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Sircoiniger in Medffoird
Medford's city school super
intendent of six days, Leonard
B. Mayf ield, has a sign on the wall
behind his desk. It reads. "It is
easier to do a job right than to
explain why you didn't."
After watching him in action
the past year as assistant super
intendent, teachers and fellow
workers are well aware that he
follows his own signs.
No Stranger
Mayfield is no stranger to
Medford schools. He came here
in 1939 and for five years served
as principal of the high school.
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The last half of the 1944 season,
he even coached the football
0 team. He remembers having un
der him, those few games, star
fullback Bob Watson, recently
appointed assistant backf ield
coach at Oregon State college.
Mayfield was born in the lum
ber producing town of Estacada,
about 20 miles southeast of Port
land. His father was a sawmill
foreman. Young "Len" went to
grade school there, and later in
Gladstone. He graduated from
Oregon City High school in 1923.
In the fall of 1924, he entered
the University of Oregon, and
came out five years later with a
bachelor's degree in physical ed
ucation . . . and a fiancee. The
last three years of his college
days he taught part time in
Springfield High and grade
schools.
Married in 1930
While at the university. May
field, like any other campus man,
was not so involved with studies
that he didn'Phave time to take
note of his classmates. One day
his junior year he met Alice Mil-
dred Miller, a sophomore in art
and interior decorating. In 1930
they were married.
They now have a girl, Karen,
11, and an 8-year-old boy, Mike.
After graduation, Mayfield
came south and took a coaching
job at Grants Pass. He stayed for
three years, then went to Oregon
City High as coach of football,
wrestling, and track.
Looking back, he recounts
with satisfaction that at all of his
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first three schools, his teams
won championships. At Spring
field he took the district title in
football. At Grants Pass one
year, and Oregon City two years,
his teams claimed the mythical
state championship. In those
days there were no state play
offs and state titles were claimed
on the basis of win-loss records.
His Oregon City elevens went
both years undefeated, and one
year unscored-against.
Back To Grants Past
In 1937, Mayfield returned to
Grants Pass High, this time as
MAYFIELD
School Superintendent
principal. After two years, he
left to join its strongest rival in
the pear and football town of
Medford. He held the principal's
post here until 1944, then jour
neyed north again to assume su
perintendent's duties for Coos
Bay schools.
He decided to enter the com
mercial world in 1951, and estab
lished a successful hardware bus
iness. But when he got a call from
the Medford school board, he
went back with education.
In August of 1954 he moved
his family here and became as
sistant superintendent of School
District 49. During the past year
he has reacquainted himself with
the educational set-up and helped
with the tremendous construc
tion program still in progress.
Six days ago he was sworn in as
superintendent, replacing the
man he readily acknowledges to
be the dean of Oregon educators,
E. H. Hedrick.
Fourth Generation
The new superintendent notes,
with understandable pride, that
he is the fourth generation of
Mayfields to have lived in Ore
gon. Several of his relatives, past
and present, have been engaged
in fields of teaching.
Included in his background is
graduate work at the University
of Oregon, University of Wash
ington, Stanford University, and
University of California. He
earned a master's degree in ed
ucational administration from
1 the University of Oregon in 1938,
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and is currently working on his
doctorate from Oregon.
In his one year re-orientation,
Mayfield has become as well ac
quainted as possible with . the
District 49 team. Although a con
stant stream of duties and prob
lems prevented attainment of his
original aim to visit every class
room, he still intends to do so.
Policies Similar
As for future policies of Med
ford schools, they will be almost
identical with those developed by
Hedrick. Mayfield believes in
"bascially the same program."
He intends to "keep the best of
the old and add the best of the
new."
He emphasizes that Medford
will not jump at every proposed
change in school methods. He
prefers to wait, perhaps testing
out the innovation in his own
school system, but never discard
ing the old until the new is
proved effective.
Mayfield is convinced of the
soundness of Medford's strong
academic platform. He reasons
that If local students can do well
in measurable, competitive ac
tivities (sports, music, speech)
then by the same token they can
excel in the non-measurable sol
id courses.
Aim Is Responsibility
Finally, the aim of the school,
according to Mayfield, is to give
the student as much responsibil
ity as he proves he can carry
well.
Mayfield himself is a dark
complexioncd man, his black
hair set off by tufts of white. He
stands about 5 feet 7 inches tall,
is stockily built, and could out
walk most bigger men. He has
a brisk though genial air about
him, whether puzzling out a con
struction snare with a foreman
or striding across the hall to con
sult with his assistant, Elliott
Becken.
Perhaps his predecessor, E. H.
Hedrick, best answered the ques
tion "how will Mayfield do?"
"Why," declared Hedrick con
fidently, "I think Len's going to
do ALL right." .
New Owners Arrive
To Start Operation
Of The Dardenelle
Mr. and Mrs. James Bucklin
arrived last week in the valley
from Merced, Calif., to operate
The Dardenelle dinner house
and lounge near Gold Hill.
The Bucklins now are remod
eling the kitchen and installing
new equipment in the establish
ment. They also are adding an
outdoor patio for dancing and a
barbecue pit which may be used
for private parties.
In the near future they plan
also to build 10 motel units.
The Bucklins have had 30
years experience in catering to
the public in resort areas. Buck
lin said that they plan to make
this their permanent home.
Frank Holman Hess is their
chef. He has worked in the mid
east and south, including the
Claypool hotel, Indianapolis,
Ind., Sherman house, Chicago,
111., and in Shreveport, La., and
Washington, D. C.
Jim Pierce and his Night
Hawks are furnishing dance
music and the business is in op
eration nightly. A grand open
ing is planned soon.
Drainage area of New Orleans
lies below sea level and also be
low the level of the Mississippi
river.
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Tape Recordings Used as Correspondence
By Local Man With Friends Around World
A Manchester, England, news
paper recently reported that
one of the residents of that city
was puzzled to hear Chinese
come from an electronic record
ing tape she received from Med
ford, Oregon, U.S.A.
The "why" of the story goes
a bit further back, to the day
when Sam Taylor, who lives off
Beall lane near Central- Point,
got interested in the idea of
sending tape recordings, instead
of letters, to friends and
acquaintances.
One thing led to another, and
Taylor one day shipped off a
tape to Miss Marjorie Elliott, in
the English city.
Machines Different
Because of a difference in ma
chines, she first played the
tape too fast, and in her reply
told her new acquaintance that
it sounded like a woman talk
ing Chinese. This gave Taylor
an idea.
He went to Mrs. D. Kirkland
West, wife of the Presbyterian
minister here, who learned to
speak Chinese fluently during
her years of missionary work,
and asked her to record a brief
message for the English girl
in Chinese. This Mrs. West did.
Miss Elliott's next tape started
off with what sounded like a
woman talking Chinese. And. as
Sam triumphantly told her as
the unfamiliar language ceased,
"that WAS a woman talking
Chinese."
This is only one incident in
many friendly contacts Taylor
has had with new friends around
the world since he became in
terested in tape conversations.
His most recent project is a
sort of "mutual assistance" ex
periment in education, with the
Shady Cove school and some of
its students at one end, and the
Taupaki school (in a village
near Aukland) in New Zealand,
on the other end.
Taylor has set up an exchange
of voices singing, and asking
and answering questions using
his recording equipment and
that of the headmaster of the
school, John E. MacDonald.
Taylor and MacDonald feel that
the youngsters, by actually hear
ing each others voices, can gain
a clearer picture of what life is
like across the waters.
Taylor has supplemented this
with colored slides, letters and
other material, which MacDon
ald uses in talks before groups
of parents and -patrons of his
Street Oiling Set
In Central Point
Central Point A second ap
plication of oil on seven Cen
tral Point streets is slated to
start tomorrow or Tuesday, City
Recorder Arden Pinkham has
reported.
The application will be made
by Hughes and Dodd company
of Medford. The first coat of oil
was spread on streets last week.
Streets receiving oil are Sec
ond st. from Hazel to Bush sts.;
Bush st. from Front to Fourth
sts.; Eighth st. from Pine to
Hazel sts.; Maple st. from Front
to Tenth sts.; Ash st. from Front
to Freeman rd.; Ninth st. from
Pine to Manzanita sts.; and
Third st. from Oak to Ash sts.
Thinner . Application .
Pinkham said a thinner appli
cation will be made on remain
ing streets where traffic is not
heavy, and that oil may be
spread around corners or turn
ing radius at intersections if
enough oil in the second carload
is available.
City officials urged residents
to refrain from walking or driv
ing through fresh oil for at least
a day.
CAP Squadron Here
Plans Swim Party
The Medford squadron of the
Civil Air patrol will hold a
swimming party at Twin Plunges
in Ashland Monday, Aug. 8, in
stead of the regular meeting.
All members and friends plan
ning to attend should meet at
the Medford airport at the CAP
building between 6 and 6:30
p.m. if they need transportation.
If refreshments are desired after
swimming members are remind
ed to bring enough money to
purchase their food at the pool
concession.
Sheriff's Officers
Probe Hobby Thefts
Sheriff's officers were investi
gating Friday thefts of hobby
equipment from the garage of
George J. Smith, route 1, box
334, Gold Hill.
Smith reported that a skill-
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two-room school. A clipping
from an Aukland newspaper has
this to say about it:
"For information about cur
rent prices of used cars in the
United States, just ask the child
ren of the school at Taupaki, a
village between Swanson and
VOICES TO NEW ZEALAND Mrs. Norean Conway, teacher
in the seventh grade at the Shady Cove school, and a group of
youngsters from the school are shown above during a recent
meeting when they recorded questions and answers to be sent
to a school in New Zealand. The Antipodean youngsters will,
in return, answer the questions and ask some of their own.
The plans is the idea of Sam Taylor, in who home the meet
ing was held, who now "corresponds" via voice message with
new friends all over the world. He is a member of an organ
ization called World Tape Pals. The map shown above the
group has pins stuck in the 16 spots in the world where Taylor
has tape pals, and pictures of some of them are pasted around
the rim of the map. Taking part in the recording session are
Mrs. Conway, left; Benny Nork, 14, and Susan Knotts, 10,
standing; and Sharon Bowdoin, 12, and Carl Rone, 13, seated
facing microphone. Susan is reading from a list of questions
which may by now have arrived, via tape, in New Zealand.
(Brainerd photo)
Kemeu. They have it all taped
on their headmaster's recorder."
The article goes on to tell how
MacDonald has corresponded
with people in the United States,
and commenting on the ex
change with Taylor, adds:
"With Medford speaking di
rectly to Taupaki school, Mr.
MacDonald says, 'The children
now have an indelible picture of
the people there and how they
live. They will probably learn
more from the Taylors than
from anyone and vice versa.'
Studies Corns Alive
"With coloured slides Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor have sent, the social
studies really come alive. At the
other end, the Taupaki tapes
have been a source of constant
interest in at least one house
hold and later are expected to
be heard in a local school.
"Mr. MacDonald's efforts may
also be pioneering a new proce
dure in New Zealand schools.
Approval Predicted
For Payment Plans
The next session of Congress
is expected to approve a plan
under which federal government
will make payments to local gov
ernments in lieu of property
taxes for federal holdings, ac
cording to Clark Walker, presi
dent of the Medford Realty
board.
The. Commission on Intergov
ernmental Operations, recently
recommended that the national
government "inaugurate a broad
system of payments in lieu of
property taxes to state and local
governments," adding that such
payments "are necessary to help j
preserve financially healthy '
local governments.!'
"Realtors have long advocated ;
such an arrangement by, which
the federal government pays for 1
the services it receives from the
local government," Walker said.
He said the problem of fed-!
eral tax immunity has become ;
more pronounced in recent ;
years, with the situation being j
particularly severe in areas
where the value of federal hold
ings is a large part of total prop
erty values. '
saw, portable electric handsaw. !
an electric hobby . engraving !
tool, and . a three-quarter inch
die and ratchet handle were j
stolen some time between June !
14 and July 27. He estimated j
their value at about $115.
The education department is in
terested, for the tape recorder
has value in speech training.
Mr. MacDonald says: 'If, when
he hears it played back, a pupil
doesn't like the way he has said
something, he asks for it to be
erased and done again'."
Taylor has had his tape re
cording machine for some time,
and when he first acquired it,
did "the usual things," such as
recording the. voices of members
of his family, favorite radio pro
grams, and so on. But "after the
novelty wore off," he said, it
just sat in the closet.
Sent Tap to Mother
One day, however, he got to
thinking about his mother, who
was ill, and wondered why he
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couldn't send her recordings
from the whole family. This he
did, the tape was played on his
brother's recorder, his mother
hugely enjoyed it, and the whole
thing was a success.
At about this time he heard
about an, organization called
World Tape Pals, which is set
up to exchange information and
addresses about recorder fans
around the world. Operated
from a Dallas, Tex., headquar
ters, it has the slogan, "World
Peace Is Simply a Matter of
Understanding," and publishes
a periodical with information
about recorders, about projects
undertaken by members, and
with address lists and occasional
supplementary lists.
Language, of course, is a bar
rier in the international ex
change of tapes, just as it is in
letters, and the membership
roster of the organization re
flects this in the longer lists
under the English-speaking coun
tries. But there are many in non-English-speaking
countries too.
In Many Countriei
Taylor, in fact, corresponds
with tape-friends in Denmark,
The Netherlands and Sweden, as
well as seven persons in the
United States, four in England,
and individuals in Alaska and
New Zealand.
When students at the Shady
Cove school gathered with a
teacher, Mrs. Norean Conway,
at Taylor's home recently to re
cord for their New Zealand
friends, Taylor was ready with
a collection of pictures of the
other youngsters to show them,
and a description of how their
acquaintanceship could grow.
And, in encouraging this ex
change between youngsters, Sam
can point to the motto of the
"Pals" organization: World
peace is simply a matter of
understanding.
Dr. Laurel G. Case
To Open Practice
Dr. Laurel G. Case arrived
in Medford recently accompan
ied by his wife and their child
ren, John and Robert, from
Wichita, Kan. A physician and
surgeon, Dr. Case soon will open
a general practice at 1000 West
Main st.
The family has purchased the
former E. P. Merrick residence
at 1432 East Main st. -
Dr. Case has been studying
surgery for two years at Wichita
and he is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Kansas school of medi
cine. Before going to Wichita
he was in general practice at
Enterprise, Kan.
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360 Attend Annual
Antelope 4-H Fair
As Awards Given
About 360 people attended
the Antelope community 4-H
fair Wednesday. Judges for
showmanship and judging eon
tests were Warren Bayliss of
Yankee Creek ranch, and Nat
Etzel, instructor of agriculture
at Eagle Point High school.
Linda Malloroy of Antelope
was the championship for beef
fitting ,and David Woolfolk of
Antelope won the advanced
champion for beef showmanship.
Annette Drager of Bellview won
the intermediate showmanship
and Noel Dunlap of Applegata
won the beginner's class.
Dairy Showmanship q
Ken Bitterling of Antelope
won advanced class in dairy
showmanship, with Karen Jossy
of Antelope first in intermedi
ate and Art Gardner of Ante
lope first in beginner's class.
In sheep showmanship, Donna Q
Mays of Bellview won advanced
competition, and Annette Dra
ger of Bellview won interme
diate. Advanced champion in swine
showmanship went to Ann Hig
day of Antelope while Bill Hub
bard and Art Gardner, both of
Antelope, won intermediate and
beginner divisions, respectively.
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Jackson county shop employ
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nal lights on county equipment.
Lights are required on both the
front and rear of each vehicle
under a law which went into ef
fect Aug. 3, Paul Rynning,
county engineer, said.
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