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About Klamath tribune. (Chiloquin, Or.) 1956-1961 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1958)
Page 2 KLAMATH TRIBUNE November 1958 Shirley Baker Completes Beauty Training y ' 'J ft h - . ' I ".;i.. II h Shirley gets some benutification practice using sister Nndinc ns model. Xe.u in lt v.irv to open accreditation ucccs- and run ncr own beauty shop is Shirley (Dawson) Maker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dawson of Chihxpiin. Shir ley recently completed her beauty training at M tlfrl Beauty School in Medford. She is sched uled to take her state examination in January. Successful completion means she will receive her beauty operator's license, and be all set to go in t and open her own es tablishment. However, in view of finances, Shirley thinks she will probably take a job for a while buj figures on netting into busi ness fur herself "as soon as they thiow the reservation open". Not that she intends to start a shop ii the reservation but to Shirley, as a withdrawing member, "throwing the reservation open., means selling off 1 arge chunks of the tribal estate and remunerat ing the withdraw ees. Her share .t these fund. c anticipate, will enable her to set up shop. Shirlev started wv courc in Apiil. P'57. .md completed it last K'. S. Ordinarilv s!ie woidd have been done by June but time out was necessary last summer to al- set, or J permanents, or 1 per- low for a family addition. As to w hy she chose the course in the first place she isn't too sure but surmises that the fact her mom was a beauty operator had some thing to do with it. Shirlev sizes beauty training up as a "good, steady course". All during its 1.1 months duration the students go to school six days per week, starting in at 8:00 A. M. each day and getting off at -:M) I1. M. with one-half hour out for lunch. The first 1 V2 hours in the morning are spent in the class room. The rest of the day the students work on the floor, get ting their training through prac tical experience. In the classroom they study such things as hy giene, personality, bacteriology, anatomy and phsiology, disorders d skin, scalp and hair, facial treatments, manicuring, hair tint ing and bleaching, hair cutting and stvling, and all types of waves. Having studied these items in class the students go right out on the floor and make application on the customers, the instructors supervising, (hi some of tlfe busier workdays, Shirley sas a student will perform such combinations as; ( shampoos and manent and 3 shampoos and sets any of which will keep you plenty busy. (jiving - us an estimate of the relative worth of the school and course, Shirley states: "It ranks pretty good because they have all the hair styles. The instructors go down to Hollywood (to learn the innovations) and are right up to date." The State licensing exam is a one-day event held in Portland. Shirley says she will have to take a written test in the morning and in the afternoon execute a hair cut, a manicure, a hairstyle, a wrap, a heat permanent, and a cold wave. Shirley relates that she has re ceived severabjob offers for after accreditation, including one at the IJig Y in Medford. She is not .decided which one she'll take but advises that they all present about the same deal: Sixty per cent of the intake to the operator for her work, the balance to the shop-owner. Hackground-wisc, Shirley was born at Klamath Agency, raised in Trail, and graduated from Prospect High School. She and husband (leorge maintain resi dence in Medford and with the latest addition, now have 3 daughters. She points out that baby-sitting problems presented one of the biggest obstacles to her getting through the course. "Pet ween my mother and mother-in-law, they baby sat for me all the time. If it wasn't for them I'd probably never have made it. I'd have had to stay home." Seniors Invited To Contact 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 Kducation Program. This program has been set up under terms of Public Law 5S7 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 vo cational school or college ifi the State of Oregon. Those who are interested in enrolling for the next fall term should make necessary arrangements at early a date as possible. High school seniors who interested in the program should contact the Klamath Education Office. Plume Nil, Chihxpiin. ( )regon. the as are Nathaniel Baker (Continued from Page 1) practical. The course is 6 terms total length with "Hunky" being on the third term. As for the school "Hunky" re gards it as a good one: l wouldn't call it an engineering school but, everyone can't be an engineer. It's just between the, engineers and the workers." "Hunky" developed his interest in electrical repair while in the service. He spent 4 years in the Xavy, commencing with 16 weeks training at the Xavy Interior Communications school in San Diego. He got a lot of electrical theory there and then started out doing routine electrical mainten ance on a stibtender. He was later at Hrcmerton doing electrical re activation work on ships in the Pacific Reserve Fleet and says he was kept plenty busy there. Finally, he was back to San Diego, at the Destroyer base, re activating minesweepers. Com paring his O.T.I, training with that received in the service, "Hunky" acknowledges that they teach you a lot in both places but feels that O.T.I, presents "a wider field." Prior to the service, "Hunky" got his high school training, and. diploma, at Chemawa. He didn't get any electrical background there but did bone up on his music, which interest he still pur sues, if in a somewhat altered form. At Chemawa, he re lates, he played clarinet in the school band. On the side he "fid dled around" with the guitar. Today his guitar playing has. be come the serious pursuit and he is affiliated with a dance band on the strength of it. Last year at O.T.I, he and four other students got up a band and played for a lot of school dances and also had one engagement in Chilojuin. He plans to start the group up again this month. On Termination: "I think it'll be a pretty good deal for a lot of pepolc that want to get start ed on something." He states that he is a with drawing member, adding: "I fig ured I'd be better off if I got out. I heard a lot of rumors about what was going to happen to those that stayed." On the Kducation Program. "I thnik it's a pretty good -'deal. I'd recommend to all of them to take it." On where he got his nickname: "I don't know." j (inlfer (dubbing a shot): "I'm certainly not playing the game I usually play." Caddy: "What game is that, sir?"