Show ii THE OGDEN $CB STANDARD-EXAMINE- gja” R QGDEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 0 1855 v 5 PA A I jyv vor $ ' ' 4 ':: vy xvn i '": ! y: 4 r 'Y SJfW' V"- e :?3APA!- &&& &¥ Many in Ogden Area Doing Fine 'But'Others Need a Little Boost :V u i -- 2k 1 r'I 7 'vf yourself the intricacies of office equipor would you ment how to write a business adjust and find normalcy and letter and all the rest ‘ After a year he was ready for happiness? Those are the problems of many a job Ken didn’t have" much of people in practically all commun- a problem finding one Utah Conities But they are problems that crete swung its doors open to him and officers have never been can be solved The physically handicapped sorry He isk a first class clerk want happiness too They want LIVING PROOF children and aJionie and a car Ken with his neatly cut blond to drive They don’t (expect a hair and happy smile a yard normal life but they want it as wide is flesh and blood proof near normal as possible And it of the Veteran Administration’s can be of 11000 disabled recent There are two main requisites workers survey 18000 j and for happiness for the handi- in which they found the disabled capped: first their own courage do a better job than the and will to adjust and second actually ' others an opportunity extended by othThose are figures released this ers to produce to become useful week by Col Graves B McGary to the nation and themselves chairman of the Physically HandiPLENTY OF COURAGE capped Week which ends today After a quick check of Ogden in Weber County The survey in which the'U S handicapped it becomes obvious there is plenty of the first re- Department of Labor participated also indicated that the disabled quirement courage also suffer fewer disabling inAnd just as obvious is the suc- juries than workcess of the handicapped when an ers The purpose of the week is to employer gives them a job that fits their capabilities help handicapped persons become But sometimes a handicapped the productive citimost a zens can’t of them are find which job person Kenneth Colby 2272 Madison fully capable of becoming Col McGary said that with manAve is 19 For two years he has had only one leg but Kenneth’s power demands at record high levels there is urgent need not only reflection is “so what” Kenneth holds down a well- only for placing all handicapped paying and satisfying job as an workers who are ready for jobs office clerk with Utah Concrete but for preparing all other handiPipe Co and he is proof that capped persons in the community a “little thing like a missing for a job leg” doesn’t put you on relief PROBLEM ISN’T NEW SHOT IN KNEE Col McGary said that employWhen he was only 12 years old ing the physically disabled is not Ken as he is better known to new to the nation or to Ogden his fellow workers was acci- There are approximately 6400-00- 0 handicapped workers currentdentally shot in the knee by a 22 rifle while rabbit hunting A ly in the country’s labor force In Ogden one of those is Euhalf a dozen operations over the save to it next five years failed gene Devey 27 2 Marine Dr and finally doctors told him it Washington Terrace His name is familiar to listeners of Radio would have to come off Station KLO over which he is Was it a shock? “No not for long” Ken said featured in a program daily ex“you get use to the idea quickly cept Saturday and Sunday at And when I came out of the 4:30 pm Blindness is probably one of anesthetic and Ihe blankets were flat where my leg should be I the worst of all handicaps but Gene has managed well earning wasn’t shocked” But Ken found there was plen- a good living for himself his daughty of adjusting to do His arti- wife and their ficial leg wasn’t easy to manipu- ter He knows the dignity of and the haplate at first and he felt “a little being Weacross of married life walking piness Gene lost his eye sight when ber College campus with a cane” At Weber College he learned 3 years old after contracting self-assig-n - ed ’ ’ Loretta Shing (left) and Nancy Hou are giving their :Chi- h dictionaries a lot of attention these days as they attempt to add to their small rather knowledge of the English language They are now student nurses at St Benedict’s Nursing School The dresses are part of the wardrobe they brought from CHINESE TO THEM nese-Englis- - IN OGDEN TO STUDY NURSING non-lmpair- Isn't TV-'J-ust By RAY WIGHT American television isn’t very food j and it might not be a great deal better even with Gregory Peck James Mason and- - Greer Garson appearing on it frequently That is the opinion of Nancy Hou and Loretta Shing two aprightly Chinese girls from Formosa who have come to the St Benedict's School of Nursing to enter the three-yea- r here ’ program Television Just isn’t clear enough to be worth watching even-i- f one’s favorite movie act-or- a ‘ were appearing ? H J non-disabl- Formosa- - Would you to hell on earth 4$ s A- r: children? vvw - NiM&tt&MN' s or hearing how would you support your family raise your - &M ’'- - i If you were to lose a hand or a leg your eye sight v — r N £ By BOB CROMPTON v' r"’ V " j - ed self-relia- nt Loretta Young so for her English them alert fun loving and adapt-nam- e she very simply borrowed able They are however having some difficulties with the English Miss Young’s first name i They have shown language EASIER FOR NANCY The name problem was easier for Nancy Her Chinese name is Hou Nan In Chinese the first name is the family name and the given name or names come afterward When she came to an English speaking country she just transposed the names Nancy’s father is an engineer in the Department of Communications in the Chinese Nationalist government in Formosa Loretta’s father is a member of the Na- ex- - ceptional ability in mathematics They are popular with the other girls and take part in impromptu room parties American food they find “different” and they try to iron out some of the difference by private snacks out of cans in their own rooms using the traditional Chinese chop sticks This is the first time away from home for the two and they’ve liked every bit of it regularly they daim They saw their first television when they landed by tionalist legislature They attended Provincial plane in California a few days schools in Formosa then "took ago Loretta incidentally picked up and passed examinations for those her name from a movie actress who wanted to go into nursing whom she admires - Loretta They were chosen by administraYoung Her Chinese name is Chi tors at St Benedict’s to attend Shing Yuan which couldn’t be school here School officials have found Anglicized very easily She liked so far s Their parents left the mainland - of China about five years ago to go to Formosa They hate Red China and all it stands for School officials say they have had two Chinese girls there before as nursing students and both were very capable ' D-2- self-supporti- mr self-conscio- us NEAR NORMAL LIFE— In spite of blindness since he was 4 years old Eugene Devey who is featured on a daily KLO radio- program at 4:30 has become self reliant and found happiness He is married and has a 3 - year - old daughter - menengitis He can’t remember ever seeing light GRADUATES FROM SCHOOL But it didn’t take the' light-o- f day for Gene to graduate from the school for blind in Ogden and later Provo High School He" played the accordion first when he was 8 later picked up the piano and organ - With an unusual' musical talent he had developed a “trade” that gave him enough confidence to marry an old friend from the school t for blind when he was 20 years old “Cecil Hef tel manager of KLO gave me the opportunity-- ' that I wanted” commented Gene “he arranged my program and turned me loose” For the past six years he has played at the radio station And to help pay the grocery and gas bill he plays at dances with an Ogden combo He was once a member of the Utah Play- ‘ boys Gene has a seeing-ey- e dog that leads the way for him when he ’ 7 7 v f 4 travels around Ogden" GIVE THEM A CHANCE In urging employers to give the handicapped of Ogden the opportunities to prove they can produce Col McGary pointed out - that: Records show impaired workers have the same minor injury rates as other workers there is no Significant difference between the voluntary termination rate of impaired workers impaired and unimpaired workers have about the same - absenteeism record and the handicapped have the same wide range of skills abilities and interests as those not handicapped There are a large number of handicapped successfully in the Ogden area said EASY TO ADJUST —Loss of a leg didn’t cut the effi - em-ploy- ciency of Kenneth Colby' 19 shown here on his j ob as an office clerk at Utah Concrete Pipe Co in Ogdens He is a good example of how handicapped can often become even better employes than ed McGary -- ) i ! ed non-handicapp- 1 ii ‘ V answer? Ogden is served by four - Ogden is a convenient ‘axis railroads 11 motorcarriers three from which a merchandising comprising approximately bus lines and' two major airlines market 20 million people can be reached EASILY ACCESSIBLE Utah itself represents a sizable market with an estimatedf J954 of ? at Situated tlje junction than one buyingincopie-Othree major federal highways and billion dollars fThemore effective buyfive state highways the area is ing income per family : in Ogden easily accessible £y motor transf has been ' estimated at around ‘ ’ V That of Enticing New kn l i By CLIFF THOMPSON If you vMr Average Citizen were- suddenly placed In command of the Weber County Industrial Bureau with the sole responsibility of enticing new business and industry to Ogden ? what ' would you use for : - argu-ments- J: v You would have some good ones’ at your fingertips because when Dan Dale and his bureau go after new industry they are armed with some of the most impressive arguments available to any area in the nation Here’s a hint An industrialist 1 0" r SATISFIED NEW BUSINESS — One of the first new businessesto locate in Ogden was The McBee Co printers of business supplies Above one of their workmen g machine the only one of its kind in this area operates a photo-composin- thinking about setting up operations in this area would want to know what kind of labor market merchandise market and economic situation he is getting into and what transportation facilities are offered Let’s look at tlie labor market first What would a prospective industrialist want in the way of a labor market? Something like “Ogden offers a labor - force among the' highest in education and lowest in strike incidence in the nation” would be ideal HOW DOES IT STACK UP? How does Ogden stack up against such an ideal situation? V i -- t n j i ? x: " Taking a look at education first we have available reports from two of the largest employ- i THEIR WORK’S “CUT OUT”— Above is another scene at the McBee plant Here women m the bindery section are assembling a special type of loose-lea- f book The local plant’ distributes its products to a wide area -- then are available for the increasing industrial expansion taking yv $5000' portation place in the West Many of these Contributing tto ‘the growing Economical and rapid distritrained workers are anxious to ‘as an inbution to the population centers importanceVbfvOgden center is dustrial location in its board classification finished high find employment here and many of the Intermountain area and the middle of a vast area of school who have left would like to come ' raw materials Pacific coastal areas as well as Over-al- l 568 per ceht of the back” The mining industry is a mamidwestern markets is provided UGD employes finished high Contributing to the balanced by these rail highway and air jor foundation of the stood school and 215 per cent have labor force here is Weber Colactivity In 1950 Utah ' systems transportation Value 12th states the in among one or more years of college lege- and the four high schools Geographically Ogden is lo- of its products which totalled with several completing as many which offer commercial and vobetween the West ‘about 230 million dollars"’ as seven years on a college or cational courses- - Conservative es- cated halfway Coast and Denver and the north timates indicate Weber College and south borders of the US: No other state surpasses Utah university level in the varieties of minerals proThe Hill AFB survey was made has given vocational training in 24 hours by train to Chicago duced And many of the mineral It’s in 1948 and shows 50 per cent specific' fields to more than and 1474 hours to Los- Angeles resources found in" Utah have with high school education and 12000 people r ' It’s only-- a little under 40 hours not been developed ( 27 per cent with one or more ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT to New York City by air ' : VITAL i RESOURCES of years college Five per cent 'Another feature pleasing to Weber County’s diversified One of the most vital resources had college degrees k is the industry economy makes this area less affecting industrial 'moves Hill AFB officials believe the prospective today law passed by the 1954 vulnerable than others to sharp educational level has risen conis water The 70 dollar million ‘ " ' fluctuations in employment and Weber Basin siderably in the past seven years Project is designed Let’s completer the labor pic-- ’ general business conditions largely because of highly techto trap and store for industry and nical jobs that have been spring- hire by using a report issued by If any one field could be said all the surplus water ing up in the Air Force Brig' Gen M E Tillery of Hill to- - dominate the employment irrigation ' ' in this area GOOD ARGUMENT AFB- V scene here’ it would be the miliSo there are your major arguBack these two reports up with Gen Tillery reports more than tary bases where approximately national surveys showing Utah ments to bring in new5 industry to one of the leaders in education POper cent of the employes at 15000 Northern Utahns earn Ogden They are the ones being and you have a good sound argu- this huge air base are participat- their living used by Mr Dale and his bureau ment to present to your pros- ing in' the savings bond program AFB has been either holdHill A prospective new industrialist pective industrialist Fifteen f per ' cent of his civilian ing its own or growing during the Counfinds that the Ogden-Webe- r There are no1 records of the number of strikes in which seg- workers have submitted time and past few years And with increas- ty area can offer him much from d ments of the local labor force money savings suggestions ing importance being placed on a labor market economic and 14 to has been involved There haven’t per cent on a nation- theAF as a vehicle for national “ been very many however A strike wide basis defense the prospects at Hill transportation standpoint There are others of course A affected telephone operations for The accident rate at Hill AFB AFB' with its stragetic location new a few days back in 1947 The industry would want to know bakers went out once as did last yearwas 464 compared to a appear brighter each year about things like culture living workers at the local American 744 average for all industries in SOME CUTBACK conditions recreation and - bank- Can Co plant There was one the U S The rate of turnover And while there were some t plumbers’ walkout and a threat there last year ' was only 153 personnel cutbacks at the Utah ln IacillUes ' or two at the rail yards and that’s Twelve are conditions Ogtfen!s living General last and the year Depot per cent of the employes been about it early part of 1955 they had no j considered among the best in the y Let’s listen to Mr Dale dis- are known to be taking tremendous adverse effects on nation with living costs general- cuss the labor market “Weber training courses in schools or by the economy of this area of County has an ample supply of correspondence The rest of Weber County’s ly on an average with those d skilled and unskilled Latest figures indicate theJ time economic picture is an interre- other cities of similar size in labor to furnish the needs of lost through sickness is con- lated composite with no one seg- West practically any new employment siderably lower in this area than ment enjoying domination The has a opportunities the national average railroads which have played an rprrpnt ion p “Considerable rogra m which That’s all well and good your important role in local business’ impetus was given to the training of a large prospect might say but how and commercial life for over 85 through developments in the We' labor force during the war years about transportation? years do not offer threats of un- ber 'Basin Project effers an even How does this sound for an employment affecting the picture greater potential and many of the people trained Here Are Some of the Arguments You Could Use — Pretty Good Ones Too sit - - - -- ing activities in the area — the Utah ' General Depot and Hill Air Force Base The UGD report completed this month is surprising It shows 825 per cent of the administrative and white collar workers with high school educations and 435 per cent of tha laborers and wage A - - - tre-mendo- us - state-economi- c ‘ - - - 1 ’ right-to-wor- State-Legislatur- - 1 ’ 'vV-r-- - ' cqm-pare- j i - off-dut- semi-skille- well-diversifie- d ' |