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G TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, August 17. 1955 By DICK JEWETT Miil Tribune Sporti Editor Opportunity for Mcdford jun i(vhigh school boys to partici pate in sports will be broadened ?) during the coming school year. Opening of second junior high in the district is a contributing factor. But that is not the only reason. An expanded athletic program . ill be put into operation- at both the West and the East schools. Elliott Beckcn, assistant city school superintendent, has re ported that wrestling, tennis and golf will be offered at the 4iini.-r Viitrh lov-pl this vear. In addition a seventh grade intra mural nrosram in football is ten latively contemplated for both schools. Recken said that both the ad ministration and the athletic staff in the Medford schools Dave been cognizant of the need f?f jtoanded activity in the sev Mth. eighth and ninth grades to fill One gap in the continuity of lite -athletic program in the city ivtrtem. department sees in the ex panded activities a broader program for developing and training boys for eventual participation at the senior high level. We are not being critical. (SMALL BOYS HAVE CHANCE Wrestling, which has weight divisions, will enable the trrtejler, lighter lad to find his niche in junior high sports. !li will provide a winter con dirtening sport for football players and an athletic event for others not suitable for bas ketball. Charles Williams, who captained the University of Oregon team last school year, will tutor grapplers at the West School. Karl Kahle, ex Willamette university, coraes from tha Beaverton schools to handle the East school mat program. 3 WOUK ON STAFF JJhe new spring sports, tennis frig-golf, win be under super vicinn nf Rnhprt Work, a South ern; Oregon college' grad who femes from Lone Pine school. He will be a teacher at East jun ior high but will handle the two f ports for both schools. Golfing naturally will be at Rogue Val ley Country club and tennis will be:$ii the West school courts. MORE 7TH GRADE PLAY Becken has indicated that tha seventh grade football kplan H yet to be fully worked out. But existence of ' two schools may allow formation of at least two intramural dobs at each. That would provide football playing op portunity for a lot more boys. Seventh graders have been father left out in the past. Some seventh graders more advanced in physical ability and development may be per tnitied to play with the eighth grade club under tho current plan. RIGGS AT EAST SCHOOL Mel Boldenow is back again this year as head athletic tutor and ninth grade coach. His chief aide again will be Bill Shepherd, who'll be eighth grade mentor. Wrestling Coach Williams is ex' pected to assist in other sports Not back this year is Niles Smith, who has handled seventh and eighth grade football and seventh grade basketball. He has a neighborhood grocery in the Verde Hills area. Barney Riggs, coach the last two years of Central Point ele mentary school teams, will be the head athletic man at the new East school here. He is a grad of Southern Oregon college and was in the Medford elementary system before going to CP Kahle will assist Riggs and be eighth grade mentor. Another coach will be Bernard Averill, ex-University of Oregon base bailer and son of Earl Averill former major loop standout. He'll likely fit into the seventh grade program. KOVENZ COMES John Kovenz, Coos Bay and ex-University of Oregon, is an addition to the senior high coaching staff. His coming will allow for adjustments in the baseball coaching set up which are yet to be fully worked out. Alex McDonald has been head diamond man with Frank Roelandt as assistant. Both will be back this year. Kovenz, who will teach English, has played pro ball in the Western International League and has been with the Coos Bay-North Bend Lumberjacks, strong in dependent club, for three years. TUTORS REMAIN Lee Ragsdale continues this year as supervisor and coordina tor of physical education in the Medford schools. Fred Spiegel- berg will begin his fourth season as head football mentor while Roelandt returns as head bas ketball coach. . Bob Newland as top track man and Paul Evensen as wrestling coach. Newland and Evensen will be Spiegelberg's chief grid aides. CLUBS AS GOOD (3, The assistant superintendent, ()oglting to the chance for more boys to have their athletic tal eifik developed, has ventured, "We will find we will have in eafh junior high school as fine a club as we had in the single school." o HLPS SENIOR HIGH JThe school administration trjd athletic . staffs may not ant to be too talkative pub licly on the subject but this NEW GRADE COACHES Loren Soderlund, Morris Jiminez from Southern Ore gon college, and Ronald Weatherford, from Northwest Nazarene college, are new grade school coaches this year. Soderlund, ex-Medford high athlete, will be at Washington school and Jiminez, ex-Klam-ath Falls star, will be at Lin coln. Weatherford will handle the program at new Jefferson school. He is ex-Medford high and has been teaching at Nampa, Ida. Cliff McLean will be back at Roosevelt and Tom Newton at Jackson. Roosevelt fifth and sixth grad ers will attend classes in the East junior high building this year but teams will practice at ie grade 'school. Jet Powered Vertical Takeoff Plane Jested Edwards A.F.B., Calif. (U.R) The Air Force is beginning flight tests of the first jet pow ered vertical takeoff plane. The highly secret craft ar rived at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., yesterday under a heavy canvas cover. The Air I orce is silent on .the plane's de- tails as a security measure, but civilian engineers have ex pressed wonder that a jet pro pelled plane can take off straight up without damaging the craft. Previous vertical takeoff planes were driven by pro pellers. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Richard Charles Lehnherr. overload. S155. Harvev Skvler Bell, overload. S133. Wilbur Eugene Ritchson. overload, $39. Pink Jackson McAbee. overwidth. $15. Cecil Roger Roberts, truck speed ing. S10. Donald Dean Tosh, defective muf fler. S15. James Franklin Corliss, overwidth $15. Billy Doraes Williams, no operator's license. SS. Jerry Victor Bianconi. overload. $84. Dick Laurence Daniels, overload, $121. Leroy Thomas Farley, no P.U.C. per mit. $15. Milton LcRoy Anderson, overload, $345. Oliver Ruben Hodges, overload. $65. CIRCUIT COURT Betty Rosclla Sliger vs. Harold Mel drum Sliger. divorce decree. Amy Gail Langston vs. John W. Langston, divorce decree. Eunice Marie Chrisco vs. Wallen R. Chrisco, divorce decree. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Don Dclane Overstreet. 19. 314 Avery St.. Ashland, and Elda Jean Miller. 17. 319 Avery St.. Ashland. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Winston W. Kurth. 22. of 1980 Bar nett rd., and Peggy Janice Benton, 21, Berrydale ave. SPORTS Glendale Champ Of RV Circuit Glendale won the Rogue Val ley League championship by de feating Butte Falls 10 to 5. The Glendale nine had won the reg ular season laurels and the Jack son county club got a play-off berth by taking second in the regular standings. Pitcher Dwayne Miller held Butte Falls to four hits. RVCC Has Mixed 2-Ball Tournament on Friday Rogue Valley Country club golfers will vie Friday in a mixed two-ball foursome tour ney; Pairings will be made at the Pro shop and participants are asked to sign up there. Tee- off time will be 5 p.m. FOOTBALL CLINIC A reminder was issued to day concerning the prep football clinic at 8 o'clock to night in Room 4 at Medford senior high school. The clinic is for prospective grid offic ials. Examinations for certifi cation as referees will be giv en. A Oden Hawes, assistant secretary of the Oregon School Activities association, will be in charge. Use Tribune Want Ads 1? ' . : Hoffman NEW DLACU EASY-VISION brings new magic to televiewing 1 r Q O o o o oc 0 G Q 0 THE REMARKABLE '56 HOFFMAN GIVES YOU CRISP, CONSTANT CONTRAST WITH NO PICTURE WASHOUT EVEN IN BRIGHT DAYLIGHT. . . EXCLUSIVE HEW BLACK" DOES IT! 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Local author ities will be able to file a com plaint against any known addict and have him submit to a med ical examination by two physi cians. If one of the doctors find the person is a drug user, it will be incumbent on the court to commit the person to a state hos pital until cured. Previously ad dicts could be arrested only on a state vagrancy law which had a section on addicts. Ex-Gov. Martin's Estate Probated Spokane, Wash. (U.R) For mer Governor Clarence D. Mar tin of Washington, who died last week, left an estate of about $500,000 plus a $180,000 insur ance policy. Paper filed for probate in Spokane County Superior court today listed as the major heirs to the estate Martin's sons, Wil liam, Portland, Clarence Jr., Los Angeles, rnd Frank, Spok knne, and his widow. Beneficiary of the insurance policy was not listed. Other be quests in Martin's will include $10,000 to his secretary, Eliza beth G. Goerling, and $5,000 to a sister, Mrs. James Mazna, Spokane. Martin died at his home in Cheney last Thursday. He served as governor of Washing ton from 1933 to 1941. Young Crosby Moved To Ft. Lewis Hospital Raymond, Wash. (U.R) Pvt. Philip Crosby, 21-year-old son of crooner Bing Crosby, will be transferred to Madigan hos pital at Fort Lewis today for further treatment of injuries he suffered in an automobile acci dent Sunday near here. Crosby suffered three broken vertebrae when his car crashed through a guard rail and rolled down two banks. I CRASHING head-on into truck, U. S. Ambassador John E. Peurifoy, 48, and son, Dan iel, 9, died in Bangkok, Thai land accident. (International) Judge Rules in Favor Of Portland Jewish Home Portland (U.R) Circuit Judge Frank J. Lonergan yes terday ruled in favor of the Jew ish Home for the Aged in a suit claiming $5,000 from the estate of Mrs. Rose White, a prominent Portlander. . The court held that Mrs. White, who died January 3, 1954, had agreed in 1951 to give $5, 000 toward erection of the new Jewish Home and ordered the executor of the estate to pay it. Sprays Recommended For Garden Crops County horticultural agent Don Berry advised home garden ers today to spray pole beans, melons, cucumbers, and squash with malathion. Berry said aphis and mites have been show ing up on beans and spider mites on the melon plans around the valley. Malathion is the best spray for these pests, Berry stated. V RITER IN HOSPITAL London (U.R) A famous American mystery writer is under treatment in a London hospital for an accidental over dose of drugs. John Dickson Carr, who also ues the nen names vjartei x.v son and Carr Dickinson, was iuf-hed to the hospital uncon scious from his luxurious apart ment last night. Nothing Seen To Stop Good Northwest Weather Portland (U.R) The weather bureau said today there is noth ing in sight, at present, to stop the good weather over the Pa cific Northwest. A series of small storm fronts are reported to the north but they aren't ex pected to move south of British Columbia. There is some cool marine air over Oregon which accounts for morning clouds but the sun is still expected to get its share of time in the sky. RUSSIANS IN CALIFORNIA San Francisco (U.R) The touring Russian farm delegation is scheduled to visit the fertile fields of California's San Joa quin valley today. Some 100 persons were on hand to greet the Russians last- night on their arrival at San Francisco. TWO MORE SAILORS DIE San Francisco (U.R) Two more crew members have died from burns suffered in an explo sion last Saturday aboard the Norwegian freighter "Tancred," 120 miles off San Francisco. Two men were killed outright in the explosion and two other are still in the hospital with severe burns. RECORD FOREST RECEIPTS Washington (U.R) USDA has announced our national for ests earned an all-time record of more than $81,000,000 in the fiscal year ending last June 30. Most of the money came from timber sales, more than ' $73,- 000,000, up $12,000,000 from, the pievious year. The rest came from grazing permits and other forest use fees. T . .N -W HAm - SWIRLING OVER ATLANTIC about 400 miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, new tropical storm, named Diane, of near hurricane velocity, heads toward U. S. (International) I DANCE 1 OASIS SATURDAY NIGHT FISHER MAY MAKE MOVIE Portland (U.R) Singer Ed die Fisher said in Portland yes terday he may make his first movie shortly. The bobbysoxer's idol said it would probably be a musical version' of the 1936 movie "Mr. Deeds goes to Town" for Columbia pictures. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads CAROLE JOE VICTOR Florence, S. C. 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