Space Age Education Lets Five Year Olds Read In A Day
A SWERL led program in three Long Beach schools aims to teach reading in a single day using a mix of phonics see-say initial teaching alphabet and engaging stories. Teachers like Mrs. Maurine Arnold report five year olds reading home a book day one, while Dr. Edmund Coleman promotes blending methods to keep reading joyful and interesting.
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Johnny
Inglewood
Southwest Regional Laboratory
Long Beach
Carver
Kettering
Emergon
Maurine Arnold
Arnold
Mildred Hawley
Tykes
Edmund Coleman
Manhattan Beach
Swerl
ITA
Sam
Sam and SWERL educators diagram a new reading program
Dr. Coleman describes Sam as a character that teaches sounds. The SWERL method aims to teach reading spelling and printing by sounds rather than letter names. Project leaders include Drs Baker Nelson Beck Bennefield Evans and others across California Arizona and Nevada.
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Sai
SWERL
Santa Barbara County
Nevada
Arizona
Robert Baker
Arizona State College
Suzy Nelson
Isabel Beck
San Pedro
West Coast
Marilyn Bennefield
Palos Verdes
Wild Waves and Winter Woes Across California Stories
California visitors from Chicago gaze at sun and sea while staying with Lucille Hauck and Georgette Murray, planning an Easter return as midwest heat contrasts with coastal breezes. Dramatic Allied Arts Guild trip to Hearst Castle ends in film loss after a wreck. Myrna Bartel breaks ankle skiing at Tahoe while family plans new home construction on The Toledo in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Joe
Priscilla Sheenan
Hone
Chicago
Lucille Hauck
Priscilla
Georgette Murray
Lakewood
Roger
Vangie] Lamoureau
Golden State
Mid-West
Dramatic Allied Arts Guild
San Simeon
Hearst Castle
Bob Crow
Spiral Douglas
Rey Lockwood
Helen Craw
Florence
Orville Cole
Lillian Crawford
Florence Iff
LeRoy
Leanna Pittman
Lee
Aimee Benno
Daag
Chuck
Myrna
Toledo
Woman of Year honors Lakewood socialite Mrs Spencer
The California Optometric Association Woman's Auxiliary named Mrs James E Spencer of Lakewood as its first annual Woman of the Year during the convention in San Francisco. The award cited her service as treasurer of the auxiliary and national optometric groups and her work with local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Spencer
Lakewood
Woman's Auxiliary
California Optometric Association
San Francisco
William Swanson
Auxiliary
Spencer
Woman’s Auxiliary
American Optometric Association
State
Long Beach Auxiliary
Council of Parents and Teachers, Safety Council
Long Beach Psychiatric Clinic For Children
James F. Spencer
Wedding Bells Ring as 500 Attend Nuptials
Friday ceremony at First Church of the Nazarene unites JoAnn Julien and D Scott Cradduck with 500 guests. Details include gowns, attendants, and a Northern California honeymoon, followed by a Nuptial Mass at St Matthew Church for Patricia Anselmo and Charles Nostrome and a reception at the Petroleum Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of the Nazarene
JoAnn Julien
D. Scott Cradduck
Glenn H. Julien
Ann Arbor Road
Lakewood
Chantilly
George Lovejoy
John Sherodman
Carol Julien
St. Matthew Catholic Church
Patricia Louise Anselmo
Charles James Nostrome
Louis Anselmo
14Th St
Rosida Rabello
Susan Norton
Donna Nostrome
Alisa Lynn Brooker
Edward Lawler
Charles F. Nostrome
Huntington Beach
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Margaret McKean
Luann ‘Lobdell
Matthew Cantwell
Joe, Risinger
Press-Telegram
David Lindley
Diana Brown
Stephen Hartnett
Carver School
Chuck Bartel
Lake Tahoe
Optometric
Louise Hassell
Jan Anderson
Sandy Ferris
Julie Springgate
Gary Lovejoy
Mrs. H
Craddock
Tamergrove St
Don Walter
Lynn Pearson
Ron Cover
Mel Larson
Dennis Trombley
Larry Springgate
Ting Bearer
Atherton St
Nostromo
Petroleum Club
Las Vegas
Glendale
D. S. Cradduck
Charles Nostrom
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