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Lowry to Speak At Phoenix High Graduation May 31 Phoenix State Sen. Phil ip D. Lowry of Medford will be principal speaker at Phoenix High school commencement Tuesday, May 31 at 8 p.m. in the gymnasium, Ernest R. James, superintendent of Phoenix schools has announced. Invocation during commence ment will be given by the Rev. LeRoy Nidever and the benedic tion will be given by the Rev. . Lee Shafer. Miss Nancy Hammers, class valedictorian, and Miss Marie Mitchell, class salutatorian, will speak, briefly during the pro- - gram. A. H. MacKintosh, chairman of the board of education, will make the presentation of diplo mas, and honors will be. present ed by Superintendent James. Band Will Play Phoenix Hign school's band will play the processional and recessional, and the triple trio will sing "Lift Thine Eyes" by Mendelssohn. The baccalaureate service will be held in the First Presbyter ian church in Phoenix, Sunday, May 29, at 8 p.m. Participating will be the Rev. R. L. Shafer, invocation; the Rev. Paul H. ' Webb, scripture lesson; the Rev. LeRoy Nidever, prayer of intercession; the Rev. W. V. McArthur, benediction; and the Rev. O. D. Swisher, sermon. Special music will consist of an organ prelude which will be played by Mrs. H. J. Loofbour row, and an anthem, "Bless This House," by the high school triple trio. Phoenix Students Name Ray Dahl President Phoenix .Ray Dahl was elected president of the Phoenix High school student body Fri day succeeding Ronald Bean. Other off icers ' elected includ ed Bill Madden, vice president; Sharon James, secretary; and Dorothy Good, treasurer. Cheer leaders elected were Barbara Blankenship, Jackie Beatty, Peg gy Chisum, Carol Clark and Irma Hoffman. Outgoing officers in addition to Bean include Jim Korth, vice president; Raydene Chisum, treasurer; and Audrey Hite, secretary. M. NUISANCE New London, Conn. (U.R) Officer Joseph Rafferty stopped a woman motorist because her automobile registration plates bore 1954 inserts. The woman ' promptly showed Rafferty her 1955 registration certificate. When asked where the new in serts for the plates were, she said, "Oh. those. I threw them way." Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other daya 5:30 oreviousday Thank You! We thank our many custo mers for their support in helping us to build our busi ness. Wo know that tho new owners, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vaughan will continue to give good service ant will appreciate your continued patronage. Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Forrest Dairie Delite Central Point mm SHOW STARTS 7:50 irS A SPREE "TlfcUT LITTLE OF GLEE! DRIFTING IN OCEAN 97 miles off Monterey, Cal, this un manned fishing boat, Otto, was photographed by Coast Guard plane searching for Herb Genelly, GuernevlUe, who was last seen aboard. Thursday when he headed out to sea. (International) Mercury Nov in View By J. HUGH PRUETT Astronomer. Extension Division Oregon Higher Education System Many who are ardent students of the skies claim they have never definitely spotted the planet Mercury. This little "mes senger of the gods" of ancient mythology spends so much of his time hiding in the rays of the blazing sun that only for short periods a few times each year is he easily seen. Then the observations must be made in the deepening western twilight or the advancing eastern dawn. During the coming week this elusive little world may be seen by all who are favored with clear skies, normal eyesight and the knowledge of where and how to look. This evening and every evening during the next week Mercury will set. almost two hours after sunset. The point on the horizon of setting for those who are not hindered by hills or buildings will be only Youth Admits Holding Gun That Killed Boy Portland U.R) A 13-year-old Portland boy Friday told police he had held the gun which fatally wounded his 14-year-old friend a week ago Saturday. David Schrock gave the new version of the shooting after the funeral for William Wool ridge. He said he had pointed the weapon at the wall and clicked the trigger first, but the weapon fired the second time he pulled the trigger, just as the victim jumped into the line of fire. Last Saturday he told police Woolridge had been killed when the dead boy pointed the weapon at his own chest, thinking the gun was not loaded, and pulled the trigger. Police said further action would be decided by the juv enile court. Bill on Homestead Lands Introduced Washington U.R) Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.) Saturday said he has introduced a bill to permit public sale of homestead lands unsuitable for tillage. Coon said the bill was particu larly aimed at tracts that lacked irrigation, as in the Fort Rock area in Lake county. However, he said there were "many thous and" such areas in Oregon. The bill would authorize com petitive bidding, not to be less than the appraised value of the land. KOPP TOP COP Milford, Conn. (U.R) Mil ford High School students held "Student Government Day" and gave the job of police chief to Paul Kopp. I flnrsmn.it.Tfli) I. Arthur Rank oresenrs 1 TIGHT ISLAND" Starring Basil Radford - Joan Greenwood A Universal International Release a little to the left of northwest. The planet will be about west northwest when first visible in the twilight. Near Horisen Mercury will appear like a fairly bright star near the hori zon. Considerably higher and to the right of this planet, the star Capella will be twinkling; high er and to the left, the twin stars Castor and Pollux. Do not con fuse these with Mercury. On Sunday evening, May 22, the crescent moon will be only slightly below our little planet with the points turned toward it as if to engulf it in the golden bowl. Mercury moves around an or bit nearer the sun than any of the other planets. Its diameter is only about 3,000 miles as com pared with the earth's 8,000. It makes a complete trip around the sun in about three months while the earth requires a year. To speculate regarding condi tions on the surface of Mercury is always interesting. It is gen erally considered that the planet keeps one side constantly turn ed toward the sun. This lighted side is so intensely hot that all water would quickly boil away, and any lead existing there would melt. Jeans, the English astronomer, has written that if there are rivers on Mercury, they are rivers of lead. Immortal Deity Mercury was one of the Im mortal deities of the Romans and was usually pictured as fly ing on winged shaped sandals through the twilight skies as he carries messages from the great er gods on lofty Mt. Olympus to the dreams of earth's humble children. He was pictured as an agile, thinly-clad youth, exulting in the delight of swift motion through the air. The poet Long fellow has him exclaim: "I fly, I float, I soar . . . O joy of motion! Oh delight to cleave the infinite realms of space . . . through warm sunshine and the cooling cloud." Be sure to look for our little messenger of the gods as he flies in the western twilight during the coming week. Medford Elks Lodge Commended in Magazine Medford Elks lodge is com mended in the May issue of The Elks Magazine for its annual sponsorship of the student gov ernment program. In a story headed "Medford, Ore., Elks' Project Rings Freedoms' Bell," the magazine comments that "Once again Medford Lodge 1168 scored a direct hit In the handling of its Student Govern ment Program." The program, Inaugurated sev en years ago by the Medford Elks, this year earned for Med ford High school the Freedoms Foundation Award' for citizen ship projects. Official publica tion of the Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks, The Elks Magazine has a monthly circula tion of more than a million. Roseburg Man Given 'One Year Contract' Roseburg (U.R) Tom J. Umphras of -Roseburg, has been awarded a one-year "con tract" as a result of his re cent appearance on a Los An geles television program. Umphras appeared on a Los Angeles television program with an invention he claimed would alleviate smog. During the show he mentioned money troubles at Roseburg, and Los Angeles police were waiting for him by the end of the com mercial. Umphras was sentenced to year in the stale prison Fri day by Douglas County Cir cuit Judge Carl Wimberly. after he pleaded guilty to pass ing spurious checks. $ Dead line Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other daya 8:30 oreviousday. "THE OLD OREGON" CATERING To Banquets and Private Parties Phoenix Ph. 2-7018 On The Side (Distributed by King BELIEVE ME, man. there is no greater bliss Than the quiet joy of a loving wife. Which whoso wants. half of himself does miss; Friend without change, playfellow without strife. Is this sweet doubling of our single lite. Sidney In Sweden every effort is made to dignify domestic serv ice and make it an attractive ac tivity. Maids are called "home assistants." They are unionized. Wnen a maid works after 7 p.m. she is paid overtime. In addition to regular days off the Swedish home assistant gets two weeks' vacation with pay. The house wife, or home manager, is ex pected to assume the same atti tude toward a home assistant as her husband would to an assist ant manager or a private secre tary at his office. Horses and Women Where can a young man with a promising future or one who has already achieved some de gree of success find a good wife? That's what our horses and women department will endeav or to ascertain fo rthe benefit of clients engaged in wife hunting. Our first suggestion calls for a thorough check of the airline hostesses. They are all bachelor ettes. All are good looking; some are "even beautiful. They have passed tests and had training and experience which rates them well above the average as matrimonial material. Of course, such grade AA girls are not easy to get. So I have asked our experts to prepare a series of helpful hints under the gen eral heading of "How to marry an airline hostess." Briefly Stephanie is a nice name. Give it consideration when discussing what to name your next female child ... An M.D. doesn't mind if you call him "Doc" but a D.D.S. always resents it. I don't know why. Anyway, don't make your dentist unhappy; address him as "Doctor." Passing By Roy Campanella. Brilliant Brooklyn backstop. The best catcher the Dodgers ever had. As Campanella goes so go the Dodgers. It is just as I said last winter, if Campanella is always in shape Brooklyn will win the pennant in a walk. It has been truly said that "pitching is 70 per cent of a ball club but a good catcher is 70 per cent of the pitching." Sidelights When women try on skirts do they ask for a chair to see how they look sitting down in the O TODAY'S HOTTEST NEWS ... IN TWO OF THE SCREEN'S HOTTEST ATTRACTIONS . . . IT'S HEADLINE HOT! EVERY SMASHING SCENE IS TRUE! , 1 .... tHAirvftC 111 Jii ...ak "w"k. IrrMi V:- 4 1 TTtO Crawford, y :i ifmtm cTi r MJUtfeJr OAT MAXWELL i bOROf S j : WtmW ANNE f S':S.-k V A ' oHi . NAISH H ELROY BARBARA ' CHESTER 1 f Ik ,i HIRSCH HALE MORRIS CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 12:45 BffliWillilillraffAYi ey e. v. Durimg Faaturn Syndicate. Inc.) skirt selected? Seems they really should ... At one time the best known sports writer in Los An geles was a man named H. Hil ton H. Siape-Munton . . . Statis tics indicate the most intelligent people are producing only one third of the number of children born to the less intelligent. In telligence is hereditary. So is the lack of it. Asking Queries from clients. Q. What were the odds on the first Tun-ney-Dempsey fight? A. Dempsey was a 5 to 11 favorite. Q. What is the record for below zero weather among the major cities of the United States? A. It was once 41 below zero in St. Paul, Minn. In Bismarck, N. D., the thermometer once registered 45 below zero. Flowers The State flower of Texas is the bluebonnet. Of Kentucky it is the goldenrod. Maybe the Ken tucky Derby should be called "run for the goldenrod" instead of "the run for the roses." The rose is the State flower of New York. No doubt you know what the official flower of your State is. If not, blush several blushes because of your ignorance and learn immediately. ANCIENT REMEDIES Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) Some 2,500 years ago, the Assyrians used drugs that would make quite a show today on the pre scription shelves. They had about 250 vegetable drugs, 120 mine ral drugs and some 180 still un identified ones, according to lo cal researchers (of the Arner Co.). SlO:363ECTDiVi:t PLUS -U AMERICAN ENDS TONITEI w M man vinM JOHN KMVTI vl VII Sunday, May IS, 1953 Unemployment Tax Receipts Up Salem (U.R) Receipts from unemployment taxes on 1955 payrolls msy be higher than for several years although increased coverage under the new legis lation does not go into effect until 1956, according to the State Unemployment . Compen sation Commission. Completed tabulations under experience rating indicate this year's' tax rate will be around 1.2 per cent, higher than since 1951. Actual receipts on first quarter wages already have reached $3,143,635, narly $300, 000 more than a year ago and highest for the period since 1951. If payrolls for the remaining months of 1955 continue to es tablish new Oregon records, re ceipts this year could be about the approximate $12,000,000 av erage of recent years. Despite a backward and cold spring, em ployment each month has ex ceeded the corresponding period of 1954. -MOLLY, SOON! delinquency; ...in Today's High Schools! You've Seen Prison Riots MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Multnomah Sheriff Asks Parents' Aid Portland U.R) Multnomah County Sheriff Terry Schrunk has asked parents to aid in halt ing a series of bomb threats which have closed several Port land area schools in recent weeks. The sheriff said such closures, even though temporary, had cost a considerable sum of money. He asked parents to sit down and discuss the seriousness of such pranks with the children. Sheriff Schrunk said such phony bomb threats would not be considered as practical jokes by his office, and promised to use all facilities at hand to ap prehend such offenders. He said the juvenile court treats such acts as serious of fenses. New York (U.R) Handy Harman, bullion dealers, has raised the price of silver in New York by IVi cents to 89 cents a fine ounce, tht second price boost in a week. CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 12:45 P.M. :CElSEB ASHLAND - Richard TODD Jon PETERS You've Seen Inhuman Guards You've Seen Convicts Slugged in Their Cells By Other Convicts You've Never Seen What You Will See In au r-i nil i Dio de Janeiro is growing at a rate of some 70,000 persons a year. Its population now is esti mated at 2,650,000. I REGULAR PRICES TONITE MON. TUES. 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