Widney High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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N 'TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMASU 'Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, V All were a-stirring, yes, even a mouse. ' I The mistletoe was hung by.the ceiling with care, In hopes that some boys would soon be theres rs 1 F Sydney hadfeno 'thought of going to bed, While visions of gayety danced in her headsw And her',craz.y pants and Pa in his cap, Had just awakened from a long winter's nap, , When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, ' They sprang to their feet to see what was the matter. Then what to their wondering eyes should appear, But the gang all full of Christmas cheer. In a Cadillac convertible so streamlined and long, Just like the one mentioned in that old song. As she drew in her head and was turning around, . In the back door came the boys with a bound. I I At the front door Dave and Art with guitars and bootsf Carefree and gay but in spite of no loot, 4 h Spoke not a word, but went right to work,' V ' And played all the songs they had learned from their book. Sydney heard the gang exclaim as they drove out of sight, Merry, Christmas to-.all and to all a Good Night. 1-.. . .FI ' by Jo ann Keith is ffvile , , OW WHLM .- TNA f' Q V , , My ' S T H B T sweets 1 y pw G to '+G ,Af ' Q9 -if 0 e L L '? -' ' ff P 'X 'f . ff2!Jf 'fig 'Li 'q'l:a?E?? CLZJVYT H 4' 3 . 14 'qi'-egx -. . Q so ,f -X J . h MM y ,.,,.,k....- lt... ---Q. ,,f C 'J XS 05521 - Lf! rf M 1 aj' I- ,f ' F isl- Qlvkfl gl X ?p-fa.-. V ,TD Q V ' 'WJ i bghxRXea,f1' ,fa T 'QQW ! a Q' , I T' ,zgff 0 n , fb' V fi' all-fares-fff lr va' 'Q' ' my ,of -l Q Q

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EMPLOYMJSNT QPPORTUNITIES' Fon THE- w PHYSICALLX HnID1c4PPsD a h h by Sydney Fink and Wilma Fansett' A In the past the employment opportunities for the physically. handicapped have been limited due to ignorance and misc0nception.y Em- ployers have not hired handicapped workers because they thought that such workers would hurt themselves on the job, and that then the em- ployer would be held responsible. ,Consequently insurance compensation rates would be very high. Other employers believed that handicapped people could not turn out adequate work nor would they have the ao- curacy that would be needed. t H , , I, - , I These ideas were wrong. It has been proven through test after test that most physically handicapped people are able to accomplish just as much, if not more, than anyone else. The National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, in its UGuide in Hiring the Physically-Handi- cappedn, saysk. Uln the past decade, production records of thousands of physically handicapped persons in industry indicate beyond.any' question that so-called 'handicapped' workers are equal to-and in some cases better than-their able-bodied associates in such impor- tant factors as attendance, turnover, safety and productivityn. The records of individual companies show that the handicapped are good workers, In Dallas, Chance Vought Aircraft employs 297 disabled among its 'l25OO workers. Ford Motor Company's Assembly plant in the same city has 2,700 employees, Of these 600 are physically handi- capped, :In Detroit, Chrysler tests the physically handicapped for ,what he can do, and then finds the job that fits him best. General Motors follows a similar system at its Frigidaire plant in Ohio. Fire stone has 150 deaf employees alone. Allis-Chalmers, I B M, Hughes Tool, Proctor and Gamble, Bulova Watch Company, Eli Lilly Cdrugsl have all found use for handicapped workers, electronic finns such as RCA, Western Electric, General Electric are using them to assemble deli- cate TV and radar circuits. 'N A In recent years rehabilitation and advisory service has been available for the physically handicapped. Rehabilitation centers have been set up to test and advise the people in finding occupations, With the increasing specialization of United States industry, many more jobs are opening up for handicapped workerso Handicapped workers may not have the flexibility of their co-workers but they can make up for this by a more intense concentration on the job at hand. Also, most- physically handicapped people are serious and careful with anything they undertake. All in all, the future looks brighter and fuller for the physi- cally handicapped than it has in the past. Perhaps the day will soon come when all handicapped people will hold good jobs and lead happy productive lives. 27

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