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School PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL National Elks Youth Day will be observed in the Medford Elks Lodge Thursday, May 2, begin ning at 8 p.m. The following students have been invited as guests: Marva Suit, Neil Gearin, Lester Schleigh, Charles Swin gle, Ronald Baugherty, Jim Jam es, Dorothy Bean, Charlotte Sto vall, Don Wallace, and Gayle Larson. Students may bring a friend to the event. A short ceremony for the pre sentation of awards will com mence at 8 p.m. Jim James, Charlotte Stovall, and Dorothy Bean will receive awards. Fol lowing this, guests will go to the party lounge for dancing and re freshments, which will be serv ed at the hamburger bar. During the past week at Phoe nix High, candidates for student body offices were campaigning. Posters are on doors and walls, and students are talking about who they're going to vote for. The candidates made their cam paign speeches in an assembly Friday, April 26. . . Monday, April 29, elections will be held. Since only one can didate for vice-president and three for president are running, the candididacies were combin ed. The one with the most votes will be president, and the one with the second number of votes will be vice-president. Candidat es for student body offices are: Don Daugherty, Charles Swin gle, Gary Simmonds, and Marvin' Frazier, president. Running for. secretary are Virginia Martin, and Charlotte Unruh, and Na dine Brood is running for treas urer, i A special assembly was held Tuesday, April 22, at 3:15 p.m. It. was to familiarize the students with the new dial system which went into effect Saturday. Discussed at the assembly were the three most important things in using a telephone: 1. Look up the number in the direc tory. 2. Listen for the dial tone before dialing. 3. Be accurate in dialing the number. These three things can prevent getting -a wrong party or no answer. C. E. Searey, representative from the Pacific Telephone com pany, talked on the present and future uses of the transistor. They gave and presented a few examples of its power. The National School Assembly program presented Don C6mfort, concert and popular accordionist at an assembly April 23 in the Small in every way but Performance All-transistor radio The COMPANION, olMrant.stor personal radio pocketful of pleat trre anywhere. Svper-temrtrv Una dittanc reception ... plays where ordinary Hit won't. Room-filling Magnavox ten . . . greatest voice in traneitter radio. Enjoy hundreds of hour en only one low-cost hot try. In many beautiful color. 69S0 Complete With Battery. Carrying Case, and Earphone for private listening. CONVENIENT TERMS PURUCXER PIANO HOUSE "Southern Oregon's Oldest and Largest Music Store" 111 N. Central Ph. SP-2-5702 GAZERV POLLAN' USIA OCT 23fe,lr S-n-25-32(C-l 1531-80-35 SCOWIO DCT 24 63 AJono 64 v 6-14-24-37V! 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The girls will, by the end of the vocational guidance, prob ably have a good idea of what career they would like to pur- HEDRICK JUNIOR HIGH Don Comfort, accordionist for the National School assemblies, entertained the student body Monday, April 22, with a pro gram of classical and popular music. Comfort played two ac cordions including an electronic instrument whose tone closely resembled that of a pipe organ. The Hedrick orchestra under direction of John Drysdale, par ticipated in the Southern Oregon Music contest, Friday morning, April 26, at Medford High school.' They were awarded three one's by the judges. The Hedrick band under direction of Ron Bartlett competed in the contest Saturday morning, April 27. The Hedrick Varsity Yell leaders conducted an assembly Friday morning to honor the track, tennis and golf teams. The Tumbling club, made up of members from both Hedrick and McLoughlin, presented a pro gram of special tumbling acts. John Reed of McLoughlin Junior High is advisor for the group. McLoughlin junior high Don Comfort, star of radio, stage, and television, entertain ed the student body April 23. He is a concert and popular accor dionist, and came to us from the National School Assemblies as sociation. ' The Iowa tests of educational development were given all ninth grade students April ' 25 and 26. The tests show educa tional growth in all, subjects, and the results will be used as a bas is for guidance in planning the student's further study. ' Practices are being held for the Operetta "Miss Starlight,'" which will be given May 3. Flap pers of the roaring twenties will add zest and humor to the per formance. The Tennis club has been, busy ' playing matches this week. Mon- I day the eighth grade defeated Eagle Point grade, four matches to two. On . Wednesday, Jacksonville High played the McLoughlin teams to a four to four match tie. Playing for McLoughlin were John Shaw, Gary Cum- ; mings, Bud Quinney, David Ryn, : Jim Randies, and Wayne Weav ! er. Winners were Bud Quinney i and David Ryn in doubles, and i David Ryn, Jim Randies' and I Wayne Weaver in singles. The Thursday tennis matches were with Hedrick Junior High, and McLoughlin won a six to zero. Winners for McLoughlin in the singles were Dick Ragsdale, Jim Randies, Wayne Weaver and Bill Hobbs. Doubles winners were Dick Ragsdale and Jim Randies, and Bill Hobbs and Wayne Weaver. Jack Vincent, science teacher. became the father of an eight pound boy on April 25. The Cadet band, McLoughlin jband, and the orchestra partici pated in the Southern Oregon Music contest on April 26 and 27. Elmer Ayres, McLoughlin orchestra director was chairman : for the event. - The McLoughlin band march ed in the Blossom Festival par ade April 27. Cummerbunds, tabs, semi belts and designers' details all help point up the short-waist line. . NEWS NOTES from Medford High School "Boy is my neck stiff." "My eyes are so tired I could sleep for a month." These were familiar complaints, as students filed out of the auditorium after completing a set of questions on the Iowa Education Develop ment tests. Seniors took the tests Monday nd Tuesday, juniors took them Wednesday and Thursday, and the sophomores will tackle them next Monday and Tuesday. Par ents will be able to see the re sults of the tests when they are returned to the students. The seniors of MHS were off to college Friday for the annual senior campus visitation week end. This event is designed to give graduating seniors a chance to become familiar with the campuses of the state system of higher education, and to talk with faculty members about academic requirements. Discus sion sessions with students, and visits to the different depart ments were also scheduled for the visiting students. Special social and sporting events were staged yesterday to further acquaint the prospective collegians with campus activi ties. The seniors have been hous ed in student livng organizations, Grange Notes Phoenix Grange April 23 was social night at Phoenix Grange. The 25th wed ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Norton was observed. The committee in charge arranged a large table in the Grange hall with a large decorated cake in the center and bowls of tulips and spirea at either end. Vaughn Quackenbush led in singing Billy Boy, an action song, in which the ladies stood and sang the question, then the men stood and answered in song. A narrative, written by Mrs. Geo. Hartley, on the life of the Nortons, from about the time of their marriage", and depicting in a humerous way, the ups and downs they encountered, was read by Mrs. George Drake, while on the stage Glen Brad ley, taking the part of Mark Norton, and Barbary Gysin as his wife Louise, acted out the events. Daughters of the Nortons and their families had been invited, but were unable to attend be cause of illness in the family. Master Dee Hendrickson pre sented Mr. and Mrs. Norton with a coffee server, a gift from the Grange. Refreshments of ice cream, cake and coffee were served buffet style. On the serving com' mittee were' Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Swing, Mr. and Mr. Geo. Ger- mer and Mr. and Mrs. Athel Durley. They were assisted by other Grange members. The Lecture hour, arranged by Charles Hockersmith, agrt culture chairman, consisted of colored slides taken in and around New Zealand, and shown by Glen Klein, county 4-H lead er, who was an exchange stu dent to that country. He gave an informative talk describing life aboard ship on the trip over and return, on agriculture and the people and customs of New Zealand. He said New Zealand consists of two long narrow islands about 1000 miles in length and 180 miles in width, and the animals and vegetation much like that in Australia, a neighboring island. On the display table was an assortment of noxious weeds found in Jackson county. Ray Hubbell, county weed super visor, identified the different weeds, and answered questions concerning them. Some of the weeds shown are not very pre valent as yet, and concerted ef forts are being made to keep them from spreading. A short Grange meeting was held. Most committee reports were omitted because of the Jate hour. Brother Roscoe Roberts, State Grange Steward and Brother Simms, Master of Roxy Ann Grange, were escorted to the Master's station and each spoke briefly. Mrs. Roscoe Roberts, Pomona HEC chairman, was also a visitor. A report from Roxy Ann Grange resolution committee was read in which they approved the resolution submitted by Phoenix Grange, and which con cerned curbing extravagent spending and legislation which could result in heavier taxes. Also the secretary read a reso lution Silhmitterl hv Vtnva Ann - . V -Vf ...UJ I Grange, concerning narcotics ' which was promptly approved with no arguments by Phoenix! Grange. It was voted to sponsor one scholarship to 4-H summer school. Gertrude Lewin, Publicity Chairman. Individual styles to note in j the sweater spotlight include . white long - sleeved cardigans ' with green satin stems forming collar treatment and pink organ die rosettes adorning neckline and cuffs; black velvet and white lace "sissy" front cardi gan; sweater blouse highlighting velvet ribbon and braid banding at collar, cuffs and bottom of sweater. and will return home this afternoon. Senior class officers of the Class of 1958 were announced Thursday by Ryder Berg, junior class adviser. They were as fol lows: president, Tony Brauner; vice-president, John Jones; sec retary, Steve Morris, treasurer, Pat R u s h t o n; representative, Nancy Adams. Prom princesses were recently elected, four from the junior class and four from the senior class. Junior royalty is Winnie Gott, Sue Hubbard, Myda Mc Cabe and Pat Rushton. Senior princesses are Jane Barker, Sally Ross, Lois Elkins and Denise Bruning. The senior princess with the greatest num ber of votes will be crowned ' Prom Queen." She won't be announced until May 11, the night of the Prom. The Future Teachers of Amer ica at MHS elected their 1957-58 officers. They are president, Alph McMahon; vice-president; Karen Pashcke; secretary, Pat Hanson; treasurer, Nancy Adams; librarian, Carolyn Carr; and historian, Susan Coffman. Installation of the newly elect ed officers is set 'for May 2. A meeting of the newly or ganized ' club of the Parents 'i'eachers - Students ' association was held recently to elect a tem porary chairman. A set of by laws was presented and approv ed. A second meeting of the PTSA will be held May 21 td elect officers. This week end the annual Southern Oregon Music Educa tors contest was held in Medford. Friday and Saturday the con tests were held in the boy's gym and auditorium at MHS, and Friday evening they were pre sented at Hedrick Junior High schooL Some 46 different groups of bands, orchestras, glee clubs and choirs participated. This contest was organized in 1923 and is held each year in differ ent schools throughout southern Oregon. Each group is judged and receives ratings. Cool Play-Sel Start sewing now for sum mer days to come! Our Printed Pattern makes a cool, pretty wardrobe for sunning. One-piece playsuit with smooth button front; add skirt for "dress occa sions! Printed Pattern 9154: Misses' Sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20. 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