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S-6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday. August 22, 1974
IRENE JOBE instructs Exceptional Manor girls in ceramics.
When Exceptional Manor opened its doors in
1972, the facility offered a lifestyle that spelled
life itself to retarded girls.
Thirty-eight women, most of them from
Rainier School in Buckley, came to Exceptional
Manor completely unskilled. They were
accustomed to long, lonely and uneventful days
broken only by meals and naps. Some watched
television. More simply sat and stared sadly into
infinity.
Exceptional Manor, an extension of
Exceptional Foresters, changed this way of
living, if such an existence can be so described.
Most residents were promptly programmed.
Trained, dedicated and very patient personnel
discovered in each and every newcomer some
small ability to be developed.
One might find her niche in the laundry,
another in the kitchen, yet others in the dining
room. Home-like bedrooms are kept neat, while
arts and crafts encourage creative occupations.
On Saturday the women of Excpetional Manor
receive shampoos and hairsets in preparation for
the social events of Sunday.
Many salable items are made by the
residents. Their patchwork quilts, jewelry,
pillow-tops, Christmas decorations and giftware
are much in demand. They have learned to work
with ceramics in the Exceptional Foresters'
Gateway House in classes conducted by Irene
Jobe.
Women of Exceptional Manor are sponsored
by various Mason County clubs and individuals
who visit, bring gifts and escort their proteges on
outings and shopping trips.
As they thrive and develop under personal
attention, Exceptional Manor residents are
learning to fill heretofore idle and listless days
with u ful and pleasurable tasks. As they come
to know the joys of meaningful lives, many may
be integrated into the labor programs and the
social struct tres of the community.
Thursday, August 22, 1974 - Shelton-Mason County Journal. Page 5-27