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HIT THE DIRT The proper baseball sliding season. Registration totals 143 with division by
technique is demonstrated above by Coach age into three groups: the Sand Blowers, six
Frank Roelandt and Baseballer Kenny Durkee to nine years; Pee Wees, 10-12; and Cubs, 13-15.
for members of the summer baseball school Every position is taught, including batting, base
being conducted at the Medford high school running, sliding, game rules, and game strategy,
diamond this summer. The school began July Standing in the left background are Coaches
23rd and is in its fifth week of an eight-week Don Denman and Lee Ragsdale.
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ARTS AND CRAFTS Shown above is a
group of students in the arts and craft classes
displaying some of their work during the sum
mer school at the Junior high school which
ended yesterday. The classes were open to all
students from grades one to 12, while other
work included basic subjects in remedial work
for students behind or making up subjects be
cause of illness, and high school courses for
graduating seniors. Registration for the entire
school was 222 students and they attended
classes Monday through Friday from June 16.
The program was described as "very intensive"
with six weeks' regular work covered each
week of the session.
Classroom Works,
Arts Program and
Baseball Taught
222 Participate
In Special Classes
A varied Droeram of activity
for the needs of school children
of all ages has been offered this
summer by the Medford public
school system.
A summer school in the reg
ular basic classroom subjects
was held with 222 registered
students at the Junior high
school from the first to 12th
grades. This started June 16 and
ended yesterday.
A baseball program, which is
entirely separate, began on June
23 at the Medford high school
diamond with 145 boys regis
tered, and is just starting us
fifth week of play of an eight
week school.
Intense, Individual Course
In the summer school work,
"a very intensive program on an
individual basis rather than a
group one" was conducted, ac
cording to Supervisor Glenn L.
"Linn, "with six weeks of reg
ular school work covered during
each week of the session. '
With the exception of high
school subjects and leisure arts
and crafts, the subjects taugm
were remedial in nature for
those failine or behind in their
work, including students who
were ill and got behind in their
work and out-of-state transfer
students who lacked certain re
quirements. New subjects were also of
fered for Medford high school
seniors needing adjustments for
graduation, and eight from St.
Mary's and one tuition student.
The leisure arts and crafts shop
was open to any student in the
Medford system, as well as any
student attending the summer
school for remedial or other
work.
Held Each Day
The classes were held from
8:30 to 12 coon every day. Mon
day through Friday, with an
aptitude test given at the begin
ning of all remedial work, fol
lowed at the end xf the session
with a term exam. A student
passing this exam will go into
a regular group next fall with
full credit.. Linn pointed out
that the intensive work of the
session was shown by the test
camparison of-one student who
gained 5 month's ability in the
short session according to the
Gates Reading test.
The main benefit of the rem
edial work, according to the su
pervisor, was the "social and
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educational adjustment oi mc
child by showing the student
that he can achieve success and
remain-in his own age group."
It also saves a lot of valuable
time during the regular school
year by' eliminating special
work and class scheduling, he
added.
Teachers Named
The primary work was taught
by Mrs. .Ruth Gilbertson, first
grade; Mrs. Georgia Davis, sec
ond grade: and Mrs. Ruth Haw
kins, third grade. The interme
diate group, fourth to sixth
grades, was handled by Mrs.
Thelma Halverson, who taught
arithmetic and spelling, and Mrs.
Margaret Wilson, who taught
English and reading.
Don Darneille taught English
and algebra in the junior high
group, and Mrs. Maud Robinson
taught mathematics, spelling
and history. The senior high stu
dents were taught U. S. History
and Government by Mrs. Jo
Anne Smith, and Edna Stewart
was in charge of English and
literature.
Mrs. Patricia Medley was the
teacher for all arts and crafts
classes, and Linn handled the
study hall duties, as well as
general supervision of the
school.
The number of students in
each grade for the school was
as follows: 16, first grade; 28,
second; 27, third: 24, fourth; 16,
fifth; 13, sixth; 18, seventh; 38,
eighth; 11, ninth; three, 10th;
three, eleventh; and 24 in the
12th.
Three Baseball Groups
In the other major program
for the summer, which will last
four more weeks, three groups
of Medford boys are learning
the fundamentals of baseball,
four days a week, Monday
through Thursday, from 8:30 to
12 noon.
The groups consist of Sand
Blowers, age six to nine; Pee
Wees, 10 to 12; and Cubs, 13-15.
In the latter group, there are
several 16-year olds who are get
ting instruction, according to
Lee Ragsdale, athletic director
for the Medford city schools and
one of three coaches at the sum
mer school, but they do not com
pete with the Cubs in their
league play.
In league competition with
teams from Grants Pass. Ash
land, Jacksonville, Central
Point, Eagle Point. Phoenix and
Talent, only the Cubs and Pee
Wees participate. Each age
group plays two games a week
with one of the other schools.
In the school so far, all play
ing positions have been taught,
including base running, sliding.
batting and bunting, and the
rules of the game. In the remain
ing weeks, the program will be
repeated in more detail with a
stress on game strategy.
Coaching Rotates
Coaching of the- three- groups
is done on a weekly rotation
basis with Ragsdale handling
one group and Frank Roelandt
Medford high basketball mentor
and Cheney Studs catching star,
and Don Denman, OSC student
and ex-Medford high ace athlete.
the others.
The daily schedule features
variety and familiarity with
each .position, Ragsdale explain
ed, with the morning's work be
ginning at 8:30 o'clock with a
15-minute "pepper" warmup of
all groups. This is followed by
an instruction period on the
chosen subject which includes a
"chalk-talk" and demonstration
by the coaches, followed by a
drill under the eyes of the in
structors.
The class then divides up into
the three age groups, and after
choosing sides plays about five
innings of baseball. During these
practices, a constant rotation is
in motion, giving varied exper
ience in the different positions.
With the exception of the Sand
Blowers, who go home by 1!
o'clock, the teams play until
11:30, when they reform for in
field and outfield practice be
fore ending the day's school.
Have Rest Perlodi
This schedule is not iron-clad,
Ragsdale noted, and is inter
spersed with rest periods, es
pecially on the hotter days when
only two or three innings are
played, where the boys and their
coaches gather in the snade to
"hash over" game rules and
strategy.
Equipment and diamond size
for the three groups is some
what varied, with the Sand
Blowers using the smaller soft-
ball regulation diamond, smaller
bats and regulation baseball; the
Pee Wees using a baseball dia
mond 10 feet shorter than reg
ulation, lighter bats, and regu
lation ball; and the Cubs using
standard baseball equipment and
diamond.
Ragsdale described the school
as primarily a recreation pro
gram with an average daily at
tendance of about 80. Registra
tion is largest in the Pee Wee
group with 75 enrolled, while
there are 35 each in the Cubs
and Sand Blowers.
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Anti-Polio Serum
Use Starts in Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa U.P.) A
team of medical specialists be
gan preparations Saturday for
the mass inoculation of more
than 16,000 children here to test
a new anti-polio serum.
Five doctors and 16 nurses
joined two physicians already on
the scene in preparing for the
start of the inoculations Monday.
The medical team arrived from
Houston, Tex., where they have
been conducting another mass
test of the serum, gamma glo
bulin. Air Force planes continued
to bring in more iron lungs for
stricken patients. The Air Force
also brought in two iron lungs
to be held in reserve in case
the epidemic spreads.
At least 12 deaths from polio
have been recorded here this
year. Doctors said the incidence
of the disease here is the highest
in the nation.
Coastwise Tanker
Burns in New York
New York U.R) A small
coastwise tanker caught fire in
the East River just south of
famed Hell Gate Saturday and
was abandoned by its crew as
thousands watched from nearby
shores.
The Poling Company, owners
of the 118-foot oil carrier, said
the craft normally carried a
crew of seven, but that it was
manned by only five men Sat
urday. Two of the crew were rescued
by a tugboat, another was be
lieved to have swam to shore
and two others were unaccount
ed for.
The flaming hulk drifted
downstream with an outgoing
tide after its crew jumped into
the water, smacked into a ferry
slip on 76th Street and ran
aground on Welfare Island, a
strip of land in the middle of
the river.
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noon Saturdays.
Bo Spending Night
In Woods To Escape
Spanking at Home
Portland (U.R) A seven-year-old
boy was safe Friday after
spending a night out in the brush
in preference to a spanking for
failure to get home before dark.
Wayne Owen Court, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Court, walked
into his home at 7 a.m. while his
parents, neighbors and sheriff's
deputies were searching for him
in a wooded area nearby.
The Courts sounded the alarm
for young Wayne last night when
he failed to return home.
"I just decided to sleep out
side last night," Wayne said aft
er a hot bath.
But his mother said he knew
he was supposed to come home
before dark.
"I guess, rather than get
spanked for misbehaving, he got
tired and slept in the brush,"
Mrs. Court said.
Fish Ladders, Screens
jeel of T Trip
A trip to observe screens and
fish ladders on the dams and
irrigation canals at Rogue River
has been planned Wednesday
for members of the Young
Men's Christian association, ac
cording to YMCA Secretary
Bob Jones.
Each Wednesday boys be
tween 9 and 13 years of age are
taken on supervised adventure
trips and outings. They leave at
9:30 a.m. and return in time for
a 4:30 swim at the Y pool. Girls
take a similar trip each Thurs
day. The trips are financed by
the Community Chest fund, so
the only charge for the trips is
a 10-cent insurance fee.
Future trips include a climb
of Mt. Ashland and visits to the
Oregon caves and the Union
Creek forest camp. The groups
already have visited the Apple
gate river, the Butte Falls fish
hatchery, the Dead Indian Soda
springs, the Elk Lumber com
pany operations and the YMCA
camp at Diamond lake.
Guides for the trips are Jones
and members of the Y Leader's
club. They are assisted by inter
ested parents.
Sunday, July 20, 1952 x
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Dead line Sunday Classifieds is at
5:30 p.m. for following day: 10 a m
Monday for Monday: noon Saturday
Wasco County Court
Studies Bridge Oiler
Portland (U.R) The Wasco
County Court Saturday consid
ered an offer of $1,994,600 by
the Federal government for The
Dalles Columbia river bridge.
County Judge Ward Webber
met with federal officials Friday
in an attempt to reach a settle
ment in the dispute over the
span.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Bert
Boylan conducted the conference
between Wasco county officials
and Army engineers.
The government had taken
steps to seize the bridge because
it interfered with construction
of The Dalles dam. Wasco coun
ty had spent about $2,000,000
in preliminary construe tion
work on the bridge before the
project was halted. The money
was raised by the sale of reve
nue bonds.
The court will decide whether
the government's offer is suffi
cient to compensate the county
for its loss.
Mental Examination
For Karnes Denied
Salem (U.R) Marion County
Circuit Judge George R. Duncan
Friday denied a prosecution re
quest that Albert William
Karnes, accused of murdering an
elderly Salem woman, be sub
mitted to psychiatrist examina
tion. Karnes was arraigned last
Monday and pleaded innocent
by reason of mental defective
ness, and , District Attorney E.
O. Stadter Jr. asked for the ex
amination. Defense counsel op
posed the request on grounds
that submission of the results in
testimony would in effect re
quire Karnes to testify against
himself.
Karnes is slated to go on trial
August 5 on a charge of first de
gree murder for the axe killing
of Mrs. Susan Litchfield, 81, at
her home here June 7. He was
arrested in The Dalles, where he
was being held on a hammer as
sault charge involving a woman
I there.
Vacationists Use
Oregon's Highways
In Record Numbers
Salem U.R) Traffic volume
on Oregon highways increased
during June as vacationists hit
the roads in what appeared to
be record-breaking numbers, the
state traffic safety division said
Saturday.
Heaviest daily traffic in Ore
gon was shown by State High
way Department checks and was
on the east side Pacific Highway
near Woodburn. where the vol
ume increased 7.2 per cent over
June of last 'year. Average num
ber of vehicles checked at the
Woodburn counting station was
nearly 10,000 a day. .
Other Highways Up
Heavy motor vehicle volume
also was recorded on Highways
26, 18 and 30. Largest increase
was reported on Highway 101
the Oregon coast highway
where average daily traffic in
creased 11.2 per cent over-June
of last year.
While travel was hitting new
highs, traffic deaths jumped to
40 in June, the worst monthly
death record for the year to date.
Safety officials said increased
Oregon traffic during summer
months nearly always means
death to more than 100 persons
in street and highway smash-ups.
The first election broadcast
took place in 1920 when West
inghouse station KDKA in Pitts
burgh reported the Harding-Cox
presidential election returns.
The program, however, was
heard by only a few pioneer
owners of crystal sets with earphones.
Bend Couple Located
Afler Search Started
Bend (U.R) A state-wide
search for a missing Bend couple
was called off Saturday after the
man and his wife telephoned
friends here that they were vis
iting in Portland.
State police took on the search
for Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert
Keyes Friday when relatives be
came alarmed over their ab
sence. The relatives told police
the Keyes were expected back
in Bend from a trip to the Ore
gon coast on July 11.
But Keyes said it was all a
misunderstanding. He said he
returned to Bend July 6 and told
friends he was leaving again and
wouldn't be back in the central
Oregon city until July 20.
Keyes telepnoned friends in
Bend after reading an account
of the search for him and Mrs.
Keyes in a Portland newspaper.
Two-Bit Animal
Great Bargain
Joplin. Mo. 0J.R) Two
small boys, aged six and eight,
sold Edward M. Thompson a
liny furry animal for 25 cents.
Shortly afterward Thomp
son heard an appeal over a
radio station for the return of
a $250 mink. Thompson re- .
turned the animal.
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