SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1955
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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Retarded Children Set Special C are
In Klamath Falls School System
The Klamath Falls Public
Schools, through Ihe Department
of Special Education, try to pro
vide s well-rounded program ol
instruction which will encompass
those areas of disability which
are outlined by the Oregon State
Department of Education.
There Is a division of 8peclal
Education in the Bute Department
of Education which is headed by
Mrs. Joy HiUs Gubser and which
employs a consultant in each of
the special areas: crippled and low
vitality, speech correction, vision,
hearing, extreme learning difficul
ty,' emotional maladjustment, and
mentally retarded. Throughout the
state of Oregon, some 250 teachers
are employed by - school districts
to work with children having the
above handicaps. The program is
a growing one and one of increas
ing importance in public ihcol
education.
In Klamath Falls, as In each
' school district, the programs are
modified to meet the needs of the
community and the schools. Here,
there are presently employed 10
teachers who work in the field of
special education. Remedial read
ing Instructors are located as fol
lows: Mrs. Elda Fletcher, half
time. Pelican School; Mrs. Cynthia
De Rosier, full-time, Fairview
School; Mrs. Alta Griffin, half
time. Conger School; Mrs. Nora
Borden, full-time, Fremont School:
Mrs. Vera Propst, full-time. Mills
School; Mrs. Helen Perkins, half
time, Roosevelt School. Mr. LeRoy
Aserlind Is full-time speech cor
rectionist for the elementary
schools. Mrs. Maude Melton and
Mrs. Dorris Hines are employed
on an hourly basis as visiting
teachers for home instruction. The
program is directed by Mr. For
rest F. Hawley.
CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC
One of the many agencies In the
state to which the schools and the
special education department may
turn for assistance Is the Klamath
County Child Guidance Clinic. Serv
ices of a psychiatric clinic for
children have been available in
Klamath County (or many years
and have proved to be of much
help in many cases.
A little over two years ago, the
Klamath County clinic was reor
ganized under the supervision of
the Klamath County Child Guid
ance Advisory Council. Participat
ing agencies include the city and
county schools, Klamath County
Public Welfare Commission, Kltni
ath County Juvenile Court, Klam
ath County Publip Health Depart
ment, and others. A full-time psy
chiatric social worker, Mr. Daniel
Campbell, Is situated at the Klam
ath County Health Department, and
a psyehlatrist from the Oregon
State Board of Health spends two
days each month In Klamath Falls
operating a diagnostic clinic.
Children from the public schools
who are having adjustment difficul
ties may be referred to the mid
ance clinic for assistance. Where
it is recommended, certain adjust
ments are made in the educational
program of the child In. the class
room., Certain psychological tests are
often administered through the spe
cial education department as furth
er aids in determining educational
procedures which will be of most
benefit to the child. These tests are
also required for certification of
all special education cases.
REMEDIAL READING
The bulk of the assistance given
to students in the Klamath Falls
public schools by .the special edu
cation teachers Is in the area of
remedial reading. A remedial read
ing teacher is employed in each
of the six elementary schools and
In the junior high school on either
a half-day on full-day basis. These
teachers work with small grwps
of children whose reading is ex
tremely retarded; that is, where
the reading achievement level Is
two or more years' below grade
placement of the pupil.
Most of the reading cases are
taken from grades three through
French Troops Hit Back
After Moroccan Rebels
Slay Soldiers In Ambush
RABAT. Morocco (UP) Moroc
can terrorists attacked a French
ambulance convoy in the Riff
Mountains and killed or wounded
17 French soldiers, French author
ities announced here yesterday.
The ambush in the mountains
north of Fez ' and savagg acts of
violence in major Moroccan cities
made It evident Sultan Sldi Mo
hammed Ben Youssef had not yet
restored order 'in the protectorate.
Ben Youssef , known as Sultan
Mohammed V, today held talks
aimed at setting up Morocco's first
national government.
While the political talks were
going on In the capital French
troops were drawing a tight ntiose
around the troubled Ankour-Tisi
Ouzll-Boured triangle in the Riff
Over The Garden Gate
MT. LAKI ,
By Crystel Cheyne
The Mt. Lakl Garden Club held
Its monthly meeting on Novem
ber 14 at the home of Mrs. Wil
liam Cunningham. Sixteen mem
bers and two guests, Mrs. Charles
Thurman, district garden club di
rector, and Mrs. W. F. Hilyard
were present.
Mrs. Richard Fleming displayed
her woodfiber flowers she has
made In a course she Is taking.
Several members of the club are
now taking this course.
Mrs. Clifford Kelley instructed
the making of dried material cor
sages; Mrs. Ed Born, feather cor
sages, and Mrs. Noah Nyhart, the
wood fiber ones.
Mrs. Thurman spoke, urging at
tendance at the district garden
clubs' workshop to be held in the
Altamont Junior High Building on
December 3. beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Mrs. F. Nehammer, will show
those present how to make holiday
decorations, wreaths, swans and
others for homes and Christmas
trees.
Admission for garden club mem
bers is on membership card and
ior non-members, $1.
A luncheon will be served at
'Joan's Kitchen at the fairgrounds
at noon by the Poe Valley Home
Extension Unit at a charge of J1.25
a plate. The district will provide
a baby sitter at the junior high
for those who have to take small
children, so we hope for a large
attendance.
Mrs. Nyhart displayed and ex
plained an arrangement she had
made of fall chrysanthemums and
Mrs. Jay Fairclo showed one she
had made of oak leaves and pods.
After routine business the meet- j
tu nujuuiui'u ana uie Hostess
served ice cream sundaes.
Mountains along the border of
Spanish Morocco.
French officials labelled their
operation a "ratissage." a dread
word that means the troops were
ordered to fire on sight at any
thing arousing their suspicion.
The reported ambush occurred
Iik this same area Friday as a
Red Cross ambulance carrying
wounded and. accompanied by an
escort of troops made a detour
off the much damaged road be
tween Tizl Ouzll and Aknou, about
SO miles northeast of Fez.
Rebels who had taken up van
tage points on mountainsides over
looking the road poured automatic
weapon fire into the convoy. The
reports said 17 French soldiers
were "killed or wounded' but did
not break down the casualties.
In Casablanca a watchman had
his throat slit by an unknown, as
sailant in an outburst of terrorism
there and another was wounded.
A nationalist terrorist organiza
tion, the Black Crescent Secret
Society, meanwhile Issued pamph
lets warning that it knew of some
Moroccans who were "traitors to
the cause of Moroccan independ
ence." As of today, the society warned,
Moroccans must "beware, for they
would all get the fate they de
served." The sultan, who had been ex
pected to end the surge of terror
Ism when he came home from
exile last month, was expected to
choose a premier by next week.
He is attempting to organize a
native government capable of
shouldering the responsibility for
administering Morocco during the
interim period before it receives
complete independence from
France.
Klamath Doctors
OK Salk Vaccine
The Salk polio vaccine has been
found to be safe and effective,
the Klamath County Medical So
ciety announced this week.
The Klamath County Health De
partment, with full support of the
Klamath County Medical Society,
recommends the administration of
this vaccine at the present time to
afford maximum protection before
the next polio season.
The vaccine Is now available to
persons from birth to age 20 and
to pregnant women.
eight, although some assistance Is
given in grades one and two where
It is felt that a little assistance,
here will eliminate the necessity
for a great deal of correction at
a later date. The children go to
the special teacher for a 30 to
45 minute period, each day.
or as required. At this time tliey
are given such individualized in
struction as is thought needed to
give the child an independent at
tack upon his reading.
There is available a great deal
of material on various levels of
difficulty which is different irom
that which the child would have
met In the regular classroom; how
ever, this material is not so dif
ferent that he will have difficulty
In returning to his own classroom
work when his reading ability has
sufficiently Improved.
The methods used in this instruc
tion vary with the individual pupil
and instructor. In each Instance,
however, the first task Is to give
the child an interest and a certain
degree of success in this .field of
reading which has so often been
his downfall. Since the causes of
learning disability are so many
and varied, and so often multiple,
each child presents his own par
ticular challenge to the teacher.
For this reason, there can be no
one "method" of corrective read
ing, but rather a number of "meth
ods" which may be varied as each
case demands.
SPEECH AND HEARING
Speech correction has long been
a function of the public schools
and is included among the services
of the Department of Special Ed-
Ucntinn. Mnnv rhilriran whn ctinu,
a speech defect, either functional
ur organic, are receiving special
instruction frcm a speech correc-tionist.
Sometimes, as In t.h. pbu nf a
cleft palate, surgery is required
before speech therapy is attempt
ed. Derjendlnsr llnnn lh nntiira anri
severity of the disorder, children
ore seen singly or in small groups
for special help. Where there is
the possibility that Inadequate
hearing may be at least a part
of the trouble, the child is given
an audiometer test to determine if
a hearing loss is present. The
child's teacher and nnrenta ra
often given- sUBnestions as tn
how they may assist in the cor-
ictuve process.
In KlniYlftth Wfltl. a In nth
parts of Oregon, speech improve
ment lessons are being presented
to a number of the first grades.
The speech correctionist visits each
classroom on four days a week
m give me lessons wnich are de
signed to give the first grader an
introduction tn the VarnirniHnn an1
creation of the sounds of speech,
10 stress me importance of good,
clear, understandable speech, and
w supplement me oasic phonic
leSSOnS Uusht In !. firat o-raHa
It is hoped that this type of lesson
will cut down the aneerh poi-rnn.
tion cam lnnri In lata bni n
cut down the load drawn from the
primary grades in those instances
wuere uie speecn proDjem is pri
marily one of late speech maturity.
In those insLnnrp uhpra . lilM
may be hard of hearing certain
neips may also De onered by the
Special Education teacher. Speech
reading or lip reading instruction
in sometimes given where the de
gree of hearing loss is severe.
Where a child Is using a hearing
aid, such assistance as is needed
may be given to help the child
adjust to Uie use and care of the
hearing aid.
HOMK INSTRUCTION
Crimiled or children nf Inw vitali
ty who are confined to their homes
or to the hospital, are unable to
aiiBiju scnooi wnnout transporta
tion, or beculise nf n rrlnnllnu mn.
dltlon require special facilities or
instructional service, are eligible
for Instruction by a visiting teach-
x.
Upon the recommendation of the
ttendinST Dhvsicinn anri tha raminet
of the parents a teacher visits the
home, two or three times weekly,
to instruct the child in the aca
demic curriculum of his grade. In
most instances regular classroom
materials are used, but at times,
SDeclal eouinment nr siinnlia. in
required.
Children receiving home instruc
tion must be absent from school
for a neriod of twn mnniha nr
more; instruction Is received dur
ing mis lime, At the present time
six children from arades nnp
Lhrmiph plant in raoali.in., hin
Their disabilities are rheumatic fe
ver, tuberculosis, and one broken!
leg. Three teachers are now em-j
nloved on an hnnrlv hnj m,raJ
lion of home instruction has varied
from three months to three years.
One child received home teaching I
for his first three grades In school
snd is now successfully competing
on a fourth grade level, his first
year in school. Where the family
physician considers it advisable,
Ihe school Jay of a child may be
adjusted so that he may attend
regular classes for a half day at
a time.
VISION ,
ii Another type of handicapped per
son receiving special attention from
this department is the visually
handicapped child. Some children
who have a vision disability ser
ious enough to require special at
tention may be equipped with clear
type books, sight saving paper or
other easy-to-read, large type print
ed matter.
The classroom teacher is
acquainted with the special needs
of the child and cooperates In the
special instruction which the child
needs. Wherever possible the large
type material follows the textual
material with which the rest of
the class Is provided.
Each year, the children in the
classrooms are screened for vision
difficulties by the classroom teach
er or public health nurse using the
Snellen chart. This year, in addi
tion, children in grades, two, five,
and eight will be screened by the
special education teacher using the
Massachusetts vision test. This is
a comparatively new method of
vision screening which is being
Introduced to, the Klamath Falls
public schools on an experimental
basis.
Ordinarily, children who are
blind receive their education and
vocational instruction at some state
institution. During the past few
years, however, some children have
been Instructed with sighted child
ren in the regular classroom. In
the city of Portland more than
20 children are receiving this type
of care. Three persons are em
ployed to teach Braille to these
children, but they are in attendance
in regular classrooms.
In Klamath Falls one blind child
is attending a regular first grade
classroom with 25 sighted children.
This child has special materials
and books furnished through the
State Department of Education.
Braille will be taught by a local
instructor.
This experiment has been con
ducted with full cooperation from
the school administration, class
room teachers, the parents, and
the other school children, and has
so far proved successful. This ex
periment Is being watched carefully
by all concerned in the event that
this program may need to be ex
tended at some time in the future.
MENTALLY RETARDED
The Oregon Legislature of 1052
approved a pilot program to be
conducted by the Oregon State De
partment of Education for deter
mining the feasibility of educating
those children in the state of Ore
gon who are mentally retarded
and to whom the scnoois nave tne
responsibility of helping establish
the ability of self-management and
of meeting the practical problems
of dally living.
These pilot schools functioned
for two years in five areas of the
state. That the program was suc
cessful Is shown by the adoption
by the Oregon Legislature of 1055,
chapter 658 of the Oregon Laws
relating to the education of men
tally retarded children, Section 1
of which contains the purpose as
worded in the above paragraph.
This year, the program of educa
tion of the slow-learning and men
tally retarded child has been ex
tended to some 20 schools in the
state.
There are In every community
a certain number of children who
could profit by such an educational
program. The school districts of
Klamath Falls and Klamath Coun
ty are surveying the need and the
demand for such a program. If
there is sufficient need and de
mand, such a program may be
organized in this area.
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. Removing tnow from city streets is always a problem, no natter what part of the
country you lire in. But the street department here in Klamath Falls hat quite an idea
They try to wear the anow out before they hare to pi ok it up, 1 rues they figure that'
if they push it around enough, it'll just melt and run away.
Stopped in at BEACHS JEWELERS, 834 Main, last week to take Beb cut fer a oup of coffee.
While I was waiting for him to finish engraving a bracelet. Dorothy, his wife, showed me
a new shipment of Black Hills Gold. It's a brand of solid gold Jewelry that comes out of
the hlls of South Dakota,. .the last location of fresh, raw gold in America.
The makers of this Blabk Hills Gold are kinda in a rut. ..almost all ef their ear rings
necklaces, pins and rings are fashioned in a grape and leaf design The only thing that
sets each design in e class by itself, it the Individual work of eaoh craftsman. Tou see.
this Black Hills Gold is all hand-fashioned.
BEACHS has a solid gold lady's ring, featuring the grape and leaf hand-carved design
for only $12, tax Included. Other solid gold rings start as Ion as $10.60, There are ear
rings, either pieroed or post, for as low as $5.20. And they are really nioe.'
Vet another fellow from Kansas last week:. "Seems like about half the Oregon popul
ation is made, up of people from Kansas. . .maybe that's why it's suoh a good state) This
fellow is Dean Miller, and oddl enough, he runs a station oalled JATHAWK PETROLEUM
'PRODUCTS, 2156 South 6th. Had him fill the gas tank wit Rocket ethyl... runs swell, and
best ef all, it costs about what you would pay for regular at other stations.
Dean's big business right now is fuel oil.' It seems that a lot of people are calling
6788 to take advantage ef Dean's free delivery of that fine Rooket Fuel Oil from JATHAWK
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. It burns hot and clean... that's why people like it se well)
See I had a few mistakes in spelling in last week's letter. I'd like te blame them
oa the typewriter or on my spelling teachers, but I guess that I'll have to write it off
te my lack of initiative in studying spelling back ln,the 4th grade. " . .,
When Lydia first started talking about all the beautiful women's clothing and access
ories at MILLER'S DEPARTMENT STORE, 1 Just took It for granted that MILLER'S was a woman's
stere. But the ether day, 1 stopped In to see about a gift for Grandma Sylvester, and;
bumped right into a complete men's department.
Sport and dress shirts by Van Heusen, wool shirts, robes and tepsters by Pendelton,
Munsingwear briefs, shorts, undershirts and T-shirts, . .right down the line, you'll find
MILLER'S stock full of v top brand names. There's mene Jewelry by Swankj Prlnoe Gardner
billfolds and seoretarlesj Sanson! te, Skyway and Car-Cas luggage. Also something I'd
mever seen before.. .a grasshopper. It's not a bug, but a handy little bag for "long hop
or short hops." Of course, any man would like one of the dotens of styles ef sweaters
by Jantzen, Columbia Knit or Puritan. They come in all colors, all sites and all prioes.
Lydia is still unpacking boxes and barrels and I haven't been home fer dinner all week
...afraid she'd put me to work. Instead,, I 've been grabbing a bite eaoh noon at the ELITB .
RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE, 636 Main, and I've run Into 1 something different... Spanish Enohaladas.
Fer only 86 you get a whole plate full ef enohaladas smothered in chill gravy i
cheese, salad, rolls and coffee. One of the many things that I like about eating a
ELITE is that the portions are generous and the service is fine. .
and
the
Jimmie Short, the man behind the bar in the ELITE'S "BACK ROOM" it still mixing these
fine "warmer-uppers" that help take the chill off these snappy days. And Beb Wilson, the
owner, is en the ball, (helping out wherever he is needed and making sure your visit te the
ELITE is an' enjoyable one. ,'
,
We didn't get to go up to Bill's and Dorothy's for Thanksgiving, instead, we ate
dinner with Irene and Roe. The reads were Just tee slick te drive to Lebanon, and there
wasn't enough money in the till to take the bus er train. We're going te try te get up
there and spend Christmas with them. "
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Don't be surprised if our Christmas package te you folks is filled with a let ef home
made clothes, pillowcases, etc. Lydia had Herbert Breed, the manager at SINGER SEWING
MACHINE CO. 633 Main, bring out a rental maohine and she's really been turning out the
sewing. It only cost $6 per month to rent a brand new SINGER, and it's a swell way te
save money cn Christmas gifts.
It doesn't oost a cent extra to have the machine delivered right te your door, and
Herb says that when we're finished with it. Just call 2-2613 and he'll pick it up, He
says that all the rentals are brand new SINGERS, with both forward and reverse stitching.
One ef these handy' portables would make a fine Christmas present to any homemaker. They
only oost $119.96 and you can pay as little as $6.26 per month.
Took that Bui ova you got me for graduation into RICKTS JEWELERS, 700 Main, te be cleaned,
and Jim Rickbeil, the guy who owns the shop, showed me group of watches "for discriminat
ing persons. "
RICKTS is featuring three of the world's top brands.;. Mavodo, Omega and Rdex, Id both
men's and ladies' watohes. For all their exquisite styling and preoleion works, these ,
watches are well within the reach of anyone. . .prices start at $71.60.
Mr. Rickbeil showed me a "Calander-graph" watch by Mavode that Rip Van Winkle oeuld
have used after his 20 year nap. It shows the month, the day of the month and the day ef
the week, as well as the time of the day. I've been hinting that it would make a nloe .
' Christmas present for me from Lydia and the kids.
RICKTS also has a group of Omega watches with tl new sapphire crystals In fascinat
ing pastel-tints. Thie new crystal is so hard that ordinary souffs cannot mar its brill,
lance and the 14K gold oase will last a lifetime.
I've beei writing this letter during office hours and the boss keeps looking at m
out of the corner of his eye like he thinks I'm leafing. Better sign off and aot like
I'm working... it's almost time to go home for the evening, anyhow.
Slnoerely,