Juvenile Court Judges participated in these two Institutes and thousands of citizens were reached through civic. church, and other social and fraternal meetings which were addressed and through the radio, television. press and other media of communication.

Forums Successful Judge Hunt also reported on Five

Forums that had been held a t three different Law Schools in the state: two a t the College of Law a t the A. & M. University, two at the Law School of the University of Florida. and one at the College of Law of Stetson University. I t is estimated that 500 law students have been reached through these Forums and countless other citizens have been made aware of the Children’s Court movement through the usual media of communication, as well as by atten- dance at the Forum and Institute meetings.

Proceedings Distributed Backed by the President and Trus-

tees of the A. & M. University, Dean Thomas Miller Jenkins arranged and published the Proceedings of the first Forum, held at the Law School there, a book of 112 pages and provided for their distribution to some 1400 Judges. Law Libraries, and other officially in- terested people throughout the United States. The Juvenile Court Judges i n every state and territory of the United States received as large a quota of these books as was available.

The “team,” consisting of Judges Hunt, Hall, Bruno, Howell, Criswell and Waybright, have been asked t o give a “repeat performance” of their two-day Forum in the three Law Schools where they have appeared; so it appears that this program to reach law students with a comprehensive picture of the Juvenile Court Concept will continue in Florida.

(See Participants In Florida Institute - Opposite Page)

I I I . Idaho “Grass Roots” Confab

Success f id With the entire community taking

part in an all-day program of speeches and discussions on juvenile problems. the North Idaho District Council of Probate Judges and Juvenile Proba- tion Officers held its third quarterly conference January 14 at Sandpoint. The Council was guest of the Bonner County Probate and Juvenile Court, of which Frances Sleep is Judge.

The conference drew a n audience of more than 70 persons from such county-wide groups as the P.T.A.. Bonner County Home Demonstration Clubs and Central C o u n c i 1, the Granges, 4-H clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Ministerial Association, Fed- erated Women’s Clubs, women’s lodges, and such public agencies as the health unit, the school administra- tors and principals, the city police force, the county sheriff’s office and the Bonnxr County Commissioners.

Reading a n excerpt from “Voice of Wisdom.” Somebody’s Boy, Dec. 27, 1958 issue. Judge Sleep set the day’s theme with the searching question, “We have just as many delinquents as we deserve. I t is a sure index of our community housekeeping. Are we re- sponsible?”

Ray W . Wootton, Boise, Chief of Idaho Youth Rehabilitation division, outlined state resources for treatment of juvenile delinquents. H e empha- sized the importance of testing a child before committing him t o a n institu- tion.

A panel discussion followed the showing of a film made at Youth Camp-Outs last summer. This venture was instituted through the cooperation of the Idaho Forestry h p a r t m e n t , the

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Idaho Highway department, the State Park department, the Bonner County Sportsmen‘s Association, and the Bon- ner County commissioners under di- rection of the Probate Court. It was Bonner County’s effort t o do some- thing constructive in the field of pre- ventive measures against juvenile de- linquency. The project pattern mixed work and play on state park lands under supervision for boys of 14 through 17. Six supervisors and two of the boys, who took par t in t h e Camp-Outs, evaluated the merits of the program.

T. R. Mager, chief of social services a t State H o s p i t a 1 North, Orofino, stressed importance of good com- munity attitudes toward juveniles and adults whose troubles and pressures had caused them to deviate f rom ac- cepted conduct patterns. He praised the Youth Camp-outs as an indication of Bonner County’s “good attitude” in a “positive approach to the juvenile problem of nothing for the kids to do.”

State Hospital North, one of t h e state’s two mental hospitals, recently received a grant from t h e National Mental Health Association to carry on a two-year field program for “family care” in some cases of mental ill- nesses, Mager announced. The dem- onstration project will get underway in selected homes in northern Idaho about April 1.

Using color slides to illustrate his talk on juvenile facilities i n nearby Spokane. Robert Brumblay, chief pro- bation officer of the Spokane County Juvenile Court division, explained court procedures and investigations of his department.

His assistant, Eugene V. Davis, read a paper tracing the history, theory, and practice of probation in the na- tion.

Session summaries and comments

were offered by Mrs. Clara Evans, Lewiston, superintendent of the North Idaho Children’s Home Finding and Aid Society; Robert Culbertson, Lewis- ton, Idaho Youth Rehabilitation sec- tion field officer for the 10 northern counties; and Judge Harvey Myrick, Grangeville, Idaho County, who in- vited the Council to hold its fall meet- ing as guests of his court on October 20. Judge Myrick is planning his meeting around the theme, “You Can Do It Yourself,” and has already in- vited Gov. Robert E. Smylie, whose interest in youth is well known, to be featured speaker.

Other judges present a t t h e spring conference included Ben Bear, presi- dent of Idaho Probate Judges Associa- tion, whose home is Orofino in Clear- water County; Peter R. DuFresne, Wallace, Shoshone County; C. L. Woodward, Moscow, Latah County; Roy L. Stapelton, Nezperce, Lewis County; Eugene W. MacDonald, Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County; -and G. H. Unternahrer, Bonners Ferry, Bounday County.

Juvenile officers attending were Harry F . Spain, Coeur d’Alene; Fred Opper, Bonners Ferry; Je r ry LaCelle, Wallace; and Jimmy Asker, Lewiston.

Law enforcement officers in atten- dance: Chief of Police George Elliot, Sheriff Don Maynard, Deputy Rose Maxwell, all of Sandpoint; Police Chief F. Rosecrans, Lewiston; George Lenz, identification officer, and Rich- a rd Beamer, detective, both of Coeur d’Alene.

IV . Kansas K e w off icers of the Kansas Pro-

bate Judges Association inc lude J u d g e J. Herb Wilson, newly- elected Vice President , w i t h an- other J u d g e Wilson - the Hon. E. Victor Wilson, Hutchison, Kan- sts, elected Secretary-Treasurer . The i n m m l x n t is cont inuing to serve as president .

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