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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14. 19.19
Musically Inclined Blind
Aided By Singer Of 1930s
BOSTON. Mass. AP - Her
name was Bede Best and when
she sang with Joe nines' orches
tra at the St. Regis Hotel ir. New
York 25 years ago. young men
would stop, look, listen and sigh
A petite brunette, she could hell
out a song like a Louisville slud
ger. Her lavoriles were "I Only
Have Kyes for You" and "With
My Eyes Wide Open."
But these tunes belied the trag
edy in her heart. For in 1M4 Bede
Best was going blind. One eye was
sightless, the other had 40 per
cent vision. Eventually, doctors
said, she would live in a world of
darkness.
Later she sang with Carl Ra
vazza'i orchestra, but the band
business soon became too diffi
cult. There was always the fear
she would stumble and fall as she
made her way through a clutter
of instruments en route to a mi
crophone. An offer came from "Al Pierce
and His Gang" and Bede found a
niche in radio. Then came the
Emory Deutch Variety Show, but
her sight continued to fail her.
It was time to return home to
Boston and here she made her
way as a pianist at local night
spots. She married, had a son
and for a while Bede, now Mrs
Elizabeth U. Welker, found hap
piness.
But misfortune shadowed her
Her husband died, her mother be
came an invalid and Bedc's sigh!
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transplant operation was unsuccessful.
Bede began learning Braille, the
system of raised dots on paper
that which enables the blind to
read by touch. As she mastered
the system she discovered how
cumbersome it was for the sight
less and how difficult it 'must be
lor those who wanted to compose
or play popular music.
She appealed to Lawrence
Berk, who had played piano with
the Rincs group, and now is direc
tor of the Bcrklce School of Music.
The two decided to work on a
method of simplifying the teaching
of popular music and jazz to the
blind.
They developed new symbols
they say can easily be learned
by anyone who has mastered
Braille. The symbols, using the
Hraille cell system, give the mel
ody line, the chords and time val
ues simultaneously.
The blind person who has mem
orized his piano keyboard thus is
able to "read" the corresponding
Braille symbols tor the notes that
comprise the tune and can also
memorize the chords which pro
vide the accompanying 'harmony
Students using Braille to learn
music composition often had to
use two 9x13 inch sheets to learn
a few bars of music. It required
15 sheets to learn a chorus. The
sightless attempting such a chore
often would become discouraged.
lose interest, give up in despair
Bede and Berk worked out a
system that boiled down an entire
song to one sheet. It features new
principles of harmony and encour
ages improvisation.
Their system will become part
of; the curriculum at Berklee next
September. It will be offered to
the blind at reasonable tuition
rates. Students in the class will
be encouraged to become teachers
themselves.
And at the head of the class-
as a Bcrklce instructor will be
Mrs. Welker, who as Bede Best
lost her sight, but never her cour
age.
Official Asks
Fishing Ban
PORTLAND (AP)-The Febru
ary commercial stcclhead season
on the Columbia River should be
abandoned, a member of the
Washington Game Commission
said here Tuesday. .
Few commercial fishermen are
dependent on the February sea
son, sain Al prilchard at a meet
ing of the Oregon Fish Commis
sion and the Washington agency.
The two bodies met here to set
the dates of 19SII commercial sea
sons on Ihe river. But Harold
Johnson of the Oregon Fish Com
mission later said the dales will
be set sometime in the future.
Pritchard said that the com
mercial fishing is relatively un
important when compared to the
500,000 sports fishermen who use
the river.
And he added: "We cannot put
a dollars and cents value on the
aesthetic contributions to human
welfare."
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Video Scribe Leaves Jail After Serving Sentence
JERSEY CITY, N.J. UFI-
Television columnist Marie Torre
today left Hudson County Jail
where she served a 10-day con
tempt of court sentence (or re
fusing to tell a judge the source
of a disputed news item about
singer Judy Garland.
The 34-year-old New York Her
ald Tribune columnist, whose fight
to maintain the anonymity of her
news source won nationwide at
tention, walked to freedom about
9:30 a.m. e.s.l. after processing
THE NOSE KNOWS
BRISTOL. Va. (UP!) Dewey E
Offield, arrested on suspicion of
drunken driving, told police what
they smelled on his breath was
the aroma of blackberry jam.
Judge Robert Davis fined Of
field on the word of the arresting
oinccr that the aroma was that
of whisky.
and saying goodbye to jail officials.
She- wore the same navy blue
dress as when she entered the
jail Jan. 5. Miss Torre got up
about 6 a.m. with other woman
prisoners and ate an early break
fast. She turned in her blue and
white prison uniform and later
claimed some possessions in the
personal property room of the
jail. She was given two large car
tons to carry the mail sent to her
by friends and well-wishers.
Her husband, TV producer Hal
Friedman, and a host of reporters
and cameramen were expected to
be on hand to greet the attractive
newspaperwoman as she leaves
the jail.
But Miss Torre's release has
been dampened by the prospect of
further contempt action if she con
tinues to withhold the identity of
her source for the disputed item.
Miss Garland's attorney, Lionel S
Popkin, has said he "probably
will" ask Miss Torre again to
name the source.
Described by Federal Judge Syl
vester J. Ryan as "the Joan of
Are of her profession," Miss Torre
has declined to name a television
network executive whom she quot
ed in a statement about Miss Garland.
Miss Garland subsequently filed
a 1.393.333 suit against the net
n-nrk (TRR1 rharpin? hrparh a!
contract and libel. Neither Miss
Torre nor the Herald Tribune was
named a defendant. t
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Klamath Falls City Chief
Completes Insurance Study
A thorough analysis of the city
of Klamath Falls insurance cover
age was recently completed by City
Manager G. S. Vergeer Sr., who
made a complete report to the city
council Monday night.
As a result of the survey, the
amount of insurance carried by
the city has been reduced approxi
mately 5200,000.
On marine floater insurance, de
signed to secure all hazard cov
erage on construction equipment
not subject to auto coverage and
other equipment used and left off
of city owned premises, Vergeer
reported that coverage of
$132,756.78 was reduced to the
necessary total of $51,825, a re
duction of $80,931.78.
On property and fire insurance,
he reported that building valua
tions were generally realistic, but
contents revealed some drastic er
rors in valuation.
Final results on this type insur
ance was that a total coverage of
$.113,230 was required. Under the
10 per cent average clause, this
demanded insurance in the amount
of $731,907. The reduction order to
this amount resulted in cancella
tion of insurance totaling $118,093.
On auto insurance, the city
manager reported several vehicles
Police Slate
Rifle Classes
The city police department has
completed its first series of rifle
classes for young marksmen and
is about ready to begin new classes.
Next Monday, in fact, is the date
for enrolling for the next scries of
classes on basic rifle instruction,
gun handling and safety.
Police Lt. Bud Adkins warns.
however, that applicants for new
classes will be enrolled on a first
come, first-enrolled basis. No en
rollments will be taken until 4
p.m. Monday, January 19, and Ad
kins advises that applicants
should be accompanied by their
parents because parental signa
tures are required.
The classes are open to stu
dents between 10 and 15 years old.
Rifles for class use are provided
by the police department.
In the class just completed. Ad
kins said. 84 hoys and girls were
enrolled, including 80 students who
never had been in rule classes
before.
When the 10-week course was
completed, 60 students earned cer
tificates and diplomas, and 40 of
them almost half the class
earned pro marksman medals.
"It's been a very successful
class." Adkins said. "We're very
happy with the results."
Adkins reminded prospective ap
plicants for the forthcoming class
that assignments as to what night
a student wishes to attend class
also are marie on a first arrival
basis.
Applications may be made at
4 p.m. Monday at the city police
station. 425 Walnut Street. When
the next classes arc filled, Ad
kins said, no further instruction
will he available 'until next No
x ember.
covered which were no longer1
owned by the city, two pieces of
equipment covered by this policy
which were already covered by
another policy. A total of 34 items!
were changed in valuation, in
addition to these. i
Total coverage was reduced
from $163.7J1 to $146,148. resulting!
in cancellation of $17,643.
Vergeer also submitted an in
surance commission division list
to the council which showed that
in accordance with the regulation
setting up the insurance broker
policy, 12 insurance men came
in for a full share of the total
commissions, a share being equal
to $87.09. In addition, three in
surance men received half shares
of $43.55 each.
The two brokerage firms who
handled the city's insurance pro
gram, The Landry Company and
Driscoll and Padgett, divided 25
per cent of the total commissions,
amounting to $195.96 each, as their
share for brokerage fees.
me council accepted the division
report, and approved the change
in insurance coverage as outlined
by the city manager.
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Police Find
Pair Of Clues
PORTLAND (API - Police to
day had two new leads one in
Oregon and one in Washington j
in the hunt for the missing hen
Martin family of Portland.
A student pilot said he had seen
a car in a river, and another
man said he had seen two Christ
mas trees and greens in a cave.
Karl Trigsted of Portland told
police that he saw a light-colored
cr in the Willamette River as
he flew between Oregon City and
Aurora Dec. 14
And David Nain. a Portland
State College student, told police
he saw the trees and greens in
a cave near Troutlake. Wash., in
Klickitat County Dec. 2".
Those leads, said Capt. Gordon
Auborn of the Multnomah County
sheriff's office, are the most
promising in several weeks.
Martin, his wife and their three
young daughters vanished Dec 7
after setting out from their Port
land home in a light-colored sta
tion wagon to get a Christmas
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