Medford Student 1
Elected President
Of ASB at College
Ashland Peter G. Soder
lund, Medford, was elected pres
ident of the Associated Student
Body at Southern Oregon col
lege for the academic year 1952
53 in run-off elections held yes
terday. The sophomore leader de
ieated junior Ralph W. Wood,
Ashland, by a narrow margin in
near-record student balloting.
Other officers chosen in the
special election were Peggy A,
McCurley, Jacksonville, who was
named secretary, and Ronald S.
Tiegs, Talent, treasurer. Keith
F. Johnson, Coquille, and Rob
ert A. Gouley, North Bend, were
elected first and second vice
presidents, respectively, at last
week s vote.
Soderlund is the son of Mrs.
M. L. Soderlund, Medford, and
was graduated from Medford
high school In 1949. He was pres
ident of his class freshman year
and has served as second vice
president of the student body
this year. A pre-law student,
Soderlund is a member of Sigma
Alpha Sigma and Theta Delta
Phi fraternities and has been ac
tive in debating. He was chair
man of the recent campus day
program and served as leader of
the SOC delegation which at
tended the Model UN assembly
at Los Angeles.
Miss McCurley, a ffeshman,
defeated classmate .Carol L. Wik-
strom, Medford, in the run-off
for secretary. She was eraduated
from Jacksonville high school In
1950 and has been a reporter for
the college newspaper this year.
Freshman Ii Treasurer
In the race or treasurer, Tiegs,
son of Lourence S. Tiegs, Talent,
edged Norma Rae John, Rose
burg. A freshman, he was gradu
ated from Talent high school last
spring and while in college has
been active in forensics.
Representatives-at-large to the
student council who were elected
last week were Kenneth D.
Humphreys, Eastside; John J.
Cady, Ashland; Lester E. Cing
cade, Oakland; and Bruce A.
Friend, Grants Pass.
VETERANS MAKE POPPIES Thousands
and thousands of paper poppies were made by
veterans at Camp White domiciliary during the
winter months, and will be sold Friday and
Saturday, May 23 and 24, during the annual
Poppy Day sale of Veterans of Foreign Wars
and auxiliary. Pictured here with some of the
poppies are (back row, left to right) Mrs
Henry Huber, Mrs. Amy Randle, department
hospital chairman for VFW auxiliary for Ore
gon; Mrs. Richard E. Schulz, past president of
district 7 of the auxiliary; Mrs. John Walker,
present president of district 7; Charles smith,
Grants Pass, commander of the seventh dis
trict, VFW; Paul Hatton, manager of the Camp
White domiciliary; Willard Abbott, commander
of the Camp White VFW post and Fred Hunter.
Shown seated at left, (left to right) are Hugh
Donovan, E. Collier, Robert Wilhelm and Clar
ence McKerchie. Veterans at right (left to
right) are C. Cooney, R. Fairbanks and Dock
Morris. Behind them Is Henry Huls.
HOUSE BURNS; MAN IRKED
Duluth, Minn. -(U.R) Farmer
John Brackett was burned up
Thursday because neighbors let
his house burn down. He said
they would not get off a party
line and let him call the fire
department.
PANTY RAID AUDIT
Evanston, 111. (U.R) North
western University officials said
Thursday that 84 bras, 107 pan
ties, 63 slips and 23 girdles were
taken from coeds in last Monday
night's panty raid.
New Approach Eyed
For Retaining Rain
Washington (U.R) A House
Agiculture subcommittee un
animously approved a bill
Wednesday proposing a "new
approach" to flood control by re
taining rain water on the land
where it falls.
The measure, sponsored by
Rep. W. R. Poage, D-Tex., would
authorize the Agriculture De
partment to help local organiza
tions finance construction of water-retarding
projects in smaller
watersheds.
The subcommittee hopes the
bill can be passed before Con
gress adjourns this year.
Poage said his proposal.ls aim
ed at combatting the real flood
danger heavy snow and rain
falls upstream that do not "sink
in the ground."
CISCO KID DIVORCED
....Hollywood, Calif. (U.R) Ac
tor Duncan Renaldo, the "Cisco
Kid" of movies and television,
divorced his wife, Lea, 42, on
the grounds that she frequently
left their three children unat
tended, forcing him to give up
jobs in order to stay with them.
37 Communicable
Disease Cases Told
Thirty-seven cases of commun
icable diseases were reported in
Jackson county during the week
ending May 17, the county
health department reported to
day. Heading the list were 25
cases of rubella (three-day meas
les), 11 of which were in Med
ford. The number of cases of ru
bella reported from other cities
included Central Point, 4; Jack
sonville, 3; Rogue River and
Prospect, 2 each; and Trail, Ash
land and Talent, 1 each.
Other diseases reported in
Medford included pneumonia, 4
cases, influenza, 2 cases; mumps,
1 case, and scarlet fever, 1 case.
One case of chicken pox was re
ported in Ashland, one case of
rheumatic fever in Rogue River
and one case of scarlet fever in
Jacksonville.
Central Point Summer
Roundup May 26, 27
Central Point A summer
round-up for children who will
enter the Central Point school
for the first time this fall will
be conducted by the Central
Point Parent-Teacher association
at the grade school gymnasium
room 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
May 26 and from 9:S0 to 11:30
a.m. Tuesday May 27 it was an
nounced today.
Parents of all youngsters who
will enter school are asked to
bring them. Dr. A. Erin Merkel,
county health officer, and Mrs.
Cleo Kent, school nurse, will
give them pre-school examina
tions. Appointments may be made
by calling Mrs. Lewis Kilbourn,
838X, or Mrs. Bruce Stuart,
3-1130.
Kiwanians Hear
Administrator Tell
Of BLM Functions
The work of the Bureau of
Land Management in adminis
tering O and C and public do
main lands and their forage, tim
ber and mineral resources was
outlined for Kiwanians yester
day by Roscoe Bell, regional ad
ministrator for the bureau.
He spoke, at Rogue Valley
Country club.
Make Lands Pay
Bell pointed out that one of
the functions of the bureau is
to make the lands available to
those who can make good use
of them. He said that administ
ering the vast lands under the
jurisdiction of the bureau is a
difficult problem but that the
lands are made to pay about
4Vi dollars for every dollar
spent on them.
The administrator said his
bureau's job entailed manage
ment of "tag ends" of lands no
cne else wanted, but that this
is not true of O and C lands,
Bell declared that harvesting of
trees on O and C lands up to
the sustained yield amount is
important to maximum produc
tion. He brought out that other
trees will not grow on land un
less the mature .trees are cut.
Harvesting up to the sustained
yield figure is just as important
as preventing overcutting, Bell
said.
Tells of Blow-Down
Bell spoke of the efforts to
get a supplemental appropriation
to administer harvest of timber
blown down last December. Ar
guments used were that harvest
would reduce fire and insect
hazards and place merchantable
timber on the market.
E. K Peterson, Medford dis
trict forester for the bureau,
gave back ground on the O and
C lands in this area and intro
duced Bell.
Thursday. May 22, 1952
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Draft Deferment Test for Collegians
Washington (U.R) About
7,000 college students were to
take the seventh draft defer
ment test Thursday in 1,000 test
ing centers throughout the
country.
The examination, the last to
be given until next fall, was held
for students who were unable to
take it previously. More than
400,000 students already have
taken the test.
Court Records
POLIjCB COURT
Thomas A. Culbertson Jr., failure
to stop at stop sign, $5.
Snow Still Deep
In High Mountains
Snow is still deep at higher
elevations of the Cascades, it
was reported today by W. T.
(Jack) Frost of the Cooperative
Snow Surveys.
At headquarters of Crater
Lake National park, only 5.2
per cent of the record depth of
90.5 inches of snow-water on the
ground April 1 has melted and
run-off, Frost said. Actual snow
depth is now 146.1 inches, with
85.8 inches of water.
At Annie Spring, some 432
feet lower in elevation, there is
a total of 112.1 Inches of snow,
containing 65.7 niches of water.
The melt and run-off has been
15 per cent of the 73.7 Inches
of water on April 1.
At Diamond lake, about 1,000
feet lower than Annie Spring,
29.8 inches of snow remain on
the ground. It contains 15.7 in
ches ef water, representing a
melt and run-off of 61 per cent
of the 40.7 inches on April 1.
Frost was at Lake O'Woods
yesterday, he reported, and said
that the lake is "at least a foot
higher" than he has ever seen
it before.
WEATHER
B? United Preti
North California: Fair Thurs
day and Friday.
The Army's only school of
practical nursing Is at Walter
Reed Army medical center in
Washington, D.C
Shell Eggs Purchased
In Surplus Program
Washington (U.R) The Agri
culture Department Wednesday
bought 44,750 cases of shell eggs
a total of 16,110,000 eggs
under its surplus removal pro
gram aimed at bolstering farm
prices.
It was the third purchase since
the department announced April
9 that it would buy up to 500,000
cases of eggs to remove "burden
some supplies" from the market.
The new purchase brought the
total amount bought to date to
67,900 cases.
Oak Leaf Miner Spray
Advised by Agent
Anyone wishing to control
oak leaf miner should spray
now, according to C. B. Cordy,
county agent for horticulture.
Cordy said the miner turns
parts of the leaf brown. The
small worm-like miner causes
the damage by feeding between
the leaf layers, he explained.
He said last year the condition
became "very severe" and it
wasn't known yet how serious it
would be this year.
Since tlm first miners are now
attacking the leaves, the follow
ing application is recommended
by the county agent: 2 pounds
DDT to each 100 gallons.
Gentle Bandit Feeds
Baby Before Leaving
New York U.R) A gentle
bandit, posing as an Office of
Price Stabilization agent- stole
a $6,000 diamond ring from a
Brooklyn housewife Wednesday
but fed her baby before leaving.
The soft-spoken thief bound
Mrs. Anita Laken, 20, to a chair.
Then he warmed the 18-month-
old child's formula and gave the
little boy some medicine later
when he began to cough.
The LEGION
POPPY
The Paper Poppy, conceived
and developed by the Amer
ican Legion and it's Auxil
iary, is symbolic of the hal
lowed ground occupied by
our hero dead in France.
It is sold each year to secure
funds for the relief of dis
abled veterans of ALL wars
and their dependents, and
the dependents of our de
parted comrades.
Being of paper, the cost of
the material (the only cost)
is slight, thus enabling the
maximum amount of your
contribution to do its -job.
Buy a Poppy this year , . .
Be sure it Is a Paper Poppy.
Look for the words "Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary" on the
label. It is your guarantee
that your full contribution
will be used for the veteran
and his dependents.
A Friendly Message from Cole Holtnet
The R. A. Holmes Insurance Agency
r" Phoenix F
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