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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.
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New Slate Narcotics
Law Due Thursday
Portland (U.R) A new state
law that will give law enforce
ment agencies more power to
deal with narcotics addicts goes
into effect tomorrow.
Jack Merrill, agent of the Fed
eral Bureau of Narcotics, said
the law goes into effect at a time
when narcotics addiction in Ore
gon is at a record low.
Under the measure addicts
face an indeterminate sentence
in a state hospital. 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)
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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.
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Joe Kabler of Sutherlin, Ore
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of Glasgow, Kentucky, 4 and 2,
yesterday in second round ac
tion of the National Girls Junior
Golf championships yesterday.
EASTBURN TO EUGENE
Portland (U.R) Bill East
burn, recently signed outfielder
of the Portland Beavers, has
been asigned to Eugene of the
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