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6 Th News-Re.iew, Raieburg, .. . . ... -. . BEAUTY WITH TALENT With beauty to match the quality of their voices, the daughters of Mr. ond Mrs. Willard Ponsonby are hoping to get the break they need for a professional career this summer when they meet Lawrence Welk, band leoder. Stand ing is Sharon and seoted from left to right are Donna, Patty, Shela and Maureen. (Wil son Studio) Upper Cow Creek Sisters Planning To Meet Welk Anvnnn in the unarselv lated area of Upper Cow Creek Chicago area until about 1912, i Road 20 miles east of A.alea is when they moved from their home likely to hear the dulcet tones of in Klgin, III., to "get away from the five fresh, feminine voices wafting! city." Willard still plavs the guitar , across the wooded hills. (to accompany his comely dauuh-1 The voices are those of tne Iivejters, ana ratncii is a capanie Pnntnnhv listen of the O PAR Ranch. I Although the ranch is compara-i lively isolated (not even a tele- phone line reaches the house), the girls' singing isn't wasted on the deer and bear. Their appeal to the human can became evident this month when thev gained considerable attention in Portland during a contest against six of the top teen-age sing ing groups of Oregon. Carters Eyed Now the girls ire eyeing the pos- sihililics of a professional singing career. This summer they will go to Los Angeles to discuss tne pos- alhilities of such a career With Lawrence Welk, the band leader of television fame. , Television will be nothing nrw ' to them, even 6-year-old Sheila. : They have appeared on television in Mcdford. hugene and Portland. Their biggest claim to fame, how- ever, came when they were nom inatcd as finalists in the Westing house Youth Talent Search in Port land April 12, They were among six groups selected from Oregon to compete for the free trip to Newip York City. i Thev didn't win. hut disc jockey Barney Keep called them "out standing." Meanwhile, just to keep in voice, the girls havo at least two more engagements. They will sing at the Ml. Angel Academy May 17 and then in ltosehurg during the Coun ty Home Extension May Festival. Please Audiances Wherever they sing, the girl, are creeled hv almost uncontrolled ap 1 plause. At a recent convention insurance men in Eugene, they . were scheduled to sing five songs. Before the usually blase audience would let them go, they had sung eigni selections. The groundwork for a family singing group was laid some three years ago wnen uonna, now i; Sharon, 17; and Maureen, 15, start - ed trying to harmome. Without formal music education, they be-j' gan forming their own harmonies and arrangements with the help of i svii a in p , Jlr- nabond. Bonnie was notified of her Mrs. Willard I onsonby. I third place berth bv Governor Both Willard and his wife. Tat-1 SI 7 v. t j a: w f TOP INTERPRETER of poetry in the 51st onmul O o 5l fl High School Speech Lojgue tournommt ct te L'nuorsity of Oregon this month was Roseburg High's Shar.n Strat ford. She took first place in ths poetry reading crrpftiKi. Presenting the oward is K, E. Montmr-v, execufie secre tory of the league ond director of th s )tar trr',,o't, Ore. Men. April 21, 1938 2WA Pi:- i nonu-lricia. had entertained around the I singer in her own right. About a year and a half ago. the feminine singing fivesnme was completed with the addition to har- j mony of Patty, 13, and Sheila, now 6. j . . . , "" Soon, Ihey were welded into a quintet that was in demand at , most of the shows and benefits in Southern Douglas County. Then ' came their competition in the Port- j , land contest that gave them state-' 1 wide note. j ! 'ne ir, nw have a repertoire j !0 about 60 popular songs, mostly , j j 0f the sweet and slow variety which ! lends to the best use of harmony Th airls nmetiee together. m:ik jn(! their own arrangements to the careful ears of their parents, who j correct the mistakes. They still have had no formal training. w (hl,jr grandfather, John n i i. i.. .. .. .n. ih who arra;il(PK the audition with Lawrence Welk. He wvnt to lis ......nil.. .n.l I..H-..I In Welk and got him to listen to a record. Welk said the girls nail , n...l..lill. nn.1 ltk.,,1 Mini thi.V m. ln i a.,,.,,!... an(i S(.P hnji fn- uin 9l,ni.i.imi a nrnrixisinn.-il e:nT.nA;.v;.;,M' '5 , . . logger, they .re going down.' En I...-. A Cl.L ...... Their reception in Los Angeles will largely delcrniine the fiiturp for the girls. If nothing comes of it. the oli-.'st girls, Sharon and Maureen, are going on to college. II... II,. ,n ...II br'ken " ' ' lh v y?h . I thinks the girls Canyonville Supt. O. J. Monger are splcn.sing Yoncalla Girl's Essay . . . f rlOCCS I hlfd M iTDte nonnie nowinan, loncaua iiin , School .lunior, won third place hon- . ors in the state for her essay on, How Hiring the Handicapped i Helps You and Me." s;he w, receive a S3 saving Robert Holmes. -. - - , -.f . , ...... ' ' ' t ' V.'. .' . n I - its. but he points out It isn't their only talent. The two older girls arc members of the National Hon- or Society and good students, he says. "1 fully expect to see the other girls doing just as well in meir education, ne concluded. j I I ., HOLD LEAD ROLES Lor- etta Dpsbion nnH Pnul HilL-M-i : zzhvii - ''" I (.. -ri. t m : iur ciubb piny, i ne piay, in- isije Lester," will be staqed ct u.i. ' i j I' 8 !?'9" school auditorium ; May 2 and 3. v I I CR8t SOleS ilOted . t-Qf .jlg LeSfer' Tickets for the two - hour play, i "Inside Lester." to be presented I by the Kiischurg llijjh School sen-, lor class, will go on sale next week.! it was announced today by Boh tics, hiisiness manager The plav, first performed in 1951 will be presented May 2 and 3 It tells of the trepidations of the author of a fictional, but world fa- mom detective named "Tough Mai- It is sprinkled with thieves, i gunmen, a disappearing diamond j and a heavy close of humor. .Members of the rast are: Lor- I etta Hesbu-ns, I'aul Dillon, Judy I'orkruni. Dean Mel'argar, Hill Neuner. Ona l.iles, Kathy Frelwell, Nancy Wlntlakcr, Carolyn Sinclair and Mike asey. the play has two sets, one in a New York City office and other in a cabin on an island. V;"h' 'T i f '. 1 1 i . i j16-Year-0ld Italian Student Chosen Exchange Student , By MIKB MURPHY I Mart'o Riva, a 16 year-old Itali- .in un, win iL.t'iui ntiM'iHirK nun Si-hnoi ai an exchange .Undent j n.-xt ear. 'I he Koehur Kotary Club hat furnhed a $i.0 scholar- j !np ti in .ike thu psoillt?. ! M.iri'o i from Milan. It air. where be attend a science h l it h iM.m-; father is manager of a chemical fact or v. favorite cintAe are .iiatheniatir anl st-icncr. He I kes t play tennis, i and swim. . l.iNt niimi-r he pc'tt two months in Indnri studmft Knhsh. SaSO Approptiattd The l!oehur-, Kotary lluh has appo pi utt-ii Si. 4) uhich wilt he n-rd tii p.iv Mateo's expenses in ctitniiK to this country. Manv Ri tarv eluhs throm;hiiit the I nited states are similarly sponsoring e change stu.lents and a nuniter of ei h.mi;e students hae been hmtijr. to Ore.'n comniimttics t'ir.iu'i the efforts of the It.Marv dnhs and niher ertre nr;jini7a ttt 1 American Kie'd Serxice. Sisters Named Saiutaforian, Valedictorian Pat Sondenaa Smith, with i grade point avenue of 102 hat been named valedictorian of the 19fi8 graduating class of Canyon ville lluth School this week bv Supt. i (J. J. Monger. j Gloria Johnson, with a grade i point average of 13 was named I salutatonan. Roth girls have at I tended Canyonville High School for I four yearn. Mrs. Smith ii the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Sondenaa of Canyonville and Miss Johnson it Mn. Sondenaa s young inter. Both will present addresses tra ditional to their position at com mencement exercises slated for Tuesday, May 27. reports corre spondent Virginia Proctor. 4 Girls Placet! In Local Jobs Summer jobs fur some 25 trans cription students at Roseburg Minn School have been slow in coming under a program in which the school attempts to get businesses to place such girls. Only four of the 25 have been placed yet. They are Joyce Mc Cory with Horace Bprg Insurance; Jean Simpson. Northwest Credit Adjusters; Phyllis Sutton, Drs. Munroe and Ilut.ton; and Rita Sut ton, Douglas Credit Bureau. All he doing secretarial work. The business office at the high school has sent out letters to all dentists and doctors in the area indicating the girls are interested in fields of medicine. The girls would work on the jobs mainly for experience. Another series of letters have been sent to alt mills in the area I anI castoral inlarviou'i hita hssn .,,i,',i..,i i, i,,..,r k.i,'. ,i department stores, (iirls interest- fd in church work are also to be interviewed by different ministers Ralph Snyder of the Roseburg' i1(,n business department is con- tmuing efforts to place as many of the girls as possible. He may be contacted by any business interest- ed. All girls have knowledge ofj typing and shorthand and are avail- able for any kind of office work. ! I Rally Squad Tryout Scheduled April 28 Tha student bodv of Rosebun; High will elect next year's rally squad after a tryout assembly to De held next .Monday, April 28. The rally squad leads the yells at all Knsehurtf Hitfh School foot-, ball and baketbail games. In addi- tion, this year, the rally squad is i present at all home baseball games. , 1 track meets, and tennis matches, i The rally squad consists of six Riris ana three boys. All girls mirst ue menmers 01 repsiers. At the tryout assembly groups of candidates will lead yells. 1 hen the new rally squad will be elect ed. The boy receiving the most votes will be the rally squad kin and the girl receiving the most votes will be the rally squad queen. May Fe,e Sche,u,ed At ROSeburO School The annual Roseburg High School May Kete has been scheduled Friday. May 16, at 8 p.m., reports Don Severson of physical education depart ment. The fete, staged each year by the physical education de partment, will include baton acts, a high jump exhibition and a tennis demonstration. A queen for the event will be chosen by the physical educa tion department teachers and students. Her identity will be kept a secret until her crown ing. She will choose her prin cesses, two from each class. GAINS HONOR ROLL UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. A total of 3:12 students are listed on the university'! honor roll for winter term. To qualify students must earn grade point averages i of 3 50 or higher. (If those on the roll. 57 students made perfect scores of 4 00. or all A grades, On the honor roll from Win- Chester is Barbara II F o y e. daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. W." 11. l'attion of Winchester Miss Foye is a sophomore in liberal arts. . Ja non profit corporation, select's the rxchant: students and makes if MARCO RIVA l i i in ifci ih iti nt ifr Professor To Conduct Parade Of Bands Here Prof. Glenn Bainum from Northwestern I'niversity will conduct a "Parade of Bands" clinic May 17 in the Roseburg High School auditorium. Prof. Bainum, the visiting conductor, travels all over the nation, giving similar clinics. He will be returning from Ha waii when he visits Roseburg. In the clinic, the two junior high bands and the concert and cadet bands from the high school will give performances. Prof. Bainum will give sug gestions for improvement. The day before the "Parade of Bands," the professor will hold a clinic for band directors from all over the county. The Parade of Bands will be at 8 p m in the auditorium. There will b no admission charge. Glendale Junior Class To Give 3 -Act Comedy A three-act comedy, "Professor, How Could You," will be present ed by the junior class of Glendale High May 1. Bob Lee, language and speech instructor, will direct the play. Dora Lee Allen will be his student assistant. Students participating in the play are Dean Ball, Sandra Palm er, Lynn Troxel; Sandra Johns, Janet Nicholson, Nancy Furlong, Jim Berry. Janie Munyon. l-ester Diltz, and Mary June Holland. Yoncalla High To Participate In Play Contest Nine students from Yoncalla L'n ion High School will travel to Can-1 yonville April 30 to participate in a one at'' Play contest. j There will be several schools from the countv participating. A trophv will be given for first place and the best actor and actress will be chosen. Title of the play to be presented j by Yoncalla is. "The City Slicker and Our Nell.?' J l'at inpliiHea Anita Fllllhritfht. ' I Opal Crow, Bill Snider, Margaret Abbott. Howard Loyd. Phil Y'.dm,, i Barbara Clark and Sharon Boan. j j, MARCH GIRL at Glide High School was Sondra Eaton. The young sophomore was selected) for her personality, friendli ness and hard work by the Girls League for the honor of' girl of the month. She is an "Atoka" staff member, mem ber of the Girls Athletic Assn. and the league. Senior Banquet Details Being Hammered Out ' Final work is bring hammered I out on the Roseburg High School , senior banquet scheduled May 23 at the Elks Club ballroom. Committees of senior mothers have been working on arrange- ments, favors, decorations and menu. Another meeting is slated! Fndav evening. Music for dancing at the banquet will be furnished by Brace Phil- hps. The seniors will provide their , own entertainment through a sen-! ior talent show. Following the han- quel Ihey will attend the second show at the Indian Theatre. , arrangements for their visit to tha I'mted States. The students are rimdlv screened, ror example, in one northern Italian town last year (here were I6.01K) applicants for one scholarship. The obiect of the program is to promote world understanding. Kx channe students from more than 18 countries come to the I nited Stales every year. Iher spend a year at tending schiwl here, and it is the hope of the American Field Serv ice that they will return home with a better understanding of the Amer ican way of life Murphy's Picked 1 Marco will be the first exchange student Roseburg High School has ever had. although a number of Southern Oregon cities, such as Mcdford and lirann l'a. have had exchange students in the past. Marco will stay with the Kdwsrd Murphv family in Koseburc. The Murphv's have two children in I ltosehurg High Sch.il. Mike jrnnip Murpny is a iawer ann a hiwanit member. Sutherlin High Students Start Employment Bureau nnmw Ynint7 lVUAAAfO ftVWWV yt -t tg I Teen-Age Club Is Formed By Camas Valley Grange Many teen agers over the coun ty have been selected by fellow students in their schools as out standing for particular months of the year. But at Camas Valley, the teenera will be honored now by their elders. The Camas Valley Grange this month inaugurated a Teen Club, j and each month two teen age students will be chosen by the j grange as "teens of the month." The April "Teens" selected are Wyoma Pasco and Jim Ham melt. Both are sophomores at Camas' Valley High and are the elected representatives for the high school in the club. Mrs. James Combs, youth chair man for the grange, has invited all students and their parents to attend the meetings. Teen-Age Drivers To Be Scrutinized Oregon teen-age drivers will come under scrutiny of traffic ex perts in the first sessions of the state's sixth annual two - day traf fic court conference which will open in Eugene, Thursday. They are presented by University of Ore gon School of Law and General Extension Division, Oregon State System of Higher Education. Coordinators for the conference are Dean Orlando J. Hollis, school of law, and Dr. Charles D. Dean, extension division consultant. Conference registration, schedul ed for 8:15 a.m. at Kenton Hall. University of Oregon, is open to all persons interested in traffic court problems. According to Dr. Dean, it is expected that approximately 75 state, county and municipal of ficials, officers and judges will at tend. In addition to study of the teen age driver, the conference will con sider Oregon's basic speed rule, revocation and suspension of oper ator licenses, assessment of penal ties and collection of fines, traffic court procedures and safety edu cation. Traffic-toll reduction will be subject of an address by Atty. (Jen. Robert Y. Thornton at a con ference dinner, 6:30 p.m., Thursday - at the Eugene hotel. On the conference staff will be District Judge Warren Woodruff of Roseburg. Marines Issue Call For College-Bound Applications are now being ac cepted for the platoon leaders class, a U. S. Marine officer can didate program, report! T. Sgt. Barney L. Shanks at the Roseburg recruiting office. The applications can be made by high school seniors who are plan ning to attend college. The program allows the student to attend college and serve his military obligation as a marine lieutenant after graduation. He is further afforded the opportunity to serve in the ground component or as a Marine aviator. He receives two six-week train ing phases during his four years of college and has no Marine drills of classes during the school year. He also accrues other benefits that assure him a commission upon graduation and extra pay when on active duty. He also receives lead ership training, an opportunity to travel and a field of endeavor. Anyone interested may contact Shanks at the Marine recruiting station at the Douglas County Courthouse. Metal Working Class Fashions Wrought Iron Metal working students of. Rose burg High have chosen various pro jects in wrought iron on which they will work for the rest of the year. Popular types of projects include fireplace sets and small stools and chairs. Other students will work on mallets, model cannons, ash trays, and small bowls. A student ran work on as many projects as he is able to finish. Methods of completing the pro jects include work on the lathe, welding, twisting, grinding, and hammering. Some of the students are also using a little known pro cess railed spinning. In this pro cess a piece of sheet metal is at tached to a spinning disc and bent into the shape of the disc. Mr. I.indsev. the instructor, teaches four classes of metal work ing. 'Daddy Night' Is Slated By FHA Here Thursday Daddy Date Night has been in cluded among project for the Fu ture Homemakers of America ekib at Roseburg lligb School. It has been scheduled Thursday at 7 p m. The girls' service project for this year is to raise money for crippled children. Finally, a n award night will recognize activ ities of the girls. They have been Iigurinj Begree Earned and trtve et In be earned to receive iwas t the event. TOMORROWS CITIZEN - 0 V f ' - f - -- Vliili MtfitflWi i ii ifcliWiltff mi. mi ''. WYOMA PASCO JIM HAMMETT Home Economics Classes Active Babi sitting, flower arrange ments and table setting took the ; srjotlight amnne freshmen and sen.. iors in the Roseburg High School home economics department last ween. The freshmen classes each heard panel discussions on babysitti'. In each, several mothers were in- vited to DarticiDate as memhers of the panel. They were joined by four girls from each class. The activity w nart nf fho nrn- ject selected to help the girls in their present course of babysitting. The girls have been discussing ihe problems which arise as babysit- ters and how to handle or prevent j them. The seniors had two activities durinff the Week On nna Mr rt J. Feldkamn PaVA riomnnclnhnn. on flower arranging. She discussed textures and colors and uses of un usually snapefl vases and use of other floral material. i un another day, the seniors went to Roseburg Jewelers to see a dem onstration of different wavs to set tables. Tri-Hi-Y Elects New Next Year's Officers Linda Strickling has been elect ed new president of the Roseburg Wakiya Tri-Hi-Y Club at Roseburg High. Other new officers are: Pennv j oevans. vice president; Gave War I ren. secretary; Janice Stevens, , treasurer; Donna Frisk, chaplain; ! Patti Dent, historian; and Rita Cox. parliamentarian. 1 TL. .... me new otncers will be instal led in .May. Meanwhile, the club has sched uled a cake sale Saturday from 10 a m. to 4 p m. in front of the J. C. Penney store. 'Crash' Program Man Necessary, KANSAS CITY .e Maybe what this country needs is not more sci entists but a crash program in understanding our fellow man. a Iniversity of Wisconsin prufc-vir suggested here. l)r I) A. Worcester said it is illuminating but not very lnplrn to note how much the nation spemls on undemanding guided missiles, and how little it spends on understanding the persons who guide them. Cry Fer Scientists In an address prepared fir the International Council fur Fxcep twnal Children. Dr. Worcester said: "The hue and cry right now is for more scientists . . We are proposing new institutions and un limited budgets to develop means of destroying our enemies. It is sonceivahle that a similar expend: ture in support of talented nun 's riOoted to the understanding of the peoples of the world m;ght Teen-Agers Set For Jobs Sutherlin llith School students have started a move to find sum mer and part-time employment. Larry Modrell, president of the student body, said a teen - age employment bureau has been es tablished through the school. The plan has the backing of the PTA and city officials. Under the plan, prospective em ployers can phone the school for babysitters, gardeners and high schoolers interested in doing odd and end jobs. Other categories of work also are included. Students can qualify themselves for one or more categories of work, and files will be kept for each cate-l gory. The jobs will be distributed by pulling names in rotation from the files. .Modrell said the plan originally was to operate through the school year. But if it proves successful, it will be extended to include sum mer work. He pointed out that the state Em ployment Service often won't line up teen-agers for jobs. So the stu dents took it on themselves to find their own jobs. I The student body president com mented: "Having a lot of students employed is a good way to keep them out of trouble." I On the committee organizing the bureau were Modrell, Ed Houn shell, Nita DeMoss, Shirley Ben nett, Dave Shorey, Terry Petty, Doug Sanders and Phyllis McCoy. local Girl Picked On Linfield Project Ruth West, daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. 11. T. West, 437 Riverside j Drive, Roseburg, is among ap i proximately 75 students at Lm ; field College at Mc.Minnville, pre paring for Senior Weekend on the campus April 25 27. Miss West is on the food committee. This weekend is the time when high school seniors from the Northwest are invited to the cam pus to receive a first-hand look at campus life and what Linfield has j to offer them. J Visitors will be housed in college , dormitories as guests of college students and will have all their i meals at the college commons. ! Idea of the weekend is to allow the ! prepsters to live just as regular i college- students do at Linfield. i They will visit model classes, meet Linfield professors from the I areas in which they are particular ly interested, see departmental displays and demonstrations, at i tend college religious, social and athletic functions and eo to- a special banquet given in their hon- or. nn rt inn kini, ci.nni pie and advisors from the North- west are expected for the weekend o college living. , KnCnniirC Annual Cf,ff AnMi-J tni -iiiiwuiiwu The Roseburg Ilihh annual staff members have been announced for the )9.")8-39 year. Their positions will be revealed at the Quill and Scroll banquet Tuesday night. Members of the staff are Kathy Rooney. Therese Layton, Linda Stricklinq. Tom Rice, Linda Neal, Judy Barnes, Deanna Payton, Jan ice Stevens, Janet .Martin and Standley Brown. At the banquet. Donna Cloueh. annual staff advisor, will present pins to members of this year's statf in recognition of the work they have done. F. I.. Morey. adviser to the Or ange R, will also give pins to out going members of the paper staff. Orange R staff members and posi tions will also be announced at the banquet. Roseburg High Football Turf Being Rejuvenated Roseburg High School's football turf has been under the disc, rake and roller for the past five weeks to rejuvenate it. About five weeks a:o, the field was plowed and alluwed to set in order to kill grass. After more work, the field was seeded last week. All wor' was carried on by the school district maintenance crew s. The fi-ld will not be n ady for use until the first football game next fall. To Understand Scientist Says render unnecessary the instru ments of anniluiai'on. ' It nni:ht even make our pres ent enemies our friends." 'I lie social st,i,j.,.s history, geo.raphv. economics, etc. are hard siu,,es. Dr, W orcester s.v ! Kvery effort should bo mad" to 'I"" the gifted s'udents in those f.cM-. Child Complicated "It has been uoserved." he sa;d. ' that the movements of !he hea c". v h-nhcs -mie the be-Mnnin of time are rot .is 1 .orniu ateii tne piay of a child for a -in::-' hour I: is harder to launch a n-.-c-ing a: the sunn t 'han to launch a sa'cliite " o I10 Will u!i;n!eer to p it c 1 1 Dennis the Vcriate m'o 01 lot a'' i guarantee tile llltelhgilllll'v of i'n" s:. he w H -"-.I bu '- " lie s',"ifcle (or s,,rwa nnv best be accomplished b learn " how to stay out of war," he said. x
