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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6. 1954 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN Growing Number Of Ore. -SNeds Poses Problems By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM 11 Facing a 25 per cent increase in the number of school children In the next six years, Oregon Is headed for more trouble in finding enough teachers to man the class rooms. Mrs. Joy hills Gubser, assistant state superintendent of public in struction, says that of the state's 8,500 grade school teachers, 19 per cent now have emergency certifi cates. That means they don't have the requirements to be regularly certified teachers. She predicts the shortage of qual ified teachers will get worse. Eor the school year beginning next month, the state's school dis tricts are hiring 1,198 new srade teachers. Mrs. Gubser estimates that only 200 or 300 will come from the 1954 graduating classes at Oregon colleges which train teachers. The rest will come from outside the state, or will be teachers with emergency certificates. At this time last year, there was a' need for 1.249 teachers. But all positions were filled by the time school started, although half of the new teachers had emergency certi ficates. Emergency teachers can teach juui yvaib. Ai uie enu ui mm ume. they either must have become qualified, or quit. The shortage doesn't exist in high schools, or in schools in the larger cities. But it's bad in rural areas and .small towns. Mrs. Gubser has some ideas as to what to do about it. : "In the first place," she says "we must induce all. the graduates of teacher training courses to teach. Many complete their courses now, and then go into other fields. "We have to take steps to re duce the turnover. In the United States last year, 60,000 teachdrs left their profession. "We must maintain better stand ards for the profession. We lose good teachers now by reducing the standards. "We must maintain adequate salaries. The salaries generally are good in the larger cities, and these cities don't have much trouble getting good teachers." Mrs. Gubser said salaries are so low in some sections of the state that the districts can't keep good teachers. She cited Eastern Oregon as a low salary area, as serting that this part of the state is strongly influenced by low teach er salaries in Idaho. "Some men," she continued, "go into some areas as teachers for $3,600 a year, which isn't enough to support their families and to take the extra college work that is required of them. Many of these men teach a short while, and then they go Into business. J. J. NEWBERRY Co. H ll 6 to 14 igipP SATURDAY ONLY ' ' ar0 Ae Re,n 'tH. Wind- - ' VX-..V. .I',.,, n ikJll "Another factor in getting good teachers is for the public to be aiert to the election of good school beards. Some communities don't pay am' attention to what goes on in their schools, and they elect school boards that, don't know very much about running the schools. Consequently, it's hard to keep good teachers in those school systems." Mrs. Gubser thinks the teachers can do something about it, too. "Teachers have to take a more positive attitude toward their pro fession. They don't have to apolo gize to anyone for being a teach er," she said. She thinks there should be more financial help for students who are taking courses to become teachers. But she pointed out that the Ore gon colleges which train teachers couldn't get rid of all of their scholarship money last year. There weren t enough students who ap plied for the aid. The high schools, she thinks, can do something about influencing their students to become teachers. She also suggests that standards can be raised for principals and school administrators. If this is done, . she says, the teaching pro fession will be more attractive. French Teen-Agers Touring World " NEW YORK A couple Of French teen-agers have arrived from South America on a trip "around the world In 80 days" to commemorate the 80th anniversa ry of the Jules Verne novel. The pair, Francolse Haurie, 16, and Jean Francois Bernede, 14, won a soap company contest. They confided last night that lan guage difficulties sometimes make things confusing. In Peru, lor instance, they asked for a deck of playing cards and got peanuts. "But the peanuts were good," they said. 33rd ANNUAL GRANTS PASS Glodiolut Parade Wednesday Glad Show 11 & 12. Horse Racinq Thursday. Square Dances 13 & 14, oe Lewis, Texas, Caller. Midget Races Timber Carnival, Saturday. 4-H and FFA Auction Friday, Special Exhibits. Carnival, Grants Pass Stores Close Thursday afternoon. COME! MEET YOUR FRIENDS! 4 BIG DAYS! 'I I BRADFORD COLE, announcer for station KFJI is presented with a certificate of appreciation by Mrs. Kenneth Hartley, president of Klamath Unit, No. 8, The citation was in recogni tion of the contribution to the education, entertainment and inspiration of the public in the listening area including Bly, Lakeview, Klamath Falls, Merrill, Malin, Tulelake and Dorris. Programs included information on Legion auxiliary activities and other pertinent facts of units. A similar certificate was presented to station KFLW and received by announcer Charles McFarlan, Mountaineers Escort Bodies CALGARY, Alta. WV-Four Mex ican mountaineers and the bodies of their four climbing partners killed last Friday on Mt. Victoria left here Wednesday .aboard a Mexican government DC3. Fausto Hernandez AJurla, Mexl- JOSEPHINE COUNTY FAIR can consul from Vancouver, cleared the survivors and victims for their return home. Keep Oregon Green bonquer place cards, cigor ette inuffers, key chains, metol car bumper tags end display posters. Just telephone ony of these members of the Klamath County Keep Oregon Green Committee: Hal Ogle, Klamath Forest Pro tective Association, 3282; Bob Cooper, U.S. Dis trict Forest Ranger., 3801; or Joe LaClair, 7292. Use them help keep Oregon green! A PREVENT FOREST FIRES- 1 U.S. Admiral TOKYO ( The Russian Navy may have as many as 90 subma rines in the Pacifio area, Vice Adm. William Callaghan. com mander of U.S. naval forces iu the Far East, estimated today. "These submarines definitely would be a threat to maintaining sea lines of communication," said the tall, grey-haired admiral, whose job would be to fight them in the event of war with the So viets. "Russia has a total of 375 sub marines," Callagban said In an in terview, "and we feel it would be reasonable to expect that one-quarter of them are in the Pacific." He estimated the Russian Pa cific fleet also has 50 destroyers and two cruisers, but no aircraft carriers or battleships, "Submarines and air power are their greatest threat, so far as So viet capability is concerned," Cal laghan said. Two weeks ago. Gen. Earle E. Partridge, Far East Air Forces commander, said combined Soviet, Chinese and North Korean air forces had 1,500 planes, most of them Russian. Russian ground strength in the FREE FUR STORAGE Cold Storage Cleaning Glazing GIVEN ABSOLUTELY FREE WITH ANY RESTYLING OR REPAIR WORK OVER $25 DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST SUMMER RATES, NOW IN EFFECT GREGORY'S FUR SHOP 815 E. Main UkIGUIDED This message is made possible by the Advertising Council and the Klamath and is brought to you as a public service by Warns Of Big Far East has been estimated at 35 combat divisions by a high-ranking officer on the staif of Gen. John E. Hull, Far East command er. Callaghan, the first skipper of the famed battleship Missouri, is a veteran of both world wars. He was in charge of the Military Sea Transportation Service during the Korean War. His. present command Includes the U.S. 7th Fleet, made up of de stroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers, but presently no battle ships. The 7th Fleet is charged with preventing a Chinese Red Invasion of Formosa, Chmese Nationalist redoubt. v Callaghan also is In charge of the Amphibious Force. West Pa cific, made up of attack trans ports, cargo ships vand lnhding craft and also in charge of 5 yards at Yokosuka and Sasebo, Jnpan, and Inchon and Pusan In Korea. Although there are no battle ships in the Far East at present, there are four aircraft carriers the Boxer, Philippine Sea, York town .and Hornet. The latter three are doing service with the 1st Fleet In the South Pacific. The Boxer Phone 3573 What's the connection between an ordinary match and a bomb? Just this: One little match, when carelessly dropped or flipped from the window of a car by a qreen or careless hand in the woods, can set off a fiery chain of traqedy and destruction almost beyond belief. Last year, carelessness with fire blackened 20 million acres of America's wooded land. 20 mil lion acres! Valuable watersheds were damoqed. Animals and birds died by the thousands. Yes, even humans lost their lives. What can be done about forest fires.? Their prevention rests in your hands ... for 9 out of 10 are caused by people . . . people like you. You must be careful, exceedinqly careful with matches, smokes, campfires. This year be sure that every ' flame, every spark is dead out; don't be a qreen hand in the woods! Sears Roebuck and Co. Russian Asiatic Sub Fleet has been In Yokosuka undergoing routine repairs to the flight deck. Asked about the chances the Rus sians would have in getting air craft carriers Into the Pacific In case of war, Callaghan smiled. "I would certainly hate to be In com mand of a Russian naval force trying to come around the Cape of Good Hope," he said. There were no surface actions In the Korean War. United Nations warships roamed the coasts at will, hammering shore batteries and sending carrier based planes deep Into Korea in support of ground troops. Many Communist mines were encountered, however. Russian submarines, Callaghan said, were operating from bases around Vladivostok and to the north. "The weather would be against them operating from these north ern bases during much of the year." . He said that any submarine force could only keep one third of its strength in operation. The Phalens REX and RUTH TO ENTERTAIN YOU IN THE Poiiflcrosa Room OF THE WILLARD HOTEL WONDERFUL MUSIC for DANCING FINE FOOD TASTY COCKTAILS missile County Keep Oregon Green Committee, Ellingson Lbr. Company A N D But that one third the Russians have In the Pacific could block sea lines by prowling outside har bors. "At least at first they would give us trouble." But, he said, "hunter-killer groups of carriers and destroyers are tne greatest potential capabili ty against this submarine threat." RADIOACTIVE TOKYO W Japanese doctors said Thursday the critical stage has passed for 23 Japanese fish ermen showered by radioactive ash after a Bikini hydrogen bomb blast last March. I-aricat slock lead tnc maka planoi la Uils part of Ibo eat. Bent m Splnol tlino. Rental pnr cosae plop. Hammond Organ Chord Organ LOUIS R. MANN PIANO CO. 120 No. 7th
