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DECEMBER 1957
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CLARENCE CLINTON NOW TAKING
CABINETMAKING AT OREGON TECH
Effectively ltnuiistratiiiLr that
training under the Klamath Edu
cation Program can begin at 40
plus is Clarence Clinton, wjio has
been enrolled in the cabinet
making course at OTI since last
January. It was a long recess for
Clarence as he had last attended
school around 1930, taking anto
mechanics. Heforc that he got his
elementary education at Vainax
and Spragnc River on the reser
vation. Clarence says the Vainax
school was an oldtimcr, having
been put into operation at an
early date as an all-Indian board
ing school. Prior to enrolling at
OTI Clarence did some fanning,
some smoke-chasing for the
Agcncv, and also put in three
years in the army.
Clarence states that he is get
ting a ht out of the cabinet-making
course and says that he par
ticularly enjoys the shopwork. In
shop he and the eleven other stu
dents in the course learn how to
work with such tools as shapers,
Jointers, jigsaws, planers, mortise
machines, and universal saws in
building sundry home furnishings
and other useful items. So far
Clarence has constructed a tool
box, a chest of drawers, several
baby cribs, two drawing boards
for the engineering dept., and a
window frame for his house.
Resides shopwork, Clarence
gets a lot of lectures on interior
and exterior decorating, learns
how to read and draft blueprints,
and also takes several allied
courses, the toughest of which,
he thinks, is math-
Clarence uses up a lot of his
spare time working on his home
in Klamath Falls. He has already
built on a bedroom and utility
room, relying mainly on what he
has learned at OTI
After getting out of school
Clarence plans to go on working
as a laborer (he has done a lot.
of construction work and was
employed last summer on Copco's
dam project on the Klamath
River) until he can get enough
money to set up a shop of his own
and "try to make a partial living
on it". He figures he can get
plenty of customers.
Asked to comment on the
Klamath Education Program
Clarence averred: "That's fine.
Anybody that doesn't take ad
vantage of this, there's something
wrong with them of chursc
there's some that can't spare the
time I don't see where a man
can beat it, especially from this
reservation. We're right at the
doorstep. As old as I am I've
learned quite a bit."
As for termination of federal
supervision Clarence savs: "I'm
for that 100 per cent."
He explains: "If the Agency
was run like it used to be years
ago when you could either get an
assist or a promise it was o.k.
but now it's hard to even see the
superintendent. Right today I
don't know what he looks like."
"We have a hospital tip there
idle, no one using it. We have to
use these hospitals down here and
nothing to gvt in with."
As for how to accomplish
termination, Clarence figures that
federal purchase would be the
best bet.
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Gordon David To Graduate From Oregon Tech
Next June; Finds Carpentry Course Interesting
Gordon "Gordo" David will
pick up his sheepskin at O.T.I,
next June after being hard-at-work
for two years in the carpen
try course.
Gordon is a native of this area,
having been born at Klamath
Agency and attending Chiloquin
Schools. While in high school he
played football and baseball four
.years, was student body sergeant-at-arms
one year, and served on
the school paper and annual,
chiefly as an illustrator. He grad
uated in May, 1956 and com
menced his studies at O.T.I, the
following September.
Gordo regards carpentry ?s a
likeable course and one calculated
to keep you busy. His classes fall
in two main categories:' Major
elective and allied. His carpentry
courses consist in both lectures
and shop work and his allied work
includes drafting and blueprint
reading, practical math, and
physics- Gordo says drafting and
blueprint reading is about the
hardest. He acknowledges, how
ever that hard work pays off as
he has hauled home so far a gun
cabinet, two coffee tables, and
several other pieces of furniture,
products of his own ingenuity and
for which the charge is minimal,
Gordon has mo definite plans
for after graduation hut suspects
that he will stay in the carpentry
field. He got some practical
experience at house construction
in . Chilocjuin during the past
summer. II is full time job. how
ever, was fire-fighting for the
Agency.
Extracurricularly, Gordo thinks
he might turn out for the O.T.I,
baseball team next spring. He
plays second base and spent a lot
of time last summer hcltin the
ball for the Chilocjuin Indians,
local baseball entrv.
In regard to the termination
program Gorjlo considers it a
"hard question" to comment on.
He thinks federal purchase might
be O.K., but is undecided on the
election. He has no doubts about
the education - program', however,
stating that it "is a good oppor
tunity for those who want to
succeed".
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HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
INVITED TO CONTACT
KLAMATH ED. PROGRAM
All enrolled members of the
Klamath Tribe who are now in
their senior year of high school
and who are interested in con
tinuing their education after
graduation are invited to contact
the Klamath Education Program.
This program has been set up
under terms of Public Law 587 to
provide training opportunities to
tribal members and . this year's
high school graduates, among
others, are eligible to participate
in it. Training under the program
can be taken in any accredited
vocational school or college.in the
State of Oregon.
High school seniors who are
interested in the program should
contact either the Klamath Edu
cation Office, Phone 661, Chilo
miin. Oregon, or Mr. A. II.
Wright, Hranch of Indian Edu
cation, State Dept. of Education,
388 Xorth Winter Ave.. Salem,
Ore., Phone Empire 4-2171, Ext.
223. "
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Father: "Get up, John. When
Abraham Lincoln was your age,
do you know what " he was
doing?'
Son: "Xo. I don't. Hut I know
what he was doing when he was
your age."