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
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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.
The accident happened in the
Foots Creek area .police said.
About 90 per cent of the water
of Niagara Falls goes over on
the side of the Canadian falls.
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