Joplin Globe Sunday, August 6, 1944 p4A Col 4
BLIND MAN TO GET LEADER LEAGUE DOG
Trained Animal Will Aid Leslie Baltzell, Handicapped For Years, to Get Sales Position
Leslie Baltzell, 1920 Picher avenue, blinded in a mine accident in Picher in 1920, is soon to have a new pair of eyes, those of a Leader dog.
Baltzell will leave the latter part of the week, for Detroit, where he will take a month's training course at the Leader Dog League, to become adjusted to the dog and its leadership, after which he will purchase the dog.
Acquisition of the trained dog will open a new world and method of livelihood for Baltzell, who since his accident has worked as a piano tuner and at the broom factory operated here for the blind. He is to become a salesman for the Strauss Paper and Janitor Supply Company. Led by the dog, he will call on firms in the business district.
Orders In Braille.
Orders will be tabulated by Baltzell on a Braille slate. He has spent the past week preparing a catalogue in Braille, listing of the various articles sold by the firm. His wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, a typist and talented pianist, will transcribe his Braille orders and sales reports.
Simon Strauss, sales manager of the Strauss company, has co-operated with Baltzell in planning his work and has certified to Leader Dog League that he will employ the man and dog as soon as the pair are ready. Recommentations as to Baltzell's character, required by the league, also have been given by the Joplin Association for the Blind and the downtown Lions Club, which has taken an active interest in the welfare of blind persons of this community.
Baltzell and Strauss and a committee of Lions Club members will be guests at a monthly luncheon of the Joplin Association for the Blind at noon tomorrow at the Keystone hotel, when final arrangements for Baltzell's trip and stay in Detroit will be completed.
Joplin Globe Sunday, August 5, 1945 pA3 Col 3
Joplin Blind Self-Supporting Inspiration for Handicapped Vets (Excerpt)
Operate Phone Service
Leslie Baltzell and his wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, operate a telephone service for Joplin residents. "Wake-up" calls are the chief type of telephone service used. Baltzell, former miner and musician, blind for the last 25 years, and his wife, a talented pianist, plan to transcribe Braille books for the National Braille Association, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif.
Joplin Globe Thursday Morning, January 5, 1950 p4 col 3
Baltzell Rites Today.
Webb City, Mo. Jan 4 -Funeral services for Harry Lesley Baltzell, who died New Years day in San Antonio, Tex., will be conducted at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of the Hedge-Lewis funeral home, with the Rev. Frank Funk officiating. Mr. Baltzell was born October 24, 1900, in Carterville and had lived the greater part of his life in this district. He suffered a heart attack Sunday and died enroute to the hospital. Surviving are a son, Charles Lloyd Baltzell of Kahoka, Mo. and two sisters, Mrs. J B Blackford of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. D L Fussell of Webb City. Burial will be in the Carterville cemetery.
Note: While his obituary lists him as Harry Leslie Baltzell, the public records lists him as Leslie Harry Baltzell.
BLIND MAN TO GET LEADER LEAGUE DOG
Trained Animal Will Aid Leslie Baltzell, Handicapped For Years, to Get Sales Position
Leslie Baltzell, 1920 Picher avenue, blinded in a mine accident in Picher in 1920, is soon to have a new pair of eyes, those of a Leader dog.
Baltzell will leave the latter part of the week, for Detroit, where he will take a month's training course at the Leader Dog League, to become adjusted to the dog and its leadership, after which he will purchase the dog.
Acquisition of the trained dog will open a new world and method of livelihood for Baltzell, who since his accident has worked as a piano tuner and at the broom factory operated here for the blind. He is to become a salesman for the Strauss Paper and Janitor Supply Company. Led by the dog, he will call on firms in the business district.
Orders In Braille.
Orders will be tabulated by Baltzell on a Braille slate. He has spent the past week preparing a catalogue in Braille, listing of the various articles sold by the firm. His wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, a typist and talented pianist, will transcribe his Braille orders and sales reports.
Simon Strauss, sales manager of the Strauss company, has co-operated with Baltzell in planning his work and has certified to Leader Dog League that he will employ the man and dog as soon as the pair are ready. Recommentations as to Baltzell's character, required by the league, also have been given by the Joplin Association for the Blind and the downtown Lions Club, which has taken an active interest in the welfare of blind persons of this community.
Baltzell and Strauss and a committee of Lions Club members will be guests at a monthly luncheon of the Joplin Association for the Blind at noon tomorrow at the Keystone hotel, when final arrangements for Baltzell's trip and stay in Detroit will be completed.
Joplin Globe Sunday, August 5, 1945 pA3 Col 3
Joplin Blind Self-Supporting Inspiration for Handicapped Vets (Excerpt)
Operate Phone Service
Leslie Baltzell and his wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, operate a telephone service for Joplin residents. "Wake-up" calls are the chief type of telephone service used. Baltzell, former miner and musician, blind for the last 25 years, and his wife, a talented pianist, plan to transcribe Braille books for the National Braille Association, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif.
Joplin Globe Thursday Morning, January 5, 1950 p4 col 3
Baltzell Rites Today.
Webb City, Mo. Jan 4 -Funeral services for Harry Lesley Baltzell, who died New Years day in San Antonio, Tex., will be conducted at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of the Hedge-Lewis funeral home, with the Rev. Frank Funk officiating. Mr. Baltzell was born October 24, 1900, in Carterville and had lived the greater part of his life in this district. He suffered a heart attack Sunday and died enroute to the hospital. Surviving are a son, Charles Lloyd Baltzell of Kahoka, Mo. and two sisters, Mrs. J B Blackford of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. D L Fussell of Webb City. Burial will be in the Carterville cemetery.
Note: While his obituary lists him as Harry Leslie Baltzell, the public records lists him as Leslie Harry Baltzell.
Joplin Globe Sunday, August 6, 1944 p4A Col 4
BLIND MAN TO GET LEADER LEAGUE DOG
Trained Animal Will Aid Leslie Baltzell, Handicapped For Years, to Get Sales Position
Leslie Baltzell, 1920 Picher avenue, blinded in a mine accident in Picher in 1920, is soon to have a new pair of eyes, those of a Leader dog.
Baltzell will leave the latter part of the week, for Detroit, where he will take a month's training course at the Leader Dog League, to become adjusted to the dog and its leadership, after which he will purchase the dog.
Acquisition of the trained dog will open a new world and method of livelihood for Baltzell, who since his accident has worked as a piano tuner and at the broom factory operated here for the blind. He is to become a salesman for the Strauss Paper and Janitor Supply Company. Led by the dog, he will call on firms in the business district.
Orders In Braille.
Orders will be tabulated by Baltzell on a Braille slate. He has spent the past week preparing a catalogue in Braille, listing of the various articles sold by the firm. His wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, a typist and talented pianist, will transcribe his Braille orders and sales reports.
Simon Strauss, sales manager of the Strauss company, has co-operated with Baltzell in planning his work and has certified to Leader Dog League that he will employ the man and dog as soon as the pair are ready. Recommentations as to Baltzell's character, required by the league, also have been given by the Joplin Association for the Blind and the downtown Lions Club, which has taken an active interest in the welfare of blind persons of this community.
Baltzell and Strauss and a committee of Lions Club members will be guests at a monthly luncheon of the Joplin Association for the Blind at noon tomorrow at the Keystone hotel, when final arrangements for Baltzell's trip and stay in Detroit will be completed.
Joplin Globe Sunday, August 5, 1945 pA3 Col 3
Joplin Blind Self-Supporting Inspiration for Handicapped Vets (Excerpt)
Operate Phone Service
Leslie Baltzell and his wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, operate a telephone service for Joplin residents. "Wake-up" calls are the chief type of telephone service used. Baltzell, former miner and musician, blind for the last 25 years, and his wife, a talented pianist, plan to transcribe Braille books for the National Braille Association, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif.
Joplin Globe Thursday Morning, January 5, 1950 p4 col 3
Baltzell Rites Today.
Webb City, Mo. Jan 4 -Funeral services for Harry Lesley Baltzell, who died New Years day in San Antonio, Tex., will be conducted at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of the Hedge-Lewis funeral home, with the Rev. Frank Funk officiating. Mr. Baltzell was born October 24, 1900, in Carterville and had lived the greater part of his life in this district. He suffered a heart attack Sunday and died enroute to the hospital. Surviving are a son, Charles Lloyd Baltzell of Kahoka, Mo. and two sisters, Mrs. J B Blackford of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. D L Fussell of Webb City. Burial will be in the Carterville cemetery.
Note: While his obituary lists him as Harry Leslie Baltzell, the public records lists him as Leslie Harry Baltzell.
BLIND MAN TO GET LEADER LEAGUE DOG
Trained Animal Will Aid Leslie Baltzell, Handicapped For Years, to Get Sales Position
Leslie Baltzell, 1920 Picher avenue, blinded in a mine accident in Picher in 1920, is soon to have a new pair of eyes, those of a Leader dog.
Baltzell will leave the latter part of the week, for Detroit, where he will take a month's training course at the Leader Dog League, to become adjusted to the dog and its leadership, after which he will purchase the dog.
Acquisition of the trained dog will open a new world and method of livelihood for Baltzell, who since his accident has worked as a piano tuner and at the broom factory operated here for the blind. He is to become a salesman for the Strauss Paper and Janitor Supply Company. Led by the dog, he will call on firms in the business district.
Orders In Braille.
Orders will be tabulated by Baltzell on a Braille slate. He has spent the past week preparing a catalogue in Braille, listing of the various articles sold by the firm. His wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, a typist and talented pianist, will transcribe his Braille orders and sales reports.
Simon Strauss, sales manager of the Strauss company, has co-operated with Baltzell in planning his work and has certified to Leader Dog League that he will employ the man and dog as soon as the pair are ready. Recommentations as to Baltzell's character, required by the league, also have been given by the Joplin Association for the Blind and the downtown Lions Club, which has taken an active interest in the welfare of blind persons of this community.
Baltzell and Strauss and a committee of Lions Club members will be guests at a monthly luncheon of the Joplin Association for the Blind at noon tomorrow at the Keystone hotel, when final arrangements for Baltzell's trip and stay in Detroit will be completed.
Joplin Globe Sunday, August 5, 1945 pA3 Col 3
Joplin Blind Self-Supporting Inspiration for Handicapped Vets (Excerpt)
Operate Phone Service
Leslie Baltzell and his wife, Mrs. Lucille Baltzell, operate a telephone service for Joplin residents. "Wake-up" calls are the chief type of telephone service used. Baltzell, former miner and musician, blind for the last 25 years, and his wife, a talented pianist, plan to transcribe Braille books for the National Braille Association, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif.
Joplin Globe Thursday Morning, January 5, 1950 p4 col 3
Baltzell Rites Today.
Webb City, Mo. Jan 4 -Funeral services for Harry Lesley Baltzell, who died New Years day in San Antonio, Tex., will be conducted at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the chapel of the Hedge-Lewis funeral home, with the Rev. Frank Funk officiating. Mr. Baltzell was born October 24, 1900, in Carterville and had lived the greater part of his life in this district. He suffered a heart attack Sunday and died enroute to the hospital. Surviving are a son, Charles Lloyd Baltzell of Kahoka, Mo. and two sisters, Mrs. J B Blackford of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. D L Fussell of Webb City. Burial will be in the Carterville cemetery.
Note: While his obituary lists him as Harry Leslie Baltzell, the public records lists him as Leslie Harry Baltzell.
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