Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 22, 1931, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextT'AGE FOUH MEDFOTtT) NfATIi TRIBT'NE. MEDFORD, ORFiOX. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 52. 19.11. : For Lincoln' lli tlidiiy. Illtl.- log j cabin . i!a-iM-iij ffs were used. Thin week the tiililt'M were decorifted ; with hiitclieiH, hunches of iiprrle ' i nntl pUluriH of WmdiiiiKlort. ' Virginia HIuiih, U It. Expansion Program Gilmore Oil Co. School News G o od Iloads in the West r it A ;i ) o . ;; Ir t J 1 .1 in 1". mm J.H i:' ',-tn tn UM jr.Ii.ni blul' .4 VA 5 :. r t,m. V I'M ' ' jtl l( fin 1' m ATTENTION t ' 8chool notes tra renucated to be In by Friday evening at j 6 o'clock. They will not be accented after 10 o'clock Sat- urday morning. I I 4 l '- . : i 1 : 1 1 I Junior High I Washington llirthdny (VlchiiiUfl Washington's Mrthdny was fit tingly celebrated at the Junior hlnh whool (in Friday. A number uf progrnuiH wim'p given by various history classes At tho regular assembly period, tho 111-1 litera ture class presented tho following program: A play "Lit Up Lady Dresden." The cast Included: Hetty Worwich, "Little I,tirty Dresden.' l'aulinp ItogerH; Alar ti Im do T.a Fayette, Vcrnn C'n mp holl; (tcncral Washington, Karle Su'ootland; Lady Washington, Mil dred Drury; Nellie Custis, Hetty Dynan; Juan, AVnunetn W'IIkhii; Sup, Jpan l.cvpi'Ptto; 1'aul, "Wallace Lovvry; Haytnond, Vivian 1 la lo; lien, t lie rnKro Hervant, Harhara Holt. Tlio hcpiio was laid In tin went parlor at Alt. Vernon on an after noon of rariy spring. Declamation, "(iPiirKe WnshinK ton," Wailaro Lowry; piano mdo, Jpan Lpveretto; rcadliiK, "Lpftla (iioiKia WaHlipentoti," iictty Oy nan; Kontf, "(.'arry Mo Hack to Old Virsinriy." M fid rod Hiury, ICarlc Swpptland, nsHlHied hy Uip clan. Mat'Kart't Ml Hot I announced the nunibeiM and pxproHHPd Uip nppi'p ciation of the oIuhh for the a hhIh lancp KiVPn hy M Ihh Arnold and MIsh Nnrvptl. Spelling' lCcpnrt 1h GuihI Tlio avniK' for the 'Itulldlnt; WfiH !M! percent. The MM ilasM averaged I MO percent: Uie III, and Uip J I, U'.i'M percent; and the III:'. I'l.fi percent. Scicncp (Mult N Aciivp Thp Science chili met in remilar FPHKioli Monday Willi Donald Kli-ld preMidiim. The eerelary, Mary J. Ward, read the minute of the l.'st meeting. An amendment wan ad ded to the const I tut ion changing the tenure of office to hIx weeks. An intci'PHiiiiK program haH id ready neon planned for the next meeting. Volley Hull Tournament The KiiiH volley hall tourna ment will hegln next Monday. The gamcH will he played during the activity period. The playera are taken from the regular clanseH. To he eliglhle a player must he mak ing pamdng gradcM En nil mihjcctH. Hoy' (;ico Chili to Present Operetta There 1h Koniething "Hiipei'Hll tiotiH" nhout the program for next Krhlny'H afMenihly which the hnyK" glen chili will present. The Hotting of the. Flory 1h on u dcHerl iHlaml, hut we'll meel Kalloi-H and plrateH and .see them liglit to obtain pOAHOHsJon of the "HtiporntitiouH" cheKt. The players nre: Ono-Kyed I'oto,' Harle Pweet CJrey; land; Dliinnier. Donald Prof,, John Koppen; fh-Ht flat lor, Hoh Walker; Hecond Bailor, J .a ore I MorriH; third Hailor, Lee Hullis; ItagH, Hilly Jolly. Solos nnl choruses. AecnmpiinlHt, Marian Moore, lllmoiy Project ('lull OrgimiPfl Tho HlKlory Project cluh under the direction of Mi-h. McColllHter held its first mooting lawl Monday. The memhei-H plan lo do clay modeling, ma ko sa It ma ps, n ud huvo lantern leoturen, (,lr Scouts Aro riiiHy The Junior llluh Hchotd Qlrl Beout troopK liave roeently been reorstanled. Troop J, under the leadership of the MIhsph Hengc, has ii full meniherHhlp of thirty two. Troop 4, led hy MIhh Norvell u nd Mls Arnold, has room fflr a few more lrl. Troop 1 mcetH every Wednesday evening at seven o'clock, nt the Cltrl Scout head quarters, tho Medford National Hank building. Troop 4 meets at the mimo time. In tho public library. Persoiiiils John Dallalro and (lllhert Lo lund returned to school Krlday afternoon after a week's alienee duo to illness. Mrs. Meduris was out of school all week. Wo nre sorry to nnnounre that Maurice Hyrne Iihh moved to Ap plopatut. Mrs. Maybollo Church Is spend- I no- 4l. ....... .. ' n i-i-v-iiu im ii cr lUOl II1 . at Voncalla. ! Roosevelt School 1trMirIrrj Kflwnrd L'niti'r. A mm Junon. IVuiiy Hrlpr, Omilliip I'onlt, Itlrh nnl Thlcrolr, Lois Lltlri'll. Vano vln Kvunn. Ituiikltiff Wo hnvp thrifty ho.vn nnil kM nt Itooacvrlt. Kvcry rnom ot lno liprcont linil Homo ovi-v. The I.V'n ll.Kl 116.4 prrn-tit : OA, 1H.7; til!. 112; 2H-2A. 109.7; ill-5A. Kl7.li; IH. 10,1. ; 4.. 10,1.4; 3A, 100; llt 1A, 100; 2A-3II, loo licrcont. Ami llmt'H prt'lly fine. Iliiilth Tin- 211 nnil 2A pupils nro vimv lioalthy. Tin- 211 nnil 2 A Kot tlio Imtinrr thin wpok. Tlio rrxi nf hm imp RoiliK to try to do nil our lioiillli clloros no vi will bp liooltliy. Sirlllnic Wo ore Rind that tli- 4I'. liuvp thp hanilpr, ttith tin. uvpiaur nt 115.6 pprcpiit. Tho lill alxo Imvt tiri.B prnpnl. Thp ovpiauo for Hip InillillliK won !3.!l. Wo oiIi.tr will have to work Inirilor lo wt ahpail. Xi" I'lipiN nnil rnpll lA'dtlnit Wo have threo now pupils thin WPCk. We havo two frmn Hip .liii knon mhool: Dornthy anil li.il. rrt (Icnlry. ltnl.i rt fur tho I A nnil llnrothy fur t,o 4,. linx.i I'oliitpr from Conttal I'olnt. ltoss Ih in tho r.A. Look nt tho pupil . IimvIhk: Ciladyi Mcrntlie 3A. Nowpli Mc. asm; Road building in the Western States is one of the great cat industries. Millions are being spent each yeaY'on highways, giving employment to thousands of men. Gradually, year by year, the fine highways systems of the West are being extended. The car shown here is a Buick sedan, one of the new Model 50 series, with syncro-mesh transmission and torque tube drive. Inic and JatucH Mclntiic. James is in Die 1 A and he Ih ;;oirig to Central Point. N'ewell Mclnih-e. tA, Im going to Central Point. We hud lb roe new pupils and three leaving. Physical llvams The children who nilvsed Die pli.VHical exarim that were ., given here IH'i'Vloilslv wen hieliy to liuve the dortr.t route Ii:hIc to mine them. A II the elilldi'O are Iryim: liii to h:ive theli' dt lerts r'uni l- irivcl- hcallh cd. hi they c:tn be on lb honor roll. Alt the hiltlten on the rt'dl march in i tlenlth Honor roll jthe i May 1 Iculi h Honor iar.-nl ncxt Art ClilKM .1 A Oeorge WaHhiMgtI')i No, Just jhiM tdlhoueite. J i in it ipallv very I llfe-IIUe. ,M'-' ni;'''. Ma rt ha Washingtn'iJias also been bi-ought to life by the HA ail clais. P.irllidajM Well, there woye . thrRo great men's Iflrthdayi thl'month. WaMh Ington'H (lie 1'nd. Lincoln's the I 1 1Mb, and tho Hub was .limmie IIIHotiN. He is seven year. old. The I A pupils put on n parly for him. lie had a birthday c:ike with Hevcii cindlcs. They ang birthday ' qougs and made pa per cherries, I " Which looked pretty, nearly good enouph to eat. That is the. latest hi r I Inlay we have had so Car (ills yea r. Icati-I'p ComniKtec j Again we have a clean-up com- j mlttee, ii It ho we haven't a good j report this week. The highest was' I iUl percent. The rest were ton poor; to mention. As we have now been told what to gra'de on. we will strive to be better housekeepers, lit-I A Ncu Ill and 1A have made some posters and different kinds of decorations for W a s h i n g t o n's birthday. The Ill-IA are getting to, tie pretty gomf artists. There were some very nice posters made. Spelling1 , Tho OA's had the Ulg'hest per pentage of 'is.i'. The OA's came next with its. P per cent." Tho 4 IPs followed next With !' per cent. r r-r rl I Jackson School I i I ii Get a Chrysler and you get tlie most for your money. We dotit liave to prove it -tlie cars tliem selves prove it f CI IRYSI1:R l:IUHT-Gwv ( rumhle ttal) $140; .W.ni fiiy Cmnertil'leO.upt $iMiy, A'.uiAfrr Si-i)y. Six mrc wheel,, S, eui.i. Spur' R.iJ'ler (mlujing in aire vheeli aid trunk iaI fisyy 1'IIR'Sll'R IMI'I RIAL liKiHT- i.r'. f-'Ss; Set en I'jtietteer SeJjn (ly-iy, SeiLn-l.mummffjty t'.0.lVy v. Armstrong 101 So. Riverside. W5 Mrs. Taylor said there wre no ( I.h some bricks from the chimney failure In the -tFS'.s the ijij'k or ( on which is a piece of slab stone; the liA'K. The school average was . broken and over-grown with ii 7. 1 per cent. I tone 1 1 I larwood, j weeds. On this stone a re en Ucjilih Kruved 'those words (old style): The Inchest, n veragps were In M iss Smii h's room with im.ii per cent, M iss Slcwa i-d's and M is. Murray's rooms with !I!U( per ceni. The avcr.-ige for t he m-Iioo! was UU.'J pet cenl. (boiyiii Mainly. Mom Physical I Aamhuiiioii e absent during dental cxamina- , Tlitnf who we the physical and tions last fail were given examina tions Tuesday and Wednesday. We hope we have many more on the ben lib honor roll than we had before. The boys a nd girls are interested in I lie t esn Its of these lefts. Jean Oily, til!. Washington's Monument In the Hlack Hills of South Da kota, a monument baa been made or ashington. Tuts monument in of his fac of solid rock i ml is carved out1'""1 Hriggs' room, Mrs. Murray's m the side of .room and Mrs. I.aidley'H room mountain. The ca rvi ng is done by men in rope swings far above Uie tree tois. They nre using large drills and machines to cut the stone. This huge face can be seen for many miles. It will probably k down from this mountain for over a half million years. Kath- J ryn Mead, lilt. , ! ilrU' Sport The fifth and sixth grade girls have been practicing lung lui II. : The most Important places that need much practice are pitcher. ! catcher, batter ami first base- ' man. As we will play baseball 1 with other sc hools (his spring, we-' are starting in to build up a good j team. Dorothy Simonson. j Health Honor Itoll ' Miss Smith, our hygiene teacher, i Is having a picture gallery for the children who are on the health j honor roll. We are lo bring pie- tu r"s of ourselves at any ago. Shej will arrange tlu'in in gallery form , so everyone may see them. The i children are very much interested in this and Miss Smith Is hoping that soon every child In the up- per grades will be on the health honor roll. Hoh Dyna na. tSU. Washington's liirihday Wnshlugton was born on Feb ruary 17aJ, In an old-fashioned farmhouse of Westmoreland county, Virginia. All Hint is left of the house Motors, Ins. x Phono II Here The 1 1th of February.' 173:;, fjeorge "Washington was born. After Washington left school he ticca me :i public surveyor. Many of his surveys are still used. When the war was over and (lie thirteen colonies became stales, they chose Washington to be the first presi dent of the Cnlted States. Washington is often referred to, as tho "Kather of His Country." This time his birthday comes on Sunday no Monday will be set aside as n legal holiday. ltuth Hedges, OH. Hanking The banking average of the Jackson school was y r per cent. ''"rn ver J 0 per cent. Wo ; )n'e improving each week." We l'"PO It keeps up. Daie Itnherts, j (!A- ; Treat The hoys and girls have 'been very excited this month because there aro so many events. on Valentine's day, Carl Cess' nmih- rr S('nt thi pupils who eat their "inch at school -n -wry pleasant Nurpi'luo. It was a large box nf 1'oart-shaped cookies decorated w,ln bright e.andies. How the dtlldreii enjoyed them! Von tell that by the nuick way "'"I''" they disappeared. Is I I , 93 of the County Subscribers Jf-' NwV Receive Their Mail Tribune 'S J'---' .njl of Publicaticf Lincoln School Reporter: Rodney Hawkins. OA. Hanking - Last Tuesday when we hanked tlyjre were two hundred fifty pu pils present. -Two hundred sixty ( wo persons hanked, making our banking percentage almost lor,. M rs. Chasta in's room stood Uie hli;hest with per cent. Mis. it ufscll's and M Iss ( : ray's rooms ranked sccoiul and third with 117 per cent and lltj.ii per cent. Mrs. Crane's room banked Ml) percent. Miss Abbott's. Miss Hond's, Miss Tucher's, Miss Oumelius' and Mrs. Turner's rooms each hanked 1 On per cent. Miss 'ov Ahnt The sad news of the death of her mother reached Miss Cox while she was onrouto to the past. Wo are all very norry. Miss Cox fs detained at her home by the serious illness of her father. Program Coining We nre planning a little pro gram to lie given next Monday afternoon in honor of (leorge "Washington. - Marching Honors The six classes in the depart ment aro having a contest to see which can pass up and down the stairs to classes the1 most "h,uiotiy. There- is a chart at which we all look first thing to see our dally scores. JMissy Willows Pussy willows have been com ing in for sonic time, hut the ones brought in this week almost earn the title "cat willows," they are so large. Something Klsp (J rowing ft eorge Hohrer can testify to tho fact that he is growing, also. On Thursday his leg cramped so much with growing pains that "time out" had to be called to rub away the cramp. Visitors Mrs. Culhertson and Mrs. Kline are two mothers from district No. Iol' who visited classes on Thurs day afternoon. Promotions Doris Hohrer was promoted from the 1A to the JH class. Lil lian Newton entered the I'A class from the I'lt class. Library The fiA class is so large that about eifiht pupils wont with the Roosevelt class Thursday after noon. The remainder of tho class went Friday. Health Tho n vera go for health inspec tion this week was 9S.S per cent. The 4 H's are working hard to ob tain ion per cent. Mrs. Russell roads "Hans Itrinker'' for five minutes every morning on which everybody has a perfect score. Howard School The Howard school P. T. A. ob served. : Founder's Day, February 17 with u recorl breaking crowd and n Heck's Italtery cake of the same dimensions. The meet ing opened with a Insert: 0. H. An expansion program involvin the expenditure, in Oregon of more than f5l")i),od() and tlio immediate' iticrouHO of tlio porpomid in this district has been annoumcil hy D. H. F. MacPliersnu, nortliwest divi sion mamigcr of the (iilmore Oil V.o., Ltd. ifi his Hiatcniont he de clared that $:,".om has already been, spent, which includes the pur chase of six elahorute six-cylinder tank trucks for tho dislrihutioa of (iilmore Lion Head oil. nine new stake trucks, and six new automo biles for Jthn use of tho men em ployed in distributing the new pro-, short but full business session. After the reports of the regular committees ,hs. Smiley and Mrs.; Swing reported the Central Point county convention proceedings. ; .She concluded her report by ex-; pressing much .satisfaction in tbe great progress of her own How-1 i aid P. T. A. Plays were made: to enhance Hie treasury by a "hard time" social and a community . Play. ' ; i The program began by a com . muuily sing. This was followed by a vocal solo by Mr. Crouehcr, j assisted by Mrs. Croucher at the piano. ; j Scouting was explained by four ; i girls of the Jackson school. They j were Lois Herman. Kathleen Dil lard, Frances Heck and Helen ' Thompson. ', I Mrs. Oust in outlined the work to he nttempte'd and completed j during the remaining months of the ."c-hool and there introduced the chief speaker of the evening, i Mrs. Mabelle Church, of thp Med , ford Junior high school. Mrs. Church in her usual en tertaining way, pleased both p'ar I cuts and children with her many ! stories and encouraging words of . advice and help. The meeting adjourned and all ' repaired to the lunch room where they were served to the thirty-1 j tour candled cukp ami good cot - , i fefl by the refreshment commit jtec. i 1 John Thoburn and Ha Pratt " ' . . . v,.v-w..-' l-f F. MacPhsrson. Also one -ot new trucks and trailers. . . duct, in addition to those now used in connection with (iilmnro LUi Oreen gasoline sales. .MaePhcrson said that throughout l!t;!U his organization was Uie most consistent newspaper advertiser among all petroleum product com panies, expending more than $:J0.- uim in Oregon newspapers, and that the aiivcrtising plans for 11.il call 1 employes. ' ' for a vastly increased appropria-; "Right- new we are adding 2 Hon in this section. j more men to our salos and delivery "Wo know that aggressive nd-i organization. - This means steady veitising with a quality product j employment and many thousands pays," declared Mr.' MacPherson. of dollars. Increased spending moii "Our company enjoyed a prosper- i ey tor Hl." ' ' have been absent a part of the week. 171 d red Peyton and Patty Craw ford ijow have the mumps. We are studying about Holland and its windmills and tulips. Colleen Friend visited in our room Thursday afternoon. All of the flower pans and boxes have been painted. There is a harmonica band in our room now. The members practice in Mrs. Oustin's room. Thiul and 1'oiirtli trades Monday. Feb: L'3 at 11 a. m. there will be a program given by the third and fourth grade pupils in celebration of deorge Washing ton's birthday. Kvoryone is invited to come. The program is a follows: . Heading. What the Flag Stands For," by Kid on Chastain; poem. Helpfulness. by Arthur Kent; story. Oeorge Washington, by I lorothy Smith ; por-m. The Old Flag Forever, by Hornet ta Zum walt; poem. To a Child, by Troy Cardin; play, Oeorge Washington's Dream. J.i y sixteen third and fourth grade pupils. , Creed. A m erica ns Creed, by F. "McShane; poem, Our Flag, by Tony and Hex Coy. '.' The , children appreciate the beautiful primrose given to them by the Parent Teachers association Friday's art project posters of Oeorge Washington riding horse back on the shores of the Dele ware river. 'outt veflr in mtO-uhrTiifl a result wo reinvested more than SI. 000.000 in Iho norlhwest. One ot the polttdes of the (Iilmore oil company Is to return, u goodly ;mrllon ' of tiie money received from nnletr of. its prodin-ts t'tlio community from ever possible wo purchase local which it draws its support. When materials mid always hire local ; ' Penmanship , ' The following favorablo 'returns were received the past week from the A. N. Palmer Co.: The Palmer method butt on. j New ion Smith, Mary Lou (lerbcr and Troy Cardin. The Merit button. James Aiming Marion Johnson. Anna Stump and Klim-i- Zumwalt. The improvement certificate. Hernice .Moon. Robert Aiming and Lveral Dean. Scvtiitli am) Kighth C.rartos i We welcome -to our seventh grade Clco and Ronnie Habb who come to us from the Oak ("trove i school, i i Mrs. Pagham, of the county health unit, was a welcome 'visitor I at our school Friday, i Last Tuesday evening the P. T. A. 'held their regular monthly , meeting in our room. Maybello 'Church of the Junior high, gave a very interesting address-. The seven t h a nd eig h t h gra d es were taking their six weeks tests this week. Several very good scores were made. i Next Monday morning about in j o'clock wo will have n. Washington program in our room. Rev. Porte I of Medford will deliver an address" ! for t he occasion. South Dakota lawmakers. -' ni A contemplaiing changing tho timo line so that the state will ho in k the Centiiil belt. Half of It now 1H " under mountain time.