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Page S-10 - SheltowMason County Journal - Thursday, August 22, 1974
Willa Morgan, permanently disabled and
divorced mother of five, knows exactly how the
camel felt when the final straw was added to his
load. Insurance checks, her only income, ended
June 1.
In April of 1973, Mrs. Morgan was
hospitalized for a back injury incurred while
employed as a meat-wrapper in the Safeway
Store in Lacey. She lay in traction in Mason
General Hospital.
A release signed by her physician permitted
her return to work on August 20. Her first day
on the job ended abruptly when Willa incurred a
ruptured disc.
She was placed in traction in St. Peter
Hospital, Olympia, and on September 12
underwent surgery for the removal of the disc
and the fusing of two vertebrae. Ended is her
career as a meat-wrapper, begun in the Shelton
Shoprite Store and continued on a part-time
basis in the Safeway Store of Shelton until Willa
Morgan secured full-time employment in Lacey.
She cannot stoop or bend to any great extent.
She can neither sit nor stand continuously for
long periods. She cannot lift. There are many
things she can no longer do.
After her original injury, Mrs. Morgan
received Welfare assistance under industrial
insurance payments were instigated. Until
eligibility was established for her second claim,
she again received help from the Social and
Health Services Department of Public
Assistance.
Mrs. Morgan and her three younger children
lived in a new house on Mountain View until
monthly payments could no longer be met.
Their home is now an older, smaller and
less-expensive dwelling, gradually becoming
more livable with needed repairs and
remodeling.
Mrs. Morgan's older children are James
McCabe of Shelton and LaRee Norris of Fallon,
Nevada. Still residing at home are 13-year-old
Kelly, ten-year-old Loran and l I-year-old
Renae, all students in Evergreen School.
"When they were little," Willa Morgan
states, "Baby-sitting problems headed my list of
difficulties. Now the kids are not only very
self-sufficient but also a great help to me. They
can cook, dean, wash dishes, do the laundry.
"We all pitch in," she continues, "1 can force
myself to accomplish a certain amount of
housework, but can't take very much of such
exertion."
She cans fruits and vegetables; she makes
jam and jelly and pickles. She has learned to sew
and to knit. She attended an Olympic
College-sponsored night class to study the
preparation of income tax.
Payments on her house, on her car, and on a
Thursday, August
WlLLA MORGAN SMILES in the face of adversity.
second-hand sewing machine and gas furnace
take a large bite out of a meager budget.
Through the unemployment office Willa
Morgan is now attending Capitol Business
College in Olympia. Living expenses are paid to
her by the Manpower Development and Training
Act.
Cash is scarce in the Morgan household, but
somehow happiness survives. Willa recalls a
merry Christmas when homemade gifts were
cheerfully exchanged.
With the help of friends, the Morgans are
growing a summer garden of sufficient
proportion to provide winter foods. WiUa
Morgan is physically capable of handling a job as
receptionist or secretary, and after schooling.
hopes to find such a position.
"I can type," she explains, "'but l'm not very
fast; and I don't know shorthand yet. I can drive
a car, too; but I haven't been able to find work
compatible with my abilities and limitations."
Willa Morgan greets the world with a smile.
She surrounds her children with love and
assurance. Although she fears the uncertainties
of each tomorrow, she refuses to panic.
Pride in her ability to cope with disaster has
given her a quiet strength sufficient to deal with
each day in turn. Belief in herself and in her
fellow human beings has built her hope for the
future.
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