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o i GOLD HILL Bloodmobile Plans Made BL MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold Hill According to Mrs. Ed Knapp, president of the Gold Hill Health unit, anyone in this community needing tcansporta tion or is interested in giving blood April 9 at the Bloodmobile may contact her by telephoning Gold Hill 5-9109. The bloodmobile will be at the Elks building in Medford April 9 during the afternoon. Blood may be donated in the name of someone, who has had to have blood or is now needing ' blood. Anyone wishing to give blood for someone, needs to give the person's name, the doctor, the hospital, and the address of that person. Additional informa tion concerning blood replace ment may be obtained by tele phone 5-9109 or 5-9126, Gold Hill. The annual Past Noble Grands potluck dinner was held Friday at the Odd Fellows hall on Fourth ave., with 44 present. The dinner was served smorg asbord style and included a var iety of salads, meat dishes, baked beans, other foods and cake for dessert. The next meeting of the Past Noble Grands club will be held at the home of Mrs. James Clem-' ents April 25 'when installation of officers will be held. Mrs. Jessie Hayes of Medford has been visiting delatives the - past several days. Mrs. Gene Fisher, president of the VFW auxiliary, and Vaughn Whitmore, commander of the VFW have welcomed anyone in this area, who is veteran and who is eligible to become a mem ber to attend the meetings. All who are qualified have been urged to help the organization, and those of all ages are invited to visit the meetings. The auxil iary will meet April 12 at 8 p.m. t the home of Mrs. Vaughn 'S'hitmore and the VFW will gieet the same evening at the scout hall. Following the meet ings refreshments will be served to both groups at the Whitmore home. Mr. and Mrs. George Gilman of Second ave. left Saturday for Oakland, Calif, where they plan to make their home Gilman has employment in constru ction work there. The Gilmans were accompanied to Oakland by Merle Lewis, who also will be employed there. The mission study group of the Woman s Society of Chnst n Service from the Community Methodist church met at the home of Mrs. Roy Eskew on Sar dine Creek rd. Wednesday. A discussion was held on the book, "Mission. U.S.A." About 10 wo men belong to the group. Several women from Gold Hill I art attending the cake decorat-1 ing classes in Rogue River. A food sale to benefit the Jun ior Police will be held Saturday, April 6, at Gail's Market. The sale will start at 10 a. m. Funds derived from this will be used to purchase baseball equipment for the Junior Police. A wide variety of recreational, and sports activities are planned for the boys. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Wash burn and children, PaMy, Carol and Larry, spent four days re cently visiting in Red Blu ff, Calif, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al Lanham. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Underhill of Ventura, Calif, were dinner guests Tuesday April 2. at the home of their grandson ana family, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Washburn, of Fifth ave. The Underhills are staying at the home of their son ana aaugniei in-law Mr and Mrs. Flovd Un derhill, in Ashland, while they are vacationing in southern ure gon. The Floyd Underhills also were present at the dinner in Gold Hill. Thpr wasaeood attendance at the last meeting of the HEC of the Gold Hill Grange March 28. Reports were given by chair man Mrs. Lucy Edington, and her committees on a c 1 1 vines, which included dinners served twice a month to the Gold Hill Lions. Ladies of the HEC make their own pies for these affairs. Be sides quilting, the ladies are making plans for a rummage sale and in the future plans will also include a bazar to be held in the fall. It was reported that Mrs. Iola Rpmin l steadflv imDrovine. Mrs. Nora Wait was welcomed back after a recent illness. The attendance award at this meeting was won by Mrs. Sadie Cyphers. The Gold Hill Juvenile Grange has keep busy under the guid ance of their leader Mrs. A. A Walker. . The grange held two meetings in March. One on March 14, and one on the 28. Reports on 4-H and other timely subjects were given by different members at both meetings. The lecturer, Marie Jones, pro vided programs for the meetings. At the March 14 meeting, Billy Jones exhibited the trophy he won last year in 4-H for his prize market hog. At the March 14 meeting, Rob ert Bruce of Central Point, who is a charter member of the Gold Hill Juvenile Grange played sev eral piano solos. On the program for March 28 there was a vocal trio by Pam ela Bell, Denise McLaughlin, and Toni Morrow Denise also sang a solo. Also on the program were Bobby Turner, and Dave Force APPLEGATE - JACKSONVILLE Logged Areas Replanted By HELGA MITCHELL Applegate-Jacksonville An extensive reforestation project is now under way in the Applegate area, where 40,000 one year old Jeffrey pines and Douglas fir trees are being planted under di rection of Ed Harshman of Med ford, according to Vern Taylor, local district ranger. A ten-man crew, consisting of summer personnel who later will on guard stations and look outs, started work in mid-March, and expect to complete the job in two more weeks. The plantings are at a 4500 foot elevation on "clear cuts" of land that have been logged and burned. One location is in the Hutton area and two others on Beaver creek, where new snow recently stopped the work, Tay lor said. The pines are from the Shasta nursery in northern Cal ifornia, and the fir are from Windriver nursery in Washing ton. In two weeks a small ship merit of hybrids Is expected from Berkeley for an experi mental plot. Ihese. are a cross between Monterey and Knob- cone pine, a result of the science of ecology or cross breeding, which is an experiment expected to improve the lumber strain and rapidity of growth, Taylor stated. of East Side road became grand parents for the first time when a seven pound son was born to their son-in-law and daughter, Mr: and Mrs. Edward Steiger of Susanville, Cal., March 18. Mr. and Mrs. Williams already have visited their grandson, who has been named Mark Edward. Mrs. Rolland Smith was elect ed chairman of the Upper Apple gate extension unit which met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Clifford Jones of Ruch. Mrs. Truman Hard was elected vice president; Mrs. Glenn Travis, secretary; "and Mrs. Otis Buck, treasurer. The women are con centrating on a display to be. ar ranged at the annual Homemak- ers' festival at Central Point May 1, at which time the new officers will . be installed. The two units of the Applegate will have a joint exhibit of re-upholstering of kitchen and dining room chairs and use of foam rubber. The upper unit has set Thursday, April 10, as the date of a work shop, -where those in terested in reupholstering may receive instruction from local leaders, Mrs. Travis and Mrs. Hard. This meeting will be held at the old school house on Little Applegate at 10 a.m. and ladies are asked to bring sack lunches. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams with another of their famous ventriloquist acts. Officers include Terry Turner, master; Billy Jone, overseer; Leslie Meister, secretary; Toni Morrow, treasurer; Marie Jone, lecturer; Judy Force, chaplain; Dave Force, steward; Bobby Turner, assistant steward; Sharon Wright, lady assistant steward; Pamela Freeman, gate keeper; Marlene Wright, Ceres; Linda Walker, Flora; and Bev erly Wright, Pomona. Bud Dryer, who is convales cing at Camp White following a recent operation, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Willis Scott and other friends and neighbors re cently. He expected to return to his home here this week end. Miss Margaret Nelson was hostess to a group of young friends at a birthday party at her home on Sterling creek Thursday evening. The event was in honor of her 11th birth day. Those attending were Misses Katherine Larson, Gloria Wilmuth, Wilma Johnston, Mary Anne and Madge Barker, Mary Anne Cantrall, and Annette and Alberta Nelson. Sunday. April 7, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE chool Klevs Jack O'Brien and Lance Of- fenbacher have completed truck ing about 200 head of hereford cattle to the TouVelle property on Rogue River for spring pasture. Mrs. Art McConnel of Med ford the former Mrs. Verna Sutherlin, was honored with a bridal shower at a meeting of Little Applegate sewing club held at the home of Mrs. Joe Farrand recently. Among local people who visited Mr. and Mrs. McConnel at their new home later were Mrs. Nellie Rose and Mrs. Ted Rundle. The April meeting of the Lit tle Applegate knitting club will be converted to extra activities of the Upper Applegate home ex tension unit, since many of .the women belong to both organiza tions. The meeting will be hed at the home of Mrs. Otis Buck at 1 p.m., April 16. The ladies will work on name tags to be worn by those at tending the Homemakers' festi val in Central Point May 1. Friends here are concerned in the recovery of Miss Joy Dahl at Rogue Valley hospital, follow ing a gun accident two weeks ago. The hospital lists her condi tion as "fair." Jay has been ac tive in the Ruch 4-H beef club, and participated in the "friend ship follies" at Medford high school last month. She appeared on the "Groucho Marx" program of the Follies. DON'T WAIT on slow type drying dry 'em. fast witii . For a truly automatic laundry, yoa want the dryer that keeps up with yoor washer. Only gas gives you this labor-saving speed! (And operates at a fraction the cost of other-type dryers.) So - don't wait on slow-type dryers. And don't pay more. Dry yoor clothes starting no with a modern, automatic GAS dryer! See the latest models on our display floor .or visit your gas appliance dealer Mr. and Mrs. Lyal Hard are spending three weeks at Santa Anna, Calif., visiting relatives. The Ruch 4-H sewing club will meet April 10 at the home of Mary Anne Barker, it was stated by Lona Buffington, club reporter. S o m e t h i n g of the color, warmth, and gaiety of the old South was captured in the antics of between 60 and 70 "darkies" appearing -in the fourth annual 4-H minstrel show at the Apple gate school gym last week. Dressed in vivid colors, some in gaudy checks and plaids, some in gay patches and flapping straw hats, yet some in dignified attire, the group ranged in age from toddlers to grey haired grandparents. Song, dance, and music, with jokes including the one describing a caterpillar is an upholstered worm, kept a capa city house entertained for two hours. Francis Krause was modera tor, . Garry Krause was Mr. Bones, and Bill Bird played Tambo. Bird also was produc tion manager. The Rev. Thorn ton Gapen was musical director. Those participating from outside the community were Jimi..y Wray of Camp White, pianist; Dick Spain and Al Fay, of Med ford, guitar; Loren Cooper of Grants Pass, banjo; Wallace Ragsdale of Lake creek and Mrs. John Bohnert of Central Point, vocal duet. Ticket sales 'totaled $196.00, which is a benefit fund for the county 4-H fair and scholarships. Mr. and Mrs. William Orlow of Tucson, Ariz., are visiting here at the home of Mr. Orlow's aunt, Mrs. Al Johnson near Cameron bridge. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer of Medford were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell Wednesday. - - The Home Economics club of Upper Applegate Grange will meet with Mrs. Jim Winningham Wednesday afternoon, April 10. The ladies expect to plan cur tains for the new Grange hall. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hall and family moved recently to Brook ings, where Mr. Hall has em ployment in falling timber. Mrs. Walter Carpenter is ex pected to return to her home on I ittle ADDleeate tnrlav from I Torrance, Calif., where she and Mr. Carpenter have been visit ing since January. HEDRICK JUNIOR HIGH By Mary Milne The "Stingers" sponsored a dance, Friday, March 29. The dance was bised around the theme "Calypso". Decorations were palms, fish, fish nets and other things suitable to the Calypso theme. The program consisted, of A Cinderella Calypso, which was a dancing doll belonging to Mrs. Adeline Whelden; a ninth gcade girls sextette which sang, "It's Almost Tomorrow"; and the crowning of Mr. Boo and Mari anne., the boy and girl .with the best costumes Bob Criswell and Jackie Mee were given this honor. The dance was given to raise money to buy two trophies, one for the most outstanding Stinger of the year and the other for the 9th grade girl and boy show ing best all around school sports manship. Mrs. Mary Ann Athanas is the faculty advisor for the Stingers. Hedrick has three student teachers from Southern Oregon college this term. They are Bob Semon, who is teaching under Mrs. Dorothy Sloniger; Richard Nix teaching under Monte Kounz; and Dick Merriman un der Raymond Graves. Mrs. Mildred Rogers, librari an, is conducting a "favorite book" poll. She has collected pictures from students and fac ulty and they have been clipped to the jackets of that person's favorite book. All students at Hedrick Jun ior High school were given read ing achievement tests Thursday, April 4, in comprehension and word meaning. On April 22 and 23, all ninth grade students at Hedrick will be given comprehensive tests covering all subject areas and including aptitude tests. These tests will take eight hours. Eleven Hedrick Junior High school 8th and 9th grade stu dents had poems printed in the annual publication "Young America Sings". The students wrote poems which Mrs. Doro thy Sloniger sent to the National High School Poetry association and which were approved and published. Those having their poems printed and receiving cer tificates were Gerald Kinney, Charles Wall, Mary Lee DePlace, Kenneth Ritchey, Marcia Bar ren, Janet Barker, Glenda Bad ley, Joan Burghardt, Terryl An tony, Danny Sieg, and ,Nicki Mears. had been ill with pneumonia. Ed Layton of Grants Pass vis ited a few days ago at the home of his niece, Mrs. Lance Offen-bacher. Women of the missionary group of the' Ruch church re turned Thursday from an over night trip to Coos Bay, where they attended a Missionary rally held by community churches of southwestern Oregon. Those attending included Mrs. Rex Davis, president of the group, and Mesdames Ray Wid ner, Glenn Hunter, Floyd Haw kins, Clyde Smith, and Earl Best. Mrs. Edna Sawyer spent ' a few days in Medford last week with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Lockwood, while receiving treatment for a sprained wrist received in a fall at her home. Mrs. Charles Decker expects to return to Huntington Beach omorrow after spending the week here as a guest of Mrs. Wil fred Pearson. The two became friends 15 years ago when they were teaching in a Japanese re location center in Poston, Ariz. Mrs. Decker, and Mrs. Pearson are doing a bit of reminiscing and recall "potato bakes," using mesquite wood, and other simple forms of recreation dur ing those darker days of the war. C. L. Evans of Toketee Falls visited here recently with his daughter, Mr. Clifton Childers. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sorber left recently on a three week vacation trip to Bloomsburg, Perm., whre they will visit Sor ber's father and other relatives. Sorber is in charge of local For est Service timber sales. Rural . Reflections: Mrs. Clif ford Jones has been calling on friends around the community, successfully penetrating the foreboding "no agent" notices and leaving her satisfied clientel in a romantic asmosphere of spring fragrances. PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL By Charlotte Keene and Alicia Abbott Bowling is becoming popular at PHS. Bowling sessions are held every Wednesday by Mrs. Virginia LaBounty's sixth pe riod girls' PE class. The first lesson was held March 27 at the Medford Bowling Lanes. The second lesson was held April 3 at which time scores were kept. Miss Nadine Brood,junior, was top bowler with a score of 112. 5NLY o " -SBS7 3f DRIES SO FAST... COSTS SO LITTLE CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY MEDFORD, OREGON PHONE 2-5284 Carl Bench, one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hetrick, spent last week with an aunt in Medford, following release from the Osteopathic clinic, where he KIRBY CO. Sales & Service 1028 Murray, Med. PHONE 2-8355 (Salesman Needed) W. K. CONRAD CO., Inc. BONDED & LICENSED Water and Sewer Linei Culverts and Underground Construction Estimates Without Obligations Phone 2-4141 or 2-5272 HONEST DEPENDABLE All Work Guaranteed Typing II class is now work ing on. a new project assigned by Miss. Mary Lou Neville, in structor. The class is divided into five groups with four students in each one. Each group will work on dictaphone,' electric type writer, adding machine, the du plicator and typing exercises. The group works for one week on one of the above items and then exchange. The third period bookkeeping class has moved from the typ ing room to the home economics re"om. The change was arranged by Miss Neville, typing instruc tor, and E. M. Skipworth, book keeping teacher, to allow the typing class to use the business machines in the typing room dur ing third period. The larg . ta bles in the home ec room give bookkeepers more room to work on their second semester prac tice sets. The - sophomore girls under the guidance of Mrs. Alan Holmes began their Home Nurs ing unit last week. In this course the girls will learn how to become a success ful home nurse, how to arrange a room to care for the sick, how to make a bed and give baths, Lumbermen's Group to Meet Here Wednesday Problems concerning Douglas fir manufacturers now being considered by the American Lumber Standards committee will be discussed at a district meeting of the West Coast Lum bermen's association at a no-host dinner at the Medford hotel at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. Harry W. Murphy, secretary manager of Pacific Lumber la spection bureau, and Harris E. Smith, secretary of WCLA, will lead the discussion. and how to prepare special diets for the invalid. The freshman girls -are plan ning to enter the Lenox Table setting china contest. The first award is a $5,000 prize for the best table setting. This entry includes the selection of china,' silverware, and glass. j The junior and senior girls j are studying the unit. Planning j for the Future. This unit in-i eludes such topics as choosing , a way of life, getting to know, yourself, choosing a mate, pre-i paring for the wedding. The ; topic of divorce also will be ; discussed. Pre-registration is necessary for the office to determine next year's schedule. Registration for next year's classes was taken during the first week in April. On Wed nesday, April 3, registration ! sheets were given to students j for them to determine what ! they would like to take next I year. The sheets list required j and selective subjects for each ! class. Registration cards were dis tributed Thursday and Friday. On these cards the students list ed the subjects which they were required to take as well as the subjects they might elect. The subjects were listed according to the period in which the stu dent wished to take the subject. 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