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
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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.
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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
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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.).
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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
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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.
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