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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1952)
' .1 3! a1 Ml rj a a: li a: PAGE EIGHTEEN HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 22, HW! o -mVv ter; ' v ij.Jl , , . , ON BEST BEHAVIOR hnvt nri ulrlt f ,., r.,fi. kindergarten class sponsored by the auxiliary of Ihe VFW at Merrill, smile happily a tew moments before n;ip umc. mis group oi prc-scnooi children are learn ing tlie business of cooperation, self-expression, love of books, rhythm and health habits. (Upper lcft.l V NO FOOLING! By RUTH KING ' Merrill has a kindergarten. Success of this first year's venture, a non profit, privately operated, preparatory class, has surprised even the two. energetic, de termined young mothers, responsible for its operation 'and the VFW auxiliary, sponsor group. ' It takes CO per cent of the voters to get a public kindergarten under Oregon school laws but only hard work. Ingenuity, deter mination and the cooperation of a good teacher to give a flock of boys and girls a chance to let oft juvenile steam in a con structive way In a private class. , - Mrs. Keith Gentry and Mrs. Robert Walk er, both with live-wire pro-school age young sters, went to work last summer. ' . They met with Klamath County school of ficials, agreed to carry the ball for tho kin dergarten board appointed by the Merrill VFW auxiliary, signed up to pay 20 a month to the park board for a roem once used for storage in the recreation building, and started to scrub. ' " Board members painted, laid linoleum, turned plumbers and electricians, rustled cur tains. The auxiliary held cake and rummage sales, served two potluck dinners and asked for cash donations from surprised veterans. Mrs. Oren Storey, first grade teacher In local schools for many years, who has taken Special training in kindergarten work at SOC. Ashland, set her salary at a low $180 to help the cause. She has a little girl of pre-school age. Each child pays $10 a month and when attendance -full bolow the necessary number to pay her check, the auxiliary filled in. Sometimes the slack for running ; expenses was taken up by Georgia Gentry or Mickey Walker. . Daily attendance has been excellent, us ually 14. sometimes reaching 18. The small, (Continued on Next Page) , ' o it r7 r . ! t 1 r THIS ,S H0W IT r,CKSi Gay Howard, Jl I lefl. snows Karen .Gentry and David 1 ' T s West just what a contraption of spools II . V ' I and cans can do for a small boy with ffl ' li V mJ U imagination. : II t( " X I. ' '. ' 4. -i':tfzP, V ' : r la wt muj dc s i rKierius . . . niavnc a nine nnep- if I 'i I , aMK I R Ural aro Beverly Walker, left, Mary W.thlrin and Karl King, I J I ; v " l" r kl t II all "in the know" on tho story of The Little Red Hen. Children if I I H-l - s -v ': . Hi have to bookt, learn how to care for fish and turtle 'I J I W ZU s:.,kkY7 M ' ' II and white rats, are told nature stories by their teacher, Mrs. J f I" 51 v h 'IN ' 11 Lavina Storcv. . .' 'I 3 I I I l ' s I i i i i . ' . " r lnni iii i i mi p I I -.,.,(.,,.:'' .V) C" " (ID r A BLAZE-FACE COUT and two Utile glrU, .Mury Milne. "vT"' 1 ' i-, anil I'honl Chattmrn wmiii wer (rlnncU over a howl 1 S 7tJlfeTv "fc -. -f--v' "" 'osl ",vl'r Ranch owned by Mr. and Mr A wulh' I ''Vvi- $km koy. KimivrKartt'it children wern taken on on jS mm-r i ' iititti 'fri-'lFtMTL i iiTl h m-Massa'r'V nll ilny picnic to celebrate Ihe end of school days. Next y year moil uf thorn will enter tho first grade, it'ppcr rlillin 1 N0T T SURE ho lilcM a" ,n Attention, ihe rernian 11 cat- n,lmetl Skipper, poses with Darron Black and l.in- I mmmmmm 3? ,,a Slorcy on the niack and White Ranch. Boii.iiu!.v '"' where the kindergarten crowiWipent some hannv himr- TIM v - ?WHAT'$ MORE FUN than to swing on a gale? This old wagon wheel, painted white, was happy landing for David West, with tho coonskin cap, Carol Lee Masking and Jamie .Fox, resting n bit between visits to the animals in the ranch 'TOO. ' ..;,.,,...' . - o o
