Cerebral Palsy
Organization Here
Formed Last Week
United Cerebral Palsy of Jack
son County, an organization to
provide information on the little
known disease, was set up at a
meeting here Friday noon at the
Medford hotel.
A group of those interested
met and elected Jack Fitzgerald
president. Other officers are
John Snider, first vice-president;
Dick Woodcock, second vice
president; George Pollski, treas
urer, and Mrs. Clyd Chriss, sec
retary. Th organization was accom
plished by S. J. (Bob) Rice Jr.,
formerly of Medford, now re
gional director for United Cere
bral Palsy Associations Inc., with
headquarters in Tacoma, Wash.
To Meet Thursday
Next meeting of the group will
be Thursday, March 24, at 7:30
p.m. at the Medford hotel. Any
one interested in the movement
Is invited, according to Rice.
Cerebral palsy, a disease as
old as history, has been little
understood. It was only recently
that enough was known about it
to begin an organized battle
against the disease. It was in
1949 that groups of parents of
afflicted children began to get
together to help solve their mu
tual problems.
The national organization is
an outgrowth of those meetings.
Most if the funds collected by
the UCP go for community and
atate programs ot treatment,
education, employment, recrea
tion, transportation, guidance,
research and training.
The local group plans no im
mediate fund drives, but will
concentrate on disemminating
Information on the disease.
Mario Murray Selected 4-H
Member for Month of March
Sunday, March 20, 19SS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB
Marjo Murray, 17. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Murray,
3734 Crater Lake highway, Med
ford, has been chosen by the,!
executive committee of the
Jackson County 4-H Leaders' as
sociation as 4-H club member
for the month of March.
She is starting her ninth year
in club work. Her projects have
ranged from livestock, includ
ing dairy and swine, to cloth
ing, cooking, freezing and for
estry. Miss Murray's 4-H activities
have included judging in three
annual county-wide livestock
tours, attending summer school
at Corvallis and counselling at
the Jackson County 4-H sum
mer camp. Marjo exhibited the
champion gilt in 1951 At the
county fair and won blue
awards for her dairy exhibits
in 1947, '49, and '54. This year
she has been elected treasurer
of the Antelope Home Econom
ics club and secretary of the
Antelope Dairy club.
Social Activities
School activities keep her
busy. She plays a french horn
in the Medford High school or
chestra and band, and is secre
tary for the latter. Other activ
ities include GAA and working
Teenage Drivers Top
Record of Adults
Ontario (U.R) Teenage
drivers in Payette county,
Idaho and Malheur county.
Ore., have won a rwo-month
afe-driving contest with adult
motorists.
Accidents involving adult
driven caused four deaths in
Malheur county during the
period, which began Jan. 17.
No traffic deaths involved
younger motorists.
The accident ratio was 5-1 in
favor of the teenagers, but the
adult drivers outnumbered
teenagers by about the same
ratio, evening up the staticlics.
4-H Club News
Central Point Club
Central Point Swine Club met
at the Legler home on Feb. 28
called to order by Pres. Russell
Frink. All members were pres
ent but Jim Frink. who was
sick. We have two new mem
bers, Jeff Anhorn and Richard
Russell.
Main topic for the evening
was arranging our display at
the drug store in Central Point,
which was our equipment used
in showing and caring for our
pigs, ribbons won by members,
pictures and various kinds of
feed.
At close of the meeting re
freshments were served by Mrs
Legler and Rose Marie.
Next meeting will be at Rich
ard Russell's, March 28 at 8 p.m
Willie Debrick
Reporter
Gold Hill Club
Sewing Birds 4-H club of Gold
Hill met at Mrs. Newland's
home. Present were Lyndall
Mundy, May Brown, Marie
Jones, Betty Lou Brown, Jan
Newland, Jenny Lou Thompson.
Next meeting will be at Mrs.
Newland's home April 6.
Jenny Lou Thompson
Reporter
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MISS MARJO MURRAY
Named Month's 4-H Clubber
on the annual Girls' League as
sembly. This year Marjo will
be seen as Mrs. Ames in the
senior play, "Heaven Can Wait.
With her sister, Nyla, 13, Marjo
spends a great deal of time
riding, and is a member of the
Junior Posse and the Junior Ore
gon Kennel club.
The Murray home is located
on 48 acres of diversified farm
ing land where the family has
18 dairy cows. Her father is
employed at the Medford Mail
Tribune. Mrs. Murrav teaches
at the Howard school. The fam
ily's interests center around the
raising of Weimeraner dogs.
Marjo explains that this unus
ual sportsman's dog was orig
inally bred exclusively for the
crown prince of Germany but
during the last war they were
released to the rest of the world.
The Murrays also have five
horses on their ranch.
After graduation from high
school Marjo plans to enroll at
San Diego State college to ob
tain a B.S. in education. She
vould like very much to spec
ialize in the education of blind
children and would later enroll
in a special course in San Fran
cisco State college.
Truck Raised From
Bottom of Columbia
The Dalles (U.R) The truck
and trailer rig which plunged
off the Maryhill Ferry near here
Vednesday and sank to the bot
tom of the Columbia river was
raised from the swift current
late Friday afternoon.
A preliminary inspection
showed little or no damage to
the rig. which was operated by
West Coast Fast Freight, Inc.
Much of the cargo also was un
hurt.
Harold Maiken, diver for
Commercial Divers, Inc., of
Portland, went down into the
rough and muddy waters three
times Friday. He attached lines
to the trailer and its tractor.
A caterpillar tractor on the
shore pulled the tractor to the
bank shortly after 6 p.m. Lines
from the trailer were attached
to a barge to keep the sunken
vehicle from overturning.
The driver, H. A. Trogdon,
leaped to safety as the truck
rolled 'off the ferry.
Grange
Gold Hill Grange
Thirteen candidates, from
Eagle Point, Central Point, Roxy
ann and Gold Hill Granges were
given the first and second de
grees at the regular meeting of
Gold Hill Grange March 17.
Witnessing the degree work,
was sizeable delegation from
the Granges mentioned, also
Griffin Creek. Present also, was
State Overseer Wm. Howes,
Master Harold Gebhard of Cen
tral Point and Master Mabel
Wertx of Eagle Point.
In celebration of its twentieth
anniversary March 6, group
of charter members were hon
ored: Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Chris
tensen, Mrs. Carrie Puhl, Mrs.
Ethel Martin and D. Estramado,
all present members of Gold Hill
Grange and Earl Croft, currently
a member of Griffin Creek
Grange. Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Fiene, charter members, also, are
now in California. Mr. Fiene
was Gold Hill's first master. .
Mrs. Christensen read a paper
on the history of the Grange, and
Mr. Estramado sang a group of
songs to the accompaniment of
his daughter, Mary Jacks, on the
accordion.
Refreshments were served In
the dining room.
There will be a special meet
ing of the Grange March 24 for
conferring the third and fourth
degrees. All ladies are again re
quested to bring sandwiches and
cake.
Gold Hill H.E.C. will meet on
this same date, as will also the
Juvenile Grange. There will be
a rehearsal of the third and
fourth degree team Monday eve
ning, March 21.
Shady Cove Grange
Shady Cove Grange will meet
Wednesday, March 23. The birth
day potluck dinner will be serv
ed at 7 p.m. Ladies are asked to
bring a main dish and a salad or
dessert. Diners should bring
their own table service.
Basketball Tournament Offers
Reacquaintance Opportunities
By CYNTHIA RUKOVINA
Eugene, Ore. The 1955
Oregon A-l State Basketball
tournament being held here in
Eugene this week is proving to
be a time for reacquaintances
with old friends and meeting
new ones. It affords many forms
of entertainment besides the big
events of the tournament games,
and gives a chance to see how
the other Oregon .Class A-l
schools support their teams.
One past
time especial
ly enjoyed by
the girls is
viewing the
outfits the
various Pep
Teams wear to
the games.
One of the
most original
are the In
dians costumes
worn by Cleveland High of
Portland. The girls wear white
outfits trimmed in sequins and
fringe and the boys wear simi
lar tan suits and are made up
with war paint. They also wear
feathered bands and mocassins.
Even though it is a closed
week for the university, many
students are getting a chance
to see Medford High graduates
who are attending here and
those who come down from
Oregon State for the games. A
welcome sight on arriving on
campus is a big sign reading
Always On Top Go-Go-Go,
Medford" hung outside the top
floor of the girls' dorm, Hen
dricks hall, where 1954 MHS
graduates Joy Adams and El
eanor Liebbrand are rooming.
Housing Varies
Medford rooters are lodging
in various places on and off the
campus. The Black Tornado
team is staying at the Manor
hotel and the pep Team is at
the Osburn hotel. Several boys
are rooming at fraternities over
the tournament week. Staying
with the Sigma Phi Epsilons are
Mike DeVore, Jack Day, Alton
Stone, Ed Manley, Rich Keister,
Jim Yink, Buddy Brittsan and
Jeff Williams. Gordon Smith
and Jackie Gault are living in
the Alpha Tau Omega house for
the week. Staying at the Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity are Paul
Eckel, Ray Williams, Ken Pi
land and Bill Dyer.
One group of senior girls is
staying at a vacant house own
ed by Gilbert Sorum of Med
ford. They are sleeping on cots
and cooking some of their own
meals. They are being chaper
oned by Mrs. Richard Rhymes.
The group includes Charlene
Cook, Shirley Riggs, Dorothy
McGraw, Dorothy Rhymes, El
aine Sorum, and Anna Rae
Buteau.
Miss Pat Piland, former MHS
student now living in Eugene
and attending the new Eugene
High school, held a get-together
party '- '-orae Thursday
night for MHS, EHS, and col
lege students. It was a fine
chance for the rooters of the
different schools to get acquain
ted and also to see the Medford
Higti alumni again. It was also
an opportunity for those who
knew Pat's folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Piland, to see them again
at the party.
The student recreation cen
ter, the Erb Memorial, has
been a meeting place for all
those attending the tournament.
Among the great features of the
Erb are the downstairs bowl
ing, ping-pong, and pool fac
ilities open to the attending
high schools. Also planned for
their enjoyment are the nightly
dances held upstairs in the SU
ballroom after the games.
G. L. Assembly Monday
Monday, before leaving for
Eugene, the Girl's League held
their regular monthly meeting
presided over by Sue DeVoe,
president. Marion Cantrall, sen
ior, was named as the March
'Girl of the Month' for her out
standing service to the league
and the school.
The skit was a 'Follies Re
hearsal' directed by Kathleen
Guiley and presented by the
senior class. It was the last of
three given by the individual
classes as part of a contest to
choose the best one.
The results were announced
at the' end of the skit after the
judges arrived at their decision
WEATHER By" United Prett
Northern California: Fair
Sunday; little change in tem
perature and humidity.
by means of awarding so many
points for each presentation. The
seniors were dubbed winners
for the best assembly and re
ceived suckers to enjoy in their
seventh period classes.
Slates Midwinter Meet
Portland (U.R) The Oregon
Licensed Beverage Association
will hold its midwinter jamboree
here today and Monday.
Among the speakers slated to
address the group are Marshall
Dana of Portland, assisfant to the
president of the U. S. National
Bank, and Rev. John J. O'Hara
of Pendleton.
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