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Feye't first job In the office wet doing clerical work where ery record the handled
represented child In difficulty. Beceute of her deap interest In helping children the rapidly
progressed to a cese worker. v
She hat an uncanny ability in detecting a child's problem and almost immediately she
wins hit confidence and he win a friend.
Like all good mother the can be very firm but the alwayt trie to approach the problem
at hand from the child' point of view. Her deep understanding aidt her in helping mixed-up
youngsters and because the It young at heart, she keowt that . many of their troublet stem
from over-exuberance and mischief and the "mother" them accordingly.
Faye hat worked for Circuit Judge Oevid R. Vandenberg for almost 15 years and he
calls her "Hit girl Friday."
, To us - we feel the richly detervet the orchid dedicated above.
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MRS. FRANK A BLACKMER ... at home . . . where -the it the wife of the Judge of Klamath Falls Muni,
clpal Court. For the moment she hat optimistically changed from business clothet to a dressier summer
frock . . . "optimistically" because (he it on call from the Juvenile Office 24 hours a day and may have
lo shed her pretty droit any moment for work-a day garb to "start another case" involving tome
youngster lor youngsters) in trouble. And trouble it it . . . whether the fault of the child or not. All
calls ere tinged with tragedy. She it never celled out at night to witness a "happy tcene'Mn the life of
a young person. But she hat worked hard to achieve happy endlngt to countlett tad stories.
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FAYE BLACKMER climbs in and out of the official car countlett timet year.
Many trips are made to 1949 Main to visit wards of the Juvenile Home . . .
arranging for haircuts, planning essential wardrobe purchases and! a hundred
other detailt necettary to the welfare of the young charge. ;
AT WORK ... in the Juvenile Office where three years from now the will have been on the tame ob for
one-half of her comparatively young life. Seated across the desk from her, rt Pati O'Connor (stand-in
for the great number of confused adolescents who have found understanding and compassion expressed
In her large dove-gray black fringed eyetl. Incidentally, while we were in the office, Mrt. Blackmer gave
high praite to all who have generously helped With the important work. And . we were pleased to
learn that Mrt. Stephen (Addie) Walker, featured on last year's Mothar't Day page, and her husband
have often invited youngsters from the Juvenile Home to there weekend with their own tlx children,
giving them a liberal' "helping" of happy family life. . ; -
SOCIETY
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THE HIGHEST TRIBUTE ... to Faye Blackmer it just to get a friendly note from grown-up
youngster helped by the Juvenile Office to get a new start in tha right direction. And the
hat many in the file. Of course Francis Matthews shares the office problem with Mrt. Black
mer but this is MOTHER'S DAYI 1 ,
Mrs, Blackmer Photos By Milly Ramsby