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KLAMATH TRIBUNE
November 1958
Shirley Baker Completes Beauty Training
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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.
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Nathaniel Baker
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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?"