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v-1, Free Press Telephones For Home Delivery 222-6500 To Place Want Ad 222-6800 City News Desk 222-6600 Sports (after 2 p.m.) 222-6660 All Other Calls 222-6400 rrfr Todays Chuckle If it weren't for your wife, just think how ugly and unsightly your wallet pocket would be. O'Bannon's Between Calls Monday, November 12, 1962 THE SECOND FRONT PAGE Page 3, Section A VST Pkfm Books: Sfe to tones Reading ppin move along fast, and which needs to stay with the slower group. Preprimers come next, and Learning to read is an exciting business. Success in school begins in the first grade, when your child first is exposed to the written word. That first step BY ROBERTA MACKEY Free Press Education Writer "Run, run, as fast as you can.

"You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man!" It has a lovely lilt action suspense. It's just as frond the is a big one. How do they know he's ready for it? How well will he do? Is it true that modern children don't learn the sounds of letters? This, the second in a series of I hundred th time as the first, and four-year- old Billy squints earnestly as he "reads" it to his admir- right here organizations such as the Council for Basic Education, a national group of private citizens based in Washington, begin to protest. BOOKS SITU as those used in Detroit are based on the "sight-say" principle. Assisted by the in the pictures, the child learns whole words at a time, simply by memorizing them.

The number of word Is very small, and they are repeated over and over. This Is the "Look, Jane. Look at the Dog. Will Jane look at the dog" type of story which Is much derided by critics. In Detroit, sight-say soon ends.

It ha3 given the child about 50 words to "know." He's reading, and his appetite is whetted. He goes through three prelum to Tage 4A, Column 4 THERE ARE lots of things you need to know before you learn to read. Somebody has to explain about left-to-right, sentences. similarities and differences. how to listen just focusing your eyes on those tiny letters.

So your teacher gives you a big, bright "reading readiness book. You see two yellow cats and one brown one and the teacher wants to know which one is different and why. The pictures get more complicated, and the teacher asks you to explain what's happening, who the people might be, what they might do next. Reading readiness gets the children used to their books, and they meet the characters they'll be seeing in later books. It also helps the teacher figure out which is the fluent child who will putting special emphasis on reading at every level this year, but the beginning reader has long had attention that compares favorably with any public school system in the country.

Before Billy can tackle the written word, he must be ready for it. How ready, will be gauged by an intelligence test toward the end of the kindergarten. "Some children," says Dr. Gertrude Whipple, elementary reading supervisor, "can write their names, know some words and are ready to go right into reading THESE ARE generally children whose parents have read to them, taken them on little exploratory expeditions, talked to them and generally made efforts to enlarge their horizons. But there are others who five articles, tells how reading is taught in the primary grades.

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tiny, which excites more high feeling than any other aspect of our educational system. Miss Gertrude Whipple are Immature, physically un-ready or have had such limited experience In life that they aren't ready to grasp the ideas in the books. The school tries to siphon these off into special classes, to remedy the lacks, before they even start. Some children stay in reading readiness sections for a few weeks, some may -stay for an entire semester. ing parents.

Billy does Mackey have a good start toward learning to read, for he's getting used to books, and he enjoys a good "story. But suppose you had to teach him to read? How would you go about it? This is an enormous question, constantly under scru- critics deplore most modern methods and say that a return to the ABCs is what this country needs. Learning to read is a complicated business, and it's the foundation for all other learning. Detroit pnblic schools are EDUCATORS KNOW they haven't found the whole answer, but they feel they're doing pretty well. Their Chrysler-Ford Xwny Knifer Kills Boy.

15, in Dance Fisht Eased b. M. Tieups to Be 4. Suspect Held After Brawl at Grey stone A 15-year-old was stabbed to death Sunday night in a fight at a record hop at the Greystone Ballroom. Complete 2nd Stage at 1 2 James Rickman, 15, of 1469 Garland, died of a wound in the chest eight minutes after ar if Inlerclianse riving at Receiving Hospital.

Detective Howard Steele, of the Homicide Bureau, said Anthony Hopkins, 17, of 3854 Harding, was being held for investigation of murder. Police said the ballroom was C7 Some Temporary Ramps Still in Vc jammed with hundreds of youths and their girls when the fight broke out near the north exit. WITNESSES said two youths appeared to be slashing at Rickman with weapons. One witness, Carl Jenkins, 25, Free Press Photos by VINCE WITEK George Romney talked of transferring his church duties Romney Expects to Quit High Mormon Church Post of 2263 Parker, subdued Hopkins, Steele said, and disarmed him of a hunting knife with a six-inch blade. The partial completion Sunday of the Chrysler and Ford Freeway interchange was good news for 14S.000 Detroit motorists who have struggled daily through the construction zone since last December.

The $13-million interchange, consisting of five bridges on three levels, is the first in Michigan between two interstate highways. It connects the Chrysler, which is part of 1-75. and the Ford, 1-91. The interchange eventually will permit traffic to drive on The second youth, who was said to have been weilding a razor, fled when Rickman fell. Steele said he is believed to be a 17-year-old known as "Sam." 1-75 from Tampa, to Hopkins told police that he had heard Rickman wa "looking for me with a gun." Steele said an open jacknife Sault Ste.

Marie and on 1-94 from Port Huron to Billings, was taken from Rickman's belt Lrt 23 32 gf2 MJW til- Hi $2 21 tzrni "i i ITT nT1 3 33 31 SfiXW SS ffi X3 I I If -tr 1 Mont. STATE HIGHWAY Commissioner John C. Mackie said now that the second stage of the interchange completed, construction work on the Chrysler Freeway between E. Jefferson and the interchange will be I -v I 1 W' at the hospital. Woman Assaulted In Home A 39-vear-old Detroit woman speeded.

The interchange is of "pin- wheel" or "turbine-tvne" de sign, with all entrances and exits made front the right side of the freeways. was assaulted in her near-West Side home early Sunday. The assailant used his victim as a shield to make, his escape when her mother confronted him with a shotgun. THE VICTIM told police she was attacked about 3 a.m. by a man, about five feet, 10 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds, armed with either a knife or an icepick.

After assaulting her, the man demanded money. She gave him $3. At that point, her mother entered the room with a shotgun. The man held his victim in Mackie said additional construction work in the interchange area will force continued use of temporary roadways on some of the interchange ramps. The westbound Ford Freeway traffic using the Bnish-WOodward exit will continue on a temporary ramp.

East-bound Ford traffic using the Russell exit also will continue on a temporary ramp. When the Chrysler Freeway and its access ramps area complete, the bottom layer of the interchange will carry Chrysler traffic, the middle layer Ford traffic and the top layer will be for ramps in and out of the interchange. The interchange will be completed and ready for use on the Chrysler Freeway by December, 1963. MACKIE complimented motorists for their caution in driving through the construction zone. It is the third most traveled spot in the state.

Traffic on the Ford Freeway was slowed to 45 miles an hour in the construction zone. East- front of him and said: "Drop Free Press Photo by TOMMY VENALECK They march in the footsteps of heroes Marchers Pay Homage To the Nation's Veterans the gun or I'll kill your BY IIILEY II. WARD Free Press Religion Writer George Romney prepared to bow out of his 10-year job Sunday as president of the Detroit Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He announced that he "expected to be released" by officials in Salt Lake City from the job he has held since the stake, or diocese, was organized in 1952. There is, however, no conflict between holding the office of governor and a stake presidency in Mormon law, he said.

"I will be spending most of my time in Lansing and there Is no question in my mind that this new responsibility will result in my being released," he said. It would be "difficult and impractical" to continue his office so far away, he said. A Lansing Stake was organized earlier in the year as an offshoot of the Detroit Stake. ROMNEY was found early Sunday morning interviewing three candidates for church office in the Pontiac Ward (or church) at 425 WToodward, Bloomfield Hills. The four-year-old building is shared also with the newly organized Royal Oak Ward.

He was about to go into a session with two of his counsellors and 12 apostles which make up his High Council of the Detroit Stake. "My official termination will probably occur on Jan. 13 when the stake-wide meetings are held here," he said. "But as a practical matter it will be earlier." He is to be inaugurated Jan. 1.

For Romney, the end of his presidency is more than the loss of a job. It is also the Interruption of ships tied up in the church that span nearly a quarter of a century. He was one of the organizers of the Ward on East Grand Boulevard 23 years ago and was on hand for the formal launching of the stake in the Detroit Downtown YWCA. He says Ms new congregation in a colonial church in East Lansing will be much smaller. "I'll attend there In the scuffle the younger 3Iitt Romney served communion They remembered the sud "I am sure God guides the destiny of nations," he said, "but he does not take away the complete freedom of the individual to act on his own." den silence of 11 o'clock on the morning of Nov.

11, 1918, the moment when four years of blazing hell halted and battle- a mockery of Armistice Day and its great hopes. Even the name was dropped, in recognition that two cruel conflagrations had robbed that momentous day of its importance. weary men in the trenches heard the pure, liquid call of a meadowlark. BY CURTIS HASELTLVE Free Press Staff Writer Men of thhe Armed Forces marched smartly down Woodward Ave. Sunday, honoring the veterans who fought America's wars.

They marched proudly and their set young faces revealed that they realized and accepted the responsibility handed down to them to preserve their country's freedom. MARCHING with them were That was Armistice Day, a woman suffered a punctured lung from a single stab wound in the chest. She is in serious condition in Ford Hospital. Grocer Shot By Bandit A 49-year-old Detroit grocer was shot and wounded seriously Sunday night by a youthful bandit who tried to rob him in, his store at 2328 Hudson. In Providence Hospital with gunshot wound3 of the chest and stomach was Kallil Aubrey, of 10985 Longview.

The shooting was witnessed by Aubrey's nine-year-old daughter, Collette. Aubrey said the bandit shot him when he refused to give him the money in the cash register. Consultant Appointment of Dr. Charles day to be forever commemorated as the beginning of everlasting peace. The "War to End All Wars' had ended.

Then there were the veterans of World War II and the Korean War, conflicts that made BUT THE DATE is still ob-. bound traffic had to squeeze served under a new name from three lanes into 2'i lanes Veterans Day perhaps in the on the bridge over th De-hope that eventually the fond quindre railroad yards. hopes of that autumnal day in 1918 may still be realized 00im(l Bmkcil Hundreds of tiny American flags fluttered along the parade or I '('rdl route Sunday, waved by little; children who have never known'YKl CvPOH!) I IO war but who have never been: I just as I did here 23 years ago." HE SAID he didn't expect to do any work comparable to his high church position in the Detroit area. He was thoroughly relaxed as he sank down in his arm chair. He said he and his wife, Lenore.

planned to take a short vacation, returning Wednesday night. Thursday he said he was going to meet with the board of American Motors Corp. "I haven't been to a board meeting in six months, and I neejd to determine my future relations with American Motors," he said. His victory over Gov. Swainson in last week's election will make him the first Repub 1 i a governor of Michigan in 14 years.

Romney, who depends on a strong devotional life for his strength, said God's hand cannot always be discerned in the specific events of men. men wno held that trust in wars past. Veterans of the Spanish American War, their slouch hats square on their heads, rode ahead of the IT WAS a rare day for the Romneys, who usually attend church as a family. While George was conducting his high-level Council, his wife was absent from her pew in the combination Sunday School hour and communion service. She took a married daughter, Jane Robinson, to the airport to fly home to Boston.

The Romney's tall, lanky, 15-year-old son, Mitt, showed up in time to help administer communion, or "pass the sacrament" of bread and water, a job reserved for youths over 12 and "worthy" in their record at church. "We are really going to miss the Romney's," said Finley L. Milne, bishop (or pastor) of the Pontiac Ward. "They have given their full measure." Ground was broken Sunday at Grand River and Drake, Farmington, for the new state headquarters building of the Michigan Children's Aid Society. Funds for construction of the structure free of the threat of war.

The stalwart young marchers saw those flags out of the corners of their eyes and, seeing them, marched just a bit taller, their steps a little more determined. Benefit to Star Notre Dame Unit The Marian High School Mothers Club will present the University of Notre Dame Glee Club in a Nov. 23 program to help raise funds to finance the school library. Tickets for the 8:30 p.m. performance are available from Mrs.

Milton B. Stuecheli, 1084 Willow Lane, Birmingham. O. Hucker, professor of history and director of Asian studies at There weren't many of them and they were feeble with age. But their eyes flashed with memories the jungles and rice patties of the Philippines, the wooded hills where they fought to free Cuba.

There were the -eterans of World War I. They remembered that first great Armistice Day. Michigan State University-Oak were provided by the Edwin, S. They accepted the responsi-1 George Foundation, bility, handed down to them by The society, an agency the veterans of other wars, tolthe Michigan United Fund, is safeguard their nation's free- concerned with the welfare of land, as a special consultant in international studies was an nounced by the Ford Founda. tion.

dom so that those proud flags children and families in social shall forever wave. and emotional difficulties. it 1.