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c-j OG O oo o Research Reveals Interesting Findings in Reading Corvallis - Research is re vealing aome new - and cor recting aome old - concepts about reariinm and findings will be a help - and a surprise perhaps - to parents, accord ing to an Oregon State col lege education professor who is an authority on reading. Dr. Ned Marksheffel em phasized that "reading is a continuous process, which doesn't end at the elementary achool, nur at the high school level." The appalling fact today, however, is that some 25 to 30 per cent of American adults can t - or don't - read adult level materials, ho said. And recent high school studies have shown that many stu dents are not up to par on the iirst, and certainly the most important, of the three "R's" of education. As a result, their total education is crippled. First Graders . Dropping down to the first grade, Marksheffrl noted that hoys have a considerably harder time learning to read than girls. Eighty per cent of the reading problem cases in the elementary schools are boys. No one knows exactly why, but some reasons seem to be that girls mature faster and spend more time "on playing school" and such ac tivities. : Some first graders have problems in reading because of physical immaturity. Kor example, their eyes may not be developed sufficiently. Parents can do a lot to help get their children ready to read though, Marksljeffel has tened to add. They can create a love for stories and books by reading to the children; can help them build their vocabularies by introducing VOTE FOR MARK BOYDEN To Insure RELIABILITY and EXPERIENCE for the COUN TY SURVEYOR'S OFFICE. Paid by Mark Bovden for Co. Surveyor Comm. T. Lytle, 608 Newtown, Chm. xf'"" Tff I if IS GOING TO HAVE A I & I ! (17 BIRTHDAY! II f Watch Your Daily Paper 1 I Qsroa fGOD them to new words (most first gr dcrs know about 2,500); and can avoid baby talk. Brings Probltmt Baby talk brings problems later on when the child is learning to read because the "looks " of the word and the baby talk pronunciation don't agree. To help develop a respect for books, Markshcffel sug gested that parents and chil dren "look up" questions to gether when the answers are difficult. Make reading a "re ward" sometimes, too, instead of a duty or chore, he added. Encourage older cHldren to read by having good books around and by providing a place for them to read and study without being disturb ed. When the child learns to read, don't let his reading aloud to you be enough, Mark shcffel staled. Occasionally check his comprehension by asking questions that require thought and understanding of the material to answer. Such questions help the child to realize thai reading is also a "thinking and an understand ing process." If children are having ser ious difficulties with reading by the second or third grade, gel competent help as soon as possible, he advised. Many people have miscon ceptions about "retarded read ers, or children who are un able to read at a level com parable with their age, Mark sheffel stated. It usually isn't just a matter of intelligence because studies show that 80 per cent of the retarded read ers in elementary schools arc average or better than aver age in intelligence. Many other factors enter in and competent help is needed to overcome the problems. Colleges are placing more and more emphasis in reading Chicago Dockmen Called on Strike Chicago -WPD- The Interna tional Longshoremen's Assoc iation called its 2,000 Chicago dock workers out on strike to day when bargainers failed to reach agreement on a new contract. The Chicago stevedores Joined 1,000 longshoremen al ready on strike at other Great Lakes ports. William Green, president of ILA Local 10 in Chicago, said he ordered the strike because "Ihere was just no possibility of gelling close to an agree ment." The strikes on (he Great Lakes halted handling of gen eral cargo shipping and some bulk cargo. Some foreign shjps were stranded. Concepts methods nt training for stu dents preparing to become grade or high school teachers, Markshcffel pointed out. At OSC, all students train ing to be elementary teachers must take a course In method! of reading and one in lan guage arts. High school teach er candidates must take train ing in "how to teach" reading at the high school level. And anyone who gets a master's degree in education must take training that qualifies him to give reincdi I reading help to students. Survey Links Smoking With Personality London - (Science Service) - A study of 2.3K0 men re veals that the average cigar ette smoker, pipe smoker, non smoker and ex-smoker have personalities that differ from each other. Cigarette smokers, for instance, arc more out going that pipe smokers and non-smokers. The authors of the study say the results do not prove I hat smoking does not cause lung cancer, but they make more reasonable the proposi tion that both smoking and cancer may be related to cer tain underlying hereditary factors. The study was made by Dr. H. J. Eysenck of the Institute of Psychiatry here and re search workers of Mass-Obser vation Ltd. The report that their study lends support to the idea that extroverts may 'live at an accelerated rate. drinking harder, smoking harder, living more Irregular lives, staying up longer and generally 'living it up' more. 'They may thus lower their resistance to disease and ex pose themselves more to con ditions which may directly cause the disease in question." In the study, reported in the British Medical Journal (May 14), 31 questions were asked the men. These in cluded: 1. Would you rale yourself a lively individual? 2. Are you frequently lost in thought, even when you are supposed to be taking part In a conversation? 3. Do you always prefer the familiar, the safe and sure, to taking chances with the new and untried? 4. Do you have any habits like chewing pencils or biting fingernails or things like that? Pattern of Extroversion The answers showed a pat tern of extroversion among the cigarette smokers, the re searchers found. The answers also "weakly confirmed" the Idea that smokers had less rigid personalities than others. From the study, "cx-smok- ers emerge as the most neu rotic; smokers as a whole do not appear to be more neuro tic than non-smokers." Among smokers, heavy smokers were more extrovert ed than medium smokers (15 to 24 cigarettes daily). The medium smokers, in turn, were more extroverted than the light smokers. Ex - smokers' extroversion averaged between that of light smokers and medium smokers Non-smokers averaged out as less extroverted than even the light smokers. And pipe smok ers were more introverted, on the average, than any of the other groups studied. He will do the job RIGHT Personable, energetic, effective State Senator Edwin Durno is ideally qualified for the job of U. S. Rep resentative. As a State Senator he has demon strated leadership and understanding at member of the Important Ways and Means Committee, Public Health Committee, Building and Fiscal Committee, and a member of the Interim Commit' tee studying Oregon'! tax struc ture. As a physician he know the problems of social se curity, the mounting cost of medical care, the problems of the x aging, He has positive programs to help remedy these problems. Dumo stays on the job and gets things done. He will devote hit energies to projects which will bring prosperity, security end peace to you and the nation. Vote DURNO your United State Representative, Vote ig DURNO YOUR BIPtf SENTATIVE FOR U. S. CONGRESS 4th DISTHICT M..-0U0 fm Cr Cam, H J. aWe, (nt Set , f 4 In t7, feftet 1 They'll Do It Ercry r 1 THAT WOMAN WHO'S WALKING FROM SAN ' FRANCISCO TO NEWVORK- SHE GNLV EATS CRASS AN' ' WONDER SHE'S SO HEALTNy- PAKE UP ALL THE GRASS YOU CUT-PUT IT IN THE FREEZERWELL TRV A G3ASS SALAD TONIGHT : AND SQUEEZE SOME IN .THE OLIICeR,TOO ZTHAT WOMAN WHO'S "SrJgT EVERV TRICK DIET COMES ALONG, VA L k I NG F ROMS A N WVM fflj YOU CUT-PUT IT IN THE OR OLD SHOES IN THE SQUEEZECWTMEV AT LEAST I FkcEZEw WELL. TKV A l 5HI5HKAKAB NEV WEEK HORSE B FEEDWU THREE V : GASS SALAD TONIGHT V. ? CHESTNUTS AM' Jst SQUARES A.DAV feS i AND SQUEEZE SOME IN f POISON IVY IN 5 VETERANS P"? The Family Council Kdltor'i Note: Tht Family Council conlt of a Judge, a psychUtrlit, three clergymen. a newspaper editor a women's editor and two wrlterf. t:ach article Is a summary of an actual ase hlstorv The Council reports on problems thai have been dealt wl b) by responsible agencies and counselors. Mrs. M. F.-Adele is heading! for a breakdown. Adele B. - I'm doing the right thing. e ' Mrs, M.F.-I am the mother of two married daughters. They both have young fam ilies. I don't believe in inter fering with litem, but I am very worried about my younger daughter, who is run ning herself ragged catering to her children. Adele has three children, a boy of S, a daughter of 2 and an infant. That's a man-sized job, especially with no help. Adele makes things extra hard by catering to her little boy's every whim. For example, he won't go to kindergarten unless he knows she will sit outside of school until he comes out. He would never find out if she went away for an hour and a half, but she actually sits in a park near the school the whole time. Then she must rush to do all her shopping and housework and is so ex hausted by dinner time that she can't even eat. She's head ing for a breakdown. Adele B.-Mothcr is sure she knows everything about child- rearing, but frankly I don't think she did such a wonder ful job herself. When my sister and I were 8 and 6, Mother had to have an operation. She and Dad took us to our grandmother's home and said they'd be back in a few hours. We didn't see Mother again for a month. It was such a terrible experience I promised myself 1 would never break a promise to a child. My lillle boy Is exception ally sensitive and shy. He was terrified about going to school, but it gives him some sense of security to know I'm so close. Gradually he is get ting used to everything. As long as he knows he can ab solutely depend upon me he will remain in the classroom without making any fuss. It's true I'm a pretty tired mother by the end of the day, but I feel I'm dong the right thing. The Council: We agree that promises to a child should never be broken without ur gent reason and detailed ex planation. It Is far more im portant to keep a promise to as W Time U GOATS ACE Jt H5ALTHV.TJOf.-L, WJ jfasSYT? m WW DON'T WE LT .AST TIME Js5r.l?SJ rl A cat IINOANi 1 IT WAS ALFALPA WAL f-V! -'"ll(l "an to another grown- up. But we think that the kind of emotional setup which forces a parent to make prom ises to a child is unfortunate in tin- first place. Promises are usually made when the child feels mistrust ful and fearful. They are a concession to allay his fears. It would be far better to avoid this kind of situation. Adele, for example, should j have prepared her little boy for school several months be fore he started. She should have taken him on walks to the school and let him get a peck inside at the children busy at their "grownup" ac tivities. She might have told him that as soon as h" gets a lillle bigger he will be per mitted to join them. The concession to remain outside the school for the first few days might have been made if the little boy suffered from those first day jitters, but she should soon have en couraged him to think of him self as an experienced school boy and told him she would be outside to call for him when he comes out - with no explanation o' what she would do in the meantime. Adele reveals that the per son she is really catering to is herself as a little girl. This is a mistake. Many of us have a tendency to feel we were deprived of our just share of understanding and s"curity as children, but when we are motivated by these self -enclosed ideas we graft our own unhappiness onto others. For example, Adelc's little boy might be much less sensitive if his mother didn't cherish her childhood fears and an ticipate them in him. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) D. CROCKETT INNOCENT New York - H'PIl - David Crockett, 16, was found inno cent of illegally possessing firearms in felony court Mon day when testimony showed modern bullets would not fit his 100-ycar-old gun. Crock ett, a New York University student, said when he was arrested he was en route to sell the gun to an antique dealer. Almost 10 million people belong to trade unions in Great Britain. There are near ly fi50 of these unions in the country. By Jimmy Httlo All mom has to do is hear about a new diet fad and the whole darm family ape guinea pigs Meat Haulers Renew 'Cold War' Salem jUPP- Public Utility Commissioner Jonel C. Hill said today that the "cold war" between motor and rail haul ers of fresh meat and packing house products from the Mid west to the West Coast has re opened. Hill said that lei-s than four months after the interstate commerce commission deci sion setting motor carrier rates for the traffic, "certain carriers have proposed fur ther rate reductions of ap proximately 10 per cent on hog carcasses and nhont five per cent on fresh meats and packinghouse products." A petition for suspension of the proposed new rates, to be effective May 30 and June 8, respectively, was filed with the ICC by Hill in behalf of livestock producers, local meat packers, Oregon pro cessors and the public. Hill said the proposed rates arc "unjust and unreasonable and will foster destructive competitive practices leading to further rate reductions for the traffic." Midwest packers have been able to ship their products to the west coast cheaper than local packinghouses can im port live animals, process them and put them on the market, Hill said. The emperor penguin, larg est of many penguin species, may stand as high as three feet. v . f 71 I -I V ' lim If you're still using an old-fashioned refriger ator, you're overlooking one of the greatest of modern conveniences . . .See your dealer about a modern REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER... have the convenience of a supermarket in your kitchen; store a variety of foods in its big freezer compartment . . . give your You Just Can't Keep A Geed Catfish Down "I would never believe such a thing if someone told me, but when I see it with my own eyes, I have to admit it's true." The speaker was the man In charge of a large fish hatch- ery where black bass are raised for the stocking of lakes and ponds under the supervision of the conserva tion department. The man had under his direct management three large reservoirs actually large depressions in the earth, that can be filled with water and whose level is controlled with sluice gates located at the ends. Put in Bass After the ponds are filled with water, brood-bass heavy with roe are placed In the reservoirs. In a few days the bass spawn. Shortly there after the waters of the ponds are alive with tiny baby bass. They are fed until they are large enough to be removed and sent to various lakes where they are liberated and allowed to grow into "fight ing bass" for some lucky sports fisherman to catch. But what the manager couldn't understand is the de termined effort the fresh water catfish makes in order that it, too, can bring forth a numerous prodigy in spite of human efforts to discourage it. The hatchery has no inten tion or desire to raise catfish; its sole interest is in the rais ing of bass. But Nature has other ideas. The manager continued, "When we are ready to begin our regular spring program, we drain the ponds. Then we pull up every weed and every spear of grass. Then we cover the entire area with a heavy layer of lime, until the ground is as white as snow. The idea is, of course, to kill off all the harmful bacteri as well as all forms of animal life that could possibly pollute the wa ter when we are raising the baby bass. "We leave the lime on for several days until the sun, and maybe a few rains, erase all traces of the lime. Then we feel the pools are ready, so we fill them with water and bring In the brood-bass. Impossible Happens "It's then," the manager said, "that the impossible hap pens. For more often than not, REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER FROZEN GOOD FOR YOU!!! Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Witkint ai the end of a couple of weeks, schools of tiny fish that have no bass character istics whatsoever, are swim ming around in the ponds. "We always know what they are - they are baby catfish. In spite of all our precautions and sterilization of the pond's ? Dog Control ? YES or NO To help the voters of Mcdford nd Jackscn County Interpret tht "Dog Control Measures" which will appear on the Primary Ballot, May 20, I960, the Rogue Valley Retriever Club and 5outhtrn Oregon Hound Owners' Association present the follow ing information: A majority vote invokes tht State Law, which prohibits dogs from "running at Urge." The law defines "running at large" to mean when a dog is off the premises of the owner or keeper WITHOUT a muzzle OR when it is not in the company and under the control of its owner or keeper. Any dog found running at large may be impounded and, if not claimed after being he'd five (5) days, destroyed. If the dog wears a muzzle made of wire or metal, properly fastened and strong enough to prevent him from biting or injur ing any person or domestic animal, he may run loose without any restraint at any time. The fine for the first violation is $10.00, and each additional violation will be $25.00. The Kogue Valley Retriever Ciub and the Southern Oregon Hound Owners' Association favor control for the City of Medford, and endorse a "NO" vote on Measurt No. 51. They oppose the County-Wide Dog Control Measure No. 2 for the following reasons: Dogs are needed by farmers, ranchers, stockmen and others outside the city in their work and for their protection. The adopjion of this law would create a hardship for them. Legitimate activities of hunters and other sportsmen could be severely curtailed. The activities of various dog clubs held outside the city could be termed violations of this law although no harm would come from such dog training. Therefore wt urge tht following vote: 2 For dogs running at large Vote YES (Jackson County). 51 For dogs running at large Vote NO (City of Medford). SOUTHERN OREGON HOUND OWNERS ASS'N Pd. i hi m VjL CONVENIENCE f; CJ J Ms ECONOMY - "BETTER MEALS family more varied, nutritious meals ... at lower cost .. . . and with less trouble, let your favorite CalOre Electrical League Dealer show you why a modern refrigerator-freezer pays off in better meals . . . and in time saved with... MODERN F00D2 ARE -AMD GOOD MAIL TIKUNf, Mtjioj. Or. Weatoeidiy, May II, bottoms, one or more adult catfish will have burled them selves deep in the mud, or even the dry ground, and, without water or food, will patiently await the incoming water. Once the water is pour ing in, they wriggle up out of their uncomfortable beds and lay their eggs in the water. "In a few days," the man ager continued, "the pond is alive with unwanted catfish. They grow rapidly, crowd the available space and eat the food, and otherwise make themselves objectionable." Pol. Adv., J. B. Chastain. Pres.. Rt. 1, Box 12, Central Point mm at. I.) o o (i o '.J 0 0 & O u' (") G)
