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OSUN Students Find Sinnett Just 'One Big Family*Mrs Ruth Kissane, left, of Granville gets encouragement on her painting from Martha Wilson, an Ohio State University Newark campus student doingRuth Scott, 4 Sheppard PI., believes Sinnett House in Granville is unique and should be shared with others.The stately white frame house, which stands near the center of Granville, is the focus of activity of the Granville Fellowship, an association of local retired citizens. Funded through private contributions and local government money, its program operates almost entirely through volunteer efforts.Mrs Scott, an assistant professor of psychology at the Ohio State University Newark campus, intends to tell the story of this grassroots volunteer effort to provide a meaningful and varied social' recreation program for the community’s elderly citizens through a documentary film about Sinnett House Funded in part through a *14,991 grant from the Ohio Program in the Humanities, the film is being produced by David Prince and IXm Daso of the Ohio University Department ofFilm,Mrs Scott’s interest in Sinnett House stems from the courses she teaches in developmental psychology, which include one on the psychology of aging“People tend to think that development stops around ageCaroling on Campus Set For Dec. 3The 11th annual Caroling on Campus at The Ohio State University Newark Campus and Central Ohio Technical College will be held at 7:00 p m on Sunday, December 3. on the steps of Founders HallRaymond Olien. Assistant Professor of Music at OSUN,field work at Sinnett House.20. when the individual becomes an adult,’’ she said. “But development goes on our whole life, right up through the 60s. 70s. 80s and beyond.”with community and campus members joining in the singing of “Silent Night by star and candlelightThe program is free and open to the public Kveryone is invited to the Newark Campus to join with neighborsand friends from the campus and community in sharing the special joy of Christmas music at this annual campus-community event. Caroling on Campusti ____ -__iiBecause few psychology texts discuss these later life stages. Scott has turned toMilstead, RN, MSThe workshop is open to the public A *6 00 registration fee includes lunch and coffee. The deadline date for registration is Nov 27 For further information, call the Newark Campus, 366-3321WANTED BLOCK LAYING AND FOOTERSRALPH WOODcontact with older people Students are at the house several hours a week working on field projects” that may involve them in any one of a number of weekly programs.“Too often the elderly are seen as helpless and dependent, the recipients of government handouts,” said Mrs Scott. Here the students see that older people can live full, meaningful lives, enjoying a variety of intellectual, recreational and social activities They remain an important part of a community that values them and theircontributions.”The objective works, as the remarks of one student at Sinnett House this quarter indicates I don’t think of them as old people: they're just people, said Matt Beal, a first-year student from Kirkersville. “It’s something else being around them It's like one big family here ”Mrs Scott will use the film in her class in the future She has arranged for it to air on public and commercial television and also intends to make it available to other universities and to public and private groups and organizations concerned with the issues of the elderly While certain elements of the Sinnett House program are unique to Granville, other things are transferable, she said In an era when people look to the state and federal government to fund and operate large, and sometimes impersonal, programs for the elderly, Sinnett House illustrates an alternative, she said It shows how even a small community can develop an effective social-recreational program for its older citizens through a small amount of strictly local funds and the efforts of dedicated volunteers That is an essential message of the filmSinnett House to provide her students with first-handMrs. Marian Weber, left, of Granville works, on a weaving project at SinnettHouse, observed by Judy Wilhelm, a psychology student at the OhioUniversity Newark campushouse itself Built in 1840 by Dr Edwin Sinnett, a prosperous physician and one of Granville’s prominent early settlers, the house was given to the village by the Sinnett family Turned over for use by the Granville Fellowship six years ago, the house has been tastefully furnished through gifts, including several pieces of valuable antique furniture given by fellowship members It provides a warm, home-like atmosphere for the elderly participants, some of whom have had to give up their own homes because of age to live in an apartment or withrelatives Mrs Scott said other communities also may have historically important buildings standing vacant and in need of maintenance Whatbetter way to preserve this physical heritage and at the same time serve the needs of those who are a living link with the community's past, she saidDAVE'S PLACECalifornia Concept Haircuts692 W Church, Newark
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Granville Sentinel
Granville, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 16, 1978
Page 5
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