______ I, ‘J AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE DEWOPHENT OF A PROJECT ON AGING IN THE GREATER LANSING AREA By Shirley Kuhn-inc Hunt A PROJECT REPS}? Submitted to the School of Social Work Michigan State Univmity in Partial Fulfillment of tho Requirement- tor the Dagru of MASTER OF SOCIAL WEEK June 1957 mmfi' M WA, , acumen mouth. rector-o coo ' ACKNOMEDGIENTS It I111 not ba poaaibla to «Madge an of tho paopla aha hava halpad to naka thin atndy poaaibla. Homer, tha writer mild lika to axpraaa tho deepen appreciation to her eomittaa chairman, Profane:- Bamu-d Ron, tor hia unfailing patience, aupport, moratanding and mic-ma throughout the entire amdy; to Dr. Gordon Aldridga and to Hr. Mann-ad Lilliaiora for mggoating and halping to datina tho may, and for their antlmaiau which I» a continual aura. of inspiration to the trim. mwommmumaumm.vmnumdur.wman Iioholaa for their meaning «opal-anon and inns-an, and tho Omit: Sarvioaa Council at Inghan County, under than auapicca tho away aaa eondnc‘hd. Tha witn- mld lika to «pram har moat thanka to hat paranta, Hr.andlba.89hlin,uthmtvhaaahalpthiamdwam1dmhaum mm“. Finally, thatitarmldlikafiothankhormm uhoaahalplu mggutiona, emtant anew and maalfiah undara‘anding hava ham “VMho TM?) OF 06331332513 CWTER . Page I mmmcnon...;........................................... 1 II msrwgcn magma) mm mam? wnumx.................. 12 III mums AND mocmmzs..."................................ 27 Iv mam-mum Aim 1313011331021 0? mm........................ 31; The Carmina. for Older Paopladamm 1950 to March ”SBaaaaaaaaaoaooaaaaaaoaoooaauoaaaaaaaaaooaaoo his Older Pomona mung Constance-damn; 19514 to me}! ”ShOOOCOOOOOOOOIOOO0.0IDOOOQOOOOOO.‘O‘OOOOOOOI 61 Depur‘hmnt of Commit: Services' cmttaa for Aging at. Michigan Stain 00119me 19524 to Mb ”Shooaaaaaoaaoaoaoaaaaaoaaoaaoaaaoaaaoaaaaano. 63 Th. WU. Cth On Ammg‘l“ ”Shaaaaaaaacaoaa 66 The Temporary Advisory Gomittoa to the Project on AMI! 1956 '5 December ”Esaaaaaaaaaoaaaaaaaaoa 81 A Diannaaion or the mutant tam-d the BMW 70‘ ‘ PNJOC‘ on lgingaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoaaaaaaa 85 v munws ”m cwmaaxms.OOOOOOOOOOIOOOO...O.I000... 1'00 BEIOWHIOO‘OOO.QCOIOOOOOOODOCOOOIQUOUOOOOQOOOIOOIOOOOCOOO’IGOO. 105 APPM’IXBOOOIICOGQQOCCOOQGOGOGCOOOOOQOIOOOICO.QOOOOOOOOQOOOIOOOOO m LIST 0? TAKES TABLE Page I WIMP of the Committee for Older People by Area: ofZRepreeentatian...c.o..-..............t.cu......... 88 II Hwflaenhip of the fieyore‘ Committee on Aging by Area of Ropreuentation........a.o.............o.................... 93 III Hmberahip oi’ the misery Committee to the Project on Aging and Preceding Commune: by Area or Rmuuon" 97 iv LIST OF mammals FIGURE Page 1a Lansing 8W Hebmpolitan Ame-oeeeeeeeeeee‘eeeeeeeeaeeee 11.1 2. rmmWsuva-ormum Distributed by Cm. W“ :0? mg, MOMMeeeeeeeeeo 112 3. Male Population Sixty more of Age and Older Diatributod by Emma Trante for Lansing, WMe-eaeeeene 113 CIUPTHI I mmonucrmn DnringthepaaeaeveralyaarathroththeUnimsuteathare haaheenapoaingaammotaotivityeonomduithuhatiamtinea callodthe'ohanmgeotaging.' Inaveryrealaonaethiaeonntryhaa anteradamphaoaofaooialdaralom. marapidiarinoraaaingoldar minim, togetharuiththalmMIiIeWatmeindi~ vidnal, has brought about any complex problem which need attention, andeveuanalaolatioa. motthmfiroblmmthoaaotparml “Whamptmunmg. haotherahmabreadar mournummumwmubomguunnmm oftheMptntialthatMtortheiadiviw,eo—niwand natioaintheioncarlifewmiohhaebmaehiwedumfi nadiedaoime. memottheagingprabiaa,itnbeaaated,darim truthe fact that, having paued into thia plan of aoeial , dmhpnaut,uehanflmatartailedtoprwideneaningm1ro1aa mopporunitieatormotthenillimmoarelivingheymd mace-onhmeptedwiodoxuemlneuandinaotham later yeare. We have embraced the idea or retirement, but to huaaotuyatptaaedtothataot....maatnrgraat objutimiato gain aooepianoeotthaooneapaot thmyaara‘ aa a period at prodnoaiva and team]. activity.‘ V. 8. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Special our: on if? ”flank-“is“?fi. mxa , “T3: 25’ no Go, Pa 20 It in easy to trace in America“ historical devolopnent acme of the origina of attitasloe which tended to ace the older pereon ea apertlnone. the country began to ahift to an inasatrial economy at a Mementhmmemmngpoople and mum: sumo lived into. their SO'e and 60'l. Strmgth and physical endurance were required, fixerefore youth who glorified and maturity miemznphasized. As the country became increasingly inchetriolizod more goods were produced than the country, with a declining birth rate could absorb, eo that when on mm of eorkore mm in the 193°“ the old were the tiret to be conaidered expendable. ‘ T‘nne "ago' we thought of aa eynononme with general organic, mutational and paychologioal deterioration. People Inc 1611 in the older age groupe Vere thought to be no longcr neoml but, one to their previona productivity, entitled to leisure in their later year-e. Retirement, that, we reached at a certain chronological age, but more often than not the ploaaentdremotatiehingpoleandamiotbrook turnedinto thehareh reality of toalinge or mleecneee, insecurity and lonelineee. Alec, the retired eorker often found that he wee financially dopmdent and perhapa «entail: Wholly dependent upon othero. Although the concept of "limitedaeemlnoee' haa hem accepted to acne domebyoldar people, they have not been aatiefiod .1 W tclerk Iibbotte and 3mm, 'Introdnotdona A Philoeophy of ,1 53mg.- Aha Tani-igfitmm American Awf nwmm - 9: Science? *7 . Thie view of mug, of own, no not bend upon ecientitio inveetigation. to more reeeerch has been dam acne or the qtha which governed the attitude towards aging are beginning to dieappear. "Aging“ inthemrrutliteratnre, ianotlimitedto apartimlarage Moot ie eaidtobeginuith conceptionaml wmuw death. 'igingmybe defined no the donut o: the in living. Aging is part or living. . .,.Wemretardag.ngoracoelerateit,hnteeoannotarreatit we 1.1:. gm on, boom it in mm: an element a: mug.“ Itieknomthattherateotafingchmzeilbynomi’ixed. mamas m the mini: age to different dogma and, even eithin the indium, variona organ end parta mange at different ratee. ‘mmmeienotalldapreoiaflon. Agingiaaetalldouhill. Some oapacitiae are improved ea othere dininiah. ia speed goee don, ekillincreaeee . . . J. matchmgoeeithinthe individualooonrover alongperiod ottinamdatapropeaeivelyalmerrate. ”ribbitte vitae-'- Here, then liea the challenge of aging both individually and aocialh. There are organic and mental changes characteristic at aging. They are gradul, however, and mod oonatitute little or no oerioue inpuonent until much later then hoe ccnmnlyhmnppoaed...o Attaimmtotniddleagombevimdaabringingnato the thraahold cramphaeeof life-a phaee thatcanropreaent a new etago of development, growth, aainrity, and eooial centric butim.’ Clark Iihbitta (ed.), M Wm. 21. e01der m (Ann Arbor: Univeraity ct maxim Prone .3231." p. She y’mbuu and Sheldon, 9,. m... pp. 8-49. He goes on to on that thong: traditionally, familiea and employer-e have tried to some direct responsibility for the older population, ”the new concept, which mekce functional citizen: of the aging, placer responsibility for the provision of the enviromnent and cervical! on the entire commxity ." ‘ A trend toward an increasingly larger proportion of old-or people in the society has existed for roll over a contury. Since 13-03, the population of the United States has doubled, uhilo the mmbor 65 years and oldor has quadrupled. In 1952 thore were 13 million men and eomm 65 years of age and over and the age mp ens increasing at the rate or about 100,000 perm a your.I In 1957 those 65 years of ego and. older, mum about 1h,coo,ooo portions. I: one included the age period as years and over in 1957. it would account for about 50,000,060 non end when: almost 29 per cent of tho total populatim, or about hhwpor cent of the adult popula‘lzitm.a Armand 1900 the median age for all aéulte m 3,5 years; today it ie 1&2: The wet atriking rate of increaee is among though) 75 years and over $10 now account for about hi] million or a gain of L; - u” about 75 per cent aince l9h0. W w 1 .Me’ p. 10. Fderal Security Agency, Comitteo on Aging Geriatrico, Fact Book 23 Mg, Superintendent of Bocunmts, U. 3. Govt. Printing Office, ’ Wgton 25, D. 0., p. l. (A mieed veraion is now in preparation.) a . Clark Tibbitte, "the 135.113," 312.9. Soc 3925 cal-book $251 ed., Russell H. Karts, (New York: Amer an -8tra Prone, Inc., 1957); P- 93- "er Momma Whom 22- no. 9. 3. Tae increase in the older papalstion is due primarily to the mmsl. increase in the total population before 1390. However, about one-turbo of the increase since 1900 can be attributed to improvemmts in sediosl science. ”Average life expectancy is not between 69 and 70 years, representing sn increase since 196—0 equal. to that over the entire preceding 1900 years."1 The declining death rate has been brought about by oatmeal in medical. science and haproved control of oommicablo diseases. Also important are l‘lighar living stuxiards associated with better smitetion, better mtrition and sidespread education regarding persons]. balm: The "aging challenge” is not one of population trends in the older age you]: alone. There have been ckmngoe owned by the improved technology of the country which have greatly effected the M m “ living. In 1950, half of the country's papillation lived on farms. Todsy only shoot 13 per cent or the population live on terms. Thus the pest bulk of the pepulation has moved to cities and tons. With the high degree of industrialisation the nation is now made up primarily of wage earners. is the nation has become increasingly one- ot urban dwellers, the vslns of the older portion has diminished. For 4 whilssblsteoontributetothstmlynnitslmsttotheendofhis yesrs in s rerel. society, the olda- person with s limited hmome in an urban sooietybmssburdenitmmcningfulrolesmnotfound after the traditional roles me best mtlivsd. A ti’i‘o‘oitte, Socig Hog; {zeroed-3 m 32. 93.3." p. 914. s , mmnm m- all» r» 36- Another hmdamontnl chmgo has taken place duo in] largo part to tho fact of urbanization. The traditional m-gonoration fondly has given w to tho "oolf-ouffloiont' two-gmmtion family mp. Tho old fashioned 1‘me homo-toad has become the ml). house or apartment with little or no room for the "old toll-:3." All. this has servo—d to accentuate the problem that confronts no in our core for tho depmdont aged. But it has also served to create a new situation for millions of poronts and grant-worm“ in their early 50'. 41nd upwards. Those mm and moon have in truth, become a displaced sognont in the family constellation. At a time when oval-ago life meotmmcy in being steadily lmgthmed their period or usefulness to the family and household is being. prOpOrtionale shortened. And they are faced with the fact that they have reached a new phase of life in which thoy mat develop new intoroato and a now manner of living largely independent or their childa'on.1 Housing than, in often a difficult problem for tho older pox-non duo to 10v income, lock of room and facilities with relatives and individual W Militia that any come with yum. Also there no other factors to be takm into consideration. 1 Employmnt in on. of than hetero for it in difficult for law non t‘f past hOyooroot egomammpmsytoobmuobdnnohmng' Minimum baud on age. Memo” , than 13 tho problon or , when rotirmt Ihloh 1. based on ohromlogon ago alone. Thu-o f 19 I trend toward grater nmhmwmmmm oritorltbut comm "firm in still the policy of much of labor, boom-o, gout-moat and l what-r7 who. moo 131953,.W m 65-“; ~:—;l/ J -. x 4 2.5 million-wore 1n the labor force in my one month as compared with A _.-____ has. AWWEW 22- 241-. p. s. aouto£31n1890. Lmthmom-nhalfotollngodmnmdlmthm; m-oixthot-godmmmrkodatmummvSS.‘ .' Reflecting the wloymt limtim, memo ohm o marked decline for thou momhthoir niddh 60h. 1:31.951. monodinninoomoot tmmummohthohudméswoMurmnbontMJOOoowu-od with nbout 8h,050 for the 55-61. age group. (lament «tinte- 02 mt it com on oldorly wool. to maintain a. “nodut but count." lore]. of nungmmurbm mo in October1950 ranged tron-$1,602 ”81,908 departing upon the city or widened. Hm, 131950, loyal-onto: moraine-hoodedbvnpu-moSudovu-Maommorlm “$1,500;30mommw¢€lfiwmd15puomthodlmm $500. Tim-foramtmmbuotmrkmowhing'oldngo'tho mammuomuumumu' nwmcmm Scam-1w haunt. ham bun inert-nod and mo Waco, than u Womb-MWMmtotpmimon-WW rofimdwmwhunthilfiMcndthonflotW'nudut mtmuwunm-mmummowmrm mwbmmfimommmw. ‘ mmummmm.mmxmozmwm- mummtwmommummmw. Itmmmudthotmmtortuunmmmagoéshu ammonium, thonghnotmounrflydiubling. moonsto: I O M . mmam 32° 23:10: Po 17- modiodomfloflmmlotolybmndthmm. 1190, Without ammummmuawéswmmwtmdmuionnmo Nathanitunfllywlvmliodtohospitalmdmrgloalupmo. m uthoacodpmmldukotoaubuofibotoohoflthimranoopln, mmbqondWag-vhmthoyaroaoooptabloummofoxicung pun-3 Finally, nth magnat- and changing roles tor the aged par-on, thmottmmatuungotboingmtodmdumudod. Form fizorolnafmldngotbomgdeprivodotthoirvorymrpoutorboing,md narmnwxmmmmmwwwmrutmt monouwmlongumtomflwmtthu. Hithlukotlthmlation and mmtaotomroaotbymtnu domino-afloat: Mommoproblmuhlohagroat numotthoammation mammalian. Formaaoupartflmymproblmmohdaalflthwo agingporaoo'a changing ralntionohip “thin-1min, moi-1mm, why» and commity. son. an Woman and reflect acquired attic- mdoo and mm.- ahioh give the aging ma his attitude toward mm. Omupmhlmdaluthmmmmmdflmflngm ofnmtalmdphyldoalpm. mmammmcummg ubjmtbhtmfinimlrymmhtodmmolmbm MWWWflWfithmo. ‘ Tiltiw A VWA‘J—m lum- Bram “cm-onion Illnou ' mark a? W' 14,221, to. Rang. Hiafiu‘, (flu Ion-k: M$Bookfi a a ran, Inc" 1957) pp. 7" o ”mum. mum L221. 22.. 9.31.. p- 97- i'lma it mild seem that the "challenge of aging" to the conmnity m be divided into two moral areas: (1) improving tho aooial climate for the aging, and (2) protective amino. for those who are in need of than. Thou tun are not «Inclusive of each other. Emmy services will mot both needs. It would Dom- . . .thatthoindivimn,i£hoiotoboroaoonablyhappyand mo in his later you-a, mat him]: find rational and . practicable any! of meeting his needs. . . . But in modern America the community mt carry the responsibility of creating conditions that make it possible for the great mjority of older people to load tho independent and emotionally “tidying lino or think they art oopablo.‘ Tho local urban oomnitioa of this country have booomo more and more activo in plenum; and coordination of advice". for aging. momrpouotthiomdyiltodoonmtthahinoryorthodmlop- mtintho 'Grootorlanningiru' Imiohludto thopromtrrojootcm Aging under the utopia” of the Commity Services Council of lnzhan County. It can be ahom that thorn hzvo how many different mp0 within the coomnity Ihich haw. dononotrotod an intoroat for Iowa time. The year l950tdnbotakmualtufingpointnonmiohhmidorthildonlop~ moot alimony; it is momiood that there no a oomdttoo in tho Council and that othar «enmity force: were being mobilized before 1950. maommptionudointhiasmoyiotlutthmmnmrooouhioh can meet the need! of the aging and that thoy wore inanimate and unre- htfid .1. that $3.319 o L...- 1- mutant. and Sholdon, a. m. . p. 17 . 10 In on We of tho devoloymont of tho project in aging, three central questions will be considered. First, why did interact occur in the needs of the aged population and a Council com-ittoo com into being in Lancing? Did this interact grow from tho ctatod and damnatratod needs of the aged in the Greater Lansing Area. or did it arise from the offlorte or those who were were of o growing concern on o nationol cod. lute-wide bocio, one to population tronfio? If both poosibilitioe were active in the fiwelomont of o comuttoe in Lansing, much seemed to have the most bearing on the conuemity'o ormiuticn? Second, to that extent is the history of the various committees a reflection of tho oommity organization process? To what degree did the groom inthe cormmnityvhichcoulfibeccmmedtohovomintmotinthe mum of aging participoto and involve oat-ammo?" mm was the composition or the various committees in relation to their Worm”? that in, we the mother: instructed or nominetructcd reproemtativoo oi‘ the grcupa and organisations frm much they come? were the amber: concerned Mividuelo in that thaw wore in the aging group themselves, or perhaps political figures? Or more hidifldnm somber! become they could provide oocpm't opinion on o abject or apart opinioc in regard to the general mp they ”represented." that are the min pirposos of w __ .— 1 ' ' II coo occopto tho organic theory that, ms effect. coo ottocto oll,‘ thmiteculdbounmdthotfllmpomichmoomudmm for "Mann mlforo' should be represented. .Chmmcoy Murder and Charla. bioCann in the article "the Concept of Repreamutimm 1n 0. 00. $00 , Work “no. 1956’ pp. Mia-52. Suggoot that tho concop o reproooa mo ho liuited to the various committees? Wore they not up to give direct mice or to represent the coxmnmity in formulating a program? Or did the ecmittoe not primarily on an advisory cozmittoo—dthat is, give advice and expert opinion to those seeking it? was there another purpose or combination or purpocen chic}: guided the comaitteeo? What no the (one). nomination as the comitteoo? not. me their moo of mm? m they have a chairman, occretery, ctcd Third, that influence did coco-unity pm Itructu‘e have on the history of the various oomzittoee? Floyd Hinter trite. flat pom can be emaidcrod a neceeaary function of the ccmnity, for it involves decioion- nuking and it also involvoe the function of executing determined policiee or «61113 to it that wings got done chic!) have been domed neon-I17 to be done. "The social rights and perogctivee implied in W function not be delegated to specific mm to achieve eocial goal. in.” loom. In our society, men 01‘ mithority are called power and inflow lendere e . . co the differences in the loads: and other men line in the fact that cocial pairings have given definite oocial function- cvor to certain persona end not to waned-5..“1 Time, ”Power in a cord that will he need to describe the acts or men going chant the buoinoee of moving other can to act in relation to themselves or in relation to organic or inorganic things.” 4.... atom-iced lunctiooung Wanna, since no mono or oeleoting “typical" poroone have been developed. Statiotical repreeentotion they feel would be confined to references in relation to angling proceduree united-mm“. Lpersonoho mpifyeaelaoecrgrmpcculdbecharoctor- ind u an advilory or expert cancer. 1 Floyd Hunter- Comxomitz {over Miniature: A, song 3; gm flaky . '(NW IOTk‘ 6 Ve Orth Cara-1W” 9:73 ’ p. or $9516”! 9. 11. 32mm II HISTORICAL BACK EICXIHD The philosopkv of “mnod' 111(11va governed the thinking or thuomofoundodmdoottlodthiam. For mmtimo itmtolt thotwindivimamomodhardmsb,oooldhkoomorhutmly munmgxmmrmom-Lgo. nhatmuhmmgmmd, thoxmltmmmmdwotmkumidmmmiblo torthounimto. rhoduhaoumdmorrdiddtbmtm intcndodtopinkuponlythonondutihh. Mononuonotpubnounmuwmwittoday,ilonoupoot orthobroodmingmoormialrmilitymiohhum characteristic ofonrogo. . . . mmnmmmhmmotom'rmhbomu nosed the We“ of tho tummy, and homo boom a mom omp,mooononio.‘ mmmvompmmugootgmmmmgmm' pmim£orogodoitimomukuungbormmottmsoom eritvutm1935,m1nl907.miwuugatinmm appoint-ammmu. mommipuugootolumwtmm 1mm until 1915. than M: who Magnum on tho abject. By 1931, mummumummpnmmummum, ammmmummmmugummtotmm. w~ #. 3W mum, a; m g; m 2m. (Chicago, mm 1953) Inolmotthoototuthooonntnoityortonmmmibloror rmgmdodniniotrotingthormdo. Influthmmmmof mmdAbnttholooolgomtlrotdnodflzorightotdotu-nms dwahonldroooivomndo. luminarymmflnontinoootmm ‘ 3. bythomto,thopropumminimudbyomtomoiom Inlfilinoroviwotthonoodfordwolopuntofoldogopmm a roller m. tho fountains oonolnoion in ruched by tho Notional Indultz‘iolConfmooBom-c- I ...vdzilothmionoholdogo,tbmiooominlylittlo old ago dopondonoyot mhnnotoroutoonllforototoootion. It is probable that tho mjority ox thou who fall within our mtiotiool dentition of old ago no oblo to W thonulm hymoiroulobor,wmmnoumtworuohm mam.’ Homemhythoudfidlothirtiuthoooomoitutionhadohmgod markedly. on. (3th metoo on 3mm Boom-Maw reported the renov- 1131;000:130”: Eighteen million poop)», including ogod people no ohildron, mo oomloulydepudmtonpohlioroliotmthoirm. it but 5 third of :11 the mod more dependent on other: for mpport. it but 0. million old pooplo m on public roller. Only 180,000 old people vac-o waiving Itoto pensions. . . .Iuo to tho depra- oionthomotthoogodonflzdrohflnroo, 'hubooono nub-antic.” _ J. A A ‘W www.— 1 United Stotoo Department of Lobe:- m%&§m% m gtha ted signal-oi, WHO. , ogGUV'o‘ rififiixg loo, m"? 3?? pp. . ‘ 'WWano-m 1m... mmgmw (New York, 1931) p. h 'supnm Bushman, Pmiono in Our Boom, (Tho mom um:- mmu, mm, o. 0.. 1.955) p. 12. Ono roootion to this Initiation m the Townsend Plon, which no originated in 19314 by or. m1- Tomomd of Colitomio. Bo me. we the MM dollorooaonthhepropoeodbo givontothoeo oitiemo "austyyeeroor egooonldprovidowontor thumdhelpthoooonow byflxoropidmmovwoi'nmwymototho stipuletionfimt thotuo rumored dollo'ro be opmt within thirty me. Other propooole mo od- nnoed by Colitomio and Ohio on roll no onothor nationwide mm which no devised by the 0.1.0. f Mar, o to! month! oft»- Dr. lowland lmnohod his drive, 1: bill no introduced into Canyon by Senator Home of Ron York which lets: boom tho Social Security Act. Thio m on stand, provided tor on oeporeto wovioiooo {or the protection of the ogod. tint, o oyeton of mitieofor mloyodmaflmmwebythqmoiuoldogoond ounivore protection in return for rem outrihationo tron their vogue- OldigoondSm-vimo We. second, opropuotototopnoinoto ihioh the Foduolflovormtoontrimm tormndmmoixw-flvo who are in need «on Ago Announce} AI o vault of rodorol mboidy, ell of the not» have I. Mon ’eyotu for the agedihiohoporoteooithin the ”mum mnpby thorodorol W. There ioo greotmtionbm'themt 31m to the 01d Ago Aooiotmoo recipient dopmding upon tho “Ito in manor-cement. mehgeroiet-ntmttorlsm W A 4 A _..__..__ #— _,_._ j ——.._ 3. o . M11 8m m §m9 (Public Aft-I1?! PM“ to. ’46, 19,40) éoEfi 15 woe $620 What new ¢h20 for the mm with the 1o!!!” mam} Time tho govormoot ottouaptod to not the economic problm Ihioh romltod for o lerge there or the older population from: the doom-onion with e broadened eooietonoe prom but W to: more invariant, vith o Mon plan which too booed on the oonoopt or the mipimte right to the many “that than hie need for it. radar- About 69 million people ore m moored. About 9 out or 10 jobe or. covered. About 36 poo cent or the retired aged (Ms-y, 19qu receive OASI menu, end by 1980 about 75. per cont of than will be receiving pension benefito. . . . The moot eigaifiomt fact, however, com to be tint the work- ing people in the tootorioe, on the form end in moot of the pro- fusion: regard oooiol ooonrity no I. for: of freedom. For than it to freedom iron mustang depmdonoe on the Mt!» relief in their on me’ Ema-,umoldogeuoiotmoopromhevomodtobringto the ottmtion or thoeo who oddniatretod tho prom, the Mood range or problme teoedbyoldorpoople otherthenthoir timidmed. Boom o: thoir intimto ueooiotdon with tho mm». Ibo reoeived mine. the mblio more workore hove pioneuod in dovelopinz epeoiolieed emioeoto thooged noboetriemmrvioitorprom thotooneoneod _ o vbiohio aloofoltbynuvnotrooeiving outoponuono. Since the lettu- hnlt of the 1930” over inoreoeing intereet ha been dmnatretod by protuoionel groupe end ormiootim in the aged '3” mgo A... A w.— I .Mhm, no file. pie 35o .Me, Do She M“, no mo. We 13420. Tho olden conference poop on problem of eginx is that eponeorod by the Josiah Eloy, Jr. Foundation, which is e gram) of «mum, worsening I ride range or eciontirio diociplinee that hue not mm: Elmo 1938. In 19112 the American Geriatric Society was established for m. of the medioel profeeeion. min society publish” the journal cerium". In 191th, the Gerontologoal Society In! tounciod. It In orgmioodonenintordiooipliwybuie mmmmwmmg_ orcnto lime 19145. In 19116, the Mice: l’mholoeiod whom ermixed e Divieion on Hetority and Old Age. In July 1950, the am International Congrou of Gerontological Societies no held in Belgium end In Inta'netionel ”mention at Whgioel Societiee m toned. nee in 1950, the National Social Welfere Lamb]: created e Iotioml commune on Aging. m. is not I «mine listing or the organizations which ere either entirely focused unmemdmegingorheveepceotthmormiutiammdb this etudy, but it doe. indicate the potting more“ and amounts. Mt the range or proteeeione end ergmieotime which hove become actively eonoernod. Mnlluiheorgnieetioootleumudlntmuml eeeietiee Wmemmmegingumuetedinprommmm on Radio end Televieiocn. Also e number of lay indium- or lecture min were begun in thin period. In 19% the Mime“: of Niobium held them“ muuaamwnmmm 0:61:11: ribbifle mint. Willem» munimmmobmhmmmm mummteuimlpeoplemdtoweniddhagflmolder 17 person. Many other tome, canton-noel end inetitutee hove hem held “me W by Hedicel Societiee, Univereitiee, end other intereeted ell-minnow} Inreepcneetothe maintcrutempopolermneeident Hen-33.1renenremeeted fixerederel Semityidminietretutoeom e um Conteruee on Aging we rue held in august, 1950. 'Ibre mmommmnmmummem, including repreeentetivee of pinto crgnieetione, ”reclined mietiee, end eutemdlccnmpeemmedeithem.'. melaSOconfex-eneemed to further directneticnel attentiontotheneedtorneetingthe, '. . . I chellmgo o: e upmy increeeing older population." In the two you-e {Mgthe mthemdlmtSONuWWon eging end en seeming m o: mm cttehliehed comiuione or comm. ' MmemewwbyM2fuenotha-eetiml coerce-nee men wold bring together concerned egonoiee or the Stete end Federal novel-meat. to e reeult e conference wee held in Septuabcr of 1952 in mehingtcn, D. 6. under the mepicee er the Comittee on Aging end Meta-ice of the that Federal Seariw Am. m A.‘ _._ 1 Nathan 16. Shock W E, (Stenfcrd Univereity Pme Stanford, Dental-$933, pp. 7 9. ’ Gamittee on Labor end Public ileum-e, waited Stetee Sate, mg g; «ed flinging, Vol. 1, (Government Printing Office, Wellington, D. 0., , ) 12473:. (no: pumice u the tiret in e min of 10 Vol. pub- lichod by the Committee on Labor end Public Welrere on the abject of .tho aged and coins.) we. ’e We nmmumnm.mwwmmmu mmuamnwwm-mwm ummmemmmwmmumuwume aluminum-pupae. nominate-Menno- wwmmnumwnnss. mega-cameo: emawmwmuemmumnm more“? hmildlfio,WMWthePd-el) “-~ “ammunwm. hemhmuunmuwmwu Meer-mwwm, mmmthechnpdeiwwwhe immungliteepen,nmtreocgnieecldermcneeeindi- Avionelemtecwmireidemeeinneede, Jamwmzuu. Themtmjoritwctclderpmem munmmmwmmmmu ”nomityii’gimtheoppcrtnnitw. Oorteekietchelpin } «anesthetmnewueemm. meteor ,Ibelim,dleretheeeeeeb1ectiveein Y flanges-o: (ltc helpnkeitpeeeihletcroloerperecnemc deeireendueebletceorktoeontimetheirprcdnctivelim mammmmu (flametmteerot \ «um mmwm1(3)umnumomuu “them-inclining Marinate” prefmeec clderpeoplej (Mtoieproveneelth leteryeereWreeeu-ch intcmeeun'preeeee moron-onion”, why-king heeltheerrioeeecre mm,wwmutrifimgm(5)tchelp muse, eithin our omitiee, inn-cued opportunitiee for pertieipetionbyolderpereoneincivio etteire, mammary eervieee, end for cheringin the meetioml, recreetiml, mummwoueemw.‘ a a“ 55% One of the first thinge the Federal Council did to: to Join with the Council of Stete Commute in calling mother Federal-State Conferenceomigingmiohneheldinwwxingtcn, D. C. inJoneorl956.1. In the tint ccni‘emce of State Comaiceione on Aging and Federal egmoiee in 1932, mchigm participated through the Interdepartmtal Couldttee on Problem or the Aging end the Governor“ Comieeicn to . may prohlm or eging. In the epring or 1950, the tiret official Stete admittee no eetebliehed by Governor mine:- when he appointed the 1:3deth Connittee on Problem of Aging. The Whip repreecnted the etcte egmciee concerned with Welfare and Public Health end the cairn-aw or )iichim'e Inotimte for How: Adm, Divieion of Gerontology. The min pnrpoee of the Comittee ‘l to edviee the Governor in regard to the aged and aging in h‘ichigen end make “commotion. There was no specific appropriation to. this cmittee.’ Ill Septmbcr of 1950 the committee reoccmended that the norm eppcint e citiem‘e study commission on problems of aging to provide e basic information wide for the commission. Thue in March of 1951, thirty-six members were appointed to etudy end neke recommendation for program and legislation in the ton of e report. ibontonenheltoi'thieccmeionuemdcopctwctcuionel people, the other half of "informed citizens and civic leedere.' The conclusion had a budget of $5,000 which came from: the Governor“ mad for ell Shay Condeeione. 3» 2916 e. We m‘n. 20 In E-an o: 1952 the Comdeoion in cooperation with tho Intardopartc mental Comatteo, eponeorod e etnte—uide conference on Aging which we hold in Beat Leasing, Hichigm. The conference we eat up to inform the public of the work of the Comioeion to one it they could obtain support for their remmendntione. Bookie the state-aide confmc, tho comieeion encouraged oomity comnitteoes ettendod national and regional neetinge. the report of the Oocnieeion entitlod 13m 25 “go. (kwemor'e CM’ geion to. mgl’mblg ELEM“ whitened in January of 1953 et m1: time the comineion In dissolved. The Interdepartmental Committee continued to meet quarterly after the Stacy Commission was dissolved. In 1955 the Comittoe felt that it it» necessary to obtein financial appropriations to be effective. A bill was devised by tho Committee" to establish e. etamtory emission and brought before the legislature but did. not pose. The bill was prepared for ro-intmchxction but can not brought before the legislature became e bin proviciing for e Legislature Advisory Comcii on Problem or the Aging was introduced and passod. Tho Interdopartnmtal Committee romaine to five consideration to tho departmental proposals and pro was on aging. Tho Legielntu‘e iévieory Cmmcil ie eat up to study problem of the Aged and make recommdetione to the legislature, refer inquiries of people and agencies, errengo and conchct hearing: end meetings and dietribute printed materiel. more ere eight “more on the Councils tour eppointed by the Houee of Repreeentetivee; tour by the Sanete. There is on executive eecretary and clerical eeeietent eeeigxed to the 21 Council. Twelve thousand dollars was appropriated for their 1956 bugigetf The first annual report of the Council to Legislature was published in “minty, 1957. Another important development on a state-wide basis was the found- _ ing of the Michigan Society of Gerontology. It was founded by one i hundred and fifty lay people who not in East Lansing, on December 8, 1956. It is interacting to note that there are thirty-sight members of this society who live in Lansing or East Lansing or the one hundred and fifty original members. In addition to the information covered concerning the development of interest in the aged and aging as reflected in the formation of comittees, councils and societies, there has been countless talks given, widespread newspaper, radio and television corerage, and forums and meetings which have grown increasingly more numerous. Thus, on both the National and Stats level, there has been a you-- in; interest in the "Challenge of Aging!' The interest in the aged and aging as an area of discussion, study and action seems to have its beginnings in the late nineteen thirties and the decade of the forties. : However, the present intensive concern scans to have began about 1950 I, and continued with increasing mm to the present tins. i It would son that in lensing and. Inghan County interest deveIOped at much the same tine in the aged. with the reorganisation of the v—v—w‘w _w a U. 8. Departth of Health, Education, and welfare, Committee on Aging, A Eeecriptive Sung of £113 Oreanhieetion 5513 Activities of 333.! Official §tate Groups 93 Am, (Washington, June, 195 D- 45.- 22 public welfare etruetnre in Michigan, ehieh vaa neceeeary under pror- vieione of the Social Security Act, the Ingham County Bureau of Social Aid wee eetabliehed. fire. holly miney wrote of the experience in Detroit in the early l9h0'a: '. e . with a new etaff, new regulations and reetrictione, but lith an old can load . e e 12 .500 people old in yearn, old too and wise in the waye of getting relief. They had been around and they were need to being ehifted. and shunted-do the welfare, to the State Old Age, and now to the Bureau of Social Aid. With all their experience they were bewildered by we end we by them. . . . than there was the new clientele, 7,500 with application pending, uniting on the threehold, mu of high hapee for eocurity in their old ago. With one loade frozen, their only hope or getting on eae the death of ease one already on the rolla‘.‘ 3 Undoubtedly, the situation was much the some in Lansing on a rome- uhet mailer ecale. However, during World War II there me little time F or money to devote to the many probleme that seem to become inteneified Uith age. Certainly too, during the m years because of a ehortnge of labor more or than in the upper age brackets were hired and retained in Jobs. At aw rate, the problem of the late thirtiee and tortiee had not ;_ been reeolved and, it might be expected that the first interact that could he tonnd in the mint» 0: the Ingham County Council of Social Welfare III in the econoeic eitnation or those receiving Old Age md Survivore Innrance and Old Age Leeietencef On May 21;, 195, Mr. Feuri of the A ____ 1 Betty Grendel]... Betty McLean, "A Program for Old Age in Inghan County," (Unpubllehed paper, 19M), 1). 11. a It should be noted that there may have hm earlier md/or other evidencee of interest in the aged and aging as an area of concern. It would eeeu evident that on an individual and family baeie many of the acne concerne existed than ae not and it is known that than in the middle and later yeare were eligible for cervical from the existing eocial agenciee. 23 Michigan Department of Social Welfare epoke on the Social Security Law at an anal meeting of the Inghan County Council of Social welfare. He etated, To date . . . accomlialmente of thia act are lilited. fine the act too ia inadequate . e e Only oovere one-half of the total labor group in 1910 . . . becauee of the low benefita eat up under the act, we have reached a point on a national baeia where public aeeietance propane are forging ahead of the inanramae prop“. In the fall ter- of 193;? at Elohim State College, two Manta m“ ‘9‘?“ “rum: AWMQEMEWM- “W reviewing the eerrioee offered in many areae to there 65,700! of age and over, they concluded: In the field of phyaical and mental health problem. of the aged, Inghm Ccnnty'a reeoarcee are probably above average in the atate. Care for the chronically ill ie far uperior to aoat oonntiea with the eetahliaheent of the lnghaa Connv Omeleecent Hospital. e e O Inghen County ia like moat plaoee in the United Statee ae faraeaelf-eupportformeaeedieecncarned. Jobearenot available for the aged in relation to the meter deeiring employnmt...o 1 Regarding public aapport, in 19M, 28% of the people put :‘ aixty-five yeara of age in Ingha County were receiving public : aeeietance. At the precant the the and-la Old Age Aaeietance grant in £15.00 per ennui. . . . In the field of recreation and leiare tine activiuea, thereiealaokoforgeniaedplanningandalaetoftaeilitiee where recreational program canoe held. . . . Itwuldappearthatthe InghanConntyconnoilofSooial Welfare ehald ooneider a ootcnittee to may the probleee of the aged in the near future.‘ . The next recorded indication of intereet cane the fellows coring when on April 15. me hre. holly x. miney, than the uncut county WWW v..._"_ ._‘__. 1 Grendel]. .36 Man, ac gue, PO 37o 2h Superviecr of Reyna County W of Social Aid, epcke to a meeting of the Inghae County Council of Social Welfare on the topic, l'Plahning Servicee for the Aged in the Local Community.“ In the chair-en'e report on the year'e activity of the Council, ISM-191:9, under the heading “want activitiee requiring further development” the following recouendaticn on union For new reaeone the life expectancy of a aounting proportion of our population ie increaeing, community planning for an adequate recreational, Health and Welfare program deaiped to meet the neede or the aged had been inadequate. Careful coneideration ehould be pventotillingthiagepinover-ellprozral.‘ The following tall, the tiret council comttee on agng he orpeniead. It ie difficult to evaluate the effect that articlee in the new. papere, program on radio and televieien, and local and etate activitiee have on varioue ccmnity program. However, the tiret force at Ann Arbor vae coneidered the soot important aingle factor in the eatahliahneut of two zrcupe in the adult education department ot the Laneing Public Schoele for eenior citieene in 19148. One of theee groupe hae contimed to the preemt time: Two organiaatione which had been intereeted in the aged and aging 'eince the early how," eere the hate Club and the Boeineae and Profeeaional W Organiaation ehioh hae aponeored apeekere O on agng to Ihioh the 9mm hae ottenbeen invited to attend. .__‘_..._ __._ tChairman“ Annual Report or the Inghan County Council or Social Wellare, 19h3-19h9. Po 50 :lntm'viee with Mr. Loy LaSalle, April 23. 1957. Interview with are. Roaan, April 19, 1957. 25 This then, in very eketcrv tore, ie a deecripticn ot the different comittece and activitiea Ihich were evident in Lancing prior to 1950. In other ccmnitiea, action on the problem of aging on taking two prime-y tome, the that in the direction of conducting local mm todefiue themteandneedaotthe elderlypeopleinthecomntyend «cord, to find out that comnity reeourcee there were to neet then. For example, the welfare council of metropolitan Chicago aponeored a commit: project for the aged which began in 19M. 1. oomreheneive eurvey or union for the aged uu coupleted and then prom involving volunteer aervicee, recreation and international activitiee eere initiated. Dr. Shock wrote in 1951 that-- It :- olearli recomaad that planting m- en. aging m be integrated into total ccmunitw planning. The aingle project approach ie not enmgh. The participation of all or the comnity, both aged and young, met be attained. The problem ie not «I: that the commit: can do for the aged, but allo what the aged can do for the comnity. 3’ Once! memmentetdtichhaehadpertiounuphaaieinthieoountry on a local level ie the development of recreational program for the aged. One or the firet centere tea the Hodaon Center in Her York City mich Opened in HM. Thie approach hae epread to about all of the major citiee in the country. Alec, hobby ehoue were initiated ae a neane to chow the oommnity ae a whole that older people can do. Thie Weureoreaticnacdneedtortaoilitieeinmichthe olderperaoncenependhie'leieure' tinehaereeultedinccncernby 1 Shock, fie 01 a. 9. no 26 many that the recreational center not be concidered a panacea, but only a pert in the total omnity plan. The individual projecte and eervicee provided for the aging are on]: techniquee for attaining the objectives of enmity program. . . .wenoteatmdencyineoneconmnitieetothink of the projecta and eervicee ae objectivea or goale.‘ It ie enphaeieed that a baeio philoeophy would cnderly all «unity program and that buic objectivee ehould include, Providing equality for the aging. Reetoring the atatue of the aging. Preventing indigency in later life. lemming a proper allocation of the cmnitiu remrcee and mode to the aging. Promoting tor the neetulneaa, creativity, participation or the aging. Breaking down etereomee about the aged, predjudice ehioh impede of the above objectivee . ' Within the rrmeork of certain belle objectivee ouch II the above, each comnity ehculd eetablieh ite can valuea and prioritiee which eill include ahort and long range objectivee. no long a the planing eomittee repreeeete all the interacted groupe and preeeuree eithin the wmnity, we feel confident that the final ratinge rill ropreeent the blending of thinking of medical, induetrial, eocial work, official, labor, houeing intereate and other coupe in the mite and will receive their euppcrt.’ ‘ ’mm J. Abram, “Com-unity Propane for on. Aging; 9:53.; 2; 15: AM%‘ Vol. V, (U. 3. Govement Printing 0:: , Raahington, .n. 0., 7 a. ' De We 3 £211!" Pa 121. CHAPTER III METHODS AND PROCEXJRFS Data for we radar were obtained primarily tron the morale of the Council and from interviewee with pereone who have ten oloeely aeeooiated. with the dmlopmtmiohrenltedinthepreeentmjeotonigmg. Other eenroee of intonation were mapper articlee, the Junior Loewe Project (:th recon-do, and We of The Comnity see-vine Depart- sent of the Contiming Education cantor at Hiohigan State Univereity. Thermrde ofthenoardheetingeofthelnghaeconntyconneilof Social Welfare (nee ealled the Commit: Servieee Council) from 191:]. to 19h9vereexaeined.rronthefallof19h9menthefireteomtteefer older people we mended by the Steering Oomittee of the Council, the nimtu of the neetinge of the Comittee for Older People, the Older: Peoplee Initiating Comittee aid the we»: coMttee were eerefelly reviewed ae were the recorde of their euhoouitteee. Further the eel-ree- pondenee and the reporte of theee oomitteee ehieh we filed with the ' oeenoilreeerdeeereread. motherCoeeoileon-itteereeordeuuoh eeeuedtopertaintothieetndyeerealeerevieeed. minimum coveredbytherecordeeaefronflhltefebnuyofvfl. m2“. W “‘- ‘nmumammmcmnunmwuemum the Inghan County Council of Social welfareandeeituelaterreeaned theCoulnnifi ServieeeGounoilofInghan County. 27 28 Thoreau-dame mleteinao feraethe writereonld detenine. That ie, there III a record of all the 'official' neotinge. Although the Heyor'e Conuttee eae not a comittee of the Council, Mr. Pereta Kata, the executive eecretary of the Council eae the eecretary for the Mayor“ Committee and had kept a file on the Mayor'e Comittee which he made available. , Mundanemlcminebteiningfaetaalnterm each an the name of the mom of the comma, datee of meetinge and etated pix-pone o: the comitteee. However, it ie elear that there are ohviooe linitatione in the nee of recorda. Much of the information obtained ie in mm fora ee that one rude it ae it haebeu'interpreted by the recorder. Further, the recorde do not report the dieeaeeioo of the nubere and the interaction ehich unite in deoieione and actim. Pinch of the eork, deoieione and aeconplielmente of the oonitteee eae done between committee neetinge on an informal and unrecorded haeie. Perhape thie information could be obtained only through inference and through intervieve eith the people who we involved. fine a liat of people who have been actively involved with either the council comitteee or the formation and activitiee of the Mor'e «mom, or both, a. owned. Wing intervieee with theee people, otherpeopleaereeaggeetedmdtheirneneeeereaddedtotheliat. hpeepleehoeerefelttobeinportanteerenoteontaeted,liieetether ineoo, the firet chairnn oi. the Comittee for Older People and Hr. Fred Freemanthethirdohairaenofthatoomittee. Bothefthenhaveeoved 29 from thie area and it was not poeoiblo to obtain thoir precont addressee. The writer attmded one comittee meeting of the Project on Aging. Thee the writer had at least one contact with thirteen of the people intmiowed before making an appointment with than by phone. Fourteen of the interview were held in the office of the pan-eon intorvieecd, five were in the interviewee” homo and two were luncheon appointments. at the msgoetion or the persona interviewed. An interview guide or echeéule was not need. The interview. we only etmctnred to the extent that the information covered concerned the aged and aging and the development in the Greater Lancing Area in relation to the pereon being interviewed. Met notee were taken during the intmieee. It 1e recognised that there are limitation to the value of the interview due to recall lieitatione. Homer, the tocee of interview monotonfaotnelnetorialalnnehutaleoonintomoticnudcheonldgin acne indication of the interaction or the more and the We gality of the movement tomd a project on aging. Following 1- the not of the people interview with a ehort deecription or their activitiee in relation to conniv action on aging, inthemungarea. Malletienotneanttohe ezhenetirehntrather to indicate comically Ihy they care interviewed. There we a total of twenty-one interviewee. 1. Dr. Gordon Aldridge - ieeociate rroteeeer, Michigan State Unimeity. Heater of the National Society of Gerontolog, Secretary of the Mchigen Society of Gerontology, a lumber of the Hayor’e Comittee on Aging and ot the preemt Council 30 2. fire. VirginiaBaird-oinemheroi’theleneingfiueineeeand 3. h. S. 6. 7. B. 9. Profoeeionel Women'e Organization. A member or the planning group that helped establish the Heyor'e Concuittee. A nembar or the Mayor“ Comittee, the preeent Project on Aging, and ahe 1e Women'e Editor of the Lancing State Journal. Mayor Ralph Crego - ‘l'he Mayor of Lancing who eetabliehed the Meyer'e Comittee. Hr. Welter Donnebacke - Bpecieliet for union to older workere in the Michigan Employment Security Comieeicn. He wee a omn’oer of the hayor'e Comittee and ie presently on the Project on Aging. Ere. John Hoagland - One at the Junior League umbere on the tauporery organising coredttce which preceded the Project on Aging Committee. She also worked on the temporary pereonnel ccmittee mic): eelected the etatf teacher to work with the Project on Aging. Currently, ehe ie the League repreeentative to the Project on Aging. Hr. Pareto Kata - Execntive Secretary of the Council. The adviaor to the Council'e Comittee, Secretary or the mom Comittce and Ex-ofticio new” of the preeent Project on Aging. Ere. Angela Kennedy - Hre. Kmedy worke with the Senior Citieene group of the Achilt Moation Department of Laneing and in active in the Hobby Guild‘e annual Hobby Sale and woe a former Board umber or the HIV Flue Group of Laneing, which ia no longer in uietenoe. Hr. Herbert Kifite - fir. Kipke ia the Director of the Department of Recreation of Lancing. He wae on the first Conittee for Older People, and ie a rancher of the preeent Project on Aging. Hr. Loy LaSalle - Head of the Adult Education Departnut in Lansing. he organised two gronpe of 'Senior Citieene' in 191:8, oneotfixichhaecontimcdtothepreeenttina. Renee-ember or the tiret Council Committee for Older People, the Mayor“ Cc-uittee and ie new a m of the Project on Aging. Ere. Grace Leadley -— She ha been active in cmmitw cervicee work for twenty-eight yeere and neilingly calla hereelt a “promoter and agitator" . She hoe been particularly intereeted in the eetabliahncnt of a home for aged men in Lansing and me active]; intereeted in the Fifty Plne Group. She III a member or the pro-planning group taxich remlted in the Mevcr'e Committee, of the Never". (30th and ie a member of the preeent Project on AMe ‘ 31 11. 1%. Victor G. Leyrer .. Director of the Lancing City Plan WWIMe 12. hr. Manfred Lillietora «- State Department of Public welfare. - Chaim or the Committee for Glow People for a ehort tine in the {all of 1951. He was appointed Secretary of the Governor'e (Dominion to etndy problem of aging in 1951. Mr. Lilliefcre wee chairman of the Connoil'e Evaluation Comittee and a rumba: of the Fmr'e CoMttee and in a rancher or the pro-eat Project on Aging. 13. fire. George Leonie - Jcnior League Project Chairman rho premted the Project on am and othere to the Junior League More for their oonaideration. 1h. Hr. Barrett Lyone - Adminietratire Aeeietant in the State Department of Social Welfare. Be in a number of Governor Willim' e Interdepartmental Comittee on Prom of Aging. 15. Hr. Stoyan Kenton - One or three non of the Omit: Berrieee Department of Continuing Emoation Center at mohigan State Univereity who initiated the movement mich culminated in the Myor'e Committee. He is now with the Labor and Indnetrial Relation! Department of Continuing Education at Michigan State University and hae worked with the Congreee ct Indnetrial ' Organisation on the Drop In Center. The Comnity Smioee Dwartment see a co ~eponeor of a tonne eeriee on Retirement Ct Michigan State University. 16. Mr. I. A. McCartney - Chairnan of the myor'e Comittee and the first chairmen of the preeent Project on Aging. Peat president of the Council and campaign chairman of the Comity Cheat. He has been recomded by Dr. Roman, Preeident of Hiohigan State Univereity, for the Lane Bryant ward to be presented in 1.957 to the "attending oer-vice project.md individual in oomity emioe in the United Statee. 17. hr. tallies Nichol“ - The coordinator for the Project on Ame 18. are. Joeei’Roean ”Sheree active inComnitySmiceemrk and on early Council eoneitteee. She in aloe familiar lit): the intareet ahoun by the Inghnn Cmnty hedical Society in ten:- 13. fire. Horace Sonia - Vice-ohairnan or the Kayor'e Comittee and Vice-chain“ or the precent Project on Aging. She ie a containing m of the Junior League. 32 20. Dr. ’0 0. SM! “ 31'- 8m. :11?“ mmo ”mum in Guantaloy in 191:7, Him the Lansing Visiting Runes Laoooiation asked him to Speak on "Geriatrics.“ He was a when or the Council'a first Committee for Older People and of the Mayor” Committee, as well u a member of the wt Project on Aging. Ha alao is a member of tho Geriatrics Diviaion of the American Medical Society, the National Gerontological Society and Michigan Gerontological Society. He no on the first Geriatrioa Committee of the higher: County Medical Society and worked on tho dmlopmmt of tho Inghaa County Rehabilitation Counter. 21. Hr. Oscar wade - Conmu or Indentrial Organisation Labor Representative to the Omnity Cheat. Ho in actively in- volved in the outablichment md operation or the Congo” of Industrial Organization Drop In Center which served as a uponaor of the forum on retirement in Karol: of 1955 at Michigan State University. The following people mo contacted but referred the writer to another some for the information requuted. 1. fire. Mahlon Sharp .. Presidmt of the Council. Sustaining member of the Junior Lagos and u-officio number of the Project on Am. 2. Min Teresa Farrell -- Associate Director of the Michigan Welfare League. 3. ”I". Gladyl 5% "I' Director, F8311]: Smioo AM. h. Mr. Richard Hicks . Executive Secretary or United Comnity , Chest of Inghau Coun’q. A letter was lent to Dr. Claude Boomrth, now- at Eortiwoatern Collogo at quuotto, Michigan. Dr. Bomth conceived the idea or a Hum-W Committee and contacted Kayo: Crogo of Lansing roqueating hi:- to form a oomittoo. A reply as received May 6, 1957. The writer also reviewed the files of the Lancing State Journal library mien are preamtly titlefi: Labor-64:0. 2:33 Lg Cantor; MW Lonny my Fichigon Events-Aged fig. gnnm; m Gmtologcal Society Homer, since the library was established in 1952, any article uritton before that time no not available. 33 CIMPI'IE IV PEWENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DATA In order to better‘nnoerotand the deveIOpnent toward the present Project on.1ging it will.perhapa be.helpful to disco-a the ”Greater Lansing Araa' and to ace more thia oonmnity atanda in relation to population trench and to describe insofar aa possible that the situation val inuLonaing and the surrounding area when the first Council committee not in 1950. The 'Greatarilanaing Area,“ it would aean, ia a relative geographic concept for union linita are defined.oy the subject which in under consideration. For axamplo, {or some it in the trading acne in.uhich the Audit mean or Circulation now (1956) atatea that 323,213 people 15m».1 For the comiw shoot it varial mm: with each amigo. For other. rho are planing tor the area, the bonndarioa are often determined.by the reality limitationa of money and Itart time. In «my, the 'Groatar Lancing Area” for the mean of the varioua committeeanon aging haa‘been limited to the city ot‘Lanaing and the immediate aorronnding area for practical.planning and coordination. Thin also ia the area fron.uhioh.noat of the committee.nedbora'haVUWbaan m. Mannwuducteloaaly corroapondtomatiadetinedby AA A w- _.-‘ w a ‘§§§Ei¥g_§§§§g,Journnl “Greater Lansing Enjoya.Remarkablo Growth in January 5, 5936. J the Human of tho Cmmn as an urbanized area. The urbanized area can be characterized as the pmioel city as distinguished from both the 13.4333. city and the metropolitan comaity. In general, urbanized areas represent the thickly settled urben core of the stardom metropolitan areas. . e e Stmdnrd metropolitan areas are determined by county linen and thou of urbmizod areas by the pattern of urban youth} Gmrelly the Lansing urbanized area. inclndee Lancing end Beet inning. The cm: figures for this area are effected by the fact that in the 1950 omens, college emdents were mmeted ee residents of the com. mnitiee in mick they live while nttmding college.a . Therefore, since the Lansing urbanized area includes East Lansing, the statistics are not es reliable on might be desired. Although the rigiree for the Lansing metropolitan area are affected leee by the change in the definition of residence or college students than in the Lansing urbanized area, the territory to the north and west of Lancing which include: Grand Ledge nnd Bath ie not included in the Lancing metropolitan eree. Therefore, these figural ere else of limited velue because they do not include the erea that Lansing in usually con- cidered to emf _‘ _, .u ‘__. ‘ _. . A... ._‘____ w— W..— ‘U. 3. harem of the time, Lg. 9221?. g; t om 1,250 19; g, Characteristics 9;. the Poonletion, Part 22, Mckngen, hallotin, p. 2, fi.‘ §."'oov""m~mn""'t. rrEEm'g""Jr"£"j'Lca, Washington, D. 0., 1952. e Before 1950, college studente we ornamented et their perentel bone. mm the growth or lachigen State University would have e direct effect on the gonad over-ell statistic: or the Lansing metropolitan area. For example, the per cent increase in the city of Longing between 19m end. 1950 me 17 per cent, while for Eeet Lansing the per cent or increase a 2h8.l per cent, and the per cent or the population 65 and over as only 2.8 per cent as compared uith the 7.2 per cent for the state on e whole.— e See Appendix I, which in at up of the Standard Metropolitan Ares of Mflthebreekdomeocordingtomofthoeeosendoflrinthe citiee. where thie institution no eveilable for 1950. The Lansing, metropolitan area grow from 130,615 in 1911.0 to a. pop:- lation of 1?2,9L;1 1n BSD—an increase of 32.255. It is now ostimted that than are 202,300 in the population of the steward metropolitan area of Lansing, or a gain of 17 per cent since 3.950..l If the 1950 10ml of 7 per cent of the population being sixty-five and over holds today, there would be at u minimm about 1h,163 people over 55 in the Lansing mtroyolitm area. I In the period tram mm to 1953 Lansing was the fasteat growing city in Michigan. 01’ a total papulation 01‘ 92,129 in 1950, eight per cent or 7,399 people were 65 met over. Since 1950 the city of Lansing mmmatmeotimtodratoor9.8peremtmdmhaamestimted population or 102,300.. I! the 1950 level of eight per cent or the population being 65 and over hold: in 1957, it would mean that there are presently about 8,201; people in this age group in Lanaiog. I: Lansing; continue: to grow at the same rate until 1960, the pomhtion than mid be about 108,000 persons. It the prediction: for the national population hold- true for Lansing, 9.3 per cent or about 10,070 people would be a titty-five and over in 1.950. WW 7"” 1 City Plan amazon of mung, momma, “Estimate. of the Projected .Populatim, May, 1957. '1 id. The majority of the 17.535 growth of Lansing between 192st) and 1950 on e attributed to annexation of land from Lancing roundup accordmg to information from fppalatioq Facts 331g FWea, printed by the City Plan Commission of Lansing, it‘lcligan, p. 2. ’1‘. Lynn Smith writes, “The mhtiva importance of tho aged Dom certain to mreuse during the wt few decades, probably to about 9.3 per amt in 1960 and 9.8 per cent in 1970." Studies 9}: the Acred and Amino tion Data and Trends Salected’t"ocmm"1"" to $231 VII 1775mm. on :- 1‘th more, 5. 3. Santa, Reamer 1956, p. 25. 37 In a review of the detailed popolation statistics for 1950, it mild f} seem that the population sixty-five and over in the Lansing one tends I, to follow the state average. 0:: the state and local level the per cent or the males employed in the 65-69 year age group was about 61 per cont, ; in the 70-7h year age group, no per cent, and. over 75 about 17 per cent were mployed. It is interesting to note that the Kiel-dam rural tam population has almost twice the umber employed over 75 years (33 .170): . The median school years completed by those 65' and over in the Lansing metmpoliten area was 8.7 as corporod with the average for the population 25 and. over of 1.1.7.2 In the age map of males 65 end over, more than half were nerriod with their apmlao present and mahtefihg their mm households. Hm, this no not true for the females, for almost too-thirds We were mrriod were fidoved, according to 1950 Census data: no: my Many account for the larger motor or mm (2,116) than men (735), who were living with their children in the Lansing metropolitan area: Figaro: for 1955, give Ingham County on average weekly wage of about $107 in industries, finch was then the highest ovarogo weakly Iago in Michigan. Eviichigon in 1953 ranked above the ammo]. peer «pita imam . 8. Bureau of the Census, {fichioon, Table 66, p. 2-06. Ibido’ Tabla 65, p. 204. mm, Table 57, p. 181.. Ibido, Table 59. p. 186. All of those Itatiatiol are compiled on a 50 per cent wspla of the population. Oahu 38 in the United States which was $71,709, with an income or $2,003.:L It would seem note to assume that the Lansing are; so well to having high annual imam, has a relatively high cost of living which mold make it especially difficult for those whose income ocurcoo on Old Age Auio'tanoo, Sociol Security or limited pomion plum to comm. for goodo om omiooo. For example, in October of. 1956 tho nongo Old Ago Aooiotonco grunt to tho 1,626 recipimto in Lansing no £61.31 11‘ par mania?“a ‘3, It in interesting to note that the m of heaviest pomflatinn for mlo ond fouls ”cording to ems tracts are located in tho older residential sections of the city. The fomlo population is noticeably lax-gar, but tho moo in ohich they live on obout tho some.“ rho city m not ammo tnctod for tho X950 Cm. Cm trust- 111;; of tho city was occompliohod by tho Deportnnt of Sociology Ind Antlwopolog or madam Stato Collage in 1953 out! o opooiol tabulation on the basin of then tact! was secured from the United States 131mm 01‘ tho Canouo by tho Lonaing City Plan Comdooion. Tho data on which miomiobuodmtakmfroamtmtarm. Itvouldoooamotottor tho 1960 Canon tho comma material will provide mro reliablo and complote information a: o cm tract booi- i'or tho city of Lon-ins. ’ . afichiggg Statistic Abstracto, 1955. Boron of Minn. Rooooroh, .mchigan 5““ U; VWIiWo ‘bl‘ IV, p. 1370 Rupert of tho Doportment of Sociol Moro, State of Michigan, ’Octobor, 1956. Sac Won, II and III. Lansing and the Wing am is located in southern antral hiicifigan. It in 3. cents: of business, industry, education and govern. meat. The mu eupitol in 10¢:th here u in tho Oldmbflu Bullion of the Gamma]. Eater: Corporation, Ben and subdivision: of ether large mtomtiva concerns. About onedbhird (33.8%) or the population 1: amphyed in, minutry in Lansing. Iflchigan State Utdvmity in East Lansing is new the ninth largest university in the country and uployn ova 5,000 people. The " Greatar Musing Area." than has the lax-vices 3nd facilities of a major univeruity :0 wall as u large number of ”(ironically-mind peoplo We are mloyod with the university our the State 13W. u th- ctpitol, the pcwhtion includes W We hold panned. power and office, and this commity is also the home of may more of the magement group of the pawn-ml autométiva industry which has influence on both a state and national level. The relationship Won malt Ind labor Inn has rehflvoly tree at the strife and hummus found in many other mum at“... » rm- m tom of planning, for mu; m the may chat and Council, difference: of Opinion in ammo» and flung taint-d the positions of mm, mute:- than 1M or mm‘ Thin than in a very brief discussion of tho "mm Liming Lu." and some or the facets which would comm-n the member- ot n. comittoo an ____ W‘— w“? a'Dmma :4. Beck, "An Historical Study at Orgmizcd W's Pumipttim 1n Omnity about as! email Actuatio- in Lansing, mama..- Unpublished, Jun. 1955. ho aging of the Community Sm» Council of Lansing whose primary function it to coordinate the services of the mid. agencies of the «unity and to wovido leadership in tha development of Lemming's social valfm services. Thar. were many local development: in aging from Janina-y of 1950 to Decm 1956, um yam later. Mail: me of thou we covered. in a chrombgioal mung mick in not comic“, but. given lam idea of ma enmity“ other development.- tonrd n "Projoct on Aging' during thn period. . 1950 January, 1950 - Fint meeting at Count» for Older Pwplu March 23, 1950 - Hrn. Rwandan, Dinner of the m3.» for Aged in ~ Chicago, Ipoko a Canon mating and in th- Gaunt” for 01:10 Poop]... 149318,,1950 ~m.m1mnmnmoopokom1ngummto Wutmomdmmgoftmmflmhm upmtothopubm. qur,1950 ammoniumoonlgmgumm. Than _A contact-emu were attended mainly by my random- ;, of tho Lansing an: and are felt tn In" a Wt. flamenco on thin oomity'c dmlomt. ,, December, 1950 arm mum“. in thatnghwcmnodiodsmty appoint“ by Dr. Rom called the '0th to: 0mm and Diabetic Dalmatian! 1951 mu 2h, 1951 - Dr. Phillip I. Broil: a: flu W «at. mam. spoke on Imam Problem un- 50' u I mile mm hut-1th 109m. July. 1951 «- Fourth Annual omen-am. on Aging n m m. 1952 at: 12. 13. 155352 - W W as Aunt-425mm sun] 4.13.1952 «mmwM-AMumm. 1953 1951 «mmsomwmn. min-n mmmumhmhmu-dh 'm WV.“ 3me wwwmmmpsw-mu Mumsmamau. Ecru-anmwtm‘vmustSnm fimunluotunmmm mm Mu.».mum,mmmoaw. mm We: mmrmwu tm-duwutofmm. Inflation“ ‘ k.Johnhm.mm-u¢mm Rum mm, Hr. M W, M. Mada I“, mmzmmmmn.mt tm.m3 amt-sum nun-1mg»? July, 1953 Hovmbor 17, 1953 July 2: 19515 Same, 19514 July, 1951: Aoguot, 19514. Full, 195k Mat-oh, 1955 “SixthAnmalconrorooooonAgngttmm. “Dr“ WihnDoml-mo opoko “mum“ Proton-1m]. Hom‘ Heating. 1951s «- Swath Ammo]. Conference on Aging ot Ann Arbor. ”Amiuotnrtioluinflaoms toJ ‘ oath. 7thAmualConfu-onooonAgingo ”1%. - m. Rehabilitation Cantor ct tho Inghn Counta- Boopital opened. the id“ for tho rehabilitatim cantor was proposed by the Goriatrioo committee , of tho Inghan Conmty Radios]. Society uith tho apport sod cooperation of the County Board of Seoul Walton ond doportnontl of Michigan Stoto Collogo. It in one of two mob cantor: in the United States mioh is financed by public hands. ‘ ' mo 75 For cont of the potion“ in tho mam- totionoontor m sixtyymotngonndomot ' tho prooont tint (1957). , r «- Firot meeting of tho Wro' (:th on Aging. "Radical hmmofingmrodbytholnghu (30an Medical Sociotw, tho Cmnoil, {3% Safeng any; and tho Adult actuation 1955 .. ”How You can Phn for Rortixomt,‘l n town at f Hichigm State Univm'oity sponsored by tho Looting Congrou of Imuotrinl Organisation, Ingmar-id Union Council Conwnity Services CMttoo, the national Congrou of Inchntrial Organization Commity Services (3th in oooporotion with tho Cmmoil, Michigan Stato Univmity no the Leaning Actnlt Echootion Cantu . - Eotobliuhod in the local whys-out office o 1/ f/ opooial unit to amt in plumt or older vorkm . f , A I 2 . March 23, 1955 - Congrm of Industrial Organisation Drop-in Gator. ‘ A national representative of the Labor Participation Deportncnt of the United Conmnity Cheats and Council: of Arr-Lorin not with tho mb-oonnnttoo on Retirees of the local Congress of Industrial Urge-oi.- sotion Comamiiy Services Conuttoo on October 19, 1951; to discuss plans for tho ostahliahmont or o Drop-in Gmtcr , pro-retirement and rotircmcnt counsel-5 ing programs nod mutiny mootinga ct retired workers. Tho local Congress of Industrial Organization con- nittoo not with tho Iriayoro' Committee to «plain the proposed plan for retired workers on October 26, 1951;. After this a series of meetings wore hold with other community representatives and with the local Congrats of Industrial Orgoniution Commity Sorvicoo Con- nittoo to promote commity interact in tho pmpoud plan for tho Drop-in Center. Tho plans for tho cantor were implomontod by tho Congress of Industrial Organization Commity 3min” Conittoo one! it opened on Enron 23. 1955.1 July, 1955 - Mghth inn-,1 Mm. on Aging ct Ann Arbor. Octobm' 27 , 1955 o- A "got tagcthor' in Lansing for all mic;- citizens from tmlvo Michigan oitiu, upon-0nd by tho Hichigan Rocmticn Aloocintion. Fall, 1935 - Second medical forum on aging co-sponsorod by tho Inghan County Hodioal Society, tho council, Egg? State Jongg and the Adult Education Bopartnon o 133. 1956 February, 1956 «- Junior League agrees to finance a Project on Aging in Lao-ins. - ’ ‘ Fabric], 31, 13 «- Madly Visitor Training Program oponoorod by tho and 21;, 1956 Volunteer Mom. m, 1956 «- i'ho Lansing story of the Project on Aging nu pruntodl at the Adult mention Conform. at Michigan Stoto University by Er. Hoax-too: mo Hr. Kata. . ““4... .4—a— ‘._7 v— WW lfiu‘y 1‘. m, 'A Study of the 6.1.0. Drop-In Contor, Lansing, Elohim} unmblilhed paper,, 1956, pp. 114-15. ' Spring, 1956 - First appropriation to the Lansing Recreation Department of €500 for 'ogingé‘ Spring, 1956 - i ton week 2.7. series modcrctod by Dr. Aldridge ' on 95:53 LY. . July; 1956. no Hinth Animal Conforms on Aging at Ann Arbor. . m, 1956 - First course on Gerontolog ct Elohim State I / University offered by the Graduate School, Dr. Aldrid go instructing. . ,- Full, 1956 «I Bi-Ammal Hobby Guild 5818 which mophaaizod hobbies for the aged. Honxabu', 1956 «- Thc Sign Kappa Sorority at ifichigan State University offered a rock of volunteer work to a project in ”gerontology." Decanter 8, 1956 - Meeting at mchigan State University at which 150 _. m‘om formed the Hichigan Society of acrontoloyy January, 1957 -- First meeting of the Project on Ame comittee. The Comittee for Older People Jammy 1950 to March 1953 On October 6, 1925, at a meeting of the steering comittoc of the Council, the "Conant.“ for the 1306' m placed on the council agenda for 191:9-1950 under the topic heading of "new programs to be pushed.” The deciaion to include a Committee for Older People, no it no to be «nod, Ina booed portion; on mm proforma: of tho board members and partially on ”previous amnion." The comittcc m moo directly miscible to the board. it this time the Cmncil board was considering an over-all cervical may uhioh my unplain the following reference to the Outta for Older People in a Council time cchcaxlcs (1) the main objective of this conmittee will be to conduct a survey of programs and servicos already provided to the aged to determne what the needs pzrcesmtly may be; (2) probably the first aphasia will be placed on recreationsl services and thm expanded to include the ot‘: or essential smicos. Bliss Esther Anson was appointed the clmmmn oi‘ the first Cozoflttes for Older People. , She was an Associate Professor of Contirming Edu- cation in Research at Michigan State College. Following are the appointed mambu's of the first cont-Ii tee. Hrs. B. J. ledsin Hr. R. J. Baldwin Mr. POW Bemmft -- Interested indivimol -- Retired faculty men" ber of Michigan State College - City Recreation Eopartmont Kiss Hildrsd Oardwell - Supervisor of Public Health nurses, e Wfiibson Hr. H. Scott Hamlin Hrs. Marjorie Ksrker Fir. Loy LsSslle Miss Lee Lucss Dr. J. W. Button Dr. 1". 6. Starts Inghan County Health DWt - issociste Professor of Sociology and anthropology, Hichignn Stste College - Field Manager, Social Security Administrator - Diroctor or the Women’s Division or maxim Form wean, Michigan State College - Director of Recreation, Lansing City Recreation Bepartnent - Director of Adult Education Department, Lansing Mlle Schools - City Recreation Departmt - Direotor o: the night}! County Board of Social Welfare - Superintendmt of musing Public Schools -- Lansing Physician end Chairman of the Geriatrics Oomittes or the Infill! M Medical Society. I‘iisa Georgina Warrior - Social Work Ao’orlniotrctor, I-flchigcn Dopartmmt of Social I=Iol£aro Hr. Imam Vinegar-d - Aoaiotant Director of the Council. Mr. Richard Hicks - Exocutivo Director, United Conmmity Ghost. In s. lottor detod February 8, 1950, His: Anson announced the date tor the first Ming 'or the nominee, and lietod can. of the problem eho felt unfit be immtant to consider in the initial meeting. (1) How should we go about discovering who are the oléer people of our commity; where do thoy lim; not 60 they consider to be their particular nee-:13. (2) I-Ihat in the best method for finding out the kind of prcgram they want? (3) that can they do for thomoolvoo in developing I. sound program? Can you Mggeot names of older people who have unique contributions to offer in devolOping 1 strong program? What other leadership rooourcoo do you suggest? (h) Whet oomittoes do you fool are noodod to get e worthwhile program under by? (5) Shall we plan to dovelop e program in loosing or in the county es e Whole? Shall we begin with a pilot program? (6) tht organisation in tho county might reasonably be expected to «silt financielly in tho program for ohior people? (7) Are you eccpmintod Iith the moooaoi‘ul pro grams for older people which have been developed in Hio'higon or elsewhere? It wold am that the first comfittoa was oriented from tho begin-v hing toward determining the needs of the older poraon and tho dmloprmt of e “prom-en“ to nest those moon. it the firet meeting of tho committee on February 10, 1950 at the mm, the cheirm told the group about the experiences of other comi- ties in organising programs for tho aged. At that time oommitioe in Michigan, Inch on (hand Rapids, and in other ports of the country were eotivoly involved in surveys end in establishing mmtion centers. The committee decided ot the first noting that it no 'buic' to I determine, ‘01) who the older people m3 (2) album they live, end (3) what their particular needs might be,“ for they egreod tint 'oldor h? peopla“ shmld be the ones to dotorrr - a the need for a program The "older peoplz” were also to be asked to assme leadersrip roles in the actual devolopment of programs and in the study of the local situation. Li}! and professional leadorahip m to be provideci to give guidance and direction to than. The comdttaa decided that the starting point should be a pmgrm for the constructive use of leisure time for older people. The matter of timing was consumed and possible sources of funds such I: ”trust much, local clubs and organizations, churches, and so forth," were listed. A surrey sub-commas was appointed by the chairman. On February 20, 13-33 Kiss Anson in a report of the utivities or the Comittoc for Older People said, "The members have held one meeting to date to discuss the needs of older people and have decided to concom- trato on the 1nd: of finding out who the olrier peeplo m, where they live, what their needs are, how much they can do for thawolvea, anti how mob they are willing to contribute to a program." Thor. were We meetinga of the survey mbn'comittoe on March 1 and March 8 , 1950. In the firat meeting, discussion centered around develop- ing a '. . . pilot W 0! program which ahmld be imitated 1n the recreation). £10m! Tho second general are: or discussion was concerned with an over-Ill commity study of attitude. and interests. Th1! m not felt to be practical because of the coat and also because the ”mitten felt that, ”an ovorull matey . . . might develop interact beyond the ability or the group to most the mod.‘ ma tooling is perhaps midyorstandabla in light of the malaria. in Grand Rapidn, 1:8 Elohim at tint time. A great deal of hates-eat m awarded in the oomudty in a proposed prom timough the media a: television, radio, mm Mumblio meeting, which itm felt, resulted inatoeling o: disilludpmmt m it an loomed that no program actually assisted to wet the defined needs. .In this can win, tho new for leadership for the groups which might be found to be memory on discussed. Kiln Anson stated that it night to possibls ton '. . . thin map to start n ludarahip training program .m- t’mt Wilma Domhno 'm arm-ad nor mice. to Ingmm County to aunt in any m that the can in helping than dwolOp their progmn." A casualty ruourou cub-committee In: Appointed by the chaiman . who“ gnu-pm m to «plan the possibility of a ”pilot wow." It was thought tint this program might be developed by using the Senior Citizen group in tho Malt Mention Dominant u the nucleus. In the second may mum muting on flax-ch 8, 1930 the following report from tho oomittoo on «mortar resources was given. Tho Cedar Strut floatation Club in dauribod a giving services to older ham through the "anakawl cub." u Grandmother alum was 'snidtobo mumumoutmmumcmmsmdycm 9‘3 Looting, m the Addt mention Wt had : "senior citizens club" . with 37 number. a that time. The Tmand elab- were described as primal: mm in noun-o. ‘It was pointed out that rm organisation: in tho Wom' Inter-Club Council had uprated an interest in dweloplng program for senior citimo, once the need for not: groups no determined. At the conclnlion of the mating, the chaimn stated that, 'The basic need eeamd to be for e me: of remrcoe to detest-fine we clube m we would like to do lemming for older people, end that groupe we weed: in ectinm." It nee felt that. the m of reeeuroee would be an breed ee pouible end the committee wee broken down: into miller unite to disco” anther the may and development or e echednle. m. mane wee eeked to continue studying the possibility of (humping e pilot prom-em based on e 15mm study of the needs end intarute or the older m. lire. Breckenridge, Director of the Project for Aged of Orange, Illinoie hed hem eeked to epeek et the Enron 23rd meeting of the Council. Itmerrenged thetbefm thewminaneeflngm. WWW met with the comittee end diocese with then come of the queetiou they had about the «tebliehing of e community prey-en for the eged. me wommhlorbhmungetuze «memmmwmmlue diecueeion at ninetem key queetime the web-re mud’to ducal. with fire. Breckmridge. I the the commit“ had been eeked to “some the reeponenbmty for plennmgoneot momumummmhmw'udmmuqmg an m 18, 1950 et the we]. meeting of the Council. Severe). me were mentioned for consideretion ee the nein epeeker for the mutate. mg than 1):. Wilton Double and m... Once Lou-cum The next mung of the emu” tree on Mach 2), 1950, when Mrs. Bredamridge m the guest confluent} After fire. Breckenridge M -_... A‘ v.__* y w r m— 1 See Appendix V. 50 had finiehed her tell: there wee non. tim 1am. for the mom to ed: the (poetical they hed devised. There in no record or other mange of thie committee. However, through the repom of committee that were given to the Eceoutive Committee end through correepondonce, one can probably infer port of now. annoys, 1950mmnmgreponmmdetoma executive committee . Dr. mane Gibson, Michigan State College, in «cl-merge of this survey, is out of tom and 21x. Brookovor is not: in marge. It. we reported that. Miss Anson, chairman of the comoittoc, hoe boon visiting oovcral commotion camps and has found e comp noth- out of Jackeon that will take older people ee vall ee the children of older people. It is hoped that e. group of older Monte will be able wfom e um group end plen to em thi- ”mid! e Apparently Fir. Brookovor worked on the ourvoy with tho help of tho enh- comdttoo and prepared a detailed roport during the Spring quarterr On 1"an 13, 1950 at 1:22;- m'xmal meeting of the council in en doorman session devoted to the aging, Br. Vilma Bonolmo spoke on “A Comnity'e Older Persons." Kiss Anson was the planning clzairnm: for this section. The day-long program no open to the public. 0:: liovombor 15, 1930 in a? roport to the executive comdttoo, ruse Anson reported, . . . loot year no were concerned with tho noode of older people in the Grater Leasing Area, end momma eight net those needs. A student at Michigan State College worked on I eurvoy with the help of the [research] mb-comittoc. It wee hoped that he would go ahead this year on his doctorate, but he took e position elsewhere to work with older people. Porhopo another cozxpotont concoct. will continue with this survey. As to resources available, tho report is ready for mailing, but it is necessary to chock over tho organizations to which it will be mailed. 51 Turing the council year 19310-137371 the committee gwxod three now amber-s. Fir. Perotz Kate - Ebzocotive Secretary of the Council. Mr. Donald Boyd, Jr.-- Graduate student in Institute of Counsel- ing, Testing and Guidance et I~1ichigan firmAsse SternIeldt - Gmduate student in Social Service at lfichigm State College. From an enmel report or the oormlttoe dated June, 1951, submitted by Pisa Anson the following in loomed. The moral: nib-committee which consisted of Mrs. Kerker, Hr. 51pm, to. Looms, Dr. Sam, fir. Boyd end Kine Anson, an heeded by Dr. Gibson. The {intent}: at this cowdtteem todruup emveyimtmmntto be need to discover the neon end Intereete or elderly people in Grater Lansing. Hr. Donem Boyd, Jr. worked no: the “the. 6091-. of the eohehlempreperedbythecmil. Venetian-emu, Mr. Ben! intm'vimd pereomuy e repreeentetive newline of older pereme in the fourth ward of the city of Leaning; mmammmtmummmummtmtm waisted intheeociel, muwwmmmmu the elder pmplo, the reeeu'ch .1th developed e gentleman to be neat to my orgmiution end egenoiee of Ingram County. tie-a. Stmteldt with the help of Rt. Kate and His: Anson refined the questionnaire. 53 questionnaire woe mailed to nearly 600 agencies, organizations and w M a. f . * Soo Appendix VI. institutions in mam County. The Confirming firmcation Service of Iiichigan Stato College-prepared the cepios of the questionnaire md paid for the coat of milking. The lettars was sent out by the 1043;). chapter of the College Roma's Volunteer Services} From the first away it. was concluded, It is obvious from the ctudy than.- the needs and interests of than older people are one: which could be not constructive]: by individuals , agencies and organizations, and institutions interested in the locial, odncatioml and rocrutionnl needs of these people. In the survey of the ramurces, it was found that, interest was expressed by a large 'mzzfioor of the organisations mulch returned the questionnaire in starting program. though few programs mom for the aged alone. The comaittao taper-ted that, The orgamizat‘rona Imic'n sham an imbued; in offering physical facilities, leadership and financial upper-t have aim-t without. exception also listed the names of members intorosted in helping to develop mch program. Those people would form the initial bow for planning program for older people. mumm— dammit), 1951, mummmozonmgu Hr. Perot: Kata! Tho report of the Committee on Older Portions of the law Camty Council of Social Rolfare ha been completed. . o . This report. complains: the work which our comaittao not out to do. I believe that on the basis of our findings really lound project! for older person: in Inghmn County can be developed. The next meeting of the Comittoa for Older People no the next fall on November 13, 1953:. with Hr. Ifianfrod Limofort u the acting 115mm. Fir. Lfllioi‘ors had mommy moved to Win; in wept. a. A A‘- 1 , 380 Appendix VII I 53 position with tho Stato Department 01‘ Social EMA” in tho Childrw‘l Division. He had previously directed studios concerning recreation and activities for older people for the Ghio Citiam Council. This In a Joint meeting of the Comittoo on Older Persons, and ”pragmatim or the Governor's Comiooion to review the present status or work in] thin field and give impetus to the local Cmmcil comittuoo. Mrs. Balm, a local ropmomtativo of the Governor's Communion, roportod that. the Governor's Comiseion m not up to I'find out the footo' and that on oohoation‘al pmgram would probably result from their study. The oomioaion m also mm in nosing local mom m up throughout tho state to gin a 'gruo rook" action bohind the ”Mon. It was 'gonorany agreed“ that. the Council oomittoo 0mm urn u the local committee of the Govomr'c Comiuion to avoid my dupliooflm of effort. (mo of the problm onion m of continua oondm to tho comatose m the need for leodm‘ohip “doing. fine Iolntior; that on roooomdod , m the use or people from the Senior Citison group of the mm satiation Bopartmont. The question of how to utilize the interact mood and the facilities offered (hiring tho mu am: no dim-oath. The main comm o! the my; homer, appeared to b- tho need for a strong chairman to hood the annuities. Hr. Lillioi‘orl, who had tentatively accoptod tho ohairmhip or the comm-0, m now acting u m or the Governor's Com-lion, Ind ten he could not continue on as chairman . Sh In December or 1951, Mr. Fred Freeman was announced as the new chairman of the Committee for Older People. Following is a synopsis of hi: past experience: he had berm mzecutivo secretary of the State of fiflchigan Tami for Mtg-five years; after retiring from that work, ho beams the public relations director tor Hillodnlo College for tour yearn. The past two and one-half years he had been director of man's work at. tho Michigan Hopi-.138 Convention and was then still. mployod in that position. The first meeting at which Hr. Freeman presided m on Jnmory 9, 1952. Present. at. that meeting moo- ' Dr. 1'. C. Swartz - Loonl physician and chairman of the Geriatric- COanittoo of tho Ingim County Medical. Society. ' m. M. Lillioforl «- Children“ Divinion, State napkin-mac or Social. Welfare. Mrs. Elizabeth Balm «- flower of Governor'- Common. Mr. R. J. Baldwin 4- Roth-0d {salty number or mchigon State College MI". R. J. m ” MGCth “171611.10 Min Esther Anson - Contiming Education at Michigan State 00110800 Mr. John Ann - Comnity Services Conrail. Mr.3holdon “Wumoffihoromm Chrithim mention. fir. Loy LoSallo «- Dirootor of Adult Education W, ’ Looting Public School 831%”. Mr. Perm Kat: .. may. worst-17, Council of Social Helium. 55 mummdmmuanmmg. crummumnuu to how to w tho «taxation, "that shall tho oomitooo do next?“ The idoumiodmawmonthonoodtormmwmtimlmm for oldc ml», tho-ling the mod for mmitnont and training of m loader: and diroot mice by the oomittoo through o I'pilloir. projoot' to emphasis of tho concept that older pooplo should ho mum in all attrition rumor than being ioolotod in upon“ group... ”uncommon mathukthntthotolluingmbo NW for W m mung from munch-rm «IromMgmgzmmtm-mma Dr. I. O. mu «- um medial aspect- of. robobilihflon.‘ IMLoyLnSIllo ~Wrmtmmnivmmreutorthoo¢dfi 0:1 mm 23. 1952, tho am meeting at tho mom on mm and tho report. our. aim. Emmi-operudontho mpinthoidnlt Emoationprogru mohhndmtrOntomtomtym. Itmflltthotthii group III '. . . not inf-mated in philosophy as much on activity and ”roan-1mm meow-ungainly.- Wbyur. man, we errand on mice. and fooilitiu or thoidnlt Education thmo‘oplaootomtmdmmlforludmhiph 'm u flirt-d! ' Dr. M W on tho rehabiliiotim program which in than Ming annoy-d by tho mum“ mom .1 tho social now. Rom-cam" gamut-ion” ammouumdtorm manual. prom. 56 Th. possibility of approaching tho Young Mono Christian Auooiotion ‘ to upon-or on ''01le word" group no considered by tho committee. mo'nut meeting on on February 13, 1952. It. on mummified that oroportmmowcmbmmmhelpmy mm.sm-ug- gated mu m oounooling omioo to:- oldor pooplo about to rotiro night In dovolopod. um thio m lino, Hr. Sheldon m roqoutod to, mo vol-ion min to loom nor. about tho omitting oooiol mica. Affliiluotingm.malloproomdhio outlin- orooopfiobo iokuiaoottingupo'pilot W of older pooplo. Ho mm that financial condition. could ho «condor: u luau-hip om facilities wold bo proud-d oi tho foohniool High School. Ho an that uhilo tho pm mumbnmmmth Mummtu cm '. . . dermal: ho upon-om by tho Council oomittoo.’ At that time, than, tho throo min project. being oonoidorod by tho eon-mu. not (1) o pilot group or older perm; (2) on "old guard" morn-nutmnungnm cmmufim, and (3) tome-1b in woman to! older people. Beforogoingohooditnoognodmomohoimmohoomm to on cannon hon-d. ’ tanning in port of o. mount of tho "functions and obj-cum of this continua" which h. m an on Hot-oh 5, 1952 to tho Cami]. Board of Dis-com. Thooomitfloioovolnnuor mpnumtomgnuu without on mun: therefor-o its program would how to ho m mud. ' He reviewed the three projeote which were being comidered by the group but eeid thet, a. . .eeerenotyetreedytopreeenttheontlineofthe plen became it ie going to require consideration end investi- gation end it my involve certain pointe euoh ee e possible executive end e central office and e number of other details. . . . The Board or Directore gave epprovol to eponeoring en comma]. poop of older pereone in oonneotion with the Adult Echxcetion Deportment. the next mango: the Cmittee for Older People eee on Hex-oh 6, 1952, et which tine Hr. Sheldon we hie report concerning the eork o: urine ezenoiee with older people»." A report one given by fire. Speakin- ing of the Family Savice Agency in which eho eeid thet forty-two out of one thoueend pereone receiving eervioe et the em: could be identified ee older people and thet they neuelly were port or ”family problem.“ hr. George Hoodeen‘, etete ropreeentetive or the Tmeend Globe in Michigan, eteted thet et thet tine there were {our elnbe in Llneing eith en even-ego or twentyvfive to meaty-five More in ettendeme It mh meeting. “He eeid that he didn’t feel that the W Club prom: duplicated or interfered to my extent with the Older Perm Couitteefl' On Mei-oh 20, 1952, the next meeting of the eomittee, e letter eee vreedtronnr.Le3elleeIggeetiogedeloyineeteblietungegx-ooponthe belie thet the Salim? Citieene group of the Adult Ednoetion Depertnaxt mntfinzouedriveteeroueeintereet mongolderpeopleinthie eree nth the viee to e {oration of e group or groupe. * A AA fi—w— vrrv—w, 'e W w ‘ . See Appendix VIII. 58 hr. From reported on the idee of en "old guard” at the Icon; hone Chrietien Aeeooiotion end etoteo that he had not been eble to nuke "his oonteoth" Ere. Bartlett, e. student at E’Eichigan State College, reported briefly to the group m memoir of the reoreetionel intereete of pereone - receiving Old-ego ieeietenoe. She pointed out her eurpriee et finding not thet, "older people can't intereetod in groups.“ The oomittee enggeeted thet perhepe older peOpILe had to be helped to nee groope. Dr.8urteetetedthotheteltthereneeneedtoeork onto 'philoeophor for e pregame on em and that en mannered prom ehonld etert with mg people.“ ’ m emittee met again one April 10, 1952. M thie time hr. From reported that the Young Hone Christian Aeoooietion m’t 'pertionlefly intereeted in on ”old were! group“ because they me opposed to bringing book the IHalal checker-board type getetogother.” Hire. Belen reported on the eotiviflee or the Governor'e Connection ”thet Lamina lee ahead or meet other mitiee in oomity orgenio eetione for We“ \ A report we given by Dr. Start: and Dr. Reynolds on the rehebili- tetion my“, end the next meeting or the Comittee for Older People on ipril 29. 3.952 on epent in e. trip to the Inghen County Hoepitel. The next comma meeting we postponed until after the Governor" e Confluence on Aging which we held at hiohigen State College May 12-13, 1952. Hr. Kate otteodod thie meeting an e m of the eoonoMoe eeotion or the conference. 59 The lent looting of the Spring was on June 12, 1952. This wee devoted largely to further dieoueiom and reports of wasting agencioe and possible activiuee of the committee. Such thing: as a prepared group for older people at Hey-flower Congregational Church, the need for definite programing in the field of recreation through the City Recreation and Adult Education Departments were discussed. The poeeihile- 11:37 that the oomdttee night nerve on e clearing house for information end of the oomittee eponeoring as general Council dimer were propoeed. The discussion one eumod up by the statement of one or the nowhere that, '. . . the committee eerved to encourage and cooperate with any- thing in the oomnity tor the interest of older pereone.‘l The tint meeting in the {all m on Septewer 23, 1952. it thie meeting for the firet time, '11: no recognized that one of the min functions or the oomittee night he that of oo-ordinating groups, in view or the new eepeote of the problem and the different kinde of pro- gram thet were wringing up in the oomnity.‘ One Inch project, the HIV-Pine m, was outlined for the group by fire. Angela Kennedy. ‘ -- The next meeting of the Oomittee for Old” Peeple, on October 9 , I 1952 included e report by Hr. Herold Good, the director of eehried per'eonnel et Oldmbile. He eteted that at the preeent tine pre- retirmnt counseling at Oldsmobile consisted or interview with ealery end hourly «aployeee a year before retirement. He eteted that the mime eo fer indicated that thoee who retired voluntarily are pre- pared for the me, but eonpaleory retirement usually rinde the mloyee blookedinhiethinkingendnotreedytotakethieetep. In a letter sent out prior to the March 26, 1953 meeting, fir. From wrote, The future action of this comittee “pads on yum- decision. Come prepared to discuss the following questions: What are the objectives of the older persons' comittea? Are the objectives being achieved? If no, what should be our futuro action? If not, how ahould we go about achieving these objectives? . . . Please give considerable thought to the role a: this oomdttae between now and the time of the meeting. Ea mat either devise a definite plan for the further comflttae. . . . or u}: that tho comitteo be final-Mo At the mating than, the consensus of opinion new to be that the function of the committee m ”inéimct' and that tho committee could act a a clearing house for the mica! interom that develop. It was felt that the eomnittoo itself represented aavernl interests and it med u I source of interesting other: in the ”problem or oldmr potions." The thing which the comitteo salt it had «3002:9113th ms (1) o. nmdy of some of the services which then existed for older poopla, and (2) thc comma had supported activities requiring public Import web a the Inghan County Rehabilitation Center. There were no further matings of this comittao. However, in the 1952-1953 mmnl report of tho email Hr. m reported: All a oomittoo we have been somewhat frustrated in our tut!- in; u to what our objective and real tuk 1:. W. m u volunteer mp utbout tmcutiva help m there are so many interesting mg]... to the “fixation that we haven't boa: who are that to gear in . . . Perhaps our Job as A comattee is to not ourselves up u ; group «arching tbs horizon to no that u ping on. Older Persons Evaluating Comittoa January 1951; to March 19% Cm January 6, 1951.; o mbvcomittoa of tho board was appointed culled “The Older People“ Evaluating Comatose." Mr. Manfred Lillioforo m tho charm of this oonmlttoo. ' Dr. E. A. Chewy, Dr. David Kuhn, Hrs. Walter Schaofer, all member. of the Council Mind Hr. Kat: formed the root of tho oomaittoo. Hrs. John Seaman no In u-otfioio War. The purpou or this oomittoo m to walnut. the Council's role in tho {told of older porouno' mblm and to nuke "communa- to tho Council Douro of Director! for fixture notion. u tho tint muting o: the oomittoo on Jam-cry 20, 1951» u m ammutmntbmmomdonlopmumthomtymhu tho 50 Ph- group and tho Inghn County Rehabilitation (later, than no o'bignoodforooordjntingthooflortoinmetmglomoftlnotbor nutter- lwh .- pupa-1n; tor "moment, I home for older m, m.- ‘l'ho oomittu generally mood an in order to develop a may oppronoh to thaw-ohm, theymldnudurthor help. 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I‘m-.1 111:3:th 2322222222.: 12 timeout 12.219 W is m 22032»; 1:: 63 establish a strong committee with ”top landmahip- man could carry mtwmmuom matnifixtdavolop. Thismtobotholut meeting of tho Older Pmons' MMg Oomittoo. Departmemt of Commity Smicoa' Committee for Aging :1; Hichigan State College January 195).; to March 195k Dr. 131me Bomrth, head of the Comity Organisation Dimion, or the Emmi of Comity Sea-vicar of the Continuing Education arm” at Michigan sut- College, had given . good dual 52 thought. to the abject of the aged and wing. He, Er. Raul). 5101» ad Mr. 8m Kenton, 1100 of Confirming Education Service“, discussed the abject informally and decided to uk other interested peruona in tho comaitw to‘nn informal hmchecn meeting to no 11‘ they could try to '. . .mummummmwmmaymuummmm in." Dr.- W felt it m be Wt to get 'ofticm" mpport revamp-ow. mommmmuttmcmmmgmm' Carter to union the layer or Lansing, Ralph Grog). In: invited. Pmmt at the lunchm muting hold on Jammy 27,9195); moo Mama-Rubbers“ unsym- 0:!me Dir. John Batu -- Fifty-Plu- Group of Lansing Dr. Claude mm: - Cmruming Education 39m“. 01‘ Iflchignn Shh College m. mi. 0mm»- Balms. and Profouioml Woman“ Club Dr. 1'. Hana]. Dam: - Lmuing Mam Mr. Thomas Fagm - Hotar when Carporttim Hr. Jud: Bolt Hr. mu nod.» Mr. Loy 1.483119 fir. may Lumbar tin. cm. Ludaoy' M. William m Hr. coma Ryan hr. Charla: um Hr. Gerald Dyna - Plychclcgg Departmmt at. Michigan Shh Collage. Plychclpgict ut the Indus County Rehabilitation Cantu ~ Oldmbilo Division of the General Hater! Generation ... Congrm of Industrial Organization - COnunaing Educator Bunion ~~Achalt Education IBM or the Ruling Public School 33mm - - Fifty-Plus Group - mw-Fluu Group «- Buic College, mcifigan State College «r Michigan Federation of Labor - Reo Haters Incorporated m Rec Motors Incorporated The meeting was very informal and the group broke up into "buzz sessions“ to damn their ideas on the subject. Hr. Gerald Byrno offered to who arrangements for the next meeting michmhddcnrcbmary 12, 1951; 13me cat-“barn. Present at mummngumuonoommnmpmaywmmo HS". Virgil-1118301111 Ethchnmdlcy warmth-r011 Mr. John mm: m. r. A. Way Dr. Em thanolmn My. A. 117. Mr - mm: and Profmionnl film's Club - Jimicr Leagu- - Annette Director of the Kichigan Welfare League .. State Department of 80cm Wekm - Unitcd 8mm: and Welfare ma - Profcuor was, Retirm' cub, Michigan State Ocllogo - Rco Motors Incorporated 65 This meeting of the Conthming Echacation Services Comittoo and the am meeting of the Council munching Committee for Older Pm wore hold on the some day. Thu! tho Council Comittoo become more of the college comittoo for m of the when or the Council Condoms. wore naked to tho meeting It the Eco tictors cafeteria. Hr. Kata contacted Dr. Boomrth and together may met. with Mr. Lilliaforl at his office. They rooomcmiai a Joint mating of tho hi0 oomittoooanduarooclt nose-tinge! thctwccmmu’omamholdm Mayor Dragon office. Present at this meeting on February 22;, 19% were: ihjor Newton Emmy ~ Volunteers 6: America Hr. Pareto Kata .. Inghan Cmnty Council of 300131 More Dr. David Kahn - Oldor People's Evaluating Comlttoo Mr. Joseph Lovey - Oldor People’s Evaluating Committee Mr. Lillicforo - Older Pooplo'o Evaluating Committee Mr. S. B. thon «- mohigm: State College Mr . John Hurray u Interested indium}. Dr. 1'. C. Swarm m Chairm Committee on Geriatrics o! Inghnm County W Wham ThorouonngpeoplcvmhadbmtothotwprMmmunpmc M: ha. mama Baird, m. John Dudley, hrs. rm Fort-011. Mr. John Gama-owe, Dr. Harry Woodman, Hr. A. w. 21m, Mr. John Batu, Dr. Gland. mm, Mayor Ralph Crag», Dr. Homo Fink, Hr. Harold Good, Mr. Jack Holt, the. Russell Klaus, Hm. anon Leadlay, Dr. mm» Mann 1111 Mr. M Ryan. 65 The two groups discusscci tho fact that may more actually interacted in the aging in flat Loosing commanity, and decided to coordinate their effort- to mid pouiblo mplioction. It m mggoatcd to Mayor Crcgo that tho ”problem of W were a responsibility of the whole com- munity and that a. ccnnittoc should be $3th which wold serve u c "clearing bacon and coordinator of «Why prom.“ mayor Crego appointed an intuit conflthc, of much the. Kate: was «had to be mom and Er. Lilliatoro and Er. Boswrth were an “had to ma. “Mackinac: 'mrrngo' ctthotm groupatookphcoflfichmw. this to both ”mitten." Er. Lillicforn reported the preceding aqueous of oval“ to the Cmilnwdonmrchlfi, BShnndrooommdod thatulongutho "Mayor's £30th on AM no active, the Council committee could be disbanded." Tho Emory Comdttcc on Aging Aug-arc 1951‘ - tir. Kata, Dr. Bomrth and flaycr Crogo chocc the moborc of the Mayor-3‘ Condom on Aging. They were n 1011013! Hrs. firm Baird - mama» and Professional Ham Dr. Chad. A. bomrth - Ccntiming Edmticn 8min, Fflclzigan State Collage A... a #‘h “-h ‘- ‘Tho information concerning this ocmmittco was obtained from internal- uith (1) Hr. rm Kata, November 9, 19561 (2) Mr. W 1.1111010", March 27, 1957, and from files of tho Cowmaity Service W of Continuing Ednccticn Box-vice, tflcmgon State Colleges. 67 Dr. Frederick C. Smtz - Chairman of the Geriatric: Cami ttes of the Inghan County medical Society Hr. Thom J. Fagen - Hotor Wheel Corporation Dr. W Fink. w Paychologgr Department, Michigan State Collage and Psychologist at th- Ingham County Rehabilitation Cmter Kr. Harold 0. Good - ‘Ofldambilo Division of (Smart). notor- Corparation . Mr. Jack Holt - szgress of Imluatrial Organisation 1-4:. Loy 1.333.119 ' 1- Adnlt Brmcation Cantu, Tachnical High . School 1m. Grace Ludlay - Fileuc of Lansing Hr. F. A. McCartney - Unitod Health and Walton-«- Mr. Edward B. Ryan «- Mchigm Fadozntion of Labor Hr. A. W. 21m m Koo mom Incorporated Rev. George R. 801m "5 8t. Pml'l Episcopal (march Mr. Fred Hohhr'b Jr. 4-. Lansing W 01’ Games Mr. W Lilliefara +- Btatc 136th of Social Welfare " 1m. Mound Lyman - Junior Loans 8:. Romeo Halter: «- Stata Enplomt Security Cami-31m Pk. Pam-eta Eat: a Ingham County Omani]. of Social Welfare Hr. H. Lee Bancroft n Superintendent, Lansing City Park Departmmt The first official meeting of the Efmra’ Marin comit‘boa was 1: 31d in the Lansing City Hall Council Chamber: on Augfis‘b 11, 1951;. The W of this comm“ m to "datamine ways and means for defining, coordid mating and mating t5 3 needs of the senior citizens of the enmity.” Mayor Crego was the acting chairman. Fir. John Steel and Mr. Frank Franco oi' tho howital W team spoke on the experience of other commas! and flair mecca: with Special water-a, clubs, comils of ‘mior aims, and central Marx-31 service. Mr. Seem emphasized the need to inform the camaity of the intensity of the prom” mm: w W refined to include two ecu- catioml program, am for the moral cmmmity and tho other for pro- rotiremnt. It was decided that the own-dime claim be set up on a pemnant rather than an interim basis and than protect were asked to present additimfl. names for membership on the comm. The mt mating m on October 26; 19554 when the following new camber: were present: Er. warm Atkins .. Labor Reprcscntativa, American Federation of Labor Hr. Rollo Thomas - Congraan of manna-m Orgmiuticn Fir. Loam Flowers -- State 13th a: Social Welfare Mr. Russell Embark 4—- mum Profuuur, Michigan State College mu Ethel Mull .. Director at Visiting Harm Mrs. Joseph “mod «a» North School Coordimting Council His! Helm Poindoxtor - Cmmty 3W1?» at Social Welfare Hi” Bani. Stunt on Bureau at Social Aid. Mr. H. Scott Hamlin - Social Security Administration Dr. Gordon Aldric‘aga - School 01’ Social Work, Fficliigan Stata College Mr. Charla: H. Tim - Reo Rotors Incorporatczi Fir. Oscar We - Labor Start, United Commit: Ghent or Inglm County (A ‘ .r. Akd‘ Reporto were given by TL-r. 53mm on the Intomational Conference on Aging in London; by Dr. Aldrifigo and Er. Pink on the Seventh Mumal Conference on Aging at Ann Arbor, and by 112'. Lilli-afar: on the Governor's Comsion on Aging. Mr. Thomas and I’m. moo, representatives of tho local Congress of 'Im’nstrial Organization cormnity services council, reported on the proposed ". . . project for retired mrl'ors in the comma." Easy rsqfiestad a meeting min: tho coz'rxrflttoo mist-1 was to be arranged. Thorn was a good deal of discussion about the role of tho Eiayor's Committee and its arm of Operation. As a rosult a motion was mad-3 and curried that a small comitteo be zgvpomtead to prepare a "statement of woe, {Emotion and responsibility and to suggest possible next. steps to be prepared for the next meeting.“ The nmct meeting was held in he Pod Feather baiting on December 17, £31; with tho subcomdttee of the Congress or Motrin]. Org - ution to discuss their proposed plan for retired workers. fir. Jack Pierce, Mr. Charles Bowers, Hr. ‘3 ”ch Haas, fir. and Rim. Culpoppor, 5 Rollo Thoma md Hr. Oscar Wade were the Congress of Motrin]. Organi- sation representatives. The program was ataplainod by Fir. Pierce. W of tho Congress of Inchlstrial Organization plan was officially voted on and a mb-comnittoo was to be minted to work with the Congress of Lfiastz'iol Organization group. 2:: *or Crego raise-:1 1-3-19 qaootion of a pormnent chain-an for the committee and requested that Mr. Ziontnoy, than first vice-charm of the council, adopt the position. If. m the "comma" of the map that Mr. I'ZcCarhmy be appointed chm, and he accepted the mitten affective January 1, 1955. maul]: Mr. Warm had been ayproached tan or more: times by the Mayor to accept the! chairmanship of the committee, but preview“ comma u diroctor of the United Community Fund made 11} 11111303311316 (6! him to accept the podtion until January of 1955.1 nthmévg: than was not anothar mating until March of 1955', a good deal was «nominated prior to the mating. Mr. £ch askad Mr. Kata, Dr. 8min and Mr. Lilliofors to work on an outline for the comity. This mp had several matings and developed :11 «11:11:19 which was the composite of firm rm difim‘mt plans. During this sum mind gating comw interest In indicated for Dr. Midge and Dr. Em“ were «had to give man]. tam-ta on the mbjoct of the aged and aging, although mt. specifically as mm: of th- Haynr‘a Comattee. 0n Hal-ch 31, 1955 the “master plan“ was preamted to the numbers for that consideration... Thu-B was a good deal of discussion of the plan and the means of rmmcing the program. "Kr. NcCarmay stated that ha felt that 11: it: ultimately a utter of Commity Cheat financing. Ho {alt it mid take approfimte‘! £515,000 to $20,000 a year to support Itch a prom and twped for interim financing from other sour-cam": A.“ "Ir —v 1 - V .Interviow with Hr. Ka'tz, iiovembez' 9, 1955. See Appendix IX. 3 , M Mr. men-may said in m intarviaw an April 25, 1957, "I realized from past wageriimca that unless you have professional staff and financing, volunteer efforts are going to go by the mfio.‘ 71 The committee voted approval of the plan as a "springboard for action" and authorized the chairman to carry through on this plan. Also in this meeting, it was agreed that tho jurisdiction of. the committee on aging be extended to cover the "Greater Lansing Area“ rather than be limited to Lansing and East Lansing. me name of tho comnittoo woo changed to the Mayor-3' Committee on Aging to include the mayors of both Lancing and East Lansing. It won urged that additional . mentors bi appointed to enlarge the committee as plana progesscd. Between this meeting and the next meeting on July 27, 19:35, on application was made to the Commnity Chest for funds primarily to obtain ltd! service and the committee was invited to appear before the Junior League in regard to financial support for the program. In Jammy of 195).; the "now project-finding conrnitteo" of the Junior League was organized. One of the first steps tamer: by the committee wan to meet with fir. Katz and Hair. Hicks and with board mczcbors of the League to see what important projects in the commity needed a cponoor. An original list of twelve projects including"geriatrics' was cram up for consideration. The members of the project board wont to meetings, investigated rosourcos and gradually ommatcd one project. arta mother for various masons. In January of 1955 It. a regional conference, Mrs. Loonis, project. committee chairman, talked with the League's national consultant. on welfare services, Mn. Robbie Hunt Burton, who encouraged the group to work in the are: of geriatric: but an very definite nbout the not that 72 any committee on aging sponsor-ed. by the League should be under the auspices of e comamity council. This was also learned. by fire. Bards when she spoke to fire. Burton in New York somewhat earlier. Hrs. Servin was the adviser to t‘ne project committee as a wetaining member. ‘ Cn April 11, 1°33 Mr. IvicCartncy sent the League a. letter asking for mzpport for the comittee'a program} As fire. Loomis said, "The Eeyore" Comflttee inc‘icatod a definite comity interest in an overall planning pd coordirmting movement, as opposed to the establishment of a single lerrice for the agecl.” About a year and. a half earlier, at the July 27, 1935 meeting of the mag/ora' Cornwittee, Fare. Semis was appointed vice-chairman of the comdttee by Fr. i‘lcCar’mey, then Corammity Services Council chairmen. He reported to the committee on the application to tf-“se Commnity Cheat for funds which had been denied, "because of the many requests being received by the Commaity Chest at this time, be anticipated high I campaigl goal and. the need for a more defined program on the part of the i-Iayors' Cmnrdttee.” Tue chairmen also Iteted that he had been asked to appear before the Junior League in October to. tell. them of the comittea and perhaps gain support for the program. irir. Lilliefors made e motion to authorize the chairman to appoint a finance coxmittee for the wrpoee of obtaining mm. to implement the work of the committee which no carried and other financing possibilities were discussed. _..____ _____._A 1 ’50. Appendix I. Interview with Mrs. George Leonie, April 21;, 1957. Primarily the committee seemed concerned about employing a staff person. It was pointed. out that at the recent Mm Arbor conference on aging, u tell as from experience in other comrities, staff service is best developed through the local council of social agencies. This was confirmed in a report given by Hrs. Virginia Baird of the Ann Arbor conference held in June of 1955. She ez'rphnsized that it was recommended that local comittee organizations on aging should be s regular part of a comnity services council. Resorts were also given by I’njor Haney of the Sunset Program of the Volunteers of America, by Z'ir. Oscar triads on the Congress of Indxstriul Crgenizetion Drop-in Center, and. by Dr. Swurts on the research seminar at the Ann Arbor conference. He stated that be void not agree altogether with some points which were brought out and said, "Th-ore are no such tidings as problems on aging, but problems of living and problems of peeple.” A letter was to be sent to Mr. Paul A. Ilertin, publisher of the to than}: him for the "excellent cOOperation end Lansing Stats szrnel coverage of the Ann lAr‘oor swarm-onee..fl The next meeting was on August 23, 19:55 with 1-1:. scam-may, Iirs. 81rd! and Er. Ketz present. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce Mrs. Sarvis into the planning of the comittee and to discuss future plans. The main emphasis was around financing of the loos]. pro-yam. It we agreed that the major task at this point is one of planning end coordinating, and therefore rightfully fits into the central services of the Council. The aim of the committee is to obtain funds for a demonstration project involving additional staff ta learn of the needs of the community and to 7h dmlop resources to most than needs. It was talt that approxi- mately $20,000 would be needed on: a three year period to accomplish this task.‘ The next consideration was a finance «mitten and a tontstivo schsduls was set up: , Soptsxnbcr l - Obtain finance wmittso chairman. Ssptmbsr ls - Appointnmt of finance oomittoo and first most- I in; or this comittso . October 1 ~— Hayora' Comittoo meeting to revisit plans. October 18 - Prsasntation 0: plans for the proposad Wa- tion project on smior sitissna of Lansing, Michigan to the Junior Luau. tor possibla financial hslp. Apron-mu; it no not possible to roll” the submit many, tor the next meeting of the comittso was not hold until October 26th, sitar the pruontstion had been made to the Junior League. The main consideration in this meeting was a discussion of tho prssantation to the League which was nods at a sock conference sponsored by tho Lansing poop for all of the Junior League groups in this arcs. Dr. 5“! presented the report on the need for amiosa for em in Lansing: Hr. Stahl Butler presented the case for the Better Hearing Society which had boa: presented for consideration to tho Magus in the sums:- ot 1955..A W —v‘rv‘v Sec Appandix II. 300 Appendix 1110 Interior 11th Hrs. George Loonia, April 22;, 1957. van} The Heyore' Comittee wee concerned about he“r the preemtetion could be effectively followed up. Mr. Hourtney urged were to follow up eith pereonel oonteote wherever possible. Hr. Lilliefore med thet the propoeed plea of the Junior Leegae be endoreed by the oomittee 'end followed up.“ u e reeult of thie notion en article entitled *Eftorte to aunt Seniore Leaded“ appeared in the October 27, 1955 ieeue or the Lenin; gtete m. It read in part ee follows The Meyore' Camdttee on Aging on Wednesday commanded the national end local Junior League for its intemt in probleme of eging end endoreed the committee cheirm'e invitation to the League to underwrite the loan]. program. Mr. McCartney, the Eeyore' Committee chairman, and Dr. F. G. Brute, on October 18 invited the League to implement e local demnetretien prey“ for the aging by underwriting e profeeeionel pereon end e alterin- eel euietent in. the Red Feather offices here. Alec e meeting in the near future wee euggeeted, et ehieh tine lire. Kelly K. Quincy from Detroit night epeek on the Detroit progren for eenior oitieene, end one of the committee nee eeked to learn from the Junior League it thie might help them in making e deoieion. nee dieoueeed et this meeting we the eoneideretien the City Recreation DMent wee giving to the nee of the 'Old Vete' Remodel Binding” for elder people, a eel]. u young it the city council approved uintenenoe of the building until Key 1, 1955. Time, a directed, Hr. tote out e letter deted December S, 1955 to the Lansing City Council, which reed in pert: . . e the eityeoenoilbenrged toreomeidereellingthe old veterm' memorial building at thie time in lien 01‘ value eble nee e: thie property by the city reoreetion doped-tent in providing e center for our eenier oitieene. . . . A epeoiel 76 committee should be eppointed to etudy the matter further and report beck to the group. Such e oomittee would be eveileble -toeeeietyminmteverwpoeeibletobringebouteeound planned program. it the Jemery 12th meeting, it was reported that the council bed decided to have the building razed. my»: Greg-o stated that the building tee in poor ehepe end mentioned that the Prudden Auditorium might be need. He mggeeted thet e mb-comittee night meet with the Council Balding end Properties Comittee. It we decided thet thie would be done. On fiwmber 2, 1955 at the Council Board of Director: meeting, the preeident, Kr. thertney, gave e report or the heyore‘ Committee on Aging to the Council. There Vere cream“ made for lire. Quincy to epeek at e oomittee meeting on December 1, 1955. Twenty-tun people were preeent, including “in gneet wobere or the Wing Junior League. Unfortunately, due to bed nether, are. Chaney mined her trein. lire. 1m releted eone or theeomtenre. Goineynedeomthephone. She etreeeedtheneedtor tell our pert tine eteff, eo complete repreeeutetiou ee poeeible on the ever-ell policy-coking committee, and exteneive nee of volnntme in ell meet- et the prom. Queetione were directed to the oouittee by the denier Leegne repreeentetivee. 011 mm 5, 1955 in the Council Eceoutive Meeting, there he dimeeion of the Heycre' Goadttee on Aging and ite propoeed project to the anior League, which implied the oddition or e etei‘f pereoo of the council. The matter we referred to the Council Development Oomittee tor cereal ooneideretion. 77 On Jemery h. 1956, lire. Servie, vice-chum or the Eeyore' Connittee, dieoueeed the Junior Leegue'e propoeel with the Omil Me ‘ After e brief meetim end eneeer pried, the following notion he preeented to the group by Mr. Lillietore, supported by lire. Sew end “fie The Commity sec-vine Council hee long been intereeted in developing e project for the eenior eitiem of the Leneing tree. It eeloonee the intereet of the Junior Leegce in thie eork. lemming eetiefeotory errengenente one be nede between the Junior Leegne, the Heyore' Gomittee end the council, it will be ‘ pleeeed to eocept e eteit worker initielly employed with Junior League hmdeeeeeuubwoi‘iteetei‘r, endeilleork toward eound development end fume timing of the progree.‘ Another meeting eee errenged et ehioh fire. annoy wee to epeek on Jemery 12, 1956. The ihyore' Comittoe invited ell nembere of the Junior Leegue end the Council to ettend. Thirty-me people we preeent et thin looting, ten of thee Junior Leegne embere. Atthieneetdngereqnoeteeereoeivedrron thel‘ngrmConnty Divieien of Approved Hereing Renee for e repreeentetive tree the committee to e needy tor-ed edvieory council. “The group felt thie lee en excellent etep foreerd ad the oomittee ehoeld provide eeoh e even-vice." It the eleo reported that the Council Boerd of Directore approved the propoeel of the Meyere' Comittee to the mo:- leegu'e. he. Hollymineyinhorqweeohctpbeeieedthetineitieene' nove- neete, thereieeneedterenever-elleppmohmdthetpeneeeee, H L A- ._ A___. ‘ _ Seeippendixlm. 78 mich ere me flame, are to be avoided.1 Late in 1955, support of the Better Hearing Society was taken over by the Comnity Cheat. In February of 1956 the Junior League voted to mpport the propoeed project on eging with e total of £21,000; $10,000 the firet yeer, 87,000 the eeoond end H.000 the third. The money Ill ellooeted thin hey portly to inane financial eupport of the project ehen Ledge mpport ie withdrew; in three you-e. Port of the eppoel or thie project to the Junior Lemme ie in the poeeibilitioe that it presente {or reeoeroh, uhioh ie of special interest to this group} The next official document in the Mayor-3' Conflttoo file is a. letter from fire. George Loom, chairman of the Junior Ledges: project-fuming commas to Mr. McCartney, dated February 17,, 1956 etating that the Junior League had decided to eponeor the project... Three Junior League embers were guoete et the next meeting of the Eeyore' Committee on March 5, 1935, than the. HoCoxtney read the letter from the Junior League, ennamcing ite acooptame of the downstration project end requesting e Joint comdttoe o: the League, the hayore‘ Conenittee end the Coxmmnity Services Council, to begin working out dotefll. A __ _._ __-.i_._\ :rhe mm. nowhere eeemed very pleeoed by Mrs. aniney‘e telk end felt that eho did e greet deal toward 'eelling' the prom. AI Dr. Aldridge said in an interview on April 29, 1957, "First 91' e111, Holly mm 'eold‘ herself, for ehe 1- e very dynmuo pereom eocondly, ehe sold the idea thet there in e need; end third, ehe eold the idea thet eomething on be done about meeting the need.' :Interviou with fire. George Loom, April 22:. 1957. See Appendix XIV. 79 It. was felt that the myora' Comittao had fulfilled its purpose in helping to bring about th a project, and that mrthar planning should be taken over by a Commity Services email advisory ccmrdttea of about 25-30 persons from the three interested groups. It was recommended that tam Ems" Committee and n letter to the Community Services Council from Haw:- Crego and Rayor Strother, request..- mg a» emu to m an advisory committee for mu purpou, and indicating that the Hrmra' ()0th would cantime an a "wand-by“ basil. Also tha comi‘ttea sent a letter to the League congratulating than on their daciaion. A Joint mmamsnt was issued from the Mayors' Omittea which appamé in the Lansing State Jon? .al of ram!) 6, 1956. OFFER GIFT TO BETIREES JUNIGI Lamar” 1.9.1}sz $21,000 To START PLAN F635 3113:: cx'rmzxs ‘. Lansing will have a coordinated program for the aging within a year. The Junior League of Lansing ha: volunteered £21,000 towards supporting a. dawnst. ation project for senior citizen: dining the nut. three years. Annmrmt m nude in a joint mating of the Lansing-East Lansing Mayora' Comittee on Aging and representatives of the Junior League in the Red Feather build-v ing on i-ianday night. The Junior Laague in a letter to he I‘iayorl' Comittae has agreed to advamo the Community Services Council £10,0GO for the first. year of such a program, $7,000 for than ' Mound your, and £h,000 for the third year. The Loam. conditioned » in partial support for the second and third yam uyon adequate . additional and: for the continuing of the projact from other mean. The funds for the first year will pmfido for a Conunity ‘ amine: Cannon staff member: to coorc mate an aging prob. warn. ' The Fayera' Comritteo i‘onday n5. rht voted to as}: the Commity SW68 Council to eat up on a permanent basil an advisory com- nittu for the program within its organization. 80 On march 7 , 1956 at a. Council Board maeting, there In a report that the Junior League had dacided to Sponsor the project. "The Eiayorl' Committee on Aging mggoatod that the Mayors request the Council to not up a now ach'isory comm” with reprumtation from tho Haynro' Committee, Junior League and the Commuity Services Council. The Mayora' Committee will oontimo on a stand by basis until the new comp can got established and working.” 11mm: Crogo officially nanotionod thin plan. A Temporary Organising Committee was formed of ulna members, three from each of the folloving: Council, Zia-germ Committee and the Junior League. The mobm‘n were: from the Council development commutes-21”. Hahlon Sharp, Hr. Planning, and Er. 110563 from the deor Laagaowih's. John Iloaglmad, lira. 8. Sprigg Jacob and lira. 1-1. 1-1. Gibson, Jr; and from the Mayorl’ ComitM. Aldridge, Era. I . B. Sarvis and 111'. KcCartn-oy. “annually than, the Mayor-3' Comittoa still exists} The Advisory CoImdttoo of the Project on 1131.13 was sot up to locate a staff person for tho Council whose main roaponsibility would be to coordinate the Project on Aging. Actually no money could be allocated row the Junior Loabmo until this person was hired. Other responsibilities of this 0:0th were to dam-me the beginning Operating; proceduras for the Project on Aging mil to continue to function as u Boomittoe on Aging for the Council. .— w 1 Canvm'ntion with Hr. 1110210133, 2'an 9, 1957. Committee. 81 The Taaporazy Adviser; Comitto—o to the Project on Aging March l956—«Decerrbor 1956 On Harsh 12, 19% a meeting was called of the Temporary Advisory Dr. Aldridge, hrs. Hoaglmmfi, At that time the umber: of the Council Aévisomv Committee wore mggootod.‘ l mb-committoo was established to draft Opening pro- cow's: which'woro subject to the review or the advisory committee. Z-L:. Rosa one”: Hr. Kata wore on this comittao. On April 30, 1956, the Advisory Cormitteo not for tm first time With the following members: Mar page Mrs. George Loomin Hrs. John England Hr... 8. Sprig; Jnoob m. Louis Brand Mrs. Harm Cote: lira. Richard Pomeroy Era. Richard Lyman 161's. Horace Sax-via Mrn. R. H. Gibson, Jr. lira. J. woodword Roe Firs . Charles Chambers P-fagora' (30th Dr. Gordon Aldridge ' - Asaooiate Professor of Socinl work, r-Iichi gem State University - Buoineaa and botanical Ham“ Club. 52 Dr. Claude Bosworth -- Contiming Emcation Sex-vice, Iiiohigan Stato University Mr. Walter mmobaclco «- Spocialist for Services to (Elder Workers, Employzwnt Soourity Comissi lira. Teresa Farrell - Aosociato Director of the 1112311533 1-folforo Loogmo hr. Thomas Fagm . .. motor Ez‘hool Corporation Hr. W. Scott Hamlin --- Field Hmogor, Sooifl Security Mminiétrn- tion F . Loy LaSallo -- l‘llroctor Achlt chucation Eopar’mnmt, 151115313 Public Soho-sols Hrs. largo Joifora - Congross of Mott-ital Orgamzotion Fro. Grace Loasflcy - - -- latex-motor?! Inaii’rigfual , . 371'. F. C. Shorts - .zo1sing physician if Com 1.3:: Services: Coax 1;; hr. Reward Roan .. Assistant Frofomr or Social Work, Etflohigzm State University 2-1:“. J o‘sm Flmlling "Erzmtw Iimmi‘acbarimg Cor-3333;! Mr. Manfred Lmiofors - State Departmont of Social lifolfm‘e 1711‘s. fiahlon Sharp - Vice-‘prosifien’t. of the Sammity S-erficea Council Mr. Carl Card - - Gldsmobilo Division of Gonoral Rotors Corporation Mr. John Howell - Dir-actor, Lansing Cozmcil of Churches Mr. Calvin Anderson - Intoroatod Individual Hr. Beryl 11112113 - Director, 133mm Cmmty «» om). of Social welfare 1151'. Frank King, - Coubrol Labor Council 53 Hr. F. A. Ichartncy - Presifimt of the Commity Services: Council Mr. Paretz Katz «- Ffiszemztive Secretamr of the Sommity vaicca Cmncil Th3 cozmittea accepted the momenfiations of the Temporary Organizing Coxvaaiiteaal and a Parsonnal Comn‘o‘cea was appointed, of which lira. Horace Sands was crush-ma. The mrpose of this cemittee was to locate a staff person for the Project on Aging. The agroensmt batman the Junior League of Lansing and the Commity Services Council was signed. on may 15, 19516 by For. l-bCartney, President of the Cmmcil, and I-‘zrs. Robert Gibson Jr... President of the Junior Lemggam.2 T39 Personnel Committee reported that it. was reviewing applications for the position or "coordinator.“ . Hr. F. A. EEcCartuey ma mminatod for chairman, 241's. Horace Sands for vice-almirmm and the following peevpla mm mm and upprmd for steaming committee mberfihip: Dr. Aldridge, Mrs. England, and Dr. Swarm. The chaimn and vice-chairman naming“ ware presented to the camel]. presidant for official appointmnt. In August of 1956, he Panama]. Comittee of the Advisory Comttee for the Frojact of AgLng momma t coordinator and “batted his name for the amt-oval of the Council Board. 1 w 380 APW IV. a See Appendix XVI. 81; M; the Saptember 233', 1955 mating of the family Child mums Division Ihioh was open to the public, Dr. Alériéga éismssed the: social meat. of aging and refiremn‘t, and the Advisory Comdttea on Aging presented "The floors Upstaiz‘s" a phyla“; much damn-straws mm; of the problem of older citizans. . Also at this time, a. brief descrip- tion was am of the Project on Agng and the mm ’cooxfihmfior,“ Fir. Richolas, m intromce‘ . At that time Hr. Nicholas Ivan writing with the United. Cormmity Chest of Ingzm Caunty. Howarver, arrangements were mfizmi out with the Chest so mat Fir. Hieiuolaa could give part of his time to 1.113 Project on Aging until in ery, 1957 1mm the annual fund drivo m complm. Fir. Hichom than gonad work ml]. time with the Project on Aging, 4: first it we; felt that some Junior League mm: would have to be used to support this plan, but. the decision was made by the Camufity Chat to carry the expans- ot the work of the ”Wine wordimtor” until January of 1957. As Fm. Hoaglmi whirled, this was a difficult tins for the amuse, for it we often hard. to remember Just what Mr. Nicholas' position in. Another mating was held on October 15, 1956 of tho Acid-cry Cam- mittee, at wide}: time it was decided to co-aponsor the 5141mm}. Hobby Guild Sale moses emphasia was on hobbies for the aging . M: the 11906119303: 3, 1356 meeting of the committae, he chmflv‘mn introdmed I plan for reorgmizing; the int-arms]. amrcmz’e of tho 85 comittee so that there would be mallea- groupa which could devote time to varimo aspects of the ”total problem of aging.“ The following committees were to be established: (1) housing; (2) recreation; (3) anploymonm (h) health} (5) 981101131 service, and (6) public information. "The functions of these committees maid be to investigate and develop resources in their respective areas.” The Steer- ing Common one given the minority to make oomittee Appointmntof The Steering Comittee met on Decmber 13, 1956. The function of the Project on Aging no diocuoaed with four main conclusions reached. 1. The Nor role of the comdttee m coordination em planning on on over-all oomfity level and that no direct service project; would be undertaken. 2. The commode 131an and coordinating efforts would be intimately linked with the structure of the Comunity Services 00.111011. 3. The present plowing for internally organising the Project Comittee into functional nib-committee. does not. preclude the inhermt responsibility of the Project Gomitm to the Commity Services Cmmoil. h. The most urgent. need of the Project Condom is an odequete evolution of existing oommity resources. The rentionehip of the coordinotor to the Comnity Services Cami]. m reviewed and unmixed no follows: 1.1% coordinator is a. staff. member of the Comity Services CMHCilo 2 . The coordinator in responsible to and receives supervision from the Executive Secretary of the Cannon. 8 See Appuodix XVII. 85 3. All personnel policioo applicable to Council professional staff apply to the coordinator. h. Responsibilities of the coordinator are primarily but not exclusively in the general area of gang. 5. A mate budget for the Project on Aging is to be main- tained w the coordinator. This was the last meeting before the Project on Aging became effective in January of 1957 with a. full tine Council staff member as coordinator. It is interesting to note tzmt altl'zmgh there were seventeen Junior League groups that had projecte in i'52.,.-erontolog,r," in 195 , no other Junior League group is supporting on “across the board project on aging“ as in the Lansing Junior League. A Bisouseion of the Movement Toward the Development of 0. Project on Aging In a. discussion of the factors vbioh omtrihted to the devolopmnt of a project on aging in Lansing, perhaps it will be well to consider why the oomittoes came into being, what the purposes of the oomitteee were, mat the oonposition or the membership m, and me forces had 0. bearing on the oomitteeo' activities insofar as can be determined more the reoord: and the interview. Itildifficulttodetetmineinmfinolome “Viv" thefirst comdttoo m uppointed in the Fall of 1919. However, some generali- sation. my be made and perhaps further inference dram from them. first. so as discussed earlier, there was a good deal of interest shown in the problem of aging before 1950 by various interested 87 individual. and professional groups on both a state and national level. m a local level there no: interest ahoun by the choice of program speakers for orgamizatione, the eotehliommt of two groups for eenior oitisena by the Mult mutation Department, and by a study oone by two Imdmtl at mchigan State College. Then too, there was on ever increao~ ing percentage of the powlatim that was growing into the later years of life, uhioh m reflected in the statistics: on a national, state and local level no that "anyone who mom about in the oommity becomes aware of the problem: of older people and the problems of younger people in relation to them.“ Thus, it mid seem that these developments and trends, plus the personal Memes of those on the Czouncil at that time were at least part of the reasons for the establishment of the firat committee. It wold not be poeuible without mrther intonation to deterrdne if any one or the» inflame: no more important than aw other. Looking at the membership of the committee, one finds the follow- 111g: The decision no to which category a member In to be listed in m node on the baeie of his Job title on recorded in the council minutes. For mic, Hr. Daryl mm listed as Director of the mains: County Board of Social Welfare, we placed under the category Welfm.‘ The members we we on the staff at mchigm State College were placed under the category 'Edncation,‘ although it is recognized that this my not bethoirmainoronlyareaof concernuiotrueofthooemenberalisted we, W . ‘rntmiev no. Hr. EcCartney, April 25, 1957. 88 TARE I FEBESIM OF THE cormsa FOR ED? PEG’LE BY AREA OF REF’RESWTATION (Jam-17 1950) Area or, nmm number of Member- TOtil aoaaooooooc¢q¢ooooa00.0000. 16 ___.._.___._‘ Health lad HOd16I1 80r71c0l coonuoooooooooouo Educatian 0.0000009010000000.ooo¢ooooa;ouoooo 5001.1 “Ulf‘r. cocoaoonooocoootoooootgaoooooo RIOr..$10fl oooooooootoocoocccaooo000.000.0000 Interested Indium and Rowe-math” u pnuwru Council 0.000.000...ooooooooooouoooubooanon... WW 7 . ' V’v—r in 0th.:- categories. Intact-ted mama: and wuvn of group. and organisation- m-o puced in an. category boom” 1t in not specified author a amber served a a ”mountain" of a group an earlier darned or mod 0.: 1n "interacted individulfl Union myrt- mtativu were listed in t «pal-at. category. About 1111 of the member- of this committee could be confirm-ad “upuu' in their respective fields. Porn-pa on. «a late from thin thanks-1113, u mmothor «munitio- ntthil tint, than“). “laden“ in m of interest in tha aged and aging m profmiml people in m acquainted with the "problem of aging“ through that: work and who” Wing m “inflated by their «Innuen- vith prov fallen-1 ugmum on a local, auto and national 13ml. 89 The Committee for Old-ar P901213 was a commas of the Council, and an inch, the mambm were appointed and its chum designated. The mmittea had no mm». Evanmal need for financial resource. was considered in passing by the coxmttee.‘ It: first main stated purpose In: to, '. . . conduct : may-or mm and service. already provided to the c.5136. to detox-rum M the neocl- presently may be . . . the first when“ will be planned on recreational ”mice: and then expanded to include the other 93th service-J1 Thu- 1t would am the need for recreation for the used In conv- aidered pummt by this comfittee. The N no to data-lino whit specific recmtimal facilities were needed in the WW to meet the named needs. Perhapa the room on recreation can be M «planed by the fact thnt in may commitiea at that time the whack m on either survey: a! réomtional facilities or the «mu-haunt of 'diroct twice! centers or both. The customary pattern in new Inrk auto coma» annuities, for min, m to establish a Golden ugo club dthor as part of. n comni’oy plan or on a projact to project 13:013.. For m, it would m, the "problms of aging" and (3on age clubs had boom mm. W m4 M x. mm of the September 12, 19249 Executive Committee mung of the .Cauncilo * Albert J. Alarm, "BMW Prom for the Aging," swag g; 22?. W 93 A Vol. V, Unitad State. aovummnt Printing 01‘ a, ovmbar, 5 , p. 121. ltfldlflmummaltrmemhnuamthomodtorumr- an 'corviou' may- by the Gamma. Board. However, it an decided that not: I» may would be too main an undertaking tor the Council and 11'. m mom-d that 1% be done through the enmittm War as possible. The pragrm tho committee proposed included the «waning-m of I. “pilot progrm' in tho ”uranium are: through tha halt Education Department and flu emanation or n loadornhip taming prom. However, a the committee record. indicate, tho MI was on C I'brooxl carve: or renown..." A nth-00min» on Munch an. appointed and for all pruned put-pom thin became the (:0th for Older People. In cooperation with tan Michigan State Gallop Matt, on. m m done on the “Interest- and heads of marl: People in Grater Lansing." Another may m and. of camel» and organisation! 1am in the '-. a 0 mm, mutimnl nu! mmtiml needs 01‘ that pouplafl mathotmmrveyamo cmlatad, cmmryotfinflndinal ' m cmpflod and it no concluded that 'thla report omnplom the york Mohmmudttooutmttodo. Ibolimthuonmbuinotour Wrofllyooundprojocto foroldorparm mmgkmucmntymbo developed.“ The (3th for Olds- Psoplo mutilated with I new ohm in 1952. mentally the muse in still coma-ed of mm) mt. In “ —-——— v..— 1 From a latte darted July 10, 1951, sent to Mr. Kata by His: Anson. 91 Wt miller for flare were now ten who”, 'while on the tint condom mm were mum when. The purpose for thin oomittee, it mold em, m "inherited" from the earlier cmttoe. The main emphasis seemed to be on "action“ in “getting I “pilot” gmp lurked, a well elf to encourage other agencies to start groups for older people. The committee named to feel the: giving direct Wethroughthe emu-hunter poopemperter its purge”. Wing e philoeoplw to guide the mustn't eerie-11d”, menmrormmeumdwog‘umdmtmm www.mommthetflmmnoeWMenmmly‘m me at e tine named to predominate. thrgepertotthe oomltteo meetingemepentlnleertdng ehout the eervlca offered ”older people” through we“ epeekm. Alec the ”some unnamed the Inga-n County flammable»: Cater web on being utebnehed at om. time. By the last meeting oat this consume, the We eeemed to have changed, for “the menu. of opinion ill that . . .. the function e! theeormneeumdireetend. . .momsmmnmueem- mg house for the mime intent: that develop.“ Itmldeeom, homer, mohwthuomneemeow nitteeonmreeuoetorolmrpeoplethumumuiuwrpeu profidingdirootemoetoflderpeopleelumghummebleeo moomlllh this. ‘4‘. A__.._ M ,m w WW 3. MW e: tho Goa-out» for Older Feople, march 25, 19:33. 92 Boom of. the lack of a clearly defined purpose for the Comitteo for Older People that fit within the stated Motion of the Council, e Council Board Subflomfitteo was appointed to “. . . evaluate the ,Council'e role. in the field or older poreone' problem and to mom rocomfiatione to the Caution Board of Directors for future ectimfil The five We of this committee. wore on the Council board. The main rowzmmdatione of this oomzdttoo was to "obtain top leadership" for the Committee for Older People as ’ well on to dotormno what pacple were interested in the problaue of surfing and to etimlete intoroet in others. This poem to indicate that thin committee understood the need to identify with the ”pow sources” in the oomnity. An indication of the? growing commmity interest in “problems of aging" seam to bo raflootod in the fact that at the some time the Council Evflmting Comoittoa was laying plans for the oatablierremt of e representative ooxmitteo with ”top leadership,“ the sauna program one being planned indopsmclmtly at Michigan State College. J To coordinate the efforts of the two :30th and resolve any problem of “Mommy," e Joint mittoe we formed which no eeeooieted with the prestige and power of the local political government. The Rayon-v Comittee oi; tumty-eevm member-e m appointed by the mayor. There were no mm: available. However, the Council contributed the use of material facilities. '32:: president of the Council also mod n the chairman of the Heyore’ Comdttoo, while fir. Kate, measure herein? or the Council, wee the secretary of the oonmitteo. A m 1 ._ Ifimtee of the Older Pweone' Evaluating Comittoo, Jamary 20, 1951:. 93 Fanning u o. brukdom of the arm "rcpt-mud" by the mnbm of the committed. ME XI MEMBESHIP OF THE MIORS' 002mm W AGING BI AREAS OF HE’RI‘ISEHTATIOH (December 1955). IIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIlIII-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Ann of Roprucnution m or Hm: A , H. WWY WW h ‘rw— ‘— fi v.7 rOtIloooooo:oooovoooa0oooooc0.0.0.. 27 Health and Men 5min. ...........u..u. Edna-tian ...........o.......¢c............... Social Vulture ......................"an.... floatation a"...an..."unnuuuuuu. Interested Individual and Roprutnuuvu . . 0 Want 8min: no...........uuu.u.o Indultzy oaoouoooooooootoooococoogooco¢¢tooooo ““103. .OQOQOOOIOOOOOIOGDOOOOOGiOOOOOOIOOOCto. P011$13C1 00.000.00.000...oococVo.oc.0000... HNNUPONHU‘G‘N 0003811 IDOD-OO.QOOOOOOOIOiOO9.6001Q'OOOCOO000 A..— A- A—M —- ‘— —-——A A m ——. V— —.vv .7— ‘ v.7 £80. Amman XVIII "Ex-01:14:10 unborn, Kayo:- Crago and We: Strothor. In cow-ring the composition of the Kay-011' Cami/“u with that of tho Count” for Old“- Pooplo (January, 1950) Sh: follows hand. «on wont. Mame Intmumnmbmmonnintmuw' goriu Unions, more-ted Individual: md Emu". of W and u--\."--«J Organizations, Industry and Political, than was true for the firot g, comittec (Jomary, 1950). Considering those in the categories Medical Services, Education, Social welfare, Recreation, Employment Service: and Council as ”mu-ts," about one-half of the anora’ Cowaittoo can be considered “experts" as compared with about nine-tenth- ot the More on the Comittco for Older Pooyle. Further, there were four additional areal 1'rcpreeentcd ' on the Eeyore' Oomittec than on the Committee for Ulcer 90:33:34».1 The one of the group too had gram from aixteen to WW'IGVM We. The purpose of the Mayora' Committee was originally to '. . . de- termine way. and mom for defining, coordinating and meeting the needs or the senior citizens or the commtyfia Although a Ihamster plan“ was devised for M, many men concerning aging were discussed and the comittec com to be generally recognized as "The Coordinating Comittoe on Aging.‘ The actual work of the comittee centered around fund roiling.’ The gurpooc of the committee was restated to include thin man, It m agreed that the under task at this point 1. one of planning and coordinating and therefore rightfully rite 1nto the omtrnl service: of the Commity Service Cmmcil. the aim of 1 However, it doe. not follow that the oozzmittee 1: therefore 240% core representative than no the Comittec for Older People, for a yet there has not been a tool devised to measure the concept or "representative- none." “1mm from the meeting of the lfiayoro' Committee, Augwt 1.1, 1951;. 3It in interesting; to note that the chairman of the committee had previously helped establish the United Fund Cmpaiw in bitchigan and hem general chem for the Comrdty Chest fund drive as well an Council Vice-Chairman and 0mm. It can be named that he us well aware of the need for financial backing and otaff time to inure the mccua or a commity program. 95 the committee in to obtain funds for a demonstration project involving additional staff to learn the needs of the comnity and to develop resources to meet these needs} A. stated the main reason for obtaining funds we: to obtain the services of a Iteff perm who would work with the commas. It m the chairman one node the initial contact with the Junior League of Lancing in an effort to obtain the memory financial backing. The Haywn' Conanttee followed up this contact with c newspaper release, pcroonal contacts, and presentation or the “problem: of aging" to the Junior League when by local and outside authority. The main achievement of this committee then m to obtain the Junior Leaguflc endomt or c three year "pilot" program and financial mpport. This, it would am that eeocntially the Moyors' Committee me a fund-raising committee: One mrthor impression that the witer obtained primarily from the intmim with More of the Junior League and the Mayors“ Comittoe one that vay often teachers or the I'ieyoro' Comittee, particularly the nude") were involved in more]. different capacities in relation to the purpoeoc o: the committee. Also it mood that with the establish- untotthchmro‘ Comitteetmt "prohiemai‘cging'beomemciated with "power ltmotuc" in the comnity. The Advicory Conutteo to the Project on Aging was composed of 'rwtotivu“ from the three groups involved. This omitteo uncut 1mm“: of a meeting of the I’iayore‘ Comittee for Older People on ‘Augult 23, 1955. Chocificd according to the major effort and achievement of the conuaittoc. v v, in total cone to be the first Comdttee on the Project on Aging in Lansing. 131mm , it will be interesting to note the composition of the mbu-Ihip in relation to the previously oetebliahed categories. table 111, on me follomg page, is a breakdown or the one: "rapreemted' by the worm members, imluding the ox-orricio nam- berc of the Advisory Contaittee on the Project on Aging and the-preceding comittm. In tho cowined categories listed under "Community Repreuntatim' mommalmcttuceummrnaminthmmootegofiuuin the Merv Comittoc. Comidaring than in the oetogoriel Medical Smioel, Education, Social Welfare, Recreation, mphymt Services, end the Council a. "experts," as was done before in the some, it was found that mic-Ithird of the Advisory Comitteo could be considered ’mmert' an cameo with over one-halt of the Eeyore' Comttoo. One additional category was added to the Advisory Confltteo, that of Churches, but it a. found that there was no one listed in the category of Becraation. Itvouldoecnthatinthomonyeerporiod, the nice orth- comitteec hu you considerably. Also the oomition of the committees ha: chunged, for in the first coenuttee nine out or ten amber- we ”W whermbntonointhreoo! tJmAdvieoryCmmittoo owldbo classifiedalupcrt. Statedinonotherm, itcmbomdtinttho number of member. listed a 'Cmmunity Emmi-stifle“ has imroalod from bun numbers on the tint emu Committee to twenty-vb» m, or Mail-d. or the Actuary Committee men years later. $7 .‘ E... Hunt...” w... 5M9 .. ...“..qu WMHIQ E...” gins...» .H. ler .f 11 “HI I! h! l! Ir It Lr H HI Ir» 411 HM. 1111 M M H 3938“... A .n o 5.35.5.3... $335.... a. .n m 53553.... m. m n. 9.3 .35 334...... .. . .... a 3...... .n m... n 93.5mm. ”33...th 53 a... «an. . 3.. .. 9..."... 1...”... m N a 3333 A o N... 8.3.3....“ u w 4.... gm. n m u 5.355“... 3 .w .1. 3.55.»; 5...... . A3 333...... :5. 3.895.. ‘Hw i in ..t r . . [11! 1.. It .11 mm pa ......n 38. a”? f > ...! VI 1441 Hit [Ir F4414 Ir LII b» in [I 411 in“ 3H!” . .11 Alli 3.5 .333 Rm...” .3583 3an $5.33 N w and“... a nu vane.» « 5.3 mfiud .3. 943m .33.... 3 3.353855% an 3.3. an 93359.4 55.53. . 333.5%... .325» an." 5355.0 .....mb 34.34 Mm .5...ng ...... U new u......-....w a “.55 (P rah-Lia ..u M35 b... 4 1......“ mm. mtficwmfim 98 The purpose of the Tmporary Organizing Comqittee and the Aéviaory Committee to the Project on Aging ms to select and recomend the Worship and officm-s for the Comdttoo on Aging, select a staff person to act as coordinator for the Project. on Aging; and establish t mrkable organization and devalop a statement of purposes for the Project on Aging in relation to the Motion of tho Cmnoil of which the Projoct onAgingm tabs npomanmt comitteo. Also itm to Motion” an interim Council Camdttee on Aging. This comitteo generally accompa- lished it: run-poms. In Mowing organizational fitmcmro 01' the committees which pro- coded the Project on Aging, the trend toward 1 more term]. organization with more cloudy defined procodnrel for decision mking and reporting can be nomad. Alan there in a trend toward normed use of established sub-committees u the working unit. or the oomitm. In cum, it is interesting to cpeoulato on the names of the various comattoel a: indicative of the attihzdea and pnrpoaes of the committees. The Committee for Older People in: what. the name mum commas not. up to plan for a specific age group. The concept of Age am! aging on a specific period in life for which certain plans must be was, particularly for the on of laiouro tins, underlies this approach. The Evaluating Committee 1: also a descriptive mm, for this comma. m not up to evaluate thin approach to aging and the Council's relationship to the “problems of aging.“ The Pmrfl Comittoe on Am indicate! , tho £194.11 with power structure in the community .116 the increasing 99 emphasis on aging rather flan the aged only. The Advisory Cozmzfittee to the Project on Aging is a fonctional title much gives some indication of it- mtorm position and its relation to the Project. of Aging. The name given the Council Committee-«tho Project on Aging-would seam to imply recognition of all the various aSpoc’ns of the "Challmge of Aging" u vol]. as the specific problems of the aged. CIWTIZR V GEEI'EULIZATIGNS A131) CQ‘ECLUSICEES Looking back on the dovelopmnt tomrd a Project on Aging in Lansing, 115 wild loom that essentially it has been c We procm of "woolen finding and problem coking." Each Committee bu comma. it: out list. of priorities in thic am in rolation to such things on financial considerations, availablo and! and ccmittoo time, the effects of developing prom on c state and national level, may finding. and the mods and experiences or the Comatose members. rm- hu been a We process of interaction mating the emote. m, the come- mittco and other maps and organizations in the commmity, and the comfittoo and the real and named needs of the commity. In a some this in a growth process“. process of agingwfor tho first comdttoo started with its purpose limited to a specific facet of tho ”problms of aging." ho purposes changed and developed over 'a period. of time no that the purposes of tho Project. on Aging can be con- aidorcd brood and inclusive. Farther, the Com. haa been divided into moral Smoking sub-comittooo which represent oithcr major nreu of concern or techniques for meeting the "challenge of Aging." This seem to be a clear recognition of tho mltiplicity of the problem and tho realization that probably each committee umber has a partimlar facet of the problm: which he would emphasize over all others. 101 If the trends oontimo tut have been notod, the Coudttoo will booomo increasingly on. of interested indiviouala and representative. of group: and. organisations, mo my continua to no" town! the inclusion oi‘ Ill oomity ml and intercit- concerned with aging. Hopefully there fill be moi-mod «aphasia on tho Wm oomioution mm the represent-nth” or the groups and organization. It in ioportmt to note thut although a oomitteo in pdeooophy my adhere to tho idea that the commit‘y, «rough O. mmmtntin mm, ask: it: on plan- md dotmg its om god... Whhimtuoof . a. . Wmmmumm to : program that is inherently immiutont and volt-defeating. o . .11)“ easy, tormle . . .toboloMghtupinthc «flair. for motion that one organises o pom oomittee to get the Job‘dono rogmxflooo of the tooling: of the oomnty'u nob groups. Itvould «ammo thoCMttooflllomtimotagminliumd have o relatively manor proportion of “exports" on time go“ on. Also the pom otmcmro it would ”on will min warming ottootion in the tutor“ than in a need to make proviaiono for oontimouo review and unlu- utionofplm-mdprogrmoothat thooynamproomotohongoil beat guided toward the establimd aims and goal: of the Coomutoo, in relufion to the total mmtion, structure and progtm of the Council of mob it is m organic pm. ‘ .... \_L.L_ . A... ww— r—v— 1mm a. no“, "Conceptual. Problem in Comnity Organization," mwmfimw, Vol. 1m, June, 1956, p. 179. 102 Certainly this area in complex, for all the broad range of the 'problm of living” are included in the '“Chollmgo of Aging.“ The focus of tho Conmittoo, it mum jam, in three mm for it is oonoomod with the immediate need: or the enmity, long rouge pluming for mat in oomoivod to to the omnity'u future, ind concern about integration of the pang-m with the over-all planning at tho enmity. Lansing at Mont is loading the my for citioa of its line with the type of consprohanaivo plamdng program that com into enigma with the ostablistmmt of the present Project on aging. it this time the oomxittoo mildcomtoboinmimoatigativophm‘morothoganorampmiail on the dotmunntion, moo!” u possible, of the interests, pron-woo and romeo: of tho oomwaity no that their may be mbilisod to moot the matting mod: on they are determined for this oomnity. A It in not possible to look into tho future ma know an» dirootion the Project on Aging may take. Hm, within a 'plmning orientotion' maul different type: of oonoritteo m oftm utilized. The monition . or the various 00th is soon to be rented to thoir basic mpom. mummofthocmttoonmglyorimtedmdo technically adequate plan a oomittoo of apart: which in oompoood primrily of mono who have a special knowledge of tho problom will prob» ably be fox-mod. If the min explain in on the mimuon of a. plan, ammttoomilumnllybo orgmxiaodfinoh cin inplomtmplm .. upon mien the 03th decides. A oomuittoo undo up large]: of H interested person! does much ’to inmro the acceptance of a plan by those 103 the are interested in the problem. If the goal. is a comity plan, tin major groups in the community, '. . . intorcotod in the problem or' likely to bo affected by the decisions moo,“ should be represented. This kind of comuttoo is umolly called an inter-you}: oomittoo and: . . . The amp: mt concerned are asked to lend repro- oontntivoa to tho comitteo. The Commity Comrdttoo varies from the other: in that it seeks to bring together not only the persons or groups interested in and cone mad about the problan, but roproaontativoa of the amps most important to tho pooplo in the con'nrmmity.1t It is felt that men a comnity comfittoo which has tho full support of the community agree: on a plan, “Action will inevitably follow”. It mold soon that tho purposes of tho Project on Aging may dotm'nino in port the composition of the mtorship or the comaittoo and tho comittoo may utilize a conbimtion of motor: from the trim groups mtionod rather than i‘ollow any one pattern. It mold undoubtedly be beneficial to the oommity to havo n representative mnbm' oi‘ ‘ oxpa‘t Wu, roproomtativoo from the power structure and interested individuals with a broad bozo of roprooontotivoo of groups and organi- zation. on the I’rojoct on Aging. _ ' The main strength of the connnttoo it mule} noon in in its repro- amtotion upon which sound planning and tho commity‘ a follow through amends .7 Essentially, pcrlmpo , this commas will oontirmo to to a. 1%“ p. 178. I , Wu, P. 179. 10h problem finding, problem solving grow for it would zoom tint, "A: one problem is solved mower 18 created.” 1 If through thin process them can devalOp, '. . . by the and of the third you {I group of pooylo sufficiently educated in local ooommity problems and needs to give guidance to a sound oomnity pica»), there all be in the commity the necessary atrmgths to meat the pro‘oloms wimtevor they my 129.". k... w w -—‘ 1 sum-view with Mr. F. A. women April 23. 1957. glam. BEIGE-MPH! Books Bauohantmch, Stephen. Pencicnc g; 93.1; Econm. lhsfing‘bon, I). 6.: Public Affairs Inflitufo. Donahue, Wilma and Tibbctta, cum. oin 3233 Older zeal-g. Ann Arbor: University of Fichigon roan, 195 . Donahue, m ma Tibetts, Clark. Growl!!!" a ths Older lea“. Ann Arbor: University of Elohim FPOBI; 135T. * Ihmtor, Floyd. Commit Power Stmcmros A Stag of Doc 1 m. New York: nivoroity o? Rom Prose, I9- 3. Kaplan, Jerome. A Social W for Oldar Peggy. Fimcowliu Univco‘city of Fiinncsotn Proust-T953. Karts, Russell H. (odd. Soc-1g work gear Book. lieu York: Humans]. Association of Socmorkoo‘o, 1957. Hichigg Statistical Abotroc first edition, 1955. harm of Business Research, College of nine" and Public Research, Michigan Stat. Univcrlity. Table 15: Standard Metropolitan Arno . Notional Inductriol Conform. Board, Inc. 1133 my; 313 5393. N" fork, 1931. Shock, Hothm W. Trend! 2-9. Gerontoloa. Smart}, California: Stanford Union-city Prcn, 19> . Tibbigg, Clog: .otmmfgzmmm %9 05?le {cars . Ann Arbor: U. 8. Dcpmgt. or Comma, Baron of the Census. Census 9; o 111 on: .12- ‘50; A Rmrt 25 £23 Seventeenth Demonic; Canon 9__ the United Status. Washington: 5. 5. 55v“. Printing ffioc, Welfare Council of Hottopolitm Chicago. Comig¥ Progccf for Lb: L . Molt; Services 3, or (3%er {was 4 on Em. fix w» ’ o J i F0 ctt Compm 105 106 Emblem U. 3. Dept. of Health, Education and Wolfm. Social Security Adminil~ oration, Bureau of Public Assistance. Advance Ral___g___nco g; guticticg gm b]_._ig lawn: o, Mg 1 Comitboc on Aging, 0. 8. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. Selected Roforoncg on mass: £3. Annotated Biblioggggz. Ha’hingmn, D. C" 195 o - .7 U. 3. l"Dept... of Health, Education ond Welfare, Conunibtoo on Aging. Book gm. U. 8. Gov't. Printing Office, mmgbon, “2. U. 8. Dam. of Labor, Baron: of Labor Statistics. om E onomio 53cc 5 1‘ Older Hm Women. (3.1118 mo 9 000'. EWini‘. 5 £21.00, 1952. U. 8. Dept. of Labor, Baron of Employment Security. m Aboug Older mks”. Bluhington, 19S Kaplnn, Jot-one. Hob§lizingc CommunitEW Resources. American Public Welfare niacin. on. Nationnl Conference of Social Work. Selgtcd {gm 29, Lb; A Raleigh, H. 6.: Health Publication: Institute, Inc., 19,22. New York State Allocation of Council; of Social Agencies. C m £2; 3’2. M. New York: The Association, 1950. Fedora Council on Aging. Publiccti w: Selected R 2; Federal 533d“. mfi'figtona Gov't. PrinEin gOffioc, 19 6. SW, mu. {one M222 After M? Public 1111111 Panphlot Ho: L56. 19140. O. 3. Department of Labor. Public Old Cm PF%W _th_g_Unitod______ States and aunt:- E oral“ Gov't. Printing Office, 932. 230. 31 B. 8. Dept"2 of Health, Education and Welfare, Comm-.0. on Aging. (mmmit Romibilitz and Mrtzmitz. mm: . 8. 0m in? rinting Office, 195). U. 8. Department of SHcol’ch, Education and Welfare, Committee on Aging. A Descri t was urvL of fig Organizati on mm Activitiogw of 2;; 01' fig man m. Mington,d‘nn 9.) . 107 Hickman, Elisabeth. 33g Needs 9;" Qlder Pmle. Chicago: 1953. Breckenridge, Elisabeth. Log Direction in Public Wager. S c £2; 33;: gm. Chicago: m Public Welfare Assoc... 9:5. Hoge, Evelyn Bron. Develoging Clubs £31; Older 2 eagle. American Public Welfare Association, 3.934I . Hunt, binaries O. '1‘1'zelliencea 9_f_ 1’11ch Welfare Services to Oldie; Page. m Chicago: American Public Welfare Association, ESL—.- Kimel, Dorothy G. Homewor- Servigg. Chicago: American Public Welfare iseocistion, 1935. " ' McCarthy, Henry 1'. 2510a: eggoger m. Chicago: American fl on, .. Public welfare Assoc 23.. Megowen, Virginie A. Rel in Older People Good Nursin Home 93:: . Chicago: Mom b are Assoc on, 1933. ' Pemberton, Annie May. Hay, in». Older , 1 Who have been “in Men Boggitnle. Cinema American in 4 more “accretion, . Watkins, cheth G. Mandi; Waiter . Chicago: American Public Welfare Amcietion, 9:35 . m emu of State Governments. 33 States as; Their Older Citigsns. Chiong, 1.955. locum meor'o summon to Study the Problem of Aging. m. Lansing: Franklin Beakiloine Co., State Printers, 1953. Hinnesotn Oomission on Aging. Emma's hang Citizens: A R on Their :3 lo . Recreatim, Jivin W Econo We or . ' fie Concussion, 53. ‘ ‘ Periodicg Amanda, Chauncey and McConn, Charles. “The Concept of Reprnentn- tivenus in Comity Organizatim.' Socig work m Jamnry, 1955. unmet-.3, 2:. . "Sec-1:11 tantrum. ions by the Adam.“ 5:55;! a; 3:3. 11%er Me: ...... My; entice ow: 31:35:15; fieimmo 1e}... 2’33, :huLa‘“j' J» * he. Fnh er, Jacob. {333331; «Mania 1:: "The Imam F‘eeiucza of 6:. Agree.“ emu 5min? 1154161121, Renew, like. he", mrra'y G. mmopteal Problem 1:: amenity (tn-mammoth,“ “ff-gen; 1% ‘ Era ”‘2’; 1'91. 113;, Jena, 1193-51, p. 179. 6 314:5 r: - g. L). ...... 31-: r‘nr. emu“ by trio Mt «of the emit-1.00 en Lwer one Nelle 1.11“», United State: 3mm, 1mm)“- m1 renown, l}; 1. 13111131113111: 6. .2. Gov”. i‘rlneiag (affine, 1395’ .1. “1'01. I - Eeleetee! TIM-1.151163%, fliers»). one State Leavitlea, Vol. II - E-émlth om? leth 3mieea 101. III an Imam we Imam: Emmi Vol. I 1' no ‘11.:zplemnt Vol. V - Peblie and Private San-yum for $1.143: maple 70:531. 735: _ Haifa (351.» a ékquh Sir: $5.15 lut'n‘fi ‘ l.¢"J1.$t2‘&’*Cn Vel. VII u— {1:11:19 to 115311; ricant 1.111.111.1111 , 101.111 an P‘egnletieni Current. Iota. an.” ’i‘ramm 1:11.11 - ‘iimreh, Ifli—mmmuen and Training 1:11... ‘1 ... 5.1.111:me of Fawn}. Legiolatiea 13.113.31.123 90 {Elder Fm taming State A’wmfl Jamar? 2, 1.11:, ”e‘reetor 1min; ”£12535“! “meneula 11:11:16.3 1:1 1...“). Liming fite¥da ”1:31:11, amber 27, ..., " :raru to 11.31.330.113” lam-1w. Lansing m M, Karen :5, 1956:, "Lifter em. to Katine...“ Recon, 11m. ”A Sunfly 0: two 3.1.13. imp-1:1 beater 1n 1512:1313, 121:1: fim,‘ “EWJli-‘fiw “1; ,r 3‘. 109 Bartlett, Phyllis Cary.‘ ”Recreational Interests of Old Age Assistance 611m. in Lansing.” Unpublished, 1951. Beck, Dam H. ”An Historical Study of Org-“mixed Lezbor‘s Participation in Commnity Chest and Council Activities in Lansing, Eiichigan." Oran“): , MW and McLean, Betty. 0A Program for Old Age 33 13311”, County.” Unpmnliaheci, 19:47. Griff", Donald Chester. "Development of the Ingham County, l-iicMgan Rehabilitation Program for Pf'gmical Rarxzbilitation cf the Agad.“ Stexxfeldt, 5533. ”Survey of Present and Potential Reazmrces for Older Peopla in Wang, Fichigan." Unmblisizad, 1951. Records and Raports of the Sawfly Services Emmi]. of Ingham County, 311631158110 Interviews Personal Interview with: Dr. Gordon manage, April 29, 1957 1551-8. firm Baird, April 3, 1337 Mayor Ralph Crago, April 19, 1957 fir. . Iahlter Dunnebocko, April 29, 1937 fire. John Heaglxmd, April 22, 1957 Mr. Pereta Eats, November 9, 1956 Firs. Angela Kennedy, Ami]. 33, 1931-? Mr. Earhart Kipka, may 2, 1957 Hr. Loy LaSalle, April 23, 195-77 fin. Grace Medley, April 22, 1957 Br. Victor G. Laymr, April 8, 195? Mr. W Lilliefora, March 27, 1957 Ears. George Looms, April 2h, 19:? Mr. Barrett Lyon... Febmamr 21, 19:37 Er. Stoy'an Hanton, April‘IS, 193’ ' m. r. A. 11.30an, April 25, 1957 ’ fir. Valium Kicholiaa, my 3, 195-5 ms. Jose: Rom, April 19 , 19S? Frag. Eiorace SW3, April 29, 1937 Lr. F. C. Suarez, April 2;, 1357 Mr. ow- wade, Hay 3, 1957 110 n. -a.'~"’..‘ -.‘h‘,1 H .‘ x .. ”rank 3'. :33 113mm) DC I 111 ” 5 1 T 5 m PM .mLc 1 ER P w mWwTN Q m E F T .... 290 .. 55H 4428 . MN.“ 1 UGCM “07w&m .... MOD 1 v. I .... DAB. Gil /A M ETo/o OF N 35 G E / L2 pONN L I E U 5w..- 7 W SPM _ EWWM , .1. UWW LEBA x F AYmL _. p. a MOTR % C M... £65 4 m w Fr D / 0 O h ‘ , ,du S C . .‘ . .‘« «HQ . 3“ .A . ‘.‘C”‘O ' i.» . ¢ v. ze/ _ ”a. .5. //m/ JV. “Q44 S) 4&4 444444” A A. ... c. I. .0. ‘t .9‘.’ . //w o #04. r/«o~$o..n.\ \ .OflflrHIQOOoo’ Q l I L . 4 \WI a. w, ’ ’ o O . I". ”’d.f”1"”.‘.‘ " ..s . ‘ 112 APPENDIX II MALE POPULATION so YEARS OF AGE é OLDER DISTRIBUTION BY CENSUS TRACTS FOR LANSING, MICHIGAN LEGEND E: o- 74 75-149 -|5o-224 mazs-ew -500¢OVER N ONE MILE: L l ‘ ' SOURCE: u. 5. CENSUS or: POPULATION 1950 COMPILED FROM 20% bLOCK SAMPLE?) 113 APPENDIX III _., I—..., ...... — AMA... - “M“" Er”? IETIX IV 0338113 TRACT FIGURE": FCR 1950 521012313 TOTAL HUE'IIBIP 0? $1173 AND FTJ'TALFS AGED 60 MEI) 0' II. III 1.133333, MCEIIGAB Tract Tract Ilmxbm' L Hale _._ Fermi: Humberg A 2:19:94. A ?mlo # 1 3.38 139 15 319 S26 2 231 230 16 82 93 3 111; 138 17 13 27 34 2114 25?). 13 2&1 305 5 155 202 19 188 251 6 291 1m 20 £50 376 7 2-98 use 21 173 168 8 2.61 303 22 65 9S 9 133 150 23 169 209 10 126 15h ah 199 2'55 11 218 MB 25 1:0 L3 12 172 201; 26 66 92 13 2L2 227 27 65 6O 12; 172 156 28 36 31 O The tourco or that figures 10 a. Opacial tabulation on a emu tract but. of certain population characteristics for the City Plan Comiuion. MWTESE V REPCRT TO THE CUIfliiITi‘IZE FUR CUJ'E'B PISCK’LE ON, ”CHILE CHICAGO PLAN" (it o. Comittoo Heating on finch 23 , 1950) Hrs. Brockinridgo stated that in Enron of 19h? tho Wioboldt Foundr- tion in Chicago Indicated their willingly». to finance a continuing project in some opocifio arcs of concern. in I result of this offer, Dr. Rage” of the University of Chicago proposed c research program to antenna. the mods, facilities, etc., of older people. For the purpou at this project, the Wioboldt andntion cert uido $168,000 to cover c three-you program. it its inception, the Council of Social Agencies and Dr. argon worked togothor in. {cumin-ins on over-on plan for tho project and the staff service of three pox-con- ” scoured. Later:- a fourth porno m added to the nut. is a result of the research project concocted by thin project, first of all, it Inc found that there were 11,20,000 person in Cook County 60 you-I or age or older. Over cno-holi' of those persons mo receiving public ucictmco in one form or another. 13,000 of tho» pom-cons could ho cloned a pm'lcally disabled, yet the privcto family agencies had lotivo oontiming coco services on only 300 of than individual older persons. It in. also found that than more 6700 bed: for imtimtionol are] that one~third or the total older age ms were in mantel inotiu mtioni. m. Brockinridgo stated tint ono of the thing the project for older people did not do, by design, In to dovolop any specific not of Ward- rogu-ding services for older people. It no the project“ tooling that it scold be better to work with any M interested or writing with older pooplo u c otarting point, and than on the prom developed, mam could more easily be worked through. Hrs. arockinridgo outed that one of tho error! they undo in Chicago no in being too elaborate and comm-nod about ruoarch. may proposals no node a to how to best approach the gathering of the necessary toot. to dmlop program for older people. There as com consideration given to a. polling of opinion of cgmcy oxooutivoo, cud come consideration In gmtouttingupcmmtoroldorporm, butboth orthou nothodc‘ m discarded n being too lindtod to give an mount. account- ing or older pmonl' noodo. For ample: What happens to the older pornonuhoisnotknomtoonogoncyoroouldnotboconuctodflmgh n harm? Tho problem resolved itself through the development of 3 march coma”, chaired by Dr. Burges- of tho University, and tho nothod a: cpprocoh not through c ompling of cm records of ngonciu giving Damion to older people in Cook County. H11. Brockinridgo listed that it would hm boon better to use a pomonal inter-vim, tut ctuff limitations made such so spprosch an impossibility. In addition to the use records, s smpling use node of the oomnity-stnlsrge, and this progrm see curried out through cooperation with the Sociolow Department of the University of Chicago. This mrvey was to determine mnhers, sgs distributions, (so-graphical locations, etc . Germs material was used to mpplmt the other foot-finding underts‘ken by the Research Comitm. The use of cm tutorial es s means for discovering needs or older persons owed on additional purpose of making agencies we of things they ught be doing for older persons. Also, it gave an opportunity for some realistic development of referral procedures which proved to be my valuable as the program developed . Hrs. Breckinridge stated that she felt cat s community need not be too concerned about an enchanstive research program because services for older people sro so for below the need for those services that until such s time as we have at least some- shct adequate services, there isn't too such point in determining how big the gap is st the present time. Mrs. Breckim'idge touched briefly on the kindly visitor program of the Chicago project. 5113 stated that there were 200 friendly visitors in Cook County. hi) of those are working directly with the public sssistance program for older persons. Those visitors are offered on utmsive training course. These courses are held too or three times s you- snd srs available to mono wishing to do friendly visiting with older people. It is interesting to note in passing, thst In spprooisbls number of: can have registered for these training courses mo sre sctively engaged in friendly visiting. The course mteriol consists of five lectures and is organised in this general pattern: First or ell, there is s genersl orientation meeting to discuss the broader aspects of working with older people. Secondly, the resources or the Wty are discussed to familiarise potential visitors with conmmity resources, in order that they sight mks intelligent referrals more indicated. The third phase at the course is s discussion of the role of the volunteer friendly visitors. The fourth part of the course is a discussion of the mantel end physical complications of older age, end finally, there is s dis- cussion or the techniques of visiting with older persons. Hrs. mockinridge ststed thst the project in Chicago organised s recreational committee through the City Recreation Commission. it its inception, the commas had 0. molars of 33 sctive older people's clubs to work with. The program has gram to the point where there are not:r 93 active mops. Some of the programs of the recreational cmrflttse sro built around special interest mops; others are more typioslly oomnity center types of operation, convicting of arts, crofts, dram, etc. Ehcperimce hss sham that it is more difficult to keep and develop 117 anti“ poops dwolopod crowd special interact. (It is interesting to not. that the Mo Park" Branch n]: has taken an active part in developing programs for older pox-sons as port of their program.) Mrs. Brockinridgo comontod on the hobby show which has been I yearly program of the Chicago project. She stated that the hobby show is poaoibly the boot typo of program to prooont to tho plblic what older people can do in the racy of cz'to and crafto, and also an a demonstration of the fact that older poOplo Itill enjoy participating in commuter octivitioo. She stated that oatmeal thinga should be considered in cramming a hobby show. First of all, there should be odeqtmto lpooe, plenty of chairs, and there 311mm be for restrictions rogaréing tho typo of maxibito which could be introduced at tho show. An intogrol part of a hobby show is a floor Show in which the older persons themselves partial.- pate. Tho show in Chicago has nover coat war $350.00. She stated that In infcmation booth is a holpi‘ul troy of interpreting cmnity momma! to interested persons and should ho included on part of Inch 0. program. The Chicago project has not awarded prize! but mum has, nood certificate- uhich are presented to every participant. Tho first your those cortifin onto: me awarded publicly, and Era. Brock-Midge fool: moat even though Chican no longer: dooo thin, it in a very ucellont technique and help: considerably to give rocognition to older people. lira. Brockinridgo pointed out that the project has developed, through its recreation comittoo, sponsored by the Chicago Recreation Communion, a conference on recreation. This conference in claimed minor-fly for older persons themselves and is dooigxod to damn-unto what tarpon of things older persons can do. It gives the oldor poroons a chance to participate in a discussion or what they coo as the recreational now 01‘ older persons. This program has boon an mootmoing mecca: and has romltcd in broadening the rccrcatimxol program in the commnity. Presently the recreational programs are being tranoferrod book to individual organizations and agencies as ropiclly on possible. This is also true of the volunteer program which will be almot exclusively handled through tho volunteer bureau. Mrs. Brockinridgo otatod that it was vary inmortont for any conmnitv planning o program for older persons to set up a. atatcnmt of referral woodman touching on ouch things as: mayo-re do you refer poc‘oono intorootod in religious groups; whore do you answer inquiries) what commity agencies are giving services to Specific typos or problm: etc. This helps to coordinate and facilitate the boot possiblo total program for 016% people. In regard to housing firs. Brockinriégo felt that any local planning body ouch on tho Gim- flaming Comnooion or building comaiooion could take the initiative in seeing that adequate housing is made available to older pwoono in tho cozmnity. There are several opooifio needs in 118 this regard: There in a need for more mporviaod boarding homo: there 18 a need for cooperative living arrangmonta; there is a need for additional instimtional care for older persons; in other words, there have to be sufficient. homes of various types to meet the varied needs of those older persona. She cautioned there should not be too mch «aphasia placed on otmxiardo at the beginning of developing a well- rounded houaing program She placad mob of the blame for our failure to develoP program for older persons on the professional schools of social work. These schools have not provided specialized training in regard to group work, ens-3 work, etc" as they relate to older persons. Progress he; been made in Chicago, however, as courses in instimtional cares, group mark, and case work have bean organized as parts of the regular social work omn'icuhun in savor-a1 universities in Chicago. 24m. Brod-:inridga stated she felt the basic underlying women in the total picture of older person! in in the. or“ of employment practiou. Chicago has organized on employment comdttea made: up of 20 of tho top business executives of Chicago. This group will be studying mch things to selective retirement, retirement counselling, and working with organized Mom to work out downgraded scales of reameration for older persons who cannot perhaps pori‘om with as high a degree of efficiency as they tormrly did. It in fa‘ilacioua to thixflc, in view of the increasing numbers or older people, mat retirazwmb plans will be able to absorb and provide adeqzmtely for persons in their older yours. It is mentors imperative that. something be done to longt’aan the productive span of our omployosa beyond the present rather arbitran' retiremant ago of 60 at 65. ..ij 119 APPETEII VI SU'I'i'WiY 0F mum-3'33 OF A SURVEY 017' THE-I IIITZAFBTS AND ATTITUDE CF A 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7o 8. 9. 10. ll. 12- 13. 11;. smr (saw? 0? await PEOPLE m magma, manna, 1951 by 90mm 33.37%, Junior Persons in the meyad group have a mat deal oi" free time and little to do. While aomo felt that they had nothing to do; other: aid a variety of activities dependim largely upon their physical capacitr c There was no person that did not. have access to citizen- newspapeaz'a, magazinaa, or the radio. Although a few actively participatefi in organizational activities, more did not belong; to any type of organization. There was a very noticeable dwrease in fizz maker of persons holding offices now than ten years earlier. A prefereme wan shown for mixer} groups of all ages. Traxwportation is a problem of most of this mp since walking in diffiwlt for some and public transportation is often expensive . The majority of the persons musician-ad their health fair or better, and am felt that their health was “vary poor.” Bio particular phomioal problem seemed to predominate. Only a few persona were confined to bed curing any part of last year, and none we confined all the time. (July a tan did not see a (water at all about weir health: I few saw the doctor whm sick; and the largest preportion m a doctor at regular intervals. Most are not now gainfully maployed. Professional people Wed to be better natisfied with their life's work and themselves than those of the aamiciakillaci and unskilled jobs. Hora than half the my pmformed a differ-ant type of work in the law tdult years - age 50 to ages 63 - than they am in the pmoodlng periods of their lives. 15. 16. 17 . 18. 120 Marriage mdad to mica tha mjority of the man retire from what is considerad gainful ei'rqaloymant to housework _. Fifty percent of the {39mm has. emit. working fifll—tma either because thay could not find work, could not. work bacmsa of age or health, or because they were retired by their exagloyar. When asked if they mad choose the sama Lt. -nd of war}: if tiara" had than lives to live over, most replied 1'... at 1.? 1m probablé' would do must}: the same uncz‘: er tha gar-1a comlitions. A 521mm of the: financial atama shows: a variety of saurcaa of incoma and varicms feelings about. their financial position. In 9. W119 of man in a boarding home v.11}. equal incomas, the income was felt by some to be "anmgh to get along; on“ walla two Itatad that. they "couldn't make and: mat." Although most did not have a written bufzgeat, they felt that they we aonsarvative and. spent. may wisely. - Attendance: at rali 31mm amicas was Mramzmt by most due to diffimzlty in 1m?“ 113 and lack a! transports. tim. Inn-armada attendance at religimm services tended to be caused much mare by the previmsly mantionad reasons tam by a daclina in interest. mwmawum-mwumwa age, and that. than is a real naad for campanianship. . Item; of this group knew of no others of the same age and. with similar interests to their own. The; muld welcome commi‘w progm to meet their needs, interests, and backgrmnds. 121 APPEEIDDI VII A SUE? “1 OF THE F3313} 333 OF A WV?! 05‘ AG'SE‘ECY, (fl-CL WIZATIQHL AHD DESTITUTICfi‘LAL RZSJHGZS Fffl 015.33% PEOPLE IN LAWSDIG, MICHIGAN,1951 By Mrs . Steami‘eldt Replica warn rocoivod from 169 aganoios, organisations, and inti- tutionc 01' Ingham County. 01‘ those, 15 sponsored groups We up primarily of older persons. However, loch group: more Sunday School classes or other religious groups . Ton replies indicated that consideration had been given at some than to organizing or sponsoring a map of older persons to participate in you}: diocuccionc, tour- and trips, art. and crafts, and other activities. Definite program interest at present ha been mot]: limited to preparing birthday or Christan mongol for persons in some or the old people's homes, or an occasional party for older people. In organisations of mixed ago mp3 older pauplo pctioia- pate largely by coming to meetings, by carving on c for «mutton, and by attoncfing program as spectators. Fifty of the replica indicated that individual (not group) cervical uawmmmmmmummm by the emu-chm and emollingby social agenda. Commity mention soon. to be of prim-y W. in initiating any program to serve older peoplc. Organisations point out that they have not been too mo of their older amber. and their special probl-I have been of little concern. Organisation- indicate that It the pronoun time they do not have adequate prom for older people. Thorn is a gaminc interact in the problcm but the organisations, for tho molt part, do not 1mm: how to go about developing such program. Harv organization: indicate that they would be interacted in knowing nor. about than problem and how to raider the mice: needed. Interact in tho problm or older pocplo um b to more outland- ing in the milea- organizations with authorship: of under two hmdrod person: than in the larger organizations whoro the internal rclnti . soon to be loan personal. Several replies nugguted that it might be feasible to start unalloc- grcupc or units concurrently in W different orgmintions which have indicated an interest in tho probln or which hove c 15:30 malaer of older moors. Otherl nggutod that Joint program to Wed by variant ormiutiooc. Fortydhvo again, organisations, and mutation. have we“ which they could easily make available for map activities or older people. Thirty-01x have physical facilities for c meeting place, twenty-eight can provide leadership, and thirteen can give financial support. In gonm‘cl, the only mtrictiom upon such help our. the and 122 for approval by the governing board. Many replies specified that the activities be or a oomnity nature. Inthe159rsplies, torty-sixlistedthenamoa simmerssithio‘ their om organisations who would be intros-ted in securing more infor- mation concerning problems and services for older people. The organic sations which showed an interest in offering physical facilities, leadership, and financial support have slnnst uithwt exception also listed the names of More 111th in helping to develop such pro. grams. These pee-sons could tore the initial body for placing program for older people. 123 APPENDIX VIII Report by Mr. Shelc‘éons COUESWG SERVICES that some agencies and industries are doing for older persons: m §_ervice ma Miss Spanning tworts that 10% of the 1,000 cases helped last year ears above 65 years of an. on.» old people were directly connected with cases. Their records shes over h2 received help directly or indireot‘l;v though their agmoy. This amber is gow- ing faster each year. Typicalproblmx adjustnmt, economical, Moor legal, marital, social, etc. Often it was a problee involving younger people. living in the some home. Catholic Sggial Sex-vie 3 Father Slosey has had only 3 or 1; some about ”rot e come :37} . It is a "mung mum and he finds mat cases in which old people figure involve problms of tinmisl resources and cmgenial homes. Volunteers 3; America: Hr. Haney reported his sort is final: sith mLents. To s agmoy are referred peeple not having legal resi- dence in this area. His service with older people is or gemral nature: helping with financial, employment, adjustment, personal, and social problems. He states Lansing needs a "homo" for transient and resident old mammal-e theyfilli'iod notonlyabed, betel” mainland rehabilitory activities as sell. Bureau of Socig £93 Mr. Bates stated that 25% a: all persons over 33 cone-to Old Age Assistance for intonation and advice. Help given is usually confined to financial assistance: Budgets, etc. Revises or cases by mrkers sometimes include assistance with personal problems. Cases felt to rmire intensive casemrk are usually referred to Family Service. Kich. State .. lo cnt Scour-it Concussion! It‘s. Bealy states that employment counse ing - is given: regarding placement in and adjust- ment to jobs. Their classification is M15 and over“ and the umber of job applications varies with maplnyment conditions. (Noreen over 15 ask for work if msbmd is laid-off, making two applicants for Jobs instead of one when one nan is laid-oft or retired.) There were in February 166 women and 1409 men over us registering for Jobs. Fisher M Division: Mr. Kimmy, Industrial Relations Div. , stated their retirenmt pfin is a little over one year old. There are interview 1214 with men a few months before they are to retire. These are mink to get them to thinking about what they will do after retirement. He has found that few of the 18 or 20 men retired lately have node plans ahead. whey don't have hobbies or other interests to take up. Host of them are finsncially able to retire. Rec Haters I__nc_.e Hike Riley in the Personnel Division said the Rec mun-cent plan was too new to give an idea of vhat to expect. 1. 33.1. Knep 2 .93.: Fire. Joimson said that very few have retired from the store one there is no pressure need to get anyone who is over 65 to ”was National Office Enemy-am Association: Victor Bilineéci of the Farm can, as President of too Association said that no discussions have arisen snong personnel macro in their meetings concerning retiremmt counselling. Salvation Arr-rip Captain Turner is out of the city. Samar: Private agencies are doing counselling in their respective fields regardless of age. Some twee of counselling are given by government sgrmcies but are restricted to that agency's specific activity. Inmstrisl counselling of old peeple is very new. It is the result of recmtly initiated retirement plans in larger shops and. plants. 12 5 APPENDIX IX . .. . I. 1 id : 7.1.-.. .1”. -.H } . . . a!“ .o‘ .b lfiu .‘ Ill-...... .0”? ’3. tutu?! 12 S APPENDH IX 126 APPETJIX X cm or LAX-ERIC} State of Michigan Ralph H. Crego ”Y” April 11. 1955 lire. George H. Leonie, Chairman Project Finding Germittee Lancing Junior League 1&20 Heae Lin-ins, Michigan Dear fire. Loom.” The Greater Lansing Mayor'e Omittee for Problnl of the Aging eolioite the mpport or your orgaoieation. We wold like thin partici- petion to be both pereonal and financial. The coMttee, which Ill formed last year, hoe been oevelOping an organisation plan. At the laet mating, on fiarch 31, they approved an outline covering the orgudution of the cmnnitteee, the areas to be considered and current coasting commit: you” through which they hope to work. Several cepiee of thie outline are available for nomination by your numbers. Richelieu itvillrequireanimmotayemtobuildup comrdty interest and mpport. Perhaps, thie time might, or neceeeitar, beatmdedto horSyeare, butmare or the opinionthat itvillbe pouible after 2‘} years to determine rather clearly the degree of con- mnity support available and the direction that mould then be tekm. The out indicates the large maim- ot mb-eoMtteee which met be eetabliehed and givee further indication of the amber of people whose mietance will be required. Therefore, your member-chip should feel med that their active participation will be needed in many We Wedenotaeyethcveafinancialcmmittoe, hemethefollo‘dng outline in purely suggestive. However, we can let certain definite minim that not be attained, it real progreee ie to be made. an ant have 1 part time co-ordinetor. That pereon ehould hove competent and wmhnlly m1 time etcnogrephic help, office epace, telephone and other incidental neceoeitiee . Hence, for the reminder or 1955, 13,000; for 1956, £5,000; for 1957, $6,000. This, totaling $1h,000 until January 1, 1958 is obviously imdequate for even 3 minimum program along the line- projected, out we hope for other financiel lupport and believe that when the program in prover: it can 12? hra.‘ George W. Leonie April 1:9 1955 I. Q be obtained in eui't‘iciemt demo. It would be underetood that, even thoughotherg'oupaarevilnngto annpportthwallhaveprojeote of their m. Therefore, financial announce from tha at the start mt be largely of a tokm nature. Theramaevaral generalpointe michlhopeyourmvill ooneida. Thia is a project which effects we in the Lanaing area. mob etudy has. been given and many may. have been ado, but very for action projeote hare been undertaken More. We definitely areooncernedvith action. it the acne timeoecannoveonlyal rapidly as the community will accept, and we met take matever die reotion future development inn-ante. In Joining with ua your group wold have the aatiefection of; first, doing loathing tor tum-elven: leoond, doing ”nothing for the cmmmity and finally, if mafia, doing ”nothing of water value for an even ouch larger area. Iuouldbehnppytoenlargeonthiarequeetortoneetoithyoar comittoecryourboard. Very sincerely, F. A. HoGamey, Chair-an Myer“ Committee APPEHDIX II 128 Cotober, 1955 Bomnatration Pro act on Senior 0 tizene Lansing, momma E’ZiGPfiSTZD BUSVGT'ZT oceaneem let leer 2nd Year Profeeeional Staff Person - €2,500 €3,500 Clerical Aeeietant - 1,230 1,500 Incidental: (appliee, oto.)~ 600 100 Total " 5 1-53300 851700 2522' Three-gear Total - ‘1. 20.000 The above propoeal contemplatee midtime etaf! . mice for the tiret year and actually increasing to lull-time aotivitiee by the etart of the third year. The proposal also contemplatee the uee of existing facilitiee and «niece of the Commit)? Servicee Council, thereby elixdmting ouch menace ae rent and any other incidental. rd Yeer» $5,000 3,000 ..laQQQ... £10,000 12? A}? SEEK XII my; mum! comma 0H Aomo” By Frederick C. 5mm, K. D. Since World War II, practically everyone has become interested in the problom of our older cinemas. This interest primily sums from their increasing number and because there is hardly a family which is not. face to face with arms) facets of the problem. In addition to the realism of this family contact, everyone too is faced with the possibility of becoming a part of this problem before they die. Due to the exacts cf the Agricultural and Mania). ficvolntiona, to the urbanization of the population, and to the great afivancco of medicine and allied sciences, man's life span has increased from about 25’ yam, 2 ,000 year: ago to (hm-st. 70 years in 19355. It is estimated that 7.? par cont of: the population of the United States at this time is 65 years or older as cameo with 2.6 per cent of the poplfln'bion 100 years ago. flis m that about 12,300,COJ people in these: muted States have reached or pascad our now-accoptod ago of retirement. A rumored years ago, this total group only roprcscntcci about 630,0w people. From the stanzipoint of size alone it is avid-ant that practically over: family, practically every governmental agency, practically every industry, educ- ational institution and Stats and National Govormrzent is faced with my problems concerning tho cars of the older individuals and the utilization of their advanced experience and know-how in an environmt shore speed mo: production seems at the moment to occupy the center of th. 8%. Numerically, slut is than size of the problem in the City of Lansing? Lansing had a population of 92,129 in the 1.950 Genus. or this group than were: 3,235 males and blob femalas for s total of 7.399 indi- viduals in the 65 and older age g‘o'ap. Ace Gm gag Fem}. Tot-0.1 1'; years and over - lb} 222 379 75 win; 8;; year: 0 829 1,203 2,033 2; mm 2:; years .. 1 820 1,2113 1,938 . mm s’ years Q. ~_ - 1 25 2.2 2 Total (65 and over) - 3.23% .4 7.399 A. ._ .. _ _ . . , _ . A“ Ag 4‘.— * o Ewart given at Junior lug.» floating, 001:0er 18, 195 , in Lansing Michigan 130 m. exceeds by about 300 the number of indivimm wtpootod when tho motioned. average poroontogo is mltipliod by our pomlation figlro. It also com to indicate rather definitely, that for the City of Lansing, at least 25 per cont more woman roach the advanced years. than m.- We have no lpocifio information on tho projocted population of tho City of Lansing, but nationally we have a few £131.?“ which incumto that by 19:30 the claw group will represent better than 15 per coat of the popu- tion. This means timt by 19-30 somnfiaero in the noigjlzborbood of 30 million pooplo in the United. States will be 6.5 year! or older. This also moans that, if the pOpulation of Wing does not increase, the oldatora will number approximately 15,000 by 1980. About one in 12 oitizem of Lansing are now 65 years or ovor; by 1980,. about one in 7 will be 65 you: or older. This study of the aging pruonto mmr facets. Ono he to do with the older individual himself, what are 3.11 the problems he met face? what as fixing: that cause angxiah and heartache: in an individual who in V trying to bolster hil ego, to work out his problem, can a living in the face of the throat of losing face in hi: on family, in hi- on Gimp, in his cum commity? What no the problems consuming the mm in his rigxt to work? What are tho problems of the organization that h” to biro him, the task of providing Info two-degrading labor for .11 who wish to work , the distribution of his Labor force in a. plant that is geared for high pro- duction, the responsibility of soiling and preparing the workers, either for dam-grading in their field or retirement. Can Matty long atmd this wanton waste of human resource: squandered every year without .ffOfl ‘t .Olvmo Hint in tho oomdty'o responsibility in this over-potting problem? taboos Job is it to m that pooleo are booted and fed? To be entertained and educated? To be utilizod in some way so that they will feel wanted .31 oompmoatod for their previous yearn of effort? What can religions orgamiutiono do? What have they done? Some, it 1. two have started old-folks homo and go all out in their offer“. This in oomondable indood, but what about the oldster in the church itself. Bow mch effort 13 Mo to too that ho has on opporhmity oven to got to services? Patina]. organisations and war groups are become more and more in- torootod u tho aim of tho problem increases. Now of then are eotablioh- 1ng Drop-1n Centers, clinic. for group-type moo). attention, rotiromt eonmmities and now other type- of clubs and mb~groupo to try to m the mode of this «wt of our population. mmeudioaloooloflulntholandhavo Wthuhrtholindy of aging. A national medical group no orgmiaod 1n l9h6 for the Itudy of Geriatrics, and an international and national group exist! for the sméy of Gerontology in general. Thin brief may is mentioned primarily to gin you come it!“ of the Disc of the problem and m we in the‘Lansing area under tho direction of the Bayou, have becomo interested in this work. There has been in the pact five years, a number of comittoes sponsored by different grouw, who hon mot and. considered various facets of the problems of aging. To say tl'xat notmng much was accomplished is problbly not too truthml n Itatamont. First, the oomitteo meetings provided areas whore ideas ware offered and Itudied, so that the mentors of the committee got a clear concept of the meaning of their work. Host of them, too, were able by their subooquwt contacts to wmxgolizc in the cause of the aging. Nona of these comadttoes had my financial our port md therefore could undertake no very definite programs. They turned out to be largely a6visory and tho only pooplo benefiting from their meetwqo me the people attending the meetings. To give you come ids: of that might pouibly come from the wrk of the Hoyorn' oomdttoo, allow me for a mmant to point out the accomplish- merits of the Gmmntteo on Aging of tho Iiighom County Radical Society. In 1950, this comdttea met to atuéy the problem of Geriatrics for tho Invham County Area. It In decided than that the goal of the comittoo would be the establishment of an Inga- 31am County Rehabilitation Center for th-o rehabilitation of tho hamlicappod, tho uioablod, and too agr ed. Th1- VanWro with the help of many other in: ivimalo am includmg a large part of the Imif of the Pic-him State University has progroosod rather nicely. What is locked in the way of nice in this ventma is mania up for in the spirit and idea of the group.- while the major objective in being accomplished, allied interests such an o. homo for aged mles and a sE'zoltorod writlhép were studieéi. As a. result of thia interest, I unaltered workshop will be started here this tall. The Marv Gunittoo onlginghuhudcmmborofmtlnglnw, and under tho guidance or ltd Charm, Er. Econ-w, has actually come of :30. A cozmzittee that first met to consider the problem of coma 7,000 of Laming'a citizens, has contained to realize that. the problems of the 7 ,000 are really the problem of all, and the Eeyors' 0:3th may represent: the whole area. mmmwtmrmmnwawmtflm mmnpmmmummw,mmm that will be stared by practically everyone who live. to the age of us, certainly bocomou an Lmortant segment for consideration in my effom at enmity planning. In fact, to believe that all commity agencies mat, inthoooumotthdrdommrk,hnoatlout8wmpor 132 cent of their time or money taken up for the needs of tho aging. The committee, after many matings, decided that its reason for being ought to interest everyone in tho commmity and should bs overybody's Job and responsibility. First, prixmily because the 7,1300 people in tho oom- mmity who are now 65 and over luvs a contact probably with ovary family in town. Their problems of retirement, illness, chronic disease, dis- ablomont, housing, financing and domiciliary cars represents a challenge that needs a solution now. As imliootod above, the number of individuals in the 65 and older group will be dmblod by 1980, and so will our problems unless studios made by the Hayors' Comittoo suggest better mars for the problem of aging than we have today. As you roll know, to get this far along and become acquaintsd with the problem is quite simple, boomss there is a fair amount of literature and mapsrioncs and arm chair philbgophy offered from many sources. nothing however is offered as a realistic answer for s mmbsr or ques- tions that an posed in the Lansing ares. The oomittoo has now reached a crossroad. Is it going to ho like all other committees that have existed in the last firs yosrs, and be sou-sly advisory? P'or the want of nurture snd interest is it going to wither on the vine? Or is it going to got some meaningful mpport from some organization in the commity (and us hope mbsoquantly the Red Feather), so that s {emulation can bs put under the work so for performed; and by the utilisation of those organizations that already exist, «attend the framework into a structure which sill provide for Lansing ares citisms, mother they be young or old, the knowledge sod tho instruments for . solving the problems. The committee would like to establish a staff which wild be under its direction and mud do some nmdmmtsl rssssroh to determine the needs of this community's aged. After the needs an once dotorndnod, the objectives oould be easily outlined on the basis of what needs were already tilled by existing agencies and what sgsmiss would need to be set up. The oomdttss mlisss full wall that this proposal is vsgus no holes the appeal of a concrete salluplsrmod program which can click of! ob- Jootivos as readily as toms can is clicked oft in the course of s sall- plannod holiday Journey. Ons mst realise though that this is a totally new fiold-this is one of our last great frontiers-00 mst first send out some maplorsrs to determine the lay of the lad and the climate us will encounter. Than the specific objectives will be nor-s definitely spelled out. It stars Drop-in eastern-mm 'do it yoursolf' Wt.- soro square dancing is the answer, then so sill novs in that direction. On the other hand, if so loam from the oldstor what could have been changed for his in his younger days so as to have prevented the present situation, us cortainly can put the road sign up. Tho very width and vagueness of the proposal sham command the interest of s greater msbsr or Lssgus scuba-s as there will be food for all. A poster nssd for volunteers-asst for mechanical duties, but for original thought and. guidsnosinarustmorstharsmmmps. 1.33 I WOW' crulwobluiothm? Woman-tammmw mantra-tho Immuthu amt: “m. “Mia”, Of hallfih, Moth”? mummnthohmem,butmofthmm- vim-quotwmumutpmbmmmmorm hmhdgmhlu in puma-not may, fichdnwoblubbcmdhthflormummldh m aunt? Mmldthqm. mwmmmuoflmd meannnmm- .. . m m . “WfimmMm “Mal?“ Wm.m.mmw mmme mmm Wmmmmwa mmMmm.w LMMmM .mw an Wmmauummmmwm wwm m “Mm” ”Mm“ mmWH wummmmM meM m TWW WWW wmm uwmmmmm" 1.313 APPFHDE XIII January 6, 1956. Mrs. Rabat-t H. Gibson, Jr. Lansing, Michigan Dear Polly, This in to advise you officially of tho notion taken by tho Comnity Services Council Board of Directors at its nesting lut Wodnoaday on the matter of the proposed project for Senior Citizens. Batty Sorti- presented the situation to the Board umber: and a good discussion or the plan followed. The following motion m then prountod to the group and unaimously carried: Tho Connmnity Service. Council bu long been interested in dwoloping a project for the swim- Citizen: of the Lansing area. It unlu- comoa the interact of the szior League in their “’er Assuming utintootory mangomonto can be made between the Junior League, the Mayan" Com. nittoo and the Council, it will be pleased to mopt the staff worker initially employed with Junior League funds at a member of its ltni‘f nnd will work towards the lound develop- ment and future financing of the program. we or. all union: tht the but plan: pouiblo or. marked out and ifnomboormmrthuholptoymonthis,pluudonot mutual-tum“ Very sincerely yours , Perot: A. Kata FH Executive Secretary oo. Mrs. George Loom.- ' Mn. Harms 3min 135 APPENDIX XIV February 17 , 1956 Mr. Floyd McCartney, Chairman , Mayor' I Camdttee on Problem of the Aging Lansing, Michigan ' Dear Mr. McCartney: Confirming our telephone conversation yeeterdey afternoon, I am very hnppy to ttete that the Junior League of Lansing hoe voted to rapport for a three-year period the Dmonetration Project for Seder Citizens. Briefly, it has been agreed to advance complete support not to exceed the mm of $10,000 for the first year of the Project, approxiv nately $7 ,000 partial support for the second year and approzdmately $h,000 partial aupport for the third year. The partial support for the second and third years is conditioned upon the obtaining of adequate additional funde for the continued support of the Project from other eourcee. The Junior League will eeleot a new committee of its members to work with the Mayor' I Committee and the Commnity Servicee Council in the development of detaila of the Project, the term and conditions of the League's financial auietance, working procedural, reopen-in bilitiea and other mattere. We are enthusiastic about the opportunitiea for urvice in the progru and we greatly appreciate the coOperation extended in prec- eenting the faota which afforded the basis for our affirmative ' decision. Alec, many thenke to you personally for your patience and helpfulneee. Cordially yours, Miriam 8. Loonie, Chairman l‘roject Finding Committee Co: Niel R. H. Burton lire. Robert Human m. R. N. Gibson, Jr. lire. Eamon Sharp Mr. Richard 0. Hicka Hr. PW! KI“ NAME PURPOSES FUNCTIONS THE APPJHEIX IV COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL PROJECT ON AGING OPERATING PROCEDURES OFFICIAL NAME OF THIS SERVICE SHALL BE THE PROJECT ON AGING. IT SHALL OPERATE AS A DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL. To COORDINATE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES IN THE LANSING, MICHIGAN AREA RELATED To AGING, SO THAT 2. THE COMMUNITY MAY BE INFORMED OF THE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS FIELD AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE; AN OVERALL OBJECTIVE PLAN AIMED AT ALL FACETS OF THE PROBLEM RATHER THAN A PIECEMEAL ON PANACEA APPROACH CAN BE FACILITATED; UNHET NEEDS MAY BE IDENTIFIED AND CONCERTED EFFORTS MADE To FILL THESE NEEDS; ALL CITIZENS MAY HAVE FULL OPPORTUNITY To PARTICIPATE. FUNCTIONS OF THE PROJECT ARE: TO INTERPRET AGING AS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF CONCERN To ALL; To SERVE As A CENTRAL OFFICE FOR INFORMATION AND ACTIVITY IN THIS FIELD; - TO STUDY AND EVALUATE EXISTING SERVICES; TO IDENTIFY UNMET NEEDS IN THIS FIELD; TO STIMULATE COMMUNITY ACTION To CREATE NEH SERVICES wHERE THERE IS A NEED DISCOVERED; To COOPERATE HITH ALL OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIzATIONS IN MEETING NEEDS IN THIS FIELD; TO MAINTAIN SUCH FILES AND RECORDS AS ARE NECESSARY; TO MAKE NECESSARY PERIODICAL REPORTS OF ITS ACTIVITIES; To CARRY OUT ANY OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES ASSIGNED To THE PROJECT BY THE COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ADVISORY COMMIITEE STEERING COMMITTEE OFFICERS I. _2_ 1:7 THERE SHALL BE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF NOT MORE THAN THIRTY-SIx MEMBERS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL AND STAFF COORDINATOR, PLUS OTHERS wHO MAY BE DESIGNATED BY THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SHALL SERVE IN AN Ex-OFFICIO CAPACITY NITHOUT POUER OF VOTE. 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS ON A ROTATING BASIS. IN JUNE OF EACH YEAR ONE-THIRD OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S NOMINATING COMMITTEE. NO MEMBER SHALL SERVE MORE THAN Two CONSECUTIVE THREE YEAR TERMS. 3. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL MEET AT LEAST FIVE TIMES A YEAR. SPECIAL MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED AT ANY TIME BY THE CHAIRMAN OR UPON THE URITTEN REQUEST OF FIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, PROVIDING AT LEAST THREE DAYS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO ALL MEMBERS. h. VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED BY APPOINTMENT BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S NOMINATING COMMITTEE. THE PLACE OF ANY MEMBER MAY BE DECLARED VACANT BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE UNEXCUSED ABSENCES FROM REGULAR MEETTNGS. 5. TEN MEMBERS SHALL CONSTITUTE A QUORUM. 6. THE DUTIES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL BE To HELP THE COUNCIL FORMULATE POLICY, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, PLAN THE PROGRAM AND INTERPRET THE PROJECT TO THE COMMUNITY. THE STEERING COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF THE OFFICERS PLUS THREE MEMBERS-AT-LARGE ELECTED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM ITS MEMBERSHIP. 2. THE STEERING COMMITTEE FUNCTIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 1. THE OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL BE A CHAIRMAN AND A VICE-CHAIRMAN. 2. THE COORDINATOR OF THE PROJECT SHALL SERVE AS SECRETARY OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 3. THE OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S NOMINATING COMMITTEE, AND SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR THE TERM OF ONE YEAR OR UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS HAVE BEEN DULY APPOINTED. OFFICERS SHALL NOT SERVE IN THE SAME OFFICE FOR MORE THAN Two CONSECUTIVE TERMS. COMMITTEES OFFICIAL YEAR AMENDMENTS "/5/56 -3- THE CHAIRMAN SHALL PRESIDE AT MEETINGS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND STEERING COMMITTEE. THE CHAIRMAN SHALL APPOINT ALL SUB-COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND MEMBERS AND SHALL BE AN Ex-OFFICIO MEMBER OF SUCH COMMITTEES. THE VICE-CHAIRMAN SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN IN HIS ABSENCE. THE §ECRETARY SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND KEEP MINUTES OF SUCH MEETINGS. THE FOLLOWING STANDING COMMITTEES SHALL BE APP INTED; (A) NOMINATING; (3) PUBLIC RELATIONs; (C) OFFI PROCEDURES; (D) FINANCE. SUCH OTHER COMMITTEES AS REQUIRED MAY BE APPOINTED BY THE CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF SUCH COMMITTEES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHAIRMAN, NEED NOT BE ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE OFFICIAL YEAR SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE COUNCIL YEAR. THESE OPERATING PROCEDURES MAY BE AMENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENT, PROVIDED THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT SHALL HAVE BEEN READ AT A PREVIOUS MEETING OR SUB- MITTED IN WRITING TO EACH MEMBER AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN. 139 APPE’II’DEI XVI ACREEJIEJJT This agreement made and entered into this 15 day of May 1956 between the Junior League um and the Community Services Council. It is hereby awed that a Project on Aging will be established jointly by the Junior League of Lansing and the (Immunity Services Council. The Project shall operate under such joint auspices on s demostrstion basis up to a three-year period, effective from the official data of sIIqsloynent of a fun-tine paid coordinator . It is hereby agreed that the activities of the Project shall be revisved many by representatives of both the Junior League and the Council as to details of, and conticmame under, this Agreement. The Junior League my in its sole discretion elect, on the annual review, to dis- continue participation in the Project, provided at least ninety (90) days notice is given before such dissolution. * Administration Third-Yea? on Aging shall function as a. departmental service of the Community Services Council. There shall be an Advisory Committee or not more than thirty-six (36) persons appointed initially to represmt proportionately the Junior League, WPI' Comittee on Agog, and Commdty Services Council. Throughout the period of Junior League financing of the Project, the League shall have at least onedthird representation on the Advisory Committee. Ito-Offioio members of the Advisory Committee shall include the President of the Junior League, President of the Council, Ebwrmtive Secretary of the Council and the Project Coordinator. The Advisory Comittee shall adept such rules, remlations, and policies, and nake' such comments as may be necessary for the proper adIMnis-I tration of the Project. Bud t TIEEE'IITAOI- Lesgas agrees to supply the funds necessary to initiate and Operate said Project; Int not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the first year, sevm thousand dollars ($7,000) for the second year, and four thousand dollars ($h,000) for the third year, unlsu participation by the League shall be cancelled and withdrawn as herein above provided. Additional bends necessary to Operate the project during this thrce'year period shall be jointly obtained through other mtmlly- sstisfactory sources. All funds shall be paid to the Ccnsamity Services Council and disbursed by it as authorized by the Advisory Committee. If this Project proves necessful and is accepted by the public as a needed omnity service, it is heped that the United Comity Chest \ ‘, l m *f M ... «mum. ."e:t ' snowmet .tuvea. 'fl‘ii’litlliie out so!) evtto' (I’d! toegoefi one 3c so . ,sfim emf 1mm. as i gtd‘ ‘wo ' him so! r=- ‘a '. v- e... ,so: “I ‘8 W655.“ .‘ .‘ will contimo this am‘vice on a permanent. financing baaia after the cimwnstration period. Cl‘lanre L13 {taming}; It is hereby agreed mat the terms of this Agreement. may be altered, anemia-9d, or changed at am time by the mutual agreement of the parties thfll‘etOo Signed herewith for the: Junior League of Lansing Commity Service: Council Mrs. Robert Gibson. Jr. Mr. F A McCartn President £193.}.de m snag .mu noun: 70338800 A333!» .23 mo muonaoa 28qu ace 0.... 33qu 33.5 .532580 on» 3 2333 .3590 3305 3 non—3min 033033 2.3 .3 083 and um vooaonua up has hash. .323 5.43093» a no 353333 9.8 303.253 3.50 .... : : : : moflwdflh : : : : : menu—mag! : : .. mama-dogma 2 2 magm< co uooaoum new ouuuflaaoo muoufl>c< “mamaanzzoo uzuaz330me Eaaumcaofi 7 . waaw< co uomnoum may you «338800 5.8325 _I 333.13 mo vumom 32500 1— Pl zoom mumwmflwa Soasouu UZHU< zo Hum—woman mun. mom maggo ragged ago gen—Hg H7295 EN fig; APPEI‘DII XVIII mms' CUE-32v it? w AGE-G December, 1955 Br. Gordon Aldridge, Soc. Work School, Ii. 3. 21., East Lansing firs. Virginiu Bairci, Business and Professional Home Club: fir. H. Lee Bancroft, Supt... Laming City Park Dept. Lr. Claude 30mm, Confirming Education, M. 8. IL, East Lansing Mr. Russell Dunbm, H. S. 8., East Lansing Mr. Halter Dannabaclce, Enylosmmt Scour. Cor-m. Er. Harman mwbmma, Rea Hotel's Dr. Howard Fink, Ingham County Rehabilitation Center, Games Mac Taro“ Farrell, Xflchigon welfare League Hr. Thom Pagan, Motor Wheel Corp . Mr. Lee mom, State Dept. Soc. Welfare I'Ir. Harold 0. Good, Oldsmobile Div. of Omoral Motor: Corporation I-ir. Scott Hamlin, Social Security Admin. Mrs. Margo Jeffery CID Local 652 Hr. Loy Lafiallo, Lansing Public Schoola. :ira. Grace Ludlay, Iota-"ted-Imiivicmal Er. flanked Limofors, Dept. Social Welfare. Sim. Richard P. Lyman, Jun, Junior League Sr. P. A. IWutmy, Chum 22:". Robert Ryan, American Fedaration of Labor firs. Horace Sonia, Junior W flirt. H. A. Sonata, Junior Luau Dr.- F. 0. am, am; Ply-ids!) Mina Marjorie D. Smith, Children's Canter ,‘Elx-Officlo Mayor Ralph W. Crogo, Mayor of Lansing Ha}: Strothor , Mayor of East Lansing Parrots A. Kata, Commity Services Courwil .1???»le XIX AN ALP 311347110151. LIST C11.“ Trfi NMWB OF T}??? mmnwms 1'4!!!) HERE 123611133313 IN THIS 8ND! I “..dge, Dr. Gordon J. , Associate Professor of Social Work, liichigan State University Anna, Mr. John, Commit: Services Council, Lansing School Board, Community Chest Anderson, Er. Calvin, Interested Individual Anson, moo Esther, Associate Professor of Continuing Mention in Research at iiiohigan State College Atkins, Mr. warren, American Federation of Labor Atwood, Hrs. Joseph, North School Coordinating Council 13am}, Hrs. Virginia, Business and Professional Woman: Club Baldwin R. J. , aotirad faculty member of Michigan State College Iota. R. J. Baldwin, Iota-oat“ Individual Bancroft, m'. H. Loo, Supaintondcnt, Lansing City Park Department Bartlett, Hrs. Phyllis Cary, Student at Michigan state College who «rats a study on the recreational inta‘alts of Old Age assistance client: in Lansing Batoa, Mr. John, Fifty Plus Group of Lansing Solon, Hrs. Elisabeth, Local representatives of the Governor‘s Camisoim Bosmrth, L‘r. Clmdo 1., Contiming ahcation Sarvioo, Michigan State College Bowers, Kr. Charles, Congress of Industrial Organization on tho Comittoo for the Drop-in Cmtor Boyd, Mr. Donald Jr., Graduate Standard; in tho Institute of Demanding, Tooting and midanoo, at Elohim Stats Collage Brand, Mrs. Louis, Junior Lagos Breckenridge, Mrs. Elizabeth 1.. , Lirec’oor of the Project for the Aged of Chicago, Illinoia. Brookovor, Dr. Wilbur 3., Professor, I-iiol-zignn State University Byron, fir. Gerald, Itoo Haters Card, Mr. Carl, Oldsmobile Division of the General Iiotors Corporation. Caravan, Misc I-iildrod, Supervisor of Public Iioalt‘n fiursos, Inghan County Health Department Chamberlin, Mrs. Elsie, Business and Professional woman's Club Chanbero, Mrs. Charles., Junior League Cheney, Dr. E. L, A member of the Council Board on the Older Persons Evaluating Comfittoo. Cotes, Mr . Heroin, Junior League Crcgo , mayor Ralph, Fogror of Lansing Culpoppor, Hr. Loon, Cong-eon or Industrial Orgmuzation on the committee for the Drop-In Cont-or Culpepper, Eire. Loon, Congress or Inéuatrial Organisation on tho connittoc for the Drop-In Cantor Daubort, Prof. Russell, Assistant professor Recreation Board, Michigan State College Domino, Dr. Wilma, Choirmn Division of Gerontology, Institute Roman Relation, University of Michigan Hadley, Mrs. John, Junior League runn, Dr. F. Phrasal, Lansing Physician Emmobncko, Mr. Walter 8., Specialist for Service to Older Workers Piknploymont Soourity Cormiaaion Ever-harem, Mr. Herman, Ron Motors Incorporated Pagan, Mr. Thoma J . , Motor kneel Corporation Farrell, Hrs. Teresa, Associate Director of the Michigan welfare Luguc . Fink, Dr. Howard, Psychology Department lichigan State College and Psychologist with the Rehabilitation Center, at the 121332.231 County Hospital Flmlling, Fir. JoEm, trnntor Iknufacturing Company Flowers, Fir. Leslie, State bopartmont 011‘ Social Walfaro Franco, Hr. Frank, on the Lansing Hoopital survey team Freer-m, Mr. Fred, third chairman of tho Comittso for Older People Combrotto, Mr. John, Dopartmmt of Social Welfare Gibson, Dr. Imono, Associate Professor of sociology and Antimopology, E-flcbigon State Collego Gibefln, HI". R. 3., J15, Junior 1|“qu H . Harold 0. Good, Director of Sahriod personnel Oldsmobile Division of General Fiotorn Corporation Gainer, Mrs. 24011:; K., Director Conmittoo on Aging, United Commufity Services,- Dotroit, Eishigm Hans, Fm. March, Congress of Industrial Organization on the Comnttco for the Drop-vim Cantor Harlin, Hr. w. Scott, Field rinnngcr, Social security Administration E-Zanoy, major Newton, Director Volunteers of America Hicks, Mr. Richard, Mountivo Secretary of the United Comnity Chest of Inghnn County England, Hrs. John, Junior League Holt, Hr. Jack, Conga“ or Ina-trial Organisatim rm, Rn. John, Director, Lansing Council of Churches Jacob, Hrs. 8. Sprigg, Junior League Jeffery Mn. Hugo, Cong-cu of Industrial Organisation Kahn, Dr. David, Council Board manta on the Evaluating Comittoo Knrkcr, Hrs. Marjorie, Directo! of the Men's Division of Iiichigan Farm Burm, Elohim Stat. Collage 13,17 Kata, Hr. Pareto, Eczemtivo Secrets-2mg Commity Services Council King, Er. Frank, Central Labor Council Kipke, fir. Herbert, Eirector of Recreation, lensing City Recreation Department Eloisa, Fir. R‘ussoll, ContiJming Yicbication Services at Michigan State College 1.333110, lir. Loy, Director Adult Lkiucation Depertmsnt of the Lansing Puolio Sc 10018 Laubecber, Hr. Tracy, Fifty-Plus Group of Iming; Lovey, ilr. Joseph, Council Board mower on theo “Valuating Cozmittee Leadley, Hrs. Grace, fifty-Plot Group and the Mayors' Comzittee Lilliefors, Air. Manfred, Children's i‘iviaion State Department of Social Welfare Leonie, Hro. George, Jxmior Leagze Lucas, His: Lee, City Recreation Eopartncnt Lyman, Airs. Richard, Junior Lcagoe EcCartney, Hr. F. A. Chairman of Eeyoro‘ Comittoo. ”airman of the Project on Aging, 193353 Council President in 1956. 15.9311, Professor William 11., Associate Professor, Eiichigan State College Martin, Air. Paul A., Publisher and filter of the Lansing State W I-ZcSorloy, Hr. George, former exocutive of the Oldsmobile bivision of ' General Rotors Corporation. 30:11:! mnber or too Fifty-Plus group. Sexton, Mr. S. 3., mcidgon State College. 121111113, fir. Daryl, Eirector of the Ingbzm County Bureau of Social welfare Mall, ”in Ethel, Director or Visiting Runes Iiirroy, Hr. John, Interested indivimal much-n, Dr. Barry 8., Profane:- Emerim, Rotiruu Club, Elohim stat. Callaghan mm 0: Director- 01 the W111: Group. “13330183: Mr. William, Cmmcil Staff I‘.’e:nber who is the Coon-3.133%;- for the Projoct on Aging: ; Pierce, 111-. Jack, Congress of Inc‘rwtrial Organization on the Comflttee for the Drop-In Center Pohmczcter, mac Helen, (Donnie,r Department of Social welfare Poncrmr, Mrs. Richard, Junior Lea-gm Tic-.221, tire. Leonard, Local rcpreoontative of the Govermr‘e Coma—15810:: Roe, Airs. J. Woodworci, Junior League Rosa, Professor Ema, Assistant Professor of Social work, Iiicnigan State University Ryan, Hr. Eduard 11., Aflchigan Imericon Federation of Labor Semis, lire. Horace, Junior League Schaefor, Hrs. Walter, Member of the Council Board on the Evaluating Committee Seam, Eire. John, Junior League Selwoy, Rev. George 12., St. Paul'e Episcopal Church Sexton, Dr. J . 11., Superintendent of Lansing Public Schools Si‘m'p, Hrs. RAE-13.011, Present President of the Cormmity Services Council, Junior Lecgle Sher, Mice Bessie, Bireon of Social Welfare Shaman, Mr. Barry, Business )‘onagor, Young Eons Christian Association Smith, Vise Marjorie 13., Children's! Center Spanning, Mrs. Gladys, Director, Family Service Agency Steel, Mr. John, on the Lansing Hospital Survey team Sterni‘eldt, We. use, Graduate student in Social Service at I-i‘dcldgan State College Strother, Myer flax, Mayor of East Lansing Starts, Dr. Frederick, Lancing physician, former chairman of the Geriatric. Calcutta. of the Inghan County Medical Society Thomas, E-L’r. Rollo, Cong-gross of Imiustrial Organization, on the Cozmnittoo for the Drop-In Cantor Tiornan, Hr. Clmloo, Boo I-iotoro Incorporated Node, ivlr. Oscar, Labor Staff United Corsmmity Ghost of Ina-inn: County: Coordinator of Congress of Immaterial Organization {imp-In Canter Valkw, flies Goorgme, Social Work Ad:.rinistrator, Stats ltxogxlrtncmt of Social Welfare Halt-era, 1fir. Roscoe, tats firmlozmont Security Commission ‘ainogard, 221'. Elonald, Assistant Tiroctor, Ingham County Coxmcil of social Welfare Kohl-art, Er. Fred Jr. , Lansing Chamber of Cormorco Zizmar, fir. A. 'vI., Rec riotors Incorporated u'mmmmmn "Vim? “ii 083 0099 STA illllmlllll