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Entries in 4-H, FFA Fair Show Increase Over Previous Year Marge Hatten and Glen Klein say -bigger and better than ever" in referring to the annual 4-H and FFA fair here Aug. 20 24, and mean it. Their section of the annual event particularly shows a tremendous growth. In the steer division alone there will be 94 animals entered compared to the pre vious year's 66. Other entries include 250 cooking, 230 clothing, 260 sheep, 150 hogs, 94 steers, 85 female beef. 190 dairy, 70 pens of rab bits, 45 poultry, 30 tractor, 60 forestry, and 50 miscellaneous exhibits such as hobby, fishing, gun club, and electricity. Increase in Interest Both leaders say the reason for the growth is the increase in Interest. Tihi years schedule includes: Fair opens to public 1 p.m. Tuesday with rabbit judging and contest, 1 'p.m. poultry judging and contest, 4 p.m. showman ship contest for rabbits and poultry. Wednesday, the day's events start with crops and forestry judging contests at 9 a.m., live stock judging contests at 10:30 a.m., beef fitting contest at 1 p.m., beef showmanship con test at 1:45 p.m., beef showman ship championship at 7 p.m. Thursday Event Thursday starts at 6 a.m. with the market livestock weighed in, swine judging and sheep show manship at 9 a.m., dairy judging contest at 10:30 a.m., beef judg ing and sheep judging at 1 p.m., swine showmanship at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23 leads off with the dairy judging in two rings at 9 a.m. and livestock auction a 7:30 p.m. Saturday, dairy showmanship starts off tfee day's events at 9 a.m.; agriculture demonstrations at 10:30 a.m., tractor driving contests at 2:30 p.m., with sheep shearing contests at 2:30 p.m., style revue plus special awards program at 7:30 p.m. winds up the wee k-long schedule of events. Activities Scheduled Not to Conflict in 4-H, FFA Fair Show Officials of the 4H-FFA fair and spokesmen for the Kiwanis Town and Country Holiday as sured visitors that activities of " the two events have been plan ned so as not to conflict. ; Those planning to attend eith er event will have ample oppor- , tunity to expand their visit to include both, representatives . said. ' : Highlight events of the 4H- FFA fair are scheduled for the - final two days and include the - livestock auction, starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, the argiculture IThird Year Starts a I For Eagle Point ! Future Farmers I The Eagle Point FFA chapter ; will be starting their third year when school opens this fall. It ;will be the second year for the : building with another year of activity being planned. 5 Two summer meetings have "been held by officers to plan ;next year's program and budget. Officers attending the meets ;were President Jim Bruhner, jVice President Howard Wilde, Secretary Dewey Johnson, Treas urer Art Gardner, Reporter Carl jWeisbrad and Sentinel Bill Hub bard. Z The chapter has two milk dis pensers In operation this sum ; mer. One is at Ter Plywood and J the other is at ftedford Plywood ;t White ty. The Milk Pro ducers league helped to secure tthe dispensers. For the past two "months the dispensers have aver aged about 1,200 half pints of milk. Promote Fire Safety The chapter has sold more "than 50 fire extinguishers to local : people since last May to promote Tfire safety. " The purpose of the fund rais ing projects is for the chapter ;banquet, sending of a delegate to state and national contests, liquidating the loan of the milk :dispensers and other expenses Jnecessary to run the chapter. Christmas cards, first aid kits -and oak and laurel are on plans to be sold to local residents. The group plans to gather mistletoe :during the Christmas season and :ship it to Portland. Vegetable plants will again be raised in the chapter hot house. More than 200 dozen were sold last year. Rfrhmenl Stand The chapter will again manage the refreshment stand at all home football games. New equip ment has been purchased and better service is planned. Eagle Point will play host to the leadership training school for officers of the 10 chapters in the Rogue - Umpqua district. The training meeting, planned by state officers, is scheduled Satur day, Sept. 28. A livestock judging team of Eagle Point will be at the county fair and at the Oregon State Fair. The livestock judging tea is composed of Jack Esp, David -Hughes and BUI Hubbard, all junior FFA. . The classroom Instrfiction for "the coming year will be divided between farm shop work and classroom agricultural studies. The Eagle Point chapter expects enrollment of about 45 students .for the coming year. I Nepal charges mountain -climbers an admission fee of ;:S630 to assault 29.028-foot Mount Everest, the National "-Geographic Magazine said. Any one attempting to scale 26,811 jfoot Dhaulagiri, the earth's high est known unconquered peak, jnust pay the same; but lower eaks may be tackled for bar gain prices. demonstrations Saturday morn ing, & tractor driving contest and sheep shearing contest Sat urday afternoon, with the style revue and special awards pro gram scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday as the final event. Busy Schedule The busy schedule of the Ki wanis Town and Country Holi day, starting Thursday, Aug. 22, and cqncluing Sunday, Aug. 25, will include continuous activi ties both inside and outside- of the Medford Memorial armory. The event will officially open at 5:30 p.m., with special ribbon cutting ceremonies planned at the new armory building. Exhibits, demonstrations, dis plays and facet of community ing every facet of community life will be represented at the showing, Kiwanis club members said. , Booth Displays Retail merchants, rural" and urban organizations and civic groups will have a variety of in teresting and informative booth displays. An estimated 20,000 visitors are expected to attend the four day event. Concessions and rides will help to impart the feeling of a county fair and will be spon sored by participating valley service and fraternal organiza tions, representatives said. Leadership Helped By Speech Matches To further develop leadership in FFA .each year chapter, dis trict, sectional and state contests are held in public speaking and parliamentary procedure. Such competition starts on the chapter level with members competing for chapter public speaker. The chapter goes on to compete in the district contest which includes 10 chapters known as the Rogue-Umpqua district. The district winner competes in the sectional contest which is a combination of the first and second place winners of the dis trict. The sectional winner con tinues to the state convention to compete with four other youths. Eagle Pointer Ron Hanson placed fourth in the state con vention contest in La Grande last year. The title of his speech was "We raise it let's sell it." Parliamentary procedure is considered to be the key to prop per control of chapter meetings. This, too, is set up on & competi-. tive basis. Winners are selected the same way as in the public speaking contests. The Crater parliamentary team placed third in the state contest after winning the district and sectional contests. Local FFA members are al ready planning for the state convention to be held in Bend, Oregon the second week in March. Most Farm Accidents Stem From Bad Attitude Urbana, 111. nn a safety expert at the Universitv of Illi nois says most accidents on the farm result from wrong at titudes toward safety. O. L. Hogsett of the college of agriculture said ''farmers must convince themselves that farm ing the right way is farming the safe, efficient way." He listed seven types of farm ers who endaneer thpmselws and others. They included "Hur ry Harry, who never takes time to be careful," a type who thinks rules apply to the other fellow ana aioppy bam, who never gets around to eliminatini? haz ards." 7T" V", tt - ... -r i i L" ' r-: I : ' fjl J - f i I,,,,,,,,,.,,, - ' ' rH VV tr1 4 vyWi, r MEASURING UP Carolee Brantlee, Griffin events. Hours of careful feeding and care are Creek, carefully holds high the head of her represented in this as in other 4-H animal prize animal during one of the dairy class projects. Control for Speed 0( Hearing Sought Chicago (IP) Researchers are seeking a method of controlling the speed which people hear in an effort to help the hard of hearing, according to Dr. Wil liam G. Hardy, director of the Johns Hopkins Hearing and Speech Center. The Baltimore, Md., speech expert told a sales group here that hearing aids that merely augment volume of sound do not solve completely the problem of people who find it difficult to distinguish words if they are spoken too rapidly. Hardy said this difficulty be comes more common among the hard of hearing with advancing age, particularly in distinguish ing between words spoken by women. Hardy said regulation of the rate at which sound reaches the ear already is possible under laboratory conditions. He said a hearing aid to slow down the rate perhaps a tiny electronic sound-spacer may be the next major improvement in the hear ing field. Tuesday, August 20. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Local Talent Show Slated at Holiday Headlining the shows at the Kiwanis Town and County Holi day will be Eddie Peabody, world famous "King of the Ban jo." In addition, the variety shows will include the profes sional acts plus a local talent search to find a representative to appear later at the Oregon State fair. Each day, starting Thursday, several talented local acts will compete to appear on the final elimination programs set for Sunday afternoon and evening. The winner selected will receive a trip to the Oregon State fair and compete with talent from throughout Oregon. The state fair talent winner will be of fered an audition - opportunity for the Lawrence Welk televi sion show. More than 15 local acts have been selected to appear during the four days of the talent search shows. Show times have been set for 6:30 and 9 p.m. daily, with mati nee performances scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. The armory doors will open at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at noon on Saturday and Sunday. ' Teddy Roosevelt Tree, Dedicated Recently Worcester, Mass (W-r- Forty years after it was planted by former President Theodore Roosevelt, an oak tree was "dedicated" here. The tree was planted Sept. 1; 1916 while Roosevelt was here to dedicate Norton Village, erected by the Norton Co. to house its em ployes. Recently a marker was set in a stone wall to identify the "Roosevelt Oak." Roses should be sprayed regu larly. If a general-purpose spray or dust is applied weekly, roses can be grown free of insect dam Sotteftfa Presents... How Crystal Is Made AND How China Is Made AT THE Town and Country Fair Sea These Interesting and Educational Displays Console & Portable Type Phonographs - For Your Home and Pleasure Win Free Gift Certificates Daily Drawings You May Be a Winnerl BOOKS GIFTS RECORDS o e o .. Bakers of Famous HOLSUM BREAD Urge You to Attend the . r LJ n n LJ o CJ LJ IF And Don't Miss the KIWANIS TOWN AND COUNTRY HOLIDAY AUG. 22-23-24-25 AT JACKSON COUNTY'S mm. (EmaDiUMiDS AUGUST 20-21-22-23-24 LIVESTOCK O POULTRY O CROPS O HOME ECONOMICS A Grand Parade of 4-H and FFA Achievements Published In Cooperation with Jackson County 4-H Clubs and Future Farmers of America, by
