The Call from Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania • 1

1959 School District Survey CALI Report Shows Need, Scope, Cost Of Vocational-Technical Schools TH dition of vocational-technical edu AND THE ORWIGSBURG NEWS SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PA THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1964 Vol. LXXIII No. 28 TEN CENTS Formal Opening Tomorrow Of Feminine Apparel Shop Sewing Machine Training Course Tentatively Planned for July 20 the present plan now being conceived. School directors and administrators in the county explored the possibility of an area vocational-technical school for more than a year before issuing a report. The Pottsville Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania State Employment Service cooperated in the study since trade and technical education programs are operated on the basis of needs of area business and industry.

The survey showed officials that there is a "definite need" in Schuylkill County for a broadening of the curriculum by the ad- In March of 1960 the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction issued a report of a survey it had taken on the need, scope and cost of an area vocational-technical school for Schuylkill County. Although at the time of the survey report, scarcity of capital deemed such a project impossible, recent talks with administrators and school directors by county officials have seemingly been favorably received. The possibility of vocational-technical schools now looms much larger. The 1960 survey, although five years old, does add more light to apparel industry located in this area. The training, to take place under simulated apparel plant manufacturing conditions, will include from 71 Percent Need Training 60 to 120 hours of instruction, depending upon the individual being trained.

Classes will be held six hours per day, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 3:30 p.m. The first class will be made up of 20 trainees with provisions made for conducting subsequent courses of instruction contingent upon the prompt acceptance of- trainees in Employment Bureau Now Recruiting Students Mrs. Lehman will feature a com-Plete line of moderately priced dresses, coats and suits in junior petites, juniors, misses and half sizes. Many nationally advertised brand names are included in the apparel to be sold at the new store.

Thesse include junior petites by Carol Rodgers; juniors by Mei Editions, Miss Pat and Jeune Leigue; misses by Mr. Simon, Nellie Don, Donna Petite and Paula Brooks; half sizes by Martha Manning, Empire, Paula Brooks and Leslie Pomer; coats by Kay McDowell. For the convenience of her customers, Mrs. Lehman will run merchandise clubs. The former Kathleen Rhein, Mrs.

Lehman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rhein. Dock St. She is married to Kermit Lehman, clerk at the local post office.

For the past several years, Mrs. Lehman was employed as a secretary at the Meek knittinng Mills town. William Davis, 51, Died Suddenly William E. Davis, 409 St. John age 51, died suddenly last evening at 6 o'clock at his home.

Deputy Coroner Conrad Koch released the body to the Geschwindt Funeral Home. Mr. Davis had complained of not feeling well the past several days and death was due to natural causes. Born at Silverton, near Miners-ville, he was the son of Christine Neidig Davis Shadier and the late David Davis. He was employed by the Lehigh Navigation and Coal Company at Lansford uitil it closed.

Recently he had been employed at Music Haven, town. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police 44, Pottsville; Hamburg Game Association and a life member of the Schuylkill County Public Fish Association. Surviving are his mother, of Sch. Haven; his widow, the former Catherine Tomchick; and, five children: Donald W. of town 'Shirley, wife of James Valentine of Tamaqua; Janice, wife of Eugene Voydik; Carol Ann and Christine, at home; five grandchildren; one brother, Norman of Lansford and one sister, Mrs.

Pearl Heaton of Wilmington, Del. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Geschwindt Funeral Home. The Rev. Delas R.

Keener will officiate with burial in the Presbyterian Ceme- tery, Pottsvville. The Pottsville Bureau of Employment Security, 112 C. A. Lord Boulevard, is now recruiting candidates for the training course. No applications will be accepted at the Schuylkill Haven training location, all applications must be made at the Pottsville Bureau.

Eligibility requirements for the course are as follows: must be totally unemployed; must successfully pass an aptitude test given by Bureau of Employment Security indicating potential ability for power sewing machine training and subsequent successful performance in this type of employment; availability for employment in local apparel plants upon successful completion of course. Ray Bakey, manager of the Pottsville Bureau of Employment Security, states that this training will be offered without cost to those who meet general eligibility requirements. He further states that the course will provide an opportunity for youths entering the labor market with little or no trainiing in a specific skill, workers displaced because of economic or other reasons whose past occupation is no longer in demand, and ethers interested in choosiing a career in the needle trade iudus-trv in this area. Sch. Haven residents will have the opportunity to visit the area's newest apparel shop when the formal opening of Kathy Lehman, feminine apparel, will be held tomorrow and Saturday.

The new shop, located at 101 E. Main is owned by Mrs. Kermit Lehman, 300 N. Berne St. The interior of the new store has been attractively finished in a light wood paneling which is complimented by rattan accessories.

The large dressing rooms have also been finished in the paneling. Art Exhibit To Feature Watson Work Howard Watson, Philadelphia, formerly of Potsville, a famed wa-tercolorist, will be the featured exhibitor at the third annual Schuylkill County Art Exhibit to be held July 23 to August. 7 at Blue Mountain Joint School. Another highlight of the show will be the memorial exhibit of works by Jim Hobbs, Tom Hirst, Joe Schablein, well-known painters from this area who died within the past year. These men were prize winners in previous art shows.

qualify for the show, the exhibitor must be over 17 and liive in Schuylkill County. Paintings may be submitted July 18 and 19 between 2 and 5 p.m. There will be a registration fee of $2 per painting and a maximum of three paintings per artist will be accepted for judging. Each painting in this juried show will be insured for $300. The show is co-spensored by the Schuylkill County Allied Artists and the county commissioners, Elmer Johnson, Joseph Holden and Leonard Thomas.

Holiday Accidents Involve Two Local Persons Two local persons were involved in accidents which occurred over the holiday weekend. Vera Clauser, Sch. Haven RD 1, was implicated in a chain reaction type accident Friday afternoon on the Pottsville-Minersville highway. The Clauser vehicle was stopped behind another car which had halted suddenly due to a severe rainstorm. An automo bile operated by Joseph Colitz, Seltzer City, following the Clauser vehicle, also halted and was struck in the rear by an auto operated by Harry Robertson of Pottsville, forcing the Colitz car to crash into the Clauser vehicle.

Saturday evening around 9 o'clock, John Boyd Hale, 402 May Drive, was involved in an accident between Pottsville and Saint Clair. Hale was passing another vehicle when his car jumped the divider and collided with an automobile operated by Anna Bosevitch of Mt. Carmel. The Sch. Haven Area Joint School System will sponsor a power sewing machine operator training course for unemployed workers interested in learning power sewing machine operation to acquire the skill for employment in southern Schuylkill County apparel plants.

The course will start Monday, July 20 at the Sol Enterprises of Pennsylvania, plant Railroad and Columbia town. A section of the plant will be available for instructional purposes with modern power sewing equipment and other facilities which meet the required specifications of the Commonwealth's Department of Public Instruction. The training project is scheduled to get underway after several conferences during the past two months between Dr. Rex E. Wright, Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction coordinator of industrial education, Dr.

Paul Christman, superintendent of Sch. Haven Area Joint School System, Arthur Stabnau, local vocational-education coordinator. Ray Bakey, Pottsville Bureau of Employment Security and Paul Sherman, general manager of Sol Enterprises of Pennsylvania in appraising various training locations and meeting the requirements of the Dept. of Public Instruction for establishment of the power sewing training course. The Sch.

Haven Area Joint School Board will be responsible for the operation and supervision of the training project which is being established under the provisions of Section 2508.3 of the Pennsylvania Public School Code as amended in 1959. Arthur Stabnau will coordinate the training activities in cooperation with the industrial education section, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, at Harrisburg. Recommendation to establish the training course was made by the Pottsville Bureau of Employment Security based on the increasing demand by southern Schuylkill County apparel plant operators for trained andor experienced machine operator of which there been a shortage. Previous at- tempts to carry out similar training programs under federal programs have been unsuccessful.

It is expected that local apparel plant operators interested in hiring trained workers will give their approval to this course. Unemployed inexperienced workers and unemployed persons displaced by economic andor technological changes will also welcome the start of this course. These workers will now have the opportunity to increase their employment potential in the Fred D. Reed, who was working in the office at the time, heard Beyer falling and found him lying on the ground. He summoned Dr.

'Hermann Zwerling, who directed that the injured man be removed to the Pottsville Hospital. He was taken there in the Schuylkill Haven Lions Community Ambulance and when it was found that he had a broken back, he was transferred to the Reading Hospital where he has been under observation and treatment. A. study of students in the county showed that, with the exception of those going to college and those remaining at home, there are 71 percent who need training for a saleable skill. Survey returns for pupils in the county totaled about 4,000 of the 4,939 enrollment, covering 3,523 families.

In Blue Mt. school district, 227 families were surveyed. This was an enrollment of 426 pupils. Returns totaled 268 or 62.9 percent. Of those surveyed in 1959, 122 boys and 144 girls planned to finish high school.

There were 67 boys and 90 girls who planned to study beyond high school and 181 students wanted the vocational-technical training. In Schuylkill Haven area a 96 percent return was received from an enrollment of 230. A total of 68 boys and 75 girls planned to go beyond high school, while 163 wanted vocational training. The total adult interest in evening classes totaled 3,404 for the county. In a survey of the courses taught by the 19 school districts in Schuylkill County, the county concluded: "One can observe that with larger pupil population, greater variety and flexibility can be offered to accomodate the varied abilities and interests of the students." The survey reported that special courses in English geared to either the retarded or the advanced student were at a minimum; social studies seemed to adequately cover all of the mandated subjects; and the majority of the high schools teach-only two years of two foreign languages.

The languages arc chosen by the individual school, from Latin, Ger-man, French and Spanish. Short on Advanced Math All schools, the survey showed, had a rather broad offering of mathematics. However few schools have courses beyond the normal college preparatory sequence of algebra, geometry and trigonometry to challenge the academically-gifted student. Most schools in the county of-131'ed the science sequence of biology, physics and chemistry in addition to general science. All schools offered a basic course in science, and a few offered an advanced course.

Business education courses ed to be well represented in most schools. In the majority of the schools there were more courses If is expected that tfie proposed ftn'ent in the local economy. School Board Discusses New Training Projects cation, which would offer training to both boys and girls in occupational areas which are available and will increase in number. While the percentage of pupils interested in an area vocational: technical school did vary from district to district, in no district was the percentage of interested students less than 61.3 percent. The greatest number interested reached 98.4 percent with an average of 70.8 percent, the survey showed.

Vocation Defined Vocational-technical education is any form of education, less than college grade, to prepare an individual with basic trade skills or technical training. In addition to training for an occupation, the program should provide for social, civic and personal living training. The education is usually based on three levels, semi-skilled, tradesman and tecnician. In the semi-skilled class there is usually one skill involved and the work is repetitious. It can be learned in a short time and is usually not necessary for the semi-skilled worker to be trained in mathematics or other sciences.

A tradesman is generally one who is an all-around craftsman in a certain area. Besides knowing the techniques and processes used in the trade, he must be familiar with drawings and lay-outs and must have some education in the sciences. Education Based On Three Levels In technical training the individual must be taught science, mathematics and drafting. Besides some hand skill, he must have some basic engineering information which will enable him to do testing, calibration and help an engineer with equipment and products. The technican engages in work that requires some of the knowledges and skills of both the engineer and the skilled craftsman.

He must be able to apply basic theory, some manipulative skills and a broad knowledge of industry and construction processes as well as apply physical sciences and mathematics. Emphasis in the vocational schools is given to training, job placement and follow-up. After the regular training in academics and regular cultural courses and work in vocational shops, placement of students will be handled in cooperation with the Pennsylvania State Employment Service. Afterwards students will be checked to determine how well they adjust themselves to their work, and the effectiveness of the training. Graduate Appointed To Academy Stephen Hart, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Edwin Hart, Fort Defiance, received his appointment to Annapolis from the secretary of Navy under the quota of undergraduates from honor military schools where he placed sixth. Hart graduated from Augusta Military Academy on June 2 and was sworn in as a midshipman at the Naval Academy June 30. At Augusta he was captain of the lacrosse team and also played on the varsity basketball and football squads. A brother, William, a midshipman first class at Annapolis, is touring the Pacific and is now at Hong Kong.

Another brother, Thomas, will be a senior this year at Augusta. The father of the boys, Edwin Hart, teaches at Augusta Military Academy. The mother is the former Jean Reber, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reber, St.

Peter St. Township Adopts Fifth St. Highway At a meeting of the supervisors of North Manheim Township, the men voted final adoption of an ordinance to open and adopt a public highway known as Fifth St. at Willow Lake. Joseph Thompson of the road committee, reported widening and improving township roads.

Robert Peel, secretary, was told to have bids submitted at the meet ing August 1, for paving of township road 698. CRUISE ABOARD DESTROYER Ensign Robert C. Bartlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartlett, 250 E.

Liberty left Sunday for Newport, R.I. where he will serve aboard the destroyer USS Dickson which left Tuesday for a cruise. A 1959 graduate of Sch. Haven High School, Bartlett graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. on June 3.

employment by apparel plant employers after completion of training. Requests for referral of trained workers who complete the course will be cleared by local apparel employers with the Pottsville Bureau of Employment Security. The bureau will refer the successful trainees to local employers who list their job openings for trainees with the local job placement agency for employment consideration. No request for trainees will be processed at the Schuylkill Haven plant. i training program will appeal to re cent high school graduates who took the general course and do not expect to further their education.

Persons who had to discontinue their high school education due to circumstances beyond their control and other unemployed females interested in working in local apparel plants will also be interested. Bakey reminds local residents that there are 53 apparel manufacturing plants in southern Schuylkill County area served by the Pottsville Bureau of Employment Security offering interesting work under good working conditions with good pay and security for workers who apply themselves. Most apparel plants operate on an "incentive pay" basis a method of paying production workers on the amount of work produced so that earnings are geared to individual worker's abilities and the efforts put forth. Superintendent Paul Christman speaking on behalf of Schuylkill Haven Area joint board of education, said the Schuylkill Haven School District welcomes the opportunity for training the unemployed females of the area in an occupation so urgently in demand by major industry and therefore onu nit tin rhPr imnrnvo. transportation contractor.

Provisional approval such changes was given. Treasurer's Report Treasurer Charles Deibler reported the following school accounts: Sch. Haven School District, General fund, balance, July 2, Bond interest account, balance after disbursements of $3,393.75 Rowland Library fund, Sinking Fund No. 1, disbursements during June $10,000, balance, Sinking Fund No. 3, balance, Time deposit account, balance $26,215.01.

Total interest earnings on all accounts during past fiscal year were The general fund of the former joint schools account held a balance as of July 1 in the amount of $23,599.42. Balance May 26 was deposits during June, disbursements during June, $100,870.69. The session was adjourned to meet Friday evening, July 17, when bids will be opened on several contracts including painting of interior of high school gym, installation of new auditorium curtain and drapes and other items. line. In lingerie, Her Majesty and Lorraine are featured.

She also carries a full line of LeRoi hosiery for children of all ages and in winter has a fine selection of Tidy-Kins snowsuits for both boys and girls. Mrs. Young is assisted in the store by Mrs. Albert Seaman, Sch. Haven RD and Mrs.

Carl Grailer, town. The former Ann Walker of Min-ersville, Mrs. Young is married to Donald Young, sales manager at Scott Millwork, Cressona. The Youngs and their daughter. Donna, 15, reside at 13 Longview Drive.

RETURNING TO GERMANY Mr. and Mrs. Gottlob Fischer, who have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eb-inger, left this week to return to their home in Germany.

DOCTOR ON DUTY DR. T. B. TIHANSKY Office: 38S-1S22 Home: 385-2038 Painter Breaks Back in Fall offered in the business curriculum than in any other area. Only one high school had a distributive education program preparing students for employment in sales work.

Home economics was taught in most of the districts under the title of general homemaking, while vocational homemaking is taught in six of the districts. Vocational industrial education was offered in two schools and is limited to male students. Vocational agriculture was offered in three schools, while driver education covered 11 districts. Music was fairly well covered, with 13 bands, 12 organized choirs, 5 orchestras and instrumental instruction in 12 schools. Arts and crafts were taught in 14 schools with one school offering an advanced course in art.

Guidance was taught in only I nine districts in l9o9 ana it was recommended that this should be taught in all districts and up-graded in a number of districts. Further Survey Observations Further observations made from the survey of schools were that the 4,000 total enrollment, 2,832 pupils wanted some type of vocational training to enable them to earn a living after graduation from high school. Less than three percent were receiving that type education at the time of the survey. Also observed was that the high school curricula had not kept pace with the industrial age, since the courses offered were few, with students diverted into college preparatory and general academic courses. The percentage of dropouts was high (21 percent in 1959), and largely due to the sparsity of course offerings in the high schools.

These students upon leaving school cannot find jobs. Many of them enter the armed forces or accept part time employment. The mines could no longer be profitably operated, thereby creating a surplus of labor which is not trained for present day needs. Adults numbering 3,404 were asking for training in new skills since the old skills have been outmoded. Industry has been cooperative and interested in a training program, claiming that when the youth of this county have received proper training, they make desirable employees.

More information on feelings of acceptance or rejection for the area vocation-technical schools will appear in next week's Call. erty owner may do plumbing on his own property. There are almost 600 property that will have to be connected to the sewer. Railroad Underpass Negotiations are underway with the Reading Railroad Co. to remove the stone wall at the Pottsville St.

underpass. Borough Engineer Merlyn Jenkins told coun cil the borough will ask the railroad for a quarter of acre of ground there and this would not necessitate any change in the present underpass. Jenkins has made' a thorough survey of the condition of the wall and stated that Reading company officials also agree the wall is a hazard. William Augustine, borough auditor, sent his letter of resignation. On the advice of Solicitor Jenkins, council deferred accepting the resignation until the next meeting.

Jenkins stated that when a vacancy is created, a successor must be named by council within 30 days or court will make the appointment. Alice Davis, secretary-treasurer reported the real estate tax in the borough amounted to and 1159 persons in the borough liable for the $5 tax or total of $5795. Miss Davis reported a balance of $8,924.97 in the general fund and $6,067.55 in the special highway aid fund as of July 6. Bills of $3,859.17 from the general fund and $601.55 from the special highway-aid fund were ordered paid. The full extent of the injuries ssuffered by Guy Boyer, 51, in a fall from a ladder while paintiing the Gordon D.

Reed property at 31 E. Main Street on Monday afternoon, has not been fully determined. He is know to have fractured vertebrae and possibly a fractured skull. What caused Boyer to fall is unknown as no one witnessed the accident. He was painting on a ladder at the rear of the Reed The Schuylkill Haven Union District school board held its first meeting of the fiscal year Monday evening.

The group discussed the technical institute planned for the county and the recent meeting held at Blue Mt. Joint High School to acquaint members with the proposal. It is hoped the program will have the cooperation of each school district in the county. Permission was granted the local fire companies to use the high school parking lot for parking of buses' in connection with the firemen's parade to be held Sept. 19 in Sch.

Haven. The board received letters from PSEA and the public assistance offices expressing approval of the board's interest in sponsoring the power sewing machine training project which is scheduled to get underway July 20 at Sol Enterprises, town. Board members authorized the renewal of the Croft Educational Services Teacher Letter 'series for the next school year as part of the gtneral in-service program. Opning and closing of the school day may be changed to facilitate scheduling of lunch periods if an adjustment can be made with the Cressona Council Accepts Hillcrof Ave. into Borough 1 Lee-Ann Shoppe Moves To New Central Location After meeting with William Schwartz, of Sch.

Haven, Cres sona Borough Council decided to accept Hillcroft Ave. as a borough street. Schwartz, owner of the Hill Farm development, presented council with the deed to the land and agreed he will put in a satisfactory street base and provide drainage, after which Cressona will apply black top. This street runs through to the borough of Sch. Haven.

A fire plug will be placed at the ner of Schwartz St. and Hillcroft Ave. as soon as a plug is available. Will License Plumbers The subject of licensing plumbers for sewage lateral connections was discussed at length. Council decided to put into an ordinance a $5 annual license fee necessary for plumbing or sewage work but not other plumbing.

Previously council decided against a plumbing code stating that it would be too expensive for property owners. Any prop- Money Stolen While Owners Swim William Burke, 20, 612 W. Market Orwigsburg, and Paul Onuskavich, 21, Orwigsburg RD1, had their wallets containing $110 and a 'watch valued at $35 taken from their clothing which was left along the Schuylkill River where the boys were swimming. The theft occurred Tuesday morning at the Rock, Near Port The Lee-Ann Shoppe, popular children's shop in Sch. Haven for the past six years, moved on Monday to a new location at 10 E.

Main St. The shop, owned by Mrs. Donald Young, opened for business Oct. 1, 1958 at 10 W. Main St.

Through the years Mrs. Young has expanded her business and added many new brand names of children's clothing available in infants's sizes to pre-teen. The new location, in the former Crossley Jewelry Store, is convenient for the shopper, and the interior of the store, decorated in a pleasing soft green and pale pink, makes it a pleasant place to shop. At the Lee-Ann Shoppe, the customer will find sizes for boys from infant to 10 and for girls from infant to pre-teen in sportswear. Famous brands include Carter's for infants, Jack Tar and Oxford Boys' Wear for boys, Kate Green- away and Polly Flinder hand smocked dresses for girls.

I For the young girl interested in I sportswear, Mrs. Young carries the White Stag and Claymore Knit Armor, 157th Inf. Brigade stationed at Schuylkill Haven. Their company is completing its annual two-week summer training with the Army Reserve. RADIO CHECK Checking out their firing range radio's operation at Camp Pickett, are from left, S.

Sgt. John Dietrich of Schuylkill Haven and Sp. 4 Burd Guers of Orwigsburg. They are members of Co. 6th Battalion, 68th Company 6th battalion, 68ih armor under the command of Capt.

Gail S. Moyer, 201 Schuylkill Cressona, will return home Saturday from Camp Pick ett, Va. where the group took Pickett June 27 from the Sch. part in the summer camp train- Haven training center for two-ing program. I week maneuvers with the Army Capt.

Moyer's 61 enlisted men Reserve, and two officers arrived at Camp.