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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.
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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.
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Medford, following release from
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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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