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flX MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. April 28. 1950
Rogue River Eyes
New Proposals on
School Expansion
cnio Biii Anr 9ft A con'
cise report of the Governor's
Conference on nna r.uucoi......
was given by Miss Marcella Mc
Cullough, who attended the re
cent meeting held in Salem,
Tuesday evening at the high
school at a joint meeting of the
Rogue River school Ijoard and a
citizens committee.
Miss McCullough reported
there were 2000 persons at the
conference all intensely inter
ested in learning what is wrong
with the present educational
svstem and why students are un
able to earn their living after
twelve years in school.
Fundamentals Needed
Failure to teach the funda
mentals was given as main
cause, she reported. Apprentice
ship methods have been discard
ed, nothing concrete has been
provided and the curriculum
does not meet the present needs,
she stated.
ntha nnitilc hmilBht Out Were
an over emphasis on athletics
for a few and a tragic waste of
time and effort in teaching mu
sic, such as the Drass ana rnym
not
Kanrla u,hn fttllHenLl HTC
taught the fundamentals.
Th citizens committee met at
,,nci nf tho t.rhnnl board to
work out a compromise on two
petitions inm naa imu .uun...
ted, requesting a school bond
election be held.
One petition submitted by
Jeff Irwin was reported to be
similar to the bond issue, which
was defeated by a margin of two
votes on April 20. According to
11 Will, IIJ)I,uaiuibv '
Is being requested to purchase
. . m . i v. ; ,. i.
tne lana norm ui uie
school and to construct a six
room unit for the grade school
and an addition to the high
chool building.
185,000 Issue Proposed
The other petition, presented
by Douglas Buckle, requested a
bond issue of $85,000 to build a
six room unit of concrete, on the
property adjoining, and north of
the grade school. It proposed
that the board purchase the
Burk property and close the
itreet between It and the grade
ichool, thus combining the Burk
property and the street with the
unused strip of land at the north
tide of the school building,
thereby enlarging the school
grounds to accommodate the
new unit. The street would then
be reopened at the north side of
the Burk property.
Both petitions must be consid
ered unless a compromise can
be worked out, stated Mrs. Reed
Carter, senior member of the
chool board. Buckle offered a
compromise suggestion, that vot
ers be given an opportunity to
vote on the building sites. The
Irwin committee agreed provid
ed the amount of the bond was
raised to $119,000 and the high
chool shop addition added to
the building program. The board
will consult an attorney on the
mater In the near future.
April I Unemployment
Down from March 1
As of April 1, Mpdford's un
employed totaled 1.900, accord
ing to the local office of the state
employment service. That com-
Sared with 2.050 on March 1 and
,300 on April 1, 1940.
Mpdford's total of idle work
ers the first of thii- month was
exceeded In Portland, Eugene,
Klamath Falls, Salem and To
ledo. FIRE BOXES "THINK"
Newton, Mass. IU.R) The
modern fire alarm box is a robot
with a mechanical mind of its
own. It has the power to "think"
and act instantly in an emergen
cy. According to Frank R.
Brldgp.1, chief engineer of the
Gamewell company, which pro
duces such systems, the box is
virtually fool proof and can send
Its message despite a broken
wire or short circuit. When its
electro-mechanical brain gets a
signal that the circuit is broken,
it uses the ground to transmit
the fire alarm.
Peach Twig Miner Now
Danger; DDT Controls
Peach twig miner are now
appearing in large numbers in
valley peach orchards, accord
ing to County Agent C. B. Cor
dy. He said the small worms
first attack the new shoots and
burrow down the center of the
new growth.
After feeding for a while in
one shoot the worm crawls out
and attacks a new shoot. This
type of feeding, Cordy said, is
not particularly detrimental to
the trees, but it does allow the
worms to increase in numbers
and a second generation will ap
pear at about the time the fruit
is ripe. At that time, instead of
working in the shoots, the worms
will work in the fruit, which
makes them hiijhly objection
able.
Control With DDT
Cordy said control can be
readily obtained by spraying now
with DDT. He suggests the use
of 1V4 pounds of 50 per cent
DDT and 100 gallons ol water.
For home gardeners this amunts
to one heaping tablespoon in
two gallons of water.
On apricots, where fruit spot
due to peach blight has been a
broblem. orchardists should add
a pound and a half of fcrbam to
the DDT. or in small gardens, a
heaping tablespoon.
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Past Commanders
Of Legion Given
Honor at Meeting
With Sam Bowe, Grants Pass,
state commander of the Amer
ican Legion: Henry W. Cooke,
Seattle, assistant Legion service
officer for the state of Washing
ton, and 14 other past command
ers of Mndford and other posts
present. Medford Post 15 cele
brated past commanders' night
at the armory Wednesday.
Bowe urged the younger mem
bers to look upon the older and
active past officers as an unoffi
cial council for advice and guid
ance in working for the good of
the American Legion, bowe is a
oast commander of the Grants
Pass post.
Reminded of Benebits
Cooke, who is a past com
mander of the post at Richville.
Wash., reminded the veterans of
some of the benefits they are en
titled to receive.
The meeting was opened by
Commander Harry Goold and
the gavel was turned over to
Past Commander Cole Holmes.
Past Commander Tom Ginn was
acting chaplain and Past Com
mander Roy Stoy performed his
regular job as adjutant.
E. L. Knight, F. J. Mitchell,
George A. Codding, Frank Far
rell, R. J. Meiring, H. S. Deuel,
J. F. Fliegel. LaMural Roinking,
Helen O'Neil, Richard Baize and
Oliver Gustafson were the other
past commanders attending the
meeting. Mel Eaton of the
Grants Pass post was a visitor.
Holmes presented a gold mem
bership star to Roy Stoy for
signing up 227 members, and sil
ver stars to Harry Goold. Tom I
Peters, Augustus A. Hampton.
Deadline for Listing
Of Brands May 31
The state department of agri
culture this week made an ap
peal to livestock owners In this
area to get in their applications
to retain their present stock
brands. The deadline for re
recording brands, now required
every five ye,an, Is May 31.
So far about 3.000 brand ap-
lif-ntinn hava hun vAtiaA in
I the department headquarters at
saiem. with about 16.000 brands
recorded in the last recording
period, officials estimate than
between 10 and 12 thousand of
those will be renewed.
After the May 31 deadline, a
brand may be recorded by any
one, if the present owner fails
to re-record his brand.
Glen Bjork, E. L. Knight. Wal
ter Dunlap, Jack Peters and Tom
Ginn.
Boys' State Report
Col. W. H. Paine gave a re
port on Boys' State, and the post
voted to send two boys to Cor
vallis this summer.
After the business meetings
the post and auxiliary members
were entertained by Ralph Ettel
with his tenor banjo, Eddie Lan
tis at the piano and Olney Dart
with his violin. John Kelly was
master of ceremonies. Promises
'lew thick and fast when Frank
lin Girard. editor of the Camp
White Dominews and one-time
Idaho politician, was introduced
as Senator Claghorn making a
nolitical speech for a high office.
In old-fashinoed terms he praised
himself and criticized the incum
bent. The high office was finally
disclosed as the job as editor of
The Reveille, the Post 15 paper.
The program ended with a com
munity sing.
A trade agreement between I
new Japan and Burma provides I
for exchange of goods valued at
$49 million in 1950.
Registration Now Open
For Girl Scout Camp;
I July 9 Opening Date
j Rogue alley area Girl scouts
I may still register for Low Echo,
; the Girl scout established sum
1 mer camp at Lake o' Woods, but
,' alter May 1 registration will be
open to non-Girl scouts and
scouts from outside the area, it
was announced yesterday. Regis
tration blanks and complete in
formation can be obtained at the
scout office or through neighbor
hood chairmen.
The camp will be open from
Sunday, July 9 to Sunday, Au
gust 6, four one-week sessions.
Any registered Girl scout may
sign up for a period of from one
to four wcks, with the exception
of this year's fourth - grade
Brownies who are "fly-ups," who
may register for any one week
only out of the four week pe
riods. Registration is limited to
no more than one hundred girls
in any one week.
A registration fee for Rogue
Valley Area Girl Scouts, payable
at time of registration, is re
quired to hold their place. This
fee is not refundable.
For non-scouts and scouts out
side the Rogue Valley area the
registration feed and camp fees
will be somewhat higher.
Health forms will be given out
at the Scout office at the time of
registration for a required physi
cal examination for both camp
ers and staff, to be given not
earlier than three days, before
going to camp. In addition to the
physical examination form, par
ents are required to send a form
on health history, habits, etc..
and this form will also be given
out at the time of registration.
Complete details about the
Duplicate Winners
Announced By Club
High point winners for the
weekly session of the Medford
Duplicate Bridge club Tuesday
night were Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Sanderson, who scored 98i
points in the north and south
playing position, and Mrs. W. W.
Stevenson and Mrs. Bernard
Hughes, who scored 104V4 points
in the east-west position.
Other north-south winners
were J. A. Gordon of Redwood ,
City, Cal., and S. A. Megeath,
Palo Alto, their score of 90
points taking second place.
Third went to Mrs. Herbert
Seitz and Roy Pruitt, who scor-!
ed 89 points for third place and j
Mrs. Royal Lee and Jack Barr :
took fourth with 87 points.
Second for east-west were
Miss Janet Burpee and Pete Boy-:
den, with 102'j points, third ;
went to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fu-!
son with a score of 84 and Al
Gilhousen and Dr. S. Ralph Dip-1
pel were fourth with 80 Vs i
points.
DEMOS OUTNUMBER OOP
St. Helens. Ore., Apr. 28 U.R)
County Clerk C. W. Wickman
said today there were 6990 dem
ocrats compared to 4966 repub
licans registered in Columbia
county, according to final fig.
ure.
Preliminary figures indicate
that 1,610,000 acres of land were
reforested in new Japan in 1949.
camp, its program, the clothing
and other equipment required
are to be had in the folder which
accompanies the registration
blank.
A rounded program of hiking,
crafts, outdoor cooking, camp
fire programs, singing and danc
ing, with archery and swimming
available, is planned.
The camp will be under the
direction of Mrs. Marjorie Hop
kins, executive director for the
Rogue Valley area, assisted by a
staff of exDerienced adults, in
cluding a registered nurse and
lifeguard who will be in camp
at all times.
JUSTICE RETIRES
Garland, Tex., Apr. 28 U.R)
Justice of the Peace N. P. Morri
son put his black robe away for
good today after 27 years on the
bench. He resigned yesterday
and explained that "I'm tired
and want to go fishing."
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