rOtTHTEEIT MEDFORB (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, April 21. 1937
MEDFORD
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NEWS NOTES from
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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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