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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) 'M.'B'W1i!-.'!".ii.ijiii'w..jijjw -Jj.jiuum4uw.iii)w.iiini.w-i -' r - v " y " ' ifc:.,; .M.:z t. : PRINCIPALS IN PLAY Dick Corum, left, junior at Medford High school, and Terry Tarviri, a seventh grade student at Lone Pine school, play roles in the play, "Point of Beginning." presented by the Footlighters as a community service. The play has been scheduled by several groups and is part of the program of the Southern Oregon Child Guidance Clinic asso ciation to further its goal of developing greater understanding of children's behavior and problems. (Brainerd photo) Play Being Presented For Child Guidance Clinic Association The play "Point of Beginning" has been scheduled by several organizations as part of the Southern Oregon Child Guid ance Clinic association's pro gram to further develop greater understanding of children's be hnvior and problems, officials of the association have announced The play is the fourth produc tion given by Footlighters' mem bers as a community service. The play is presented to groups with a discussion leader from the association. "Point of Beginning" was written by Nora Stirling for the American Theater Wing Com munity plays in cooperation with the National Council of the Churches of Christ. The associa tion makes arrangements for the play, and Mrs. Dunbar Carpen- Furniture Store Defendant in Suit John C. Crawford, Janet Craw ford, Robert E. Rector and Jean C. Rector, doing business as the Medford Furniture store,, are de fendants in a S60.0UO damage suit filed in circuit court this week by Oregon Mutual Fire In surance company. The suit is a result of a fire, which allegedly caused more than 560,000 damage to the store building on July 8, 1955. The complaint says the building was owned by Will Hansen, a client of the plaintiff, and was leased bv the defendants on Oct. 22, 1951. According to the complaint, Jim Wallace Lauderdale and Mel vin Glenn Weir, employees of the defendants, tore portions of paper from some mattress covers while working on the day of the fire and threw the portions on the floor. The complaint also states matches were used to furnish light while they worked and the matches were discarded nn the floor, igniting the scraps of paper and starting the blaze. The plaintiff charges the de fendants with four counts of neg ligence in connection with the fire and asks judgment in the amount of 560.000. Charles W. Reames, Medford attorney, is representing the plaintiff. Medford Teacher Nominated for Post DeVere Taylor, Medford High school teacher, was recently se lected as a candidate for trustee of the Oregon Education asso ciation to represent district 6. Taylor was nominated by the executive committee. Jackson county OEA unit. District 6 in cludes Jackson, Josephine, Lake and Klamath counties. He is being opposed by In cumbent H. B. Ferrin. Lakeview school superintendent, and Bob Wendt, principal of Highland elrmentary school. Grants Pass. Taylor has previously served as president of the -Medford Teacher's association; past state chairman of the OEA state eco nomic welfare committee; and now is president of the Jackson County OEA unit and president of Phi Delta Kappa, Beta Iota chapter. He has taught in Oregon schools for the past 17 years with the exception of three years military service during World War II. Taylor lives at 1011 Winchester ave.. Medford, with his wife. Margaret, and their three children. SQUAWK RULED TALK Hollywood (U.R) A parrot rr.med Tony won a heated dis pute and S80 a day additional ; 'ary for his owned concerning ' ; status as an actor. Tony has r- role in Kim Novak's new film 'canne Eagles." and the script c' -minds that he squawk at the actress. The question was wheth er he was to be paid as a silent actor or an actor with lines. MAIL TRIBUNE ter, telephone 2-4833, is coordi nator of the schedule. Discussion Leaders Discussion leaders who will accompany the play this year are Dr. Harry K. Danielson, psychiatrists; Dr. Alva Graham, professor of graduate studies. Southern Oregon college; Mrs. Frances Klein, director of spe cial education, Ashland schools: the Rev. John Reynolds, associ ate minister, Presbyterian church. Medford; Miss Mary Vandenberg, psychiatric social worker. Southern Oregon Child Guidance clinic; and Miss Celia Walker, supervisor child wel fare. Jackson county public wel fare department. The first performance was presented Friday, Jan. 18, for the Applegate school PTA. Miss Vandenberg was discussion lead er. Other performances have been schedulrd by the Washington PTA, Zion Lutheran church Evening Guild: Lone Pine PTA; Jacksonville PTA, Griffin Creek Parents club: Lincoln School PTA. and Talent PTA. Three Ashland PTA's will meet in February to see and dis cuss the play, and the Phoenix PTA has indicated it will decide soon on a date for viewing the play- Sfafe Timber Sales Show Decline in '56 Portland Total volume and value of timber sales from pub lic domain lands in Washington, Oregon and California were sliehtly higher in 1956 than In 1955, James F. Doyle, area ad ministrator of the bureau of land management, Portland, has announced. He said timber sales in 1956 totaled 57,776,000 board feet valued at $1,461,111.35, compar ed to 57,626.000 board feet valued at Sl,327,188.22 in 1955. Average sale price per thousand board feet for the area was S25.28 in 1955 compared to 523.03 in 1955. In Oregon, total volume and value of timber sales were low er, Doyle said. Oregon timber sales in 1956 totaled 25.994 board feet valued at $845,613.31 in 1955. The first fire insurance com pany of record was organized for business in Charleston, S. C, in 1736. ' r- m . One of the many dogs trained in the Southern Oregon Kennel Club Training Class ... Isyour dog obedient? Teach him to sit, drop,, stay, heel and come en command. NEW CLASS STARTING SOON. FOR INFORMATION Phone 3-3373 Sunday, January 20. 1S57 Teachers Slate Panel Discussion, Speaker Monday A panel discussion on pro posed legislation as it pertains to education will be featured at a dinner meeting of the Jack son County Classroom Teachers' association Monday, Jan. 21, at Jacksonville High school. - School district segregation, revision of basic formula and state minimum salaries will be among discussion topics, accord ing to Floyd Robinson, program chairman. The panel will consist of Alf B. Mekvold, county school su perintendent; Leonard B. May field, superintendent of Med ford public schools; Bruce Hitt, county school supervisor; and Maxine Smith, state president of the classroom teachers as sociation. Boyd Gibson, prin cipal of Ruch school, will be panel chairman. Guy B. Rose, research man for the Association of Public School Systems, will be guest speaker for the evening. His topic will be "Trends in Merit Rating in Rural Areas." Karl Hayes, president of the county classroom teachers association, will preside at the meeting. Robinson said an attendance of about 200 is expected at the meeting. Siskiyou Considering Buying Helicopter Yreka Siskiyou county su pervisors are exploring the pos sibility of acquiring a surplus helicopter, it has been announc ed. Helicopters are available from government agencies for about 5100, according to reports. A surplus helicopter was purchas ed recently by Trinity county, Calif., for use in rescue and search work. . Use of a helicopter as an am bulance was demonstrated - re cently when Bob Trimble of Et na landed his craft in front of Siskiyou General hospital to de liver an injured man. Hospital offiicals have said such an emergency landing could easily be made again or a small landing area might be de veloped in back of the hospital. Main opposition to purchasing a helicopter for the county is the high cost of a pilot. Rural School Board Group Sets Meeting The Jackson County Rural School Boards association will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 in the Lone Pine school. The new salary schedule pro posed by teachers and adminis trators of second and third class school districts will be dis cussed, according to John Nied ermeyer, chairman. A progress report on legisla tion concerning basic distribu tion of state funds and a dis cussion of the local tax problem also are scheduled. Niedermeyer has urged all school board mem bers from second and third class districts to attend. A GALLANT GESTURE Washington (U.R) Two ladies arriving late at the theater one snowy night this week said they might not have made it at all "except for the kindness of our neighbor. He noticed our dif ficulty and came in the cold to help the cab," one of them explained. The neighbor involv ed in this bit of gallantry 68-year-old Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. NEWS NOTES from Crater High School Br PAT MEDLEY A vacation! There was no school for Crater High students Friday. This "day of rest" gave teachers a chance to cor rect semester e x aminations, and students a chance to re cuperate from 3 4V,A J-,-.. f jeet. ine. A few stu dents escaped the ordeal of Vjf exams because Pat Medler of their high grades during the semester. If the grades had been high enough, the student was declared "exempt" from the test, and did not have to come to class. There were a few stu dents who were "exempt" from all tests and had not only Friday off, but Thursday as well. Princesses for the sophomore March of Dimes dance have been chosen. Irma Penwell is the senior class candidate, Carolee Brantley was the juniors' choice, the sophomore princess is Sylvia Yell, and the, freshman chose Connie McDonough. The four classes will be hard at work for two weeks selling tickets for their candidates, and the class which sells the most tickets will make their princess Miss March of Dimes. This year the March of Dimes has aroused more interest than ever before. Even during the busy examination week, all stu dents were engaged in projects to raise money for the worthy cause. Monday each class presi dent called a meeting of the class, and different "plans were discussed for the TAP drive. Be cause of the rivalry between classes for the most money, many of the plans are unknown by anyone outside of the partic ular class. Not only classes, but school organizations are work ing to their utmost to make this the most successful year in the fight against polio. Crater High school, in the county competi tion, is determined to beat Med ford High, even if Crater has to "sell their tractors" to do it. (Slogan courtesy of Medford High.) A locker clean-up was ordered by the office last Tuesday. Each class was called to their lockers, and the fight was on. Papers and trash soon filled the waste bas kets. Many students were amaz ed to discover items they had long ago declared lost forever The library staff breathed a sigh of relief as books were returned by the dozens. The rows of tidy lockers are a welcome sight to if WHY BE A SLAVE TO YOUR ,fi$ coma to Mann's for a new, easy to manage cut and style ... 6 highly trained stylists to serve you . . . Mr. Tim and Mrs. Lee Horn managers and stylists, and Lillian Lewis, Bernice Phillips, Jane Hannah, Becky Johnson the best stylists in Medford, trained to give you the most for your beauty dollar. Call 2-6434 for an appointment tomorrow. haircuts..... .. permanents colour complete manicures l students who have become ac customed to holding the con tents inside with one hand and slamming quickly with the other. The committee in charge of the Mothers Day Tea held a meeting last Monday to begin work on the event. The tea is an annual spring event, sponsored by the Girls league. Several hundred mothers attend the tea, and it involves much work and planning to insure a suc cessful occasion. Chairman for the Mothers Day Tea is Sally Elden. The Girls Athletic association is sponsoring a swimming party at the YMCA next Wednesday. Because of limited facilities, only 40 girls will be able to at tend. When the announcement was made during Wednesday's meeting, girls rushed to be among the first 40 signed up At the same meeting, plans were- discussed for the formation of a girls bowling league. An all school skating party was held by the Girls league last Monday. The skating parties are held at the Rollerdrome in Grants Pass. The league rents the rink for the evening, and any profit made after the rental fee has been paid goes into the Girls league treasury toward the financing of a scholarship at the end of the year to the most deserving girl. Twenty - three students from beginning and advanced speech classes will participate in the Southern Oregon college speech tournament, Jan. 25 and 26. The purpose of the tournament is to provide experience to speech students. Because the tourna ment is not competitive, there will be no winners. Instead, cer tificates of merit will rate each participant on his work. Class competition is the most effective method of receiving student cooperation and partici pation. This method will be put into practice tomorrow, when the freshmen will take part in a lawn cleanup. Each class will periodically contribute to the beautification of the campus. Willow Run Airport near De troit is owned by the University of Michigan which acquired it from the government as a war surplus installation in 1947. PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL' 16 S. Central Phone 3-S30S WAVE? 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