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Show Vf fetes4 M..fWjm n ,j, ffjf gall Ubt ffibtm for 7 uiywiy(t of volunteers is biightening the lives of some resiof Utah's forgotten dents of nursing homes. A handful 9, 1971 Page 15 The Volunteer Care and Convalescing Meds, a nonpio-fit- , organization, is a first in the Salt Lake City area. It was organized in January, 1971, by Mrs. Ralph Box who recognized a need for volunteers after tire death of her father. Besides, a nursing home administrator had told her she wouldnt get volunteers and she was determined to prove him wrong. Ten women have carried the oiganization through the summer months with their efforts in five local nursing homes. One volunteer, Mrs. Darlene Bowman, has dexoted 374 hours through August. But in order to expand services, more volunteers are needed. Buy Own Gas Members buy their own gas, their own uniforms blue topper, white pants and pay $3 in yearly dues. had problems Mrs. volunteers. Box said. Working with nuts-inhome residents isn't glamorous. It's at the level of service. an Rewards come slowly W ev e attracting g nitty-gritt- y eldetly resident leaving his room to eat in the dming hall after weeks of effort, a word of thunks from a family member who can't visit often, residents looking forward to visits from the "ladies in blue. "No matter how tired I am when I get there, I have a good feeling when I leave. said Mrs. Oneta Plattner, whos given more than 170 hours in eight months. "They like to be touched. They want to be talked to. They need someone to listen. I ask them about their families. I ask them about home. We know basis. them on a Volunteers do for residents wiiat needs doing. But they first-nam- e Woo Named Willie Becomes Tiger In Jewelry Kingdom By Patricia Shelton Chicago Daily News Writer In this year when the Chinese look is begmning to sweep like chop suey and fortune cookies, a Woo named Willie is emerging as the new tiger in the costume jewelry kingdom in New York. Willie is pure whimsy, pure Chinese and barely 21 years old. He put his first pretties on the market four months ago, and already has made the cover of Vogue. said Willie, Unbelievable! who has had to shift his mann ufacturing from a to in loft his job operation one-ma- contractors. True to Chinese symbolism, Willies trinkets tell a story. First there were dog stories, African stories, camel stories and fruit tree stories. Now hes following up with money, Mrs. Rose Perry, left, nursing home resident, gets helping hand from Sirs. Ralph Box. bird, fire hydrant and lovebird stories. Theyre all in handpainted enamel with colored rhinestones, at 54 to $10 an item. If you want a monkey, youll get it on a palm tree. Lovebirds, naturally, come in caged or uncaged. pairs Willie is part of the new wave of young who couldnt care less about "doing what daddy did. His father, K. T. Woo, was director of the Hong Trade Development Kong Commission in New York for seven years before returning to Hong Kong in April 1970. His mother is Chinese Hang Quan Ching Hua. When they gave up their elegant Park Avenue apartment and social life to go back to the Orient, Willie kissed them headed for and good-b- y Greenwich Village. He had just been graduated from Collegiate, an upper crust society school where he had been captain of the football team, and decided that was a'l the school he cared to film-dom- 's tackle for the present. Meanwhile, he had spent a season with the New York Jets as waterboy. Being on his own with rent wont feed them, take them gifts, take them off the prem ises or lift ihem. They will activities without replacing employes. They write lexers, have dances and sung tests and provide personal attention. They bring the outside into the nursing home. "I guess the most important thing is that we show them Mrs. Bowman said. love, "They look forward to seeing us. Many med to spend day after day sitting doing nothing. Now they come out of their Moms to listen to records or to dance with us or with each other. Volunteers serve as liaison officers interpreting the needs of residents to nursing home administrators. Mrs. Box said their participation can't help but upgrade facilities. Often residents will tell volunteers things they wont tell their family or staff members. AH Need Attention enrich ts7VY, "At first, theyre frightened. Theyre lonely. Theyre disor- to pay and a stomach to fill, Willie went to work for a jewelry importer. I helped out, meaning he errands, selling and assorted odd jobs. Then he started toying with bits of metal, paint and glass chips in his loft, took his whimsies to New York stores, and to his surprise, sold the lot. He soon started selling to buyers of stores in other par's of the country, including Certain Something in Chicago. Success is now taking about 16 hours of Willies day. In addition to and designing supervising the production of his jewelry, he changes from his jeans to a safari suit and calls on prospective store buyers. In or out of jeans, he usually wears clogs. When he isnt working, or hes most likely sleeping, cooking. He already has written one Chinese cookbook and is planning another. Pizza is actually Chinese, Willie inand so is pasta. He sisted, didnt try to claim mozzarel- explained, la. (Copyright) i illnTT.ryrrT,i Nursing& Home Volunteers Do Care By Judy Rollins Assistant Women's Editor First Section Saturday, October iri,MttriliTiaj.Tryi)(irtyiliipif iented. think They nobody cares and nobody loves them. Many have families who visit. Others have no one. Ali need additional attention. We give it to them. Mrs. Box said theres little in community involvement nursing homes. Shes trying to change that by getting church and club members involved. We can get the money we need for activities, she said. "But thats not what we want. We want interested volunteers in all the nursing homes. We want to make helping nursing home residents a community, no, a state project. People must realize that the good nursing homes have waiting And each resident needs extra help that even the most lii-t- competent staff member cant then give. The community becomes responsible for their welfare. Each volunteer brings her own particular talents to the program. Every hour spent with residents is a learning are experience. Volunteers not asked to commit their services until after several trial runs. Adrienne Njstrom, Volunteer Care and Convalescing Med, gi es service to nursing homes. Versatile Rattan Furniture CHICAGO - Rattan furn- iture has been used in this country for many years. 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