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ATLANTA GEORGIA
September 1944
2771
Physically Handicapped Persons
Placed in JOBS Last Year
THEY CANT HEAR BUT THEYRE EXPERTSMrs Dorris White was taught to operate complicated tabulating punch machines Now
shes helping another trainee Mrs Tommie Berry Both of these attractive young women are employed in an Atlanta department
store
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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Stale Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Tin Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

349 Union St
P O Box 209
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

n1 CS Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 BunnBldg
WvwcRifjss Georgia
Over Lifes Hurdles
By Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools
NAZI GERMANY we are told revived the ancient Spar
tan practice of destroying all weak and crippled children
leaving only the strong to grow up and perpetuate the race
What a contrast to the American ideal that every person
is entitled to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Nowhere in our educational system is the difference in the
two philosophies of government better illustrated than in our
vocational rehabilitation program
Here men and women with impaired and mutilated
bodies are equipped and trained for jobs consistent with their
talents and guided into new vocations
To give them an opportunity for economic independence
is in full accord with American principles Experience shows
it also is good business
Many applicants for vocational rehabilitation services
possess unusual talents which can be developed only through
proper training Some of todays leaders in professions and
trades were given their first opportunity through this pro
gram They are shining examples of government at work for
all the people They are proud to be Americans And they
make us proud that we are Americans
Vocational rehabilitation for physically handicapped citi
zens is more important now than ever before
Upon this group has fallen much of the responsibility for
filling the gaps in the nations war manpower supply They
are taking their places in offices shops and factories They are
doing their part in the war effortand doing it nobly
In the days to come the need for this type of educational
service will be even greater as wounded men come back from
die fighting fronts Some of them already have returned and
are being trained for new vocations Others will follow
It thrills me to have a part in this vital work It will thrill
you I am sure to get an insight into the methods by which
these nun and women are given an opportunity to succeed
What we have done and are doing in this field will be
told in this and subsequent issues of The Georgia Voca
tional Rehabilitation News
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
War Manpower Gaps
Filled By Handicapped
Georgias vocational rehabilitation program
was inaugurated in 1920 soon after Congress
passed the first National Civilian Rehabilitation
legislation Since that time thousands of handi
capped persons have been rehabilitated and
placed in useful occupations
For years appeals for this service came from
the individuals themselves It was often difficult
to place these workers after they were ready for
jobs There was a surplus of manpower Some
employers declined even to consider employment
applications from this group
Now it is the employers who are appealing
for aid They need the services of physically
handicapped workers who have been trained for
specific jobs In many instances they have found
rehabilitants more efficient at some tasks than
those without handicaps
During the fiscal year ended June 30 1944 the
2771 persons were rehabilitateda record num
ber for the state They are filling jobs as
stenographers typists and clerks in private in
dustries and government agencies They are
working at skilled trades in shipyards aircraft
plants munition factories and other industries
Their earnings the first year will amount to
more than ten times the cost of meclical and sur
gical services trade training and administrative
expenses
STATE SERVICE
Vocational rehabilitation is a state service car
ried on in cooperation with the Federal govern
ment Headed by a state director the division
has 12 district offices staffed with supervisors
who serve in designated areas
All permanently disabled persons above 16
vears of age who are vocationally handicapped
are eligible for rehabilitation A disabled person
is considered vocationally handicapped if unem
ployed or employed in an unsatisfactory job
provided he has riot been fitted by training and
experience to engage in a suitable vocation
where there is a possibility of employment Phys
ical disability alone does not render a person
eligible
GUIDANCE GIVEN
There is nothing temporary about vocational
rehabilitation It certainly is not charity It is
limited to persons who in spite of their handi
caps appear to be able to learn and follow a
vocation in a satisfactory way
Everyone accepted for vocational rehabilita
tion needs proper guidance It is obvious that
they should be directed into channels where they
can make wise use of their talents and satisfy to
some degree at least their ambition This re
quires thorough investigation by the rehabilita
tion division
The division has the cooperation of other
agencies in providing guidance training and
placement for applicants The State Department
of Public Welfare the State Industrial Board
the U S Employment Service U S Civil Service
Commission War Manpower Commission Na
tional Tuberculosis Association and other agen
cies investigate cases consult on eligibility and
assist in placement
In this issue of The Georcia Vocational Re
habilitation News is presented pictures and
stories of just a few of the many Georgia citizens
who have won their fight for an independent
existence
THEYRE MAKING GOOD
HELPING TO WIN THE WAREd Starr 29 blind since childhood operates
a power stitcher in a broom factory working on government contracts
For years hes been earning his own living now he is shop foreman
can take down and reassemble this intricate machine His daily stitching
production Fiftyfive to sixty dozen brooms
FACIAL RESTORATIONA disfiguring handicap resulting frim
childhood kept this man Dwight Carter out of regular enkloyfl
surgery restored his nose Now hes employed as cabinet makerThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
GREETING GUESTSFrcm the cordial reception and efficient service you get from this hotel clerk you wouldnt know he has two
artificial legs He is Otis R Johnson who was handicapped from birth with club feet Two operations and hes on his feet
again LeftDr M D Collins State School Superintendent welcomes him
THREE IN ONE SHOPVirgil Collum center who has but one leg
shows Robert Jones left who has the same type of handicap
some of the fine points of shoe rebuilding while Walter Barnett
right who has an artificial leg is busy saving soles
FROM Gl TO ELECTRICIANAfter fourteen months in the
Infantry W C Moulder 22 received a medical discharge
Ulcers of the stomach Given training as an electrician
hes now working with a refrigeration and air conditioning
establishment
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Vol 1 No 2
ATLANTA GEORGIA
October 1944
Georgia Job Clinics Cut Pattern
For New National Recruiting Plan
TYPICAL CLINIC SCENE Heres a view of the Hall County Superior Courtroom at Gainesville while the job clinic was in session
State Vocational Rehabilitation Director Paul Barrett occupies the bench while supervisors personnel officers and clerical staff
interview applicants
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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

349 Union St
P O Box 209
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 C S Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
A Good Investment
In no better manner could the taxpayers money be ex
pended in Georgia
Thats the conclusion expressed by the Albany Herald
influential Southwest Georgia daily in an editorial on Voca
tional Rehabilitation in the August 23 1944 issue
The Editor called attention to a rather remarkable photo
graph which appeared in the same issue and said
It pictures two Albany Negroes once classified as unem
ployables because of physical disabilities who through the
efforts of the Georgia Department of Educations Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation have joined the ranks of regular
wage earners
For twenty years one had an infected knee joint which
had become ankylosed or stiffened The other suffered from
club feet The former had the infected leg amputated was
fitted with an artificial limb by the state then trained to
operate a shoe repair shop The other man had his trouble
partially corrected through state aid and is the shoe repair
mans assistant in the shop
The Albany office of the Division of Vocational Rehabili
tation says these are but two of 5000 Georgians who in the
past two years have been trained and placed in jobs which
they are capable of holding
Stated in brief says the local office the rehabilitation of
an individual covers nine integral factors all or part of which
may be required for successful adjustment These are 1
Early location of persons in need of rehabilitation to prevent
the disintegrating effects of idleness and hopelessness 2
medical diagnosis and prognosis coupled with vocational diag
nosis as the basis for determining an appropriate plan for the
individual 3 vocational counseling to select suitable fields
of work by relating occupational capacities to job require
ments and community opportunities 4 medical and surgi
cal treatment to afford physical restoration 5 physical and
occupational therapy and psychiatric treatment where
needed 6 vocational training to furnish new skills where
physical impairments incapacitate for normal occupations
7 financial assistance to provide maintenance and transpor
tation during training 8 placement in employment to
afford the best use of abilities and skills in accordance with
the individuals physical condition and temperament with
due regard to safeguarding against further injuries 9 fol
lowup on performance in employment to afford adjustments
that may be necessary

Thank you Mr Henry T MclntoshThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News

Job Clinics Attract
National Attention
Georgias job clinic method of en
rolling physically handicapped persons
for placement or trade training cut the
pattern for a new technique in national
civilian vocational rehabilitation
The idea of inviting applicants to re
port at some central point in a commun
ity for medical examinations and inter
views with prospective employers was
tried out in Atlanta last February
The threeday session attracted about
eight hundred physically impaired men
and women
They answered questions as clerks
filled out necessary forms This prelimi
nary over they were taken to nearby
offices where whitejacketed doctors gave
them medical examinations Those head
ed for certain types of mechanical jobs
went to another room for aptitude tests
Then came the final stepconsulta
tions about jobs through the Civil Serv
iceor with private employers Clear
ances were checked by representatives
of the U S Employment Service and
War Manpower Commission
Many were accepted for immediate
employment Others were found to re
quire special training and were soon
headed for vocational schools or indus
trial plants where trade training was of
fered Some had to have artificial appli
ances
IDEA SPREADS
Similar clinics were held in Augusta
Columbus Rome and Gainesville Voca
tional rehabilitation officials in South
Carolina Florida and Tennessee adopted
the idea and requested the aid of Georgia
administrators in planning and holding
their clinics
Other states heard about it O E
Myers regional director of the U S
Civil Service says inquiries about the
Georgia plan now have been received
from practically every state in the nation
The success of the clinics is due largely
to the wholehearted support of the Civil
Service and other Federal agencies Per
sonnel officers from government installa
tions and war industries in the Southeast
attended most of the sessions to interview
prospective workers They came from
such distant points as the Charleston
Navy Yard Key West Naval Station and
Brookley Field at Mobile Ala
The clinics in this state resulted in the
placement of approximately 1500 handi
capped persons and the enrollment of
many more for preemployment training
and physical restoration
A STITCH IN TIME Mrs Sallie McLellan above was one of the first
applicants at the first clinic Now shes working as a seamstress Many
other seamstresses have been placed at Army posts to repair uniforms
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TEAMWORK Oliver Whittier left shows Robert Griffin some of the fine
points of engraving Whittier who has a deformed hip was trained by
the Vocational Rehabilitation Division and now has his own business
Griffin had infantile paralysisThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
ON THE THRESHOLD OF OPPORTUNITY Physically handicapped persons awaiting their turn for interviews at job clinic spon
sored by Vocational Rehabilitation Division U S Civil Service War Manpower Commission and U S Employment Service Story
on page 3
SEEING THE DOCTOR Junior Culberson a crippled deaf mute AN EASY INTERVIEW C V Castell right who lost one leg in an
being given medical examination by Dr N L Williams In the accident and had the other amputated is interviewed by Miss
background A P Jarrell Assistant State Director of Vocational Wida Berryman left Battey General Hospital personnel represen
Rehabilitation tative while Miss Dorothy King of Rome Rehabilitation office
takes down the record
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VOL 1 NO 3
NOVEMBER 1944
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ATLANTA GEORGIA

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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Stale Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
The Georgla Vocational Rehabilitation News
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

349 Union St
P O Box 209
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 CS Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
They Too Are Thankful
By Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools
will give thanks unto Thee O Lord with my whole heart
I will speak of all Thy marvelous ivorks
In a letter to the Vocational Rehabilitation Division a young
woman employed as storekeeper at an air base said I am happy to
have a part in this great fight for peace and freedom
There was more than patriotic fervor in the feeling expressed by
this daughter of a tenant farmer There was a deep personal gratitude
for the peace and freedom she had won the peace that comes with
economic security freedom from the bonds of blindness
Born with defective vision she graduated from the Georgia
Academy for the Blind in 1941 Through the aid of friends and wel
fare agencies arrangements were made for an operation which gave
her sixty percent vision Then she was given training and placed in
her present position
This young woman is one of nearly five thousand persons who
have been vocationally rehabilitated under the Georgia program dur
ing the past two years
Every one of them had courage ambition determination the will
to overcome their disabilities All pressed closely to their hearts this
golden opportunity to demonstrate their ability to do something in
the great crisis confronting our people
All of them had known throughout their lives that they needed
only a chance a chance to work alongside others on an equal foot
ing They have a personal and secret exultation in overcoming and
conquering their disabilities and in being accepted as an integral
part in the world of accomplishment along with their friends and
fellow workers They know for the first time that the world accepts
them and their disabilitiesnot handicapsas efficient and capable
workers in any line of endeavor
In time of stress and war and crisis every heart every hand and
every soul is needed to keep the light of liberty burningstrong and
bright When the great day of peace and quiet and happiness again
shall return to this nation every one of them along with whatever
disabilities he may have will take his place in the shops factories
and offices and in the hearts of their fellow countrymen They have
contributed their part in the saving of their nation from all the evil
forces which beset it and they too will help rebuild remake and
reshape this world to make it forever a place of peace and love and
kindness
So at this Thanksgiving time they are giving thanks with their
whole hearts In homes churches shipyards aircraft plants they are
offering their gratitude to Divine Providence for the blessings be
stowed upon themThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Georgia Program
Second in Nation
California here we come could be
the theme song of Georgias vocational
rehabilitation forces this year
At the recent convention of the Na
tional Rehabilitation Association in
Chicago it was revealed that the Pacific
Coast state was the only state in the un
ion that topped Georgia in the total
number of handicapped persons rehabili
tated during the fiscal year ended last
June 30
The score California 3111 Georgia
2771
While Georgia was nosed out of
first place in this respect it was first
among states in some other important
phases of the program case load
number of persons in training and
number of persons receiving service
Taking into consideration the fact
that Californias population is about
twice that of Georgia the showing made
by our Vocational Rehabilitation Divi
sion is rather impressive to say the least
Some of the more populous states
New York Illinois and Pennsylvania
trailed both California and Georgia in
total number of cases rehabilitated
Now the Georgia field force is out to
top California this year
Cover Picture
The beautiful and impressive picture
appearing on the front page of this issue
of the Georgia Vocational Rehabilita
tion News was made in the little chapel
at the Bell Aircraft Corporation near
Marietta
Handicapped workers clad in work
clothes pause at the altar before going
on the job to offer a Thanksgiving
prayer
The scene is typical of the Thanksgiv
ing celebration in war plants throughout
the Nation The Bell Aircraft Corpora
tion like other great war industries em
ploys many skilled workers who were
trained by the vocational rehabilitation
services
The Marietta plant has cooperated
fully with the Georgia Vocational Reha
bilitation division which accounts in
part at least for the record made by the
division last year
DOING HIS BIT This young man has defective vision in one eye But his
disability is no longer a handicap when it conies to operating a riveting gun
HEADED FOR A JOB J J Townsend center who has but one arm gets his
first chance for a war job at the Gainesville vocational rehabilitation
clinic Here he is shown being interviewed by District Supervisor P D Bush
while Miss Sallie Quillian of the Gainesville office staff types the forms
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Theyre Making Good in New Jobs

FROM FARMER TO SHEET METAL WORKER Robert J Davis left has but one leg
but he is making good as a sheet metal worker in a war plant For years he
tried to eke out a living on a little farm Through the vocational rehabilitation
division his peg was replaced with an artificial limb and he was given training
for his present job
ELECTRICIANS AND WATCH REPAIRERS Tom Cook eft had arthritis In spite of this disability he was trained in electrical
repar work Now he owns and operates a profitable business E W Jones right lost a leg He was trained in watch repairing
and is now regularly employed rb
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Vol 1 No 4
ATLANTA GEORGIA
December 1944
Teaching the Blind How to Be Blind
PUZZLES As part of his prevocational training at North Georgia Vocational School Ted Rose 24 center blind all his life
manipulates a block jigsaw puzzle under the guidance of his blind instructor Miss Inez Vinson while Dr M D Collins right
State Superintendent of Schools looks on
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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

349 Union St
P O Box 209
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 C S Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
New Services for the Blind
Georgia has the funds and facilities to provide vocational rehabili
tation services to all blind persons in the state who are capable of
taking training and holding jobsDr Collins
The nations first prevocational training course for the blind
to teach them how to be blindhas been inaugurated by the Georgia
Vocational Rehabilitation Division at the North Georgia Vocational
School at Clarkesville
Nine men the first group accepted for this type of training have
nearly completed the six weeks course designed to give them self
confidence and the ability to find their way around the buildings and
grounds without assistance When this preliminary training has
been completed they will be enrolled for courses in the schools shops
or as trainees in industry and another class started
Miss Inez Vinson blind since she was 16 and for ten years on the
faculty at the Academy for the Blind in Macon teachers the pre
vocational course at Clarkesville
In undertaking to expand vocational rehabilitation services for
the blind division supervisors found that a vast majority of people
without eyesight especially those recently afflicted lack selfconfidence
They rely on others for assistance So the prevocational course was
established as a preliminary to trade training
Students are first taught to bathe shave and dress themselves
perform household duties locate articles in their rooms and find
their way around the dormitory Then they learn hand dexterity
to develop their sense of touch through manipulating block puzzles
typing placing rivets assembling simple mechanical appliances and
reading Braille Finally they are taken to the shops where they
get the feel of tools and machines
Four supervisors are now on the Division staff devoting their time
to services to the blind Two of them are blind
Workers trained under this phase of Georgias rehabilitation
program are employed in a wide range of trades and industriesin
shipyards aircraft plants shops factories and commercial establish
ments
It has been found that a blind person properly trained can
follow almost any vocationThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
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IN MANY TRADES Frank Hopper top left training in machine shop at Augusta vocational school Archie Wilson top right
operating lathe in Fulton school under supervision of Marvin Ingram instructor Insert Closeup of Wilsons hands adjusting
michrometer to ll000ths of an inch Mack Braswell lower left works as upholsterer at Richs Miss Inez Cannon and Miss
Sara Fuller lower right box makers in food industryThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
BLIND WORKERS IN WAR INDUSTRIES
THESE MEN CANT SEE but theyre helping to win the war by gauging parts in an ordnance plant in Georgia
MACHINIST AND PIANO REBUILDER Edward Barber left taking machine shop course at Augusta school William Lanhar
right converting mechanical player piano into regulation instrument
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ATLANTA GEORGIA
January 1945
Physical Restoration Services Offered
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STANDING ALONEVernon O Taylor 42 of Lithonia crippled by infantile paralysis and an accident had both legs amputated
and was provided with artificial limbs He was trained in auto mechanics and is now employed at an ordnance plant Paul Bar
rett center State Director of Vocational Rehabilitation and A P Jarrell Assistant Director observe the results Insert shows
Taylors limbs after operationThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Slate Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia
21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

349 Union St
P O Box 209
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 CSBank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
Earning Power Increased
How physical restoration and vocational training increases the earn
ing capacity of handicapped persons is illustrated by an analysis of fifty
four cases served by Georgias Vocational Rehabilitation Division be
tween October 1 1943 and June 30 1944
Records show that before being rehabilitated these men and women
were earning 1988064 a yearan average of 36816 After receiving the
services they were placed on jobs which enabled them to earn 7519824
a yearan average of 139255
Yet the cost of providing this service was only 884276 or 16375
per case
Fiftysix others were given medical and surgical services during the
same period At the time the analysis was made 23 were recuperating o
awaiting artificial limbs 15 were in training and 18 working on tempo
rary light jobs until fully recovered
Eighteen types of disabilities were listed in the medical records of
these cases Most prevalent were orthopedic hernia visual and those
requiring plastic surgery
Between July 1 1944 and January 25 1945 192 applications for physi
cal restoration services were approved Many of them have received treat
ment and are now employed Others are being treated or are in training
Medical Board F
orme
To assist in formulating policies for the physical restoration program
of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation a State Medical Advisory
Committee was organized recently
The committee comprises twenty leading physicians surgeons and
specialists from various sections of the state with Dr Thomas P Good
wyn Medical Consultant for the Division as Chairman
This group will set up policies for the administration of the physical
restoration phase of the rehabilitation program and establish a schedule
of fees for services
Provision for National and State medical advisory committees was
made in the National Vocational Rehabilitation Act
Crowd At Clinics
The twelve oneday vocational rehabilitation job clinics held in Geor
gia between January 11 and 26 attracted 1008 applicants
Two hundred and thirtyeight were accepted for employment through
the Civil Service and the others enrolled for job training or physical
restoration services
The clinics were held in Griffin LaGrange Cordelc Albany Thomas
ville Moultrie Valdosta Waycross Dublin Statesboro Milledgeville
and AthensThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Need For Physical Restoration
By Terry Foster
Asst Regional Representative
Federal Security Agency
To be employable an individual
must meet four fundamental quali
fications 1 He must have suffi
cient mental capacity to learn and
hold a job 2 He must be emo
tionally and temperamentally fit to
work 3 He must have a skill or
be able to render a service someone
is willing to buy or use and 4
He must be physically able to work
An individual who lacks any of
these qualifications is unemployable
and will remain so until the miss
ing factor is restored or developed
Thus no matter how well equipped
he may be otherwise if the individ
ual lacks physical capacity to work
ability to perform the physical
motions required by a job and the
endurance necessary to carry it on
he is unemployable in the usual
sense of the word and the more
the disability of the individual re
stricts his ability to perform phys
ical motions or limits his mental or
vital capacity to work the narrower
his choice of occupations and his
chances of getting into employment
It can therefore be understood
that since about one out of every
three persons applying for vocation
al rehabilitation requires some kind
of medical surgical psychiatric or
other therapeutic treatment to
make him or her employable pro
vision for physical restoration is es
sential in restoring large numbers
of disabled persons to employment
and selfsupport
The National Rehabilitation Act
imposes no limitations on the kinds
of physical restoration services
which a State Rehabilitation De
partment may render The only
limitations imposed are that treat
ment must be directed strictly to
ward employment Hospitalization
may not be provided for more than
90 days and the individual must
be in need of financial assistance in
obtaining the treatment needed
In establishing this phase of the
rehabilitation program in Georgia
care has been taken to safeguard
the interests of the medical profes
sion the recipients of the service
and of the taxpayer The policies
under which it is carried out assure
that it shall be guided by the medi
cal profession and that the doctor
patient relationship shall not be
interfered with The standards of
service which have been established
insure that the patient will receive
the best of medical and related ser
vices and the standards for determ
ining the eligibility of disabled in
dividuals for services are adequate
to insure that the taxpayer will not
pay for services to individuals who
are themselves financially able to
pay the cost in whole or in part
More Manpower Needed
Reports of the progress being
made by our armed forces in Eu
rope and the Pacific seem to have
led many people to believe the war
is about over But lets not be too
optimistic
Those in position to know say it
may be many months before final
victory is won
Meanwhile we here at home
must keep planes tanks guns and
munitions moving to the fighting
fronts in an everincreasing stream
That means we must utilize all
available manpower as well as
plant capacity
And right now there is a critical
shortage of trained manpowerof
men and women who can keep the
wheels of industry turning and arm
aments moving down the assembly
line
Georgias physically disabled cit
izens have written one of the most
inspiring chapters in the history of
civilian participation in the war
They stepped into the breach when
the reservoir of ablebodied work
ers was drained by the armed ser
vices and war industries
In aircraft plants shipyards tex
tile mills factories and offices men
and women whose disabilities have
been overcome are doing their part
in turning out war implements
But moremany moreare need
ed If you have some physical dis
ability or know someone who has
you have an opportunity to be of
service to yourself your friend your
country and all the men fighting
on land sea and in the air Heres
how you may do it
Communicate with the nearest
Vocational Rehabilitation District
office listed on page 2 of this pub
lication or apply at one of the
job clinics scheduled to be held
during February and March
At these clinics the door will be
opened for all physically disabled
persons above 16 years of age who
can fill jobs or be trained and
equipped for jobs
lThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Scope of Restoration Program
By A P Jarrell
Assistant State Director
In the past the services of the
Division of Vocational Rehabilita
tion embraced guidance training
supervision placement and furn
ishing prosthetic appliances The
National Civilian Vocational Re
habilitation Act was amended on
July 6 1943 to provide physical
restoration services The Division
is now in position to offer a well
rounded program
Hundreds of disabled persons who
were in need of physical restora
tion of one type or another which
they were financially unable to ob
tain may now be accepted for ser
vice and later become selfsupport
ing individuals This group which
we may call neglected was pre
viously reached in part only
through the benevolence of doctors
and hospitals Since the expanded
program is designed to reach this
group financial need must be de
termined on all cases before any
service can be rendered All physi
cal restoration services are based on
a thorough medical examination
by a qualified physician The na
ture and extent of these services are
determined by his recommenda
tions
In accepting cases for physical
restoration services it must be kept
in mind that the ultimate objective
is to make the individual employ
able In general the Division is not
limited as to the type of disability
but is limited in terms of the con
dition to be treated Thus treat
ment may be given if the condition
regardless of its physical or mental
origin 1 is an impediment to
the individuals occupational per
formance 2 is reasonably static
3 is amenable to treatment 4
does not require more than ten days
diagnostic study and more than
ninety days hospitalization for sur
gery or treatment and 5 the in
dividuals age is from sixteen to
whatever age he may be made em
ployable through treatment
In rendering physical restoration
services the members of the Voca
tional Rehabilitation staff are guid
ed by the professional advice of a
Medical Advisory Committee
The Division is anxious to give
this service to every eligible and
feasible person in the State who is
financially unable to provide such
service for himself in whole or in
part The staff of the Division is
limited and the cooperation of all
physicians is needed to reach this
handicapped group
Agencies and individuals in the
State who may know of persons eli
gible for service are urged to refer
them to the Division
New Job Clinics Scheduled
Seventeen oneday job clinics
will be held during February and
March to enroll physically handi
capped persons for jobs or job
training
Representatives of the Civil Ser
vice government installations and
private industries will be present
to interview applicants and sign
up those qualified to fill vacancies
They will make arrangements too
for those who need training to get
itand then go on the job
Here is the schedule
Washington Ga Feb 19
Waynesboro Feb 20
Thomson Feb 21
Louisville Feb 22
Warrenton Feb 23
Augusta Feb 26
Swainsboro Mar 5
Vidalia Mar 6
Sandersville Mar 7
Sylvania Mar 8
Greensboro Mar 9
Douglas Mar 19
Eastman Mar 20
Fitzgerald Mar 21
Jesup Mar 22
Brunswick Mar 23
Savannah Mar 26
In similar clinics held during the
past year men and women who
thought they would never be able
to work have been rehabilitated
and placed in jobs in war plants
and private industries0
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Vol 1 No 6
ATLANTA GEORGIA
February 1945
Their Inspiration
i
Miss Marie Kirkland and Harold Lingfelt are encouraged in their fight for independence by the experiences of Washington and
Roosevelt See Page 2 EditorialThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
ekabilitatiorv Mws
Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georcia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

349 Union St
P O Box 209
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 C S Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
Winning Independence
On February 22nd America celebrates the 213th anniversary of the birth
of George Washington
In leading the Colonies in their struggle for independence Washington
knew what it was to face discouragement suffer reversesand then go on to
victory
Today another American President Roosevelt is guiding the liberty
loving nations of the world in a fight to preserve their freedom and perpetu
ate Washingtons ideals
He too has had the will courage and determination to overcome ob
stacles and achieve success
Their careers inspire all who battle against odds to reach new goals
In Georgia and throughout the Nation there are thousands of men and
women who are striving to free themselves from the bonds of physical dis
abilities and win economic independence
In their personal lives they have gone through the bitter experiences of
Valley Forges and Pearl Harbors
Now through the Vocational Rehabilitation Service they are being given
opportunities to throw off their shackles
For many of them it is the first time they have felt they were wanted and
could be of service to their community and their Nation
They are taking their places along with their ablebodied brothers and
sisters in factories stores and offices
With rivet gun and welding torch they are helping to build the ships
and planes and tanks which are carrying Freedoms Flag to the far corners
of the earth
Their courage is being rewarded at last And they are grateful that they
too can have a share in final victory
Keeping em Flying High
At a work bench in an airplane repair shop a 20yearold Georgia boy is
doing a highly technical job on oxygen regulators He knows he never can
use one of those devices in high altitude flying But hes happy to have a
part in the war and be able to look forward to a useful independent life
Four years ago he was facing a different kind of life He had a splendid
physique had graduated from high school and was working to earn money
for a college education Then he was stricken with infantile paralysis Weeks
in a hospital and months at Warm Springs followed
The Vocational Rehabilitation Division made arrangements lor the train
ing course which qualified him for his present job Out of his earnings lie is
setting aside a definite sum for investment in War BondsThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Schools Geared to War Plan
Georgias educational forces have
played a vital part in the Nations
war effort
Long before Pearl Harbor edu
cators started preparing for the in
evitable conflict and have contin
ued to carry on with increasing ef
fectiveness
Their most direct contribution to
victory has been the training of
workers for war industries
The critical shortage of skilled
labor called for the development
of trade schools particularly in ur
ban communities
Local and state vocational train
ing facilities were expanded to
meet the demands Courses offered
in each training center were ad
justed to meet the needs in that
area
Between July 1 1940 and June
30 1944 more than 140000 work
ers including nearly 6000 physical
ly handicapped persons were
trained in public schools and pri
vate industries for jobs in aircraft
plants shipyards munition facto
ries mills stores and offices
These men and women have kept
the wheels of industry turning the
planes tanks guns and supplies
moving to the fighting fronts
Many of the workers had little
or no industrial experience Some
mastered new skills Others took
refresher courses Georgia was
one of the few states which offered
training in the repair of delicate
instruments used in military air
craft
Civilian workers also were
trained for practically every mili
tary and naval installation in the
state for ODT and other govern
mental agencies Large groups were
prepared to fill vacancies created in
mercantile and service establish
ments by men and women going
into the armed forces
Training the Handicapped
Before the war persons with
physical disabilities even skilled
workers often found it difficult to
get employment The manpower
shortage gave these citizens their
first real opportunity to prove they
too could earn their salt
Georgias Vocational Rehabilita
tion division of the State Depart
ment of Education had the machin
ery for channeling them into in
dustry When the labor shortage
became acute state and district of
fices were flooded with applications
from handicapped persons eager
for war jobsmen and women with
bent bodies twisted limbs defective
vision missing arms and legs
Physicians worked overtime mak
ing medical examinations Appli
cants requiring artificial limbs and
mechanical appliances were aided
in obtaining these devices and sent
to vocational schools and training
centers Those requiring medical
and surgical services were given
needed financial assistance
Calls for trained workers in
creased as employers discovered
that physically handicapped per
sons often were more efficient at
some trades than those without dis
abilities
In 1943 three new district offices
were opened by the Vocational Re
habilitation division to meet the
demands for its services
During the fiscal year ended
June 30 1944 2771 persons were
rehabilitated under the Georgia
program Only one stateCalifor
niasurpassed Georgia in this re
spect
Farm Production Training
In agricultural areas the voca
tional agriculture and home eco
nomics departments of Georgia
schools stimulated the production
and conservation of foods feeds
and fibers
Millions of cans of vegetables
fruits and berries and thousands of
tons of meats produced under the
stimulus of the FoodForVictory
program were processed in school
owned canneries dehydrators and
freezer lockers and conserved for
home use These facilities proved a
bulwark against hardship and suf
fering then rationing regulations
were clamped upon the country
Georgias food conservation pro
gram attracted nationwide atten
tion
In classroom and home farm
women and girls were given instruc
tion in cooking budgeting nutri
tion child care home care of the
sick home management and house
hold equipment repair Georgia
girls enrolled in homemaking class
es made upward of twenty thou
sand garments for distribution to
the destitute people of Russia
In four hundred schoolowned
machine shops farmers were taught
to make and repair tools and imple
ments needed in the production of
essential crops Nearly fortyfive
thousand farmers used these facili
ties in building or restoring to use
almost every type of tool imple
ment machine and vehicle But for
this service many farmers would
have been unable to make a crop
American production it has
been said has meant the differ
ence between victory and defeat for
the United Nations Industrial
and agricultural production goals
in Georgia could not have been
achieved had it not been for the
work of school forces in training
the necessary manpower
To better prepare youth for war
time citizenship far reaching
changes were made in Georgia high
school curriculum
The Georgia Wartime Education
Commission comprising leaders in
all fields of education projected a
plan to give greater emphasis to
physical fitness mathematics sci
ence guidance and community ser
vice
Victory Corps Formed
To implement this program
Victory Corps were organized in
high schools and later extended to
elementary grades Five hundred
high schools formed these units
with a membership of more than
60000 boys and girls
In many high schools special pre
induction training courses were ar
ranged In some preflight training
courses and preliminary qualifying
examinations for aviation cadets
were given to Juniors and Seniors
Continued on next page
1The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
In spite of defective vison Hubert Dean left and Weyman Farmer right are making good as workers in a paper box factory
Here they are shown breaking down boxes for shipment
Continued from Page 3
During the farm labor crisis the
Victory Corps was the nucleus
around which an army of volun
teers was recruited to harvest crops
Reports show that more than one
hundred thousand urban boys and
girls after receiving instruction
went to the fields to save food and
fiber crops
Today over hundreds of Geor
gia schools the Victory Corps V
flag floats with Old Glory and the
State emblem as evidence of meri
torious service in the National
emergency
The Reidsville High Schools Vic
tory Corps program was cited by
the Reidsville Chamber of Com
merce as the most outstanding con
tribution to the community in
1943 This is probably the first
time a high school in Georgia has
been given this distinction by a
Chamber of Commerce
Increased employment of women
in industry placed upon school au
thorities the responsibility of ex
panding daycare and nursery
school facilities and of providing
better recreational facilities
Restrictions on transportation
equipmentbuses tires and gaso
linecreated new problems for
school administrators especially in
rural areas Routes were rearranged
and conservation regulations adopt
ed to meet the emergency
Community Service
In cities towns and rural com
munities administrators teachers
and students aided in all types of
community war activities Selective
Service registration Civilian De
fense bond and stamp sales sal
vage collections ration book issu
ances USO campaigns Red Cross
drives and blood donations They
worked overtime after school
hours to do their part in these vol
unteer services
Georgia schools also cooperated
with the Russian Relief in conduct
ing ShareYourClothesWithRus
sians collections These campaigns
produced upward of a half million
pounds of clothing for suffering ci
vilians of the Soviet Union in 1943
and 1944
Like other states Georgia faced
an acute shortage of teachers In
spite of offers of more pay in other
services many loyal teachers re
mained at their posts In the spring
of 1943 Governor Ellis Arnall made
available to the State Department
of Education funds to pay teachers
on the state payroll an additional
months salary and later authorized
another allocation equivalent to an
extra months payekabilitatioi Mxvs
Vol 1 No 7
ATLANTA GEORGIA
March 1945
Happy in New Vocation

i
it
Bradford James right crippled by illness was taught jewelry engraving and is now employed in an Atlanta plant Here he is
shown on the job with Uriah Heater left instructor and A M Bowen center Vocational Rehabilitation SupervisorThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
cKabilitatioa Mxvs
Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Slate Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
he Goal of Rehabilitation
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

349 Union St
P O Box 209
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 C S Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
What you may ask is the ob
jective of vocational rehabilitation
services for physically handicapped
persons
The answer is to develop well
trained happy workers employed
on jobs suitable to their ability
To achieve this end may require
vocational guidance hospitaliza
tion medical treatment surgery
artificial appliances training su
pervision transportation mainte
nance placement and vocational
adjustment Or it may require just
one serviceplacement
A careful study of the social and
economic background of all appli
cants the vocational aptitudes and
interests and the physical limita
tions of their disabilities is made
by Supervisors with the aid of tech
nical assistants in some specialized
fields
In each case a medical examina
tion is made by an approved phy
sician When the services of a spe
cialist is indicated this also is pro
vided
Vocational aptitude dexterity
and intelligence tests are used to
determine a vocational objective
consistent with the applicants abil
ity and physical limitations
When the objective has been de
termined the Supervisor decides
Continued
what services are needed and helps
the applicant in the selection of the
facility The facility may be the
physician hospital appliance com
pany training institution or place
ment agency
The Vocational Rehabilitation
Division supervises the rendering
of the service to help the applicant
make a satisfactory adjustment to
the situation and secure the great
est possible benefit from expendi
ture of funds in his behalf
When all preparation services are
completed the Supervisor assists the
agency in placing the applicant on
a job where he can use his abilities
to the best advantage After place
ment he is supervised a sufficient
length of time to make sure his vo
cational objective is satisfactory and
that he is properly adjusted to the
conditions under which he works
Four types of tests are used to de
termine the vocational objective
preference intelligence achieve
ment and aptitude
For college or professional train
ing the Otis Intelligence test is ad
ministered and only those who ap
parently would profit from this type
of training are permitted to enter
college with aid from the Rehabili
tation Division
For business training a clerical
aptitude test is used
on Next Page
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
State Directors of Vocational Rehabilitation in Southeast talk over problems and programs Front row lefttorightP G Sherer
South Carolina Charles H Warren North Carolina Claud Andrews Florida J B Wheeler Mississippi E H Gentry Alabama
J H Smith Tennessee Paul H Barrett Georgia Back rowH B Cummings Regional Representative Federal Security Agency
and Terry Foster Assistant Regional Representative
Continued from Page 2
If an applicant failed to finish
high school but has had work ex
perience which indicates he has the
equivalent of a high school educa
tion the Stanford Achievement test
is used to determine his educational
qualifications
If he is interested in mechanical
training the Box A Minnesota Me
chanical Aptitude Test is used to
determine his aptitude for mechan
ical trades
If he desires to enter a vocation
requiring hand or finger dexterity
the Pedue Pegboard test is used
to determine his aptitude for wrap
ping folding assembling small ar
ticles making or repairing watches
and jewelry
If the applicant is undecided as
to vocation the Kuder Preference
test is used This test is intended
to determine the applicants inter
est in nine fields mechanical com
putational scientific persuasive ar
tistic literary musical social serv
ice and clerical If he shows a high
interest in one or two particular
fields he selects a specific objective
and gets the services needed to pre
pare him for a job in his chosen
vocation
Job Clinics Results The Will To Win
The oneday job clinics which
have been held by the Vocational
Rehabilitation Division since Janu
ary first this year have been so suc
cessful that it has been decided to
continue this method of recruiting
physically handicapped persons for
employment and trade training
An analysis of twentyone clinics
shows Total number of applicants
1378 placed in war work 329
placed in civilian jobs 151 accept
ed for training 169 found to need
physical restoration services 194
In all clinics the division had the
cooperation of the U S Civil Ser
vice the U S Employment Service
of the War Manpower Commission
local Department of Public Wel
fare officials and local school and
health authorities
Clinic Schedule
Here is the schedule of job clin
ics for April
Dawson April 2 Bainbridge
April 3 Tifton April 4 Camilla
April 5 Americus April 6 Quit
man April 16 Sylvester April 17
Blakely April 18 Cuthbert April
19 Oglethorpe April 20 and Co
lumbus April 30
At 45 a person with less cour
age than Missmight feel jus
tified in accepting support from a
brother while she looked after the
needs of their aged mother For
twentynine years she had faced life
bravely with handicaps that could
have been regarded as incapacitat
ing
Illness had distorted her facial
features twisted her hands and dis
abled a limb But in spite of this
affliction she had graduated from
high school and had two years in
college
For twelve years thereafter she
was a successful school teacher
When forced to leave the class
room she turned to needlework
but the financial returns were in
sufficient to give her the indepen
dence she desired
With the assistance of the Voca
tional Rehabilitation division she
enrolled in a business college and
completed the course Now she is
earning a good salary in an office
joband winning the admiration
of her friends
M
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Doing Business at New Stand
Clyde Archer center blind operator of vending stand in Atlanta postoffice makes a sale while Paul Barrett left State Director
inspects merchandise stock
Vending Stands for Blind Set Up
Plans for training and financing
blind persons in the operation of
merchandise vending stands have
been developed by the Vocational
Rehabilitation Division
Two such establishments already
have been set up In Atlanta Clyde
E Archer operates a modern stand
in the old Postoffice building and
in LaGrange Miss Pearl Dozier has
one in the Postoffice Sites have
been selected in Dublin and Gaines
ville and blind operators are being
trained
The training program is being
carried on by special supervisors
Merchandise stocks tobacco soft
drinks confections and wrapped
sandwiches are being supplied
through loans from the Georgia
Cooperative Services for the Blind
Inc a nonprofit corporation com
posed of prominent Atlanta citi
zens
Getting funds for the purchase
of merchandise always is the great
est obstacle to the development of
a sound vending stand program as
Federal or State funds cannot be
used for such purposes
In Georgia the problem has been
solved by a group of publicspirited
citizens Loans made to operators
for original stock purchases are to
be repaid to the cooperative serv
ice organization
Directors of the enterprise are
Ben Gordon president Clarence
Elsas secretarytreasurer Frank
Neely Hughes Spalding Wiley
Moore and C D Thomas
Joseph F Clunk of Washington
national chief of services for the
blind in the Federal Security Ag
encys Office of Vocational Reha
bilitation said recently that there
are approximately four hundred
blind persons in Georgia who can
be established in vending stand
businesses and made selfsupport
ing He was in Atlanta attending
a meeting of Vocational Rehabili
tation directors of the Southeastern
regionJ
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Vol 1 No 8
ATLANTA GEORGIA
April 1945
From Newsboy to Watch Repairer
Joseph E Jones 43 paralyzed from the waist down used to sell newspapers from a rolling chair Now hes learning watch and
clock repair with a jewelry firmThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
DKc GeovqvoNocoXovo
MabLlitatiorv Mws
Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Slate Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

301 Gordon Bldg
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia
401 C S Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
Another Achievement
Albany Herald April 5 1945
Georgia has many things for which it can be proud
Another achievement has been added to that list and it is a noteworthy
oneaiding those who are physically handicapped helping them to be
come useful self supporting citizens
A person who is normal physically cannot begin to understand what
this means to those less fortunatethe opportunity for job training for
work for independence The happiness the morale lift the deep joy of
helping and being helped must be immeasurable
Paul A Strachan president of the American Federation of the Physi
cally Handicapped Inc has invited Governor Arnall to address a joint
meeting of his organizations Washington lodges He has written Geor
gias governor It would afford me great pleasure to introduce you as
the governor of that state which today leads all states in effectiveness in
the overall aspects of rehabilitation
During the last fiscal year Georgia rehabilitated more civilians than
any other state except California The Georgia Vocational Rehabilita
tion Division of the State Department of Education trained and placed
2771 persons
This state inaugurated vocational rehabilitation job clinics for re
cruiting physically handicapped persons for vocational rehabilitation
services The plan now has been adopted nationally through the Civil
Service and Federal Security Agency
Georgia has led the way in this fine program We must strive for
more of that sort of progress
Vocational Rehabilitation for Georgias Blind
Atlanta Constitution
Sure to meet with widespread public approval is a new program of
the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State Department ol
Education
Through the cooperation of the Georgia Cooperative Services lor the
Blind a nonprofit organization made up of leading Atlantans money is
being loaned for the setting up of vending stands in public places
throughout the state These stands will be operated by blind persons
trained by special supervisors of the State Department
This will have the effect of making an appreciable additional number
of Georgians selfsupporting and that in essence is the ultimate aim of
any practical program of vocational rehabilitationThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Handicapped Making Good
By MARY LOU HARRINGTON Recruiting Representative
Fifth U S Civil Service Region
Fighting ships repaired like new
and steaming back to the Pacific
fighting planes restored to swift
and deadly usefulness day after day
are paying eloquent tribute to the
skill of physically handicapped
workers For theres seldom a ship
to leave the Charleston or Key West
naval bases nor a plane to wing its
way from the vast depots at Warner
Robins Brookley Field or Miami
in whose return to action the physi
cally handicapped have not played
an important part
Through the U S Civil Service
Commission the central personnel
agency for the federal government
thousands of physically handi
capped persons have been em
Willie Johnson with two artificial limbs works as a
shoe rebuilder at a government installation For twenty
years after losing his legs in a railroad accident he
hobbled on homemade knee pads
ployed in these and other installa
tions In the Fifth Region alone
headquartered in Atlanta and com
prising the states of Georgia Flor
ida South Carolina Tennessee and
Alabama 8422 physically handi
capped persons have been employed
since October 1942 Many of them
were recruited at the Georgia Vo
cational Rehabilitation depart
ments highly successful series of
employment and diagnostic clinics
which began in February 1944
These physically handicapped
workers are employed at good sal
ariesthe same rates of pay received
by nonhandicapped workersand
have overwhelmingly justified the
confidence placed in them An en
thusiastic champion of the physical
ly handicapped worker is O E
Myers director of the Fifth Civil
Service Region who has taken a
warm interest in the clinic program
and has attended many of these
gatherings
To safeguard the welfare of their
physically handicapped workers in
stallations employing large num
bers of them such as Warner Rob
ins and Brookley Field provide
periodic checkups by doctors and
nurses Onthejob followups as
certain that the workers will not
aggravate their handicaps nor en
danger fellow employees Frequent
ly working conditions are adapted
to individual needs by providing
special stools or other facilities As
a result persons with orthopedic
disabilities deafness blindness ar
rested tuberculosis and various phy
sical abnormalities are making a
valuable contribution to the win
ning of the war
With a view to utilizing ever in
creasing numbers of the physically
handicapped the Civil Service
Commission has made surveys of
Arthur L Dumas 20 is happy in his job as a mechanics
helper now that his facial disfigurement has been cor
rected He had to leave high school to support his
widowed mother
more than 3500 positions to ascer
tain exactly what physical handi
caps will not interfere with success
ful performance Sometimes miss
ing fingers will not impede the job
sometimes a paralyzed limb in
other instances hardness of hearing
will not hamper production
So eager have Federal employers
been to utilize the services of physi
cally handicapped workers particu
larly those with special training or
skills they frequently have sent
personnel representatives several
hundred miles to attend the em
ployment clinics For surveys have
shown that the handicapped make
highly efficient and conscientious
employees Their accident rate ab
senteeism and turnover are low
their production rate high The
record proves they hold their own
proudly in competition with the
more ablebodied The U S Civil
Service wants more physically han
dicapped workersThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Planning Work for the Blind
Supervisors of services for the blind from Southern states at recent regional conference Left to right front row J A Moore
Tennessee Miss Constance Rabin North Carolina Henry P Johnson Florida Mrs Anne B Owens South Carolina Mrs D W Mc
Bryde Mississippi Roy G Parks Georgia and Joe Clunk of Washington Chief Services for the Blind Federal Security Agency
Back row H B Cummings Regional Representative FSA and Terry Foster Assistant Regional Representative
Life Begins
For J T B life began at 38
not 40
The reason It was at that age
he started to earn a livingand feel
useful and independent
An illness at 14 had left his legs
back and neck twisted and stiff
Even with crutches it was almost
impossible for him to walk
Year after year he tried unsuc
cessfully to find a job He was com
pelled to accept support from rela
tives But he never gave up
Then came the warand the need
of manpower in industry
Employers were begging for help
and would cooperate in any plan
that would give them skilled
workers
So the Vocational Rehabilitation
Division induced a motor repair
plant to accept J T B for training
in armature rewinding even though
it was necessary to provide a helper
to lift motors on and off the bench
He proved an apt pupil His
hands and arms were normal his
mind keen He soon learned the
new technique and was kept on the
job at a regular salary His pro
duction measures up to that of
John W Moore is doing his bit in a war
plant after being supplied with an arti
ficial limb and given training
other skilled employees And his
employer says hell always be able
to find employment
Clinic Schedule
Heres the schedule of job clin
ics for May
Greenville May 1
Buena Vista May 2
Ellaville May 3
Newnan May 4
Macon May 1415
Fort Valley May 16
Perry May 17
Forsyth May 18
Rome May 28
Dalton May 29
Calhoun May 30
Cedartown May 31
The oneday clinics are continu
ing to attract from twentyfive to
one hundred applicants depending
on the size of the community in
which they are heldS 2
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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

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Albany Georgia

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University of Georgia
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Augusta Georgia

301 Gordon Bldg
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411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 C S Bank Bldg
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
By Governor Ellis Arnall
The greatest tribute that America ever paid to any man in his death
was that paid to Franklin D Roosevelt It was not in the pomp and
ceremony of his funeral for that was a quiet rite in the rose garden
overlooking his loved Hudson at Hyde Park It was in the manner in
which the people of our common country received the news of his passing
not as if it were the death of someone unknown to them however great
he might have been but as the departure from life of a close personal
friend
Historians unquestionably will record that Franklin D Roosevelt was
a great man the peer of his two heroes Thomas Jefferson and Andrew
Jackson No chief of state of a great nation within many generations has
written his name more boldly across the pages of public affairs The
great achievements on the domestic front associated with the eight years
of his peacetime chief magistracy were equalled by the skill with which
he guided America through the immeasurable crisis of the greatest war
in human history The textbooks of the future will conclude that he was
an able statesman a superb strategist an inspiring political leader and a
public hero who gave his life for the country that he loved and for the
cause of peace to which he dedicated a quartercentury of active national
leadership
But Franklin D Roosevelt the man was an even greater figure His
personal triumph over illness and disability the courage of his personal
life the deep sympathy that he felt for every human being everywhere
these were rare human qualities that lay behind the voice over the micro
phone and the statesman engaged in world conferences
When in his first inaugural he told America to fear nothing except
fear itself when in his final message written the day before death came
to him he urged America to have faith in the future Franklin D Roose
velt expressed a personal creed He did not fear he always had faith in
the nation and its citizens in the eventual triumph of right in a world of
men of good will
In his relations with others much has been told of the magnetism and
charm of his personality His immense vitality his ready grasp of prob
lems whether great or small his broad human sympathies and a rare
courtesy that came from the heart made him exceptional even among
great men No one came into personal contact with him without being
profoundly influenced the most rabid of his political opponents could
not resist his radiant charm his courageous ebullience his spontaneous
humor Many differed with him on public questions but once knowing
him remained personally devoted to him I do not think that anyone
knew him well without feeling for Franklin D Roosevelt a genuine
affection And the people who with the basically sound judgment that
has made democracy a living thing of truth knew him and trusted him
and loved himThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
National Rehabilitation Week June 2
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A Proclamation
With the attention of the Nation
rightly focused on the welfare of
men and women returning from
service in the armed forces and the
emphasis placed on benefits pro
vided for them through Congres
sional action we must not let our
interest flag in discharging our ob
ligations to the increasing thous
ands among our civilian popula
tion who through accident disease
or congenital conditions are unable
to hold a place in the ranks of the
American working force Even in
the midst of war their condition
calls to us for renewed effort to
bring about their restoration that
they too may maintain their self
respect through selfsupporting
work
On June 2 our Nationwide pro
gram for the vocational rehabili
tation of such disabled men and
women will have been in operation
a quarter of a century Less than
two years ago the Congress ex
panded this program by amending
the Vocational Rehabilitation Act
of 1920 The new lawthe Barden
LaFollette Act passed in 1943
makes it possible for the Federal
and State Governments working as
a team to bring to the mentally
disabled and the blind and all other
groups of the disabled the many
services necessary to make them em
ployable including physical restor
ation vocational training and
placement in suitable employment
Over the past twentyfive years it
has been demonstrated that this
program for the restoration of dis
abled men and women is paying
dividends not only in humani
tarian terms but in dollars and
cents Thousands of men and wom
en annually apply to the rehabili
tation service for help Because of
disabilities they are able to con
tribute little to the national in
come Many of them are forced to
accept public aid Refitted for
work they begin to pay their own
way No longer then are they tax
consumers they are taxpayers
That we may not fail to discharge
our obligation to help every man
and woman who needs vocational
rehabilitation services in order to
become selfsupporting it appears
appropriate at this time that I
should urge the ablebodied citi
zenry of the United States to unite
in a concerted effort to bring about
wider knowledge and use of the
services for physical and mental
restoration of the handicapped pro
vided under the BardenLaFollette
Act which applies to all civilian
disabled
NOW THEREFORE I HAR
RY S TRUMAN President of the
United States of America do here
by declare the week beginning
June 2 1945 as National Rehabili
tation Week
And I urge all churches educa
tional institutions health and wel
fare services civic organizations
chambers of commerce boards of
trade industry labor publicspir
ited citizens and the radio and
press throughout the United States
to observe National Rehabilitation
Week to the end that handicapped
men and women throughout our
Nation may be located and advised
of the benefits to which they may
be entitled
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I
have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States
of America to be affixed
DONE at the City of Washington
this 5 th day of May in the year of
our Lord nineteen hundred and
fortyfive and of the Independence
of the United States of America the
one hundred and sixtyninth
SEAL
By the President
s HARRY S TRUMAN
Secretary of State 49217
illThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Georgia to Celebrate Anniversary
Georgias observance of National
Rehabilitation Week will feature a
TwentyFifth Anniversary luncheon
at the Biltmore Hotel on June 2 at
which Hon Michael J Shortley of
Washington Director of the Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation Fed
eral Security Agency and Governor
Ellis Arnall will be the guests of
honor and principal speakers
State officials members of the
Medical Advisory Committee to the
Division of Vocational Rehabilita
tion educators and business leaders
will be present

Through the courtesy of radio
station WSB the speaking program
will be broadcast from 1 to 130
PM Dr M D Collins state su
perintendent of schools will pre
sent the speakers
The luncheon will be followed
by a business conference of Voca
tional Rehabilitation staff members
Clinic Schedule
Here is the Vocational Rehabili
tation Clinic schedule for June All
physically handicapped persons 16
years of age and older who want
trade training and placement in
jobs are invited to attend Go to
the clinic nearest to your home or
see the Vocational Rehabilitation
District Director in your district
The dates Cartersville June 1
Atlanta June 45 Clarkesville
June 11 Jefferson June 12 Toc
coa June 13 Cleveland June 14
Gainesville June 15
Blind BusinessmanRalph Wilson center blind since childhood now operates a vending stand in the DeKalb County Court
House Here he is shown waiting on Judge Frank Guess left judge of the City Court and Scott Candler Commissioner of
Roads and Revenuefcir 5r
Vocational Rehabilitation
SERVICES
m Second Nineteen 3ortyiwefederal Security cAaency
Washington D C
Honorable Paul V McNutt Administrator
Honorable Michael J Shortley Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
HONORABLE H B CUMMINGS Regional Representative
441 W Peachtree Atlanta Georgia
HONORABLE TERRY FOSTER Assistant Regional Representative
441 W Peachtree Atlanta Georgia
State Board for Vocational Lducatlon
Atlanta Georgia
Honorable M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools and
Executive Officer
temoeri
1st Distr
2nd Distr
3rd Distr
4th Distr
5th Distr
6th Distr
7th Distr
8th Distr
9th Distr
10th Distr
ctHonorable W C Clary Jr Waynesboro
ctHonorable Eugene Vereen Moultrie
ctHonorable W T Anderson Leslie
ctHONORABLE W W KlRBY ViceChairman Newnan
ctMrs Henry Troutman Atlanta
ctHonorable J W Overstreet Wadley
ctHonorable Roy McGinty Calhoun
ctHonorable W C Parker Waycross
ctHONORABLE W W McCay Chairman Eastanollee
ctHonorable Kay Tipton Madison
DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
Honorable Paul S Barrett Director
134 State Office Bldg Atlanta
Special Anniversary Edition
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
June 1945
Vol 1
No 10foreword
By M D COLLINS State Superintendent of Schools
Twentyfive years ago on June 2 Presideni
Woodrow Wilson signed the first National Civilian
Vocational Rehabilitation bill passed by the Congress
Georgia was one of the first states to take advan
tage of the constructive humanitarian provisions of
this legislation
At that time Dr M L Brittain President Emer
itus of the Georgia School of Technology was State
Superintendent of Schools Dr Paul Chapman Dean
of the College of Agriculture University of Georgia
was State Director of Vocational Education The
late Honorable Fort E Land was the first State Supervisor of Vocational
Rehabilitation and afterwards was State Superintendent of Schools
From a small beginning this program has developed into a vital
farreaching State and Federal service Since its inauguration more than
eight thousand Georgia citizens with impaired and mutilated bodies
have been trained for jobs consistent with their talents and given op
portunities for economic independence Nearly five thousand of them
were trained during the past two years
When American security was threatened by foreign aggressors phy
sically handicapped men and women were called upon to fill the gaps
in the Nations war manpower supply Trained for specific jobs they
took their places in shipyards aircraft plants munition factories stores
and offices and kept the armaments moving to the fighting fronts
Their achievements in a wide range of vocations have won the admira
tion and gratitude of the nations leaders
It was therefore most appropriate for President Harry S Truman to
proclaim the week of June 2 as National Vocational Rehabilitation
Week and call for a nationwide observance
Responding to the Presidents proclamation the Georgia Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation State Department of Education observed
the twentyfifth anniversary with a luncheon and conference attended
by nearly three hundred distinguished guests and staff members
Georgia was signally honored on this occasion by the presence of
Honorable Michael J Shortley Director Office of Vocational Re
habilitation Federal Security Agency Washington who with Honor
able Ellis Arnall Governor of Georgia and Honorable O E Myers of
Atlanta Regional Director Fifth U S Civil Service Region were
the principal speakers at the luncheon Through the courtesy of radio
station WSB their addresses were broadcast
In this booklet we present the texts of these addresses together with
scenes at the luncheon and reception which followedcA State Service
VOCATIONAL rehabilitation is a state service carried on in coopsration
with the Federal Security Agency Headed by a state director the
Division has twelve district offices staffed with supervisors to serve
handicapped citizens in all counties and communities
All permanently disabled persons above sixteen years of age who
are vocationally handicapped are eligible for rehabilitation A disabled
person is considered vocationally handicapped if unemployed or em
ployed in an unsatisfactory job provided he has not been fitted by train
ing or experience to engage in a suitable vocation where there is a pos
sibility of employment
There is nothing temporary about vocational rehabilitation It cer
tainly is not charity The services are limited to persons who in spite
of their handicaps appear to be able to learn and follow a vocation in
a satisfactory way
Everyone accepted for vocational rehabilitation needs proper guid
ance It is obvious that they should be directed into channels where they
can make wise use of their talents and satisfy to some degree at least
their ambitions This requires thorough investigation by representatives
of the Division
In the early days of vocational rehabilitation there was no pro
vision for assistance with medical services and surgery to remove disabili
ties It was therefore necessary to train applicants around their disabili
ties But in recent years the Act has been amended so that now
physical restoration services as well as vocational training guidance
an artificial appliances may be offered to those who need such services
and are unable to pay for them
Vocational rehabilitation is not only a humanitarian service it is
good business Records of the Georgia
division show that the 2771 persons rehabili
tated during the fiscal year ended June 30
1944 earned in one year after rehabilitation
eleven times the cost of the service
In carrying on this program the Division
has the cooperation of other agencies in pro
viding guidance training and placement for
applicants The State Department of Public
Welfare the State Industrial Board the
U S Civil Service U S Employment
Service War Manpower Commission Na
tional Tuberculosis Association and other
agencies investigate cases consult on eligibil
ity and assist in placement
To these agencies and to training institu
tions establishments and employers who have
cooperated with us we express our apprecia
tion On this anniversary of the inauguration Cover Margaret Purdue deaf
of vocational rehabilitation services empioyedVmch machines
c4 Proclamation
By The President of the United States of America
WITH the attention of the Nation rightly focused on the welfare of men and women
returning from service in the armed forces and the emphasis placed on benefits pro
vided for them through Congressional action we must not let our interest flag in dis
charging our obligations to the increasing thousands among our civilian population who
through accident disease or congenital conditions are unable to hold a place in the ranks
of the American working force Even in the midst of war their condition calls to us for
renewed effort to bring about their restoration that they too may maintain their self
respect through selfsupporting work
On June 2 our Nationwide program for the vocational rehabilitation of such
disabled men and women will have been in operation a quarter of a century Less than
two years ago the Congress expanded this program by amending the Vocational Re
habilitation Act of 1920 The new lawthe BardenLaFollette Act passed in 1943
makes it possible for the Federal and State Governments working as a team to bring
to the mentally disabled and the blind and all other groups of the disabled the many
services necessary to make them employable including physical restoration vocational
training and placement in suitable employment
Over the past twentyfive years it has been demonstrated that this program for
the restoration of disabled men and women is paying dividends not only in humanitarian
terms but in dollars and cents Thousands of men and women annually apply to the re
habilitation service for help Because of disabilities they are able to contribute little to
the national income Many of them are forced to accept public aid Refitted for work
they begin to pay their own way No longer then are they tax consumers they are tax
payers
That we may not fail to discharge our obligation to help every man and woman
who needs vocational rehabilitation services in order to become selfsupporting it appears
appropriate at this time that I should urge the ablebodied citizenry of the United States
to unite in a concerted effort to bring about wider knowledge and use of the services for
physical and mental restoration of the handicapped provided under the BardenLaFollette
Act which applies to all civilian disabled
NOW THEREFORE I HARRY S TRUMAN President of the United States
of America do hereby declare the week beginning June 2 1945 as National Rehabilita
tion Week
And I urge all churches educational institutions health and welfare services civic
organizations chambers of commerce boards of trade industry labor publicspirited
citizens and the radio and press throughout the United States to observe National Re
habilitation Week to the end that handicapped men and women throughout our Nation
may be located and advised of the benefits to which they may be entitled
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States of America to be affixed
DONE at the City of Washington this 5th day of May in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and fortyfive and of the Independence of the United States of Ameri
ca the one hundred and sixtyninth
SEAL
By the President
Secretary of State
s HARRY S TRUMAN
49217Program
Conference Luncheon
1000 AM Call to OrderPaul S Barrett
1010 AM WelcomeDr M D COLLINS
1040 A M Adequate Case Work Guidance
and SupervisionTERRY FOSTER
1130 AM RECESS
1200 NOON LUNCHEON
100 P M Broadcast courtesy of Station WSB
Dr Collins Master of Ceremonies
Speakers
O E MYERS Regional Director
U S Civil Service
Michael J Shortley Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Governor Ellis Arnall
13 0 P M AFTERNOON CONFERENCE
Our Vocational Rehabilitation
ProgramW W McCAY
Vocational Rehabilitation
Twentyfive Years Ago Dr Paul Chapman
What is Vocational Rehabilitation H B CUMMINGS
College Record of Vocational
Rehabilitation Students DEAN WILLIAM Tate
Adequate Diagnosis of the
Physically Handicapped Dr T P GOODWYN
Trade Training for Physically
HandicappedCharles R CLEGG
Cooperation between the Veterans and Civilian
Rehabilitation Program CHARLES H ROBERSON
Final phase of TB Control L L Young
ADJOURNMENT
6Vocational Rehabilitation
3n Une Postwar Period
By Governor Ellis Arnall
The accomplishments of the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation of Georgia Department of Education
are gratifying to every citizen of this State It repre
sents achievement that illustrates the potential effec
tiveness of cooperation between individuals industries
and the governmental agencies It illustrates the man
ner in which government may be of service to a group
of citizens without regimentation or coercion
The vocational rehabilitation program in Georgia
has been continuously successful Over a period of
many years Georgias record has been high in com
parison with all the other States The employees and administrative
officers of the Division deserve the recognition and applause of their
fellowcitizens
On one occasion when I was studying the budget of the State De
partment of Education I looked closely into the operation of this
Division In its crowded quarters there were cabinet after cabinet of
files Each folder represented a case It is possible to reduce those cases
to a series of statistical findings but I shall not do that Each folder
represented some Georgian in whom hope was reborn because through
efforts of this Division opportunity was afforded for him to earn a
livelihood for himself by his own efforts
The economical aspects of vocational rehabilitation deserve a brief
mention In many cases the earnings of a client of the Division in the
first twelve months of employment have been ten times the cost of his
training There are for example blind persons engaged in essential war
industry now earning in a single month almost as much as it cost the
State and Federal governments to train them for employment In addi
tion they are now selfsupporting and are no longer a burden either
to their families or to the pension rolls of the State
But it is not by monetary measurements that the value of this pro
gram can be assayed It is the salvaging of human beings The rebuild
ing of their morale is the interpretation to them of their own worth
whileness that makes the program of vocational rehabilitation one of
the greatest services that any State can perform for a group of its citizens
I think that one aspect of the technique of vocational rehabilitation
deserves special scrutiny by educators generally To a very great extent
the Georgia agency has pioneered in this field That is the careful
fitting of an individual into a field of employment
In the early stages of vocational rehabilitation there was a tendency
to emphasize special training that would permit a rehabilitant to engage
in some occupation for which he might be physically or temperamentally
not as well adapted as to some other The present approach is todetermine what type of job the rehabilitant might fit into in view of
the handicap to which he must make adjustment
Now all of us are handicapped in one way or another The tech
niques of vocational guidance that have been devolved by those directing
the efforts toward rehabilitation might be used with profit I think in
every sphere of education This pioneering cannot fail to have im
measurable value to educators generally
The problem of rehabilitation will be more pressing and consequent
in the postwar period There is of course the special problem of
dealing with the needs for rehabilitation of the disabled servicemen
Administratively this problem will be met by other agencies although
I do not doubt that the same admirable technique will be generally
employed in their case But specifically today let us discuss the
civilian aspects of rehabilitation
America owes a tremendous debt to these citizens In the darkest
hour of our countrys need when the ablebodied were fighting on dis
tant shores the halt the lame and the blind answered the call of their
country and came to man the lathes and the drill presses and the welding
torches that made the machines without which we could not have won
so speedy and certain a victory
These industrial heroes of the war must not become the economic
casualties of the peace
They have performed an invaluable service They are entitled from
the National and State governments facilities for retraining and place
ment so that they may continue as selfsupporting members of our
communities In Georgia we need to see that their interests are safe
guarded
The assurances of continued employment for the handicapped of
course is an aspect of the problem of full employment for allthe
workers of America whether in farm factory or service enterprise
The war was a test of the validity of democratic doctrines in their
political aspects It was the taunt of the tyrants who now lie dead in
the gutters of the cities that they brought to ruin that a democracy
could not achieve the unity of purpose necessary to wage a war The
American people answered that challenge by building 50000 planes a
year by building almost incredible numbers of tanks jeeps and self
propelled artillery units by pouring forth materials of war in an end
less stream by conforming to the regulations necessary to wage total
war by submitting to unprecedented taxation by tireless work on the
home front to match the gallant outpouring of blood on the war front
The peace will impose an even more stringent test of democratic
concepts We have a potential labor supply of between 58 and 61
million persons Unless we have jobs for these 60 million by which
they can profitably productively and with selfrespect sustain them
selves and their families and support the functions of government then
l X faced Wlth this retort from the totalitarian and neofascists
1 he Democracies won the war because they had a preponderance of
natural resources but they havent the guts or brains to organize their
people for peace
It is unthinkable that this Nation can find a solution to the problems
of war and can find no solution to the problems of peace Without
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Speakers left to right Michael J Shortley Director Office of Vocational Rehabilita
tion Washington Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia Dr M D Collins State Super
intendent of Schools O E Myers Director Fifth U S Civil Service Region Atlanta
destroying our existing social fabric it is possible for us to develop a
system of full production and full production means full employment
We can meet the requirements for capital natural resources and tech
nological skill on the part of our citizens
The very fact that during the war emergency vocational rehabilitation
has trained in new skills large numbers of citizens heretofore regarded
as unemployable is a demonstration that our people generally are
absorbable into any form of production
We have only to fear two things a psychological reaction when we
turn to reconversion and a failure to utilize all our facilities for
production
In the crisis of 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt cautioned the
American people to fear nothing except fear itself There is no hazard
facing reconstruction that cannot be surmounted if we are resolute and
courageous
The determination to utilize every facility for productionand I
would broaden that to include the use but not the exploitation of every
natural resource and a utilization of every individual who goes to make
up the total of our human resourcesmust include the determination
to continue the trend toward decentralization of industry that has been
begun as a result of the war It is unthinkable that the great industrial
plants of the South and West shall be destroyed or allowed to rot
and rust away or that their products shall be barred to the consumers
of this nation or the world by conspirators cartelmakers or those
utilizing the techniques of discriminatory internal tariffsContinued from Page 9
If we are to have full employment in America we must expand our
educational facilities
It is precisely in consideration of this question that the work of
vocational rehabilitation is so suggestive and challenging
Education it is now apparent is not exclusively a process to which
children and adolescents are subjected We must not think of our
educational establishments as factories with automatic conveyors where
one feeds in a batch of 6yearold children at one end and they are
moved along past an assembly line of teachers and dumped neatly
packaged at the far end of the bin with the label fully grown citizens
stamped upon them with the delivery of their diplomas
We must think of education as a treatment of specific needs of
individual human beings designed to equip them for harmonious living
in the society of which they are a part
Because vocational rehabilitation deals necessarily with the specific
problems of each individual those engaged in administering this pro
gram are in position to supply much guidance in other fields of education
It is perhaps probable that adult education most emphatically in
vocational fields will open new vistas for the America of tomorrow
There is no reason why in many instances the problem of technological
unemployment cannot be solved by the methods that are now being
used to solve the employment problems of the handicapped
More and more the last ten years education has come out of the
cloister and into the market place better to serve men and women
The responsibility of educational institutions and service groups in
the future will extend beyond the goal of fitting individuals for em
ployment and include helping to place them on jobs Again the accom
plishments in the field of vocational rehabilitation are striking because
this agency follows the rehabilitant through his training and on to his
placement on a job
So successful has been this policy so effective has been the produc
tiveness of these workers that industrialists and business leaders have
found them among the very best employees on their payrolls They
have discovered that a handicap is an impediment imposed upon the
swiftest runner so that he shall not always win the race and that it is
compensated for very often by deep earnestness and exceptional talents
Business and industrial leaders should be encouraged to make use of
the special training and special talents of the rehabilitated handicapped
person and I believe that the postwar world with its era of full produc
tion and full employment will be a period in which these individuals
no longer will be regarded as unemployables
Again I say to you that this must be so The thousands of handi
capped persons trained in Georgia have performed in the four and one
half years since Pearl Harbor services of incalculable value to our Nation
and we must dedicate ourselves to policies that will assure them of the
security that goes with employment in the peacetime future
They are contributing their full share toward winning the war They
must have their full share in the fruits of peace
10Mandlcapi Can Be Overcome
By Michael J Shortley Director
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation f
I am grateful for the opportunity to attend this
conference on rehabilitation We at headquarters in
Washington know the notable achievements of the
vocational rehabilitation service in Georgia It was
in this state that the rehabilitation clinic was first
used to emphasize the services the State and Federal
Governments working as a team provide for dis
abled men and women Today just a quarter of a
century since the National program was made possible
by Federal legislation hundreds of clinics are being
held throughout the United States
Impressed by the responsibility of government to restore to a working
condition all disabled citizens whether civilians or war veterans Presi
dent Truman issued a proclamation on May 7 designating the sevenday
period beginning June 2 the anniversary of the signing of the Voca
tional Rehabilitation Act of 1920 as National Rehabilitation Week
In his proclamation he urged industry labor churches welfare agencies
and the public generally to join in its observance
I could think of no more appropriate way for the Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation to comply with the Presidents recommendation than to
call upon all State agencies to signalize this week by the holding of
rehabilitation clinics of the type initiated in Georgia I am happy to
report to you that each state has made some special provision for com
pliance with the Presidents call and most of them have accepted the
suggestion that rehabilitation clinics be opened during two or threeday
periods between now and Friday night
I would not have anyone get the impression that we look upon the
results of these clinics as the attaining of our objectives The job of
restoring broken men and women to the point of employability or of
enabling them to get better jobs goes on day after day throughout the
United States The clinic is however a device for locating those who
could be benefitted as well as for beginning the services they need
Actually we do not know how many disabled men and women there
are in the country who could be restored to the point where they would
be selfsupporting It is probable in fact we know it is true that
thousands and thousands of these men and women who could be helped
do not know there is available in every state the facilities to aid them
We want the more fortunate members of society that is those who are
under no handicap to tell these people that there is an agency within
their reach which will help them Moreover we want them to assure
the disabled that these services are free if they cannot afford to pay
for them
The rehabilitation program is a welfare service and available to all
who need it We want to convince the disabled that the handicap can
be overcome Thousands of men who had come to believe that they
were through were trained for jobs in war plants after being helped
11Scene in Empire Room Biltmore Hotel Atlanta during Twentyfifth Anniversai i
by the rehabilitation services There are blind men working today on
machines and doing the job as well as their sighted companions One
armed and onelegged men are competing successfully with socalled
normal workers
You have read many times that employers no longer look upon the
handicapped man as a liability And that is true They have found
that byandlarge the efficiency and dependability of the handicapped
worker is equal to and in many cases greater than that of the socalled
normal worker
Here is something I want to emphasize We do not ask nor do the
handicapped want industry to employ any person classified as disabled
in a spirit of sympathy They are not asking pity and I may add
12I rat given by Vocational Rehabilitation Division staff to group of distinguished guests
they resent it If a man with one arm can do a job as well as a man
with two arms then we ask industry to employ him
You in Georgia will recall a certain eminent handicapped man who
looked upon this state as his second home He could not walk He was
a victim of poliomyelitis His friends never mentioned his disability
Newspapers of the country ignored it and press photographers never
pictured him in a way that called attention to his affliction This man
asked no pity The people of the United States called upon him to
administer their affairsnot once but four times They did not ask
for his leadership because they were sorry for him because they pitied
him but because they regarded him as the best man for the job He did
that job splendidly and generations to come will remember him for the
work he did and not because he couldnt walk
13Jrandicapped Worker Clclent
By O E Myers Director
Fifth U S Civil Service Region
This occasion is in observance of the Twenty
Fifth Anniversary of Civilian Vocational Rehabili
tation Services in this country and the Second Anni
versary of the conduct of clinics sponsored by the
United States Civil Service Commission and the State
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in the hiring of
physically impaired people
During the past few years I have experienced many
difficulties in filling positions in war activities in the
Federal Government Many thousands of these po
sitions have been filled by people usually referred to
as physically handicapped people Were they handicapped Lets take
a look at them
First to the extent that I could hire them my job was made easier
We have thousands of unfilled jobs in the Federal Service today but we
would have many thousands of additional unfilled positions if it were
not for the physically impaired people working for the Government
It was two years ago this week that your State Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation Mr Paul Barrett conceived the idea of the holding of
clinics clinics for the hiring of physically impaired people The first
one was held in the State Capitol when almost one thousand persons
were appointed Since then more than one hundred clinics have been
held in this Civil Service Region as a result of which thousands of
handicapped persons have been appointed to Federal Government jobs
I have received letters from all over the United States asking about
how the clinics were conducted To our satisfaction the second anni
versary of the holding of such clinics will be observed in Atlanta next
week by the holding of another clinic in the State Capitol when we
expect about one thousand handicapped persons and representatives
from all of the principal Federal Agencies in the Region They will
meet in the room in which the first clinic was held
The handicapped persons will be there to meet with and be inter
viewed by Federal Government Representatives and the Federal Govern
ment Representatives will be there to meet with and hire physically
impaired people I am urging your Governor to attend the clinic and
observe how we hire highly qualified people to work for the Federal
Government notwithstanding what some people may refer to when
speaking of them as physically handicapped
The Southeastern States lead the nation in the employment of
physically handicapped people and the Federal Government leads all
employers in the hiring of handicapped people thanks to Mr Barrett
Therefore we feel that your Governor will attend the clinic to be held
in Atlanta next week the clinic to be held in observance of the second
anniversary of such clinics
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Speakers table at Twentyfifth Anniversary luncheon
Michael J Shortley Di
rector Office of Vocation
al Rehabilitation and Paul
Barrett Georgia State Di
rector admire floral ar
rangement presented to
Mr Shortley
15Left Miss Dorothy Sue King of the Rome District Office and right Mrs Marion
Maier of Atlanta office presenting floral crutch to Michael J Shortley center
Director Office of Vocational RehabilitationV
Reception for Director Georgia staff members welcome Mr Shortley Left to right
Misses Emoylees Bradley Atlanta Dorothy Sue King Rome Mary Barton Rome
Sallie Quiltian Gainesville Mrs Marion Maier and Mrs Jewel Fouts Atlanta and
Mr Shortley
The United States Civil Service Commission has made a thorough
and comparative study in Government and in industrial establishments
of the job performance of physically impaired workers with the able
bodied workers and has found that in considering such factors as
turnover accident rate productivity and efficiency the turnover rate
was much lower among the physically impaired that they were superior
from the standpoint of employment stability that they had a higher
average accident frequency rate than the ablebodied but the accidents
which they experienced were on the average less severe indicating that
they present no unusual workmens compensation liability and that
the impaired compare favorably with the ablebodied in quantity and
quality of work output and in efficiency ratings
In view of this we who have worked with this fine group of men
and women feel that no one is physically handicapped except those who
fail to do something about it
Another Scene at Reception In foreground M J Shortley National Director Paul
S Barrett State Director and H B Cummings Regional Representative
Qrowth of Vocational Senaollltatlon
in Qeorgia
Number of cases rehabilitated
192122 14
192223 16
192324 64
192425 59
192526 51
192627 69
192728 86
192829 85
192930 114
193031 126
193132 167
193233 132
193334 200
193435 201
193536 238
193637 270
193738 234
193839 248
193940 260
194041 290
194142 413
194243 2109
1943442771
Georgia hospitality at Reception left to tight H R McLatty District Supervisor
Augusta J F Sosby district supervisor Augusta C R Clegg director North Geor
gia Vocational School Kay Tiption of Madison member of the State Board of Educa
tion W W McCay of Eastanollee Chairman State Board of Education G L Boggs
Supervisor Stand Operations for Blind Atlanta W H Wells Vending Stand specialist
Washington Dr Paul Chapman Dean of the College of Agriculture University of
Georgia Athens Ted Owens District supervisor Columbus and J P Millican District
supervisor Brunswick In background P D Bush District Supervisor Gainesville
and Jack Dempsey District Supervisor Athens
Punch Please Left to right John Prickett Supervisor Augusta A P Jarrell As
sistant State Director Atlanta Mrs Clara Belle Allen staff member Dr Paul Chapman
Dean of the College of Agriculture Miss Jane Melton Staff member and J P MUlican
District Supervisor Brunswick
r
Left to right M J Shortley Paul S Barrett A P Jarrell H B Cummings Terry
Foster Jack Dempsey John Prichett and Otis Dyer
19Carly urainee Still On job
One of the first trainees under the Georgia program has carved out
a successful career in his chosen vocation
He is Homer W Smith 50 telegraph operator and ticket agent for
the Central of Georgia Railroad at Barnesville
Seven years before the vocational rehabilitation program was inaug
urated Mr Smith then a youth of 18 lost his right leg in an accident
while working as a car inspectors helper
He was given a job in a tower on the Macon yards but was re
leased in 1920 on account of a reduction in forces on the railroad He
recalls now the desperate struggle he had trying to support his wife and
baby
While looking for work he heard about the new service being of
fered by the state and applied for assistance His application was
Number 13 in the Vocational Rehabilitation Division files
Mr Smith was enrolled in a school of telegraphy made a splendid
record and upon completion of the course was reemployed by the
Central of Georgia Railroad Since that time he has been telegraph
operator at Farmington Round Oak Monticello Experiment East
Point and Barnesville He has been in his present position since 1937
His baby Homer Smith Jr now 26 is a sergeant in the Marine
Corps and is back in this country after having served twentyseven
months in some of the toughest fighting in the Southwest Pacific
Mr and Mrs Smith have an attractive home in Barnesville They
had an opportunity recently to review the record of his case from the
files of the Vocational Rehabilitation Division In the record is a letter
now yellowed with age written by Mr Smith on June 5 1923 to the
State Board for Vocational Education expressing his appreciation of
the services he had received
Here is the letter
Farmington Georgia
June 5 1923
State Board for Vocational Education
Room 104 State Capitol
Atlanta Georgia
GENTLEMEN
Please allow me a few minutes of your time to express myself in re
gards to the training that is being offered by this great State under
your supervision There are no words in my possession that are good
enough for me to express the thanks that I would like to offer this great
Board and to this great State of Georgia This for one is the greatest
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Early Traineeon the job and at home top left Homer W Smith showing arti
ficial limb Right at the key in the Barnesville office of the Central of Georgia Rail
road and below Mr and Mrs Smith review file of Case No 13 in Georgia Voca
tional Rehabilitation records
21department that any State can maintain and one that should be main
tained by all means
On November 20 1920 I was thrown out of work on account of
reduction of forces on this railroad As I was not a skilled worker
I could not find employment elsewhere I tried hard to get a job at
anything but did not succeed In my rounds looking for work I was
informed of the training that was being offered to the deformed citizens
of this great State so I began to investigate all that there was to it
and I was introduced to your able Director Mr F E Land
Mr Land explained what the State would require of me and what
they offered I gave him all my past references and in looking up these
references he came in contact with one of the officials of this railroad
that I worked under who recommended that I be put where I could
learn telegraphy With this recommendation I was put in training with
the Postal Telegraph Company at Macon Georgia
I went in training to make good and with this end in view I put
my whole heart and soul in my work and by doing this within eight
months I was ready to get out and get a position that I could make a
living After working for sometime I was awarded my seniority from
the date that I started to work with this company up to the date that I
returned with all of this time I was given a permanent station which
I am now holding
There are not enough words in the English vocabulary that can ex
press the good that this great division of the State is doing for this
class of its citizens I for one am willing to do all that is in my power
to help this great Board along where they may be able to push this great
work further I can never forget the day that I was turned out with a
trade that I could follow and make a living for my wife and baby one
that I could get anywhere that I went and one that is in demand any
where It is the class of work that I had followed all of my life and
one that I was so fond of but it had gotten to the place where the work
that I used to do was not in demand for one without skill
The tax payers of this State should be proud of this great Board and
give it all of the support that it needs for there is nothing as helpful
to any State as to have all of its citizens with a trade where they can
make an honest living There is hardly another department in this State
that should have the full support of all legislators and men that are in
position to give them the necessary things to carry on the great work that
they are now carrying on There are lots of children being born each day
that are crippled men and women being injured when they will be un
able to carry on the work that they could carry on if they had not been
deformed or injured and the largest majority of these cripples like my
self are not able to put themselves through school where they can learn
a trade and demand a living salary
Again thanking this great State for the good that they did for me
when I could not do for myself I beg to remain
Faithfully
Signed HOMER W SMITH
Agent
Central of Georgia Rwy Co
Farmington Georgia
22Jact About Qeorgia A vocational Jehabiu
tatlon Program Jor Jiical year 194344
Number of cases rehabilitated 2771
Total cost including administrative 30171811
Average cost per case 10888
Annual earnings of rehabilitants 492574056
Average annual earnings 177060
Number of persons given training 1714
Number with one or more dependents 1587
Number of white persons served 2112
Number of negroes served 659
Placed in war work 2128
Placed in civilian jobs 643
Number of new cases reported 1543 7
Analysis of Physical Restoration Cases
Served July 1 1944 to Dec 31 1944
Number of cases served 130
Number employed 47
Number convalescing or in training 83
Total cost of physical restoration 2188480
Average cost per case 16834
Total cost of other services 361457
Total cost of all services 2549937
Average cost per case 19614
Average weekly salary of those employed 3300
Average weekly salary before given service 484
Analysis of Blind Cases Served
May 15 1944 to May 15 1945
Total number of cases receiving services 154
Total cost of services 1977548
Average cost per case 12840
Number trained in business establishments 99
Number given college training 6
Number trained in public vocational schools 2
Number trained in private trade schools 11
Number trained by tutor 1
Lowest weekly salary of rehabilitant 1200
Highest weekly salary of rehabilitant 7200
Treatment Surgery Artificial Appliances
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SIGHT RESTOREDH P Golf 65 had defective vision in both eyes An operation restored his sight in one eye He raises a crop
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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

301 Gordon Bldg
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 C S Bank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia

Good Case Work
By Miss Edith Taylor
Medical Social Consultant
HAVE you ever considered that any disability either mental or phys
ical has a specific and different meaning to each individual Illness
and disease are a threat to any persons security particularly when
he is the wageearner in the family and responsible for the support of
several people These conditions may cause grave maladjustment The
same crippling condition resulting from arthritis may cause one man to
develop great determination to find a way of living and wageearning
compatible with his disability while another man may decide that he
can no longer be a wage earner and settle down to dependence on his
family his community or the welfare agencies
Good rehabilitation service includes a recognition and understanding
of the relationship between disease and the social situation It is concerned
with the whole individual as well as just the disease or the resulting dis
ability Is the individual able and willing to accept the realities of his
condition The young person who is found to have diabetes may find it
very difficult to accept the fact that he has this condition and that it is
important not only for him to follow medical instructions but the recom
mendations of the doctor in regard to the type of work that is most suit
able for him The man with heart trouble may not be willing to believe
that he has this disability if it is not interfering with his work activity
at the present time
The rehabilitation supervisor is careful in his efforts to develop the
proper attitude on the part of the clients family as well as other elements
in their relationships in the home Some attitudes may cause or have
caused and created obstacles which have kept the client from a good ad
justment to his condition Parents may have been anxious about the dis
abled individual over a period of years They probably have been very
overprotective and have spoiled the individual Very often parents are
ignorant or lack understanding of the persons condition and therefore
have misdirected their efforts for the individual Understanding of these
problems is very important for they will affect the successful adjustment
of the individual in his attempts to attain the goal which has been set up
by himself and the rehabilitation supervisor jointly These social factors
apply not only in cases in which the disability can be corrected or im
proved by medical or surgical treatment but also in those cases where
the individual needs the services of training and placement
In order to do a good job in rehabilitating an individual it is very
helpful for the Division to learn about him just as soon as possible after
the disability occurs The longer time that elapses between the onset of the
disability and the rendering of Vocational Rehabilitation services the
more difficult will be the job since the individual may have had an oppor
tunity to develop a very dependent attitude and to have lost interest in
finding a job which is suitable
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
They Won Their Fight For Independence
i it fr At
BEFORE AND AFTERMiss Katherine Hitchcock right as she ap
pears after a plastic surgery operation under the supervision
of the State Vocational Rehabilitation Division And inset the
same young woman before the operation

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ON HIS FEET AGAINWillard Beck
lost his feet in an accident in 1940
He seemed doomed to live the re
mainder of his life a helpless and
dependent manwith a family to support With the aid of the Vocational
Rehabilitation Division he was given surgical services artificial de
vices and training in carburetor repair Both legs were amputated Now
he is prepared to earn his own livingand be independent
DOING HIS BITThis trainee of the
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
works as a welder in a war plant
despite his artificial limbThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
BLIND WORKERS IN INDUSTRY
t
WORK DESPITE HANDICAPSFrom dependency on others
to a selfsupporting status is the story of the two women
pictured in the foreground wrapping peanut butter
sandwiches Miss Mazie Owens left who has been blind
since she was eight years old and Mrs Mary Denmark
industrially blind for nine years are two of the com
panys most efficient workers according to R E McCor
mack extreme right company president
ON HIS OWN AGAIN Left George Rogers a crippled
Negro was trained in shoe repair work under the
supervision of the Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Later his leg was amputated and he was aided in get
ting an artificial limb Now he owns his own shop
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ATLANTA GEORGIA
October 1945

WALKS AGAINMrs Frances Rice Huguenin of Hart
See story inside
WHBKmOFWm
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Published monthly by the
Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Stale Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent
of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Div Vocational Rehabilitation
DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES
134 State Office Bldg
Atlanta Georgia

21314 Royal Bldg
Albany Georgia

Hardman Hall
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia

607 Southern Finance Bldg
Augusta Georgia

301 Gordon Bldg
Brunswick Georgia

411 Flowers Bldg
Columbus Georgia

401 CSBank Bldg
Dublin Georgia

414 Jackson Bldg
Gainesville Georgia

406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Macon Georgia

Room 29 Court House
Rome Georgia

302 American Bldg
Savannah Georgia

432 Bunn Bldg
Waycross Georgia
Walks Without Crutches
I cannot tell you what a wonderful feeling it is to be able to walk on
the streets with otherswithout crutches These were the words of Mrs
Frances Rice Huguenin of Hartwell Georgia in expressing her apprecia
tion to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for its part in making
it possible for this young woman to walk with the aid of only a cane
Mrs Huguenin was born and reared in Hartwell Georgia of a large
family She developed cerebrum spastic paralysis when she was two
weeks of age leaving both legs stiff and without muscular control Her
father died when she was very young and in spite of her handicap she
was eager to make herself employable through proper training in order
to be able to help take care of the family Mrs Huguenin was one of the
most deserving of young ladies and possessed the finest traits of character
as well as a most pleasing personality She was bound to succeed
Arrangements were made for this girl to be trained in commercial
work In the meantime she was married to a young man who would soon
receive his commission in the U S Army and it was not until after her
husband left for overseas that she began this training
In January 1945 it was decided that her physical condition could be
improved by proper treatment She entered the hospital on crutches The
spastic muscles prevented the picking up of her feet to step and her steps
were made with much effort swinging both legs out as she walked Alter
treatments to relax the spastic muscles and bring about proper coordina
tion she put her crutches away for the first time in her life and walked
unusually well with the use of a cane She could even take some steps
without any support at all
One of her greatest ambitions was to be able to meet her husband
without crutches when he returned from overseas This she did
Clinic Schedul
The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has made plans for forty
five clinics this fall and winter All physically handicapped persons 16
years of age and older who need medical or surgical treatment and are
unable to pay for the services are invited to these clinics
The October and November dates are Hamilton October 1 Butler
October 2 Hawkinsville October 3 Gray October 4 Thomaston Oc
tober 5 Appling October 8 Millen October 9 Springfield October 10
Reidsville October 11 Hinesville October 12 Baxley October 15
Homerville October 16 Blackshear October 17 Ocilla October 18
Waycross October 19 Colquitt October 29 Ashburn October 30 Adel
October 31 Vienna November 1 Donalsonville November 2The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
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Physical Restoration
A Reality to Him
When he came into the office with his brother that January
morning Hugh Mitcham little realized that he was standing on the
threshold of a new life
Crippled with rickets for more than ten years his legs were
viciously twisted until he walked only with difficulty and was
dwarfed inches below his normal height His brother had come to
the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation seeking training and
Hugh had come along too not really believing that he could even
secure training He was surprised and not a little apprehensive
when the District Supervisor began to talk to him of physical
restoration
Being an average colored person of limited education who had
spent most of his twentynine years in rural sections of Georgia it
was difficult for him to understand what the words physical restora
tion could mean to him He answered all inquiries made by the
District Supervisor handling his case rather hesitantly although hon
estly and courteously for deep in his lackluster eyes was an un
easiness and fear of the unknown
Medical examinations
should straighten the al
the extent of permittin
necessary arrangements
determined that an operation on each leg
ignment of his legs and strengthen them to
g Hugh to do moderately heavy work All
were made for these operations and in
February Hugh entered the hos
pital and underwent them cour
ageously but with eyes still
clouded with disbelief that he
would ever really have straight
legs
Then followed more than six
months of being completely
helpless each leg swarthed in
heavy casts Hugh bore this con
finement and discomfort with
patience and good spirit and
finally in August came his re
ward His casts were removed
and braces fitted on his weak
ened but straight legs
At first it was hard to walk with
awkward braces and unaccustom
ed crutches
but gradual
ly came the
ability to
move with
ease and the
tossing away
of crutches
and cane
Gradually
too the dis
trust in his
eyes was re
placed with
the shining
realization
that he stood
straight and
tall and mov
ed with dex
terity He
now looks
forward to
the final re
moval of his
braces and
soon to pro
fitable em
ployment
MRS ALICE BOONE
Widow Aided
For 21 years Mrs Alice Boone had a
goiter She has been a widow for several
years and has four children ranging in age
from 6 years to 15 years dependent upon
her Because of her physical condition Mrs
Boone had not been able to work outside of
her home and was receiving 20 per month
from the Department of Public Welfare in
the form of an Aid to Dependent Childrens
grant
Examination by a specialist showed that
the goiter was increasing in size all the time
and that it was causing pressure
Arrangements were made by the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation for Mrs
Boone to have the goiter removed Just
two months after the operation was per
formed the second picture above was
taken This clearly shows the improvement
that has taken place Not only does Mrs
Boone feel better physically but her interest
in life has been stimulated Arrangements
have been made for her to work where she
will earn enough to support her family
Through the rendering of physical restora
tion services this widowed mother of four
lildren has been restored to good health
KNfvra1 made selfsupportiii
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BLIND MERCHANT IN LaGRANGE
MISS PEARL DOZIER right of LaGrange who lost her vision ten years ago now operates a vending stand in the Post Office
Georgia Selected New Stand Opens
The Georgia Services for the Blind Division of Vo
cational Rehabilitation in cooperation with John Mc
Auley and J H Chappell of the Federal Office have
completed plans for a training institute to be held in
Atlanta from October 1st to November 15th for the
purpose of training Blind Industrial Specialists in nine
Southern States comprising the Southern Region
The first two weeks of this training will be held at
North Georgia Vocational School Clarkesville where
the trainees will be given prevocational training This
preliminary training will consist of aiding the indi
vidual in traveling alone exploratory courses in vari
ous shops working with machines and tools The
following four weeks will be devoted to demonstra
tions and operations of various jobs in eighteen indus
trial establishments which have been previously se
lected and surveyed by Representatives of the State
and Federal Offices The purpose of this industrial
training is to acquaint the specialists with job experi
ences which they can carry back to their states enabling
them to find suitable job opportunities for blind
clients It will demonstrate to the employers that per
sons without vision when given the proper training
can perform jobs equally as well as the sighted persons
The Services for the Blind Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation in cooperation with the Georgia Co
operative Services for the Blind has opened a new
opportunity for Miss Pearl Dozicr in the Post Office
at LaGrange Georgia
Miss Dozier had been unable to secure employment
since the loss of her vision ten years ago the result of
an unknown disease
The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has had
the excellent cooperation from the Postmaster Mr
Fincher and Lions Club of LaGrange
The stand program is expanding as rapidly as per
sonnel and finances will allow The goal for Georgia
is one hundred fifty stands with volume of business
approximating one million and a half dollars
There are at present seven stands in operation with
four more in the process of being manufactured
It is the purpose of the Vocational Rehabilitation
Division to rehabilitate as many visually handicapped
persons as possible by this methodD72 53
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November 1945
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FIT AND READYUpon positive recommendation of examining specialists guidance clinics especially for arrested
cases of tuberculosis have been held by the Georgia Tuberculosis Association and the Division of Vocational Rehabili
tion in Atlanta Augusta Macon Savannah Columbus and other cities More are planned The picture above was
snapped at an Augusta clinic Seated left to right are Miss Louise Wyatt Secretary in the Augusta district office a
former patient seeking vocational aid and C B Shroyer Supervisor of Services for the Tuberculous Standing are Miss
Camilla Danforth Executive Secretary of the AugustaRichmond Tuberculosis Association and L L Young Executive
Secretary of the State AssociationThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
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Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division Vocational Rehabilitation
DISTRICT OFFICES
Atlanta134 State Office Bldg
Albany 21314 Royal Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Augusta607 Southern Finance Bldg
Brunswick 301 Gordon Bldg
Columbus 411 Flowers Bldg
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Macon 406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Rie Room 29 Court House
Savannah 302 American Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
NOVEMBER CLINICS
Clinics for persons with arrested
tuberculosis or with any other physi
cal disability who can be made em
ployable through services of the di
vision and associated agencies will be
held during November as follows at
the court house in each instance ex
cept at Roberta where the clinic will
be held in the Health Center
Jeffersonville November 5 Ro
berta November 6 Irwinton No
vember 7 Barnesville November 8
Eatonton November 9 Trenton
November 12 Buchanan November
13 Jasper November 14 Ringgold
November 15 Marietta November
16 Elberton November 26 Carnes
ville November 27 Crawfordville
November 28 Hartwell November
29 and Covington November 30
Cooperation All Along Line
Official and Private Needed
By L L Young
Executive Secretary Georgia Tuberculosis Association
An outstanding demonstration of
Democracy in Action is the coop
eration between official and private
agencies interested in the health and
welfare of the people A classic il
lustration of this is the cooperatively
planned program for the rehabilita
tion of those handicapped by tuber
culosis
This cooperation begins on the na
tional level between the Federal Di
vision of Vocational Rehabilitation
and the National Tuberculosis Asso
ciation and extends down through the
state district and local organizations
GEORGIA SIGNS PACT
In recent years when more em
phasis was placed on service to the
arrested case of tuberculosis and more
funds became available these national
organizations set up a written plan of
cooperation This made the facilities
of each available to the other Fol
lowing this example several state re
habilitation offices and state tubercu
losis associations entered into similar
agreements Georgia was among the
first to take this step and in Decem
ber 1943 such an agreement was
signed by the state director of Voca
tional Rehabilitation and the execu
tive secretary of the Georgia Tuber
culosis Association
PERSONNEL TRAINED
On the national level the plan has
brought to light the need for person
nel especially trained in the field of
tuberculosis This need is beginning
to be met by regular eighttotwelve
week seminars being offered by the
National Tuberculosis Association
for those supervisors dealing specifi
cally with tuberculosis or those in a
general field who have a heavy case
load of tuberculosis The Federal
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
makes it possible for supervisors to
take these seminars An exchange of
ideas and information is of mutual
benefit to both national offices
MUTUAL EFFORT POINTS
On the state level and specifically
in Georgia cooperation of the two
agencies has enlarged the program
and been of service to the clients at
several points by
First making the services of the
district supervisors available to the
tuberculosis association to assist with
arrested cases
Second the state association lend
ing a staff member to the Division as
consultant on tuberculosis
Third training advice and social
service case work were given to cases
cared for by the association
Fourth a group of physicians were
recommended by the association for
service in medical examinations
Fifth all information of mutual
benefit is exchanged
Local committees for promotion of
rehabilitation have been appointed
and local tuberculosis associations
have furnished information gained
through pioneering demonstrations in
the field of rehabilitation of the
tuberculousThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
Vocational Readjustment of the Tuberculous
By C
Supervisor of Serv
The eventual control of tuberculosis rests on a tripod
the three legs of which are 1 finding the case 2 pro
viding adequate treatment and 3 rehabilitation or
preparing the patient to meet the problems of post
sanatorium life
Attempting to prepare the patient to meet the economic
and social problems he will encounter after his discharge
from the sanatorium is a comparatively recent addition to
the tuberculosis control program
The postsanatorium training part of the program is
the direct responsibility of the State Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation
GOING FORWARD
Georgia having placed emphasis upon the importance
of vocationally readjusting its tuberculous is going for
ward with a plan for
1 Rendering vocational guidance to the patients in
its sanatoria
2 Providing prevocational work for those who will
benefit by this service and who are recommended for
this service by the doctor in charge of their case In keep
B Shroyer
ices for the Tuberculous
ing with the policy of the state sanatorium this work will
be so planned as to enable the patient to continue after
discharge while continuing the cure at home under the
supervision of the district supervisor serving the territory
in which the patient has residence
3 Working out plans for vocational training with
and for those patients who are now leaving the sana
torium and who are ready for rehabilitation
FOLLOWING UP
4 Following up those cases who have been out of
the sanatorium for some time and assisting those who
thus far have made no attempt to rehabilitate themselves
5 Ascertaining as far as possible if the employment
being followed is consistent with their physical condition
in those cases where rehabilitation of self has been
undertaken
Georgias program for the rehabilitation of the tuber
culous will be carried out with the cooperation of its
sanatoria Public Health Department Department of
Public Welfare and its tuberculosis associations

A Major Enemy of Working Usefulness
By A P Jarrell
Asst Director Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational rehabilitation is a public service to conserve
the working usefulness of physically and mentally im
paired people Under the provisions of the Act practically
all services necessary to render disabled persons capable
of engaging in remunerative employment on a normal com
petitive basis are available
past toward preparing these individuals to live useful
lives when they recuperate to the extent that they may
return to their communities
In working with the
physically impaired the
records show that tu
berculosis is one of the
major diseases which
strike at the individ
uals working useful
ness For many years
an educational program
to prevent the spread
of the disease has been
conducted The state
has also provided hos
pitalization and treat
ment for those who
have contracted the
disease but very little
has been done in the
A P Jarrell
TREATMENT ALONE INADEQUATE
In order to have a wellrounded program it is just as
necessary to assist these clients in their readjustment to a
new way of life as it is to give them treatment This
service is to be provided by the Rehabilitation Division
by giving guidance and prevocational training during con
valescence vocational training when the client is suffi
ciently recovered and it has been recommended by the
physician and supervision and followup when he has
been placed on the job
EACH CASE DIFFERENT
CKir program renders service to individuals having
widely different impairments each with its own problems
and in view of the fact that the impairment of tubercu
losis presents many special problems the Division has
added to its staff a specialist in this field Mr C B
Shroyer He has had intensive training in this work and
many years experience with the Georgia Tuberculosis
Association Mr Shroyer will work with the rehabili
tation supervisors over the state assisting them in deal
ing with the problems confronting them in working out
a program for individuals who have had tuberculosis
f
The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
State Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Alto
Why Program Is Needed
By Dr Rufus F Payne
Superintendent State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Medical rehabilitation
is a greatly misunder
stood and abused term
principally because we
have not actually set forth
all the reasons why such
a program is needed In
the usual sense rehabili
tation is considered only
as a program for teaching
some person a new trade
occupation or business so
that he might make a
living and not become a
burden on the community
That this is a rather nar
row approach becomes ob
vious if we consider the
following as reasons why
rehabilitation is made nec
essary by one disease
alone tuberculosis
Dr Rufus F Payne
1 Occupation may be considered as one of the reasons for
breakdown in tuberculosis in nearly all cases in spite of the
fact that exposure is necessary Nearly all the cases will be found
to be working in an unhealthy environment or working too long
and too irregular hours or doing too much hard physical labor
or exposed to some nonspecific tuberculogenic factor such as
silica dust
TO PREVENT BREAKDOWNS
2 Education regarding the disease and the manner in
which future breakdowns can be prevented is a necessary part
of any rehabilitation program and it is necessary therefore that
the individual should be placed under supervised training to
see if he understands the limitations which exist if his disease
and his occupation are to be compatible
3 Psychological adjustment to former modes of living is
quite difficult to the person who sincerely cooperated in taking
the cure It is desirable that he should approach his job under
modified supervision regarding his habits
TO PROTECT OTHERS
4 Protection of other persons from possible sources of in
fection is made possible through avoiding occupations in which
damage could be done by a sudden breakdown
5 Education of the public to the idea of hiring arrested
cases which are vouched for by a responsible agency the agency
having trained and supervised these arrested casesKabilitatiotv Mws
December 1945
Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of
the city and bring in hither the poor and the
maimed and the halt and the blind
St Luke 1421
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Atlanta GaDr M D Collins State School Superintendent right Welcomes
First Veteran of World War II to Join Vocational Rehabilitation Staff
Veterans of the Second World War
returning from the far corners of the
earth are filling important positions in
the work of vocational rehabilitation
for all the people in Georgia
First veteran of the war ended this
year to join the Divisions staff is
James J Segars 35 of Jefferson as
signed as an Atlanta district super
visor The second is Lamar Wiggins
32 of Eastman Others were expected
to begin their duties before the years
end
WOUNDED IN AFRICA
A tank in which Mr Segars was
riding was hit and knocked out at Faid
Pass in the first day of the Battle of
Kasserine Pass But let him tell it
Finished Martin Institute Jeffer
son Ga in 1928 Graduated from
University of Georgia in 1932 with
BSA degree a major in vocational
education Taught vocational agricul
ture in Taylor Hall and Walton
counties
Commissioned second lieutenant in
Officers Reserve Corps Called to ac
tive duty in February 1942 Joined
First Armored Regiment First Ar
mored Division and went overseas in
the latter part of May 1942 Spent
several months in Ireland and Eng
land Landed in North Africa in De
cember 1942
Member of first American battalion
to use General Sherman tanks Fought
in desert country in southern Tunisia
platoon leader of five tanks
Wounded in both arms and cap
tured when Germans overran the lines
Sent to Italy to prisoner of war hos
pital and after six months was trans
ferred to Germany when Italy capitu
lated
PRISONER IN GERMANY
Spent six months in Germany near
Breslau and old Czechoslovakia Sent
to Lisbon Portugal for repatriation
Came home on Gripsholm landing
in New York March 15 1944 Spent
some time in Halloran Walter Reed
Wakeman and Lawson General Hos
pitals Discharged September 26 1945
Joined Division of Vocational Rehabi
litation October 1
Now for Mr Wiggins
Attended Eastman High School
Middle Georgia College at Cochran
and the Georgia Teachers College near
Statesboro being graduated from the
Teachers College with a BS degree
in 1939
SERVED AS LEGISLATOR
I was employed in the public schools
of Dodge County for four years as
teacher principal and high school super
intendent I served two years as a rep
resentative in the Georgia General As
sembly from Dodge County 193940
Went with the National Youth Admin
istration for Georgia in October 1940
as student work officer and held this
position until I entered the naval serv
ice in December 1941 after the out
break of war
I served 46 months in the Navy in
all theaters of warAmerican Euro
peanAfrican Middle Eastern Asiatic
Pacific and the Philippines and in
various capacities including gunnery
officer aboard ship and beachmaster
with the amphibious forces I was
placed on inactive duty in the Naval
Reserve October 27 and held the rank
of lieutenant at the time
Melvin Owens of Rome who is now making more than 3000 a year as
a certified tax consultant was stricken with arthritis in 1936 and left paralyzed
from the waist down
He has had to use crutches to get around ever since getting out of bed
early in 1941 He finished the last half of his senior year in high school in an
Atlanta hospital and with the aid of friends and classmates managed to
finish school in May 1941 he said
From then until June 1942 he was unemployed In fact he said I
had never been employed since I had no special skill that would aid in secur
ing employment In the Spring of 1942 I registered with the United States
Employment Service with the hope of getting some kind of work
My application which showed my physical condition was brought to the
attention of Mr D Dbnaldson of the Rome district of the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation and he arranged for me to attend some school of
my own choice
I chose a local business school and prepared to take a course in Business
Administration This course was paid for by the Division as well as other
expenses incurred such as books and transportation to and from school
I completed this course in March 1943 I had been at work for over
two months going to school two afternoons each week until the course was
finished I was awarded a certificate of stenography and an efficiency award in
typing by the Carroll Lynn School of Business Administration
I thoroughly enjoyed the course with the local office of the Rehabilitation
Division doing everything they could to make things easier for me Every
working day has been a pleasure with no time lost from illness since I started
to work With the experience gained I have taken on additional duties In
1944 my earnings were more than 3000 and they will be at least as much
this year I have been admitted to the American Tax Association as a Certified
Tax Consultant and was appointed regional director for the Fifth District
of the association
I would advise anyone who is elig
ible to take full advantage of the serv
ices offered and thereby become self
supporting They will find competent
and friendly advisers at any rehabilita
tion office

Nearly 50 Independent for First Time
Willie Virgil Garrett confined to a wheelchair because
of the crippling effects of inflammatory rheumatism had
never held a regular job until he received Vocational Re
habilitation training and other aid
He was 47 years old and dependent on relatives when
the Division accepted his case in Brunswick in 1943 Now
he is economically independent although not too high
and mighty he remarked after his 14th month as a repair
man in the shop of H A Lewis 201J4 Anderson Street
Marietta
He files saws sharpens lawn mower blades and makes
furniture repairs Mr Lewis is mighty proud of his
employee and calls him affectionately Pedro Mr Gar
rett has the pride of gainful useful employment
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Aehabilitatiori Mws
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DISTRICT OFFICES
Atlanta134 State Office Bldg
Albany21314 Royal Bldg
AthensHardman Hall University
Augusta607 Southern Finance Bldg
Brunswick301 Gordon Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Macon 406 Bankers Ins Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Savannah302 American Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
The 1945th anniversary of the birth
of Christ finds Georgia well in the
forefront of all the states of the union
in the task set forth in the Gospel ac
cording to Saint Luke as to go out
quickly into the streets and lanes
and bring in hither the poor and the
maimed and the halt and the blind
According to statistics just released
by the Office of Vocational Rehabilita
tion of the Federal Security Agency for
the fiscal year ended June 30 1945
and corrected to October 1 1945
Georgia was outranked only by Cali
fornia and Kentucky in the number of
persons rehabilitated into employment
during the year Georgia had 2361
cases rehabilitated while California
had 2971 and Kentucky 2418
FIRST IN SOUTHEAST
Georgia led all the states of Region
III in rehabilitations the closest rival
being Alabama with 2299
Georgias total case load25329
was surpassed only by California with
25935 The approximate total case
loads in each of the two states was far
ahead of the nearest total case load in
any other state New York having
16098 Pennsylvania 12878 Michigan
11863 and Tennessee 10466
The number of cases remaining in
reported status at the end of the year
in Georgia was larger than any other
state Georgia having 12874 and Cali
fornia 7294 which indicates a case
load too large for the existing staff in
Georgia to cope with The staff has
been augmented considerably since last
Spring Due to the fact that of neces
sity many of the new personnel are in
experienced in rehabilitation however
we should not become overoptimistic
in results to be expected during the
current fiscal year
BACKLOG CROWS
Nationally the annual increment of
cases has been estimated at 200000
Total cases closed during the year in
the nation were 132400 Some 65000
handicapped persons therefore have
been added to the already existing
backlog
The Georgia figures bear out an as
sertion by Michael J Shortley direc
tor of the Office of Vocational Re
habilitation that an important seg
ment of disabled persons in need of re
habilitation are still not being reached
by the rehabilitation agencies until
some time after the immediate need
for such service has passed
Intelligent
By Norman E Elsas
President Fulton Bag
and Cotton Mills
The matter of employing handi
capped persons particularly blinded
persons is simply one of using com
mon sense and being willing to select
an operation or series of operations in
which the individ
uals deficiency is
not a handicap
Just as we would
not consider asking
a slight 105lb
woman to handle
big heavy bales
likewise it would
be foolish to put a
blinded person on
a job requiring
keen vision
On the other
Mr Elsas hand in industry
there are nearly always jobs into which
handicapped persons can readily fit
should they choose to do so and if they
are properly encouraged
In textile mills there are jobs re
quiring the use of an air hose for
blowing off machinery A person with
one arm can do this just as well as one
with two arms
There are numerous occupations
which we ordinarily think require eye
sight for satisfactory performance but
if we look over many such departments
we will find a good number of those
doing this work looking around and
watching the visitors with absolutely
no interruption in their work On any
such job a blinded person could be
trained and lack of sight would not be
a handicap
It is simply a matter where more
sympathy than intelligence has been
applied to this problem of encouraging
handicapped persons to make their own
livingGeorgia at Threshold of Expansion of

By M D Mobley
Director of Vocational Education
Vocational Education today in Georgia stands on the
threshold of an expansion the need for which has been built
up by pressure of practical necessity almost irresistible
With this expansion will come certainly more and better
facilities open to handicapped persons aided by the Division
of Vocational Re
habilitation
Generally Voca
tional Education in
the state has four
principal phases
vocational agricul
ture homemaking
education business
and distributive
education and trade
and industrial edu
cation The last two
named are possibly
more important to
rehabilitation since
they afford training
in jobs best suited
for disabled persons
but the first two also
play important roles
for the handicapped
The state now
operates only one
vocational school
that at Clarkesville
Under discussion
pro and con at the
moment is establish Mr Mobley
ment of another state vocational school in south Georgia
But in the overall picture the hope lies in expanding local
vocational schools establishing new ones and establishing
area vocational schools
LEGISLATION ENACTED
The groundwork has been laid Legislation has been
enacted permitting the State Board of Education to receive
funds from federal grants andor other available funds to
provide education of noncollege grade for persons above
the age of 18 and empowering the board to set up and
dperate area vocational schools In several areas including
Atlanta city and county boards of education are planning
joint establishment of area vocational schools open to resi
dents of neighboring counties on a pro rata basis In Atlanta
there is now only one vocational school the Opportunity
School operated by the City Macon has several places for
vocational instruction at Columbus there is the Jordan
Vocational School Savannah has its Vocational School and
Augusta is developing its trade and industrial training
facilities
The State Board of Education has approved 15 local
school units as agencies to operate area vocational schools
If and when funds are available area vocational schools
will be operated in Atlanta Athens Rome Macon Albany
Griffin Augusta Fitzgerald Marietta Waycross Bruns
wick Savannah Columbus Moultrie and Dalton
REHABILITATION TRAINEES
The Clarkesville schools existence and growth is due in
large part to trainees sent there by the Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation War disabled such as members of
the Aircraft Warning Service the Civil Air Patrol or the
Citizens Defense Corps merchant seamen and civil em
ployes of the United States disabled in line of duty have
their cost of rehabilitation borne 100 per cent by the federal
government through the states Division of Vocational Re
habilitation and other disabled civilians have their costs
defrayed 50 per cent by the federal government exclusive
of administrative expense Vocational Rehabilitation will
play a substantial role in the expansion of local and area
vocational schools
The Clarkesville institution has more than a quarter of
a million dollars worth of modern equipment formerly
owned by the National Youth Administration The equip
ment and the plant were transferred to the state without
cost on February 1 1944 Training is available in auto
motive mechanics radio refrigeration woodworking gas
and electric welding shoe repairing laundry work cooking
jewelry repairing and commercial work
Local boards of education cooperating to establish area
vocational schools are negotiating to obtain wide varieties
of machinery and other equipment suitable for vocational
training from war installations now inactive

Corner of one of the Shops at Clarkesville
WORKERS FOR BLIND GET TOGETHERSeated left to right Aubra Hurt Oklahoma Robert Barnhart Veterans Admin
istration Walter McDonald chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission Joe Clunk chief of services for the blind of
the United States Office of Education Dr M D Collins Georgia school superintendent J H Chappell industrial specialist from
Washington and Robert Ellenberg Georgia trainee Standing in the usual order J H McAulay chief industrial specialist of
the Washington office Thomas H Quigley Georgia director of the United States Employment Service H B Cummings regional
representative Division of Vocational Rehabilitation T E Hartwig Arizona trainee O J Bourgeois Louisiana Murray C
OConnor Kentucky Barna Jones Georgia industrial specialist T M Wyley South Carolina and L R Thompson Florida
By W B Gaines
Supervisor of Services for the Blind
For the first time Georgia has attracted a training pro
gram for industrial specialists for the blind Previously
such programs drawing trainees from the South were held
in Baltimore and a similar one was held there this year
but the growing importance of Atlanta as an industrial
center led to the Georgia capitals being chosen this year
CLARKESVILLE FIRST
After two weeks preliminary instruction at the North
Georgia Vocational School the trainees came to Atlanta
for a months employment at jobs similar to those which
the blind might fill in their own states They will return
home to help the handicapped of their areas Before be
ginning their work schedule they got together for a banquet
at the Biltmore Hotel at which Dr Collins Mr Cum
mings and Paul S Barrett Georgia director of the Divi
sion of Vocational Rehabilitation welcomed them
The trainees had been chosen in their own states on the
basis of their demonstrated capabilities for counseling other
blind persons
During the program demonstrations were given at
Georgia Tech before students and open to the public
Mr Hurt and Mr McAulay proved that they could walk
up to machines such as engine lathes which they had never
been around before and after a few minutes instruction
perform certain tasks more quickly and more safely than
sighted persons
Blind persons it was asserted can do any job in industry
which does not require sight and can do such jobs with
better attendance records with more safety and more
diligently than workers who can see
IN FOOD PLANTS
In food plants alone for instance a recent check showed
that 20 blind or practically blind persons with whom this
Division has been in contact were employed In Atlanta
are the following J B Rivers Wilson Crawley Carson
Lovin Mrs Anna C Rivers Miss Sara E Fuller Miss
Frances Roberson and Henry L Renew at Gordon Foods
Miss Theresa Zorda Miss Maudie Priest Miss Alice
Hammond and Miss Ruby Paulk at the Dortch Bakery
Miss Amy Criswell Miss Inez Story and Miss Polly
Haney at the U S Bakery Miss Miriam Blackburn at
the Lee Chocolate Company and Miss Mary J Ivie at the
Cooper Candy Company At the Foremost Dairies in
Columbus is Mrs Emily R Parrish at the Bobs Candy
Company at Albany is Miss Madie Owens at Carstarphen
Son in Macon is Mrs Julie L Rose and at the Colonial
Bakery in Augusta is Rex F VinesJl
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II
FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE L R Thompson
trainee from Florida above operates a shearing ma
chine and T M Wyley from South Carolina right
a punch press at the C H Air Conditioning Fan Com
pany in Atlanta
Other concerns in the Atlanta area cooperating in pro
viding acquaintance jobs of several days each for the
placement specialists were the Atlanta Stove Works
Cluett Peabody Company Fulton Bag Cotton Mills
Gaylord Container Company General Shoe Company
Gordon Foods Highland Mills Lee Baking Company
McPhail Candy Company Marcus Loeb Company
Potter Rayfield Machine Company Richs Southern
Dairies Southern Spring Bed Company and Western
Venetian Blind Company
These businesses provided an excellent diversification
of industrial and business jobs which blind persons can
perform on a basis competitive with persons who are not
handicapped Atlanta was chosen because of its wide
variety of job opportunities and at the same time officials
of the concerns said they welcomed a chance to judge what
types of jobs the blind could fill successfully for them

IffDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta
Craft
sman on
Two years ago John Carlton Hall 23
of Whigham Ga was practically helpless
and dependent on his parents Now he is a
craftsman right employed by Blairs of
Atlanta Inc manufacturers of orthopedic
appliances
The transformation of this individual
was no overnight miracle Mr Hall and
Eugene W Able district supervisor of the
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation at
Albany agree that the obstacles to be over
come at times seemed insurmountable
Paralyzed in infancy young Hall could
not walk even with the aid of crutches
Because of the difficulties of getting to and
from school he had progressed no further
than the seventh grade
The Division sent him to a specialist
who recommended braces Braces and
crutches were provided Slowly he learned
to get about Training was financed in
leather and metal work for appliances such
as had been provided in his case
I cant believe it is real Mr Hall
commented recently at his work bench
beaming Pinch me and let me see if it is
reallv me
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EMPLOYMENT
lanuary
1946

Atlanta GBy James V Carmichael
General Manager Georgia Division Bell Aircraft Corporation
The Medical Department of the Bell
Aircraft Corporation Georgia Division
made a study of a group of 1757 per
sons with significant physical impair
ments who were hired during 1944
These impairments were of sufficient
magnitude so that the individual was
restricted to the specific job for which
he was considered physically competent
During the same period a total of 27507 persons were
hired at the plant These two groups were compared and
it was found that 58 per cent of the entire group terminated
before February 15 1945 whereas only 38 per cent of the
impaired group terminated This indicates that physically
impaired individuals are more likely to stay on the job
The reasons for separation were then studied It was
found that a lower percentage of the impaired people were
discharged or laid off were terminated because of absen
teeism stopped work because of living conditions domestic
conditions working conditions returned to other jobs and
a lower percentage stopped work because of health
We do not have data to show the productivity in im
paired workers as compared with nonimpaired However
our impression is that their efficiency is on a par with the
unimpaired if they are properly placed This means that a
man with an artificial leg must be placed where he works
with his head and hands where the loss of a leg is of small
significance insofar as ability to do the job in question is
concerned
A good example is D B male age 29 who sustained
a compound fracture of the left lower leg in the drive on
Florence in Italy Being a squad leader he was first to
cross a bridge and was hit by a sniper guarding the bridge
His artificial leg was fitted four months after this injury
and he was discharged from Lawson General Hospital six
months after his injury He took a course in electrical
bench work at Lawson General before being discharged
After spending two weeks at home he came to work ap
proximately six and a half months after he was injured
He did electrical bench work which required the use of
his head and his hands but not of his legs He seemed well
satisfied and well adjusted and did a good job in his
department
Careful placement is the key to the successful utilization
of the physically impaired worker
Four Feet Six Inches and 75 Pounds and an effi
cient experienced secretary is Miss Betty Reeves of the
Boy Scout Office in Augusta When she finished high
school at Millen in 1943 her employment prospects were
poor because of two handicapsher size and a dislocated
hip
Vocational Rehabilitation accepted her case and sent her
to the Hurst Business College in Augusta where she made
a splendid record Upon completion of her course there
she went to work at the Boy Scout office and has been there
ever since one of the most popular members of the organi
zation
Loss ok His Leg Proved an Opportunity rather than
a tragedy to Elmer Lee Johnson of Dublin The leg was
amputated when injured by a falling tree Until that time
his employment had been uncertain
The Division helped in purchase of an artificial limb
and in shoe repair training Getting selfconfidence proved
to be harder for Mr Johnson than anything else For a
year he could scarcely believe he was proficient at a profit
able trade Then in March 1944 he resumed work in the
shop where he had been trained After a few weeks the
shop was turned over to him and he now does all the work
He is on the job consistently and has a good patronagea
fine example of rehabilitationHas Happy Results
By Frank H Neely
Executive Vice President and General Manager Richs Inc
The first group of handicapped em
ployees came to work at Richs in 1942
It was an experimental venture from
our point of view and certainly the em
ployees considered these jobs a challenge
to them They absorbed our ways quick
ly they learned easily and were curious
about other jobs they became efficient
reliable workers It was easy for more
to follow the first group because they had sold Richs on
the idea and they did the majority of job training for new
employees on similar jobs
DEAF MUTES EXPERT MECHANICS Herman V Gordon
left and Jack D Sellers are shown at work as mechanics at
the E E Hollingsworth Auto Service in Savannah where they
were trained with the aid of Vocational Rehabilitation Mr
Gordon from Ludowici has been a deaf mute since infancy He
worked first in the J A Jones Shipyard in Brunswick and then
turned to auto mechanic training After completing his course in
Savannah he went to Birmingham following the same trade
Mr Sellers from Baxley had been deaf and practically mute
since birth He had some training in shoe repairing before his
case came to the attention of Rehabilitation at which time he
insisted he wanted to learn auto mechanics He is still employed
at Hollingworths
1
Some Superior
All employees at Richs are evaluated according to indi
vidual performance It is gratifying to see that handicapped
workers not only reach standard performance but in some
cases are superior to fellow workers
Ability to concentrate is one of their greatest assets This
quality together with manual dexterity constitute the two
qualifications used in our organization more often than
others
The most successful of the handicapped employees are
on jobs such as machine operators in the sign department
the control and operations divisions inspectors and packers
in the service division skilled workers in the workrooms
bakers in the foods division and clerical jobs throughout
the store
Not Limited
Their associations are not limited to individuals with
similar handicaps as shown by the fact that many of our
most enthusiastic participants in the Bowling League are
from this group of employees
Richs welcomes reliable employees capable of perform
ing jobs efficiently in spite of physical handicaps We have
learned much from our association with our group of these
people and through our contacts with the Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation of the State Department of Education
MAJOR DISABILITIES DID NOT STOP Gaynor Adam Brown
of Augusta from becoming a professional typewriter assembler
and repairman
With back and chest handicaps he had had no experience when
contacted by the Division other than as an amateur in fixing
clocks and small machinery The Division financed his apprentice
ship at the Underwood Corporation in Augusta in November
1942 arranging a fivemonth period of training He learned
rapidly The Division helped further by paying for his tools
At the end of training he was put on salary and is still em
ployed by the same agencyMabilitatiorv Afews
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DISTRICT OFFICES
Atlanta134 State Office Bldg
Albany21314 Royal Bldg
AthensHardman Hall University
Augusta607 Southern Finance Bldg
Brunswick 301 Gordon Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Gainesville 414 Jackson Bldg
Macon406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Rome Room 29 Court House
Savannah302 American Bldg
Waycross 432 Bunn Bldg
This is the time of year when many
of you are making plans for entering
college next fall and an opportune time
to call your attention to training services
offered by this Division
We want to aid any and all handi
capped young persons seeking college
educationsand economic need does not
have to be determined In other words
if you are handicapped physically it is
immaterial to us what kind of home you
come from We will gladly pay your
tuition in an effort to put you on the
road to lead a useful life despite your
handicap
The program we offer is not charity
It is a sincere effort to help any of you
who have disabilities to overcome them
Many of Georgias most prominent citi
zens were helped in the beginning by
Vocational Rehabilitation
If in doubt consult the nearest office
of this Division listed above
Editorial
THE CHALLENGE
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mmmmmj Vocational Rehabilitation in Georgia faces a challenge
in 1946 The Division of the State Department of Edu
5T Jl Catln Whch throuSh the ears has Pled up an impressive
record outstanding among all the states of the Union
must regard its laurels not proudly alone nor complacent
ly but with a determination to meet more difficult prob
lems even more vigorously
w The Dlessings of peace which the nation sought through
A m four bitter years are now upon us These blessings are
sweet But they are accompanied by sweeping changes in
economic conditions which must be met by sweeping changes in the methods
of attaining the principal end of the Divisions often complicated procedures
helping human beings who through no fault of their own have become in some
degree lost to society to gain or regain independence through useful employ
ment
The experience gained in the 25 years Vocational Rehabilitation has func
tioned in Georgia will be indispensablehow to locate persons needing service
provide counsel medical and surgical services where necessary train them if
need be and then place them in jobs We do not have to worry about all the
preliminary phases of procedure But job placement will not be as automatic
this year for the handicapped who want and have become qualified for jobs
which they can perform on a basis competitive with persons without handicaps
Jobs will not be as easy for anyone to get this year The United States
Employment Servicewhich according to Dillard B Lasseter Regional
Director has pretty certain ways of knowingsays there will be 1250000
persons in six southeastern states classed as temporarily unemployed
Thus the labor market in which handicapped persons may seek employment
will be vastly shrunk In many businesses and industries which learned during
the war that the handicapped were desirable absent less and more diligent in
the tasks assigned them the Division has no fear but that it will be able to
place the handicapped on a growing mutually satisfactory standard But even
such businesses will have fewer jobs to offer And there remains the job of
convincing many other employers of the significance of the splendid record
made in war years by persons with disabilities
Too we must not fail to reach all the disabled in this state eligible for
benefits None must suffer because he or she did not know what we offer
to benefit both the individual and society of which the individual is a part
M D CollinsBy J Hank Smith
Acting Director Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Tennessee Department of Education
A threeday Regional Conference was
called recently by H B Cummings Repre
sentative of the Third Region at the Bilt
more Hotel in Atlanta The call included
State Directors Assistant Directors Case
Work Supervisors and Supervisors of Phy
sical Restoration of the Divisions of Voca
tional Rehabilitation Directors of Services
for the Blind and Rehabilitation Super
visors of the Blind from Alabama Florida
Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South
Carolina and Tennessee Homer Nichols
former Secretary of the National Rehabili
tation Association was a guest at the
conference
The conference of rehabilitation admin
istrators was concerned primarily with
problems of reconversion the aim being
to gear civilian rehabilitation to postwar
conditions as rapidly and intelligently as
possible Mr Cummings stated that the
Federal Government had waived restric
tions against the handicapped since the
beginning of the war and every effort
should be made to prevent discriminations
against employment of the disabled He
pointed out that many gains which have
been made during the past four years
could be maintained provided an immediate
effort is made to acquaint employers com
munity organizations and the public at
large with all the services available to the
handicapped The fact that rehabilitation
has been so streamlined for the war emer
gencies that good case work based on in
telligent guidance has been neglected
brought to light the urgent need for re
aligning the organization retraining and
reassigning personnel in order to get at the
heart and core of sound rehabilitation
Industrial Cutbacks
Dillard Lasseter Regional Director of
the USES presented an interesting study
of the labor market in the region He spoke
of the cutbacks in employment in shipyards
aircraft and ordnances but pointed out
that employees in textile mills clay prod
ucts and pulp and paper products have
been held at top peak He stressed the need
for workers in agriculture and for the de
velopment of new industries
T C Foster Assistant Representative of
the Third Region called to attention the
opportunities offered to the handicapped
particularly to the severely disabled in self
employment enterprises An interesting dis
cussion of small businesses agricultural
pursuits and the purchase of various types
of equipment necessary for building up
small industries developed under Mr Fos
ters leadership
Dr Thomas B McKneely Regional Con
sultant of the Physical Restoration Unit
opened the discussion on Physical Restora
tion by stating the day is past when any
person who could see lightning hear
thunder or chew milk was acceptable to an
employer He pointed out that many severe
ly handicapped individuals could continue
on their present jobs if their disabilities
were properly treated Inasmuch as the
first obligation of Rehabilitation is to render
all the services necessary to rehabilitate a
client all inservice cases should be re
viewed carefully to discover possible needs
for physical restoration
Free Discussion
Intercurrent illness and the responsibility
for caring for such illness was discussed
Tennessee has worked out an agreement
with the Tennessee Society for Crippled
Children and Disabled Adults which offers
a solution to the problem in that state The
need for a center where hearing aids could
be fitted and training provided in the use
and care of all types of prostheses was
pointed out
Joint meetings of the Divisions of Voca
tional Rehabilitation and Agencies for the
Rehabilitation of the Blind were held
throughout the meeting with the exception
of the closing session when J Hank Smith
Acting Director of Tennessee presided
over the Vocational Rehabilitation group
and Joe Clunk Agent for the Blind U S
Office of Education was discussion leader
of the meeting devoted to the rehabilita
tion of the blind
The agenda of the Regional Conference
was exceptionally well planned and was
presented in a way to promote free dis
cussions and interchange of ideas and plans
of the 45 conference members in attend
ance The administrative personnel of the
Divisions of Vocational Rehabilitation and
Agencies for the Blind expressed appre
ciation for the harmonious relationship
that exists between the state organizations
and the representatives of the Third Region
of the U S Office of Vocational Rehabili
tation
AIRCRAFT TRAINING netted George
Coon of Macon a machinists job at War
ner Robins Field Mr Coon had tubercu
losis of the bone and lost his leg at age
16 He made a scant living for many years
as a magazine salesman In addition to
lacking a leg his eyesight was poor
The Division aided him by purchasing
glasses and paid for his training at the
Macon Aircraft School He was such an apt
student that he became an instructor there
Later he left for a better job at Warner
Robins where he has a permanent classi
fication
WISH WE HAD MORE like Herbert
Evans says B B Whitaker manager of
the Clarendon Hotel in Augusta of this
porter Herbert lost his right arm below
the elbow when it was caught in a machine
at a lumber company where he was em
ployed He had no special training for any
kind of work and his prospects were dim
until Vocational Rehabilitation found him
His training as a porter was financed and
an appliance provided Now he has a good
job If you have any more like him get
in touch with me Mr Whitaker wrote
the Division
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BUSINESS IS FINE THANKS A typical vending stand is that operated by Joseph Porter McCook in the Muscogee County Court
House at Columbus It was opened August 13 1945 Mr McCook did sheet metal work at Lummus Cotton Gin before he lost his
sight in 1923 He took piano and voice lessons from a private teacher attended the Tennessee Academy for the Blind at Nashville and
was later a soloist in a Columbus church
The stands sales averaged 180 weekly Mr McCook has acquired a host of friends through church work and other social activities
The people in the court house have come to think of him as an important part of their everyday lives
BARELY ABLE TO WALK but making a living as a shoe
repairman nevertheless is Tillman Holloway of Dublin He was
afflicted with chronic arthritis to such a degree that it was almost
impossible for him to move about even with the aid of a stick
He had done a little barber work in the country and at first wanted
barber training but was considered nonfeasible for that occupa
tion The Division financed six months training at the Dublin
Shoe Shop Now he is doing well and his physical condition has
improved
A LEG BRACE ENABLES Lonnie Griffin of Dublin to hold a
job at Cochran Brothers Inc wholesale grocers The brace was
furnished by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Lonnie
was injured while working as a truck driver his leg was operated
on and he was not able to return to his former work at the
Mackey Lumber Company He got a temporary job at Cochran
Brothers The district supervisor called on the manager and the
manager agreed to make the job permanent Lonnie is satisfied
and happy
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Left to right Glenn E Boggs and Lee Jones Supervisors of Vending Stands B R Gordon Vice President of Richs and President of
the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind W L McDaniel General Manager of the Washington Society for the Blind Hughes
Spalding attorney a Director of the organization for the blind WB Gaines A P Jarrell Assistant Director of the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation in Charge of Technical Services and C E Elsas
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Plan More Vending Stands with Blind Operators
The Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind is plan
ning a rapid expansion of vending stand enterprises super
vised by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation during
the year
A recent meeting of the board of directors of the Co
operative Services members of which said they regarded
themselves in a philanthropic undertaking were told by
W L McDaniel general manager of the Washington
Society for the Blind that vending stands are far from
being charitable enterprises but are strictly business ven
tures confined to blind persons as operators He cited the
fact that in Washington such vending stands have grown
in a few years from several in number with liabilities to
a sound business grossing more than 1000000 annually
and with assets totaling more than 2000000
Lion By The Tail
The Georgia Cooperative has a lion by the tail Mr
McDaniel said in its 10 standsfive in Atlanta and others
in Columbus Macon LaGrange Gainesville and Dalton
These stands all installed at intervals since February
1945 grossed 33566 to November 17 according to the
report of C E Elsas vice president of Fulton Bag
Cotton Mills who is vice president and treasurer of the
organization for the blind
Mr McDaniel said that vending stands in Atlanta
alone could be developed to the point of grossing more than
1000000 annually not counting other cities and projected
expansion into South Georgia
Under the program 10 blind people are making livings
for themselves Most of these persons had never before
been economically independent Mr Boggs and Mr Jones
recommended that the number of stands be increased con
siderably within the next year and their recommendations
were adopted in principle Directors of the Cooperative
Services agreed to use their influence to obtain advantageous
locations for new stands
There is a potential of 300 small businesses including
vending stands which would have sufficient volume to
make blind operators good livings in Georgia according to
W B Gaines supervisor of services for the blind in the
Division
More Capital
Mr McDaniel told the Georgia business men that they
had been thinking in terms of peanuts for the venture
and had not realized its possibilities and the business men
agreed that they would try to get more capital into the
enterprises as soon as possible rather than relying on the
small percentages from the profits of existing stands to
widen the work to benefit other blind people
The business men all with numerous other duties
private and public determined that they will meet more
often and give closer attention to operation of the stands
to the end that closer inspection will reveal better oppor
tunities to get blind people started in businesses which are
selfliquidating and means of earning comfortable liveli
hoods
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta
STAYS ON JOB through Rehabilitation Charles E Burnett of
Augusta who lost both legs in a railroad accident had worn
the same pair of artificial limbs for 20 years repairing them from
time to time himself The sole support of his wife and mother
he was unable to buy modern artificial legs His economic wel
fare was threatened The Division helped him purchase modern
appliances and now he is a busy tailor at the DeLuxe Cleaners
315 Eighth Street
ARRESTED TUBERCULOSIS does not stop James R Wilson
of Macon from learning a profitable tradein his instance watch
repairing His general health is good after treatment at the
State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Before he contracted tuberculosis
he had been a laborer His illness and convalescence proved an
opportunity to better his station in life The Division paid for
his tools textbooks and financed his training He is employed
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Handicapped
To Concentrate
By Miss Beatrice Fischer Meyer
Personnel Director
DavisonPaxon Company
Davisons has
learned through years
af experience with per
sons having disabili
ties that they are de
pendable and eager to
learn
At the present time
we have five employees in the store
who are mutes These people work in
various departments of the building One
has been with us five years and was one
of the original mutes we employed from
the Cave Spring Georgia school He is
George Cannon of Austell and has been
employed as a packer At one time he
decided he would return to his home at
Austell but after a brief absence he be
came homesick for the store and returned
to work
The shoe repair department has had
three mutes two of whom were born
mutesSam P Jones of Bowden and
Leonard Barrow of Waco The other
Cecil A White of Hazelhurst became
deaf and dumb as a result of an injury
when he was nine years of age In ad
dition to these John South of Atlanta
who is employed in the shoe repair de
partment as a repairman is a person who
has a serious speech handicap In other
departments are other persons with handi
caps who are steady and reliable
One mute a woman was at one time
employed as a marker in our receiving
department
We have had great success in placing
these handicapped persons in positions
where they have a specific job to doa
job the nature of which is such that their
particular handicap is so to speak no
handicap at all and in many instances an
advantage
The receiving department has found
that persons with disabilities are very
accurate in such work as cutting stencils
A department store is like a theater in
that each day it puts on its best perform
ance Our deaf employees seem to con
centrate and do a better job because they
are unaware of the hustle and noise
around them We have found them to
he loyal and dependable and feel that the
program we started using handicapped
people has mutual advantages
James P Sewell exmajor and Donald Hancock excaptain are welcomed into the
work of Vocational Rehabilitation by Dr M D Collins Georgia Superintendent of Schools
and Executive Officer of the State Board for Vocational Education
Frorn Yokohama and the Rhine
Two more veterans have returned to
Georgia to help rehabilitate into em
ployment the states case load of 25000
physically handicapped persons and to
find others not reached so far by the
program
Mr Sewell came from Yokohama where
he landed on VJ Day and Mr Hancock
from midGermany after sweeping across
France and the Rhine with General Pat
tons Third Army
Mr Hancock brought an interesting
commentary on why it was so difficult to
enforce nonfraternization between the
American soldiers and Germans In France
the rate of monetary exchange made
prices on nearly everything practically
prohibitive for the GIs he said while
in Germany the rates were favorable and
led to the soldiers spending more time in
civilian surroundings
JAPS FEARFUL
The Japs when our troops first landed
in their country were panicstricken Mr
Sewell said Much of the population
especially the women fled to the hills A
Jap encountering an American on the
street would make a wide circle to pass
warily But after a few weeks of occu
pation word got to the fugitives in the
hills that the Americans were not mon
sters after all and the population trickled
back to their ruined homes Japs got so
they would smile and nod in passing on
the street
James P Sewell 33 of Newnan went
to Newnan High School and North Geor
gia College at Dahlonega being graduated
with a BS degree in 1933 He was
awarded a master of arts degree at the
University of Georgia in 1938 He taught
at Carrollton during the school terms
while earning his masters degree in Uni
versity summer schools 19363738 He
was principal of Carrollton High School
three years including two sessions after
receiving his masters degree He taught
mathematics in Newnan High School and
was basketball coach in 1940 and 1941
TO U S IN FIVE DAYS
A member of the Officers Reserve Corps
since 1933 he was called to active duty in
August 1941 He was assigned to the
31st Division and went to New Guinea
in February 1944 He served in the
Morotai Leyte and Luzon campaigns He
flew from Yokohama to San Francisco in
five days and it took him 10 daysfive
waiting for a trainto get to Georgia
after landing in the States He has been
assigned to the Columbus office
Donald Hancock was born at Jefferson
Jackson County in 1911 He attended
Martin Institute there graduating in 1928
and was graduated from the University
of Georgia in 1932 with an AB degree
He too joined the Officers Reserve Corps
He was employed by the Civilian Con
servation Corps until called to Army duty
in March 1942 He trained with the 80th
Division and served overseas with it 15
months He is assigned to the Atlanta
district officeBlind Since Birth Now She Can See
The operation was most successful
The moment the cataract was removed
I gained sight on the operating table
wrote Miss Wilhelmina DeAntonio
19 of Collins Ga to C H Parker
counselor for the blind in the Savannah
district office
She had undergone surgery on her
right eye in the University Hospital
Augusta by Dr Wade R Bedingfield
specialist Another operation will be
performed on her left eye
Doctor Bedingfield was very happy
though I was even happier she con
tinued in the letter to Mr Parker
My eye is steadily improving I can
scarcely believe that I have had an op
eration as my eye hasnt given me any
trouble Mr Parker there has never
been a more appreciative girl than I
am
Before being sent to the specialist by
the Division of Vocational Rehabilita
tion Miss DeAntonio had only light
perceptionshe was unable to discern
objects Now she says I can dis
tinguish close objects clearly and my
eye is gradually improving I type my
own letters Doctor Bedingfield has
not finished working on my eyes in
fact he has just begun I want to say
with all earnestness that I truly appre
ciate what the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation is doing for me Sin
cerely I trust that I may be able to re
turn the service some day
Miss DeAntonio is a graduate of the
Georgia Academy for the Blind and
her rehabilitation plan contemplates
helping her to get a college education
since she wants to teach and is proficient
in music and fine arts
Much Depends on Attitude of Client
By Alfred L Davis
Assistant Director in Charge of Field Operations

Cooperation is es
sential to the success
of the rehabilitation
program for any in
dividual The disabled
person may have so
cial mental physical
and economic problems
or he may lack a skill
to enter a profession
or trade in keeping
with his physical limitations The client
rehabilitation worker trainer and per
sonnel of the cooperating facilities must
work together to find a proper diagnosis
of the individuals problems and to effect
their solution
The disabled individuals mental atti
tude toward his problems is one of the
biggest factors in his rehabilitation People
with extremely severe handicaps have
made good rehabilitation material because
of their determination to overcome their
disability Other people with far less seri
ous handicaps have failed in their re
habilitation problems because of their men
tal attitude which caused them to adopt a
defeatist viewpoint and not cooperate with
agency personnel in carrying out pro
cedures to effect solution to their problems
EXPERIENCED GUIDANCE
Guidance is one of the big factors in
some of the harder problems of rehabili
tation This is the reason that only ex
perienced personnel who have had good
training should be used in rehabilitation
work It is also the reason why approved
professional personnel and training facili
ties should be selected to render services
If the individual is led to adopt an un
derstanding attitude at the beginning of
his program the other problems will be
much easier to solve
I know one rehabilitation worker who
often tells his clients This is a 5050
proposition You do your part and I will
do mine This rehabilitation worker takes
a greater personal interest in his clients
than is usually the case and he seldom
fails
In most rehabilitation cases there are
two or more services needed which must
be purchased from facilities of other
agencies or institutions The personnel of
the facilities from which services are pur
chased must be given sufficient informa
tion by the rehabilitation counselor to work
in harmony with the agency and the client
in solving his individual problems Prog
ress reports designed to measure the ef
fectiveness of the service must be given the
rehabilitation agency frequently enough to
insure proper supervision
SOME NONFEASIBLE
While it is not the desire of the rehabili
tation agency to reject for service any
case which may be rehabilitated into suit
able employment it is not the purpose of
the agency to accept for service cases
which are nonfeasible Cases which need
medical treatment or surgery but which
the examining physician and the rehabili
tation personnel think cannot be made em
ployable in a reasonably satisfactory occu
pation should be referred to other agencies
designed to serve such cases Cooperation
with all referral agencies is essential to
securing referrals on the type of cases which
should be served by the Rehabilitation
Division
Working together the rehabilitation
agency with the aid of the client hos
pitals training institutions appliance com
panies and social agencies can make em
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kabilitatiori Vews
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DISTRICT OFFICES
Atlanta134 State Office Bldg
Albany21314 Royal Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Brunswick301 Gordon Bldg
Columbus 411 Flowers Bldg
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Gainesville 414 Jackson Bldg
Macon 406 Bankers Ins Bldg
Rome Room 29 Court House
Savannah 302 American Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
Scientific Facts
In an effort to acquaint the public with
the facts on the performance and poten
tialities of the physically handicapped in
business and industry this publication is
presenting a series of articles by large
scale employers based on personnel records
In the December issue the subject was
reviewed by Norman E Elsas president
of Fulton Bag Cotton Mills in January
there were articles by James V Carmi
chael vice president of the Bell Aircraft
Corporation who was manager of the big
plant at Marietta during the war and
Frank H Neely executive vice president
and general manager of Richs the Atlanta
department store In this issue Miss Bea
trice Fischer Meyer personnel director of
DavisonPaxon Company tells of her firms
experiences with severely disabled persons
These employers and others agree that
the physically handicapped have at least
comparable production records better at
tendance records and lower accident rates
than nonhandicapped workers To some
skeptics a suspicion may have occurred
that the conclusions were based upon wish
ful thinking and sympathy rather than
accurate appraisal despite assertions by
the employers that their findings were
based on purely objective surveys
We would like therefore to cite some
results of a twoyear survey of 300 ran
domly selected orthopedically disabled per
sons in 23 industries in the Baltimore and
New York areas as matched with 300
nondisabled persons The report was
made to a conference sponsored by the
New York University Center for Safety
Education in Washington D C
Among the findings were
When properly placed so that the dis
ability does not affect efficient performance
the disabled industrial workers are gener
ally more efficient than the normal
During the first year on industrial jobs
disabled workers are usually inferior to
normal workers However after a years
experience they generally become superior
provided they are properly placed
When performing jobs with uniform
processes they are very superior When
performing jobs of nonuniform processes
they are slightly more efficient
Psychologically the disabled worker is
no different from any other worker His
success is dependent on himself his em
ployer and his fellow workers
With pride the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation notes the election of its
medical consultant Dr Thomas P Good
wyn as president of the Fulton County
Medical Society
Besides acting as a consultant on general
medical matters Dr Goodwyn one of the
foremost orthopedic surgeons in the nation
provides diagnoses and performs opera
tions in many cases of rehabilitation by
the Division
A native of Coweta
County and a grad
uate of Newnan High
School Dr Goodwyn
was graduated from
Emory University in
medicine and surgery
in 1913
He served in France
in the First World
War as a bone sur
geon Afterwards he
became orthopedic con
sultant to the Atlanta
office of the Federal Board of Vocational
Education rating disabilities in Georgia
Florida North and South Carolina and
Tennessee Entering private practice he
became visiting orthopedist in Atlanta
hospitals and served as chief of the ortho
pedic surgery department at Grady Hos
pital He has been consultant for the
Good Samaritan Clinic and the Atlanta
Tuberculosis Clinic
Dr Goodwyns services to Vocational
Rehabilitation insure that any physically
handicapped person treated or receiving
surgery under the Divisions program will
get attention from the best qualified physi
cian or surgeon to be found for the specific
handicap and in a hospital which meets
high standards
LETTERS
LIKES THE NEWS
Editor Rehabilitation News Thank you
so much for the paper that you are send
ing me each month The Georgia Voca
tional Rehabilitation News I enjoy read
ing the paper so much to know that some
thing is being done to help some one
down lifes highway
May God bless you as you go out to
bring in the poor and the maimed and the
halt and the blind
Johnny Shelley
451 North Main Street Thomaston Ga
WAS MISERABLE CASE
Vocational Rehabilitation I would like
to let you know of my appreciation for your
efforts in having me trained and placed
in a position where I can again work and
support my family I sincerely thank you
The Clarkesville Vocational Training
School is the perfect place for the training
of the blind and other handicapped men of
Georgia
I progressed through the training sched
ule laid out by the splendid school man
ager Mr Clegg and I think I did ac
ceptable work I enjoyed Miss Vinsons
class and also the woodshop under Mr
Parker the machine shop under Mr
Mauney and the laundry under Mr Smith
The canteen work was valuable training
for me The operator aided me im
mensely In addition to all this the school
program was a great aid to my health
I would like to have the opportunity to
thank several of the men there for their
help to me In addition to the instructors
I have already mentioned there are Mr
Sudoskey Mr Nellis Mr Justice Mr Bur
rell Mr Church and last but far from the
least in my esteem Mrs Franklin
Upon arrival at the school I was indeed
a miserable case hardly able to turn
around by myself but now after finishing
my training I am able to go anywhere I
want to go and do nearly everything I
want to do I have learned to use the
typewriter read and write Braille and
many other things I had thought impos
sible before
Georce Emory Taylor
920 Ormewood Terrace S E
TRAINING REMARKABLE
Vocational Rehabilitation You told me
that you had a man who was blind by
the name of Mr Rudolph Crooms that you
would like to place in our organization as
a trainee in the manufacture of furniture
As I doubted this man proving to be of
any service to the manufacture of furni
ture I was willing to give him a trial
and by doing so I find that he has made
us a splendid man and I do say that it
is remarkable that a man of this handicap
can be trained to do such wonderful
service
I think very much of the Vocational Re
habilitation Division and that they are able
to place such men as Mr Crooms and I
am sincerely thanking you for your sug
gestion for me to try this man As I might
say again he is doing a wonderful job
T H Bishop Superintendent
Seebach Manufacturing Company
Louisville GaHelps Train HalfDoz
Other Handicapped Men in Shoe Shop
A Veritable Training School for men with
disabilities is George Rogers Shoe Shop at Albany Himself a
rehabilitant George at right above has helped in training
other handicapped men and is continuing his program of co
operation with the Division which put him on his economic feet
Rogers case was first reported to the Division in 1932 He
had a stiff knee and his foot had not been of use in 20 years A
sore on his kneecap would not heal At that time the Division
was not able to participate in physical restoration or amputation
cases but Georges training was financed with the Kent Shoe
Shop in Albany
Six years later George went in business for himself By 1943
he had earned enough to pay for all his equipment in a first
class shop
In 1943 the Divisions program had been altered to provide
for physical restoration and Georges bad leg was amputated
and an artificial limb furnished He gained weight and health
In the past few years he has provided training employment
in cooperation with Division aid for a half dozen others
At extreme left in the picture is Samuel Burley who had club
feet which were partially straightened by the Crippled Chil
drens Division Vocational Rehabilitation had an operation per
formed on his feet and provided for his training in Rogers Shop
He is now making good as a trained shoe repairman
Second from left is Frank Mack who lost his leg some years
ago and for whom an artificial limb has been ordered Mean
while he is taking training
Third from left is Willie Owens Willie had an infected
crippled foot In his rehabilitation plan an effort was made to
dry up the infection and he was furnished with a builtup shoe
while taking training It later became necessary to amputate
the leg and he was provided with an artificial limb He has
completed his training and is regularly employed
Other men who have been trained in the shop include David
Lee Brown and Prather Franklin Brown lost a leg and had a
hip amputation while employed at Turner Field The United
States Compensation Commission provided hospitalization and
Vocational Rehabilitation sponsored training Franklin had an
osteomyelitis leg and had been treated by the Crippled Chil
drens Division He became a proficient repairman in Rogers
shopNEW WORKERS IN SOUTHEAST ATTEND TRAINING CONFERENCEDiagnbsis medical and surgical services training and
job Placement for the physically handicapped were the principal subjects at a recent 10day training conference in Atlanta attfnded
by rehabilitation supervisors and counselors for the blind
Pictured abovefirst row left to right L H Curry Greenville S C rehabilitation supervisor Terry C Foster assistant
regionalrepresentative Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Dr Thomas B McKneely assistant medical officer Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation H B Cummings regional representatne second row W L Flanagan Macon counselor for the blind lames
Segars Atlanta rehabilitation supervisor C B Crppen Memphis rehabilitation supervisor J I Rankin Jackson Miss supervisor
of services for the blind H R Matthews Hattiesburg Miss rehabilitation counselor third row B B Sanders Macon rehabili
tation supervisor F D Sheppard Nashville Tenn rehabilitation counselor C C Griffith Chattanooga Tenn rehabilitation coun
selor Andrew Lindley Greensboro N C rehabilitation counselor and John M Holt Knoxville Tenn counselor for the blind
Pictured abovefirst row left to right F G Nelms Atlanta counselor for the blind H A Turner Decatur Ala rehabili
tation supervisor J P Cooper Augusta counselor for the blind Clark Ketzel Jacksonville Fla rehabilitation counseorTL
Pttard Jacksonville Fla rehabilitation counselor second row L W Blanton Miami rehabilitation counselor HL Jacobs
Auburn Ala rehabilitation counselor Virgil White Charlotte N C rehabilitation counselor Henry Redkey Tallahassee Fla
assistant state director Bruce Thomason Orlando Fla rehabilitation counselor third row E F SheaW 8nrtl r 11
i VM1wi ciiaumidLiuii uuunsciur nenry KeaKev 1 all hassep Kin
assistant state director Bruce Thomason Orlando Fla rehabilitation counselor third row E F Shealey SpartanburgSC rehab
orence S C rehabilitation counselor Selwyn Edwards Sumter S C rehabilitation coun
ilitation counselor J W Gibson Florence ovrenaDilitation counselor Selwyn Edwards Sumter S C rehabilii
selor T D Watkins Anderson S C rehabilitation counselor and H M Henry Columbia S C counselor for the blind
AN ARTIFICIAL FOOT and an artificial
leg made it possible for B A Brown to
learn and hold a good job at Warner
Robins Field The Division helped him
purchase the appliances He had lost part of
his right foot and his left leg below the
knee in a railroad accident in 1938 With a
wife and two sons his earnings as a taxi
company employee were inadequate until he
received Rehabilitation aid in his training
as a mechanic Now his earnings have con
siderally more than doubled
PHYSICALLY RESTORED LEARNS TO MAKE BLINDSAn injury to her
leg in 1927 led to varicose veins for Mrs Louise Y Cox of Macon so that last
Spring she found it impossible to do much standing or walking and had to
leave her job as an aircraft mechanic at Warner Robins Field With two young
daughters Mrs Cox had a bleak future
The Division learned of her case through a newspaper item and sent her to
a physician for treatment Her condition improved and training was financed
for her at the Specialty Products Manufacturing Company 115 Hardeman
Avenue in assembling and repairing Venetian blinds
She learned rapidly and from the beginning earned a living wage Mrs Cox
and her physician say that the treatments have improved her physical condition
and workability to a surprising degree
HAVING LOST BOTH FEET when struck
by an automobile in 1944 James Mitchell
Davenport was unable to return to his old
job as a galvanizer in a steel plant Further
surgery was necessary which the Division
arranged for and helped in the purchase of
appliances Mr Davenport was sent to the
North Georgia Vocational School for pre
liminary training as a watch and jewelry
repairman and then was placed for ad
vanced training and employment at Sterchis
16 Whitehall Street S W Atlanta
IN TRAINING ON A JOB CONSISTENT with his disability is Alexander
Stroup at Georges Radio Shop 357 Fifth Street Macon Arrested tuberculosis
made it inadvisable for Mr Stroup to try to return to his former occupation of
farming so the Division arranged for him to be trained as a radio repairman
and helped him to get equipment He had previously taken a correspondence
course in radio work
The physician to whom the Division sent Mr Stroup recommended that
while his quiescent and arrested tuberculosis ruled out farming or other strenuous
work he could do radio repairing without any danger whatever to his physical
condition
Mr Stroup sits at a bench handling light tools and equipment and is free at all
times to leave his bench and rest for a while when he feels so disposed He has
been careful to follow the physicians recommendations and now has a bright economic
future in his change of occupation
SDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta
VENDING STAND TRAINING OF BLIND OPERATORS
Ihls stand at the Fourth Service Command Records Depot and
Post Engineers Quarters 34 Elliott Street S W serves as a
training station for the rapidly growing enterprises sponsored by
the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind and supervised
by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Sgt G E Sizemore is shown making a purchase from Miss
Mary Birrick Miss Birrick is being trained to take over a new
stand at the City Hall in Macon One stand already is in opera
tion in Macon at the Post Office with Miss Eula Mae Hightower
in charge
Others trained at this stand in Atlanta are Otha G Cooper
who has taken charge of a stand at the Hall County Court House
in Gainesville and Charlie Jim Hurst who will be assigned to a
new stand at the Post Office in Rome Ga
Miss Frances Miller employed by the Georgia Cooperative
Services for the Blind acts as an instructor for the training
stand which pays its way except for small training fees The
stand was opened September 26 1945Vol II No 6
March 1946
eKabiUtatioiY Mws
ATLANTA GAA Little Time
Pays Dividends
By Omer 0 Allen President
Allen Hudson Company
215 Bay Street West Savannah
In view of the fact that I have em
ployed several people over a period of
years who have had physical handicaps
to a greater or lesser degree I would
like to state briefly that it has proven
most satisfactory to the business and
also I believe to the men themselves
I feel that anyone who will take a
little time to help train an individual
who has some handicap will receive
rewards equal to and exceeding the
time and patience he has invested in
both business and personal relation
ships
At this time two outstanding ex
amples come to my mind The first
concerns a colored man who came to
me in his late teens and wanted to go
to work in the garage He was both
deaf and dumb but very willing and
anxious to learn and so I employed
him He was there every day on time
and ready to do anything that I told
him regardless of how long or tedious
the job might be After he had been
with us a few months he showed a
definite inclination and talent for body
and fender work and it proved a very
wise move for he was able in a short
while to handle a good part of the work
by himself His relationship with the
the men was good and I feel that he
was of very definite value to the com
pany
The other one of which I think at
present is a middleaged man who
came to us as a night watchman He
was handicapped by a shaking condi
tion in all his limbs which was caused
by a nerve injury and his spine was
also affected He was with me several
years and during that time he was
never off except during his vacation
the only watchman I have ever had on
whom I could depend to be present
without fail He was honest and indus
trious and never complained of the
long hours which were part of a watch
mans job
I would never hesitate to hire any
one because he had a physical handi
cap because my experience has shown
that handicaps can be overcome if the
man is willing to work and is given a
fair chance
Mail Call and Rehabilitation
SupervisorAt Marine Hospital
Running a close second in popularity
to the nurse with the mail above is
the Vocational Rehabilitation super
visor right at the Marine Hospital in
Savannah
The scenes are repeated each morning as merchant mariners recover from
injuries or illnesses In four months the supervisor B L Crook Smith had 70
cases for processing of which 18 were closed rehabilitated despite their
physical handicaps He is shown talking with Marion Hall of Vidalia left and
W G Roberts of Jacksonville Fla
This hospital receives seamen whose homes are scattered all over the nation
Georgias Division of Vocational Rehabilitation does what it can for them and
then sends information on them to the Rehabilitation offices at or near their
homes Many of course are rehabilitated in Georgia
Two Handicaps OvercomeWhen
he was 19 Belton Lonzo Winn below
lost a leg as a result of a baseball acci
dent A foot got spiked blood poison
ing set in and an amputation was nec
essary For many years he wore a
peg leg
From 1918 to 1942 he was employed
by a casket manufacturing company in
Atlanta making a fine record despite
his handicap But then he contracted
tuberculosis
He was treated at Battle Hill Sana
torium In January 1945 he was dis
missed from the sanatorium and his
case was referred to Vocational Rehab
ilitation by Battle Hill and the Atlanta
Tuberculosis Association
Mr Winn was talented in wood
work but will not be able to return to
his former trade the survey inter
viewer reported
A medical examination showed that
his tuberculosis was arrested and that
while his general health was good it
would not be advisable for him to
return to handling heavy lumber
Rehabilitation arranged for his train
ing in armature rewinding at the
Tripp Auto Electric Exchange 238
Trinity Avenue S W Atlanta An
artificial leg was purchased for him to
enable him to get about better
From the first few days his training
reports were excellent Now he is pro
ficient in his new trade and is earning
more than he did in his former occu
pationOWc Ccovcx3oooiCoYNcvV
eKabilitatiorv Afews
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DISTRICT OFFICES
Atlanta 134 State Office Bldg
Albany21314 Royal Bldg
AthensHardman Hall University
Augusta607 Southern Finance Bldg
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Gainesville 414 Jackson Bldg
Macon 406 Bankers Ins Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Savannah302 American Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
Handicapped Veterans
Small Per Cent of
Total Handicapped
Physically
handicapped per
sons most in the
public eye at this
time are the vet
erans and very
properly so
Hardly a day
goes by but that
newspapers do
not publish pic
tures and articles
about amputees
and other injured veterans marrying
or learning trades or adjusting them
selves to their disabilities in numbers
of ways
That is as it should be These men
gave their legs or arms or eyes on the
battlefields of Pacific islands or in
Africa or in Europe or in the air or
on the high seas to save our way of
life from the darkest threat the United
States has ever faced Many were in
jured physically psychologically and
emotionally in ways not immediately

Dr Collins
apparent and their injuries constitute
handicaps to which they will have to
adjust themselves for the rest of their
lives Everything we can do for them
to help them learn trades and assume
full fellowship in society we should do
But the spotlight on the handicapped
veteran should not make us forget the
physically handicapped civilian Rather
it should make us increasingly aware
of the large number of people with
physical handicaps Too many of us
who are whole in body are likely to
look the other way when we encounter
a person with a disabilityto pretend
to ourselves in a way that handicap
ped people do not exist Veterans
problems should help us overcome that
tendency
Traffic Injuries Staggering
The number of amputees or blinded
persons or persons with other physical
disabilities suffered in civilian pur
suits far exceeds the number of in
jured veterans Many of these civilians
were rejected in the draft and were
injured in war plants or in activities
in support of the war effort
Traffic tolls alone we are often told
account for more injuries than the total
of war
The Georgia State Highway Patrol
reported that traffic accidents account
ed for 650 deaths in the state in 1945
Three thousand eight hundred and
sixtyfour persons were injured in the
total of 5112 highway accidents The
1944 state traffic death toll was 647
3095 were injured and accidents total
ed 4239
The 1945 increase is as small as it
is only because of a natural and drastic
reduction in accidents to military per
sonnel said the Atlanta office of the
National Safety Council Actually
figures show that the nation celebrated
VJ Day by going on a prolonged
traffic spree that hasnt ended yet
Mt
Falls
And falls cause more deaths and in
juries than traffic accidents the Safety
Council says
From December 7 1941 to August
14 1945 the war caused not quite
1000000 American casualtieskilled
and wounded while in the same
period accidents at hometraffic in
dustrial and homeaccounted for in
juries to 36000000 persons according
to the American Red Cross A small
proportion of these 36000000 died of
course but most livedwith physical
disabilities
Moreover to the lists of disabilities
resulting from accidents must be added
the congenital handicaps and the dis
abilities resulting from diseases
Disabilities resulting from accidents
are a small proportion of the total
The Division of Vocational Rehabili
tation can and often does process in
j ured veteransparticularly veterans
with disabilities not serviceconnected
But the big business of Vocational
Rehabilitation goes on year after year
and decade after decade regardless of
war and the aftermaths of war
reclaiming to useful employment peo
ple who might otherwise be in some
measure liabilities to themselves and
their communities
So lets help the veterans by all
means But let them serve to remind
us of the other more numerous physi
cally handicapped persons who need
encouragement and a firm guiding
hand on the road to a life of maximum
usefulness
M D Collins
Lens Polisher is Joseph C Patrick
21 formerly of Hinesville where he
attended high school His appendix
was removed in 1942 and a year later
an intestinal obstruction necessitated a
second operation After that any heavy
work made his abdomen sore and pain
ful the examining physician for Voca
tional Rehabilitation reported Mr Pat
rick was doing carpenter work at a
shipyard an occupation which seemed
unsuitable in view of his disability
Rehabilitation arranged for three
months training in microsurfacing of
lenses at the American Optical Com
pany 109 Drayton Street Savannah
At the completion of his training
period he was earning a comfortable
wage for himself his wife and daugh
ter His stomach trouble is no handi
cap at all in his new occupation
IState i
STATEMENT OF FINANCIA
I the undersigned State Auditor of the State of Get
correct statements of the financial condition of the Slate
budgetary documents on file in the office and open to pub
STATEMENT OF CONDITION DECEMBER 31 1945
Assets
CASH 3408179117
1243934981
128859215
4780973313
Liabilities CURRENT Accounts Payable 287624976 4434225328
RESERVES 1 301 591 42
1106920217
For Sinking Fund Hospital Authority 213200000
For Highway Contracts to Mature 810337828
For Land Title Guarantee Fund 5276 64
For Federal Funds on hand For Teacher Retirement Trust Fund 109779287 191044996
For Unearned Income 26508219
For Revolving Fund of Agencies 5 025 264 32
For Maintaining Aid to Common Schools For Highway Contract Allotments 434800000 3381 527 60
For Income Equalization Reserve 5 702 687 83

Total Reserves
Total Accounts Payable and Reserves 4721850304

Surplus
SURPLUS Cash over Accounts
Payable and Reserves Applied on reduction fixed debt page 4

Highway Department Contracts to Mature
Total Contracts
Less
Regular Federal Fund Participation
Special Federal Fund Participation
County Fund Participation
Active
68978456
05466681
7177274
3406768
Suspended
194204088
36793993
59123009
Total
1063182544
242260674
7177274
3406768
Net State Obligation for Contracts to Mature
652927733 157410095 810337828
STATEMENT OF FIXED DEBT DECEMBER 31 1945
Full Faith and Credit Obligations
Year Due
Ending
Past due but not presented
63046
63047
63048
63049
63050
1 General
State
Bonds
7350000
2 Highway
Refunding
Bonds
22600000
3 County
Refunding
Certificates
265000000
265000000
265000000
NonNegotiable held by University System
Total
Less Sinking Fund Reserve opposite page
Net Fixed Debt
4 W A
Rental
Discounts
2200000
27000000
54000000
54000000
54000000
27000000
TOTAL
9550000
314600000
319000000
319000000
54000000
27000000
63770217 63770217
93720217 93720217 795000000 795000000 0 0 218200000 218200000 1106920217 1106920217
0 0 0 0 0
1 General State Bonds outstanding are the refunding issueof the Bonded Debt contracted in 1838 and later years for the construction of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad which is State property and has a value today of twentytwo million dollars
2 Highway Refunding Bonds were authorized by Act of the General Assembly approved February 28 1939 the principal of which was used to retire
County Refunding Certificates due March of 1939 1940 and 1941 in lieu of using current income These bonds bear 2 interest
3 County Refunding Certificates were noninterestbearing certificates issued to the various counties of the State in accordance with legislative Act
approved 82531 The amount issued was 2666790930 payable onetenth each year beginning with 1936 The amount refunded to counties was
for county funds used as participation in State road construction This obligation was paid in full on March 25 1945
4 The future rental income of the State discounted and still outstanding is 218200000 payable as above stated Discount authorized by Legislative
Act dated 21638 These funds were used for building expansion of the State Institutions
Lease Contracts
Attjrisdate there is 213200000 due in Principal by the Hospital Authority for construction of buildings at Milledgeville State Hospital as autho
rized byfW Actof General Assembly From approximately 23300000 annual rental charges made the Hospital the obligation is being amortized
payable each yearas due from General Income of the State See reserve of 213200000 shown on opposite page which is to be applied on reducing
this obligation
r
iIfAT DECEMBER 31 1945
y certify that the following statements are true and
he date of December 31 1945 as computed from the
B E Thrasher Jr
State Auditor
Future Maturing Debt Position
OBLIGATIONS
Highway Obligations to Mature
General State Bonds of 1838
Highway Refunding Bonds of 1939
County Refunding Certf of 1931
Dec 31 1940 Dec 31 1942 Dec 31 1945
W A Rental Discount of 1931 and 1938
Hospital Authority Bonds of 1939
Tattnall Prison Debt
838621461 1073395634 810337828
332002217 320320217 93720217
530000000 795000000 795000000
1333395473 800047287 0
486000000 378000000 218200000
239000000 229400000 213200000
105108827 0 0
Total
3864127978 3596163038 2130458045
Less Cash
Accumulated Operating Deficit
Accumulated Operating Surplus
Highway Contract Reserve
Sinking Fund Reserves
Total
Net Obligations
1672390631
0
0
219504000
761949457
0
254672000
59123009
810337828
1320120217
1452886631 1016621467 2189681054
317014609 2579541581
59123009
1
Net Surplus
Net cash deficit
Auditors Notes
For the first time since 1838 the State of Georgia has sufficient cash reserves to liquidate every commitment made by the State to
date whether currently due or maturing at a future date
The State has on several occasions had sufficient cash to liquidate its current bills payable but has never before had reserves to apply
in full payment of bonds etc maturing at a future date Very few Governmental Agencies consider bonded debt in making statements of
their financial condition thus placing Georgia in a very unique position
The State also has for the first time to my knowledge cash reserves to matcii all Federal Aid Funds accrued to the State for Highway
purposes and not utilized in the past years
In 1838 the first bonded debt of the State was incurred to build the State railroad and since that date we have paid more than five
times the principal in interest
The State rocked along very well living within its income until 1921 when it was decreed that services be given the people in anticipa
tion of future revenue and in this year five years of the W A Railroad Rentals were discounted at a cost to the State of 40241379 In
1926 1931 and 1938 these Rentals were again discounted and the total cost of all the discounts was 306368424 The largest item of debt
was the assumption in 1931 of the 2666790930 debts of the various counties of the State incurred by Highway construction
By the bonded debt by discounting rentals by the assumption of county debts by the establishment of the Hospital Authority by buy
ing prisons on a lease rental basis and by anticipating future income for Highway construction the State by December 31 1940 had an
accumulation of debts which reached the highest peak of 5317014609 These obligations were composed of 1452886631 in pastdue
debts for which there was no cash to pay and 3864127978 in obligations having future maturing dates
As it was necessary that action be taken to place Georgia in a stronger financial position the General Assembly in January 1941 and in
1943 enacted Legislation to aid the administration in correcting the States financial condition
By December 1942 the 1452886631 cash deficit had been overcome and there was 761949457 cash on hand in excess of the current
obligations which together with the 254672000 cash in Sinking Fund reduced the States net liability on the 3596163038 future pay
able obligations down to 2579541581
This December 31 1945 the State stands in the enviable position of having a current cash surplus of 59123009 which together with
the Sinking Fund reserves of 2130458045 will completely liquidate all obligations now outstanding against the State whether due today
next year or five years from now and still have a current surplus of 59123009
In the present Constitution the administration General Assembly and the people by their vote have enacted laws to preserve the pres
ent solvent condition of the State however only time will tell as to whether or not these laws are of sufficient strength to carry out the pur
pose for which they were enacted
Today the State has an excellent system of financial control which has been developed out of the reorganization of the State in 1931
prior to which time there was a hue and cry by the people for centralized control and responsibility rather than a dislocated control
or forty different boards It is regretted that in the last few years we have gradually reversed the progress and apparently arelHttVffJJW
towards the old form of government VaV v
It gives me great pleasure to report these particular facts to the people and this office takes considerable pride in its Jnall fCjnmbjition r
m cooperating with the administration in liquidating in the past five years obligations against the State which had been al n LIdRmRIES
1838
flo
OfOfany Changes in Employment Openings
Reconversion Conference At MaconThe impact of
the changeover from wartime to peacetime conditions in
Georgias employment opportunities brought so many prob
lems in Vocational Rehabilitation that the professional
staff had a conference at the Dempsey Hotel in Macon to
talk things over
Projected for two days the discussions brought to light
so many necessary revisions in procedure that three days
were required
Paul S Barrett Division Director said in opening the
meeting that he wanted to give every person who had a
general problem a chance to air it for the benefit of all and
he was taken at his word
Dr Mark Smith Bibb County School Superintendent
welcomed the counselors to Macon and said he could see
where some of the best school people in the state have
gone
After Dr M D Collins State School Superintendent
and Executive Officer of the Division had stated his confi
dence that the staff could find ways to overcome lessened
employment opportunities the general talk began
Alfred L Davis Assistant Director in Charge of Field
Operations presided during discussion of better case work
A P Jarrell Assistant Director in Charge of Technical
Services was chairman during the period devoted to
physical restoration and other subjects under his charge
Terry C Foster Assistant Regional Representative out
lined methods of improving case work and assigned actual
cases for evaluation during the evenings Dr Thomas B
McKneely Assistant Medical Officer from the Washington
office advised the workers on interpretation and use of the
medical report W B Gaines Supervisor of Services for
the Blind reported the expanding operations of his field
C B Shroyer Supervisor of Services for the Tuberculous
advised on proper handling of persons with arrested tuber
culosis
In addition Charles R Clegg director of the North
Georgia Vocational School told how better results might
be obtained with clients sent there and M E Thompson
State Revenue Commissioner paid a call to say that Rehab
ilitation must live up to its responsibilities as a favored
child in a favored family among state organizations
Mr Clegg and Mr Thompson happened not to be present
when the picture was made but the others are all there if
you can find them Robert Ellenberg industrial specialist
for the blind in the Savannah office and Harry Delaney
industrial specialist in Augusta had the hard luck to be
behind people Mr Ellenbergs shoulders may be discerned
behind Dr Collins and part of Mr Delaneys face shows
behind that of Ted R Owens supervisor in the Columbus
office J H Chappell industrial specialist from the Wash
ington office is behind Miss Bess Patterson survey inter
viewer Mr Chappell gave the staff effective advice on
dealing with the blind
For readers not familiar with the faces on the front row
they are Mr Barrett Dr Collins Dr Smith Dr McKneely
Mr Foster and Mr DavisBlinded Starts Own BusinessShot in the face by a lawbreaker who
was resisting arrest William Carter Coggin Waycross policeman was
totally blinded in April 1944
He began receiving a pension from the city but it was inadequate to
support his wife and two children and he needed surgical attention
Vocational Rehabilitation sent him to a hospital where the remaining
globes which caused him much pain were taken out and shot removed
from his jaw and other parts of his face Artificial eyes were purchased
for him
With Rehabilitation guidance he set up a business of his own making
cement blocks500 per day at a profit of 3 cents per block so that his
earnings are substantial
A Steady Worker is Remo Box of Waycross who is employed as a
loader by Snively Groves manufacturers of wirebound crates
Mr Box was unemployed when his case came to the attention of Voca
tional Rehabilitation in 1943 He had cataracts his right eye had been
removed and he had very little sight in his left eye He had been on WPA
Rehabilitation placed him with Snively Groves where he is still
employed earning a comfortable wage for himself his wife and three
children Shown with the client is the plants foreman Doris Crosby
Watch Repairing is an occupation in
which Ernest Cantrell of Talking Rock
Ga does not feel his handicapa heart
weakened by rheumatic fever
He was a farmer when the disease at
tacked him in 1940 Afterwards he could
not do heavy work
Rehabilitation subsidized his training
with Hobson Brothers Cartersville jewel
ers paid his board while he was learning
and bought necessary tools He is now em
ployed by Charles R Campbell jeweler and
optometrist 225 Marietta Street N W
Atlanta He is doing well Mr Campbell
wrote the Division His family are located
in Atlanta with him he has steady employ
ment and I am sure he would be hard
to replace for my needs
A Growing Concern is Floyds Refrigera
tion Service 515 East Broughton Street
Savannah operated and owned by L B
Floyd a rehabilitant who is lame as a
result of infantile paralysis
Mr Floyd was trained in Atlanta where
his maintenance was paid for through
Vocational Rehabilitation in 1935 Since
then he has developed his work in Savan
nah to a point at which he is employing
others including new clients of the Rehab
ilitation Division
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta
Vending Stand Restores EarningOtha G Cooper 41
of Flowery Branch had a good income as an accountant in
1929 With two years at Georgia Tech and business college
training he held a responsible position
Then he developed cataracts on both eyes and by 1934
was totally blind In addition to that he developed chronic
arthritis to such an extent that he was barely able to move
His handicaps were such that he was unemployed until
the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation made a survey of
his case in the fall of 1944 He had a wife and a 11year
old son and had been living part of the time with his
father at Flowery Branch
He was trained at the training stand for enterprises
sponsored by the Georgia Cooperative Services for the
Blind and the Division at the Fourth Service Command
Records Depot 34 Elliott Street S W Atlanta and began
business at a stand in the Hall County Court House Gaines
ville in November 1945
Now he is economically independent again netting
more than 25 a week and just getting started in a business
which promises to grow Like all Vocational Rehabilita
tions successful placements it is a job in which his two
disabilitiesblindness and arthritic stiffnessare of com
paratively little significance Yet at one time Mr Cooper
was regarded as unemployable His wife and son live in
Gainesville with him and his future once gloomy is bright
Shown making a purchase at the Gainesville stand is Miss
Evelyn Smith secretary to the Clerk of CourtI II No 7
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jfOptical Work was the objective chosen by James Pressey
above of Rocky Ford despite or perhaps because of his
handicap of very weak eyes He also had a disability of
back and chest which made him incapable of doing any
kind of heavy work Sticking steady to his training pro
gram sponsored by Vocational Rehabilitation with the
American Optical Company 109 Drayton Street Savannah
Mr Pressey became an expert lens grinder and laboratory
worker and has been promoted to more technical positions
He has been with the same firm since December 1942 and
has encouraged other rehabilitants
Right Arm and Left Leg Crippled by osteomylitis John
H Blair above of Rockmart reared on a farm and with
out other training refused to be stopped Vocational
Rehabilitation sent him to a specialist for operations to
relieve his condition and then when he had recovered to
the Alabama School of Trades Gadsden His physical abil
ities steadily improved although he had to return to a
hospital for further treatment with penicillin After a short
period of employment in Mobile he got a permanent job
with the Southeastern Band Instrument Company 307
Peachtree Street N E Atlanta
Proficient at a New Trade is Roy G Mitchell below
who was a bench mechanic at the Bell Bomber Plant Mari
etta during the war His left hip and leg had been stiff
since the age of 12 and the handicap did not allow him
opportunity beyond work in a grocery store as a youth He
had an operation in 1940 and will probably have another
Meantime Vocational Rehabilitation has arranged watch
repair training with A G Moser Son 63 Forsyth Street
N W Atlanta and Mr Mitchell has begun to earn a living
in his new craft He has made rapid progress and the
quality of his work is excellent Mr Moser reports
Blind in Both Eyes with light perception only William
Hardy Thrift below of Waycross nevertheless holds
down a good job with Rubin Brothers Footwear Inc pull
ing shoe lasts Before Vocational Rehabilitation found him
in 1944 he had not worked since going blind in 1937 He
had a wife and two children and his situation was des
perate Placed in training with Rubin Brothers in the fall
of 1944 he has learned his job so well that on the last con
tact by a counselor the plant foreman said that two men
who had been working with Mr Thrift had been trans
ferred because of his ability to do the work of all three
Ackabilitatiori Mxvs
Published monthly by the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
DISTRICT OFFICES
Atlanta134 State Office Bldg
Albany21314 Royal Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Augusta607 Southern Finance Bldg
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Macon406 Bankers Ins Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
Better Case Work
This Year
Rehabilitation
supervisors and
counselors did not
have too much
trouble getting
physically handi
capped people jobs
jfek during the war
Hj tJ War plants and in
HHHk m stallations were
Dr Collins booming right and
left crying for help Often we admit
people with disabilities were placed
without too much attention to proper
training and other preparation That
was because of the urgent need for
labor
Now some of these rehabilitants are
being given more detailed medical at
tention and training in order that they
may fit better into peacetime business
and industry And rehabilitation work
ers realize that they face vastly differ
ent conditions of placement
Despite war plants closing right and
left however this Division marked up
905 closed rehabilitated cases be
tween July 1 1945 and January 1
1946 as compared to 1052 in the simi
lar period of the previous year Of the
905 39 were blind persons while in
the last six months of 1944 only 22
blind cases were rehabilitated By April
1 this year approximately 1200 cases
had been rehabilitated
Every physically handicapped per
son in Georgia must receive better
guidance and must be helped to make
the most of training facilities open to
him if the state is to continue its out
standing role in the national rehabilita
tion program
M D Collins
ing
Their Handicaps
The extent to which men may rise on
stepping stones of physical handicaps
to higher things is impressively illus
trated by case histories cited by the
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
of the State Department of Education
which is holding a clinic at the Munici
pal auditorium in Macon today Feb
ruary 20
This division of the Department of
Education has made a special appeal to
all those who may have lost an arm or
a leg who are blind or suffer from
poor eyesight or indeed labor under
any other disability to come to this
clinic today between 10 am and 5 pm
in order that they may register to be
placed in training
It would be gratifying in the highest
degree if persons thus handicapped
could be equipped so as to face the
battle of life with renewed hope and
confidence but the evidence goes to
show that actually some of the handi
capped persons who have had voca
tional training actually have acquired
a higher skill and a larger earning
power than they enjoyed before they
sustained a disability
The statement by the Vocational
Rehabilitation Division gives an in
stance where the loss of a leg proved
an opportunity rather than a tragedy
to a man living in one of the cities of
Middle Georgia The leg was ampu
tated when injured by a falling tree
Until that time his employment had
been uncertain
The division helped in the purchase
of an artificial limb and in shoe repair
training Getting selfconfidence proved
to be harder to this amputee than any
thing else We are told that for a year
he could scarcely believe that he was
proficient at a profitable trade
Then in March of last year he re
sumed work in the shop where he had
been trained After a few weeks the
shop was turned over to him and he
now does all the work He is on the
job constantly and has a good patron
age which the division quite properly
thinks is a fine example of rehabilita
tion
Without entering into details we
may say that another case history is
given of deaf mutes who have become
expert mechanics and now have steady
employment
It is one of the notable achievements
of this postwar period that already
many miracles of rehabilitation have
been performed This is not only in the
field of physical training and equip
ment but in the psychological attitude
which is developed in the minds of
these handicapped persons
The Division of Vocational Rehabili
tation of the State Department of Edu
cation is to be congratulated on the
fine work it is doing and particularly
on the manner in which it is going out
to seek those who may be induced to
take advantage of this training
The Macon Telegraph
From a Chance encounter on a Way
cross street with Counselor C W Bell
John Western Grant above has been
rehabilitated and restored to useful
ness in his trade shoe repairing He
was on crutches and was having a hard
time making ends meet for his wife
and four children The Division helped
him buy a new modern appliance and
he now earns 30 weekly at the Cham
pion Shoe Shop in Waycross
Auto Mechanic Johnnie Ward Hesters of Southwell Motor
Company in Valdosta was badly burned in an automobile
accident in 1943 His left leg would not heal and a con
siderable area of bone was exposed below the knee He had
been farming with his parents at Lake Park but his dis
ability sharply limited the tasks he could perform as a
farmer Vocational Rehabilitation sent him to a specialist in
Valdosta for surgery to facilitate healing and later to an
orthopedist for a second operation in Atlanta The leg began
to heal Soon his handicap had improved enough for him to
begin work in the garage After nine months in the position
in June 1945 the injury was completely healed and Mr
Hesters was considered rehabilitated into employment
A Cataract Removed from his right eye so improved the
sight of C C Cofield of Valdosta that he was able to resume
work Vocational Rehabilitation paid for the operation and
hospitalization Mr Cofield had been a pump operator a
fireman and a filling station worker until his sight became
too weak With a wife and a son his prospects were dark
The operation improved his sight greatly but he was advised
to do indoor work away from sunlight and he started a
small grocery At first his wife had to do much of the work
but soon Mr Cofield could see well enough to do most of the
work himself With Vocational Rehabilitation aid he has
been restored to economic usefulness
Blind in Both Eyes since birth Aaron Days of 536 Charl
ton Street East Savannah nevertheless earns a comfortable
living and helps supports members of his family He loads
coal for E B Izler left of the Izler Coal Yard 663 East
Liberty Street and Mr Izler says that Aarons job is perma
nent Vocational Rehabilitation made sure before placing
the client on this job that his disability stood little chance
of being corrected through medicine or surgery An exam
ining specialist said that there was practically no chance of
improvement by an operation or treatment and Aaron him
self said that he did not want an operation So he was glad
to be placed on a job which he can perform in spite of his
handicap and is proving a good workerBefore and After OperationWhen his case came to the attention of Vocational Rehabilitation W 0 Lambert of
Albany was found to be in extreme pain drawn over and unable to straighten his back There was a wife and a child to
support and Mr Lambert was trying to work despite his physical handicap
He was sent to Atlanta for an operation to relieve the pinching of a nerve in his backbone The operation was com
pletely successful His back is now normal and he is happv at his work at the Durham Iron Works in Albany
After 13 Years as janitor at one of
the Albany city schools William Man
uel Dukes faithful and highly regarded
by all who knew him was about to lose
his job because of a foot disability He
was no longer able to do the work
He was sent to Atlanta for diagnosis
by a specialist An Albany physician
treated the client keeping him in a
hospital for a month The difficulty
was cleared up and William is back on
the job supporting his family Without
Vocational Rehabilitation aid he
would have been out of a job with no
means of support Now he can stay on
the job he loves
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BY HENRY EUGENE OTT
I was a Junior in Rome High School
when I lost my right hand in a hunting
accident I was so grieved at this loss
that I didnt care what happened I
wanted to quit school but my parents
insisted that I return to school This I
did until graduation
After I had graduated I was running
around in circles undecided as to what
I wanted to do until I contacted Mr
Donaldson at the Rome office of Voca
tional Rehabilitation at the suggestion
of H C Brewer city school superin
tendent From here I was sent to the
TVA School of Welding in Atlanta
for a two months course in acetylene
welding In order to do this welding I
was given a hook for use on my right
arm This hook suited the purpose to
such an extent that after I received my
diploma from the welding school I
was capable of doing any type of weld
ing that the school required
In December 1942 I accepted a job
at Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation as
a welder I stayed with this job until
July of 1943 when I left to join the
United States Maritime Service I had
always wanted to get in some branch of
service since there was a war and all
my friends were already in the service
I was very fortunate because I had
been corresponding with Washington
and was given a waiver on my right
hand by Admiral Land who was the
head of the War Shipping Administra
tion
I was enrolled in the United States
Maritime Service in Cleveland Ohio
and assigned to the Baltimore Graduate
Station as a Master of Arms with the
rating of SM 2c My job consisted of
quite a few responsibilities which were
handling men assigning men to patrol
our station and pier as guards tying
up three training ships also to see that
the station and pier were secure at all
times We were operating a shipping
poolby this I mean we kept at all
times men on hand sufficient to man
any and all outgoing ships
The greatest service rendered to me
by the Division of Vocational Rehabili
tation was the establishing of confi
dence in myself and assisting me in
getting training which qualified me for
my first job For these services I shall
forever be grateful I am now seriously
considering the possibilities of going
to college and studying law
Note by Mr Donaldson Mr Ott is
still with the Merchant Marine and has
saved quite a bit of money
Aptitude Tests determined that Elmo Forrest Vaughn who had been re
ferred to Vocational Rehabilitation by the Albany Kiwanis Club would
make a good watchmaker When his case first was considered he was still
in school and was advised of services which might be rendered him later
After completing the ninth grade he came to the Albany office of Re
habilitation and asked that he be given some type of training suitable to
his disability according to F E Wynn counselor
Mr Vaughn was trained by the B S Jewelry Company in Columbus
for the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation wrote Mr Wynn and
after he had had about five months of training Crawford Jewelry Com
pany of LaGrange hired him He still had a month or so left in his train
ing period but he had progressed so rapidly that Crawford Jewelry turned
their watch repair work over to him
Some months later while on a visit home he was approached by
Savelle Jewelry Company Albany with the offer of a job He has been
with this Albany firm now several months doing excellent work Savelle
Jewelry Company is proud to have him in the organization
This is the story of a boy who was struck down with infantile paralysis
in 1924 This is a boy whose left leg is 2 inches shorter than his right This
is a boy who has both legs affected as the result of infantile paralysis This
is a boy who walks with two canes and whose future was dark indeed until
he was touched by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation This is a boy
who dreamed of a future life filled with idleness and dependence on others
This is a boy who without the help of the Division of Vocational Rehabilita
tion would probably never have been able to earn his living
Today he is happily at work on a good paying job on his own He is
happy and cheerful with the outlook of a life full of usefulness This boy is
very happy and appreciative of the services which have been rendered to
him by Vocational Rehabilitation
Vending Stand in Rome Post Office
One of the successful new vending
stands operated by the blind in Georgia
is shown at right Charlie Jim Hurst
the operator is being congratulated on
the success of his business by Post
master W E Wimberly Mrs Mary
Camp left and Miss Dorothy King
Mrs Camp and Miss King are Voca
tional Rehabilitation employees in the
Rome office Mr Hurst has been totally
blind since childhood The stand was
opened February 5 and is grossing
130 a week affording Mr Hurst a
living and contributing to expansion of
the vending stand projects which are
sponsored by the Georgia Cooperative
Services for the Blind
Window Display in AugustaThis
effective exhibit was arranged by Miss
Camilla Danforth of the Augusta
Richmond Tuberculosis Association in
a window of the Georgia Power Com
pany calling attention to a Rehabilita
tion clinic recently held there Persons
with arrested tuberculosis as well as
others with various physical disabilities
were given an opportunity to discuss
job training with counselors Many
learned that they were doing work un
suitable for their handicaps or were not
employed to the full extent of their
abilities Plans were made for readjust
ment and onthejob training sponsored
by Vocational Rehabilitation
If You Know a Person with a Physical Handicap Fill In and Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Anyone 16
over white or Negro is eligible
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Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta
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got red heads Wigglers are found a most any where around jSing trips Before Rehabilita
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Without These the E light Not Walk Nor the Poor
Nor the Handless
sighted See Nor the NearDeaf Hear Nor
the Ruptured Move Freely in Their Tasks
Handicapped Take
Training Better
By Mrs Florence Pearce
During the three years that I have
been superintendent of the Fort Ben
ning Branch Charlotte Quartermaster
Repair Shop we have had employed at
one time or another approximately 100
persons vviih physical handicaps The
maximum at any one time was about
30 and we now have 21
Some of these 21 persons have very
serious handicapssome wearing arti
ficial limbs and some who can work
only in sitting positions
Their attendance records on the
whole are better than attendance rec
ords for nonhandicapped people Their
production is not any better than the
average but it is certainly not inferior
They show a great deal of interest in
their work and I think I may say that
generally they seem to have a greater
incentive to make good than do people
who are not handicapped
Something that is very important to
us in this repair work is that the handi
capped people take training exception
ally well They pay more attention to
instruction Deaf mutes particularly
benefit by their ability to concentrate
We repair Army clothing which is
shipped in to Charlotte from all over
the country Formerly the shop was a
purely Fourth Service Command activ
ity but it is no longer confined to the
Service Command
We repair 25000 garments a week
and without the fine work done by all
our personnel and especially the rehab
ilitants we might not be able to keep up
with the constant flood of clothing in
need of repair
High Regard of Physically Handicapped workers held by Mrs Pearce
superintendent of the big clothing repair shop at Fort Benning is proved by the
interest she takes in her rehabilitation cases Mrs Pearce is shown in picture at
upper left with Mrs Lila M Walls a client whose training was sponsored by
Vocational Rehabilitation checking incoming garments to be repaired
All the workers in the picture at upper right are rehabilitation clients All
have or had occupational handicaps First row front to rearMrs Irene Payne
Miss Nelie Kilcrease Mrs Mattie Claspel Miss Helen Layfield and Mrs Willie
Mae Payne second rowMrs Martha Burgmany Miss Adelia M Hodge Mrs
Gladys McChargue Mrs Lila M Walls Mrs Susie A Skinner and Mrs Mattie P
Watson The two Negro workers Clarence Willis and Virgel Dunlap are likewise
rehabilitants Standing are Miss Sarah Evans a client who acts as senior seams
tress and Mrs Pearce The camera could not bring within focus a number of
other rehabilitants at the rear of this part of the big shop
Below is a picture of another section where handicapped workers compete
with the nonhandicapped on the basis related by Mrs Pearce in the short article
at left Rehabilitants are not customarily grouped together as they were for the
picture at upper right but may be found in every phase of shop work
Piano Tuner with a bright future after
Vocational Rehabilitation sponsored training
is Cecil Elmore formerly of Pembroke now
employed by the Brunswick Music Company
He is shown left tuning a piano in the
First Methodist Church of Brunswick with
Placement Agent R D Ellenberg of the
Savannah rehabilitation office looking on
Mr Elmore began work within 15 minutes
after arriving in Brunswick and subsequently
had more calls for work than he could fill
He is a graduate of the Georgia Academy for
the Blind at Macon and has been blind since
birth
Dislocated Hip and Fractured Pelvis the results of an automobile accident brought
seeming disaster to James S Folsom of Glennville Tattnall County He had been working
in a shipyard but was unable to return to his job because of the disability He was unem
ployed when Vocational Rehabilitation found him He was sent to the North Georgia Voca
tional School for a six months course in refrigeration and obtained employment in Savannah
immediately afterward He now works for Floyds Refrigeration Service 515 East Broughton
Street Savannah L B Floyd the proprietor who had infantile paralysis himself was
rehabilitated in 1935 with the Division paying for his maintenance while in training
toss of His Right Arm in a cotton gin
accident has not stopped Ira Vickers of
Waycross from earning a comfortable place
in business and supporting his family Placed
with the Independent Life and Accident
Insurance Company in Waycross with the aid
of Vocational Rehabilitation early in 1945
Mr Vickers has made an outstanding record
on a debit which was 140 when he started
according to J M Harrison office manager
He keeps the neatest set of books of any of
our 15 agents and has an allaround record
equal to anyone in our territory We would
like to have 10 more like him
Going Blind in 1943 with a wife and three children to support did not stop Clark
Williams of Waycross He had it pretty hard for a while of course His wife did housework
Rehabilitation Counselor C W Bell tried Clark on two jobs the first of which would have
been satisfactory if the plant had not closed and on the second Clark could not do the work
Then Mr Bell thought of trying Clark in a fish market as a sealer and cleaner and the
Division paid for the training Clark Williams was rehabilitated into substantial employment
He is shown above with P L Jones at the Jones Market 858V2 Tebeau Street
Rehabilitaiits
Learn Trades
At Clarkesville
Of 1151 students who have at one time or another
enrolled for courses in the North Georgia Voca
tional School at Clarkesville since Georgia took over
the plant from federal agencies in February 1944
342 students were clients of the Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation according to Charles R Clegg
director of the school
Current enrollment far from having slumped
with war industries shutdown is at the highest
point yet reachednearly 300 and rehabilitation
clients continue to constitute a large proportion of
the total number of trainees Mr Clegg declared
He credits Vocational Rehabilitation with being in
large measure responsible for the success of this first
and only stateoperated vocational institution
Because of the schools importance to Georgias
rehabilitation program the Rehabilitation News
herewith presents pictures of a few of the activities
at Clarkesville The buildings themselves in the
beautiful setting of Habersham County mountains
have all the nostalgic charm of a traditional campus
but they house the most modern equipment to train
students for what will be the more remunerative
occupations of the next decade
At upper left is a scene in the radio shop The
course includes complete training in repair and oper
ation of home sets and repair and operation of re
ceiving and transmitting equipment Complete
transmitting facilities are available Third from
left in the picture in sleeveless sweater is William
C Russell of Dawson who was sent to specialists
for treatment of a physical disability before enroll
ing Sixth from left is Ralph Queen of Clayton
who lost his left eye in an accident Upon com
pleting the course sponsored by Vocational Rehabili
tation a job as radio repairman was obtained for
Mr Queen in Toccoa Third from right with face
obscured is William Justice of East Point Mr
Justice is an arrested tubercular whose disability
was discovered at an induction station After hos
pitalization and the Clarkesville course he became
an assistant instructor there Instructor George A
Nellis is shown in dark coat at rear of room
A corner of the shoe repair shop is shown at mid
dle left Weldon Gilleland seated extreme left is
from New Holland He had paralysis Jesse Sim
mons of Royston second from left who lost his
right leg from blood poisoning was placed with
J R Morgan Shoe Harness Shop Lavonia after
training Charles Manning of Berlin Ga thirdfrom right back to camera had disabilities from
old fractures and poor eyesight Rehabilitation
along with other aid helped set him up in his own
shop At extreme right is E E Macon of Colum
bus whose handicaps were poor hearing and a speech
impediment He was placed at the Cumbaa Shoe
Shop Columbus Instructor Howard Burrell is
shown at right center
In the scene in the auto mechanics shop at lower
left Instructor Frank Deaton is demonstrating work
to two students one of whom behind engine and
chain is Alfred Ellenburg of Tiger Ga who was
provided a leg brace After training he was em
ployed by Crowe Auto Body Works Griffin In
right foreground is Nolan Zorn of Sycamore who
had asthma
The picture on the upper righthand page is in
the watch repair shop Supervisor J H Autry left
is instructing Roscoe Hartley of Buford in use of
a lathe Arrested tuberculosis did not prevent him
from becoming a repairman for Richs in Atlanta
At center is Burton Brooks of Atlanta who also was
placed at Richs in watch repair for which his hip
disability is no handicap The youngster at right is
Edward Huskey a rehabilitation client from South
Carolina
A library scene is shown at middle right Re
habilitation clients include Ernest Collins of Lyons
extreme left Ralph Queen who is also shown in the
radio shop picture and is here seated second from
left William C Russell of Dawson in foreground
at table James Reece of Calhoun left standing at
rear and Lonnie Gates of Varnell middle at rear
Refreshment time at the school canteen lower
right finds on hand clients Henry Holmes of
Woodland George Arnold of Lexington Eugene
Clark of Manchester and Billy Shackelford of
Augusta in the order named fifth man not iden
tified Behind the counter is Oliver U Meeks of
Douglas a blind client learning to operate a vend
ing stand
In the picture below blind clients are shown
learning mechanical manipulations in the prevoca
tional program under the direction of Miss Inez
Vinson instructor
250 jrarm Security cAdminiztration
family Member Receive
Vocational Rehabilitation
By R L Vansant
Georgia Director FSA
In working with FSA farm families
we find that maximum production de
pends on good health To attain a good
liveathome program and at the same
time repay loans which these families
have obtained through the Farm Secur
ity Administration every family must
be physically fit It has been found that
poor health or physical handicaps are
the factors that quite often retard re
habilitation among these farm families
It has been interesting to note the
rapid progress that a family can make
in the farming enterprise after a handi
capped member has been physically re
habilitated In the state of Georgia 250
FSA family members have received aid
through the Vocational Rehabilitation
Program which means that now these
people are or will be prepared to
resume their regular full time farm and
home work In those cases where they
will no longer be able to do farm and
home work they are being placed in
suitable employment and are thus becoming selfsupporting independent tax
paying citizens
I would like to tell you how the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation has
helped one FSA borrower Jake P Hutcheson of Odum Georgia Route No 1
Jake is very deaf He is a strong healthy man age fiftyfour with a large family
Through cooperation with FSAs supervisory program working with Jake has
been an ordeal for us and for him because of this deafness Any conversation
required sign language or shouting Since he cant read very much this deafness
almost isolated Jake from new ideas and from learning better methods of farming
and farm management In business transactions such as buying mules and fertil
izer he has been at a disadvantage Such farm jobs as driving a truck minding
the tobacco barn and tending stock have been somewhat unsafe for him alone
Last October we referred Jake to the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and
he attended a clinic held in Baxley After a specialists examination and prescrip
tion the Division provided him with a hearing aid
Recently we visited Jakes farm He met us at the gate wearing the hearing aid
We walked over the place discussing matters at hand in an ordinary tone of voice
That deaf look was gone but his wife still does a bit of his talking for him Now
he can tell you about his own business she said You know he can hear Why
he can hear the hogs crackin corn First thing a morning hes a listenin to the
farm program on the radio He never could hear the radio before but now he
sticks to it like a dog to a raw hide
Both Jake and his wife are grateful that not only can he talk and learn about
his business but now he is doing such jobs as his own truck driving It is safer
for him to mind the stock and he will cure his own tobacco this year If the barn
catches fire he can hear it If his boy goes to the Army he believes he can run a
tractor A hearing aid that suits him is a big thing for Jake and his folks
siting
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Georgia Program
Warm commendation of the Voca
tional Rehabilitation program in Geor
gia was voiced by Joseph Hunt chief
of the Administrative Standards Di
vision Office of Vocational Rehabilita
tion Federal Security Agency follow
ing a recent tour of district offices in
the state
It was the most thorough examina
tion of any state program he had been
extended the courtesy of making he
said He emphasized that his visit was
in no way an inspection since rehab
ilitation is administered by the State
Board for Vocational Education and
the State Superintendent of Schools as
Executive Officer
I was particularly impressed with
the leadership of the rehabilitation
program in Georgia Mr Hunt de
clared I dont know any of the mens
backgrounds and have made no effort
to study their individual records but
there is a zealousness in administering
rehabilitation which if continued will
mean a great deal for the handicapped
people in this state
We want to reach everyone who
may be benefited by our services In
the small towns along the highways
and in the rural sections there are un
doubtedly many handicapped persons
who could become assets to their com
munities through the services of Voca
tional Rehabilitation and who are not
now being reached in spite of all you
are doing We want to help those peo
ple both because of the humanitarian
nature of the program and because it
is economically sound for the state and
federal government to make producers
of us all
You rehabilitation workers seem to
be conducting the program along sound
business lines and that is what we want
you to do Operate as you would if you
were in your own business with your
own capital bearing in mind that your
capital is adequate for wise investments
in the states human resources
I am grateful for the privilege of
looking in on the Georgia program at
the invitation of Paul S Barrett your
State DirectorOYvc 6corcvo3ocoivorvo
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Published monthly by the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
AthensHardman Hall University
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
VVaycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Wont Work
Of the some 35000 different kinds of
jobs in this country most of which are
defined in the Dictionary of Occupations at
least 2000 can be filled by handicapped men
and women said a recent issue of Colliers
We were interested as to the source of this
information We assumed the statement re
ferred to the Dictionary of Occupational
Titles published by the United States Depart
ment of Labor and widely used in Vocational
Rehabilitation We wrote to Colliers and
asked It did Colliers suggested that elab
oration might be had from the source
We wrote to the source in Washington We
received an answer from Philip S Van Wyck
chief of the Occupational Analysis and In
dustrial Services Division of the Department
of Labor Said Mr Van Wyck
The Division of Occupational Analysis
and Industrial Services does not advocate the
establishment of lists of occupations consid
ered suitable for handicapped workers In
stead we prefer to consider each handicap
ped individual separately in the light of his remaining physical capacities
Thus one blind person may be proficient in Braille highly educated and trained to
travel without companionship while another is illiterate and helpless without a guide
Obviously or so it seems to me no list of Jobs for the Blind can do justice to the occupa
tional qualifications of both although their physical handicap is identical
That is exactly the experience of Vocational Rehabilitation
Similarly Mr Van Wyck continued there are onearmed men who use highly
specialized prosthetic devices with great skill others who work with no restoration those
with robust constitutions and others who are frail some blessed with great selfconfidence
and determination and others who shrink from all demanding activities
Under the circumstances Mr Van Wyck concluded I should prefer to say that the
Division of Occupational Analysis and Industrial Services believes that far more than 2000
occupations are suitable for some handicapped individuals and that every job should be con
sidered suitable for every handicapped man or woman until an examination of its physical
demands and the physical capacities of the applicant show differently Conversely of course
we hold that no job can be considered absolutely suitable for a given handicapped person
until his remaining capacities have been found adequate to meet the physical demands of
that job
That is exactly the experience of Vocational Rehabilitation in Georgia That is why
Vocational Rehabilitation existsto appraise counsel guide restore or train for suitable occu
pation It is not what a person has lost that counts Its what he has
M D Collins
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If You Know a Person with a Disability Fill In and Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Anyone 16 or over white or
Negro is eligible
NameAddress
Disability
Reported by
Address
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Bldg Atlanta GaDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta
Finds Himself As Vending Stand OperatorArchie Dean Wilson formerly of McRae and a graduate of the
Georgia Academy for the Blind at the age of 31 has finally found an occupation which is completely satisfactory to
himself his family friends and his bank account He has been blind since birth
Operator of the stand at the Walker Electrical Company 1590 Northside Drive N W he nets an average of more
than 40 weekly During two consecutive fourweek periods he netted more than 190 for each period The stand is
supervised by Vocational Rehabilitation and sponsored by the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind It was opened
August 8 1945
Previously Mr Wilson had gone from jobs as a machinist operating a punch press to making wire coathangers and
tuning pianos His machinist job folded up with the wars end he was not satisfied making coathangers and he lost his
job as a pianotuner through no fault of his own he lost his ability to hear very high tones From the beginning he was
successful and satisfactory to himself to Vocational Rehabilitation the Cooperative Services to his family and friends as
a vending stand operator The vending stand enterprises operated by the blind are being increased in Georgia
Left to right in the picture Mrs Edna Elzey and Signon G Pass plant employes Mr Wilson and Mrs Lucile Helms
plant nursefol II No 9
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a
Rehabilitation Client
Byron Herbert Reece
Author of the BestSelling
Ballad of the Bones
See Page 7

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Left to right Rehabilitation clients J M Snellgrove and William Jolly J F Brown proprietor and client Wilson Olive
Columbus Shop Trains Handicapped
in
Seven clients of the Division of Vocational Re
habilitation have been trained in watch repair at
the B S Jewelry Company 1724 Hamilton
Avenue Columbus All bettered their stations in
life despite disabilities which until they were
trained had kept them in the doubtful class as citi
zens In the following article the proprietor of
the shop J F Brown tells of his experiences with
the handicapped
By J F Brown
My first experience with a handicapped person was with
a friend of mine a Floridian I wanted him to learn the
watch repair trade at my expense He was with me for
several months He left to take a higher paying job in
Macon was there until the war started and then moved
back to his home town He is a proud man today that he
knows the business and is still making a success
Next I had a client of the Division of Vocational Re
habilitation from Tallahassee Fla I gave him advanced
training since he already had had some experience He was
on crutches I helped him get room and board here in
Columbus and saw that he had transportation to and from
work For a while he went to another Columbus shop but
returned to the B S Today he has his own business in
Florida
Next there was a nephew of mine He left for a job in
Macon repairing instruments for the government Today
he has a nice business of his own
Since then for the past three years I have helped train
Vocational Rehabilitation clients all physically handicapped
One boy who is on crutches and who will be for the rest
of his life because his trouble cannot be corrected is still in
my shop I am sure he would not trade his experience for
anything He has something that will be a trade and a job
as long as he lives and is able to work
We had another boy from Albany who took training
and left here for a job at 50 a week and I understand he
is now in his home town working at the same trade and is
making 100 weekly
A Columbus man sent to us by the Division finished his
training entered business for himself and is now a promi
nent member of his community
One person with a very serious disability was employed
here for several months but became too ill to work at all
and is now in bed When he is able to be out again he has
a job here we want him back to work If he should choose
not to come back here to work I can certainly recommend
him to any other employer because like most handicapped
people he is earnest and has plenty of determination
We now have only two rehabilitation clients One will
soon be finished with his training I think he is swell
because he is taking jobs and closing them complete
I certainly do advise anyone man or woman who is
handicapped but who nevertheless is ambitious and willing
and wants to do something to get in touch with the nearest
Vocational Rehabilitation office at once And I advise em
ployers who can hire or train handicapped people to do so
because they earn every inch of their way and there is no
estimating the satisfaction an employer gets in seeing some
one he trained doing wella

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TRAINED AT SARANAG LAKE N Y
in photofluorographic work as an Xray technician under
the sponsorship of Vocational Rehabilitation Miss Bonnie
Lou Allen is employed at the State Tuberculosis Sana
torium Alto She is shown above on the job at Alto A
former patient there she was sent north for the course
given by the Saranac Lake Study Craft Guild Upon
her return Vocational Rehabilitation sent Miss Allen to
Florida for six additional weeks training on the road
IN ARMATURE AND MOTOR REPAIR
training at the Valley Armature Works 1321 Webster
Avenue Columbus is Marion G Hendrix crippled in
childhood by infantile paralysis Vocational Rehabilitation
is paying for his maintenance as well as for his training
In this work Mr Hendrix does not feel his handicap to a
great extent since it requires little walking Previously he
had been employed in a cotton mill and as a filling station
attendant
WARPING MACHINE OPER
ATOR in Gainesville Mill is John
Sylvia Hill Leaders in his heels were
drawn as a result of burns in child
hood possibly complicated by infantile
paralysis Mr Hill has a wife and son
and his work as a warper required the
use of his right foot the worse affected
Vocational Rehabilitation sent him to
an Atlanta hospital where an operation
was performed He was enabled to re
turn to his job in the mill in better con
dition and his earnings immediately in
creased by more than a third
ia
Is Outstanding
By Paul W Chapman
Dean College of Agriculture
University of Georgia
The growth of
the Georgia Divi
sion of Vocational
Reh abi li t a tion
and its leadership
in the United
States in this
phase of practical
training is one of
Georgias most
outstanding educational achievements
Those in charge of this program are to
be congratulated they deserve the
praise and commendation of the citizens
of Georgia
My first realization of the present
scope of the program came with the
privilege of attending the twentyfifth
anniversary meeting held at the Bilt
more Hotel last year It was an eye
opener The praise of Georgias work
bv the national chief of Vocational Re
habilitation was richly deserved
Perhaps as much as anyone in Geor
gia I can see and appreciate the strides
that have been made since Civilian
Rehabilitation was started I was close
ly associated with Fort Land the first
supervisor I often went with him to
interview trainees When he became
State School Superintendent I was
made director of vocational education
for Georgia and was administratively
in charge of Vocational Rehabilitation
For years we had only three field work
ers on the staff and a central office in
Atlanta with one secretary In those
days of pioneering we rehabilitated few
individuals After several years when
we finally placed 100 persons in twelve
months we thought we had done a big
job 1 would like to have the privilege
of congratulating Paul Barrett for his
leadership He and the members of his
staff have helped thousands of people
and reflected credit upon the State of
Georgia
THE BREADWINNER FOR HER FAMILY including two school
age children Mrs C R White was able to work only part time because of her
urgent need for an operation Vocational Rehabilitation sent her to a hospital
and engaged a competent surgeon After correction of her disabilities her earn
ings as a breaker for J H Swisher Son cigar makers Valdosta increased
substantially
REHABILITATION TRAINING GAVE HIM CHANGE to earn
hs living J E Cochran of Gainesville has extremely poor vision and the
examining physician for Vocational Rehabilitation saw no prospect of improving
Mr Cochrans sight by treatment He recommended training in some job not
requiring keen sight After seven months apprenticeship the client had a per
manent job as a stock clerk at Gainesville MotorsUNABLE TO WALK FOR
SIX MONTHS because of varicose
veins and an ulcer on her right leg
Mrs C P Young of Route 1 Monroe
the Mount Vernon community has
been physically restored by an operation
and skin graft A closeup of the skin
graft is shown below A farm house
wife Mrs Young was helpless and in
bed most of the time before Vocational
Rehabilitation sent her to a specialist
and then to an Atlanta hospital She
was unable to work at all before her
stay in the hospital while now the leg
has healed perfectly and she is a busy
housekeeper and helps her husband in
farm chores
A CHEST DISABILITY caused by pneumonia in childhood made Calvin
C Tate eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation training He had been employed
as a laborer an occupation not suitable to his handicap Six months training at
the Rome Typewriter Company 3 East Second Avenue and Mr Tate now is an
experienced craftsman employed by that firm
CRIPPLED FARM WORK WAS TOO HEAVY for Miss Clara Bell
Gilmore Route 1 Coosa Ga and she was anxious to obtain training in a job
she could do well She came from a large family Vocational Rehabilitation
agreed to pay part of the cost of her training at the DeLuxe Chenille Company
601 Shorter Avenue Rome and her employer now regards her as one of his best
producersBy VOYLE C SCURLOCK
Director of Vocational Rehabilitation in Oklahoma and
President of the National Rehabilitation Association
In a nation that is
still warconscious it
is natural to associate
the disabled with the
war and rehabilitation
with men injured in
combat Although few
as yet there are an in
creasing number of
persons who realize
that there are hun
dreds of thousands of
persons who are cas
ualties of war who
have never seen mili
tary service as well as
hundreds of thousands
of other disabled civil
ians also in need of
rehabilitation There is
a growing realization
that the problem of re
habilitating our disabled civilians is one that far outweighs that
of our disabled veterans in magnitude
So great was the toll from industrial accidents during the war
period that it has been authoritatively stated that the home front
was far more costly to life and limb than the battle front This
army of disabled civilians added to the number disabled prior to
the war plus the number that may be expected to become disabled
annually from accidents and disease presents a problem that will
challenge the best thought and effort of all agencies The one
bright spot in this otherwise dark picture is the fact that the public
is slowly but surely becoming conscious of the problem and the
need for more adequate rehabilitation facilities for the disabled
civilian
Public Law 113 known as the BardenLaFolIette Act passed
by the Congress in 1943 provided for more adequate rehabilitation
services for the disabled including increased federal financial
participation It is now up to the individual states to take advan
tage of this new legislation and to expand their services accord
ingly With all of the states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico
and Hawaii participating in this grantinaid program much
progress has already been made in expansion of rehabilitation
services However much remains to be done Some states have
been more conscious of the problem than others and quicker to act
in expanding and improving their facilities The citizens of
Georgia may take pride in the fact that their state is one of the
leaders in expansion
It has been suggested that this program could operate more
effectively if financed and administered entirely by the federal
government No doubt many arguments could be advanced for
such a change On the other hand the needs of the disabled and
the character of the service required involve understanding
interest and active program participation on the part of agencies
in the local community This fact plus the tendency where the
federal government is involved to leave it to the federal agency
raises a serious question as to whether federalization would
result in improved services Eventually public consciousness will
demand that the job be done Therefore the states have the
opportunity and the responsibility to meet this challenge Georgia
is to be congratulated on its progressiveness and the extent to
which all the other states also meet the challenge will determine
the type size and effectiveness of the program in the years that
will follow
NURSES IN STATE TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM section
for the colored at Alto are rehabilitation clients Eula Mae Edwards
and Claudia Mae Jackson above Eula Mae is from Savannah and
Claudia Mae from Fort Valley Both formerly had tuberculosis
ARTIFICIAL LEG AND COUNSELING keep James Elvin Har
ris of Waycross on the job at Snively Groves Vocational Rehabi
litation helped him buy the appliance during the war when he
worked in a shipyard Laid off he was not working regularly and
he had a wife and five children to support The rehabilitation
counselor got him a regular job in Waycross and James is proving
steadyAekabilMiori ews
Published monthly by the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
It isnt often that Vocational Rehabilitation
sees a client make such a spectacular success as
has Byron Herbert Reece 29 of Route 1 Blairs
ville the first house below Lake Traklyta on
the way down from Neals Gap
Counselor P D Bush of the Gainesville
I office looked up young Reece in 1944 after sev
IkUpjlS mf eral people in Blairsville mentioned his case
Wr M i W Reeci was supporting liis parents his father
mw Jll was Mr IkuI i11 lh ra le
gte v mSf MliHV cause iif a facial tic Lacking two courses of
I graduating from Young Harris College he had
tried teaching school but his handicap made
that occupation unsuitable He was nervous and
frail He says that strenuous farm work is
very hard on his nerves but he has to do it to
I f keep himself and his parents alive Mr Bush
I Bff reported
Rehabilitation sent Reece to a doctor who
reported anemia in addition to the nervous tic The doctor suggested newspaper training
Reece himself preferred that One of his references wrote Courteous dignified consid
erate Another replied Reece is a very bright young man He has some unusual
talents Still another said Strictly honest in the fine oldfashioned way
A plan for training at the Union County Citizen was arranged The manager of that
newspaper himself had been aided in getting an education at the University f Florida
by the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Reece was unable to complete his training to the great regret of Rehabilitation He
had to return home because he was needed there But what training he had must have
done him a lot of good At least Rehabilitation likes to think so He began writing more
earnestly than before Ballad of the Bones and Other Poems has attracted nationwide
attention something unusual for a thin book of verse Reece is writing another and is
also working on a novel
AUGUSTA DISTRICT We salute him
M D Collins
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
AthensHardman Hall University
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg A frQm Thg y ft
We have read frequently with great interest of the activities of the Georgia Voca
SAVANNAH DISTRICT tional Rehabilitation program It would appear from the articles as well as the remarks
made concerning your program that both your thinking in rehabilitation and your
Savannah 2 East Bay Street tangible progress have far exceeded that of most of the other states
BrunswickAndrews Bldg Sometime in the future it may be possible that in writing articles we might be
VVaycross 432 Bunn Bldg able to utilize some of the material you have prepared using your program as an example
of how it should be done We are presently receiving your Rehabilitation News but
would appreciate your sending any other material you have which would give us a wider
MACON DISTRICT background and more detailed information on your activities so that we may be better
able to interpret them to the public should the occasion arise
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg xhe letter was signed by Times staffer Eugene J Taylor who served in the Army Air
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg Forces as Chief of Education Guidance Vocational Education and Occupational Therapy
213 Royal Bldg We sent Mr Taylor a file and he wired for 11 pictures which were promptly airmailed
If You Know a Person with a Disability Fill In and Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Anyone 16 or over white or
Negro is eligible
Name
Addr
Disability
Reported by
Address
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Bldg Atlanta GaDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
Atlanta
ATHENE
WITH ONLY 2 PER CENT VISION IN HIS RIGHT EYEalmost totally blindCalvin T Colquitt
of Uecatur s operating a vending stand in the Negro section at Grady Hospital with phenomenal success Sales soared
from the day the stand was opened on March 23 Shown before the stand are Frank Wilson hospital superintendent and
A 1 Jarrell assistant director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation The stand like others in Georgia is spon
sored by the Cooperative Services for the Blind and supervised by Vocational Rehabilitation
Calvin despite his handicap which is perhaps the most serious with which Vocational Rehabilitation deals is support
ing his mother wife and two children Before being placed as operator of the vending stand he had been employed onh
at odd jobs and in the Community Shop Vol II No lO

OKe GcovcvoJOocooyvoCV
cKabilitatiotv Vews

Before Being Disabledain an accident John O Graham
of Atco was earning 15 weekly in a country store His hip
was broken was not set for a long time and his left leg with
ered Rehabilitation had operations performed an appliance
provided subsidized his training in watch repair with an
Atlanta firm and he quickly learned a more profitable trade
Now he earns more than 100 weekly as manager of Cham
pions Watch Repair Shop Cartersville
Miss Ruby Jones of Rome worked in a textile mill and
later in a dime store She was capable of learning a better
paying occupation and was handicapped by being blind in
her right eye as the result of an accident She came from a
large family Vocational Rehabilitation sent her to a business
college in Atlanta and she also worked as a filing clerk for a
typewriter company Now she handles all the office work for
the Rome Typewriter Company 3 East Second Avenue
By H L Wingate President Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
The Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
tion is vitally interested in providing
profitable and pleasant employment for
the physically handicapped people of
our state and to help accomplish this
worthwhile endeavor we are glad to
lend our full cooperation to the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation of the
State Department of Education
We have learned from observation
and experience that a great majority of
our physically handicapped people are
making a fine contribution to the va
rious vocations and particularly are
they contributing their talents to the
production of food on our farms The
ingenuity and ability of this group are
not to be discounted and we must lend
every aid to insure adequate training in
order that each individual of this group
might be able to follow the particular
vocation in which he feels he can con
tribute to the economic welfare of his
state and community
As a result of the recent world catas
trophe the people of Georgia are faced
with a tremendous task of making
whatever changes are necessary to pro
vide training and jobs for those who
through no fault of their own have re
turned from the bloody battlefields of
modern warfare including the factories
to take their places in the economic life
of their state and communities It is a
challenge that we must accept and to
meet this challenge we must use every
resource at our command to find those
who have been partially lost to society
and give them full assistance and co
operation to gain or regain indepen
dence through useful and pleasant em
ployment
The Farm Bureau joins wholeheart
edly in the crusade to assure the phys
ically handicapped that we have utmost
confidence in their ability to take their
place in society and it is our solemn
duty to convince the most skeptical in
dividual that he has a place in the nor
mal functions of his people To this end
we must all cooperate with the Divi
sion of Vocational Rehabilitation in
finding these individuals in our various
communities and providing adequate
training that will enable them to min
imize the particular handicap and at
the same time magnify the contribution
they may make to our state
The Georgia Farm Bureau with a
membership of almost 40000 families
feels that the year 1946 will find our
people with a more determined effort
than ever before to concentrate our en
ergies and abilities to the end that the
physically handicapped will lose con
sciousness of their disabilities by appro
priating the training which our State
Department of Education is providing
and taking their rightful places in the
economy of our commonwealth
Lets forget the excellent record of
the past and set our goals for far
greater achievements in the future be
cause our problems are more complex
and difficult
Thats our challenge and we must
accept it by solving every problem with
which we are now confrontedFederal Security Administrator to Address
Georgias Annual Rehabilitation Conference
Watson B Miller administrator of
the Federal Security Agency has ac
cepted an invitation to attend the an
nual conference of the Georgia Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation at the
General Oglethorpe Hotel near Savan
nah in August
The conference will begin Sunday
afternoon August 18 and last through
August 31 with professional personnel
in attendance during the first week and
clerical personnel the second Mr Mil
ler will be present August 22 23 and
24 and will be the principal speaker at
a banquet Friday night August 23
Mr Miller was appointed Federal
Security Administrator October 12
1945 to succeed Paul V McNutt who
had directed the Federal Security
Agency since it was set up in 1939 and
who became United States commis
sioner to the Philippines
Functions of Agency
As the federal establishment prin
cipally concerned with health educa
tion and security the agency includes
the Food and Drug Administration Of
fice of Education Public Health Serv
ice Social Security Board Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation Freedmens
and St Elizabeths Hospitals American
Printing House for the Blind Howard
University and Columbia Institution
for the Deaf Its war responsibilities
included social protection and recrea
tion programs administered through the
Office of Community War Services
The agencys Office of War Property
Watson B Miller
Distribution established in 1945 car
ries out certain functions delegated to
the agency by the Surplus Property Ad
ministration in connection with the dis
posal of surpluses to health education
and welfare institutions
Mr Miller was born and educated
in Rensselaer Indiana the son of Dan
iel B and Martha Kirk Miller He is
married and has one son Watson Jr
In 1898 Mr Miller enlisted in the
District of Columbia National Guard
and served briefly in the SpanishAmer
ican War until it was discovered that
he was under age Returning to Wash
ington he became interested in motor
transportation development and con
tinued in this and related business en
terprises In 1918 he was commissioned
as a captain of the Motor Transport
Corps and served as a motor transport
officer first for the Ninth Division and
then for the 37th Division Following
World War f Mr Miller returned
briefly to the motor transport industry
Active in the development of the Amer
ican Legion he was the third Depart
ment Commander elected in the Dis
trict of Columbia and was National
Vice Commander in 1922 While in
this office he aided the Federal Gov
ernment in formulating a program to
care adequately for wounded and dis
abled war veterans In 1923 Mr Mil
ler was appointed to head up the
Legions five million dollar rehabilita
tion program
Broad Experience
In his 18 years as director of the
Legions National Rehabilitation Com
mittee Mr Miller devoted his atten
tion to problems of rehabilitation hos
pitalization and the care and welfare
of disabled veterans and their depen
dents His experience in this national
program provides a background of first
hand knowledge not only of veterans
affairs but also of the broad field of
public welfare He has been continu
ously associated with the development
of government programs as well as pri
vate voluntary services in the fields of
health welfare and education with
which the Federal Security Agency is
concerned

FOR EVERY DISABLED SOLDIER THERE ARE FIVE DISABLED CIVILIANS
IIVILIANS
1250000
ARMED
FORCES
THE FIGURES GIVEN ARE FOR THE PERIOD
BETWEEN PEARL HARBOR AND V J DAY
260000
Chart by Graphics Institute of he Nc Yort TlmeiWalks for First Time in 15 Years
Leroy Fields 18 of Montezuma had
infantile paralysis at age 3 He had not
been able to walk since getting about
only in a cart or crawling Vocational
Rehabilitation provided surgery braces
and crutches and when released from
the hospital he was overjoyed He
could walk The specialist who oper
ated says that eventually Leroy will be
able to throw away the crutches and
then the braces Leroy said that he was
going to get a job earn some money
buy a new suit and start stepping out
with the girls H P Jones of Amer
icus who owns the farm where Leroys
family lives came to Atlanta elated to
take him home from the hospital

Before and AfterJtokabilitatioiv Mws
Published monthly by the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
Slilr Superintendent of Srhools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Buildino
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 007 Southern Finance Bldg
AthensHardman Hall University
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
More Veterans Join Counselor Staff
The Vocational Rehabilitation staff
is rapidly filling out with veterans of
World War II who are taking their
places beside the older veterans of
World War I Most recent additions
are
William Wilson Chandler native of
Waynesboro alumnus of Millen High
School Young Harris Junior College
University of Georgia taught in
Burke Jenkins and Warren Counties
and at Statesboro High School super
intendent Warrenton Public Schools
194044 entered USNR as ensign in
Veterans Chandler Hastings and Bowen 144 served J9 month 10 on SaiPan
Being Greeted by Dr Collins Assigned to Augusta office
Jerry N Hastings native of Fulton County alumnus Tech High School
Atlanta Junior College Oglethorpe University taught and coached Bremen
High School served in Fourth Service Command three and a half years As
signed to Atlanta office
Joseph Brown Bowen native of Mitchell County attended Mountville
High School Young Harris Presbyterian College of S C University of
Chicago superintendent Villa Rica schools 193644 served in USNR two
years in Atlantic and Atlantic ports last tour of duty at Camp Perry Va
as regimental commander in recruit training Assigned to Atlanta office
Monthly Publication Full of Inspiration
There was once a time not so very long ago when a crippled man a blind
man or one without a leg or two had but two choices Either he could live out
his life as a helpless dependent on otherseither at home or in an institution
or he could eke out a livelihood by asking public charity on the streets The
tin cup and the pencils were within memory of this generation as synonymous
with the blind as crutches with the crippled
That pitiful condition is still true in many parts of the world But no
longer need it be true in our land no longer is it true in Georgia
There comes to my desk each month a little publication that is a source of
inspiration It could be a source of inspiration to every Georgian It is The
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News published by the Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation of the State Department of Education
As you read of the hundreds of severely handicapped Georgians who have
been made selfsupporting worthy and contributing citizens of the state the
stories told in this little magazine you cannot help but feel a new determina
tion a new confidence in yourself If these handicapped can do as they are
doing you say to yourself surely I must count myself fortunate surely I
should never become discouraged
Associate Editor Ralph T Jones in The Atlanta Constitution
If You Know a Person with a Disability Fill In and Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Anyone 16 or over white
or Negro is eligible
NameAddress
DisabilityAge
Race
Reported byAddr
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Bldg Atlanta GaA HOMEMADE PEG LEG was not enabling Otis Daven
port who lost a foot in an automobile accident to get
about very well in his work at McMillan Service Station
Broadway and Mulberry Street Macon He was working
regularly but under a severe handicap Rehabilitation
helped him buy a modern fitted appliance and now the
customers seldom suspect that Otis right leg is not nor
mal His earnings as the head of his family have increased
O
James Brooks 38yearold colored man of 1214 Vernon Street is 99 per
cent blind but he has nine children so it is important that he works and he
does at Snively Groves and furthermore his boss Foreman Doris Crosby
reports that he is a good worker
James is buying a home now and has long terms with small monthly pay
ments and has already paid 135 down and has 50 notes totaling 625 The
Lions Club is the agency responsible for helping him borrow the money for a
house and in his visual aid work Brooks was aided in securing his job through
the Services for the Blind unit of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
He has six girls and three boys and reports he has been a faithful subscriber
to the JournalHerald for several years and wants to see what his picture
looks like when it appears
C W Bell of Waycross is a senior counselor of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education He works with all types of physically handi
capped persons
The program for Vocational Rehabilitation as explained by C H Par
ker Jr counselor for the blind is that Vocational Rehabilitation in Georgia j
is divided into four districts Parkers territory includes Waycross Savannah
and Brunswck He announces that expansion of the work has taken place
So James Brooks and others like him are enjoying a new day in a more
enlightened world when instead of being a load on the community they are
making a contribution to its growth
Jack Williams Jr in The Waycross JournalHerald
Leg Crushed by an automobile
accident in 1942 Claude Bell
had not been able to work since
except what little he could do
on crutches Osteomyelitis be
came so severe that the injured
leg drained constantly Rehabil
itation sent Claude to a specialist
who amputated the hopelessly
diseased limb and then bought
him an artificial leg Now
Claude makes 37 weekly as a
parts molder for C A DuPree
Auto Parts Company Americus V
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Georgia Begins rirst Diversified Program
Of Rehabilitation for ExT Tuberculous to Be
Undertaken in Nation as Sanatorium Moves
The first comprehensive program of
rehabilitation for persons who have had
tuberculosis ever to be undertaken in
the nation and possibly in the world
will begin when the Georgia Tubercu
losis Sanatorium is moved from Alto to
Battey General Hospital this summer
The program will be jointly financed
by the sanatorium the Georgia Tuber
culosis Association the State Depart
ment of Education and its Divisions of
Vocational Education and Vocational
Rehabilitation
Other states have provided limited
vocational guidance for the extubercu
lous but never before has any state un
dertaken to rehabilitate all its tuber
culosisaffected citizens in the manner
now planned in Georgia
Moving date for the sanatorium was
tentatively set for June 20 The new
sanatorium is the largest singleunit in
stitution for tuberculous patients in the
world
Also patients receiving vocational
training will be kept at the hospital
until they are ready to punch a clock
with the nonhandicapped This too
marks a first in the nation Most
state tuberculosis sanatoriums release
patients when their physical condition is
good enough for only four hours non
strenuous work per day
Many tuberculous patients may not
return to the occupations which they
formerly followed but are quite capable
of following occupations not requiring
too much physical activity in which they
can compete with people not physically
handicapped For instance a laborer
or farmer who has had tuberculosis
should not return to his former occupa
tion but should take training in a non
strenuous occupation if he is to resume a
useful place in society
The rehabilitation staff will work
administratively under the sanatorium
superintendent The tuberculosis as
sociation will employ the top man a
rehabilitation coordinator the sana
torium will employ an occupational
therapist and another who will see that
the patients home background and per
sonal activities are satisfactorily ad
justed the Division of Vocational Re
habilitation will supply a counselor who
will be attached to the present district
office in Rome the Division of Voca
tional Education will employ teachers
in watch repairing radio commercial
work shoe repair barbering and home
economics and Dr Collins promised
that the Education Department would
employ all the academic teachers that
are necessary
Georgias program of rehabilitation
for physically handicapped citizens gen
erally ranks annually near the top of
the national scale ahead of such states
as New York and Massachusetts and
in this program for the tuberculous and
extuberculous Georgia is again taking
the lead in the nation
Mr Foster the federal representa
tive expressed himself as delighted that
the plans had gone through without a
hitch Not a single obstacle remains in
the way of the project all agencies in
volved having cooperated 100 per cent
Medical science has come around to the
view that no person affected with tuber
culosis should be forced to lie in bed
for months at a time with nothing to
do but stare at the four walls of a ward
but should be given some mild form of
activity which increases his hope and
his outlook for future life Without
vocational guidance many patients tend
to become institutionalized They
lean on their disabilities and develop a
fear of returning to the outside world
The plans which have been decided
upon provide fona wide range of diver
sified occupational guidance and train
ing so that each patient will be encour
aged to choose training in a skill for
which he has aptitude The home eco
nomics course will be for women who
do not want to take places in business or
industry but who will return to their
homes better able to take care of them
selves and their families
Much of the equipment for the voca
tional courses has been left at Battey
by the federal government and other
equipment including trade textbooks
will be supplied by state agencies
Surveys had already been made on
400 patients at Alto and the work was
to begin either there or at Battey as
soon as personnel was employed
Gathered in the office of Paul S Barrett Director of the Division of Vocational Re
habilitation seated center are C B Shroyer Supervisor of Services for the Tuber
culous Dr M D Collins State School Superintendent M D Mobley Director of
the Division of Vocational Education standing left of Mr Barrett Terry C Foster
Assistant Regional Representative United States Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
A P Jarrell Mr Barretts Assistant Director in Charge of Technical Services Manual
Hernandez Director of Vocational Rehabilitation in Puerto Rico a visitor and L L
Young Executive Secretary Georgia Tuberculosis Association Inset is Dr Rufus
Payne Superintendent of the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium not present when picture
was made

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Operator of a Vending Stand in the Atlanta Police
Station Andrew Barney Barron has substantial earnings
for himself and his family The stand is one of the highly
successful ventures sponsored by the Georgia Cooperative
Services for the Blind and supervised by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation More are planned throughout
Georgia Mr Barron before becoming a Rehabilitation
client had been a salesman for the Atlanta Community
Shop He had never held another job since graduating from
the Georgia Academy for the Blind He has learned to han
dle merchandise and money with speed and has made manj
friends in the vicinity of the Decatur Street station Shown
making a purchase is Police Chief M A Hornsby while
Lee Jones one of the two Rehabilitation staff members who
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Never Before Employed Miss Lona Holland 28 of
Waycross has found her occupational niche as a filing clerk
at Richs in Atlanta as a result of Vocational Rehabilita
tion guidance and training A deaf mute she was educated
at the Cave Spring School for the Deaf but was without any
particular occupational skill Rehabilitation considered sev
eral plans for her in each of which her disabilities would not
have been great handicaps before settling upon the filing
clerk course A cooperative agreement for six months train
ing on the job was entered into with the store and today
Miss Holland is economically independent
it a ir
Arrested Tuberculosis after a year in the State Tuber
culosis Sanatorium made it inadvisable for Roscoe Hartley
of Buford to return to either of his former occupations
service station operator or shipping clerk His physical con
dition however was such that doctors said he could do non
strenuous work such as watch or radio repair on a basis
competitive with the nonhandicapped provided he received
training Rehabilitation sent Mr Hartley to the North
Georgia Vocational School for six months and then provided
maintenance for four months onthejob training at Richs
Now he is able to support his wife and two young daughters
as an expert watch repairman
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The Brothers Abercrombie Thomas left below and
Paul both clients of Vocational Rehabilitation operate one
of the bestpatronized watch repair shops in Gainesville
Pauls right hand and forearm were disabled by an accidental
gunshot Thomas had an ulcerated stomach and asthma
Neither had any work experience other than farming and
their disabilities made farming unsuitable Rehabilitation
provided training and now they are craftsmen in an occupa
tion in which their disabilities are of little consequence
Columbus Watch Repairers are William J Peacock
right below and Henry Thomas Tillery craftsmen em
ployed by Harold Peoples 938 Broadway Mr Peacock had
arthritis of the spine leaving his back so disabled that he was
unable to pursue either of his former occupations farming
and truck driving Mr Tillery also had a chronic back dis
ability and limited coordination due to the same disease He
had been an electrician In each case Rehabilitation provided
training which led to regular employment

National Officials
To Attend Georgia
In addition to Watson B Miller
Federal Security Administrator the an
nual conference of the Division of Vo
cational Rehabilitation Georgia De
partment of Education will be attend
ed by Michael J Shortley director and
John A Kratz associate director re
spectively of the United States Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation and other
notables
The conference will be held at the
General Oglethorpe Hotel near Savan
nah scene of the World Monetary
Conference for two weeks beginning
August 19 Professional personnel will
be in attendance the first week and
clerical personnel the second A state
wide radio hookup will broadcast a
program from the conference Friday
night August 23
Directors of Vocational Rehabilita
tion in adjoining states have also been
invited
Mr Shortley is shown second from
left and Mr Kratz extreme right in
the accompanying picture which was
taken at the annual convention of the
National Rehabilitation Association in
Chicago in May At extreme left is
R C Tommy Thompson director
of Vocational Rehabilitation in Mary
land and immediate past president of
the National Rehabilitation Associa
tion and third from left is Voyle C
Scurlock director in Oklahoma and
current president of the association
A biographical sketch of Captain
Miller was published in the July issue
of this monthly
Mr Shortley also served in World
War I As an infantry officer he was
wounded in action in the Argonne For
est September 26 1918 while attack
ing a machine gun nest Discharged
from the service in 1919 he became a
member of the staff of the Veterans
Administration He directed voca
tional rehabilitation matters in a re
gional office district office and the cen
tral office from 1919 to 1930 He did
research work in the coal mining in

Very Poor Eyesight and work experience limited to one summer as a clerk in
a shipyard office made the employment opportunities of Miss Virginia Crews of
Nahunta of doubtful scope Vocational Rehabilitation helped her get good
glasses and provided business college training Now she types well enough not
to need glasses and is doing fine as secretary to J J Lissner Jr Brunswick
attorney
From Joblessness to Manager of a Business has gone Mrs Odell Clayton
of Valdosta She was earning a living taking care of children near a war plant
in Tennessee when her disabilitiesa leg off above the knee and a diseased arm
made that occupation impossible She had no family whatever Vocational
Rehabilitation sent her to hospitals and specialists for surgical and medical treat
ment to a nursing home for recuperation bought an arm brace for her arm
after the arm had healed and an artificial leg to enable her to walk The mvest
ment paid rich dividends Mrs Clayton went to work for Duchess DAndre
Perfumes and Colognes 518 Laura Street Jacksonville Fla and soon was act
ing as manager of the business Mrs Clayton has been with me some time now
and I have found her very good in the work to the extent that I can leave all
details of the business in her hands wrote Stanley M Loeb head of the firm
She is exceptionally quick at picking up new ideas as well as working out mat
ters for herself
dustry from 1930 to 1935 More re
cently he was assistant director in
charge of field activities of the Social
Security Boards Bureau of Old Age
and Survivors Insurance responsible
for the supervision of approximately
500 field office managers and 12 re
gional representatives
Since September 1943 Mr Shortley
has been director of the Office of Voca
tional Rehabilitation Federal Security
Agency responsible for the operation
of the federalstate program of voca
tional rehabilitation under Public Law
113 He attended Duquesne and Cath
olic Universities
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Rehabilitation Aids
College Student
With Disabilities
Vocational Rehabilitation has clients in all the institu
tions of higher learning in Georgia including those for
Negroes The scenes on these two pages are from the
campus of the University of Georgia at Athens where
there are usually between 75 and 100 clients of the Divi
sion enrolled At the University as elsewhere faculty
members say that they have no finer groups of students
by any classification of any nature than the rehabilitation
clients
In the first place high school students with disabilities
making them eligible for rehabilitation assistance in at
tending college must have not less than a B average
for their senior year in high school or must make a min
imum score of 50 in the Otis Intelligence Test Or if a
client fails to meet these requirements and enters college
at his own expense and makes satisfactory grades the first
quarter he may then be considered feasible for rehabilita
tion aid Any student aided by the Division in college
must maintain a C average or be dropped from the pro
gram until this requirement is met Few fail to maintain
the necessary average throughout their college years or if
they drop behind in the averages it is not long before
they are reinstated
Economic Need Not a Factor
A surprising number of men most prominent in the
public life of Georgia today were helped to attend college
by Vocational Rehabilitation Tuition and textbook costs
were met for them so that they might be more nearly able
to compete with the nonhandicapped and the perseverance
and singleness of purpose which is the mark of the rehabil
itant in business and industry regardless of his educational
background is nowhere more impressively demonstrated
than in the records made by rehabilitation clients in col
leges and in their subsequent careers in the professions
Rehabilitation cannot provide maintenance in colleges be
cause the fouryear courses generally would require too
great expenditures but the Division does provide in ad
dition to tuition and textbooks for all special fees such as
laboratory library health activity typing and art if
charged to all students attending the institution and tak
ing the course in which the student is enrolled It is not
necessary that economic need be established in these cases
Any high school student may be regarded as feasible or
eligible regardless of his home background economically if
he has a disability which handicaps him
f
At upper left the grand old man of the University
Dr T W Reed is shown giving a few pointers on the
best way to make good records in college to clients Forrest
E Nelms left and Jesse Marvin Cawthon Mr Nelms
from Elberton had sinus trouble for which the Division
provided several operations Mr Cawthon from Jackson
has a withered right arm and hand a result of infantile
paralysis
At center left Dean William Tate is shown chatting
with clients Gordon Trulock and Emily Pert Mr Tru
lock is from Whigham and has congenital disabilities of
the left hand and left leg Miss Pert from Athens has
heart trouble Mr Trulock is shown in the picture at
lower left checking up on his status with Miss Margaret
Armstrong at the rehabilitation window in the Adminis
tration Building
T J Dempsey Jr the veteran counselor of the Athens
district of the Division who acts as a sort of godfather
to the rehabilitation students sent to the University by
counselors all over the state is shown at upper right with
clients Carl Wicker and James T Smith Mr Wicker
is from Monticello His disabilities of the lip and palate
have been improved by operations and his rehabilitation
plan contemplates further surgery and dental work for
correction of a speech defect Mr Smith from Jackson
had osteomyelitis of the left leg His rehabilitation plan
contemplates surgical treatment
Overcome Handicaps
At center right clients James C Lawson left and
Luther Bartlett Jr are looking over political placards on
the bulletin board The campus recently has been abuzz
with politicsstudent and state Mr Lawson is from
Ringgold He is partially blind in his right eye Mr
Bartlett is from Athens and has disabilities of the feet
Herbert Jones of Nashville a freshman is being
warned lower right that tradition forbids him to pass
under the famous old wroughtiron arch at the entrance to
the campus and that he must go around Mr Jones had
infantile paralysis The warner is upperclassman William
F Skinner also from Nashville who has disabilities of
the left arm due to a fracture and poor vision in his
right eye
These students like their fellow clients in rehabilita
tion in all kinds of schools in business and industry are
determined to make good They more than make up for
their physical defects in their integrity and incentive As
compared with the nonhandicapped they study and work
harder and are absent less from their classes and other
duties The Rehabilitation News wishes them Godspeed
in their individual lives liberties and pursuits of happi
ness along whatever occupational paths they may choose
Finding Jobs for Disabled
Has No Legs but wears appliances so well that the
average person never suspects his limbs are artificial A J
Parham of 204 Second Avenue Macon has an income
of approximately 35 weekly after rehabilitation Before
rehabilitation he had a hard time making ends meet for
his wife and four children He had lost his legs in a rail
road accident The Division provided artificial legs and
415 worth of shoe repair equipment which remains the
Divisions property in the clients custody but is enabling
him to be an economic asset to his community rather than
a liability
Totally Blind since infancy Jack Jordan 511A Prince
Street Macon nevertheless operates a thriving business
a woodyard after rehabilitation guidance and training
He has done exceptionally well having purchased a saw
gasoline engine mule and wagon out of his own earnings
In addition he is gradually building a small housing unit
in which he hopes to conduct a small grocery and soft
drink business entering this gradually as his own earn
ings permit
test
in State
Placement of a growing number of physically handicapped
Georgiansboth World War II veterans and nonveterans
seeking jobs is one of the biggest current employment
problems of the State
This disclosure was made by J Pat Kelly State Director
United States Employment Service who said 7700 disabled
men and women are registered with USES here
These jobseekers do not include World War II vet
erans with 10 per cent or more serviceconnected disabilities
who are rehabilitated and placed in employment through the
Veterans Administration Kelly pointed out
Urging a more realistic viewpoint on the part of Geor
gia employers the USES chief declared a majority of regis
trants with varying degrees of physical disability on his rolls
are capable of filling useful employment niches throughout
the state
USES last month placed 435 handicapped men and women
in jobs over Georgia including 331 veterans These workers
are holding down positions as machinists toolmakers hotel
clerks watchmakers salespeople and serving in other fields
A national USES survey recently polled 300 employers
in the United States who reported 63382 handicapped per
sons in their employ Kelly said Tests conducted at their
places of business showed that in matters of absenteeism
labor turnover efficiency and accident records handicapped
workers ranked as good asand often better thanphysi
cally normal employees
The Atlanta official said his office is interested in placing
physically disabled Georgians not from an emotional angle
but for economic reasons
He pointed out Take the 7700 handicapped workers
now seeking jobs in this state If each worker gains a job
and averages 2000 a year income that adds up to 15
400000 entering Georgia coffers annually Handicapped
persons through gainful employment become taxpayers and
responsible citizensassets to Georgia
According to Kelly too many employers shy away from
hiring handicapped persons Since VJ Day employers stand
ards have reflected an upward trend as to age and efficiency
which works against USES efforts to place the physically
disabled
It was stressed that disabled persons on USES rolls are
carefully interviewed and screened out so that those referred
to employers are capable for the job USES analysts recom
mend them for
This problem is growing as more handicapped veterans
return from overseas or emerge from hospitals Kelly said
In one month alone we had 1162 applicants with physical
disabilities USES cant solve the problem aloneits up to
Georgia employers to cooperate and use handicapped per
sonnel wherever possible The Atlanta ConstitutionAcKabilitatiorv Mws
Published monthly by the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
Rehabilitations Best Year in Georgia
It is too early to be exact as this is written because re
ports are still coming in from district and local offices in the
state but on the basis of the early returns the fiscal year
ended June 30 was the best year Vocational Rehabilitation
has had in Georgia since the program was begun in 1920
The fiscal year 194546 will probably go on the books as
at least equaling and probably surpassing the 2361 cases
rehabilitated in the preceding fiscal year These closures
Mtk bear in mind arc not haphazardlj contrived but in each ln
Bk w stance must run a gantlet of critical inspection by adminis
Bm trative personnel whose business it is to be harsh judges of
whether a service has been rendered which actually rehabili
tated the individual The peak war years saw handicapped people more quickly
placed in business and industry and the record of the yearthus closed has been
achieved in the face of drastically lessened job opportunities It is true that un
employment has not been as marked as most economists anticipated but getting
a job or finding one for a handicapped person has certainly not been as easy
as in 1944
Georgia is assured of again standing at or near the top of the national scale
in this federalstate program And we firmly believe that in 194647 we are
going to reach and serve more persons than ever before We must
M D Collins
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peacluree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 007 Southern Finance Bldg
AthensHardman Hall University
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
re Veterans J
Staff
Two more veterans have joined the staff of counselors They are
James R Hampton alumnus of Young Harris Mercer and Oglethorpe
Universities taught at Oakwood Murrayville and Iron City served two and
a half years in AAF at Robins Field Assigned to North Georgia Vocational
School
M R Little attended Mercer University and Peabody College superin
tendent of schools in Jefferson County state school supervisor ofSoutheast
Georgia captain in World War I and major in World War II Assigned to
Waycross
Spiritual Through Inspiration
A letter from Lee S Trimble director of the Business Panel Agricultural
and Industrial Development Board of Georgia
Each issue of Vocational Rehabilitation News gives me a new thrill as 1
learn of the good work being done
When physical and other handicaps are removed new skills taught and a
fresh interest in life provided to numbers of people such accomplishments tran
scend the economic and social to become spiritual through inspiration
As a citizen I appreciate this fine service being rendered those who are
handicapped
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Vending Stand Operator John D Croker at the Civilian
Personnel Division Retirement Records Branch Army Air
Forces 86 Edgewood Avenue S E had been eager to get a
stand from the time the program was begun last fall Mean
while he worked as a rivet sorter at the Bell Bomber Plant
Marietta Previously he had made brooms at the Atlanta
Community Shop His stand was opened in May one of the
dozenodd sponsored by the Georgia Cooperative Services for
the Blind and supervised by the Division of Vocational Re
habilitation and from its first day has done a flourishing
business enabling Mr Croker to earn a comfortable liveli
hood for himself wife and daughter Before taking over the
stand he was trained in planning buying and the keeping
of accurate reports with a stylus in Braille as do all the stand
operators in this program Mr Croker lives at 3835 Union
Avenue Hapeville and gets to and from work aloneVol 2 No 12
September 1946
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Estimates Based on
Statistical Analyses
Of Cases Closed
Rehabilitated in
Georgia in Fiscal
Year Ended June 30
Annual Earnings
Before Rehabilitation
3260000
IINMM UMAM
675000
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Annual Earnings
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Restored to Working A bility as a result of physical res
toration has been the experience of Miss Lucille Thompson
of Gainesville She had osteomyelitis in her left leg and was
unable to stand during an eighthour day in her work as a
weaver in Gainesville Mill She was referred to Vocational
Rehabilitation by a specialist who reported that the surgery
needed would enable her to keep her job but that she was
unable to pay the hospital and doctors bills Rehabilitation
provided these services and now Miss Thompson instead of
being an invalid is regularly employed
An Artificial Hand provided through Rehabilitation makes
Albert D Bowen of Roswell able to be satisfactorily em
ployed as a stock clerk for the Aviation Supply Corporation
Municipal Airport Atlanta He had been in the Navy and
lost his hand in an automobile accident He was trained in
use of the appliance through the cooperation of the United
States Employment Service and the Armys Lawson Gen
eral Hospital
Without Hands But on the Job steadily nevertheless is
Fred A Willingham of East Point He operates an elevator
in the First National Bank Building Atlanta At the time
his case was surveyed by Vocational Rehabilitation he was
unemployed and dependent upon his wife They had three
children Mr Willingham had lost his left hand and had
his right hand severely crippled in a sawmill accident He
had no work experience except in sawmills as a truck driver
and farming Rehabilitation found him a job which he can
perform despite his disabilities
Physical Restoration and Training put Albert W Wells
of Savannah on a good job Previously he had been unable
to workand had lost his jobbecause of a hernia Re
habilitation provided the necessary surgery which he could
not have had otherwise and subsidized his training with the
Savannah Typewriter and Adding Machine Company 129
West Congress Street He is shown with S W Malone
head of the firm
U S Rehabilitation
Association to Draft
Plan for Legislation
A blueprint of legislation to improve re
habilitation of persons with occupational han
dicaps will be drafted by the legislative com
mittee of the National Rehabilitation Associa
tion
The blueprint will be submitted to the ex
ecutive committee of the States Rehabilitation
Council in Chicago in September
These announcements were made by Paul
S Barrett chairman of the NRA legislative
committee following a recent conference of
state and federal vocational rehabilitation of
ficials with Representative Augustine B Kel
ley Pa chairman of the Subcommittee on
Aid to the Physically Handicapped House
Committee on Labor
Present at the Washington conference were
Voyle C Scurlock of Oklahoma president of
the National Rehabilitation Association Mr
Barrett of Georgia R C Thompson of
Maryland past president of NRA and ex
ecutive committeeman John A Kratz asso
ciate director of the Office of Vocational Re
habilitation Representative Kelley and Mrs
Mary Louise Glass staff director of the sub
committee
Report in October
The Kelley committee has conducted hear
ings during the past two years on means to
improve services to the handicapped having
been set up by Congress to study the subject
Its report is expected to be made in October
National Rehabilitation Association officials
and others have been heard by the committee
particularly on H R 5206 introduced by
Representative Sparkman Alabama This bill
would transfer the Office of Vocational Re
habilitation to a completely federal organiza
tion which would largely duplicate the present
state program and this might terminate or
greatly reduce federal aid to the state pro
grams It would impose on all employers of
10 or more persons a quota system forcing
them to hire disabled individuals on a basis of
their disabilities rather than on the basis of
merit it was pointed out by NRA officials
and Michael J Shortley director of the Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation These disadvan
tages would tend to arouse the antagonism of
employers toward disabled persons Mr Short
ley said What is needed he added is a
more intensified program of information indi
cating the fact that a disabled person properly
prepared needs no special concessions
The purpose of the Chicago meeting will
be to achieve a unanimity of support for a
complete proposed program of expansion under
the present plan of state control
To Avoid Segregation
The Kelley committee has conducted the
most comprehensive hearings ever held by any
Continued on page 4
Handicapped After Tuberculosis Robbie Lester Allen of Savan
nah was advised by doctors that he should not return to his former work
as a truck driver but should follow some less strenuous occupation He
has a wife and two children Rehabilitation provided dental work neces
sary to maintain his health and sent him to the North Georgia Voca
tional School Shoe shop equipment was purchased for him with the
understanding that the equipment would remain the property of Re
habilitation but that he might use it as long as it enabled him to be
economically independent Today he has a prospering business He is
shown with A F Lingle trainer right at the Cut Rate Shoe Re
builders 1108 Wheaton Street
Blind Since Birth as the result of carelessness of a midwife Miss
Eula Mae Hightower a graduate of the Georgia Academy for the
Blind is the operator of a profitable business in the Macon Post Office
It is one of the rapidly increasing enterprises sponsored by Georgia Co
operative Services for the Blind Inc and supervised by Vocational
Rehabilitation Before being reached by Rehabilitation Miss High
towers earnings were slight in crocheting luncheon sets selling candies
fireworks etc for herself First she was placed with a foods packer in
wrapping potato chips candy and peanuts and thus became selfsup
porting but her pleasant personality won her a position in the vending
stand program She is shown with W A Patillo postmasterPhysically Impaired Individual Earns Place
In Business World Through Better Efficiency
By O E Myers
Regional Director United States Civil
Service Commission
Very early after the attack on Pearl
Harbor the U S Civil Service Com
mission was faced with converting its
examining and recruiting program to
an allout war basis The immediate
objective was to assure the maximum
utilization of manpower However it
was realized at the time that later the
federal government would be faced
with the problem of absorbing its share
of disabled veterans during and after
the war
The Medical Division of the Civil
Service Commission initiated extensive
surveys of a large number of positions
in government including navy yard ar
senals and air fields for the purpose of
determining the physical demands of
these positions Over 2500 positions
representing many thousands of jobs
were carefully analyzed to determine
the physical demands of the position in
relation to functional and working fac
tors
The manpower situation in the Fifth
Civil Service Region which comprises
the states of Alabama Florida Geor
gia South Carolina and Tennessee be
came critical in 1943 and it was real
ized that we would have to tap hitherto
unused sources of manpower in order
to fill federal jobs In a meeting of the
Vocational Rehabilitation supervisors
in Georgia I was invited to express my
views on the possibility of placing some
of the 30000 handicapped individuals
in this state in federal positions It ap
peared logical that if we were recruit
ing for 10000 vacancies and the State
Vocational Rehabilitation Division of
the Department of Education had 30
000 physically impaired persons that
the thing to do was to make these im
paired individuals available to federal
appointing officers Therefore Mr
Paul Barrett the State Director of Vo
cational Rehabilitation and I deter
mined on holding a physically handi
capped employment clinic in Atlanta
It was my job to see that the appointing
officials were on hand that the appli
cants were given appropriate qualifying
Civil Service examinations as well as
medical examinations and then to cer
tify them to the personnel officials at
tending the clinic Mr Barrett agreed
to furnish transportation to place of
appointment as well as maintenance
for those employees who themselves
were unable to defray such expenses
As a result our first handicapped
employment clinic was held in the State
Capitol in Atlanta in February 1943
It was attended by approximately 800
physically impaired people There were
12 appointing officers present and as a
result approximately 400 physically
impaired individuals received appoint
ment in federal positions
We had approached this project with
some temerity However by using the
criteria established as the result of the
commissions surveys referred to above
we were very careful to make judicious
placements We realized that this ini
tial use of physically impaired citizens
had to be successful if we hoped to con
tinue such placements Careful checks
were made to provide adequate compar
ison between the physically impaired
employee and the normal worker This
check was based primarily on absentee
ism turnover rate of accident and pro
duction In the case of absenteeism and
turnover the record of the physically
impaired person was far better than that
of the normal person In a great num
ber of cases this was the first job that
these employees had ever had It was
their first opportunity to be indepen
dent of relatives or charity It is ob
vious why their record in absenteeism
and turnover was far better than that
of the normal person Being already
physically impaired it naturally follows
that these employees were considerably
more careful in their work and there
fore their accident rate was much bet
ter than that of their fellow employees
Perhaps the most important of these
items checked was production In the
great majority of instances the produc
tion of the physically impaired person
was equal to and in some instances bet
ter than the normal person
Thousands of Placements
Subsequently through the coopera
tion of the State Superintendents of
Education and State Directors of Voca
tional Rehabilitation over 100 such
clinics were held throughout the five
states which are included in this re
gion resulting in thousands of place
ments
The Mobile Air Service Command
Mobile Ala originally employed a few
physically impaired people out of neces
sity There was no other source of
manpower which had not been exhaust
ed As a result of the remarkable per
formance of these physically impaired
employees in Mobile the Mobile Air
Service Command eventually employed
over 2000 physically handicapped indi
viduals 50 of whom were totally or
industrially blind They discovered
that a blind person could work as well
or better in a dark room of a photo
graphic laboratory than a normal per
son Their ability to measure the thick
ness of mica between their fingers sur
passed the performance of any machin
ery Their dexterity in sorting rivets
nuts screws and bolts was superior to
that of the sighted person
Other installations notably Warner
Robins Air Field Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville Arsenal Charleston Navy
Yard and Key West Naval Base had
similar experiences
Quoted below is a portion of a letter
written by Major Augustus H King
Chief of the Employees Relations
Branch of the Warner Robins Air
Depot
An analysis of efficiency ratings of
handicapped and normal employees oc
cupying ungraded positions reveals the
following percentagesThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
September 1946
Hi indicapped Normal
Excellent 57 46
Very Good 206 202
Good 631 600
Fair 109 134
Unsatisfactory 03 18

The program for the utilization of
handicapped personnel at this station
has received national recognition and
careful analysis of success obtained in
dicates that specialized personnel trained
in the counseling and proper placement
of handicapped personnel is essential A
close followup of all placements must
be maintained by skilled personnel so
that placement can be evaluated and
work areas redesigned if necessary in
order to fully utilize handicapped per
sonnel
Constant contact must be main
tained with supervisory personnel in
order that they may be kept informed
as to the limitations of the employees
handicaps and that sympathy for and
unusual concessions to handicapped per
sonnel was not necessary and actually
harmful as a handicapped person prop
erly placed would prove equally as effi
cient as any normal employee
It is believed that the work done
with handicapped employees at this sta
tion by personnel trained in the han
dling of problems peculiar to handi
capped personnel has laid a foundation
which will be of great value in effect
ing proper placement and maximum
utilization of handicapped veterans of
World War II when the time comes to
employ them in large numbers
Literally hundreds of such letters
were received in my office praising the
part that the physically impaired indi
vidual played in aiding in the war ef
fort
An Example
One of the outstanding and most
recent placements of a physically im
paired veteran is the case of Thomas
Z Atkeson Captain Atkeson lost both
hands and both eyes in a mine explosion
while on active duty He was formerly
employed in June 1939 as a junior
biologist in the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice In July 1945 Mr James Silver
regional director of the Fish and Wild
life Service here in Atlanta called this
office about Captain Atkesons case
The captain who has a degree in for
estry from the University of Georgia
and did postgraduate work in wildlife
management at Auburn University
was applying for restoration to his for
mer position in the Fish and Wildlife
Service It was obvious that without
hands or eyes he would not be able to
perform his previous duties as a junior
biologist
Section 8 of the Selective Training
and Service Act provides in part that
a returning veteran shall be qualified
to perform the duties of his position in
order to be restored under the provi
sions of the act I felt that although
Captain Atkeson could not perform his
previous duties that a man so handi
capped who had enough fortitude to re
quest restoration to his job should have
as much consideration as could possibly
be accorded him I therefore sent one
of my staff officers over to talk with
Mr Silver to see if some plan could be
worked out in which this disabled vet
eran could be restored to a position the
duties of which he could adequately
perform Mr Silver of the Fish and
Wildlife Service agreed that the serv
ices of an information advisor were
needed in this region
The inability of Captain Atkeson to
read then presented a problem The
captain was willing to hire out of his
salary a person who could read to him
and in turn take dictation It was
realized that a federal employee can
not hire another employee to perform
part of his duties as this is contrary to
regulations
Reader Trained
It occurred to me that the Veterans
Administration might be in position in
its rehabilitation and training program
to provide a readertrainer for Captain
Atkeson I therefore had one of my
staff officers who was in Montgomery
Ala talk with Mr Harley A Smith
Chief of the Vocational Rehabilitation
and Education Division Veterans Ad
ministration Mr Smith agreed to do
everything possible to work out an ac
ceptable training program Mr Silver
and Mr Roy Moore of the Fish and
Wildlife Service together with a staff
member of this office prepared a list of
duties for Mr Atkeson for a trainee
position of PS2 assistant biologist
With the aid of the Vocational Re
habilitation Division of the Depart
ment of Education Alabama a young
man was selected and trained to act as
reader for Captain Atkeson This young
man is himself a physically handicapped
person
The entire case was then submitted
to the Veterans Administration in
Washington for final approval and we
are happy to report that Mr Atkeson
has entered on duty with headquarters
at Decatur Ala as an assistant biolo
gist trainee He will travel throughout
this region where he will visit the va
rious refuges and projects prepare edu
cational material give lectures radio
addresses interpret exhibits and show
motion pictures and slides to veterans
hospitals sportsmen conservation
groups and schools
From October 1 1942 through
March 1946 there have been placed
in this region 10126 physically im
paired federal employees We could not
have possibly had this degree of success
without the active and wholehearted
cooperation of the state directors of
Vocational Rehabilitation throughout
this region and the sincere assistance of
the federal appointing officers in mak
ing judicious placements As far as the
federal government is concerned the
physically impaired individual has
earned his rightful place in industry
Legislation
Continued from page 2
legislative committee on the subject of
the handicapped Its membership in
cludes Jennings Randolph W Va
Ellis E Patterson Calif William J
Green Jr Pa Richard J Welch
Calif Joseph Clark Baldwin N Y
and Sherman Adams N H
The NRA has 2500 members
nearly all professional personnel en
gaged in rehabilitation work in the na
tion together with large numbers of
professional and lay workers in public
and private agencies dealing with va
rious types of the handicapped It has
consistently sought to emphasize that
the aim of the program is not to segre
gate disabled persons but rather to as
similate them into the working popula
tion by planned physical restoration
training guidance and counselnot to
set them apart from the remainder of
society as a group for which special
benefits and privileges must be sought
Isolation in a Federal Commission for
the Physically Handicapped under a
forced quota system would inevitably
lead to segregation of the handicapped
as they take their places in industry and
commerceUpper RightTwo Rehabilitation clients are employed in
Franks Shoe Shop 205 Hardeman Avenue Macon Willie
Johnson Jr in foreground has a crippled right leg The Divi
sion provided him with a brace sent him to the Georgia State
and Industrial College Savannah and then arranged further
training in Franks Shoe Shop He is doing well James Wil
liams with a deformed foot did not want surgical treatment
saying he could stand 48 hours per week for work not involving
heavy lifting and so he too was considered a case suitable for
shoe repair work and the Division provided onthejob training
Upper LeftBroom shop operated by blind men has begun
operation in the basement of Tabernacle Baptist Church Gwin
nett and Harrison Streets Augusta R O Hubbardthe in
structor in foreground is from Waycross and was given broom
shop training in Atlanta Clients Willie Hogan Albert Bright
heart and Andrew Williams shown in the order named all
learned broommaking They find a ready market for the brooms
Lower LeftSamuel Moss was a painter when he contracted
tuberculosis After recovering from the disease doctors told
him he should not return to his old occupation but was all right
for less tiring work such as barbering Samuel had a family to
support Rehabilitation provided training He is shown on his
new job at the College Barber Shop 1209 Railroad Avenue
AugustacKabilitatiotv Mws
2400 Georgians
in
ublished monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville1 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross32 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus11 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Our predictions that the fiscal year just ended would be the best in the
26year history of this Division are more than amply borne out in the final
returns just compiled The figures on the cover tell part of the story
These 2400 persons had annual earnings before being served by the
Division of approximately 624000 Complete expenditures of the Divi
sion during the year totaled slightly more than the 675000 represented
on the cover as the cost of the program but the difference is accounted for
by cases still in the process of being servecf on June 30 The estimated
675000 includes all administrative costs prorated among the cases actually
rehabilitated
The difference between the annual earnings before rehabilitation and
the 3260000 annual earnings after rehabilitation webelieve is an im
pressive contrast demonstrating what can be accomplished by sincere guid
ance counsel training and physical restoration for the handicapped who
might otherwise be in some measure lost to the state or even liabilities
upon it
More were rehabilitated than in 194445 when war plants were
booming
Of the 2400 men numbered 1755 and women 645 Eightytwo are
blind persons There were 1715 white cases and 685 nonwhite Even
section of society is represented 16 years of age or older from the lowliest
darkey previously dependent on public welfare to college students
In past years Georgia with the federal government paying threefourths
of the costs has given its people more rehabilitation service in ratio to
population than any other state in the nation We havent seen the figures
from the other states this year but we know that Vocational Rehabilitation
has served handicapped Georgians in a remarkable manner And we are
determined to do far better in the current year
M D Collins
A letter from Lon Sullivan director of the Georgia Citizens Council
I have been reading carefully the last few issues of Rehabilitation
News and I just want to congratulate your department
This is one of the best publications of any state department It tells
the story so graphically of the splendid work of rehabilitation
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Taking Forestry Course at the University of Georgia
with Rehabilitation aid is Eldredge Carnes of Roopville
Carroll County His disability of the right arm and hand
will not seriously handicap him as a forester He attended
the university for two terms left when forestry courses were
discontinued temporarily and was employed by the T V A
and the Georgia Forestry Department Now he has resumed
college training as the courses he wanted are once more
available
Enabled to Finish training in the GuptonJones College of
Mortuary Science Nashville Tenn Emmett G Sanders
of Hartwell is now completing apprenticeship as an em
balmer in the Athens Funeral Home He financed his own
training except for the last four months and a kidney ailment
made him eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation aid He has
a wife and daughter Without Rehabilitation services he
might not have been able to complete the course which now
has placed him in a wellpaid occupationVol 3 No 1 October 1946
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jNVFRSiTY OF 6E0R0IA
The Most Successful Conference in the 26year history of
Vocational Rehabilitation in Georgia got into full stride after
three days of training for case workers with the arrival of
Watson B Miller Federal Security Administratorthe man
next in line to the President and Congress for operation of a
group of agenciesand Michael J Shortley director Federal
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Left to right above
Paul S Barrett director Division of Vocational Rehabilita
tion Georgia Department of Education Mr Shortley H B
Cummings regional representative Federal Office of Voca
tional Rehabilitation Captain Miller E K Bell supervisor
of the Savannah district and Terry C Foster assistant re
gional representative of the Federal office Below are part of
the conference delegation which met the Washington officials
upon their earlymorning arrival At Captain Millers right is
M D Mobley Georgia Director of Vocational Education

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And Michigan Third
By M D Collins
Georgia School Superintendent
This issue of the Rehabilitation
News marks a glorious milestone in the
broad field of education in this state and
particularly in Vocational Rehabilitation
The biggest and best annual confer
ence of the Vocational Rehabilitation
Division since the work began in this
state in 1920 was climaxed by the an
nouncement from Washington that Geor
gia led all the states of the nation re
gardless of population in rehabilitations
in the past fiscal year
It would have been impressive enough
if Georgia had led only in cases closed
rehabilitated in ratio to population
That would have been a highly signifi
cant accomplishment
But even with a population far smaller
than other leading states Georgia re
habilitated more handicapped civilians
Second to Georgias 2400 rehabilitations
was California with 2292 Michigan
was third with 2203 and New York
fourth with 2115
This is not to say that other states do
not have good Vocational Rehabilitation
programs Most of them do But the
Georgia rehabilitation staff has somehow
been caught up in an enthusiasm that
never knows when to quit and never
gives up on any client for whom the coun
selors believe there is hope
This record could not have been
achieved without the splendid coopera
tion of the Federal staff whose chiefs
honored us by attending the conference
On the basis of GovernorNominee
Talmadges commitments to the public
schools Georgias appropriation for pub
lic education during the next fiscal year
will be 39000000 or 64 per cent
greater than the appropriation for the
past fiscal year Last June when the
Georgia Education Association asked all
candidates for Governor to state their
positions on meeting the minimum school
needs Mr Talmadge pledged himself to
make available approximately 3000000
more than was actually called for in the
G E A suggestions
An analysis of the probable fiscal needs
of Vocaticnal Rehabilitation in particular
during the next four years indicated that
the state could profitably allot 500000
for this program and obtain Federal par
ticipation on a threefourths basis To
this specific state appropriation the in
coming administration has committed
itself
District Supervisors look over a map indicating the number of cases rehabilitated
in each county of the state during the fiscal year These figures were compared
with the population of each county to find weak spots in the program where more
effort might profitably be expended The supervisors are left to right E E Ken
nedy Macon district John S Prickett Augusta district Otis C Dyer Atlanta
district and E K Bell Savannah district Of Georgias nationleading total of
2400 cases rehabilitated during the year including blind cases 893 were in Mr
Kennedys district 436 in Mr Pricketts 640 in Mr Dyers and 431 in Mr Bells
Placement Specialists for the blind interested in the operation of all vending
stands because of Georgias expanding program of stands with blind operators
inspect a stand in the General Oglethorpe Hotel where the conference was held
Miss Nora Hillburn the stands operator shows Placement Specialist Tom Bing
ham the location of merchandise while Placement Specialists Harry Delaney
Robert Ellenberg and John Lewis stand by

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Outstanding Physicians and Surgeons of Georgia are giv
ing full cooperation to the Vocational Rehabilitation program
Many of them lectured on their specialties during the confer
ence Above are first row left to right Dr Jeff Richardson
Dr C E Rushin Dr Thomas P Goodwin Dr A R Rozar
Dr W G Hamm and Dr C A Henderson Second row
Dr Edgar H Greene School Superintendent Collins Dr
O F Keen Dr C C Aven Assistant Director A P Jarrell
of the Division Dr Hewitt I Varney Dr Thomas B Mc
Kneelv and Director Paul Barrett
Making First Purchases at vending stand opening in Savan
nah Post Office are School Superintendent Collins and three
members of the Georgia Board of EducationJ W Over
street of Wadley W W McCay of Eastanollee board chair
man and W C Clary Jr of Waynesboro Operator of the
stand Gadson C Floyd was dependent upon his family before
being reached by Vocational Rehabilitation and the Georgia
Cooperative Servicesfor the Blind Now he has a business
which gives every indication of flourishing under Vocational
Rehabilitation supervision
By Eugene Talmadge GovernorNominee
and M E Thompson Lieutenant GovernorNominee
The privilege of addressing this pro
fessional group composed of experts in
the science of rehabilitating and rebuild
ing the lives of human beings is an
honor that I appreciate very much You
are restoring people to their rightful
places as selfsustaining and selfrespect
ing members of society Your work
consists of bringing light into corners
that would otherwise be darkened by
misery and distress You are mission
aries in a great humanitarian enterprise
and have become skilled in rescuing
those who would otherwise be left
stranded in a desert of discouragement
and despair or remain at the mercy of
public or private charity Your labors
are paying dividends in terms of hap
piness and material benefit to our state
I welcome this opportunity to greet
you and congratulate you At the same
time I am glad to pay a tribute to my
good friends Dr Collins and Director
Paul Barrett as well as their able col
leaguesall of whom have earned the
applause and gratitude of our people
for their valuable contributions to the
cause of Vocational Rehabilitation
which have placed Georgia in the fore
front of this great endeavor and won
for us such high rank All of us are
proud of this distinction achieved by a
combination of hard effort superb
teamwork and inspiring leadership
Such a record affords new testimony
of why we are proud to be Georgians
Economic Casualties
It is most appropriate that this im
portant annual meeting should occur in
the hospitable and historic community
which was the cradle of Georgia We
are always proud to point to Savannah
as the birthplace of our state This
hallowed shrine reminds us of how the
founder of our colony that became the
Southern outpost of civilization was in
spired also to make it the refuge for the
unfortunates of the old world Under
This address was prepared in collabora
tion by GovernorNominee Talmadge and
Mr Thompson the Lieutenant Governor
Nominee Portions of it were delivered by
each speaker Mr Talmadge for a radio
transcription and Mr Thompson in per
sonal appearance before the conference
since it was necessary for Mr Talmadge
to leave Savannah before his scheduled
appearance It has been edited to dispel
confusion over the identity of either official
Georgias friendly skies and on her gen
tle soil these economic casualties of an
earlier day were permitted to mend
their broken lives and gain a fresh
start toward prosperity and success
That is an inspiring example for those
who have dedicated themselves to re
habilitate human beings and mend
broken lives What a worthy task it is
to be engaged in bettering the lot of
those to whom physical misfortune has
brought a personal crisis and of giving
aid to those who have become temporary
casualties in our modern competition
and complex struggle for survival
According to my thinking the main
purpose of education is to prepare in
dividuals to become more valuable
members of society and thereby help to
improve the standard of the community
To become useful members of society
involves also the obligation to become
selfsustaining members It is precisely
in this respect that Vocational Rehabil
itation plays such a prominent part
It requires no person who has adopt
ed teaching as a fulltime career to warn
us that we face a serious problem as
exemplified by the fact that there were
fifty thousand more pupils enrolled in
Georgias public schools last year than
in the previous school term and that a
corresponding increase is likely to con
tinue for several years to come
In connection with Vocational Re
habilitation as in the instance of Voca
tional Education generally the incom
ing administration has specified a sub
stantial raise in the estimates of the ed
ucational leaders themselves thereby
enabling us to enjoy larger grants on a
matching basis from the Federal
treasury than Georgia has ever enjoyed
before
Matching Basis Unfair
It is hoped that very soon the Federal
Government will recognize the unfair
ness of the present method of making
grants in aid to the several states strict
ly on a matching basis This method
tends to make wealthy states wealthier
and poor states poorer Federal grants
should recognize the principle of need
and general welfare of the people
Vocational Rehabilitation offers the
most convincing illustration of how the
State in cooperation with the Federal
government may be of service to a
group of citizens without resorting
either to regimentation or coercion It
deals with the unique problems of hu
man beings taking into account the
particular physical handicap to which
each individual must make separate ad
justment It is not a mass production
operation Indeed it discards the very
thought of regimentation When cor
rectly applied Vocational Rehabilita
tion means fashioning a tailormade
suit fitted to the exact requirements in
each particular case Its ideal is to
place the rehabilitant in a paying and
worthwhile job that fits his aptitude
and temperament and is adjusted to his
exact physical condition
It is a paying enterprise justifying
the support even of those who must
reckon every equation by the yardstick
of does it pay It reconverts multi
tudes of economic liabilities into eco
nomic assets capable not only of enjoy
ing but of substantially enriching the
community where they dwell
The statistics that handsomely dem
onstrate the economic gains registered
in the record of Vocational Rehabilita
tion captivate our imagination and ex
cite our admiration Brevity precludes
detailed reference either to the mon
etary results or the multitudes whom it
has rejuvenated and regenerated
Suffice it to say that both in war and
in peace the contribution of Vocational
Education has been a gigantic factor
The lame the halt and the blind struck
a magnificent blow to help win the
nasty dirty and costly war from which
we emerged a short year ago America
owes these industrial casualties a debt
we can never pay
In the construction sciences the spe
cialized field of building occupies an
indispensable place And in this spe
cial field everybody knows that it is
harder to rebuild than it is to build
from the start What nobler task can
there be than that of rebuildingnot
material resources but the far more
priceless human resources that are per
sonified in the eager ambitious and fine
citizens who compose the clientele of
those who will administer and who are
enlisted in the priesthood that has mas
tered the philosophy and devoutly
preaches the religion of Vocational Re
habilitationWith Handicaps Than Any State in Nation
By Watson B Miller
Federal Security Administrator
It is a real inspiration to meet here
with you people who are responsible for
the good record made by the State of
Georgia in the number of people placed
in employment through its vocational
rehabilitation program
I am very happy to be able to say
that Georgia stood first in the nation
in the number of persons rehabilitated
into employment for the 1946 fiscal
year
Among the various activities carried
on by the Federal Security Agency to
promote and maintain the health edu
cation and social security of the people
the vocational rehabilitation program
has a special place in my heart Before
coming to the Federal Security Agency
I had the honor of serving for eighteen
years on the American Legions Na
tional Rehabilitation Committee I
know from long experience the per
sonal gratification to be gained from
your work which restores to a life of
usefulness those who through physical
or mental handicaps would except for
vocational rehabilitation services be
destined to live an existence of despair
dependent on others for a livelihood
Congress has pointed out that one of
the essentials to success of the State
Federal vocational rehabilitation pro
gram is letting it be widely known that
these services are available to physically
and mentally handicapped persons
Your record here in Georgia is un
doubtedly due to your having an effec
tive program for getting this word
around to the people who need to know
it
Vocational rehabilitation is a term
used frequently these days in newspa
pers and magazines and on the radio
Yet we have found that very few men
and women know exactly what it means
in actual practice We know too that
those who can define and discuss the
term are vociferous in their praise of
the results of vocational rehabilitation
I hope that eventually the two words
will be as common a household expres
sion as social security and unem
ployment compensation because they
are just as important
What It Is
At this point Id like to recall in a
Before the Georgia Rehabilitation Con
ference Savannah Georgia August 23
few words just what we do mean by
the term vocational rehabilitation
Professional people define it as the
restoration of the handicapped to the
fullest physical mental social voca
tional and economic usefulness of which
they are capable But in everyday
language vocational rehabilitation
means whatever is necessary to help
disabled men and women overcome
physical or mental impairments so that
they can work for pay in jobs which
utilize their best abilities
In vocational rehabilitation its not
what a man or woman has lost but
what he or she has left thats impor
tant We who are most intimately as
sociated with vocational rehabilitation
particularly with that phase which re
volves about the joint State and Fed
eral programs have seen vindicated in
wartime industries our contention that
physically and mentally handicapped
men and women who have been properly
trained for employment and placed in
jobs which utilize their abilities actually
are no more handicapped than able
bodied workers
7000000 Out Daily
On an average day seven million
persons are prevented from doing their
normal work on account of illness in
jury or other disablements About half
of these people have been unable to
work for at least six months
Accidents in the home and in the
factory on the highway and on the farm
cost the nation five billion dollars a year
and cause the waste of three hundred
and fifty million mendays of labor
Each year there are 600000 persons
injured seriously100000 of whom
are injured so severely as to require
special services before thev can hold
jobs again Approximately 100000
others are disabled each year from ill
ness or from other causes
Its an unhappy condition but the
cruel fact is that despite advances in
safety practices and medical science the
disabled portion of our population is
constantly increasing
The question isWhat can be done
to help these people overcome their dis
abilities What do we plan to do for
disabled Americans in order that they
may be in a position to do a days work
and get a days pay
I think that the best answer lies in
the vocational rehabilitation programs
which are fostered jointly by the Fed
eral Government and each of the 48
states the District of Columbia Hawaii
and Puerto Rico Congress recognizes
and has implementedthe right of
all Americans to all necessary services
which will help them to overcome or
eliminate handicaps to employment re
sulting from accident illness or other
causes
Vocational rehabilitation for civilians
is not newalthough Ill grant you
that weve been hearing more about it
since VJ Day than in all the other
years it has been in existence Voca
tional rehabilitation dates back 26 years
But not until 1943 did we have the
present law which provides any service
necessary to get disabled persons ready
to take jobs
Public Law 113
Congress enacted in 1920 the first
Vocational Rehabilitation Act for the
civilian populace but had to renew the
financial provisions from time to time to
keep the programs in operation in 1935
provision was made for the first per
manent authorization of funds in the
amount of 1938000 annually for
grants to the states Congress increased
the annual authorization to 3500 000
in 1939 and in 1943 enacted the Bar
denLaFollette Amendments otherwise
known as Public Law 113 of the 78th
Congress which removed the ceilings
on Federal funds to be made available
to the states for vocational rehabilita
tion programs for civilians Public Law
113 also made provisions for rehabili
tation of the emotionally and mentally
ill as well as the physically handi
capped
In contrast to the program of reha
bilitation for war veterans which is
conducted by the Veterans Adminis
tration the civilian program of voca
tional rehabilitation is a partnership be
tween the Federal Government and the
states The states actually provide all
services to individuals and the Federal
Government assists them bv paying ap
proximately 70 per cent of the cost of
all state programs The Federal Gov
ernment pays the full administrative
costs of state programs and bears half
the expense of services to individuals
One of the most significant provi
sions of Public Law 113 permits utiliThe Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News
October 1946
zation of medical surgical and psychia
tric treatment to remove or reduce
physical or mental conditions which are
held to be job handicaps The original
legislation authorized only the furnish
ing of artificial appliances such as limbs
hearing aids braces and the like it did
not provide for corrective services to
obviate the artificial aide or make their
utilization more effective
Now any man or woman of working
age with a substantial job handicap in
the form of a physical or mental impair
ment is eligible for StateFederal voca
tional rehabilitation These services are
available not only for persons whose
disabilities are readily discernible such
as amputees paralytics cerebral palsied
or spastics and the blind but also for
those with unseen handicaps such as ar
rested tuberculosis emotional disabili
ties deafness and heart disease In
short any condition resulting from ac
cident illness or other origin which
substantially prevents or interferes with
a persons earning a living in accord
ance with his best ability would make
the person eligible for vocational reha
bilitation
Vocational rehabilitation is a public
service in the same sense as our school
systems visiting nurse services libra
ries health centers welfare agencies
municipal water systems and police and
fire departments Vocational rehabili
tation is not charity Id like to empha
size that againvocational rehabilita
tion is not charity The Congress of
the United States has assumed leader
ship in advocating the establishment of
these services for all Americans who
need them It has made Federal funds
available to the states to help meet the
costs of these services
Whv one might properly inquire
with all these services available is there
a backlog of a million and a half men
and women of working age with job
handicaps
400 Per Cent Increase
Several factors are involved First of
all the expanded programs have been
in operation only three years From
the enactment of the original Voca
tional Rehabilitation Act in 1920 until
Congress passed Public Law 113 just
210000 persons were rehabilitated into
jobs The expanded programs went into
operation when the United States and
our allies were engaged in a bitter un
relenting war with the Axis powers
Therefore until after VJ Day very
few men and women who were eligible
for vocational rehabilitation services
were aware of the fact because news
papers magazines radio stations and
other media for disseminating informa
tion were primarily and understandably
interested in the progress of our armed
forces As a result we did not have the
opportunities which we have at our dis
posal today for bringing home to the
people who are eligible and waiting the
essential information concerning voca
tional rehabilitation and approximately
123000 persons were all who came to
benefit from the programs between July
6 1943 and the close of the 1946 fiscal
year It is encouraging to note how
ever that the average of rehabilitations
into employment has gone up from
9100 a year before passage of Public
Law 113 to more than 40000 a year
after passage of the amendments This
is an increase of better than 400 per
cent
I like to emphasize and reemphasize
that rehabilitated workers have proved
by their records in bustling wartime in
dustries that when they have been prop
erlv trained and placed in jobs which
utilize their best abilities they are no
more handicapped than the ablebodied
men and women who work at their side
The Federal Office of Vocational Re
habilitation made a survev of 100 con
cerns employing socalled handicapped
workers and found that
Handicapped workers are equally as
efficient many even slightly better than
ablebodied workers66 per cent were
equal to the ablebodied 24 per cent
were better and only 10 per cent were
worse
Handicapped workers have better
safety records56 per cent had fewer
accidents than the nonhandicapped 41
per cent had records as good and only
two per cent had worse records
Less Absenteeism
Handicapped workers come to work
regularly55 per cent of those sur
veyed were absent less frequently than
nonhandicapped workers 40 per cent
had the same absentee record and only
five per cent had worse
Handicapped workers stay on the job
longerrecords show that 82 per cent
stayed on the job longer than the non
handicapped 16 per cent had records
as good as the completely ablebodied
and onlv one per cent had worse records
I think youll agree that these sta
tistics are impressive and convincing I
should like to point out that the fore
sroine records were made by socalled
handicapped workers at a time when
their services were so urgently required
that they were placed in iobs with a
minimum of preparation We can only
surmise what the potentialities of these
same workers would be today with suf
ficient time available to provide the
allround vocational rehabilitation
services to which they are entitled It
goes without saying that their produc
tion and efficiency records would be
even better than they were during the
war
The national rehabilitation programs
are emerging from the obscurity in
which they were cloaked for 20odd
years because of limited services and
funds Congress has given the states
the green light by guaranteeing ade
quate financial support for their efforts
Longrange planning and vision are
called for at this time Quantity and
quality can go forward hand in hand
Lets consider again the backlog of
one million and a half men and women
who need rehabilitation services right
now and the 200000 others who are
expected to become disabled each year
Lets also consider what we might do
to reduce this loss in manpower
We could reduce the backlog at the
rate of 100000 cases a year if we set
out to rehabilitate 300000 persons an
nually At this rate it would follow
that the backlog would be exhausted
in 15 years
However since state agencies are
currently closing out as rehabilitated
slightly more than 40000 persons per
year it appears that we will not imme
diately be able to achieve the goal we
would like to set Progress at the rate
of 150000 per year seems to be a more
realistic goal at the present time The
figure can be stepped up as often as
warranted with increased rehabilita
tions
Our experience has shown us that
the average cost per case for rehabilita
tion is 300 With the goal set at
150000 rehabilitations per year the
cost of the program for one vear would
be fortyfive million dollars The
states probably would have to make
available approximately thirteen and
onehalf millions of the fortyfive mil
lion dollar total The states share
then would amount to less than ten
cents from each resident of the United
States on the basis of the latest popula
tion estimates of 140000000 men
women and children
Some Never Worked
By looking back at what was accom
plished in one year for physically and
mentally handicapped persons we can
have some idea of what can be accom
plished in the future if state appropria
tions for vocational rehabilitation
should amount to just ten cents for
each person in the population of the
respective states
During the 1946 fiscal vear services
were provided for approximately 175
000 handicapped men and women of
whom an estimated 36000 completed
rehabilitation and obtained jobs The
others were still in process of rehabili
tation at the close of the year or madeadjustment without the need of major
rehabilitation services Of those reha
bilitated into jobs previous experience
indicates that 79 per cent were unem
ployed at the time of applying for serv
ices and 18 per cent had never worked
previously
From data based on the fiscal year
1945 vfe found that before rehabilita
tion these handicapped men and women
subsisted on incomes totaling approxi
mately 12000000 a year which they
received from odd jobs parttime em
ployment etc After rehabilitation
they became jobholders earning at the
rate of 73000000 a yearan income
increase of 600 per cent a year The
average salary rate was 1764
Business Basis
In doing the rehabilitation job ex
isting public and private facilities and
all available service resources are util
ized Training is secured from public
and private schools vocational training
courses and inservice training on the
job Medical and surgical diagnostic
services and treatment are purchased
or secured from practicing physicians
and hospital care from both public and
voluntary hospitals Jobs are found in
private business and Government on
the customary business basis
We have made a good beginning
with the expanded services which Con
gress has made available for vocational
rehabilitation but we are barely scratch
ing the surface
We would not be fair to ourselves or
to the state legislatures if we were to
say that little progress has been made
since July 6 1943 It is true that some
states have lagged behind unfortunate
ly It is true also that national figures
on rehabilitations into employment are
disappointing even when proper weight
is given to increased quality and quan
tity of services and to the problems of
administration which have been encoun
tered Nevertheless progress has been
definite in the majority of states
For the first threequarters of the
1946 fiscal year Georgias enterprising
programheaded by Mr Paul S Bar
rett as directorenrolled more clients
than all of the New England states plus
the state of New York Georgia was
actually rendering services to fourfifths
as many clients as the New England
states plus the state of New York and
Georgia provided the highest number
of physical restorations of any state in
the Union bar none
It is heartening to see that Georgia
is exceeding the indicated estimates
based on populationof the number of
men and women who should be receiv
ing vocational rehabilitation services
Your state has located more eligible
disabled persons and is serving more
than any other state in the nation
There is no doubt that Georgia is
one of the states which recognize the
extent of the problems of disability con
fronting our nation and are trying to
make real headway in solving those
problems through an adequate program
of vocational rehabilitationClerical Workers from all the offices in the state many of
them not too familiar with the techniques and regulations
under which the Vocational Rehabilitation program operates
received a weeks instruction from Assistant Directors A L
Davis and A P Jarrell Assistant Regional Representative
Foster Mr Barrett and Mrs Lucy Hughes administrative
assistant to Mr Barrett More than half of these young
women have joined the staff since the 1945 annual conference
First row left to right Miss Dorothy King Rome Miss
Sally Quillian Gainesville Mrs Mildred Callahan Way
cross Mrs Jeanette Whittington Savannah Miss Myrtice
Cannon Savannah Miss Adeline Preston Savannah Miss
Jane Melton Atlanta Miss Judy Creel Atlanta P S Bar
rett Miss Mary Lou Norton Atlanta Miss Emma Longino
Atlanta Mrs Elizabeth Lunsford Atlanta Miss Mary
Hewin Clarkesville Mrs Adele Hester Albany Mrs Mar
ion Maier Atlanta Mrs Mary Norton Atlanta
Second row left to right Miss Wilma New Brunswick
Mrs Irene Spencer Columbus Mrs Lucy Hughes Atlanta
Mrs Louise Oakley Atlanta Mrs Rosagene Huggins At
lanta Mrs Anita Scott Savannah Mrs Thelma Moore
Albany Mrs Margaret Arnett Macon Miss Melva Barrett
Macon Mrs Genie Reynolds Atlanta Mrs Emoylees
Young Atlanta Mrs Nina Means Atlanta Miss Essie Mae
Byess Atlanta
Third row left to right Mrs Edna Odom Waycross
Mrs Grace Billiter Columbus Miss Mary Weaver Atlanta
Miss Helen Ann Mulligan Augusta Mrs Louise Smith
Atlanta Miss Evelyn Hester Augusta Miss Ruth Radford
Augusta Miss Mary Fanning Augusta Miss Annie Sue
Hunnicutt Savannah Miss Betty Henderson Augusta Mrs
Anne Bearse Atlanta Miss Katherine Chappell Dublin A
P Jarrell Miss Eva Mitchell Atlanta Miss Mildred Hale
Atlanta Mrs Gladys Barbazon Atlanta Mrs Phil M
Kimball Macon Mrs Nellie White Atlanta Miss Eva
Webb Macon A L Davis Mrs Augusta Swicord Atlanta
Miss Virginia Porter Atlanta Miss Hannah Slappey At
lanta Mrs Florence Maddox Atlanta Miss Virginia Grover
Thomasville Miss Katherine Campbell Atlanta Miss Nelle
Loftin Athens Miss Mavis Nunnally Athens Mrs Billie
Fuller Atlanta Mrs Mary Doster Macon Mrs Elizabeth
Roberson Atlanta Mrs Rosa M Dial Columbusof Federal and State Staffs Cooperation
By Michael J Shortley
Director Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
I want to congratulate Dr Collins
and Mr Barrett and all of their asso
ciates who by their results and plan
ning have gone a long way toward
proving that all disabled persons in
Georgia who need vocational rehabili
tation services will be provided with
those services
During the past year Georgias re
habilitation case load has been increased
by 13 per cent At last check it was in
excess of 25000 and that was 11 per
cent of the national case load
During the past three fiscal years
Georgia has rehabilitated into employ
mentinto paying useful jobs7500
men and women That is an enviable
record and one that few states can
match
These figures are significant There
is no way to measure the social gains
that have and will continue to result
But they are great and we can at least
mention some of them In the fiscal
year 1945 there were 2361 completed
rehabilitations in Georgia At the time
they were surveyed for services 960 of
these men and women were partly de
pendent and 610 were totally depend
ent Thats about twothirds totally or
partially dependent on others Of these
1570 persons 937 were dependent
upon their families and the others upon
some form of charityI may say some
other form of charity When we see
them restored to full selfsupporting
status we can easily visualize the
greater stability within the families
upon whom they were dependent
Money which went to support the dis
abled member might easily be spent on
the brothers and sisters to give them
better education and greater opportuni
ties in life Or it might be spent on
a needed operation to improve the
health and lengthen the life of the
mother Or it might be put to some
other equally desirable and effective
use
We can easily visualize the effect on
the rehabilitant when he ceases to be
dependent and becomes a selfsustaining
citizen Your excellent Georgia Voca
tional Rehabilitation News for August
gives us a fine idea of just what that
means The cover illustration shows
an older son or husband of a family
approaching his home on crutches
Before the Vocational Rehabilitation Con
ference Savannah Ga August 23 1946
10
Gathered on the porch are the mother
and several younger members of the
family In his hand the man on
crutches holds a paper The smiles on
the faces of the family group on the
porch speak more eloquently than any
words of the pleasure they feel for the
white paper as your caption tells us is
the first paycheck And there is pride
in the new wage earners bearing where
before there was nothing but despair
Children Share Benefits
A large proportion of your rehabili
tants had families of their own families
which normally would have been de
pendent upon them Rehabilitating
these normal breadwinners will have
its beneficial effect down through the
generations through the provision of
better care and greater opportunities
for children whose family life would
continue to be distorted except for your
successful efforts in rehabilitation
I would hesitate to place a dollar and
cents value on your total rehabilita
tions but I can give some slight indi
cation of that value In the year of
which I spoke fiscal 1945 our na
tional figures showed the average earn
ings of rehabilitants at the time serv
ice was started to be 24 a month
That would make the total earnings of
your 2361 men and women 56664 a
month at the start of services Your
own State figures compiled from ac
tual records reveal that this was in
creased to 338000 Thats just about
sixfold If this comparison were pro
jected to a 12 month basis we would
have these figures
Earnings before rehabilitation 680
000 earnings after rehabilitation 4
000000
That is just one year The gains go
on from year to year and they increase
each year as more Georgians are re
habilitated That process takes Geor
gians off the relief and charity rolls off
their friends and relatives It converts
taxconsumers into taxpayersand that
benefits every person in the State
Under the direction of Mr Barrett
Georgia has had the vision to see the
job of vocational rehabilitation in its
proper proportions I want to congrat
ulate Mr Barrettand Dr Collins
on the foresight to recognize the job on
the organizing ability to prepare for it
and on the energy and determination
to do it
I know that a vigorous program of
public information has had its part in
bringing Georgia into the forefront of
States which are serving a high propor
tion of their people who need rehabili
tation services The general public has
been informed in Georgia and that will
increase the public understanding of
the program
Employers Sold
Those who need services have been
informed and that increases the effi
ciency and economy of operation in two
ways It stimulates early rehabilita
tions and these are both more effective
and less costly than if services are start
ed after disease or injury have wasted
hope determination and skills
The employers of your State have
been informed and there are many tes
timonials from them to the effect that
the handicapped workerproperly pre
pared for a job within his capacities and
placed on such a jobis as effective as
a nonhandicapped person The objec
tive of rehabilitation is to put people
who cant work or who cant work
effectively because of some disability
into position to work effectively and
into jobs where they can do good work
If the employers are not informed and
sold the jobs will not be forthcom
ing and much of the rehabilitation effort
will have been wasted
Your cooperating agenciesthe wel
fare agencies the employment service
and othershave been informed and
that brings early referral of cases so
that a good job can be done at lowest
cost and it also means that you have
help in the placement of your rehabili
tated clients
Your medical profession has been
wellinformed and Georgia has set an
enviable record in the number of men
and women for whom medical surgical
psychiatric prosthetic and related serv
ices have been provided Winning the
cooneration of the medical profession is
vital in any program of rehabilitation
So all in all Georgia has measured
up admirably to the size of the job
I know that all of you probably have
too much work to do I know that each
of you would feel that if you had a
little more time to devote to some cases
you could complete more rehabilitations
more successfully I know that gen
erally the counselors are overburdened
John Sutlive editor of
representative of Unio
m
and have too many cases to handle
That is one of the things that we must
work together to correct
More Training
During recent years heavy war em
ployment and the necessity for quickly
productive manpower shortened the
training perhaps lessened the physical
restoration and certainly made easier
the placement of rehabilitated clients
Now however we probably will be
faced with the necessity for devoting
more time to training clients for work
Peacetime demands for skill are more
strict than those of war production
generally
We have rehabilitated the most ob
vious and the easiest cases up to now
We are moving toward the more diffi
cult casesthose who need rehabilita
tion services most and those whose re
habilitation may be slower and more
costly
As employment and other conditions
vary every effort should be made by
every member of the staff to interpret to
all with whom each comes in contact
the trends and their effect upon the
efforts of the vocational rehabilitation
agency and most of all upon the clients
who need the services which you have
to offer
To achieve that every member of
the stafffrom director on down to
the lowliest messengershould be kept
The Savannah Press with Mrs Sutlive left and
n Bag and Paper Company with Mrs Sutlive Capt
informed of the trends and of the work
of the agency Every employee should
be in position to interpret the work that
is being done
For instance it might well be that
one year you will rehabilitate 2500
men and women into employment at
an average cost of 270 per person The
next year you may rehabilitate the same
or a smaller number but the cost per
case and the total cost may be higher
Where the cost goes up it is essential
to make certain that the quality of the
job goes up And the cost should go
up only when we are giving more and
better services to clients
When we succeed in rehabilitating a
homebound man or woman into self
supporting status we know that we
have done a bigger job than is done
with less seriously disabled persons But
we know it takes more time it requires
more services and it costs more But
the results are greater
Investment Pays Dividends
When we raise the level of employ
ment which our closed cases take we
know that it takes more and longer
training and costs more The results
are greater again however
We should set for ourselves the goal
of becoming the bestequipped and the
bestinformed operating staff in Amer
ica we are serving people who need
the best services In order to attain
Kirk Sutlive public relations
aln Miller in background left
that goal we must constantly strive to
improve ourselves through inservice
training and in many other ways
As we improve ourselves we must
strive also to increase both the quantity
and the quality of our work There is
great need for itas you people of
Georgia recognizeand that need
should serve to stimulate every one of
you to the greatest possible effort in
what I believe to be the greatest public
service opportunity in our nation It
would not be wise for us to concen
trate on quantity alonethe need for
thorough rehabilitation is too great
Neither would it be wise for us to con
centrate on quality alonethe need is
too widespread
I believe firmly that quality and
quantity go hand in hand I know we
must have both And Im looking to
Georgia with great hope to demon
strate that the big job can be done well
The work of the Georgia Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation has been
a great inspiration to me in many ways
I am sure it will continue to be And
in closing I want to say that I con
sider the work done here with such as
sistance as we of the Federal staff have
been able to give to be a striking dem
onstration of the fact that a Federal
agency and a State agency can work
harmoniously and successfully hand in
hand to achieve the highest in humani
tarian social and economic results
11OKc 6covqvo9ocoXovcCV
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Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Intensive Training to Get Results
Once each year this publication is devoted not so much to portraying the
results of Vocational Rehabilitation as it is for 11 months of the year but in
larger measure to how the work is done the organization which does it and the
reasons why it is necessary This years conference was the most completely satis
factory from every standpoint of any ever helda schedule of intensive training
which we have a right to expect will pay handsome dividends in better case work
Specialists in medicine surgery and psychiatry discussed their phases of
rehabilitation Representatives of many state and federal agencies and civic
groups with which Vocational Rehabilitation maintains constant contact were
on hand to talk over details of cooperating in individual cases To all of them
we are deeply grateful We have the same general objective and concernthe
wellbeing of the people of Georgia
Vocational Rehabilitation is far from an exact science It is as full of foibles
and variations from the norm as may be found in each facet of the characters
and disabilities of the 25000 clients on the case load Each new client presents
a multitude of new problems As in education generally the more one learns
about rehabilitation the less he thinks he knowsthe more he sees that there is to
learn But a substantial background of understanding of the program is indis
pensable That is why the annual conferencesand others of shorter duration
must be held particularly for new people on the staff
Once they get the subject into their bones they usually want to talk about
nothing else In Georgia at least the staff has been remarkably stable over a
period of years Few have ever left the work New ones are coming in because
the state and federal governments and the Congress have seen the vast need
There can be no greater thrill than to see a person down and out or dependent
upon others for his livelihood placed in or restored to the selfrespect the dignity
and the usefulness to his fellow man of being able to get and hold an agreeable
jobM D Collins
Georgia Leads in Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia which all too frequently trails far behind other States in realms of
progressive action may well take pride in a revelation made this week by
Michael J Shortley Director of the U S Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Reports just filed declared Mr Shortley indicate that during the fiscal year
just ended Georgia rehabilitated more disabled persons than any other State
or territory
One knew of course that the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the
State Department of Education was making great strides in enabling the disabled
to overcome their handicaps and secure remunerative employment But one had
not realized that Georgia had outstripped even the most populous States in this
important field
The fact that such progress has been made is indeed encouraging Restoration
of the physically handicapped to the point that they can become productive
workers of an integrated society gives them security and selfrespect and at the
same time insures that they will never be a burden to the StateThe Atlanta
Constitution
If You Know a Person with a Disability Fill In and Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Anyone 16 or over white
or Negro is eligible
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Bldg Atlanta Ga
12Veterans Administration representative Oren C Warren
above chief of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Education
Division of the regional office of the Veterans Administration
discussed correlation of the work for veterans and civilians
He compared the methods of the two programs and suggested
means by which duplication of efforts could be avoided while
at the same time providing all rehabilitation services intended
by Congress for both veterans and civilians with handicaps
William A Cann manager of the subregional office of the
Veterans Administration in Savannah also spoke He is shown
seated at left next to Mr Foster
Tuberculosis Problems and means of helping the extuber
culous to return to or learn occupations not out of line with
their disabilities were discussed by L L Young executive sec
retary Georgia Tuberculosis Association The association has
employed a coordinator R F Manlove for the Vocational
Rehabilitation program just getting under way at Battey State
Hospital Rome Mr Manlove told of the insanatorium plans
for counsel and guidance Dr John L Elliott Savannah spe
cialist said that each case of arrested tuberculosis presents
varying aspects and must be judged on its individual charac
teristics
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Visiting Tennessee Director and wife
Mr and Mrs L R Schubert above are
greeted by Captain Miller Vocational Re
habilitation in Tennessee as well as in other
states received a tremendous impetus during
the war which is carrying over into peace
time years handicapped people having dem
onstrated their fitness to compete with the
nonhandicapped when properly placed
Press Conference found State and Fed
eral officials in complete agreement on all
questions put by newsmen The men who
answered the questions lined up for this
pictureleft to right Mr Barrett Mr
Shortley Dr Collins Mr Thompson and
Captain Miller The conference resulted in
more publicity state and national than has
ever been given a similar gathering and
helped spread the message of what Voca
tional Rehabilitation is The dinner meet
ing at which the addresses on preceding
pages were delivered was broadcast over a
statewide hookupDennis D Still center is shown receiving charter from Basil Stock
bridge of the College Park post Seated are William W Chandler
Augusta J R Hampton Clarkesville J B Bowen Atlanta J P
Sewell Columbus Capt F A Sams coordinator of veterans educa
tion and J F Sosby Augusta Standing are James F Segars Atlanta
D Donaldson Rome Dr Collins Mr Still and Mr Stockbridge M R
Little Waycross and Alton R Colcord Atlanta
Fort E Land Post No 224 Ameri
can Legion composed of veterans in
the Department of Education was or
ganized during the Savannah rehabili
tation conference
Charter members of the post are vet
erans in the Education Department but
employes of other state departments are
invited to join
The post was named in honor of Fort
Elmo Land director of Vocational Re
habilitation from its inception in 1920
through 1923 and state school superin
tendent from 1925 to 1927 and Lieut
Commander F E Land Jr who was
killed in an airplane crash in 1945
Dennis D Still counselor in the At
lanta district office of Vocational Re
habilitation was elected post com
mander D Donaldson counselor in
the Rome office senior vicecommander
J J Segars Atlanta counselor junior
vicecommander A R Colcord state
industrial specialist finance officer M
R Little Waycross counselor his
torian and Dr M D Collins chap
lain
Basil Stockbridge of the College
Park post acted as temporary chairman
and presented the charter
Organization of the post was con
F E Land
F E Land Jr
sidered advantageous because of the
everincreasing number of veterans em
ployed in the Department of Education
according to Commander Still
Fort Land Sr was born in Twiggs
County June 30 1878 He attended
Emory College at Oxford and was
graduated from Emory University and
began his teaching career at Cordele in
1903 He went to Dawson as school
superintendent and while there mar
ried Mrs Sue Barrow Gurr He be
came state supervisor of schools in South
Georgia and then organized the Re
habilitation Division in 1920 Later
he was Director of Vocational Educa
tion and while in this position launched
the forest service program
He is credited with the inauguration
of a professional plan of certification of
teachers in the state and was the
father of the Equalization Act adopted
by the legislature in 1926 His efforts
in behalf of education led to a break
down which was soon followed by his
death Governor Hardman other state
officials and leading newspapers made
statements mourning his passing and
commending his services to the state
and education in particular
Fort E Land Jr was born January
24 1920 at Macon He attended
Georgia Tech for a year before win
ning a competitive examination for ap
pointment to the United States Naval
Academy
He was graduated from the Academy
two weeks after Pearl Harbor and
served two years in the Pacific taking
part in the Gilbert Islands and Attu
engagements
He was transferred to the Naval Air
Corps in 1943 He was promoted to
lieutenant commander two weeks be
fore being killed in a plane crash off
California in 1945
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Heckling by case workers was taken goodnaturedly by Dr Thomas B
McKneely Chief Physical Restoration Services Federal Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation H B Cummings regional representative in background joins
in a grin
In these days when misguided people either for notoriety or profit
make much of Georgias alleged delinquencies the spreading of good
news about Georgia was as refreshing as an ocean breeze And it was
good news that came out of the rehabilitation conferencethe state of
Georgia leads the nation in vocational rehabilitation It is a
mark of the inherent high character humanitarianism and regard for
our fellow men that abides in Georgia hearts that this state was ahead
of all the others in lending a hand to the physically unfortunate to
attain or reachieve their selfrelianceSavannah Evening Press
Serials Librarian
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COVER DESIGN
The best of all possible omens for Vocational Rehabilitation in
Georgia during the next four years is represented by the picture on
the front of seven men in a boat They are left to right Michael
J Shortley director Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Paul S Barrett director Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education M E Thompson State Revenue
Commissioner and Lieutenant GovernorNominee Mark Walter
director of Vocational Rehabilitation in Pennsylvania Governor
Nominee Eugene Talmadge and his aide George Wilson and
Watson B Miller Federal Security Administrator
The group at the bottom is principally the professional staff in
this state who are going to have to get out and dig to hold Georgias
topranking place in the nation this year
First row E C Dendy Atlanta counselor Fred Driver Dublin
counselor B R B Davis Columbus counselor Terry C Foster
assistant regional representative P S Barrett state director H
B Cummings regional representative A L Davis assistant state
director C H Parker Savannah counselor for the blind B B
Sanders Macon counselor W B Gaines supervisor of services
for the blind
Second row J P Cooper Augusta counselor for the blind J F
Sosby Augusta counselor Robert Ellenberg Savannah placement
specialist for the blind F E Wynn Thomasville counselor Ted R
Owens Columbus counselor Alton R Colcord state industrial spe
cialist Miss Juanita Miles Atlanta interviewer V A Drake
Savannah counselor John S Prickett Augusta area supervisor
Miss Edith Taylor medical social consultant G E Currie Savan
nah counselor J P Millican Brunswick counselor H S McLarty
Augusta counselor C E Lancaster Macon counselor J B Cheat
ham Rome counselor
Third row W L Flannagan Macon counselor for the blind
E E Kennedy Macon area supervisor Tom Bingham Atlanta
placement specialist for the blind Jerry N Hastings Atlanta
counselor E K Bell Savannah area supervisor A P Jarrell
assistant state director M R Little Waycross counselor C B
Shroyer state supervisor of services for the tuberculous R Watt
Albany counselor John Lewis Macon placement specialist for
the blind Miss Marjorie Sessions Atlanta interviewer Miss Cassie
McCIain Atlanta counselor J P Sewell Columbus counselor
Fourth row J B Hnwen Atlanta counselor W W Chandler
Augusta counselor B L Smith Savannah counselor Nathan B
Nolan Athens counselor C W Bell Waycross counselor Harry
Delaney Augusta placement specialist for the blind T J Demp
sey Jr Athens counselor Eugene W Able Albany counselor T J
Loudermilk Atlanta counselor P D Bush Gainesville counselor
Preston Grady supervisor of research and information Glenn E
Boggs supervisor of business enterprises Miss Bess Patterson in
terviewer J J Segars Atlanta counselor D Donaldson Rome
counselor Otis C Dyer Atlanta area supervisor D D Still
Atlanta counselor A M Bowen Atlanta counselor W Lee Jones
assistant supervisor of business enterprises J R Hampton Clarkes
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November 1946
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Realizing His Ambition to become a bookkeeper is John
Oscar ONeal of Donalsonville He lost his left arm in a gun
accident and although his school record was good he had no
occupational skill Vocational Rehabilitation purchased an
artificial arm for him and sent him to Joy Business College
Thomasville
Two Artificial Legs are no handicap to Ernest M Gurr in
the job Vocational Rehabilitation found for him at Friedmans
Jewelers Brunswick and he has learned a trade in which he
can comfortably support his wife and three children Surgery
appliances onthejob training and tools were provided by
the Division
Outstanding Success has been achieved by Lyle M Brown
left below who wears an artificial leg Electrical training
and equipment provided by Rehabilitation have made it pos
sible for him to build one of the largest electric motor repair
businesses in Georgia217 Newcastle Street Brunswickin
a few years Shown with him are Client Lester M Knight
who has a head injury which precludes outdoor work and
Mr Browns secretary Miss Ruby Norris Miss Norris is
not a client Mr Brown prefers handicapped employees
A Hearing Aid has made it possible for Miss Lillie Cain of
Route 3 Baxley to hold her job as a teacher at Liberty School
J D Pritchard Appling County school supervisor reports
that Miss Cain has been doing fine work since the appliance
provided by Vocational Rehabilitation enabled her to overcome
her handicap Miss Cains hearing was impaired as a result
of influenza and she had previously tried the use of hearing
aids without success before receiving Rehabilitation guidance
The picture was taken during a regular class
Three Handicapped Girls from South Georgia are re
ceiving Vocational Rehabilitation training at the Perry Busi
ness School in Brunswick They are left to right Miss
Martha Cravey Miss Mildred Youmans and Mrs Juanita
Barnard
Miss Cravey a Brunswick girl was injured in an auto
mobile accident and wears a brace on her left leg Her case
came to this Division from the Crippled Childrens Division
of the State Department of Public Welfare
Miss Youmans is from Blackshear She has recurrent
asthma She comes from a farm family had some instruction
in shorthand and typing in high school and her disability will
not be a handicap as a secretary
Mrs Barnard from Patterson Ga has two children She
has sinusitis and diseased tonsils and Vocational Rehabilita
tion has provided medical treatment and a hearing aid for her
r
Skin Graft and Treatment for a varicose ulcer have
restored H T ODillon of Watkinsville to working use
fulness Unemployed at the time his case was surveyed by
Vocational Rehabilitation he was sent to a specialist to deter
mine if his handicap could be corrected The specialist re
ported favorable prospects and the physical restoration has
been successful Rehabilitation also provided a refresher
course at the Athens Business
College since Mr ODillons
previous experience had been
as a clerk of court and now
he has Deen placed with the
Magnolia Oil Company Ath
ens as a bookkeeper
Very Poor Sight does not deter Ellis Steed
ley left of Nicholls Coffee County from
becoming expert in handicrafts He is shown
at the North Georgia Vocational School
where his proficiency had reached a point at
which he was ready for employment Voca
tional Rehabilitation previously had sent him
to a hospital for an operation for bilateral
cataracts and then provided glasses
Zoo Keeper through use of leg brace has
been enabled to continue on job that other
wise he would have had to leave This pic
ture of Ayfield C Simmone of Albany was
taken through a wire loop of a zoo cage as
indicated by light outlines Mr Simmone was
in pain all the time due to a slipped bone in
his hip but the brace has eliminated the pain
and made him much more efficient
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Tuberculosis Cure
By Robert F Manlove
Rehabilitation Coordinator
Battey State Hospital
The Battey State Hospital for the tuberculous at
Rome is now a reality and the service for those suf
fering with the disease is being greatly expanded Dr
Rufus Payne Superintendent has long recognized that
the patients need more than medical care as impor
tant as that is When the greater facilities at Battey
became available the limited insanatorium rehabili
tation program already begun at Alto under the direc
tion of C B Shroyer of the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation was expanded to include occupational
therapy more complete social service vocational coun
seling academic and vocational education in addition
to vocational rehabilitation
Representatives from Vocational Rehabilitation and
the Georgia Tuberculosis Association met with the
superintendent of Battey and decided to secure the
services of a rehabilitation coordinator Soon after
ward I was employed by the Georgia Tuberculosis
Association as coordinator and began work July 1
Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director of the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation and Dr M D Mobley Director of the
Division of Vocational Education offered the services
of their Divisions to carry out a complete program of
education
During the three months that the program has been
in operation funds have been set up for the employ
ment of home economics industrial art commercial
and watch repair instructors A room has already been
set aside for the commercial work and patients are
being enrolled for a stenographic class A watch re
pair class is already organized and will begin work
just as soon as an instructor can be obtained
A social worker has been employed and a plan is
being worked out to help the patients solve their many
problems The social worker interprets these problems
to the county welfare directors and helps in securing
financial assistance dental service glasses and hearing
aids for the patients
Recreationa very important part of the patients
lifehas not been neglected A number of games and
some light athletic equipment have been set up in the
recreation hall and a schedule for patients use estab
lished under the direction of a hostess for the building
The State has purchased a number of books for the
library Many books have been donated by interested
groups and are being assembled in the library These
will begin regular circulation just as soon as a libra
rian can be employed Funds have already been set
up for the salary of the librarian
The occupational therapy department has been
opened and a nice large room designated for this
service A number of bed patients are doing some
craft work and an occupational therapist will be
secured to control and guide this service
Regular religious services are held in the chapel and
are well attended Those unable to attend regular
church services have had Sunday School classes ar
ranged for them in their respective wards
With the assistance of D Donaldson Vocational
Rehabilitation Counselor who spends two days at the
hospital each week 20 patients have been processed
for interservice training or correspondence courses
With the assistance of Vocational Rehabilitation a
barber shop has been put in operation running full
capacity and plans are being worked out to get a
second barber within the next month The patients
store is operating on an expanding program and taking
care of the needs of patients most of whom are unable
to go outside of the Sanatorium
The guesthouse is being operated under an efficient
hostess She has four light days but weekends she
has an overflow registration

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AcKabilitatioa iYews
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
Slate Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
It was with some hesitancy that we decided to
use the cover design on this issue of the Rehabili
tation News There is a point we know at which
our desire and duty to portray the program to the
public may violate good taste in a periodical of gen
eral distribution It is hard to know just where to
draw the line On the one hand we are doing a lot
of work that the public never learns aboutand
maybe the public should know about it On the
other hand we do not want to offend anyones sense
of propriety
Do you think this cover design is shocking If
you do it may be that you need to be shocked Be
lieve us these are extremely conservative before and after pictures There are
pictures of many other cases in our filesrecent oneswhich are far more shock
ing and which we will probably never print Doctors use them They are used
in medical journals But for the layman they would be too much
Every one of them has to do with an occupational handicap Every one of them
has to do with a Georgia person with a disability For some cases we have been
able to do nothing For others we have provided physical restoration which
restored them to or placed them in good jobs For still others we believe we
have wroughtor caused to be wroughtmiracles If you want to see the evi
dence drop around to 134 State Office Building some day
This young man Ferrell Millen of 230 Austin Street Griffin was in an
automobile accident in August 1945 He came to our attention in October 1945
He was wearing a towel over his face He had no job Would you have hired
him We sent him to one of the best plastic surgeons in the nation and later to
a dentist Today he is working and happy Do you wonder that we believe in
Vocational Rehabilitation
M D Collins
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News is always a very interesting and
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg valuable book but the October 1946 issue just received is certainly the best
of its kind ever to go through the mail I am very certain My sincere congratu
lations not only on the marvelous job on the News but on the recordbreaking
MACON DISTRICT rehabilitation program being done by Georgia I know you must feel a great
n D T deal of wellearned satisfaction That sort of record requires inspired leadership
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg n lljill n
as well as much hard work by the entire staff
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg J
Albany213 Royal Bldg Mrs Ruth Grant Editor Journal of Rehabilitation
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg Official Organ of the National Rehabilitation Association
If You Know a Person with a Disability Fill In and Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Any handicapped person
16 or over white or Negro may be eligible
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Bldg Atlanta GaAbove LeftTools purchased by Vocational Rehabilita
tion enabled Troy Johnson 1105 North Madison Street
Thomasville to expand his furniture repair business which
had removed him from Department of Public Welfare rolls
Totally blind since being struck in the eyes in childhood he
nevertheless has become an expert furniture repairman and
upholsterer with a wide clientele of Thomasville stores and
families His business has a good location and he more than
adequately supports himself and his wife
Above RightWith paralysis and arthritis of hips and
both legs Charlie D Evans of Haddock near Macon was
trying to do farm work A medical examination indicated
that he should be following some less strenuous occupation
but Charlie had no training or skill for other work Voca
tional Rehabilitation sent him to the Ward Street Vocational
School and then helped him to buy equipment for a shoe shop
Now he has a profitable business and is selfsupporting
RightAlbert Carter of Augusta lost his left foot as a
result of infantile paralysis At the time his case came to the
attention of Vocational Rehabilitation he had no job and no
work experience except as a shoe shine boy He was sent to
Tuskegee Institute for a year to learn photography and was
aided in other training He is pictured above earning a good
salary at Sheehans Studio 809 Broad Street Augusta
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Disabilities Are No Handicap to Arthur
G Browning switchboard operator and clerk
at the Pershing Hotel 1428 Peachtree Street
NE Atlanta His right arm and leg are crip
pled as a result of infantile paralysis Employ
ers unacquainted with the fine records of han
dicapped people were reluctant to hire him
until Vocational Rehabilitation stepped in and
now Mr Browning has a job that he likes
ami his job likes him
Office Machine Repairman with a skill that
should always make his services in demand is
Carl E Simmons of the Athens Office Equip
ment Company 268 North Jackson Street
During the war he was employed by the Bell
Bomber Plant and was among the thousands
laid off Vocational Rehabilitation sent him
to Remington Rand Inc for training and he
quickly became proficient in repairs of adding
machines calculators typewriters and tabulat
ing machinesVol 3 No 3
December 1946
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The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation should be sup
ported by increased appropriations as rapidly as the program
can be expanded it should carry out its work as it now does
jointly with the States it must become the real servant
champion and defender of the physically handicapped
Report of Congressional Committee After Two Years
Study of Services for the Handicapped October 10 1946Georgia Leads NationBesides leading all states regard
less of population in Vocational Rehabilitation generally
Georgia far outstripped any other state in physical restoration
in the past fiscal year and here is the Medical Advisory
Committee which helps make policies and set up standards
At an annual meeting in Atlanta the doctors revised the
panel of specialists approved for use by the Division and
schedules of fees H B Cummings regional representative
Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation emphasized that
all medical and surgical services authorized must have as their
objective making clients employable or more advantageously
employable
Seated left to right A L Davis the Divisions assistant
director of field operations Mr Cummings Dr O F Keen
Macon P S Barrett Division director Dr T P Good
wyn Atlanta medical consultant for the Division A P
Jarrell assistant director of technical services Standing
Dr Albert A Rayle Atlanta Dr C C Aven Atlanta
Dr Jeff L Richardson Atlanta Dr J T McCall Rome
Dr JK Burns Gainesville Dr Ralph Chaney Augusta
Dr Edgar H Greene Atlanta Mrs Elizabeth Lunsford
Mr Jarrells secretary Dr Edgar F Fincher Atlanta Dr
W J Cranston Augusta George Burt superintendent of
Piedmont Hospital Dr Ben H Clifton Atlanta Members
of the committee not present were Dr Hervey Cleckley
Augusta Dr John I Hall Macon Dr J C Patterson
Cuthbert Dr T F Abercrombie Atlanta Dr Spencer
Kirkland Atlanta Dr Herschel Crawford Atlanta and
Dr Julian Quattlebaum Savannah
First Training Course in agriculture for counselors for the
blind ever held in the nation was completed recently at the
North Georgia Trade and Technical School Clarkesville Coun
selors for the blind from Alabama Texas Pennsylvania Wyom
ing Mississippi Ohio Missouri and Florida attended along
with five Georgia trainees Lower left E W Brown Lima
Ohio W H Hargrove Millen Ga Charles Brammer Day
ton Wyo and Thurman Scarborough Elberton Ga all blind
operate a baling machine Upper left Leonard Hoskins Phila
delphia Pa and Charles Grider Talladega Ala hang a barn
gate Mr Hoskins has partial vision Upper right Luther
Pierce Gainesville Ga using a milking machine Lower right
Part of a group of new dormitories
Southern Ed
And Blind Confer
s for the
Improving rehabilitation methods for the deaf and blind both in and out of schools was the sub
ject of a recent conference in Atlanta Officially the meeting was on Integration of Education and
Rehabilitation of the Deaf and Blind but actually nearly every phase of the education and prepa
ration for employment of these groups was discussed
Among the speakers were Michael J Shortley director Federal Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation and Norman Elsas president of the Fulton Bag
and Cotton Mills a director of the Georgia Cooperative Services for the
Blind and backer and leading spirit of the Atlanta Community Shop
Mr Shortley spoke on objectives and needs of the Vocational Rehabili
tation program particularly in relation to the deaf and blind Mr Elsas is
shown at upper right Seated is Paul S Barrett Georgia Rehabilitation
director who introduced Mr Elsas as a lifetime worker for the interests
of the blind as well as one of the Souths leading industrialists
The handsonshoulders group in the next picture are heads of schools
for the blind called to the front of the meeting by M R Barnett director
Florida Council for the Blind to illustrate past methods used in some schools
for the blind in getting children from one place to another Mr Barnett
suggested that better means might be found of directing
groups of blind about buildings so that they can even
tually rely on themselves In the next picture E H Gen
try Alabama Rehabilitation director J A Moore
Tennessee director of Services for the Blind and Carl
Harper regional attorney OVR enjoy a joke L R
Schubert Tennessee Rehabilitation director is in back
ground
State directors of Vocational Rehabilitation are shown
in the first large picture First row left to right E B
Whitten Mississippi director H B Cummings re
gional representative OVR Clyde A Erwin North
Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction J M
Tubb Mississippi Superintendent of Education Mr
Shortley Terry C Foster assistant regional representa
tive OVR Second row C M Andrews Florida direc
tor Mr Gentry Charles H Warren North Carolina
director P G Sherer South Carolina director Mr
Schubert Mr Barrett
The second large picture is of workers for the deaf
First row Robert Gandy chairman of board for
Schools for Deaf and Blind Mississippi Leonard M
Elstad president Gallandet College for the f
Deaf Washington Mrs H T Poore super
intendent Tennessee School for the Deaf C
J Suttles superintendent School for the Deaf
and Blind Florida Mr Shortley Boyce Williams
specialist on rehabilitation of the deaf OVR
Second row Mr Cummings H G Dowling su
perintendent School for the Deaf and Blind
Alabama Laurens Walker superintendent
School for the Deaf and Blind South Carolina
R S Brown superintendent Mississippi School
for the Deaf Carl E Rankin superintendent
School for the Deaf North Carolina O W Un
derbill vocational education director North Caro
lina School for the Deaf Mr Foster Roy Parks
principal Mississippi School for the Deaf
Workers for the blind are shown in bottom
picture First row Maurice Tynan chief Busi
ness Enterprises Unit Services for the Blind
OVR J A Moore director Services for the
Blind Tennessee Mrs Madelaine McCrary su
pervisor Rehabilitation Services for the Blind
North Carolina Robert Irwin director American
Foundation for the Blind New York Mrs D W
McBryde director Division for the Blind
Mississippi Department of Public Welfare John
Eakes superintendent Mississippi School for
the Blind Robert Gandy chairman of board
Schools for the Deaf and Blind
Mississippi John Haynes super
visor Rehabilitation of the Blind
Alabama Second row Mr Cum
mings Mr Barnett Harry Sim
mons director Rehabilitation of
the Blind Florida E J Wood
director Rehabilitation of the
Blind Tennessee John Herndon
superintendent Georgia Acad
emy for the Blind J I Rankin
supervisor Rehabilitation Serv
ices for the Blind Mississippi
Egbert Peeler superintendent
School for the Blind North Caro
lina Laurens Walker superin
tendent School for the Deaf and
Blind South Carolina R A
Rouse supervisor Rehabilitation
Services for the Blind South
Carolina Mr Shortley Mr Fos
ter W B Gaines supervisor
Services for the Blind Georgia
C J Suttles superintendent
School for the Deaf and Blind
FloridaBeing Totally Deaf does not prevent J C Weimer from
holding down a job as an auditor for the Georgia Highway
Department He lost his hearing as a result of shock from
lightning and for years was unemployed until Vocational Re
habilitation learned of his case He was given a course in lip
reading and other training and has been steadily promoted
despite his handicap
Losing a Leg did not stop Walter Mathis of Brunswick from
earning a living for himself and family A shipyard worker he
fell off a scaffold and the amputation of his leg was necessary
He was without a job when first interviewed An artificial leg
was purchased for him and he was enabled to begin a business
selling wood and having learned to use the appliance he can
drive a truck
The Story Behind the Seal
CHRISTMASSEALS
The year 1946 marks the 40th
anniversary of the Tuberculosis
Christmas Seal A cheerful lamp
lighter symbolizes fresh hope
after the darkness of the past
years of war
Christmas Seals were first sold
in this country in 1907 by Miss
Emily P Bissell of Wilmington
Del for the benefit of patients
in a small tuberculosis hospital
near Wilmington That year
tuberculosis was the first cause
of death in this country and in
Georgia more than 3000 died
each year of this dread disease
Tuberculosis today though di
minished by three fourths still
kills more Americans than all
other infections and parasitic
diseases combined
Legless Eyesight Poor yet Claude N Farrow of Marietta
works steadily and earns a living in the Brumby Chair Company
as a woodworker He was a victim of a railroad accident in
1913 which so incapacitated him that he cannot be fitted with
artificial limbs
Rehabilitation provided a steel rollertable and glasses which
enabled him to increase his earnings
Your purchase of Christmas Seals this year may help buy an Xray
unittrain a nursefinance the rehabilitation of a patientor under
write laboratory researchsome of the many ways Christmas Seal
Funds fight tuberculosis the year round
Christmas Seals finance the Georgia Tuberculosis Associations part
of the cooperative program with the Division of Vocational Rehabili
tation This program finds arrested cases of tuberculosis trains them
in vocations suitable to their handicap and establishes them as useful
members of society
L L Young Executive Secretary
Georgia Tuberculosis AssociationOKc 6eovqoVocoXoto
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Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Rehabilitation Information Is Vital
Our cover design this month is a probably nottoogood effort to portray pic
torially the report of the subcommittee on Aid to the Physically Handicapped
House Committee on Labor which has conducted hearings and pursued other
investigations in the past two years as a result of an increasingly widespread
public awareness of the problem of the handicapped Following are excerpts
The inadequacies and lags of our modern society are felt most keenly by the
physically handicapped If there are not enough jobs to go around the physically
handicapped feel the pinch early Any deficit in the budget for education is
reflected in the lack of expensive educational facilities they need When there
are not enough medical and hospital services they feel the inadequacy acutely
They as much as any group in the community would benefit from full employ
ment adequate health and hospital services broadened social securityand well
financed and wellplanned educational systems In addition they require special
ized services to meet the needs which are peculiar to their handicaps The exist
ing inadequacies place a great burden of bitterness sorrow pain waste ignor
ance insecurity idleness hopelessness and death upon the physically handicapped
and their families
Public prejudice against the physically handicapped is one of the things
which must be dealt with if the physically handicapped are to be granted the
opportunity for normal lives The subcommittee was told for example that
many visitors to an exhibit of blind workers at the New York Worlds Fair were
afraid to shake hands with the blind workers The general misunderstanding and
misinformation about many disabilities adds an extra burden to the lives of these
physically handicapped people The agencies of the Federal Government admin
istering services to the physically handicapped should devote a portion of their
efforts to the removal of psychological and emotional barriers which exist in the
public mind and hinder the friendly acceptance of physically handicapped people
for their own worth Expanded information services through the imaginative
use of modern mediums of information are needed to tell the story of the physi
cally handicapped
The fine record made by the physically handicapped workers during the
war years when employers gave them an opportunity because of the necessity to
find manpower should be told and retold to offset the prejudice of employers
who have had little or no experience with handicapped workers
The Congress should encourage and finance programs of general public in
formation so that agencies performing such services as are recommended in this
report may be provided with funds for adequate information services to profes
sional workers physicians parents employers and the physically handicapped
themselves
This report is not to be taken lightly by any person who pays taxes in the
United States We in Georgia are so convinced of its importance and of the fact
that a relatively insignificant investment on the part of the public in behalf of
the handicapped members of society will pay almost unbelievable dividends in
general productiveness that we heartily commend this committees report to the
80th Congress which convenes in January
M D Collins

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Would Not Have Lived if Vocational Rehabilitation had
not provided surgery which restored her to work ability says
Obie Berta Price of Cedartown who cooks for Mrs Tom
Fleming 311 North College Street Obie had a tumor which
made her unable to support herself and her aged grandmother
Vocational Rehabilitation provided hospitalization and surgery
Now she is an earner again Dear Mr Dyear she says above
Otis C Dyer her counselor at that time I just want to
thank Vocational Rehabilitation for my operation If it had
not been for it I would not have lived I want you to know
how much I thank you for all
From Joblessness to 40
weekly has gone George
Crawford 410 West Tay
lor Street Savannah as a
result of rehabilitation He
lost a foot in an automobile
accident and the condition
of the limb became steadily
worse He was on crutches
Surgery and an artificial
limb enabled him to get a
good job with Seaboard Air
Line Railroad
After Three Years of illness with a stomach disorder Wil
liam Singleton of Valdosta was restored to working usefulness
through Vocational Rehabilitation When his case came to the
counselors attention Singletons wife was supporting him and
a diagnosis indicated he would die if surgery and treatment were
not provided He had not worked in three years although
before falling ill he had a splendid work history The necessary
surgery and medicine arranged through rehabilitation have put
him back on his feet literally and economicallyAbove LeftJames H Merriwether lost his right leg in an
automobile accident At the time he had been earning only 5
weekly driving a truck Vocational Rehabilitation sent him to
a doctor helped him buy an artificial leg and arranged for train
ing in shoe repair From joblessness because of his disability
he progressed to economic independence He is employed in the
C E Lester Shoe Shop 117 Albany Avenue Waycross
Above RightAnother employee of the C E Lester Shop is
James Thomas James cannot walk without the aid of crutches
Before becoming a Rehabilitation client he had never worked
because of paralysis of both feet After several talks in which
James was urged to express his choice of a job he was placed in
training in shoe repair He is learning work at which he can
earn a living without standing or walking
RightIn many Georgia cities almost every shoe shop white
and colored has one or more former Rehabilitation clients em
ployed Isaiah Johnson Jr has worked at the Albert Lester
Shoe Shop 874 Tebeau Street Waycross more than four years
Albert brother of C E says he wishes he had more workers
like Isaiah Isaiah has been crippled since childhood and before
Rehabilitation training had no work experience except on a
farm where he was not able to get about well enough for chores
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Vending Stand left in Richmond County Court House is oper
ated by Gregory Sullivan sponsored by the Georgia Cooperative
Services for the Blind Inc and supervised by Vocational Rehabilita
tion Mr Sullivan has been blind since birth Previously he was an
interpreter for German prisoners of war at the Augusta Arsenal
Training in Refrigeration at the North Georgia Trade and Tech
nical School has led to employment by the Thomasville Refrigeration
Company 118 East Jackson Street for Hayward Roberts left be
low He has curvature of the spine the result of an automobile
accident and previously had been treated by the Crippled Childrens
Division of the Department of Public Welfare
Artificial Arm enables Tom Queen of Hoboken to shoe horses do
blacksmith work and other jobs in addition to farming thereby in
creasing his income and raising living standards for his wife and
seven children The appliance was purchased through Vocational
Rehabilitation He lost his arm in a sawmill
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Paralyzed in Both Legs Virginia Elsberry of Tay
lorsville nevertheless has been trained through Voca
tional Rehabilitation for a job which does not require
standing and is a member of the Georgia Employment
Service staff at Cedartown Tuition and maintenance
were provided for a business course which led to eco
nomic independence for Miss Elsberry
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Curvature of Spine caused by a back injury when a
child has not kept David Chapman of Marietta from
learning a profitable trade Rehabilitation sponsored
his onthejob training which led to permanent employ
ment by the Conally Shoe Shop 201 Church Street
MariettaDisabled by Atrophy of the muscles which began in his feet
and spread through his legs George Candler Hagan of Sa
vannah was trained through Vocational Rehabilitation in
watch repairing and is now earning 60 weekly as an employee
of L Lindauer Jeweler 423 West Broughton Street Savan
nah Mr Hagan has not walked since he was 10 years old
Vocational Rehabilitation in addition to arranging for his
training purchased tools for him He married recently and
he and his wife live at 24 West Liberty Street Mrs Hagan
pushes him to work each morning home for lunch back to
work and home again after work He has to be helped in and
out of his wheel chair but in his skill and earning ability the
result of Vocational Rehabilitation he needs no help
Polio Victim unemployed three years since attack oi infantile
paralysis is now operating popular key and gunsmith shop in
Rockmart Edwin Everett had work experience only as a
doughnut salesman and a window trimmer before being
stricken He was left crippled by the disease Vocational
Rehabilitation sponsored onthejob training in an Atlanta key
and gun shop provided maintenance during training and a
back brace which enables Mr Everett to walk with the aid of
a cane only When he set up his shop in Rockmart tools were
contributed he began to earn and buy more equipment and
now he has more business he says than he can handle He has
been transformed from dependency on others to skilled crafts
manship
Sales in Vending Stands Total 128000 in Year
Gross sales of vending stands spon
sored by the Georgia Cooperative Serv
ices for the Blind and supervised by Vo
cational Rehabilitation were 128000 in
the fiscal year which ended November
17 it was reported at the annual meet
ing of the Coop by Glenn E Boggs
secretarytreasurer of the Coop and a
Rehabilitation supervisor
Operators were paid more than 20
000 as salary and profits the statement
showed At present there are 19 stands
in operation 10 having been opened in
the past year Three more will be
opened in the near future as soon as
equipment is received At least 10 others
will be opened in the coming year
Directors of the Coop are Ben R
Gordon president Clarence E Elsas
vicepresident Wiley Moore Frank
Neely Hughes Spalding and Norman
Elsas
Net profit to the Coop during the
year the statement showed was 5
29448 which will be used to establish
new stands affording other opportunities
for employment for blind people
The Coop had approximately 7000
invested in equipment stock and petty
cash and Vocational Rehabilitation
about the same amount as of November
17 Most of the stands operators to
tally blind were unemployed before be
ing placed in this work Some had never
worked before in their lives Now they
are taxpaying respected and selfrespect
ing citizensTHERE IS A WAY
Handicapped
by accident
or illness
ITS NOT WHAT YOUVE LOST BUT
WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT THAT COUNTS
Rehabilitation builds
on what you
can do
But you
can fit
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THERES A JOB YOU CAN DO
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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
Provided in
all the States
for men and women
who have disabilities or handicaps
which prevent them from
earning a living
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Mr Sheppard 4 feet tall was
trained as a linotype operator and
employed by the Wrightsville
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A service
made possible
by the cooperation of
the Federal and State
Governments

Mr Farrow is legless gets about
on a rollerplatform is employed
by the Brumby Chair Company
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Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson BIdg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance BIdg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank BIdg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews BIdg
Waycross432 Bunn BIdg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance BIdg
Columbus411 Flowers BIdg
Albany213 Royal BIdg
Thomasville 309 Upchurch BIdg
Work Ability the Only True Wealth
Let us suppose that John Doe of Crossroads Ga has a million dollars Or
more accurately that he is worth a million dollars This wealth however
is in stocks and bonds or otherwise invested in big corporations having their prin
cipal productive or service units and operations outside Georgia Mr Doe has a
big income of dividends interest and other returns on his investments on which
he lives handsomely Perhaps he spends a little of his income in his town per
haps he has two or three servants but otherwise his wealth produces nothing
in or for this state 6
In the same town let us suppose is Richard Roe a blind man This blind
man incidentally is not entirely hypothetical He exists in a good many towns
m this state Through Vocational Rehabilitation he has set up a business Say
a broom shop He makes brooms He has several people blind or sighted work
ing tor him By the usual standards he is comparatively worth nothing If he
liquidated everything he owned tomorrow he might not realize 200 But he
has a going business He is producing The business has good prospects of grow
mg of affording employment for more people particularly blind people who
might otherwise be charges of the Welfare Department
Which of these two men is really worth more to for and in Georgia Which
is more of an asset to his state Which is more valuable to the economic growth
of his state
We make this point merely to emphasize once again the yardstick by which all
Vocatona Rehabilitation is measured All medical diagnosis all treatment all
surgery all physical restoration of any nature all training all counsel and guid
ance 1 he primary rule under which this Division operates is that the ultimate
objective the criterion of every small investment in the handicapped individual
must be to make him employable or more advantageously employable The
humane and the idealistic aspects of rehabilitation are praiseworthy But they
are incidental It must and does pay out in dollars and cents
Vocational Rehabilitation is demonstrating every day that there is almost no
handicap which can bar any person from profitable employmentprofitable both
to the person and to the collective productiveness and wealth of his stateif that
person takes advantage of this service He may have been a victim of disease
whch left him with physica limitations He may be minus an eye an arm or a
leg he may be unable to walk unable to see or unable to hear In many cases he
can be physically restored to usefulness and where possible that is done In other
cases he can be trained to perform tasks within his limitations
The true wealth of Georgia is not in its bank deposits its industrial plants nor
even in its socalled natural resources Whole nations have been known to prosper
completely outside the prevailing monetary system without gold or extensive
natural resources when the people were industrious skilled and productive The
true wealth of Georgia is the work ability of her people
M D Collins
If You Know a Person with a Disability Fill In and Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Any handicapped person
16 or over white or Negro may be eligible X nanmcaPPed Pson
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Address
Disability
Age
Race
Reported Address
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Before and AfterThc pictures at the top of this page
were taken at Ernest Whiteheds home near Attapulgus Ga
in his front yard As illustrated that was the only way he
could get about He had been crawling since paralyzed at
he age of 6 Naturally he had never worked except at odd
tasks he could perform in a sitting positon But he s a
t ntelligent boy and he and his mother were eager to
X dvantage of Vocational Rehabilitation as soon as they
and the service existed The picture at right was taken
in the State Office Building Atlanta after Ernest had un
dergone surgery and been fitted with a special shoe Now he
can get a job From a case workers report just after Er
nest operation Visited client at Harris Memona Hos
PU1 this morning and found him walking just as fast as he
could go all over the hospital He does not have h speaal
h vet but this does not stop him He has worn out sev
eral pairs of socks Client is about the happest boy I have
ever seen

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Georgia Department of Education
129 State Office Building
Atlanta 3 Ga
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Cutting Keg HeadsJohn Charles Bell of Rome had
more than 90 per cent loss of vision in each eye as well as a
skin infection and was unable to do any kind of work Voca
tional Rehabilitation arranged for an eye operation and skin
treatment Both were successful A cataract was removed
Now Mr Bell is an earner again He is shown at work in
the Etowah Heading Company
Broomtnaker and operator of a profitable business for him
self and his family is Robert E Baxter totally blind of Cave
Spring Vocational Rehabilitation gave him a course at the
Atlanta Community Shop and helped him in purchase of
equipment to set up his shop at Cave Spring Mr Baxter
and members of his family find a ready market for brooms
University Training sponsored by Vocational Rehabilita
tion led to a job as an accountant for Clarence J Home who
lost a leg in the Merchant Marine during the war This
clients tuition was paid at the University of Georgia He is
employed by Russell L Speights First National Bank Build
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2 700 0Extra Digits RemovedMiss Jane Crosby of Route 1
Brunswick like several of her brothers and sisters had six
fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot She consid
ered them to be occupational handicaps and her original
rehabilitation plan included training as a nurse Plastic surg
ery gave her normal hands and feet Previously she had had
to wear very wide shoes But romance intervened before she
began her training Dear Mr Millican she wrote her
Rehabilitation counselor I received your letter about sign
ing up for the nurses training I havent had a chance to go
by and see you so I will write instead I have decided not to
take the training I am going to be married in the near
future I thought of taking the training before getting mar
ried but we decided that was too long to wait I sincerely
appreciate all you have done for me and wish that I might do
something in return My hands are doing nicely Hardly
any of the scars are noticeable now and I have much better
use of my hands
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Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville 414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School

Augusta
Athens
Dublin
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
607 Southern Finance Bldg
Hardman Hall University
401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
You Get the Rehabilitation News
Volume 3 Number 5or the 29th issue of this
publicationfinds it with a circulation of 11 WU
Approximately 18000 names have beer added to the
1 mailing list within the past year The size of the
4 publication has been expanded from four to eight
pages and the number of pictures of clients in each
issue has been multiplied several times The pictures
instead of being taken here and there by professional
photographers with scant knowledge of rehabilita
tion are now taken by a Division staff member often
in the clients home which may be in a remote rural
section instead of a photographers studio Pictures
taken in the clients home we believe usually give a
more accurate presentation of facts Every care is
exercised that all pictures must be true reflections oi
uncolored and uncensored circumstances within the
limits of good taste Medical pictures which might be too offensive to the public
ThTtaxpSefmight well ask Who pays for all this The answer is obvious
He does through the federal government But is it necessary Why do so many
government bureaus and agencies spend money on information Etontm
have newspapers and radios Why a special publication of a bureau We want
t0 The UniteYstates collectively and individually may seem to spend a lot of
money on propaganda but actually spend proportionately less than is spent
by the agencies of any other nation Most other countries even have ministries
of information with heads corresponding to cabinet officers in this country
Georgia counselors seldom pass a day on the job meeting the public that they
dont have to explain what Vocational Rehabilitation is Most people are dimly
aware that something of the sort exists for veterans but apparently the majority
of the taxpaying public has never heard of Vocational Rehabilitation for civilians
Congress in Public Law 113 has set forth that every person with an occupa
tional handicap is entitled to Vocational Rehabilitation services to place him in
or restore him to working usefulness to his family and his country The nation
pays threefourths of the total costs of the program in each of the states and 1UU
per cent of the costs of disseminating information about the program
We in Georgia know that there are thousands of cases of handicapped people
in this state eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation who are not being reached
principally because of lack of thorough public understanding of the services avail
able We want to do everything within our power to reach all the eligible and
feasible cases to increase the productivity and happiness of our people
That is the reason for the existence of this publication It goes to a carefully
selected list of people in a position to make referrals or aid the program in a
definite way If your name is on the list dont think we just got it out of a
telephone book Youre on the list because we have reason to think you can help
A congressional committee has urged expanded information services through
the imaginative use of modern mediums of information to tell the story of
the physically handicapped The Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
has urged other states to follow Georgias lead in an information program
M u Collins
If You Know a Person with a Disability Fill In an
16 or over white or Negro may be eligible
d Cut Out This Form and Mail It to Us Any handicapped person
Name
Disability
Address
AgeSex
Race
Address
Reported by
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Bldg Atlanta Ga
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How the mother and father of a South
Georgia family were enabled to overcome
extreme physical handicaps rear eight chil
dren and pay for their farm is told in the
current issue of the Journal of Rehabilita
tion official organ of the National Rehabilita
tion Association
The father crippled by a back injury in
1928 and the mother unable to walk with
out a crutch since she was two years old be
cause of infantile paralysis nevertheless have
been restored to health by Vocational Re
habilitation and with Farm Security Admin
istration assistance have achieved taxpaying
independence
An automobile screeched to a stop at a
very modest North Florida bungalow The
driver called Hey Mrs Heard says the
article by Preston Grady Supervisor of Re
search and Information Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation Georgia Department of
Education
In the kitchen a crippled woman said
Move the turnip greens to the side of the
stove Cecil My goodness wonder who that
is Hope its not a bill collector
She took the knee of the crippled leg off
the chair which she had been using for sup
port picked up her crutch and went to the
front door
The driver said You Mrs Heard
Yes she replied Isnt that somebody
on the back seat of your car Whats the
her voice rose in terror John She went to
the car and opened a rear door
The driver said Seems he sorta strained
his back lifting an orange crate at the plant
where we work maam You better call a
doctor I tried to get one but
John Heard said Its nothin much Mat
tie Lou See I can sit up all right If youll
just help me in the house Jim so I can lie
down a spell
The driver said Dont try to hold him
up maam with you on a crutch yourself
Gosh looks like theres two cripples in the
family now Whos going to look after the
kids
The boy Cecil came up and said Oh
Pa Your hip is all twisted
It was three weeks later Theyre bring
in your Pa home from the hospital in Bar
tow today children Mrs Heard was say
ing and from what the doctors tell me hes
not goin to be able to walk for a long time
But I want you all to smile when he comes
in now No cryin or anything like that
The baby began to fret Ma it looks
bad said nineyearold Cecil It was bad
enough before You with your foot no good
all your life and walkin on a crutch And
now Pa Whatre we goin to do
I dont know son Think you could
plow a mule
Sure I could Ma
You may have to son We get back on
a farm at least we can raise us a little some
thing to eat And Cecil listen
Yes Ma
Dont you let on a word of this to the
other children but Im real worried about
your Pa Not about his back specially About
him Hes awful moody and depressed Well
have to cheer him up son You understand
Yes Ma
All that happened in 1928 In 9outh
Georgia in 1933 things looked better of a
summe dusk In the lot the cow mooed con
tentedly The guinea hens wandered in from
the fields going potrack potrack potrack
Mrs Heard said Everett did you feed
the chickens and milk
Yesm The milks in the well coolin
Mrs Heard dragged the chair on which
she rested her crippled leg about the kitchen
Its about time your Pa and Cecil were
comin in from the field I do believe your
Pa is improvin a little but land sakes its
been five years now since he sprained his
back the doctors dont seem to be able to do
anything for him and he just purely cant
work more than an hour or two a day
Reckon we ought to be thankful though At
least were not starvin and they say lots of
folks in big cities are Nineteen thirtytwo
was bad enough but this year looks worse
The boy Everett said Ma you gonna
let me quit school after this year Im pretty
strong for my age
No the mother retorted sharply Your
Pa and me will never forgive ourselves for
takin Cecil out of school when he was nine
years old and puttin him to plowin but it
couldnt be helped We never got a dimes
compensation for Johns accident and all of
us had to root or die
Whats compensation Ma
Thats something some folks get when
they are hurt on jobs to sort of make up for
what happens to them
There was a knock at the door Mrs
Heard went and opened it
Good evening maam a man said You
are Mrs John Heard
Yes
My names Joines and Im with the Farm
Security Administration We help tenant
gpr

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farmers to make better crops and sometimes
we help them buy places You and your hus
band have been recommended to us as steady
reliable people who have had a lot of hard
luck Is your husband here
Hes comin in right now she answered
She turned and called John theres a man
out here to see you
John Heard limped onto the front porch
Howdy
I was just telling your wife that I m
with the Farm Security Administration the
visitor said Pardon me for asking but who
does all the work around here
The kids mostly said John Heard My
back is out of joint or something from an
accident loading fruit in 1928 Mrs Heard
has been crippled since she had infantile
paralysis when she was two years old
Well the kids certainly must be hard
workers Everything looks spic and spanand
the land is in good condition What plans
have you for a crop this year
About the usual Peanuts mostly The
trouble is we cant never get together enough
money to start a crop the way it ought to be
We wind up in the Fall every year not much
better off than we were in the Spring after
paying off the debts and every year I think
maybe well get ahead a little next year but
it never seems to happen
Well said Joines maybe the FSA can
help you a little this year Well try it for
a while and if things work out all right
maybe we can eventually help you start to
buy a place
That sure would be fine mister Have a
seat here on the porch Mattie Lou send one
of the kids to fetch some grape juice
More years went by In a neat pantry
one day an FSA home demonstration agent
was saying Fiftysix quarts of string beans
fortyseven quarts of butter beans twenty
one quarts of soup mixturewhat about
meat
Well we still have plenty of ham and
lard to last until we kill hogs this Fall
Missdid you say your name was Humph
rey
Thats right Beulah Humphrey Only
its Mrs
You like working for the FSA Mrs
Humphrey asked Mrs Heard neighborly
Very much Particularly when Im deal
ing with families like yours How in the
world you managed to gather all these fruits
and vegetables and can them walking on a
crutch is beyond me
Oh I didnt do it all The children did
most of the work Since we are buyin our
own place under FSA they feel like we really
own something
There were 206 acres on the place It
was going to cost a little more than 3000
It was seven miles from Climax Decatur
County Georgia
Tenyearold Lessie was washing dshes
and the FSA lady commented on it Oh
said Mrs Heard from the time Lessie and
all the others were big enough to push a
cloth across a dish or anything else to help
out theyve been doin it
Mrs Humphrey said she had given this
family a lot of thought Badly handicapped
and yet making a success She told Mrs
Heard she had spoken of the family to a
Mr Able in Albany a Vocational Rehabili
tation counselor
She suggested Mr and Mrs Heard sign
an application for Vocational Rehabilitation
About that time Mr Heard came in from
the field
You know said Mrs Humphrey doc
tors can do a lot of things now that they
thought were impossible a few years ago
E W Able counselor in the Albany of
fice went to see the Heards Mrs Heard
came out to meet him He asked questions
Mrs Heard said she had been crippled since
she was two years old because of infanti e
paralysis It was impossible to touch the sole
of her foot to the ground she explained
Her right ankle touched instead She showed
him what happened when she tried to stand
on the crippled foot
She took him in the house and introduced
him to her husband Mr Heard answered
questions and told how he strained his back
in 1928
Havent been able to get about very well
since Mr Heard said Sometimes it gets
worse and Im not able to walk at all for
days
Mr Able sent both to specialists
Mr Heard told the doctor Doc I came
here to Emory University hospital with my
fingers crossed Didnt think there was much
use but didnt have much to lose Now 1 ve
had all these examinations and you ought to
know if theres any hope What about it
Doc
A disc in your backbone is ruptured
Maybe two This condition should have been
attended to long ago You should have an
operation
Is there any chance I will be able to
walk straight afterward
I can practically guarantee it the doc
In another specialists office Mrs Heard
was being told I understand you have raised
eight children and run a farm household
How you have been able to do it is beyond
my comprehension Your ankle pains you
considerably doesnt it
She said it did She asked the doctor if
an operation might help Yes he said but
there would have to be two operations And
afterward she would have to wear a brace
for a while
My foot would be straight she asked
Yes it will be quite straight and in a
few months you should be able to walk almost
as well as anybody
Both had operations at different times
5o one could stay home and run things They
got the best medical and nursing care in the
best hospitals In both cases results were far
better than had been promised As this is
written Mrs Heard is still wearing a brace
but she can walk without her knee on a
chair or a crutch Soon she can discard the
brace Mr Heard the last time a counselor
called on him was cutting cane and feeling
no pain from his back The bones in his back
have healed into their proper places Their
home and farm are paid for The children
are fine
I went to see them and took the pictures
which appear with this story As an infor
mation representative of the Georgia Divi
sion I asked them if they would mind having
their stories told in an article or on the
radio
Well do anything for Vocational Re
habilitation they said
Appliances Make Earning power for H R Richardson
of Savannah He lost a leg when run over by a wagon at
the age of 12 Later he lost an arm in a planing mill acci
dent Without artificial limbs he could not work Voca
tional Rehabilitation helped him buy these appliances
Crippled But Fine Nursemaid is Hattie Lee White of
Coosa shown above right at her duties in the Open Door
Home Rome Hattie comes from a very large family She
was referred by the Crippled Childrens Division Depart
ment of Public Welfare Vocational Rehabilitation spon
sored her training She has made a fine worker with children
Operation Gave Normal Foot to Evelyn Stinson of
LaGrange She had walked on tiptoe on her left foot since
childhood and the operation lengthened the tendon so that
she is no longer crippled She is shown at work in Gallant
Belk CompanyCyst Removed Brown of Wadley Ga had a
neck cyst so large that his life was endangered by the possi
bility of its malignancy A farmer he is the sole support of
wife and four children He was unable to pay for the neces
sary operation Vocational Rehabilitation sent him to a hos
pital the growth was excised and he has been restored to
health
Skin Graft stopped infection and saved leg for Jerry
Mitchell of Talbotton He had suffered a third degree
burn so bad that he was unable to walk or do any work
The condition was becoming worse He had no vocational
experience except as a laborer and he has a wife and two
children Vocational Rehabilitation arranged for the surgery
and treatment
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Georgia Department of Education
129 State Office Building
Atlanta 3 Ga
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Athens Ga
Tornado Vtctttn paralyzed from waist down has turned
rom despair to a bright future Augustus Seawright was
referred to Vocatonal Rehabilitation by the Red Cross after
a storm destroyed his home in Hart County killing his
mother and severely injuring his father sister and brother
Gus says he doesnt even remember what hit him all he
knows s that he was paralyzed from the hips down When
tL It17counselorTJ DempseyJrcalled
hgh school graduate was sitting in a corner of a home put
Tranin CmmUitym hh futUre ted
purch se NT Tar W3S 3rranged fM hfm 3nd
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The Blind See the
Lame Walk
Vocational rehabilitation is a sort of
trade name for a program of education in
Georgia which is performing some of the
most interesting miracles of modern times
Vocational training is an activity of the
Georgia Department of Education Its bus
iness is to find physically handicapped men
and women and help them to overcome the
handicaps
The program has really been working
miracles for blind lame deformed and dis
easestricken persons wherever they could
be found in Georgia The blind are taught
useful trades which make them selfsup
porting Operations by skilled surgeons
correct deformities Victims of polio and
other forms of paralysis are not only taught
such useful trades as watch repairing typ
ing and bookkeeping but are furnished
wheel chairs leg braces specially designed
shoes and other equipment Linotype op
erators shoemakers key fitters gunsmiths
and auto repairmen are among the hundreds
who have become completely selfsupprt
ing since receiving courses of training in
vocational schools Accountants have been
sent to the University for special courses
the State paying the bill and all over Geor
gia the beneficiaries of vocational training
are leading normal lives after having over
come grievous handicaps
Most education is good though some un
doubtedly is better than the rest but what
the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in
the Georgia Department of Education is
doing for handicapped men and women de
serves to be rated very high in any appraisal
More than anything that comes immediately
to mind does the program mean hope for
the hopeless with realization in a great
majority of cases of all that the handicapped
dared hope for
Henry T Mclntosh Editor and Pub
lisher in The Albany Herald January
15 1947
Battey State Hospital Patients are taking advantage of the comprehensive
program of rehabilitation which is being launched at this largest tuberculosis sana
torium in the world by Vocational Rehabilitation the Georgia Tuberculosis Associa
tion and cooperating agencies Among the first classes to get started was that in
typing and stenography Above Mrs Pauline Tucker Macon Miss Bessie Webb
Atlanta Miss LaNelle Redfearn Moultrie right rear and Mrs Jimmie Dowd
Wrightsville right foreground are learning typing under instructor C V
Lovvorn center with R L Manlove Rehabilitation Coordinator at the sana
torium watching in background Below Miss Ruby Baldwin of Cave Spring is dis
cussing with Counselor James L Hise of the Division just what occupational read
justment she should seek after tuberculosis The extuberculous should not pursue too
strenuous occupations but are perfectly capable of competing with the nonhandicapped
in jobs which do not drain their vitality over too long periods daily
Patients Both are A W Gable of Cumming
and Johnnie C Morris of Gainesville Gabe
as he is known around the sanatorium visits the
wards with his barbering equipment daily For
those who can visit his shop in this incredibly
immense and sprawling institution bequeathed
by the Federal Government to the State Gabe
can do a better tonsorial job as he is here
demonstrating to Mr Morris Both Mr Gable
and Mr Morris have their hours out of bed
sharply limited each day but instead of stagnat
ing during those leisure hours they are prepar
ing to resume profitable employment when dis
chargedOKo GcorcosJoco2voto
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Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barriztt Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Augusta
Athens
Dublin
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
607 Southern Finance Bldg
Hardman Hall University
401 C S Bank Bldg
The Men on the Cover
Henry T Mclntoshs article on rehabilitation in his Albany Heraldone of
the increasingly frequent editorial approvals in the Georgia press of which we
are deeply appreciativestruck us so forcefully that we deeded to illustrate it
with typical cases in which the blind see and the lame walk
Thomas A Youngblood of 1660 Fifteenth Street Augusta had cataracts on
both eyes He was virtually blind and about to become totally so He has a
wife and two children in school Because of his blindness he was unable to con
tinue operation of his wood yard Destitution threatened
Vocational Rehabilitation sent him to a surgeon who performed operations
removing both cataracts New glasses were purchased for him He regained his
sight Now he can perform tasks which require good sight such as riling saws
His business has prospered His children were enabled to continue in school
From a burden to himself his family and his community he has been transformed
into an independent taxpayer who holds his head high His case was chosen from
among scores of similar ones for the cover design because he insisted he wanted
to express his appreciation publicly
Roy DeLoach Jones of 28 Woodward Avenue SW Atlanta lost a leg
when an automobile struck him on a sidewalk He had been a remnant salesman
He had a wife and baby Minus a leg he was unable to get work Vocational
Rehabilitation bought him a leg and sent him to barber college
After several years as a barber he now teaches at Moler Barber College 143
Hunter Street SW instructing students in physiology histology light therapy
and barbering theory So proficient has he become in use of his artificial limb
that many of his students do not realize that his right leg is off above the knee
I wouldnt have had a chance if it hadnt been for Vocational Rehabilita
tion Mr Jones says
These men are not unusual They do not claim to be They did not let their
disabilities get them down They can and do compete with the nonhandicapptd
in their lines of business every day
There are thousands more disabled people in Georgia who deserve the same
kind of break Vocational Rehabilitation gave Mr Youngblood and Mr Jones
M D Collins
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross32 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
With 1035 cases closed rehabilitated in the first six months of the current
fiscal year this Division is seeking to excel its record total of 2400 cases rehabili
tated in the past fiscal year when Georgia led the nation in rehabilitations
regardless of larger populations in other states
But other states are waking up Frankly says F E Hart Jr supervisor
of rehabilitation services in California we dont like the idea of being shoved
out of first place in the number of rehabilitations reported by our friends in
Georgia We are glad however that the number of disabled receiving service is
materially increasing and we have every intention of doing our share
California has a professional staff of more than 80 workers compared to
Georgias 60
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Bldg Atlanta GaTotally Blinded by Gunshot wounds in 1944 William Car
ter Coggin of Waycross has overcome his handicap and is oper
ating one of the 21 vending stands in Georgia sponsored by the
Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind and supervised by
Vocational Rehabilitation He is shown here at his place of business
in the Ware County Hospital Mr Coggin a policeman was shot
by a fugitive He has a wife and two children Waycross civic
groups aided in his rehabilitation
Confined to Wheelchair as a result of arthritis which left him
crippled Gene Mclnvale of Peabody Apartments Columbus has
been enabled to learn a craft Vocational Rehabilitation arranged
for his training with the B S Jewelry Company and he caught on
quickly Within a few months he had acquired a skill which put
him in his own business Tools were purchased for him and other
guidance given Instead of becoming a helpless invalid he can earn
his way in life
Both Legs Paralyzed W W McKinnon of Preston Ga is
pursuing not one career but two He is an editorial writer proof
reader and linotype operator for the StewartWebster Journal
a job in which he was trained under Vocational Rehabilitation
sponsorshipand at the same time acts as secretary to the Clerk of
Superior Court of Webster County Although still in a wheel chair
he is able to get about better than before because of braces pur
chased for him by the Division Before contact he had never worked
His Own Business set up with Vocational Rehabilitation guid
ance and training is operated by Ed H Johnson at Haddock and
at last report after more than a year in operation he was netting
53 weekly Mr Johnson is totally blind After attending the Acad
emy for the Blind at Macon he was employed as an inspector at the
naval ordnance plant at Milledgeville but this employment ended
with the war He was at loose ends until Rehabilitation helped him
start his mill commissary store
Determination and Vocational Rehabilitation have led
Miss Lucile Gordon of Colquitt from a sharecropper house
hold and the bleak prospects of a cripple to physical restora
tion and a good job as a secretary at Sears Roebuck and Com
pany in Atlanta Upon graduating from high school Miss
Gordon had no particular occupational skill Her right kg
was four inches shorter than her left as a result of blood
poisoning at the age of 11 She had chronically diseased
tonsils and was badlv in need of dental work Without voca
tional guidance and medical attention her future would have
been dismal But she heard about Vocational Rehabilitation
and she had the spunk to take full advantage of it Opera
tions were performed on her hip to correct the paralytic leg
to remove her tonsils and the needed dental work was done
She was sent to business college Her ambition and deter
mination never wavered Now her ability and her future are
as bright as for any young woman her age She has a trained
mind in a sound bodyGrowing Business making brooms and mops is operated by R O Hubbard
in Waycross Mr Hubbard lost his sight in 1932 He had no work experience
except as a laborer There were seven children in his family Vocational Re
habilitation sent him to Atlanta for training in a broom shop From Atlanta
he went to Augusta where he helped establish a broom shop for blind Negroes
which is still in operation and from there back to Waycross to set un his
own business

Popular Vending Stand in Charity Hospital Savannah is operated by
blind Cornelius Carter Cornelius lost his sight in 1944 when potash was
thrown in his eyes Previously he had been a porter and iaboTer He w s un
employed when referred to Vocational Rehabilitation Trained in the pro
gram sponsored by the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind he now
Pnysicfa g thC fregr0Und f Pkture 1S Dr E J Smith S
Surgical Correction a foot plate and a
special shoe have enabled Isaac Cenker 79
Davis Street NW Atlanta to continue
as the breadwinner for his family despite
disabilities resulting from infantile paraly
sis His wife and daughters assist him in
the operation of a grocery store and the
work is not so strenuous as to be inappro
priate in the light of his handicap There
are not enough words for me to express my
appreciation of what Vocational Rehabilita
tion has done for me he said in an un
solicited letter4rr rm
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Muscle Operations on both eyes were necessary to correct
the handicap above of George L Gantt His sight has
improved also Mr Gantts father is an invalid and his
parents are dependent upon him and his brother This client
also has a wife and child He is employed by Everdge s
Bakery 600 North Jefferson Street Albany
With his handicap his economic future was sharply lim
ited in all fields which might require meeting the public and
his ability to assume responsibility for his family was ham
pered although he had all the other attributes for success
Now that his handicap has been removed his business ad
vancement and his personal happiness have immeasurably
brighter prospects
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Double Harelip has been corrected for D J Walters em
ployed by the Southern Cooperative Foundry at Rome Mr
Walters came to Vocational Rehabilitation after reading a
newspaper article He was sent to a specialist He paid tor
the operation himself but he says he doubts he ever would
have acted without rehabilitation guidance
In his first conversation with a counselor Mr Walters
said he was satisfactorily employed but that it might be neces
sary to change iobs and a new employer might hesitate to
hire him After surgery by the specialist his appearance is
virtually unmarred Since it was not a case of economic
need services were confined to guidance and counsel
These photos have not been retouched
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Once Bedridden Mrs Annie Belle Clarke of
156 Herring Street Athens is now restored to
work abhty and has resumed the arduous dut es of
a housekeeper At the time she was referred to
Vocat10 Rehabilitation by the Deparlmef f
I ubhc Welfare she had been in bed for two years
w ha rupture and internal disabilities She was un
able to take care of her household consisting of her
husband and three children and required constant
care She was sent to a hospital and a specialist
Tect theTf hCr hadiCapS and PtedPto cor
rect them From a chronic invalid she has been
transformed mto an ablebodied woman who is able
not only to run her home but also to hold down a job
ma 11 She says that Vocational Rehabilitat on
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April 1947
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Governor
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Discusses
GEORGIAS
SOUNDEST
INVESTMENTNot Charity But Good Business
By Governor M E Thompson
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National and regional econ
omists in both private businesses
and government agencies are
agreed that Georgia and the
Southeast are facing a decade of
probable expansion in industry
and diversified agriculture which
will be unprecedented Barring
the unforeseen in national and in
ternational affairs if we have the
intelligence to guide and control
this natural growth it will ac
crue to the benefit of all of us
With proper leadership and
careful appraisal of trends Geor
gia can come into a golden age of pros
perity and happiness for the states citi
zens Or we can fail to plan and an
ticipate in which case there will be
needless growing pains and drags on
economic development
One of the principal reasons why ex
tensive economic development is bound
to come to Georgia is the character of
the states people Though many of
them lacked industrial skills or ac
quaintance with modern farming meth
ods until the war they had the native
ability and stability to absorb the les
sons of the past five years and now com
prise one of the most promising popula
tion groups in the nation attracting
new industries and new agricultural
enterprises to the state almost daily
In anticipating trends and growth
one of the most serious mistakes we
might make would be to underestimate
the importance of a program of which
we have become increasingly aware in
the past few yearsVocational Re
habilitation All the states in the nation
have equal opportunity to share in this
federalstate arrangement whereby the
federal government pays 100 per cent
of administrative and guidance costs
and half the costs of case services Geor
gia stands at the top of the list of all
the states regardless of population in
taking advantage of federal grants and
in consequent rehabilitations of handi
capped civilians Of this record we are
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socalled intellectuals in other sections
who in the past have been inclined to
look down their noses at this part of
the country for low economic and edu
cational standards which had been
forced upon us and for which we were
generally not to blame but which we
have striven to overcome with consid
erably more zeal than has been dis
played in other sections when one con
siders their concentrations of wealth
and economic advantage
Despite its leadership in Vocational
Rehabilitation however Georgia has
only begun to reap the profits to the
states people possible under this pro
gram The small portion of the field
which has been harvested so far has
been only enough to sample and prove
the advantages which will lie in a more
comprehensive effort
In the past 10 years there have been
10697 successful rehabilitations of
handicapped persons mostly civilians
but including some veterans with non
serviceconnected disabilities in this
state Of the total 8982 of these re
habilitations were accomplished during
the past four fiscal years the big in
crease in comparatively recent years be
ing due to changes wrought by the war
and by liberalization of Public Law 113
by the Congress in permitting federal
funds to be used for physical restora
tion in which disabilities may be cor
rected rather than trained around
The comparatively insignificant in
vestment by the state in half the costs
of case services resulted in almost un
believable benefits both financial
and in the hardertoestimate
terms of the happiness selfrespect
and independence attained by
handicapped citizens and their
families Of those rehabilitated
approximately half had histories
of unsubstantial parttime em
ployment or had never worked
and earned a living because of
mm their handicaps And in the total
F picture average earnings were
multiplied more than five times as
a result of rehabilitation Aver
age annual earnings increased
from 260 to 1360 The total
cost of the program under which these
rehabilitations were accomplished each
year was only slightly in excess of total
annual earnings before rehabilitation a
nonrecurring cost which in many in
stances took handicapped people off re
lief rolls and made taxpayers of them
instead of tax consumers Many paid
more taxes the first year after rehabili
tation than was spent to rehabilitate
them
Vocational Rehabilitation is not a
welfare or charity program It is sound
business investment in the lives of hu
man beings who might otherwise be
drains on their families their commu
nities and their state
This experience is only a sample of
what might be accomplished Among
the states 3100000 citizens it is esti
mated that a minimum of 150000 have
potentially rehabilitable disabilities and
despite all that has been done the back
log has been increasing each year These
are people with handicaps which keep
them from working at all or keep them
from full earning abilities which can be
obtained by rehabilitation
Georgia is proud of what its Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation has done
In this work national statistics show it
to be the most progressive state in the
nation But we must not let it lag
Rather we must give increasing sup
port to its proven power as the economic
salvation of a substantial proportion of
our people
From the standpoint of guaranteed
and almost immediate returns state ap
propriations for Vocational Rehabilita
tion are Georgias soundest investmentMabilitatiotv Mws
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Pall S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Augusta
Athens
Dublin
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
607 Southern Finance Bldg
Hardman Hall University
401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross32 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Thomasville 309 Unchurch Bldg
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Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement fill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
Address
Business
Remarks
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Building Atlanta 3 Ga
Her Own Business s operated by Miss Edna Estelle Greene near
iiarnesville Practcally blind Miss Greene had never worked before
rehabilitation except for one month packing doughnuts for an Atlanta
concern She eft the Atlanta job because of the difficulty in getting to
and from work Now she has a little store near her home this Division
having helped her get started
Cataract Operation enabled Mrs Annie Bell
Townsend of Thomaston to return to a job
in a textile mill which she had had to leave
because of failing sight At the time her case
was surveyed she was unemployed Her hus
band who also was handicapped held a job
in the mill but without her earnings the fam
ily including a small daughter was in dire
straits Vocational Rehabilitation arranged for
removal of Mrs Townsends cataract and for
special glasses and now she is earning much
more than she ever did before
Growing Patronage s swelling the volume done by this store operated
by Homer W Starley at 319 West Broad Street Griffin with rehabili
tation aid In addition to groceries drinks and confections he has put
in poultry and stock feeds Mr Starley had to leave previous jobs be
cause of failing sight and he is now almost blind but catarac opera
tions have been arranged for him5WQ

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i Latest of Vending Stands to be opened under supervision of Voca
n tional Rehabilitation is this one at Washington operated by Robert Roy
Bradley totally blind since infancy Before opening the stand Mr
Bradley had a very meager income as a magazine salesman The Wilkes
i County Lions Club of which Mr Bradley is a member made a sub
stantial investment in the business
Home Laundry is conducted by Theodore Atkinson and Mrs Atkin
son at 64th Street and Middle Ground Road Savannah He is shown
with his four children on the porch of the home which he built himselt
and inset at an ironer Before rehabilitation he had an unsubstantial
work history and was totally blind The Division provided a successful
cataract operation and glasses and bought the ironer
Although Totally Blind Lloyd C Layton
of Statenville earns more than 50 weekly
manufacturing concrete blocks with his brother
Garland also blind The business was set up
through Vocational Rehabilitation assistance
the Division purchasing much of the equip
ment Previously Mr Layton had been sent
by the Division to the North Georgia Trade
and Technical School Clarkesville for a pre
liminary course in which he demonstrated that
he was capable of mechanical work Before
rehabilitation he had been unemployedENABLED TO WALK in virtually normal position
after fitting of a brace Charlie Murray of Coleman Ran
dolph County will be able to take much better care of him
self and his aged mother Without the brace with each step
he had to bend over and catch his knee with a hand to keep
the knee from giving way The left leg was crippled by in
fantile paralysis when he was a baby and he had been hob
bling all his life until he got the brace He is a farmer but
Vocational Rehabilitation may train him for shoe repair
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RESTORED TO HEALTH by a goiter operation
Catherine Johnson above her husband Lewis and their
eight children are buying a farm through the Farm Security
Administration near Oconee The goiter had grown so large
that it was exerting pressure and Catherine was unable to do
her work The farm payments had been met promptly but
two children had been seriously ill entailing considerable ex
pense Rehabilitation provided the goiter operation
WALKING AND WORKING again after a knee fu
sion operation and bone graft is J T Richardson of Cleve
land Ga Vocational Rehabilitation also provided a special
shoe and leg brace which the client wears at all times even
sleeping His knee had been injured in an accident and he
was unable to provide for his familv until these services were
rendered Now the injured knee has stopped draining and a
second operation may enable him to discard the braceTap a New
A Georgia dealer has found
mechanicswithout ads too
By R E BENTLEY in The Southern Automotive Journal a
trade publication read by dealers garagemen and distributors
in 19 Southern and Southwestern states
Tv rnest G Beaudr Inc last month tapped a source of
Ej manpower which is expanding at a time when skilled
mechanics are in demand throughout the United States
General Manager C M Daniel of this Atlanta Ford
dealership commenting on the employment of C W Dur
ham in the reconditioning department asserted
Mr Durham although blind is doing an efficient job of
building fuel pumps and points for distributor plates He is
also doing some brake and clutch lining work When needed
he helps with carburetor work also
I am firmly convinced that handicapped workers are reli
able conscientious employees And they stick to their jobs
They are very anxious to make good and less inclined to
waste time gossiping with other workers taking time out to
smoke or drink cokes
We feel we have given Mr Durham a chance to be self
supporting and at the same time we have gained a worker
who appreciates his job and who is giving satisfaction on
the job
And Alvin Bowles reconditioning department foreman
says
I thought it would take Mr Durham a few days to get
into the feel of things before he could start actual work
However I was wrong He started in promptly building
fuel pumps and there havent been any instructions necessary
for him I think he is doing a fine job and all the boys in the
department are well pleased with his efficiency and ability
and are glad to have hm working with them
Mr Daniel believes that in an organization of perhaps
100 employees it should be possible to have six or eight han
dicapped persons employed They make good workers and it
gives an employer a feeling of doing a little good for hu
manity
We have had several employees over the years who had
disabilities and weve placed them in jobs where they could
serve usand themselvesefficiently At present we have a
young man whose legs are too bad for him to stand So we
found him a job which can be done sitting on a high stool
and hes earning himself and his family a living wage
Mr Durhama mechanic before he lost his sightwas
placed at Beaudrys through the Division of Vocational Re
habilitation of the Georgia State Department of Education
Georgia lays claim to having led the states regardless of
population in rehabilitations in the past fiscal year2400
cases
The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation has reported that
blind workers have been found to average higher productivity
operating machines day in and day out than nonhandicapped
mechanics This was attributed partly to the blind person
having fewer distractions and therefore to his greater ability
to concentrate
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Charlie Walls of
Cordele has a far bet
ter than average in
come although badly
handicapped Rehabil
itation provided train
ing and supplies which
helped him overcome
disability He works
for Brackins Jewel
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In Training as a radio announcer and en
gineer at WBIX Rome is Robert V
Rogers who is practically blind Mr
Rogers tried out as a farm program direc
tor put on a good show and with rehabili
tation aid is learning other broadcasting
work He had no experience except as a
student He has a wife and child and is
learning a trade in which he and his fam
ily can become economically independent
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Paralyzed in Both Legs as the result of
an accident and unable to move about ex
cept in a sitting position Carson Folds of
Hrinson is homebound but nevertheless has
been enabled to earn a substantial income
Vocational Rehabilitation provided training
and tools He makes cabinets and small
boats Physical restoration was not feasible
in this case and although severely handi
capped Mr Folds has learned a profitable
trade
f 5I Georgia Leads But Has Only Scratched the Surface
By ALFRED L Davis Assistant Director in Charge of Field Operations
Georgia leads the nation in the Voca
tional Rehabilitation of handicapped per
sons and it is time that our great state
takes leadership in many other fields of
endeavor While we do lead in most of
the phases of rehabilitation we feel that
we have only scratched the surface in
reaching and serving disabled persons in
Georgia There are several reasons why
Georgia has been able to accomplish more
than other states
1 State School Superintendent The
progress of any program is no greater
than its leadership One of the reasons
for Georgias leadership in Vocational
Rehabilitation is the fact that in Dr
M D Collins we have a real executive
who has a vision of service to the people
Dr Collins does not attempt to carry out
every detail of the work in the many di
visions of the State Department of Edu
cation He selects without regard to
political aspirations persons he believes
can do the job He then provides for or
assists in providing the wherewithal to
do the job
2 State Director of Vocational Re
habilitation During the 10 years in
which Mr P S Barrett has been Direc
tor of Vocational Rehabilitation the
work has grown from a very small pro
gram to one of the largest divisions with
in the Department of Education Before
any publicsupported program can secure
adequate funds it must be sold to the
public generally Through publicity and
specific examples which illustrate the
value of rehabilitation both to the indi
vidual and the community the program
has been sold in Georgia Gradually
state appropriations have been increased
to match Federal funds to serve a large
number of disabled persons
3 Organization In 1941 the late
President Franklin D Roosevelt recom
mended an expansion of the rehabilita
tion services in order to recruit handi
capped persons for employment in war
industries Georgia led most of the other
states in starting an expansion of the re
habilitation program by obtaining and
training personnel to do the job This
early expansion of the program in Geor
gia has made it possible for Georgia to
rehabilitate more individuals than many
of the states with larger population For
the fiscal year 194344 Georgia rehabili
tated 2771 individuals California was
the only state which exceeded that num
ber In the fiscal year 194445 Georgia
rehabilitated 2361 individuals only two
states Kentucky and California leading
Georgia during this year During the
Excerpts from an address by Mr Davis
before the Georgia Conference on Social
Welfare Mr Davis represented the Di
vision in the absence of Director Paul S
Barrett chairman of the National Re
habilitation Associations legislative com
mittee
fiscal year 194546 Georgia rehabilitated
2400 persons leading the nation Geor
gia now has a trained staff of professional
workers composed of 40 counselors and
senior counselors carrying a caseload
four district supervisors vending stand
supervisors placement agents industrial
specialist specialist for the tuberculous
medical social workers medical consult
ant supervisor of research and informa
tion and survey interviewers At the
present time there are only two states in
the nation which have organizations as
large and well trained as Georgias
4 Physical Restoration In 1943 the
Federal Act was amended to provide
physical restoration services Georgia
was one of the first states to take advan
tage of this expanded service Georgia is
at the present time providing more
Physical Restoration service than any
other state under the leadership of the
Assistant Director in Charge of Techni
cal Services Mr A P Jarrell
5 Program of Services for the Blind
The blind as a group have been very dif
ficult to rehabilitate With the expan
sion of the program since 1943 a special
unit has been established within our
agency the personnel of which works en
tirely with blind clients under W B
Gaines Supervisor of Services for the
Blind
6 Publicity The Federal Congress
has had a committee investigating the aid
to the handicapped for the past three
years After a thorough study of the
programs for aiding handicapped persons
the committee came forth with some very
definite criticisms of the programs as
now operated and some suggestions for
improving the aid to the handicapped It
was pointed out in the committees re
port that although vocational rehabilita
tion had been provided in a limited way
for the past 25 years that there are thou
sands of disabled individuals who have
never heard of the service This has been
demonstrated by the Georgia program
Three years ago our division held a series
of employment clinics for handicapped
persons They were held with the objec
tive of recruiting handicapped workers
for war work The shortage of workers
made it imperative that all persons capa
ble of being employed be recruited and
suitably placed on jobs they could do
We advertised the clinics through the
local newspapers on the radio by per
sonal letters to public and private
agencies who might help to locate and
send to the clinic disabled persons In
Atlanta on one clinic we had over 800
persons apply to the Division for re
habilitation services Many of the clinics
held in towns of 2000 to 5000 had at
tendances at the clinic of more than 100
people The U S Civil Service Com
mission cooperated with us in having at
the clinics representatives who had au
thority to employ workers for various
government installations Private em
ployers in the community attended the
clinics and offered work to such of those
applying whom they could use Georgia
started the clinic method of reaching the
handicapped It spread rapidly to other
states
In almost every clinic we located a
number of persons who had reached the
ages of 30 to 45 and had been unable to
work for a number of years and had not
even heard of our service Many of these
were provided with physical restoration
services and made employable
To try to carry out the definite recom
mendation of the Congressional Commit
tee Georgia employed a Supervisor of
Research and Information whose respon
sibility it is to publicize the program
Mr Barrett had already instituted the
publication of a monthly Rehabilitation
News The Supervisor of Research and
Information took over the editing of this
publication We now have on our mail
ing list about 27000 persons who receive
the publication each month This has
resulted in letting the disabled know that
such service is available
Georgia was recognized as leading in
this field The Federal Office of Voca
tional Rehabilitation established in
Washington a similar service to make
available to the states statistical infor
mation and publicity which might be
used in publicizing the program The
Georgia Supervisor of Research and In
formation was invited to Washington for
a period of two weeks to help work out
on a national level a system of publicity
for the states to utilize The Federal
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation with
the assistance of some of the states pro
duced a motion picture film showing han
dicapped workers in industry and the
services available by the division
7 Program for the Tuberculous Geor
gia has again taken the lead in trying toi
Steadily Growtng Trade is enjoyed by this store operated by Louis Christie Shaw
921 Reynolds Street Augusta Mr Shaw has been blind since birth Vocational Re
habltaton training and other aid including help in getting scarce merchandise played
an important role
serve the persons disabled by tuberculosis
Some few of the sanatoria in the north
had started some patient activity pro
grams which were designed to meet some
of the needs of ambulatory patients still
in the sanatorium The sanatorium in
Georgia limited by number of beds to
such an extent that a patient was dis
missed from the sanatorium as soon as
he could safely be returned to his home
and another patient could have the bed
had not been given the chance to set up
any kind of rehabilitation program in the
sanatorium except to try to treat the
patient physically When the state se
cured the Battey State Hospital at Rome
with a 2200bed capacity we recognized
that we might establish some kind of in
sanatorium program for the ambulatory
patients
The Federal Office of Vocational Re
habilitation held a training conference
for Specialists for Tuberculous and for
the Chiefs of Rehabilitation Services in
the states I attended the conference with
Mr C B Shroyer who is our Specialist
for the Tuberculous At this conference
each state was expected to work out the
plan for service to the tuberculous We
worked out a tentative plan and came
back and immediately started work to
put it into effect Since we started the
program representatives of several other
states have come to study our insana
torium program
8 Vending Stands Georgia is leading
the nation in the Business Enterprise Pro
gram for employing blind persons A
nonprofit corporation has been estab
lished which provides the initial inven
tory of merchandise and equipment for
the stands which cannot be provided by
rehabilitation funds The stands are
closely supervised by personnel of the
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia has recently been asked to assist
neighboring states in the establishment
of a program of Business Enterprise in
those states
Thus although ranking nationally at
the top in Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia has scarcely touched the prob
lem of the handicapped because we know
that there are many thousands of people
with disabilities in this state we have not
reached With carefully evaluated plans
investment of rehabilitation funds in
these people would we know pay for
itself many times over in lives of useful
ness steady employment and the moral
and financial responsibilities of citizen
ship

Before and AfterThc facial appearance of Mrs Dew
Fordham Stilson Ga housewife had forced her to drop
her work helping her husband sell insurance Her nose had
been disfigured by disease There are three children and the
family income suffered because of Mrs Fordhams having to
S meeting the public Vocational Rehabihtation sent her
to a plastic surgeon who so improved her nose that she is
again working and happy
Operation for Bone Disease has enabled Bernce Beeeher
to get about and do farm work which he had never done
before He was stricken as a child and had never been able
to help his family near Baxley Now he must use crutches
but can perform light chores and may take training for other
employment
Dont know what Fd done without rehabilitation says
Elemuel Lee of Route 2 Winokur Ga Mr Lee had a
severe double rupture and was unable to provide for his wife
and three children Now he can do heavy farm work and
his neighbors concur in amazement at his change He earns
100 monthly
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State Department of Education
Atlanta

Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
TOTALLY DCAF ALMOST BLIND
I AND CRIPPLED IN ONE ARM
Burton E Blackman of Route 2
Lafayette nevertheless hat one of
the neatest farms in his commu
nity and a poultry project Voca
tional Rehabilitation provided
training and supplies This mans
dogged determination and reha
bilitation aid have led him and his
wife into a prosperous business
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ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
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AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Building Atlanta 3 GaUnbelievable Amount of Work is done by John
Thornton cleaning fish for the Capitol Fish Company 455
Whitehall Street SW Atlanta according to the firms
manager John has been totally blind for four years and has
w ie and four children Before losing his sight he had been
a cook and a janitor Rehabilitation placed him on this job
and his employers suggested that other fish companies inves
tigate employing the blind
Turning All Profits back into his business Clem Pitts
Letter cff Haddock in less than a year has bult up a good
stock and a wide patronage and his income is more than
sufficient for himself and his family Before losing the sight
of both eves in two accidents he had been a carpenter and
kter a freight truck driver Rehabilitation financed his
training and helped him get the merchandise for this now
independent venture
Growing Business in groceries and caning of chairs is
operated by Jesse B Johnson 303 Sycamore Street Way
cross Jesse is practically blind in both eyes having light per
ception only His loss of vision is due to glaucoma which
beean in 1926 Before Vocational Rehabilitation helped him
establish this business he had been trying to peddle cosmetics
and received a dole Now he is a taxpaying citizen with an
economic future
Sight Restored by operations removing cataracts from
both eyes James Williams of Route 4 Mlledgevlle now
can earn a living He became totally blind in 1942 His
case was referred to Vocational Rehabilitation as a deserv
ing one and a specialist reported favorable prospects In
each operation he became able to see out of the affected eye
while the surgery was in progress Medicines and glasses
also were provided and his vision is improving

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Attends High School After Physical Restoration
Joe Madden who lives near Lavonia in a location he says is
like finding a needle in a haystack has a wife and two
children When his case first came to the attention of Voca
tional Rehabilitation in 1943 there was an urgent need for
war workers and although Mr Madden was badly crippled
there was little time for physical restoration and he was
trained and placed in a war plant where he earned good
wages for a year Rut when that was over he was right back
where he startedlittle or no peacetime vocational experi
ence a history of 5perweek odd jobs and a family to sup
port His case was reopened in 1945 He was sent to a hos
pital where his practically useless left leg was amputated
An artificial leg was purchased for him As a school bus
driver he determined to make his rehabilitation complete by
a better education and now he is a voluntary and earnest
high school student in addition to being able to obtain better
employment because of the artificial leg
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June 1947

COMBINATION
Diagnosis
Guidance
Physical Restoration
Training
PlacementWalks on Feet for First Time in Life after physical
restoration Miss Ethel Clements of Tifton had infantile
paralysis in infancy and until recently had never been able
to get about except on her knees Vocational Rehabilitation
sent her to a specialist for two operations The picture at
left was taken just before the first operation and the picture
at right was taken after the second operation as she prepared
to leave an Atlanta hospital to return to her home Even
before Vocational Rehabilitation Miss Clements was am
bitious and supported herself by making stuffed toys and
animals Now that she expects soon to walk without crutches
she plans to open a book store in Tifton

From Unemployment to a
Thriving Business has gone
James F Corbett who was a
railroad office worker in Atlanta
when he lost his vision in 1943
He had no earned income what
ever when his case was surveyed
by Vocational Rehabilitation
He was trained for this Albany
post office vending stand of the
growing chain of business enter
prises sponsored by the Georgia
Cooperative Services for the
Blind and now is economically
independent At left is Eugene
W Able Senior Counselor of
the Albany office of Vocational
Rehabilitation and center Post
master Dan L Gibsonckabilitotioiv lAfews
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State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Zlie Jromebound
Physical restoration as we call it in Vocational Rehabilitation because
we can think of no more adequate term is a wonderful thingto find a client
with a remediable disability a work handicap and then to provide services which
correct or remove the handicap or substantially reduce it thereby enabling the
client to broaden his occupational horizon to do work of which he had not pre
viously been capable or better work for a better income
There are thousands of cases in our files in which the investment of a dis
creet amount of money in medical or surgical services for an individualwhich
the individual probably never would have been able to have afforded for himself
has resulted in earning power which completely rehabilitated the person and
often the client has paid more taxes in a year or two after physical restoration
than the total cost of his rehabilitation In this appraisal too we must not
forget that otherwise the client might have been a charge on his family or com
munity so that his rehabilitation has a double significance
But what of other thousands of badly disabled persons for whom physical
restoration is not feasible What of these cases in which thorough diagnosis
shows no reasonable prospect of rehabilitation Many we are sorry to say we
have to reject altogether Others however even though not feasible for physical
restoration may still he rehabilitated by guidance and training In this group
are those who are so badly handicapped that they are homebound
There are probably homebound persons in your community if you will stop
to think of them You seldom see them but they are therewishing thinking
hoping loving praying despairing and sometimes triumphing in their limited
way Some ingenious ones have crafts from which they earn a livelihood
Others with guidance and training couldwithin the walls of their own
homes Just a little practical help in learning a craft and finding markets for
products can mean the difference between a life of complete dependence and
misery and one of hope resolve profitable occupation and happiness
It is the business of Vocational Rehabilitation to help these people no less
than those who can go out and take jobs Outstanding cases of rehabilitation
may be accomplished among them They may be more difficult the obstacles
may be greater but when one attains working usefulness within such limitations
the success is that much more important
The products of the homebound crafts show integrity fidelity conscien
tiousness and devotion to quality by which they can more than compete with
industrial machines for those who love fine things Wherever such products are
offered for sale we bespeak for them your considered patronage
M D Collins
Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement fill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
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BeforeHaving been aided in college training by Vocational Rehabilitation Miss Mary Esther Owens was employed at
Warner Robins iield and supporting members of her family An operation for correction of harelip had not been successful
She also had a cleft palate and a speech defect These occupational handicaps badly needed correcting but Miss Owens
although hardworking and deserving could not undertake the costsAfterNow her educational mental and physical handicaps have been overcome and she is an economic asset to her state
Plastic surgery by a specialist chosen by this divisions panel of medical authorities dental work by another specialist simi
larly chosen for his qualifications in this particular field and vocational guidance and training have converted tragedy into a
bright futureTotally Blind These Men
Are Regular Workers in
Big Shoe Factory
Fred Henson left and
Frank Hopper compete with
the nonhandicapped and ask
no special considerations in
their daily tasks pulling shoe
lasts at the General Shoe Cor
porations huge plant in At
lanta Neither had a job of
any kind when reached by
Vocational Rehabilitation
which afforded them training

An Unusual Feat as even the appliance manufacturers
will admit is this one being performed casually and rou
tinelytying shoestrings after a shine jobby Oscar Bil
lingslea in his prosperous shop at 908 Hunter Street SW
Atlanta Vocational Rehabilitation helped him buy these
hooks which led him from uncertain earnings as a newsboy
to a substantial income in this shoeshine and dry cleaning
business Oscar lost one hand in 1935 and another in
1938 in both instances as a result of osteomyelitis
JGrowing Business Making Cement Blocks is oper
ated by Horace Griggers at 837 West Harvard Street Col
lege Park Mr Griggers has only 10 per cent vision in each
eye with glasses He was a policeman at a war plant and
lost that job in 1945 when the plant closed Vocational Re
habilitation helped him buy the equipment for his business
Mr Griggers has a daughter in school
Although Blind William B Lewis below operates a bus
iness at Douglas with his wife and two children which is
prospering and makes the family independent Vocational
Rehabilitation helped him get started in this business with
merchandise equipment training and guidance Mr Lewis
was totally blinded by sewer gas while an electrician for the
city of Douglas in 1926

Removal of Cataracts From Both Eyes restored Mrs
Nellie H Jeffers 205 Singleton Avenue Sylvania from
total blindness to stabilized vision which enables her to earn a
good living as a seamstress Vocational Rehabilitation pro
vided the operations and purchased glasses and now Mrs
Jeffers threads needles without strain and has more business
than she can handle
Jesup Store established with the aid of Vocational Re
habilitation is operated by Lincon B Roberson who is
almost blind as a result of an object falling on his head when
he was a firemen in 1938 He was a parts inspector for the
Naval Ordnance Plant at Milledgeville during the war but
after the war had few or no employment opportunities His
business is neat and orderly

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Handicaps Which Would Have Defeated any but the
most courageous have been lessened in some respects and
removed in others for Miss Evelyn Mayers of Brunswick
She has practically no hands and she had facial disfigure
ments these disabilities presented almost insuperable job dif
ficulties OcationaI Rehabilitation sent her to a plastic sur
geon whose operations rendered her employable Her dis
abilities resulted from burns when a child She has made
good on a job with E R Partridge Inc garment manufac
turers 1572 Pryor Street SW Atlanta
Popular Secretary for the American Machinery Com
pany 122 Forsyth Street SW Atlanta is Miss Loree Bat
ten who comes from Winokur Georgia Miss Battens han
dicap results from infantile paralysis Vocational Rehabili
tation and the Warm Springs Foundation provided surgery
and other needed hospitalization services Vocational Re
habilitation sent Miss Batten to business college after her
physical disability had been to a large extent overcome and
upon completion of the business course she was readily placed
in employmentJuly 1947
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Defective Vision only 20 per cent of normal does not
prevent Miss Miriam Blackburn of Sandy Springs from
making good on a job operating a photograph drying machine
at the Star Photo Finishing Company 300 Ponce de Leon
Ave NE Atlanta Before being placed on this job she had
worked as a candy wrapper Both jobs were obtained for her
by Vocational Rehabilitation She had no previous work
experience
Once Blind Now He Can See After 23 years as a mill
worker G F Johnson of Tennille had to quit when he lost
his sight due to cataracts Vocational Rehabilitation pro
vided the operation which restored his sight and furnished
glasses Instead of returning to his mill job however he
has improved his earnings as a truck farmer and operator of
a small store
Medical Treatment of a chronic ulcer on her left leg and
a skin graft have made Miss Louise Tenney of Manchester
employable Before treatment she was unable to work and
in danger of losing her leg The infection began with a nail
wound An invalid before Vocational Rehabilitation services
Miss Tenney has been able to join other members of her
family in textile mill employment and housework
Threat of Blindness was overcome by surgical removal of
eyeball growths for the wife of the man at left Mrs Hattie
Bell Johnson was almost blind at the time Vocational Re
habilitation averted disaster for both herself and her husband
Her vision had been deteriorating for years and she was
scarcely able to do housework Now with glasses also fur
nished she can read newspapers
Regains Use of Arms and Legs through rehabilitation
program Floyd Ludlow of Scottdale suffered from con
tractions of both hands and both legs as a result of neuritis
Vocational Rehabilitation and other agencies worked out an
arrangement whereby hospital treatments braces and therapy
have virtually restored him to working usefulness and he
will soon resume his job in Scottdale Mills
Able to Walk and hold down a job after physical restora
tion services is Otis Raymond Brown of 108 Addie Street
LaGrange Before Vocational Rehabilitation he had defec
tive hips could not stand except in an extremely stooped
position and his knees knocked together when he tried to
walk He was unemployed Now he works at the C L
Payne Grocery 300 East Depot Street
Business Course in which he made an outstanding rec
ord has given Dennis Binion skills in which his handicaps
are not of serious significance He is a graduate of Lithonia
High School Before Vocational Rehabilitation he had never
worked As a result of his training in junior accounting he
is working for the Army Air Forces Retirement Records
Branch 86 Edgewood Avenue N E Atlanta
Hard Farm Work is done by Mrs Otto Ragsdale of
Route 3 Lithonia who a few months ago was a nearinvalid
Mr and Mrs Ragsdale have five minor children Vocational
Rehabilitation arranged for surgery to correct internal dis
orders and dental work Now her ability to keep house look
after the children and even work in the fields has been
restored She faces many unhandicapped yearsNW Atlanta who has very little vision Before attending
this Georgia Craft School at Cordele she had had no work
experience except in helping keep house with her two sisters
She is shown with a sample of her weaving Second from
left is Miss Billie Strickland whose home is near Surrency
Ga and who is also almost blind as a result of being struck
by lightning in 1929 Miss Strickland had no previous work
experience except in public school Miss Dora Lee Hayes
third from left is from Lawrenceville and is totally blind
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Mrs Madeline Rung operator of the school explains a weaving processShe attended the Georgia Academy for the Blind at Macon
In the fourth picture is Miss Mattie Lou Avera of Nash
ville Ga who is almost blind She previously worked grad
ing cucumbers and as a baby sitter Miss Ina Helen Wil
son of 305 Cameron Street SW is shown doing machine
cutwork Miss Wilson has artificial legs which the Division
helped her to purchase Before receiving this training she
had no skill except as a farm worker Miss Marie Burch of
Red Oak in the sixth and last picture has bilateral cataracts
As these students complete their training Vocational Rehabil
itation is authorized to buy looms or other equipment to meet
their specific aptitudes and in the use of which they may
become earners and taxpayers instead of remaining dependent
upon their families or in some cases public welfare organi
zations Medical service is rendered in all cases to diagnose
the disabilities and corrective surgery and appliances are pro
vided when it is feasible through these services to reduce or
remove the occupational handicap
Students Here are shown threading a loom from a spool rackOKc 6covcoocoiCotcvV
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Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
Help the N R A Fight for the Handicapped
The people shown in the pictures in this and previous bulletins of the Georgia
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation are living proofs of the worth of the pro
gram Figures are not complete as this is written but approximately 2700 cases
have been rehabilitated in the past fiscal year in this state placing Georgia among
the leading states of the nation
We believe it is a wonderful work especially for a state like Georgia where
the per capita income is well below the national average where people with dis
abilities are in more need of rehabilitation and where the Federal Governments
contribution of threefourths of the total costs can therefore be spent to greater
advantage
Mr Paul S Barrett Georgia director of Vocational Rehabilitation has just
been honored to become presidentelect of the National Rehabilitation Association
a tribute to his neverrelenting efforts on behalf of both the national program and
Georgias nationleading number of rehabilitations in the fiscal year 194546
Georgians are proud of these honors We would like for the National Re
habilitation Association to have more members in Georgia Memberships to
support the work are needed
Annual dues are 5 for those in professions having some connection with Voca
tional Rehabilitation and 2 for others Members will receive both this publica
tion and the Journal of the National Rehabilitation Association Mail your check
to Mr Paul S Barrett presidentelect of the NRA 131 State Office Build
ing Atlanta Ga
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
RomeRoom 29 Court House
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Athens Hardman Hall University
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Waycross432 Bunn Bldg
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Teacher Training Gets Cold Shoulder
The plight of the schoolteacher in the niggardly pay he gets must surely have
been made amply clear to every Georgian by this time We cannot refrain how
ever from adding a footnote from Vocational Rehabilitation files
Of the 67 handicapped clients aided by this division in teacher training during
the past year 38 changed their minds about their objectives before or after their
training was completed and took other jobs The 29 who stuck to their teaching
objectives wound up with an average weekly wage of only 3160 These figures
look just as bad for Vocational Rehabilitation as they do for education generally
training for the specific goal of teaching was in some respects wasted
Miss GBG after 18 months training took a job as a chemist at 35 weekly
Miss HD after 30 months training became an inventory clerk at 32 weekly
Miss J V D after 36 months got a job as a kitchen clerk at 38 weekly
Mr JBT after three months became an interior decorator at 40 weekly
Miss LT after nine months quit to be a secretary at 35 weekly Mr ERS
Jr after 36 months in school became a ticket agent at 38 weekly Miss RS
after 27 months got a job as an airplane hostess at 38 weekly
As we say this is only a footnote The facts and the reasons are already too
painfully known
M D Collins
Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement fill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Building Atlanta 3 GaArtificial Legs make Dave Pugh able to get about farms
which he supervises near McBean Ga Dave lost his legs in
an automobile collision in 1945 He had been a sharecropper
all his life and three of his six children are old enough to
farm their own plots In horse and buggy Dave makes a
daily round of the farms and the artificial legs which Voca
tional Rehabilitation helped him to buy permit him to do
some work himself
Short Right Leg is not a serious handicap to James Morris
placed by Vocational Rehabilitation as a porter in the South
ern Finance Building Augusta James right leg is two
inches shorter than his left as a result of injuries received in
an automobile accident in 1941 He had no work experience
except as a laborer in heavy industryjobs in which he
could not continue after being disabled He has made a good
man doing odd jobs about this office building
Artificial Arm enables Tom Busbee to hold a job as a
porter at the University Hospital Augusta Tom was in
the Army four years He lost the arm in a gunshot accident
after his discharge and was not eligible for an appliance as a
veteran because he was a civilian at the time of the accident
He had been unable to get or hold a job without the appliance
but now has a steady income for the support of himself wife
and two children
Barber Training has given Willie Turner skill in a profit
able trade through which he is better able to provide for his
wife and five children A gunshot wound in Willies left leg
when he was about 12 years of age caused a tightening of
muscles and he has a marked limp He had worked as an
elevator operator and as a houseboy in a hotel He now
works at College Barber Shop 1209 Railroad Avenue
Augusta
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Darkroom Technician for big photo developing concern
Gastons Photo Service 14 Alexander Street NW is
George Emory Taylor who has only 2 per cent vision
Training for this job was afforded through Vocational Re
habilitation Mr Taylor has a wife and two children Since
most of the photo developing work is done in darkness his
visual disability is not a great handicap
Music Teacher in the schools of Trion Ga is Miss Haze
Lorene Cannon who is totally blind She is a graduate o
LaGrange College where a large part of her training was
received with the assistance of Vocational Rehabilitation
She made a fine record in college and now has 25 pupils at
Trion Her income is more than completely selfsupporting
and she lives with her familyJyol 3 No 11
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August 1947

From Crutches to a Guards Job
through Vocational Rehabilitation serv
ices has gone Willie G Gailey left
shown at his post at the entrance to the
Alto Medical Center largest rapid treat
ment institution in the world In 1943
Mr Gailey was standing beside a high
way with several others when autos
crashed and hit the group Three were
killed Mr Gaileys leg was crushed
Next year his disability appeared perma
nent Rehabilitation provided surgery
braces and other hospital treatment
which put him on his feet then got him
this job
ExTubercular now making good is
H S Long mail clerk at Alto shown
at left in the picture at right handing
a letter to Jack Stiller the centers man
ager Vocational Rehabilitation placed
him in this employment He has been
treated for other serious disabilities and
has been restored to health Once an in
valid he is now well strong and in
agreeable employment
Confined to Wheelchairs But Are
They Downhearted No The
Misses Jewel left and Agnes Parker
2312 Bull Street Savannah are begin
ning a magazine business under the guid
ance of Vocational Rehabilitation These
young women are victims of muscular
atrophy It has not been possible to cor
rect their disabilities through medical or
surgical treatment but it is possible for
them to achieve success in a business
transacted by mail and telephone They
have arrangements whereby they may
take first or renewal subscriptions to any
periodical Anyone in the Savannah area
subscribing for the first time or entering
a renewal should send subscriptions at
the regular rates by mail to them or tele
phone them at Savannah 31160
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By Miss Mary E Poindexter Director
Chatham County Savannah Department of
Public Welfare
One morning last week I walked up to the desk of one of
our caseworkers She was absorbed in a record Without
preliminary I asked
What good is Vocational Rehabilitation anyway
The reply was as quick as a flash Why Miss Poindex
ter you know George C has gone back to work at 250 a
month What would I have done with him if Vocational
Rehabilitation hadnt taken him
I was on my way to another desk to repeat the question
when I was called to the telephone The receptionist said
Willie G says would you have time to come and look at
his new leg
I went and was shown how well Willie could manage the
new leg He told me the man said it would take four
months to learn to use it but he bet hed know in four weeks
and then he was going to get a job and go to work and get
off the Welfare This from a man who has used a badly con
structed wooden leg and been on relief for years
Back to my office survey I was told of case after case
already back to normal livingcured and arrested tubercu
lars replaced in employment others whom surgery had
restored to health and usefulness special training and appli
ances provided for the handicapped as well as cases on the
way to success The final remark was
And if Mr Currie ever gets Mrs Z back on her feet
he deserves a Congressional Medal
Families Suffer
Mrs Z has a combination of mental physical and emo
tional problems from which she retreated to her bed several
years ago The consequences have indeed been serious to her
children Agencies and doctors have seen little progress until
our friend of Vocational Rehabilitation took over some
months ago Indeed he will deserve a medal if he succeeds
only in part
Some time later in reading annual reports of the case
workers I found these
In spite of our handicap we have been able and pro
vide opportunities for handicapped through our Vocational
Rehabilitation office
The Vocational Rehabilitation department has been es
pecially helpful to this group the blind
I feel my greatest accomplishment for the year has been
to make our blind recipients realize thev too can have recre
ation Mr Parker Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for
the Blind has always helped with this
I believe the workers in this agency do know that
the Rehabilitation Department does not belong to us
though from the above it would be difficult to be sure
The staff having spoken it remains only to summarize
One of the stated policies of this Welfare Department is
not only to provide for basic needs such as food and shelter
but to help people develop and use their own talents and
resources So we see Vocational Rehabilitation as a neces
sary and invaluable part of any taxsupported program of
services to people
In actual practice we believe that the job of rehabilitation
retraining and placement can in a large number of cases be
accomplished only by joint efforts of the Welfare Depart
ment and the Rehabilitation Department Finances emo
tional problems families and many other things must be con
sidered along with treatment and training Since we believe
this we have proceeded to put it into practice in this county
Close Cooperation
The Rehabilitation Department and the Welfare Depart
ment are located in the same building Referrals are made
direct from one agency to the other The workers hold fre
quent case conferences Indications are that sometimes these
are also visits The full available facilities of each agency
are made available to the other And so we are back to the
beginning of this article Successfully completed restoration
of human beings to normal living Live fleshandblood
cases and well be glad to show them to any doubters
Mr Editor The values of Vocational Rehabilitation from
the standpoint of a Welfare Director my subject can no
more be fully covered than any other services to people But
they begin with the simple business of smelling out pretend
ers and making the most of relief dollars Go all through the
list Security for children peace of mind for the old self
reliance being achieved by the dependent and significant ac
complishments through such help And since we are charged
with anything pertaining to the Public Welfare these are
indeed concrete values to usShoe Shop above left has in training J B Little
ton of Martin Ga who was provided an artificial leg
Mr Littleton is shown at inset at his home before
getting the appliance second from left James H
Howard of Marietta who has only one good eye
Ronald D Miller of 393 Dargan Place SW At
lanta who has a functional disorder rear at machine
William C Mills of Calhoun Ga who stutters and
who may be sent to a speech correction school after his
Clarkesville course and right foreground Thearon
L Moon of Lawrenceville who has bad vision and
wears contact lenses
Auto Shop center left Clyde V Etheridge Route
3 Thomaston who has only one eye William B Un
derwood Columbus defective hearing Omer Pinhol
ster Marlow arthritis in both wrists and Tommy
Williams Lyerly whose right leg is crippled
Laundry lower left Thomas H Scott Ludowici
blind and hard of hearing and Ellis Steedley Nicholls
who is virtually blind
Radio Repair above James H Vaughan Cum
ming who has a crippled right leg at left rear and
William H Sapp Columbus bad hearing
Vocational Rehabilitatio
Trade and TechnicsItllj
Refrigeration Carl W Cloer left of Young Har
ris has a speech defect which he does not believe can
be corrected but which he does not think will greatly
handicap him in a repair shop He plans to open such
a shop at Hiawassee John Richard Gay of Garfield
has bad hearing he has been given surgical correction
for another major disability
Machine Shop
Willis Ostell Stew
art of Ludowici has
limited use of his left
leg as the result of
a horseback accident
Like most Vocation
al Rehabilitation cli
ents he was given an
aptitude test before
his training course
was chosen
lents North Georgia
30I Clarkesville
Watch Repair One of the most popular courses for Vocational Rehabilitation stu
dents both here and in onthejob training is watch repair since it is a goodpaying
tradein which many major disabilities do not count Beginning in foreground Paul
T Callaway 864 Stewart Avenue SW Atlanta both legs crippled Robert G
Wilbanks LaFayette both legs crippled Roy C Parrish 378 Arizona Avenue
Atlanta severe varicose veins Pope M Poppell 931 Pryor Street SW Atlanta
back and leg disabilities due to accident Rufus P Donaldson Carters Ga osteomye
litis Richard Beard Royston chest disability Carlton A Hart Quitman curvature
of spine and Cecil C Bell Thomaston spine condition
For more Clarkesville students see next pageekabilitatiotv Mws
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta

Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building

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ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Phone Ja 6572
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1O07
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 6179 3668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274

Photography students at Clarkesville learn all angles of commercial work Top Floyd
Nicholson 2810 Fern Street Columbus whose disability has been corrected by surgery
Lower left Milton Clark 759 Pryor Street Gainesville bad eyesight at contact printer
Lower Right Barney S Alexander Commerce ulcers swabbing negatives before dryingiiSffliil
Goiter Removal probably saved the life of Lizzie Swint Wilson
wife of a sharecropper near Tennille The operating surgeon said
that Lizzies was the worst goiter he had ever seen Pressure symp
toms were extreme and the woman was unable to do any work
She was referred to Vocational Rehabilitation by the Welfare De
partment The operation restored her to health The after picture
larger was taken in a field where she was hoeing cotton
Artificial Leg enables Layfield Daniel to hold a good job as a
laborer for the Knight Scrap Material Company 406 East Broad
Street Savannah Before Vocational Rehabilitation assistance his
peg leg in bad condition did not permit full employment JSIow he is
delighted with his appliance and gets about almost as well as if he
had two good legs He enjoys his work and his employers seem to
be well satisfied with his performance
One Arm One Leg yet a leg appliance furnished by Vocational
Rehabilitation enables this man Cary Martin to hold a job at the
Texaco Service Station Bull Street and Victory Drive Savannah
Before rehabilitation he was unemployed His right arm is off at
the shoulder Previously he had had a wooden leg but it wore out
Without the new leg he could not work A greaser and washer he
makes one arm do the work of two his employer says
Once Paralyzed Raymond Wooden of Monroe now is working
and happy He had little or no use of his left side when his case was
referred to Vocational Rehabilitation He was sent to doctors who
eventually diagnosed his trouble as due to a mastoid condition
Hospital treatment and surgery were provided and now this man
has completely recovered From dependency on others he has gone
to a job with Mrs Robert OKellys flower shop

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Trained As Linotype operator for The Wrightsville Headlight
VVrightsville Ga Paul M Sheppard 18 who is only 4 feet tall has
made good and is regularly employed His training was sponsored
by Vocational Rehabilitation His handicapsmallness in size
does not deter him from becoming a proficient typesetteran occu
pation in which his physical appearance is of no importance
From Joblessness To Profitable Business has gone Carl T Groover
of 115 West 42nd Street Savannah who is virtually blind He had
never before been employed before entering the Vocational Rehabili
tation program His stand in the Chatham County Court House is
prospering Shown making a purchase is Judge J P Houlihan
chairman of the Chatham County Board of CommissionersVol 3
mitfiiiflj MwijfiMiM
From BroomMaking and Turning Sacks to Operator of a Large
Business has gone Ralph Wilson center behind counter who is
totally blind This stand is in Grady Hospital Atlanta Others in the
picture left to right W B Gaines supervisor Services for the Blind
in ocational Rehabilitation Frank Wilson hospital superintendent
Fred Walker assistant superintendent Glenn E Boggs Vocational
Rehabilitation supervisor of business enterprises and A P Jarrell
assistant director in charge of technical services
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Cover Photo
When Dean Wilson blind since
childhood came to the attention of
Vocational Rehabilitation he had only
uncertain and intermittent employment
as a piano tuner
Today he is operating one of the
largest businesses in the group of build
ings on Capitol Square
He has taken over the lunch and
drink concession in the State Office
Building with several helpers Like 24
other such stands operated by blind
people in Georgia his is supervised by
Vocational Rehabilitation and spon
sored by the Georgia Cooperative
Services for the Blind
As his stand was opened Acting
Governor M E Thompson and Dr M
D Collins bought a box of cigars and
after treating each other passed the
cigars out to spectators See cover
Governor Thompson at left Mr Wil
son center and Dr Collins
Atlanta newspapers hailed the move
as being the first time in state history
that such a concession had been as
signed without regard to politics Mr
Wilson the newspapers said is ad
mittedly without any political influence
whatever
Vocational Rehabilitation hopes to
place other clients in businesses on
stateowned properties
Mr Wilson comes from near McRae
He attended the Academy for the Blind
at Macon During the war he operated
a punch press at a sheet metal plant on
Marietta Street in Atlanta When that
failed he made coat hangers Then
Wending Stand
Rehabilitates 25
Twentyfive blind Georgians today
are operating profitable businesses as a
result of the program supervised by
Vocational Rehabilitation and spon
sored by the Georgia Cooperative
Services for the Blind Inc
Many of these persons never worked
before or if so irregularly and were
in some way dependent upon their
families or communities Their earn
ings in one year almost equal the total
investment since the beginning of the
program The first stand was opened
on February 9 1945
Gross sales from the stands during
the past fiscal year were 176525
gross profits were 42297 Gross prof
its represent 24 per cent of sales
The Coop is composed of public
spirited citizens who make a sideline
business of rehabilitating the blind
Ben Gordon merchandising manager
of Richs is president Other members
are Clarence Elsas Hughes Spalding
Frank Neely Wiley Moore Norman
Elsas and George Craft The Coop has
a total investment of 14696 which
consists of equipment stock and petty
cash Vocational Rehabilitation has an
Vocational Rehabilitation put him in a
vending stand at the Walker Electrical
Company Atlanta He did so well there
that when the State Office Building con
cession was obtained he was promoted
to it and other blind merchants were
moved up along the line
Program
Qeorgians
investment of 10600 in equipment
and 1433 in training and other
services
Twentyfour operators paid 2
17227 in withholding taxes in the past
fiscal year
The 25 stands in operation as of
August 12 were
E C Archer Atlanta Post Office
Miss Pearl Dozier LaGrange Post Of
fice Jim Hurst Air Forces Retirement
Records Branch 86 Edgewood Avenue
Atlanta J D Croker Walker Electri
cal Company Atlanta E I Norton
Dalton Dean Wilson State Office
Building Miss Helen Haynes Musco
gee County Court House Miss Eula
Mae Hightower Macon Post Office 0
G Cooper Hall County Court House
L D Rogers Rome Post Office Miss
Mary Birrick Macon City Hall Calvin
Colquitt Grady Hospital colored sec
tion Atlanta Ralph Wilson Grady
Hospital white section Atlanta An
drew Barron Atlanta Police Station
Gregory Sullivan Richmond County
Court House Gadson Floyd Savannah
Post Office Talmadge Shepherd Bibb
County Court House George McNair
Macon City Stockade William Coggin
Ware County Court House Cornelius
Carter colored Charity Hospital
Savannah Jim Corbett Albany Post
Office Carl Groover Chatham County
Court House Dan Hughes Buchanan
Miss Inez Layton Valdosta Post Office
and Ernie Oglesby DeKalb County
Court HouseIn Training as an auto body
and fender repairman at the
North Georgia Trade and Tech
nical School Clarkesville is
Alfred Austin of Alpharetta
left who has defective vision
He comes from a farm family
and had no trade experience ex
cept in helping on the farm He
is learning a goodpaying skill
Client Gets Doctors De
gree Because of his defective
vision I N Lozier Jr right
became interested in optom
etry Vocational Rehabilitation
helped him with college ex
penses Now Dr Lozier prac
tices in the office of Dr William
W Smith First National Bank
Building Atlanta
Never Worked Before Miss
Mildred Flowers left below
who had tuberculosis had never
been employed before Voca
tional Rehabilitation She was
given training and has learned
a highly specialized skill She is
employed by Georgia Reweav
ing Company 22 Cain Street
N W Atlanta
Once firippled Junior Paul
Kirk right of Monroe now
is an ablebodied worker at the
H M Arnold Fertilizer Plant
When Vocational Rehabilitation
took the case in 1945 he was
able to do no physical work at
all A brace and special shoe
were provided until plates and
dead bone in his leg could be
removed The operation later
was successful and Mr Kirk
now has normal physical abili
ties

With budgets for the current fiscal
year more or less determined admin
istrators and supervisors of Vocational
Rehabilitation in Region III com
prising seven southeastern states and
Puerto Ricomet at the Henry Grady
Hotel in Atlanta to improve methods
and means of making available appro
priations go as far as possible in
restoring the Souths handicapped citi
zens to working usefulness or develop
ing suitable occupational skills
H B Cummings regional repre
sentative of the Federal office empha
sized that counselors should take ad
vantage of every public or private fa
cility when needed services may be
obtained without cost to Vocational
Rehabilitation or o the client If ser
vices cannot be obtained without cost
Vocational Rehabilitation has budget
ary provisions for any reasonable
investment in cases considered to be
feasible but every effort should be
made to avoid unnecessary or dupli
cating purchases of rehabilitation ser
vices Mr Cummings said
The discussions were led by Mr
Cummings and Terry C Foster as
sistant regional representative Paul S
Barrett chairman of the legislative
committee of the National Rehabilita
tion Association and presidentelect of
the association advised state directors
on what may be expected in national
legislation and appropriations The
Federal government pays approximate
ly threefourths the cost of the program
in all the states Estimates of needs
budgets most profitable to the taxpay
ers in rehabilitation of dependents and
the handicapped into maximum earners
already are being prepared for the
194748 fiscal year
Reports were made that several
states are almost doubling their appro
priations for Vocational Rehabilita
tion the legislators of these states hav
ing recognized the virtually incalculable
benefits of the program to the produc
tivity and social wellbeing of these
states human resources
The picture above taken on the first
day of the fourday conference does
not include representatives of some
state agencies for the blind in some
states unlike Georgia services for the
blind are administered by a separate
agency who held their principal ses
sions on the last day of the conference
Also missing from the picture are J J
Burns chief of the fiscal standards
section and W 0 Kincannon chief
of information services both of the
REGIONAL PROGRAM Federal office who led discussions of
the respective phases of the program
to which they are assigned
Those shown are as follows
First row left to right 0 B Brewer
advisement training and placement
supervisor Jackson Miss W J Mil
ler district supervisor Tampa Fla T
M Wilson district supervisor Dur
ham N C Dodd Pace state super
visor Tallahassee Fla A B Starnes
district supervisor Charlotte N C W
B Gaines supervisor Services for the
Blind Georgia
Second row C Ketzle district su
pervisor Orlando Fla C Mills dis
trict supervisor Pensacola Fla C H
Clark district supervisor Miami Fla
1 Wilson Waters district supervisor
Knoxville Tenn J E Grisham dis
trict supervisor Memphis Tenn Al
fred L Davis assistant director in
charge of field services Georgia M
D Carson district supervisor Charles
ton S C E E Kennedy district su
pervisor Macon Ga
Third row John S Prickett district
supervisor Augusta Ga Otis C
Dyer district supervisor Atlanta Ga
J E Hammett supervisor Advise
ment Training and Placement Section
Columbia S C P B Stephens dis
trict supervisor NashvilleTenn E
K Bell district supervisor Savannah
Ga D H Dabelstein chief of Advise
ment Training and Placement Sec
tion U S Office of Vocational Rehab
ilitation Washington D C R B
Hawkins district supervisor Green
ville N C H E Springer chief of
J INNING CONFERENCE
rehabilitation services Raleigh N C
E B Whitten state director Jackson
Miss J A Rehwinkel district super
visor Tallahassee Fla D L Hay
district supervisor Gainesville Fla
G B Calmes district supervisor Jack
sonville Fla
Back row Travis McCharen state
supervisor Jackson Miss Manuel
Hernandez director San Juan Puerto
Rico E H Gentry state director
Montgomery Ala 0 F Wise assist
ant director Birmingham Ala P G
Sherer state director Columbia S C
J C Collins district supervisor Green
ville S C C H Warren state di
rector Raleigh N C C M Andrews
state director Tallahassee Fla D D
Beckman state supervisor Columbia
S C J Hank Smith assistant state
director Nashville Tenn T T
McLean supervisor of Advisement
Training and Placement Section Nash
ville Tenn Louis R Schubert state
director Nashville Tenni
ckabilitation Afews
Flying Colors
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Phone Ja 6572
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 6179 3668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274

There are failures in Vocational Rehabilitation There are cases on which we
fall down completely There have been some in which we bet practically the
limit only to see the client fall flat on his occupational and economic face Out
of the thousands of clients who are accepted each year there are bound to be
a few like that Despite every precaution Despite every preliminary investiga
tion on personal background aptitudes and every psychological appraisal wTiich
modern science has been able to devise
But for every failure there are dozens of successes which more than make the
program pay out For instance look over the following letter
Dear Friends
Sorry I havent written sooner Please
forgive me for I know I should have
written a long time ago but I just cant
express in words how I appreciate what
you all done for me although it has been
some time since you all came to my aid
I havent forgotten and never will for
if it had not been for the help of the
Rehabilitation I dont believe I could
have lived much longer
I was in great paincontinually day
and night no one knows but me and God
what I went through It just didnt seem
there was much in life for me I just
could not look forward to anything in
the future but I just thank God you all
came to my rescue in time for I know
I couldnt have gone on much longer
for I didnt have the means to do what
had to be done to make me well again
I am so thankful that I am able to
walk and work again It just seems like
a gift from heaven I cant thank you all
enough but I want to try in my weak
way to thank everyone for everything that
was done for me every visit that was
made every encouraging word that was
said and the interest you all took in me
and may this good work be carried on so
a lot more poor people can be helped as I
Thanks to you all
May God bless everyone is my prayer
WILLIAM J BISHOP Stone Mountain RFD 1 Ga
Mr Bishop had a diseased right knee He was not able to work Vocational
Rehabilitation helped with hospitalization and an amputation operation which
made the leg fit for an appliance We bought the appliance for him Instead
of being an invalid he has a good job with the C H Martin Company appliance
manufacturers 329 Marietta Street N W Atlanta and his wife and seven
children are well provided for
Fortunately Mr Bishops case is the rule rather than the exception Thats
what makes Vocational Rehabilitation records emerge at the end of each year
with flying colorsM D Collins
Although not at the top of all the states in the number of rehabilitations
accomplished as was the case in the 194546 fiscal year Georgia remained
among the leaders in rehabilitations in the 194647 period according to figures
just released by the Washington office We are proud to note that there was a
nationwide increase in rehabilitations reflecting the growing awareness of the
social and economic profits of Vocational Rehabilitation
California topped the list in 194647 with 3205 rehabilitations Michigan
was second with 2972 Georgia was third with 2755 and New York was
fourth with 2717 Georgia beat its 194546 total of 2400 by 355 Other states
in the fiscal year ended July 1 reported the following rehabilitations Illinois
2082 Pennsylvania 2011 North Carolina 1902 South Carolina 1702
Texas 1574 Alabama 1372 The nationwide total was 43874af
l Training as shoe repairers are Boykin
King left above and Ozell Wise both of
whom have severe disabilities of the back
The scene is the Electric Shoe Shop in
Swainsboro These boys from farm families
are too handicapped for farm work but are
learning a profitable occupation
Back Brace enables Willie Smith below
to get and keep a job He is a counter man
and dishwasher at Browns Steak House 146
Ivy Street N E Atlanta Willie was un
able to work until Vocational Rehabilitation
provided his appliance His back was injured
in an accident
Artificial Leg provided by Vocational Re
habilitation enables Robert Washington 270
Mangum Street N W Atlanta right to
increase his earnings in his shoe shine shop
Before becoming a client he had been wear
ing a homemade pegleg and had considera
ble difficulty in working
A rtificial A rm has given Willie Hammond
below right job opportunities which he
has never had since losing his arm in a
corn shredder in 1929 He was working at
odd jobs around Monroe before rehabilita
tion Now he is a janitor and tickettaker
at the Rivoli Theatre in Rome
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Ears and Fingers Restored Aubrey Simpson 719 Schuyler Avenue
S E Atlanta lost both ears and his fingers grew together as the
result of severe burns in an automobile accident Vocational Rehabili
tation provided plastic surgery to restore the ears and separate the
fingers Small inset photos illustrate the condition of an earthe
other was the sameand fingers before plastic surgery Now Mr
Simpson is an efficient cashier for The Yancey Company Inc 340
West Peachtree Street N W a job to which he was referred by
Vocational Rehabilitation
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REHABILITATED WORMS
PHYSiCALLY PREPARED
MENTALLY CONDfTlONEl
THOROUGHLY TRAINED
FOR YOUR JOB
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Georgia in the fiscal year just closed again ranked first in the nation in the num
ber of rehabilitations per 100000 population and in many ways in the quality of work
done As a member of the Federal staff I have watched your program in this state
since the beginning of Vocational Rehabilitation for civilians in 1920 You have made
tremendous progress in serving the handicappedJohn A Kratz associate director
Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
The Georgia Department of Public Welfare spends more than a million dollars a
month trying to help feed clothe house provide medical care and meet other needs for
citizens of the state who are unable financially or physically to help themselves To
the extent that you can provide physical restoration and training enabling these people
to earn you accomplish a double purposetaking them off relief and making taxpaying
earners of themL C Groves director Georgia Department of Public Welfare
Georgia has done more than any other state in telling the public of the values of
Vocational Rehabilitation Through The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation News the
daily newspapers radio movies exhibits and talks by counselors at public meetings you
have done a remarkable job of public relationsR C Thompson director Maryland
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
No more than 3 or 4 per cent of the blind population of this state is receiving
proper instruction To rehabilitate a blind person it is necessary to begin instruction
as soon as possible in childhoodJohn S Herndon superintendent Georgia Academy
for the Blind Macon
Herndon
Glegg Davis seated
We are constantly expanding our
vocational training facilities at Clarkes
ville and a portion of new apartments
are being set aside for the families of
handicapped clients who may want to be
with them there during the training
periods Charles Clegg Director
North Ga Trade and Technical School
Rehabilitation of the tuberculous has
many pitfalls Let us keep before us these
principles an integrated approach to
complex needs dealing always in terms
of the individual and the goal of the
patients return to normal livingL
L loung executive secretary Georgia
Tuberculosis Association
The Georgia Farm Bureau knows
what Vocational Rehabilitation is doing
and is ready to go to bat for the pro
gram any time the need arisesH L
Wingate president Georgia Farm Bu
reau Federation photo on cover
Young
By Senator Richard B Russell of Georgia
I wish to express my profound appre
ciation for the very kind introduction
Dr Collins gave me I would like to
say that I do not deserve the very high
tribute that he paid I feel very humble
in the face of such praise
I appreciate the opportunity to meet
with this group I have been interested
for some time in the work in which you
are engaged As a senator I am very
proud of my state Several generations
of my forefathers sleep beneath this soil
It is a source of great pride to me
There are occasions when I am not too
proud of Georgia but I have never
been ashamed of the state I know the
people of this state I know the oppor
tunities of this state are not equal to
those of other states
In this work of rehabilitation in
which you are engaged Georgians have
something about which Georgians can
really rejoice Year before last Geor
gia led all the states on a numerical
basis The year just finished Georgia
again led all the states in rehabilitations
per 100000 population
I believe that Paul Barrett is the best
state director of rehabilitation in the
United States of America I do not
know that for a fact but that is my be
lief I do know for a fact that Paul
Barrett is one of the most effective men
in dealing with the National Congress
that I have ever seen There is no tell
ing what he has been worth to this pro
gram in the task of selling it and main
taining interest in it
I wish to thank the doctors in Georgia
for the part that they have played in
the program Dr Crawford Long said
that his profession was to him as a min
istry from God It is as a ministry
direct from heaven It must be a source
of gratification to those of you in the
field to take part in helping those who
have not had opportunities and to see
those persons develop into selfsustain
ing citizens To take some person who
is tired and losing the battle of life and
to see that person rehabilitated as a val
uable citizen of the community must
mean more than the salary checks you
draw
Freedom Our Goal
We have just emerged from the
greatest conflict that the world has ever
witnessed America has gone forth to
bring about lasting peace on earth The
reason we have not achieved that aim is
because we have not been able to bring
individual freedom and unlimited op
portunities to all the people of the
earth
A condensation of an address by Sen
ator Russell before the annual confer
ence of the Georgia Division of Voca
tional Rehabilitation at the General
Oglethorpe Hotel Savannah The pic
ture luhich serves as a cover design for
this issue was snapped during the speech
At right on the cover is H L Wingate
of Macon president of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation
It has been irritating in the last few
months as the Russians have vetoed and
blocked every effort we have made to
let people of the world live together in
peace I have feared that the people of
America who are an impatient people
would not support the United Nations
and say we should rely upon our armed
forces or again withdraw into isolation
The atomic bombs which destroyed
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are in the bow
and arrow stage as compared to the
bomb which could be built today I have
served as a member of the Atomic En
ergy Commission since it was first
started by the Congress There are
times that I try to wipe out of my mind
everything that pertains to atomic en
ergy There is a necessity of living to
gether or preparing to die together if
we can not live together We must con
tinue to support the efforts of our lead
ers to make the United Nations func
tion as an instrument for world peace
We cannot afford to give the atom bomb
secrets to all the world We must sup
port the Baruch Plan that provides for
policing every nation of the world be
fore we can afford to reveal the secrets
of the atomic bomb I am afraid the
world will discover it all too soon It
has been almost nauseating to me to see
others block every effort that is made
The difference between the Commu
nist government and the American gov
ernment is that the Communists can
move with greater speed Democracy
must wait on the will of the majority
of the people where in dictatorship one
man rules But in this great democracy
of ours if people will devote their en
ergies in time of peace to solution of
problems with the same determination
that they manifested in war we cannot
fail to achieve success now that peace
has come
Wishing Not Enough
Men go forth and die that by so do
ing they may have permanent peace for
their sons and future generations The
survivors return to their homes and
forget that it is necessary to do more
than wish for peace I have no doubt
that the average citizen of Russia is just
as anxious for peace as the average citi
zen of the United States They are sur
rounded by a system that permits them
to do only that which they are told to
do not as we do in a democracy by mak
ing up our own minds It is all the more
important here that people in this coun
try in whatever walk of life give to this
problem of working out the peace the
same fervent prayers the same spirit
as in time of war That is one of the
responsibilities that we assume as one of
the greatest nations of the earth We
are not working for peace when the
United Nations are building atomic
bombs The only hope of mankind to
day is an army strong enough to protect
the United States The rest of the
world is looking to us for inspiration in
the form of government that we have
also for the very subsistence that keeps
humans living together until they are
able to work
I was not a follower of Mr Wendell
Willkie and disagreed with him in many
of his statements but he did make one
statement that I believe Only the
strong can survive and only the pro
ductive can be strong
We are called upon to repair other
nations factories which will enable
them to replace their homes and their
cities We are called upon to maintain
great military establishments so that
the Red armies may not rule the whole
world
As we go about our daily tasks we
must realize that it is the greatest bless
ing that any man has to be an Ameri
can citizen It is also well to remember
that the privilege of American citizen
ship is not something that just hap
pened We remember how proud Saint
Paul was when he said that he was a
citizen of Rome It was something to
be a citizen of Rome and to be afforded
protection of the Roman government
To be a citizen of the United States is
a greater source of pride than that of
any other citizenship We must as in
dividuals assume our responsibilities and
must constantly keep abreast of the
needs of our country in times of peace
as well as in times of war
I am happy to have been here with
you this evening and take pride in the
work of Vocational Rehabilitation
which is an integral part of our program
of equal opportunity for every citizen
of the United StatesHOW THE TUBERCULOUS and extuberculous can best be
helped to adjust themselves to their limitations in various occu
pations was the subject of discussions led by the men above
Left to right J L Hise counselor at Battey State Hospital Rome
C B Shroyer state supervisor of services for the tuberculous
A L Davis assistant director in charge of field operations
M D Mobley director Division of Vocational Education
Terry C Foster assistant regional representative Federal OVR
and L L Young secretary Georgia Tuberculosis Association
LEGION POST OFFICERS New officers of the Fort E Land
Post American Legion were elected during the conference
They are first row left to right James J Segars Buford com
mander Dr M D Collins chaplain D Donaldson Rome
senior vicecommander Dennis D Still Loganville immediate
past commander Second row Alton R Colcord Atlanta finance
officer Jerry N Hastings Atlanta adjutant J B Bowen
junior vicecommander and M R Little Waycross historian
THE STAFF AND A FEW OF THE VISITORS First row left
to right J P Cooper counselor for the blind Augusta W C
Dendy counselor Atlanta Fred Driver senior counselor Dublin
V A Drake counselor Savannah Miss Marjorie Sessions inter
viewer Atlanta R C Thompson director Maryland Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation John A Kratz associate director Fed
eral Office of Vocational Rehabilitation H B Cummings regional
representative Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Senator
Richard B Russell Dr M D Collins Georgia school superinten
dent W W McCay chairman State Board of Education Easta
nollee Ga P S Barrett director Georgia Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation P D Bush senior counselor Gainesville D Don
aldson senior counselor Rome C E Lancaster counselor Macon
Second row A M Bowen counselor Atlanta J F Sosby coun
selor Augusta B R B Davis wearing glasses counselor Co
lumbus Marvin Starr counselor Columbus John S Prickett Jr
COUNSELORS TAKE OVER discussions of their problems more and more at the annual conferences getting away from uninterrupted
chairmanships by executives Next year the conference will be in charge of district supervisors instead of state administrators Here
J P Millican Brunswick counselor extreme right leads a panel on Finding and Preparing Cases for Services Members of the panel
left to right J B Cheatham Rome Marvin Starr Columbus W C Dendy Atlanta and J N Hastings Atlantadistrict supervisor Augusta Otis C Dyer district supervisor At
4 Janta G E Currie senior counselor Savannah C B Shroyer
i specialist for tuberculous Atlanta Miss Bess Patterson interviewer
H Atlanta Miss Cassie McClain counselor Atlanta R Watt
K I counselor Albany Jerry Hastings counselor Atlanta Glenn E
J fcoggs supervisor of business enterprises Atlanta J L Hise coun
seior Battey State Hospital Rome John W Lewis Jr placement
specialist for the blind Macon J B Cheatham counselor Rome
Third row Ernest E Kennedy district supervisor Macon D D
Still counselor Atlanta A L Davis assistant director in charge
I tfii field operations Atlanta W B Gaines supervisor of services
I for the blind Atlanta M R Little counselor Waycross Mrs
j Carol de Montoya supervisor of workshops and home industries
1 I Atlanta Ted R Owens senior counselor Columbus Miss Mabel
Dudley district medical social worker Atlanta Alton R Colcord
industrial specialist Atlanta E K Bell district supervisor Sa
vannah J R Hampton counselor Clarkesville W L Flanagan
counselor for the blind Macon
Fourth row J J Segars counselor Atlanta W W Chandler
counselor Augusta B L Smith counselor Savannah C W Bell
senior counselor Waycross T G Loudermilk counselor Atlanta
H R McLarty senior counselor Augusta F E Wynn senior
counselor Thomasville L L Young executive secretary Georgia
Tuberculosis Association Atlanta Mrs Juanita M Curtis inter
viewer Atlanta B B Sanders counselor Macon Miss Edith
Taylor medical social consultant Atlanta S A Newton senior
counselor Macon W Lee Jones assistant supervisor of business
enterprises Nathan B Nolan counselor Athens A P Jarrell
assistant director in charge of technical services Atlanta Dr T P
Goodwyn medical administrative consultant Atlanta Dr William
S Boyd Augusta J B Bowen counselor Atlanta
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SERVICES FOR THE BLIND staff was all together in positions suitable for a picture for the first time and the Division photographer
snapped the opportunity This also was a panel discussion Left to right facing camera Glenn E Boggs supervisor of business enter
lilt 1U1 Hit uium ai viainvJinii v iv i it I 1 LI J
specialist and W B Gaines supervisor of services for the blind The placement specialists and Miss Vinson are themselves blind
ckabi Litatiorv Afews
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 6179 3668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE H B
Cummings of the Federal OVR told the
counselors that every care should be taken
that there is no overlapping with services of
other agencies and that full advantage
should be taken where services may be ob
tained without cost to the client or Voca
tional Rehabilitation so the number of
clients served may be as large as possible
under present budgets
GOVERNORS EXECUTIVE secretary
Phil Landrum is here shown with Mrs
Landrum at the banquet which was the
climax of the professional personnels con
ference Besides the 63 members of the pro
fessional staff there were almost as many
guests from over the statedoctors city
county and state officials and others having
direct interests in rehabilitating the handi
capped
THE W OMEN of the professional staffall seven of them and it was quite a feat the
photographer says to get them to agree to meet at any particular time and then be there
fnt sfiH Xt 6 WaT a Smgle excePtion t0 Pve the rule that no woman is ever
Mrs Carol He M MS Edith F Tayr medical scial consultant
kv dhtrirt rnV yaSVPerVIlSOr ofJvorkshoPs home industries Miss Mabel Dud
ley district medical social worker Mrs Juanita M Curtis survey interviewer Miss
Bess Patterson survey nterv ewer Miss 1U n c yy viewer ivnss
Miss Cassie McCIain SCounselor nS Viewer andFROM NEARBLINDNESS TO NEARNORMAL vision has
been the experience of Miss Wilhelmina de Antonio of Collins
Tattnall County When Vocational Rehabilitation provided the
first examination in 1945 she had 100 per cent loss of vision in
one eye and 98 per cent loss in the other because of cataracts
iThis condition had been growing worse since she was five years
old Operations were performed Now with glasses her vision
is almost 2020 and she is being helped in a course at Draughons
Business College Savannah
VIRTUALLY USELESS LEG
RESTORED Jack Stanley be
ow was in constant pain and
had little control over his right
j leg injured in an accident Sur
gery straightened the leg consid
erably so that now he walks on
it without pain and has good
control He was placed as a
4 dishwasher and kitchen helper
e at Beasleys 381 Moreland Ave
nue SW Atlanta
TWO SEVERE HANDICAPS have not stopped Miss Inez Layton of Staten
ville from Vocational Rehabilitation and a good business operating a vend
ing stand in the Valdosta Post Office This is one of the 25 stands sponsored
by the Georgia Cooperative Services for the Blind In addition to being
totally blind Miss Layton was crippled in an automobile accident She was
sent to a specialist who operated to correct the leg injury With the aid of
a brace now discarded she learned to walk normally Shown making a
purchase is Postmaster J A McLeod
A DISABLED KNEE does not interfere with a job as a type
writer repairman James L Long was sponsored in his training
by Vocational Rehabilitation at the David Typewriter Company
309 Eighth Street Augusta and worked into a regular job
Before this training he had experience only as a route man for
a newspaper and as a machinists apprentice in both cases jobs
ill adapted to his handicap
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Atlanta 3 Ga
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VERY POOR EYESIGHT is the handicap of Hoke S Smith shown
here operating a machine at the Calvert Iron Works 1195 Victory
Drive SW Atlanta He earns a good salary ample to support
himself and his family Before being placed by Vocational Rehabili
tation he worked at odd jobs
ASSEMBLING BOXES is a job which Miss Lois Marie Nichols
does well although totally blind since birth She is employed by the
Atlanta Box Factory 237 Whitehall Street SW Atlanta where
she was placed by Vocational Rehabilitation in 1945 Previousl
she had never workedm
Vol 4 No 2
November 1947
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Your Purchases of Christmas Seals Will
Help Rehabilitation of the Tuberculous
REHABILITANT BECOMES NURSE Miss Felicia
Nelson top left of Savannah having recovered from
tuberculosis is now a nurse at the ChathamSavannah Tuber
culosis Sanatorium Her training was sponsored by Voca
tional Rehabilitation in this same hospital and she is now
regularly employed
PATIENT GETS TREATMENT in pneumo clinic of
ChathamSavannah Tuberculosis Sanatorium top right
The best of modern equipment is available for those who
attend this clinic Left to right Mrs Ruby Head superin
tendent of the hospital Dr W W Otto assistant health
commissioner and Dr John W Elliott medical director
ACADEMIC TEACHER is employed by ChathamSavan
nah Tuberculosis Association lower left Sadie Gardner
instructs patients in the wards and also holds classes for those
able to spend some time up each day
NURSE TRAINED under sponsorship of Vocational Re
habilitation is Janie Verdree lower right She has recov
ered from tuberculosisBy Dr C A Henderson
Chatham County Commissioner of Health
Substantial rehabilitation of persons who have had tuber
culosis is being accomplished all over Georgia today
That this is being done is due to joint efforts of the Divi
sion of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State Department
of Education State Department of Health State Depart
ment of Welfare and the Georgia Tuberculosis Association
In Savannah there is a cooperative program involving all
the above agencies working on the local level to see that every
thing possible is done within their limits to rehabilitate these
persons recovering or who have recovered from tuberculosis
The principal object of the program has been to make these
persons employable and selfsustaining
The Chatham County Health Department of which I am
the head has had extensive cooperation from both the Divi
sion of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State Department
of Education and the Georgia Tuberculosis Association A
person who has had tuberculosis or who is recovering from
tuberculosis in Georgia today has better opportunities to
restore himself or herself to a useful place in society than has
ever before been the case in the history of the state
The Chatham County Health Department with the co
operation of the local office of Vocational Rehabilitation has
been able to provide services which assure that anyone now
having or having had tuberculosis will be given every recuper
ative care within the means of modern medical science to
provide In many cases persons who have had tuberculosis
find it inadvisable to resume their former occupations For
instance if they have been farmers or laborers or truck
drivers the physical strain to which they were formerly sub
jected is advised against by doctors However they may be
watch repairers shoe repairers photographic workers stenog
raphers or in any of a hundred other occupations the duties
of which do not subject them to undue strain as persons hav
ing recovered from tuberculosis
A survey of local needs has been made by representatives of
the Vocational Rehabilitation office and the ChathamSavan
nah Tuberculosis Association As a result of this survey we
hope and believe that every person in the Savannah area hav
ing tuberculosis or who has had tuberculosis is being af
forded every care that the state the county and the city can
provide both to help in recovering from the disease and also
to resume a normal place in society
Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement fill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
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STORE IN SANATORIUM operated by the Patients Relations
Organization carries a large stock of notions confections and other
merchandise in demand among personnel and patients Patients
who have developed sufficient work tolerance and feel so inclined
work in the store and are paid according to the number of hours
worked each day Profits of the store are paid into an account used
by the Patients Relations Organization for activities and welfare
The store is located in the center of the institution where it is acces
sible to patients with dining room privileges and handtrucks with
merchandise are wheeled to all wards
BUSINESS SCHOOL is conducted in the sanatorium for patients
certified by physicians as being able to take an hour or two clerical
instruction each day Regular classes for most are held in the
mornings This is a special class for two who could not attend
morning sessions Schedules are arranged for the convenience of
patients in getting to and from the Vocational Rehabilitation sec
tion Mrs Bernice Gissendanner left Columbus and Mrs
Audrey Motes Hazlehurst are supervised by Kenneth Hippensteel
commercial instructor
PATIENTS LIBRARY is a pleasant restful room with
a homelike atmosphere stocked with more than 7000 books
Left to right Mrs Ruby P Stewart librarian J W Ogles
by Valdosta seated in rear Miss Bessie Webb Atlanta
Miss Dorothy Quillian Ellijay Mrs Lanelle Redfearn
Moultrie and Joe Motes Cedartown
REHABILITATION STAFF First row left to right Miss Mar
garet Ferguson occupational therapist Miss Frances B Broach
medical social worker Mrs Elizabeth Hudson acting rehabilita
tion coordinator Miss Ruby Stewart librarian Miss Vera Ash
worth home economics instructor Second row F P Loman chap
lain Dr Rufus F Payne superintendent L L Young executive
secretary Georgia Tuberculosis Association Back row Kenneth J
Hippensteel commercial instructor Douglas Wynn recreation di
rector C B Shroyer tuberculosis specialist of Vocational Rehabili
tation and J L Hise rehabilitation counselor
READY TO RETURN to private life with a newly acquired skil
is George H Ross of Atlanta Vocational Rehabilitation sponsored
his training and before leaving the sanatorium he had virtually all
the work he could do from personnel and patients Altogether his
training period covered nearly two years a large part of which
was financed by Vocational Rehabilitation Tools also were pur
chased for him to help him get started in his new occupation Mr
Shroyer in backgroundOKc GcovqoOocoXotcCV
ekabLlitatiorv iVews
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
What the Seal Doesirt Show
The cover design of this issue of Rehabilitation News
includes a picture of the 1947 Tuberculosis Christmas Seal
The yoke of oxen pulling together is symbolic of the won
derful cooperation between the Division of Vocational Re
habilitation and the Tuberculosis Association on all levels
national state and local The purpose of both these organi
zations is to bring the freshness of health and happiness to
sick and handicapped people beautifully illustrated by the
sled loaded with evergreens for the Yule festivities
In each county in Georgia the rehabilitation program has
no better friend than the local tuberculosis association or
committee They lend their support in many tangible ways
They help find and report clients to the district offices and assist the counselors
in obtaining services Recently in a South Georgia county the Tuberculosis
Committee paid the travel expenses for a prospective client to Battey State Hos
pital for a complete checkup This was necessary before he could be put on the
program and no other funds were available for this service If Seal Sale money
had not been ready the man and his family would have been deprived of the
benefits of rehabilitation The ChathamSavannah Tuberculosis and Health
Association in Savannah furnishes a teacher in the local sanatorium to provide
elementary school training for the patients so that they will be better prepared
for Vocational Rehabilitation when they are well
In a Middle Georgia county the Division discovered a prospective client but
upon preparation of the case the tuberculosis of this person did not constitute
sufficient disability for training by the Division Because of the family situation
where the mother had faradvanced tuberculosis the County Committee made it
possible for this bright high school graduate to take a business course and now
she is selfsupporting and contributes to the care of her invalid mother
On the state level the Georgia Tuberculosis Association and the Division
cooperate to the fullest extent There is a written agreement between the two
organizations which sets forth the working plan There is always a willingness
on the part of the Tuberculosis Association to go beyond this agreement in assist
ing the Division The Georgia Tuberculosis Association cooperated with the
State Sanatorium and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in following up
patients discharged from the State Sanatorium from 1939 to 1945 See results
on opposite page The status of this backlog of potential clients was determined
This also supplied valuable information to the State Department of Health
The Georgia Tuberculosis Association supplied the services of a rehabilitation
worker at Battey State Hospital Robert F Manlove who gave valuable assist
ance in starting the inhospital training program To begin this program required
a cash outlay of 1000 for equipment The association was ready with the
money with the assistance of the Cobb County Association and training got
under way much quicker
The National Tuberculosis Association is a staunch supporter of the work of
the Federal Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Training courses are con
ducted for those who work with tuberculosis clients The national as well as
the state association offers the services of staff people for consultation When
ever help is needed in Washington particularly in regard to legislation to im
prove the work Holland Hudson director of rehabilitation for the National
Tuberculosis Association is always on hand to do his part to protect the interests
of the handicapped
The tuberculosis associations furnish a broad base of support of the federal
state program They point the way to new ideas and ideals They are our warm
friends We wish to be the first to say Merry Christmas 1947
M D CollinsFollowup of 3492 Sanatorium Discharges from the State Sana
torium at Alto from January 1 1940 until January 1 1946 in 157
Counties Two Counties in the State Had No Patients in the Sana
torium During That Period of Time
1 Referred for Further Investigation 543 ggg LlSt
2 Closed Referred No Services Indicated 334 O
3 Closed Rehabilitated 68
4 Suitably Employed Self Rehabilitated 232
By C B Shroyer
Tuberculosis Specialist
5 On Rehabilitation Service 46
6 Discharged From Sanatorium as NonTuberculous or Suspicious
and With No Further Diagnosis of Tuberculosis 454
7 No Diagnosis Beyond a Healed Primary
8 Moved Present Address Unknown
9 Moved Present Address Known
10 Under 16 Years of Age
99
142
82
37
11 No Available Information 365
12 ReAdmitted Battey State Hospital 121
13 In Local or Out of State TB Sanatorium 10
14 In State Hospital for the Mentally 111 Milledgeville 6
15 Far Advanced Active Case in the Home 154
16 Deceased
772
17 Deceased Causes Other Than Tuberculosis 27
492
FOLLOWUP OF 2533 STATE SANATORIUM DISCHARGES
157 COUNTIES
January 1 1940January 1 1946
Year of Discharge
DISPOSITION 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total Percent of Total
1 Referred to district offices for further investigation Rehab service indicated 88 46 86 116 103 104 543 214
2 Now on Rehab Service 3 3 4 13 10 13 46 18
3 Closed Rehabilitated 9 9 12 16 13 9 68 27
4 Suitably Employed selfrehab 46 25 46 48 36 31 232 92
5 No Service Indicated 97 41 65 37 59 35 334 132
6 Moved from Community or State a Present add known 22 13 12 14 11 10 82 32
b Present add unkwn 47 17 23 21 19 15 142 56
7 Readmitted to TB Hospital 15 7 23 33 26 27 131 52
8 No diagnosis beyond healed primary 34 19 29 9 5 3 99 39
9 Discharged as NonTB or SuspiciousNo further diagnosis of TB 119 73 74 57 56 65 454 179
10 Under 16 years of age 8 7 12 8 1 1 37 15
11 No available information 111 54 66 59 40 35 365 144
Totals 599 314 452 441 379 348 2533
Percent of Totals 236 124 179 174 15 137 1000
For perhaps the first time in the nation on
so wide a scale Vocational Rehabilitation has
made a comprehensive followup study of per
sons discharged from the state tuberculosis
sanatorium with a view to offering and ren
dering rehabilitation services
A plan for the survey was worked out with
the sanatorium now Battey State Hospital
the State Department of Health and the Geor
gia Tuberculosis Association last November
The studv was to cover discharges from Janu
ary 1 1940 to January 1 1946 This study
has now been completed by Vocational Re
habilitation
The sanatorium provided the list of patients
discharged during the period by counties This
list was printed at the State Office of Vital Sta
tistics On each patient dismissed in those
years was listed his name race sex year of
birth condition on admission condition at dis
charge type of sanatorium treatment whether
discharge was with or without medical consent
date of admission and date of discharge
A visit to each of 157 counties which had
patients in the sanatorium during the period
covered by the survey was made by Vocational
Rehabilitation and information on each case
was obtained through the cooperation of the
state health and welfare departments In many
instances no official county records existed and
it was necessary to consult post offices rural
mail carriers county officials Farm Security
tuberculosis committees and relatives or
friends of the patients
If a former patient appeared feasible for
Vocational Rehabilitation the case was re
ferred to the vocational counselor serving the
county and classified referred for further in
vestigation If the person was of advanced
age or otherwise nonfeasible for rehabilitation
the case was classified closed referred no serv
ices indicated Where the person was em
ployed investigation was made to determine if
the work was consistent with his physical lim
itations If so the person was classified as
suitably employedselfrehabilitated
A summary of each county showing status
of each case was written and copies given to
the sanatorium the State Division of Tubercu
losis Control the Georgia Tuberculosis Asso
ciation and the vocational counselor serving
the county The summary at left is the result
of several months work with all state agencies
involved cooperatingDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
129 State Office Building
Atlanta 3 Ga
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FORTYBED SANATORIUM at Bonna Bella near
Savannah is operated by the ChathamSavannah Health De
partment Newly discovered cases from Savannah and Chat
ham County are cared for here by a competent staff until
such time as they can be admitted to Battey State Hospital
Patients return from Battey to this Savannah sanatorium for
continued treatment and convalescence
EXPATIENT IS XRAY technician employed in the
ChathamSavannah Health Department His training was
arranged by Vocational Rehabilitation He is W L Hagan
of Savannah
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January 1948
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UNIVERSITY OF GEQRA
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Terry Foster
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
Stale Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
ERRY FOSTER is gone
He passed away from a heart attack at his home in Atlanta on December 27
following three months illness
Funeral services were conducted by Dr Monroe F Swilley pastor of the
SecondPonce de Leon Baptist Church Atlanta Burial was in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery Washington D C
Surviving are his wife three daughters his father five sisters and a brother
For twentyseven years Terry Foster had been engaged in vocational rehabili
tation services and at the time of his death was Assistant Regional Representative
of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Federal Security Agency in Region
III comprising seven Southeastern States and Puerto Rico
During World War I he held the rank of Captain in the air corps and was
shot down at least twice behind the German lines while piloting photographers
When the Veterans rehabilitation service was set up Mr Foster was placed
in charge of the training center in New Orleans Three years later in 1923 he
was appointed State Director of civilian Vocational Rehabilitation in his native
state Alabama
In 1930 he was transferred to Washington and placed in charge of research
and technical services While serving in the Federal office he worked with a
committee of the American Medical Association in developing the forms now used
by Vocational Rehabilitation With the expansion of the program in 1944 he
was assigned to the regional office
His friend and coworker for many years H B Cummings Regional Rep
resentative said No man in the country knew more about the technical phases
of Vocational Rehabilitation than Terry Foster
Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools said Terry Foster
was one of the finest personalities I have ever known He was able conscientious
and efficient His position is going to be exceedingly difficult to fill with a man
who will carry forward the program in the fine interesting challenging and
constructive way he did
At the time of his death Mr Foster was engaged in preparing a review of
Dr Henry Kesslers new book Rehabilitation of the Physically Handicapped
for the Journal of RehabilitationBy H Earle Gorrevont President
National Rehabilitation Association
Director Vocational Rehabilitation Michigan

This years Annual National Rehabilita
tion Association Conference foretells a
new era in our organized efforts to further
the rehabilitation program for the disabled
The Associations Planning Committee pre
viously strongly recommended the promotion
of Regional meetings as provided in the by
laws the further integration of all affiliate
groups working in behalf of the rehabilita
tion of the disabled and the selection of an
Executive Secretary to achieve still greater
effectiveness and coordination of the mani
fold activities of the Association All three
of these recommendations were furthered by
official Board action in Chicago on October 4
We are now committed to a National Con
ference and eight Regional Conferences this
year This in itself should promote greater
participation of all affiliate groups and in
terested individuals
The total membership will now have the
Association brought closer to home and the
constant demand for direct individual par
ticipation will be further recognized
The financing of these sessions is to be met
in part by the National organization because
10 percent of the membership dues of the
prior year collected by the more respective
Regions is set aside in the National Rehabili
tation budget for the encouragement of Re
gional meetings
One of the unusual demonstrations during
the Chicago Conference of the growing
stature and responsibility of the Association
was the official request of several groups in
the field of the disabled to affiliate with the
National Rehabilitation Association
Representatives of the Medical Rehabilita
tion Service of the Veterans Administration
and the American Association of Instructors
for the Blind met with the Board of Directors
asking for affiliation and membership privi
leges Such requests are but an indication of
what the future holds in store
In order to secure constant day to day lead
ership and executive direction the National
Rehabilitation Association is officially com
mitted to the selection of an Executive Secre
tary When this selection is made we shall
have a pivotal professional leader to further
the purposes of our organization It is hoped
a selection may be made shortly after Janu
ary 1 1948
Memberships are spiraling toward 7000
Journal of Rehabilitation circulation toward
13000 and all of this is built upon a sound
financial policy In a few years the dream of
30000 memberships may be a reality Size
alone is unimportant but greater participation
of all members and affiliate organizations
will directly lead to a better way of life for
the disabled
The help of every member is solicited par
ticularly in the area of Regional Conferences
Lets rally around our respective National
Rehabilitation Association Regional Board
members in organizing and carrying through
a live wire Regional program
Many Blind Are Rehabilitated
From a recent issue of Lions Club News
The Lions of Carrollton Ga set up two
young blind men in business They made a
loan to one of them E H Cole upon his
graduation from the Blind Academy for pur
chasing broommaking equipment Each Lion
bought one of the first lot of brooms manu
factured
The Lions Club secured a position for the
other lad Luther Phillips with a pencil
manufacturing concern The Blind Committee
works closely with the State Rehabilitation
Department in determining the qualifications
of the applicants for loans
The Carrollton Lions also sponsored a
series of band concerts raised 300 toward a
fund to purchase high school band uniforms
and made donations to a 4H Club the public
library and the State streptomycin fund
H Earle Correvont
Vocational Rehabilitation Placement Agent
Tom Bingham made the arrangements for
this clients business in Carrollton Reports
indicate Coles earnings range from 25 to
50 a week
Town Talk
From the Atlanta Journals Town Talk by
Morris McLemore
Events at the police station on Decatur
street play a tattoo on the mind and some
times the eye With Barney Pop Barron
the punch is on the heart Pop is blind
But he runs a concession stand with the
deftness of a musician with the goods in neat
stacks at his hand and complete control of
each
Mrs Barron his partner for 26 years also
is blind yet she goes daily from their
home at 56 Memorial Drive to her work at
the Atlanta Community Shop on Ormond St
where she helps other sightless persons adjust
themselves to their talents
This remarkable couple has found a niche
They have two children Mrs R W
Harris of Decatur and J H Barron of Col
lege Park The Barrons reared their brood
with no outside help and Miss Katie stayed
home to do it
The things she did back in the days when
the children were young would amaze you
She cared for them I suspect better than
some women who have the advantage of
vision
As he said this Pop swung a crate of
soft drinks from under the counter and
plopped the bottles into the coolerRehabilitation of Mentally Deficient Persons
By Counselor M R Little Waycross
Exce
i RIOR to 1943 the rehabilitation of mental
cases was ignored almost completely
Public Law 113 the BardenLaFollette Act
recognized the needs of this group and the
economic feasibility of restoring such indi
viduals to employability
No claim should be made that all or even
most mental cases can be rehabilitated with
present knowledge but cases can be selected
who are both eligible and feasible for service
Through the years there have been marked
changes in peoples attitude toward mental
illness No longer do we feel that a person is
possessed of the devil or controlled by some
evil influence The mentally sick are not
turned out and isolated nor are they now
punished for being witches Relatives of
the mentally sick still are inclined to feel
that occurrence of such an illness is a blot on
the family record They hesitate to mention
such illnesses openly and attempt to keep such
information from being public knowledge
They are fearful that they themselves may
become mentally ill
There are no reliable statistics to show the
complete incidence of mental diseases but it
is known that slightly more than one half of
the 500000 hospital beds in the United
States are occupied by mentally ill patients
Approximately 12 percent of men between
the ages of 18 and 37 years were rejected by
Selective Service for mental and personality
disorders not including mental deficiency or
neurological defects
Most physicians will admit that at least
one half of the patients whom they are treat
ing are suffering partially or primarily from
some emotional disorder
Psychiatric cases must be selected care
fully for rehabilitation in order to achieve
the success necessary to justify the confidence
of legislators and administrators who have
made the present program possible and to
avoid the discouragement which failure will
bring to the rehabilitation worker and the
client
In other words we look at the emotionally
disabled individual as a human being not
greatly different from other human beings
except for his disability
Every person has a threshold of tolerance
for stress but if he faces stress beyond this
point he tends to show disturbances of
emotion
The late Ernie Pyle expressed his feeling
when he left the European theatre of war
in this way
I am leaving for only one reasonbe
cause I have just got to stop Ive had it
as they say in the Army Ive had all I can
take for a while Ive been immersed in
it too long My spirit is wobbly and my mind
confused The hurt has finally become too
great All of a sudden it seemed to me that
rpts from paper read at District Conference in Sav
if I heard one more shot or saw one more
dead man I would go off my nut And if I
had to write one more column Id collapse
During his life every individual meets
difficult situations producing anxiety irrita
bility or frustration
Vocational Rehabilitation aims at making
the individual employable
Psychiatrists as a rule are concerned with
treating all phases of a patients disability
The law requires that hospital treatment be
limited to 90 days In most cases vocational
training and placement may be carried out
some time during the course of psychiatric
treatment before treatment is actually ter
minated
The first question to be answered is Is
there a vocational handicap Emotional dis
turbances are perhaps the most common
cause for employment difficulties
The most difficult decision to reach in the
consideration of feasibility is the question as
to whether or not the condition will respond
to treatment within a reasonable period of
time In general the outlook for response to
treatment is better in the psychoneuroses and
the depression states However no hard and
fast rules can be made
Feasibility of treatment also will depend
to a large degree on facilities available
Under the provisions of the Mental Health
Act recently passed by Congress and signed
by the President there will be a gradual ex
pansion of psychiatric facilities throughout
the country However it has been estimated
that it will be fifty years before there are
enough trained psychiatrists in the country
A person who is feeble minded cannot be
made intelligent However many such indi
viduals can be placed in more suitable work
and assisted to a vocational adjustment in
spite of the handicap
The problem of placing workers in the
right kinds of jobs is not new in industry
It is estimated that approximately 50 percent
of workers in the United States are not well
placed vocationally and are somewhat un
happy and inefficient on this account Some
veterans who have never found themselves
vocationally and who are still suffering from
some minor nervous ailment when they seek
employment will be floundering and will
have no clear idea as to what they want to
do or for what they are fitted
In addition to the medical history and re
port of psychiatrists constructive advice will
take into consideration whenever possible the
persons mental age his scores in aptitude
tests his personality his high school or work
history and his social background and con
flicts
The attitude of the employer and the state
of the individual himself must be considered
Many employers have shown reluctance in
annah
accepting employees who have been given
psychiatric diagnosis One employee inade
quately placed will do more to increase the
employers resistance to accepting such cases
than productively employed clients could do
to decrease this resistance
The Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor
must not feel that the rehabilitation process
is complete when the client has been placed
in employment A careful followup must be
made to see that the client is selfsufficient
independent and able to travel under his
own steam
Some workers such as the Schizoid type
can work more effectively only in places
where they are sheltered from distractions
and particularly from contact with large
groups of people
The more intelligent clients are apt to do
well in a research job or other position where
they are dealing with facts and chemical or
mechanical processes rather than with
people
The slow learner or mentally deficient type
should be placed in jobs that do not require
much complex thinking Some need a fixed
routine and simple situations
It has been said that there are more jobs
for the feebleminded than there are feeble
minded persons to fill them
In actual practice it has been demonstrated
that persons with mental ages as low as five
or six years may be taught to do simple jobs
with supervision
Over one hundred gainful occupations for
men and women with IQs between 25 and
75 have been listed
The Federal Office of Vocational Rehabili
tation in a recent report for the fiscal year
ended June 30 1946 showed cases persons
with mental or nervous diseases closed as
employed in such occupations as guards
watchmen janitors farmers in skilled trades
as jewelers carpenters electricians semi
skilled trades as in machine shop occupa
tions routemen chauffeurs auto repairmen
retail managers clerical work sales and kin
dred occupations service occupations such
as housekeepers maids waitresses barbers
professional occupations such as accountants
authors chemists teachers semiprofessional
occupation such as aviators dancers photog
raphers radio operators managerial occu
pations such as hotel and restaurants un
skilled occupations such as laborers and
stevedores
The R H Macy Company a department
store which employs 13000 persons estab
lished a full clinic consisting of psychiatrist
psychologist and psychiatric social worker
In a fouryear period these professional teams
were able to adjust more than half of the
problem employees studied while they con
tinued to work

Mrs Robert J Mullins Jr formerly Dovie Lou Gibbs
handicapped by arthritis in arms and limbs is being trained
in hairgoods manufacturing at Claytons Beauty Shop At
lanta with Vocational Rehabilitation aid Upon completion
of the training she expects to carry on the work in her own
home

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Brainard H Ownby of Waycross handicapped by defec
tive hearing and paralysis has a job reconditioning electric
motors in the Atlanta shop where he was trained through
Vocational Rehabilitation He had been a student at the
Georgia School for the Deaf
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January 30 is the birthday anniversary of Franklin D
Roosevelt
His triumph over physical disability inspires hope and
courage in the hearts of handicapped people everywhere
Under his administration as President the civilian Voca
tional Rehabilitation was expanded and extended into new
fields of service

Franklin D Roosevelt
1882 1945
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Building Atlanta 3 Ga
Nelson W Harper of Wilkes County is a successful
poultryman although he has defective hearing His story
was featured recently by the Constitutions Editor Ralph
McGill in Reports from the Country After attending
Georgia School for the Deaf Mr Harper was aided by
Vocational Rehabilitation in a vocational agriculture course
at Washington High and in starting his poultry business

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Arthritis in the lower limbs has not prevented Maye Reid
of Atlanta from achieving her ambition to be a professional
dressmaker Through Vocational Rehabilitation she was
given special instruction and now serves a growing clientele
and members of her family

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Well Work in 48
Three students at Marsh Business
College Atlanta enrolled under Vo
cational Rehabilitation look forward
to the New Year with prospects of
good jobs in spite of their handicaps
Left Sylvia Johnson Rt 2 Greens
boro handicapped in one limb as the
result of infantile paralysis center
Vivian Couch Moreland congenital
deformity of feet and Robert L Kay
18 Rt 3 Thomaston who is 4 ft 2 in
in height 4 No 4
February 1948
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Work for the BlindWarren M Banta
right Regional Director Goodwill In
dustries of America and Superintendent
of Atlanta unit demonstrates operation
of the Plasticor a device for making
plastic golf tees and other plastic
articles at a conference of Supervisors
of Services for the Blind at Macon
W B Gaines State Supervisor exam
ines a tee
Work for HomeboundMiss Mildred
Ledford right Athens Extension
Service Home Industries Specialist dis
plays baskets trays and metal articles
made by homebound workers Mrs
Carol de Montoya Supervisor of Work
shops and Home Industries Vocational
Rehabilitation Division admires metal
trayVocational Rehabilitation really fixed me up says
C 0 Stone Atlanta painter who had an operation for
hernia and was provided with hearing aid and glasses
He is now back on the job with a contract painter And
he adds I can sit on the back seat and enjoy picture
shows
Willie B Folsom of Rome handicapped by a leg disa
bility following infantile paralysis was trained as an
automotive body and fender repairman by Thomas Motor
Company Rome and afterwards employed in the same
establishment
Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement fill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
Name Address
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Building Atlanta 3 Gaekabilitatioiv lAfews
Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
IN A fouryear period through the services of the StateFederal program of
Vocational Rehabilitation for civilians 7000 men and women who had been
disabled by cardiac disorders were prepared for and placed in safe and suitable
occupations so they could make their own living Federal Security Adminis
trator Oscar R Ewing disclosed in a statement issued in connection with
National Heart Week
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta 305 Peachtree St N E
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome 415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
Michael J Shortley Director of FSAs Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
expressed the belief that greater numbers of sufferers from heart disease will be
rehabilitated as the availability of the StateFederal services become more gen
erally known He added
The seven thousand men and women all of working age were rehabilitated
between 1943 when the program of vocational rehabilitation for civilians was
expanded and 1947 Most of the 7000 were unemployed when they requested
services from their homestate rehabilitation agencies
In one year alone a group of 1264 men and women with cardiac disorders
profited from vocational rehabilitation by a 670 percent increase in their rate
of earnings Before rehabilitation only 214 were employed and their earnings
were at the rate of 287000 a year The others were unemployed After rehabili
tation was completed the rate of earnings for 1215 of the group was estimated
at 2220000 annually the others became farmers or family workers whose
earnings could not be estimated
Men and women with cardiac disorders have been prepared for and placed
many kinds of gainful occupations They are working as accountants editors
pharmacists teachers draftsmen laboratory technicians radio operators retail
managers advertising agents bookkeepers clerks secretaries stenographers
office machine operators salespeople domestics waiters and waitresses ship
stewards barbers beauticians guards watchmen farmers and farm hands
jewelers watchmakers carpenters miners lens grinders bus drivers and house
wives
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 6179 3668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
COVER PICTURE
The front page picture on this issue of the
NEWS shows Miss Vella Pullen right
teacher of dress and pattern making at
Columbus Occupational School who was
voted The Woman of the Year by the
Business and Professional Womens Club
for her work with the Christian Fellowship
Association in designing and making cos
tumes for the Chattahoochee Valley Caval
cade presented last spring Handicapped by
a spine disability Miss Pullen was aided by
Vocational Rehabilitation in a training
course at a New York school of dress design
She is shown here instructing Miss Odessa
Moore a Vocational Rehabilitation client
enrolled in her classes
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The window display reproduced on page 8 was set up by
the AugustaRichmond Tuberculosis Association during a con
ference of Vocational Rehabilitation Division Supervisors and
Counselors in Augusta recently It shows some of the attractive
articles made by patients of the occupational therapy depart
ment at Battey State Hospital Rome The display was in the
Georgia Power Company Building where the conference was held
AN OPERATION and brace provided by Vocational Rehabilitation enabled Ira L Aldridge above of Douglas
to overcome the handicap of osteomyelitis of the right leg He is foreman of the Service Department of Douglas Motor
Company Ive gained fifty pounds since my operation he said recentlyREHABILITATION OF THE TUBERCULOUS
By COUNSELOR C W BELL of Waycross
Highlights jrom paper read at District Conference

FEAR OF tuberculosis coupled with ignor
ance regarding its treatment results in an
attitude toward the tuberculous which finds
both individual and community expression The
latter manifests itself often in locating the
tuberculosis hospitals on wastelands far from
other human habitation Too often patients
who have been arrested and are ready for
training or placement are neglected and
avoided by those who are responsible for their
rehabilitation
ft requires courage and fortitude to meet all
the new situations that confront one when he
starts the longdrawnout battle with the in
visible elusive hordes of tubercle bacilli that
have invaded his physical domain There must
be a willingness to pay the price of health by
adherence to a strict regimen for the sake of
future freedom
Rest rest and more rest this is the first
and most important remedy in the treatment of
tuberculosis The sort of rest that tuberculosis
patients must have is not the casual sort that
most of us are accustomed to like stretching
out for a few hours or taking things easy
now and then Rest for the tuberculosis victim
often lasts for months or longer and must be
a complete rest in bed for twentyfour hours
each day as long as the doctor recommends it
Approximately one third of those who are
afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis can re
cover successfully by means of bed rest when
surrounded with the discipline the planned
nutrition and absolute rest periods of the mod
ern tuberculosis sanatorium If the disease
were discovered in an early stage the propor
tion of recoveries would be higher
Approximately another third of tuberculosis
patients have little or no chance for recovery
Of most of these the tragedy is that appro
priate treatment was not begun until the
progress of the disease had outrun the possi
bilities of healing Many others some of them
in an early stage lack capacity to cope with
their disease
Between these two groups is another about
equal in number These people have demon
strated by one means or another an innate
capacity to cope with the disease For this
group of patients a variety of artificial aids has
been evolved ranging from pneumothorax to
complicated chest surgery
In regard to the question as to which type of
the tuberculous case is more feasible for re
habilitation only broad general principles can
be stated Any patient with tuberculosis is
suitable for rehabilitation provided the disease
has been satisfactorily arrested or even quies
cent both as to physical findings and Xray for
eighteen to twentyfour months
The tuberculous individuals loss of earning
power and the economic consequences of this
loss to the family are facts which pervade the
medical and social management of the illness
from the moment the diagnosis is established
until economic selfsufficiency is restored In
deed if any plan for the mass treatment and
rehabilitation of the tuberculous is to operate
to its full potentialities some provision must
be included to eliminate the financial inse
curity of the patient and his family
At the present time public assistance and
free hospitalization are fairly widespread al
though the latter is still unavailable in many
sections of the country where tuberculosis
rates are high Nevertheless even with public
assistance the gap between the family income
before the illness and the stipend granted the
family while the patient is under treatment is
often so great that many patients are loathe
to accept hospitalization while the disease is
still amenable to treatment
Economic pressure likewise frequently
causes the patient to leave the sanatorium be
fore a definite result of treatment has been
obtained Moreover even after treatment has
been completed patients may be deterred from
undertaking the medically prescribed parttime
work or training schedule because they can
not support themselves through such parttime
efforts
Because of the present lack of parttime
work training or hardening facilities the
successfully discharged patient often is con
demned to prolonged periods of idleness until
he is medically suited for a full days work
Too frequently because of financial stress or
sheer boredom the patient disregards the
physicians counsel and undertakes fulltime
work at a job which is not at all suitable for
him Disastrous consequences follow
At the same time other patients having full
time work capacity are rejected by some em
ployers in spite of their satisfactory condition
and oftimes they accept a job having unsuit
able working conditions at a wage insufficient
to maintain optimal health
The hardships which the good chronic in
fective patient must face at the present time
are almost insuperable since he is refused
employment in industry Because of the lack
of opportunity to work in sheltered industry
he frequently migrates to a community where
his past tuberculous history is not known and
obtains employment At the same time he
risks the recurrence of disease often with
fatal outcome
The Rehabilitation Counselor is no solo per
former he works in concert with the medical
staff occupational therapist and medical social
worker After the patient is dismissed from
the sanatorium as arrested the Counselor
works with the agencies in the patients com
munity the family employers or training
agencies and others who can and will con
tribute in the overall rehabilitation of an
individual
In order to evolve suitable rehabilitation
planning a Counselor studies the patient
population of a sanatorium Records provide
data regarding age sex race marital status
medical findings and outlook for recovery
Education previous employment avocations
circumstances of families job interests and
ambitions are determined by interviews Such
data provide a preliminary basis for a co
ordinated rehabilitation program by appro
priate community agencies
The questionwhen should a rehabilitation
program begin for the tuberculous is one
which has prompted quite a bit of discussion
We believe that rehabilitation should be an
integral part of therapy and should begin with
the diagnosis In this connection we refer to
our rehabilitation program at Battey State
Hospital in Rome The earlier we begin coun
selling and guidance the more effective program
we will be able to work out The ambulant
patient begins some form of prevocational
training once his interests and needs are de
termined and so the Rehabilitation Counselor
can cooperate with the physician and the
patient to plan a suitable posthospital sequel
Like all other prospective trainees ex
tuberculous patients should be judged by their
physical mental and intellectual abilities
whether or not they train for a certain trade
or profession This is taking into considera
tion of course that the case is well arrested
or otherwise the training should be graduated
to fit the patients physical ability after all
other factors have been considered
In considering the selective placement of
workers with inactive or apparently healed
tuberculosis no general rule can be found
applicable to all types of jobs As a matter
of fact the list of jobs in which the person
with inactive tuberculosis can be placed safely
is almost endless There are only a few types
of work from which he must be excluded be
cause they may reactivate the disease
Persons with apparently arrested arrested
or apparently cured tuberculosis lesions may
be employed with safety to themselves in non
industry work which is not too ardous The
degree of physical activity allowable naturally
depends upon the general condition of the
individual on the character and extent of lung
evolvement and upon the length of time since
his infection was active
Nothing could contribute more to the suc
cess of the clients holding his job than to be
frank with his employer and give him the
whole story regarding his disabilityassuring
him that periodic checkup examinations will
be made in accordance with the physicians
recommendations
Experience proves that properly placed the
person wtih inactive tuberculosis is valuable
to industry He is on his mettle to demonstrate
that he can hold his own with his fellow
workers If he has had sanatorium treatment
he has learned to conserve his strength for the
job and does not misuse his leisure hours The
result is usually a loyal employee who will stay
on the job is proud of achievement cheer
fully accepts assignments and welcomes super
vision

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Trained in automotive mechanics at North
Georgia Trade Vocational School Clarkes
ville Robert Golden left above handicapped
by defective hearing in early childhood now
works at McMichens Auto Service Atlanta
Here he is shown with W E McMichen pro
prietor of the establishment
At left Lee Davis Effingham County disabled
by paralysis in both legs in 1938 and forced
to crawl on his knees was fitted with braces
by Vocational Rehabilitation and again is able
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Vol 4 No 5Plastic surgery provided through Vocational Rehabilita
tion transformed the features of Myrtle Shelnutt top
left of LaGrange a student nurse at Candler Hospital
Savannah An early ambition to be a trained nurse will
be achieved when she graduates in June of this year The
facial disfigurement carried since childhood resulted from
the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of her little
brother Miss Shelnutt plans to take a postgraduate course
before engaging in her profession
Attractive Peggy Joyce Thornton left below is stenog
rapher and business machine operator in the office of
Aycocks Department Store Monroe despite a disability of
hips and limbs since childhood After graduating from
Monroe High School she was assisted by Vocational Re
habilitation in a commerce course While in school she
gained business experience working during vacations and
on Saturdays
Frances Mortonsons job as saleslady in the Franklin
Store Waycross was in jeopardy because of defective
hearing An aid supplied by Vocational Rehabilitation
enables her to hear customers voices clearly and she now
feels secure in her position She is shown below with
Mr and Mrs Frank Tassone proprietors of the storeLeft AboveTwo former clients of Vocational Rehabilitation work together in the trade for which they were trained ten years apart
through Vocational Rehabilitation services They are standing E E Cassidy proprietor of Cassidys Radio Shop Brunswick who
took a correspondence course in radio repairing and seated Arthur L Manning trained in the same vocation at a Chicago school
before Georgias trade schools were established Manning has an arm disability resulting from infantile paralysis
Right AboveDefective hearing is no longer a vocational handicap to Robert E Lee right salesman in the luggage department of
Adlers department store Savannah since being provided with an aid by Vocational Rehabilitation He is shown waiting on an un
identified customer Mr Lee has been hard of hearing since childhood
By Counselor Nathan B Nolan of Athens
Highlights from paper read at
District Conference
An estimate places the number of people in
the United States today with heart disease at
four million An additional four million have
high blood pressure or other diseases of cir
culation Diseases of the heart and blood
vessels including cerebral hemorrhage ac
counted for five hundred and seventyfive
thousand deaths in 1944
Rehabilitation agencies are not finding and
serving enough cases of heart disease There
are perhaps several outstanding reasons why
this is the case 1 People are afraid of it
associate it with total disability sudden death
and invalidism 2 Most people believe
heart disease is associated with old age 3
Many referral agencies for Vocational Re
habilitation think primarily in terms of physi
cal restoration by surgery and do not realize
that Rehabilitation can serve cardiac cases
In analyzing these reasons we find that
the popular fear of heart disease at least to
a large extent is unwarranted If you talk
a little about heart disease you will find that
many of your associates are affected with it
in one degree or another and yet carry on
fairly normal lives
The association of heart disease with old
age is perhaps best contradicted by the U S
Public Health Service Report that seventy
five per cent of all cardiac disabilities de
velop before the age of ten and only twelve
per cent after the age of forty Of course
those who develop cardiac conditions early in
life often find that as old age approaches it
becomes acute
The case finding problem can probably best
be met by a closer canvassing of our high
schools and explaining the Rehabilitation pro
gram to teachers and students Public
health nurses can and will aid in locating
cases if they realize what Rehabilitation can
offer people with cardiac conditions Doc
tors can help tremendously in finding cases
They have contributed materially to our case
finding procedures
When the case is found that is determined
that an individual who has been referred to
Vocational Rehabilitation for any reason
has heart trouble the Counselor needs the
opinion of a cardiologist From this med
ical report we will determine eligibility pro
vided no other disability is involved
The information obtained from the car
diologists examination also will determine
the treatment that is necessary or desirable
Arrangements should be made for these rec
ommendations to be followed and this must be
kept in mind in any training or placement
program
In selecting an objective there are certain
pitfalls that in general are to be avoided
Jobs involving sudden spurts of energy
jobs that involve climbing working at high
altitudes or with machinery Dusty occu
pations Occupations involving changes
in temperatures
It will be well to keep in mind that a person
with heart trouble is more likely to succeed
on a job that has regular hours places the
strain on the lower extremities rather than
the upper that he has become accustomed to
or to which he can easily be adapted and that
is not likely to cause anxiety
With the ending of World War II and the
return of a more adequate labor supply em
ployers again started catering to the lower
age groups
If Rehabilitation can locate this group of
young people who will some day be old
folks with heart trouble much can be done
to avoid the plague of dependent old age If
the proper guidance and placement is ren
dered these people should engage in the busi
ness of earning a living many additional
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Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAraar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
The front page picture on this issue of the News shows another former client
of the Vocational Rehabilitation Division helping a handicapped trainee over lifes
hurdles
They are standing Lewis P Chick head of Chick Piano Company Athens
attorney and former Representative from Walton County in the General Assembly
and at piano Billy V Shepherd re
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technician
the job training as a piano
In 1923 Lewis Chick of Monroe ap
plied for assistance from the Vocational
Rehabilitation Division which had been
established barely three years earlier His
application was the 289th filed with the
Division He was then 21 and had been
blind since childhood as the result of an
eye injury with a stick
In spite of the handicap young Chick
had graduated from the Georgia Acad
emy for the Blind at Macon and received
training in piano tuning at Overbrook
School Philadelphia He also had accu
mulated enough units at Monroe High
School for admission to the University
of Georgia
At that time the blind youth was offering his services as a piano tuner in the
Monroe area but finding few customers There just wasnt much demand for this
type of technician in those days
Lewis was eager to study law and needed financial assistance for tuition books
and a reader Vocational Rehabilitation solved this problem for the ambitious
young man and soon he was enrolled in the Law School
Student Chicks chief difficulty at the University seems to have been finding other
students who were willing to read to him several hours a day even for the fees
offered A reader would undertake the job and then after a few weeks or months it
seems he would give up the task and another would have to be found
Although forced to study under such conditions Lewis made top grades gradu
ated in June 1926 and was admitted to the bar before Judge Blanton Fortson
A news dispatch from Athens at that time said Mr Chick made an excel
lent record in the Law School and does not consider his handicap sufficient to keep
him from making progress in his chosen profession
Returning to his home in Monroe Attorney Chick opened an office Soon he was
elected Justice of the Peace In 1928 he was elected Representative in the Legisla
ture and served two terms in that body Seven years ago he moved to Athens and
entered the piano business
If I have had any degree of success I attribute it largely to the Rehabilitation
Division and the Academy for the Blind he said recently
Eager to aid others somewhat similarly handicapped Mr Chick cooperates with
the Vocational Rehabilitation Division in giving clients the benefit of his knowledge
and experience in overcoming visual handicaps
Billy Shepherd the young man now in training is blind in one eye and has lim
ited vision in the other He graduated from University High School at Athens and
attended the Academy for the Blind before being enrolled for special training last
fall The Athens Lions Club assisted in furnishing him with special glasses to help
correct the little vision he has left
Mr Chick says Billy has unusual aptitude as a piano technician and should make
a success in his chosen vocationSurry E Wingate above had worked in a
Savannah industrial plant for twentyfive
years when an infection made it necessary to
amputate his left leg With this disability it
was impossible for him to go back to his old
job Vocational Rehabilitation provided an
artificial limb and advised with him in the
1 choice of a new vocation Now Mr Wingate
operates the Southern Fish Market and is
building up a satisfactory business

Its a long jump from driving trucks to repairing watches but William J Peacock
above of Manchester made the transition Ten years ago he was struck by a ditching
shovel resulting in a spine disability He tried working in a textile mill and dairy but
found he couldnt do the heavy lifting required on the jobs Referred to Vocational Re
habilitation by the Employment Service Mr Peacock was trained in watch repairing in
Columbus and upon completion of the course placed with Moores Jewelry
Joint Action on TB
Various phases of tuberculosis control and
rehabilitation of the tuberculous in Georgia
were considered recently at a series of five
district conferences sponsored by the Divi
sion of Vocational Rehabilitation the State
Department of Health and the Georgia Tu
berculosis Association
Meetings were held in Atlanta Savannah
Albany Swainsboro and Battey Hospital In
attendance were representatives of the Voca
tional Rehabilitation Division the Tubercu
losis Division of the State Department of
Public Health and the Georgia Tuberculosis
Association together with public health
nurses and social welfare workers in the dis
tricts
Subjects discussed included casefinding
diagnosis treatment rehabilitation nutrition
diet social aspects of the disease and record
keeping
The conferences it is reported resulted in
a better understanding of the problems in
volved in services to the tuberculous and the
needs on state and local levels
Seriously Handicapped
Rehabilitation of Seriously Handicapped
Persons will be the theme of district confer
ences of Vocational Rehabilitation Supervis
ors and Counselors in May
Dates and places of the meetings are May
3 Augusta May 5 Savannah May 10 Ma
con and May 12 Atlanta
At similar conferences in the past staff
members have given special study to cases
involving mental and cardiac diseases tuber
culosis epilepsy and infantile paralysis ar
thritis and arm disabilities and rehabilitation
of the blind
Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement fill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
NameAddress
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Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 131 State Office Building Atlanta 3 GaREGIONAL INSTITUTE ON TB PROGRAM
Representatives of public and private
agencies for services to the tuberculous will
hold a threeday Southeastern regional insti
tute in Atlanta beginning April 12 to con
sider a comprehensive program of rehabili
tation H B Cummings of Atlanta Regional
Representative Office of Vocational Rehabil
itation Federal Security Agency has an
nounced
The institute is sponsored by the Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation in cooperation with
State Rehabilitation Agencies the National
Tuberculosis Association State Tuberculosis
Associations and State Departments of
Health
The opening address will be made by Dr
M D Collins State Superintendent of
Schools His subject The Needs of the
Tuberculous Challenge the State Rehabilita
tion Agency
Purposes and objectives of the institute will
be outlined by Mr Cummings
Dr George Comstock of Columbus Tu
berculosis Control Officer of the State De
partment of Health will speak at the morn
ing session on the Role of Vocational Re
habilitation in the Program of Tuberculosis
Control
Discussions of cooperation between the
State Rehabilitation Agencies the State Divi
sions of Tuberculosis Control and Tubercu
losis Associations will be led by Mr Cum
mings and Holland Hudson of New York
Director of Rehabilitation Service of the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association Reports on
the cooperative activities of the agencies will
be made by representatives of the various
states
Steps procedures and responsibility in the
rehabilitation of the tuberculous will be the
subject of another discussion led by E B
Porter of Washington Training Specialist
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Subjects scheduled for consideration at the
second days sessions include policies and
practices in accepting the tuberculous for re
habilitation services national regional and
state statistics on results of programs sana
toria rehabilitation programs and planning
complete case referral coverage of entire
state
The last day of the institute will be devoted
largely to consideration of committee reports
and a plan of action C B Shroyer of At
lanta Supervisor for the Tuberculous Voca
tional Rehabilitation Division will speak at
this session on a Method of Surveying the
Backlog of Unserved Cases
MAKES RECORD IN COLLEGE
William H Bill Burson of Thomaston
a student who is being aided by the Voca
tional Rehabilitation Division is making a
double name for himself at the University
I
1 as an outstanding student and 2 in his
chosen profession editorial journalism His
disability was hernia
Only 19 years old Bill holds down a full
time position as director of the University
News Bureau At the same time he is setting
a scholastic pace with an overall average of
940 So far as he has been able to ascertain
he is the youngest college public relations
director in the nation
The youthful journalist will receive the
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism in
June of this year after only two and onehalf
years of study His scholastic standing as
sures him of graduation with Phi Beta Kap
pa and Phi Kappa Phi honors
Other recognitions which have come Bills
way during college include membership in
Sphinx highest nonscholastic honor society
for men Omicron Delta Kappa national
honor society Blue Key national honor fra
ternity Phi Eta Sigma national scholarship
fraternity Sigma Delta Chi professional
journalistic fraternity Whos Who Among
Students in American Universities and Col
leges X Club local honor society for up
per classmen Biftad local honor society for
freshmen men and Alpha Phi Omega na
tional service fraternity He has served as
president of the local Chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi vicepresident of X Club secretary
treasurer of Phi Eta Sigma and correspond
ing secretary of Alpha Phi Omega
On the side Burson has been campus cor
respondent for the Atlanta Constitution and
a member of the Pic Magazine College Edi
torial Board He was the winner of Pics
1947 Collegiate Writing Contest for the
southeast
He graduated from Robert E Lee Institute
of Thomaston in 1945 as first honor graduate
setting a scholastic mark of 970 which it is
said has yet to be equaled in that institution
There his feats were comparable with those
of college In addition to his studies he held
down a position with the Thomaston Times
first as circulation manager and staff writer
and later as editorial columnist and news
editor His other journalistic experience in
cludes three months on the copy desk of the
Athens BannerHerald as Upson County
correspondent for the Atlanta Journal and
a three months summer internship with the
Atlanta Constitution
Asked if he plans to follow up his success
in the public relations field after graduation
Burson replied No Im going to forsake the
big money this journalistic phase offers for
the skullcracking pace of the wire services
My ultimate vocational ambition lies in that
line and I intend to find out early in life
whether or not I have the ability to go to the
top If I can make the grade I intend to
expend every effort to develop myself into a
national assignment feature writer If I find
out that I havent what it takes my alternate
ambitions include staff writer for a metro
politan daily news director for a regional
radio station or owner and editor of my own
community weekly
Bill is leaving the University of Georgia
for a staff writers post with United Press
His first assignment will be with the Southern
Division Headquarters in Atlanta
If determination means anything Bill Bur
son has at least made one step in the direc
tion he has chosen to travelBlindness forced Timothy Wright left
above of Columbus to give up his job as au
tomobile mechanic after fifteen years employ
ment with one service station He was receiv
ing assistance from DPW when referred to
Vocational Rehabilitation Arrangements were
made for a suitable neighborhood store loca
tion fixtures stock and training in retail oper
ations Now hes doing businessand earning
his own living again
Although still in training Nellie Richards
right above of Atlanta is becoming self
supporting as a home seamstress after being
dependent upon relatives and friends for years
while under treatment for tuberculosis Voca
tional Rehabilitation provided the power ma
chine and training fees Formerly she was a
laundress
An artificial leg provided by Vocational
Rehabilitation enables Dupree Rakestraw
left to work as front elevator operator at
the Georgian Hotel Athens His right leg
was amputated because of blood poisoning at
tributed to trimming a corn on his foot
Im the proudest man in the world he said
after getting back on a jobDivision of Vocational Rehabilitation
Georgia Department of Education
129 State Office Building
Atlanta 3 Ga
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Published monthly by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville1 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome15 West Bldg
Phone 838
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 01 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross00 Bunn Bldg
Phone 82
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 06 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus11 Flowers Bldg
Phone 2190
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 127
The National Rehabilitation Association as the name implies is an organization
of professional workers in the field of rehabilitation
Over a span of some twenty years the membership has grown from a bakers
dozen to nearly 9000
It is composed of men and women on the staffs of public and private agencies
men and women whose lives are dedicated to the welfare of disabled persons
Heretofore NRA has held only national conventions
This year the association has adopted a new policy
In order to give members a better opportunity to get the benefit of convention
discussions of various phases of rehabilitation make new contacts with coworkers
and exchange experiences eight regional conferences have been scheduled for this
summer
The first of the series of regional conferences will be held in Atlanta in June
It will bring to Atlanta representatives of rehabilitation agencies from seven states
and Puerto Rico and some other distinguished visitors
These men and women are engaged in a vital service to humanity Their work
requires a high degree of technical skill It is only through such meetings that they
may keep abreast of daytoday developments and gain new knowledge to guide them
in their efforts on behalf of those whose bodies and minds have been impaired by
accident war and disease
Atlantaand Georgiawill extend a warm welcome to all who come to this
first regional conference of NRA
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The Creator says Edward V
Lucas English essayist in The Voice of
the Hand must smile a little when He
thinks of activities which the hands that
He made chiefly as I suppose to delve
to spin and to convey food to the mouth
have added to those primitive functions
Hands symbolize vocational training
The history of occupational therapy
shows clearly that there is a definite rela
tionship between handmanipulation ac
tivities and mental health
Hands tell so much It would be
wrong to say that one looks at hands
before eyes but very often after
None shall make a yoke or plow
Better than mine own
But this child whose sunlit brow
Holds the kiss of angels now
He will build a throne
Mine to teach His little hands
He shall learn the whole
Craft the workman understands
But in this and wider lands
He will guide the soul
Mary Brent Whiteside
The Son of Joseph Rehabilitation workers from seven South
eastern States and Puerto Rico will hold a
threeday conference in Atlanta beginning
June 3 under the joint sponsorship of the
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Federal
Security Agency and the National Rehabilita
tion Association It is expected that upward
of two hundred representatives of public and
private agencies will attend
Topics relating to every phase of services
to handicapped persons will be discussed in
general sessions and group meetings
The first days program will be conducted
by the National Rehabilitation Association
This will be the first regional conference pro
jected by NRA and will be followed by
somewhat similar meetings in other geo
graphical areas In the past the association
has held national meetings only
The program for Friday June 4 and Sat
urday June 5 will be conducted by represen
tatives of the Office of Vocational Rehabili
tation
A highlight of the convention will be a
luncheon at noon on the first day in the
Empire Room of the Biltmore Hotel At
that time Congressman Graham A Barden
of North Carolina coauthor of Public Law
113amendments to the Vocational Rehabili
tation Actwill be presented a life member
ship in the National Rehabilitation Associa
tion The presentation will be made by H
Earle Correvont of Lansing Mich President
of NRA and State Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation in Michigan
The ceremony will be followed by ad
dresses by Congressman Barden and Gov
ernor M E Thompson Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools will preside
at the luncheon Morgan Blake Atlanta
Journal columnist will offer the invocation
The presentation ceremony and addresses
will be broadcast over station WBGE
The first general session from 930 to
1130 AM will be presided over by Paul S
Barrett Georgia Director of Vocational Re
habilitation and Presidentelect of NRA
Dr Collins will deliver the address of
welcome Other speakers for that session
will be Mr Correvont on Your Associa
tion Today and Tomorrow and John A
Kratz of Washington Associate Director of
Vocational Rehabilitation on Rehabilitation
a Cooperative Effort
Following the luncheon Louis R Schubert
of Nashville Secretary of NRA and Tennes
see Director of Vocational Rehabilitation
will preside at a general session featuring
the rehabilitation services of the Veterans
Administration Dr Robert L Bennett Chief
Physical Medicine Section Rehabilitation Di
vision of the Veterans Administration At
lanta and Director of Physical Medicine
Warm Springs Foundation will put on a
Demonstration of Physical Medicine in
which a group of patients from the Atlanta
Plugging the ConventionCenter Glenn B Calmes of Jacksonville Chairman Re
gional Conference Committee and NRA Board member and left Jack E Jones of At
lanta Executive Assistant Physical Medicine Section Veterans Administration being
interviewed by Stan Raymond at radio station WBGE Atlanta
hospitals will participate A film Rehabili
tation of Chronic Neurological Cases will
be shown
Business Session
In the evening Glenn B Clmes of Jack
sonville NRA Board member and Chairman
of the Regional Conference Committee will
preside at a general session at which Mr
Barrett will speak on National Trends in
Vocational Rehabilitation Mr Barrett is
Chairman of the NRA legislative Committee
A business meeting of the NRA will follow
this session
The second days conference will be
opened by H B Cummings of Atlanta Re
gional Representative of the Office of Voca
tional Rehabilitation P G Sherer of Co
lumbus Regional Member Executive Com
mittee States Rehabilitation Council and
South Carolina Director of Vocational Re
habilitation will preside over a program
featuring as speakers Louis R Shubert of
Nashville Tennessee Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation on Evaluation of State Pro
grams of Vocational Rehabilitation and
E B Whitten of Jackson Mississippi Di
rector of Vocational Rehabilitation on Con
tinuing Staff Development
Charles H Warren of Raleigh North
Carolina Director of Vocational Rehabilita
tion will preside over a general session pro
gram with Dr Thomas B McKneely of
Washington Chief Medical Officer Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation and D H Dabel
stein of Washington Assistant Director
H Earle Correvont of Lansing Mich Presi
dent of NRA and State Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation as speak
ers Dr McKneely will discuss The Place
of Medical Services in a Vocational rehabili
tation Program Mr Dabelsteins subject
will be Development of Standards of Case
work Performance
Group Meetings
In the afternoon on the second day the
three group meetings will be held 1 Rep
resentatives of agencies for services to the
Continued on Page 5Regional TB Conference DelegatesFront row left to right Dr Rodriguez Pastor of Puerto Rico Vocational Rehabilitation
Medical consultant Holland Hudson of New York Director of Rehabilitation Service National Tuberculosis Association H P
Cummings of Atlanta Regional Representative Office of Vocational Rehabilitation E B Porter of Washington Training Spe
cialist OVR and L L Young of Atlanta Executive Secretary Georgia Tuberculosis Association
Better Service To TBs Planned
PLANS for developing closer cooperation
between agencies serving the tuberculous
in seven Southeastern States were formulated
at the threeday regional institute sponsored
by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Federal Security Agency in Atlanta early in
April
Agencies represented at the conference in
cluded Vocational Rehabilitation State De
partments of Health National Tuberculosis
Association State Tuberculosis Associations
and Veterans Administration
Following discussions of various phases of
tuberculosis control and the rehabilitation of
the tuberculous the delegates from each state
meeting in separate groups worked out sug
gested plans of action
Some recommendations made by the Geor
gia committee were Promote better commun
ity organization to meet the total needs of the
tuberculous in the whole scope of rehabilita
tion promote regular conferences between
staffs of various agencies concerned with re
habilitation of the tuberculous for exchange
of information and planning expand the
services at Battey State Hospital Rome refer
suspects and contacts to the Health Depart
ment follow up discharges from sanatorium
and follow up cases reported in survey made
by Vocational Rehabilitation and Georgia
Tuberculosis Association
About fifty representatives of the various
agencies attended the conference and took
part in the discussions of problems relating
to the rehabilitation of the tuberculous
The institute was opened by H B Cum
mings of Atlanta Regional Representative
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Dr M D
Collins State Superintendent of Schools gave
the visitors a warm welcome to Georgia
The need of expanded programs for the
rehabilitation of the tuberculous and closer
cooperation between the agencies was graph
ically presented by Holland Hudson of New
York Director of Rehabilitation Service
National Tuberculosis Association with a
series of statistical reports on each state in
the region and the United States
Another highlight was an illustrated lec
ture by Dr Rodriguez Pastor of Puerto Rico
tuberculosis specialist and Vocational Re
habilitation Medical Consultant on causes of
death among residents of the island It was
brought out that tuberculosis is the first
cause and that the mortality rate from this
disease is five times higher than that of con
tinental United States
Visit to Battey
The institute was followed by a conference
at Battey State Hospital on the rehabilitation
program at that institution This meeting
called by Dr T F Sellers Director of the
State Department of Public Health was at
tended by representatives of OVR the State
Health Department National Tuberculosis
Association and Georgia Vocational Rehabili
tation Division
The visitors had an opportunity to see the
hospital facilities to study the program be
ing developed there and to discuss the prog
ress and problems
Vocational training is now being given to
patients who are far enough on the road
to recovery to accept the services There are
classes for women in sewing cooking and
other homemaking arts and in commercial
courses The barber and beauty shops set
up for service to patients offer training for
those desiring to be barbers and beauticians
after discharge from the hospital The shoe
repair shop also is used as a training school
for boys Correspondence courses also are
being used in the vocational program
Correspondence training has been provided
patients in the following fields 1 Account
ing 2 Radio Repair 3 Refrigeration
with electric drive 4 Refrigeration and
air conditioning 5 Industrial electronics
6 Hotel training and management 7
Speedwriting 8 College work from the
University of Georgia Extension Onthe
job training in the following fields has been
provided 1 Greenhouse care and opera
tion 2 Radio transmission announcing
and control board operation 3 Nurses
aide 4 Tailoring and 7 Radio Repair
For class room instruction a minimum of
two hours exercise tolerance must be reached
by the patients However in several cases
permission has been granted for patients to
begin training with less time
For correspondence training only the doc
tors approval is required plus assurance that
the patient probably will be ready for em
ployment upon completion of the course
and a reasonable assurance that the patient
can succeed in this training field
For onthejob training a minimum of five
hours is required for training in Rome un
less the patient can live in the immediate
vicinity of the training establishment and in
the latter cases a leave of absence from the
hospital is secured with periodic return for
checkupAboveMr Hudson leads discussion on cooperation be
tween State Rehabilitation Agencies and TB Associations
RightMr Cummings outlines purposes and objectives of
institute
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blind 2 Administrative and Supervisor
Personnel and 3 Counselors and Consul
tants
The speakers and subjects for these group
meetings will be Group 1H A Wood
Executive Secretary North Carolina Com
mission for the Blind presiding W B
Gaines Georgia State Supervisor Rehabili
tation of the Blind Need for Orientation
PreVocational and Vocational Training
Possible Regional Facilities at North Georgia
Vocational School M R Barnett Execu
tive Director Florida Council for the Blind
Operation of an Adjustment Center for the
Blind
Mrs Anne B Owings Director Division
of Services for the Blind South Carolina
Department of Public Welfare presiding
Joseph Clunk Chief Division of Services
for the Blind OVR Relation of Counselor
to Employment Counselor reports by states
on Unusual Employment Opportunities for
the Blind
Group 2E H Gentry Alabama Super
visor of Vocational Rehabilitation presiding
James J Burns Chief Fiscal Standards Di
vision OVR The Annual Budget an Ad
ministrative Tool
Claud M Andrews Florida Director of
Vocational Rehabilitation presiding Charles
H Warren Effect of Decentralization on
State Programs of Vocational Rehabilita
tion E E Kennedy of Georgia P B
Stephens of Tennessee and C J Collins of
South Carolina on The Functions and Du
ties of a District Supervisor of Vocational
Rehabilitation
Group 3E B Whitten Mississippi Di
rector of Vocational Rehabilitation will pre
side at a panel discussion on Functions of
the Physical Restoration Staff in a Vocational
Rehabilitation Program Speakers Mrs
Margaret Washington Tennessee Supervisor
of Physical Restoration Dodd Pace Florida
Supervisor of Field Operations and E K
Bell of Savannah Georgia District Super
visor
Dr Thomas B McKneely will preside at
a panel discussion on The Physical Restora
tion Unit in a Vocational Rehabilitation Pro
gram Speakers Dr Meredith Mallory
Florida Administrative Medical Consultant
D H Dabelstein Assistant Director OVR
and H B Cummings Regional Representa
tive OVR
Saturday Program
Another series of group conferences will
be held Saturday morning June 5 The
speakers and topics are
Group 1J A Moore Director Division
of Services for the Blind Tennessee Depart
ment of Public Welfare presiding Joseph
Clunk The Business Enterprise for the
Blindthe Federal Viewpoint G E Boggs
Georgia Supervisor Business Enterprises
The State Viewpoint
Mrs D W McBryde Director Division
for the Blind Mississippi Department of
Public Welfare presiding Harry E Sim
mons Director of Rehabilitation Florida
Council for the Blind Evaluation of the
Total Individual H B Cummings Re
habilitation of the Blind Versus Welfare for
the Blind
Group 2A L Davis Georgia Assistant
Director in charge of Field Operations pre
siding D H Dabelstein Standards of
Casework Supervision
Manuel Hernandez Puerto Rico Director
of Vocational Rehabilitation presiding E II
Gentry Management of Caseload Dr S
Marion Salley Florida District Medical Con
sultant Effective Use of Consultants
Group 3D D Beckman South Carolina
Chief of Rehabilitation Services presiding
D H Dabelstein Content and Form of a
Complete Plan of Rehabilitation Dr Mc
Kneely Analysis and Use of Medical Re
ports
A P Jarrell Georgia Assistant Director
in charge of Technical Services presiding
Dr C C Aven Tuberculosis Specialist and
Member of the Georgia Professional Advis
ory Committee Rehabilitation of the Tu
berculous Dr Edgar Greene President
Georgia Medical Association and Member
of the Georgia Professional Advisory Com
mittee Rehabilitation of Cases Suffering
from Female Disorders
The conference will be concluded with a
general session Saturday afternoon Mr
Kratz will preside The speakers and theii
subjects H B Cummings Program Plan
ning for 1949 James J Burns Funds and
Management in Relation to 199 Program
D H Dabelstein Casework Standards in
Relation to 1949 ProgramLeftDr M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools welcomes the visitors
AhoveMr Porter speaks on steps procedures and responsibility in rehabilitation
of the tuberculous
Left AboveDr George Comstock of Columbus Tuberculosis Control Officer Department of Health speaks on role of Vocational
Rehabilitation in program of tuberculosis control Aboveleft Miss Anne Mann of Raleigh Field Secretary North Carolina
TB Association and Miss Blanca Roura of Puerto Rico TB Specialist Division of Vocational RehabilitationOFFICERS
NATIONAL REHABILITATION
ASSOCIATION
President H Earle Correvont
Lansing Mich
PresidentElect Paul S Barrett
Atlanta Ga
VicePresident Hon Graham Barden
Washington O C
VicePresident Tom L Anderson
San Francisco Cal
Treasurer Ashley S Ross
Little Rock Ark
Secretary Louis R Schubert
Nashville Tenn
Conference Committee
Glenn B Calmes Jacksonville Fla
Chairman
Louis R Schubert Nashville Tenn
P G Sherer Columbia S C
Owen F Wise Birmingham Ala
H B Cummings Atlanta Ga
Congressman Barden
Here is a thumbnail sketch of Congress
man Barden lifted from the NRA News
Letter
Graham Arthur Barden New Bern North
Carolina Representative U S Congress is
joint author of Public Law 113 He served
in the U S Navy during World War I
was licensed to practice law in 1920 taught
school in New Bern High School one year
for three terms was Judge of County Court
of Craven County North Carolina represent
ing that County in the State General Assem
bly in 1933 He has served the Third District
as U S Congressional Representative
through the 74th Congress and all those suc
ceeding to the 80th where he is at present
serving
At Battey State Hospitalleft Mrs Howard Bailey Librarian with Mr Cummings
and Dr T F Sellers Director Department of Public Health
Secretary on Job
See picture on page 8
Miss Dorris Jaynes of Arnoldsville smiles
as she works at her desk in the Motion
Picture Division of the Extension Service
Athens She had a disability of the feet and
ankles was treated at Athens General Hos
pital and the Scottish Rite Hospital Decatur
Through Vocational Rehabilitation arrange
ments were made for a commercial course
at Athens Business College where she made
a splendid record
Blind Dispatcher
See picture on page 8
Talmadge Sumner of Dublin has been
blind since early childhood He has a par
tial disability of his left arm and right leg
as the result of infantile paralysis Mr
Sumner received his early training at the
Georgia Academy for the Blind Macon For
more than three years he has been working
as dispatcher for the Quick Service Taxi
stand He depends entirely upon his memory
in accepting calls for service and says he
has handled as many as thirtyfive at one
time without error
Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement rill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
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ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville41 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin 401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus 411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
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modern vocational school offering youths and adults trade training in a
wide range of skilled occupations has been developed at old Souther Field
near Americus site of two wartime aviation centers
The South Georgia Trade and Vocational School is operated by the State Board
of Education through an experienced administrative staff a faculty of highly
trained instructors and advisory committees of outstanding business and industrial
leaders
Its services are offered to 1 handicapped clients of the Vocational Rehabili
tation Division 2 Veterans qualified under PL 16 or PL 346 3 Boys 16
to 18 recommended by their local school authorities and 4 other men and women
who can profit by the training courses
The physical properties comprise three shop buildings two dormitories dining
hall and kitchen administrative building recreation hall library gymnasium health
clinic and 345 acres of farm land deeded to the State by Sumter County for develop
ment as a source of dairy poultry livestock and garden products for the school
Shops and class rooms are equipped with modern machinery laboratory facili
ties and furnishings valued at more than 1000000 Most of it was obtained from
the Federal Government without cost to the State
The new gymnasiumauditorium was built by the Federal Works Agency Old
buildings on the campus have been remodeled to meet the new peacetime needs
of the school
The dormitories are furnished with single beds dressers reading tables and
lamps They have central heating outside ventilation showers and toilets The
health clinic is under the supervision of a trained nurse with medical assistance
available at all times
Courses offered are Auto mechanics auto machinists Diesel engine mechanics
upholstering and wood finishing general sheet metal basic radio repair radio com
munications cabinet making and joinery aircraft engine mechanics aircraft gen
eral mechanics commercial art and sign painting and handicraft
Other courses being developed include auto body and fender repair auto
painting machine shop practice carpentry machine and architectural drafting
painting and interior decorating printing trades air conditioning plumbing and
pipe fitting refrigeration cooking and baking laundry and dry cleaning tailoring
shoe repair welding and beauty culture
For each course offered an advisory committee assists in developing the course
of study making shop layouts and selecting equipment and instructors The air
craft engine mechanics course was planned with the cooperation of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration and has the approval of that body And the radio com
munications course has the approval of the Federal Communications Commission
The school is under the direction of Jed B Yingling who served as State
Supervisor of Trade and Industrial Education in the State Department of Educa
tion for four years His assistant is H F Tommy Thompson who was assistant
supervisor of Trade and Industrial Education before being transferred to Americus
The school is located just six miles from Americus on State Highway 49
Americus and Sumter County officials and civic groups have given enthusiastic
cooperation in getting the school established and in operation
Georgia now has two educational institutions of this type The otherNorth
Georgia Trade and Vocational Schoolis located near Clarkesville
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The cover design on this issue of the
News was produced in the Commercial
Art Class at the South Georgia Trade and
Vocational School
Pictured in the center is Director Jed
B YinglingTopOne of two dormitory buildings on campus
This unit houses dining hall and kitchen
heft and AboveIn auto machine shops Auto me
chanics courses offer complete training in manipula
tive skills and technical phases of the trade
One of three shop buildings on campus This old hangar has been converted into modern shopDiesel Engine MechanicsStudents receive complete manipulative and technical training hi skills for properly servic
ing and repairing modern engines and power train equipment Course content and instructional arrangement organ
ized through craft consultants representing leading Diesel equipment manufacturers and service departments Instruc
tor O P Orr in white coatTopTwo views in upholstering class Course includes problems
in spring construction pads sponge rubber cushions and slip covers
for stools chairs sofas and other furniture pieces Instructor J A
McLain in white coat
Above at rightStudents receiving instruction in finishing wood surfaces in upholstering and wood finishing classes
leftCordie Bell Jones visually handicapped works at a loom in the handicraft class She is being trained under the
Vocational Rehabilitation programLeft aboveCecil Fender Vocational Rehabilitation trainee
enrolled in commercial art and sign painting class Right
Group of students with Instructor W H Giddings in white
coat Complete training in Neon tube bending charging
scaling and installing signs also offered
LeftInstructor J S Lewis supervising group of students in radio classes Students are required to successfully com
plete course in basic principles of radio service repair before enrolling in radio communications course Right Ruth
Scott Vocational Rehabilitation trainee enrolled in the handicraft class

Upper leftStudents line up for Xray test
for tuberculosis Upper rightScene in girls
dormitory LeftHot table tennis game in
recreation hall BelowSteam tables in dining
hall BottomChef E G Rose center and
aides at work in modern kitchen
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NRA Conference Scenes Right
Earle Correvont President pre
sents life membership to Con
gressman Graham A Bar den of
North Carolina coauthor of
Public Law 113amendments to
vocational rehabilitation act
AboveOn WSBs Views of the News Left to rightJohn
A Kratz of Washington Associate Director Office of Voca
tional Rehabilitation Odom Panning Atlanta Journal Science
Editor Congressman Barden and H B Cummings of Atlanta
Regional Representative OVR RightM R Barnett Execu
tive Director Florida Council for Blind and Harry Simmons
Director of Rehabilitation Florida Council for Blind Below
D H Dabelstein Washington Assistant Director OVR James
J Burns Chief Fiscal Standards OVR and Dr R L Bennett
of Atlanta Chief Physical Medicine Section Veterans Adminis
tration speaking at group conferences

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One wing of the speakers table at the National Rehabilitation Association luncheon at Biltmore Hotel
Rehabilitation Services Given Impetus
fow rehabilitation services for handi
capped citizens may be improved was
the theme of the Southeastern regional con
ference sponsored jointly by the National
Rehabilitation Association and the Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation in Atlanta June
35 inclusive
Congressman Graham A Barden of North
Carolina coauthor of Public Law 113 un
der which vocational rehabilitation services
were expanded in 193 and Governor M E
Thompson were the principal speakers at the
first days luncheon at the Biltmore Hotel
Congressman Barden said one of the con
structive features of the rehabilitation pro
gram is that it sets a definite objective to
ward which a handicapped person may work
and provides assistance in reaching the
goal
When the BardenLaFollette bill was un
der consideration in the Congress he said
one of the biggest scarecrows set up by
opponents of the measure was that the physi
cal restoration provisions would become a
form of socialized medicine In the five
years since the passage of the amendments
he said there has not been one hint of social
ized medicine
Congressman Barden discussed the tech
nical provisions of the act and its adminis
tration He said he took pride in having had
a part in shaping this legislation
The speaker made some humorous refer
ences to a previous visit to Atlanta as a
member of the University of North Carolina
football squad in a game with Georgia Tech
He was presented with a life membership
in the National Rehabilitation Association by
H Earle Correvont of Lansing Mich pres
ident of NRA and State Director of Voca
tional Rehabilitation President Correvont
paid a glowing tribute to Congressman Bar
dens services to the nations handicapped
citizens
Governor Thompson stressed the influence
of education in the agricultural and indus
trial development of Georgia Years ago
he said Georgia leaders looked forward to
the time when there would be a balance be
tween agriculture and industry in the states
economy Through educational progress he
said that goal has been reached
He called attention to Georgias record in
the field of vocational education and voca
tional rehabilitation and lauded the services
of Paul S Barrett State Director of Voca
tional Rehabilitation The Governor an
nounced that additional State funds for vo
cational rehabilitation would be made avail
able
Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of
Schools was master of ceremonies at the
luncheon Georgia he said was one of the
first states to take advantage of the National
Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act passed
by Congress and signed by President Wood
row Wilson just twentyeight years ago From
a small beginning this program has devel
oped into a vital farreaching state and Fed
eral service to men and women with impaired
bodies and minds
Vocational Rehabilitation was given its
greatest impetus by the enactment of Public
Law 113
Through the years our State Legislature
has increased its appropriations for voca
tional rehabilitation to match funds available
to us through the Federal Government
This progressive farsighted policy of
our General Assembly has made it possible
for Georgia to stand at the forefront among
states in restoring disabled citizens to social
and economic usefulness
While we take pride in what has been
accomplished we realize that we have barely
scratched the surface Records show that
more than fifteen thousand handicapped
Georgians have been rehabilitated We know
that there are fifty thousand or more Georgia
citizens who are desperately in need of this
type of service
The luncheon program was broadcast
through the courtesy of station WBGE
At the opening session of NRA President
Correvont traced the growth of the associa
tion outlined some of its accomplishments
and urged an increase in membership
The afternoon session was devoted to a
demonstration of physical therapy methods in
restoring disabled persons to useful activity
The demonstration was staged by the Vet
erans Administration under the direction of
Dr Robert L Bennett Chief Physical Medi
cine Section VA and director of Physical
Medicine Warm Springs Foundation Doc
tors nurses and patients from Lawson Hos
pital and Atlanta VA hospital demonstrated
the various methods of treatment
Presidentelect Barrett who is chairman of
the associations legislative committee spoke
at the evening session on trends in vocational
rehabilitation He reviewed the bills pre
sented during the sessions of the SOth Con
gress and urged support of the associations
legislative program
Regional officers elected were Chairman
Glenn B Calmes of Jacksonville Fla Dis
trict Supervisor of Vocational Rehabilitation
ViceChairman Charles H Warren of Ra
leigh N C State Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation SecretaryTreasurer P D
Bush of Gainesville Ga Senior Counselor
Vocational Rehabilitation Executive Board
J Hank Smith of Nashville Tenn Dr Rob
ert L Bennett of Atlanta Dr M D Bonner
of Greensboro N C P G Shearer of Co
lumbia S C J I Rankin of Jackson Miss
and Les Waller of Birmingham Ala
Resolutions adopted by the association ex
pressed its deep feeling of loss at the pass
ing of Terry C Foster Assistant Regional
Representative of the Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation who was for twentyone
years associated with rehabilitation in this
region and recognized as one of the nations
greatest leaders in the field of rehabilitation
Appropriate resolutions also were passed ex
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Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
Georgias Vocational Rehabilitation services lost an able conscientious and
faithful worker in the passing of T Jack Dempsey Jr Senior Counselor in the
Athens area on June 9 after being confined to his home in Watkinsville for more
than a year
For nearly ten years his life had
been consecrated to the welfare of
handicapped men and women in the
territory he served Through his efforts
hundreds of disabled persons were re
stored to economic usefulness to them
selves their families and their com
munities
Mr Dempsey began his career as
an educator in 192 2 when he became
instructor coach and principal of the
Jackson High School He was super
intendent of schools in Butts County
from 192 8 to 1933 and later served as
Director of State School Supervision
in the Department of Education He
also served as SecretaryTreasurer of
Georgia and Southern High School As
sociation and as SecretaryTreasurer of
T the National Association of High School
Supervisors In 1939 he was president of the Southern Commission of Secondary
Schools J
Mr Dempsey was born in Jackson November 3 1886 the son of Thomas
Jackson and America Smith Dempsey His brother was the late Dr Elam F
Dempsey and his sister the late Miss Ernestine Dempsey He received his A B
degree from Old Emory College Oxford and Emory University He took graduate
work at Mercer Emory and the University of Chicago and received his M A de
gree from the University of Georgia in 1934
Mr Dempsey is survived by his widow Mrs Bertha Carmichael Dempsey five
daughters and four sons
Funeral services were held at the home in Watkinsville with Rev Henry T
Smith pastor of the Kirkwood Methodist Church officiating Interment was in
the cemetery in Jackson Pallbearers were selected from among his friends and
associates in the Department of Education
Among Jacks personal papers and documents was a letter addressed to his
children in stressing the importance of character in building a successful life
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South Georgia Trade
Vocational School
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The front page on this issue of the News
portrays Governor M E Thompson
speaking at the luncheon of the regional
conference of the National Rehabilita
tion Association in Atlanta
Paul Barrett Director of Vocational Rehabilitation displays
chart showing Georgias progress in rehabilitation to left
Earle Correvont President of NRA and right Congressman
Barden Above rightDr M D Collins State Superintendent
of Schools Governor M E Thompson center and Congress
man Barden
Group picture right shows Director Barrett center with
ielegates from Puerto Rico to NRA conference Back rowR
Sotomayor Supervisor Air Barrett and Manuel Hernandez
Director of Vocational Rehabilitation in Puerto Rico front
row Miss Maria Ponton Specialist Services for the Blind and
D Colluzo Assistant Director
Scenes from Veterans Administration demonstration of physical medicine heftF J Brown of Lakeland veteran with one leg shows how he learned
to walk up steps RightJudy Taylor assistant Recreation Director Lawson Hospital shows how leg injury was corrected through use of weights
with her is Doyle P Robinson Corrective Therapy aideI
Dr Mark A Smith in white coat Superintendent of Bihb County Schools speaking at banquet marking formal
opening of South Georgia Trade and Vocational School Americus
Trade School Holds Formal Opening
More than three hundred business and
industrial leaders educators and public
officials attended the formal opening of
the South Georgia Trade and Vocational
School in Americus on May 2 8
The colorful ceremonies included an
open house dedication of the new gym
nasiumauditorium presentation of flags
and banquet
Visitors were conducted on tours of
inspection of shops and classrooms to view
samples of work by students
Keys to the gymnasiumauditorium
built by the Federal Works Agency were
presented to Dr M D Collins State
Superintendent of Schools by O T Ray
Regional Director of FWA
Mr Ray reviewed briefly some of the
permanent building projects made possi
ble through the use of surplus war ma
terials
Dr M D Mobley State Director of
Vocational Education presided at the ded
icatory ceremonies It was announced that
the State Board of Education had desig
nated the Building as W T Anderson
Hall in honor of W T Anderson of
Leslie a member of the Board
Dr Mark A Smith Superintendent of
Bibb County Schools was principal speaker
at the banquet Excerpts from his address
appear elsewhere in this issue of the News
Dr Collins acted as master of ceremonies
The banquet was served by a group of
home economic students from Georgia
Southwestern College
The Americus High School band played
at both the gymnasium and flag cere
monies
O T Ray Regional Director Federal
Works Agency presents key to new
gymnasiumauditorium to Dr M D
Collins State Superintendent
of Schools
Among the visitors were executives
from the nations outstanding industries
who are serving as members of advisory
committees in shaping courses at the new
school
The Americus TimesRecorder issued a
special edition featuring the school facili
ties in stories pictures and congratulatory
advertisements by local business establish
ments
In an editorial this progressive daily
nevspaper said
We are afraid too many of our
citizens fail to realize the magnitude and
the importance of the South Georgia
Trade and Vocational School It is only
natural that they do because the school
has been built gradually over a period of
nearly a year Had it been moved in over
night every person in Americus and
Sumter County would be talking about
the big new institution in our midst
The South Georgia Trade and Voca
tional School is destined to become one of
the leading institutions of its kind in the
entire United States It has equipment in
variety quantity and value second to
none Director Jed B Yingling has as
sembled a staff of instructors who are
thoroughly skilled in their line Mr Ying
ling himself and his assistant H F
Thompson are widely experienced and
trained in vocational education They have
had the valuable cooperation of large
manufacturing corporations in setting up
courses for the school
Expansion and development of indus
try in Georgia and throughout the South
long has been handicapped by lack of
skilled workmen The South Georgia Trade
and Vocational School and other trade
schools being established will do much
to eliminate this handicap
The citizens of Americus are happy
to have this splendid institution located
in our midst It will contribute much to
the cultural business and economic life
of our community We wish the school
and its entire personnel the best of luck
and we congratulate the State Board of
Education on its forwardlooking action
in establishing the schoolEducation Increases Desire For Better Things5
ere are some excerpts from the ad
dress of Dr Mark A Smith Super
intendent of Bibb County Schools at the
formal opening of the South Georgia
Trade and Vocational School Americus
Education is the will and the equip
ment of living at ones best every day and
getting out of life all that life has to offer
The schools of our country must go
to work on the personality and character
of their students as well as the subjects
taught There must be as much or more
inspiration as there is information and
those who teach must be compelling ex
amples
We must train ourselves to see the
overall picture and offer youth the things
vital and pertinent to them
Education alone has made democracy
workable in the United States In no other
place in the world have people governed
themselves as completely as harmoniously
and as progressively as in the United
States
Education alone has made it possible
to fuse people from many lands many
races many languages many cultures and
many traditions into one people All of
this has been accomplished while our Na
tion has increased in population since our
National birth date forty times our popu
lation
This is proof that we can make and
have made human progress Some coun
tries think of our progress as technological
and the only kind we know how to make
This progress can be attributed only
to education universal free education
Education did much for us and we
have done much for education in the
United States Through this fine arrange
ment we have made more progress than
any other country in the world
The mainstay of democracy is the
educated citizen National standards of
education and national prosperity go hand
in hand
Education increases the desire for
better things Then education increases
income and also increases productivity
We may say then that business depends
upon education not only to provide more
profitable markets but to provide more
productive manpower Business and in
dustry must draw upon a large reservoir
of educated manpower or be handicapped
in every operation
A basic trouble of education in Geor
gia is public indifference We must do
something about educating ourselves re
garding the problem We must understand
it better because the job of education
will not be done by those in this room
alone but must be done by all the people
of this state
Education and vocational and trade
education deserve the best in all of us
If lip service were dollars the cause of
education in trades would be rich If we
are leaders then we must make things hap
pen in education
Things are happening in Americus to
day in an educational way Georgia is in
the lead in the United States from the
standpoint of vocational and trades edu
cation
Thousands of communities in the
United States are without the benefit
which this school will give to this com
munity and section of Georgia Many
states are without this type of school
Vocational education which this
school will provide must be available to
all not only to prepare each worker for
his career but to provide upgrading and
refresher courses as long as he needs them
We hear talk daily of unemployment
This school will do more in South Georgia
to cut down unemployment in my opin
ion than any other school in this part of
the state
This school will train and educate for
full employment prosperity and happi
ness This school is the culmination of a
great dream in South Georgia
Rehabilitation Services Given Impetus
pressing appreciation to those who contrib
uted to the success of the conference
Atlanta Constitution Columnist Ralph T
Jones devoted his June 3 corner to the con
ference He said in part
On various occasions ip the past this col
umn has turned its attention to the general
subject of vocational rehabilitation Primar
ily because there is no division in all the
broad field of education which is so packed
with human interest In the reports and pub
lications of the division there are innumer
able stories which though given in barest
outline require only a little imagination to
become thrilling sagas of individual lives
The man or woman who has because of
physical disability faced life with no pros
pect other than lifelong dependence upon
charity whether public or private must ex
perience one of the greatest revelations pos
sible for a human being when the realization
comes that there is a way despite the handi
cap to become a selfsupporting independent
citizen A lifter in short rather than a leaner
in life
When added to that is the knowledge that
the newlyacquired earning capacity provides
not only for self but for dependents and fam
ily also the thrill is enhanced
Georgia holds a high place among all the
States in the achievements of her vocational
rehabilitation organization Literally hun
dreds of blind of crippled individuals have
been rescued have been taught an occupation
they can follow despite their physical lacks
an occupation at which they can make a good
living
Therefore it is of exceptional interest
that Atlanta this year is host to the confer
ence of Region Three of the Office of Voca
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tional Rehabilitation and the National Re
habilitation Association
It is quite a compliment to Georgias Divi
sion of Vocational Rehabilitation as well as
a recognition of its leadership in the field
that the conference should be held here And
even more complimentary is the selection of
a Georgian Director Barrett to become pres
ident of the national body
Atlanta Journal Columnist Morgan Blake
who offered the invocation at the luncheon
later gave his impressions of the conference
Here are some excerpts from his column
There is no cross harder to bear than for
a man of honor and pride to be so handi
capped that he is dependent upon his rela
tives or outside agencies for subsistence
And I am sure that no greater happiness
can come to such a man than when he is so
rehabilitated that he can take his place in
society and support himself and family
Last year in the United States some 50000
handicapped people were so restored I
had the pleasure of attending a session of
Region 3 of the National Rehabilitation
Association At this session Congressman
Graham A Barden of North Carolina the
author of Public Law 113 which created this
wonderful work was the speaker
Last year in Georgia 2755 people had their
handicaps removed and were placed in jobs
Our state is one of the Souths leaders in this
great work
Every field of the handicapped is reached
The first step usually is medical or surgical
treatment to remove the handicap or dimin
ish its effect Then vocational training for
some job then placing the man or woman in
the job The 50000 so rehabilitated each
year represent about onefifth of those need
ing it It is estimated that some 250000
Americans become handicapped each year
through accidents and disease
Each State is a unit in the administration
of this work In Georgia Vocational Re
habilitation is under the State Department of
Education of which the one and only Dr
M D Collins is the head
The work is limited only by the amount
of appropriations Governor Thompson in
an address to the delegates to the convention
here promised that he would set aside addi
tional funds for this blessed service to handi
capped Georgians When the Governor made
this statement Dr Collins kindly face was
wreathed in smiles This great leader in the
field of education is so consistently alert for
opportunities to get cash for the expansion
of all phases of educational advantages for
young and old alike that one of the speakers
at the convention said his initials MD
stood for More Dough
It was a thrilling experience for me to
realize that such a wonderful service was in
operation in our state and nation and my
prayers are that enough money will ulti
mately be appropriated so that all the 250000
handicapped Americans each year will re
ceive its blessings
Here is certainly an outstanding demon
stration of what can be accomplished under
a free government for the people The na
tional government is assisting the states finan
cially and in an advisory capacity but with
no invasion of states rights Each state con
ducts its own vocational rehabilitation
Such services as this will do more to
destroy the bugaboo of communism in this
country and strengthen American democracy
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Defective hearing and vision made
Marion Ray Thrasher of Bishop Ga
eligible for vocational rehabilitation
services Through surgery his hearing
was improved Glasses corrected his
vision Then he was given training in
laundry management at the North
Georgia Trade and Vocational School
Clarkesville Now at 21 Marion is
manager of the dry cleaning depart
ment of the Athens Laundry and Dry
Cleaning Co Athens and looks for
ward to a successful career in his
chosen vocation
1 certainly appreciate the help of the
Rehabilitation Division dont know
what I would have done without it
he said recently
Annual Conference fiutnberp
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Medical QuizDoctors shown above and
on opposite page answered numerous ques
tions relating to physical restoration From
leftDr Jeff Richardson Atlanta Dr
H C Crawford Atlanta Dr O F Keen
Macon Dr Harry Harper Augusta Dr
Charles Hock A ugusta
LeftJohn A Kratz Washington Asso
ciate Director OVR H B Cummings
Atlanta Regional Representative OVR
and Tommy Thompson Assistant Direc
tor South Georgia Trade Vocational
School Americus talk over training meth
ods for handicapped persons
BelowBetter services for the blind were
discussed by this panel From left
Counselor C H Parker Savannah at
mike Counselor J P Cooper Augusta
Counselor F G Nelms Atlanta Super
visor W B Gaines Atlanta Business
Enterprises Supervisor Glenn Boggs and
State Director Paul Barrett
Medical panelAbove Dr T P Good
wyn Atlanta Chief Medical Consultant
Dr W E Mayher Columbus Dr Ben
Clifton Atlanta Dr C C Aven Atlanta
Dr Bert Brown Savannah Dr W G
Hamm Atlanta Dr Charles Rushin At
lanta and Dr T P McKneely Washing
ton Chief Medical Officer OVR
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PROBLEMS relating to all phases of re
habilitation from case finding to job
placement were studied intensively at the
Vocational Rehabilitation Divisions annual
staff conference near Savannah August 914
Some of the most difficult cases encountered
by Supervisors and Counselors in their day
today experience in working with disabled
men and women were brought up for dis
cussionand suggested line of action
On the final day fifteen outstanding physi
cians surgeons and specialists formed a
quiz panel after several members of the
group had spoken previously on assigned
subjects They answered numerous questions
on physical restoration Typical of the ques
tions was When is a goiter a vocational
handicap
Representatives of State and Federal agen
cies and institutionsWelfare Health Em
ployment Veterans Office of Vocational Re
habilitation and trade schoolsled discus
sions on subjects relating to their joint ac
tivities with the Rehabilitation Division
One period during the conference was de
voted to services to the blind Among the
topics discussed were opportunities for the
blind in industry supervision of vending
stands and farm projects for persons with
visual handicaps Another period was given
over to consideration of the services for the
tuberculous and another to the training pro
grams at the State trade and vocational
schools at Americus and Clarkesville
It was emphasized over and over again
that the goal of all rehabilitation services is
profitable employment for the person who had
or has a disability
Governor M E Thompson was principal
speaker at the annual dinner
When I became associated with the State
Department of Education in 1932 the Voca
tional Rehabilitation Division was the step
child of education he said
Few school men cared to leave their posi
tions in the general school system to become
a part of it Today posts in the Vocational
Rehabilitation program are filled by some of
our ablest men who are contributing im
measurably to the economy of our State by
helping handicapped persons find their places
in our economic system
He referred to the increased allocation of
State funds for education this year and em
phasized the need of a unified program from
kindergarten through the university
Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of
Schools was master of ceremonies at the
dinner
REHABILITATION PAYS
During the fiscal year ended June 30 2490
handicapped citizens of Georgia were re
habilitated into profitable employment The
figure represents an increase of 265 over the
previous fiveyears average
Records show that 1783 of those rehabili
tated last year were either wholly or par
tially dependent upon welfare agencies fami
lies or friends 1334 had an educational level
of less than eighth grade 764 had lost limbs
or had other orthopedic impairments 498
were blind or had other visual disabilities
156 had defective hearing
In the process of rehabilitation 1848 re
ceived some type of trainingin schools or
business establishmentsto prepare them for
new vocations More than one thousand
needed and received some type of surgical
services following medical examinations and
diagnosis More than seven hundred were
provided with artificial appliances Many
others received medical treatment to correct
their disabilities
Georgia citizens who received the benefit
of this service are employed in a wide range
of vocations on farms in factories stores
offices service enterprises public services
and professions Records show they will earn
during the first year after rehabilitation more
than 3500000
QUOTES FROM
CONFERENCE
Here are some excerpts from speeches
John A Kratz Washington Associate Di
rector Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
The original concept of Rehabilitation
was to retrain workers who had been handi
capped in industry Money compensation
does not result in the restoration of disabled
individuals to employment There is no
service which requires such a diversity of
knowledge and understanding of human be
ings industry and other agencies as does
Vocational Rehabilitation
Dr Y H Yarborough of Milledgeville
Director State Hospital Remember we
dont raise people there in the State Hos
pital They come from the outside At
the present rate of admissions at institutions
for the mentally ill one out of every twenty
children now in school will be an inmate of
an institution
Dr M D Collins State Suprintendent of
Schools The Minimum Foundation Program
of Education is a blood transfusion for
every phase of education It will expand the
Vocational Rehabilitation program Begin
ning July 1 1949 we will get 750000 of
state funds for this service instead of 400000
we are getting this year Education doesnt
costit pays Tax dollars spent for educa
tion and health pay larger dividends than
any other kind of investment
H B Cummings of Atlanta Regional
Representative Office of Vocational Rehabili
tation The purpose of all these rehabili
tation services medical surgical counsel
ing guidance training is to make the handi
capped person employable
Dr Harry Harper of Augusta speaking on
Heart Diseases in Young People Rheumatic
fever which produces a heart condition is
the No 1 killer in Georgia among children
up to 14 Parents and teachers should be
trained to look for it
W E Ireland Director State Welfare
Department The Welfare Department and
Continued on page 6ckabilitatiorv Afews
Vol 4 JulyAugust 1948 No 9
Published by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Huildinc
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
Americus South Georgia Trade
Vocational School
T the beginning of the current fiscal year on July 1 Governor M E
Thompson announced approval of the State Department of Education
budget of 40558500 for public schools and Vocational Rehabilitation
The allocation represents an increase of 3308600 over the State funds
made available to the Department of Education last year Its the largest appro
priation for school purposes in the history of the State
Items in the budget were
Teachers salaries Equalization and administration36280000
Textbooks 1783221
School Libraries 300000
Rural Libraries 300000
Visual Aid 75000
Vocational Education 500000
State Trade Schools 300000
Vocational Rehabilitation 400000
Department of Education 200000
County School Superintendents 275000
Lunch and Health and Surplus Commodities 80000
Certification and Curriculum Division 47500
Surplus Property 18500
The amount set aside for Vocational Rehabilitation is an increase of 100000
over the appropriation for the previous year
In expressing his gratification and appreciation of the additional funds for
education Dr M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools said It helps
to meet pressing needs in some phases of education
For instance the schools have been operating with approximately seven hun
dred fewer teachers than they were entitled to under average daily attendance
records The increased funds for teachers salaries will help to meet this shortage
Typical of press comments on the action of the Governor is the following
excerpt from an Atlanta Constitution editorial
With State revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30 at an alltime
high there was a surplus of several million dollars even after extra appropria
tions had been made for various purposes during the course of the year It was
only proper that the bulk of this money should go to the States schools which
have been hardpressed to meet the influx of war babies and the competition of
other states for qualified teachers
The State has taken over in the past decade an everincreasing proportion
of the school load Local contributions have declined in dollars as well as per
centagewise Many communities have managed to shift the entire burden to the
State Others are endeavoring to do so
Since approval of this budget an additional 100000 has been allocated to
Vocational Education
ftKo GoorjvoiocoJwo
Rehabilitation service for patients discharged
from the State Hospital at Milledgeville is
the subject being discussed by this group in
oval Dr Y H Yarborough center vete
ran Superintendent of the hospital flanked
by Counselor S A Newton left Macon
Industrial Specialist A R Colcord Atlanta
and Counselor F E Wynn Thomasville
In background view of General Oglethorpe
Hotel where conference was held
At candlelit speakers table From leftMrs
Charles W Curry Savannah Thai Buchanan
aide to Gov Thompson Miss Mary Poindexter
Savannah Dr T P Goodwyn Atlanta M E
Thompson Jr Mrs M E Thompson Governor
Thompson Paul Barrett standing and Dr
M D Collins
RightVocational training is the subject of this
confab From left C G Clegg Director North
Georgia Trade Vocational School Clarkes
ville Frank Underwood Savannah Director
Savannah Vocational School and Presidentelect
Georgia Vocational Association and Dr M D
Mobley Director of Vocational Education State
Department of Education
Removal of cataracts was the subject of discussion and demon
stration conducted by Dr B H Minchew Waycross holding
flashlight The patients seated are Ellis Steedley Waycross
who was trained at Clarkesville under Vocational Rehabilitation
and W B Lynch Alma another Rehabilitation client In the
left background are Counselors Marvin Starr Columbus and
J B Bowen AtlantaGOVERNOR M E THOMPSON
W E IRELAND Director
State Welfare Department
BelowDr T P Goodwyn Atlanta Chief Medical Consultant DVR and
Dr T P McKneely Washington Chief Medical Officer OVR talk over
physical restoration problems
AboveA L Davis Atlanta Assistant Director Rehabilitation Division and
E K Bell Savannah District Supervisor confer on case services
Continued from page 3
the Division of Rehabilitation are working
on a common basis trying to bring about
social and economic rehabilitation We
deal with the aged and crippled and de
pendent children you of the Vocational Re
habilitation Division deal with those from
whom the hazards of living have taken toll
We feel there has been great progress
in Georgia in Welfare and in Rehabilitation
Miss Mary Poindexter Welfare Director
in Savannah always uses the pronoun we
in speaking of rehabilitation services That
indicates the type of teamwork carried on
by representatives of these two agencies in
that area
Dr E L Sunkes State Health Department
It has been said that the work being done
in Vocational Rehabilitation in Georgia has
been outstanding in the Nation We in the
Health Department are proud of this record
and happy that our services in some small
way have contributed to your success
Both the Division of Vocational Rehabili
tation and the State Health Department are
concerned with the health and welfare of
the people in our State In order to succeed
in our efforts a high degree of cooperation
must be maintained between the two groups
I am confident that a review of your accom
plishments will prove that the cooperation
on both sides has been excellent and gratify
ing to all concerned
If anyone doubts the value of Vocational
Rehabilitation he should be taken to Battey
State Hospital and there observe the almost
miraculous change in the patients mental at
titude when he once again sees an opportun
ity to regain his place in society as a self
supporting wage earner
Miss E Worrill Dudley Director Savan
nah School of Speech Correction Never
in the history of man has correct speech
played such an important part in mans suc
cess in life Educators have sensed this and
today the world is speech conscious Regard
less of what social or business career the
child may select speech will always be essen
tial One may succeed without a thorough
knowledge of written language by employing
the services of a secretary in fact many men
and women have made good in the business
world with scarcely a grammar school edu
cation But rare indeed are those who have
succeeded without the ability to speak intel
ligibly Speech defects and slovenly speech
militates strongly against ones social and
business success It is pathetic when one
with a serious speech defect tries to face the
critical world and there are numbers
who do
J D Paulk Operations Supervisor Geor
gia Cooperative Services for the Blind Inc
Problems of adaptation of the client to
blindness and a new occupation are
greatly relieved by the good work of the
Counselor and by our training course which
each client takes before being assigned to a
vending stand It is in this training course
lasting from four to eight weeks that we
try to make up for any lack of business ex
perience on the part of the blind person
Many times it is here that the client first
learns the importance of record keeping in
the successful operation of a business It is
in this period of training conducted in the
actual place of business that the client is
taught the fundamental principles of success
ful management
We have twentyeight business establish
ments vending stands each under a sepa
Continued on next pageMercer Men at staff conference From left C E Lancaster Macon H R McLarty Augusta W B Gaines Atlanta John
Lewis Macon Nathan Nolan Athens B B Sanders Macon A P Jarrell Atlanta G E Currie Savannah J R Hampton
Clarkesville M R Little Waycross C W Bell Waycross and B L Smith Savannah
RightRehabilitation of the tuberculous
was the subject of a discussion led by Dr
C C Aven Atlanta He is shown with
Counselors C W Bell Waycross center
and A M Bowen Atlanta
Below right Dr Ben Clifton Atlanta
left is welcomed to conference by A P
Jarrell Assistant Director
Continued from page 6
rate manager They have their weak
nesses and shortcomings just as would be
found in a cross section of people employed
in private enterprise Many now em
ployed as vending stand operators have some
natural talents or have learned ways of in
creasing sales or improving profits Through
supervision the advantages gained in one
stand are passed on to the other stands
IN MEMORIAM
Vocational Rehabilitation workers at
tending the State conference held a
brief memorial service for two co
workers who had died during the year
Terry Foster of Atlanta Assistant Re
gional Representative office of Voca
tional Rehabilitation and Jack Demp
sey of Watkinsville Senior Counselor
with headquarters in Athens
H B Cummings of Atlanta Re
gional Representative OVR paid high
tribute to the life and service of his
friend Terry Foster in the field of
rehabilitation
Paul S Barrett State Director
lauded the services of Jack Dempsey as
an educator and Rehabilitation Coun
selor
Appropriate resolutions presented
by Counselor P D Bush of Gaines
ville were adopted unanimously
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Blind since birth Earl H Cole 20 of Carrollton operates a profitable broomdistributing business in the Farmers Store
Market He is shown at left with Mayor William Traylor proprietor of the store where Coles stand is located A graduate
from the Georgia Academy for the Blind the young man was assisted by Vocational Rehabilitation and a loan from the Lions
Club for stock In less than a year he repaid the loan

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National Employ the Physically Jfandicapped WeekIn Industry
CLARK BRADY is shown working on two different sizes of stators
at the GE service plant In the lower picture is C I Hies left
armature winder leader
Thirtyyearold Clark Brady lives in total darkness but he is
happy to lie hack on the joh he had for eleven years before losing
his sight
Brady is an armature winder at the General Electric Com
panys service plant on Glenn Street SW Atlanta Its a job
that requires a high degree of knowledge and skill
Two years ago his sight began to fail from a nerve condition
Finally he was unable to do the intricate work in rewinding
operations
With a wife and son to support he felt desperate Then he
sought the aid of Vocational Rehabilitation
The first step in the rehabilitation of the blind is to teach them
selfreliance
So Brady was enrolled in the North Georgia Trade and Voca
tional School at Clarkesville for special training
There he learned to get around from place to place without
constant assistance He was taught Braille and finger dexterity
And in a few months he was ready to think about a new voca
tionor a job that would utilize the skill he possessed
General Electric Company officials were willing to give him
an opportunity on his old job
He has been back about three months
What is his production record
J L Carmen Jr shop superintendent and C L Giles arma
ture winder leader say Bradys rewinding time has been
checked and found to equal or better that of sighted workers
They say he is the first blind person to be placed in a GE
service plant according to their records
And they are glad to have him back and take pride in his
accomplishment
Brady carries a white cane now But once in the plant in the
morning he hangs it up near his work bench and goes about his
business in the familiar surroundings His old buddies are
always willing to lend him any little aid he may need in han
dling equipment
Brady is one of 131 blind persons placed on jobs last year
through Vocational Rehabilitation services He was one of
thirtythree placed in industry and business Some of the other
major occupational classifications and the number placed were
vending stands 10 sales work and kindred jobs 16 profes
sional clerical and trades 11 farming 12 home projects 12
grocery business 11 piano tuning 7 and furniture repair 3
His production record is in line with the national experience
in vocational rehabilitation
A study made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics U S Depart
ment of Labor and published in a report The Performance of
Physically Impaired Workers in Manufacturing Industries
says
The findings of the present study indicate that practicallv
any job in any plant is potentially a job for an impaired worker
of one kind or another
The output relative for this group of 895 impaired workers
surveyed is 1010 against 1000 for the unimpaired workers
with whom they were matched
Clearly the impaired workers as a group were well able to
hold their own with respect to volume of production
Among the disabling injuries recorded among the impaired
workers of the survey group there was no evidence that any had
been caused or contributed by a fellow workers impairment
The conclusion seems warranted that the impaired worker
was no more likely to be the cause of injury to either himself or
others than was his fellow worker who had no such impairment
non disabling injuries of the same nature and severity
were experienced with equal frequency by these groups of im
paired and unimpaired workers matched on identical jobs and
exposed to the same hazards
The group of 11028 impaired workers had an absenteeism
rate of 38 as against 34 for the 18258 unimpaired workers
matched with them Absenteeism rate computed as days lost
per 100 scheduled work days
The study also brought out the fact that the emphasis in
placement is upon finding the job in which the impaired person
can exercise his special abilities to best advantagePerilous Operation Restores Heart
Reprint from Atlanta Journal
By ODOM FANNING Science Editor
Too sick all his life to work or play like
other kids a 19yearold Atlantan is busy at
a mans job now laying brick Atlanta sur
geons restored him to health by performing
a rare and hazardous operation on the aorta
near the heart
As a child Jerry H Faucett of 775 Pul
liam St SW got his biggest kick laying
brick with mud for mortar He wanted noth
ing so much as to follow the trade of his
father E T Faucett one of the best brick
layers in Atlanta
But Jerry was not healthy like his play
mates He suffered from a rare condition
called coarctation a congenital defect of
the aorta the great artery supplying blood
to all organs footward of the heart
A constricting ring was gradually squeez
ing that vessel closed cutting down the
amount of blood it could carry
Tie a string around a sausage pull it
tight and you get an idea of what was hap
pening to his aorta explained the doctor
Quit School
Jerry had to quit school in 1942 He was
overnervous his blood pressure was high
and he had no discernible pulse in the feet
In that condition he could expect to die by
the time he was 40 doctors told his mother
Mrs G T Murdock On the other hand an
operation was so perilous he had about one
chance in four of dying on the operating
table
The family talked it over for eight months
before deciding to take the risk Because it
kept him from earning a living Jerrys mal
ady was as much a crippling condition as
poliomyelitis or heart disease He was there
fore eligible for assistance from the State
Vocational Rehabilitation division of the De
partment of Education They paid for every
thing except his private duty nursing
Last Jan 14 Jerry was operated on
Through an 18inch incision reaching from
the middle of his chest to the middle of his
back the surgeons clipped out a quarterinch
section of the aorta and rejoined the open
ends
Although the defect was some eight inches
from where the aorta joins the heart the
operation was particularly dangerous be
cause that vessel doubles back and lies peril
ously close to the heart at the point where it
had to be severed
Down to Normal
His blood pressure before the operation
averaged 180 over 100 The doctors said it
probably would be six months before he could
do any work But in half that time his blood
pressure was down to a normal 130 over 82
JERRY FAUCETT IS NOW ABLE TO DO A MANS JOB
and he began laying brick with his father
In another three months he expects to get his
journeymans card
Tall sandyhaired Jerry Faucett works
every day runs a little whenever he feels
like it swims well and hopes to start playing
ball soon He even got married to pretty
Miss Betty Pace Doctors say his life ex
pectancy is normal now
The operation on the aorta was first per
formed in 1944 by one surgeon in Stockholm
and another in Boston working indepen
dently Since then some 200 have been done
in this country and Europe At least six have
been performed at Emory University Hos
pital where Jerry was operated on
Handicapped Workers
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Vol 4 SeptOct 1948 No 10
Published by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
Americus South Georgia Trade
Vocational School
resolution adopted by Congress designates the first week in October
of each year as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week
and requests the President to issue a suitable proclamation
The purpose is to focus the attention of responsible community leadership
on the desirability of using the developed abilities of handicapped persons
In his proclamation this year President Truman pointed out
Our Nation would be materially strengthened and our democracy enriched
if all citizens capable of performing any kind of useful labor were afforded
opportunities for suitable employment
The millions of disabled persons in the United States both military and
civilian should be encouraged to avail themselves of the facilities for rehabili
tation and training as vell as the services for placement provided by our
Federal State and local governments
War production records and recent industrial surveys show that handi
capped workers when selectively placed perform their tasks as well or better
than those without handicaps
Acceptance of the handicapped by employers will be the means of bring
ing opportunities for economic independence and full participation in our
democratic life to citizens who despite physical impairments are willing and
able to perform a wide variety of essential tasks
Governor M E Thompson pointed out that Georgia is one of the fore
most states in the Nation in the rehabilitation of disabled citizens
He called upon the mayors of all cities and other public officials as well
as leaders of industry and labor of civic Veterans farm womens and fra
ternal organizations and other groups representative of our national life to
lend full support to the observance of the week in order to enlist public in
terest in effectuating full employment of the handicapped
In Georgia NEPH Week committees were organized under the leader
ship of outstanding business men They were supported by representatives of
various agencies interested in rehabilitation and employmentVocational
Rehabilitation Georgia State Employment Service Veterans Administration
American Legion Disabled American Veterans and others
NEPH Week is not a charity campaign or a drive to get employers
to find some little piddling job for a disabled person It is an effort to demon
strate to employers that handicapped workers properly trained and placed
can measure up to the work standards of those without impairments a com
munity effort to show employers that its the workers abilities and not his
disabilities that count
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Clark Brady blind armature winder
left being welcomed back to the
General Electric Company Service
plant by C L Carmen Jr shop
superintendent See story on page 2
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MAKES GOOD IN BUSINESS
For three years Clarence J Home right has been em
ployed as an accountant with Russell L Speights Atlanta
and looks forward to a successful business career although
he wears an artificial limb When war was declared he had
a berth on a merchant ship during college vacation period
While unloading war materials in Manchester England his
leg was severed by a ships cable Upon his return to Geor
gia he was hospitalized in Savannah and afterwards aided by
Vocational Rehabilitation in a course in business administra
tion and accounting at the University of Georgia where he
received his BBA Degree

MRS CATHERINE JORDAN McCLELLEN of Waycross
left has defective hearing She was supplied with an invisible
ear piece and trained in the operation of the audiometer She is
employed as a doctors aide in a hospital The picture shows her
making a test
WILSON OLIVE right on crutches
had infantile paralysis He completed his
training in watch repair at the B S Jew
elry Columbus four years ago Since that
time he has acquired the business Claud
Yancey left foreground lost a leg in a
fire truck accident He is shown in train
ing in watch repair under the Vocational
Rehabilitation program He too has gone
in business for himself In the background
is J D Olive a veteran trainee
Ability Not Disability CountsFor more than twenty years the National Rehabilitation
Association has served as a clearing house for the efforts
of State and Federal agencies in behalf of disabled persons
Association activities include 1 the Journal of Rehabili
tation a professional magazine containing articles on the
medical social educational and employment phases of work
with the handicapped 2 State and National forums 3
promotion of legislation 4 cooperation with State and
Federal offices of Vocational Rehabilitation
Membership fees Professionalanyone engaged in work
with the disabled 500 a year Activeanyone interested
in the work of the association 200 Life membership
10000
Paul S Barrett State Director of Vocational Rehabilitation
is Presidentelect of the Association
MAKES GOOD IN
SERVICE TRADES
IN NEW VOCATIONRaymond Finch of Amtell worked
on a farm and in a textile mill until stricken with tuberculosis
When he recovered Vocational Rehabilitation aided him in a
training course in bothering He now has a chair in Rutherfords
Barber Shop 13 Beauty Parlor
MISS HAZEL KEEN of Vidalia is shown above on the job
in the Ideal Laundry Except for a builtup shoe theres no
evidence that she had infantile paralysis when about one year
of age She teas treated at Warm Springs
WILLIAM M WINN SR is past 60
but he works as foreman at the J F
Browning Lumber Co Riceboro De
fective vision caused by cataracts
jeopardized his position until Voca
tional Rehabilitation made it possible
for him to have the operationsHire the
Business
IN SKILLED JOBSRoscoe
Searcy left had paralysis of the
left leu and arm see picture Dur
ing World War II when industries
were desperately in need of work
ers he was trained as a welder and
worked in a shipyard in Brunswick
Afterwards he moved to Detroit
where he worked for a while Two
years ago he sought the aid of Vo
cational Rehabilitation in Atlanta
With a wife and child to support
his outlook was not bright to say the least But Searcy had
confidence in his ability to make good in business for himself
if he could get a start Vocational Rehabilitation assisted him in
getting some equipment for a fender and body shop Searcy
worked hard and his business grew He succeeded in acquiring
a lot on Griffin Street and with the help of hired workers con
structed a cement block garage and apartment building His shop
is on the ground floor with living quarters above He now has a
hired helper on the job most of the time
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IN SERVICE TRADESWillie Terry in
jured his back and leg when pinned under
an overturned hay wagon He was no longer
able to carry on as a farm laborer or long
shoreman in Savannah Vocational Rehabil
itation guided him in a course at State Col
lege in shoe rebuilding and he was placed
with the Abraham Shoe Shop about a year
ago
In 1932 Jessie Dennisons left arm was in
jured in an automobile accident It was nec
essary to amputate the limb near the shoul
der For years he worked at odd jobs as
yard man and janitor Through Vocational
Rehabilitation he was placed as freight ele
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HUE THE HANDICAPPED
ITS GOOD BUSINESS
Ability Not Disability Count
BEFORE AND AFTER Ralph
Chambers 31 of Milner was han
dicapped as a textile mill worker
by a harelip which affected his
breathing Plastic surgery provided
by Vocational Rehabilitation cor
rected the condition He was
placed with the Dundee Mills and
looks forward to years of produc
tive work
Tor Distinguished
By M D Collins
Vocational Rehabilitation workers and friends of re
habilitation everywhere will applaud the selections for
high honors at the annual conference of the National Re
habilitation Association in Madison Wis December 610
The Meritorious Awards for distinguished service in the
field of rehabilitation were presented to 1 Dr H B
Cummings Regional Representative Office of Vocational
Rehabilitation in the Southeastern States and Puerto Rico
nd 2 Dr Howard A Rusk Professor and Chairman
Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine New
York College of Medicine
At the same time Georgias Paul Barrett Director of
ocational Rehabilitation State Department of Education
vas elevated to the Presidency of the Association which
comprises some twelve thousand professional workers and
others interested in rehabilitation services
They richly deserve the honors bestowed upon them by
heir coworkers
I have been intimately associated with Dr Cummings
and Paul Barrett for more than sixteen years so I have a
keen personal interest in the national recognition given
hem Dr Rusks fame extends beyond the borders of our
wn and
he Southeast is the nations No 1 region in the number
jf disabled persons annually restored to social and eco
lomic usefulness through Vocational Rehabilitation In
fhe oast ten years the program in this area has increased
ven fold
The growth and effectiveness of this joint StateFederal
jervice in this section may be traced largely to the inspiring
leadership of H B Cummings
With exception of a few years when he taught English
at the Memphis State College in his native state Tennessee
his entire professional career has been devoted to educa
tional work with the handicapped
As rin Army Captain during World War I he super
vised the work of a group of psychological examiners in
testing and classifying soldiers Afterwards he supervised
the first Veterans Training program under the Federal
Board of Vocational Education in Texas Oklahoma and
Arkansas
The first Civilian Vocational Rehabilitation Act was
passed in 1920 and Dr Cummings was appointed super
visor for the Southern Region embracing thirteen states
and Puerto Rico In recent years the program has de
veloped to such proportions that a division of the territory
served by the Federal representative became necessary It
is deeply gratifying to us that Dr Cummings has remained
in our region throughout the years
In my opinion no one knows more about Vocational
Rehabilitation than H B Cummings His knowledge of
the needs of the handicapped his diplomacy in dealing with
state officials his administrative ability his genial person
ality and his scholarly attainments are reflected in the scope
and effectiveness of the program Moreover he has made
an outstanding contribution in shaping policies and raising
standards of service on the national level
Dr Cummings graduated from Valparaiso University
earned an A B Degree at Yale his Masters at Harvard
and did postgraduate work in psychology and education
at the University of Chicago and Columbia

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Dr Cummings
Dr Rusk
Dr Rusk is Chief of Rehabilitation Service at Bellevue
Hospital and Director of the New York UniversityBellevue
Medical Center Institute of Rehabilitation and Physical
Medicine He is also Associate Editor of the New York
Times and consultant in medical rehabilitation to the Sec
retariat of the United Nations the Veterans Administration
and the Department of Hospitals New York City
Dr Rusk has many firsts to his credit in the field of
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Rehabilitation Afews
Vol 4 NovDec 1948 No 11
Published by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbus411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
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Vocational School
For President of NEA
The Representative Assembly of the Georgia Education Association last
March adopted a resolution endorsing Dr M D Collins State Superin
tendent of Schools for the presidency of the National Education Association
in recognition of his loyal devoted and unselfish service to the children and
teachers of Georgia and to the State and National associations
Since that time similar action has been taken by the State Board of Educa
tion the Southern States Workshop Conference comprising educators from
fourteen states the Georgia Association of School Administrators the Georgia
Vocational Association the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation staff con
ference and numerous other groups
Individual educators in all sections of the country have pledged their sup
port to Dr Collins candidacy
Definite plans have been made by a committee representing the various asso
ciations to present his name at the NEA convention in Boston next Julyand
to charter a special train to take his friends and delegates to the meeting
The movement among educators in Georgia and elsewhere to honor the
State Superintendent of Schools with the highest office in this professional
group has been wholly spontaneous
Only two educators from the South ever have been president of the National
associationDr Willis Sutton former Superintendent of Atlanta schools and
Dr A C Flora Superintendent of Columbia S C schools
Those who are backing Dr Collins candidacy point to the outstanding
progress in all phases of education in Georgia under his administration as
State Superintendent of Schools
They cite his recognized ability to harmonize conflicting interests inspire
united efforts on behalf of education and secure funds for expanded programs
They are confident that he will bring to education on a National level the type
of leadership needed next year
Vocational Rehabilitation workers and friends of rehabilitation have every
reason to lend encouragement and support to Dr Collins for the Presidency
of NEA
He has labored unceasingly to advance the Vocational Rehabilitation pro
gram in Georgia to its present preeminent position among the states He be
lieves special service to disabled citizens is not only a humanitarian effort but
sound economy
In local state regional and National conferences he has given rehabilitation
workers the benefit of his leadership counsel and efforts And he holds a
life membership in the National Rehabilitation Association
OKe OcorevoOocoAOYNoCv
Mabilitatioa Mus
This months cover picture is a repro
duction of the 1948 Tuberculosis
Christmas Seal Poster See story of Seal
sale plan on page 6
PROTECT YOUR HOME
TUBERCULOSISThe Tiiberculoiis
By Dr R W McGee
Fulton County Commissioner of Health
person suffering from tuberculosis frequently regains
his health but in many instances will retain the tuber
cular organism in the tissues of his body for life His nor
mal standard of health is greatly reduced and subjected to
change in the stress of making a living or perhaps worry
over financial matters He is really a handicapped indi
vidual for many years and must be careful regarding his
physical exertion This in many cases requires a change
from the normal avocation before his tubercular infection
Thus we can readily see that many persons will be in great
need of help and guidance during this period of transition
into home and business life anew
Those who will benefit from such guidance are those
individuals who have had an early diagnosis before the
sputum has become positive or those with positive sputum
who after early treatment have been converted to a nega
tive case
In my opinion this type of case of tuberculosis would be
the type where the most good could be accomplished by
rehabilitation Another factor to be considered in rehabili
tating a tubercular case would be the degree of education
ambition and above all the cooperation a patient will give
in fitting themselves for a new life and frequently new po
sitions in life
The responsibility for rehabilitation first rests with the
doctor then will follow the rehabilitation worker the
teacher the social worker and occupational worker
The rehabilitation worker has a broad field to cover dur
ing this period of conversion They should gather all in
formation possible from the patient and all other sources
thus being in the best position to outline the course best
suited to each individual
Rehabilitation should begin in the sanatorium as soon as
the physician thinks the patient is ready to begin such a
course of study One phase of this study which gives good
Dr McGee
results is craft work This can be begun while the patient
is still in bed or it may be started in the work shop accord
ing to the patients physical condition This provides recre
ation and helps the patient to be more content with his
surroundings During the time the individual is in the
sanatorium the rehabilitation worker is offered a great op
portunity to study the patient relative to fitness and where
he will fit in line of various avocations
Rehabilitation work should be closely coordinated with
sanatorium care and when the time comes for the patient
to again begin normal life he is equipped to make a useful
citizen in his home community
The Seal That Lives and Lets Live
By L L Young Executive Secretary Georgia Tuberculosis Association
The happy child portrayed on the
1948 Tuberculosis Christmas Seal
will have special significance for Geor
gia residents Children have been per
haps the chief beneficiaries of the
Christmas Seal In 1907 the first seals
were sold for the purpose of keeping
open a small hospital for tuberculous
children Today the picture has
changed and now only about 2 per cent
of the victims of tuberculosis are found
among children although this conta
gious disease still causes more deaths
under 15 years of age than scarlet fe
ver or diphtheria
The hospital beds formerly main
tained for the use of children have been
converted for older patients Another
great gain in favor of children is the in
crease in the average age of tuberculo
sis deaths among men which has been
postponed until after 45 when most
families no longer have young children
Unfortunately the peak in death rate
among women still occurs in the child
bearing years and the disease still takes
a heavy toll among young mothers
This years Christmas Seal was de
signed by the wellknown American
artist and illustrator Barry Bart of
South Kent Connecticut Mr Barts
inspiration was his young nephew who
had slipped quietly downstairs on a
Christmas Eve to set up his vigil near
the three empty stockings hanging over
the fireplace
Christmas Seal Funds are used to
support the yearround tuberculosis
work of 3000 associations affiliated
with the National Tuberculosis Asso
ciation Of the money raised in Geor
gia each year 75 per cent is used with
in the county of origin 20 per cent sup
ports the work of the State Association
and five per cent is allocated to the Na
tional Association
The work supported by Christmas
Seals falls into five general categories
Education Casefinding Social Serv
ice Rehabilitation and Medical Re
search
Continued on Page 6For Distinguished Service to the Disabled
Continued from Page 3
rehabilitation The department of rehabilitation and physi
cal medicine at New York University College of Medi
cine which he organized and directs was the first major
department of its type in any medical school in the United
States
The Bellevue Hospital rehabilitation program is recog
nized as the first in any civilian hospital
Likewise the institute he heads was the first comprehen
sive medical rehabilitation center in the United States
Dr Rusk established the Convalescent Training program
in the Army Air Force which served as a basis for the
reconditioning program of the Army Air Forces the re
habilitation program of the Navy and the Medical Rehabili
tation program of the Veterans Administration
He held the rank of Colonel while in the Army Air
Forces In 1945 he was awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal A year earlier he was given the American Design
Award and was cited by the American Academy of Physi
cal Education for his work in the field of rehabilitation In
April of this year the National Conference of Social Work
presented him the annual Survey Award
Before entering the Army Air Forces Dr Rusk was
engaged in the practice of internal medicine in St Louis
and was instructor in Medicine at Washington University
Paul Barrett the new President of the National Rehabili
tation Association had been a member of its legislative
committee for twelve years and during the past two years
was Committee Chairman On numerous occasions he has
been called to Washington to appear before Senate and
House Committees considering rehabilitation legislation
He is held in high esteem by Senators and Representatives
and his services there attracted national attention
Mr Barrett has been an executive in the Department of
Education since soon after I became Superintendent of
Schools For twelve years he has been Director of the
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Under his direction
the rehabilitation program in Georgia has ranked at or near
the top among the States in this specialized phase of
education
He is a Veteran of the First World War Soon after his
discharge from the Army he was appointed on the staff of
the American Relief Administration and placed in charge
of receipts and distribution of supplies in Russia with
headquarters at Norvorsiisk
He is a native Georgian son of the late Charles S Bar
rett who was President of the National Farmers Union for
more than thirty years
Paul has made a conspicuous contribution to the re
habilitation of handicapped citizens in the state and nation
We love himand are proud of his record
The Seal That Lives
Continued from Page 5
A continuous program of education
of all the people about tuberculosis
goes on the yearround in Georgia
Hundreds of thousands of pieces of lit
erature and posters are distributed
through county associations and com
mittees Motion pictures on tubercu
losis are shown each year to audiences
totalling thousands The radio through
local stations and nationwide net
works reaches countless numbers of
Georgians with information that will
help them avoid tuberculosis
The search for unknown cases must
go on continuously Christmas Seal
Funds provided over 15500 chest X
rays and tuberculin tests for high school
students teachers and other school
personnel during 1948 Seal Sale
Funds provided promotional literature
for countywide mass surveys carried
on by the State and County Depart
ments of Health in several counties
County associations put up sums of
money to assist County Health Depart
ments to finance surveys
Many of the 3312 new cases found
during 1947 had to have financial aid
to be able to secure the necessary arti
cles of clothing and other items to carry
with them to the hospital Seal Sale
Funds help provide these and in some
instances paid the transportation to
Battey Hospital so they could take ad
vantage of the treatment furnished by
the State
In order to help solve patients per
sonal problems and contribute to their
peace of mind so necessary to success
ful recovery from tuberculosis Seal
Sale Funds pay the salary of a full
time worker at Battey Hospital to help
patients handle these problems This
staff member of the State Association
also supervises recreational activities
and assists in editing the patients
monthly newspaper
Christmas Seals helped provide
equipment at Battey to start off a Home
Economics School which has been so
excellently conducted under the direc
tion of the State Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation Counselor In this
school women patients learn to be bet
ter homemakers and do much of their
sewing
The search must continue for new
methods of treatment new ways of
prevention and any new types of ba
cillus so research is carried on contin
uously supported by Christmas Seal
Sales The microscope and the test
tube are powerful weapons in this war
against tuberculosis and in them will
be found the means of more rapid prog
ress toward the goalEradication of
Tuberculosis
All the expenditures of Seal Sale
Funds are carefully supervised by vol
untary boards of directors and commit
tees and programs of work are planned
by professionally trained and techni
cally skilled workers so that the maxi
mum value may be received from ev
ery dollar paid by Christmas Seal pur
chasers
AboveFor eighteen years Joseph Baldwin of Millwood hobbled about with malformations
of arm and leg Through the cooperation of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Crippled
Childrens Division DPW he was supplied with metal extension or stilt for his left leg
Now he operates a little store in Ware County
RightHere are two amputees working in the same establishmentLesters Shoe Shop Way
cross James Merrewether foreground lost his right leg in a motor accident Willie Kitch
ens left leg was amputated because of disease
BelowFour hundred residents of Atlantas West Side crowded Antioch Baptist Church to
see Comeback Vocational Rehabilitation motion picture and a display of garments made
by Nellie Gray Richards left and Mattie James who were aided by Vocational Rehabilita
tion in sewing courses after recovering from tuberculosis

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GEORGIA
Handicapped Workers Do Make Good pCrippled by arthritis Clarence Brock left is forced to use crutches but he looks for
ward to a successful career in photography With Vocational Rehabilitation aid he is
being trained at Birdsong Studio Carrollton Hes the most dependable man Ive ever
worked with says W E Birdsong studio proprietor Shown with Clarence is J B
Bowen former DVR Counselor now Carroll County School Superintendent
An oil stove explosion left William E Reid 32 above with impaired hands and leg
He was unable to continue farming so hes being trained in watchmaking by H B Can
trell standing Bremen jeweler
Typewriter mechanicsis the vocation chosen by Edmond Staley of Waycross who had
infantile paralysis He is shown lower left in training at the R J Thomas Typewriter
Co Waycross
Lee V Whitton 32 below was born with nubs instead of fingers on his left hand but
for nine years he has been a successful shoe rebuildera trade learned under Vocational
Rehabilitation guidance Not long ago he sold his shop in Buchanan and opened another
business in Bremen
The above picture shows the condition of Dave
Tanners legs when he sought Vocational Re
habilitation aid In the center he is shown after
two operations and at right working in a gar
age in Kirkland
Restored by Modern Surgery
Twentynineyearold Dave Tanner of
Kirkland Rt 1 is back on his feet after
being bedridden or on crutches for nearly
three years
He now works as a mechanic in a ga
rage near his home stands without pain
and earns enough to provide for his wife
and little daughter
To Dave Tanners relatives and neigh
bors his restoration to physical wellbeing
is a miracle To the medical profession
it is an example of modern orthopedic
surgery
Dave Tanner was an ablebodied young
man accustomed to hard work on the
farm and railroad until one fateful day in
1945 when he sustained compound frac
tures of his legs in an automobile accident
which nearly cost his life
Records show his right leg was broken
in six places and his left in two places All
fractures were below the knees
Hospital and doctors bills quickly ex
hausted his resources His legs were so
badly twisted he was unable to stand with
out crutches and of course couldnt work
When referred to the Vocational Re
habilitation Division Dave and his family
were living with Mrs Tanners parents
An examination by an orthopedist indi
cated a bone graft on each leg to correct
the disability
He was brought to Atlanta for the
operations and for a while had to wear
braces while his legs regained strength
When dismissed by the orthopedist Tan
ner was able to walk again and eager to
get home and on a job
Georgia Near Top
In Rehabilitations
During the six months period ended
December 31 vocational rehabilitation
agencies in the United States restored
25695 handicapped persons to produc
tive enterprises a report from the Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation Federal
Security Agency shows
Georgia ranked fourth among the states
in the number of rehabilitations during
the period Georgia closed 1523 cases a
gain of 86 over the corresponding period
the previous year
The three states which surpassed Geor
gias record in this respect and the number
rehabilitated were
Michigan 2437 California 2205 and
Illinois 1746
FiftySeven Enrolled
There were fiftyseven clients of the
Vocational Rehabilitation Division in the
student body at North Georgia Trade and
Vocational School Clarkesville in Janu
ary
The types of training for which they
enrolled and the number in each class
were automobile mechanics 7 refrigera
tion 7 radio 8 watch repair 15 photog
raphy 2 auto body and fender 6 ma
chine shop 4 dry cleaning 1 shoe re
pair 4 prevocational for the blind 2
woodwork 1
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They Do Make Good
Vol 4
JanFeb 1949
No 12
Published by the Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation
State Department of Education
Atlanta
Dr M D Collins
State Superintendent of Schools
Paul S Barrett Director
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
131 State Office Building
ATLANTA DISTRICT
Atlanta305 Peachtree St NE
Phone LAmar 1545
Gainesville414 Jackson Bldg
Phone 816
Rome415 West Bldg
Phone 8438
Clarkesville N Ga Vocational School
Phone 98R2
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
Augusta 607 Southern Finance Bldg
Phone 23639
Athens Hardman Hall University
Phone 2802
Dublin401 C S Bank Bldg
Phone 119
SAVANNAH DISTRICT
Savannah2 East Bay Street
Phone 39835
BrunswickAndrews Bldg
Phone 1007
Waycross400 Bunn Bldg
Phone 824
MACON DISTRICT
Macon 406 Bankers Insurance Bldg
Phone 61793668
Columbu9411 Flowers Bldg
Phone 21904
Albany213 Royal Bldg
Phone 2782
Thomasville 309 Upchurch Bldg
Phone 1274
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Vocational School
Mabilitatioa Mws
FOR thirteen years the two seriously
handicapped men shown on the front
pags of this issue of the News have fol
lowed successfully the trades they learned
under the guidance of Vocational Re
habilitation
They are left William H Harkins
48 who had infantile paralysis and right
Arthur L DeLoach 35 whose leg was
crushed by a motor truck
Both are watchmakers employed by
Kay Jewelry Co 3 Peachtree St Atlanta
Mr Harkins has been with this establish
ment for six years and is manager of the
watch repair department Mr DeLoach
has been on his present job for nearly
three years Prior to their present connec
tions they were employed by other jewelry
stores in Atlanta
Their record duplicated time and again in our case histories answers the
question Do handicapped workers make good
They demonstrate too that there is almost no disability which bars from
profitable employment a person who takes advantage of Vocational Rehabili
tation services
Clients trained under the Georgia program may be found in all types of
occupationson farms in factories stores offices and professions Training
programs in all cases were carefully planned after taking into consideration
the clients disabilities preferences and aptitudes
Most of them like Harkins and DeLoach were given onthejob train
ing Others were sent to schools and colleges Upon completion of the
courses many of them found employment in the establishments in which
they were trained
Employers have found that welltrained handicapped workers as a rule
want no preferential treatment are just as capable as workers without dis
abilities and frequently more attentive to their duties and responsibilities
When William Harkins and Arthur DeLoach came to the Vocational Re
habilitation Division seeking assistance the nation was in the grip of a great
depression In every city and town skilled workers and professional men and
women as well as unskilled laborers were looking for jobs It was no time
for a disabled untrained person to even hope to find employment
Young Harkins had been on crutches since he was three years of age His
parents and their six children had recently moved from Walhalla S C to
Forest Park
Young DeLoach had a permanent impairment of his leg and foot growing
out of an accident while working as delivery boy for an East Point druggist
Both showed an interest in and aptitude for watch repairing They were
placed in training in the same establishment and completed their courses about
the same time in 1936 With the aid of the Vocational Rehabilitation Coun
selor the former was soon placed on a job in a downtown jewelry store The
latter was given employment in the establishment where he was trained and
for a while had an interest in the business
Mr Harkness drives a car and leads a normal life in spite of his disabilities
He married just a few weeks ago
They are happy to be working together and attribute their success to the
aid they received through Vocational Rehabilitation at a time they needed
it most
Paul S Barrett State Director of Vo
cational Rehabilitation was honored
with a testimonial dinner at the Henry
Grady Hotel on January 5 in recognition
of his election to the presidency of the
National Rehabilitation Association
Sponsored by his associates in the State
Department of Education the dinner was
attended by State officials school adminis
trators representatives of the Office of Vo
cational Rehabilitation Vocational Re
habilitation Directors from adjoining
states and some outstanding physicians
and surgeons
Governor Herman Talmadge the prin
cipal speaker lauded Mr Barrett for
bringing national recognition to Georgia
through constructive leadership in the field
of rehabilitation For years Georgia has
ranked at or near the top among states in
the number of physically handicapped per
sons annually restored to productive en
terprises The Governor also gave assur
ances he would ask the General Assembly
to provide for an expanded educational
program
Dr M D Collins State Superintendent
of Schools acted as master of ceremonies
Dr J G Garrison president of the Geor
gia Educational Association offered the
invocation and later in an informal talk
warned that certain interests were op
posing the Minimum Foundation Pro
gram for education
Mr Barretts associates in the State
Department of Education presented him
with a silver service
Entertainment features included vocal
selections by Mrs John Lewis of Macon
piano solo by Mr Lewis Placement
Specialist for the Blind and blackface
special numbers by Miss Elsie Peacock
The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
was represented at the dinner by Joseph
Hunt of Washington Assistant Director
and H B Cummings of Atlanta Re
gional Representative Vocational Re
habilitation Directors from other states
were P G Shearer of Columbia S C
Charles H Warren of Raleigh N C and
Henry Smith of Nashville Tenn
Commenting editorially upon the din
ner the Atlanta Constitution said On
numerous occasions The Constitution has
emphasized the need for more career men
in State Government
State Auditor B E Thrasher Jr often
is cited as an official whose long and effi
cient service to the State has paid rich
dividends
Another is Paul S Barrett State Di
rector of Vocational Rehabilitation who

Surprised Vocational Re
habilitation Director Paul S
Barrett second from left
recently installed as presi
dent of the National Rehabil
has just been elevated to the presidency of
the National Rehabilitation Association
His associates including Gov Tal
madge State School Superintendent M D
Collins and others paid deserved tribute
to Mr Barrett at a dinner Wednesday
night
Entering State Government in 1933
he has served as Director of Vocational
Rehabilitation since 1937 and is well
known throughout the nation for his work
with the physically handicapped Georgia
has led the United States several different
years in this field of service
Certainly the State could use more
public servants of this type
A United Press dispatch under a Chi
cago date line recently said Physically
handicapped persons are safer and better
workers than socalled physically perfect
employees the medical director of the
Oak Ridge National Atomic Laboratories
reports
Writing in Occupational Medicine
publication of the American Medical As
sociation Dr Jean S Felton reported on
a study of job performances of 600 work
ers half of whom were physically im
paired The employees represented all job
groups including clerical laboring and
professional
They were scored on quality and quan
tity of work job knowledge adaptability
judgment dependability attitude attend
ance punctuality and ability
Study of the scoring factors revealed
no significant differences between the two
groups Felton said with the exception
of quantity of work wherein the impaired
employees definitely scored higher
There also was a significant differ
ence in the total number of workers who
sustained injuries Felton said The un
impaired workers had a 58 percent acci
dent ratio10 percent more than their
physically disabled colleagues
Industry must realign its employment
philosophy to consider disabled persons as
valuable productive and safe Felton
saidREHABILITATION FOR THE BLIND
By C H Parker Jr of Savannah District Counselor for the Blind
It is commonly thought that blindness
was much less prevalent in ancient
times than at present While we have no
definite information on the subject rec
ords of the last one hundred years indicate
that blindness especially in infants has
been reduced and is subject to control
Some historians have called Egypt the
Land of the Blind because in ancient
times one percent of the population suf
fered from visual disabilities The oldest
book of healing a papryus said to have
been written about 15531550 BC lists
some twenty eye diseases The Greek
physician Hippocrates father of scien
tific medicine was acquainted with some
thirty diseases of the eye An ancient
Hindu medical work lists seventysix eye
disorders
During the early periods of history no
specific care was given to people who were
visually handicapped As civilization de
veloped and the Christian religion became
established the blind received special care
and consideration
Education of the blind is not a recent
undertaking Efforts were made as early
as the eighteenth century to provide some
type of educational system for these peo
ple In 1749 a Frenchman Diderot more
or less accidentally discovered two truths
that have become firmly established 1
that the senses of the blind are not espe
cially sharpened by the loss of sight but
that the loss of one sense compels in
creased attention on what remains 2
that we should build education on what
the blind person has rather than on what
he has not
The first school for the blind was
founded in France by Valentin Hauy who
later was assisted by a brilliant blind
woman Marie von Paradis Americans
who visited France began a campaign to
establish schools of this type in America
The first school for the blind in America
was established in Boston in 1832
The evolution of the Braille system of
writing is an interesting phase of the edu
cational facilities for the blind This
method of writing has proven to be a
valuable asset in the effort to set up
feasible schools for the blind
While there is no census of the blind
in Georgia it is estimated that there are
six thousand blind persons in this state
The figure covers the known blind in all
age groups
Ten percent of these are capable of
planning their own work and activities
and do not need the assistance of Voca
tional Rehabilitation As the total figure
includes aged persons and those who have
disabilities other than blindness it may be
said that thirtyfive percent are non
feasible for Vocational Rehabilitation
services
Eight percent of the known blind are
feasible for industrial employment and
other jobs because of acquired skill or
the possession of a high degree of manual
dexterity Experts who have worked with
the blind tell us that fortyfive percent
could do some work in connection with
home industry or workshop projects The
Business Enterprise Vending Stand pro
gram of the Vocational Rehabilitation Di
vision can use about two percent of the
blind
Eligibility for the Vocational Rehabili
tation program for the blind is based on
visual acuity of 20200 or less for dis
tance and reading in the better eye A
case that will progress to this degree of
blindness within a year may be eligible
for the program
Some common diseases of the eye that
cause severe visual difficulty are those that
may cause opacity Keratitis or inflamma
tion of the cornea Iritis or inflammation
of the Iris Glaucoma and Cataracts De
fects in the external muscles of the eye
may cause Nystagmus or dancing eyes
and Strabismus or crosseyes Defects in
the shape of the eye may cause farsight
edness or nearsightedness
It is almost impossible for people gen
erally to comprehend the difficulties of
the blind especially those who lost their
vision in later years to make adjustments
Blind persons do not have a sixth sense
They cant feel color nor distinguish a
one dollar bill from a fifty dollar bill The
senses of the blind are not mystically
developed as some believe
Although many intelligent blind people
are able to travel from place to place with
out assistance and live normal lives in
every respect the compensation for the
loss of sight is not a free gift but a reward
for hard tedious effort Any adjustment
is a personal matter In some instances it
may be related to the age in which blind
ness occurred The blind are affected as
are sighted people by mental social
physical and spiritual influences
It is a mistaken idea to group all the
blind in one category One drunken blind
man is not proof that all blind people are
alcoholics One blind musician does not
necessarily mean that all blind people are
musically inclined
While we feel that the rehabilitation
procedure is much the same for blind and
sighted clients there are several problems
peculiar to the services for the blind Few
blind clients have had any previous work
history Their educational experiences as
a rule have been limited The majority
have led sheltered lives at home This
gives them a feeling of insecurity and dis
trust for those with whom they come in
contact outside the home It is an out
standing problem in connection with
counseling and guidance
We feel there is a vital need for more
employment opportunitiesfor those who
are employable It is imperative that the
service organizations and other groups ac
cept cooperative responsibility for referral
and placement of the blind as well as for
those who are otherwise physically handi
capped
Is there a possible job opportunity for a handicapped person in your business or do you know of such an opportunity
elsewhere Your cooperation in proper placement of the handicapped is vital
If you think you might help in some way with a placement fill in and cut out this form and mail it to us and a represen
tative of the Division will call on you There is no obligation whatever
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David T Matthews 29 above worked as a cement finisher and
in other jobs until stricken with tuberculosis A change in voca
tions was indicated after his recovery A high school graduate he
was able to successfully complete a correspondence course as
radio technician and was placed with Empire Radio Specialty
Co Savannah
Loss of a limb from blood poisoning incapacitated Ethel L Smith
of Dublin shown at right in group above for work in a box fac
tory Beauty culture was the new vocation selected She is shown
in training at Madam Freemans Savannah with Catherine Spence
left instructor
Blind since birth Joe Brooks 40 below operates a modern
home laundry equipped through Vocational Rehabilitation with the
cooperation of Waycross civic clubs Previously he had worked in
a mattress factory and lumber yard but developed hernia and was
advised to change his occupation His wife and children help with
the laundry work
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BelowJack Thorntons speech was affected by harelip Through
Vocational Rehabilitation services the disability was corrected He
was placed as a dishwasher in an Atlanta restaurant and later took
a job as carpenters helper at higher wages
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