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hoover CommissioN Government's Transportation Washington (U.R) The Hoover Commission thinks the government can save itself $150, 000,000 a year if it will only stop such things as, air lifting dogfood to Okinawa and ship ping private cars all over the globe. In a sharply critical report last night, the commission Eaid the governments whole trans portation system, civilian and military, is plaqued with "dupli High School By CYNTHIA RUKOVINA Music, Music, Music! This was the theme of the week as the muisic department prepared for .. . . , the Spring Concert, and the An nual Music contest to be held this week. The Spring Concert, held Friday night, featured the A Cap pella Choir, Boy's and Girl's Glee, band, and the orchestra The contest, to start next Thurs day, will have music students from the surrounding high schools besides those from the host school, Medford. The primary student body elections for next year were completed Thursday with the following juniors to compete in the finals next Thursday: presi dent, Monty Hoist and Bruce Kellington; vice-president, Dave Bosworth and Nancy McKeown; secretary, Mira Forhnmayer and Maralee Chisholm; treasur er, Rosalee Johnson and Jeanne Huffman; business manager, Janet Perry and John Foust; Yell King, George Flanagan and Dick Arnold; Yell Queen, Carol Denman and Nellie Rawlings. Cake Bake The Future Homemakers of America are sponsoring a cake baking contest for the cooking class girls. Entries are to be pre sented Monday and prizes will be awarded for originality. The Montagues, master ma gacians, will be presented in a morning assembly to the student body by the National School As sembly program on April 12. They will be assisted by Myrnel la, the memory lady. The Tweakers defeated the Senior Wieners last Friday 23 21 for the championship of the Saturday Basketball league. The winners will have their names engraved on the championship cup presented by the Boys' League. Nancy. Hamilton, senior, was snnounced as the first prize winner in the 20th annual na tional essay contest in the re gional judging. Stan Culy and Sue DeVoe were named second and third place winners respec tively. The contest was spon sored by the ladies auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U. S. in cooperation with the educators and free press of America. The theme was "What Civil Defense Means to Me." Several sophomore girls from MHS took part . in the Easter lily sell downtown Saturday. They also viewed a film Thurs day concerning the use of the money collected by the annual sell. Honor Initiation Torch Honor, MHS chapter of the National Honor society, will hold its annual initiation in the school cofeteria Tuesday night. Sophomores who have earned the right of membership are: Jane Barker, Joyce Berch, Dot Erickley, Sandra Califf, Sharley Cox, Sue Donna Doolen, Ann Garner, Melva Gebhard, Diana Getchell, Mary Jane Guetzloff, CALF CAPTURED New York (U.R) Police were caught short without a lasso Sunday when a calf got loose as it was being unloaded at a Man hattan freight yard. Patroiman George McCarthy captured the critter by throwing a strait jack et over its head. CUTE l&TT dm Beautiful White and Gold Cross Also Bunnies, Chicks, Panoramic Eggs Many Styles and Colors o x cation, inefficiency and waste." It made a series of recommen dations designed to put the sys tem on what it called a "modern management" basis. These call for creation of a military trans portation director and centraliz ed civilian operation. Many Shortcomings The 12-man group, headed by former President Herbert Hoover, is making a continuing study of government operations News Notes Eetty Hershiser, Georgia Hicks, Meredith Huggins, Marilyn Par sens, Ruth Phillips, Marge Sel by, Sharon Sieman, Frieda Van Riper, Kay Nicodemus, Kenneth Arnold, James Boyd, Robert Eright, Jerry Close, Edward Coyle, Bill Frake, Dennis Pat ton, John Reader, and Xath ryn Stewart. Because of an amendment passed by the club allowing members to receive a semester grade of C in physical educa tion, there will be these juniors and senior among the initiates David Gault, Don Webar, Mar guerite Lamp, Jean Miller, Elaine Cox, Lorin Jacobs, Charles Kanehl. Edward Man- ley, and Jack Terzenback. Physician Caring For Mrs. Eisenhower Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower returned from a week end at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm Sunday night but Mrs. Ei senhower remained behind at tended by a White House physic ian. She was expected to return today. White House spokesmen ex plained that Mrs. Eisenhower usually has a physician avail able to her because she has had a heart murmur since childhood. However, they said she was not ill. The President had planned to stay another night at the farm, but cut short his holiday to spend Sunday evening with his brother, a Tacoma, Wash., attorney. The President was accompanied on his return by Mrs. Eisenhower's mother, Mrs. Elivera Doud. BURGLAR NOW EQUIPPED Omaha, Neb. (U.R) A burg lar at the Seaborn McGinnis home took a gas stove, a chest of drawers, a bookcase, bed springs and a mattress, and a set of children's books. Motorists in New York state require more than 8,000,000 gal lons of gasoline daily for their motor vehicles. 1 SPRING IN THE AIR Bar bara Luke is florally framed as blossomtime comes to the Redwood Empire, coastal stretch between San Fran risco and Josephine County, Oregon. Blossoming orchards and bright wildflowers are soring the early picnickers. EASTER Decorations SEP!! Pretty Bonnet" 1 -Tk Ducklings With Hand Made Bonnets Sharply Criticizes to see how they can be improved. In criticizing government trans portation, it cited many alleged shortcomings. For one thing, it said a theater commander ordered the military air transport service to fly dog food from the West . Coast to Okinawa. As a result, it said, "certain dogs in Okinawa had avialable to them dogfood at an overall cost per pound probably setting a world's record." Car Pools Suggested A commission task force also criticized the way the military has been shipping the personal cars of its personnel overseas. It suggested as an alternative that car pools be created in foreign Winners Listed In High Schools' Speech Contest Several Medford students ! were winners in divisions of the annual southern Oregon district high school speech contest, held Friday and Saturday in Ashland High school. Taking part were students from Ashland, Grants Pass, Crater High school, Med ford and Talent. The Grants Pass debate team, made up of Sheryl Youde, Joyce Payte, Bruce McAllister and Tom Denney, won the debate contest. Poetry reading winners were Janet Saltus, Ashland, first; Jean Miller, Grants Pass, second and Zoe Turner, Crater, third. In oratory the winners were Joyce Payte, Grants Pass, first; Lynn Mannan, Grants Pass, sec ond and Nathan Douthit, Cra ter, third. Radio Speaking . Radio speaking winners were Dan Kellington, Medford, first; Sheryl Youde, Grants Pass, sec ond, and Bruce Kellington, Med ford, third. Winning in the im promptu speaking division were Richard Lamb, Ashland, first; Lyman Mannan, Grants Pass, second, and Emil Muhs, Med ford, third. After-dinner speaking win ners were Peggy Pearson, Grants Pass, first; Deanne Day ton, Grants Pass, second, and Joe Burns, Medford Junior high school, third. For humorous reading first went to Verity Day, Crater; second, Steve Han son, Grants Pass, and third, Jon na Henson, Medford. Serious Reading Winning in the division for serious reading were Mildred Gail, Crater, first; Nathan Dout hit, Crater, secondhand Dan-Kell-ington, Medford, third. Extemp oraneous reading winners were Richard Lamb Ashland, first; Joyce Payte, Grants Pass, sec ond, and, Bruce McCallister, Grants Pass, third. Panel discussion winners were Greg Monroe, Ashland, first; Sheryl Youde, Grants Pass, sec ond and Tom Denney, Grants Pass, third. First and second place winners will go to the state contest to be held at Oregon State college April 15-16 and third place win ners will be alternates. Remodeling Started For Toy House Site Remodeling began today at the former location of Barnard's cov ering store, 317 East Main st. The Toy House, will be moved there when the project is com pleted, David W. Koblik of the toy shop announced today. It is expected that the remodeling work will take about two or three weeks.. The move from the South Bartlett St., location is being made so that the toy firm may add additional and more com plete lines of toys and allied items,, Koblik explained. Savings grow, too! mm System countries so "automobiles for personal use could be rented from the pool at a reasonable rate." Rep. Chet Holifield (D-Calif.), a commission member who ex pressed "reservations" about some of the recommendations, said the proposed ban on trans porting automobiles overseas would present "a serious morale factor" among military person nel. Five Persons Hurt In Two Week End County Accidents Five persons were injured, none critically, in two week end automobile accidents in Jackson county, according to ambulance, state police and hospital reports. Allison George Mullineaux, 20, Grants Pass, and a passenger, Nola Wolff, 18, Grants Pass, were taken to Community hos pital early Sunday by Medford Ambulance service, after the car in which they were riding left the Crater Lake highway and plunged over an embankment about a mile this side of Casey State park. Both were thrown free, and the car burned, police reported. Police were informed this Miss Wolff was tuning a car radio arid the driver glanced over at the radio for a moment, when the car left the road. Hurts Not Serious Miss Wolff was examined at the hospital and was not con fined there. Mullineaux was in "good" condition this morning, hospital attendants said. Mrs. Ruth Wing Grants Pass, and Mr. and Mrs. Loren Florey, Stockton, Calif., were taken to Josephine county general hospi tal yesterday after their cars col lided on Highway 99, officers re ported. None was thought ser iously hurt, although both cars were heavily damaged. 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