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Photograph article dated August 26, 1961 partially reads, "She started teaching a Sunday School class at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 11919 Oxnard St., North Hollywood. The class consisted of four children, who were almost totally deaf...Today, Mrs. Arnold and her assistants have three classes consisting of 12 children ranging from the ages of 5 through 17. They speak and sing, and they read from the Bible...'The classes are all oral,' Mrs. Arnold said. 'We don't use sign language. The important thing is to teach them to speak.'" Pictured left, Mrs. Esther Arnold assists her daughter, Geraldine, in Bible reading as Constance Paine, 15, looks on.; See images #00139370 through #00139373 for all photos in this series.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) Church work with the deaf--California--Los Angeles Christian education of the deaf--California--Los Angeles Sunday schools--California--Los Angeles Sunday school teachers--California--Los Angeles Sunday schools--California--Los Angeles--Students Deaf students--California--Los Angeles Mothers and daughters--California--Los Angeles Parents of deaf children--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Teenage girls--California--Los Angeles Lipreading Lipreading--Study and teaching Headphones--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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