Los Gatos times, Volume 30, Number 251, 3 August 1966 — Page 5

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'‘- ‘By LaVELLE JACKSON Whaffs this younger generation coming to? If you happened to be handed a survey questionnaire fay one of 'Robert Kensingers seventh grade summer school students from the Raymond Fisher school last week yoifll certainly ask yourself that question And you'll probably answer that they're lJU-U-Air fees to Hawaii may drop to $75 HONOLULU (U PO-Air line pas(engers traveling between the rest Coast and Hawaii may soon be paying fares of $7 5 rather than the presentlow of $100 according to an airline official if :

coming to something pretty good Kensinger in his sixth year in the Los Gatos School District is initiating a new type of stu-dent-on-his-own method for his first and second period classes during summer school The students have all done study problems on the background and current operations of Los Gatos The students - on their own -had to investigate six different aspects of Los Gatos culture: economic factors educational factors political factors moral and spiritual factors civic cultural recreational and social activities and physical growth The questions they had to answer concerning Los Gatos were ones similar to the following: Compare the 1965 figures regarding number of buildings and

on their money spent with the 1956 figures Has the number of buildings and money spent been increasing or decreasing? What companies have been given the license or franchise to provide telephone service? electricity? natural gas? and Describe one situation in the past year that Vacation church school Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Saratoga is holding vacation church school through Friday August 12 Theme for the school held Monday through Friday from 9 to 11:45 ajn is "Jesus and the Church” The Church is situated at 12770 Saratoga Ave

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has been in the news concerning annexation concerning zoning "1 want them to find their own answers Kensinger said “Pm doing this to make social science more current more pressing and more alive The 40 students-approximately 20 in each class -responded with amazing interest and research Kensinger explained that the students spent many hours looking through issues of the TimesObserver to learn about the current town events and developments In many instances they had to call city officials or businessmen to get the answers first hand "I mean said Kensinger "to make the students aware that there are problems in our town and that some day they will be

affecting the decisions being made" And at the rate they're going now we can count on it Several of the students made voluntary trips to a Town Council meeting and last week Councilman John Michaelsen visited Wanted fet girl BOURNEMOUTH England (UPO-Margaret Haddow 21 and 224 pounds got the job when she answered an advertisement for a "strong fat woman or girl who wishes to slim offered tough but well paid Job White Heather Laundry Laundry owner Charles Williams explained "1 especially wanted a fat girl because she will have the incentive to work -knowing she will get thin"

culture the class at the invitation of a student When Kensinger made up survey questionnaires on each of the six topic areas studied the students went to downtown Los Gatos and to King's Court and El Gatos Shopping areas to distribute the surveys The results might make us ask "Whatfs this older generation coming to?" For everyone adult that stopped to fill out the questionnaire more than five did not according to Kensinger "I realize that the survey is not valid" Kensinger said "There were not enough samples" The students obtained 20 completed questionnaires for each of the six areas The results were nevertheless interesting

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Los Gatos Times-Observer Wed Aug 3 1966—5

WHAT DO LOS GATANS THINK? Robert Kensinger teacher at Raymond Fisher School and initiator of a student-on-his-own type studies shows a survey questionnaire to student Machaela Lauer The students passed out questionnaires to local people concerning the economic educational political moral civic social and physical factors of Los Gatos

WHAT MAKES LOS GATOS TICK? Terry Similar Linda Altmann and John Fleming left to right ail students of Robert Kensinger at Raymond Fisher School answer part of that question fay studying current events in Los Gatos from the Times-Observer The students also got many of their answers first-hand by talking to Los Gatos businessmen councilmen and officials

FUTURE PARTICIPANTS IN GOVERNMENT? Michae la Lauer Margaret Hightower Joanne Bethlahmy and Paul Carter left to right are all chairmen of student-groups investigating the cultural background and current events of Los Gatos Social science to the students has become "more current more pressing and more alive" in the words of teacher Robert Kensinger

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A I tow would you rate the following services and protections provided by the local government of Los Gatos?

R In general are you satisfied with the new Town Council's decisions? Yes 22 - No 5 - No Opinion 17 C Do you approve of the Town Council's efforts to trim the new budget as close as it has been attempting to do? Yes 31 - NO 7 -No Opinion 6 D Should Los Gatos provide the best possible local governmental services regardless of cost? Yes 26 -No 13 -No Opinion 4 E Would you favor a tax increase to pay for added costs caused by the best possible local governmental services and protections? Yes 26 - No 13 - No Opinion 11 F Should the Park Commission speed its work in securing sites for local parks (using the money provided fay the 19G5 bond approval)? Yes 27 -No 7 - No Opinion 10 G SIkxiIU tlie following officials be elective or appointive? Elective Appointive (1) Town Clerk 25 19 (2) Town Treasurer 28 16 (3) Town Manager 19 25 II Do you foci the Home Owners Association now controls the local government of Los Gatos? Yes 17 -No 12 -No Opinion 15 I is this goud or bad? Good 15 - Had 13 - No Opinion 16

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Service news MEMPHIS TENN (FHTNC) -July 21 - Airman Apprentice Lawrence W Stropes USN son of Dr and Mrs Lloyd RSticpes oflOl Montclair Road Los Gatos has completed the Aviation Mechanical Fundamentals School at tho Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Term The four-week course introduces students to mathematics physics and the principles of electricity Subjects stressed include atomic theory static and dynamic electricity magnetic theory and the construction of aircraft batteries This month-long course prepares Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel for entrance into more advanced courses at the center