation of committees on
friendly visitors to shut-ins,
manned by trained volunteers.
and survey, if possible, of the
lonely house-bound aged.
subcommittee on Education:
Library programs geared to the
needs of the aging, lectures.
music and perhaps daily hobby
demonstrations each week; SEM
mars on preparation for the
aging; training of volunteers to
work with them; informant ton on
Old Age Assistance, Old Age and
Survivors Insurance, the White
Cross and so on, and develop
ment of religious programs for
the aging.
subcommittee on Recreation:
Survey and stimulation of Golden
Age Clubs geared to all types:
stimulation of annual regional
hobby shows and formation of a
hobby center, where actual work
may be done; the suggestion that
a homecrafters' shop to sell
completed work may be opened
and that formation of a volun-
teer motor corps to carry aging
to and from centers be estab-
lished. Also the possibility that
an advisory committee of men
tally and spiritually older people
be formed to advise on leisure
time activities Moreover. it was
brought out, if enough Golden
Age Clubs are formed, an all
club council should be formed
1t was suggested.
District residents who have
accepted membership on this
UCS committee. including those
already mentioned. are:
Mrs. Atwood, DR.. Edward j,
Stieglitz, George w. Dougherty.
Mrs. Jerome Antell, Mrs. j. P.
Ault, Miss Sibyl Baker, Rev. Dill
lard H. Brown, Mrs. William N.
Buckner, Milo F. Christensen.
Rev. Leo j. Coady, Miss Elizabeth
w. Conrad, Mrs. Esther C. Costa.
Hugh K. Duffleld and Mrs. Grace
E. Frysinger.
Also, Mrs. Charles A. Gold
smith, Col. West A. Hamilton
Mrs. Ray L. Huff, John Ihlder
Mrs. Margaret Key Kelson.
Charles A. King, DR.. Jack KIeh,
DR.. Henry c. Koch, Fred s.
kogod, Miss Anne Larrabee, Miss
Matilda Lindsay. James j. Nc
Guire, Glenn E. MCLAUGHLIN
Eugene Merritt and Miss Edna
PoSton.
Also, Miss Irene Richards
John w. Cooley, Mrs. Muriel
Rinov, Mrs. Harry Schnabel, the
Rev. William Schiebel, DR.. Dan
lei L. Seckinger, Rabbi Henry
Segal, L. K. Shivery, Grahme T.
Smallwood, Mrs. Helen Stein
barger. Clark Tibbitts, w. J..
VosS, Thomas G.. Walters, Mrs.
Theodore o. Wedel, Mrs. John
w. Written and Mrs. Aileen
Shea Zahn.