Blind Student Finishes High School in Seven Years
Roger Schaf, 19, completed 12 years of schooling in seven years despite near total blindness from early childhood illness. After starting in St Clement's sixth grade at age 12, he learned to read by touch, caught up with classmates, appeared on national television with Sister Mary Jogues, and earned high school education at Janesville School for the Blind. He plans woodworking business and aims for marriage and family.
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Roger Schaf
Roger
St. Clement’s
Mary Jogues
Sheboygan
Wis
St. Clement's
Sister Jogues
Rober
St. Joseph's School For the Blind
New Jersey
School For the Blind
Janesville
Wisconsin
Donna Lugg Pape
Dugg' Pete puzzle column word crossword and quotes
Puzzle Pete presents a word chain puzzle changing HELM to MAST in five moves with one letter changes each step and valid words after each move. Clues cover across and down definitions, and Cartoonist Cal’s errors in Puzzle Pete’s summary picture are noted with four found, five ideal.
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Puzzle Pete
Cal
Brain Teaser: Remove Rug From Words Then Rearrange
Remove the letters rug from each word to form new terms. rearrange remaining letters to reveal the described items. Solve for ten clues including Theodore's nickname, body part, precious stone, gesture, number, facial part, heavy cord, beverage, finished, and charts.
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Trudge
Theodore
Guerdon
Grampws
Sdey
Ray
Adey
CAPRICE A finishes a word triangle puzzle
CAPRICE A completes the triangle by giving clues for a six word chain: first a dynamic noun, second foreigners, third one of Columbus ships, fourth soaks flax, fifth a girl's name, sixth an abbreviation for cases.
My Most Important Childhood Lesson
Governor Mike Found That Experience Isn’t The Only Teacher recounts his early struggle with language as a child born to immigrant parents in America. A teacher’s support and Horatio Alger Jr. books inspired belief in equal opportunity through study, shaping his view of success.
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Mike
America
Horatio Alger Jr
Pen Pal pleas for readers to write to Captain Hal
Readers seek pen pals from across the United States. The column lists names and addresses including Carol Woodman in Ohio and multiple young contributors aged 7 to 14, inviting letters and hobby notes such as stamp collecting.
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Hal
Capt
Texas
Carol Woodman
Markle Dr
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Capt. Hal
George Henry
8Th St. S.W
Akron
Big Reptiles and Small Birds Team Up For Mutual Aid
This account describes crocodiles and plovers forming beneficial pairs as the bird removes leeches from the crocodile’s mouth and warns of danger. It also notes cowbirds with buffalo, baboons joining with impalas, and crows and seagulls signaling safety, illustrating cross species cooperation in the animal kingdom.
Pounds by Frances Gorman Risser
A light verse on pounds and self image. The speaker notes pounds are invisible yet influence weight through cake and pie. Pounds resemble thoughts that remain unseen until they alter the size of the person.
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Frances Gorman Risser
Wordplay and lessons collide in a classroom joke exchange
A teacher tests spelling and a student jokes about immediately. The dialogue pivots to poultry economics as a farmer’s fowl, the chicken, proves most economical because they peck each grain. A later quip defines a rare volume as a book loaned out and remembered to be returned.
A Special Talent by Kay Cammer
A poem about a girl praised by her father for a cherished talent. The sister is in the choir and a friend dances while Pat fails the orchestra tryout. The father promises lasting support and notes the daughter's kindness and contribution to the family, with a spreading sunshine of talent.
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Kay Cammer
Pat
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