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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. '
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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
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I Junior High
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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.
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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.
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I Jackson School I i
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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.
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, 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.