EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. February 20, 1955
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Second Lt. Milton Loros of Medford now has a story to tell
one which luckily has a happy ending. Not long before the young
officer, a jet pilot, received his wings at Williams Air Force base,
Phoenix, Ariz., he was one of two flyers who rode a T-33 jet
trainer down to a safe landing on a small grass field at Faulkton,
S.D. the type of field on which no jet can be landed according
to the classroom lectures.
A few days later the two watched while an older and more
experienced pilot accomplished the rare feat of flying the plane
off a strip of highway pavement near the field on which the
emergency landing had been made.
The exciting story began when Lt. Loros, then an air cadet,
and Second Lt. R. H. Bolwanz, one of his instructors, were on a
training flight from Phoenix. Their radio went out, they became
lost and finally, with fuel almost gone, Lt. Bolwanz put the plane
down on the first open spot,' which happened to be the Faulkton
field.
The next problem was how to get the plane off the little, sod
field, since a .jet, on a takeoff, could not gain enough momentum
in a 2,500-foot run. To dismantle it and truck the pieces to an
other field would cost thousands of dollars, so Lt. Col. D. L. Corn
ing of Sioux Falls, S.D., decided to try and take it off from a
near-by strip of paved highway.
According to a story in the Des Moines Register, a strip of
highway some 6,000 feet long was selected, all signs and other
obstacles were removed and the plane towed into position. With
thousands of netrole watching, Lt. Coll Corning headed the plane
down the 32-foot wide highway under full throttle and after
traveling about 2,100 feet, got the jet into the air. He flew it to
Sioux Falls, where the radio equipment was repaired.
Lt. Loros, known to friends as "Mickey," told his parents that
even mail boxes along the highway were taken down, and that
traffic was stooped for about an hour while preparations for the
tricky takeoff were made. School in Faulkton was dismissed, in
order that pupils might watch tne unusual signi. t -
Lt. Loros is in the news again today, for the ".same day he
received his commission and his wings, he was married to Mary
Conn, Tucson, and the newlyweds are now in Texas., .
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Dormitory housemothers seem to have changed a lot since
Potpourri was a coed. In our day housemothers were "older,"
shall we say, usually had gray or white hair and spent their spare
time playing bridge. Today we have pictures of two housemothers,
taken at SOC's annual valentine ball last Saturday night. Neither
is anywhere near old, both attended the dance (one with a student)
and one serves coffee and cookies for some of the students after
Miss Fran Barta, housemother at Susanne Homes hall, looking
glamorous in a smart black evening gown, helped two photograph
ers and a reporter get their pictures at the hall, and then went
along to the dance with her date. Arriving at the dance, we were
told by one of the students that we should take a picture of Dr.
Phyllis Plichta, faculty member and housemother at the men's
dorm, who had been invited to attend the dance as the partner of
Herbie Yamanaka, student from Hawaii. "She's wonderful," said
the freshman girl earnestly. "The boys everyone simply loves her.
She's practically the ideal woman." ,
With these glowing words ringing in our ears, we hurried
off to find Dr. Plichta and her date. Both readily agreed to
pose, both flashed easy, warm smiles, and we had our picture.
Maybe the boys at the university and OSC who are growling about
this housemother business should take a tip from, their sister
school at Ashland. . ;
The entire evening at SOC turned out to be fun. ; Not the least
of the evening's experiences was meeting Carl Vermilya, Oregon
ian photographer, who had also been assigned to cover the dance.
(Neither the Tribune or the Oregonian knew the . other was cov
ering the dance; until both had completed arrangements, which
in itself was something of a coincidence.)
Photographer Vermilya not only is a first-rate' news camera
man, but a friendly and cooperative person as well, so Potpourri
and her co-worker, Ken Knackstedt, hung around part of the
time to watch him set up and take pictures for a story to be run
later this spring in the Oregonian's magazine section.
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Rogue Valley Country club was filled to the brim Monday for
the annual benefit luncheon and card party of Alpha Rho chapter,
Beta Sigma Phi. It's that time of the year when a woman is never
quite sure what to wear, since the temperature falls to 20 degrees
at night but the sun is apt to shine brightly in the day . time.
So some had on winter clothes and others spring costumes.
Mrs. Curt Butterfield, who the Saturday night before had
been named the chapter's valentinue sweetheart girl, looks equal
ly pretty in black or whiter Saturday night she wore a white
cotton formal gown, with touches of valentine red, but Monday
afternoon she wore a smart black frock. Her hat, a round black
frill on the back of her head, was centered with a cluster of fresh
red carnations.
One group of the guests didn't play cards after luncheon. In
stead the women put their heads together and had a serious dis
cussion. But it was to the point, for the party was to benefit the
Pilot school at Phoenix, and the women were discussing certain
bills now before the Oregon legislature which may either do
away with the school, or change its operation if it is continued.
The Pilot school, operated last year for the first time as part
of an experiment by the state system of higher education, is for
children who have learning problems and do not fare well in the
ordinary school room. Those particularly interested in the welfare
of these children, are studying these bills-with greafc. care. In
Monday's party-meeting were Mrs. Una Inch, Mrs. Robert Minear,
Mrs. Chester Guches, Mrs. Melvin Hall, Mrs. Frances. Klein of
Ashland, Miss Dorothy, Huskey, Miss Dorothy Collard and Mrs.
Riley Cook.
Mrs. Herbert Sampert shared the fun of her recent trip to
Hawaii with some of her friends last week. Mrs. Sampert remem
bers the islanders as people who are genuinely warm-hearted and
friendly, and who have learned to do a lot with what they have at
hand such as native dancers who make their skirts fresh every
day from ti leaves.
Guests learned of many island customs such as the fact that
an unmarried girl wears a flower over her left ear, but if she's
married, it goes over the right ear. If she wears the flower in
the middle of her forehead that has a special meaning, too.
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A puzzled Western Union employee called a certain Medford
woman recently and said he had a wire for her. Hesitatingly he
informed her that the unsigned wire, from a city in California, had
but one word. The word was crocus. "Thank you," said the
woman briskly, and hung up. She knew what it meant it was
from her sister who simply wanted to spread the good news that
spring had come to her California garden and that the first crocus
was in bloom.
Potpourri has two crocus blossoms, quite a bit of yellow jas
mine, daffodils three inches high and all sorts of .spring signs.
But when we looked in the kitchen sink Thursday night, we knew
spring couldn't be far away. It was swarming with tiny ants. O.S.
Nature provides her own
uranium test borings on . the
Colorado Plateaus. Mineralized
zones exposed by erosion on
steep cliff walls can be detected
without costly drilling.
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Symphny Society
Engages Director
From Cleveland
Portland Theodore Bloom-
field, 32 -year -old native of
Cleveland, will be conductor of
the Portland Symphony Orches
tra for the coming season. En
gagement of the young Ameri
can musician was approved Wed
nesday by the directors of the
Portland Symphony society. Mr.
Bloomfield will be in complete
musical charge of the orchestra
for the season beginning Octo
ber 17.
In revealing the choice of the
symphony directors, Mrs. Ralph
D. Moores, president of the 'Sym
phony society, said: "Our direc
tors were unanimous in their
conviction that we shall have
in Mr. Bloomfield, a conductor
who can develop our orchestra
toward major status. Everyone
who heard his two concerts with
us agreed that he has a great
talent for orchestra and an as
tounding musical sense. .Indivi
dual comments from various
members of the orchestra lead
us to believe that our players
recognize Mr. Bloomfield's great
talents and will look forward
to collaborating with him."
The new director was born
in Cleveland in 1923 and receiv
ed his musical training at Ober
lin college and at the Juilliard
School of Music. He is an ac
complished concert pianist, as
well as a conductor, and played
French horn with the National
Orchestral association in New
York while he attended the
Juilliard School, and studied
piano privately with Claudio
Arrau. He also studied privately
with Pierre Monteux.
In 1947 Mr. Bloomfield was
appointed assistant to George
Szell with the Cleveland orches
tra, and organized, a Little Sym
phony orchestra in that city.
His work with this latter group,
especially in Mozart festivals,
drew national attention,, includ'
ing an article in Time magazine.
He has also conducted the El
Paso symphony, the- ABC sym
phony and the New York Little
symphony. With members of the
NBC symphony he made several
recordings for MGM in 1953.
In 1951, Mr. Bloomfield tour
ed Germany under the auspices
of the U. S. State Department
as a piano soloist, and in 1952
made his European conducting
debut in Italy. Since that time
he has been guest conductor
with more than 15 orchestras
throughout Europe, and now
makes his European headquar
ters in Rome. He is now on a
trip -to Spain and Portugal for
concerts m Madrid and Lisbon.
The new conductor will prob
ably visit Portland during the
New Orleans Woman Designs
Ten 1955 Mardi Gras Floats
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coming summer to complete
plans for the season which opens
on October 17.
nesswoman, Betty Rae Kern, is
the brains and hands behind 10
of the fabulous floats which
make Mardi Gras world-famous.
Betty, who learned the intri
cate designing art from her
father, chucked a job as an ac
countant two months ago to de
vote full time to the equally
exacting task of planning and
constructing the towering floats.
She believes she is the only
distaff designer in the business.
She is one of many persons
who lock themselves in huge
warehouses in the New Orleans
area this time of the year to
turn the riots of color which
made Carnival parades renown
ed for their beauty and extrava
gance. - Residents and visitors to
this city during the pre-Lenten
celebrations will see the parades
February 20.
Long Hours
"I think float-making is really
woman's work," says the five-
foot three-inch", 124-pound de
signer. I think women have more
of a flair for design than men."
Betty served a six-year appren
ticeship with her father, Roy A.
Kern, and this year she swung
her "first, very own contract"
for the Choctaw Krewe parade.
Float building was just a side
line for Kern, but Betty spends
a grueling day at the task, some
times as many as 15 hours. '
Often neighborhood children,
curious about the floats, will
poke their heads in the ware
house. Betty swears them to
secrecy the theme always is
secret until parade time then
puts them to work.
Betty, a high school art major,
does all the intricate detail work
and her father helps with the
structural part. She allows the
children to do flat work only,
"nothing detailed."
Sometimes, it's the last-minute
rush that counts in float making,
Betty says. She recalled how
last year she discovered . the
night before the parade that she
had skipped one whole side in
the final trimming because the
float was pushed snug to the
wall.
"Right then I knew that I
wouldn't get any sleep - that
night," she said. "We called in
a couple of friends to help us
and in three hours we had trim
med the forgotten side. It meas
ured just 18 x 6 feet but it looked
gigantic to us then."
And what will Betty do after
Carnival ends with the tolling of
church bells signaling the end
of revelry and the beginning of
Lent at midnight, Feb. 22?
""'m going to take a long vaca
tion and then start thinking
about next year's floats."
High School News Notes
By CYNTHIA RUKOVINA
Instructions in Latin Ameri
can dances, jitterbug and foxtrot
are being taught by Instructor
Ron Hamilton in the Hi school
Girls' Gym on Wednesday nights.
The lessons started last week
and an enthusiastic turnout in
dicates they will be continued.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, formerly
with Arthur Murray, have taught
dancing at the University of Cal
ifornia at Berkeley and also
danced professionally.
Deanna Bruning, junior, was
chosen as the February "Girl of
the Month" by 11 girls delegated
by the Girls' League Council.
Her selection was based on sev
eral personal qualities including
character, service to school, de
pendabilitv and initiative. She
was presented the Girls' League
pin to be worn by each "Girl of
the Month." At the end of the
year the names of all the monthly
winners will be placed on a bal
lot and the Girls' League will
choose a "Girl of the Year" who
will receive the pin permanently.
Came Back" and was divided up
for the two-day presentation.
Chi Epsilon, senior chapter of
Tri-Hi-Y sponsored a Mardi Gras
dance after the Ashland basket
ball game Saturday night. Chair
men for the dance were Nancy
Hamilton and Lanora Kyker.
Five orchestra students have
been chosen to represent Med
ford Hi at the all Northwest Or
chestra in Eugene, April 13 to
16. Those who will make the
trip are Sonja Peterson, Viola
Russell, Nancy Walstead, Shir
ley Stafford and Deanna Camp
bell. -. ,- r . '
Twenty members' of the sci
ence club Phy-Chem will go on
a field trip to the COPCO Com
puting Department next Thurs
day. This is one in a number of
field trips to' places of ' interest
to science students the club has
planned for the year. -
Movie Presented
Medford Hi boys were pre
sented a movie on Wednesday
and Thursday as part of the
Boys' League activities for : the
year. The movie was a sports
feature entitled "The Guy Who
The Pep Peppers of Klamath
Falls have extended an invita
tion to the Medford Hi Pep
club to a dinner before the game
next Friday in Klamath Falls.
The Pep Club is planning a trip
to the Pelican's home for the
game Friday night and will re
turn after the game.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30. previous day.
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