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SIX MEDFORD (ORESOK) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, August 20, 1957 7 '' wX 'OB rV TOUGH JOB! Eleven-year-old Mike Anhorn, Central Point Dough-Nuts, 4-H club member, grimaces a he stirs up his brownie dough. The picture was taken during the recent 4-H home economics contests and demonstrations. The Dough-Nuts are led by Mrs. Clinton Charley, Central Point. Well-Rounded Plan Designed for Youths In FFA Organization OThe Future Farmers of Ameri ea is an organization of farm hovs enrolled in vocational agri culture classes taught in high schools throughout the United States. Their program provides well-rounded ir' ruction, in all phases of agriculture. Such instruction offers four years of credit toward gradua tion. This program covers all phases of animal and crop production, leadersh training, speech, par liamentary procedure, fafm rec ords, farm management, soil sci ence, weed and insect control and all rm mechanics. Practical Application The academic studies and farm shop instruction are integrated for practical application at home on the farm. $he main theme of vocational agriculture is to "learn by rfninff" Student oarticipation in demonAations and practical nmrlr U utilized to a large extent. Th$y are encouraged to build their own agricultural libraries and be familiar withll researcn methods. Whenever it is possible qualified persons in industry ana the various professions are asked to assist in demonstrations and counselling. The program provides a sound science background In geeucs, nutrition, nimal and plant physiology, botany, entomology and elementary chenjistry. It is also designed to offer a common sense approach to agricultural training by presenting locally ap J&oved farm practices and keep ing instruct practical at all times. Activ in Farming Instructors and advisors real ize that the number of boys who will become active In farming will be small. However, the re mainder of the graduates will enter fields closely allied to farming. Such training received will be beneficial to all regard less of "their future vocations, instructors say. Taking one ' phase of the in structional program, farm shop Is designed to teach vo-ag stu- Phoenix FFA Group Recently Organized A new chapter of the Future Farmers of America was organ ized this last year at Phoenix High school for 61 charter mem bers. "The new chapter experienced its share of growing pains and organizational problems in its Initial days of activation," Ad visor Jack Dube said. It got off to an early start last year by sending a livestock judg ing team to the Pacific Interna tional livestock show at Portland where the team made a credit able showing, Dube said. Chapter members also organ ized a strong parliamentary team and entered into competition with five other southern Oregon schools. Chapter members also started a work program during the last school year which helped accom plish several community service activities. These included Thanksgiving and Christmas campaigns to help the needy. So cial activities of the newly or ganized chapter included a skat ing party and costume dance. Since the chapter is entirely self-supporting, Dube said, va rious campaigns were organized to raise money so the chapter could participate in local, dis trict and state FFA organeation activities. Four members and the advisor took a five-day trip to La Grande for the state FFA convention. dents basic fundamentals of met al working, both arc and oxy acetlylene welding, farm car pentry, rope work, farm electri fication, farm plumbing, farm machinery operation and mainte nance and concrete work. In fact, farm shop and the agriculture classroom are closely tied together. For example, dur ing the course in basic electricity, the lecture and discussion in the classroom can readily be trans planted to the shop for practical work in actual wiring hookups. Adult Education The facilities and materials of the vocational agriculture class room and shop are designed also to provide another important service to the community courses adult education. This program covers a wide field of subjects depending1 upon the needs of the local agricul tural community. The three vo cational agriculture departments in Jackson county. Crater, Eagle Point and Phoenix, will offer ap proximately six courses in adult education during the coming fall and winter. Exact dates of classes and lists of courses will be announced later. Courses are expected to in clude soil management, veter inary medicine, welding prac tices and farm management. Holiday Added to Kiwanis Events for Charitable Work A statment from officers of the Kiwanis club today indicated that more than $4,000 was ex pended by the club on its chari table and educational projects last year. Officers pointed out that in order to supply funds for these projects it is necessary to con duct money-raising events each year. Only those events which offer the public full value for their invested money are con sidered, they added. This year, the board of di rectors have added the Town and Country Holiday to the ros ter of such events. It is antici pated that the event will be con tinued and expanded each year. Earmarked for Projects All the money raised as a re sult of the Holiday show will be earmarked for projects which in clude work with underprivi leged children; support of a lo cal dental clinic; Boy Scout and Girl Scout work; educational as sistance to youth; contribution to Kiwanis Founda ion and civic activities such as renovation of Maple Grove park south of Med ford; annual Easter egg hunt and Medford Safety Council assist ance. Dr. Abner Clark, president of the club, stated that every ef fort was being made to make the Town and Country Holiday a community event. The Town and Country Holi day, staged concurrently with the 4H-FFA fair opens Thurs day evening at 5:30 p.m., Aug. 22, and will conclude Sunday evening, Aug. 25. Admission charges of 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for stu dents has been established. Pre school children will be admitted free. Plans Made for Parking at Show Off duty Medford city police men and other qualified person nel will be retained by the Ki wanis club, sponsors of the Town and Country Holiday, to assist in traffic control, security patrol' and other duties at the new Medford armory during the event. Several acres of parking area are available near the armory and the adjacent fairgrounds property to accommodate antici pated crowds. Attendants will assist in orderly parking on the armory grounds with adequate direction markers indicating overflow parking areas. Armory board officials have indicated that sufficient work has been done on the grounds surrounding the new building to permit easy access to and from the parking areas. Special police details will be assigned to possible congestion areas if this is necessary. How ever, spokesmen for the Kiwanis club event believe road work completed recently by Jackson county road crews on entrances and exit roads will prevent such congestion. Tractor Loaned To Help Youths Use of a tractor and imple ments loaned by the McCormick farm equipment store in Med ford has enabled Phoenix FFA chapter members to start their supervised farming programs. A nijmber of chapter members were able to start their super vised farming program through use of a tractor and implements loaned by the McCormick farm equipment store in Medford. John Kesler, Phoenix dairy man, also helped the chapter enter a farming partnership. Ap proximately 15 acres of wheat and 25 acres of barley were seeded this spring and will soon be ready for harvesting, the chapter advisor said. The chap ter expects to farm even more acreage during the next crop year, he added. Phoenix FFA members have appeared before the local Phoe nix Grange where they explain ed their organization and demon strated their public speaking abilities. Other members have assisted the Crater and Eagle Point chapters of the FFA in put ting on a short TV program. Chapter members are now ac tive in the Jackson county 4-H and FFA fair. Bigham, Jossy Made FFA Honorary Members The Future Farmers of Ameri ca have welcomed Bill Bigham, chairman of the fair board, and Earle Jossy, county agent, into the Jackson county chapters as honorary members and salute them this week for a successful fair. Thanks has been expressed for their interest in the boys and girls in Jackson county, and for making it possible for them to exhibit their livestock and show their crop and shop projects. One of the most important sacred symbols used by the Fueblo Indians of New Mexico is Awanyu, the plumed serpent. According to Pueblo mythology, Awanyu is the guardian of springs and streams, and thus the preserver of life. Awanyu is also said to have "thrown him self across the sky," and left his trail in the Milky Way. wi m-i - w. i '.www , , , V"" it ! 1 STIRRING IT UP Janice Neel, 12, of 790 Ellendale dr., stirs up the "fixin's" for some brownies. She belongs to the Barnett Brats 4-H club led by Mrs. G. E. Hackett. Janice is shown par ticipating in the recent Brownie baking contest in the 4-H home economics contests and demonstrations. Two Special Awards To Be Presented to FFA Fair Winners Two special awards will 6e presented to FFA winners dur ing the annual 4-H and FFA Jackson county fair starting Tuesday. The Grange Co-op will give a rotating plaque to the FFA youth who is noted as doing the most outstanding job of cattle herdsmanship. Recipient of the award will have his name en graved on the plaque, which will be displayed in his chapter for one year. He also will re ceive a small trophy for himself. The 1956 winner was Glenn Clifford, Eagle Point. John Bohnert Award The ' John Bohnert Hereford award will be presented by Mr. and Mrs. John Bohnert to the youth considered to be the out standing FFA Hereford exhibit or at the fair. The rotating plaque will be awarded on ex hibit, showmanship, herdsman- ship and project boo.;. The plaque will be engraved with the youth's name and be displayed for one year in the youth's chapter room. The FFA boy also will receive a smaller trophy to keep. The 1956 win ner was Bob Elden, Crater. The FFA livestock judging contest will be held at the fair grounds Wednesday, Aug. 21, at 10:30 a.m. Chapters from neigh boring counties of Josephine, Douglas, Coos and Klamath also have been invited to participate. County Chapter In Jackson county, Phoenix, Eagle Point and Crater chapters will participate. As a preliminary event to the fair, Eagle Point and Crater chapters held a short judging Sports Car Show Scheduled at Armory The foreign car and domestic sports car section at the Kiwanis Town and Country Holiday will be the most complete ever staged locally, spokesmen believe. Every major model of the popular "smaller cars'' will be represented at the four-day showing. The growing national popularity of these cars leads representatives of the sponsor ing club to believe that this por tion of the show will be one of the best attended. Several new lines of foreign cars, only recently introduced into this area, as well as most of practice at John Bohnert's and the Al Higginbotham's farms at Central Point Aug. 12. Following the county fair, Jackson county chapters will participate in the state fair judg ing contest at Salem Sept. 7. The winning team of the state fair will enter the national con test at Kansas City in October. Fly-In Scheduled For Oregon Fair Salem The Salem chapter of the Sportsmen Pilots of Oregon will sponsor a fly-in Sunday, Sept. 1, celebrating the opening of the state fair the day before. All pilots in the state, wheth er members of the association or not, are invited to join the fly-in. Breakfast will be served at the Salem airport for $1 and then all pilots and their guests will be given free transportation to the fairgrounds. There are 15 chapters of the association, mostly in western Oregon, with over 400 members. The Salem chapter is headed by a woman pilot, Mrs. Paul Geh lar, wife of a Salem cannery owner. the other familiar names will be on display. This section of the Town and Country Holiday will be located outside of the armory, adjacent to the front entrance. Interest in Kiwanis Holiday Said Keen Interest in the Kiwanis spon sored Town and Country Holi day is considered keen and the sponsoring club is looking for ward to a successful event, ac cording to spokesmen. Dr. Abr.er Clark, president of thi. Medford Kiwanis club, ex pressed appreciation to valley firms, clubs and organizations for their participation in the event. "Our aim is to establish this show on an annual basis," Dr. Clark said, "to serve as the base for a representative fall fair for Jackson county." Special thanks was expressed by Dr. Clark to the rural and urban groups which are help ing to bring the atmosphere of a county fair to the show. The Texas Rangers were used to protect homesteads against Indians while the men were fighting for Texas' independence from Mexico under Sam Houston. $ff 2 BIG -Events At.Th it rami lpsr . 5 BIG DAYS - HERE'S THE PROGRAM Tuesday, August 20 1:00 P.M. Rabbit Judging and Contest 1:00 P.M. Poultry Judging and Contest i 4:00 P.M. Showmanship Contest Rabbits and Poultry Wednesday, August 21 9:00 A.M. Crops and Forestry Judging Contests 10:30 A.M. Livestock Judging Contest 1:00 P.M.-Beef Fitting Contest ' 1:45 P.M.-Beef Showmanship Contest 7:00 P.M.-Beef Showmanship Championship Thursday, August 22 6:00 A.M.-Market livestock Weighed 9:00 A.M.-Swine Judging & Sheep Showmanship 10:30 A.M.-Dairy Judging Contest 1:00 P.M.-Beef Judging ' Sheep Judging - 7:00 P.M.-Swine Showmanship . Friday, August 23 9:00 A.M.-Dairy Judging, 2 Rings 7:30 P.M.-Livestock Auction Saturday, August 24 9:00 A.M.-Dairy Showmanship 10:30 A.M. Agriculture Demonstrations 2:30 P.M. Tractor Driving Contest Sheep Shearing Contest 7:30 P.M.-Style Revue Special Awards Program frh. 1 J3n k THESE MEDFORD FIRMS URGE YOU TO ATTEND THE 4-Hr 35 aDDD 1 TUES. n a n TO L 7 ALEXANDER & BROWN 128 East Main Street Phone SP 2-6139 NU-WAY CLEANERS 601 East Main Street Phone SP 2-9169 MORTON MILLING CO. 10 West Jackson Blvd. Phone SP 3-1031 FIR NAT! dA OF POR Branches i Medford and - HUBBARD BROS , INC. 335 East Main Street Phone SP 2-6189 MEDFORD REALTY CO. 1045 South Riverside Avenue Phone SP 2-5750 JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION "Whert You'r. Paid Te SaVe" 126 East Main Phone SP 3-6201 MED IMvllf) is w . AGE 27 Nort Phone" S MASON-EHRMAN CO. - 2195 SAGE RD. - PHONE SP 3-3668
