Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
Remember The Thrill
OF Your First Pay

Can you remember when you
| received your very first pay check!
Remember the thrill, the excite
ment of actually having earned it!
Remember how proud you were
| The amount? No. If you are like
most Americans, you don't remem-
! ber the amount. that wasn't so
| important-the really important
thing. you earned it, all by your
self; but, most of all, it was a
paycheck! Your very first pay
| check!
Golden Opportunity Center, Inc.
is lower Delaware's workshop for
the handicapped. "a non-profit
organization for training and en-
ploying the handicapped of Kent,
Sussex and lower New Castle
counties
Consider a young man severely
handicapped by multiple sclerosis,
| in a wheelchair or on crutches,
probably for the rest of his life.
Picture this same young man
mentally retarded by accident OF
birth.
A critical automobile accident in
which a young man has his skull
| fractured. just an innocent pas
senger. 1t could happen to you, to
| anyone at anytime. After extensive
brain surgery, this young man was
perhaps more fortunate h a n
many, he is alive. The accident
could have caused him to spend a
number of years in a wheelchair
and another couple of years on
crutches, due to right hemoplegia.
1t could have caused him to lose
his power of speech for years and,
yes, even leave him mentally re-
tarded for life.
Attractive young ladies, cerebal
palsy and mental retardation cause
many problems. All these persons
can become capable wage earning
citizens if given the right oppor-
tunity with the proper training
Consider the case of a severe
dental infection leading to brain
surgery and on to hemoplegia,
then to severe epileptic seizures.
Thus, terminating the livelihood of
young man and his f a m i y,
wrecking a managerial career, de-
stroying everything. everything,
except HOPEi
The handsome young FELLOW W
born with club feet, blind in one
eye, capable and willing. Job op-
portunities. nil The el erly
YOUNG gentleman of 81 years,
retired laryngect, with stomach
ulcer operations, but in good
health, however, no opportunity
for a decent job within his pres
ent capabilities. Yet, work is the
only thing that stands between
him and utter boredom.
There are others-many others,
capable, dependable, but handi-
capped people who ask only for
an opportunity to work, and under
standing and patience while they
learn. Is this too much to ask?
WE. THE PEOPLE OF della
WARE, THINK NOT.
Golden Opportunity Center, Inc,
workshop for training both the
physically and mentally han d l.
capped people of Kent and Sussex
Counties, was planned. and spon-
sored by people who THINK NOT
not of themselves, but of their
desire and ability to help othersl
Everyone can help" said Earl
Cander, Director of the Workshop.
Give us work that we can do in
the shop. simple, repetitive work.
Companies and corporations can
he especially helpful by letting us
do sub-assembly type work for
them. packaging, collating, stuff
ing of envelopes, .mailings, etc" !"
Professional quality guaranteed.
Call Earl Canter at 736-1162
people can helm in other ways
TOO" stated Miss Muriel Schwartz,
Golden Opportunity Center. LEND
us your moral support. come in to
see the Center. Shop hours are 9
am to S pm, Mr. Canter will be
glad TO welcome you and answer
anv orest'ons"
Golden Opportunity Center, Inc.
started operations July 16. 1862
They now have handicapped
rennle working and anproximatelv
13 more awaiting suitable work
contracts before they can be given
Jobs. The Workshop has done con-
tract work for Globe Union Corp,
Battery Div. Middletown, modify
ing and sorting plastic vent caps.
Mulco Corp. Milford. Delaware.
packaging of various types of
wooden nroducts. Dover Ditho-
Printing Co.. gluinp and installing
inserts in books. r. G. Nehi Co.
renairing soft drink shells, and
others.
"The workshop is growing so
rapidly" enthused DR.. John Glenn
of Milford. newly-elected Vie
President of BOD. "We are loo'y-
inc for much larger Quarters. We
will have TO find a suitable place
verv soon"
G.O.CI. extends thanks and deem
appreciation for all fhe many
people who have worked so hard
and done. so much TO launch its
operation, and especially to Mrs.
Y. Allen Frear. Jr. and to sthe
Delaware All Star Football Came