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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-13
Mrs. Kruiriksh 10 Aid Thai Deaf

A gentle, soft-voiced woman
from far-off Thailand is in
Washington trying to work out
ways to help the deaf people
Of her country.
Her name is Mrs. Kamala
KrairikSh, and she has q year
scholarship at Gallaudet College,
the worlds only college for the
deaf.
No effort was made to help the
deaf people of Thailand until
three years ago, when the first
Thai school for deaf children
was set up, she explained in an
interview. There are peculiarly
difficult problems to surmount.
Speech is impossible for the
Thai child who is deaf" she
said. $50 far. they converse only
by writing and that only in the
last three years"
"You see, ours is a tonal Ian
guage. like the Chinese" 1--WE
have five tones. The same word
means five different things. de-
pending on the tone of voice in
which it Is uttered"
No Lip Reading
"It isn't practical to teach the
students lip reading. because the
lips move exactly the same way
for a word, no matter what the
tone.
"Of course, that means we
can't teach them to speak,
either. The only way a COM
pletely deaf person learns to
speak is to watch some one
speak. and have help in train
ing his muscles to make the
proper sounds, even though he
never hears the sounds he makes.
There Is no way you can teach
him to pitch his voice in five
different tones"
The tones create no problem
in the written language, she
added. because each tone has
its own symbol, which is placed
next to the symbol for the word.
Mrs. Krairiksh. who has been
teaching simplif1ed English to
children in a regular Siamese
school for the past 10 years, for
a time considered trying to
teach deaf and dumb students
to speak English. to surmount
the tonal problem in their own
language.
But I have decided it is not
worth while" she declared. "They
could not communicate with
enough people. Not enough peo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-13
Pictures of Trip

Mrs. Robertson Marshall, who
has recently returned from a
two-month trip to South Amer
lea, was the guest of honor at
the Monday meeting of the
White House Spanish-P ortu-
guese Study group. The event
took place at 4 o'clock at the
Pan American Union. Mrs.
Marshall showed many pictures
of her trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-13

Mills, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton
c. Mills of Tulare, Calf.
The bride-elect attended the
University of Washington in
Seattle. Her fiance Is a graduate
of the College of Engineering.
University Of California at
Berkeley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-13
Engagements Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Rosen-
thai, formerly Of Washington
and now living in st. Petersburg.
Fla, announce the engagement
of their daughter Myra to Mr..
Norman C.. Rose, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney A. Rose of Hayward,
Calf. The wedding will take
place in the late summer.
Both Miss Rosenthal and Mr..
Rose are attending the Univer-
sity Of Kansas where she is work.
ing on her Masters degree and
he Is working for his Phi. D.
Krone Sterling
DR.. and Mrs. William F. Krone
Of Maplewood. N. j., announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Betty Jane to Mr.. William
Norton Sterling. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Sterling. A summer
wedding is planned.
The bride-elect attended Sim
mons College and the Boston
Museum School of Fine Arts.
Her f1ance is a graduate of
George Washington University
and is now a student at the Uni
versity of Maryland School Of
Medicine.
MoIster-HoIt
Mr.. John S. holster Of Wash
ington and Frankfort! Germany,
announces the engagement of
his daughter Sally Ann to Mr..
Barry Clay Holt, son Of Maj.
Raymond S. Holt (retired) and
Mrs. Holt of Silver Spring. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-13
Announcement

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Conk-
lin Hendricks announce the mar
riage April S, Of their daughter
Ina Marie to Sergt. Robert Chill
ton Walker at Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-13
By IsobeIIe Shelton

pie in Thailand speak or under
stand English.
eyes, I have been teaching
children English. But those are
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
Electric Go Tells
Story OF Hurricane
lcontlnued from first pagel

continued from first pagel
salt spray and in operation again.
The fury of the storm caused
some breaks Of freakish nature in
the main transmission lines. For
example, north Of Salisbury
broiler house blew away high in
the air and fetched up across not
just one, but two trunk lines seFv-
ing Salisbury and Snow Hill
Distribution lines were fantas-
tically scrambled by falling trees
and literally hundreds of poles
snapped under the strain. Some 500
electric company employees work
ca night and day with only brief
periods of rest from Friday after
noon until service was restored
throughout the system. Everyone
who could help gladly volunteered
for service. In view of the extra
hazards involved in storm duty,
tangled live wires, and extra long
wOrk-hours, the men are to be
congratulated for avoiding any
employee accidental injury up to
the time Of this reporting (Tues-
day nOon).
There was one unfortunate fa-
tality however, to a member of
the public. Elmer SOrdan of Bridge
vile, was in a parked car when a
power line felled by the storm
dropped across the car. Had he re.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

manned inside, as advised by by
ISLANDERS, until help could be sum-
moned to cut of the current, he
would have been quite safe. But
he tried to get out Of the car. In
so doing he made contact with the
ground while still holding on to
the car and was electrocuted.
In laboring to restore service
in a widespread territory line
crews had instructions to work
first where the most customers
would benefit with the least delay.
For instance, if clearing a tree
from a line meant service for 100
customers, that tree was removed
before one affecting only or 10
customers. Working on local lines,
the crews must necessarily. COM
Dlete work in one small area at a
time AS each area was cleared of
trouble, those customers within
that area got service. Where two
houses next to each other had to
be served from two different trans
formers, perhaps one house got
service earlier than its neighbOr
because there were greater diff
culties on the latter's circuit.
eve sincerely regret any inter
ruption of service, even a mOmen-
tary one" said George M. Nelson
/ president Of Eastern Shore Public
! Service. "In this unprecedenteG
emergency we feel deeply thank
full to the public for their under.
standing Of it's magnitude and theil
patience"
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
Planning Program
For State Children
- - ln.I 80


lined the purposes for which the
Commission was established as a
legal state agency. He outlined the
role 81 the annual conference in /
carrying cut these purposes. Em- i
Dhasis was given 10 the necessity
to bring out facts concerning the
extent 70 which the needs Of Del
aWare's children and youth are, or
are not, being met. % crystalline
the thinking Of DelaWare's eiti-
zens. through representatives Of
groups and organizations, and to-
Gus their attention on the most im-
p0rlant and more immediate needs
not being met, and so to stimu
late in legislative years, agency
action in preparation Of needed
legislation. and influence favorable
legislative action through aroused
public opinion
This year, to make the confer
ence and the group discussion as
meaningful as possible a number
Of steps have been taken. The time
for group discussion has been
greatly extended through the elim-
ination of the morning general
session. Fact finding committees
have been appointed. whose job II
VIII be % gather all the pertinent
information available about the
need to be discussed IN each group,
silt and cOndense il and present il
at the beginning Of the group dis
cussion.
Workshops and the fact-fnding
committees working ia each area
are as follows. 'sThe Mentally
Handicapped Child His Care,
Training and Education. Dr. Pas
quale Buoniconto, Mrs Dorothy
Guild Mrs Ruth Tyndalls Mr., Roy
A Wentz, Mr.. James Williams and
Mrs. Catherine Hultsch; The Emo
tionally Disturbed Child-E5is Care
and Education, DR. James Al.
Flaherty DR. William H. SissOn,
Mr.. Eugene McGOWan Dr.. Joseph
II Jastak; Physical Health Needs
Of DelaWare's Children. DR. Jack
SablOn. DR.. Charles III. Benning,
Rev. +. Raymond Baker, DR.. Leon
Anderson, Mrs. Richard Witmeyer,
Mrs. Harry N Cripps, Miss Eleanor
Bader, and Miss Elsa Chetkowska
Prevention Of Juvenile Delinquent
cy by the Home" Mrs. Thomas
Herlihy, Jr, Miss Edith Mitrocsak
Mrs. Florence Clarke Miss Betty
White, Mr.. Edgar SilYerman, Mrs
Harlan G. Anderson Prevention
Of Juvenile Delinquency by the
Church and Character Building
Agencies, Mr.. G. X. Zander, Rev
Donald @. Wilson, Mr.. John o
Shanks. Mr. Russell Turner, Miss
Lillian Montgomery, Mr.. Harry
BluestOne; Prevention of Juve
nile Delinquency by the School,
DR.. Earl p. Jackson, DR.. Esther
Vik Mr. Clarence Fulmer, DR.
Martha Hefferman, Mrs Heller
Griniths, DR. Kenneth g. Madden
Mrs G. Edward Fleming; "Juve
nile Delinquency and the Protec
tive and Rehabilitation Agencies
Mr. Lloyd Estes, Miss Catherine
Noonan, Mr.. James Turner, Cap
tain Charles il McCOol Captain
G. G. Seitz, Mr. Bernard NJ. NObis
Miss Mary, Devices and Mr. viii
liam E Love-
All the citizens Of Delaware ar
invited to the conference on No
vember Goth, and may make re
servatiOns by calling the execu
tive-secretary Of the Commission
Mrs. Helen Ven DFeele at Viii
mingtOn 4-3181
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
uNsTueK TRueK

OKLAHOMA CITY -tP)- When
Tom Munday drove his truck out
from under his huge transport
trailer, he said he thought he had
carefully checked the hitch to see
the truck and trailer were hooked
But it took an oil field truck with
a lift more than an hour TO put
the trailer back on the tractor and
'uniam trafic on downtown street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01
Answer ta PTNEAPPLE.

pale. pail panel, pain. pane, penal. peel
plain, plan. plane, plea, nail. nape, neap.
nipple, elan, alpine, aline, alien, alec,
anile. anil, apple, lain. lane. lRpin. leap,
lean. line. lien.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01
Uncle Roy 5 Corner

When ! was in Holland IS
years ago. the country contained
. body Of salt water known as
the zllder Zee. This was an arm
Of the North Sea. but was shall
low. It was less than is feet
deep IN most parts.
On my return to the same
area. I md that the zuider Zee
has vanished la q sense Of the
word. Parts of the bottom pro-.
vide soil for farming. Other
parts are covered by q lake
which contains fresh water!
A drama has been going on
here, q new act In the old play
Of Dutch struggles against the
sea. This time they have used
2Oth century knowledge to
plan and carry out . mighty
project.
This project Is well On the
way, but It Is far from complete.
Halt . century may pass before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01
BY Fronk Beck

amount Of coffee that would I'LL
three cups. For example. a per-
colator holds six cupfuls Of cof-
fee. but there may be only two
cups on the breakfast table.
When the cups are poured full
of coffee, four cupfuls remain
in the percolator.
You do not drink q cup full
Of coffee. That lis an iInpossi-
bility. for you drink the coffee
until the cup is empty. You thus
drink a cupful Of coffee.
Oklahoma: Isn't there a law?
See this clipping. which states
that the &c. Furniture Com
pany president distributed bogus
checks for the employees
Christmas gifts" III. II. C.
Answer: The Pied Typer was
busy that day. The item should
have read "bonuS checks.
Distributed BY McNaught syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01

This diagram shows how .
section Of Holland would 60 UNI
der water without protection Of
dunes and dikes.
all the polders are ready for.
farming.
A polder IS an area Of land
which has been claimed from
the sea. The Netherlands had
many polders before the present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01
Word to the Wise y Ms. f's'1 Cob,

From Miss H. c. S., Charlotte:
You spoke Of DR.. Etaoin Shrdlu's
delving into shelffuls Of ref
erence books" You're wrongl
You should have said shelves
full" IS" is never added to the
sufix In such compound words
as spoonful. cupful. shelfful.
Answer: Sorry. words Of meas
ure or capacity ending in -ful
are always pluralized thus: -fuls.
as spoonfuls, handfuls, mouth
fuls. cupfuls, shelffuls, armfuls.
Reference, see spoonful. hand
full, mouthful, cupful. ETC., in
WebSter's New international,
Second Edition.
There is much difference be-
tween Cd three cups full Of cof-
fee and ca three cupfuls Of cof-
fee. The first designates three
cups. each of which is full Of
coffee; the second designates an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01
CROSS WORD PUZZLE

llnswer 70 Yesterdays Pazzlc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01
By Romon coffmon

project was started. During .
motor trip from Amsterdam to
Rotterdam ! saw polders which
date back more than 800 years,
It is hard to say how much
land in Holland Is above sea
level, and how much Is below.
The level Of the sea changes with
high and low tides. In times Of
heavy storms, the level rises
above the high tide mark.
II We take the average level
between high and low tides, one
nth Of the whole country is
lower than that average. One
nth Of the country amounts to
about $500 square miles. Some
Of the land Is II feet under the
average sea level.
Storms may bring another
story. Then the raging sea some
times rises s or 8 feet above
the usual high tide mark. Except
for the dunes and dikes, half q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01
Our Presidents
By Honore M. Cotudol

(which President COM
planned that few officeholders
died and none resigned?
(Which President is buried
ut Marion, Ohio?
3-Nine years ago yesterday.
The President issued a procla-
nation that marked the Begin
ming of a new era in our inter-
national relations. What did
the President proclaim?
ANSWERS ON next page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-01

washington, D. e.
. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1854
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The bidding:
South West North East
10 Pass / - Pass
3NT All pass
Look at Mr.. Dale's hand In
today's deal and forget you can
see Mr.. Champions and Mr..
Muzzy's. Against the three-no-
trump contract the six Of hearts
was led and Mr.. Dale's king fell
to the ace.
Now Mr.. Champion led the
Jack Of spades and let 1t ride.
Would you win with the king or
not? You can see that If Mr..
Dale took the king at this point.
Mr.. Champion could win any re-
turn and make four no-trump
without difficulty.
And If he ducked the first
spade, Mr.. Champion had no
play for his contract.
But Mr.. Dale could see only his
own hand and the dummy. For
all he knew Mr.. Champion had a
long line of diamonds and needed
only two spade tricks for his con-
tract. It might be that Mr..
Muzzy had led from i've hearts
to the queen-jack or queen-ten
and in that case it was necessary
to win with the king Of spades at
once and return a heart.
Mr.. Dale let the jack Of spades
hold. Actually, it was something
of a guess but he had one clue
which prompted his final deci-
sion. Mr.. Champion had won
the first heart lead without hesi-
tation.
It looked like he had that suit
stopped a second time. If not,
surely he would have held up his
ace for a round or two, trying
to exhaust Mr.. Dale Of the suit.
Mr.. Dale followed a practice
which is often useful. When a
player takes a f1nesse that is OBJ
viously repeatable, 1t is usually
a winning play to refuse to win
the first lead Of the suit. espe-
cially when it Is clear that the
suit in question is a key suit.
In this hand, spades certainly
looked like a key suit to Mr.. Dale.
When he let the jack win, Mr..
Champion had no other play
than to lead another spade and
finesse again. This time, Mr..
Dale won and the result Of his
play was that Mr.. Champion was
held to a total of seven tricks.
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Game
Find % or more words in
JUNIORITY,

meaning, state of being q
junior" Average is 81; time
limit, 20 minutes.
Rules of the game---1. Words must
be Of four or more letters. 2. Words
which acquire four letters by the addition
of S." such as bats" cats" are not
used. 8. Only one form Of a word Is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
CARDS ARE SLOW

MEMPHIS Rl-As proof that peo-
pie aren't doing their Christmas
mailing early, Postmaster A. L.
Moreland said: "Tve received only
one Christmas card so far. You
know who it was from? Another
postmaster.
Subscribe To The Citizen
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
December 3. 1874
December ?. 1894
Sunday. No Psperl

December 2, 1874
Sgt. Lawrence E. Bailey left last
night returning to his home at
State Line, Miss, after several
days spent here with his parents.
Fourteen new books, including
five top.selling novels, have been
added to the station libarary this
week, according to Miss Anna L.
Farrar, head librarian.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09

It was an unusually nice turn :
out - the group which greeted Doc
tors Goddard and Steinhoff last
Monday night. The two Miami Uni
versity officials were in Key West
to tabulate the results of a survey
relative to establishment of even
ing extension classes.
Says DR.. Goddard, "It would be
impractical at this stage to es.
tablish an evening branch of the
University in Key West. However,
there is every reason to believe
that extension classes will be sue
cessful.
Experience gained from con-
Quoting the extension courses might
very well lead to bigger and better
things at a later date" !.
1t is expected to have definite
answer as to when classes will
start after DIR. Goddard and DR..
Steinhoff make their report to the
Deans Council in Miami.
Junior College
Whether Key West is ready for a
Junior College at this stage of its
development was an interesting
topic brought up during an after
noon meeting of those interested
in securing the local classes.
DR.. Goddard pointed out that Fort
Lauderdale was working to this end
- establishment of resident class
es. However, he also mentioned
that the town had successfully de-
monstrated its desire for college
level courses over period of years
and that it has larger territory
to draw upon for applicants.
The Miami University officials
said that by 1870, facilities for sup
plying the demand of higher educa-
ton were going to be woefully in
adequate unless expansion of pre-
sent schools began now. This acute
problem isn't confined simply to
colleges - locally, Superintendent
Horace O'Bryant and his fellow :
workers have been concerned with
expanding elementary and high
school classes for several years.
The bumper crop of "war ba-
bies" are just reaching school age.
Here in Key West, we're faced
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Gibb

with the additional problem Of an
almost over night influx of new
residents. There is no use denying
that, although a rapidly growing,
prosperous town is nice, there are
many headaches which go along
with the situation. The bright side
Of the. picture was demonstrated
last Monday, however, when May
or Harvey and other leading Key
Westers displayed their active in
terest in educational problems.
The time will come when Key
West can have Junior College.
OF this, I'm sure. For the present,
we need to exert our energy to-
ward securing the evening extern
sion classes.
Subjects Requested
Leading the list of subjects re-
quested by more than two hundred
civilian and military residents here
in Key West were: Accounting -
English - Business Management
- Psychology - Languages -
History - Business Administration
- Spanish - and Mathematics.
Creative writing - journalism
- Philosophy - etc., also appear
to be favorites. Perhaps at. a later
date, "This Rock can bring you
a more comprehensive report. DR..
Steinhoff promised to relay any i'm
portant information Immediately.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
Surgery Aids Epileptics

But in every case, he said, the
seizures stopped Immediately.
Some of the newer drugs can
control effectively IS per cent Of
these Affections, which are known
medically as convulsive seizures.
But the other Is per cent remain
in serious trouble. They not only
have fits but some of them be-
have violently. DR.. Spitz told of
one who attacked a playmate with
a butcher knife. Others were sadis-
tic, disobedient or unduly aggres-
sive.
In children with the uncontrol-
liable kind of seizures there is pro-
gressive deterioration of the men,
tally and the nervous system, DR..
Spitz reported. The condition shows
up in an X-ray as a subnormai
development of one side of the
brain.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
BY RENNIE TAYLOR
Ap SCIENCE Reporter

LOS ANGELES PA Philadel-
phia surgeon disclosed today he
has been successfully treating
stubborn cases of epilepsy and
similar kinds of fits by removing
half of the brains of children.
One side or the other of the
brain is taken out and the cavity
is filled with a salt water solu-
ton. Eventually body tissues alb
sorb the solution and half the skull
remains empty.
The youngsters do not lose any
of their intelligence and their fits
and antisocial behavior disappear,
said DR.. Eugene P. Spitz, of chill
drens Hospital, Philadelphia.
DIR. Spitz made the report for
delivery to the Pathological Society
of North America, organization of
specialists who work with X-rays
and other forms Of radiation. The
operation is made possible by x
ray pictures showing which half
of the brain is affected.
This surgical feat is not new
but it had been tried heretofore
only in a limited way. DR.. Spitz
reported on 16 such operations.
Not all of his little patients lived.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
Hal Boyle

of college he was offered contract
in pro football. He and his wife
and three kids talked it over-he
believed in family decisions-and
they agreed that the enlarged op-
portunity still didn't justify taking
cut in salary.
They turned the offer down.
Instead Bnajo Feet went into tel
evision, and figures he's got a
milli0n-dollar future.
He doesn't know of anyone else
who can stand on his own two
sturdy feet and 60 "bo.o-o-ing,
bo-o-o-ing, boowang!"
But he feels sure, after watching
the ther video commercials. that
a guy with his talents can't lack a
sponsor long. Meanwhile. until he
can get steady commercial he's
killing time by taking guest spots
on regular programs.
Moral: No actor, no matter how
talented, should expect to leap i'm
mediately from Shakespearan
role to a product endorsement or
television. Responsibility comes
gradually ins the fine arts.