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Parent-Teacher Officers Named In Rogue River Rogue River Mrs. Dana Mc Barron was elected president of Rogue River Parent-Teacher as sociation at a meeting held March 14 in the high school gym nasium. Others named to office were Mrs. W arren Bottrof f , vice president; Mrs. Mel Leonard, secretary; Mrs. Shirley Dick, treasurer. The group voted to purchase six baijuet tables for the use of the schools for the various oc casions which require such serv ice. The PTA will also buy 50 copies each of pamphlets con taining educational information on pre-school children, and pre high school students, which are lo be made available to parents. These items are to be purchased with money raised during the year by the group, and will be considered the main project for the year. John Harr, superintendent, in formed the group on details of the school budget. Mrs. L. Buck reported on the kindergarten, and advised that it is planned to continue this suc cessful group next year. A chor us from the seventh and eighth grades provided music under the direction of Neal Stone, instruc tor. Sharon Sloan, newly en rolled from Texas, accompanied at the piano. Serving refreshments were Mrs. M. Nicquette, Mrs. J. Smith, Mrs. Morris Jones and Mrs. Ott Thompson. A medium-sized banana furn ishes about one-tenth of the daily requirement of vitamin A and one-seventh of the required vitamin C. r I Easter lH III v J Churches Dg. VERNON GROUNDS rg. of Denver Seminary Bine Messages on . . . "In The Shadow Of The Cross" 7:30 p.m., March 25-April 1 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Central at 5th ml ... . $m whM- MRS. MAXINE SMITH MRS. IVAH MURRAY Four Valley Women in News During Convention of OEA Four valley women are in the news as the result of elections held in Portland during the 53rd annual Oregon Educational as sociation held there March 15 through 17. Mrs. Maxine Smith, Medford Senior High school teacher, will serve again as president of the OEA Department of Classroom Teachers, a department of the asociation comprising more than 90 per cent of its current membership of 12,700. Elected to the presidency of the Oregon State Retired Teach ers association, which became an official group at the state convention, is Mrs. Ivali Murray, retired Medford school teacher. The vice-president is Miss Ethel Ried of Ashland, and Mrs. Mae Richardson, Central Point, was elected to the office of cor responding secretary. Wilfred Burgess Prineville. is the new president of the OEA. Three items of legislative pri ority and three primary profes sional concerns for Oregon teachers were in the limelight at the convention. Mr. Burgess, in accepting his new office, told the convention audience that Oregon teachers should have three primary con cerns at this time. "Our profes sion must become more profes sional," he said, in emphasiz ing that improvement of the ed ucation program is first in im portance. Second is concern to "guard against poor substitutes for teaching" in the form of make shift devices to cope with increased enrollments. Third, the OEA must assist these agenc ies whose aim is solution of Ore gon's tax problems to help solve the problem of school finances. - The organization's state legis lative, economic welfare and school finance committees gave three items priority in OEA legis lative action for the 1957 session of the Oregon state legislature. Top priority was placed on securing legislation to insure that at least 50 per cent of the operational costs of Oregon pub lic elementary and secondary education be provided from state funds. Next in priority will be a study by the OEA of the formula for distributing the state basic school support fund with the understanding that the association will not support a change in the present formula until the goal of 50 per cent state support is achieved. The third item of legislative priority will include major em phasis on two proposed economic welfare measures. These include a mandatory minimum salary schedule and legislation to per mit granting fringe benefits to public school educators. At the meetings of the retired teachers group reports were made by presidents of the five local units which include Port land, Salem, Jackson County, Klamath Falls and Roseburg. The group . is dedicated to work with organizations of ac tive teachers in matters per taining to education and to pro mote the interests of retired teachers. Main speaker for the sessions was Joy Hills Gubser, assistant state superintendent of public instruction, who emphasized the importance of the retired teach ers' influence in matters per taining to education. Miss Annette Crissey, director of RTA for Oregon, spoke on membership and Miss Roberta Rippey gave a summary of pre parations being made for the national convention of RTA to be held in July also in Portland. Mfss Rippey is the convention chairman and also had made luncheon arrangements for the recent sessions. Mrs. Antonia Crater, retiring president of OEA, installed the new RTA state officers. The other officers are Miss Mary A. Champ of Salem, trea surer; H. M. Broadbent, Salem, auditor: Mrs. Hope Davey, Port land, recording secretary, and Miss Crissey, Portland, historian. Shady Cove-Trail Meeting Reported; Plan Smorgasbord Shady Cove-Trail Shady Cove Parent-Teacher association held a monthly meeting, preced ed by a potluck dinner, Mon day evening at the Shady Cove school. The county PTA council meet ing to be held at Elk-Trail school Wednesday, March 21, was an nounced. Several of the officers and members planned to attend. Tentative plans were discus sed for a smorgasbord to be held sometime in April. At the next meeting in April, the program will consist of an exhibition of square dancing given by .Mrs. Ray Briggs sixth, sevent hand eighth grade pupils. On April 20 the Shady Cove band and chorus under the di rection of R. W. Root and Mrs. Ted Conway will be presented in a spring concert at the Shady Cove school. All interested are invited. There are 224 tunnels on the Trans-Iranian railway. ; . Shaping Is the Foundation For An Easy-care Helene Curtis Permanent 750 . . . and only expert hair stylists shape perfectly. Get a quick lift to hair fashion. Try one of our Helene Curtis Permanents! Stimu lating shampoo, styled cut, set and rinse are all included. 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As time passed, the custom of giving colored eggs migrated from one country to another. Eventually, Christians adopted the egg in their Easter services as a symbol of the Resurrection. Even while hiding in the cata combs of ancient Rome to escape persecution, they dyed their eggs a deep red to commemorate the blood of Christ. The first Easter cards were published in Northern Germany, just about 100 years ago. At that time, most of them pictured Holy Land scenes and used Bibical quotations as verses. Gradually colorful Spring flowers were in troduced into the designs. Then came Easter cards with jaunty little chicks, bunnies, and ducks. Each year the number of Easter card designs has increased. And so the modern Easter card, with its air of delightful Springtime gaiety, has developed. Yt j may have wondered how it happens that Easter arrives on a different date every year. The answer is quite simple. The early historians of Christianity didn't record the exact date of Sunday, March 25. 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRI3TJNE FIVE Officers Named by Wanderers' Club Election of officers was held at a recent meeting of the Wan derers' club held at the home of Mrs. Leroy Cline. Mrs. Carl Fichtner was elected president, and Mrs. James Cech, secretary treasurer. The club voted to change the j meeting date to the second i Wednesday of each month. Following tn business meet ing, canasta was played with prizes being won by Mrs. Mar garet Davis and Mrs. Pearl i Offutt. 1 I PHONE 2-2330 the Resurrection. So at the Coun cil of Nicaea, in 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine asked a group of religious lead ers to decide when Easter should be celebrated. 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