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Page 4 Section 2 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL School ActMtieA News, Views of Salem Students South By Judy Baker North By Tat Campbell Court Reigns at North Salem Carnival ; '? "Christmas comes but once a year" .... ah yes! And South ! Salem students arc eagerly looking ; forward to a grand eleven day 'vacation even though the antici ' pated event is a whole week away. 1 Spreading the holiday, spirit around ' school is the Christmas tree in the center hall, decorated by members '. of the Girls League this week as ; an annual project. Responsible for . the project were Kennie Ruth Carl I son, Doris Parker, Linda Ham ' mond, and Zola Peterson. Also adding to the season's '.meaning is the showcase display ; depicting the manger scene o( the i first Christmas. Designers of the ; 'Scene were third year art students Stan Barbee, Jim Dodge, and Larry Stevens. The display was sct up by first year students, Suzette Taylor, Gary Young, and ,;Richard Dicks, under the super ; -vision of Miss Shirla Archibald, ; "art teacher. Girls League Week Dominating the high school scene rthis week were the activities of the girls observing Girls League Week. Features of the week were "Apple Polish Day." when girls brought apples to their favorite teachers. Teachers Promenade, a benefit noon dance highlighted by a faculty square dance demon- ' stration, "Be Kind to Teachers . Day," a faculty tea, and a day . for bringing toys to school to be - taken to the children at Doern- .becker hospital in Portland. Proceeds from the benefit noon dance will be donated to the tuber culosis drive. South has no set ' goal to reach in this drive, but I all money collected it the "Teach- ers' Promenade" and donations '. from each home room will be con tributed. Homecoming Dance Cancelled ,'- Because of the time involved in 'preparation and too many other ! events scheduled near the date, the ; Homecoming dance, formerly ' planned to follow the South Salem , Eugene basketball game Decern- bcr 21, was canceled Tuesday by ' a decision of the student council ; members. A suggestion was made that South and North Salem com bine to have a Homecoming dance at the YMCA, an idea that will be discussed further. ' South Salem's' constitution will be voted on In home rooms on . Monday, Students will be required to vote either for or against the . constitution as a whole, and if a - specific amendment Is strongly oh Jected to by a student, he must ; vote against the entire document. Council representatives have been reading (ho constitution to home room members this week in pre paration for the voting. . Members of the council voted to have ASH noon dances, during noon hour only, on Tuesday with no admission charge. Club dances on Thursdays, lasting through home room period, will be con tinued as scheduled. ; Brought up for discussion was -the topic of having a student driv ing course at South Salem a.s an elective subject. Many schools have found that the outcome of olfrring ' such a course has been safer teen age driving h.ibits. "Sparkln" " Presented ' "Sparkin' " was presented Pc . cember 11 and 12 hy the Drama ' club members, a one act comedy revolving around a young man of a small Nebraska tO"n who loved a young lndy but was unable to win her affection without following Granny's advice. Soiling tickets for the play were Claudia Fry, Connie Sapp, nnd Dccllco llruhctz " Science clubbers sold futlt'e and other homemade sweet-tooth tens ers Friday noon, in nn effort to earn money for future field trips. Chairman of the sale was Shirley ; Hunter. Sellers were Nancy Fer- guson, Peggy Hoffman, and Cyn thia Chase. The club is planning a visit to the bureau of mines to take place roon. New Pep Club Jlulei New rule sheets were shown to : the members of Girls Pep club at the meeting Friday, and rules for basketball season were distrib uted. Because there are over twice as many basketball games ; as football, two home game at tendances will be required instead of only one to earn 5 points. Girls i "Will receive 5 points for each ! w ay game they attend In uni-! Signs of the Christmas season have become quite evident at North High as the students are anticipating their 10 day vacation to begin after school on December 21. A Christmas tree, complete with tinsel and lights, stands in one of the halls and the singing of Christmas carols in foreign tongue can be heard in the foreign language classes. Plans for the annual homecom ing assembly dance got into full swing this last week and the vari ous committees began to function Bob Richards, student body first vice president, is general chair man of the assembly the afternoon of December 21. Assisting him will be class presidents Jody Bourne, Joy Brown and BUI Han son. Other committee chairmen are Ralph Morgan, stage manager, Joy Brown, publicity, Gary Allison and Joyce Stephenson, talent. Try- outs for the program were held today. A faculty play and the ' A choir also will be featured at the affair. Semi-Formal Slated Marilyn Reaney, student body second vice president, is general chairman for the semi formal dance to be held the evening of December 21. December Dream is the name chosen for the affair and the decorative theme will be that of winter scenes. Co-chairmen for the decorations are Sue Jen kins and Jackie La Due. Joyce Stephenson and Shirley Boesch are chairmen of refreshments, and Carolyn Tunday. Sandie Johnson and Judy Query are designing the programs. Mary Ellen Klein and Veldta Haskell are in charge of publicity. Diane Baxter and Bev McKinney will head the clean-up committee. Johnsrud Honored Herb Johnsrud, teacher of U. S. History and Varsity line coach, wrestling coach and assistant track coach, was named Teacher of the Month by the Future Teach ers of America club. He was awarded the traditional red bou- tonnicre. Snlkpoh Dramatics society has selected the well known novel "The Robe", by Lloyd C. Douglas. as their feature production of the school year. The three act nlov. which will be given sometime next February, will be a challenge to the club as they have presented mostly light humor In recent years. Mr. Jay Rorlck, director, announced that fry-outs would be gin today. Miss Lelia Johnson is co-advisor for the group. A presentation assembly was held last Monday at which time Jim Hayes introduced the nineteen princesses and their escorts who were candidates for the Queen of the Inter club carnival held last night. Voting was held in the home rooms Tuesday to determine the winner and she was crowned at the carnival Inst evening. French Club Project The French club, in order to raise more money for their treas ury, has taken over the sale of candy in the halls during the noon period. Linda Johnson, president of the club, explained that the money would be used to make movie, help buy a tape recorder for the lang uage department and pay the ex penses of tho annual spring dance. the junior class, under the leadership of Joy Brown, presented their class movie. There s No Business Like Show Business", to the student body Wednesday. The show featured 24 of Irving Berlin's famous songs, including the title song. 'i;FHl' A SL , B9 ,Cj T ME t. ... - . v i. ,. - r-Te tT- "9 1 - ' .tif -y . Vi . . i s . L. . . i..fc--l I...SI JJH -'I. .J. m By Kathy Fischer This royal court of three, beaded by Queen Kathle, flanked by Crown Princesses Dottye Jones tlelt) ana Hem Horn, was seieciea by a vote of the student body and represented Snlkpoh dramatics club in the field of 19 candidates. (Capital Journal Photo by Jerry Claussen) Sena By Jerry Marsh Though we think a good speaker is one who puts a point here and a point there, this was not the case at the speech contest at For est Grove. This contest was strict ly based on the ability to read a poem with expression, clearness and with ease. Serra was well represented in the meet at Pacific university, from its speech department. The contest starting this morning will continue until Saturday night. Kn tcring from Serra were: oratory Fred Dosher, Jim Fliflet, and Dan Hitler; extcmp. Fred Dosher; serious Jim Flieflet and James Wcise: humorous Don Nordone, Fred Dosher, and Neal Bell. Basketball Jamboree Last Wednesday night, the Sa bers basketball team played in the Capital Conference Jamboree. The game was scheduled for last Fri day, but due to icy weather it was postponed until the 12th. The South won, In which Serra won over Gervais. fn the latter part of the afternoon, a movie sponsored by the senior class was shown lo the student body. "The King of Kings" told the story of the greatness of Christ. Money earned will He added to the senior treasury. Mothers' Club Meets The Serra Mothers club held Its weekly meeting last Thursday. The main speaker was Mrs. John Pfei ffer, who is leading a move to rid the magazines and book stands of indecent literature. She urged the mothers to help by writing to the district attorney, the dealers, and fSA vfrfU By Ruby November Girl of the Month was chosen for talent. This honor went to Arlene Barnett. Many of Ar- lene's talents are in the field of music as she sings In the school's choir, a girls trio, and a girls sex tette. She also plays the organ for her churches radio program and the piano for the student schools chapel. She is also the student body secretory and the news editor of the school paper. Arlene wants all of her talents to be used for the Lord's work Girl of the month is chosen by a committee which the Girls' league officers have appointed, This committee is kept secret and consists of two junior girls, one sophomore, and one freshman. A different senior girl is chosen each month. Class Play Friday Senior class play "Here comes Charlie" was postponed and will be held December 13 and 15. The play which is a three act comedy was originally scheduled December 6 and 8. However because of the illness of Jim Dalkie, the leading man, and because of the slick roads, it was decided to resched ule it. Original time of 8:15 p.m. remains. Grid Awards Given Football for Salem Academy of ficially ended last Friday at the China City banquet room. Attend ing the banquet were the players, fathers, coaches, friends, and male faculty. After a Chinese dinner a color film of the 1935 East-West Leslie Jr. High distributors, to show their disap-1 Shrine football game was viewed proval. The mothers decided to distribute the national organization of decent literature list to the deal ers. Mrs. pfeiffer said that one local store chain had censored its books. A short talk was given by one of the students of South Salem speech department on Christmas seals. Baskethnll Tournament Some mighty h o t basketball handling has been going on at the SI. Joseph gym Wednesday nnd Thursday nights. All Serra students not out for basketball may take part in the inter-class games by registering with the conch. Wed nesday is set aside for the fresh men nnd sophomores, while Thurs day is reserved for the juniors and seniors, "Reindeer Roundup" begins the Christmas season for Leslie ninlh graders with a party from 7:J0 lo 9:30 in the junior high gvm. "Mr. nnd Mrs. Sanln Clans'" (Tom Parsons and Mary Ann Cave) will be present at the affair to read letters to Santa which Leslie ninth graders have written. Selected numbers will be played by the school dance hand, the "Dead, three times a week. December 21 The Milwaukee Braves drew 1,245,248 fans on the road in 1956. A total of 252.715 fans saw them in 10 playing dates against the Dodg ers in Ebbets Field. Beats." Entertainment will Include social and folk dancing and a movie In the auditorium for those who don't want to dance. The decorations will carry out a Christ mas theme. Committer Nanird will end the drive The canned foods will be Issued as needed to families of Leslie students during the year. 7th Ploy Presented Rev. Wayne Carr. acting as master of ceremonies, introduced coach Bob Bowdv and coach Bob Funk, who presented the J.Y. and varsity awards. Co-captains for the year were Larry Ediger and Larry Merk. Senior players that will be lost via graduation are Tom Heimer, Clayton Thomas. Doyle tnen, Ron Fanenrecht. Ken John ston, Tom Penrod. Leonard Mc Cnmmon, Paul Cooley. Larry Ed iger, Larry Mcrk and manager La verne Teichrow. Several improvements have been seen around the school. The Par ent-Teochers fellowship raised money and gave their time to huv and lay tile in the Junior High room. The teachers and employees of the school, headed hy Mr. Toews, have plastered Mr. Turn idge's office. The parent teachers fellowship is planning to buy new furniture for his office. Yule Play Readied A one act play "One Version of Christmas." depicting the na tivity scene in Bethlehem, will be given hy the speech class in chapel as part of the Christina- program. Seven main characters featured in the play will be Shirley W'iens, assistants are Evelyn Lowen and Peggy Carr. Why all the silence? The halls ! and classrooms at S.H.A. were un usually still most of this week. No, the girls haven't abandoned their love of talking. The annual student retreat was held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. For three days each year, classes, assignments, meetings and activities are set ' aside. This gives individuals a chance to pray, think and take spiritual inventory. Retreat master was the Rev, James F. Dillion, as sistant pastor of St. Mary Magda lene parish. Recital Dale Changed Last week's snow, slush and Icy roads made rehearsal at the Blind School impossible for S.H.A. 's choral groups. So the recital scheduled for the ninth was trans ferred to Sunday, December 16. This time, no matter what the old barometer reads the show must go on and parents and friends of the school are cordially invited to attend. Christmas is a time to make others happy: The students hope to do just that, through their Christmas projects. Saturday is the date set for the Fairview break fast. Each year, following a special mass, a group of patients from Fairview Home are guests at a breakfast which is complete with a tree, Santa, and his pack of presents. The sodality has charge nf ih hreakfast this year, but the entire student body is helping to ibuy gifts and make preparations. The Gill To Please Shop at S.H.A. and save. With ' nnlv nine nhnnning davs left till : Christmas, Sacred Heart's g I f t ! shm is a pretty busy place, sales i.fHIagers, yal bnrem ar.o Gruenfelder report that they spe cialize in religious articles and have just the gift for that hard-to-please person on any Christmas list. The art class has also set up shop in the main hallway, and have Christmas cards on sale. The cards were designed and made at Marylhurst college. Mary Alice Wcissbeck and Mary Jo Rohland are managing these sales. A number of angelic creatures will be found polishing their rusty haloes during the coming week. Since the spirit of Christmas is giving, many classes have adopted "little angels." To do this, each classmate draws the name of the girl whose "angel" she'll be, and then plays the role by secretly bringing her charge special favors and little gifts. No "angel's" ident ity is known till the class's party. Sodality Officers Taking office at the beginning of the next semester will be the newly elected sodality officers. Prefect is Elizabeth O'Brien; vice prefect, Marilyn Schroeder and secretary, Diana Braulick. Music lovers are eagerly look ing forward to a concert Monday, featuring the Marylhurst glee club. Former Sacred Heart graduates, Charlene Tucker and Marne Christ- enson sing with the group. The Treble Triad will play host to the girls at a luncheon following the hour long concert. Is It canned food day, potato Salem, Oregon, Friday, December 14, 1956 I1ENNIS THE MENACE - By Ketcham . o-: o . o 9 . v . fry. z- .:. '.o . : o -a- v. - vPc:-v J ' 4Q a O . '711(5 15 NamiN". tfUSfOTCA SEEN fTSNOW WHEN I day, or dime day? A box has been placed in each home-room, and specified articles are collected daily for the Christmas baskets. These will be distributed next week to needy families. Janice Ebner and Lis O'Brien are co-chairmen for the project. RICHARD GRAY HURT LACOMB (Special) Richard Gray, son of Mrs. Paul Bostwick, is a patient in the Providenc hospital in Portland, where h underwent surgery for a shoulder injury. Harold Remple, Dean Becker, u in,,.,-, vi-iij vi-k. i a 1 ( harolclte Tilgner. Montana jsi Frulav Hne ' v'- un nre. r'nz. Elmer Janzen. and Johnny 111. I- r- . . . 1 ..." ' . ! kVlntfln I I ft V siirVtnP 1 t fcirm. Those who haven't rmchrd" v ",,nm 'or Pinnmnit I h e mwo iy a csl of seventh grail-1 ' ' " ' :ZJ7.,1 Z .. T l. " I by Knrla Hradwuk. with J ad ii and eighth trades- viewed the one! J. V. yell lenders for this year Daggrtl, Dee Shrivrr. and Gordon, ail comedy, which was canceled bate been chosen. Chosen as yell liirrell assisting: refreshments, two tunes before being staged. queen is Carol Ferguson. Her two neaiit o ny l.ynne llammerslai . as sisled by Judy Dick. Mark Wulf, from the organization. Intcrclilh Mrrts Clearing up difficulty in press Inlereluh meelino Wednesit.iv u-i'lhl nd Und Morey. Charles lltirikins presidents of all South Sidem clubs present. Frank Walton. Clypian ' adviser, explained the News Bur- ' au arrangement which will be used and said all club news should be turned Into the publications box. E.i.'h president was given a club is in charge of decorations and working under him are Fd Davis. Susy Feiring, Steve Laughlin, and Mary Olson. Chairman of publicity Is Kim Clark, assisted hy Ed Swearinger. Terry MrGlinn, Aileen Hawkins. and Jackie Gorman. Working on activities publicity sheet and was ;'V n"mg or askad to appoint a public relations ''""P "? ?. H'"d"f"; chairman. chairman, W arren Harvey. BUI chairman Bill Richter, lnterclub president, . reminded members that it was the amount of publicity which their ' respective clubs received that Would determine the heighth of Student interest. Game at South Tonight ! ".; South Salem's quintet tonight ; fare McMinnville's five In the . Saxon's first home-court basket ' ball game since the season began. After the game, which is a dViklc . header, a dnnoe will takK al.io' In the YWCA gym. T?i atfeiir, called "Quadribble," fi figespon ured by Y-Teeni lnterclub, with 1 1 Purvine, and Alvin Jarohson. Doug nanorsen is in charge ot enter tainment. Helping him are Jean Ayres, Fred Jones, and Kathy Ogard. Foods Drive Begins Islie's annual canned food drive began December S, under the supervision of Mrs. Opal Berry, girls dean. Representatives from each first period were elected to colled the cans ot food and turn them In lo Mrs. Berry's office Grace Elliott Y-Teetis In charge of making tit programs. Doei This fit YOUR Requirements? 30' x 90' BUILDING IT Located Cor. 2-lth & Mission. (On Access Route to the Bypass) l Lot approx. 160" x 70-C2 Zoned. I 2C00 sq. ft. of open arra In building plus oilier spacf. Three 8-ft. doors open on 24th St. side. I Available for Immrdinte Occupancy. for further Particulars W 2UBft IVENtNCS CALL 2867 n II w ii n ir o o 5f V o o If tVJfrj, ?i 0 SI 0 The time: 11 o'clock tomorrow night. The change: new telephone numbers for SalemS The reason: new numbers with prefixes fit your phone into a nationwide plan of telephone numbers, so that one day you'll be able to dial your own long distance calls. 1. After 11 o'clock tomorrow night the numbers in your new phone book are the ones to use. Remember your calls can't go through if you use the old num bers. To avoid confusion you'll want to throw away your old phone book. 2. The new numbers start with a pre fix: EMpire 2, EMpire 3 or EMpire 4. When you get the new number from the new phone book, it's a good idea to jot it down so you have it in front of you while you're dialing your calL 3. Dialing the new numbers is simple. Just remember to dial the first two leU ters and numeral in the new prefix. To call EMpire 4-9400, for example, you first dial the prefix E-M-4 . . . then 9-4-0-0. For g4 serace, sk csreMlgr Pacific Telephone
