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rOtTHTEEIT MEDFORB (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, April 21. 1937 MEDFORD Penney's goes all otit in a coasNfc&oast NEWS NOTES from r" Medford High School Edited br James Boyd; staff: Jaeque Colten, Eddie Albright. Bob Bright, and Mika Travis. Medford High has just com pleted another Girls' League week. The theme, "Under the Bi? Top," was announced at a Girls' League meeting," Monday. Tuesday was a colorful day as girls competed in a crazy hat contest and boys vied for loud shirt honors. During a combined lunch hour chapcaus and shirts were judged. Winners were Eve lyn Jacobscn, JoAnne Jamison, tonnie Cox and Mrs. Ruth Mockersmith in the hat contest, nd LeRoy Knight, Ron Field, Walter Humphrey and I. A. Mir ack in the shirt contest. On Wednesday the girls took advantage of slack day by show ing up in everything from Ja maica shorts to Capri pants. o Some of the senior girls even pedaled to school on bicycles, To the surprise of the other students, Sally Ross and Jane Barker even teamed up on a tandem bike. During the noon periods Wed nesday, elections were held for Boys' and Girls' league officers. New officers are Sue Knight president; Linda Smith, vice president; Mary Friend, secre tary; and Susan Hubbard, treas urer:- Boys' League officers are Bob Gee, president; John Jones, vice president; Dick Corum, sec retary; Tony Brauner, treasurer; "and Tom Hamlin, sergeant-at-arms. Claude Haggard, director of safety at the California-Oregon Power company, will present a demonstration of electrical safety and a display of electrical wonders such as the solar bat tery Monday night at a meet ing of the Phy-Chem club. Hag gard, an expert in this field, has given similar demonstrations over 300 times at schools all over the country. April 29, he will be in Florida performing in this same capacity. Thursday was designated dress-up day for the girls. They :wore heels and spring dresses. By the end of the day innumer able shoes had been eased off of swollen feet. ' The big surprise came when the boys felt the need of dress ing up alio. Overalls and work ing boots comprised most of the male attire. Striving to carry out the true purpose of the event, so they say, Eddie Al bright, Larry Albright, Bob Bright and Mike Travis obtain ed tuxedoes from the drama department's costume box. They then marched triumphantly amidst the multitude of seedy looking characters. Wally Lar son, with a fur coat, straw hat, -and cane, was another noncon forming nonconformist. Thursday afternoon was the mother-daughter tea and the fashion show, "Carnival Ca pers." Sybil Mcador narrated the scenes as the Future Home makers modeled their own crea tions. Specialty acts were pre sented by the following: Melody Pierce, accompanist; Pat Rector and Kathy Ritchey, maintenance men; Sandra Thurston and Glen na Hobbs, dancers; Rosemary Doolen. Colleen Barr and Susan Hall, trio. Skits by Lois Elkins and Judy McGrow completed 'the show. Six different awards were giv en during the course of the aft ernoon. Kay Donahue, Judy Mc- Qraw, Sue Knight, Carolyn Carr, Charlotte Riley and Jonna Lou Henson received awards for outstanding service to the Girls' League. Mrs. Otto Frohnmayer .presented Kathy Ritchey with the P.E.O. merit award and Pat Leek was presented the D.A.R. citizenship award by Mrs. George R. Carter, good citizen ship chairman for the Crater Lake chapter of the D.A.R. Shar on Walsh, Joan Lorili, Nancy Adams, and Carolyn Carr (alter nate) were quite surprised when it was announced by Mrs. Ed ward Leach that they were chos en to attend Girls' State spon sored by the American Legion auxiliary. To complete the after noon, JoAnn Doe was presented the Future Homemaker of To morrow award and Marilyn Parsons received the Mrs. Bert ran Lowry award. On Friday, approximately 100 students attended the Good Fri day services held at the First Christian church. The Rev. Had don Robinson delivered a ser mon entitled ''The Meaning of the Cross." The music depart ment contributed to the service by allowing the MHS choir to sing the hymns. Grange Notes Eagle Point GrangV Two films, "Living Insurance" and "Man Alive" put out by the American Cancer society were shown at the April 16 meeting of the Eagle Point Grange. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Jossy were in charge of choosing and showing the films. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hoefft were elected to become members of the Eagle Point Grange, hav ing moved here from Lake Creek. C. C. Hoover reported live stock prices were down now and probably would not improve un til after July. He also told of the proposed plan to change the location of the Jackson County Experiment Station, which due to arsenic deposits in the soil, does not make crops grown in the present location a good ex ample of what could be grown here. C. F. Davies of the legislative committee, told of the bills be fore the Oregon legislature. No tax measures have been settled yet as most bills are still in committees. The most work has been done in the educational field but so far nothing has been completed here either. Mrs. Jim Edge of the Educa tion committee told how the next generation will just have the fly swatter to combat flies as reports now show that the fly has become immune to the new sprays and dusts. HEC chairman, Mrs. Paul Force announced the next HEC meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Glen Clymer April 24, at 1 p.m., and that at the next Grange meeting, which will be May 7, the men would serve the refreshments since it is' Mother's day. Homemade Easter hats, were featured on the display table. It was announced that the Eagle Point 4-H Riding club would hold a pie social April 26 in the Eagle Point Grange hall. There will be dancing following the social. It was voted to furnish two scholarships to the 4-M summer school to be held at Corvallis in June. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Davies were elected alternate delegates to the state Grange convention which will be held in Bend the first part of June. Refreshments were served fol lowing the meeting by Mr. and Mrs. Dwight McCorke and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hale. - Monday morning, immediate following the National Schools assembly, the Iowa tests of Edu cational development will be given to all seniors. These tests are to be given in order to estab lish new norms for the state of Oregon and the nation. Seniors will take their battery of tests Monday and Tuesday; juniors will take the same test Wednesday and Thursday; and sophomores will be tested a week from Monday and Tuesday. Live Oak Granga All officers but one were pre- ', sent for the opening drill at the Live Oak Grange meeting Thurs-; day, April 11. : j The Agriculture committee re ported that hog prices were . fluctuating only slightly and that the market was fairly steady, j Egg prices were low and pre dictions were that they would remain so during the spring and summer. Ray Frantz insurance agent at tended a meeting in Medford of Grange insurance agents and re; ported that although insurance ' rates in all .branches had been rising generally, there would be no immediate' raise of Grange ' rates. v Cassie Golding reported on the lecturer school held at South ern Oregon college and -said she learned many pointers on lecture programs. Mrs. Harold Densmore j was welcomed as a visitor. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Thecla Re Ville and Mrs. Lula Plank. Edna Sheehan, publicity A BOY AND HIS DOG Fairfield, Iowa (U.P.) Near ly the whole town turned out j to stage an all night search for 1 7-year-old Danny Ruby. They couldn't find him. Things were getting really frantic Thursdaj when Danny walked casually into his home, his dog follow ing along. He said he had just been out for a walk. The Golden Gate bridge was opened for use in 1937. It has a channel span of about 4,200 feet. 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