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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1943)
The Capital Journal's Public School Page JheJe Article Are Written and c(itec by alem'A 1cutktful JcurhaliJU 8 Capital Journal, Salem, Junior Red X Has Busy Year , The Parrish Junior Red Cross closed an exceedingly active year at the Tuesday meeting. JVIore than 6000 articles have al ready been prepared and ship ped to the army and navy camps, hospitals and outposts 3by the Parrish Junior Red jjpross. Included in these were ii,600 hand-made Christmas Jards, 756 nut cops, three boxes ipf Christmas tree decorations, Jive recreation chests and f i 11 anK for four more, 93 posters, portable bookcase, 58 comic iFcrap books, and 92 games, J'hesc articles have been made nd contributed by members of Jhe organization. Miss Neptune's room, 38, is the first and only .jtoom to complete their pledges .o far. J The treasurer reported that .the total receipts, including $41.20 on hand at the beginning (of the year, were $200.60 and jthat the total expenditures 'amounted to $176.33. Expendi tures included $25 to the Red Cross war fund, $53.40 for the president's infantile paralysis (fund and $24.79 for recreation hosts and supplies. .Softball, Track joints Earned J The Leslie girls gymnasium telasscs taught by Mrs. Ruth Car Skin are busy trying to earn roints for softball and track, he classes are divided into quads. Each squad has a lead er, who keeps a record of all he points that are earned. Every student must complete the pitching test, throw for ac feuracy and the batting test to ,jarn her points for softball. To get points in track, each Student must be able to do the jascball throw, 78 feet; the 50 jfard sprint in 9.5 seconds; the Running broad jump, 3 feet 2 jnehes; the hop, step and jump, feet, and the standing broad Jump. 5 feel, 3 inches. SIZES 2 to e APPLIQUES INCLUDED An adorable play dross and fi fetching bonnet that will make Si.stcr tlirili w i t ii femininity; while Brother will feci every Inch a man in the sturdy over all. The pattern for the dress includes the cut-out for the ap plique in fish design; the pat tern for the anchor comes with the overall. Style No. 2739 is designed for sizes 1, 1!, 3 and 4. Size 2 re ciuircs lr4 yards 3i-inch fabric with 3 "4 yards binding for dress and hat. Applique included. Style No. li3ft is designed for sizes 2 to 8. Size 4 requires l:1s yards 35-inch fabric for ov erall; I yard 33-inch for blouse. Applique included. Do you budget your ward robe? Then sec the helpful plan for a well balanced outfit shown in the SUMMER FASHION ' BOOK. Price 15c, or only 10c when ordered with a pattern. Send 15c plus lc to cover cost 31 mailing for pattern. Write plainly YOUR NAME ADIJKKSS AND STYLE NUM BER. BE SURE TO STAT SIZE VOU WISH Address HA 1 TERN DEPARTMENT. Capital Journal, 516 Mission Street, San Francisco, Calif. w YiTu 2738 1 Oregon, Friday, May 21, 1!I43 Band Receives New Music The Leslie band, under the di rection of Mr. Karl Thclen re ceived some new music last week. On Monday, they received "The Little Brown Jug Goes to Town" and Wednesday, "While Christmas." The high school stu dents, who have recently finish ed with the music, sent it over. The Leslie students have been playing the music quite well for the first time. Music Program Nets Nice Sum Sale of tickets for the music program given by Parrish Jun ior high school recently, brought in a total of $204', it was reveal ed during a meeting of the stud ent council. Betty Jo Beardsly reported on the eighth grade meeting that was held to elect the executive committee for next year, until elections are held in the fall. Bud Creig will act as sergcant-at-arms and Bob Cook as assist ant. Joan Randall reported a pro fit of $28 for color day, and that they were still going to sell the ribbons and bow tics another dav. The youth council had a meet ing to elect their officers. Bob Bennett was elected president and Rev. Dudley Strain of the' First Christian church will be the adult advisor. They talked about the problem of the sol diers in town, and it was de cided to have a soldier come and speak to the girls at a special assembly on the 18th of May. This report was given by Betty Jo Beardsly. The eighth and seventh grade representatives voted to have an interim committee until the stu dent body elections are held next fall. Joan Lochcad, Periscope edi tor, asked the representatives to boost the sales in their rooms because this will be the last is sue. Hawks Champions Of Softball Loop The Hawks won the champ ionship of the seventh-eighth grade softball league at Parrish, but it took a piay-off game af ter the regular schedule had been completed to decide the winner. In the play-off the Hawks beat the Eagles 7 to 5 in a thrilling game. Dick Hen- drie led the winners to the title with 3 hits in four trips, includ ing a home run,: and batted in four of his team's runs. Lloyd Beck, centerficlder on the seventh grade Blacks and Harry Hinkle, Eagle outfielder, tied for balling honors in the league with an even .500 aver age each. Tn all, 32 batters hit over .300 for the season. Thry wrre: Beck .SCO. lllnklc .500. Znr lindrn .4B3, Hnuck Altt. Conk AR1, Wtl llnms .407, Krlbrrt .4.'8, HHldr.e .444, Omm .440. Alll.mii ,417, S, Paulina ,414. Olord 400. Pptllt .400. Ho.iprK .391. Coir .3Rf, Osbornr .375 Srhlrmaii .304. Woiisrr .357. J. Brown .346. Buntrss .333. BrnilPlt ,333. S. Bncon .333. l Brown .320. BrlluiB rr .318, Sppiicp .3111. Borrs .318. Jlni Urmvn .318. Apllnslon .304. Dorm nu .300. Burton 300. Brmiknl .300. llrndrlrk .300 Tlic Bleck had Hip hrst team nvrranr. .328 I.radltia pitcher wan ffmnrtli Ahrni!;lrl. Hawk hniirr. Mr led In canirs won and loM. and also lrd In enrnrd run a vera bos with 3.15 per same. ln1 Standing: W. l t. 11 Hawks Field Placed in Shape At Leslie last Friday the whole of the athletic field was smoothed, under the supervision of Joe Drake, superintendent of buildings and grounds. Satur day, the field was laid out for the 50, 75, 100 and 220-yard dash by Coaches Duanc Mellon and "Hern." Schwartzkoph. This work occupied the two men most of the afternoon. A 1 (V7 33 SINCS WITH BIRD S Janet Bush. American soprano. pnirtier her sonss at home wttli some of her collection of 34 birds. Her unusual aviary Includes finches, canaries, parakeets ikln. and. Java sparrows, Promotions Due June First Promotion exercises for ninth graders of Parrish are to be held June 1, at 10:15 a.m. at the senior high school auditor ium. A special merit award assem bly for the seventh and eighth graders is to be held May 25 at 10:15 o'clock. Mr. Aschcnbrenner and Mr. Neil Brown are using this week to interview prospective office girls for next year's office work. Due to the shortness of the school year because of the snow storm, rationing, etc., classes will run regularly until 3:45 the day school closes. The cafeteria will discontinue all hot lunches except for the hot dogs and hamburgers after May 25. ' All students arc to receive their report cards June 1, at 11:30 o'clock, in their home rooms. Soldier Speaks To Parrish Girls Last Tuesday the Salem youth council presented Sgt. O'Neill from Camp Adair to the Parrish girls. In his mes sage he emphasized that sol diers are just civilians in uni forms who are away from home and long for home companion ship and thd society of nice girls, If we learned nothing else, we should have returned with a decision to share, as often as possible, our home with them. After all, how little that is com pared to the sacrifice that each of them is making for us. Winning Whites Attend Theatre The victorious Whites of Les lie, accompanied by their advis ors, attended the matinee at the Capitol theatre. The movies shown were "The Bandit Trail" and "Pride of the Yankees." Ten dollars, which was given by the associated student body, was used to purchase the tickets. Following are some of the events won by the Whites: the football, basketball and softball tournaments; the scrap drive, and amateur hours. Their final score was 784 points, 200 points above their nearest rival, the Greens. The Whites group was made up of roll rooms 210, 208 and 204, and 13 students from the gymnasium classes. The advisers were Mr. Donald Davis. Mr. Karl Thclen and Miss Vivian Carr. Operetta Success At Leslie High Thursday evening, May 20, the Leslie music department, under the direction of Miss Grctchcn Kreamcr, presented the operetta, ''Rio Rico" before a large and appreciative aud ience. The stage set, which had been prepared under the super vision of Charles Chiltick, was very attractive, and everyone enjoyed the songs and the danc es. Miss Jean Jackson of Willa mette university, assisted by Lloyd Hinz, was accompanist. Art Classes See Highland Display Tuesday morning, Mrs. Ida M. Andrews ninth grade art class visited the Salem schools' art exhibit at Highland grade school. The students were very much interested in the various examples of work done by all grades. These included drawings in ink, pencil and pastel, water colors, posters, paper mache masks, screens and wastepaper baskets. ill lilt V : ' ' "I Fuel Delivered For Next Year Two hundred cords of slab wood has recently been deliver ed to Leslie. It cost $5.60 a cord, and will be used during 1943-44. Some of it will be used this summer to heat the water in Leslie pool. Crowns Given Gym Class Play Six weeks of softball play In room three at Parrish has end ed with the crowning of champ ions in five gymnasium classes. Winners were Waldo Unruh's Yankees (first period, seventh grade), Dick Kemper's Giants (second period, eighth grade), Don Henderson's Cardinals (fourth period, eighth grade), Cyril Hull's Dodgers (fifth pe riod, seventh grade) and Marvin Greenlee's Senators (sixth pe riod, eighth grade). Unruh's Yankees were un beaten in the first period. Mem bers of the team were Unruh, Kenny Helbert, Dick Wcnger, John Stark, Fred Weber, Ron ald Babb, Ronald McWain, Dar yl Ross, Ivan Steusloff. Kemp er's team scored 103 runs in nine games, losing just one, in winning their title. On the team were Kemper, Warren Bacon, Wayne Houscr, Keith Johnson, Richard Piank, Merle Hayes, Roger Langc, Bob Elfstrom and Dean LaPoint. Henderson's Cards won the fourth period tiara after a close battle with Lloyd Farris' Yanks. The Cards had 13 points to 10 for the Yankees. On the win ning team were Henderson, Joe Pettit, Keith Hoppes, Walter Foster. Jerry Volkel, Charles Londbcrg, Robert Neuharth, Da vid Turnbull and Roy Rice. In the fifth period the Dodgers nosed out the White Sox 12 points to 10. On the Dodger team were Hull, Carlos Houck, Harold Culbertson, Darwin Ker ber, Neil McCrary. Norman Bunkowski, Jack McFarlane, George Knox and Bruce Har baugh. Closest race of all came in the sixth period when the Senators and John Brown's Yankees tied and the Senators won the play oft 3 to 2. On the winning team were Greenlee. Doug Brown, Philip Janz, William DeLapp, Jarold Hale, Richard McMullen, Bob Emerson, Harry Hinkle and Junior Wilson. Finishing Touches Placed on Dresses Miss Anna Miles eighth grade sewing classes are using every spare minute to try to finish the garments that they arc working on. They have only two weeks left in which they can complete their work. The first period class put sleeves in their dresses Wednes day. The plackets were also to be finished by Friday. Next week will be spent putting fast eners on, hemming the garment, and finishing a few details. Surprise Party For Girl Reserves Instead of having a Girl Re serve meeting Tuesday, a sur prise birthday party was given at the YWCA for Beverly Marr and Luclla Campbell. A birth day cake was ordered from Ben son's bakery and was served with ice cream. Beverly and Lu ella each received a present from the GRs that attended the party. Because of the rain, many of the games that were planned had to be changed to indoor games. Mary Brown, the eighth grade Girl Reserve leader and Mrs. Little agreed that the party was very successful. Teacher Leaves Leslie Mr. J. F. Swigert, who has been teaching shop II in Leslie for the past year, will teach a pro-vocational shop course at Salem high school next year. All Leslie regrets his leaving be cause he has put his skills into great use for the school. The position at the high school will be a more perma nent one than that at Leslie. The prc-vocational course Will in clude mathematics, mechanical drawing and machine, auto and wood shop work. CORNS Doctor's A 4 Way la snds paln fly,n n .. I 2. Quickly rtmovts corni Heller 3, prmntt corns, sort ton ActS tots tif ht shots Instantly Dr. Scholl'i Zino-padt Instantly Hop nagging shoe friction; lift pain lulnreuure. Coat but WTt unid 00m cvnywncre. Milt Thompson Student Head Last Thursday morning dur ing roll period, Leslie students elected ASB officers for the nevt semester. Milton Thompson was elected president; Donna Chastine, vice-president; Donna Carr, secretary; Bob Wiper, trea surer; Don Carson, scrgeant-at-arms; M a k e y Ashman, song leader and Bill Paxon, yell lead er. Their opponents were Charl es Robins, Beverly Marr, Cath erine Cooper, Norma Jean Loe wen, Ralph Lisle, Suzanne How ell and Don Barnes. Corridor Guards For Last Period Honor CCs were selected this week to serve until the end of school. These people have met the necessary qualifications and fulfilled all duties expected of them. These students are coop erative, courteous and punctual. Persons selected for these positions are Nellie Holmon. Leona Meyers. Olennts Allen. Maurlne Propst, Ruth Pearey. Mnry Massee. Eloise John son. Jeanne Dailey, El eanor Smith. Barbara Sundt. Jean Doo Httle. Ruth Hclvin. Dorothy Svarverud. Pal Schaeffer. Elsie Johns. Alte Gosncll. Dorothy Bergsvlk. Joan Randall, Mary Relman. Orvllle Kern. Warren Jones. Vern Esch. Don Semb. Raymond Damm, Jim Bunnell. Ray philips, Jim Miller. Herbert Gracn. Dale Howe. Nile Caster, Fred Welsh. Allen BellliiBCr. Bert Krphart. Allyn Singleton. Rill Gash, Frank Ware. James Raalona. Clyde Kunze. Teddy Howe and Bernard Crane. Pupils Appreciate Newspaper Notice Parrishiles were pleased with the notice in Tuesday's Ore gonian which announced that Martha Steusloff had received honorable mention in the Amer icanism coXest conducted this spring by the Oregon depart ment of the American Legion auxiliary. This honor was ap preciated because the contest was state-wide. Not only from a literary angle but also from an artistic one was Parrish successful. In the latter contest, the Poppy poster, Sally Terril was the victor. These awards make us conscious of our ability to contribute to our nation's welfare. First Aid Tests For Gym Classes Ruth Carkin, the gymnasium teacher at Leslie, is giving her girls their final first-aid tests today. All the girls that pass will get a junior first aid diploma. During the term,, the girls have kept a first aid notebook in which notes and outlines on things they have studied are kept. During the last week, they have studied heat, exhaustion and unconsciousness. Deaf School Boys Join in Camporee The Boy Scouts of the Slate School for the Deaf took part in the "camporee" held by the Cascade area council over the past week-end. Twenty-two Scouts and two leaders took part in the activities. When the awards were an nounced, rthe troop received a fair share in all classifications. They were announced as one of three outstanding troops partici pating, the three patrols earned an "A" rating for general all prnund camping skills. William Johnson, Teddy Ellison, Ervin Shephard, Richard Randolph. James K 1 u v e r and Samuel Stutzman were advanced to sec ond class rank and Royal Tcets was advanced to star rank. Before school closes for the year, the troop will move into their new Scout hut. The new Scout hut Is slightly smaller than the present one. but a fire place gives it enchantment and a promise of interesting story telling hours in front of a cheer ful fire. WARNING TO DRIVERS Don't lose your right to own or drive a car In Oregon after June 9 THE SUREST WAY: Obtain ft standard auto insurance policy now, before the law goes into effect. It costs so little. Hugging Office Is the Automobile Agency Specialist of Salem CHUCK OREGON'S t.ARGEST SAIXM n 12 N Commercial St. mrnW JallMMNSURANCE PftJ Reserves Enter In Hobby Show The following Leslie Girl Re serves brought their hobbies to a hobby show being held at the YMCA today. Phyllis Hunter brought her lapel pins and but tons; Mary Margret Will her rocks, and Betty Morris her col lection of match covers. The hobby show is for the benefit of the Red Cross. Passage Guards Changed at Leslie At Leslie new hall and pass age guards have been chosen. The following pupils went on duty Monday. They will serve until school is out: Hall guards, Phyllis Hunter, Arlcne Sheldon, Caroline Cof fee, Violet Richards, Adeline Grinde, Mary Wright, Don Kar sten, Barbara Weidner, Maurice Hcizenraler, Adah Mae Tiel, Ed ith Wilson and Betty White. Passage guards, Norma Vos ler, Ardith Ecksteen, Darlene Evans. Juanita Schwabbauer. Dick Whitely, Yvonne Gardner, Betty Bickler, Barbara Upjohn, Fay Thomas, Betty Wedmore, Janet Davidson, Charlotte Light post and Shirley Pound. General Science Classes at Work The Leslie general science classes are expecting to be busy for the remainder of the year. They are now studying on the make-up of plants. Preceding this subject, was the study of the human body. On Friday, May 21 all projects and reports will be due. The projects were not as signed personally to anyone, but the students were expected to choose their own. During the last week of school, there will be two final tests over the whole year's work. One will be May 25 and the other May 27. Horseshoe Champs Named at Parrish Horseshoe tournies in the sev enth and eighth grades are over at Parrish and Paul Schmidt is the seventh grade champion and Dick Allison champion in the eighth grade. Seventy-three seventh grade boys, just half of the entire class, were entered in the sev enth grade meet. Sixty-one boys were entered in the eighth grade. Gymnasium class cham pions were decided first and then the winners played for the grade titles. Seventh grade gymnasium class winners were first period, Jack Greiner beat Waldo Unruh 21-11. 21-6; fifth period, room 2, Paul Schmidt beat Ronnie Bur ton 21-17. 21-14; fifth period, room 3, Carlos Houck beat Bill Schieman 21-10, 7-21, 21-16. In the finals Schmidt beat Houck 18-21. 21-20, 21-17 and then beat Greiner 21-12, 21-15. Eighth grade gymnasium class winners were second period. Ri chard Hall beat Howard Hill 15 21, 21-6. 21-9; fourth period, Ronnfe Spence beat Dick Hen drio 8-21, 21-11, 21-17; sixth period, Dick Allison bca.t Louis Lorenz 21-10, 21-13. In the fin als Allison beat Spence 21-12, 21-10 and then beat Hall 21-10, 21-18. Ninth graders are playing off their finals now with Allen Gcmmcll, Lovern Hcibcrt, Jim Armstrong, Burt Kephart and Howard Smith in th' finals. Ninth Graders Enioy Style Show Nine ninth grade home econ omics students from Leslie at tended open house at senior high school. They were interested in the clothing modeled and the demonstration the cooking class gave. The girls enjoyed the aft ernoon and the tea that was served. The following girls at tended: Beverly Plant, Adeline Grinde, Mary Wright, Lois Bur ns. Dclorcs Converse, Anna May .England, Francis Micoll, Bar bara Andrews and Viola Burns. UPSTATE AGENCY MARSHFIELD Salem Dial 44M Leslie Bond Total High During January, the total sum of bonds bought by Leslie stu dents were added up and amounted to $8,435. Since total amounted to nearly $10,000, a goal was set for that amount. May 5, the bonds and stamps owned were counted again, and they came to $14,872, which more than reached the goal. The seventh graders now have $3,222, instead of $1,705. The eighth graders have $3,625, in stead of $2,324 and the ninth graders have $8,025 instead of $4,406. A new goal has been set for $15,000 by May 30, 1943. The students are setting a goal of $13,000, the price of a train ing airplane, for their summer's buying of bonds. Room 19 Donates Nearly 5,500 Cans The students in room 19, still the highest donors of tin cans at Parrish, have contributed near ly 5500 cans, which is over 122 cans per person. High honors go to Patsy Pearson, Janet Mill er and Meta Wooldridge. Janet and Meta collected from every family in ithe square in which they live. However, they didn't stop at this, but prepared and brought them to school. Not to be outdone, Patsy collected from her neighbors, and May 10, her father brought four large boxes in a commercial truck to be credited to room 19. Marine Talks to Leslie Hi Boys Sgt. Ringland of the marine recruiting office talked to the Leslie boys during the last half of the third period Tuesday. He gave information concerning the junior marines, an organization for boys which meets every Thursday at the Salem armory. Sgt. Ringland also told the boys that the 13 buttons on his uniform stood for the 13 origin al colonies, and the red stripe on the trouser log was a symbol of the blood shed by the ma rines who marched into Monte zuma. Pamphlets on how to respect and display the flag were passed out to most of the boys. Books to Replace Frieze of Jackets Pupils are already helping Mrs. Wright in the Parrish li brary with end-of-lhe-year sub jects. On Wednesday, the last frieze of book jackets was put up around the library on the top shelf. By next week, library books will be coming in in such numbers that the shelves used for jacket displays throughout the year will be filled with books instead. Several pupils are helping with a library survey. Each pu pil who has been admitted to the library all year has signed in at the library desk when he arrived. Now these lists are all being totalled and the results compiled, in order to bring to light in what periods and what days of the week the library has been used the most, and also which teachers and classes arc making the most use of the available library facilities. Another pupil is cutting out, mounting and putting clippings and pamphlets into large envel opes for the vertical file. Still other pupils are check ing all the magazines and filing them. quifment.... In Tary department from flour blindarto cUliwy trucks, onlr Modtra, Sanitary equipment ii uied in producing Master Bread. AT YOUR GROCER'S r rijr L Tin Can Drive Ended at Leslie The tin oan drive at Leslie, ended in a final flourish, with students bringing in piles of tin cans. The students not only brought cans from their homes, but also brought them in for neighbors who had prepared them. Late in the day, a truck hauled away the goodly sized pile of cans, from which the tin and other metals will be re claimed for war industries. Outdoor Concerts By Parrish Band The "A" band of Parrish, u$' der the direction of Mr. Car son, has been giving 15-minute outdoor concerts at various grade schools In Salem this week. They have played at Grant and Garfield and will play at Washington- and Englewood, These concerts have been en joyed by students and teachers of the schools and also by peo ple living near the schools. The . band played the "Star Spangled Banner," popular numbers and marches. 300 Model Planes ill for Navy Shop I has a very astonishing record for this school year. Mr. Johnson says the boys have built well over 300 model plaJ es for the navy, also, 1000 pro' jects have been completed dur ing this course of time. Many of these were game boards for the soldiers, but there were also quite a few large projects such as boats, wardrobes, porchboxes, tables and cupboards. Most of the boys are working before school, at noon and after school to get their individual projects finished before school is out. Mr. Gustafson, shop II in structor, says he can come close to shop I's record but can't quite top it. His projects have been mostly individual or assigned. Some of these have been sold for good prices. Shop III is very busy these two weeks at the end of school. Airplanes are the main topics. There are about 35 planes fin ished and ready to turn in from, the D, E and F series. Mr. NeiiV commented that approximately 20 of these would be superior. OFFICIAL U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS. 39th Fighter Squadron Insigne FREE with War Stamps bought this week at Shell Dealers and Shell Stations Get your U. S. Fighter and Ob-. servation Squadron insignia the kind youngsters are collect ing now I In full color on cloth, they're just right to sew on pockets, caps or sweaters. 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