Smyrna times., 1961-02-09
Employment of
80 Handicapped
Acquired in 1860

A total of SO men and wom-
en- found partial or full-time
work in 1860 through the efforts
of the Governors committee on
Employment of the Handicap
ped. In his annual report, James
III. Sears, chairman, said that
awareness of the value of ham
dicapped persons on-the-job is
growing throughout the State,
and that continued efforts should
be made to seek jobs for these
people. Delaware Steeplechase
and Race Association, Dover Air
Force Base, and Joseph Ban
croft and Sons were leaders in
hiring the handicapped in 1860,
Sears pointed out. Many other
companies and organizations ac-
cepted handicapped employees
for the first time last year, he
asserted. The full governors
committee held ten meetings
during 1860 while the Employ
ers A dvis ory Committee met
eighteen times to evaluate per-
sons who were seeking jobs.
Mr.. Sears pointed out that each
county has an employers ad-
visory committee. New Castle
County committee held nine
meetings to evaluate 43 people;
Kent County, one meeting to
screen four people; and Sussex
County had s meetings to check
26 men and women. A total of
Ill representatives of the en-
ployers advisory committee set
in on the total of 18 meetings.
During 1860 six new compan-
les were added to the Sussex
County Employers Advisory
Committee. Bank of Delaware,
Seaford; Bunting Nurseries, Inc,
Selbyville; Burris Food Distribu-
tors, Milford; Frank S. Parker
& Company, Millsboro; Mum
ford Sheet Metals Works, Selby-
vile; and Parsons Brothers,
Seaford. There were two ad-
ditions to the New Castle Com
mittee: Wilmington Dry Goods
Company and Wilmington Cen
eral Hospital. Mr.. Sears said
that during the year three mem
bers of the Governors Com
mittee were lost through death.
They were DR.. Raymond W..
Helm, Midsummer Mullin and
Mason E. Turner. Two were
lost through resignation: James
w. Brown and Thomas B. Eg-
an. Five new members became
affiliated with the Governors
Committee. They are: Elmer F.
Cunningham, News-Journal Com
pany; Bryan Field, Delaware
Steeplechase and Race Associa-
ton; Philip F. Guerke, Delaware
State Chamber of Commerce;
Richard R. Leclair, Delaware
Society, Crippled Children and
Adults and DR.. A. Vinograd,
Veterans Administration Hos
pital. Mr.. Sears reports that
National Employ the Physical
ly Handicapped Week was OBJ
served with good response in
the State, and the second an
nual essay writing contest drew
80 entries. The winner wa S
Miss Ann Marie Casey of Padua
Academy. Sessions of the Pres
ident's Committee e and the
White House Conference on
Children and Youth in Wash
ington; the eighth World Con-
gress, International Society for
Welfare of Cripples, in New
York, and many other meetings
of national scope were attend
ed by the chairman. He was
present at a total of Al meet
ings and conferences; gave three
talks and visited three work
shops during the year. Mr..
Sears was acknowledged ma
tionally for his work. He was
appointed chairman of the Steer
ing Advisory Board of the Pres
ident's Employers Committee
and a member of the Disabled
Veterans Committee of the
Presidents Committee. In order
that Governor Ebert N. Carvel
may designate his own officers,
MIR. Sears reported that both
he and secretary Edward A.
Mulrooney had submitted their
designations to Delaware's new
chief executive.
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