THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Page Threw How Pennsylvania Helps Exceptional Children (This is the second of a series of articles by Dr. Eugene T. McDonald, Supervisor of Special Education for Contre and Clinton counties) Billy wag cight years old and still in the first grade His teacher thought he was dull because he couldn't talk plainly and because he couldn't learn to read. His parents sald he was just stubborn and would not learn ead. The truth was that Rilly could not hear well. He has now fitted with a hearing ald and Is doing quite well in school to been The ear is a very important road to the brain. When this road is ob- structed mes which travel by sound are distorted they reach the they are oft meaningles When the road is blo | messages can't get through Good hearing is essential in learn- ing talk. The infant produces a ¢ moving his ARCS 80 when brain that en 10 {to nd hy tongue and lips hearing roperly it by stimulat- and the chil exhalation m is Ww ponds to thi during mechanis child sounds the his mouth be im- experience learning to are horn from the chil ear and back to hi perfect, the chil will great difficulty Unless children or who fancy methods, amount talk deaf n early in- taught to speak by special will not than who become deaf are their speech to anything more nt grunts Practic school learning come his ears. If | | tructions of } ily all of a child's e s teacher or the reci- he stan 1}! 1 ssmates is I chance learning any- onventional classroom by Billy's case are frequently unaware of their h wl his difficulties by saying that tubborn. In hard-of-hearing persons themselves ot aware of little of thing in the As illustrated ents child's hearing deficiency ey plain he is many par- dull” or ct n n thei Hel problems “hool ¥ eould other childrer from loss r to only It completely perfect hearing i » for ole eng the other may be born impaired or may acqu » 4 hea sometime Measles, scar- let fever, infantile paralysis, mumps mastoiditis bronchial pneumonia nnd bealing ears sometimes affect a child's hearing. If, following any of these diseases, a child appears to be inattentive or doesn't seem to hear 1. the parents should have his ing tested he after birth testing tt! ¢ JR ol w school hearing instrument has to a phon- id speak- phones his ears, voice say numbers writes a he hears sound as a person a lo provides head 1 a head pho the “hild listens to a two at a special] form the numbers To the child the numbers if they are being spoken by who is walkin away Actually the voice has been ntifically control- led. The numbers correctly by the well he hears time and on eo thar an farthar farther and farther loudness of the written how Those children who fall the tested a second time and those who fall the second are given In this manner those to misunderstanding distractions, are rhild ana indicate first are tres due directions, etc ruled out Plans testing children and for the retesting of every child every third year All children fall the third test will be referred to an ear spec- ialist medical examination to determine whether or not the child's hearing could be improved through treatment. In many cases this wil] not be possible so some ad- justments mist be made in the child's school program. For this pur. pose the hard-of-hearing children might be divided into three groups the slightly hard-of-hearing, moderately hard-of-hearing and the seriously hard-of -hearing The slightly hard-of-hearing child will be able to get along in our reg- ular classroom if he is given an ad- vantageous seat and is taught to read lips. The moderately hard-of- hearing child will need a hearing aid an Instrument which amplifies the sounds he can't hear well. In addi- tion attention should be given to seating him in the classroom and lip instruction should be pro- vided to help him understand speech The problem of the serfously hard- worked for all the Centre county school have been out over a three-year period who for a medical the reading {trained {Legion and A of-hearing child 1s quite different In most cases he hasn't learned to talk and must be taught by specially teachers using expensive equipment which small communities cannot afford. To provide for the educational needs of these the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania supports three schools—one at Pitts. burgh, one at Scranton and the other at Philadelphia In these hearing aids and are avallable for of-hearing child to talk Teachers who are trained and ex- perienced in teaching the hard-of- hearing give instruction in reading arithmetic, history and othe: siblects. After a child has complet. ed his elementary wrk, he is permitted to such as baking me- chanics eme- ployment agen been very sful in placing most of ndependent school Ww trace Ing auto ele hool select a shoe repal printing les have these hoy and them beg and cially | } of thi allow thelr ¢ dren ols becan they ing the scl look ahead 1 of well for the how ared life if he attends a & r I } for hard-of-h and com preparation hb an admit Me problem In Fleet Marines + H. A. Ve Charles Seaman Ort the Nan« y ort and 55 : Charles Ginter of Mile He enlisted with the Navy Caravan on November 1042. and has been training at Camp Lejuene, New Riv. N. C. He has recently ferred from Navy taking Ort was emi 1 Mig. Co. He is Bellefonte Hi 1041 and was a Ju American { ican Legion Bands Ort is wi of burg er the Nt aberazsd School, memoer HOT Awails Assignment David Wincell Pease, second seaman, USN, has recently ed his basic training at the Naval Training Station at Sampson N.Y. The son of Mr. and Mrs. R W. Pease of 527 West Beaver avenue State College, Beaman is now eligible further assignment Naval training schools. Upon com- pletion of the next step in his ca- a petty of- class complet Uu. 8s Pease to for reer he may qualify for ficer rating Two Complete Basic Training The U. 8 Naval Trainin at Sampson, N. Y., annonces that 82'c Franklin Adam Moyer, 285 Fast High street Bellefonte, and 82¢ David C. Hall, of Pleasant Gap, have been granted leave following com- pletion of their basic training. They are now eligible for further assign- ment where additional instruction will be given. Both young seamen are married g Station Ends Basic Training Ernest F. Prank, seaman, second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Frank of Centre Hall. has been granted leave following completion of his basic training at the U Naval Training Station at S8ampson, N. Y He is now eligible for further assignment ~~ WANTED — O00 CARS For Defense Workers SPOT CASH IN Rs FIVE MINUTES ACT QUICK! While Prices Are High Lingentelter Motor Corp. Phone 2037 Bellefonte, Pa. Authorized Buick Dealer OPEN SUNDAY and EVENINGS. 8. Says State Has Twice As Many children | schools | other equipment | teaching the hard- | school AX. Pvt. Russell “Rex” Pvt Gordon Pvl. Teddy Oscar Witherite i. Witherite, UU. 8 Marine C his draft paper: awn £4 went to} draft boa d and Rc ’ to Elmira, N He wa er N release, and journeyed Y Marin first sent to Parris Isiand to Lajuene, New River to Ban Die He early part the New coast of have and nined the then and Inter tl ralia old frie write Pvt M C all ny at the following address Teddy Oscar Witherite U 8 BN TC. iat Postoffice Ber 8an Completes Training I. Comiy ranted leave follow Gordon SAMAR. Seer class, haz bee; ing completion of his at the U. 8B Training Statio Sampson, N. Y. Beaman Comly, who t} Mrs. Bessie Comiy State College. iz now pligible for fur- ther assignment where additional instruction will be given. Upon com- pletion of this next step in his nav career he may qualify for a petty officer rating basic training VR 1 is SON Arrives in England Mr and Mrs John Bickle who live at the Haupt Place near Bellefonte, have received word that their son Cpl. Kenneth Bickle, had arrived in England. Before entering the service Cpl. Bickle was employed at the loca) Sunoco gas station. Another son of Mr. and Mrs Bickle, Pvt Nelson Bickle of Altoorma. who recently en. tered the service i8 now in training at Camp Ellis, 111 Sent to College A C Donald Knisely of Bellefonte, who had been stationed at Keesler | Field, Miss. since entering service iseveral weeks ago, wag recently | transferred to Massachusetts State {College at Amherst, Mass, Cadet | Knisely's wife, the former Barbara McDowell, and their baby live on | East High street, Bellefonte : Promoted to Captain | Word was received in Bilefonte {recently that D. Hastings Hickok of | Harrisburg, has been promoted to the rank of captais in North Africa, iwhere he Is now stationed. Capt | Hickok's mother is the former Helen { Hastings of Bellefonte, a daughter {of the late Governor and Mrs. D. H {Hastings of Bellefonte | i Gels New Post Pvt. Ethel Elaine Bartley, wife of | Balke Bartley, High street. Belle- ifonte, who has been stationed at ithe Third Training Center of the | Women's Army Corps at Fort Ogle. | Barah Confer of Bellefonte, who had Oa. has been assigned to been stationed at Camp Luis Obispo, thorpe, 806th WAC Post Hq. Co. at Mitchell Field, AAF, New York. {was recently transferred : Pvt. Kenneth 1. Emenhizer Pvt. Norman A. Emenhizer TWO BROTHERS IN NAVY, ONE | Seaman 1c Roy 1. Harte Electrician Charles ¥. Harter Kt n Ha wre $4 ve Centre County Girl Inducted Into WAC Eileen M. Hag was United impressive cer Army Air Field nation’s number one where she of a soldier now of the fighting fronts Mr. and Mrs Was stenogra- the Pennsyvivania Electr Philipsburg, prior entry the service . Ld In Airborne Service 1] Private First Clase Philipsburg into the arm { last Thur emony Texas bombing taken the place his way to ons yard, of inducted the Btates an alt Midland the hood NAR on Hags for Harry pher Co into ic ana in her in Navy. Jerry Leathers, 8-2¢. son and Mrs. J. O Leathers of Mt enlisted in the Navy on June 1943, and has just completed boot training at the Great Naval Training Station in He is spending a 9-day with his parents and upon ing to the Great Lakes Station will be assigned elsewhere Nerves of Mr Fagle, 18, his Lakes Hlinois furlough return- Training to duty Pvt. Joseph Maoseri, Jr. Private Moser. 22. is the son Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Moseri of North Thomas street, Bellefonte. He ene listed August 15 1042. and was in- ducted September 1, 1942. Private Moreri is attached to the airborne troops al Fort Bliss, Texas ——r— of Home on Furlough John B. Spicer, seaman second class, recently spent a ten-day fur. jough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs Clarence Spicer, of Jersey Shore R D. Seaman Spicer is stationed at Camp Endicott, R. I. His narents formerly resided in Bellefonte Technical Graduate i John R. Eckenroth, 26, son of Mrs 1 Harry Eckenroth, High Street, Belle- fonte, was one of a class of gradu- ates Tuesday of this week from the Armament Department of the Army Air Forces Technical Training Com mand at Lowery Field. Colo. Pfc . Eckenroth, a graduate of Bellefonte High School, class of 1938, was in- ducted January 22. 19042. He was formerly employed as a salesman for the Olde-Tyme Bakery. Goes to Fort Bragg Alexander Lemmon son of Mr, and Mrs. George Lemmon of East Pros- pect avenue, State Colege, has been transferred from New Cumberland to Fort Bragg. N. C Goes to California Donald L. Love of Bellefonte, elec trician’s mate, third class, who had been stationed at Camp Feary, Va, to Camp Served in Oklahoma Plc. Richard F. Torsell, son of Mr and Mrs, Carmen Torsell of Belle fonte, who had been stationed at Ft Logan, Cal, was recently transferred to Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, {OKla. Pyk. Torsell, who recently come pleted an eight-weeks' course at Pt. {Logan is now on duty in the classi. | Beation office at Tinker Field. Pendleton, Cal \ Is Transferred Sgt. Samuel Confer, son of Mrs. Cal, was recently transferred to Los Angeles, Onl. Donald DD. Haupt N THE ARMY Dean BW. Harter Army Men to Get Job Compensation megGiciy and 1 six Weeks Campbell, who received his Hahnemann Med- Pennay the S111% during ele MD ical College vania of 430 phy degree from was one of 55 i= included class taking the doctors sicians Corse Tortured by Germans Corporal Richard J KON Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sprouse, Sr. of Gallitzin, captured by the Ger. mans during American drive in Tunis, writes to his parents that be cause of his refusal to tell about the American troops his German captors tortured him by burning his lips. The pain for awhile was un bearable, he says, but now he is able to take nourishment He escaped from a German prison camp. His whereabouts now are not revealed Sprouse of the Subject to Call Paul Wolff Grove, son of Mrs | (Katherine W. Grove, of 123 East Nittany avenue, State Coilege, was (enlisted recently as an aviation cadet by thr Harrisburg Aviation Cadet {Examining Board. Upon reaching his | [18th birthday Paul will be subject to | jeall some time in the following six | imuoey thelr Men In Service Than In 1917 red todn childre: WAC's Pocketbook Was Well Equipped In North Africa John J Ciprich Rifle a adie Lo IHR RENMEI ngy nat Le ai LE a GHEE & } Le EE JUTLEEEIININL JReTenEy T Fes vine ¥ FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY 19500 ESCO Milk Coolers To vou farmers who need a cooler this vear, vou had better place vour order at once, as probably only one more shipment will be available this vear. The manufacturer will soon have their quota built, We Also Have the Agency for EMPIRE MILKING MACHINES a a ng * SEE US AT ONCE-—PHONE 2615 HUBERT M. ROSSMAN 13 W. Bishop Street Bellefonte, Pa.
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