'Into the light'...a place of growth and understanding
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Elkhart County History File
Picture Caption
photos of Craig Brovont & Stan Flory, Dr. Charles Seevers, Ms. Marsha Kline & Stephanie Cook, Mrs. Walter Krumwiede Jr. with Christine Black & Dexter Jones- staff members Kathy Wheat, Jan Bender, Tim Freed, Freda Mast, Jane Toews, Carol Bergman, Kathy Lind, Ruth Zook & Stan Flory- Ed Brumit (volunteer librarian)-Debbie Miller prepares cookbooks to be mailed
9/27/1967 REGIONAL COMMITTEE -- Members of a newly organized committee meet for the first time to outline long-range plans for mental retardation in Elkhart, St. Joseph, Marshall and Starke Counties. Dr. William Klassen (seated center), professor at Mennonite Biblical Seminary, is chairman with Jean Hanrahan (seated left), planning associate for the United Community Services of St. Joseph County, assisting him. Dr. Don Hippensteel (seated right) is administrator at the Northern Indiana Children's Hospital, South Bend. A few of the committe's 18 members are shown. They are (standing from left) Charles J. Seevers, executive director, Aux Chandelles; Mrs. William Wittenmeyer, Mrs. Grace Blanding, executive director at the Marshall-Starke Development Center, and Myron Birky, executive director of the Council for the Retarded of St. Joseph County.
9/27/1967 (Front Seated, left to right) Dr. Richard Spitz (president of the Elkhart County Association for the Retarded), Jean Hanrahan (planning associate for the United Community Services of St. Joseph County). (Back Row, left) Charles L. Seevers (executive director, Aux Chandelles). (Second from right) Grace Blanding (executive director at the Marshall-Starke Development Center), Myron Birky (executive director of the Council for the Retarded of St. Joseph County)
