TTKST)AY. JANUARY 20. 1959
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE THREE
Officials Back
Chamber Plan
; Two political ollicials have
Soundly endorsed the "Keep Pace
With Tomorrow" program now be
ing conducted by the Klamath
County Chamber ot Commerce to
plan and develop the Klamath Ba
se's civic and economic future.
The endorsements were received
from County Judge Charles Mack
and Klamath Falls Mavor Law
rence Slater.
Judge Mack wrote:
"1 believe your program as out
lined to me to be the most timelv
and of the utmost importance to
the citizens of this county. We
have long needed just the sort ol
action proposed in the "Keep Pace
With Tomorrow" program, and I
Want you to know that I person
ally am one hundred per cent be
hind the endeavor. May the cham
ber and its members enjoy nothing
but complete success in your ef
forts." ; Mayor Slater wrote:
i "Most certainly I am in full ac
cord with your intention to expand
the activities of the chamber. In
my position as mayor of Klamath
Falls, I have had personal experi
ence with the program of work.
Services and community spirit of
the chamber and its members. As
it is presently constituted, t h e
chamber is an invaluable asset to
(he Klamath Region. The contem
plated increase in membership and
promotional activities will benelit
the citizens of the city, county and
the entire region."
Meeting Held
By Church Group
:MALIN The Women's Assnria.
Won of the Malin Presbyterian
Church met Thursday afternoon,
Jenuary 15, at. the church with the
tJ59 officers installed by Mrs. Por
tia Aikins of Tulelake.
:New officers are Mrs. J. Walter
Browning, president; Mrs. G. C.
Blohm, vice president; Mrs. Ger
ald Brown, secretary; and Mrs.
fcbyal Loveness, treasurer. Mrs.
drowning presented the program
books for the year with the theme,
JNew Occasions, New Duties."
..Committee chairmen appointed
and installed were Mrs. Harvey
Qugston, fellowship, with Mrs.
Merle Loosley and Mrs. Ethen
Whitman as assistants; Mrs. G. C.
EDohm, missionary education; Mrs.
Ethen Whitman, social education
HI action; Mrs. Marvin Shell, lit
Cfature; Mrs. A. E. Street, world
aervice; Mrs. C. M. Kirkpatrick,
tfewing for world service. Mrs.
Clugston introduced the member
ship cards.
'Refreshments were served fol
lowing the meeting by Mrs. Hab
-Wilson and Mrs. Marvin Shell.
CIIY BRIEFS
March Of Dimes
figures Asked
PORTLAND (API The March
ot Dimes was asked Monday to
ffveal the amount of money col
lected last year in Oregon, how
it was spent and how much went
qpt of the state by Portland May-
J Terry Schrunk.
chrunk also asked fund offi
cials to tell how much was spent
roaKing tne collections.
He sent the request to Don Os-
tensoe, state March of Dimes
president, and Paul Hunt, Mult
nomah County campaign chief.
RUBY RING
Loss of a ruby ring has been
reported to city police by Leonard
Valley, 210 South Eleventh Street.
who says it was apparently lost on
Wednesday, either in Klamath Falls
or between here and Gilchrist. The
gold ring had a large square set
ting, with a lion carved in the cen
ter of the ruby.
All Reservations for the Centen
nial dinner at the Winema Hotel
have been taken. Anyone wishing
to attend may call the following
numbers in event there are anv
cancellations: TU 2-4181. TU 1-7618
or TU 4-5704. Names will be taken
on a first come, first served basis.
Committee chairmen will assist if
possible.
Injured Mrs. Vera Clemmens of
the Pioneer Community on the Ash
land Highway has received word
of an injury to a former Klamath
County resident and pioneer. II. H.
Van Balkingburg, 93, who lived and
farmed here in his early days.
He fell and broke a second hip.
He broke the first hip about a year
ago, has since been an invalid. He
now lives in Ashland.
Improving Mrs. T'. B. Burkhart,
resident of the Pioneer Community
is recovering from major surgery
Monday in Klamath Valley Hos
pital. Meeting of Social Secretary's
Club No. 37 of Klamath Falls will
meet in the Empire Room of the
Winema Hotel 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
January 22. National and state of
ficers are expected to be present.
Axel Miller is secretary.
Conger PTA Schools Superinten
dent Arnold Gralapp will discuss
the life of Joseph Conger at a
Conger School PTA meeting Wed
nesday at 2:30. The program also
will include a film. "The Chal
lenge," depicting medical progress
against birth defects, arthritis and
polio. Babysitting services will be
provided. The executive board will
meet earlier, at 1 p.m.
Meeting Carnation Club meeting
will be held Wednesday, January
21, at 8 p.m. at the home of Eunice
Mayes. 5206 Bryant, co-hostess Ves
ta Stiles.
Fairvlew PTA-Mrs. Elda Fletch
er, special education teacher at
Fairview, will be guest speaker at
the PTA meeting Thursday, Janu
ary 22, at 2:15 p.m., in the audi
torium. Everyone is welcome.
Meeting The class of 1949 reun
ion committee will hold its next
meeting Thursday, January 22, at
the county library at 7:30 p.m.
Merry Mixers will sponsor a be
ginners square dance class at the
South Sixth Street Community Hall
starting at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb
ruary 4. The first lesson will be
free. Bill Mayhew will instruct
For more information call TU
4-9967.
Klamath Chapter Daughters of
the American Colonists, will meet
for luncheon at 12:30 on Saturday,
January 24. The board will meet
at 11:30 prior to the luncheon, both
meetings to be held in the Crater
Room of the Winema Hotel. Fol
lowing the business meeting and
election of officers the members
will hear Mrs. Albert O. Roenicke,
vice regent, speak on the "Domes
tic and Social Life of Our Colon
ial Ancestors." Carrying out the
year's theme of Colonial Days in
April, Mrs. Eugene Gjertsen will
talk to the chapter about colonial
architecture.
St. Mary's Altar Society will
meet Wednesday in the parish hall.
Potluck luncheon at 1 o'clock.
general chairman. The science sec
tion of the children's departmen:
of the city library has been desig
nated beneficiary of the bridge-too
For reservations, please call Mrs.
Alan Baker, TU 2-3167, or Mrs.
Loren Palmerton. TU 4-6624.
Pelican PTA The meeting sched
uled for Wednesday will begin
promptly at 2:30 p.m. in the school
auditorium. Mrs. Leigh Fenning
will present her first and second
grade students in a classroom
demonstration.
Former Basin Residents Widen View Of Blind Son
By RUTH KING ilittle boy his freedom, to broaden
Tim is the son of former Klam- his life and give him the courage
ilh Falls residents. He was burnlto venture out on his own. He
)lmd. He is the third child ol
Bethel and Kdwin Schneebeck who
ow live in Tacoma. The story ol
I'immy and his mother's gallant
iight to give him a chance to live
a normal life, is told in the Janu-
began taking swimming lessons at
2, had mastered diving by the time
he was 5.
During those early years, Bethel
Schneebeck was working against
lime, 4 lie time that the law de-
Gl Turncoat
Back In U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO VPD
Richard C. Corden, one of the 21
American turncoats of the Korean
War. returned to the United States
from Communist China Monday
homesick. . . but very im
pressed with socialism.
The 31-year-old ex-Army ser
geant said he plans to return to
his former home at Providence,
I!. I., and possibly get a job as a
Chinese language translator.
Corden was captured on Nov.
20, 1950. He said he refused to
come home after the armistice be
cause "I wanted to see what
China was like."
The former GI said he liked
what he saw.
The Chinese people want to he
friends with America and are in
terested in American industry, he
said. Recognition of Red China and
rejection of the "reactionary
Chiang government which is sup
ported solely by foreign aid"
would go far towards cementing
U.b.-Red Chinese friendship, he
said.
Corden denied he was ever a
Communist.
"1 haven't attempted to classify
myself, he said. "But I am very
impressed with socialism."
Corden was asked why he re
turned to this country.
What made me decide to come
home?" he said. "Hell, I just got
homesick."
Bus Driver
Recovers Bag
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-An ab
sent-minded woman forgot her
shopping bag on a bus.
Driver William T. Dunleavy
turned it. in to the bus system's
lost and found office. A tin box
in the bag contained $6,280 in cash.
Through a postcard, lost and
found manager Paul Frashcr
traced the bag and box to Mrs.
Ann Commins, widow of a city
sheet metal worker.
Mrs. William E. Commins. a
daughter-in-law, told Frasher the
elder Mrs. Commins hadn t yet
realized she had lost the shopping
bag.
"And we didn't know she was
carrying all that money with her."
Benefit Tea The 1959 Woman's
Library Club benefit bridge party
and tea will take place Saturday,
January 24, in the clubrooms at
the city library, Fifth and Klam
ath, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The
Oregon State Centennial will be ob
served in decorations and costumes,
according to Mrs. W. Don Miller,
THEFTS REPORTED
Two thefts were reported to
state police Sunday afternoon. One
was the theft of four hubcaps
from his Ford car, reported by
Paul Lewis, 1406 Ivory Street. The
other was the taking of a red,
24-inch Schwinn Spitfire bike, be
longing to 12-year-old L a n n i e
Woods, 3116 Bisbee Street, from
the neighborhood of a South Sixth
Street theater.
23 yeaAil
Monday, January 20, 1936 Clifford Jenkins, county 4-H
club agent. Earl C. Reynolds, leader of the sheep club of Hen
ley, ond Mrs. Elsie Burton, president of Klamoth county 4-H
club leaders, returned lote Soturday night from Corvollis
where they attended the annual state meeting of 4-H club
leaders.
Tuesday, January 21, 1936 Word hos been received' that
Miss EsteNine Bell, formerly of Murroy's Solon of Beauty, in
Klamath Falls, who is now attending the University of Oregon,
has pledged Alpha Chi Omega there. Miss Sell is also af
filiated port time with the beauty salon at McMorran and
Washburn's store in Eugene.
Wednesday, January 22, 1936 Miss Ella Redkey has been
elected as the physical educotion instructor of Klamoth Union
high school, a class which for the past two years hos been
discontinued. Miss Redkey acted os girls sport director in the
spring of '34 at this school. She hos since been employed
at the Roosevelt grode school of this city. Miss Redkey will
resume the duties os school nurse the first period of each doy.
Thursday, January 23, 1936 Orth Siscmore will be the prin
cipal tpeoker at the regular meeting of the Klamath chapter
of AAUW Saturday afternoon ot the Pelican Grille. Sisemore's
oddress will be upon the four omendments to be voted upon
January 31.
Fridoy, January 24, 1936 Members of the Klomath Falls
National Form Loan association, holding their onnuol busi
ness meeting at Klamoth Falls, elected Charles E. Drew,
A. L. Mrshall, U. E. Reeder, E A. Geory and B. E. Kerns
on their beard of directors for the coming yeor. The board
in turn elected U. E. Reedrr as president, E. A. Geary as
vice president ond R. H. Dunbar os secretory-treosurer.
Saturdoy, January 23, 1936 Rudy Jacobs, prominent young
business man of Klamath Falls, on Monday onnounced that
he would open 0 new men's clothing store ot Sixth and Moin
streets about Morch 1. The establishment will be known os
Rudy's Men's Store.
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Can children who are blind pos
sibly win k in I lie public schools
.uth sighted children?"
While the little hoy was .Mill verv
young, his iiioiIut iraveled widely
lo contact personally those leader's
.'.ho had worked with the blind,
traveling at night, talking during
.he day.
Her search took her to manv
.mums institutions and to -Jii
states. Slv learned that in the
Fast more and more blind chil
dren were craduallv beina trained
with sighted children m imlihr
schools, private schools, ami iilhrr
public eiliie..i:ni!.i institutions. She
gathered inclines and d.iia on chil
dren who had been sticcesslullv
admitted lo public schools. She
learned that the experiments over
a period of years had been suc
cessful. Armed with this information, she
was ready to approach the public
schools in Tacoma with her find
ings. Kducalors were interested
Bethel Schneebeck, to he prepared
lor any eventuality, took her find
ings to the Washington State Legis
lature. In the meantime, she gave Tim-
my a pair of roller skates and a
would be admitted she was told.
It worked. Timmy is now 9 years
old. Me attended a boy's camp for
two months last summer, rides a
miliar bov's bike, takes Dart in
pogo stick. He became part otlchildren's productions in Tacoma's
the crew on the family cruiser.; Little Theater group and is a Cub
He has felt his way through a
newspaper office, a candy compa
ny, a lumber mill, the Sealtle
Tacoma Airport.
Scout.
Probably his most amazing ac
complishment is the showing of
Ins seeing-eye dot". Thunder, in
liethel Schneebeck made her plea .five do sliuws. He trained wilh
helore the Legislature, armed with Thunder ill the Kast, graduating
pictures of blind children andlwnh honors, making a bus trio
Irong arguments, and sought to
keep her child at home. Parents
of blind children sought her help.
She kept her suggestions in front
of the legislators.
Actually there has been no
icross town, alighting and cross
ing the necessary streets and hea
vy traffic in Columbus, Ohio, a
city of 560,01)0 persons.
Tim. his doq Thunder, and his
family will visit Klamath Falls
has a similar business in Tacoma.
change in evslini; laws regaidiiig.snme day. coining to the home of
Ihe Mind in Washington state. huljr. and Mrs. John Schubert, 2527
because of Ihe ellorts ol Mi s. , lichee Street. Tim's father oper-
ncimcenecK and oiners interested, .alcd a news agency while here.
ine icnai program lor tile Handi
capped child has been tremendous
ly improved."
Timmy went to a private nursery
school for two years, to kinder
garten at the right age, the only
blind child in a public school in
Ihe state of Washington. If he
worked satisfactorily with children
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ary issue ot Cosmopolitan. This is
a brief resume of that story.
The Schneebecks have a son Da
vid in college and a daughter Judy
in junior high school.
On the day Tim s parents knew
for a certainty that he would nev
er see. Bethel Schneebeck began
searching for ways and the means
o carry out her resolution and her
gallant fight has resulted in open
ing the door to a normal life to
all blind children in the stale of
Washington.
Tim was the victim of rclro-
lental-fibroplasia, from which i
many premature babies suffer. j
Because there is no hope for
this type of blindness, Tim's fam
ily searched for ways to give the
creed that he would he taken away
from his parents and placed in a
state institution to receive his
schooling. That time was when
he was 6 years old. She was de
termined that Tim must not go,
that she would find a better way.
She sought help from every1
source, wrote to Helen Keller, kept
asking, "How can 1 keep Timmy's
life moving in a normal pattern?
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